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Medford Mail Tribune A growing circulation The clrculstlun of the Mall Tribune Is growing rapidly. Hundreds of oen readers hats been added In the paet few months. Paid-up circulation Is the siud that pays Ad. dividends. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOKl), OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1933. No. 72. rn ruin fMi in WW The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Thurt day; little change In temperature. Temperature Highefet eiterday .... " l.oneat t hie morning 57 PI I 1 M . - x Comment on the Day's News By IBANK JENKINS NOTE culled from the market page: Kensstlonal reports of extra- ordinary deterioration of the oats erop becauao of abnormal tempera tures brought about a decidedly ac tive and higher market for all grains today. "All deliveries of oats sold at the highest prices since 1931." t A N OTHER culling from the same page: "A return of intense heat in the southwest, with no Indication of moisture relief, was a late bullish factor as to wheat. "Wheat closed strong, li to 3'i cents above yesterday's finish." SUPPLY goes down; price goes up. All the laws congress could pass In ten years of steady legislating couldn't change that lundamental fact. When there are more buyers than sellers, the price will rise. When there are more sellers than buyers, the price will fall, THE lumber market, temporarily, at least, Is strong, orders for the last week reported by the West Coast Lumbermen's association being 50 per cent over production. But, the association comments, "the present buying movement Is held by the industry to be by dealers and wholesalers anticipating price advances, and not for consumption. Therefore, it Is speculative." TRUE enough, probably. Still, why are dealers and whole salers stocking up in anticipation of a rise In prices? What are they go ing to do with the lumber after they get It In their yards? Keep It to look at? HARDLY. ' Looking at unsrM lumber Isn't thrilling enough as a pestlms to lead men to risk money on It. These dealer and wholesalers ex pect consumer demand to materialize later on, and are stocking up now In order to be ready for it when it comes. SPECULATION! Just what is spec ulation, anyway? Here Is a fairly accurate answer to that question: It Is buying low In the belief that the price will go higher, so that a sale may be made at a profit. Speculation, you see, Isn't neces sarily wicked. To some extent all buying and selling, which constitute business, are speculative. HERE Is another question: Is spec ulation good for business, or bad for It? Well, as to that there has been practically NO SPECULATION at all lor nearly three years, because the general trend of prices has been downward, and when people think the price Is pretty sure to OO DOWN they don't buy. You don't, as you very well know, and you are a fair average ssmple of humanity. What you do, others do. LET us repeat: For nearly three years, there has been little speculative buying. That Is to ssy, people haven't been willing to take a chance. And business certainly COULDNT be much worse than It has been dur ing these three years of little or no speculstlve buying. SO. you see. speculstlon isn't neces , ssilly bsd for business. Within the proper range of ita functions, It la GOOD for business, for It repre sents the Judgment of shrewd buyers and sellers as to what prices should be, considering the existing relation ship of supply and demand. THIS, however, should be under stood: What is here said refers only to the speculation that la LEOITCM- (Continued on Page Pouri Heat Fatal For Worker In Field PORTLAND. Ore.. June 14 (AP) The flrt heat fatality in Orejon re ported this summer occurred at Banks yesterday when Mra. Msnl Yarfleeskl. 4. Portland Japanese, wss overcome by hest while working In a strawberry field. She died a short time later'. In :. rears Mii-hiem Jus r -''t erl more than ? 7 000.000 rarifc of BALLOT STEALING Penalty of 2 to 5 Years Awaits Business Manager if Convicted 7 Moody Is Eloquent in Closing Plea At 3:30 o'clnrk this afternoon the Jury In the La D leu rase was still out with no Indications of an early verdict. ConTlctlon of the charge of burglary not In a dwelling brings a sentence In the state penitentiary of tvfo to five years. Selection of a Jury for trlul of Mayor Jones or Rogue River, which started at the afternoon session of court, was continued with two persons challenged and a third excused because of work. Selection of the Jury to decide the fate of Walter Jones, the mayor of Rogue River, and second person to go on trial here for burglary not In dwelling In connection with the Jack son county ballot theft, waa under way this afternoon. . The flet ui names drawn Included five women. W. D. Doty, prominent figure as a speaker at one of the meetings of the eo-called "Good Government Con gress" during Its heyday here, was on the list. He was disqualified by As sistant Attorney General Ralph' B. Moody on the grounds that he bad attended the trial of Arthur La D leu all week. Doty, when the Jury was being drawn for the LaDieu trial, la re membered as the man who took a place in the Jury box without hie name being called. When questioned, he stated that he thought he heard his name and readily responded. The Jury In the trial of J. Arthur La Dieu, former newspaper business manager, charged with ballot theft. received the final instructions of the court Just before noon and delibera tions started after lunch.. Judge Skip worth of Eugene, in clear and concise terms delivered the In structions, starting at 11:25 o'clock and finishing at 11:50 o'clock, follow ing closing argument of Assistant At torney General Moody for the state. The court in Its Instructions held that presence at the scene when the burglary was committed, was not nec essary for finding & verdict of guilty. If It is shown that the defendant took part in a continuing act of the crime. One Binds All The Instructions held that in a con spiracy, the act and word of another conspirator bind all, and It was the duty of the Jury, to determine If a conspiracy existed, and If the defend ant. La Dieu, was a party to It. The ' court held that It waa not necessary for the state to prove every material point of a conspiracy, but by evidence that tended to show It, and that corroboration of every alle gation of an accomplice to the crime, was not necessary by witness not en gaged in the crime. , The state contended that a conspir acy existed between County Judge Fehl, Gordon L. flchermerhorn, Walter J. Jonea. Tom Brecheen and John Glenn, to steal the ballots, and pre vent r, recount, and that La Dieu waa a party to It. The closing argument for the sta',e was made by Assistant Attorney Gen eral Ralph E. Moody, and was largely a reply to the final blasts of Defense Attorney Enright. Enrluht HWe Officer . En right's talk embodied a harangue against the district attorney's office, the state ponce, and state witnesses, the latter being characterized by him as "Jail-birds and ex-convicts." The defense counsel made a reference to the Dahack case. In his argument, also former Sheriff Jennings. A personal attack waa directed against Attorney Moody, which he answered in one sentence: "What they say about me I care not I consider the source." Attorney Moody showed by docu mentary evidence that he had been named by the governor and attorney general, to make the prosecution. Both defense counsel referred to Moody's opening address "as coward, ly and vicious." and "a personal at tack on Banks and Fehl." who the defense counsel faintly painted as victims of plots. "Look at Deputy District Attorney Nellson. who has sat here liks a wooden Indian, and never let out a peep in this trial." Attorney Moody, in his reply said "I also ask you to look over your deputy district attorney, and then to look over Mr. Enright." Victim of Perjury, claim Enrtght charged that "La Dieu wss the victim of bought and perjured testimony." "trumped up evidence." "Banks' voice has been successfully stilled and they want to do the same thing to fehl. ycur duly elected, qualified, and acting county Judge I and Oordon Schermerhorn." J "If La Dieu is sentenced to- the pen :t w.ll be possible for an honest clti- i rn to be put away on framed evi j dene, and not safe to live in Jack son county." Enright declared. ; "Oordon Schermerhorn had a rlg?it lo b where he wanted to be." the atiorney declared, in eTp'.r.rr.ng bis (COsUiauftl on Page fiy Roseburg Kidnaper Shot IS E AT Delegation From Southern Oregon at Eugene Gather ing Receives Favorable Word From Commission A meeting of the Pacific- highway association waa held In Eugene Tues day, with representatives from Ash land, Medford, Grants Pass, Rose burg and Eugene in attendance. A. H. Ban well, secretary of the chamber of commerce, Fred Scheffel and 8. B. Smith were the Medford people in attendance. It waa stated at the meeting that assurance had been made that the highway commission would appropri ate $260,000 of the amount this dis trict, comprised of all the state south of the north line of Lane county, end west of the Cascades, would re ceive from the $6,112,000 federal aid for Oregon roads, which would be around one million to a million and a quarter, to start work on the Sis kiyou highway, beginning at the foot of the mountains at Ashland. While this amount would only be a begin ning It means that other funds will be forthcoming from year to year or the work would not be started. The surveys have all been made and aa soon as the allocation of funds is made and bids let work could be commenced. The Pacific highway association adopted a resolution and telegraphed it to. the highway commission in aea- slon at Portland urging that funds be allocated for the Siskiyou project and that work be started as soon as possible. Although the commission did not set aside any funds yesterday for this work It is expected to at the meeting June 38th. A resolution was also passed ask ing Oregon's senators and representa tives to endeavor to interest the fed eral government in reconstruction of the entire Pacific highway as a super highway owing to Its outstanding im portance, not only as a scenic high way, but ; n vital unit in the inter national highway system. A standing committee from the larger cities in this district, consist ing of Howard Merrlam of Eugene. W. C. Harding of Roseburg. C. H. Demeray of Orants Pass. G. M. Oreene of Ashland and 6. 8. Smith of Med- (Continued on Page Three) HELEN LITTRELL'S Helen Louise Littrell, four yartold daughter of Mr. and Mra. E. A. Lit trell of South Oakdale. sustained a fracture of the skull about S :30 o'clock last night when she waa struck by a sedan, driven by Wayne May and thrown on to the street near her home. The little girl, ac cording to police report, failed to see the car approaching and rushed out Into the street and into the back fender, before May could avoid her. She waa thrown onto the atreet, landing on her head. Examination at the Community hospital revealed a fracture of the skull and an operation waa under gone. Her condition was reported as slightly Improved this afternoon. OFFICERS KILLED COLUMBIA. Mo., June U.-T) Roger Wilson. 40, sheriff of Boone county and Sergeant Ben Booth, 80. member of the a tat highway patrol were killed today In a gun fight with three men, believed to have been those who robbed the Parmera and Merchant bank of Mexico, Mo., to day. The encounter took place at the outskirts of Columbia where the of: fleers had prepared an ambush to in tercept the bank robbers. Sheriff Wilson was on the ground fighting with one of the three men and another of the trio shot him thru the head. Booth, kneeling, attempted to shoot the anerlffs assailant but was shot down by the min who kill en the sheriff. The tno escaped from the other Office, CLIMAX IN STRENGTH TEST . FOR ROOSEVELT IN SENATE VOTE Senate Driving Toward Bal lot On Substitute Com promise to Take Care of Spanish War Pensioners WASHINGTON, June 14. (AP) A direct showdown between President Roosevelt and the senate on vets re lief waa brought near a climax today with the formal offering In the sen ate of a substitute for the revised house-ad ministration compromise. Accepting a perfecting amendment ty Senator Byrnes (D., SC.) to the hcuse-admlnlstratlon plan, to take care of Spanish-American war pen sioners, the senate drove toward a vote on the substitute and a full teat of presidential strength. Senators Stelwer, (R., Ore.) and Cutting (R-, N. M ) called up for consideration their substitute, which la more liberal than the house pro posal and considered virtually certain to be vetoed by President Roosevelt If passed by congress. Should the substitute be voted down and the modified compromise be approved by the senate, the battle would be over with victory for the chief executive, as Byrnes has told the senate the house would accept 'the compromise and that Roosevelt would sign It. - " The modification to Include Span ish American veterans was looked on as a move by the administration and its forces to take away from the sub stitute enough votes to beat lt aa leadera previously were about ready to concede Its approval by the senate. The change made the outcome more doubtful but advocates of the Cuttlng-Stelwer proposal remained confident they had a narrow margin of -votea to carry It. An attack on the National Econ omy league, by Senator Long (D., La.) drew from Senator Stelwer a statement that many of the contrib utors to that organization were listed as buyers of the "bargain counter of ferings" from J. P. Morgan and com pany In the' senate's recent Investiga tion. Stelwer named among others, John W. Davis, Cbarlea E. Mitchell, Silas H. Strawn, Alfred P. Sloan, B. M. Baruch and Marshall Field. IS E O RIDLEY, cat., June 14. (AP) j Frank Curtis, TO, oil station operator ! of Horn brook, was burned to death ! yesterday when his oil truck plunged into a ditch on the state highway near Biggs, north of .here. Curtis was trapped In the cab of the truck. The gasoline tank exploded and set fire to the truck's cargo of Diesel oil. The. explosion blew down an over head power line which fell across the truck. Curtis, enroute from Hornbrook to Marysvlllv. was believed to have fallen asleep at the wheel. Mr. Curtia made his home at 45 Pine atreet, Medford. He is survived by hi widow and a child. The fam ily la well known In this city. Mrs. Curtis left for the south last night following receipt of the tragic news. Y EUOEVB. June 14. (API The body of an unidentified man was found along the Southern Pacific track two miles south of Junction City this morning. State police officer, and the coro ner are working on a murder theory believing that the man met with foul play before being tossed off a passlnc train. There were no marks on the man'a clothing or body to aid In Identifying him. officers aatd. He apparently met death from a severe blow on the aide of his head which waa crushed In at the temple. John Dean, a transient, discovered the body and notified section crew worker na-b' Officers were check' ing "jnngl" v.r he" todsy in n attez&tpt to (,U)4 a c,u (o Uia ctu. VETERANS SHOWDOWN NEAR WHEW! IT'S HOT '. iil mii mm. ...iji iiiiMiiiiiajBiMi'i i mini mil wnim mm i a iiiinaiiiniiii So? Af: fL nrrvrr, mdf '''' The weather contributed Its bit to the other varieties of heat pro duced at a senate committee's Inveatlgatlon of the house of Morgan. It was suggested that coats ha removed and J. P. Morgan gratefully compiled. Hera he la revealing an Immaculate expanse of white linen crossed by equally white auspendera. (Associated Presa Photo KLAMATH TRIBAL WAR MAY FOLLOW MURDER KLAMATH PALLS, Ore., June 14 (P) The rise of the trlbsl war be tween the California Diggers and the Klamath Indiana was climaxed today with the discovery of the body of Ivan Murdock near Williamson river. Murdock, 33 year old Klamath In dian, was stabbed over the heart and died Instantly Tuesday night. Benjamin Tupper, 4B year old Klamath Indian and father-in-law of the slain man, was arrested In Klam- F A meeting of all southern Oregon pear growers has been called for Fri day evening of this week at 7:45 o'clock In the auditorium- of the Jackson county court house. David Rosenberg announced today. The meeting, arranged by the Northweat Pear council, will be under auspices of the Fruitgrowers' league and much valuable Information for all partici pants In the pear Industry Is prom ised. Local delegates to the recent meet ing In Portland of the trustees to the Northwest Pear bureau have planned to transport the Portland meeting to this city Friday for the benefit of local growers, Mr. Rosen berg stated this morning. -At the Portland meeting latest reports re garding the pear Industry were given, covering ways and means of handling pears, packing and shipping. Ad dresses of Dinty Moore and Professor Henry Hartman were described by the Medford directors today as the most Instructive talks In many years rela tive to pear production and better pear prices. The new findings re ported at the Portland meeting will be told here and all growers Inter ested In obtaining Information for promotion of pear prices during the coming year are urged to attend the meeting here Friday night. "We want every single pear grower In the county to be at the meeting," was the announcement of Mr. Rosen berg this afternoon. TO Announcement waa received today from the United States post office department asking for blda on fur nishing of two trucka to be used for parcel poat pnd aid of mounted car riers. Postmaster Wm. Warner an nounced this afternoon. The trucks, which are to be driver leas, must be maintained by the bid ders and blda will be opened at 3 o'clock the afternoon of June 33. Anyone wanting additional informa fnn is asked to call Postmaster Wax ,nr. While Collecting IN WASHINGTON sth Palls this morning and charged with murder. Trie feud, officers aald, rose out of an Inter tribal marriage several weeks ago. Murdock married Josephine Tup per, Benjamin Tupper's daughter. The marriage Increased a tribal dislike between the two men. Mra. Murdock aald ahe witnessed the stabbing In her mother's cabin. She said her husband was Intoxicated at the time of his death. FEDERAL COURTS UTILITY SHELTER PORTLAND, Ore., June 14. (AP) Declaring that "due to the commla slon's lack of funds, and procedure requiring trial 'de novo,' the federal courta have become the sanctuaries and aafe refuge of the utilities,1 Charles M. Thomas, state public utll ltles commissioner, last night In i public sddreas here reviewed the work of his department and cited the obstacles he had encountered In his Investigation of Oregon, utilities. In some quarters the Thomas ap pearance waa looked upon as the first "shot" In a contemplsted cam paign for governor, although Com missioner Thomas has declared he hsd no ambitions to the governor's chair. "The contest before Oregon," Thomas declared, "Is not with the Northwestern Electric company, Pa cific Power tc Lleht company, or the Portland Oas oc Coke company. It la with the guiding, controlling, domi nating head the Morgan bank. Not until it has been conquered will Ore gon be free. "The Morgan senste Investigation has exposed some of the Immoral ex isting financial practices aa well as the weaknesses of man. It hss fur nished the clear, positive proof of the refinement end perfection of methods developed to still the con science Into accepting bribes. "The question of rates Is tremen dously Important, but far more Im portant It Is to break the strangle hold these Interests have obtained on city coune'ls, legislatures. - and other avenues of government." . A large crowd heard Thomas speak at the auditorium. WASHINOTON, June 14. (API President Roosevelt received the de gree of doctor of laws from Catholic university today In the presence of high dignltsnee of ths church. Rrawley Trembles BRAWI.EY, cat., June 14. P A light earthquake was felt here at I SS a. m. today. riermane Would ne Tars. BERLIN (AP) No less than JJ. 330 men tried to join ths Oermsn Inavy in 1932. Only 13Ct git In be ! reuse the personnel la limited to Is.- looo, TEN MILLION PAID ON BRITAIN'S DEBT TO UNITED STATES Installment Is Acknowledge ment of Obligation, Pend ing Final Settlement Review of Pact Is Asked PARIS. June 14. (AP) A no tlre that France will not meet the war drbts Installment due the United States tomorrow probably will be sent to Washington to morrow, officials said this morn .! WASHINGTON, June 14. (AP) President Roosevelt today received 10.000,000 payment by Great Britain aa an "acknowledgement of the (wax) debt pending final settlement." Great Britain in her note asked for a review of har debt agreement and Mr. Roosevelt suggested she send representatives to Washington to discuss this "aa soon as convenient." He Informed Great Britain that he hsd no power to reduce the level of the British debt and would submit any results from the negotiations to congress for its Information and ac tion. .Roosevelt In Statement In connection with the exchange of the British and American notes on debts the president made the fol lowing statement; ''The British government has today announced a payment to the United States of 110,000.000 with a note in dicating that this payment is to be considered 'as an acknowledgement of the debt pending a final settle ment.' "It has In Its accompanying note pointed out circumstances that have Induced it to take this action. "Such payment does not of course In any sense prejudice the freedom of either government in any subse quent discussion of the entire debt (Continued on Page Three) By JAMEB MrMtXMN. Copyrighted by MeClnre Newspaper Syndicate. NEW YORK, June 14. Plenty of excitement Is brewing for gold. Plans are afoot to re-establish "free" gold msrket In this country under the direction of the tressury. Tou will hear all kinds of official denials, but the chsnces are It will be put through soon after congress ad Jotirns. The msrket will be about as free as a Chinese Isdy's feet. It will deal chiefly In licenses to export and you won't be able to get a license unless the tressury likes you. Hosrdsrs need not apply. The real object will be to chase the dollsr down In terms of gold and other currencies, although It won't sound anything like aa blunt as thst when It Is announced. Insiders here expect quotstlons to open between 130 and S3ft an ounce as sgslnst the statutory aao.07. That would mean sterling quotations around ao.oo to the pound. It would be a timely wal lop to emphaalee at the outset of the economic conference how well-armed we are for a currency battle. The committee for ths nation la backing the move strongly and ths :commlttee has an excellent record for getting what It wante. It la part of ths general plan to bring about the (Continued on Psge Eight) PORTLAND, June 14. (AP) The flood situation on the Columbia and Willamette rivers wss improved to dsy and the weatherman said there wss no present cause for worry. Vhs Willamette at Portland fell ons-tsntt of a foot during ths night, ths first drop In many days. Ths Columbia wss falling slightly at Ths Dsllea, and although the Bnaks river rose somewhat at Lewiston yester day, a recession took plsos today. The Willamette river cvitlnued to fall t Salem and Eugens. Ransom PLOTTERS State Police Officer Hubert Hoxie Brings Ransom Grabber Down at Rendez vous Near City Limits ROSEBURQ, Ore., June 14. (AP) Jack Haley, Loval auto mechanic, waa shot snd killed last night by Hu bert Hoxle, state policeman, during an attempt to collect $12S ransom, following the kidnaping yesterday evening of Rsy B. Compton, promi nent locsl attorney. Lured to a build ing on the outskirts of the city, Compton wss chslned to a chair and forced to write a note to his wife, ordering thst the rsnsom be psld In unmarked bills to the kidnapers, who, she wss Informed, would be In a car near the city limits. Mra. Compton appealed to attorney friends of her huabsnd and the place' designated for delivery of the money was surrounded by srmed attorneya and officers, while one of their num ber, dressed In women's clothing made delivery ot a fake packet. Haley, who received the envelope, waa shot snd killed when he felled to heed ths commsnds of Offlcr Hoxle to hslt. Prank Park, who waa driving ths car In which Haley csme to the place appointed ror the delivery of the ran som, and .Reta and Douglas Wlnnlng- nam. at whose home Comoton wss found securely chained, were taken Into custody. Miss Wlrinlnghsm. according to ths statement of Attorney . Compton. ap peared at his office yesterday even ing, ststing that her mother was III and requested him to come to her home to prepsre papers for a property transfer. Upon his arrival at ths house, about 8:3a p. m ne said, hs was seized by Jack Hsley. and wss bound to s chslr by a heavy chain which was wired around hie neck. Modest On Ransom. He says he was ordered to write a note to his wife to furnish 1 125 In smsll bills. , No arrangements had been mode by the kidnapers, comp ton stated, for the delivery of ths money, and the attorney outlined ths plan for paying the ransom, deslgnst- ing the piece for tranafer of ths money at the end of the pavement on South Main street, nes the south city limits. Ths officers several months ago foiled an extortion plot by an ambush at the same spot, and the attorney stated he counted upon them to utilize the aame procedure In connection with his case. Mra. Compton, upon receiving ths note from her husband, communi cated with Attorney Maurice Hall mark, who with Attorney Carl Wlm berly, acting district attorney, snd Paul Oeddes, law partner of Mr. Hall mark, arranged a plot for capturing the kidnapers, with the help of the state police officer. ? Masquerade Plan. The wife of the kidnaped attorney (Continued on Page Five) WILL- ROGERS hays: BEVKRLY HILLS, Cal.. June 13. The kiag spoke over the radio Monday. It was 5 o'clock out here. (I was just going to work). Why don't this world's conference fix it so that when ever anybody does anything it will be the same hour all over. You will sny "silly," they can't do that. They can just as easy as they can agree on anything else. Different nations have dif ferent problems just like dif ferent nations have the sun shine on 'em at different times, so when they fix how many guns each one is to have, how much foreign goods each one shall consume and how much each one's money is worth, why at that same time fix it so it's 5 o'clot'k in the morning everywhere at once. Yours, de. 'a iH KlM fc-'M'Uki. If