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Twenty-eighth Year
MEDFOKD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1933.
No. 65.
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The Weather
Forecast: Fair toolgnt and Wednes
day. Normal temperature.
TEMPERATURE
Highest yesterday 77
Lowest this morn In 43
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Thursday Set
Open Trial of
First Suspect
Arthur L Dieu. former business manager for the newspaper of L A.
Bank, convicted murderer, will be the first of the 22 men indicted Mr
ballot theft, on Feiruary 20 last, to face a Jackson coiu.ty Jury Trial of
I Dieu will start Thursday at 0:30 a. m. before Circuit Judge Oeorge
r. Sklpworth of Eugene. The sheriff and county clerk were instructed to
have the Jury reprt for that tine and date.
Assistant Attorney General Ralph I
E. Moody also announced that upon
completion of the trial of ia meu.
the state of Oregon would at once
proceed with prosecutlor of Walter
Jones, mayor of Rogue River, and
that trial would be followed by trial
of John Glenn of Ashland, former
eounty Jailer.
Only First Three Listed
The state announced that It w
not prepared to list the order of trial
for defendants beyond the three.
La Dieu was arraigned and entered
a plea of not guilty this morning. He
vss represented by Attorney Thomis
J. Enrlght.
County Judge Earl H Fehl, Sus
pended Sheriff Gordon L Schermer
horn. E. A. Fleming. Jacksonville or
ehardlst, and Waller Jones. Rogje
River ma7or, also entered pleas of not
guilty. Fleming was represented ny
Attorney E- E. Kelly.
Motions asking 'or separate trials
foe Fehl, Schermerhorn, Jones, John
Glenn, former County Jailer Joseph
Croft, and Ija Dleu were granted by
Judge SklpwoK.i, Mle court explain
ing that the matter was mandatory
Ward Delayed
Claude Ward, brothel -in-law of
Banks, represented by Attorney '.
B. Phipps. failed to make an appear
ance at the opening of court. Attor
ney Enrlght informed court that "he
Dad been cold Ward was sick." ward
and Attorney Phipps later appeared
and Ward was given until Thursday
morning at B:80 to enter a plea.
Attorney .Phipps explained to th3
court that he had never seen an ln
detment or warrant In the charge,
whereupon Assistant Attorney General
Moody read the indictment, and pre
sented the defendant with. a copy.
"John Due Ko. 4. ' "John Doe No. 8."
and "John Doe No. ." the court was
Informed were not in custody. Evl
Brvsnt. Jacksonville, war- listed as
"John Doe No. 1. James D. Oaddf.
Jacksonville. "John Doe No. 3." and
E. A. neming as "John Doe No. 3."
All of the ballo. theft defendants
irere In court.
The entire proceedings took slight
ly less than an hour before a par
tially filled courtroom.
Court recessed at 10:30 o'clock, witn
the announcement that court would
be resumed at 1:81 o'clock.
To Limit Attendance
The court made arrangements tr
door guards, and guards to keep the
hallways cleared during the proced
rngs.. Attendance at the trials wi'l
be limited to the meeting capacity of
the courtroom.
Circuit Judge Sklpworth Is knowa
as a strict disciplinarian during court
proceedings. He snnounced that ne
would be Mere for fhe duiatlon of the
trial and prepared to accept motions
and so forth, at any time
The expected flllrg of a motion for
a change of venu, by at least one of
the defendants, did not materialize ai
the morning session.
None of 'the tenssness that marked
ether hearings was notlceabls In the
morning proceedings, and when court
started sharply at H.30 o'clock, only a
half-hundred peop'e were present.
Later the courtroom rowd Increased
1 A decision in the motion of County
Judge Earl H. Fehl and Suspended
Sheriff Gordon L. Schermerhorn to
Interview state witnesses held In the
eounty Jail, and to Inspect confes
sions In the ballot theft cases, will
be handed down tomorrow by Circuit
Judge George F. Sklpworth.
The court took the matter under
advisement this afternoon, following
arguments on the motion by both
sides.
Assistant Attorney General Moody,
representing the state of Oregon re
sisted the motion, declaring:
"It la the first time In this state
that such a request has been made
en behalf of accused men. It la un
heard of to expect the state to reveal
evidence upon whtch the state relies
for conviction."
The assistant attorney general sub
mitted legal authorities In a brief.
The state contended thst the inspec
tion of the confessions and state
ments might not be material to the
two defendants, yet concerning other
defendants, and that the revealment
of the evidence might place them at ;
a disadvantage
Attorney A. C. Hough, representing
Fehl, presented the argument for the
Accused official, who sat in court
beside his wife at the morning ses
sion. His argument waa short, sub
mitting one Oregon decision In sup
port of hia plea.
The court recessed In mid-morning
to allow the state time In which to
prepare counter-affidavits in a col
lstersl matter.
Attorney Frank J. Newman, for
Schermerhorn, declared that ft was
necessary, "In the Interests of truth
and Justice," that the defense have
access to the confessions and wit
nesses. In order to prepare to meet
trfe state's charges.
Mccdy declared, "the drfene is on
a fihing expedition, to larn what
can of the state s case."
FEHL'S AFFIDAVIT
REFUTED BYW1RE
FROM VAN WINKLE
Attorney A. C. Hough of Grams
Pass, counsel for County Judge E. H
Fehl, in the ballot thetv. cues, ad
mitted in court this afternoon, "1
have apparently made an error In dic
tation, 'n my affidavit relating to
my conversation with Attorney Gen
eral Van Winkle. The attorney gen
eral was referring to what Judge Fehl
told htm and not to Assistant Attor
ney General Levens.
"If I am In error at any time in
thia case. I desire to correct It."
The court replied;
"I know the attorney-general would
not lie, and I Know you would not
lie. tt is a mlatak
The affidavit purport) to claim
that the attorney genera) had told
Hough, that former Assistant Atto.--ney-Oeneral
Leens had reported to
his superior, his balief that Fehl waa
not involved In the ballot theft, and
was being "framed," as Fehl claimed
Levena said.
Ingfried Holm, secretary to the
county court, signed an affidavit that
Levens was closeted with the county
Judge on the afternoon of April 37;
and that he left between four a -id
five o'clock.
Imputations, contained in an affi
davit filed by County Judge Earl H.
Fehl, one of the 22 ballot theft de
fendants, and involving former As
sistant Attorney General William S.
Levena, who died suddenly on the eve
of the Banks murder trial at Eu
gene, were branded "untrue" tn open
court this morning by Assistant At
torney General Halph E. Moody. The
affidavit waa filed yesterday by Fehl
in support of his motion for the right
to Inspect confessions and Interview
witnesses in the state's case.
A. C. Hough of Grants Pass, counsel
for Fehl, filed a supporting affidavit,
which was also questioned.
The startling and surprising alle
gations In the two affidavits are em
phatically and aweeplngly denied by
Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle.
The accused county official claims
In his affidavit that the deceased as
sistant attorney general told him in
the county Judge's office In the
courthouse, on or about Aprli 27,
about five o'clock In the afternoon
that Levena said "I have been In
vestigating the ballot theft cases, and
that he (Levena) was satisfied that
I (Fehl) had taken no part In the
ballot thefts, and that I (Fehl) was
being 'framed' as he expressed It,
and that he would report the matter
to his principal, the attorney -general
of Oregon. . . "
Attorney Hough in a corroborating
affidavit, asserts that on April 30
last he had a conversation with At
torney General I. H. Van Winkle in
his office In Salem, In which he re
cited the "claims of Fehl and the
attorney general said:
"Ye, that is about what Mr. Le
vens told me," or words to that ef
fect. Attorney General Van Winkle, in
a telegram, embodied In counter af
fidavits filed by the state, denies any
report from Levena asserting that
Fehl was "framed." or that he waa in
his office on April 30, last, the date
on which Attorney Rough claims a
supporting conversation was held.
Assistant Attorney General Moody,
In an affidavit, declare he waa with
his former superior "to within an
hour of the time of hia death," and
that he at no time mentioned any
conversation with Fehl, or intimated
that he believed he (Fehl) was being
"framed." and had no part In the
ballot thefts.
The telegram of Attorney General
van Winkle, refuting the affidavit or
Fehl and Attorney1 Hough, In full. Is
as follows:
Salem, Ore., June 6, 1933.
Halph E. Moody, Asst. Atty. Genl.,
1st Natl. Bank Bldg.. Medford.
Referring to statement con
tained in affidavits of Earl H.
Fehl and A. C. Hough In support
of motion of defendants to In
spect and examine evidence and
.witnesses In oases relating to
thefts of ballots in which Karl
H. Fehl and Gordon L. Schermer
horn have been indicted, with
others, for the crime of burglary
not In a dwelling, which state
ments you read to me over the
tIphore I have to say that Mr.
W. S T'?n. eiyt-nt Mtnrny
gri'.tr.il. r.rvtr r:rr:rd to ir.c any
findings or conclusions to the
COHORTS LEAVE
ON EUGENE TRIP
Surrounded by officers and mem
bers of the so-called Good Govern
ment Congress, at the Southern Pa
cific depot thia forenoon. Mrs. Llewel
lyn A- Banks and daughter Ruth Mie
left for Eugene, where Mr. Banks Is
a patient in the hospital
While Mrs. Banks ana her "Good
Government" friends were at the
south end of the station. Mrs. Mie
Murray and daug-iter Effie Lewis,
formerly cloaely 'allied w.'th the or
ganization, stood at the north end
of the platform, rhey refused to re
veal their destination, but It was re
ported they were also, going to Eu
gene. Neither Mrs Murray nor Mrs.
Lewis spoke to thj group with Mrs.
Banks, although they all ooarded the
same car. .
Included among those at the sta
tion with Mrs. Banks snd daughter,
were Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ward ar.d
daughter Margaret Attorney wm. E.
Phipps. Attorney Tnoma J. Enrlght,
Mrs. Henrietta B. Martin, preslde.it
of the Good Government organiza
tion; her father. C H Brown, secre
tary of the "congr-as," and wife; Ar
thur La Dieu, formerly business man
ager of Banks' newspaper; A. J. Blsh
off. formerly bookkeeper for Banks,
and Mayor Walter J. Jones of Rogue
River.
Mrs. Banks wore a black silk knit
ted suit, small black hat and f'lr
neck-piece.
Mrs. Martin was attired tn a light
blue ensemble with bat to match, and
brown oxfords and mesh hose. She
kept up a steady conversation wltu
Mrs. Banks before the later got on the
train and when standing it, the crowd
of passengers, whispered in her ear.
effect purported to be quoted
from him in such statements. Mr.
Levens was never In Salem alive
subsequent to the date of his al
leged Interview with Judge Fehl
on or about April twenty-seven,
and I never. saw(hlm subsequent- (
to haVTate.T d'iii hot see or talk ,
to Mr. Hough on May thirty, nine
teen hundred thirty-three, and
waa not In my office on that day,
but was out of the city practically
all day. I did see and talk to
htm a day or two later, but did
not make any statement to ef
fect purported to be quoted by
him in hia affidavit. Any state
ment to him or conversation with
Mr. Levens related to Mr. Levens'
earlier Investigation and was not
in any respect to the effect stated
in said affidavits or either of
them.
I. H. VAN WINKLE,
Attorney General.
The essential portion of the affi
davit signed by Fehl, is as follows:
"That on or about the 37th
day of April, 1933, the date being
dependent upon my memory, but
it being the last day when Wil
liam Levens waa In Medford and
preparing to depart therefrom to
prosecute L. A. Banks in the. trial
which began at Eugene on May
1, 1933. the said William Levens
came into the office of the county
Judge in the court house in .Med
ford. Oregon, at about 6 o'clock
p. m.. and there told me that he
had been Investigating the evi
dence In the ballot theft cases In
which I am charged as a par
ticipant in the Indictment above
referred to and that he waa satis
fled that I had taken no part
therein and that I was being
'framed' as he expressed It, and
that he would so report the mat
ter to his principal, the attorney
general of Oregon ..."
The supporting affidavit of Attor
ney Hough. In part, is as follows:
"On May 30. 1933, I talked with
Honorable I. H. Van Winkle, at
torney general of Oregon, and
stated to him that I had been
told by the defendant. Earl H.
Fehl that Honorable William Le
vens had stated to him. Earl H.
Fehl. that he, Levena, believed
that the said defendant. Earl H.
Fehl had been 'framed', and that
he, Levens, believed that the de
fendant. Earl H. Fehl. had taken
no part and had not participated
In said ballot theft, and the said
Honorable 1. H. Van Winkle said
to me, 'Yes, that is about what
Mr. Levens told to me,' or words
to that effect."
The telegram from Attorney Gene
ral Van Winkle waa received by As
sistant Attorney General Moody near
the close of his argument, resisting
the defense plea for the right to in
spect confessions, and interview wit
nesses: "There are some matters contained
In the affidavit of Fehl and Attorney
Hough that are untrue, and I drslre
to call the attention of the court
to them. X at first thought I would
pay no attention to them, but after
reflection, decided they should not be
allowed to pass unnoticed."
Attorney Moody then read the tele
gram from his chief. The court held
that It was Immaterial to the matter
of witness and confession inspection,
but he would receive and consider
counter-affidavits.
Among Alabama's prison popula
tion of 5 313 thrre are 12 men serv
ing thir fourth sentence, tbree serv
ing their fifth and one bis sixUi.
WIFE READS OF HUSBAND'S FLIGHT
Mrs. James Mattern (left), wife of the globe. girdling aviator seek
Ing to establish a record, and her sister, Mrs. C. C. Douglass, follow
the Texan's progress In the newspapers at Mrs. Douglass' home in
Walla Walla. Wash. (Associated Press Photo)
REPEAL HINGING
E
SAYS DRY CHIEF
By the Associated Piess.
The movement for repeal of the
eighteenth amendment was one
quarter of the way toward its goal to
day with Illinois Add eel to the eight
states which previously had voted
to strike the amendment from the
constitution. Thirty-six states are
needed for repeal.
Today the tenth state Indiana
made Its decision at the polls. The
state legislature liberalized Its pro
hibition laws earlier this year. Bishop
James Cannon. a leader among pro
hibition advocates, was quoted aa
saying before today's voting: "If we
can win in Indiana, we can prevent
repeal." The Anti-Saloon League su
perintendent for that state expressed
the opinion that prohibition defend
ers had a "fifty-fifty chance."
The vote In Illinois yesterday was
approximately four to one for repeal.
This was the third test In the middle
west. Michigan and Wisconsin having
blazed the repeal trail. Four eastern
states New York, New Jersey, Dela
ware and Rhode Island and two
western states Wyoming and Ne
vadahave voted for repeal of the
amendment. There have been thus
far no states to vote for the amend
ment's retention In the constitution.
Before June end six more states
will have registered their views on
prohibition repeal. The states and
the date of the voting are:
Massachusetts. June 16.
New Hampshire, June 20,
Iowa, June 20.
California, June 27.
West Virginia. June 27.
Connecticut, Juno 20.
SALEM LEGALIZES
SALEM. June 6. (AP) A slight
change In the per centage of beer
backera in the city council here last
night will bring a slight change in
the per centage of legalized bever
ages. By an 8 to 4 vote with two absent,
sale of 3.2 per cent beer was voted
for the world's hop center last night
after votes on two previous occasions
had failed to carry. One scheduled
voting was also thwsrted when a pre
ponderance of anti-beer aldermen
skipped the meeting and could not
be located.
Mayor Douglas McKay promptly
siened the ordinance which becomes
effective In 10 days. A number of
W. C. T. U. women and repreAenta
tlvea of various church organizations
were In the audience, but vote was
tsken minus any oratory.
MT. A NOEL. June 6 fAP) Sale
cf "non-intoxlcatlng beverages snd
insofar a J the law allows intoxicating
beverages" by this city was made
legal yesterday by a vote of 152 for
and 28 against.
JENNY DOLLY FACES
CRITICAL OPERATION
PAP.18. June 6. (UP) Jenny Dol
ly, who once gained fame M a dan
cer with her sister, was fpund today
to be suffering from severe internal
Injuries received some weeks ago
during an a.':,o!n' ' sid-nt at
Bordeaux. A critical Deration may
b necessary.
L
Roses, sweet rocktt, popples and
iris, all the flowers of the month of
June, will be blooming tomorrow at
the Senior high school gymnasium on
South Oakdale when the annual show
of the Medford Gsrden club opens
to the public at 3 o'clock.
Entries will be received from B until
11 o'clock, at which time the doors
will close for Judging of exhibits.
Classifications for the show were
printed in the Thursday and Mon
day Issues of The Mall Tribune and
all growers are urged to read them
carefully and check all entries in
their proper divisions. The groups
to be entered should be determined
before exhibits are brought to the
building, In order to facilitate pro
gress of the show.
The Judges will be rather severe this
year In demanding that exhibits be
entered in the proper divisions for
competition, the committee stated
yesterday, urging flower fanciers to
abide by the rules.
All persons planning to enter ex
hibits In class 10, breakfast table
arrangements, are ssked to call Mrs.
Alfred S. V. Cnrpenter at 334-R-3 for
space.
Since the Garden club offera so
(Continued on Page Two)
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lyllard, who re
turned to San Francisco June 1 on
the Lurllne from a wedding trip to
Hawaii, are expected back In Medford
today, according to word received by
W. A. Gates, Lydiard's partner in the
local groceterias.
And their return, according to Mr.
Gates, Is due to the fact that Hon
olulu was too far for him to ship
books for them to read, so they de
rtded to return to the books In the
Rogue river valley Instead.
Several weeks ago Mr. Gates sent a
shipment of books to Los Angeles for
the couple, before their departure for
tie islands on the' Malolo.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 8 (AP)
I Farmer and dairymen prepared to
I evacuate their lowland homes along
the Columbia river today aa the
mighty stream, fed by rapidly melt-
Ing inows, we steadily, omnlously
J toward flood stage.
I The Columbia, reaching a stage of
j nearly 21 feet at Vancouver, Wash.,
was alieady leu than 0 feet from the
level that would bring severe damage
to lowland farmers and to lumber
mills snd docks along the river.
The exodus ' of those living along
the ttream began Sunday and con
tinued yesterday as lowlands were in
undated. The river road out of Van
couver was ordered closed to the
public yesterday when the county
mginccr s cliltrc rcntn"r(! tt too
dangerously soaked to be safe for
Uailto.
AT
LYOIAROS HOI
FROM HONEYMOON
COLUMBIA NEAR
LOWLAND HOIS
HALTS FOR SLEEP
ON GLOBEjLIGHT
Plane 'Century of Progress'
in Good Order On Landing
in Siberia Texan Far
Ahead of Girdle Record
OMSK, Siberia, June 6. (AP)
Jamea Mattern went to bed tonight
to rest for a continuance of his
around-the-world flight.
The filer's plane, the red, whit
in good order, but Mattern decided
he needed rest.
Mattern landed here from Moscow
at 1:35 p. m., Moscow time (5:35 a.
m. eastern standard time.)
MOSCOW, June 8. (AP) More
than five hours ahead of the record
he la seeking to better on hia solo
flight around the world. James Mat
tern early today was streaking into
the heart of Siberia, landing at Omsk
1400 milea to the east at 1 :35 p. m.
Fifty-one hours and 37 minutes
after his take-off from New York the
smiling Texan arrived here amid a
cheering welcome and ate, bathed,
and snatched two hours of sleep,
ohaflng because necessary plane re
pairs kept him here nine hours and
17 minutes.
But he was off again In the red-whtte-and
blue Century of Progress
at 1:14 a. m. (5:14 p. m., Monday.
E 8. T.). flying over established
routes to Omsk, Siberia.
Ahead of Record
Despite the delay occasioned by the
necessity of repairing two tears ap
parently resulting from Ice that
formed during the trans-Atlantic
leg. Mattern was five, hours 15 min
utes up on the time established In
1031 by two other Intrepid Ameri
cans, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty.
"I fooled them, didn't I?" Mattern
Continued cm Page Two)
U AT ST.
DIPLOMAS TODAY
Tota7 Is graduation ggy ,t jt
Mar7's academy for foul teen young
people, snd the days activities open
ed this morning at eight o'clock wltb
church services, with Revereni
Prsncls W Black ;)flclatlnit.
Breakfast was then served at the
academy at a table which had a large
medieval aatle as centerpiece. The
castle was set upon a rock, was elec
trlcslly lit snd the base wss sur.
rounded by greenery, piare cards car
ried out rhe same idea, with knight,
on horsebeck, carrying the flag f
victory. Souvenirs were carried out
In the colors of bVie and white.
Reports were msde at 10:30, sndj
this even'ng at ol?ht o'clock at the
sacred Heart church.
The provcrsm will be:
Processional March. Allegro....Bstlste
Venl Creator Gregorian
St. Mary's Aoademy choir
Address to the grsdustes.
Reverend E. J. Murnane
Conferring of Graduating Honors,
Reverend Francis W Black
Ave Maria .Stearns
Mrs. J. o. Hayes
Solemn Benediction of the Moat
Blessed Sacrament:
Celebrant Rev. T W. Black
Descon .. Rev. W J. Meagher
sub-Descon, Rev. w J Dwyer, S M
Ave Verum Oounod
Tantum Ergo Machalek
Recession!! Lord Ood Our King ....
Besulleu
St. Msry's Acsdemy Choir
In the graduating clssa sr. Ralpn
Denman, Richard Lewis. John Dal-
lalre, Richard Wllsnn, William smith
Louise Pankey, Martha DeSouza, Ar-
lene Jensen. Helen McDonnell. L-
Vonne Corum, Oll'ett, Olnet, Edna
Btirkhardt Genevieve DeVaney and
Patricia Hsyes.
Flower girls for this evening's e
erclses will be Cecilia Bobbett, Hose.
msry Marshall, Pa'rlcla Nosier. May
josepnine piymaie, jean Denman. Pi
trlcla Barry. Monica Wilcox, Oladv"
Miller in! Dorothy Hayes.
AFTER' OPERATION
EUOENE. June 6. (AP) L. A.
Banks, convicted of second degree
murder in connection with the slay
ing oi Constable George Fresco tt
March 10, passed a "comfortable"
night last night following a major
operation, his physician reported 'to
day. Bunk will be In the liospi'.Hl fnr at
lrAt two mors weeks, his physlclsn
BANKS IMPROVING
BASEBALL
National
New York 7 9 0
Brooklyn 2 8 1
Hubbell and Mancuso; Carroll,
Mungo, Thurston and Lopez.
R. H. E.
St. Louis .. . 6 16 1
Cincinnati 3 4 0
Hallahan, s. Johnson and Wilson;
Stout, Benton and Henuley.
' R. H. B.
Plttsburgn ,. ...8 0 I
Chicago 5 12 0
Chagnon. Swetomo and Grace; Root.
Tinning, Bush and Hartnett, Taylo1
American
Washington 4 11 3
Philadelphia 8 10 1
Stewart, McAfee, Burke and Sewell;
Mahnffey and Cochrane.
Boston : 4 0 1
New York 8 10 1
Rhodes, Wetland and Ferrell; Bren
nan and Dickey.
Boston 0 11 1
New York ..... 4 8 0
II. Johnson and Ferrell; Pennock
and Dickey.
R. H. E.
Detroit - - --,,,., -,. ,,- 11 1
Cleveland 2 7 2
Rowe and Hay worth; Harder, Browa
snd Spencer.
TO ENTER PLEA IN
E
C. H. Brown, secretary of the so
on 1 led "Good Government Congress,'
and formerly actively engaged In that
organization, charged with "slander
ing a bank" In an article, signed by
himself In the Pacific Record Herald,
durng the bank moratorium waa ar
raigned this morning In circuit court
before Judge George P.- Sklpworth.
Time was allowed for pleading.
Henrietta B. Martin, president of
the "Good Government Congress," was
scheduled to appear this afternoon
for arraignment and pleading to the
Indictment charging "riotous and dis
orderly conduct." She Is st liberty
on bonds. The charge grew out of
an attempted buggy-whipping or
Leonard N. Hal! February 28. last, in
front of the Dairy News office, as
one of the climaxes of the county
wide turmoil laat winter.
The charges against Mrs. Martin
and her father, C. H. Brown, rest
with the district attorney's office, and
that department conducted the ar
raignment. The trials of the two will probably
be set as soon as possible after the
conclusion of the ballot theft trials.
Both charges come under the head
of indictable misdemeanors.
RUHRER BAKERY
CONTRACT IS LET
The contract for the construction
of the new Fluhrer s Inc.. bakery en
Holly street near Sixth street, was
let to R. I. Stuart tt Sons last Satur
day as the lowest tldder
Work on the new structure started
Monday morning. nd tt is scheduled
to be completed and ready for occu
pancy by August 1 next.
The building will be 110 by 70 feet,
of re-lnfjrced concrete throughout,
with special attention to light and
ventilation. Co.it oi the structure ws
not announced, bit: Is said to be well
in excess of 810,000
The building Is the first of any
consequence to be launched In the
buslnenj section in three years.
Besldea the equipment now use'J.
new and modern types will be added
It ta planned to change the name
of the concern from the Colonial
Bakery, Inc., to Fluhrer Bakeries, Inc.
AN, 62,
CALLED TO REST
Dee Bowman, well known resident
of Medford. paased away at his home
019 West Eleventh street at 11:20 p.
m. Monday, Mr. Bowman was born
In Adams county, Illinois, Sept. 38,
1870. Aged 82 years. He served his
country by active service in Cuba
during the Spanish-American war
nd was a member of the Jocal post,
Spintah-Amertcan War Veterans. He
wss also a member of the B. P. O.
Elks lodge ,at Will U ton, North Da
kota. He leaves three sisters and two
brothers, Mrs. A. C. Miller of Qulncy,
III.: Mrs. W. J. Martin. 019 West
Eleventh street, Medford, with whom
he resided; Mrs. H. M. Turnbaugh of
Medford; K. S. Bowman of Portland
and Charles. R. Bowman of Ashland.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the Conger chapel at 3:30 tomor
row (Wednesday), Interment in tht
family plot In the Talent cemetftxy.
DISARMAMENT IS
JEOPARDIZED BY
NEW NATIONALISM
Washington Officials Believe
Nothing Important Will
Come of Geneva Meeting
Davis to Save Face
Copyrighted by Mrciiira Newspaper
Syndicate
By PAUL MALL ON
WASHINGTON. June 6 (API
They are not ready to admit It pub
licly but officials here privately be
lieve disarmament is a lost cause.
Nothing important Is in prospect.
Confidential orders have been Issu
ed to Norman Davie to save the fa?e
of the movement if he can. That
Is why he has been worlr:ng at Ge.i
eva to get an adjournment for thirty
days. Britain and Prance believe
there Is no chance for success, at least
until after the London Economli
conference. They want to call the
whole deal off until fnl'.
in the end that la what probably
will be done.
The same old reasons are behind
the Geneva deadlock. The nations all
come out with high-sounding dis
armament statements. Tliey are ready
to sacrifice armaments for the tax
payers. Each says no one will go
further than he will. When you get
down to specific cases no one want
to give up anything. '
What made this conference harder
than previous ones la the new wave
of nationalism in sit nations. Nat
since the war have countries been so
self -centered.
Yost cannot get disarmament that
way. ,
That Mfret A1n fh cn- uu
on the Louderback Impeachment csje
was a thriller.
Somehow nna nf Vi 4.-1
what hannened and the rietniia nv
got out. But yo'i can find out If.
(Continued on Page Eight)
Free Balloons At
M. M. Wednesday
Free h.ltnrtn nf win .vtin. m tu
distributed to southern Oregon kid
dles WhO VlJllfc f.hM M t nAnaff-n.,
stors Wednesday, tomorrow, accom
panied by an adult. These balloons
will be furnished by the S & H Green
Stamp company.
Everv child, who rvMti. tn tu w w
store tomorrow with a grown-up per
m wm receive a nngnt 'colored bal
loon regardlesa of whether or not any
purchase 'a made, C. O. Meeker sail
special xeacure attractive
bi.rLTn.lnjt will h fvmi m .
partment, making It worth while for
mm uia w snop ai cne m m
Beer Price Back To
20 Cents a Bottle
Due to the high cost of obtainlnc
beer in Medford, announcement was
made today by a number of mer
chants that the price will be returnfi
to twenty cents a bottle. For about
a week, the price was down to fifteen
cents.
I LI-
ROGERS
$ys:
SANTA MONICA, Cal., June
5. Now we went off the gold.
That is, you had a government
bond and it said thny would
pay you in gold. Now they
won't. Well, you can alibi the
situation, but that is repudia-
tion. But thoy claim it was
necpssary and we needdd the
money.
Now if they can do that in
an emergency, why can't they
pass another one to do away
with the tax exemption on all
tax-exempt bondst There
would be more justice in that,
for everybody bought ''Cm just
to evade the tax.
In other words, we knew we
were buying a stolen car when
we bought it, but that's why
we bought it.
When you repudiate all tax
exempt bonds you only beat
'cm out of 3 or 4 per cent, but
when you repudiate fife gold it
will take years to find out what
you beat him out of.
Yours,
CZus&J sUXsukiaVmaiMi.