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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: I nettled tonight and Sat urday. Not mucli change ia tem perature. Hfghnt jestrrday SS !.nHet this morning . 54 Your Vacation Hill he more ea lovable it yaxi bate the MaU Xrlbune follow you. No SfMttion. cost Phone ?8 and place jour order before tearing. - Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOUl), OREGON FRIDAY, JUNE 16f 1933. No, 74. 1IB I IF. I SliJCJS MORES , i Comment the on Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. THERE has been much talk In re cent month of Improvement in business, but so far this Improvement has been chiefly psychological which la a big word meaning "In people'a minds." That Is to eay, while actual dollara and centa business In Southern Ore gon hasn't been any better people have believed that It Is dOINO TO GET BETTER, and ao have been feel ing a lot more cheerful and hopeful. HERE, however, la a alga of im provement that la definite and tangible aomething you can put your ftngera on: In the pine district east of the mountains, which extends from Cres cent lake In the north to Dunsmuir and Bleber In the south, railroad carloadlnga for May. 1833. ehowed an Increase of more than TWENTY per cent over the total for May, 1832. That la the first time in three years that railroad carloadlnga in this dis trict have shown any increaae at all over the corresponding month of the year before. Aa a matter of fact, they have been steadily decreasing. RAHJ30AD carloadlnga repreoeui. actual merchandise shipped In and out. There la nothing psycho logical about them. They are actual and positive. The merchandise that filled these cars, which In this Instance w chiefly logs and lumber, was bought and sold, and money was paid for It. It represented actual business transactions, and the Increase repre aented an actual Increase In business. So, you sea, these hopes of better business that have been keeping peo ple in a more hopeful frame of mind are actually being realized. HERE la a statement made to this writer yesterday by a ahewd ob server of condltlona. whose opinion is worth while: "I was in Southern Oregon lt about four montha ago, and at that time things looked anything but good. To be perfectly frank about It, I dtdn t know then whether you'd ever pull out or not. "I never saw a bger change than hsa come about In these four montha. People are feeling better, and bust M i, actually better. The future four montha ago looked pretty dark, but now It look bright. "I no longer have any doubt at aU about the future of the Southern Oregon country. You're going to come out all right, and I think your re covery will be even more rapid than you expect." It sounda pretty good to hear peo ple talking that way again, doesn't it? HERE ia something that may In terest you: Three carloada of STRAW are being loaded out of Southern Oregon for Eugene Straw, mind you-a product that for several years hasn't been worth ahlpplng any distance at all. because the freight cost woul have been far too high. This atraw, which waa baled, brought 8 a ton f. o. b.. cara. Up IN the WUlmette valley. Inci dentally, they burn their atraw to get rid of It. If aome of the larmera up that way had aaved their atraw last ffill Instead of burning It, they would be better off now. They would be better off ALWAYS If they saved their atraw tnstead of burning It. and put It back on the land, for the sour, wet soil of the Willamette valley particularly needs more humua. rrHE Wtllamettevalley. In tha early 1 . v, rich 1 daya, to an u. agricultural district producing, It la said, aa much a 50 or even 60 busheia of wheat per acre. The average yield t. now below 10 busheia. This drop In production la due to soil rtfBfilng failing to put back Into the sou the fertility that Is taken out By cropping. let us hope that down here In Southern Oregon we are not guilty of this crime of soil robbing that ht k reduced the productiveness of the Willamette valley. - WASHINGTON, June 1 (AP) For the firs', time In history congreea meei next In January, leaving the raprl wiiliout Its arniMornad ora 81 Iotk-aI accompaniment for the fjarutma holidays. ROOSEVELT WINS IN VETJCONOIVIY Congress Accepts Terms of Compromise On Pensions As Final Act Few Tasks Are Left Unaccomplished WASHINGTON, June IS. (AP) Prealdent Roosevelt today completed signature of all the major bills aent to him by the extra elon of con gress, by affixing his name to the 13,600,000,000 appropriation measure for public works. . v The final btlta which he signed late In the day also Included the $600, 000.000 appropriation for Independent offtcea, carrying the disputed funds for veterans' compensation allow ances; the measure continuing for j another year the gasoline tax and reducing postal rates: the farm credit administration bill and the District of Columbia appropriation measure. WASHINGTON, June 16. (API President Roosevelt today appointed Hugh S. Johnson aa administrator of publia recovery unaer the Industrial j supervision bill. I He Blso named Colonel Donald H. j Sawyer, now Qhalrman of the federal ; stabilization board, aa temporary con- j trol of federal public works. These two men will control the i public works-industrial control pro gram on which the prealdent Is counting to end the emergency. Pub lic works of 3,300,000,000 are au thorized. (Continued on Page Nine) SILENCE BLANKETS FATE OF PATTERN ON NORTHERN HOP NOME-. Alaska, June 16. (AP) St lence blanketed the Bering sea and Alaska today over the fate of Jlmmie Mattern, Texan round-the-world flier, unrenorted since lesvlng the Sloe- rlan coast two days ago. On the ninth and most aiiucuit leg of his solo world flight. Matterns gss supply, hsd he remained In the air. would have been used up by 11:30 p. m. (B. S. T.) last night, and he wnuld have been compelled to land. Along the 3500-mile hope from Khab arovsk, Siberia, no antp nor lano. set tlement had reported alghtlng him. While searching plans were held in abeyance today because of the fre quency with which "loat planea" have tiiriu.rl nr. In Alaska, aviation men recalled that he had ssld before leav ing Khabarovsk several days ago on his first attempt to reach Alaska that his plane waa in "fine ahape." WALLA WALLA. Wash.. June 16 (AP) The anriety of Mrs. Jimmle Mattern Increased today as no word wss forthcoming from Alaska about her husband, daring round-the-world filer. ' "We fliers' wives never give up hope," she said, "but he'a been unreported such a long time now." CONCORD, N. H. June 18 (AP) Hereafter when he mkea an 1 drA, says Rev. Paul Hardin. Jr., Methodist mlnlater. he la going to requeft there be no mualc. Hia reaaona: At the conclusion of a recsnt aermon a mate quartet be gan tinging "Now Tcdloua and Taste less. When he finished a bacca laureate aermon to the high school graduates the glee club sang "Awmke! Awake!" EASTMAN SELECTED RAIL CO ORDINATOR Washington" June i m President Roosevelt today formally named Joseph B. Eastman, now a member of the I. C. C. as the federal coordinator of railroads under the new authority granted by congress. Whittman In Crah DENVER, Colo., June 16. (AP Paul Whlteman. orchestra leader, his wife and father and two Denver friends were recovering from shock today after their automobile had been sideswlped by another car on a narrow mountain roat last night. ALTON. 111., June 16 AP H. M. Johnson's cow "Boaste, la a mother again for the fifth time within a year. She gave birth to trlpta last July. Now she is the mother of twins. The animal la tight years old. Prosecution Springs Surprise in COLUMBIA RIVER kfyi3&Sr y I aw. Ja. wmmmmmm Sweeping to Its highest flood stage In years, the Columbia river menaced farmland dike and waterfront property near Portland, Ore. This alrvlew shows a flooded farm on Government Jiland. (AasocU ted Preaa Photo) What Congress Accomplished WASHINGTON, June 18. (APJ The seventy-third oongreas accom plished & history-making record of legislation, pawing every vital bill aubmltted by the president, and starting the government on new en terprises. Briefly -recapitulated, .here is What was done : r, Financial Lejtlnlatton" j Tooi the American dollar off gold, placed the banJcing system under emergency federal control, cancelled all public and private promises to pajfcin gold. Appropriated more than e5.270.OOO, 000, most of it for extraordinary ex penditures, to be bond issue fin anced, and not Included in the regu lar, budget Empowered the president to reduce normal expenditures nearly 1.000.000. 000 to bring the regular budget to somewhat' of a balance, Imixwed new tnxca to yield $320, 000,000 a year to fund the extraordi nary bond Issues; continued through 1934 all special excises by the previo ous eongrewi; enlarged the federal tax on gasoline and transferred the electricity 3 per cent tax from' the consumer to the producer; limited the capital gains and losses provision of the income tax law. Ordered far-reaching revision of the American banking methods, lim iting the power of private banks, re ducing the opportunities for specu lation with bank credits, insuring deposits restricted!? and strengthen WILSON HONORED - AT MASONIC MEET PORTbAvNT. June 16. Leslie M. Scott of Portland was elected grand exalted master of the Grand Masonic lodge of Oregon at the con cluding session of the annual assem bly here Thursday. He was deputy grand master last year. Ezra M. Wilson of Medford. was elected deputy grand master; " H. Wayne stanard of Brownsville, senior grand warden; R. Frank Peters of Hillsboro. junior grand warden; John B. Clelland, Portland, rand treasurer, and D. Rufua Cheney of Portland, grand secretaary. - SALEM. June 16. (AP) Repre sentatives of the state welfare com missions o Oregon. Washington California, together with cannery ope rators from the three states, will hold a conference In Portland Bet urday, June Q4, to consider uniformity of wages and working conditions for wo men cannery employees. The conference was arranged by C. H. Oram, state labor commissioner, following two meetings of the Oregon snd Washington welfare commissions. CHEMAWA SAVED BY ENDING OF CONGRESS SALEM, Jurs 18 (AP Failure of President Roosevelt to Issue an executive order for the closing of the Chemawa Indian school here while congress waa in session has rendered Ineffective the order of May 34 by the commissioner of Indian affairs. it Is contended by Congressman I .'am Mott in a telegram to the ' Satan cfaamber of oo&marot toa FLOODS FARMS i 2l ii i ii i iii i jswyk . -j 1 X ing federal reserve supervision. - Put Issuance of all securities un der federal supervision, inaugurating policy of making sellers beware. Measures for Relief Authorized country's biggest public construction program, more than three billion dollars' worth to create employment.- Voted first federal large scale di rect relief grants. 500,000,000, Made possible anti-trust law sus pension for .new -industrial policy of government-supervised trade agree ments to control production, boost prices, wages and employment. Approved' creation of civilian con servation corps, to employ quarter million - young men at conservation work on dollar s day basis. Gave secretary of agrlctilture power to boost farm prices through a wide variety of alternative programs, com bining most of the farm relief pro posals of the past ten years. Made available 4 .000 .000.000 fcr re lief of farmers and home owners hard pressed under big mortgage load. Authorised reorganization of rail roads under federal direction. Other Major Legislation Legalised 3 2 beer. Approved government entry In power business by ordering operation of Muscle Shoals with federal sale and distribution of current, inaugu rating wide-range program of devel oping th Tennessee River basin as I a model rural-industrtat area. GRANGERS' MEET ING El PENDLETON, Ore., June 16 fAP Delegates to the 60th annual con vention of the Oregon State Orange 'were today preparUtg to b-tng their four-day meeting- to a close after, a period of varied activity In tempera tures which ranged from 06 to 103 degrees during the week. Final drill contests and degree work, with concluding committee meetings and conference reports oc cupied most of yesterday. In com petition last night the White Sag'. grange of near Pendleton, waa winner of the Inspection and drill work. Selection of next year" convention city was to be made this afternoon. There will be no election of officers this year, Ray Oil! of Portlsnd con tinuing as state grange msjter. Beer Garden Head of Dry ST. PAUL, Minn., June 16-(UP1 They've opened a beer garden on top of Andrew Volstead hotel, but the famous prohibition advocate diared tonight he knew nothing about It be cause he hadn't gone up to investi gate. - "A beer garden on the roof?" ax claimed Volstead, when aaked about It. -Well, you can't prove it by me; never been up there " Volstead, author of the famous pro hibition act known aa the Volstead Isw, new Uvea In the Commodore apartment hotel, which has n elusive patronage. Since leaving con greas he has become legal adviser to the northwest prohibition adminis trator. IVpptte fit presence nf the famous protubtUoaiat Wtt botel management KELSO RESIDENTS FORCEO TO FLEE AS DiKEJJRACKS 150-Foot Break Inundates Wide Territory Huge Property Loss Seen Re lief Measures Organized PORTLAND, Ore.. June 16. (AP) The crest of the flood In the lower Columbia rlvor and In the Willam ette at Portland of about 38 feet will be reached early next week, accord ing to Edward L Wella, weather ob server here. The river at Portland today was at the 24.5 foot mark. KELSO, Wash., June 16. (AP A thousand hometess persons saw flood waters many feet deep surging through and over Vielr homes in South Kelso today, while the waters from the Coweeman river, pouring through a ISO-foot break m a dike, crept nearer the main business dis trict. Through the. late hours last night the waters were rising an lnoft an hour, but a high tide pushing up the Columbia came and went without materially changing the situation. The property loss stood in the thou- sands of dollars today, but no Uvea wens known lost. Ten Feet Deep In one place, where a slaughter house stood, the water waa 10 feet deep. The roofs of about 40 houses in bhe area were all that could b seen of them, while upwards of 300 In all were submerged to a greater or lew extent. Meanwhile, the stricken area rt- maiwd closed by the proclamation; of Mayor Herman Parrot. ..and relief measures were under way, even while the flood was being fought. The district was closed to alt per sons except those authorized to en ter, and a force of 7ft to 100 men. Including the police force and 50 men deputtsed for the work, was patroll ing the srea under Chief of Police Carl Piitchsrd. Many of them used boats, wftile others were patrolling the edges of the district, upwards of 40 city blocks In extent. Build Kew mbe Another force of 500 men were armed with shovels, building small dikes throughout the area. Shortly after midnight, the waters were within two blocka of'the main business district, and store owners hsd their clerks at work clearing the basement and first floors. Water splashed over the Pacific highway to a depth of a foot or more, but traf fic was detoured. (Continued on Paga Eleven) BANKS EXTENSION LAST TO BE GIVEN Upon the condition advanced by the court, Llewellyn A. Banks, con victed slayer of Constable George J. Prescott waa yeaterday granted six days additional time by Circuit Judge Sklpworth In which to file a motion for a new trial. The motion was fifed by Attorney T. J. Enright of this city. The state, through Assistant Attorney General Ralph E. Moody, objected. , "I will grant this motion but it la th& last one," ssld Judge Sklpworth, i "It la understood that the time ex- Iplres June 22." Banks hsa recovered from the re- ! cent operation for glandular trou- i ble. and according to reports to Judge j Sklpworth, Is up and walking around the Eugene hospital where he has been since the day after hia convic tion. His health is good. His wife and little daughter ara now residing in Eugene, Opened Over Law Father today opened a new beer garden on the roof snd sent out many invita tions to the opening. Immediately after the opening the hotel management waa besieged with requests for Information as to what Volstead thought of beer being sold right over his head. "He took a midway course," the management said. "He didn't say he was against our roof garden, but h lan't in fsvorof t The manager then waa asked if Volstead had planned to mov and replied that Volstead hsdn't men tioned It. The new beer garden, which la celled the "Deck" and i three floors up from Volta4' apartment, serves draucht br. bottled beers snd 3.2 per oeat wines. - MEET 1 WAITS WORD ON ERICA'S S D Gold Standard Countries Unwilling to Budge Until Approval of Stabilization Project is. Received LONDON, Enjf., Jun 18. (AP An agreement fnr stabilization of the dollar and the pound mas fairl.c complete tontftht ewept for the decision as to whether the control will start, it wjw said, In American quarters. By DEW ITT MACKENZIE LONDON, June 16. (tT) Tne world economic conference after important meetings of Its monetary and eco nomic commissions today decided vir tually to mark time on the major pioblema over the week-end pending definite word regarding Washington's attitude toward currency stabiliza tion. The gold standard countries, it was said in French quarters, do not in tend to budge until approval of a stabilisation protect has been received from the American administration. V. ft. Disappoints French delegates and their follow ers expressed keen disappointment over Secretary Wcodtn's announce ment in Washington that the United .States government had not agreed f any currency stabilization proposals. which are understood to have been considered by French, American and British financial leaders. The French indicated they hod thought the stabilisation qtiestton had been settled when they conceded th chstrmanshtp of the monetary com mission' to James M. Cox. second in command of the United States group. It bad been reported that plans were afoot to stsblllbe the American dollar at between 94.04 to M OT to the British pound. In a formal statement given out in Washington last night and received here this morning, the American sec retary of the treasury said that "the discussions in London (regarding sta bilisation) must M exploratory only. and arty agreement on this subject (Continued on Pag Farce HURDLErTHURT IN CHICAGO TUMBLE SOLDIER FTEM, CHICAGO, Jm 1 '.API Jsck Keller of Ohio State nnlrersUy, unofficial holder of ttta urorlfts record for the 220-yard low hurdles, fell snd failed to qualify for the 130-yard event Jn the pre liminaries or vie national colleaMate track and field championships today. The Ohloan, running at terrific peed and leading; his field at the time, stumbled and plunged headlong Into the eighth hurdle, cutting irsahes In both knees. Keller, the favorite to win both the 330 and 130 yard hurdle events, limped off the field heartbronen because of hla mis fortune. PUBLPttS HEADS CHOSEN WASHINGTON, June l.fAPr Prealdent Roosevelt today put the public worxsindustrlai control pro aram in tne hands of two admlnla tratora Donald Sawyer and Hugh Johnson snd designated two special cabinet committees to work with them. Hs gave orders to start work aa quickly as poastbl. .To speed the Job-giving public works program he directed that 400.000.000 be made available Imir.s dlately to the states for highway construction snd directed a start of the a238.0O0.000 naval construction program aimed at the building of 33 new ships mostly under the London limitation treaty. OREGON BRIDGE BILLS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT PORTLAND, June lo yp All five bills by Senator MoNsry approving construction of bridge slong the Ore gon const highway hsve been signed by President Roosevelt, according & a special Washington, D. C-, dlpMeh to the Journal tods;. PBAB MKKTI.NU POSTI'ONKW Due to inability of Dr. Henry Hsrtmsn to arrive in Medford to day, the Pear Council meeting scheduled for this evening at th court nous ha been postponed to nt veeV. Trial of Jones baseball I; Nat In nut NEW YORK, June IS. AP) Sam Leslie, recently traded by Vie New York Giants, led the Dodgers to a 3-to-l victory of his former team mates today. He drove In two runs, one with a homer and the other with a long fly. The secret R. H, E Brooklyn 3 6 1 New York 1 ft 2 Mungo and Lopez; Schumacher, Luqie Manmuso. - American Cleveland at Detroit postponed rain and wet grounds. AD NAT ...... . . . Boston at Philadelphia postponed, bad weather. DEI E OPENS AS SOLONS STARTHOIf Rooseveit Will Be Like Dic tator for Next Six Months Expected Move Stowfy in Exercise of New Power Copyrighted for McClurs Newspaper syndicate. By Paul Mallon WASHINGTON, June 18 The boys J who make the wheels go around la this country are on ttptoe. They know the sideshow Is over and the main attraction now begins. There Is no sense In concealing the fact that everyone here realties w are' to h&vs ill, flrat democratic ex periment with a dictatorship in the next six months. . With congress off the Wsshlngton stage until January there Is nothing to atop Mr. Roosevelt except nis own personal feelings. He has more au thority than Mussolini. Nobody here is sorry about th situation. Congress quit with a eigh of relief. The bills It passed ars nothing In themselves. Their Importance- will lie in the- power 'Mr. Roosevelt gtvea them by practical application. The Inner and outer Indications are that he will move very alowly. Promises have been quietly madff ta everyone that the full powers will never be used. Those near the top have passed the word along that they do not In tend to license a single Industry under the Industrial Control Act. They apparently Intend to use the power only aa a big. atlck to herd in dustry. Into price and wage agree ments. That meana more than you think. The labor clauses ars In the licens ing section of the bill. They would provide a closed shop for alt Indue tries which are licensed. If none are there wilt be ho government-made closed shops. The promise is not officisl but it Is supposed to have come from no less sn stithority than Hugh John son, head of the setup. He is being quoted to that effect by business men who dashed to oppose the legis lation when they found It might mean unloniKatlon. It slowed them down somewhat. What it means Is that If they are good biiys snd play hall with the government on this thing they may (Continued on Page Three) HOI LOAN BILL OPERATING SOON WA3HINOTON, June 10 (AP) Senator Wagner ID., H. Y.V, one of the authors of the sdmlntrstlon home mortgage relief bill, said today tt would be la operation within i week or two, but expressed confi dence that in the meant. me hard pressed owners could secure relief from tne courts. Wagner, a lawyer, expressed the view that no court would force a force! Tsure under the circumstances, If the debtor asked for an extenalon of tlms to get relief under the new law. MAXIMUM TAX FOR WHEATISORDERED WASHINGTON, Junt (API- Secretary Wallace announced today that the maximum processing tax on wheat, about 30 cents, will be levied to finance a acreage reduction pro gram urdep which benefit of p proximately M0 000.000 will be paid j termer this jsr t HENRIETTA 1RT1N AND FEHL LINKED WITH BALLOT PLOT State Attorney Declares De fendant Cent erred With S.G.C. Leader and County Judge Before Stealing The state sprang a aurprlse this afternoon in Its presentation of Its case against Walter Jones, mayor of Rogue River, the second of the bal lot burning defendants hj go on trtaJ. when Assistant Attorney General Moody declared to the jury that he would present evidence to show that Jones, had conferences both with Mrs. Henrietta Martin, president of the . Good Government congress and Isrl H. Feht. county Judge, a ahort time before the vault of the- court houss waa broken Into and the ballot boxes stolen. "The evidence will show you," de clared Mr. Moody, "that after the meeting of the Good Government congress held In the court house Just before this crima was committed, the defendant, Jones, held s long con ference with Mrs. Martin and fol lowing that conferred with Pehl. At the latt-r meeting Jonea said to Fehl "Ha all O. K. now." And the evt dencs will show th county Judgs replied "You keep mum. The stats also declared evidence sgainst Jones will be supported by many witnesses who had no part ttt the crime, were not connected in any way with It and the evidence will fur. ther show thst Sane admitted to othera his own participation In the sacking of th court hou. " ' To Claim AUUi. Attorney olen R. Jacks of Oregon City opened in sisteraents for th defense this afternoon in the trial of Walter Jones, mayor" of Rogue River, for ballot theft snd saievthat the defense would be an alibi. . Attorney Jacks aaid that Jonea was In town throughout the day of the ballot theft and that every minute of his time would be sccounted for in testimony. That he ate aupper at the home of Bar! H. Fehl and that he wss outside the court house aft the request of Henrietta B. Martin, president of the so-called Good Gov- 'emment Congress, who asked him to make check up snd see that there waa no dlaturbance. He Informed the court that Jones" family would testify that he srrtved home about midnight snd that no body called. That the first news re ceived by Jonea of the ballot theft was over the radio the next day. Attorney Jacks r.leo stated that he would Introduce character witnesses for his client, Jones, Walter J. Jones, mayor of the town; of Rogue River, one of the rural leader In the self-styled Oood Gov ernment congress," and who, the fllate of Oregon contends, was the signalman of the ballot stealing last February, went on trial today in cir cuit court charge! with "burglary not In a dwelling." Jones U the sec ond of th score of defendant to faoe a Judge and; jury The first witness will be called to th stand this aftemoonr with th (Continued on Page Eleven Will rogehs 'says: BEVERLY HILLS, Cu!., Jun 15. The president hag been breaking his neck to get eon zress "off the Potomao" be fore Thursday, the day the debts were due. He was afraid to have em there when ttie bad news arrived. He was afraid they would commit suicide. See where soma American heiress gave as her reason for marrying one of this mess of Mdivanis that be wa "smarU cute, amusing, interesting and hangs around all the time.". Sounds almost iiice the reoom trremiafion of a good setter pup. Everyone at London sayt "something must be done" and it looks like it will be u. Yours, ft)