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Medford A growing circulation The circulation of the Mali Tribune li grontng rapidly. Hundreds at oew reader have been added In the paft few months. Paid-up circulation la the Kind that pays ad. dividends. and Saturday; moderate temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday Lowest this morning 5S Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOKD, OREGON FRIDAY, JUNE 9. 1933. No. 63. The Weather Forecast : Occasional rain tonight Mail Tribune t Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS . CHEERFUL not In the new: Bank deposit on Wie Pacific '" coast gain sharply In May over April end come within 3.5 per cent ol teaching the level of last May. BANK debits are charges against checking accounts In the banks. Practically speaking, they represent checks drawn against accounts In 'the banks. An increase In the total of bank debits Indicates a rise In the volume of business being transacted. That Is why news of such an .In crease Is cheerful news. BANK debits, Incidentally, are a aomewhat more accurate meas ure of the amount of money chang ing hand that bank clearings, which Is the more commonly accepted In dex. Bank clearings represent checks drawn on one bank and paid at an k other. The checks that are paid at the same bank on which they are drawn do not get into the clearing figures. Bank debits include all withdraw als from accounts. RISING volume of business Indl dlcates both returning confi dence and more money In clrucla tlon. People are less afraid of spend ing than they were before. As they spend more, more money gets Into circulation to be spent by everybody. THERE does thla increased volume of money changing nanas come from? Well, in part, of course, it comes from Oie accumulations of pPl who HAVE It, and have had it In the past, and who now, because of in creasing confidence, are spending it more freely than before. ' -i In other part, tl comes from those ' who heve been without employment before, or whose employment has been scanty, but who are now secur ing increased employment and more wages. HERE Is the way that works out, as Illustrated by a story told to this writer yesterday: A young fellow who haa been on short time got In a full. shift at the mill during the past two weeks, and last Saturday night got a good pay check. . He paid up his rent, which waa in arrests, and paid a month In advance. Then he paid a Jewelry store bill of three or four dollars, bought M50 in merchandise at a drug atore and spent eia 50 for clothes. HE STILL had 'money enough left ta last him to his next payday, and when he get .his next check he Is pls.uilng to open up a savings ac 4 count. Mark that plan for a savings ac count. That young fellow la sensible. He proposes In the future to save . some of It aa he get It. He ll never regret that decision. FROM this little' tale you see what happens when employment be gins to open up. even a little. Peon! who are without money get some money, and a they begin to get money they spend it. Every body, you see. get a share of it. The way to build up prosperity In this country ISN'T to concentrate a lot of money In a FEW hand. The way to create prosperity I to put a lot of money into a LOT of pockets. W7i?n that Is done, the money gete scattered around, a.nd everybody gets a chance at It. ROOSEVELT HAILS WASHINGTON. June 9 (IP) Signing of the four power peace pact in Europe was hailed today by Presi dent Roosevelt In a formal statement as a good omen for the Geneva and London conferences. The brief statement by the presi dent follows: The initialing at Rome of the four pewer pact between France. Germany. o-?at B-r.aln and Italy Is a good i.-;irv. T!ie United States welcomes rvrry effort toward replacing conflict In: national aim by Internationa", cooperation for the greater advantage of a1.'.." MfFFUY. Idsbo. June P '.Pi y -7-H. publisher of trie first j re Coeur D'.lne re- c;ot - li Tdvio. died u his home here today at the a,e of . Brazen Plot Told Jury in Ballot Trial Opening statements of both state and defense. In the trial of J. Arthur LaDleu. former newspaper business manager for L. A. Banks, convicted slayer, were completed this morning In circuit court before Judge George F. Skipworth of Lane county. The opening statement or me prose cution, given by Assistant Attorney nnvai Rjtlnh E. Moodv. reaiitrcd an hour to deliver and portrayed the hec tic event in ana near une coutviwum, on the afternoon and evening of Feb ruary 20 last the date of the ballot theft and destruction Involving, the .i.t.'. ottnrnev ' declared. County Judge Earl H. Fehl. suspended-Sheriff Gordon L. Bcnermernorn, hi"" . nnmi. Diver .Tnhn Junes, mju ..ufcw - Glenn. former county Jailer, and Tom L. Brecheen. in leaning pari aim indicted for the same crime with the defendant at the bar. Defense Brief. Iflnpnov Trim J. Enrtcht. In hi opening atatement to the Jury, took less than ten minutes, nnomej rlght briefly told the Jury that It "would be shown LaDleu took no part," that the state would hot be able to prove It claim beyond reasonable doubt, and asked the Jury to "pay particular attention to the demeanor ' of the state' witnesses upon the stand." The state of Oregon will unfold to you. members of the Jury, a con certed scheme on the part of County Judge Fehl, Gordon L. Schermerhorn, suspended sheriff, Walter Jonc of John Glenn, former county Jailer, and Thomaa L. Bre cheen of Ashland to aestroy me u. lots cast In the last election," de clared Moody. "The state will show that LaDleu. now on trial, waa an ac cessory before and after the crime, and a big principal In It. I have not told you half of the evidence that will be told from the witness stand, from the lips of partlcipanta In the crime who 'were mere satellites, and the observations of people outside the courthouse that night during a meet ing of the- Good Government Con gress. . , , Will Prove Participation. "The state will prove to you con clusively and complete the role LaDleu played In this crime," the state attorney closed, "and will de mand of this Jury, as citizens and tax payers, and fair ana .mpar"i and women, a verdict of guilty, a charged In the indictment. Discussing the motive for the ballot theft, Assistant Attorney General Moody ald: "For ome reason political or otherwise Fehl and Schermerhorn. particularly, did not want the ballot counted. They were not alone afraid of recount In the sheriff's race, they were suspicious about some thing In the county Judge race that they did not want the people to know. So when the circuit court order waa Issued calling for a re count. Fehl and Schermerhorn were In consternation. They, with other persons Interested, then decided upon drsstlc action. They made up their minds that the ballot must not be counted." Fehl Present. Assistant Attorney Moody declared that Fehl was present at conferences on the afternoon before the ballot thefts, with LaDleu, and conferred with Walter Jones of Rogue River, rh.ri.. w fnhurki Davis. John Glenn, former county Jailer, and the Sexton brother twice on puns breaking Into the courthouse vault. "Fehl asked one of the Sexton: 'Do you know the combination to the ..niir . Revt.nn reDlled :'I am not sure. I think It starts at thirty.' TT.ey were discussing now to gei in ou steal the ballot." 'Trt rietrmlne If there were bars on the Inside of the window." the state attorney declared, "Feni eni Chuck Davis and Brecheen outside, and Sexton was to turn on the vault light. It was agreed that the light waa to be flickered three or four time and Joe DBnlel. a Janitor, saw the flickering while outside the court house and came In and asked the Sex tons 'what was going on. They maoe some Joking reply and Daniels moved on. Couldn't Stand Recount. "And when the plans were all com pleted." Attorney Moody declared, the evidence will show "that Fehl said to the Sexton, 'We can't have tbl recount, or we will all be out. and that would be too bad.' Fehl then went to the Good Government Con gress meeting In the courthouse, and made one of his speeches for the dear people." Role Is Outlined, rhttllnlnc the role he held the evi dence would show that LaDleu played, the assistant attorney general de clared : That LaDieu "conferred with Fehl (In the afternoon) while the circuit .mirt was In session, and after the ruling ordering the recount had been filed"; i That the defendant "had arranged in alibi w.th Mr. iri t'.-r L A . Bviks to be st their home lrLen 1 11 o clock and 8 o clock in the morn- AS STATE WITNESS IN BALLOT CASES Charges of burglary not In a dwel ling agalnat Virgil Edington. of Cen tral Point, growing out of the ballot theft for which Arthur J. LaDieu is now on trial, were dismissed In cir cuit court thla morning upon request or Ralph Moody, deputy attorney general, special prosecutor for the ballot theft cases. Judge George P. 8klpworth dis missed the charges against Edington when Moody declared he wished to use Edington as an Important state's witness. Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle attended this morning's session of Salem last night to "give the trial the trial, having come here from his personal attention." Van Winkle went into conference with Moody upon his arrival here last night, but the. text of their discussion waa not divulged. Van Winkle also had a conference with County Judge Earl H. Fehl this morning. County Clerk George Carter waa the first witness called by the state, and Carter identified the., files of the sheriff's recount case, and also Iden tified the damaged and empty ballot pouches found in the vaults the morning aiter the robbery Carter also Identified the vaul window which was broken .to gain entrance to the vault, and testified that when he locked the vault on the previous evening the window waa not broken and that all the ballot pouches were in the vault. Carter could not testify that the pouches contained the ballots caat in the No vember election of last year, as coun sel for LaDieu objected on the grounds Carter was not county clerk at election time last year. Prosecu tor Moody said he would call Deltla Stevens Meyer, clerk at that time, to establish the fact the pouches contained the ballots in question. SLIM GOLF LEAD NORTH SHORE GOLF CLUB. Gletl view, 111., June 0. (AP) Tommy Armour of Chicago kept in front of the field in the United 8tatea open golf championship today by adding a, 75, three over par, to his previous record 68 for a 36-hole total of 143. This gave Armour a one-stroke lead over Joe Klrkwood of Coral Ga bles. Fla.. who had 74-70144. Gene Sarazen, the champion, not only failed to aelre hla opportunity to rush closer to the leaders, but took an erratic 77, dropped two more strokes behind Armour with a 161 total. Thla put the title holder eight strokes behind. . One Fatality SALEM. Ore, June fl. (AP) W. Brlggv mill w.orker of Marshfleld, waa the only Industrial accident fatality reported by the accident commis sion the past week. A total of 400 accidents were also reported. ing. but failed to get back from Rogue River In time. That La Dleu Instructed Sam Carey, former advertising solicitor for Bank "to tell everybody I am in my office. have been there all evening, and don't want to be disturbed, though he waa In and out of the News office all evsnlng. Carried Ballots Away, That he carried ballot pourhea away from the courthouse In hla auto, burled them In a straw pile near his home, then borrowed Deputy Sheriff Phil Lowd's auto to "go on a party," returned to the straw pile, loaded the stolen pouches, and drove by the Old Stage road to Rogue River, and went to Walter Jones' home for instruct tlons on what to do with the ballots That Jones instructed that the bal lots be taken to the home of Wesley McKltriclt"s mother and "burned." That while at the McKltrtrk home LaDleu looked at hia watch, said : "My God! I'm late." and left hur riedly for the Banks home, but Banks and hla wife had gone to bed. The assistant attorney general de clared the evidence would show that Maror Jnnea. when LaDleu. Wesley McKltrlck and Virgil Edlneton came to hla home with the stolen ballots went and got some pitch, and gave It to them "to better burn the bal lot at the McKltrick's." "LaDieu, when he found the Banks had gone to bed," Attorney Moody declared, "went to the News office and later went home." Continued po Pag four) BASEBALL National R. H S. Cincinnati 0 6 0 PttMburgh . 3 7 0 Derringer and Manlon; Swetonic and Grace. ' American R. K E. New York ; . 7 10 1 Philadelphia 8 11 1 Brown, MacFayden, Pennock and Dickey: Peterson, Walherg, Coomb and Cochrane. R. H K. Washington 7 10 3 Boston .V 2 7 8 Whltehlll and Sewell; Plpgra. Wl land and Ferrell. AT BELOYE FOR. IT OF REST MOSCOW, June 9. (AP) Jimmie Matter n, round the world flier, land ed at Beloye. Siberia, about fifty miles from Irkutsk at 3:45 p. m., today, Moscow time. (7:45 a, m., E. S. T.) He intends to remain there until tomorrow. No details were available here but the aviator presumably waa in good health and his plane waa functioning well. NEW YORK, June 9. (AP) When Jlmmle Mattern landed at Beloye, Siberia, this morning, he. waa 147 hours and 24 minutes out of New York. At the time-point In their record flight around the world Wiley Post and Harold Gatty had 4eft Khaba rovsk, their last stopping place In Siberia, and wete a couple of hours on their way toward Alaska. - Khabarovsk la about 1400 miles farther east than Beloye. E PORTLAND, Ore., June 9. CP) While a wan aun made fitful efforts to pierce banks of rain cloudi, thou sands of merrymakers celebrated the 1933-annual rose festival here today. Large crowds came from surrounding cities to attend the silver Jubilee of Portland's flower show and to attend the court functions of the mythical kingdom of Rosaria. over which Queen Jean reigns. Fraternal drill teams and drum and bugle corps from many outside points paraded the streets of the city. Their sparkling, brightly hued uni forms seemed in imminent danger of being drenched by lowering clouds. VETS' COMPROMISE WASHINGTON. June 9. (AP) The house democratic steering com mittee today unanimously accepted a modification of President Roose velt's compromise proposal on veter ans cuts and made plans to bring it up for house action tomorrow. The decision was reached at a Joint meeting of the special veterans com mittee and the steering committee. FOREST SERVICE B C. Vtmmer and H. R. Bouaum were injured last night when an axle broke on their auto on the Neil Creek road, the machine plunging several feet off an embankment. Both are employed by the United States forest service. Vimmer is In the Ashland Com munity hospital with a badly cnished chest. Boussum eescaped with bad bruisee, HAWKINS WILL BE LOAN BANK AIDE WASHINGTON. June 9. VP President Roosevelt today withdrew the name of Russell Hawkins of Ore gon, submitted yesterday to be a member of the reconstruction finance corporation. He today designated Hawkins a member of the home loan bank board. HOME OWNER RELIEF BILL PASSES HOUSE WASHINGTON, June 9. (AP The administration's rephrased bill j Intended to put $2 000.000.000 at the call of debt pressed home owners was t accepted today by the house and j f-em to te pnae, where approval 'will mi'.:f t'-e mea-nr ready for the signature of the president. nnn 1 1 ; nir iiunrn . . nnnnnim Y DIE OF Toll Near 100 As Great Cities Baked by Record-Breaking Heat Dozens Are Overcome in Chicago PORTLAND, Ore., June 9. fp) Ex ceptionally heavy rains Portland got 3.00 inches yesterday and last night started a sharp rise In the Willam ette -river here during the night and brought a new threat of serlaua flood. The rainfall recorded here was heav iest 24-hour precipitation in any June In the weather bureau's history. The weatherman remarked today that "another storm area lies over the Pacific and is moving In, giving no promise of settled weather here." (By The Assm-lnted Press) Sizzling hot weather breaking tem peratures baked vast stretches "of the eastern half of the nation, bringing reports of deaths that approached the century mark,. And while tome portions of the af fected areas, notably the extreme Aouthern and eastern parts of the Great Lakes region were enjoying moderate relief from the devastating effects of the week's Intensely high temperature readings, the east eaw no prospect for lower figures until to night when local thunder showers may ease the situation. The nation's metropolis New York suffered yesterday with a record breaking June 8 temperature of. 92. with one heat death and two drown ings, but it was in the middle-west where the death figures mounted. Illinois alone counted 22 dead in three days of the heat wave. Eighteen of the fatalities were in Chicago, where the thermometer shot up to 07 a new all time record for a June 8 and then began to recede, with a (Continued on Page Nine) T TAX SAVING DEAL WASHINGTON. June 9. (AP) Two more lists of those selected by J. P. Morgan and Co., for bargain purchases of stock were recorded to day in the senate investigation of the bank, which meanwhile centered on how partners of the firm cut their Income taxes by stock transactions within the family. Thomas S. Lamont, youngest of the twenty partners, recounted how through stock deals directly and in directly with hla wife his 1030 tax able Income had been reduced by 114,000. Ferdinand Pecora, commit tee counsel, estimated this saved 920.000 taxes; hut Lamont disputed this and John W. Davla as counsel for Morgan upheld the stock trans fers as legal. 4 WEST PONT, N. Y., June 9 (AP) Following are members of the grad uating class of the United States military academy from western states: Dolph, Cyrus A., II., Portland, Ore. T.horlln, Frederick, Portland, Ore. CONNER, JOHN , Medford, Ore. H.ARRKLL, BEN, Medford. Ore. Oowen, Paul R., Caldwell, Idaho Thompson, H. Benjamin, Pocatello. Idaho. SOCIETY LEADER IN RRNO, Nev., June 9. (AP) Mrs. Madeline Force Aator Dick, New York society leader, arrived here last night and It was learned today she experts to file suit at the end of six weeks residence for a divorce from William K. Dick. Mrs. Dick Is the former. Madeline T. Force. Her first husband waa John Jacob Astor, victim of the Titanic disaster. . i Midnight Rainbow BEND, Ore., June 9 ( AP) A i.ild- nlght rainbow, created by the light of the moon Just past Its full phase, arched the northwestern heavens last night and was tiewed by scores of Bend residents. The spectacle lasted for nearly half an hour. A light rain was falling at the time. Booe Cnhblrn Pay BrNOHAMPTON. N. Yi. June 9 a wage increai of five, per cent i for the 17.000 empires of the Bndi-cott-Jol'naon corporation, shoe manu facturer, wa announced todav. The increase la effective next Monday. President's Son, Wife Part Ulllott Roosevelt, second of the President, and Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt, Philadelphia heiress whom he iiiurrlcd Jan. JO, ll;i2, have sep arated and contemplate divorce. At Los Angeles lie announced plans to -establish a Nevada residence and said It waa possible she will Institute divorce proceedings after he becomes a legal resident of the state.- (As soclated I'ctm. Photo), Mrs. Roosevelt Denies Role of Peacemaker PITTSBURGH, June 9. T) Com menting on the prospective divorce of her son, Elliott, and hla wife, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said today that "each generation has its own attitude standards change. The president's wife was en route to Washington after visiting her son on the west coast. Mrs. Roosevelt appeared refreshed and rested. She said she had slept in a chair in the plane most of the time required for the flight here. Mrs. Roosevelt said she did not make the trip to the west coast in L ITS PLAN TO EVADE ISSUE LONDON, June 9. (P) flevlary of State Cordell Hull, chairman of the American delegation to the world economic conference, struck out vig orously today at what he described a attempts by "minority groups" In vsrlous countries to dlvtrt attention from the real purpose of the confer ence to relatively minor Issue. Hull, facing a roomful of American and British reporters at hi hotel in hla first prewi conference In England, said that In view of the magnitude and difficulties of the economic problems facing the parley he does not consider It within the functions of his delegation to go outside a well defined list of subjects outlined In the program for discussion. E KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. June 9 (fpr Bert Bngley, 18. and J. M. Haines were killed in a collision at Lake view late Thursday afternoon. The men were crushed when their motor cycle skidded on a gravel highway and struck a moving loiR..ig truck. Barley, son of a rormer Klamath Falls city councilman, graduated from Klamath high school iaat mnth. He a workintt in a Lakevlew lumber mill with Hslnea. an effort at bringing about a re conciliation of the Elliott Rooaevelta and had not attempted to "smooth things over." "After all, It Isn't my life," she said. She dented reports of a romance between her son and Ruth Goog lns of Fort Worth, Texas, and said she did not see Miss Googins when she stopped at Ft. worth, en route here. "I saw nothing but the airport there," she said. Mrs. Roosevelt said she would spend the week-end with a cousin, Mrs. Henry Parish, at Orange, N. J., return ing to Washington Tuesday. PLAYS GOOD GOLF FTRCRF-ST GOLF CLtrB. Tacoma. Wash., June 0. (AP) The final 36 holes of the 72 hole Pacific north west open golf tournament today de veloped into a hot battle between Walter Pursey, Seattle, and Jimmy Johnson, Tacoma, when they were tied at the atart, two atrokea ahead of AI Zimmerman of Portland. Pursey caught up with Johnson when he shot the morning Id In 73, one over par for a total of 218. The Tacoma pro dropped four strokes to par 75 to add to his 143, the low score yesterday. Zimmerman carded 73 for a total of 220. Other leaders Includo: Ted Long worth, Portland, 224, and Jack Hues ton, Medford, Ore., 226. FALSE PAY FOR L ASTORIA, Ore.. June 0. (AP) When A. N. Sllvo of Clatskanle re ceived a package of necktie from a middle-western firm with lnstruc' tlona to remit 95, he hsd an Idea. Sllvo wrapped two old seta of false teetvh and mailed them to the neck tie company with a note which ek' plained that the teeth were valued at 50, rhat he waa crediting the com pany with & for the neckties, which be would keep, and that "vou can remit the US." S DICTATED POLICY OF MANY FIRMS Suggestion or Veto Whis pered by One of Partners Sufficient to Sway Dozens of Larger Corporations Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. By JAMKS McML'LLIN NEW YORK, June 9. The Morgan control of American finance and In dustry has not been a mere matter of owning stock and holding direc- torsmps. Their Influence through those fac tors, as developed by Pecora, has been enormous. But this official Interest was hardly more than a single pawn in their gigantic chess game. The real punch lay In their entirely un official power of suggestion or veto in the policies of dozens of corpora tions with which they had little or no direct connection. Literally hundreds of bank and business executives hardly dared to breathe 'without consulting the Mor gana. They were the supreme ora cles. If a Morgan partner whispered i wouldn't do that" in the . most casual of conversations. It wasn't done. Or if a partner Intimated that wage economy waa a good Idea, wage economy became the order of the day. The lawa of the Medea and, Persians were no more binding than the offhand opinions of the House of Morgan. It was a beautiful combination of the power of prestige with the power of dollars and It worked to perfec tion.. But the prestige now sports a neat pair of black eyes and tho dol lara will be shaved to dimes when projected: legislation la adopted. The Morgan Intelligence service." waa developed to a high point ol efficiency also. That la why many of those names appeared on the preferred list." Judicious but in-' formal questioning of neneftclarle often yielded vital advance Informa tion on business and politics. The finest-tooth comb Pecora can devise won't rake out any violation of the law. The many law firm who had the house for a client took no chancea whatever on that. -The an swer waa "No" on any action where (Continued on Page Three) THE GET LICENSE BEFORE NEW RULING Three marriage license were Issued at the Jackaon county courthouse Thursday, the last day before the "gin marriage law" went Into effect. under the law effective today, re- quiring a three day notice before a license I Issued, no application had been filed, the clerk's office reported. liicenses were issued yesterday to Lawrence Nelson and Constance Lu clle Snelson of Portland, John Henry . Sylvia and Agnes Lucille Moore of Hornbrook, and an .ahland couple. WILL ROGER? 'tnvC BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., June 8. Avintion developed anoth er Lindbergh, Jimmie Mattern and Amelia Earhart, when Jlrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt finished a transcontinental flight. There is a renl boost for aviation, but here is what she really takes the medal for. Out at every stop, day or night, standing for photographers by, the hour, being interviewed, talking over the radio, no sleep and yet they say she never showed one sign of weariness or annoyance of any kind. No maid, no secre tary,' just tho first lady of the land on a paid ticket on a regu lar passenger plane. If somo of our female screen stars had made that trip they would have had one plane for secretaries, one for maids, one for chefs and chauffeurs and a trailer for "business repre sentatives" and "press agents' Tours, Qllll MiNsmkl Soilfl; las -
