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Newspaper Page Textedford Mail Trie I fNE Your Vacation IU be more enjoyable it you hut the Mall Tribune fallow yoa. No additional coat. Phone 71 inl puct )our order before leaving. l) Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOUl), OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1933. No. 83. renfinr The Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; little change In tempera ture. Hthet yesterday 87 Lonest this morning SK M MS w , ma mm Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS HERE are some views on taxation that are worth your attention. They were stated to thla writer re cently by a thoughtful citizen of southern Oregon. They are aomewhat unusual, to aay the leaet. , taxes thla year," he ald, "amount to U9. When I total "f up what I get for thla $119, I can't escape the conclusion that It la a very great bargain Indeed." "For example, I get Irrigation water which alone ta a very great service. If I had to provide Irrigation water for myself, without the co-operation of my neighbors through the Irriga tion district, which ll made possible by taxation, It would cost me more than the total of my taxes." jnprTBN I get the use of the good 1 roads that have been built with tax money. That means a lot to me In the way of convenience, comfort and the saving of time. 1 "If I had to provide these good roads - for myself, without the co operation of the community which la made possible by taxation, the cost would be prohibitive. "I lust simply COULDN'T afford such a luxury. If It weren't for taxa. tlon, I would have to do without good roads." N return for the taxes I pay, I get public officers, Including the peace officers who protect my property and guarantee my rights as a citizen. "That service Is worth a lot to me. and It I had to do without It I would miss It terribly." M'yHEN consider this: "In return for the taxes 1 pay. I get the services of the schools, which educate my children.-Suppose I had to pay for all this service myself, without the co-operation of my neigh bors, which la made possible by the organization of society and the In. atltutlon of taxes. . . "If I had to educate my children all by myself, paying for It all out of my own pocket, the cost would be many times the TOTAL of my taxes "So, you see. I really get a lot In return for the taxes I pay. IJITE have fallen Into the habit of wi thinking of our taxea as all go ing out and nothing coming back. It Isn't that way at all. We GET A LOT BACK for the taxes we pay. If we had to do without what we get for our tax money, we would miss It frightfully. ' Life would be very hard Indeed without these things, HERE Is another thought that worth while: 1f we were able to shift all the taxes to 10 per cent of the people. It wouldn't be good for us In the long run, for those who pay the taxes eventually OWN THE GOVERN MENT." That haa been true in the past, in other countries and other drlllza. tlons. It may not be true In this country NOW, but It might be true some day. We don't want to run that risk. rpKE thing to do." thla man said. & "Is to spread the base, ao that everybody will psy SOME taxes. Of course, while we sre doing that, we should make It possible for everybody to earn enough to be ABLE to pay taxes, but the principle of everybody paying something Is sound." Put that way, It certainly Bounds reasonable, doesn't It?" TIE spoke In support of the sales tsx, which will be voted on In July. The sales tax. he saya, Is AN OTHER tax, truly enough, but not t an ADDITIONAL tax, because 'it will take the place of the present state tax on property. To the owner of property, he says. It will save more than It will cost. THIS writer, tncTdentally, expects to vote for the sales tax, not with any enthusiasm for It as a tax prin ciple, but because In the present emergency It seems to be about the only way to raise money enough to save the state's credit. It is offered as an emergency meas-u-. and will continue only two years. If. at the end of that time, we don't rf-n-t It', it will d.e automatically. B.-zumont. cl.. banks have started h-gnt banking to accommodate work men on the Los Anif.es metropolitsn "ter district tunnel. vi Ptifi --on the hs.-mon!-s 1 p:cn:h:o of St. Pftersburj. r'. . : f'" the second consecutive time this, rear. E E Senate Probers Given sight On Promotion Twenty Million Dollar Loan To Quiz Kahn On Tax WASHINGTON, June 37. (AP) Ferdinand Pecora, senate committee counsel, said today Otto H. Kahn, senior partner of Kuhn, Locb & Co., will be questioned tomorrow about his Income tax returns. WASHINGTON, June 37. (API- Testimony that Norman H. Davis, American ambassador at large re ceived (35.000 In 1025 from the Guar anty company of New Tork for pro moting Chilean loans waa given to today to senate investigators. Otto H. Kahn, partner of Kuhn, Loeb and Co., said Davis was paid in connection with a S20.000.000 loan to the Mortgage Bank of Chile In 1925 by his firm and the Guaranty com' pany. Kahn read a prepared statement to the committee, Baying the Guaranty Trust company had discussions from time to time with Davie regarding South American loans. The statement, signed . by J. R. Swan, president of the Guaranty company, pointed out Davla waa private citizen at'that time: "There was no agreement with Mr. Davis as to the amount he was to receive." Swan said. "Upon conclusion of the deal, the bankers, without previous consults tlon with Mr. Davla. decldii that the fee for hla work In connection with the successful conclusion of the ne gotiations should be fixed at 115,000 to be paid by the banking group and an additional $10,000 was paid by the Guaranty company of New York, with which Mr. Davis had originally dis cussed tne matter.",.. . Subsequently, Swan added, a fur ther fee of $10,000 was paid by the group on a second loan. TO EUGENE, Ore.. June 37 (AP) Llewellyn A. Banks, former Medford publisher held in Lane county under conviction of second degree murder for the slaying of Georne J. Prescott. Medford constable, was dismissed from a hospital here today and taken to the Lane county Jail. He has been In the hospital since May 31. He la reported to be in good health but visitors are not allowed to see him. No action has as yet been taken on the motion filed for new trial for Banks last week. BOSTON. June 27. (AP) A silken bsnner bearing the emblem of the Rotary club of Wellington. N. Z came Into perpetual possession of Rotary International at Its 34th an nual convention today amid applause for Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, who had carried It with him In his flight from Little America to the South Pole. Byrd witnessed the presentation of the flag by Thomss C. List, news paper publisher from New Plymouth, N. Z., to Cllnto P. Anderson of Albu querque, N. M., president of Rotary. FAISE ARREST CASES SALEM. June 37. (API The state supreme court, In two opinions writ ten by Justice Kelly, today reversed Judges Jscob Kanzler and James P. Stapleton of the Multnomah county circuit court in aults brought by Wlnfred McLesn and Elmer Conrad to recover damagea from Clyde E. Sandera, 8. C. Chauvln and K. A. McDowell, Portland police officers, for false arrest. The cases were re manded for retrial. The ar.-eats occurred on July 31, 1929. when the three police officers obtained a sesrch wsrrsnt and went to a residence in Portland. MOLALLA BULL FIGHT BRINGS OUT PROTESTS SALEtf. June 27 (API Oovernor ! Julius L. Meier Is receiving letters. Former Oov. Alfred E. Smith, from sll psrts of the country pro. i p.Mlaynt of the convention, declared testing a bull fight which wss tslked i th. gathering will stand out as a for the Molalla buekeroo July 3, J and fltcm irkJ , warning for all time to 4 but abandoned 10 dvs aco. 'tome for the people of this and everv TMs mornlns 375 lelterj cf p':cl:st tc- received t the executive office -lersely from Humane society mem-: bar in numerou ata.c. BASEBALL R. ... a ...11 Cincinnati Brooklyn . Batteries: Johnson, Kolp and Lom bard!; Benge and Lopes, Outen. B. K. r. St. Louis 0 6 1 Boston 18 0 Batteries: Walker, Johnson and Wilson; Mangum and Spohrer. Pittsburg at New York, Chicago at pnuadeipma, postponed; rain. '.American. R. H. E. Washington s 10 0 Cleveland 7 10 3 Batteries: Thomas, McAfee, Rus sell and Sewell; Harder, Connelly and Myatt. R. H. E. i 11 0 8 11 1 Philadelphia Chicago . Batteries: Cain, Combs, Oliver, Peterson and Msdjeskl; Miller, Fiber and Grube. R. H. E. 9 13 1 8 13 1 New York Detroit Batterlea: Brown, Gomez and Dickey; Marberry, Herring, Rowe and Desautela, Hayworth. MILLION DOLLAR BUILDING PLANS FORjDUCAIION Oregon Board Approves Pro gram to Use Federal Money for New Construc tionMay Sanction More PORTLAND. June 37 (AP) A million-dollar-building -program" for Oregon's Institutions of higher learn ing, undertaken through use of fed eral grant and loan money, has been approved by the etate board of higher education. The program may ultl mately call for expenditure of 1,- 500.000. With two membera absent, the board at a late afternoon meeting here Monday agreed to request 9300, 000 as a direct federal grant, and 9700.000 as a self-liquidating loan from federal funds. Projerts Listed With this money the following pro jects wouia ee constructed: WOO ,000 for a psychopathic ward wing for the children's hospital build Ing st University of Oregon Medical school center at Portland. 1300.000 for a nulmonarv (IIivruj wing for the same institution. 130,000 for a training school build. Ing for the Eastern Oregon Normal school at La Grande. tlOO.OOO for an Infirmary for the university of Oregon on the Eugene campus. 100.000 for an infirmary for Ore gon State at Corvallls. Between 940.000 and 950.000 for a (Continued on Page Three) FEARlTWHEAT LONDON, Juno 37 (API A renew ed threat of chaoa and price debacles which will follow If the American and Canadian wheat surplus of 500, 000.000 bushels is "dumped" on the world market acted today to save from breakdown the wheat acreage re atrletlona negotiations of the four principal wheat producing nations. A conference of representatives of the "big four" broke up after being In session for an hour. Stanley M. Bruce of Australia told the represen tatives of the United States, Argen tina, and Canada that three Austral. I lan atates were adamant in their op ' position to the restriction scheme. REPEAL OF DRY LAW ALBANY. N. Y June 28. (AP)' President Roosevelt's home state of New York ratified the congressional repeal of the 18th amendment today with the declaration hv fnrmr An. ator Elthu Root that "there are no ! 13 states, there will be no 13 states ! that shall undertake to stand up ' aaslnat the overwhelming voice of the whole people of the United states ' other state to be very careful In the future and never allow anvthine like the ,isth amendment to get Into the Xwal constitution. JOIN GOLD BLOC Move Headed by France Seen As Effort Deal Inde pendently On Stabilization England Sits Tight LONDON, June 37. (AP) Great Britain waa understood in well In formed quarters tonight to have re fused to commit herself to a new European gold bloc scheme under which British and continental cur rencies would be stabilized Irrespec tive of the desires of the United States. In responsible British circles this move, headed by Prance, was de scribed as an effort to deal indepen dently on stabilization. England, It was stated, wants to keep her hands free ao that she can deal directly with America on stabili zation when the proper time comes. Britain sits Tight Britain's position at the moment, therefore, Is that she is sitting tight. Meanwhile gold bloo bankers were meeting sgaln late in the day to con- alder what new move thev could make to force stabilization. Representative Sam D. Reynolds. addressing the commercial policy committee of the conference today. struck back at charges that the Unit ed states had gone nationalistic. He asserted monetary stabilization should be undertaken by all natlona rather than only three or four. Talk Stirs Comment The American spoke in a nrlvate meeting, but his address was made public later at American headquar ters. The speech created much com ment In conference circles, particu larly because he took an opportunity to dive Into home politics. MCBeynolds, chairman of the house of representatives foreign affairs committee, agreed wltfi foreign spokesmen that the '.American tariff act of 1930 was unlust and ha .' plained It was a republican meaaure. COBH, Irish Free state, June 37. (AP) Assistant Secretary of state Raymond Moley, who had Intended to land here and fly to London where he waa to attend the world economic conference, changed hla piana today and decided to proceed to Plymouth aboard the steamship The Manhattan Is due to reach riymouin anout 0:30 p. m. today SALEM. June 37 (AP) Just 83 hours sfter he glared through the cash window bars at the Aumsvllle bsnk and escaped with .685. Prank J. Wegener glared through the bare ai uregon penitentiary and prepared for a long stay. Judge L. H. McMahan pronounced a 10-year sentence on Wegener, who yesterdsy plead guilty ' and waived preliminary hearing before the grand Jury. He was captured by state police at Medford at 13:15 o'clock yesterday morning and returned to Sslem. The robbery occurred about 11 o'clock Sat urday morning. The prisoner made a prolonged plea for leniency. He aald hla grandmother. 83, lived In Minneapolis and km Hm- titute and needed help. Wegener lived In Salem, where he worked aa a salesman for a time. He was recently employed on a highway construction Job. i SALES TAX WEDNESDAY R. W. Oil, master of the etate Grange, will spesk here Wednesday evening at 8:30 o'clock In opposition to the proposed ssles tax. The meet ing, to be held at tun K. P. hall, will be under auspices of the Jackson County Pomona Orange, of which L R. Kline la master, and will be free to the public. CAPONE'S SUCCESSOR NAMED AS TAX EVADER CHICAGO, June 37. (AP) Mur ray Humphreya was Indicted today (oi violation of the Income tax laws. ' Successor to Al Capons as Chlca- ' eo'i arch ganetr and "public enemy No. 1." he wa aocuaed on tha aama i chunre that fent Capone to Atlanta fedtril pnltntiry. t Tha overnmnt alleswi that Hum- pn.reys ffcrr.ina ror 1930, 103! end court fixed Humphreya" bond at, 3ft.-! 1P3J totaled 138,000. upon which njoo and luued a beoioh warrant for HERE'S A GENERAL VIEW OF BIG a$jir s - - x r'tTr' - - aa&3rss , r- -:w. at v in Li'!!JW.!!lHtC0.,!,"nl8 eon'?r,nc h,d 0Pnln. sessions In the geological museum at South Kenslng Dn,M . ? ." nV i ""mbl f notable, preaented this .Pp.,rc Prim. Minister J. Ram.sy Mae Donald of Great Britain I. shown addressing th. delegate., (Associated Preaa Photoi FOR POSTOFFiGE PLUMJSREPpRT Unto th. democratle faithful of .Isckson county will soon be distrib uted the political pie that rewards the winners In a victory at the polls. The high priests of Oregon democ racy have decided, according to high ly reliable sources, who will fatten on the patronage. It has been decided, according to semi-official reports, that In due season. nd when Poustmaster Wil liam Warner'a term has expired next February, Attorney Frank DeSouza will get the plum. DeSouza has tolled for the democratic party, when It was helpless, and when It was mighty, and waa county chairman last year. He haa never wavered In the political faith, and both worked and talked for Roosevelt. J. E. (Mose) Barkdull, a veteran Bourbon warhorse, Is slated for posi tion under the Internal revenue col lector at Portland. Barkdull has In dicated that he la willing to take the Job, though a resident of the county for' 80 yesrs, and move upatate. Since hla first vote, Barkdull has been sn earnest toller for the demo cratic party, paying his wsy to com mittee meets and conventions. Another pioneer democrat due for a federal berth la William H. Canon, former mayor of Medford. He Is slated to be named to the land office at Roseburg. a place he held under Woodrow Wilson, and would like to have again. Like Barkdull, he haa given his all for the democratic party. Attorney Edward C. (Young Judge) Kelly, elected aa a democrat to the state legislature last year, Is slated to be an attorney for the Home Loan Bureau, a position that requlrea knowledge of the law. Upstate demo cratic lenders figure Kelly la going places In politics. He In ten ted his politics, but has been active among the "young democrats." It Is rated as Just the position for a youthful democrat. He Is a graduate of "Old Oregon" where he was an honor atu dent. The appointments will be made public from time to time. The word has been given they have been as sured, after much letter writing and long deliberation by upstate politic ians. Dalles Bank Planned THE DALLES, Ore., June -7 (AP) The Dalles, with no banking facil ities now, may have two banks soon. This was indicated by the applica tion for a charter for a branch bank here by the First National Bank of Portland. The United States Nstlonsl of Portland recently announced It would open . branch here If a charter could be obtained. gangster actually paid only 12987 taxea for the three yesra. Four count were returned, on mUrlemeflnor and three i Ion tea, upon which tht total penalty poa- !bl wou'd be 10 yeara In prlaon and 40,000 fine. The indictment waa handed up to Federal Judgw Jumea H. Wllkemon. t-efora whom Capone waa tried. The r rT ml A )!., S harhey-Carnera Battle Thursday On Loudspeaker The battle between Jack Shar key, heavyweight champion, and Prlmo Camera, at New York Thursdsy evening will be given to Medford fans In a blow-by-blow description over The Mall Trib une, loud-speaker in front of the office on North Fir street. . The fight I. scheduled to start at 8:30 p. m. (P. S. T.) and there will be no radio broadcaat from the ringside, the promoters an nounce. PRACTICES PUTT AT L VICTORIA, B. C., June ST. (AP) Albert "Scotty" Campbell, young niblick artist of Seattle, again aet the pace for the qualifiers In the first round of the Paclflo northwest amateur golf tournament today, scoring a sizzling 88, one under par, to take a five hole lead over Dr. T. E. Seddon, Los Angeles, at the end of 18 holes In their 30 hole match. Campbell yesterday waa the medal- 1st In the qualifying round with ! ! 71-89-140. Jlmmle Todd. Victoria southpaw, was three up on Dick Munson, Best tie. Todd shot an even par 89 on the first lap with the aid of a hole-ln-one at the short 14th. Lee Stell, Seattle, was leading O. K. Thompson, Victoria, by 7 holes; Johnny Shields, Seattle, was 3 up on Goldwyn Terry, Victoria, and Ken Lawsen, Victoria, waa 10 holea In front of R. L, Challoner, Vlotorla, Only a light breeze prevailed to- d,y I0mPlre1 "" the 34-mlles-an- uuur gate 01 yesieraay. H. Chandler Egan, Medford, Ore., defending champion, waa one over i par on the 18 to go five up on A. M. wataon. Victoria. Egan waa dissatis fied with hla putting and spent a half hour practicing during hla lunch time. FAST IS REPORT LOfl A NOBLES, June yT (AP) A ma. feed uptrend In the memberahlp of K wan la International for tha firat five montha of 1033 waa reported by the organization a aecretaxr. Fred C W. Parker, Chicago, today, who de clared It waa "the very btat barome ter" of the pickup of ouMneM in tht United atatea and Canada. "Wo or meat ion la better aitusted," aald Parker, "to reflect the pulae of the time than a civic group of thla eort. operating aa It doea In 1,873 communltlea in these two eo until." William Reed, maater diver who located the aubmarlne fl-51 After It had been rammed off New York, haa been appointed aubmarlne Innpe'-tor for tha 6an FrancUco-Oakland bay .TEIX. Vft WT"" v LONDON PARLEY EJHliii hum ti vffW MOLEY TO SEEK ECONOMIC MEET Instructions From Roosevelt Said to Include Move for Two Months' Recess Tariff Pact Impossible Copyrighted by MoClure Newspaper Service By PAUL M.UAON WASHINGTON, June 37. Prof. Moley'a mission to London is solely to find a soft spot for the conference to fell on. His secret Instructions from President Roosevelt require him to seek an adjournment of the meet ing for two months or longer. That fact will be atrongly denied now but before long you will see things work around that way. If we cannot get the conference to adjourn gracefully for two montha we shall have to nurse it along for that period. Our officials are confidentially cer tain that we cannot make any Im portant agreementa for the next alxty days without sscrlflclng our domestic reconstruction program. On that there la no difference of opinion back stage here. The liberal Prof. Moley agreea pri vately on It with the flnanelally mlnded Bernard Baruch. So does the arbiter himself, Mr. Roosevelt. The bald truth la that Mr. Rooae velt'a economist have concluded we will loee by any agreementa at London. No one will admit It but they know It la true that probably 35 per cent of our Improvement since March la purely apeeulative. People are buying becauae they think price will be higher. They are playing with tha dol lar and with gold. A currency agreement would mean an end of all that. It would shove ii back one-fourth of the upward distance we have traveled. Tha Inside on the tariff situation (Continued on Page Nine) OUT JUNE 30TH WASHINGTON, June 37 (AP) Attorney Oeneral Cummlnga announc ed today that more than 1,300 em ployees of the prohibition bureau will be furloughed or dismissed June 30 to save 14,000,000 In the coming fiscal year. Among the employees to be drop ped, the attorney general said, are administrators, attorneys, Investigat ors, special agenU, secretaries, steno graphers, typist and clerks. Their name were withheld. Th attorney general'a announce ment said "the last session of con grew appropriated 18.300,000 for the purpose of carrying on prohibition enforcement but under the plan of reorganisation contemplated for the prohibition bureau. Director of tht Budget Lewis Douglas ordered a sav ing of M.000 000 to be made." The number of employes to b dropped Include Oregon CaUfor- mm- z f '"' i 1,11 GLENN'S PLEA OF DENIEBJtY COURT Dismissal of Jury in Trial of Former Jailer On Ballot Theft Held Proper New Jury Is Called A plea of former Jeopardy, filed this morning by John Olenn of Ashland, former county Jailer, chaiged with ballot-theft, was denied by Judge George P. Sltlpworth and the select ion of a new Jury to try him, was started. Olenn. through hla counsel, con tended that by reason of the dismis sal of the Jury Mondsy, following the state's clstma. th-t .t Sam's Valley rancher, had disqualified mown, oy asserted utterances on the Banks murder trial, iiui t.h k.i. lot cases, he, had thus been placed in - jeopardy iwlce, for his liberty, and. that he was techntrj.it.. nn when the Jury was sworn In last 8at- iuy, Technical Acquittal Claimed The defense held that the first Jury was dismissed over their protests and without their consent, and ".h t act amounted to acquittal by reason of a blunder of the state." The state argued It did not know of Ouggan'a statements until after he had been aworn aa a Juror. In overruling the motion, the court aald: "The court was within Its rights, and very properly. In dismissing the Jury, and the action nf th mum be upheld If the case ever reaches the miner courts. Tnere has been no double Jeopardy." Twelve Called The firat twelve persons called to the Jury box were: Newton Lewie, farmer, Watklns: Miss Elva Adams, houaewtve, Central Point; Gordon Co, farmer, ' Trail; Prank 0. Clark, architect. Medrnr- Airs. Agnes Sanderson, hnnutwifj. Besgle; Mrs. Sylvia Kellogg, house wife, Hlllcrest orchard district; (Continued on Page Two) E 0. O. Borg, well known Talent con tractor and prominent In Medford American Legion circles, is In the Community hospital at Ashland with both legs broken near the ankle, as leault of a fall from the roof of L. H. Oallatln'a barn In the Vallevriew district this morning. Borg. while shingling the structure. started sliding down the roof and essayed to Jump to the ground upon reaching the eaves. Although the dlatance was only about ten feet, the weight of hla approximately 300 pounda was sufficient to snap the large bone In both legs. REGISTRATION FOR ELECTION LOWER SALEM, June 37 (AP) Registra tions for the special election July al will show a decrease of approximately 10 per cent when compared with those for the general election in November, 1033, according to figures received at the state department from 11 countlea. All of the counties which have re ported showed a decrease in registra tion with the exception of Ollllam, which hss an Increase of one. Will- ROGERS fsoys: SANTA MONICA, Cal., June 26. You talk about an earth quake hitting California, that was kindergarten stuff com pared to the news that some nut sent over the cables that Sister Aimee had had a baby. It looked like a case of mater nity by remote control. Science is so marvelous it is sonfused with miracles, and it looked like birth control by electrical transcription. But now that the facts are all in, we find the visit to the hospi tal was to beautify the present generation and not to perpetu ate the future Tours, 4)1111 NtftlklM 7fHif. la oava pa t40,iui i, joa (bl vrea ijKidt IjUft M, Ida&O WaeJUngtoa 2, )