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Newspaper Page Textedford Mail Tribute Your Vacation alll ha more enjoyable If you hare (ha Mall Tribune follow you. No addlllnnal coat. Phona 15 and place jour order befora leaving. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFUKU. OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1933. No. 77. MIP Pf fl flM bftlLUuv WW The Weather Forecast: Fair and earmer tonljht and Wednesday Temperature Highest yesterday I.ob Put tht morning 1ft M gE y ELECT FBfl 1WDBE Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. FRANCE nd Poland default on their war debt inatsllments due to the United Statea. Great Britain pays a little better than one-aeventh of what la due, and Italy about one-thirteenth. Only little Finland meeta her debt lnatallment IN PULL. FRANCE, please remember. la the second richest nation on earth, as reckoned In terms ot gold, which still constitutes wealth, even if it lin't so extensively used as money aa It waa a few yeara ago. Prance defaulta, not because she CAN'T pay, but because she doesn't WANT to. BRITAIN makes her ten million dol lar payment in silver. The allver comes from India, where silver is atlll regarded as the real standard ot money value, in spite of formal adop tion of the gold standard In 1938. SPEAKING of money, we read thle paragraph in the financial newa of Thursday: "A broad rise In dollar exchange waa accompanied by heavy selling of stocks today. Leading shares tum bled II to more than a ahare under a large volume of offerings in the last hour." That Is to say, there was more sell ing than buying. QELLINQ of atocks as a result ol rieing value of the dollar In terma of exchange will give you aome Idea of the part inflation has been play ing in the recent rather apectacular rise of the stock market. THE GOVERNMENT, we read, plana to raise aaso.ooo.OOO by taxing pro cessors of wheat and cotton. It will use the money to pay wheat and cot ton growers to keep their land out of production. Thua It hopea to bring about a long-term rise of prices of these crops. f-e CAN that be done? Well, at least the effort Is more Intelligent than the farm board ef fort a few yeara ago to raise wheat and cotton prices by going into the market and bidding up the price. Paying wheat and cotton growers to keep their land out of production will at least have a tendency to RE DUCE THE SUPPLY, and the natural result ot reduction ot supply la to raise the price by bringing Into the market more buyers than sellers. 'The natural result of going Into the market and bidding up the price was to INCREASE the supply by tempting growers to Increase their production In order to get the In creased price. f . WHEN the government taxea con sumers In order to raise the money with which to hire farmera to keep their land out of production, it la getting into business with a vengeance. Nobody will undertake to deny that. . But, for several yeara to come, and perhapa Indefinitely, the government Is going to be In business with a ven geance In thla country. Perhaps you are old-fashioned, and don't fancy this prospect. But you can't help It. So you might aa well prepare to LIKE IT. CLAUDE INGALLS, of the Corvallls Gawtte-Tlmes. complains bitterly because he haa to go from Corvallia clear to Portland in order to take an airplane and get somewhere in a hurry. "Why." he says. "It takes as long to get from here to the Portlsnd air port as It takes to get from the Port land airport to Boise. And it takes ever twice as long to get to the Port land airport from here aa It take to go by plane from Portland to Med ford." Why Is Mr. Ingalls In such a hurry, and Just what win he do with all his time when he' la able to ears It by getting by plane directly from Cor- T1IS CHILD IS KILLED BY ENGINE NEAR EUGENE EUGFNR June 20. (AP Three-year-old Jean Wtnkleman waa killed at Field, near here Monday w.hen she waa struck by a helper engine on the Southern Pacific line. The engine waa rounding a curve and ww onir three ,n.rh away when .r im,.i-i .M mat iv 9tv i t&e a. ud. I RECORD BALLOT Total of ',468 Cast Thorn dike Given 1312, Franklin 1171 and Dr. Phipps 324 Winners Voice Thanks In the school election held yestet day for choosing two directors for a three year term, Eugene Thorndike and K. H. Franklin were re-elected by an overwhelming tote, defeating Dr. I. D. Phipps. A total of 1408 bal lot waa cast, the, largest number In a Medford school election for many years, including the bond vote for the two schools recently constructed. Tabulation of votes showed 1313 for Thorndike, 1171 for Franklin and 324 for Phipps. Several other persons re ceived a few votes, Rebecca Jensen, school clerk, said today. Because of the vigorous campaign put on by supporters of Dr. Phipps, who demanded a change in the school board In order to have "a true cross section of the people of Medford," in Increased vote was anticipated and two boards were placed on duty to take care of the stream of voters visiting the polls at the high school on South Oakdale avenue between 2 snd 7 p. m. Monday. Both Mr. Franklin and Mr. Thorn dike. members of the board at the present time, today expressed their appreciation to the citizens of Med ford for the support given them 'n the election yesterday. When the polls opened at two o'clock, about fifty people were in line to cast their vote, and until seven o'clock a steady stream visited the polls. Members of the election boards were first: J. F. Banish, Judge: Mrs. H. D. Powell, clerk: and Mrs. Earl G add is. Second board: Mrs. Hal Piatt, Judge: Mrs. Kate Young, Clerk; and Mra. Nora C. Klrkpatrick. LONDON, June 20. (AP) High French quarters said tonight that a proposal 'to adjourn the world eco nomic conference would be brought before the conference steering com mittee tomorrow if there were no clearer Indications that stabilization of the dollar could be effected. Included on the steering committee are Secrtary of State Cordell Hull and James M. Cox of the United States delegation and Prime Minister Ram say MacDonald and Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain of Great Britain. OF PORTLAND, June SO. (AP) The city of Portland today owed local banks 11.035.000. an Indebtedness which grew by 1130.000 yesterday) when the city treasurer found he waa : THE DALLES, Ore.. June 30. (AP) that much ahort of being able to j Wasco county cherry growers remain meet the semi-monthly payroll of ed stesdfsst. aa picking atarted today 1150.000. A year ago the city waa in their refusal to dispose of their completely clear of Indebtedness to crops at prices thua far offered by Portland banks, npllnniiencte In H.iil.r. Rly firm. Yi.i ht.a v.- tax payments caused the shortage In I city funds. Rose Pastor Stokes of Radical Fame, Passes FRANK FORT-ON -THE-MAIN. Ger many, June 20 (API Rose Pastor Stokes, American leader of the radical party, died today at the Municipal hospital. A heart ailment waa given as the Immediate cause of death. She recently waa operated on for cancer. The body will be cremated and tne ashes sent to New York. The cancer operation waa perform ed by Prof. Vlto Schmieden. Mrs. Stokes entered the hospital April 15. She waa 54 years old. Rose Pastor fltsfct -jlb thrmirhmit her life a champion of radical cauies. She waa often in a-nnfita-fc wftv. h law and once she was sentenced to serve ten years in Leavenworth penl- tentiarv for rthtriu-tlr. h. Armf Th. sentence was commuted by President She was born tn a nr., in fcussia. in 1879. and spent her early childhood in London. Her family, moving to America, went first to Ohio, but later settled in New York. a. ine aga of ten ahe waa roll 1 rut tobacco in a New York cigar company. She soon became known aa the Tow of the Ohetto" Jame. nra- la, met her ahortij after be bad i BASEBALL National First game R- H. E Cincinnati - 4 7 2 Philadelphia 7 16 2 , Kolp, Benton and Lorn bud 1; Jack son and Davis. . Second game Cincinnati Philadelphia R. H. K. 8 10 2 7 18 0 Derringer, Frey, Quinn and Hems ley; Collins and Davis. R. H. E. St. Louis IS 17 a Brooklyn 4 11 2 Hallahan, Johnson and J. Wilson; Mungo. Ryan, Heimach and Lopez, Cm ten. R. H. E. Pittsburgh .... 6 U 0 Boston 2 8 1 Swift and Grace; Zachary, Starr, Frankhouse, Brandt and Hogan, Har grave. R. H. B. Chicago S 13 1 New York ...a 7 3 Tinning. Grimes and Hartnett; Bell. Spencer, Hubbell and Mancueo. PEAR AND APPLE EXPORT RATES TO HOOD RIVER. Ore., June 20 (AP) H. M. Dexter, secretary of the Hood River Traffic association, said today the expectation is growing that there will be a definite announcement this week of new rates on apple and pear shipments from Pacific coast ports to Europe and the Atlantic coast. " Shippers have urged a flat rate of 60 cents a hundred pounds on both apples and peara. The old rate la 75 cents for apples, and 90 cents for peara. The recent steamship conference, however, expressed' belief the new rate will be a compromise between the present schedute and the reduction sought. The conference had expected to make a voluntary reduction but withheld action on account of the change in dollar values. E PARIS, June 20. ( AP ) Barbara Hutton. blonde American heiress whose fortune Is estimated at $20, 000.000. married Prince Alexia Mdl vani. member of the Mdlvanl family of czarlst Georgia, today In a civil ceremony at the Mairle of the 18th Arrondlssement. A religious rite will be celebrated Thursday at the Russian orthodox church. They plan a wedding trip to Italy. ' By a marriage contract, signed be fore the ceremony, the bride retains sole control over the property inher ited from her grandfather, the late Frank H. Wool worth, chain store founder, excepting a dowry which she brought to the union. Carried out with the speed of per functory officialdom, the ctvil cere mony lasted only a couple of min utes. CHERRY GROWERS HOLD FIRM FOR HIGHER PRICE but there haa yet been no establish- I eJ price for Royal Annes. turned from bank Inn to social better ment work. She was then writing verse and reporting for a Jewish newspaper. Though a Jewess she waa married to him in 1903 tn the litee of the Epis copal church. They were divorced in 1025, Throughout the twenty years they were together he atoutly defend ed her whenever she collided with the law, through her numerous arrests on charts ranging from disorderly con duct to violation of the wartime espionage act. She waa convicted of espionage In 1018 because she aald in a letter to the Kansas City Star "no government which Is for the profiteers can also be for the people. I am for the peo ple, while the government la for the profiteers." She was sentenced to ten years, but hleher court et the sentence aside The government eventually dropped the prosecution. She was indicted in Chicaxo in 1P20 with 85 rommunlau on chsrjrea of vlo'atlnj the Illinois antl-sedttlon law. Four rears after her divorce she married Isaac Romalne. a labor lead er snd father of Jmr Romalne. con e:Jrrd a p-g;dy. She was Romaina'a Vila at tie tin bet deaU COMPLETE JONES E E Vice-President Conners of G. G. C. First Witness for Rogue River Mayor Ac , cused in Ballot Theft C. Jean Conners, of Plnehurst, vice president of the self-styled "Good Government congress." and It "par liamentarian," who admitted enter ing the courthouse vault to steal ballots, and entered a plea of guilty to the charge, waa the first witness for the defense, which started this morning, in the trial of Walter J. Jones of Rogue River, on the same charge. Conners admitted he was one of I. A. Banks' "armed guards." Attorney Glenn R. Jacks of Oregon City, chief counsel for Jones, Inform ed the court the defense would be completed, today. Glenn Up Next The court ordered that steps be taken for the bearing of the ballot theft charge against John Glenn of Ashland, former county jailed, which will be called at the conclusion of the present trial. At the opening of court It waa an nounced that J. G. Lusk of Barne burg Lane, farmer, and No, 3 Juror, waa ill with the flu. The county physician reported a high tempera ture and pulse. Alternate Juror 8 D. Kllngle, Phoenix, orchard worker employed by Rosenberg brothers, waa drawn to fill Lu&k's place. The defense In Ita questioning of Its witnesses, indicated It would at tack the credibility of the state wit nesses, ' and attempt to prove that Jones wa. outside the courthouse to preserve order among outside specta tors, at the instance of Henrietta B. Martin, ohalrman. Heard Hall Offer, He Says . . Conners. in hi direct examination. testified that "he heard Leonard Hall offer two boya 1.00 apiece If they would throw a gaa bomb Into the meeting." Conners aald they were (Continued on Page Five) I T Two defense motions one asking for the striking from consideration of the Jury, of parts of the testimony ot seven state witnesses, and the other for a directed verdict in the trial ot Walter J. Jones, mayor of Rogue River, charged with ballot theft, were over ruled and denied by the court, after argument by both sides. The defense asked, through At torney Olenn R. Jacks, that the tes timony of Mra. Krlng that she saw Henrietta B. Martin, president of the self-styled "Good Government Con gress." C. H. Brown, the secretary, and his wife, parents of Mrs. Martin. L. A. Banks and L. O. Van Wegen pres ent, a considerable time after the crowd had left. The court ruled It was admissible because there had been teatlmony to show that Jones had told aldea he would aak them to remain until the stolen ballots In the rear had been removed. Objectione to portions of the testi mony of Earl Bryant of Jacksonville, wherein he testified E. A. Fleming saw "Walt. Judge Fehl wants to see me," and the testimony of Fleming that he had seen a man with a ham mer, a he courthouse, comparable with Jones In physical weight, were denied. Testimony of Mra. Nora B. MrKlt rlnfc and her daughter-in-law, Mra. Elsie McKltrtck, concerning the use of pitch. In burning the ballots at the older M-Kttrtck woman's home, was held admlasable. Three witnesses testified Jones had . suggated pitch to make the ballots burn better, The testimony of Mark Whipple. Rogue River farmer, that Jones hsd bet him a elgar, "Schermerhorn would not be counted out," and psld It. was also allowed. The defense contended that the bits of testimony were Immaterial, and not binding on the defendant. The state contended they were links in the conspiracy, "Innocent enough In themselves but highly potent when considered with other evidence." A directed verdict waa sought on the grounds of Insufficiency of evi dence to connect Jones with the bal lot theft. The argument waa msde by Attorney Tom Enrlght. Assistant Attorney Oeneral Moody, in reply, declared, "there Is sufficient evidence, without the word of an se compile to warrant a verdict. What tn the deure waa Jones doing run ning around outside the courthouse with a hammer up his sleeve, if he was not engaged In a criminal enter prise?" The court riled that In a conapl-rfx-y. cirrumMnrr must be consider, ed. and that all the evidence la a mat tfii or m Jurj J2 Mb ACQUITTAL U. S. ECONOMIC DELEGATES a Jar Soma of the American delegates to the world economic conference are shown In their hotel quarters In London ahortly after their arrival. Left to right: Rep. Samuel 0. McReynolda of Tenneaaee, Secretary of Stat Cordell Hull, and Ralph W. Morrison of Texas. (Aaaoclated Press Photo) JOBLESS LEADER IS ACTIVE IN SALEfli SALEM. June 20. ( AP) Making "demands" and not mere "requests," pickets from "unemployed councils" throughout Marlon county paraded posters today after camping In the court house yard here last night. The "demands" were cash relief, no forced labor. 60 cents an hour for relief work, freeing of Max Ferrar who la serving a six months term for .assault and battery on a relief offi cial -tiere, permission to visit Ferrar In Jail, free fuel, free dental and medical attention, restraint of util ities from shutting off gas, water and light of the unemployed and removal of county relief activities from the Red Cross. O. H. Goes, unemployed council or ganizer recently of Modford. declared the pickets would carry their cause to Governor Julius L. Meier If denied audience with the county court. "we're making no requests the time for thst hss passed. We're de manding relief. The court will ap pear on these steps when we order It to," asserted Goes, O. H. Goes, reported spokesman In Marlon county unemployed clrclea, waa active here last winter In at tempt to organize. Jobless. According to locsl sources, his efforts did not meet with much success and the dis patch from Salem Is the first report of his whereabouts for several months. STATES VOTE ON By the Associated Press, Iowa and the New England states of New Hampshire and Connecticut voted today on repeal of the prohi bition amendment. Prohibitionist conceded defeat in Connecticut, a state which never gave its approval to the 18th amendment. New Hampshire and Iowa, however, were expected to ehow a more evenly divided sentiment. Thus far 11 states have voted on repeal. Ail have favored it. The ap proval of aa states is necessary before the prohibition amendment can be repealed. Statea which have voted, to date, are : Michigan, Wiscoqatn, Illinois. Indiana, New York. Nevada. New Jer sey, Maaeachuaetts, Wyoming, Rhode island and Delaware. M. E. CONFERENCE PORTLAND, June 30 (AP) Pre liminary sessions of the six-day meet ing of the Slat Oregon conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. opened here today. The organisation of the conference under the direc tion of Biahop Titus Lowe. In chsrge of the Pacific area, will get under way in Sunnyside Methodist Episco pal church tonight. For the first time In the history of the conference, laymen will . unite with ministers In meetings opening Friday morning. The first conference buslnesa session la scheduled for to morrow morning. Or. E. Stanley Jones of India, mlt- ilonsry, traveler and author, spoke at a union meeting here today on ''ine Renaissance of Asia." He haa been a missionary of the Methodist Episco psl church since 1007. The reading of ministerial appoint- menta by Bishop Lowe will take place ftu&da righA Arriving jrom Jefferson Barracks, Mo., via the northern route, a cadre of thirty COO recruits, four enlisted men, in charge of Major Norman E. FJake, arrived today in a special car on the Oregonlan, and were leaving thla afternoon for Elk creek camp where they will be stationed. The boya also brought baggage and equipment with them from the east, which la being transferred to camp In five Crater Lake national park trucke and four national foreat true lea. Recrulta for the various camps are -expected In ; here almost dally, with several more oadrea due thla week from Jefferson Barracks. Major Flske, who accompanied the unit from Mis souri, was formerly stationed at Fort Leavenworth. E Ti PORTLAND, Ore., June 30. (AP) For the third time this month the Oregon motorist today dug deeper into hla pocket for gasoline money. There was a difference, however, in that today's advance waa the first on the product. The other two were tax increases. The retail price of ethyl and first grade gasoline advsnced one-half cent a gallon, and third structure fuel was up one cent a gallon today. Last week the motorist waa caught for a half-cent Increase In the fed eral tax, and on June 9 he atarted paying an additional one-cent state tax, the result of lower license fees. ELECT TONIGHT PORTLAND. Ore., June 30 fAP) More than 700 delegate from 34 temples in 17 states, Canada and Ha waii attended the 19th annual as sembly of the Daughter of the Nile today. Election of national officers waa scheduled for tonight's meeting. Washington waa represented by 150 delegates from Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane, and AO Caiifornlans repi-e-sented four temples in that state. Registration of delegates, the re port of the credential and the con valescent relief fund committees oc cupied moat of the time in today's session. Queens of visiting temples reported upon hospital work. "Skipper" Roosevelt Has Smooth Sea for Cruise EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AT SEA. OPT OAPE OOD. Jun. 30 (API In a dramatic mating at s. President Roossvtlt today gave Instructions to a special envoy to the London ecoiiomlc con ference. Raymond Moley, assistant secretsry of state. By I'RANC'Ift M. TF,PHKSON. AT SEA OPP CHATHAM. Maa., June 20 (API The luck of the wea. ther finally broke for President Roose velt today and an easterly breeze hot hla schooner slonf over smooth ess around the bend of Cape Cod towards Provlnretown on the tip. Pulling out from Nantucket at ft m , IE. 8 TI "flklprwr" nooee'lt .railed broadly as the wind filled his iMll ta4 ti ma sua put. ?aU- IN LONDON STABLE DOLLAR CAUSES FRIGHT OF Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. By Paul Million WASHINGTON, June 30. Come economists and speculators grew hot when they heard the administration waa working out plans for temporary currency stabilization at London. Apparently they all reached for telephone and called Washington when they read wa were pressing the British into an agreement. They shrieked commodity prices hero might be adversely affected. They pleaded with the administration to hold off. That la the underlying reason why the agreement was not then an nounced. It la also the reason why the Cox committee in London ad journed from Friday until Monday. They bad to have time to think. There was good ground for the ob jections. The only Inflation we have had so far la based on the supposi tion that we are off the gold stan dard. Actually the dollar la atlll a dollar. There la Just as much gold behind It aa there ever waa. When we stabilize it, we help our foreign trade. We make Internation al commerce easier. Aa a long tlmo proposition It Is a very necessary thing. But the Immediate effect la to stop the Inflation buying wave. With the dollar stabilized the delu sion of Inflation la lost. The only way you can get Inflation then la to rovnlue the dollar domestically. There are Indications that Gover nor Harrison of the New York Fed eral Reserve and Dr. Sprague, our ex change expert, were willing to stab ilize at 14 to the pound. The boys here thought it should be higher. They wanted $4.38. That Is one reason why you saw it ease off last week-end. The Idea that the Morgans had anything to do with the war debta agreement la too silly to mention outside a partisan political argument. That la why only Senator Robinson of Indiana mentioned It In the sen ate. It la true that the Morgans co operated fully on the exchange ma nipulation. Nobody will criticize that. For once this country had aome cooperation between the government and the international bankers In working out a patriotic foreign pol icy. It waa necessary. (Continued on Page Two) SALEM, June 30. (AP) Governor Julius L. Meier todsy mimed Roy M. Dobie of Portland to serve on the Battleship Oregon commission in place of Jsmee Abbott of Portland, resigned. day'a threatened nor'easler hsd van lahed and he waa quickly along on his rolling SO-mlle course fsr out to sea. The course of the morntruj lay eaat and northeast, rounding the bend of Cspe Cod. nesr Chathsm. Rain, wind and rough seas have prevailed through most of the two previous days. The Amnerjack II haa pitched and rolled In the waves, but she has proven plenty seaworthy. Today's run around Cspe Cod la one of the toughest parts of the nor thern Journey with sll four points ot the compass to be negotiated In reaching Provlncetown. Refreshed by a good reat yesterday afternoon and night In Nantucket Harbor. Mr. Roosevelt was again at the wheel aa aalls were touted be (911 (UWB UU tod 0-0 MILL OPENING EARLY IN JULY TO E General Manager Owen Says Former Employes Will Get Call Recovery Act Is Credited With Resumption The Owen-Oregon Lumber plant, in this city, expects to open "shortly after the Fourth of July." Oeneral Manager James H. Owen said thla morning, and will employ In the nei ghborhood of 350 men, in mill and in the logging camp. "At present we have 75 men en gaged In getting out loga In the Butte Falls district, and fixing the railroad so we can haul them." said Owen. "We will have to get soma loga ahead in the pond, before we can start cutting.' Owen aald for the moat part the workera would be old employee. The Industry recovery act was held by General Manager Owen to be "the main factor In the resumption of operations, along with a brighter lum ber market." He aald all the lumber yards In the east were depleted . of stock, and that three yeara construc tion Idleness had Improved the de mand. "Everybody wanta to buy lumber, and nobody has any," was Manager Owen'a description of the lumber situation. He aald the price waa ris ing, and many coast mills have re sumed. "Industry la limited to 30 hours a week labor by the recovery act," said Owen. "Thla haa the affect of cur tailing the aupply. while the demand la brisk, with the result that the Im provement came before anybody ex pected It." Manager Owen aald that both U dustry and labor benefitted aa a re- suit.- - - - --. - He said the length of operation de pended on conditions. There has been a steady Increase in construction throughout the nation the past month, and building haa been resumed generally. PLANE WRECKAGE PORTLAND, Ore.. June 30. f API , Word waa received here late today from SUverton that a forest ranger at the headwaters of the Butte Creek watershed had reported that he saw what appeared to be the wreckage of an airplane on the mountain about 10 miles from hla cabin. Fliers left here today to Investigate the report In the belief some clue might be found to the disappearance Saturday morning of William B. Young, Portland airways pljot. BEND, Ore., June 30. (AP) Thomas LeBleu, 13, was treated In a hospital here today for serious In juries received late yesterday when an explosion of dynamite cape man gled hla left hand, Injured hla eyes and peppered hla face with bit of shattered metal. He la a son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Le Bleu of Turn ale. SMV ill- ROGERS 'says: SANTA MONICA, Cal., Jun 19. So father had a day Sun day, did het But you figure it out and he didn't deserve any more of a day than he got. There is a lot of hooey about poor father being imposed up on. Dear old father gets away with quite bit of murder just beeause he is father. If he wag some outsider and palled the junk he does, they would chuck him in the alley. There is nothing outBido of a economist that's been any more overestimated than a father. He is a necessity and that about lets him out. Tours, ,. aimMtHiirttn.mtin..