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Hanscom Pleads Guilty in Eagle Point Dance Slayin; The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Wednes day. No change In temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday wa Lou est this morning -. . , 56 Twenty-eighth Year Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. TWO ESCAPED convicts hold up a ban In Kansaa. Instead of glv- Ing up tamely and relying upon the Insurance company to atand the lose, the banker atarta shooting. When tne smoke cleara away, one. bandit la dead and the other fatally wounded. strong medicine. But If there were more of It, there would be fewer bank hold-ups. , muit world economic conference, 1 hailed in advance aa a tremen dous event, ends In a fizzle, and will recess indefinitely on July 37. Why It walta until July 27 Is not at thta moment clear. Perhaps the delegates had Just expense money to last until then and didn't want to lose the benefit of any of It, IN THIS country, no teara are being shed over the .failure. So far as w are concerned, It WASNT a fail ure. It gave us the opportunity to ' let It be known thst In the future we sre going to have our own way, at least a reasonable share of the time, or refuse to play. That Is something of an achieve ment. IT ISN'T thst wedon't want to CO OPERATE with Europe. We do. But there Is a vast difference between co-operation and being used aa a door. mat, as we have In the past. JOHN BARRIER 17, slayer Of State Policeman B. M. Baucom, on Sex ton mouutalnl will blame his carea of crlrae on his associate, Harry Bowles, aged ai, who, he ssys, led him Into It. Not an especially edifying spectacle, but It may be true. Evil asaoclstlons, you know, lesd to evil ways. TJEAT WAVE Hits Oregon, Bet 11 ting New Seasonal Highs." So reads a headline of the other day. Moat of ua knew it. Incidentally, without reading the headline. But let'a not complain. Heat at thle season Is good for southern Ore gon. Besides, we complained so loudly about the cold, backward sprfng thst It would be rather poor sportsmsn- shlp to complain now about the heat. fin HE spring pig crop In Oregon this 1 year le- about 31 per cent smaller than the crop of a year ago. accord ing to the latest estimate of the de partment of agriculture. In the United States sa a whole, according to the aame authority, the spring pig crop Is UP about three p?r cent. Quite a difference. XTORMALLT, Increased production 11 in the country as a whole means lower prices in Oregon. In the esse of pork, however, this Is not neces- ssrlly true. " The Pscifle coast produces some what less hogs than It consumes, and so set Its own prices within the . limits of trsnsportstlon cost. So the market for hogs this fall will depend more on whet hss happened here on the Pacific Coast than on conditions V In the United States as a whole. IOSEPH B. EASTMAN, federal co-or al ordlnator of transportation, aajra that railroad presidents' salaries are too high. Several of them now re ceive salaries In excess of 100.000 a year. Those of ua who receive a lot less thsn tlOO.OOO a year will agree thst he Is talking common sense. We are nearly always ready to agree that the fellow who gets more than we do Is getting too much. BUT REMEMBER thst the rsllrosds hsve been tn the red, and have been complaining about It rather bit terly, for a business that Is In the red 1100.000 a year la an exceedingly high salary to pay. OALARIES of lioo.ooo a year O more Sre high at any time, and It trema highly probable at the pres ent moment thst fewer snd fewer ot them will be psld In the future. Loss lor the hiher-ups and more lor the lower-downs Is the new bust mm theory. 'XNU KONO. July 18 (API Dur. Ipi army maneuvers here todav two airplanes collided and crashed In tlsinea. Two pilot were killed. Medford Mail Trie! jne US ilKLAMATHCOUNTY TENTATIVE CHOICE FOR BALLOT TRIAL Selection of Jury in Jackson County Becoming Battle of Wits Says Judge in Granting Defense Plea Circuit Judge George F. Skipworth this afternoon granted the motion of County Judge Sari H. Fehl, charg ed with ballot-theft, for a change of venue, and tentatively ordered that the trial be moved to Klamath coun ty, to start next Monday, July 24. The court a Id that the order would not be made definite until he had a chance to communicate with Judge William D. Duncan of Klam ath county now holding court tn Portland. The court, on two previous pleas by the defense for a change of venue had denied them the last one with the proviso that It could be reopened. Jury Selection Hard i The court, in granting the motion commented, "that It la getting so- It la a bsttle of wit to select a Jury in this county," and that "for the In terests of both sides, It la best that the venue change be granted." The defense renewed its venue plea this morning, following the vacation of the order, and the dis charge of the fury, drawn yesterday by the coroner. Assistant Attorney General Moody. for the state resisted the venue mo tion on the ground that It would upset all previous convictions in the ballot theft cases, and result In mis- trials.' 1 '" ' "others Join Plea: ' v All the remaining defendants, Tom L-. Brecheen, J. Croft, Claude Ward, and Oliver Martin Joined with Fehl, In the venue motion. The motion was accompanied by an affidavit signed by Attorney H. Von Schmalz, alleging that a fair and Impartial trlsl could not be secured In this county. The state opposed the defense sug gestion that the trial be moved to Josephine county on the grounds that It waa the home county of At torney A. C. Hough, and that there was high Interest In Josephine coun ty In the ballot theft trials. The defense opposed Douglas county. (Continued on Page Five) KIDNAPING STORY OF PROHI LEADER PORTLAND. Ore., July 18. (API- State police and city detectives mov. ed In today to scsn with more care, ful attention the details of a re puted abduction reported to them yesterday by the Rev. R. E. Close, superintendent of the Oregon Antl liauor league. There was frsnk skepticism In some qusrters of of ficialdom. Close told polios yesterday he hsd been kldnsped by two masked men who entered his home shortly after midnight, bound him and threw him In the back of an automobile and headed aouthward on the West Side Pacific highway. The men said they were members of "The Chlcsgo Six, Close declsred. snd they demanded S1J.0OO from the Anti-liquor lesgue. Close said he escaped by loosen ing the rope which bound him, snd holding a pen and pencil In each hsnd sa though they were pistols, he forced snd shoved both men from the moving automobile. Detectives questioned the minister closely todsy. Some questions lndl csted the superintendent's statements vers not being accepted at face value. "What are the officera trying to do? Crucify me?" Close demanded "Why, thla Is hsrder for me thsn the kidnaping Itself." he continued. Asked to explain how. slngle-hsnd-ed.. with only a fountain pen and pencil as wespons, he could forcibly elect from his moving automobile two supposedly desperate- criminals. the prohibition csmpslgner ssid he could not explsln how he did "save with Divine help." Oregon votes Friday on repeal federal and state prohibition. It EGGS WILL ADVANCE 2 CENTS WEDNESDAY PORTLAND. July IB. (API The. e will be an advance of 3c dor-en in the elHrvff price on eui effective Wednesday according to announce ment of Manager Reed of the Pac ific Co-ops. Pullets are no irrlT inn and being quoted. The nei pricci will be: oversize 2 extra 23c, standard 20c, medium 30c, pul let 10c doseo. IB Baucom GRAND FINALE FOR WILL LEM HOPE Statement From Roosevelt May Be Given Out to Send Delegations Home With Good Taste in Mouths (Copyright. I!33, by raul Mallon.) WASHINGTON. July 18. Men at the top here are mulling over a little fireworks scheme for the final week of the London conference. . They may dlsplsy It ss a grand fi nale statement from President Roose velt. Or it may be offered to public gaze In last-minute resolutions adopt ed In the conference. The Idea la to aend the London delegate home with a good taate In their mouths. Promises msy be of fered on currency adjustment and tariffs. Great ado is expected. If you win read between the lines, you will see the promises do not In volve any change In American policy. The problem la largely political. We cannot afford to let the world atates men go home feeling as they do. We must give tlirm a little soothing syrup. Future hopes must be held out. At least thst is the reasoning of those trying to push President Roose. velt Into making the -gesture. The word wss psssed down the line in the choicest Inner-circle "because all sorts of reports were flying around Wall atreet. These report suggested we might peg the dollsr with the pound. Also that stabilization might be offered each country Individually. Such things are coming, but not until our domestic sltustlon Is on a stable basis. You can bank on that. The way we are now stsrtlng tariff concession talks with certain foreign nations is a good example of the new Inside strategy we are following In ternatlonally. (Continued on - Page Four) DIES SUDDENLY OF Charles Falwell. M, died suddenly about 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, fol lowing a heart attack which he suf fered st the Porter Lumber com pany, where he wsa employed. Fal well hsd cslled William Vaughan to take him to Dr. Charlea T. Sweeney office, but died In the automobile, after they had gone about a block, E. H. Porter said. Falwell. according to Dr. Sweeney, waa known to have a heart afllc- tlon. He had told hla fellow em ployees that he felt better today thsn he had for weeks. Falwell. who has lived In Medford for approximately ten years, has been employed at the Porter Lum ber company for about eight or nine years, Mr. Porter ssld. He la sur vived by his wife, two daughters and three aorta. AFTER FADE-OUT NEW YORK. July 18 (API J. W Harrtman, indicted banker, was re turned late today to the nursing home from which he disappeared yeaterdsy. United Ststes Attorney Oeorge Medalle waa notified by telephone that the 63-year old man, whose men tsl fitness to stand trial ha been under examination, had "Just walk ed Into" the sanitarium. Harrtman ball of 129.000 had been ordered forfeited earlier oy Federsl Judge Francis O. Caffey, who also Issued a warrant for hla arrest ARIZONA. NEW MEXICO FENCES ORDERED OU WASHINGTON'. July 18. (AP) Secretary Ickea todsy reverned the policy of two of hla predecessors anl ordered thousand of acres of public land In Arizona snd New Mxlro. al- i i&y fenced In IHewlly foT many yrs by Iirgfl cattle in te re its. be thrown opes to public grsali. MEDFOKD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1933. Slayer baseball American Cleveland Boston Pearson, Hsrder and Fytlak; Brown Ling and Perrell. 5 1 2 6 0 Hayworth; Walberg Philadelphia .. Sorrell and and Cochrane. St. Louis ..... Washington 10 Blaeholder. dray and Bnea; ttuaseu and Sewell. National The score: R. H. E. Boston . , 17 0 Chicago 4 7 1 Csntwell, Magnum and Hogan: Warnek and Hartnett. The score: R. H. E. New York H 10 0 Ctnclnnstl 18 3 Schumacher and Mancuso, Rich' ards; Benton, Prey, Rixey and Lorn, bardl. The score: R. H. .. 8 IS U IT E. Brooklyn 3 0 Pittsburgh Hungo, Rysn, Thurston and Lopez: Chagnon, Harris, Hoyt, Shaute and Grace. LIFE SENTENCE PRONOUNCED BY JUDGE AT ONCE Earl Hanacom, 38. Eagle Point far mer boy. charged with the murdei of Albert J. Tingiear, nis rriena ana neighbor, this afternoon entered plea of guilty to murder In the second degree and waa aentnocd to life Imprisonment In state prison, by Circuit Judge George F. Skip worth. Hanscom wept bitterly at the fate ful words. He will be taken to state prison tn a day or so. Hanscom plead guilty on a district attorney'a Information, and waived a prand Jury hearing. The court named Attorney E. E. Kelly aa hla counsel. The husky appearing defendant told the court, that "it waa all mistake and so unnecessary. Ting- leaf waa my friend and I want In some way to extend my sympathy to his family. Hanscom aald he "did not know how It happened,'' and spoke In praise of the treatment accorded htm by the state police. The"1 entire proceedings required hardly five minutes. Hanscom has been pondering the entering of a second degree murder plea for several days, and reached decision today. Tingleaf. a middle-aged farmer, waa killed by Hanscom Saturday night, July 8. following an alterca tion at the Eagle Point dance. Ting leaf died the following day. tn a local hospital from Injuries sustained In terrific beating. Hanscom has lived practically all hla life In this aectton. He first came Into public notice a year or so ago, when he waa charged with n.on-sup- port of hla child and wife. He was later paroled by Circuit Judge Norton, His wife, aa aoon as she heard of hla present predicament, came from Los Angeles. CORVALLIS VOTES CORVALLIS. July 18. (API Band music, fireworks snd psrsdlng auto mobiles last night announced an at- moat two to one vote by Corvallls taxpayers In favor of the proposed 1300,000 high school building to be erected with federal funds, providing th application for such a loan granted. " If the application 1 granted. 80 per cent of the 8300.000 will be an outright gift to the city. The other 70 per cent will be taken care of by 4 per cent bonds authorized at the election. IN HIGH STATE COURT HALEM. July 18. (AP) Dismissal c the appeal of Charles A. Archerd from conviction on charge of Isr- oeny by bailee waa ordered by the atate supreme court today. Archerd i Purser, a pro. and "Scotty" Campbell in sentenced to three years in the! ,n emateur. and Brrt Wilde. Benin; state penitentiary by J-.id.;e Arlle ll.'ham pro. were within striking dts- v.:i-r from the i. :.-.ch of the Usr - km county circuit oouxh BE f-f Is Guilty First POST THREATENS IN GLOBE GIRDLE Oklahoman Lands In Irkutsk, Siberia, 16 Hours Ahead of Former Mark Punish ing Pace Since Starting By the Associated Press Wiley Post, Oklahoma apeed filer. waa 18 houra and 34 minutes ahead of the record when he dropped down at Irkutsk. Slbsrls, at 7:35 a. m.. Eastern Standard time, today on his flight around the world. His elapsed time from New York wa 75 houra and 35 minute. The elapsed time at the aame plaos for him and Harold flatly In 1031 was 91 houra and 50 .mlnutea. Post, punishing nerves and flesh In his swift circling of the world dropped down upon Novosibirsk at 7:37 p. m., Psclflo Standard time, last night after a flight from Mos cow. He wa then 10 hours and 10 minutes ahead of the Post-Gatty time. He stayed only two houra and 35 mlnutea, and when he left 10:05 p. m., he added alx houra and 38 mlnutea to hla lead. Lithuania was preparing a atate funeral today for Stephen Darluaand Stanley Olrenas. Lithuanian-Ameri cans who attempted a flight from New York to their native land only to crash. In a wood near Soldin Pomeranla, Germany, only 400 miles from their goal. A Nazi guard of honor atood at their biers In Soldin Lithuanian officers planned to fly the bodies to Kaunaa. Lithuania. Col. and Mrs. Charlea A. Lind bergh were at their base at Cart wright, Labrador, where fog haa pre vented a continuation of their aerial mapping tour. Gen. Italo Balbo, feted at Chicago, planned to lead his squadron to New York Wednesday. He will visit Pres ident Roosevelt before leading hla aerial armada back to Its homeland. Jlmmle Mattern, whose attempt to set a record around the world was wrecked with his plane In Siberia, still hsd his heart set on completing the Journey solo. He was reported to have boarded a Soviet plane at Anadyr, Siberia, for Nome, Alaska but his whereabouta thereafter were not Immediately learned. - L FACILITY SEEN AS HEALTH INSURANCE The question of Medford'e sewer system, upon which the voters of the city will decide on July 28, Is of vital Importance from a health atandpolnt It waa pointed out by chamber of commerce officials today In the fol lowing statement: "The major portion of tha sewage of the community la now discharged through a septic tank Into Bear creek. The purification of the sew age effected by the existing septtc tank is very limited aa Is to be ex pected from that type of tank. There la a further discharge of some sew age from a number of small tanks serving the low-lying areas along Bear creek between Jackson and Cot tage street. "The creek below Medford la obvi ously polluted and there la no ques tion that works for the prevention of thla pollution should be under taken. A community of the sire of Med ford ( about 1 2 .000 popu lat ion ) should require for the dilution of Its sewage of atream flow of upwards of 72 cubic feet per second. The flow In Bear creek la leaa than thla amount during the summer months. "In addition to the nuisance aspect of the pollution of Bear creek by the sewage of Medford, there (Continued on Pag Pin) TWO-STROKE LEAD BPOKANB country CLUB, Spo kane, Wash.. July 18 (API Ted Ixngworth. Portland pro, held a two stroke lesd over the field todsy at tn, end ( M hole In the n hole Washington atate open golf tmirna- i rnent, but two Beattle atara, Walter i fence at the start of tha last 18 hole patut this alter noon. Ml JJ Jack Has New Manager I i 'y S I - f Two views of lliuinah Williams, Jack Dempaey. (Associated 1'ress Photo). ' ELKO, Nev., July IB. (AP) Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight cham pion, and Miss Hannah Williams of Broadway musical comedy fame were married here at fl:30 a. m. today. They applied for a license at the county clerk'a office and were mar ried a few minutes later by Justice of the Peace A. J. McFarlane. They were attended by friends who hsd mo tored here with them frorn Sslt Lske City. After the ceremony they left for Reno by automobile. Dempsey and Miss Wllllsms gave their ages aa "over 31" In their appli cation for a license to wed, and each confessed a prevtoua marriage and di vorce. Tne former chamDlon wsa divorced in Reno In 1931 from Estelle Tsylor, the movie actress. Roger . Wolff Kahn, aon of Otto Kahn, the banker, waa Miss Williams' first husband. She divorced him at Reno a few months ago. HOLLYWOOD, July 18. (AP) Estelle Taylor, t-he actress wife of Jack Dempsey when the man mauler waa world's heavyweight champion haa nothing; but good wishea for her former husband in hla marital ven ture with Hannah Williams. She aatd yesterday that she waa "very happy" to hear of the match between the two. "Miss Williams," said Miss Taylor, "Is a very nice girl, and I am pleased for Jack's sake." AIMEE MAY GET DIVORCE DECREE LOS ANGELES, July 18, (AO) A possibility thst Almee Semple Mc- Pherson-Hutton- msy obtain th di vorce decree In the suit filed against her by David Hutftm waa foreseen to day. Jerome Mayo, attorney for Hutton, who aued the evangelist on grounds of mental cruelty, said it was possible thst Hutton would sllow hla wife to obtain the decree If she desired to do so and no complications developed. There waa an Indication thst a quiet ending to the suit wsa desired. Prom mid-ocean the wire or tne cor pulent baritone wirelessed that re ports of his filing suit for divorce were "preposterous, unbellevsble." TRAFFIC LAWS NOW Captain Ua M. Bowrt of the atate police district headquarters, announc ed today that he had received In struct ions from the Salem offices, concerning observance of the basic traffic ml p.. and other atate laws. He stated that rigid enforcement of the lawa will be enacted, and that the practice of iMUtn warnlnva betnji diacontlnued. Where viol t;c-nt occur, arrest will be made b U.L am Degree of Broadway stage fame. . Below, JURY LIST FOR TRIAL OF FEHL ALL DISMISSED The Jury list of 100 names, of which 64 were available for service, drawn yesterday by Coroner Prank Perl, upon orders of the court, In the trial or County Judge Earl H. Fehl, charged with ballot theft, were dismissed this morning by Circuit Judge George F. Skip worth. Tha state, through Assistant At torney General Ralph E. Moody, filed a motion to quash the order, provid ing for the coroner selecting the jury list, and the defense did not "oppose" the motion. The court then granted the state's plea and ordered the coro- ner'a Jury panel discharged from fur ther duty. Women predominated upon the panel, which was drawn in open court In the presence of coun sel for both sides from the registered voters flies. The state's motion asked that the order, made for the drawing of the prospective Jurors In this manner, be annulled and set aside, as contrary to the provisions of the Oregon laws on the subject.- The state baaed Its contention upon the provisions that, when for any rea son the regular Jury list, is EX HAUSTED, additional jurors shall be drawn from the body of the county, and from namea of persona on the TAX ROLLS. The state held that the legality of Sheriff Walter Olmacheld holding office was not an Issue In the Fehl case, that he waa nherlff de facto, and that the coro ner, therefore, had no powers to draw the llat. The atate In It memorandum. In support of lt motion to quash, cited that "the method of selecting Jury servlc Is entirely within the control of legislative active, provided only that, the fundamental requisites of Impartiality la not violated"; that the "general method aa prescribed by law Is mandatory and must be followed I and "that the qualifications of Jurors and the manner of selecting them, are prescribed by statute, and the court cannot add to, or detract from them. Coroner Perl reported to the court that he waa able only to serve 84 of the 10Q persons drawn on the Hat yea terday, due to removal from the county, death, Illness, age and other reaaor.s. The action of the court. In vacating tha order, delayed the selection of the Jury, scheduled to start thla morning. WALLA WALLA, Wash., July 18. (API Officials of the northwest wheat marketing co-operatovea toda; sent the northweat grain dealers as sociation copies of a resolution criti cizing as unfair the new grain dla count schedule adopted recently by th dealer . Your Vacation will b more nJorabt u yoa ban th Mall Trtbun follow too. No additional eoau Phone 75 and place jour order before leaving. To. 100. Murder LIFE SENTENCE IS FOR BARRIER LAD Jury Reaches Verdict After 19 Hours' Deliberation Boy Is Unmoved As Fate ful Words Are Read GRANTS PASS. July 18. (AP) Finding John Alvln Barrier guilty of murder In the first degree aa charged but recommending to the court that hla sentence be Ufa Imprisonment, the Jury In the trial of the 17-year-old confessed slayer of State Police man MHo Baucom reported In Judge D. Norton's court at 1:49 thla afternoon. Nineteen houra of .deliberation were necessary before tha verdict could be reached, beginning at 4:40 Monday afternoon and continuing with only time out for dinner last alght and breakfast and lunch today. me young man sat beside his mother and father aa tha verdict that will condemn him to a life be hind prison bara was read and gov no sign or emotion. The father pat ted tha mother on the ahoulder but she too sat aa If drained of feeling. - Tne jury wa discharged and tha court continued with th trial ot Barrler'a pardner In crime, Bowie. with the declaration that Barrier sentence would not be formally pro- nounceq until the older companion's trial had been completed. REPEALISTS LEAD TWO STATES VOTE By the Associated Press. Prohibition repeal ists took tha lead In first returns from referenda In Alabama and Arkansas today, forging ahead 344 to 108 on meager return In Alabama and registering 44 to 1 vote In the only precinct reporting. in Arkansas. Arkansas voters were alow In cast ing their ballot and Indications were the total vote would be light, but Alabama voters, aroused by decision to be made on constitutional amend ments, were balloting heavily and some estimate predicted the total vote would reach 300,000. Banks of Medford Closed On Friday Bank of Medford will be closed all day Friday, owing to the election on that date. Oregon Weather Cloudy and fog on the coast; oth erwise fair tonight and Wednesday: no change in temperature; gentle. changeable wind offshora. WILL ROGERS says: SANTA MONICA, CaL, July 17. It'g a good thing those Italians landed in seaplanes. If they had landed on tha ground they wouldn't have had room to land for Italians. Well, they have great cause to rejoice. You know where the idea come from don't you! Teddy Roose velt, when he aent the fleet around the world. There was a lot of Mussolini in that old boy. I will bet you that this Wiley Post makes it around the world and breaks his own record. I would have liked to have been in there with Post instead of the robot. And I could have if I had known as much, as it does. Well, the unemployed will be coming in pretty soon from th. London conference. . euuiiiiwMlniJMi,b.
