MEDFORD MAIL TRIBTJXE, MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1933.
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CLEARLY SHOWING
By Arthur Perry
EUGENE, May' 10 Earl H. Fehl,
county Judge of Jackson county, ac
companied by his wife, Electa A.
Fehl, spent a few hours In Eugene
late Tuesday afternoon on his re
turn trip from Salem to Medford.
During his .stay in tftls city, with
Judge Fehl In his auto were Henri
etta B. Martin, catspaw of Banks In
bis political plotting and president
of the so-called "Good Government
Congress," and May Powell, bonds
woman for some of the men Indicted
for ballot theft.
The purpose of Judge Fehl'a visit
to Salem was not announced, but
some of his friends and supporters,
here as witnesses for the defense In
the Banks case, said 'Uiey heard It
was in connection with getting his
ji paper published In Salem".
Fehl did not pay a visit to his
former political captain In his cell
In the county Jail, Banks being busy
In conference with his attorneys.
Fehl visited witft Banks Sunday and
talked for an hour with him.
E. A. Fleming, one of the major
witnesses for the state, and who Is
scheduled to be recalled, testified
that when he came to the Banks
home on the morning of the murder.
Banks said: "Fehl and Coleman had
a long conference yesterday, and are
making a political swap. They are
trying to make me the goat In this
ballot business." Banks In the same
conversation threatened violence It
an arrest was attempted, against
which Fleming said he cautioned, to
no avail.
Attorney Phlpps, one of the defense
counsel, talked with Banks for an
hour Wednesday morning. Banks was
reported as cheerful "as one could be
under the circumstances."
The -worry and strain of the rlal
are beginning to show upon the two
defendants, particularly Mrs, Banks.
y Following Assistant Attorney General
Moody's argument to the court for
the entrance of the .38 revolver and
hells, found under a woman's coat
on a cot in me -namta nome on me
. tragic afternoon, -there was a decided
change in her attitude. Most of the
remainder of the day she sat with
her bead resting on a clenched fist,
gazing Intently at the floor. She ap
peared very tired and depressed.
Banks, during the Moody argument,
paid agitated attention and was
plainly dejected by the courts rul
ing allowing the admission ox the
evidence. He frequently closed his
eyes. At other times he was alert,
and manifested petulance when de
fense cross examination failed to
weaken the state witness.
Eugene continues to show but
slightly more than passing interest
In the murder trial that is of such
commanding Interest to Jackson
county. It Is not a "live" topic of
conversation on the streets and In
the jluba. During the trial fully 50
per cent of the spectators have been
women, with a fair showing of men.
1 Some of the women have not missed
a session, and come as early as 7
o'clock In the morning to be ready
for the opening of the doors at 9
o'clock. The court room is cleared
each noon. Many of the women
spectators bring their needlework.
Many women attending the trial
ask to have Henrietta B. Martin
pointed out to them, and manifest a
desire to see her. She spends most
of .her time in the witness room.
Reports from the various stores
and business house In Medfora
would Indicate that the students
participating In boy', business ei
, perlence day are receiving a real edu
SCHOOLBOYS GET
DAY IN BUSINESS
. FOR EXPERIENCE
I cation on business management. It
was announced at the chamber or
commerce this morning. Many of the
firms participating in this work gave
the students a thorough Insight Into
their business and It Is expected that
the day's experience will be very
helpful to the students In their fu
ture studies.
The firms participating together
with the boys who took over the
management are as follows: Chamber
of Commerce, John Snider: Mann's
Department store. Bob Fowler. BUI
Prentice: Csllfornla Oregon Power
. company, Norman Spencer, Joe Pierce;
Standard Oil company, David Moore;
Mall Tribune, Harold Grove: Mont
gomery Ward company, Leo Cook,
John Sparks, Paul Dorf, Adrian Fr'
ley, Paul Schafer, Galen Knox. Har
old Williams. Bob Ottoman, Clifford
Ayers, Alford Randies, Boyd Prince,
Robert Sparks, Albert' Santo; J. J
Newberry company, Dick Robert: J.
O. Penney company. Jack Nelson:
Gates Auto company, Rufus Younger;
Pierce BAllen Motor company, Robert
k Ml near.
Oregon State Motor association
AAA, Alfred Hooker; Hubbard Bros,
Russell Jordan, Donald Stewart; Mar
shall Printing Co.. Jack Marshall;
Lawrence Jewelers, Newton Allen;
Weeks and Orr, Russell Brown; West
Side Pharmacy, Wayne Harries: Zakln
Motor company, Hugh Shurtleff; F
clflc Telephone tc Telegraph, Merrill
Stanley: Home Telephone A Tele
graph Co., Herbert Nellson: Jackson
Hotel, Sam Kroschell: Woolworth
company. Elwyn Krous: Heath's Drug
Store, Robert Greaves: Southern Ore
gon Gas company. Price 8chafer;
People's Electric store. Luclan Smith;
Foster Klelser Co.. Colin Gould; Cra-
terlan Theater, Nevln Cope.
BIRTHS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jen
nings a daughter- weighing eight
pounds, five ounces, at the Sacred
Heart hospital today. The baby Is
the grand -daughter of ex-Sbertf! and
KMED
Broadcast Schedule
Friday
8:00 Breakfast news by Mall Tri
bune.
8:06 Musical clock.
8:16 A Peerless Market.
8:30 Shopping Guide.
9:00 Friendship circle.
9:30 Morning melody.
10:00 U. S. weather forecast,
10:00 Fashion parade.
10:15 Home-makers bureau.
10:30 Morning comments.
10:45 Semi -Classic review.
11:00 Grants Pass hour. '
11:15 Lumber Jacks. f
11:45 Song and comedy.
13:00 Mid-day review.
13:16 Radio rendezvous.
13:30 News flashes by Mall Tri
bune.
13:30 Squire Wlgglesby.
13:45 Monarch melodies.
1:00 Varieties.
1:30 Vignettes.
3:00 Dance matinee.
3:30 Hollywood Snapshots.
8:00 Songs for everyday.
3:30 KMED program review..
3:35 Music of old.
4:00 Across the Seas to Hawaii,
4 :30 Masterworka.
5:00 Popular parade.
6:45 News digest by Mall Tribune
6:00 Sport and Fishing flashes by
Al Plche.
6:05 Dinner dance music
6:20 Hl-Ho.
6:35 Interlude.
6:50 Musical notes.
7:00 Studio presentation of twen
ty violins under the direction of Mr.
Levy.
7 :30 Eventide.
8:00 U. S. frost forecast.
OFFICE BOYS TRAMPLE
Tour Office Boys kittenball team
defeated the Active club nine by the
score of 13-3 last night, and ennings
Tire defeated the senior high team
4-0. In the third night's play of the
second half of the schedule.
Colton and Leonard formed the
battery for the Office Boys, while
Fabrics: and Norrls handled the guns
for the Activlans. Singler and Laws
made up the Jennings Tire battery,
against Scheel and Bates for the
seniors.
unlor high and Lamport play to
night.
DAILY MOVES AUTO
REFINISHING PLANT
The Crater Lake- Auto Faint com
pany has been moved to 33 South
Bartlett and will be known as Daily s
Auto Painting, according to an an
nouncement by the owner, J. H.
Dally. Mr. Dally who was In business
in the old location nine years. Is a
graduate of the Sweeney Auto and
Tractor School, where he received the
scientific knowledge necessary for a
good Job.
Mr. Dally says he is able to do the
finest work because he now has the
best equipped auto reflnlshlng shop
in southern Oregon.
u pvvj
AD the cutting" isn't in the bootlegging busi
ness. There's plenty of it in the paint busi
ness I Ton buy a cheap paint because of the
wonderful "bargain price" and what do you
get? Too get less good paint ingredients
per dollar than yon would in high grade
paint because you hare to pay for the
"cutting" process by which water, chalk,
kerosene or other adulterants are added to
fill up the canst
What is the result after you've put it on?
In a very few months, it simply falls off,
leaving your property just as unprotected
as it was before you painted I The main
expense of painting is in labor anyway you
can't afford a painter if you can't afford
good paint.
Buy your paint at..
HUBBARD BROS. Inc.
E. Main and Riverside.
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DOOR PICTURES IN
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peratlon" by his financial and per
sonal woes, and was temporarily un
balanced when he fired the fatal shot.
May Question Warrant,
The defense has Intimated that it
will question the validity of the bal
lot theft Indictment against Banks,
and further contend that the present
trial la Illegal, because the district
attorney's office of Lane county Is
not represented at the trial. Both
are legal technicalities.
The defense hss In Its possession
certified copies of the criminal and
elvll proceedings against Banks, the
past four months, totaling more than
30 proceedings, mostly -for the col
lection of money due on orchard
mortgages, agreements, and for labor,
The front door of the Banks home,
which Mrs. Banks opened as far as
the night chain would permit, and
through which Banks admittedly
fired the shot from a high-powered
rifle that snuffed out the life of Con
stable Prescott, will play an import-
ant role in the closing evidence of
the case.
Mrs. Banks, against whom a strong-
er case has developed than generally
expected, In three different state
ments shortly after 'he murder, de
clared that "Mr. Prescott tried to
break Into our home, and we had to
shoot him." To Miss Charlotte de
Ford, her matron for an hour after
the- murder, she said. In telling of
the crime, "Look at the door. He
tried to break in." The defense will
likely endeavor to show forcible en
try. To Introduce Photos.
B. R. Harwood, Medford photog'
rapher, has been subpoenaed by tne
defense, to show photos he took some
time after the murder, showing the
door and Interior and exterior views
of the home.
The state, to combat this phase of
the defense s case, will call Photog
rapher Verne Shangle of Medford, who
has taken pictures of the door the
past week. The state also now has
in evidence a photograph of the door,
taken by Shangle an hour after the
murder. The keys to the Banks home
have been in the possession of the
Medford National bank since that In
stitution executed a mortgage . fore
closure against It early last month.
They keys were turned over to the
defense counsel three weeks ago, to
permit them to take photographs.
The "Mother to Daddy" note found
in a pocket of a coat In the Banks
home, which the state holds is a link
showing premeditation, deliberation
and preparation by the two defend
ants, and their motives and state of
mind, before the crime, will be pre
sented by the state, for admission as
evidence. The defense will probably
contest its materiality. The state will
contend the note the contents of
which have not been revealed comes
under the same authorities of law
as the .38-callber revolver found un
rtVi (? TP
( IRacEsetteeirs.
Since 1884.
der a woman's coat on a hall cot in
the Banks home, the afternoon of the
killing, and which the court ordered
admitted.
To Fight Insanity Pica.
The atate will combat any insanity
plea with the contention that Banks
is legally sane, and knows the differ
ence between "right and wrong."
within the legal definition of the
term; that paranoia la not a basis
under Oregon law for an Insanity
plea; and neither as "obsessions ox
delusions of grandeur or greatness,"
and hold that Banks Is a profound
egotist, given to homicidal boasts and
threats; and further contend the
murder was a fulfillment of a long
series of spoken and written threats.
Among the closing witnesses for the
state wil be Captain Lee M. Bown
of the state police, who will tell of
the arrest of Banks, his transfer to
the Josephine county Jail, and Banks'
statements after the murder.
Deputy Sheriff Phil Lowd -will oe
recalled to the stand, to repeat the
threat against him. as Lowd testified
to at the Schermerhorn ouster pro
ceedings. t
Other witnesses will be called to
tell of purported threats made by
Banks a few days before the slaying.
J.1
At the end of the membership drive
for the local health association the
committee feels there are many peo
ple anxious to help this worthy work
who have not been solicited.
To those who haven't been called
upon, It Is suggested that they send
their contributions to Mrs. J. J. Em
mons, chairman of the committee,
Medford, Oregon. The membership
fee is only SO cents. Each member
ship means not only care for the sick,
but prevention of disease particular
ly among children.
This work has been carried on In
Jackson county for many years, and
has been so efficiently and economic
ally administered that the per capita
cost has been reduced to 3 cents.
whereas the per capita cost in other
parts of the country range from one
to lour dollars.
Jimmy Dunn, Sally
Eilers Appear In
Craterian Picture
"Sailor's Luck," with James Dunn
and Sally Filers, opened at Hunt's
craterian today.
Besides Dunn and Eilers, the com
plete cast includes Victor Jory, Esth
er Mulr, Sammy Cohen, Will Stanton,
Frank Moran and Luclen Littlefleld.
"Sailors Luck" probably leans
more to comedy than any previous
team picture of the well-known
screen pair. The story concerns a
bunch of "gobs" on shore-leave and
their romantic adventures while
"dame-chasing."
Comedy, for the most nart. Is sim-
plled by Sammy Cohen, Will Stanton
the tipsy gent in "Me And My aa!,"
and Frank Moran, former heavy
weight boxer. All are cast as sea
faring parls of Dunn.
Approximately fifty per cent of
Michigan's 1832 potato crop was
hauled to market by motor truck.
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CLEAN LINEN AS
TRIAL DRAGS ON
By Arthur Perry
EUGENE. May 10. Many Medford
and valley people attending the
Banks murder trial as witnesses for
the past ten days have written home
for "more clean shirts." Dr. C. 1.
Drumtnond, county physician, receiv
ed a fresh consignment Wednesday
morning, some have been forced to
the necessity of buying new ones to
retain their sartorial perfection. Dr.
Drummond, who testified Tuesday,
has been retained for further testi
mony by the state, as .has Former
Coroner H. W. Conger. Both will be
here till the finish.
Mrs. J. c. Barnes, who haa been
here for ten days as a witness, was
excused Wednesday afternoon and
returned to her home. Mrs. Barnes'
testimony was not required when the
defense admitted that E. A. Fleming
was In the Banks home on the morn
ing of the crime. She would have
testified. It la said, that she saw
Fleming leave the back door of the
Banks home and his detention by
state police officers. Mrs. Barnes had
been here for a week.
Other witnesses excused Wednes
day, most of whom had been on the
witness stand, were coroner Frank
Perl; Godron Kershaw, who showed
defiance to the heckling Inquiries of
uerense counsel Lonergan. and T. E.
(Tommy) Williams. Williams received
from the hands of Mrs. Banks the
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"proceed la order" not, and after
ward gave it to Kershaw, w&o turnad
It over to the state police. Former
Chief of Police Cherles Clause of
Aahland. who received quit a gruel
ing quizzing at the bands of Attor
ney Lonergan; Constable Francis
(Pete) Martin and Harry Ingllng. all
of Ashland; Miss Charlotte de Ford
of Tillamook and Chief of Police Mc
Credie of Medford were excused
Tuesday.
New witnesses who arrived Wed
nesday from Medford were Attorneys
O us Newbury and E. E. Kelly, Verne
Shangle, photographer, and County
Clerk. George R. Carter.
The county clerk of Lane county
reports that to date $S00.63 of the
1000 sent by Jackson county for
witness fees and mileage has been
expended. The witnesses receive $3
per day and 6 cents per mile, com
ing and going.
Some of the witnesses have been
here two weeks and are beginning
to long for home. Some have started
to fear they will be solicited to Join
the Lane County Pioneer Associa
tion :f they stay much longer.
P.-T. A. to Meet Junior high
school Parent -Teachers' association
will meet Friday afternoon at 3
o'clock with Mrs. N. C. Chancy, chair
man of the program. Miss Marjorle
Kelly, girls' physical education di
rector, will present a class giving the
wand drill, and Ray Henderson, boys'
physical education director, will also
furnish a part of the program. Dr.
L. D. Inslcep will speak on the health
of the adolescent boy and girl, and
Mrs. C. H. Paske will have charge
of Installing the new officers. All
parents and those Interested are In
vited to attend,
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'OLD SALT JUROR
By ARTIITR PERRY
EUGENE. May 10. The Jury of sev
en men and five women, who will de- I
clde the fate of L. A. Banks, and his
wife, Edith Robertine Banks, charged
with first degree murder, for the
slaying of Constable George J. Pres
cott, on March IS laat, spent the
days' recess of the murder trial in
their hotel room, under the eyes of
a man and a woman bailiff.
They relieved the tedium of Jury
service, by reading, walking and play
ing cards. The women members play
bridge, and the men crlbbnge. Two or
three times a day they take walks.
Tuesday afternoon when the sun
shone for the first time In ten days,
they took a long stroll. Immediately
after the adjournment of court. The
Jury also has a Jig-saw puzzle they
have never tried to work, a bailiff
said.
The women are In charge of Mrs.
Thomas Bailey, mother of Ed P. Bail
ey, democratic candidate for gover
nor In 1930, and well known among
University of Oregon alumnus . in
Jackson county. It Is a position she
has held for several yean. Mrs. Bailey
Is a motherly soul, always good-natured,
and one of the best known pio
neer women In Lane county. F-r years
she has been active In church circles
here.
. Spectators at the trial, show the
Crisp "dresS'Up" Styles in
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most interest In Juror No. 13, Cap
tain L. C. Page, a retired sea-captain.
His shoes squeaked, when he walked
Into court Tuesday. He has been de
scribed In some press articles, as "the
Juror who sleeps all the time."
Captain Page, as a matter of fact,
does no sleeping, but closes bis eyes,
during cross-examination as a rule,
but Is always alert, when a witness
Is giving direct testimony. Lawyers
in the court surmise that he Is the
type of Juror, who pays no attention
to cross-examination, but Instead ab
sorbs the direct testimony of both
sides. In their turn, and then "weighs
the evidence." Captain Page has been
a resident of Lane county for many
years, and is well known and greatly
respected. With his shaggy eye-brows
and snow white mustache of the
handle-bar type, he is an Interesting
figure.
Jack Wurts was taking new Inter
est In displays ol booties, bonnets
and bibs at his shop this morning, as
he announced to the world (at least
to as 'much of It as cam bis way)
the birth of a little daughter to Mrs.
Wurta at the Community hospital
yesterday.
The baby, who tipped the scales at
six pounds, six ounces, has been
named Jeanette Elaine. Mother and
baby were reported getting along
nicely this afternoon.
The little miss Is the gTand -daughter
of Scott Davis.
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