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The Weather Portrait: Fair tonight and Tuesday. Temperature above normal. Temperature Highest yesterday Lowest thli morning . 67 A growing circulation The rtrculatlon of the Mall Tribune U growing rapidly. Hundreds of new readers have been added In tbe past few monnha, Pald-np circulation la tbe eiud tbal pars Ad. dividend. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOKU, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1933. No. 70. a KM i Medford Mail Tribune imam Facts Prove Minor Crime Says Lawyer . The court In the trial of Arthur J. LaDleu this- afternoon denied the motion of the defense for a directed verdict. Attorney A. O. Hough ot the defense. In asking for the directed verdict, stated that LaDleu Is guilty of larceny, "the facts show it." but maintained that he la not guilty of burglary not In a dwelling, the charge named m the Indictment. The. court held that sufficient evidence had been produced Unking La. Dleu In the allege conspiracy, to Justify taking the case to the Jury. Jean conners wee the first ae- fense witness culled in the trial this afternoon, completion of which Is ex pected Tuesday with the trial of Wal ter Jones, mayor of Rogue River, also indicted for the theft, scheduled to open Wednesday. T.ie state of Oregon rested Its main case In the trial of J. Arthur LaDleu, former newspaper business manager, on trial to1 ballot theft In circuit court shortly before . noon. The first defense witness was called at the opening of court this after noon. tFurther corroboration of the. testi mony of the Sexton brothers ana other state witnesses, who plsced County Judge Earl H. Fehl, Suspended-Sheriff Gordon L. Schermerhorn. Walter Jonea. mayor of Rogue River, John Glenn of Ashland, former county Jailer, and Tom L. Brecheen. political worker In the last two campaigns, as in and around the courthouse before, during and after the ballot stealing was presented. The state contenda the two county officials and ap pointees and Brecheen engaged In a conspiracy to destroy the ballots to prevent the court-ordered recount of votes. Fehl Talked to Boys. Joseph Daniels, former courthouse Janitor, now residing at Ruch. testi fied that on the evening of the bal lot thefts, he saw County Judge Fehl and John Glenn talking to the Sex ton brothers on the basement floor: that with Brecheen he walked past the vault window and aaw the flick ering light within, and Brecheen asked him "is that where they keep the ballots?" Brecheen also noticed a light In the clerk's office and asked Daniels if he knew who was In there, and If there waa any way to find out. -. Daniels testified that he saw Sua-pended-Sherlff Schermerhorn around the courthouse the night of the theft: once at the back door, once going around the northwest corner of the atructure and once while he was going up the Jail steps with another man. leading to hla office, the time being from 7:30 to 9:45 o'clock. Daniels testified that he and the Sexton brothers and Janitor Bell packed the ballot pouches from the vault to the courtroom and back, on the afternoon before the theft, and he "noticed nothing wrong with the window." Robbery Discovered. Daniels also said that the morning after the roboery, and before It was known. Attorney Elton Watklns of Portlsnd. retained aa counsel for Sheriff Schermerhorn In the recount proceedings. Attorney Prenk TSm, himself and Chsrles Fischer, a lock smith, had met at the vault door, and that at Attorney Watklns' suggestion thev all went outside to look at the courthouse, and discovered the broken window. Daniels testified that Watklns asked him: "Are sny of the bsllots gone." and the witness replied: "I don't know." The witness testified that Watklns led the way. Daniels further testified that he had seen the Sexton brothera talk ing to Glenn, and heard him call them and that at 10:35 p. m.. when he re tired for the night. Glenn had asked him "to let me know when 'Congress' is over." Dsnlels slept In a room on the courthouse roof. The witness also declared that when he came out the courthouse back doer he-, was met by Charles W. (Chuck) DavU. who said: "Lets go up there, and see what these two fel lows are doing." Daniels said they then went to the northwest court house corner, and around In front, where they talked to County Judge Fehl for 10 or 15 minutes. snw Parked Car. Daniels testified that he noticed a Ford coupe parked between his auto truck and V:. auto of Janitor Bell. R. C Cwnmlngs testified that hie Ford coupe waa parked lliere at Jones' order, to make a noise with the "Congressmen's" cheers when Burley Sexton broke with an axe the vault window. Daniels said Scher merhorn asked him to pstrol the counhouse that nicht. "Mr. Banks la very tickled, and et'd he had the best laugh In months when told the ballota were stolen." Sam Carev. former News ad solicitor, testified Defendsnt LaDleu told him shortly after midnight on the night the ballota were stolen. Banks con tinned In this morning's testimony, to move In the background of the crime. He stands convicted of the slaving of Constable Prescott, while resisting arrest as one of the ballot stealing plotters. Cere;-, who described himself as .e-tsrv tn Mr Moody.'' rurther tes nfd tht IsDieu. shortly after the crime was committed, was hying n I Continued ea Pag rtl IS ADDITIONAL TIME TO FILE Additional time has been granted Llewellyn A. Banks In the filing of a motion for a new trial In his convic tion of second degree murder, accord ing to Judge George P. Sklpworth, who presided at the trial of the for mer Medford editor and agitator in Eugene. According to Judge Sklpworth ad ditional time was sought by attor neys for Banks and In view of the Judge's attention being given to the ballot cases now In progress here, the requert was granted. BE WASHINGTON, June 12. (JP) Greater attention to timber lands was urged by President Roosevelt today In a brief talk to the "future farmers of America.' Speaking to the youthful represen tatives of agriculture on the portico of the White House, Mr.. Roosevelt urged that trees be considered a crop Just as are potatoes and wheat. "Timber la one commodity that is going to be indispensable to us," he said. "We have only a supply of what is known as virgin timber for 30 or 40 years. We are using it four times as fast as It grows." . Pointing to the advantages of ag ricultural life., the president warned ftls audience that "you who are go ing to engage In the profession of agriculture know that the odds are 1000 to 1 that you will never become mill ion aires." I "But there is more than money," he continued. "More important Is that you will be building up for fu ture generations the soundest kinds of American life." GRANGERS GATHER FOR CONVENTION PENDLETON. Ore., June 12. (AP) Members of the Oregon State Orange were arriving today for the annual convention of the farmers' or ganization, opening here tomorrow. The convention will last four days. More than 1000 members are expected to attend the sessions. Tonight those who arrived early will be guests at a round-table enter tainment at Happy Canyon where many of the Orange sessions will be held. BASEBALL h. e. 7 0 7 0 Shea; St. Louis . Chicago . Batteries: Blaeholder and Durham. Hevlng and Berry. R. 4 7 Ryan. R. E 13 0 13 0 flhsute Brooklyn Philadelphia Bstterlea: Carroll. and Outen, Lopes: Hansen and Davte. R. H. S. Chicago 8 8 0 Cincinnati 8 IS 4 Batteries: Malone. Bush and Hart nett: Smith and Lombard!. SIX EARTHQUAKES IN VICINITY OF LASSEN MINERAL. Cal. June 12. ( API Six earthquakea were recorded on the Lassen volcano observatory selsmo eraph last nic'H and thia momma, the heaviest at T - m. being sufflcl entlr strong to ahalte houses. The quake apparently originated about ten mile from the selsmcfraph. Debt Controversy Injected at Economic Delegates to London Meet g); Senator James Couzens, (left) Michigan republican, and Ralph W. Morrison, Texas democrat, attending the economic conference In London as members of the United States delegation (Associated Press Photo.) FOR FLIGHT OVER -'." By the Associated Press..-.... -Five long airplane flights, two of them in the state of final prepara tions, engaged the attentton of the world today. Jtmmle Mat tern. American globe flier, prepared at Khabarovsk, Siberia, for his trans-Pacific hop to Alaska. Capt. Mariano Barberan and Lieut. Joaquin Collar, Spanish army avi ators completed a 4500-mile hop from Seville, Spain, to Camaguey, Cuba, Sunday, thereby establishing a North Atlantic non-stop record. Capt. J. Errol Boyd and two com panions left Sunday on a good-wlU flight from New York to Port Au Prince, Haiti. Stephen Darius and Stanley Olrenas prepsred for their non-stop good will flight of 4537 miles from New York to Kaunas, Lithuania. . Twenty-four planes, manned by 96 men, were tentatively due to leave Orbetello, Italy, by stages to the Chi cago fair at 7 a. m. Wednesday. Air Minister Balbo, chief of the squadron, pronounced men and machines In perfect condition. FBI CHERRIES ARE SOLD PORTLAND PORTLAND, June 13. (AP) First local cherries of the season arrived to day on the east side farmers' market, They were brought In from the Cur tlss Bros, farm and sold at Be lb. Strawberries were In rather liberal offering with quite a spre-td of qual ity. Sates showed a range of 91.75$ 3 50 crate with most of the Oregons moving f2r3.35 with a few 93.35 and still fewer at 93 50 crate. Gold Dol lars were around 93 at the start but dropped back to 91.76. REOPENED IN WEEK NEW YORK, June 1J (API Sixty-four banks reopened In the week ended June o, ssys the "Ameri can Banker." Most of these resump tions represented the lifting of re strictions placed on banks closed at the time of the banking holiday. McNARY WOULD BLOCK REORGANIZATION PLAN WASHINGTON. June 13 (AP Resolutions seeking to block sections of President Roosevelt's reorganisa tion order were introduced In the senate today by McNary of Oregon, the republican leader, and Borah (R., Idaho.) HIT, RUNNER FATALLY INJURES PORTLANDER PORTLAND. June 12. (AP) Th victim of t hit-and-run driver. E. E. Hartman. 45. was fatally Injured here 'Sunday. . A witness to the accident ; said tbe automobile as traveling at ' high speed. It license number waa j -;ot obtained but police today hoped 'bev wtMild be able to identify the i machine through danuffl caused by tba impact. ROOSEVELT TRIED TO (Copyrighted by MoClure Newspaper Syndicate) By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, June 12.-JMr. Roose. velt did everything but fumigate the capltol trying to get congress out of town, last week. He waa excited particularly because the boys were getting out from under hla thumb. He realized this was the beginning of the end of blind con gressional loyalty. He did not want that Idea to get abroad. It might hurt business1 confidence if he wera to be Involved In the usual presidential bickerings with congress. That Is one reason why he was so anxious to compromise backstage on the various points In dispute. Word was passed along to the boys In congress that the reaeon they had to adjourn was that the World eco nomic conference was convening to day. That was an absurd excuse. Nobody expert, the conference to do anything for three weeks. A few days more for congress would make no difference. It might make some difference on the war debt Issue. Installments are due next Thursday. If the truth were known that fact probably has more to do with Mr. Roosevelt's haste than anything else. There appeared to be nothing more behind this Howe tol let-kit case than some very bad management and a half dozen errors of Judgment. No one connected with It was en titled to any bouquets but the facts were not as bad as they sounded. Possibly 9100.000 was lost to the gov ernment because everyone was in such a hurry to get the forestry movement going. The inefficiency was comparable to wartimes. Centralized authority was lacking. Political opponents will be able to harass the administration on the point for the next four years. The truth Is that it wm not nearly so Inefficient as the Job done on the bank openings, but the facts about that never got out. The administration's private pre liminary figures Indicate business Is holding up well beyond the sessonal trend. The two figures they are watching closest are showing up well. They sre department store sales and factory employment. These indicate the pres ent and future consuming market. Production will follow these so no ont pays any attention to It anv more The indications are that retail trade maintained itself nationally the last week in May and the first week in June. Factory employment showed some increase in the larger centers. PORTLAND SIZZLES IN PORTLAND, Ore.. June 13 AP) The weather bureau expected maximum temperature of 94 degrees i here today. At noon the mercury reached 83 degrees, a rtJ of 33 degrees during the morning, and only one degree , 1s than the highest temperature of 1 Sundav. 1 Corner weatijer was forecast for Tuesday. EFFORT TO GET VETSJORE AID Demand for Further Modifi cation of Compromise Is Withdrawn House Ad journs to Tuesday Morning WASHINGTON, June 12. OP) The house adjourned late today, thereby blocking all hope of sine die adjourn ment of congress tonight. It will meet at noon tomorrow. WASHINGTON, June 13. OP) Sen ator Cutting (R., N. M.), late today withdrew his demand for further modification of the Veteran's com promise reached ty the president and the house. WASHINGTON, June. 12. (fp) Again the veterans' compensation dis pute flared today In the senate, as the first of at least three vital ques tions which the Democratic leader ship is determined to have settled in time for adjournment by mid-week. Senator Cutting (R., N. M.) put forth a substitute for the veterans economy compromise agreed upon by the administration and the .house. WASHINGTON. June 13. Up An eleventh hour agreement by congres sional conferees on the Glass bank bill today received hope for enact ment of permanent banking legisla tion at this session of congress. A complete agreement was reached by the house and senate conferees jn four hour, session, during which president Roosevelt's views were ob tained by telephone. . The bill provides for Insurance of bank deposits up to $3,500 beginning Jenuary 1,. 1934,, and up to $10,000 beginning July l, 1034. FLOOD DANGERS PORTLAND, Ore.. June 13. (JP) Working like beavers as they repair ed their lowland dikes hundreds of farmers turned anxious eyos to the boiling flood waters of the Columbia and Willamette rivers as the streams rlsed higher and higher today. The weather bureau predicted flood stage of 36 feet by tomorrow. Not since the great inundation of 1894 when the gauge stood at the 33 foot mark in Portland, has this stage been equaled. The Willamette river here reached 24.4 feet this morning, equaling the state of 1038 which was the highest reached in a summer freshet since 1894. TO SALEM. June 13. (JP) A confer ence between he state highway com mission, the highway department. forest service officials and buresu of public roads will be held In Portland tomorrow, it was announced here to day. Consideration of federal aid and state highway projects under the pub lic works bill will be he subject for consideration, it became known. Notices to all log haulers were sent out by the highway department to day notifying them of permit renew als July 1. All haulers must have new permits on that date, correspond png to the automobile license year. The new permits will be effective for six months. LEADERSHIP REAL NEED IN GOVERNMENT-MILLS CANTON. N. Y.. June 13 (API Government leadership rather than control is the hope of America, said Ocden L. Mills, secretary of the treas ury under former President Hoover. In an address at the commencement day exercises of St. Lawrence univer sity today. In the course of his ad dress. Mills said: "There Is not one man or any group of men living who can visual Ire, much leu direct, the millions of small streams that, merging Into a mighty river, constitute the economic life of this nation.- An teetrle shovel, built at Manor O. is btg enough to pick up a 40 naeener bia. swing it over the roof of a 4-storr building and drop it in tbe backyard. RANCH HAND WHEN TEAM Wayne Gulley, about 22, of Creswell, 1 Ore., waa killed this morning at the Prank Bybee ranch, west of the city, when a team of horses he waa driv ing In the hayfield, ran away, pinning him under a wagon wheel and crush ing his chest. The accident oc curred about 7 o'clock. Gulley was rushed to the Community hospital, where he died 30 minutes later. Gulley had been haying but a short time, when the horses started to run. The wheel ran almost directly over his chest, crushing it badly over the heart, attending physicians stated. He also received several broken ribs and other Internal Injuries, which made recovery impossible. Gulley had been employed at the Bybee ranch for the past three years and was well known In southern Ore gon. He has a father and three brothers at Creawell with whom Mr. Bybee waa endeavoring to confer this afternoon by wire. Funeral arrangement are in charge of the Conger Funeral parlors. Cliff Cooper, another workman at the Bybee ranch. In a statement to Frank Perl, county coroner this FORMER MEDFORD FAMILY PERISHES IN M'CLOUD FIRE Richard Short, hla wife Bees, and their four-year-old son Darrell of Yreka, Calif., an dead aa a result of a fire early Sunday morning In Mc Cloud In which Mra. Short and son were burned to death In bed. and Mr. Short died at the Yreka hospital at Q a. m., from severe burns. The Shorts, formerly of Medford, were vlaltlng friends In McCloud. whose home burned down, according to word -received here. Cause of the fire was not learned in Medford. NINE LOSE LIVES WHEN HUGE PLANE CRACKS UP CHICAGO, June 13. (AP) A huge twin-motored amphibian airplane, the Northern Light, plunged 600 feet to earth, carrying to death nine persons. Including seven hoi Id ay-bent visitors to the Chicago world's fair. Seven of the victims of the crash yesterday afternoon were men. Two were women. Sudden heavy winds crumpled one wing of the big ship, sending It plung ing to a field near suburban Glen vlew. Flames from the gasoline sup ply, which exploded, shot high into the air, driving back rescuers, and burning the victims beyond recogni RELIEF COMES TO HEATEO SECTIONS KANSAS CITY, June 13. (AP) An area of high atmospheric pres sure sweeping southeast from Alaska routed torrid temperatures today In many sections between the Rockies and the Atlantic, where tifllng heat had caused scores of deaths. The shsrp drop In temperatures ex tended from western Canada, across Montana and Idaho, into northern Miaeour and Kansas, and eastwsrd through Michigan. Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. WILL RETAIN ENTITY INDIANAPOLIS. June 13 7T The National Editorial association in tends to retain its entity in the or ganisation of the newspipr business to conform to the federal industrial control measure. The board of direct ors yesterday decided the problems of the country publisher are such that their association should not be sub merged in any general grouping with the large dally nevipapers. MUNICIPAL BANKRUPTCY BILL DIES FOR SESSION WASHINOTON, June 13. flV-Tnt senate today rejected without a rec ord vote a move to take up the muni cipal, bankruptcy bill without wait ing for ft report from tbe committee III charge. Tbe action virtually killed the legislation for tbla aestion. Orefon ttestber rair toniifht and TieaosT: temper ature above normal In interior: mod erate, ehatieeabl wind offshore. IS KILLED RUNS AWAY afternoon, told the story of the run away, revealing that it was a broken line, which caused the horses to break and run. Cooper went into the field with Gulley about 7 o'clock to load hay and feed the cows. They were In the north field, Cooper pitching from the ground, and had about fiOO pounds of hay on the wagon when the right line broke. The horses, which bad. already show ed signs of nervousness, broke Into a wild run. They circled the field twice and on the second time around Gulley tried to climb from the wagon. He was caught In the left line and dragged under the wagon wheel, which rolled over his chest. Gulley was rushed to the Commu nity hospital, where he died about 8:05 o'clock. There will be no further investi gation of the case. Coroner Perl stat ed this afternoon. A wire was reseived late this after noon from Wayne Gul ley's father at Creswell, stating that the mortician in that city -was en route to Medford to take the body of the youth north tonight for funeral services and burial. While In Medford, Mr. Short waa employed by Fluhrer'a bakery, and since going to Yreka, haa been bread baker for the Pluhrer bakery in that city. Before coming to this city, he worked for Robert Boyd In Hilt, who was with him when he died. The Shorts made their home on Dakota avenue when living in Med ford and have a. number of friends here. . An attempt was being made today to locate relatives of the couple residing in Portland. tion. Sfx of them had been positively Identified esrly today. They were Edward M. Fay, Chicago. Captain Carl V. Vlckery, 39, pilot of the plane. Harry Jacobs, 33, hla mechanic, Wheeling, 111. Joseph G. Robinson, 31, New York, a Junior at Washington and Lee Uni versity. Edward G. Schaller, 33, of Storm Lake, Iowa, a Junior at the University of Chicago. Miss Stephanie Ogorek, Chicago. Cards found on other victims prac tically identified Mrs. Ida Goodwin, New York. LIEE CONTRACT NEW YORK, June 13. (AP) Max Behmellng. former heavyweight cham plon who was knocked out .by Max Baer at the Yankee stadium last Thursday, announced today he was sailing for Germany Wednesday to marry Anny Ondra. German musical comedy actress. Schmellng sppeared quite embar rassed as he divulged his approach lng marriage to Fraullne Ondra, with whom he has been seen many times In Germany. No less than a month ago he dented they planned to marry. E PORTTiANT. June 1 3 Jfp) Crop loans amounting to 1356.000 on pears In the Medford district have been al lowed so far this year by the regional agricultural credit corporation, ac cording to W. Err,4 Williams, mana ger. This money has been distributed among 107 applicants. Money is being advanced on these loftns Aery day. Williams said, at a rate not to exceed 40 centa a box on the crop estimates. 4-H CLUBBERS MEET IN SUMMER SESSION CORVALLIS. June 13. (AP) four-H club members from nearly every county In Oregon were here today for the opening of the annual tao-weelw club summer session. Abo'it 300 youngsters had arrived bv noon to enliven the campus which was dererted last Pilday try regular student. Confab UNWELCOME ISSUE S DRAGGED IN By MacDonald Says War Debts Must Be Dealt With Before World's Economic Re covery Will Be Possible LONDON. June K (AP The British (OTernment has made a tentative offer to pay ten per cent on the debt Installment due tbe I'nlted States Thursday, but Washington refused to accept It, . It was learned on hlrh authority In French quarters tonight. LONDON. June 19. IIP a rest Britain tonight was making a new move, reported in government circles to Involve a proposal of a small "token" payment to the United states toward the Thursday Installment, to bring the war debts discussion to a crisis. The move follows the surprising ' declaration of Prime MInlater Bam say MacDonald at the opening of the woTia economic conference this after noon that the war dents problem must "be aettled once for all and without delay." An Installment total ing 7,950.000 (alia due Thursday. CONFERENCE HALL. London. June 13. (AP) Prime Minister Ranuav MacDonald opened the world econc- mlo conference today with an em phatic call for coordinated interna tional action to put an end to the depression which has cost 30,000,000 worxers their Jobs and has cut the value of international trade In two. Delegates from 66 nations', describ- ' ed by the British prime minister aa perhaps the greatest assemblage of International authority ever held, heard the apeech. Cornea as Surprise Springing a surprise which arjrxar- ' ed unwelcome In some quarters. Mac Donald brought up the delicate aub Ject of the war debte, declaring they must be dealt with Immediately. He admitted tbe conference waa not so oorjstltut.ee; that it could handle the problem, but he emphasized his be lief that aomethlng must be done about the debte "before every ob- (Contlnued on Page Three) 662 GRADUATE AT EUGENE, June 12. (AP) Before a crowd of more than 3000 persona today, degrees ranging from bachelor of arts or science to doctor of philos ophy were conferred upon 663 atu dente of the University of Oregon by Dr. W. J. Kerr, chancellor of higher education In Oregon, at a colorful academic ceremony In McArthur court. In addition to these degrees 10 students were awarded public health nursing certificates and 38 military students were designated as eligible for the commission of second lieu tenant In the United States army. 15 6ALEM, June 12. (IP) The move mentof national guard troops of Oregon for the annual 16-day en campment at camp Clatsop and Fort Stevens will be started this after noon, Major General George A. White, In charge of the national guard it the northwest, announced. They will arrive at the camps tomorrow eve ning. Eight special trains will take the 3076 men to the encampment, all converging at Portland tomorrow morning. PLEAD NOT GUILTY CLEVELAND, June 12. (AP) Alvanley Johnston, grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engl neera. and James H. Cassell, secretary treasurer of the brotherhood, pleaded not guilty today to charges of mis application of property of the closed Standard Trust bank. Both furnished 5O00 bind, So Prune Carryover SAM PRANC18CO. June 12 (AP) President Hugh Hersman told the California prune pool at their annual meeting today he expected the 1G33 crop selling season to start Septem ber 1 without a carryover of the pre vtoua rear's crop a condttion not experienced for sevaral years.
