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The Weather Forecast: Fair tnd cooler. Sunday. Temperature Hlcntht yesterday t , luo Lowest yesterday . 66 Twenty-eighth Year Comment on the Day's News a. v R N K JENKINS HEBE is an interesting Item m the newe of tin day: The department of agriculture to day reported the poorest crop proe pecta in the recent history ot the United States." The wheat yield, for example, la expec-ed to be the amalleat alnce 1893. NORMALLY, that would-be bad newa. Thl. year. It 1 GOOD news. t Why? Fr an nswer to question, read thl. further .entente from the department of agriculture, report; "A. reault of poor yUM the nation may have to draw on Ita IMMENSE SURPLUS atore. of grain to meet next year', need.." Theac' Immense .urplua storea will have to be got out of the way before the farmer can expect fair price., and he muat have fair price. If he 1. to show ft profit. 11 THY are fair price, for what the -kl 1 . .. ,, imoort- farmer naa -- "wen. in normal tlmea. the' farmer h.t.nm 40 and 60 per repr3Bc -- . cent of the total buying power of .... i.- v... monev. this country. " he BUYS. When he haa no money, he CANT BUY. n RECENT year., because of ex- low price, of what he ha. to mH the farmer haa bad no money with which to buy. In consequence, the mduatrie. teat depend on the farmer lor an Important pari, i i - viovm mifferedt maiMu On of the things wrong with the ,..v.. industry has been iac u .. . ,i turm market. .. n uim So. you eec, Increased prosperity on the larm means Increased pros perity generally. THE much talked ot economic con fnenco at London is getting ready to break up. European diplomat, discovering with amazement that they can't take the shirt of the Americans, as they have always been in the habit of do ing at world conferences, can think of nothing better to do than pack up ana go home. Oood enough. That's the place for them. AS THE conference breaks up, mut terlngs of world trade wars are heard. Tariff barriera are to be rais ed Secret concessions are to be made. The whole bag of tricks Is to be brought 6ut. . It lsn t so stated publicly, but you ' may rest assured that the whole cam paign 1 to be directed at the United States, in the ploua ihope that the trade of this country may be ser iously injured. Hampering the United States la the riinclpal business of European diplomacy these days. WF.i.r., u we have to, we can retire within our own borders and build here, without the aid of Eur ope, a prosperity that will be ade quate. . It rmght pay us to do It. Even In It greatest years, our foreign trade amounted to less than ten per cent of our total commerce and after the experience of the past three years we can go back to 90 per cent of our greatest trade activity and regard It as something marvelous. HERE Is something to think about: I! we could make It possible for all toe people here In this coun try to earn enough to buy and pay forthe thin?, they want, the home market that would thus be created would be so vest aa to bring on a period f prosperity greater than any thine we hare ever known before. If we could do that, we wouldn t need foreign trade. ANOTHER thought: Most of the wars that have been fought since the world began have been brou&'U about, In one form oi another, by foreign trade. If some nation could learn how to create prosperity WITHIN ITSELF, so that It would no longer need for eign trade. It could look forward rea sonably to freedom from war. Killed In Crash YUMA, Aril., July 15 Elliott Wood. 3S. of Walla Walla. Wash., was k:lled today when a car In which ne was riding with his brother and sli-ter-ln-lew. Dr. end Mrs. Lee Wood, of If Angeles, collided with a truck seal Azteo. Medford Mail Tribune DELIBERATIONS r,PlURar I 10 EARLY HOUR Guilt Or Innocence Of Sus pended Sheriff In Ballot Theft Long Pondered Case To Jury At 2 P. M. The Jury In the case of Suspended Sheriff Gordon L. Schermerhorn. charged with ballot-theft, was still out at five o'clock. The Jury, whlcn started It deliberation at shortly after two o'clock Saturday afternoon, was served sandwiches and coffee at midnight. Owing to the heat, the deliber ations were carried on In the main court room, behind locked doors, with bailiffs on guard, instead of tn the stuffy regular Jury room. No Intimation came from the Jury, as to how the voting stood. ' The Jury went to supper shortly after six o'clock, and hurried back to the court room. The court was prepared to receive the verdict at any hour it mtght be returned. Considerable interest was mani fested in the outcome of the trial, scorea of phone calls being received by the Mall Tribune during the early hours of the nlghfci Outside guards kept crowds and an to tats from gathering at the court house. The case was placed in the hands of the Jury shortly after two o'clock following the instructions of the court, which required 35 minutes. The closing arguments of Assistant Attorney General Ralph E. Moody were completed atT 12:15. By agree ment each side was allowed two hours for their presentations, and the court held them to the time. Attorney Frank JT. Newman made the closing plea for the defense, and a, one Juncture, was reminded by the : court "to address your remarks to the Jury not the opposing counsel." Newman bitterly flayed the prosecu tion and the state police. Evidence peclnred Dirty" We are not seeking sympathy, but we do want Justice." Newman declar ed early in his address, "and If Gor don Schermerhorn can be convicted upon such dirty flimsy evidence, the liberty of every citizen is in Jeopardy." "If I had an Imagination like Moody, I would not waste my time practising law I would be writing thrillers for the movies," was another observation of the defense chief. "The damnable press of Jackson county, has been firmly and determ inedly prejudicing the minds of the people, against the ballot-thefts, and the defendant In that crime." Attorney Newman also declared, "we admit Mr. Schermerhorn waa unfor tunate n some of his associations." and said that Carl Y. Tengwald "owes thl Jury an apology for his testimony giving the Sextons a good character." Lowd's Action Questioned "We demand to know why Phil Lowd. a deputy sheriff, did not report the loaning of his auto to his chief. Instead of making a statement in the office of Porter J. Neff." waa another statement of the defense counsel. Attorney Newman stressed the statement Introduced by the state revealing a conversation between the Sexton brothers and Schermerhorn in the city Jail shortly after his arrest. and declared It contained nothing incriminating against Be her mer horn. ' who had kindly edvice for the boys." The defense declared that the facts of John Glenn were not binding upon the defendant, and that the ballot theft were "a dastardly crime, with which this defendant had nothing to do." (Continued on Page Pour) . FOR V.F.W. MEET ROSEBURO. Ore., July IS AP) Howard Swetland of Astoria waa elected department commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the closing session of J he state encamp ment here today. Medford was chosen aa the site for the 1934 convention. Other officers elected were: Bryan Conley, Salem, senior vice command er; James McNamars, Portland. Jun ior vlre commander; Monty Walter. Portland, quartermaster; Edward H. Hoenk. Marhfleld. Judge advocate; C. P. Caaaell. Klamath Palls, depart ment surgeon, and Oliver J. Hill, Portland, chaplain. Members elected to the council of administration Included Roy Reming ton and Charles Low, both of Salem, and Milo Bortu of Albany, and W. O. Drummond of Medford. LONOVIEW. Wash., July 15. (AP) Al. D. Tennant. representing the West Coast Lumbermen's association In Washington, D. C. today Informed lumbermen here that he had received assurance thflt the 4-L minimum wage and hour vhedule Incorporated in the lndufttrv's code, probablx will be 1 -opted. George O'Brien, dashing screen hero, and hi. dark-eyed fiancee, Marguerite Churchill, are shown In a scene In the motion picture In which they met In Hollywood. (As sociated Press Photo) S J Assistant Attorney General Ralph E. Moody, who completed final argu ments for the state in the Schermer-1 horn trial yesterday noon at 13:16 o'clock, was married last night to Retina Johnsonr city editor of the Ashland Tiding, in" Vancouver, Wash. The news was received In Medford at a late hour last night, coming a a surprise to the many friends of the couple in the Rogue river valley. Mr. Moody flew to Portland yester day after the Schermerhorn case went to the Jury at 2:10 o'clock. He met Mis Johnson there and contin ued to Vancouver, where they were married at a quiet service. Mrs. Moody came to southern Ore gon six years ago from the University of Ohio and has since been city edi tor of the Ashland Tidings. She has been a prominent- leader in the Re publican party for a number of years, having served as chairman of the Jackson County Central committee. She was also actively associated with the musical life of Aahland and Med ford. Mr.; Moody, who has been special prosecutor for the state throughout the ballot theft trials, was also prose, cutnr in the trial of L. A. Banks, who was con tic ted of second degree mur der in the circuit court at Eugene. He waa appointed assistant attorney general at the opening of the Bank trial, following the death of Wm. fl. Levens, whom he had been assisting in the case. Mr. and Mr. Moody, according to the report out from Portland last night, will remain In the Row city today, returning to Medford Monday. Mr. Moody will open prosecution in the trial of County Judge Earl H. Fehl. also indicted for ballot theft. Tuesday. The county Judge will be the fifth of the group of 22 indicted to go on trial for the ballot stealing It Is understood that Mr. and Mr. Moody will make their home In Sa lem following completion of the bal lot cases. SCHERMERHORN'S No action ws taken by the county court Saturday, relative ro the bonds oi Suspended Sheriff Gordon L Schermerhorn. Action on the matter was held in abeyance pending the outcome of the trial, now in the hand of the Jury, until Monday. County officials said Saturday, that Suspended Sheriff Schermerhorn had not filed any new bonds. Friend said thev were ready for submitting. The sheriff bond are listed at M0 000. and in the past have been furnished by surety indemnity com psnies. FORMER PRESIDENT EXTORTION TARGET SAN DIEGO. Cel.. July 15. (AP Pascual Ortiz Rublo, resigned pres ident of Mexico, who had been liv ing here- for a year, reported through hi secretsry to police tonight that he had received two telephone calls demanding 150.000 on pain of being kidnaped- PIF.PRE, S. D July 15. fAP) Gov. Tom Bnrry announced today he will call a special session of the state lrgi!ntiirr (or July 31 with ronsid eraflon rf b-er legislation the prin clpal busiuea. -MEDFOKD. OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1933. JL UVSIO X VtAVs STEEL INDUSTRY E FOR PROSPERITY Wage Raising, Work Spread ing Agreement Reached Government Continues Effort Creating Buyers By JAMES COPE Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON. July 1 5. -() -Steel, colossus of American Industry, today gave a mighty forward shove to Presi dent Roosevelt' campaign for nation al recovery, submitting a wage-raising, work -spread ing agreement and simultaneously boosting the pay of it worker. With other Industrie assembling with steel and coal in the work shar ing, wage hoisting column, the gov ernment continued Its efforts to bring all business Into the united endeavor to make the pocketbooka of workers bulky enough to absorb the increas ing output of factories. Major Companies Sign Robert P. Lamont. president of the iron and steel Institute and one time secretary or commerce, brought the steel agreement to Hugh S. Johnson, the industrial administrator. It was signed, Lamont said, by "companies representing-90 per cent of the coun try' output. In concert, from steel town after steel town, flashed the word that wage were raised 15 per cent imme diately. Some other announced that minimum level also would be at tained beginning tomorrow. Thus, the wage of the code were put into ei- fect without awaiting the deliberate prices of government consideration. - Labor Head tnsaiiMien The code, however, was quickly crit icized by labor. William Green, presi dent of the. American Federation of Labor, said Ita wage levels were too low, and the average of 40 working hour a week was too high. Further more, he said he would oppose a pro vision by which the steel men pro posed to have the organisation of their employe limited to work coun cillor company union. F FOR RELEASE OF E By the Associated Press nn. kidnan victim waa released v.trri.v when his cantor, found he waa not the wealtny rancner uiej had mistaken him for, another ex- tnrflnn nlnt. Invnlvlnff a kldnflD threat waa frustrated, and new meas ure, were taken to stop abductions as effort continued to reien victim, still In the hands or 9ap tors. w t wicirins. 70 waa found near Ar.tj. r.nr. after belna held since Thursday by a group of men who mistook him for w. n. wngnv, Thn. stn. nt Atiffiut Luer. wealthy Alton, 111., resident, were understood to be raising funda for his ransom R.l.tli'M v..r cheered bv snnounce- ment of sgents they deslgnsted to negotiate with the abductora that Luer. a frequent .ufferer from nearc attacks, waa believed arlll alive. He ni kldnntwd Mondav nlcht. At Albany, N. Y., District mior ney John T. Dclaney said the fam ily of John J. O'Connell, Jr., kid naped scion of a politically power ful Democratic clan, had declined to .Miwriu with him. The uncles and father of the 34-year old National Ousrd officer hsve Intimated thst they could not aid officials for rear the kldnapera would carry out threat to-slsy the young msn. At New York, two men who at- l.mnM tn fthtJitn SIO.OOO from OT Jacob Warhman. Brooklyn physician under mreai or Kidnaping were nt ed In a police trap, by use of a decoy package of Dine. PORTLAND SIZZLES UNDER HOTTEST SUN PORTLAND, Ore., July 16. (AP) The mercury rose to 04 degree today, bringing to Portland the hot test day of the year. An almost complete lack of breeze emphasized the slzxllng of the temperature un til tonight, when a ateady and cool breeze fanned the city. Uneere Restore Mght DALLAS, Te.. July 15. (API A good aneece restored the eyesight of B. -A. Ortsm-old. 84, who says he be came blind half a century ago from typhoid fever. e Ac Dr. George B. Dean, who with Paul Seherer, represented Medford -fruit interest at the Spokane. Wash., meeting of Northwest fruit men held for the purpose of organising and adopting a code of business ethics to be submitted to the government under President Roosevelt's recovery plan, returned Saturday by - plane with the following report of the meeting: To the editor : Your Associated Press article accurately report the meeting In Spokane to organize the fruit Industry but too much ' em phasis should not be placed on the differences of opinion and strife which developed. The big thing is that men handling over 80 per cent of the fruit tonnage of the North west agreed on an organisation and code of business ethics which If ap proved by the secretary of agricul ture, will become the law. All ship per of fruit In the current of inter state or foreign commerce will be eligible to membership, and all will have to obey or be put out of busl ness. The interests of the grower are amply protected. First,, the whole purpose of the law Is to get the farmer a fair price and the secretary of agriculture must represent him and use hi whole power to get him a fair deal. Hence he must approve all rule and can veto any rules, or Impose rule. He is law-maker. Judge, Jury and high executioner, if he so desires. Second, growers who are also ship per In Interstate commerce can be members. Third, coraperatve .... organization are all members. Fourth, grower can sit as advisers on Important committees. To have every grower a member (Continued on Page Eight) ET. ROSEBURO., Ore,, July 15. (p) Declaion relative to the payment of claim of 18 Oregon counties to O and C grant land money in lieu of taxes will be withheld 30 to 60 days, until the claim of- the several coun ties can be certified by the secre tary of the interior to the comptroller general, District Attorney Ouy Cor don announced here thla morning upon his return from Washington, D. C, where he represented the grant land counties In presentation of the claim before the comptroller gen eral. . Payment ha been withheld by the government on contention that the money cannot be paid from the gen eral fund, but muat come from the special O and O fund, made up from timber sates, rental and grazing fee, which fund Is not sufficient to meet the claim. MUSSOLINI'S PEACE ROME. July in. (Pi Representa tive, of Great Britain, Prance, and Germany today signed with Premier Mussolini the latter', four power Eu ropean peace pact designed to guar antee ten year, of peace among Eu ropean countries. The signing took place In the pre. mler'a olfice In the Palaera enezit. climaxing initialing of the pact In the same office June 7. Drys, Wets Confident as Three States Near Vote MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 18.' 4i Alabama, Arkansa and Tennessee barometers for prohibition senti ment in ths deep south will rote next week on the Issue of repeal and the dry say they are content of the outcome while the wet aay they are Jubilant. "Tennemiee by 50.000." predicted re-1 peallst in that state, which votes Thursday. "The wet know today, a well a 1 do. that the one and only hope they hava of beating u is that of "ftud and they are therefore preparing to practice It tn the Urgent and gross est possible way," said the Rev. John P Baggett. chairman of Tennessee's united prohibition forces. "fltand by (he party snd state's rigtit,' shouted repeaUsU Who nave ross oea r DISCUSS WORLD Wiley Post Is shown with hie wife at Floyd Bennett field, New York, where he le making preparations for a solo flight around the world. (Associated Press Phots BAOCOM SLAYER IS IDENTIFIED BY E GRANTS PASS, July 1H.-HP) Positively identifying John Barrier, 17, as the taller wearer of the darker overalls whom he recalled aa the one who fired the last two shots Into State Policeman Mllo Baucom'a form slumped onto the highway from a bright-barreled revolver, L. E. Klumpp of the Greenback mine today aet the stage for the final evidence In the youth'a trial. In which the state u seeking a verdict calling for capital punishment. He waa followed to the witness stand by Jailor Fred Houston who Identified the ahlrta worn by the prisoners when turned over to him. a lighter one of a pinkish shade worfl by Bowles and a darker one worn by Barrier. Proceeding him Robert Burns of Leland had detailed how he at the youth'a capture had accua eo Bowles of the murder picking him from the Klumpp's description, and Bowles was slowly and hesitatingly shaking his head In dissent when Barrier had Immediately broken !n With: "1 did it. Bowlea had nothing t do with It." The opening charge, made by at. torneys, snd testimony waa given by Coroner Virgil Hull. Dr. W. A. Moser and Dr. B. G. Bailey who performed the autopsy and found the four buV let wounda In Baucom'a corpse, and Verne bangle of Medford Who pho tographed the scene and body, and Sheriff E. H. Lister. About 30 ntate witnesses would be exsmlned. Judge Harry D. Norton waa Informed, and two witnesses for the defense, with the trlsl probably continuing over the week-end. CANADIAN GOLF CUP VANCOUVER, B. C. July IB. (AP) A 10-year old Seattle sharpshooter, Albert (Scotty) Csmpbelt, avenged Ross Somervllle's feat last year of taking the United Statea amateur golf title north across the border. by winning the Csnadlan amateur title today, outbattllng Ken Black Vancouver youngster, 8 and a, In the finals. stumped Alabama. This state and Ar kansas vote Tuesday. "We expect Alabama to go against repeal by handsome majority," as id Charles Rice, anti-repeal campaign manager for this state. Over in Arkarua. repeal leaders smilingly aay "Just wait and see, this state la no longer In doubt." But prohibitionist, disagree and predict a am ash Ing victory tn the home state of Senator Joe Robinson. The campaign for repeal reached It climax today with Postmaster Gener al Jamee A. Parley speaking In Mem- phi in behalf of the party's pledge President Roosevelt previously had urged Dixie to stay by It party plat form. The repeallats have the mi chlnery and state organization In the Democratic south are powerful In triunenu. TVT rom iNew SOLO FLIGHT T For the flrat time In three year. the barbera ot Medford have come to an agreement on price, to be charg ed. It was announced yeaterday, and njane are underway for reorganisa tion here of the Associated Master Barbera of America. The local bar bera sent for their charter laat week. Prevailing prlcea -wlll be 35 centa for shaves and 35 cents for haircuts, be ginning Monday. if the barbera are not organised, they pointed out yesterday, they will have nothing to say abdut the In dustrial acta. If they are they will have something to say. therefore they are planning to organize. Relating to price adoptions, the following atate- ment waa Issued yesterday: We, the undersigned barber., here by ejrree to maintain the following prices: hslrcuts, 88 cents: shaves, 25 cents; effective on Monday. July 17, 1033. Carl D. Bowman, 105 West Main. a. A. Tonf, 7 North Fir. K. N. Anthony, 330 West Sixth. Batea Brothers, 128 West Main. N. W. Sluaser. 113 East Main. R. W. Denman. 145 North Central. J. A. Quire, Orand Hotel. Roy Llndley. 118 North Central., Noe and Baylor, (by Baylor) 10 North Riverside. D. P. Peterson. Jackson Hotel. E. G. Roseborough, 36 South Cen tral. Stephenson and Fry. 14 North Front.. R. W. Stout, 910 East Main. A. E. Llndsey, 343 North Riverside. I. A. Spenser. 310 North Bartlett. Joe O'Brien, Hotel Medford. V. H. Daley, 108 Best Main. Ray Hoople, (by Everett Townund) North Front. Th circuit court Saturday, granted J. Arthur L Dleu, former buelness msnager for the L. A. Bunks newspa per, an eitenslon of time until Au gust 1, to complete his motion for a new trlsl. The action was taken because of pressure of court mstters. La Dleu was convicted of ballot theft, and was the first of the de fendants to be tried. He la at liberty on bond, of 87&O0. e HERE THIS AFTERNOON Colonel Roseoe Turner, flying Lockheed express, stopped at the Medford airport for a short time Saturday afternoon en route to Se attle to take Clark Gable, screen ac tor, to Los Angelea today. They plan to atop at the local airport this aft ernoon for gasoline, Turner aald yeS' terday before taking off for the north. Turner, well known filer, who won the trans-continental flight from Cleveland to Los Angeles July 1, left Los Angela. Saturday morning. Your Vacation til be mor enjoyable U you bafe the Rlail Tribune follow you. No additional coal Phone lb and place your order before tearing. No. 98. WILEY POST ON SECOND FLIGHT 'air Of Lithuanians Make Surprise Start Soon After Globe Girdler Hops Off From New York Port. By THEODORE F. KOOP Associated Press Staff Writer NEW YORK. July 15. W Wiley Poat, bound around the world for a second time and two Lithuanian fil ers who hopped off at dawn for their native land without governmental sanction, were racing across the At lantic tonight. Post, confident of shattering the world record of 8 day, 15 hour, and 51 minutes which he and Harold Gatty set two summers ago, left Floyd Bennett field In hla purple and white monoplane. Winnie Mae of Oklahoma, at 4:10 a. m. Eastern standard time. A plane believed to be that of the stocky Oklahoma Olty aviator waa re ported at 1:10 p. m.. heading out over the Atlantic from Torhay. New-. founoiand. He la due in Berlin, hla first scheduled atop, between 5 a. m and noon tomorrow. The Llthuentana, Stephen Darlue and Stanley Glrenae of Chicago, made a surprise start In their orange and black monoplane at 534 a. m an hour and 14 minute, after Post bad taken off. The two World war veteran. b;gn their projected 4.900 mile flight with out pasaport. and without permission i iiy over or to land In any coun try along their course.' At 1:48 p. a., a ahlp thought to be thelra passed over Clarenvllle, Trinity Bay, New foundland. Meanwhile attendant! filled the Winnie Mae', gasoline tank, to their capacity of 858 gallons. Then the young pilot arose, aald goodbye to hla wife, Mr.. Mae Poat, and climbed Into the plane. " "I'll be back as soon as possible," he shouted to the crowd. In a mo ment the ahlp aped down the 4,100 root runway and waa In the air. He carried a food aupply and elab orate equipment. Three packages of chewing gum and a box of hard toast were packed with a quart of water and a quart of tomato Juice. CHIOAOO. July 18. Of) Italy'. eplo air armada, cruising an hlatorlo trail of 8,100 mllee from the home land to a century of progreea exposi tion, alighted on the unruffled wat ers on Lake Michigan' tonight as a million persona watched In awe the completion of man's most pretentious conquest, of the air. With the flagship of General It i'o Balbo, commander of the flight. In the lead, the 34 huge seaplanes, ap peared over the Chicago lake fronb shortly after 8:30 p. m.. completing the last leg of the Journey from Mon treal In six hours and 51 minutes. WILL ROGERS 'envc 'says: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., July 14. Thig fellow Roose velt can close the banks, he can tell industry how much to pay and how many hours to work, he can hold back the sun, he can evaporate tho water, but when he demands that a postmaster has to be able to read, that' carrying dictatorship too far. When he takes the postmasters out of politics he is monkeying with the very fundamentals of American political parties. ITow is the army going to fight if they don't get any of the loott I tell you thig suggestion of his is bordering on treason. Tho idea of a postmaster be ing able to read 1 It looks like in undemocratic move to fav or the college man. I tell you he will ruin the Democratic party. We mustn't let him get away with it. Tours, Cu- , lH MtMmU taeleiif. It York
