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Medford Mail Tribiin The Home News Is Important to you whl!e ewsy on your vscstion. Keep posted by hsvtng the Mali Tribune mailed to your ad dress. Telephone 76 now. Tweuty:eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1933. No. 107. nn M nn M BALBO FLIES TO WASHINGTON JUDGE BOASTED Comment BASEBALL The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Tnars day. No change In .temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday Kit l.onest tnle morning u e STATE FEW!. i i r on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS THE BALES TAX. put forward as device to tide the state over It present financial emergency, la de feated julte overwhelmingly. That raises this question: What la to be done about It? WELL. what"doyou do about It when some source of Income you liad relied on to meet you bills falls to materialise? The answer Is that you DO THE BEST YOU CAN. Tou wiggle around and pay some of your bills and let cthera elide until you can get the money. Meanwhile, you cut your ex penses to the lowest possible point. That is about what the state will have to do. 4 THE STATE. Incidentally along with the counties, the cities, the school districts and all the rest 01 the taxing bodies Is In about the ame rjositlon as a lot of business men. t It has assets, but no ready cash. Its assets consist of back taxes, Trhirh ran't be collected now, but probably will be paid some day. Bust ness men have similar assets in the form of accounts owed to them. BUSINESS men who are In thla fix O are In a bad way now. But In time, and as business im prove, they wont be in such a bad way. When their debtors begin to get a little better off, they will begin to COLLECT their back accounts. Then they will have the money with which to PAY their bills. A ND so It will' be with the state As business Improves, people will pay their back taxes at least, the bulk of them will, for with values tmnrovintc they won't want to let their property go for taxes. As back taxes come In, the state will get the money with which to pay Its tills and restore Its credit, Meanwhile, of necessity, It will have learned some useful lessons In eco,n emy. ANOTHER thought: We have In Oregon a state In eome tax and a state excise tax. TBe rates are high. Since we adopted these taxes they have not produced much revenue because of lack of In comes. But when times Improve and incomes Increase, they will begin to produce. Because of the high level of- the rates, they will produce a lot of reve. nue Just as soon as there are In comes to tax. THERE has been talk of tailing a special session of the' legislature, If the ssles tax falls, to consider a new tax program. This writer, offering the opinion merely as his own, believes tbst lsnt wise. Let's wait a. while and see which way the cat jumps. If buslnasa Improvement continues, we may not need sny new tax pro grams. 14 ,. TJERE Is a possibility: il If business conditions continue to Improve, so that people are able to pay up their back taxes and begin to earn fair Incomes again, against which the stats Income tsx wll! be levied, the stats may have all the money a year or two hence that it has any real need for. It might even have more than It ever had before.' n SO LETS not become unduly ex cited. Let's not rush Into new tax programs until we know whst Is going to hsppen. Waiting and watch ing Is sometimes a mighty good policy. WILL business conditions continue to Improve? Well, one person knows as much about that as another. Some people ire frightened by the recent crash of the stock market. But remember that the stock market had been GAMBLED UP. Values were exceed Ingly high on the basts of earnings. Dont pay too much attention to the stock market as a barometer of buMnesa. Increase In purchasing power ts what will count. teed Man Hie in Fire. OREGON CITY. July 20. (API Paul J. Hnsock, 77. lost his life yes terday when the home of his son-in-law. J. O. Botkln. was destroyed by ftre. Husock was not mlnned at the time of the fire and the bodv wsa not discovered until lust night when neighbors were searching the ruin. BALLOTRECOUNT Opening Statement in Trial Alleges Tampering Before Votes Were Stolen First Witness Is Heard KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 36 (AP) Harley n rower of Ash land, surpruo witness for trie state, this afternoon testified he had heard Earl II. Fehl, Jackson county Judge and T. L. Brecheen, co-defendants In the ballot theft case, say they had picked tne stickers off the ballot boxes In the Jackson county courthouse. KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July 26. (AP) Opening statements were com- Dieted, and the first state witness called to the stand this morning, In the trial of Earl H. Fehl, county Judge of Jackson county, charged with ballot-theft conspiracy, wherein more than 10.000 ballots cast In the lost general election were stolen and destroyed. Assistant Attorney-ueneral Ralph E. Moody In his opening statement declared "the evidence will show that Fehl was the master-mind of the conspiracy and that the motive was to prevent a recount, not alone for the office of sheriff, but for other of ficers. - Tampering Attempted The state's attorney further de clared "that late last November, early "in December, before Fehl sumed office. Fehl and Tom L. Bre cheen. a co-defendant, got Into the county clerk's office one night and tore off stickers from ballot pouches to leave the Impression they had been tampered with, to be used as a basis for a recount protest. 'The evidence will further show, Moody declared, "that Brecheen left his stickers for .the wind to blow away, .bfrTehl packed, hla away In his coat pocket. "The evidence will show that to cover up the sticker removal act, Fehl called the attention of members of the grand Jury, particularly the foreman, to the missing stickers, and Fehl was in confidential communica tion with the grand Jury foreman and carried Information gained to other persons Interested." Moody said Boasted of Plan - "The state will further show that Fehl asked several people. If the re moval of ballot pouch stickers, was sufficient to prevent a recount, and when told it was not, declared, some other way will be found, and further said there would be no recount, and that Ralph Jennings will never be sheriff," the prosecutor said. The state attorney said the state would prove that Fehl opposed the appointment of a night watchman for the courthouse, following the rob bery; that Fehl had attempted to Issue warrants for the arrest of offi cers actively engaged In ballot-theft Ballot Theft Trial Has But Little Interest for Klamath Falls Citizens No Opinions, No Prejudices Voiced as C unty Judge Fehl Faces Hearing ' On Plot Participation Claim By ARTHUR PERRY KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., July 2 Sentiment in this town, in the Jack son county ballot theft csms in general, and the trial of Carl H. Fehl, county. Judge, now underway before Circuit Judge George F. Sklpworth is neutral, with no opinions, no prejudice, practically no Interest, and no vlolept views, pro or oon, on facta and the outcome. Klamath Falls, a payroll town, ' with 55 mills of various sizes, wlth'.n i he immediate trading area la much j more concerned with a strike of Him-! ber workers, that threatens to stem the returning wave of prosperity.1 than in another chapter In Jackson county's long prolonged L. A. Banks I spawned turmoil. I Don't Know, Don't Care The main thought aa expressed on the streets, in the hotel lobbies, in the clubs, and among people general ly Is: "We don't know anything about It.' and we don't care anything about it." Monday afternoon on the opening day of the trial the seat section of the courthouse, was only half filled. There were leas than 100 people In the courtroom. Including prospective Jurors, attorneys, court attache, and the curious. The rank and file were down on the street dlscuMtng the local labor situation. The ballot theft rial waa not even a casual coAverss t:on topic. Capt. Appl'gate Attend Among those present mere Captain O.lrer Applegate .patriarch of south ern Oregon pioneers, with hla long. ! w;te flowing beard. 'It mittht turn out to be quite tn ' t?reting." Captain ApplesT opined 1 ai the alternon recess. H bad ao New York Boston ... a o Gomes and Dickey; Weiland and rerrell. (Second) New York 10 9 1J Boston W. Brown, Moore and Dickey; Brown and Sewell. 6t. Louis T IS a Detroit 8 is 0 Stiles. Hebert and Shea; Bridges. Hogsett and Hayworth. Rational Brooklyn i New York 4 1 1 Schu Benge, Shaute and Lopez: macher, Belt and Mancuso, Richards. (Second) Brooklyn ... New York Carroll. Beck and Lopea; Parmalee and Mancuso. Cincinnati i St. Louis : I 3 Derringer and Hemaley: Hallahan, Mooney and O'Parrell. KLAMATH SHE AS KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., July it. UP) Walkouts paralyzing the Klanv sth lumber Industry since last Sat- urday were nearly at an end today aa hundreds of workers returned to their lobs and were content to drop de mands for higher wages and shorter hours until the -national, code was made known. The Weyerhaeuser Timber company employing 600, was tue only plant re1 malnlng completely shut. A shift in sttttude came last night at a meeting of the mill and timber workers union, recently affiliated With the American federation of labor. Al though" the union voted to uphold the walkouts, Ben T. Osborne, execu tive secretary of the stats labor feder. atlon, urged the men to abandon the strike andreturn to their Jobs. His advice apparently was well re ceived for four of the five mills clos ed yesterday rwere operating again this morning without changes either lu hours or wsgea. . The central labor council of Klam ath county tonight will act upon the timber resolution to promote the strike. i ' Investigation, and was halted by a court injunction; 'that Fehl was around the courthouse all evening, while the robbery . was In progress: that Fehl's associates acted as guards and that Fehl attended a meeting in the county Judge's office late In afternoon of the robbery date, when plans "for getting rid of the ballots" were discussed. (Continued on Page Pour) views It was Just another trial. The community "Jitters." that marked proceedings In Medford, and the propaganda that was so pro nounced at the L. A. Banka murder trial In Eugene, is entirely absent here. Among those present here, and fa miliar figures at all previous court sessions are: Former Sheriff Oordon L, Scher n.erhorn. convicted of ballot theft, and hla attorney, Frank J. Newman; Walter J. Jones, mayor of Rogue Riv er, also convicted; Arthur La Dieu, former Banks newspaper manager, and former Klamath Falls resident, fi-st of the ballot theft defendants to be tried and found guilty: O. L, Van Wegen. Identified with Henrietta B. Martin, president of the self-styled "Oood Government Congress" In the Leonard Hall horsrwhlpplng episode; John Olenn of Ashland, former coun tv Jailer, acquitted on the Fourth of July, by a Jackson county Jury or which Charles Blaeas of Trail was f -reman, and Mrs. Olenn, and Ames W Walker, sometimes probation of Peer of Jackfon county, and some times not. rongrrM Thief Ahnt The "conarens" chief as yet, has not (Continued on Ptf .tight) DECLARES CHIEF Five Million Agreement Blanks Going Out to Em ployers Tomorrow Asking Pledge On Pay and Hours By JAMES COPE . Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON. July 38. (P) Vic tory was claimed today in President Roosevelt's latest move for the employment of jobless millions by Labor day even, though the campaign has yet to reach top speed. Tomorrow, five million sgreement blanks, asking volunteer pledges of higher wages and shorter hours for all workers, will be laid on the desks of American business and tradesmen; today, Hugh S. Johnson, the general of the Industrial recovery campaign exulted at the testimony of thousands upon thousands of telegrams that the country was ready to back its President all the way. ."Nothing can atop the President's program!" Johnson exclaimed last night In a national address after bur rowing through ten thousand tele grams, still growing In number and still taxing the facilities of telegraph companies, which answered Mr. Roose velt's appeal for support. Definitely now. Johnson estlmstfd the goal of getting new Jobs In the bare month to Labor day would be won for five to six millions unem ployed. He swung heartily again Into per fecting the campaign which will en list hundreds of local leadera to car ry the President's message to every community. Simultaneously, he dug into the task of bringing out perma nent codes of fair competition for industries which have been leaders in taking advantage of the new law for.jjuslness, self-government. , . conclusion was -sougni, lor near- lngs on oil and lumber, a start Was made on a code for the men's cloth ing Industry, a ahlpbullders' sgree ment needed ' only presidentlsl pro mulgation to go Into force. Deputies shaped reports after hearings on wool and rayon weaving so wage-raising, hour-cutting codes for these could go into effect. 51 IGNORE FIRE Names of 61 Medford residents were listed by the Medford water depart ment yesterday afternoon for having open hosea during the fire on Laurel street, contrary to the city ordinance. Robert Duff, water superintendent said today. A check was made by members r-f ths water department after the fire alarm was sounded, and the names listed. Mr. Duff said today warnings would be Issued, and the names kept cn file. Upon second offense, com plaints will be made and warrants Issued. The offense carries a $5 fine. OF ABERDEEN, Waeh., July 2fl.-H7P Major Ollbert H. Eckereon. 43. nation ally famous airplane pilot and war lime filer for the army, died here to day. Hla death was ascribed to Injuries and Illness resulting from a craeh in Montana when he was flying from coast to coaat for an on-to-Oregon celebration seversl years ago. At that time he was considered dean of the Pacific coast aviators, with more than 4000 hours in the air. His widow and two children survive PORTLAND, July 21). fAP A mses meeting of merchants and man ufacturers in this district will be held here Thursdsy In the municipal au ditorlum In response to President Roosevelt's request for support of in d us try and business In. the national recovery program. The chamber of commerce under took organization of the meeting after It had been swamped with requests for Information. Pledge hup port MILWAUKEE. Wis.. July 26 (AP) Fred W. Sargent, president of the NorVitreatern railroad, last night pledged the support of himself snd bis company to President Roosevelt's program. He described the national recovery act as "the third great de velopment In the history of the Unit ed States." TO Mayor Carson Coming by Plane This Evening for Banquet City Officials, C. of C. Welcome Visitors GRANTS PASS. July 26. (AP) Fifteen Portland bualness leaders ate the flesh of the sabre-tooth tiger and drank the blood of the sacred dino saur hers this morning under the urge of clubs wielded by skin-clad Oregon Cavemen. All arrangements In connection with the Portland Chamber of Com merce good will caravan were com pleted this morning by A. P. John sen, chairman of the forum commit tee of the local Chamber of Com merce and according to the plana made there will not be one dull mo. ment during the stsy of the visitors here. The party arrived at the Chamber of Commerce Just after 2:00 o'clock this afternoon and was greeted by Mayor E. M. Wilson and the city coun cil, the board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce, and the en tertalnment committee. A. P. John' sen extended a welcome, as did Mayor Wilson and W. 8. Bolger. Following the .formal Introduction the party left for a tour of the valley and an afternoon of recreation. At 6:30 tonight, the Honorable Jos. K. Carson, Jr., mayor of Portland, will make a short talk over KMED. He will arrive by plane at 6 o'clock, The banquet at the Hotel Medford tonight promises to be one of the most colorful presented by the Chamber of Commerce In recent months and a cooling system has been Installed by J. F. Erlckson of the Modern Plumbing and Sheet Metal Works, In order to add to the com fort of those attending. The program, according to ' Mr. Johnsen, will be short and snappy and It la expected that the whole affair will be concluded by not later than 9:00 p. m. The Chamber of Commerce Is greatly Indebted to those dtlnsna who supplied the beautiful flowers on display at the Chamber of Com merce this afternoon,, which maas a wonderful impression on ths visitors. A large number of reservations have been, made for the banquet and those who have not yet signified their Intention of attending are reminded that tickets may be obtained at the hotel. ITT WILL SPEAK Definite word was received this morning by the chamber of com merce that Congressmsn Jamea W. Mott has accepted an Invitation to address a forum luncheon on Monday noon, August 14th. It Is the Intention of the congress man to Inform local cltlnens of na tional affaire In which Medford la Interested and it Is expected that a large portion of hla talks will be de voted to the Industrial Recovery Act. - Complete announcements regard ing the affaire will be announced by the chamber of commerce at later date. ITALIAN AIR FLEET AT SHOAL HARBOR SHOAL HARBOR, K. t., July it. (API The Italian air armada com pleted the third leg of Its homeward flKtht today. The leading plane dropped down on the water at 11:40 a. m.. eastern standard time, and the others soon followed. l The armada had completed In about four hours tha hop from She. disc, N. B., en routs one plane, the I-RotI, commanded by Captain Rovis, waa forced down for repairs at Vic toria harbor. GuARDImTLED PANA, III.. July it: (API An un- explained explosion wrecked a motor bus loaded with national guardnmen who had been patrolling ths mine two factions of ths miners' union. near here, today. Injuring two sol fields becauss of trouble between dlers fatally. ' Several others were burned bp fore ths s?edln bus was brought to i atop near Mlllersrllle, a Tillage be twseo Taylorvllls snd Pans. Gen. Italo Balbo, commander of Italy's fleet of 24 flying boats, waa helped Into a flying suit before he took off by plane from Floyd Bennett field, New York, for Washington to call on President Roosevelt. (As sociated Press Photo) HOPPERS PESTER MPER1AL VALLEY EL CENTRO, Calif., July 2. The worst grass hopper plague In 17 years Is being experienced by Cali fornia's Imperial valley, producer of almost two thirds of. the nation's vegetaables. Desperate in their ef fort to destroy the pest, farmers plan to Import pheasatits in the hope that the birds will eaf the hoppers bafore this, the second crop, sprouts wings. Grapefruit hav been devoured "by the thousands, and In token of the hopper's appetite, A. B. Harrlgan, hor ticultural oommlas loner,- aald yester day the insect eat their own kind. T NE WTORK, July 26. (AP) Wiley Post rode through New York's canyon of acclaim today to receive the plau dits of thousands snd the traditional ticker tape tribute for hla latest flight around the world. From the Battery to city hall he rode along lower Broadway through just such a shouting crowd as he and Harold Gatty were greeted by two years ago after their world flight. From office windows thousands of clerks and stenographers looked down to cheer and toss out rolls of ticker tspe to make the paper blizzard Now York casts on all Its heroes. Aimee Suspicions Hint ThatHutton Will Seek Return to Good Graces Members of Parly Outspoken Against Reconciliation With Singer Evangel Lists Mistakes " BALTIMORE, July 36. (AP" evangelist, aald today a reconciliation would surprise her "far leaa ' than Resting In hsr hotel here after disembarking from ths City of Havre, ths liner In which shs returned from Europe, she said that "to thla min ute, the divorce a hard to believe." Her first atatment on being asked about the report that Hutton's attor ney would advise a reconciliation waa: "It's very Interesting but I do not see Mr. Hutton here r.or have I re ceived sny word from him." Later, her voloa chsnged, sounding mors wesry: "All no Vague? "Its sll so vague, the reports In ths paper. Tou would think ha would at least wire me." Other members of her party were more outspoken. Almee'a daughter, Mrs. Roberta Smythe. said : "I think this reconciliation Is all talk. I don't think ther will be any. Mother was Just too kind to him too loving. Wllledd Andrews. Almee's attorney, who met her In Norfolk. Vs., yester- day, expressed the opinion It was a "trick" of Hutton's sttorneys, while still snother member of the party ssld hs believed It wai a case of "ths Greeks bearing gift." The svangellat arrived tn Baltimore thla morning ac-cmpanted bv her daughter: Mtaa Bernaott Mlddleton. her nurse, aud Mr. and Mrs. An '"!, C H SELECT SALEM, July 26. (AP1) Inatallft- tlon of officers, adoption of resolu tions and selection of Eugene as the 1034 convention city closed the Unit ed Spanish war veterans' annual en campment here today. For the first time the Oregon de partments are headed by a man and wife. Harry V. Reed of Portland succeeds Leslie R. Hale of ia Grande as department commander and Mrs. Elizabeth Reed succeeds Rose Fuglt of Baker as department president .of the Ladles' Auxiliary. .Dr. R. C. Faust of Eugene was elected senior vice-commander and James T. Beech of Portland Junior vice-commander of the department. Others elected to offices In the auxlllay Included Ada May Smith of Newport, senior vice president and Blanch Lundberg of Portland Junior vice-president. J. G. Henry of La Grande waa elected Grand Gu Ou of the military Order of the Serpent, fun order, at last night's "snail crawl." HOP YARD WORKERS GET HIGHER WAGES SALEM, July 26. () An Increase cf 25 per cent In wages for hop pick ers and workers during the coming harvest season beginning about Aug ust lft, was voted by the Indepen dence section of the Oregon Hopgrow crs association last night. This action hy one of the largest divisions of the association was expected to be fol lowed by the others. Almee Sempls MrPherson Button, ths with her husband, David Hutton, did his divorce action. drews. They probably will remain here a few days. Temple To Decide She aald today that any action ahs takes will be governed by what the members of her Angelus Temple In Los Angeles decide. If they want har to fight Hutton's divorce suit, she will fight It; If they want compromise or surrender, shs will comply with their wishes. Her sttorney hsd different Ideas, He ssld without hesitation he would fight the case. Aa shs left ths boat today she wors a new blsck 'and white costume that had been botight by Mrs. Andrew, her attorney's wife, expressly for her to use when she left the ship. It consisted of a black and white .tatln dress with puff sleeves, a smsll black hat, and black shoes. "flhe didn't want to wear It," Mr,. Andiewa ssld. "Shs said ths puff sleeves looked too gay." Tmir Is Kndrd Her arrival In Baltimore today brought to a close a seven-months tour abroad, a tour that started quietly enough but came under glare of publicity when she sent messsga from Paris that ahs had boms Hutton a nine-pound son. Tills was later explained aa being (Continued on Pag Reaches Millions Through Direct Channels of Radio and Magazine Writing by Members of Family (Copyillght 1933. by Paul Mellon.) WASHINGTON, D. C, July 26 The Roosevelt administration is building direct contact with the men and women of the country that transcends anything heretofore known In politics. It haa the politicians aghast. Only men Interested In the tech nique of statesmanship hare paid much attention to it so far. Others will before the congressional cam patgn next year and the presidential election of 1036. By then It will be more apparent why co many members of the Roose velt official snd private family have taken to the radio, magaslnes and newspapers. An explanation has been whisper ed around that those Involved can use the money they are making. That Is true, but far more Important in the long run la the development of the new personal avenues through (Continued on Page Seven) IN HOME LIFE ROLE LOS ANGELES, July 26. (UP) Warren Hymer, portrayer of "hard boiled" roles in motion pictures, was accused today of carrying his char- acter into real life in a ftTfl.100 bat-" tery suit brought by Marian E. Schulu,' a nurse. Miss Schultz charged Hymer kick ed and beat her snd then tossed ber Into a swimming tsnk while she was employed as nurse for the actor' mother. Mrs. E. Hymer. ASTORIA, Ore., July 26, (UP) Residents in the McGreggor precincts: in Clatsop county paid M apiece for their votes last Friday. Election expenses totalled $32, ao-' cording to figures released here to day. Only eight votes were oast. The case rivals the precinct in Ourry county which reported the only votes cast were the of the election board. Will- ROGERS OAKLAND, Cal., July 25. Well, I am still herding gover nors. Got to go by air to keep up with some of 'em. In Eos- coe Turner's Lockheed headed for Frisco,., where I will fila this. With Roscoe is Fred Bal larr, the flying governor of Nevada, and Governor Green of Rhode Island, who has just flown all around Central America. Governor White of Ohio and family flew from Co lumbus yesterday. Governor Miller of Wyoming flew from. Cheyenne. This herding governors amt near as bad as I tnougnt n would be. Just give 'em plenty to eat and let 'em speak and they don't give you any bother. Green of Rhode Island and Governor Cross of Connecticut are awful highly educated and speak different from these western and southern gover nors. So my job is really an interpreter for Green and Cross, I urn carrying a proxy from Hill Murray and Ma Ferguson both, so I got a lot of voting strength in the convention. Villi M&visAt7lttt.b '