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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, TMEDFOItD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1933.
GUILT OF LA DIEU
ES
Good Government Congress
. Used As Mask for Arch
. Plotters Says Prosecutor
In Closing Argumen
Assistant Attorney General Ralph
E. Moody, In his first of two closing
argument! to tha jury, Thursday af.
tsrnooD, In tha trial of Arthur La-
Dleu. charsed with ballot theft, de
claretf the state has proven the guilt
of "the defendant clearly and com"
pletely beyond any reasonable doubt,
and, "established the existence of
conspiracy between County Judge
Fehl, Suspended Sheriff Gordon
Bchermerhorn and Walter Jones,
mayor of Rogue River, "to destroy the
ballots, and prevent a recount In the
sheriff's contest, and It seems, from
the evidence, one other office." Who
else In this esse, had any Interest in
their destruction?"
Attorney Moody declared: "Con
spiracy Is hard to prove. It la a secret
matter between the conspirstors,
They don't put It down In writing,
you have to go by circumstance. Vou
take a little here and a little there.
You put them all together, end you
have the story."
Beneficiaries Named
Declaring that 8chermerhorn and
Fehl, "were the chief beneficiaries of
the recount failure," they were char
acterized as "too big cowards to do
the Job themselves, so they inducted
boys to do It. They picked the Sex
ton brothers and, they were not
looking for youths from the T. M. 0
A., or the Sunday school class."
Attorney Moody described the Sex
tons as "more sinned agalnat than
sinners," and then saldt
"The defense has Impugned the
state's witnesses, but they were all
associates of La Dleu the defendant,'
Moody declared at another point.
"The evidence In this case strongly
tends to show thst Fehl and ' Soher-
merhorn were afraid of a recount, not
alone in the sheriff's office, but In
another office. They did not wsnt the
votes counted, so the people might
know."
G, a. C. Vied as Mask
"They used of Good Government
Congress as a mask, for their plots.
The G. G. C, It might be called the
"Gathering Good Conspirators." Many
good citlzena were misled by the noble
pledges behind which the leaders of
the organisation operated to aoconv
pllsh their own ends, and using boys
to accomplish thslr foul purposes."
"La Dleu, the defendant is no 'kid.'
He Is a matured man, who entered
whole-heartedly Into this burglary and
conspiracy.
"The defense told you the meeting
In Fehl's office wss to arrange bonds
for Banks. That was a blind. There
are many things the defense did not
tell about that meetlng Bchermer
horn was there. Instead of arresting
Banks he was trying to arrange bonds.
Schermerhorn the sheriff, who stood
' In, the background making observa
tions, while the ballots were stolen.
Schermerhorn the sheriff, who wav
ed a friendly sslute to the thieves as
they drove away with the loot."
Alibi Making Cited
Referring to the alibi plana of La
Dteu. Attorney Moody declared, "hon
est men don't need alibis. They start
ed manufacturing one, while the crime
was still warm, and made two visits
to Banks' house, to get it right, and
so that they would not forget It In
eourt"
Mody referred to 0. Jean Connors,
Ttce president of the "Good Govern
ment Congress." as "that poor, simple
minded Connors, who thinks he is
very smsrt, who had the audacity to
alt In the witness ohalr and tell the
court, he had made a wrong ruling,
and he (Connors) would correct It
with his own lawleaa "act." At an
other stage of the argument, Moody
painted Connors as "a party to the
crime who glorified In It."
Oefense Objects
The defense oounael filed vlgoro l
Objections, when Attorney Mody re
ferred to the testimony that Banks,
Henrietta B. Martin, president of the
Good Government Congress, her fath
er and Mother, and L. O. Van Wegan,
left the courthouse by the rear door,
"but did not see the broken vault
window
"Why did they wait M minutes? as
they testified before they left.
'I am reminded of a recent In
cident, when four witnesses testi
fy' ;..t a trial, that they stood with
in M feet of each other, yet none saw
the other."
The court upheld the objection of
the defenne. as "It la perfectly plain
to what Incident you are referring."
The reference wss to the defense tes
timony In the murder trial of L. A.
Banks, at Eugene.
Attorney H. Von Schmsla of Burns,
made the opening address for the de
fense, and cha: scterized the address
of Moody, ss "the most vicious and
cowardly I have ever heard, partly a
political speech, and partly an appeal
to your prejudices."
Von Schmalr.' speech lasted leas
than 90 minutes, and was devoted
chiefly to legal phases of the trial,
dealing with corroboration of evl
dence given by an accomplice.
Mr. Moody, in closing his argument,
poke in part as follows:
"The responsibility Is soon to be
yours, and your duties are not light.
The state expects of you to do your
duty. Law must be enforced in order
that your liberties may be preserved
and your property and Its Interests
protected. Without law and order,
chaos exists and you have no pro
tection. The clttren of our coun
try, and our forefathers have fought
very hard for a government and we
must nialntaln that government In
order to secure protection of our
selves and of those dependent upon
us.
"I want to aty to. you. ladles and
gentlemen of the Jury, there li a
greit principle Involved In this prose
cution. There Is ths principle of the
maintenance of populsr government.
Tna Amerloao ntopit, t?a pur, tor.
fsthers down, have fought for the
right to express themselves by the
ballot in selecting the officers that
they wsnt to perform offjcisl duties,
snd in this stste the people have the
Initiative and referendum whereby
the people themselves may enact laws
on thslr own Initiative by votes and
by the ballots. They may repeal a law
that Is psssed by the legislative as
sembly, and that Is all done by' the
ballot. This oountry believes in the
principle thst the majority shall
rule, and we have maintained one of
the best governments In the world.
We are looked upon by all the na
tions of the world as being as near
perfect as Is possible to' make a free
government, and the reason that It Is
as perfect ss it is la because the peo
ple have kept affairs of. THEIR GOV
ERNMENT IN THEIR CONTROL,
AND THEY EXERCISE THAT CON
TROL BY THEIR BALLOTS.
"When Earl H. Fehl. L. A. Banks.
Gordon Schermerhorn, these people
made up their minds that the will of
the people should be thwsrted and
that they would steal ballots so ss to
prevent a recount to find out what
tl:e majority of the people, of the
mters had actually said, THEY
STRUCK AT THE VERY FOUNDA
TION OF OUR GOVERNMENT.
"If the ballot Is not to be kept sacred.
If the record of that evidence Is not
to be preserved, our government csn
not exist, and will not long aurvlve.
If the people cannot always. ascertain
what the majority have determined
shall be the policy of the govern
ment, your government BECOMES
NO GOVERNMENT, and you have a
Mussolini, you have a dictator, and
that la Just whst I think they would
have liked to have here In Jackson
County.
"Why they even educated that poor
aimple-mlnded Conner, who Minus ne
Is very smart, he had the audacity
to sit up here on ths stand and to
say that Judge Skipworth was wrong
in his ruling in ordering these ballots
to be recounted and in order to pre
vent that thing to be carried out,
In other words. In order to prevent
the people from being sssured that
the majority of their determination
had been recorded, why he himself
said, 'I myself became a party to talc
lng away from his Honor the evi
dence of the fact as to whether or
not the votes had been properly
counted.' Who taught him such an.,
archy? Who were his tutors? They sre
not good Amerlcsn citizens. They are
traitors to their country. Benedict
Arnold never did worse.
"And yet thst boy came up here,
and undoubtedly he expressed his own
view. Now hs himself wss not Inter
ested in the office. He was not a can
didate. Who was he the spokesman
for? Don't you see what these mature
minds, like the defendant you have
in this case, are doing? Now are you
going to pat them on the back and
acquit them? The State of Oregon,
every portion of this stste, Is watch
ing you, and well they have a right
to. They want to know If there is
any place In the State of Oregon
where Inroads may be made which
are going to affect the atablllty of
this wonderful state, my native
state, the state that X am proud of.
the state that all of us are proud
of.
"Where li there any evidence of
fered upon the part of the defense
which shows or tends to show that
he (the defendant) did not do as
the State's witnesses ssld he did.
go around there and help the boys
to stesl these ballots? Can you, mem
bers of this Jury on your conscience
say that the fact hasn't been proven
beyond a reasonable doubt7 There is
one person In this world that you
have got to satisfy, and that la your
selves. Your consciences are always
your companions, snd you and your
self, and each of ourselves know bet
ter than anyone else what Is right
and what Is wrong, and we always
know ourselves what to do.
"We have to sppease our own con
sciences. Now, you have a duty to
perform, and In the words of the Im
mortal Grover Cleveland, 'An office
la a trust,' It It not a thing to be
used for prlvste purposes. You are in
office, 1 am In office, Judge Skip-
worth Is In office, and we have a duty
to perform. My duty In this esse is
almost over, the Judge's will soon
be over, snd then the duty Is delega
ted to you so thst you can perform
your duty, and you have ssld, and
I believe you, that you wlU a true
verdict render In thla case, socordlng
to the law and the evidence, as de
fined to you. The state asks you, un
der this evidence, to render a verdlot
or 'guilty' as against thla defendant.
That, It seems to me, Is your duty."
HUGE SUPPLY OF
TOOLS AND FOOD
HERERR CORPS
Auto Pavilion at Fairground
Serves As Warehouse for
C. C. C Three Carloads
of Clothing Unloaded
There Isn't much left for the O.
C. C. enlisted boys and rhen to wiah
for In the way of clothing, food and
work , tools, Judging from the stack
of suppliea in the warehouse at the
automobile building at the Jackson
county fairground!. All material be
ing purchased for the work army la
of the highest quality.
The west aide of the building ts
devoted to storage of tools, with the
center for food and the east aide for
distribution of clothing. Perishable
meats and vegetables are In cold stor
age In Med ford, and. are Issued out
to the camps as needed. -
Many Tools Purchased,
Two-man cross cut saws, tinner
stoves, a grindstone for each camp,
and hundreds of pick handles wttn
the olades to be placed on them.
Several tent stoves 'are also In the
warehouse, and the south end of
that section is being made Into a sal
vase department, according to Cap
tain Prleat, who ti In charge of the
building.
Sugar, 23,140 pounds of It, ts stack
ed In the center of the room,-along
with many one hundred-pound
drums of coffee, and lard and l&rd
substitute In twenty pound palls.
pickles and vinegar In large quan
tity aie also stored there, along with
6336 packages of rolled oats, 6760
cans of Rogue River tomatoes, corn
and milk.
Clothing In Store.
Clothes of evry kind, color and de
scription, from brilliantly striped
shorts, to wool underwear, various
colors of corduroy panto including
red, wool overcoats, rain coats, shoes
and boxes and boxes of socks are In
the rows of clothes to be lHsed to
the men. Each man gets six pairs
of hose.
Each man Is also Issued two blue
denim suits, blankets,1 toilet sup
plies, and otiher necessaries. Mess
kits are also arriving and are being
sent to the camps now in operation.
Men Quartered at Site.
The boys stationed In Medforri
with the G. O. O. have their sleeping
quarters In the merchants room,
where they have arranged & library,
reading room, and have also put in
a radio.
Captain Priest, supply officer and
in charge of the motor transport, has
his office In fche north end of Vie
supply room, and also has a motor
transport office arranged where the
chauffeurs check In and out.
Although about three carloads of
clothes have already arrived here,
Captain Priest said that -more were i
expected until all the Issues are com
pleted.
SPORTS WEAR GOES FRILLY
Adrlenns Ames of the films Introduces this new sports frock of tan.
gerine brown and gray plaid, with jabot, belt and sleeves of gray linen
craah. The hat and gloves also are of gray linen, (Associated Press
Photol
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MORATORIUM BILL
IS GIVEN IN FULL
The recently enacted bill in con
gress suspending necessity for ass
essment work on mining claims, in
some instances, reads In full as fol
"lw it enacted by the senate and
hou.ie of representatives of the Unit
ed States of America In congress as
sembled, that the provision of aec-
tion 3324 of the revised statutes of
the United States, which requires on
each mining claim located, and until
patent .has been issued therefor,
not leas than $100 worth of labor to
be performed or Improvements aggre
gating such amount to be mads each
year, be, and the some Is hereby sus
pended as to all mining claims in
the United States, including Alaska,
during the year beginning at 13
o'clock merldiP.n July 1, 1933, and
ending 'at, 13 o'clock meridian July
1, 1933.
"Provided, that the provisions of
this act shrill not apply in the case
of any claimant not entitled to ex
emption from the' payment of a fed
eral income tax for the taxable year
1932.
"Provided further, that every claim
ant of any such mining claim, In or
der to obtain the benefits of this set
shall file, or cause to be filed, In the
office where the location notice or
certificate is recorded, on or before
12 o'clock meridian, July 1, 1933, &
notice of his desire to hold said
mining claim under this act. which
notice shall state that the claimant,
or claimants, were entitled to exemp
tion from the payment of a federal
income tax for the taxable year 1932.
Approved May 18th, 1933."
Although Russia purchased 33,443
Amer can-made tractors In 1931 she
purchased none In 1933,
Pierce's Hot House tomatoes at your
grocer's. The quality is fine and the
price is right.
IS
(Continued from Pax One)
effects of inflation by cheapening the
dollar externally instead of tinkering
with the. currency domestically.
The diplomatic angle la especially
neat. Since the market la ostensibly
free the government cannot be held
responsible for the fluctuations that
result. At the fame time actual con
trol will be ersy. So if we do resxh
some arrangement on currency stabi
lization the hounds csn be called off
on a day's notice.
It will be a swell break for the gold
miners too. They will be able to lay
down their gold at a handsome profit
which they cannot do now.
The recent slump in dollar ex
change wasn't any accident either.
Of course neither the government
nor the federal reserve had anything
to do with it directly. But certain
important New York traders were
privately advised that no one in au
thority would object if they bought
sterling In London and converted it
Into gold. That did the trick. The
English could not retaliate In kind.
They could have bought dollars over
here, but they could not carry out
the conversion part of the maneuver.
New York banks are hearing plenty
from their British correspondents
about it. The' English are getting
pretty sore about our efforts to force
their hand In the matter of stabiliza
tion. They recognize that we have
them at a disadvantage, but there is
a growing sentiment In financial Lon
don to tell .us to go take a running
Jump Into the Atlantic. - More than
a few mightly placed New Yorkers
believe the administration Is over
playing Its hand if It really wants
international co-operation.
Attorney General Cummlngs has
no resl Intention of starting legal
action against the gold hoarders. The
outcome would be too doubtful. He
does intend to try publicity medicine.
The first list will probably be made
publio soon after the conclusion of
the Mitchell trial. It will be an answer
to those who maintained that Mitchell
Is being made the scapegoat for all
of Wall Btreet's sins. -
William H. Woodln's local friends
are laying odds that his transfer to
some other office will not be long
deferred after congress adjourns. Then
Douglas could be appointed as his
successor and any senate battle over
his confirmation would be put off
until January. It will be much harder
for the senate to refuse confirma
tion then if he has done a good Job.
KMED
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C. OF C. CONTROL
10 HALT ABUSES
The chamber of commerce com
mittee on solicitations and donations
met this morning and outlined plans
for control of solicltatlos In the city,
especially aimed to hold fly-by-nlght
salesmen and solicitors, who have
constituted a serious problem in the
past.
It was decided at the meeting to
place In each store of the city a no
tice, announcing that the store re
spectfully submits sll solicitations
and donations through the chamber
of commerce.
Merchants will be asked to confer
with the chamber of commerce re
garding all solicitations, stating
whether or not they desire to make
them.
The Better Business bureau of the
chamber Is scheduled to meet this
afternoon at 4 o'clock for organiza
tion. . A meeting of the dairymen's com
mittee has also been called for to
night at 8 o'clock and a large atten
dance la urged.
Nut Crop Short
PORTLAND, Ore., June 14. (AP)
The Journal said today that while ft
the condition of the crop Is not yet
sufficiently shown to Indicate a com
plete lineup of the 1933 prospects,
"there la every likelihood of a real
shortage In filberts In Oregon and
Washington, which la a condition
world-wide this season."
O'egon Weather.
Generally fair tonight and Thurs
day, but fogs on the coast and scat
tered afternoon thunderstorms la
mountains of east portion; little
change in temperature; gentle change,
able winds offshore.
Dine is Dance at BONNE Y ORHXB
50o & 75c dinners, sandwiches, cold
beer, etc. Snappy orchestra Tues.,
Thurs., Sat. As Sun nights. COME &
ENJOY yourself.
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Fender and oody repairing. Price
right. Brill Sheet Metal Works.
Phone 642. Well haul away joxa
refuse. City Sanitary Servtoa.
SAME PRICE
tocLcUL
AS 42 YEARS AGO1
25 ounces for 254
Full Pack
No Slack Fillinq
"Things Can't Go Along
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Remember Him On
FATHER'S DAY
(Next Sunday)
with a Greeting Card
SWEM'S
GIFT SHOP
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Bight pertbrrnenoe. get
twiy Artt every time. "
MANHATTAN, Kan,-(API A 8-
year feeding test of young cattle dur
ing the unfavorable years of 1030,
1031 and 1033 showed a good return
for the feedetuffa used, C. W. Mc-
Campbell, head husbandman of Kan
sas State college, reported.
At the conclusion of the wrperl-
mente be cited the following returns,
above cost of the animals, for feed:
An average of 0 cents a buhel for
corn. 30 a ton for cottonseed meal,
5 a ton for silage, t0.50 ton for
alfalfa bay, and per head for grav
ing.
Screen Doors
$175
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