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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune Your Vacation wU be mora enjoyable if you have the Mall Tribune follow yon. No additional coat. Ptaona 15 and placa jour order before leaving. Twenty-eighth Year MEUFOKI), OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1933. No. 94. EMRMP M? n The Weather Forecut: Fair tonight and Wed nesday; cooler Wednesday. temperature Hlgbett yefcterday - 87 Lonett this morning tr-,....- - fit Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS HEADLINES short, crisp sentences that boll down the news lor you so you can get It In a hurry. New they can gat In a hurry la what people want In these daya. 1I'AB Dec,''1 'T Government VV on Profiteer." So read a headline that must have caught your eye. That HAD to come. With the gov ernment acting deliberately to puah prices up moderately to where they OUGHT TO BE, It waa Inevitable, that there should be hoga who would try to puah prlcea HIGHER than they ought to be. - Human nature la that way. HOW ' to stop them? FORCE, of course. You would lrnow that if you ever tried to atop a hog from eating more than It ahare of corn. . N OTHER headline: "Stock Mar- A ket Reaches Highest Point Since WM." "Further reports of widespread business Improvement," the story that follows the headline says, "whip ped up the enthusiasm of MILLIONS OF SPECULATORS." ((QPECULATORS." i3 Is that the right word? This writer thinks not. "Gamblera" would be better. A speculator la one whose buyliuj and aelllng are guided by knowledge of market conditions, such aa earn ing power, cost of doing business and the existing state of supply and de mand. Gamblers buy and Mil blindly on tips and hunches. mmr dabblers whose . orders are 1 flooding the Stock market.-bringing six million share days with ac companying complaint that the pres t. Meter eaulnment lan't faat enough to handle the business, gamblers, pure and simple. .. ' Especially simple. Avwir At i Hecond thought: I- Tt in't aulte accurate. Aa long aa the market goee up and the dabblers make money, they will be smart persona not simpletons, They will be simpletons only when the market goes down and they lose their shirt. PERHAPS you read this headline: "Naval Authorities Plan Program of Enormous Size." The program, we read further, will Include building the air fleet to unprecedented strength. GOOD enough. We wsnt to be safe, and the way to be aafe Is to be prepared to administer plenty of pitt to any body who tackles you with the Idea of taking your wallet. THE porcupine, s you know, if you are a close observer of the wild life of thla interesting country of ours, is seldom tackled without provocation. The porcupine la amply equipped to administer plenty of grief to any body who tackles him. So he goes hi way unbothered. at tending to his own business and get. ting fat. I D. W. Beebe of Central Point, and hi. rnHnn. Everett Atkins, suf fered minor Injuries at 13:05 o'clock thl noon In a collision with a truck driven by Charles Frank Way of Mvrtle Point, one mile south of Med ford. Throuah the co-operation of Captain Priest of the CCC warehouse at the fairground, the Injured were taken to the Sacred Heart hospital In a CCC ambulance. According to stste police who In vestigated the accident, Beebe waa reported to have lost control of hi car when he attempted to pass Way truck, as Way waa making a left hand turn. The Beebe car turned ever, causing Injurlea to Beebe' thla-h. and head Injuries to young Atkins. Hospital attendant said the two would probably be able to return to then- homes thla afternoon. Both cars were traveling south when the accident occurred. SALT LAKE CITY (UP) When Tim uMrphy and M. t. Chrlatensen, residing near a railroad line, repeat edly complained to Chief of Police W. L. Payne that train were passing their hm at Brest speed, shaking anrroundlng building, they were named special efflrera with authority to enforce speed lswe. HEM RANSOM IS SET FOR RETURN OF HANS' Quarter Million Demanded From Family of Young O'Connell Invalid Banker Among Gangs' Hostages By Chnrles Harner (Copyright, 1033. oy the Associat ed Press) NEW YORK, July 11. Kldnap era, operating throughout the United States, have sought at least $650,000 from victims' fam ilies and frlenda In the last five months. Here, In brief, are the kidnap demands oi only the moat notori ous cases of the last five month's: Charles Boettcher II, Den ver, Feb. 13 - 8S0.0O0 Jerome Factor, Chicago, April IS 50.000 Peggy McMath, Harwich port Mass., May 3 60,000 Mary McElroy, Kansa city, May 27 30,000 William Hamm, St. Paul, June 15 100,000 John Factor, Chicago, July I 100.000 John J. O'Connell, Jr., Al bany. July 7 -.350.000 August Luer, Alton, 111., July 10 ...Unannounced ALBANY, N. Y., July II. (AP) Breaking a three-day silence, the kldnapera of "Young John" O'Connell, 24-year-old nephew of the up-state Democratic leaders. Dan and Ed O'Connell, today sent Dan O'Connell a new note calling for a new coded list of men who might serve as go betweens for them and the O'Connell family. , NEW. YORK. July 11, (AP) Jo lice Commissioner James Boland an nounced today that five New York detectives with experience In kidnap cases had been sent to Abany to work on the kidnaping of John J. O'Connell. Jr. This announcement waa made shortly after It was learned that New York police had considered the pos sibility of a connection between the O'Connell case and the kidnaping of the Lindbergh baby and had eatlstied themselvea that there was no such connection. ALBANY. N. Y., July. 11. (AP) The belief that John J. O'Connell. 24, held under threBt of death for S250, 000 ransom,, waa kidnaped In an act of revenge against his uncles. Ed and Dan O'Connell, Democratic leaders. was expressed in sources close to the family today aa houra dragged oy wlthrut word from the kidnapers. Because of the enormous ransom demand." one of the family advisora said, "and because the kldnapera failed to keep their promise to com municate with us yesterday, we now suspect that revenge and not the de sire for ransom prompted the crime" Messages Received. Young O'Connell was spirited away under mysterious ctrcumstsnces about 1 a. m.. Friday. A series of threat ening messagea and demand were re ceived Friday and Saturday by his po litically powerful uncles. Then, a rumor of the kldnapUag spresd rap- Idly throughout the state, the mes sages abruptly ceased. The revenge theory was advanced by a friend and advisor, who haa been In. closest contact with the fam ily since the first ktdnsp demand and death threat were telephoned at noon Friday. Because of his connection with the case he did not wish hla name mentioned. "It might be a case of political re- (Continued on Page Nine) Mattem Modern Crusoe After Crash in Siberia By STANLEY P. RICHARDSON. MOBCOW. July 11. (AP) Jimmie Mattern lived the 19 days he wss lost in the wild of northern Siberia in the best Robinson Cruaoe tradition. The plane he wa flying around the world crashed In a hilly spot nesr the Ansdyr river; he suffered cuts and bruises: when hla chocolate1 and bis cuits gave out, he ahot amall game, and, while he awaited a boat to take him down atream. built a crude hut for protection against cold wlnda. The tory waa told today In a dis patch to the newspaper Ixveetla from Khabarovsk. Siberia, whence the American aviator took off on June 14 lor Nome. Alaka. Thla la the tale Iivestie related: Mattern was only 1 hours out of Khabarovsk when hla motor began to sputter. He found no place to land hla "Century of Progress" In the wild terrain, and he pressed on. finally the engine failed and the plane crashed three miles trim the river on winch Anadyr village 1 situated Its propellor waa bnt: the right miDf imsshed, Um tuMlag and mo - Valley Comptroller 51P55,!Jpiataa5!!Swreff j Francis J. Carr, president of th. Comptrollers Inatltut of America, hat been appointed comptroller of the $50,000,000 Tennesaee valley authority. (Associated Pratt Photo) E FILED AGAINST EAGLE POINTER First degree murder charges were filed thla morning by the district attorney's office against Earl Huns com, 28, of Eagle Point as a result of the death Sunday afternoon of Albert Tlngleaf, 48. also of Eagle Point, following a fight at a dance In that town Saturday night. Hanscom, being held in the coun ty Jail here, waived preliminary hear ing, and waa bound over to the fed eral .grand. Jury. State police yesterday -afternoon questioned Hanscom concerning the fight and he again related the atory or the altercation, which resulted In Hanscom knocking Tlngleaf down arter "hitting him square tn the face" several times, officers quoted him aa saying. When Tlngleaf fell, according to Hanscom, the latter aald "Now you'll leave me alone." and when Tlngleif didn't answer, Hanscom went on into the dance hall and "danced. He waa arrested by Marshall Paul Hoffard of Eagle Point at 12:30 o'clock and brought to Medford. Hanscom had ridden to the dance with the Tlngleaf family, police said, and they had always seemed to be the best of friends. The fight occurred over a dance with Irene Gerome of Portland who waa attend ing the dance as the guest of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Botta. who conduct the orchestra there. The Eagle Point dance hall la located in the town, across the. atreet from the bank. State police were in the Eagle Point district today checking on in form i tlon concerning the fight. DELAYED IN ICELAND REYKJAVIK. Iceland July II. (AP) The departure of 24 Italian seaplanes for Cartwrlght, Labrador, the next hop on their flight to Chi cago. was postponed today probably because of difficulties with the gas oline aupply. The airmen, under the command of General Italo Bslbo. returned here from Vatnagardar bay after hav ing been ordered last night to b ready for the take-off. (tor damaged. Mattem was hurt, painfully but not seriously. Hoping to get aid, he stsrted for the river. The Journey, made diffi cult by the hilly countryalde and his Ignorance of hla bearlnga. took eight daya. His food gave out after three daya. Then, apparently, he made good uae of the fishing tackle and rifle he had with him. He built a house of scrub growth, for the weather waa cold, and watted by the river six days, until on June 39 fishermen In two boat paeeed. They heard hla shout and took him to their camp II mllea from Ansdyr. Shortly afterwards he went to th coast, and a aovlet guard went to his assistance Mattern asked the guard to pro cure the motor and Instrument from the plane. Thla waa done, for the American decided to abandon It. It waa reported today that Mat' tern would be taken to nome by Pilot Levanovsky. Russian filer ordered to fly from Khabarovsk to Anadyr l An American relief espedltlon. 1 hesded by William Alexander, arrived ' la Nobm last night tram Jusmu), LAX IN PROBING Ml IS Police Head Says Sheriff Made No Investigation, Offered No Information in Ballot Burglary Case Eight witnesses testified this morn ing at the trial of Suspended Sheriff Gordon L. Schermerhorn, charged with ballot theft. In aupport of the state's contention that he waa around the court house before and after the ballot theft was atarted: that the accused official waa lax, and that he attempted to establish an alibi. . Captain Lee M. Bown of the state police. In charge of the southern Ore gon district, testified. In response to defense query: "If I had neen sheriff of Jackson county. I would have been much more active In the ballot robbery Investigation." Made No Investigation The atate police official further atated that Schermerhorn. a far as he knew, conducted no Investigation, tendered no Information and offered no eervlcea. Captain Bown testified that he en. tered the case under ordera of the superintendent of atate police. Chaa. P. Pray, "and I underatood from the auperintendenv It was at the sug gestlon of District Attorney Codding." Under cross examination by Attor ney F. J. Newman for the defepse. Captain Bown admitted, "it would have been humiliating to work with Schermershorn, but we would have gladly received any evidence he .had offered." It vaa not brought out by either counsel why Captam Bown cnsldered it "humiliating." The defense quea tlonlng tended to ahow that Scher merhura had asked the state police to aid. ... a V .Axe Located. ' Charlea Mornlngstar, foreman at court house, testified that about o'clock on the afternoon of February 34 he found the axe used by Burley Sexton in breaking the vault window, hidden under a nesement atalrway. "I told Sofiermerhorn," the witness testified, "that I had found the axe and had locked It In a cupboard un der the elevator shaft. He told me to Meh her set and' 1 will report It to Jimmy O'Brleu" Mornlngatar testified that when he ahowed Schermerhorn the axe and called his attention to bit of glass tn the handle, the defendant aald: "Its plain to aee what that axe haa been used for.- Mornlngstar testified that ha told Robert Bell, Janitor, of finding the axe, and that Bell told Deputy Dle trlct Attorney Oeorge W. Nollson. Deputy Nellaon testified that with Sergeant of Detectives Clyde Warren of the atate police, he had gone to the alalr cupboard and retrieved the axe on March l last, about 6:30 In the afurnoon. The wltneas said the late hour waa chosen to avoid the mob of loiterera around the court house In those days. Sergeant War ren corroborated Neilaon and Morn lngstar, all agreeing that the axe waa recovered several days after It had been reported to Bchermrhorn. Ser geant Warren testified he had been assigned to the crime by Superintend ent Pry. Nellson testined under cross ex amination of defense that he met Schermer.horn at the Jail elevator door, when he waa carrying th email crowbar used tn an effort to pry open the vault window, unsuccessfully. and that Schermerhorn bad aald nothing. Answer la stricken The witness said he aald nothing to Schermerhorn, "because we all knew Schermenhorn knew all about the ballot robbery." A defenae ob jection waa austalned, and the an ewer atrleken. Revised, Nellson an- awered, "Because we did not think It necesasry." . Joe Daniel, former Janitor, teatl fled that three or four daya after the vote, stealing he met Schermerhorn In the Daniels apartment atop the court house and Schermerhorn said: "I aee they have you on the spot down In the district attorney office,' and he asked me If I remembered seeing him three times that night, and I told him I had." Daniels said he left Schermerhorn talking to hi motner. Matron Cath erine Danlele. The matron corrobo rated her son's testimony, but beard nothing of the converaatlon, except a chanre mention of the name of Oliver Martin, one of the defendant. Been Three Time Danlela testified that he had asen (continued on page nine) 3-C All Civilian conaervatlon eorpe troop In th Medford district were psld Mondsy. with an outlsy of about esoni) in cash, according to of ftcera her. Approximately aiS.000 came into the area for allotmente to be mailed out by check for the en listed men. A portion of the amount paia u recruit. 4 ssUd aoma, SILVER AND DEBTS AGREED AS PARLEY Committee Unanimous On Future Program Smooth Progress Seen Banking .'May Be Given Thought LONDON. July 11. (AP) The steering committee of the world eco nomic conference today adopted a re port, providing that the parley will discuss stiver and the question of in debtedness and such other subjects aa eub-commltteea agree can be dealt with without dissension. Thla course waa recommended by the monetary drafting committee and action was taken by adopting this group's report. James M. Cox of Ohio was a mem ber of the monetary committee, which, he said before the steering committee met. had unanimously agreed on procedure for a future pro gram. Smooth Sailing Seen. Prime Minister Bennett of Canada, who has vigorously supported the American delegation In effort to keep the conference going, aald at the end of the meeting, "thla agree- ' ment will permit smooth progress." Discussions might well be spread out to Include subjects other than those Indicated but polnta on which there are sharp International differ ences will be scrupulously avoiaea, the Canadian premier aald. Agreements to be effective must be unanimous, he added. May Talk Banking. The drafting committee Indicated tn tta report which the conference bureau, or steering committee adopt ed, that In addition to silver, discus sions might continue upon resolu tions already approved regarding cen tral' banking co-operation and the creation , ot central banka in coun tries, where they do not now exist. In quarters close to the drafting committee. It waa satd- that some members felt there waa the possibility that In the near future the Ameri can government might take steps to prevent fluctuation of the dollar and thereby open the way for discussion of further monetary problems. F KAN3AS CITY, Mo. (UP) Police became Increasingly suspicious of the repeated coincidence of domestic tur moil in whtch the husband or wife had been tipped that the mate waa unfaithful. In each case the letter bore the alleged signature of a friend of the spouse reported to be faithless. Two ace .sleuths from headquarters were put on the case. They arrested a man Identifying himself aa Otto N. Reda, former bill collector. He waa quoted as confess ing he aad sent many "unfaithful tip" letters to Kansas city residents "Just for the kick of It." ARIZONA LEGIONNAIRES OHTOAOO (AP) For th third con secutive yesr Anions legionnaire have won first honors for member ship among all state department of the American Legion and aa a result will hold first position In the big parade at the Legion convention here next October 3. Parade positions, as well a con vention aeau and housings, are de termined by state memberahlp atand Inga based on a four-year average. Arizona la on of four department to have exceeded 100 per cent of It four-year quota average, showing 130.03 per cent. California ha 117.08, Mississippi 109 74, and Tennessee 103 90. HARTFORD, Conn., July 11 (AP) Connetlcut today wa placed In the list of atstea which want prohibition repealed, aa 60 delegates, by unanl mou vote, ratified the 31st amend ment to th U 8. constitution. The ratification made Connecticut In twelfth atat to act on the reso lulon repealing the 18th amendment. Connecticut wa on of the two .tales which never ratified th 18th amenlment. HONOKONO. China, July 11. (API Three Chinese warships, the Yeteen. th Haiyung, and the Hal chau. arrived today from the north and anchored In Cutis feak bay, in Hongkong Titer. Recovery Council Named By Roosevelt to Speed Up All Wheels of Industry Experience of Many Aides to Be Pooled With White House Meetings Set Weekly for Discussions WASHINGTON, July II (AP) Dool the experience of his many habilitation, so the contest might tie weeks progress. At a time when the Industrial re- I eovery administration took heart on receiving an agreement from the lum ber industry on raising wage and reducing working houra, the presi dent summoned to hi lde for coun sel the cabinet and administrators of vsrlons phases of the huge adminis tration program. Meet Fach Tuesday This group will compose a "coun cil for recovery." to meet at the White House every Tuesday Instead of th usual session of the cabinet only. Idea will be threshed out. policies delineated and progress on the many lines reviewed. With the textile code the only one approved, and concern howlng Itself In the admlnlatratlon over delay of other Industrie In coming In under the control law, there waa obvloua aatlsfactlon over th lumber manu facture atepplng forward. Hearings on the proposed "code of fslr com. petition," under which would be pro vided acale for higher wagea na shorter working hours to Increase employment and purchasing power, will start July 30. Friends and foea of the proposal will be heard, before any revlalon, after which It goe to the president to be promulgated Into law. Soma Codes Not Approved The administrator, Hugh 8. John son, cslled some of the code's terms "wholly unacceptable." and aald they would not be approved but that the hearing would be held In the hop more satisfactory terma would be evolved. There were Indication from the Industry that alteration of terma at the hearing had been anticipated. "While the hours of work and the minimum wagea In some region are Wholly unacceptable and will in no case be approved." said Johnson, "and (Continued on Page Twelve) E TIE EXTENDED The county court thl morning gave Suspended Sheriff Gordon 1.. Schermerhorn until Saturday to se cure and qualify bonds for the re sumption of the sheriff offloe. The law requires 48 hours for the pro cedure, but the commissioner ex tended the time, a Schermerhorn 1 now on trial In circuit court. It 1 the understanding, thst as soon a Schermerhorn qualifies his bonds in the full amount, and gilt edge, the aherirt'a office will be turn ed over to him. other circumstances not bsrrlng. Notice waa served thl morning on Schermerhorn of the county court's action. HALIFAX, H. S, July II. (API- Col, snd Mrs. Chsrles A. Lindbergh arrived here late today. The couple, en route to Greenland, on an air mapping expedition, land ed In Halifax harbor at B:0 p. m., At lantic stsndsrd time (4:50 p. m., east ern atandard time), from North Ha ven, Maine. They hd taken off from North Haven at 3:18 p. m-, (eastern stand ard time), when the fog there lifted and rain, which had continued all day, ceased for a time. Five Year Drunk Looms For U. S. Says Pussyfoot BINOHAMTON, J. T July 11- i (AP) Returning to hi home t Mc Donough. ner here, after a four month tour of th northwest, Wll llsm E "Pussyfoot" Johiwon. Inter natlonally known prohibitionist, to day told the Blnghamton press that "we are In for a flv year'a drunk." "There la no us aounnlng sacred conch ehelta. trying to lull ourselves Into a sens of aecurlty." Johiuwn waa quoted a saying, "w are not Immune from poison Ilk a mon goose. The country Is trylrur to exe cute a St. Vltu dance In n gl nest." Discussing th legs! advent of beer in the northweet, Jonnson said. "Most of the northwestern MU V t President Roosevelt decided today to lleutenanta atrlvlng for national re waged more strategically the SUSPECT IN MO THEFT IS NABBED ftalem'a city dog catcher lost hla own "pet" yesterday, according to dispatch from that city, but he'll get It back. The pound man's car waa stolen by 'a man in a green cap." and at 3 a, m. today state pollze arrested Clifford Schock of Colum bus. Kans.. on the Pacific highway at Gold Hill, standing by Carl Rudke'a model T Pord car, reported stolen out of Salem. Schock waa arrested at the scene of a collision between the Rudke car and that driven by A. H. Coles of Clifton, Ore. Schock, according to officers, said that he had been picked up by a 15-year old boy who waa driving the automobile. When the accident occurred, Schock said, the boy climbed out of the car, grab bed a amall black suitcase, and ran across a field near the highway. A thorough aearch of the district failed to reveal the boy's whereabouts. He waa said to be wearing yellow, corduroy pants, and a blue V-necked aweater. Schock Is being held In the Med ford city JarT awaiting the arrival of Salem city officers, who telephoned early today that thoy would arrive Wednesday morning. Police said thla afternoon that Schock has his green cap in Jail with him. National The score: H. H. Boaton 6 0 1 Plttaburgh 8 8 0 Zaohary and Bpohrer; Swetonlc, Swift, Hoyt and Piclnlch. Brooklyn 3 7.3 Chicago 8 7 0 Carroll. Thurston and Lopea; Root and Kartnett. Philadelphia 3 0 - 1 5 1 Johnson and Cincinnati . Hansen and Davis; Lombard!. American The score; R. H. E. Detroit 1 , fl 1 Boston 3 S 0 Frasler and Hayworth; Wetland and Oooch. The score: St. Louis New York Hebert, MoDonald, R. H. B. 4 13 0 fl 10 0 Gray and Shea, Crouch; MaoFayden, Gome and Jor- gens. The score: R. H. Cleveland 4 6 Philadelphia 6 10 Brown. Conn ally. Bean and Spencer, Myatt; Mahaffey and Cochrane. Chicago 0 lfl 0 Washington S S 1 Miller and Berry; Crowder, Russell, Berg, Weaver and Sewell. BREAD PRICES HIKED IN SOUTHWEST AREA MARSHFELD. Ore.. July 11. (AP) Bread prlcea advanced I cent a pound In southwestern Oregon today. The new prevailing retail price la 10 cents for a pound loaf and 13 cents for a I 4 -pound loaf. wallowing in the aame old beer that used to put ua under th tm in the old day. But after all there Is not much to marvel at In thl great tidal wave of suds, Every great war haa resulted In a temporsry collapse of reform effort." "I made about 300 dry speech" in th fsr northwestern states," he asid, "but did no psrtlculsr good. Th more speeches I made the wet ter the country became ao 1 decided to beat It home while the going was good. Thla effort of making people good haa It drawback. "Th devil often get the beat of It. Sometime I feel like an old yard engine, rattling around with poor coal s4 a jre," BASEBALL F Trade Codes Feared by Those Who Would Take Advantage of Competitors Collapse Talk Overrated Copyright, 1033, by Paul Mallon WASHINGTON. July 11. There la a business aide to thla existing In dustrial confusion that la not being told. A certain New York crowd waa ready two weeka ago to market a device which would revolutionise a certain Industry. It would reduce the cost of a staple food 20 per cent. The capital had been raised. A contract with chain stores to market the de vice had been made. Everything waa set to atart. The government stepped In quietly and said no. A New York manufacturing group had their hands on 23.0OO.0OO to expand plant operations. Where they got It in these times, nobody knows. They were ready to swing into action when their executives became fright ened about the Industrial control setup. Some work had been done. It waa called off. The executive sent lawyers down to sea administra tion officials. They returned to New York with the advice that expansion probably should be delayed. They feared the trade code would prevent them from taking advantage of their competitors. Today they are all alttlng on their hands. Also on their $35,000,000. These yarns sound like antl-admln-latratton propaganda. They are not. The only reason name cannot be ued Is because trade secret are (Continued on Page Seven) GOSSllAL FOR AGITATIONS SALEM, July 11. (AP) Trial In Justice court opened here today In ttie case of O. H. Goaa, formerly of Medford, spokesman of the Unem ployed Council of Salem, who la ac cuaed of vagrancy and disorderly conduct. The vagrancy charge la be ing tried flrat. Today the trial proceeded only as far aa the selection of a five -man Jury and the atatementa of the op posing attorneys. The defense attorney aald It would be admitted that Gosa said "the county court Individually and collec tively are damn liars" but that It would be contended thla did not con stitute vagrancy. Goss waa arrested when the sheriff and police officers broke up a week's demonstration of the unemployed on the lawn of the Marlon county court house where they were camped. Goaa made frequent speeches to the group during the demonstration In which the county court crme In for fre quent attack. Cash payment of AO cents an hour Instead of food ordera were among the demands made by the unemployed. WILL- ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Cel., July 10. I thought the wheat tax ivaa to be applied only in case wheat prices were below cost nf production, You'd better switch to eating cornbread. It's better anyhow. Mr. Hull issued 8 statement at the conference. I believe that makes Switzerland a great independent, prosperous and high-highly educated little country. I have never read where they "issued a state ment." Fifteen hundred Americans who have been living in Paris for years have decided to come home on account of the price of our money. There is a bunch of folks whotwill be an awful big help to us.