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Medford Mail T Your Vacation TJNE nil) he morn enjoyable If you hurt the Mull Tribune follow you. No ddttlonal cott. Phone 75 and place ' joar order before leaving. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFUUD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1933. No. 80. An JV mm Ml JJ The Weather Forecast: Unsettled tonight and Sa- urday. Coaler Saturday. Temperature: HlglirH yesterday so Loae.t this morning .... , 4g rib BAULCt WffT Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS IOWA, New Hampshire and Connec ticut, all on the same day, vote on repeal of the' 18th amendment. All three, by decisive majorities. vote lor REPEAL. TO DATE. 14 states have voted for repeal ot the 18th amendment, which it the prohibition amendment. No state haa yet voted against repeal. Of the 1 voting for repeal, Indiana and Iowa are the most significant, as there wsa at least a possibility that these states might go against repeal. They DIDN'T. Instead, they voted lor repeal by about the average ma jority. THE handwriting la on the wall quit plainly. The prohibition amendment Is going to be' repealed. National prohibition will soon be a urn of the past.- It is none too early for sincere people to be tblnk- lng about what is going to take Its place. r . T ARAWA and Arkansas, incl- A dentally, are the next polnta ot Interest. Both will vote, on July IB Both are southern states.' where the question of prohibition la tied up with the negro problem. In the souin- m states, the whites, who do the bulk of the voting, era .fearful .ot making liquor too easily available to the negrd. : It will be interesting to see what Alabama and Arkansas will do. HERE la the Immediate purpose of President Roosevelt's industrial recovery program, as explained briefly by General Hugh S. Johnson, who will administer It: "To bring about ' higher wagea, shorter working hours and ORDER IN INDUSTRY." In seeking to bring this about, Oen- , ..i.-... .vni.m. h will denend eiai wuhibuu ....t upon "the psychology of patriotism that won the war.", ET us examine these purposes In Li a little more detail, taking first the objective of higher wages. If business Is to Improve perma nently, there must be more purchas- lng power. That Is to say, people must have more money with which to buy the thlnga that industry and agriculture produce. That can come about only through higher wages for that Is the only way by which the great mJrlt ' all the people can get the money with which to buy. So that part ol the program sound. OHORTEE working hours. kj The purpose of that la fairly plain. It la to give MORE PEOPLE a chance at the Jobs that exist, or that will be created by recovery In business. In other words, it la better tor more people to work less hours than lor less people to work more hours. Meet of us are ready to agree t that. - Tl IN lective: Order In industry. Just what does that mean? Put simply and bluntly, it means this: The employer who In the past .has refused to co-operate In order to bring about reasonable produC' tlon. fair wages and decent working conditions, la going to be MADE TO CO-OPERATE. If he doesn't, he will find himseil In serious trouble. GENERAL JOHNSON says, quite frankly: "Thla program contemplates some thing that has never been done be f fore, at any time, or at any place, so far as I know." That la true, at least so far as this country Is concerned. We have rflrver done anything of the tort before. But because a thing haa never been done before la no sign that It can't be done now. Before the Wright brothers did It. nobody had ever made a heavier-than-air machine fly. But they did The results have been revolutionary. If President Rooaevelt'a program of bualness recovery can be made to work, the results will be even more revolutionary. Tunney Inspects Mines PORT CREDIT, Out . June 33. (API Gene Tunney. former heavy- t-eieht boxing champion took off , ,.u . u. York financial political and theatrt- i m-.i to c..,nect gold mines in the Tiromliia art a.' ALIBI CLAIM OF MAYOR FAILS 10 EJ Vote Stands 8 to 4 for Con viction Until Dawn .tones Calm When Verdict Read John Glenn Up Next Walter J. Jonea, mayor of Rogue River, held by the atate to have been one of the ringleaders of the ballot theft plot, was found guilty by a circuit court Jury this morning after 14V4 flours' deliberation. The cer dlct waa returned shortly after 7 o'clock. According to ' court house reports, the Jury stood 8 to 4 for conviction until Just after dawn this morning, when one of the Jurors, looking out of thi window, noted the closeness of the spot which Jones admitted he was guarding to the ballot vault window, which fact influenced the Juror, and others opposed to convic tion, to change their views. Schilling Foreman H. M. Schilling of Ashland was foreman of the Jury. The four, ac cording to reliable sources, who vot ed not guilty were Harley Hall, Jack sonville; J. H. Unruh, Phoenix: S W. Peters, Ashland, and 8. W. KUngle. Phoenix. KUngle, an alternate, went Into the Jury box when J. O. Lusk became 111. Jones received the verdict with outward calm. His wife engaged Mrs. Mary Klelnhammer of Applegate and Mrs. Mazle Bates of A&hland, the two women Jurors, In conversation In the court house after the verdict had been returned. Pair Thow Pebbles Arrests are scheduled to be made ! of two men, about 30 years of age, ! who Iflflt night, during the de libera- 1 tions of the Jury, threw pebbles Into the jury room from the rear of the court house, annoying the Jurors. A guard was placed over the rear fol lowing the incident. Jones rested his defense ipon an alibi, claiming that he was outside the count house, acting as a guard, upoi the orders of Henrietta B. Mar tin, president of the so-called "Good Government Congress.' Jones made a general dental of all the material allegations of the state witnesses. Wat Boss of Theft The state Introduced witnesses to show that Jones was active In the preliminary plotting; that he attend ed two meetings where the ballot theft was discussed; tfiat he was the boss", in charge of the theft; that he gave the signals for smashing of the vault windows, and that he as- (Continued on Page Five) FORMER JAILER IS NEXT ON TRIAL John Glenn of Ashland, former county Jailer and pensioned veteran of the 8p a n 1 s h - American war. went on trial this morning in cir cuit court the third of the defend ants Indicted for ballot theft to face a Jury. The first 13 persona drawn for Jury examination were: W. F. Harris. Phoenix; H. E. Conger. Jacksonville; Marion Bleylock, Medford; R. E. Robinson, Talent: H. H. Oearhart, Ashland; Robert Lytle, Ashland; Ice land J. Knox, Medford; Kitty Dan ford, Ashland; Ethel Kneebone, Ash land; E. R. Jackson, Kogue River; Vivian Barto, Wlmer, and Altee Jlll son. Ashland. Questioning of tne jury waa con ducted for the defence by Attorneya Enrie-ht and Van Schmaln. and for the state by Assiatsnt Attorney Gen eral Moody. The chief defense question were devoted to queries relative to their membership in the "Committee of 100 or the "Committee of 7000"; If they had taken any interest In the sheriff. contest last fall, and If they had been Influenced by newspaper articles and opinions. The state asked the prospective (Continued on Page Five) STATE POLICE WATCHING FOR KIDNAPING SUSPECT PORTLAND, June 33 (AP) Port land and state police were today ad vised to keep a sharp lookout for man who poaslbly may be Verne San key. 43. sought In connection with a Denver kidnaping and the later no naping of William Hamm. St. Paul brewer. Oregon officers were told that a idark ereen automobile bearing a Mis- ' -i,n lirrni and carrvlns. a msn HI a Bank-y. had bf-n a--n n Crmralia. Wash.. Th-. ;, : I A former schoolmats ol Stokey said BASEBALL American R. H. S- Wwhlngton .. 7 1 1 Chicago - 3 6 1 Thorn m, RuueU and Sewell; Lyon and Grub. R. ..10 H. B 13 9 St. Louis Pennock, Brenn&n 6 15 0 and Dickey; Blaeholder. Coftmaji, StUea and Bhea. R. .. 8 4 Philadelphla Cleveland Mahaffey and Cochrane; Madjeskl; Harder and Spencer. R. H. B Boston 8 10 1 Detroit ' - 3 10 1 Well and. H. Johnson and Terrell; Rows and Hayworth, DeSautela. National St. Louis 4 11 0 Philadelphia U 1 Dean. Halnea and Wilson; Elliott, Llska. A. Moore and Davis. R. H. S. Pittsburgh 4 10 1 Brooklyn 5 8 3 French and Finney: Carroll, Mun go, Shaute and Lopes. R. H. B Cincinnati 2 8 3 New York 18 1 Rlxey and Lombardl; Clark, Bell and Mancuso, Richards. FADE AS MEANS NSURING PEACE NEW YORK, June 33. ( AP) Nor man H. Davis, ambassador at large. hinted on his return from Geneva today a belief that demands for se curlty pacts stumbling blocks to previous disarmament agreements are giving way to sentiments favor ing international supervision of .arms. Davis and Mrs. Davis were aboard the Bremen. He said the purposes of his trip home were to "rest, confer with the president,' and see my eon married." He oald he would return to Geneva before the end of the disarmament adjournment. Sitting in his suite aboard me ship ind speaking slowly, Davis an swered many questions about the conference, but made no reference to rumors that .he Intended, to re sign. He called peace "a cold-blooded proposition" and said the United States waa approaching efforts to ward it in "no crusading attitude." "I think we are getting along all right." he said. "It la a slow pro cess but we have made distinct pro gress. We have accepted as a basis for discussion this British draft con vention. "There la a growing realization in Europe that we must reach an agree ment which would be a basis of real recovery." WiDE HUNT FOR MISSING PILOTS MExrco. p..r.. June as. (AP) Over land and sea today In ever widening circles the Mexican govern ment turned all its resources to search for two Spanish officers missing since Tuesday on a flight from Havana to Mexico. Air and marine bases were set up throughout southern Mexico, and an anxious populace aided In a hunt, un paralleled in the nation's history, for Capt. Mariano Barber an and Lieut. Joaquin Collar, who recently flew from Seville across the Atlantic to Cuba. There have been no definite reports of them since Tuesday afternoon, when they were sighted over Villa Hermosa, in Tabasco atate. Is Foil Champion Chicago. June 33. (API Miss He lene Mnyer of Los Angeles won the women national outdoor foil cham pionship today by defeating Miss Dorothy Locke. New York, national Indoor title holder, 5 to 8. he recognized him. It was reported that attention was directed to the automobile when a machine gun was seen In the car. Portland police discovered, how ever, that such an automobile waa seen here Wednesday afternoon. It : bore a Kansas City atlcker and an Oregon visitors' registration tag on the windshield. Centralis police said they were not rSvljjd of the development there II aftir the machine had Wt that i t-n. Tha license number waa not ' obtained. Aimee Planning HIRER BY THREAT BARE ARMS DATA Famous Secret File Would Not Square Wtih Dic tator's Armament Claims Treaty Is Disregarded (Copyright by McClure Newspaper Syndicate) The threat by the French to pub lish the contenta of their famous se cret dossier of detailed data on Ger many's Illegal armaments Is a thorn in the side of the Hitler government. Such revelations and they could be checked easily by an official interna tional mission would not harmon ize with Mr. Hitler's great disarma ment speech on May 17. Last fall an excerpt of the dossier was given here. In the meantime the war machinery of the fatherland haa been further atrengthened but with the expanding scope of technical armament activities an Increasing number of Germans gained knowl edge of what waa going on. The re sult waa that In spite of the most minute precautions taken by the au thorltlea and the most drastlo penal. tlea decreed In a set of laws made for this specific purpose, the French dossier haa been considerably supple mented with new information. The Versailles1 treaty provides that Germany shall have the maximum of 84 pieces of 10.6 cm. heavy artillery with not- more than 67,300 rounds of ammunition and 304 7.7 cm. field pieces with 304,000 rounds of ammu nition. The actual picture U this: First of all the German artillery today Is made up entirely of new types of 10.6 cm. and 7.7 cm. cannon w.hich, from the viewpoint of military value, are almost two and a half times as efficient as the types permitted un der the treaty. Second, the number of pieces In the possession - of the reichswehr Is about 170 of the h'eavl- (Continued on Page Three) I L PORTLAND, Me., June 33. (API- Stephen T. Early, secretary to Presl dent Roosevelt, denied today that the chief executive would go to London. Rumors that the president would dash across the Atlantic on the cruiser Indianapolis In a bold attempt to awing the world economic conference Into line with his vlewa have been current and haveas often been de nied. The latest rumor came from Pro vlncetown, Masa., where the Indian apolis, on her way to pick up the president at Eastport, Me., after he completea hie cruise up the Maine coast, laid over last night. The an nounced plans call for the cruiser to take Mr, Roosevelt back to Washing ton.. NEW AUTO TAGS PROVE POPULAR SALEM, June 33. (API The new IS six-months automobile license plates are moving 30 per cent faster than the higher priced 13-months licenses a year ago. The secretary of etate'a office an nounced that 33.638 sets of the plates for the period July I to De cember 31, 1933, had been sold at the close of business yesterday. Last year at the same time only 18,739 sets had been sold. Officials have announced that no leniency will be shown motorists after July 1, the low price and early Issuance making a moratorium on new plates impractical. FARMER CO-OPERATION t ST PAUL, Minn., June 33 (API Secretary Wallace asserted today that the keynote of the Roosevelt admin istration la that "we refuse to kid ourselves about what we have done or hope to do" and asked farmers to back his application to the farm adjustment act. In an address prepared for a meet ing of northwest farmers on tne cam pus of the University of Minnesota college of agriculture, Wallace prom ised that if firmer do co-operat. "the rrtt 13 -ar will be a good deal brighter thaa Uu paat 1)." STABLE DOLLARS TO BE IRONED OUT MacDonald Optimistic As to Outcome Economic Con ference U. S. Price Situ ation Held Psychological By Claude A. Jagger Associated Press staff writer. LONDON. June 33 (AP) The dif ficulties of the United States In stabilizing the dollar are "very real." Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald said today in a press interview, but currency uncertainties will not be permitted to block the world econo mic conference. The prime minister explained that the difficulties of a big conference are at the maximum when it is In progress a fortnight, for then pesslnv ism breaks out. But committees now are getting down to work, he said. and no major delegation will thwart efforts by an irreconcilable attitude. (Continued on Page Ten) E SKULL X-RAY W. 1. Spjcer of Eugene, who was thrown from his truck on North Rlv- eralrte, In an accident Wednesday night, was found to be suffering from a fractured skull, when X-rays were completed yesterday at the Com munity hospital, the attending physl olan announced today. Mr. Splcer's condition, however, was satisfactory this afternoon and his recovery expected. He also received back Injuries In the crash, whloh are not as serious as first feared His temperature to day was normal and he waa reported resting more comfortably. Mrs. Spl cer came to Medtord yesterday to be with him.- Mr. Splcer was hauling a load of beer from thla city to Eugene, where he operates the Lee Duke cafe, when the accident occurred. He apparently lost control of the truck and It crash ed Into the curbing, the Jar throw ing him through the top of the ma chine and onto the pavement. E L Rumore of negotiations being car ried on by the Bank of America, which haa Trans-America as a hold ing company, for control of a Medford bank, received here several days ago. assumed Increased Interest today when announcement waa made that Trana America la planning a atate-wlde chain of banks. The three local bankers. Inter viewed, announced that no such ne gotiations were under way with the local banking firms at thla time. It was stated, however, that with such a program under way Medford would undoubtedly be wanted In the chain, being too Important a placa to be excluded. But no Information con. cernlng any attempts to gain control of a local bank was forthcoming to day. CLARK GABLE IS GRANTS PASS, Ore, June 33 l AP) Clark Gable of the films with Mrs. Gable and Mr. and Mrs joe Sherman of Hollywood are en route northward through Oregon by auto today, after enjoying an afternoon and a morning of aalmon fishing at Rainbow Gibsons Weasku Inn fishing lodge south of this city. The film colony couples arrived In Grante Paas at p. m. Thursday and left here at 10:30 thla morning and Uhey had two nice Rogue river sal mon to snow for their efforts. They are touring northward on their vaca tion, planning to continue on to Se attle and Vanoouvr, B. C, bu. will attle and Vancouver, B. C but will with a salmon or two on their wsy south. A etesm railroad line operating be tween M.Tvllle and Orevllle, Cal .... . -....-.. M.virA list ROGUE FISHERMAN laoonMO3.70IccApiUctoler.laru tn tut. Tb$ victims wr Divorce SKIPPER ROOSEVELT ON THE JOB Wearing a heavy sweater and sailor hat. President Roosevelt took tht wheel of the 45-foot schooner Amberjack II he started hit vaca tion erulae up the Atlantio to Campobello island, off the eoaat of Maine. (Associated Press Photo) WEEK'S BUSINESS NEW YORK, June 23.-(AP) Busi ness In the past week continued Its expansion, wholly unaffected by sea sonal Influences, said the Dun 6c Bradntreet Review today. Expected hesitancy from uncer tainties regarding the application of commodity processing taxes, the agency asserted, was not apparent in manufacturing schedules which were generally above those of a week ago. "The broadened sweep at which i trade is now progressing," continued the review, "la eliciting astonish ment ftom even the most time-worn veterans of Industry, as the sustain ed strength of the upswing has passed boldly beyond even the most sanguine expectations. "The further widening of employ ment and the continued rising trend of wages form the base of the larger buying power, the concrete evidence of whloh Is apparent In the constant ly widening distributive totals. Each week consumer trade Is being ex tended to additional Items, and as urgent needs for footwear and cloth ing are covered and accumulated bills paid, Interest becomes more centered on furniture, housefurnlsh- lngs. radios, musical Instruments and even Jewelry. Evidence of the operation of sound constructive factors built on the secure groundwork which has been laid slowly during the last two years Is furnished by the atatltira4 exhibits of the major Industries, which as yet reveal not even a fslnt likelihood of the usual summer lull. SONG TO CRATER LAKE ON RADIO AT 6:20 P. M. "A Song to Crater Lake," with lyric by Pred Alton Halght and verse by Viola M. Phillips, will be present ed over radio station KMED thla evening on (he California Oregon Power compar.y'e program some time between 8:20 and 8:35 o'clock, It was announced today. Merland Tollefson, well known local tenor, will sing the number, which was recently pub lished. Insect pesta coat grove owners of Los Angeles county an estimated sum of $1,138,000 a year or an average of nearly $30 an acre. FOUR OF FAMILY SLAIN in ni nr Ailing CUCDIC-? 10 ULUt ulwCtSi ontniri SEATTLE, Wash.. June 33. (AP) Threa's to "wipe out" an entire fam- lly, Sheriff Clauds o. Bannick saia today, were made about two weeks ago against four persons, whose charred bodies were found yesterday In ths ashes of a burned farm house, near the southern limits of King county. The sheriff said that Frank La Vergne. elderly caretaker of the ranch, deacrlbed th threats In hla presence and those of other King and Pierce county officers at Tacoma last week. They had been made, the aherltf quoted La Vergne as aaylng, by Oeo. Coyne, owner of the farm. Coyne, who was arrested when he returned to the scene of the fire several houra after ha had escaped ths flames, was held In the county all here tooav. Deina niicsiiuue'i Baritone '.IfVi Cftl lJlkClfJ BONDS FOR FEHL APPEARANCE CUT Bl COURT The 18.000 bonda of County Judge H. Fehl. one ot the ballot theft defendants, was ordered reduced to ,700 th,s morning by Circuit Judge Oeorge F. Sklpworth, after a ahort argument by his attorney, H. von Schmalz of Burns. Ore., and rcsls- tance by the atate through Asalatant ... . Attorney Oeneral Ralph E. Moody. Attorney von Schmalz, In hla argu ment for the bond reduction, de clared that the $15,000 bonda were disproportionate to the crime charg es, that It was placed at that amount tor the purpose of embarrassing i Fehl, and that It waa hamporlng Fehl In his business dealings, and that the "bond was so high that Fehl was compelled to go Into seclu sion, to keep from going to Jail, until ha could raise It." Fehl testiried at the Banks murder trial that he was In "seclusion" In von Bchmalas room In the Hotel Holland, when the ballot theft In dictments were flrat returned. The atate In resisting the reduc tion, held the bond had already been fixed by a circuit Judge; that no new facts had been submitted, and waa a review of action already decided. The court in handing down the ruling reducing the bonda, comment ed that the decision ehould be made In a "Judicial atmosphere"; that "It la the duly of the court to be fair ar.d Impartial to both aides and when he became partisan It waa time to go home." and further, that i have never heard of $15,000 bonda In a buralarv charge." that the defen dant could be released on hla own recognizance," and "I don't think he will run awav." The bondsmen for Fehl are Ted Hetmroth of Orlffln creek. Jonn Huenera of Jacksonville, and Mrs. Ariel Burton Pomeroy of the Old Military road area. Fehl was directed to proffer new bonda. Attorney Enrlght said the same suretlea would be offered again and Attorney Moody said, "they will be re-examined as to their quallflca tlona." The court held that the $15,000 bond would stand until the new $7600 bond waa approved, and that It must be sufficients Arthur Sione, 33; Mrs. Vera Stone, 30, and her two children by a former marriage, Jean, 7, and Gloria May, o. "About two weeka ago," La Vergne related. "Coyns had an argument with my son about a gssollne bill, and wnen he returned to the ranch he was Intoxicated. "All Vie stonea and myaelf were there together, when Coyne came up and Jerked out two revolvers. "He brandlahed them right In front of our noses and shouted i " 'I'm going to wipe out all of you some day.' " Meanwhile. Coyne, his negro wife and two peraona who were taken Into custody at hei horns In Tacoma; Jimmy Renolds and Mary Olapp, and Mrs, stone's divorced htisbsnd. Fred Kanrler, 30, were being questioned about the fire, which broks out about midnight. Is Hint EVANGEL'S AGENT REFUSES TO DENY Rumor Says Angelus Temple Leader Will Establish Residence in Paris to Open Divorce Proceedings LOS ANGELES, June 23. (AP Refuting to affirm or deny a report that Almee Semple McPlierson-Uut- ton Intends to establish a legal resi dence in Paris by July 8 and sua David Hutton. baritone alnger, for divorce, Will D. Andrews. Angelus temple attorney, Indicated today she would soon have an important an nouncement to make. Audrewa declined to comment when asked if Mrs. McPhersoc-Hut-ton, who has been abroad for several months, presumably spending con siderable time In Paris, would have established a legal realdence there on July 8. To Muke Announcement He Indicated, however, that on that date the evangellat would have highly Important announcement concerning the future of Angelus temple and other matters," but de clined to go Into any explanation. Hardly bad the diplomatic expla nation of the parting oi Hutton and Angelus temple circulated around Los Angeles today than it waa delug ed by the assertion of an attorney lor Hutton that It was all a plot by two women pillars ot the organisa tion. Conspiracy charged Kali-fax Cosby, representing Hut .ton, claimed that the women, Mrs, Rheba Crawford Snllvalo. atata wel- raie director who Has been occupying the tomplo pulpit in the aouenca of evangelist, Mrs, McPherson- tempemanas,or,adH"con- splred t0 teld hlm out OI tnf templ,,.. Cosby s pronouncement matohed the statement yeaterday by H. O. , nan' ousmea. manager, that the alnger was severing all ties severing all ties with the temple to engage In work "with whloh be Is far mors familiar", never having pretended to be an evangelist, anyway, Th work con cerned alnglng. poaslbly in the mov ies, and Brandon's statement added that Hutton would live at the tern 'pie parsonage. But Hutton's attorney charged that opponents of the evangelist's husband within the temple had atlrred up reports that Hazel Myrtle Joan St. Pierre, who won a $5000 breach of promise Judgment against Hutton some months sgo and never collected, was trying again to get her money. Thla rumor waa bruited about, aald Cosby, to scare Hutton out of town. Collins Resigns As Grain Chief PORTLAND. Ore., June 33. OP Henry W. Coltlna today announced he has resigned as western manager of the National Grain corporation. He returned this morning from a busi ness trip to Chicago and ssld he would make a statement later in the day amplifying the announcement of hla resignation. OGEHS says: BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., June 22. Did you read this in the paper? There are 800 people (get that 800) work in the li brary of congress. Didn't know there was anybody there but ft watchman. 'Why that 'a a libra rian to each book. Well, the Democrats have found that there is only 40 of these that are Democrats. The total salary in there is $773,360 so the Democrats figure there I is about $750,000 of this a total waste to the country, unless they caq get Democrats in there to help read the books for the congressmen. The American dollar is down to 75 cents abroad. Be a good time to go over and buy some, for they are still worth $1.60 over here. Yours, ll MsMsagki laiiu, In. rTsfVILL TStK ,1
