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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather J ore cum: cloudy tod unsettled to nlf tat and Friday. Moderate tern peiature. Highest jesterday ni j l.oHet this morning .......;,.. &8 Medford Mail Tribune Your Vacation wtU be more enjoyable it you hare Ilia Mall Tribune follow Jon. No additional coau Phona 75 and placa jour order befora leatlng. Twenty-eiehth Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1933, No. 86. JV IMIEIIRJ IBM BOOT Comment the on Day's News By FRANK -JENKINS WE6T VIRGINIA and California vote for repeat of t he 18th amendment, Joining the 14 atatea that had preceded them and bringing up to 16 the total of the atatea voting against constitutional prohibition. CALIFORNIA'S Vote, Incidentally, means nothing, because California waa expected to go for repeal. Weat Virginia's vote Is significant West Virginia was dry long before na tional prohibition. It la a border state, affected somewhat by the south 's fear of the negro and liquor. It was considered possible that West Virginia might go against repeal, and the dry people made a hard fight to carry It. BUT it didn't go against repeal. In stead, on the face of figures avail able as these words are written, it went FOR repeal by a majority ot about two to one. Evidence continues to pile up that within a short time, possibly this year, thirty-six states will vote for the re peal of the prohibition amendment. AFTER prohibition, what? Return to the old saloon? Never 1 Orgies of drunkenness all over the country? Heaven forbid 1 We have evils enough as it Is, without adding widespread drunkenness to the list. Excessive drinking never did any thing but harm, and It NEVER WILL. YT 8EEMS to be apparent, on the 1 face of what has happened already, that sale of hard liquors will be le galized In the not distant future, just as sale of beer has been legalized. All sensible, tolerant people must Join In hoping that when that time comes we may bs fortunate, enough to avoid a lot of the crying evils that accompanied sale of hard liquor in the old days. .Some understanding of the Import ance of temperance,- as a personal habit, will help In that direction. WHEAT passes dollar mark on Chi cago board of trade. If anyone had suggested - a . few months ago that such a thing would happen, he would have been laughed out of countenance, and might have been examined as to his sanity. Yet that is what HAS happened, as you know If you read the papers. MARK this: It WASN'T Inflation that sent wheat past the dollar mark, although, of course, Inflation had something to do with It. But only Indirectly. Dlreetty, It was supply and demand that sent the price of wheat up so spectacularly. THIS dispatch went out from Chi cago on Tuesday: , "Millions of acres of grain shriveled under a sizzling sun as a series ot June heat waves assumed the propor tions of a national catastrophe. "Traders awakened suddenly to the fact that upwards of 200,000.000 acres of grain was burning In the fields." MORE heat, less grain. Less grain, smaller supply In proportion to demand. More buyers and fewer sellers. With more buyers and fewer sellers, the price goes up. INFLATION, what little of it we have had. Is a sttmulant. But remem ber that It la only a stimulant noth ing more. Prices that rise as a re sult of inflation rise from an arti ficial cause, whereas prices that rue In response to changed conditions of supply and demand are rising from natural causes. LUMBER prospects Improve, and im mediately an Increase In lumber wages Is announced. Remember, it la only PROSPECTS that have improved so far. Present prices and demand do not Justify the Increased wages that have been an nounced. But the lumber Industry believes that PROSPECTS Justify the increase, and po raises wsges at once. JHAT Is an encotn-airlng symptom. It Indicates that one gTeat in duitry, at least, has accepted the principle of Increasing wsgee as soon at prospects of better business ap pear. CINCINNATI. June 30 (API t Mr. Frieda Mooney of Los Angeles j trdav was unanimously re-e!rd j national commander of the Women's Au-'iury f the Disblei American Veteran of the World Wax. ( HALF MILLION IS ED Wi Siskiyou Straightening Fund of $300,000 Provided Several Bridges Among Work Projects Approved PORTLAND. Ore.. June 30. (AP) In a special dispatch to the Oregon Ian from Washington, D. C, Senator Steiwer Is quoted as saying that army engineers had recommended Oregon river and harbor projects amounting to (5,271.000 be Included in the pub- ; lie works orogram. , The dispatch also stated federal I buildings recommended In the pub- I lic document not completed Include ! MEDFORD, ASHLAND. Eugene, GRANTS PASS, HUlsboro, Hood River, McMinnvllle, and Tillamook, construction of which would total nearly 1,000,000. PORTLAND, Ore., June 30. (AP The manner of distribution of more than fix million dollars of federal public works money la Oregon had been determined today and the state highway commission was preparing to forward it schedule of work to the secretary of agriculture for ap proval. For major highways In Oregon 3. 058.000 will be spent. Secondary highways will receive 11.310.896, and many bridges wilt be constructed on these roads. About 1.7 3 8. 000 will go for construction In or near the munlclplltles of the state. To Iron Sfoklyou kinks With this money the kinks will be taken from the Siskiyou Mountain pass, and work will be done on the Wolf Creek and Wilson River projects. "We have done the best we could," said Chairman Leslie M. Scott, "con sidering the many complexities of the situation. We .hope federal approval will come speedily so actual -construction may be started right away.' No state co-operation is required in acquiring the total of $6,100,000 from the government, except that (Continued on Page Nine) BUD HOOVER FIRST . Bud Hoover, son of C. C. Hoover, "blue grass king." of the Rogue Riv er valley, was first entrant for the milking contest to be staged by the chamber of commerce Monday morn ing, it was announced today, and the youngster believes he will give some of the older contestants a hard run for their money. It was definitely announced this morning, by Fire Chief Roy Elliott that a water exhibition will be given by the fire department, near the 3 P. tracks on 6th street, and this in teresting demonstration will be fol lowed by the milking contest which will start at 11:00 a. m. In addition to Bud Hoover, Rex Pezg, age 15, of Berrydale. will also be a contestant. Although the con tent was only announced yesterday, the retail merchants committee m charee of the event believes that a sufficient number will be on hand to make the affair interesting. The fact that two entrants were received last night immediately following the announcement in the Mail Tribune would indicate that there will be no shortage of young milkers. This Is the second novel event which has been staged by the cham ber of commerce in which the farm era have been asked to participate during the past three months, and tt Is believed that the mil kin? contest will draw a larger crowd than the (Continued on Page Four) DOCTOR FALLS DEAD AS BOY BEING OPERATED ON pose that during a delicate surgical operation. Vie surgeon should die? Arnold Javlta, 7 yean old and a sufferer from spinal meningitis, waa taken to the operating room of the Park East hospital yesterday. Hia condition was grave and the opera tion a delicate one. It Involved the extraction of a fluid from the spinal column. Present, In addition to nurses, were Doctors Arthur Shifrin, Aaron : i Ooldolatt and Michael Mlsllg Dr. ooidDiau administered tne an- aesthetic Dr. Bhifrln handled the j needle. Dr. Mlsllg held the tuble into which Vie fluid was drawn. I The needle had been Inserted. The operation was under way. Seconds -.vtrm prv;ous. Dr. Uialig tc8tn4. ttt ciutcbed Judge Earl H. CASEJNSTP Joe Daniels Declares For mer Jailer Wagered That Schermerhorn Would Lose if Sheriff Votes Recounted .... Th in th MbX ot Jonn Glenn, ex-Jailer, charged with com- piicity In the Jackson county ballot theft, rested its case unexpectedly at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. The de fense, which appeared taken by sur prise, was expected to proceed follow ing a recess. Mrs. Edith Sexton, mother of the Sexton boys, who claim the defen dant hired them to remove the bal lots from the vault, was the last wit ness called. She related a conversa tion with John Glenn. during which she allegedly informed him that if her boys were mixed up In the ballot theft there were "some older heads to blame." She quoted him as ask ing her If ahe thought the boys would "squawk." She said she told him she didn't knjw. and that he called her into hia office to talk the matter over. Defense Counsel T. J. Enright in cross questioning the witness asked her if she had not told Louise Yocum and .- Mra. Tatum at a dance at Dreamland that she was drunk and had drunk two pints of liquor before coming to the party. Also if she had not informed the two women that the district attorney's office furnish ed her all the money she wanted for liquor. Assistant Attorney General Ralph E. Moody objected to the question and aaked that defense counsel be reprimanded by the court. Judge Sklpworth objected to the question as unfair to the witness. John Glenn of Ashland, former county Jailer, on trial for ballot theft according to Joe H. Daniels, former courthouse 'janitor, "two or three days, or a week" before the vote stealing, bet Daniels and his mother, a Jail matron, during a discussion of the Schermerhorn-Jennlngs recount proceedings, "that Schermerhorn would lose" In the recount. The Daniels wagered that Schermerhorn would win, the wager being for the ater tickets. Glenn was named county Jailer, at the early morning gathering in the home of County Judge Fehl on Jan uary 3 last, at the instigation of Fehl, testimony in the Schermerhorn ous ter proceedings showed. The witness did not state whether the bet had ever been paid. Corroborates Sextons Much of the testimony of Dsn lei a, whom the court told, "take your hand down from your mouth, and talk louder." wsa corroborative of the Sexton brothers, who gave damaging testimony against the middle-aged Spantsh-Amerlcan war veteran yes terday. Daniels testified that he had seen Glenn three times, on the niuht of the vault looting. Once on the steps nearby talking to Burley Sexton, be tween eight and half-past eltrht; once in the basement hall, and about 10:30 o'clock In the county Jail. Daniels at 10:30 o'clock reported to Glenn that the "concreM" was not over. Daniels said Glenn had asked him to make this report. The witness also testified that about "dinner time" the day follow ing the ballot thefts, "Newt Chaney and a man by the name of Woods." talked to Glenn in the county Jail, and that later, Suspended-Sheriff Schermerhorn and Glenn talked In the Jail office and left before dinner was served. Carried Ballots Daniels testified that he helped carry the ballot pouches to and from the court room, the day of the re count hearing and that the next morning he went to the ballot vault hia breast heart!" and whispered: "My A nurse caught him as he started to fall. His weight was too great. Both dropped to the floor. On the operating table, unconscious from the anaesthetic, lay a boy criti Ically 111. Beside the table, on the floor, lay the 56-year-old surgeon who nad been taking part in the operation. The .hands of the aurgeon holding the needle continued to move surely. The medics 1 skill of the other doc tor concentrated on the patient's re- action to the anaesthetic. A nurse functioned amoothly, expertly, At last It waa done Today It wsa pronounred successful. Wi.en the two surgeona bent over Dr. Mull?. Jointnir others who had i- n summoned, they found him dead, NEW CHAMP IN DELIGHT !Vy- '. VI 1 - . . i 't:i f , ! ! SiawiVf -... 'j fpRIMO CARNERA j 3 ! By CIA VLB TAI.BUT By GAY LB Associated Press NHW YORK, June 30. (&) The new-heavyweight fighting champion of the world. Prime Camera of Italy, sal back in the corner of a blistering little room out on Long Island last night, and beat hia great handa to gether like a delighted child as he chanted in rdugh shod English: "Boy, oh ' boy, oh boy! Now my mamma and papa be happy 1 Now my mamma and papa bt happy 1 Prlmo's champion 1 Now they be happy!" Over and over, aa though dazed, the tremendous man who a few momenta before had battered Jack Sharkey Into helplessness, assured himself It was true. He would stop long enough to shake the handa of those who had fought their way Into the cubbyhole dressing room, only to lapse again into hia chant of victory. It was hot in there. Sweat poured down his enormous rrame In rivulets, but Primo was too deliriously happy to mind It. He shook hands with a little dentist who had fashioned the mouthpiece he wore in winning the VICTORIA. B. C June 30 OF) Dr. O. P. Willing. vtwran Portland ; llnasman and former . Walker eupjMrlT tody for Akl. player, and Albert "Bcotty" Campbell. young Seattle etar. went Into the lead IU their morning round m.Whe. to- a ay ror 1 1 n i p ic in r- Northwest amateur golf tournament. Campbell waa six up on Lee Stell, fellow townsman, at the end of 18 holes of their 36-hole semi-finals bat tle, and Willing was one hole ahead of Alan Taylor, Victoria, at the nth. The Seattle leader carded a sizzling 67, two undr par. on the tricky Oak Bay course. He was out in 33 back in 34. and VICTORIA. 3 C, June JOHA'l Mlas Marlon McDougall, lfl-ywold Portland star, and Mrs. Vera Hutch ing, Vancouver. B. C. striving for her sixth Northwest championship, today won the right to meet for the Pacific Northwest women's golf title at the Oak Bay golf club tomorrow. Miss McDougall defeated Mrs. W. A. Klrkman. Seattle, 0 and 4. and Mra Hutch I ncs eliminated Mrs. O. J. Janes. Portland. 7 up. in their 18 hole seml-flnals matches today. with Charles Fischer, n lorksmtth, and Elton Watklna of Portland, Schermerhorn's attorney In the re count hearing. While waiting for the county clerk to opn the vault, Daniels testified that Watkln sug gested they all "go out and look the building over, and wound up at he vault." where they found the broken window. Watklns and Daniels notd the breakage about the same time, the witness said. Attorney Prank DeSourA was also a member of the exploring party. Under cross-examination by the defense. Daniels said that Burley Sexton and Olnn were not friend ly, and "there was bnd blood" be tween them. (Continued oa f.ag Nul Fehl Requests Change of CHILDLIKE OVER TITLE TAI.BUT ports Writer' title; to the best of his ability he answered any question shot at him. The native man mountain is likely to make a popular champion. Between draughts from a bottle labeled "beer" he told how he won from the super-boxer. Jack Sharkey. "I hit him with a left and he fell Into the ropes. I know he's hurt and I follow htm. Pret' soon my right up percut catch him, and that Is all. He go down and I know he stay there." The blow that felled the ex-aallor was one all the experts had said Primo didn't possess. "I've been teaching that right up percut for months." revealed Bill Duffy, the man who is credited with (Continued on Page Seven) E EXPEDITION OFF FOR ALASKA NEW YORK. June SO. (AP) The Jlmmld Matwrn riwciie expedition" jtnarerf awav from Plovd Bennett field Chief Pilot William Alexander. In , command of the rearua plane, aald t . re-hln Nome he and hu divide the map Into squares" and search syste matically for the lost flier. Mattern, a Ban Angelo.-Texas, man who was attempting a flight around Hie world, took off from Khabarovsk, Siberia, more than two weeks ago and vanished The rescue plane Is a large craft In which Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr., onoe flew around the world. It Is now owned by a Brook lyn brewer, and bears the number "NC 403E." With Alexander went Pred Fetter- man, mechanic who put Mattern plane In shape for the flight; Harold Persona and Thomas Abbey, motor' cycle cop who obtained a furlough to help with the search, Alexander announced that he plan ned itopa at Dayton and Akron. Ohio, to pick up additional equipment. The next scheduled stop was Winnipeg, where he hoped to land before night fall. Then the fliers will proceed to Edmonton, Alberta White Horse and Nome. The latter city was Mattern 'a goal when ha hopped off from Khaba rovsk. 8ALEM, June 80 (API Stat po lice announced today that they will start a roundup early tomorrow of all motor vehicle drivers whose cara I are without the new July 1 to Janu jary I license plates and who do not have evidence to show that they have ordered lioansea. IC DEADLOCK HOLDS; U. S. Still Waiting On Washington Says French Minister Bonnet After Conference of Gold Bloc Leaders LONDON. June 30. (AP) The deadlock over currency stabilization remained 'unbroken tonight after a series of conferences attended by teaders of the world economic con ference. Tli a next move was said to be up to the United States govern ment. "We are still waiting on Washing ton," said Finance Minister Oeorgea Bonnet of France after a meeting at tended by leaders of the gold bloc, American Assistant Secretary of State Raymond Moley. and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDorujld and Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamber lain of Great Britain. Say F. R. Favorable, Before the meeting high British quarters had said they definitely understood President Roosevelt had replied favorably to a plea to prevent erratic dollar fluctuations. Accord ing to the British, the reply amounted to substantial approval In principle, if not full acceptance, After the meeting It was under stood from an authoritative source thst a new gold bloc proposal, under which America and Britain would Join In 'Stopping currency speculation and would aid In preventing violent fluctuations of the dollar, had been submitted to Mr, Roosevelt, His ans wer was expeoted tonight, The original gold bloc proposal, which was forwarded to the president by Mr. Moley last night, contained not only a provision about specula tion, but also called for a declaration that the signatories pledge themselves to. ultimate stabilization, - Stabilisation "Out." It was understood Mr. Roosevelt was witling to accept the proposals for stopping speculation, but he ca bled Mr. Moley that there must be no specific mention of "stabilization." The president la said to have stated that the proposal must he confined to a fight against speculation. Mr. Roosevelt's reply was regarded In high British quarters aa favorable. The bloc, however, would not accept At a meeting at the American em bassy among the interested parties, Including Mr. Moley, the phraseology of the gold bloc proposal was debated. A new draft finally was drawn up, It waa aald, and Mr. Moley forwarded It to the president. What changes were made in the original draft was not known. In a well-informed quarter close to Mr. Moley tt was ssld that the assist ant secretary of state waa expecting a favorable reply from Mr. Roosevelt. ACCIDENT FATAL MARSHFIELD. Ore., June 30. (AP Carol MetEgus, 37, was killed today when an automobile driven by James R. Neely, fire warden of Gold Beach, slipped over an embankment on a curve near Gold Beach on the Oregon coast highway. Mrs. Neely was seri ously hurt, but Neely -escaped with bruises. Neely and his wife were thrown clear of the car before It over turned twice. Metrrua was dead when help arrived. ARMY HOME MEDIC SHOT DISABLED VETERAN HELD DA7TON, Ohio, June 30. (API The slaying of a government official and a plot to kill a congressman were attributed by police today to a dis gruntled Bpanlah-Amertean war vet eran cut off the pension and dis ability rolls of the veterans bureau three weeks ago. The veteran, James D. Shad bolt, 63, waa charged with murder grow ing out of the fatal shooting last night of Col. Vernon Roberts, chief of the medical staff of the national military home here. Shadbolt was found hiding In a cemetery near the home. Police aald he told them he originally planned to kill Congressman Byron B. Harlan of the third Ohio district. Harlan voted for passage of the recent vet erans economy act In congress. Records of the military home In dicated Shad bolt served one year In tha Rpanlsh-American war and until this June wa receiving about ISO monthly aa a pension frsm tha gov lemmatM ea ft disability cJftUxk BASEBALL National NEW YORK, June 30. (jf-Ioe Medwlck'a home run with two out in the ninth gave St. Louts a 1 to 0 vic tory over the Giant today. R. H. E. St. Louis 1 ft 1 New York 0 6 0 Dean and Wilson; Schumacher and Mancuso. R. Chicago S Brcklyn a Root, Nelaon and Hartnett; and Lopea. H. E. 7 1 19 1 Mungo H. E. 7 1 13 0 R. Cincinnati . 3 Boaton S Lucaa, Sout and Lombardl; well and Hogan. R. Pittsburgh . i Philadelphia ;.. 6 Swift; French and Plclnlch; Plckrell and Todd. Cant- H. E. 11 1 10 1 Moore, American (First frame) Philadelphia 11 St. Loula : la Ill 19 Earnahaw, Mahaffey and Madjeakl; Wella, McDonald, Gray and Shea. Washington 9 7 S Detroit . 1 0 Crowder, Russell and Sewell, Berg; Brldgea and Hayworth. Boston ........ 4 11 0 Chicago . a 4 1 H. Johnson and Ferrell; yona and Orube. REPUBLICANS EYE DEMOCRATIC ACTS FOR TENDER SPOT By JAMES MrMUIXIN, Copyrighted by MeClura Newspaper (Syndicate. NEW YORK, June 30. The Repub licans took the first step on their comeback campaign last week. Chairman Everett Sanders called an Important meeting of leaders In New York. The old guard was In the saddle. Such grizzled political vete rans as Hllles of New York and Rora back of Connecticut were more than among those present. The meeting decided that Industrial control waa, the most likely Demo cratic Achillea' heel. Every move will be watched for signs of chinks in the armor. . The pirn Is to rally conservatives to the old battle-cry that the gov ernment is Interfering with private Initiative. The boya are too wise to start anything yet. But they will be busy from now on gathering ammuni tion to shoot In next year's congres sional campaign. They rate these tactics the best hope of rising from the ashes. Prof. O. H. W. Sprague comes mighty close to being a dictator of (Continued on Page 0, second section) COUNIElTlNEY IN CIRCULATION HERE About three dollars in counterfeit money has been turned over to the c!iy police thla week by local busi ness houses, and officers are Investi gating to determine the source of the worthless money. A local theater received two fifty cent pieces, a taxi stand a dollar, and a service station had two or three of the fifty-cent pieces. Along with many others, Shadbolt was ordered to leave the horn and hia pension visa discontinued on the grounds hia disability was not In curred In government service Shidbolt was quoted by officers aa telling them he had gone to tha Oem City Democratic club In Dayton sev. ral times In recent weeks, carrying bombs Intended for congressman Harlan. Each time, Harlan was away, . Asked why he turned his wratJi against Colonel Roberts, police said the veteran told them: "X must have got tha devil In ma last night. Colonel Roberta waa a fine guy. X liked him." ft had bolt aald he served under Col one) Roberts as an ambulance driver at the Johnson Cty, Tenn., veterans' hospital several years ago. Bhadbolt told tha polios ht had taken several drinks before going to Via Roberta residence in the military home grounds, but officers satd he waa not drunk when they arwtf Venue 'press prejudice CITED AS REASON Willing to Be Tried On Ballot Theft By Judges Skip worth or Norton, Says Suspected County Official Earl H. Fehl, county Judge Indict ed and facing trial for ballot theft, thla morning filed In circuit court a aeparate motion for a. change of venue on the grounda he cannot se cure a fair and Impartial trial In Jackson county. The motion states It la not filed for the purpose of delay, and requests that It be held in the nearest county possible, and at an early date. Attorneya A. C. Hough of O rants Paw , H, Von Schmals of Burna and T. J. Enright appear aa attorneya for Pehl. . Accompanying the motion waa an exhibit consisting of editorials and news account from the Mall Trib une, Ashland Tidings and Jackson ville Miner, covering Fehla political and public record connectlona with the ballot theft and kindred events. ' Snvs Public Inflamed Fehl asserts that the editorials and articles appearing In the Jackson county press ."Inflamed and preju diced the public mind against him." Among the editorials protested ara thoae suggesting that Fehl and Sus pended Sheriff Schermer.hom realgn "In Juatlce to themselves," and news artlclea telling of the efforta of the officers to find him Immediately af ter the Issuance of a bench warrant on a ballot theft Indictment. Fehl ' ' (Continued on Page Nine) E The first afiooo from the . Horn Losn bank to be put to work In thla community was received thla after- - noon by Hamilton Pat ton of the Southern Building and Loan associa tion. It will be turned Into working channels as rapidly aa possible, Mr. Patton declared following receipt of the check, marked No. 8, which shows that Medford was not at all alow in getting recognition. The $5000 Is the first portion of the recovery funds received here and more is expected In the early future. JACK DIAMOND'S WIFE FOUND DEAD IN N. Y. NEW YORK, June 30. (API- Brooklyn police aald today a woman tentatively Identified aa Mrs. Alice Diamond, widow of the notorious Jack Diamond, waa found dead today In an apartment In Brooklyn. Former H. F. Mnor Dies BAN FRANCISCO. June 30. (AP) P. H. McCarthy, former mayor ot San Francisco, and nationally known lsbor figure, died suddenly today. WILL- ROGERS 'says: BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., June . 29. California went go wet Tuesday that they arrested guy for bathing iu water in stead of native wine. West Virginia, which by ge ography, breeding, dialect and stills, should be Southern, but politically has never been any thing, well it reached for a cocktail instead of a coke. It's not a question of senti ment anymore. It's just a rpies tion of "where can I get ahold of a ballot and where ia a box to put it inf No wonder the Republicans appeared so dumb in there. Anybody that couldn't judge, public opinion any better than they did on this question, it's little wonder they ara unem ployed. Tours, eiMI HtNlMil Jrailwt las.