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0 The Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy and unti tled with occasional showers tonight and Saturday. Cooler Saturday. Highest yesterday 78 lowest thin morning . 46 edford Mail Te A growing circulation The circulation of the Mat! Tribune la growing rapidly. Hundred! or new readers have been added In the past fen monttis. Paid-up circulation la the kiud that pays Ad. dividends. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1933. No. 62. M IfUNE 2 HUE! U Comment on the Day's News ,- By FRANK JENKINS BUSINESS houses handling overall, have received In th paat week or o notice, of price Increase, amounting to about 18 per cent. One such notice conclude, with this paragraph: "Please confirm ac ceptance at thle price by June I. or your order will be automatically cancelled." It ha. been a long time since sell er, have made cocky statement, such a. that to buyers. THERE have "been recent advance, of about 35 per cent In wholesale prices of shirts of th. dollar grade. uoh as men have been buying for the past couple of years. One seller, notifying buyers of this increase, writes: "If you want them at this new figure, let u. know by RETOTN MAIL." More evidence of an Impending sellers' market. t OHOES of the" 'lower-priced grades J kJ nave gone up about IS per cent. This reflects a consldersble rise In the price of raw hides; which are up materially. Here Is one case where the raw material producer Is getting a break. The suede Jackets that have been worn so iten.lv.lyln the past few years are up about 30 per cent more response to Increasing prices of leather. FURNITURE prices sre rising s you have noticed from the adver tisements. Not only that, but fur niture manufacturers are not holding out very rosy prospect, of early' de livery of new orders. They do not seem to have much stock on hand. Demand, that Is to ssy, will not have far to go to catch up -with supply- w 'St these Increases? Inflation, presumably. At least tnat is the conclusion of the corvams ui-sette-Tlmes, which says: 'The threat of Inflation Is having th. usual effect. Manufacturers will not make quotations for future de liveries. Wholesalers, Jobbers and retailer, are therefore buying now where possible to avoid possible fu ture higher prices. Their customers an doing the same thing "Business thus receives an artlfl elal stimulant. It Is exactly the same process, though, as taking a whip to s horse when the wagon sinks In tfie mud th. whipping doesn't provide tha horse with any additional muscle, because a whip is rather poor food." TRUE enough, atlll, if you ever happen to have been stuck in the mud with a heav ily loaded wagon you know that pour ing th. bud to the team often .helped like the mischief in getting out. Business is stuck In the mud of depression. The President, quite frankly, with no effort at conceal ment of his purpose, Is applying the whip of inflation to the horses In an effort to get out of the hole. All of u are hoping fervently that he succeeds. DISPATCH from Toledo, awsy A over In Lincoln county, on the coast, ssys: "An errant opossum was on exhi bition after It had been killed by Francis Thome near Drew's Prairie. "The animal Is the first ever known to have visited the state of Oregon." THE CORRESPONDENT who sent out that dispatch should know his Ccegon better. Opossum, have been reasonably common for ysar. up in the north eastern corner of the state. The story eoes that a palt of them es caped years ago from a family of Immigrant, bringing them to Oregon as pets from one of the southern ststes. Th?y survived in their new sur roundings, and their descendants have become fairly numerous ANOTHER Oregon immigrant this one a tree. Instead of an anl msl ! the live oak. Msny of these osks, which retsin their foilsge In the winter, sre to be found slong the Pacific highway In the Canyon Creek canyon, south of CanyonvVll. T.ie yellow poppy, as everyone knw is another California Imml- erant that has found If home In Ore con. Oregon Weather Pirtly cloudy and unsettled tonignt s-:i Siturdav. with scattered shoxers in w:-', portion and in mo'inMin coder Viterior is turd ay; moderate outberig winds oll&iiore. FIVE MILE AREA JARRED WHEN OIL PLAN! BLOWS UP Flames and Smoke Leap High Over Signal Hill Area Effect Felt in San Pedro Windows Broken ' LONG, BEACH. Cal., June I. ITPI A terrific explosion swept the Richfield refinery at 1:.V o'clock today causing death and destruc tion." the toll of life being esti mated at twenty. The compression plant with ten compressors and eight 1000 bar rel tanks are burning fiercely at . 2:30 p. m. The dmnage to the plant Is es timated by workmen at over a million dollars. Derrick houses on practically all wooden rigs In the Signal 11111 section were demolished and many wells damaged. All aval tn Me fire apparatus has been rushed to the scene hut the flames were so hot firemen could not. get near the center of the blast. Witnesses said that houses were crumpled worse than In the re cent earthquake. Sides of build ings cared In and furniture was blown Into the streets. The blast broke windows, two miles away In the downtown sec tion of Long Beach, and created Intense excitement throughout the city, which was struck by an earthquake last March. Flames In great sheets shot high Into the air, and before fire apparatus rould reach the scene a crowd of some 15.000 people blocked the streets and delayed the fire apparatus. The refinery is located at 37th and Lfine streets. The first Identified dead was Thom as Collins, an employee of the refin ery. ' -r- ... ., .- It was reported that among those who perished were a woman and a baby. It was the greatest disaster that ever swept the famous Signal Hill district, one of the big oil pro ducing fields of southern California located on the northeast border of Long Beach. Vast clouds of black smoke belch M from the flaming structures, the har oc appearing to have spread over sev eral acres of the plant. Half on hour after the blast the flames were raging beyond control. Terrified residents rushed from homes in all parts of the city when the blast shattered windows mile from the scene. The blast appeared to have origina ted in the meter plant of th reflns ry, known as plant No. 9. and the 1 C lease. Representatives of the Richfield OH company said they knew of three men being sent to the hospital and thr of their employes being missing. AUTO INDUSTRY DETROIT. June 3. (P) Five per cent pay increases affecting 130.000 wage earners were announced today, as officials of the Fisher Body Corp . said they would Join the General M tors Corp., in ordering the increase. effective in all divisions of the two organizations. Lawrence P. Fisher, vice president of General Motors and president of the Cadillac Motor Car Co., said the increase, authorized by Alfred P, Slo an, Jr., president of General Motors, would affect 100.000 employes. The PJsher Body Corp., aald Its 30,- 000 employes, most of whom are In Michigan, will receive the pay In crease. General Motors officials said the tn. crease went into effect yesterday in the majority of plants controlled by the corporation. STAGG'S TEAM PLAYS STOCKTON. Cal June 2 (AP) Coach Amr Alonzo Stagg will make his Pacific Coast football debut In Portland. Ore, on September 33, when he sends hts College of the Pacific varsity atralnst the Oregon Normal, from Monmouth, Ore., In a night game. The contest was announced today by Graduate Manager Ralph Prancls of the College of the Pacific. T.e Portland encasement will mark the bcffinnina of a 10-game schedule. LABOR PARTY ATTACKS NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN LONDON. Eng.. June 3. (API The labor party attacked Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamber Iain and tn envernment In the house nf crmm'Tin fnr allowine the world cr.rn ir ro;ifprn-e Initiative to "go to the United Slates." BASEBALL Brooklyn . 1 5 . 6 ia Boston Carroll, Shaute, Ryan and Lopes, Outen; Brandt and Spohrer. Brooklyn - - 7-13 2 Boston . - a 8 1 Belize and Outen. Lopez: Cant welt, Mangum and Spohrer. New York IX 19 3 Philadelphia 3 14 3 Hubbell and Mancuso; Rhem. Col lins. Plckrel, A. Moore and V. Davis. American Philadelphia 4 8 1 New York - 5 8 1 Mahaffey. Grove and Cochrane; Gomez, Moore and Jorgens. Cleveland ....... 3 8 0 St. Louis 1 4 1 HUdebrand and Spencer; Blaehold- er. Gray and Shea. Boston .............. 3 9 1 Washington 8 13 1 Wetland. Andrews. Rhodes and Ferrell; Weaver and Sewell. . CROFT RETURNED TO JAIL AS BOND GIVER BACKS OUT ' Joseph Croft, a. reputed member of the socalled "Good Government con gress," one of the organization's ac tive workers, said to have been high In the councils of L. A. Banks, con victed murderer of Constable George J. Prescott, at the zenith of his local agitation activities, was returned to the county Jail late yesterday, When Mrs. Ernest Dahack of the Eagle Point district, withdrew as bonds woman. Croft, known as "the man in the bearskin coat" and Indicted for the ballot theft has been at lib erty . the past six weeks, on $7300 bonds. No reason wu given for the with drawal. . ' , - . . r Croft, according to Jail attendants, reported that ai effort was underway to reorganize the socalled "Good Government congress," with new leaders, dissatisfaction being mani fested with the present official per sonnel, of Which Mrs. Henrietta B. Martin is president, and her father, C. H. Brown, Is secretary. One faction wants to place the or ganization upon a constructive and sane basis, without any "noise and fury," it is said. Banks, now In the hospital at Eugene awaiting a life term sentence in state prison, was honorary presi dent, and with County Judge Fehl and Mrs. Martin main orators at the "grand assemblies,, and "convoca tions." Owing to public aversion and wholesale withdrawals of members following the slaying of Constable Prescott, the organization has only been spasmodically active, though some of the leaders have tried vali antly to keep It alive. Authorities claim that a close and thorough check, shows that the "congress" at Its peak, had less than 1000 members the highest mark be lng 883. Banks claimed 6000 mem bers, but research shows this was a gross exaggeration. Many signed the cards without a thorough knowledge of the organization and never at tended more than one meeting, ac cording to their own statements. C. W. (Chuck) Davis, one of the eight men who entered pleas of guilty on ballot theft indictments, yesterday denied vehemently that he was, or ever had been a member of the "congress." Davis' claim is sub stantiated by county officials and "congressmen," who admit they be longed. Davis Is detained in the county Jail, where he la a trusty. L IS City police were today Investigat ing the cause of a local thirteen -year-old girl begging dally on the streets here, who tells people on the strest that her sister's baby is starving, add that the family is without food. The girl lives with her parents and other realtives on North Central avenue, of f leers said. A local man, who bought a supply of groceries for the girl, and gave her some money, was described by the mother of the family as "very crude.' for reporting them. She also told po lice that when the relief organizations save them more money, she would cease sending her daughter into the streets to beg. Relief workers here said this morn ing that the family spent the past year In California, and recently re turned to Medford. ROOSEVELT FOR CHANGE IN GLASS BANKING BILL WASHINGTON, June 2. (AP) President Roosevelt sent word to con grenplonal conferees today that he wanted the Vandenberg emergency hank irxit plan eliminated from the Glass bunk reform bill, but Vie r on few reached no agreement on to measure. SEVEN ARRESTED, PART OF RANSOM ER Former Oregon Convict Among Gang Held for Kansas City Extortion Women in Accused Group KANSAS CITY, June 3. (AP) Police detectives said today that seven persons whom they asserted were involved in the kidnaping last Saturday of Miss Mary McElroy, 36, daughter of City Manager H. F. McEl roy. have been arrested. Police said three men and two wo men were arrested In Amarlllo, Tex., and the other two were taken Into custody here. Police named Walter McGee. held in Amarlllo. as being the reputed leader of the extortion giing. Officers said part of the $30,000 paid by City Manager McElroy for hfs daughter's release last Sunday has been recovered. McGee was described by police here as about 37 years old, once a driver of large transportation trucks. Offi cers said he Is a former convict who served a sentence in the Oregon state penitentiary at Salem and Is sought In several Kansas bank robberies. PORTLAND, Ore, June 3. (API PoPUce detectives said today that Walter McGee, arrested in Amarlllo today In connection with the kid naping of Mary McElroy. Kansas City girl, served a two-year sentence In Oregon state prison for armed rob bery. He was convicted of having partici pated In five holdups of stores and service stations here In 1927. OF BEND. Ore., June 3. (AP) Frantic because she was unable to find her missing fawn, a mother deer lost her life In Paulina lake yesterday, al though she was taken from the Icy waters three times by anglers. Chased by coyotes, the doe and lawn crashed out of the brush and plunged Into the mountain lake as amazed fishermen looked on. The doe headed for deep water, but the fawn, which had been following closely, turned and swam toward shore. When the doe discovered the fawn was missing, she began swimming in wide circles. Anglers saw she was tiring, and they towed her ashore. But without resting, the deer pi urged back Into the lake. Three times the doe was taken from the water, and each time she resumed her search for the fawn. Before the fishermen could rescue the frantic animal a fourth time she sank beneath the surface of the lake. ROBOT GUIDED PLANE LOS ANGELES, June 3. P Cap tain Frank Hawks, flying a Robot controlled, 14-cyllnder airplane, took off from the municipal airport at 5:51 a. m. today on a non-stop flight to Floyd Bennett field, Brooklyn. N Y. He proposed to test the automatic pilot and was not necessarily seeking s speed record. The ship left the ground easily in spite of Its load of 620 gallons of gas oline which atten lants at the air port said would app-oxlmate two tons in wight. BENSON PUPILS ON CRATERIAN STAGE Eva Benson, well known local teacher of dancing, will present 16 of her talented pupils In a half-hour revnue on the stage of the Craterlan theater Saturday night. Tap rou tines, toe dancing and other equally entertaining variations of terpsi chore win all be offered. The revue will be on the stage for one show only, at 9 o'clock. The regular showing of "Hell Below" will occupy the screen. KINGFlSH SUED FOR CHARACTER ATTACK BATON ROUGH, La., June 3 fAP) Senator Huey P. Ing today was sued for MSO.OOO damages by Mrs. Anne Ector Pleassnt, wife of former Oovernor Ruffln O. Pleasant, who alleged Senator Long had defam dd her character and had her ejected from the state house during the 1932 i eisIon of the Wislaf.ur. I An American firm proposes to build metal house In Britain, PROTEST HALTS Z Davis, Counsel for Lamont, Lodges Sharp Protest Against Query of Pecora On Income Tax Returns WASHINGTON, June 2. AP) The- senate Investigation of J. P. Morgan tte Company was abruptly re cessed for the week end today after John W. Davis, counsel for the firm, protested against a question directed at Thomas S. Lamont, Junior part ner, apparently relating to his in come tax return. Tho white-haired Davis, former presidential candidate, leaped to his feet to object when Ferdinand Pe cora, aggressive senate committee counsel, called young Lamont to the stand and asked him about sales of stock December 30, 1930. "This Is not fair play," Davis pro tested, asserting Lamont had not been advised he would be questioned about the stocks. While Lamont sat quietly at the table, and his senior partner J, P. Morgan listened Intently from the background. Davis and Pecora ar gued the question. Chairman Fletcher finally ruled the question was pertinent. . Lamont then said he did not rec ollect about the sales and he was di rected to look them up over the week end. , Previous testimony before the com mittee had dlcslosed that the 20 Mor gan partners had paid a total of $48, 000 Income tax in 1930. The committee waa taken today behind the scenes of financial drama of the chaotic days of late '39, by a Morgan partner who told how a few bankers with 1360.000.000 at their fingers supported the crashing mar ket. It was a profitable operation, tod. George Whitney, the Morgan part ner, testified that, although loss had been expected, the 1,146,609 'ah a res purchased were sold at $1 ,067,855 profit, exclusive of Interest. The massive purchase lasted some three weeks. "It ended, as T recall, on November 11." Whitney said. DEATHOFHUNTER ROSEBURO, Ore Juris J. (P) verdict of Involuntary manslaughter was returned by a coroner's Jury hers last night against Frank Jantzer, 18. who last Tuesday accidentally shut and killed his uncle by marriage, Wll I'am Smith, while hunMng In the vicinity of Starveout creek on uppw Cow creek. Jantaer. upon the wltneu stand, admitted that he and Smith were hunting out of sesson, whlci left no resource from the verdict of Involuntary manslaughter under tho provision of the state law. which so classifies the killing of another per son while engaged in an unlawful act. IN SAN JOSE, Cal., June 7. (AP) A murder charge waa filed today against Davis A. Lamaon, who has been held in Jail here since the mys terious death of his wife In their cottage on the Stanford university campus last Tuesday. The charge was filed by Sheriff William Emlg. Prosecuting offlclala declined to say anything further about the case they had. despite days of investiga tion following upon the finding of Mrs. Lamson's body In the bath tub of the cottage and subsequently dis covering she had been struck four times on the head with some blunt Instrument. LL1N01S DRY TEST SPRINGnELD, 111.. June 3. UP) The first real test for Illinois prohi bitionists and repes lists since enact ment of the federal eighteenth amendment comes next Monday. June 6, when they meet squarely in a state-wide election of deiegtaes at lares to a Tederal repeal convention. State prohibition recently was wip ed out In Illinois by a large majority, but the question concerned only the state searrh and seizure law. Knur fatalities AALEM. June 2 ip Pour fatali ties resulted from Industrial acci dents during tho past week, setting a new record for aurh casualties tn one week for the current year. It was an nounced today by the Industrial a -:dnt commission. A total of 332 tw cinem yore also reported Morgan Is Snapped With Circus Midget on His Lap : i-le" lit ' l " 4 , 5?f "' vf -.n , Thl. Associated Pres. telaphoto .how. Lya Graf, midget associ ated with a olreu. playing in Wa.hlngton, D. C, on th. lap of J. P. Morgan In a senate committee room. Mia. Graf .was placed on th. financier', lap while the senator, war. In executive session In another room. rwASHlNOTdN, '"June l.HIP) Ail air of Joviality between J. P. Morgan and his sssotates snd members of the senate Investigating commutes prevailed before today's session start ed, as they Joked over the Incident of a midget being put on Morgan's Up yesterday. "It was an unfortuante oocurrenoe." Morgan told Chairman Fletcher, "but I don't blame the photographers. "I don't want to stand In the at titude of knocking men out of their Jobs. TO BY COURT ACTION SALEM, Ore., June 3. (AP) The attempt of P. C. Heffron of Eugene to file as a candidate for the Oregon repeal convention on the basis of an "out and out" dry regardless of the mandate of the people of the county he represented, was Interpreted here today as the opening move on the part of the anti-repeal group to Virow the constitutional convention Into the courts. Heffron. an attorney, was sent a letter from the state department in forming him his filing as a candi date was rejected because it did not conform -to the qualifications. Hef fron yesterday sent in his application but declared he ' would vote dry re gardless of the vote In his county, The filing pledge was changed by him to that effect. Under the provisions It Is manda tory on the part or wet or dry can didates to vote In the constitutional convention In the same manner as the majority of voters in the county represented rote on the repeal of the 18th amendment. It was understod here that Hef fron represents a group of drys and sent !n his application for the pur pose of taking the issue to the courts. The move was seen as the opening gun of the announced plan to test the law calling for the constitutional convention and providing for the manner of voting upon repeal. ONE OP KANSAS SILOAM SrRTNOS. Ark., June 2 (AP) Lewis Bechtel, one of M con victs, who escaped Irom the Kansas penitentiary Tuesday, was surprised and captured today at a farm house near Dripping Springs, Oklahoma, posses reported they were close be hind two of his companions. 'Vhe scene of the capture was eight miles northwest of here, where search has centered in the remote, hilly sec tion for three con vie since early yesterday. '""i haven't'been used to advertising a circus." He waa laughing and gesticulating. Members of the banking group told senatora It waa not their wish to ex clude the photographera, and that tha derision wss up to the committee. Nevertheless, Fletcher required thst csmerss be left outside the hearing room for the present. Senator Adaou of Colorado aald afterwards photog raphers were to be given a day off and then readmitted. ARE WITHOUT SIN Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Syndicate By .IAMKH MnMUMJN NEW YORK. June 2. The Inside attitude of the Morgan Interests 's still "Everybody's out of step but us." Their faith In the fundamental Tightness of their system has no- been shaken In the least. They have no consciousness of wrong-doing and their conviction Is stronger than ever that Mr. Roosevelt will presently fail on his ear. Outwardly they will con tinue to cooperate with his program. Inwardly their resistance will be pass iveunless they can find a banana peel guaranteed to work. ' Mr. Lamont Is scheduled for some uncomfortable moments in the near future. Tecora will ask him about Japanese and Argentine . bond Issue which he handled personally. No ono charges misrepresentation, but thero Is quite a question whether the un derlying collateral waa Inspected with sufficient care. . The real insiders know that a mu tually beneficial hookup has existed for years between Morgan interests and Tammany. But it would take a seven t'i son of a seventh son to prove It and It is not likely to develop In this Investigation. You could search the Morgan files from now till dooms day without flndlrg a trace of it. Chiefly It was handled througn Morgan utility connections, yet even there you would be put to it to find (Continued on Page Two) CUTS FOR DISABLED WASHINGTON, June 2. AP) The senate today adopted an amend ment to the Independent offlres bill limiting to 2S per cent the cfits In service -connected world war veter ans' disability benefits and pensions of veterans of the Spanish-American war. Vice President Garner cast the de ciding vote for the mfndment. A tie vote of 42 to 42 resulted, and without Osrner'a vote in the alarm alive it would nave lost. T DIPLOMAS TOOAY AT HIGH SCHOOL Dr. Gilbert of University of Oregon to Give Com mencement Address Flowers Only to Be Given At Vie fortieth annual commence ment exercises this evening la the senior high school auditorium, diplomas will be presented 01 girls and as boys, making a total of 14 senors to complete the standard high achool course. Dr. James Gilbert, dean of th. school of liberal aria at the Univer sity of Oregon, will give the com mencement address. Parents and friends of tti. gradu ates are advised that flowers will b received In the auditorium fni- tMm students, but a request lias been Is sued Dy tne scbool orricisls that no gift, be brought to the exercises. Program The program has been announced as follows: "Csllf of Bagdad" (Boleldleu) High School Orchestra. Invocation Rev. Wm. Howell. Salutatory Francea Ferry and Elis abeth Ferry. "Happy Song" (Teresa Del Rlego) A!!een Guy. Address Dr. Jsmes Gilbert. Valedictory Frsnces Tucker. Awards 0. O. Smith. Presentation of Diplomas M. H. Franklin. "Medford High" Adapted from Heidelberg: senior boys" quartette. Benediction Eev. Howell; flowera. Members or Class Members of the class are: Ger trude Amtdon, Ella Francea Apple- gate, Francea Elizabeth Arnsplger, I lone Bates, Stella Bstes, Maxlne Ma Bohnert, Pearl Boussum, Nlfie Gert rude Boyle, Lois Esther Carter, Cath erine Chaney, Ethel M. Chord, Edna Merrlam" Olauaaen,-Mary - Kllmwtbr Colvln. Leon a Marian Conger, Margie Jane Dslton, Helen. Lillian Davis, (Continued on Page Three) DEFERRED. TODAY L. A. Banks, former local editor and honorary president of the so- ' called Good Government Congress, convicted for second degree murder by a Lane county jury, la not to undergo an operation today, contrary to plans, according to report this afternoon from Eugene, where he haa been a hospital patient sine an nouncement of the Jury's verdict. no change in Mr. Banks condition waa noted this afternoon, the Eu gene report states. , DECATUR, Ala.. June 2. (UP) Two of nine negroes accused of as saulting two white- women on a freight train near Scottsboro, Ala., two years ago today, won the right to be tried as juveniles. Cases of the two defendants Roy Wright and Eugene Williams who were proved to be minors, were re manded to the Morgan county Juve nile court by circuit Judge James b. Horton. ROGER? BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Jun 1. Jtr. Roosevelt has been for six weeks trying to find a Re publican. He wanted to put him on the economic confer ence and end him to London. Well, he finally located one, Senator Jim Conzens of De troit, and he only admitted to bpinK one just to get the trip. I tell you it takes bribery to get a fellow to write Republi can after his name nowadays. Well, they are leaving with high hopes and it would he wonderful if they could do somethiug beside just seeing the king when he delivers hi address. Yours, iM. Co?- 4B1M! VitfAHjfe 4asM.Att. In
