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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribitn The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Thurs day. Little change In temperature. Temperature, Highest yesterday .. 95 t.onest this morning..... ftf The Home News U Important to you walla away oo four vacation Kaep poaiad By navtni th uail rriBuo mailed le join aa dreM Telephone 76 now. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1933. No. 119. MI JV1 Ml JV 1 , vnn DUVU JNJ EME . 1 Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. IN PORTLAND Sam Taylor 1b brutally beaten to death following a drink ing party at the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. William Edward Smith. Smith claims Taylor made Improper advanoea to Smith's wife. Anyway, there was a drinking party and a fight followed and now a man Is dead. IN BURLINOAMB exclusive suburb of San Francisco, a gay party l held on Sunday. Thta party, like the one In Portland, ends In a brawl. Bunny Bureon Is hit with a beer bottle and dies. ACE HUDKINS. prize fighter, gets into a dispute In a Los Angeles night club, and Is shot twice with a ...liber revolver. The bullets glance on his ribs, and by great good luck good luck, so far as he Is con cernedhe comes out of It with only minor wounds. Dick Harris, manager of the night club. It held by .the police on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. PAULINE GREY, of Portland, aged 18. Is hit by an automobile travel ing at high sped nd without lights, thrown to the street, where her head hits the sidewalk, and Is taken to the hospital suffering from a pMlDle fractured skull. The car that did the damage apeeds on Into the night without stopping. JUST casual new'of one day. Boom mixed up with quite a lot of It possibly with all of It. THE new program of shorter hours, jo aa to spread available employ ment among a larger number of workers. Is a good program. It is bet ter to have everybody employed part of the time than only a few employed all the time. But this new program of shorter hnnra of labor, when It Is finally worked out, will Involve more LEI SURE TIME for everybody or nearly everybody. What to do with this additional leisure time Is going tb be quite a problem. If people employ lt.chlefly In rais ing hell, the results aren't going to be so good. WASHINGTON. Aug. 9 (AP) Citing the Intent of the recovery act was to Increase employment, admin istrator Hugh S. Johnson said today in a statement no retailer could stag ger employe hours, enforce rest pe riods or shorten the hours of atore operation without defeating the pur nose of the codes. His emphatic assertion Immediately took place among the most svgnin cant yet to come from the NRA, li view of constant reports as to re courses for getting around the codes and yet displaying the blue eagle. Inquiries on this point have in creased of late, while the officials have pluijed ahead at other aspects of making the law eitective. BLOND GIRL SHOT BY SACRAMENTO. Cal.. Aug. 9 (AP) Sheriff's officers early today re ported Roy Mann. 34-year-old state highway department employe, ad mitted -hooting an attractive young woman to death on a deserted ranch In South Rosevllle. The body of the 19-year-old blonde, who Mann said he knew only aa Pa tricia, was found huddled over a 60 foot well shaft in the ranch pump nous late last night. The body was clad only In a It&'it house dress and a pair of ankle-length socks. Shortly aftfr the body was found sheriff a deputies arrested Mann, guided by neighbors who supplied the licctiM number of an automobile they had noted parked at the ranch for several hours Bund. BAILEY TO MANAGE HOME LOAN BRANCH PORTLAND Ore Edward . F. Bailey. today appointed manager of the Eu gene branch of the Oregon Home Owners loan bank. The announce- rient was made bv J. T. Lipcsomb. j f;re called the city fire department Oregon manager. Ballev i otie of, out this morning. It mas at the cor-Ccer.-n het kno n Democrats and ' ner of Quince snd West Main, and wis candidate for governor in lfliO. no damage resulted. STAIE WIPES OUT LAST OF BALLOT Criminal Libel, Syndicalism Indictments Mrs, Mar tin and Father Only Ones Yet to Be Dealt With All pending indictments, arising out of the Banks-Fern inspired vui moll In this county, were dismissed this mornlni by the court upon mo tion of Assistant Attorney General Ralph E. Moody. These Include criminal libel, crlml nal ayndicallsm and ballot theft In dictments against L. A. Banss. criminal libel Indictment against lnnard Hall, editor of the Jackson vllle Miner, and criminal syndicalism Indictments against a number or "Congressmen. Ilatis In Abejance. The ballot theft Indictment against C. W. (Chuck) Davla, confessed ballot theft defendant, was ordered held In abeyance pending the result of con templated grand Jury action, as the outgrowth of a street altercation last Saturday night when Joseph B. (Bud) Johnston met deaHi. Indictments against Henrietta a. Martin, president of the self-styled Good Government Congress - cnargeu with riotous conduct, snd her father, C. H. Brown, secretary of the organi sation, charired with slandering a bank. In a signed article, were not dismissed. The cases come under the Jurisdic tion of the district attorneys office, and will be held In abeyance. The court expressed the hope that the In dictments against the "Congress aiaes be dismissed" to clear the docket, and end the agitation." ' The district attorneys omce re fused to dismiss. glvng no reason for their course. Anneala of the habeas corpus pro ceedings instituted by Earl H.'Pehl as county Judge in an effort to se cure the release of ballot theft de fendants, when first arrested last Fen. ruary were dropped. They were car ried to the circuit court on an ap peal. Walker Action unmimn The state also dismissed the con tempt proceedings against Amos W. Walker, probation officer under Fehl and arising from Walker's testimony in the Schermerhorn trial. In seeking the dismissal of the Dendlne Indictments and actions, as slstant Attorney Oeneral Moody said: "All the prlncipala in the ballot theft cases have been disposed ol All of the main defendants, but one. have been convicted and sentenced. The state regrets ithe miscarriage ol Justice In the trial of John Glenn. He was undoubtedly aa guilty aa any of the other defendants. : "Just what the Glenn Jury had In mind In this Improper verdict, I do not know. I have never talked to any of the Jurors. I have been, how ever, Informed that they were In. (Continued on Page Two) TAKES WAR STEPS TO HALT STRIKES HAVANA Cuba. Aug. 9. (API President Machado late today decreed a state of war in the entire Island of Cuoa. Tho announcement issxied from the palae ald the president had signed a decree declaring a state of war In the v.hule republic effective after fl o'clock this evening. The announcement was made by Dr. Ramos Guerra. presidential sec retary, who had Just been talking to his chief. 8? no i Guerra said he did not know the tetms of the decree and he could give no indication of the attitude the government will adopt toward the demand that Machado resign his of fice. The startling announcement came while Cuba and the United States ambassador. Sumner Welles, were awaiting the reply of the president to the proposal ha resign hla office aa ttu central feature of a plan for pollMcsi peace In the republic. Meanwhile, the atrtke approaching generel proportions, had tied up the normi! actlvitlea of Havana. Griffith on tand. SALEM. Ore., Aug. O.f 4',. Frank lin T. Griffith, president of the Port land Oeneral Electric company, took the stand in circuit court here today on resumption of the case of Sarah M. Hewitt against Central Public Service corporation and other for Aug. 9 IAP I damages for alleged fraud In con Democrt. was nection with purchase of Central Public Service stork. (.rasa Tire. Attain Another graas Gets Insull Post D. C. Green, former vlce.preal dent of the Electric Bond and Share company, hat been elected presi dent of the Mlddlewest Utilities company, the firm now In receiver ship formerly headed by Martin Insull. (Associated Press Photo) THREE OF BALLOT E TO PRISON CELLS In charge of Sheriff Olmscheid and Deputy Sheriff Phil Lowd and Jailer Fred W. Kelly, and escorted by state police, three of the convicted ballot theft defendants left early this after noon to start serving sentences in state prison. They were-. . Walter J. Jones, ex-mayor of Rogue River, "generalissimo" of the ballot thefts, sentenced to "not to exceed four years." J. Arthur La Dleu, former business manager for the L. A. Banks news paper, sentenced to "not to exceed four years." Wesley McKttrlck, "captain of the Banks' guards." who plead guilty to ballot theft participation, sentenced to one year. McKltrlck's previous record prevented his parole. The state said McKitrlck. "had tried to atone for his mistakes and undoubtedly gave information that prevented wholesale bloodshed In Jackson county." The trio will be "dre:i ed In" at the penitentiary this evening. Thomas L. Brecheen of Ashland, sentenced to 18 months In state prison for admitted ballot theft, was received at the state prison this morning. Earl H. Fehl, former county Judge, sentenced to four years has a stay of execution of sentence, pending filing of a motion for a new trial within ten days. Efforts were under way this morn ing to secure bonds of appeal for some of the convicted and sentenced men The proffered bonds were disapproved on the grounds they did not repre sent sufficient and Justifiable se curity. Instructions have been given that tho $7500 bonds offered must be ac companied by an abstract of the property, If the bonds are based on property security, and free from all encumbrances of any nature what soever, and double the amount of the bonds. The court ruled that all future bonds be gilt-edged in all respects. PORTLAND. Aug. 9. (AP) The saloon must be banned. This was the first premise estab lished at a meeting here late Tuesday of the state liquor control committee which will recommend suitable regu lations to the legislature for the dis tribution and sale of liquor, once the 18th amendment has been repealed. The members of the committee, appointed last month by Governor Julius L. Meier, announced they were fully agreed that the saloon must not return to Oregon. There was further agreement that there must . - ' . 9 'sale of llauor. but allowing the sev eral counties and munlH pall ties to prohibit the sale within their limits, if each so wishes. REVOLTA LEADING IN PROFESSIONAL GOLF BLUE MOUND COUNTRY CLUB. Milwaukee. Aug. 9. ;p Johnny Re volta. Menominee. Mich, star, led the victory march In the first 36-ho!e round match play battle in the Na tional Professional Golf champion ship todsv bv cnnhlnr Alex 0r1sk. Csukill. N. Y.. 13 and 11. with a brilliant exhibition of sub-par Shooting. BAN FOR SALOON FIRST REQUISITE .1 POLLjOGEMR Judge Earl Day Issues Public Statement Pledges Non Political and Businesslike Administration of Office Earl B. Day of Sams Valley, who today received from Governor Meier his official appointment as county Judge to replace Earl H. Fehl, sen tenced to states prison for complicity Earl B. Day In the ballot thefts. Issued the fol- lowing public statement to the peo ple ol Jackson county, mis siwr- noon: 'In accepting the appolntmtnt to the office of Jackson county Judge. with which I have been honored. I wish the public to know my attitude. "I appreciate the confidence shown me by Governor Meier and by my friends who asked for this appoint ment. To those who approached me on the subject I stated that I would accept on one condition, namely. If they felt after careful analysis of the- situation, that I would be acceptable to all the citizens of the county. 'I alncerely believe that every hon est citizen has been distressed with the turmoil of the recent months and Is anxious to wipe - the slate clean and forget the whole affair. The present financial condition of the county and schools la well known to everybody and only by loyal co operation of all the communities and citizens of the county can we meet the situation. With the support of all tho varied interests of the county, regardless of party polltica or com munity prejudices. Jackson county can again assume the proud position It once held In the state. "I am sure that I volco the senti ments of the two worthy commis sioners, Mr. Billings and Mr. Neslon, hen I say that we will all work to gether; that we will give you our best effort towards an' honest and effici ent administration and that we will welcome the unselfish cooperation of everyone. "EARL B. DAY." Medford, August 9, 1933. DAY AS OFFICIALLY FILED The certificate of appointment of Earl B. Day of Sams Valley, to the county Judgeship, snd signed by Governor Julius L. Meier waa( re ceived and filed this morning. The appointment of Judge Day was due to the conviction and sentencing of Earl H. Fehl, former holder of the olflce. The new head of county affairs assumed office this morning, and presided at the regular session of the county court. Routine business largely occupied the county court, including payment of election boards at the late special election. A number of applications for coun ty aid were received. Robert Rose of the Long Tom mountain district requested "some thing be done about grading the road to hla place." AS BALBO TAKES OFF HORTA, Azores, Aug. 9 (AP One Italian aviator died snd three others were hurt 'today when their plane overturned during the takeoff of General Italo Balbos squadron for LlAbon. Portugal. ( Lieutenant Aqusglla died as a re ault of congestion of the lungs. Three others. Captain Rsnlerl. the pilot In command: IVrgant Crmeaschl, me chanic, and Srgmnl Bmatl. radio operator, were Immediately takn to s hospital, where It waa said their injuries vers not serious. ONE 11N KILLED BASEBALL American. NEW YORK, Aug. 0. Wash ington today regained their three game lead in the American league. defeating New York, 4 to 1. behind Monte Weaver's effective pitching to get an even break In the four-game series. The score: R. H. Washington 4 7 1 New York ...... 1 7 1 Weaver and L. Sewell; -Gomes. Moore and Dickey. National. H. 8 Philadelphia a Boston .............. ................. 8 Rhem, Ragland and Davis; well and Spohrer. A 0 Cent. R. H. E. St. Loula .. ... 7 13 3 Chicago 10 15 0 Grimes, Johnson, Carle ton and Wilson; Tinning, Warneke and Hart- nett. DIAMOND LAKE HAY GETS L PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 8. (AP) The Oregon Coast highway, the two Santlam routes, Diamond Lake and Willamette highways received the bulk of the allocation of $1,240,000 of forest highway funds at the meeting of the state highway commission here yesterday. An additional $75, 000 was set down for maintenance and 135.000 for surveys. The allocation of the public works fund was made by the commission in conference with forest service and bureau of public road officials fol lowing arguments of delegations for federal funds. The projects must now be approved by the government before bids can bo called. , The Diamond Lake road received the largest individual allotment with $200,000 set aside for this project. The Coast highway received $185,000 for the He bo-Do! ph section, $50000 for the Port Orford-Euchre Creek and $40,000 for the Gardlner-Glenada sec tions. The South Santlam received $170,000 and the North $120,000. The Willamette highway was al lotted $150,000: Weston-Elgin, $100, 000; Cascade Lakes, $75. 000; Tiller Trail, $35,000; Enterprise-1 mna ha, $30,000; Lincoln County-Berry Creek, $35,000, and the Wapinltla project. $50,000. E PATCH UP RIFT LOS ANGELES, Aug. 9. (AP) Aimee Semple McPherson-Hutton and her husband, David, have reached a "temporary reconciliation," Jerome Rtayo, attorney for tho vaudeville baritone, announced today. Mayo said the prospects were "bright" for a permanent reconcilia tion and Hutton's divorce suit might be dropped. HOI LOAN OFFICE PORTLAND. Aug. 9 (APlThe Ore gon home loan office probably will be ready for business by Monda". ac cording to J. P. Lipscomb, director of the state unit. Headquarters will be in the postoffice building here. Hundreds of applications for em ployment and for loans have already been received, Lipscomb said, and he has been able only to sort these let ters, all of which ultimately will be answered. ASTORIA, LA GRANDE ASTORIA, Ore , Au. 9. )P An Invitation to come to Astoria for their next year meeting was taken last night to the state convention of the American Legion at Klamath Falls by the delegation from the As toria Legion post. LA GRANDE. Ore., Aug. 0. (AP) LaGrsnde legionnaires slso will enter a bid for the 1934 state American Legion convention. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug, 9. (AP) Edgar Eugene Coursen, 73. who since 1890 had been organist at the First Presbyterian church here, died at his home today. He waa born In Sacra mento In 1801, and the family moved to San Franctaro four years later. SALEM, Aug. 9. (AP) The body of Henry Dohse. elderly resident of the Auburn district, was found hanging from a rope In a woodshed at hla home this morning. The discovery was msde by bis wife. SET AT 6 P J, BY Various Groups Will Decide On Best Time for Opening New Hours Effective. Thursday, Is Announced A meeting of retail merchants, with most retail trades represented, was held at the city halt yesterday after noon for the purpose of discussing opening and closing hours with John Moffatt, chairman of the retail com mittee of the chamber of commerce presiding. Although last week the hours of eight to five were set for the retail establishments of Medford. It waa felt by many that this schedule should be modified due to the fact that the grocers have announced a schedule of eight to six on week days and eight to eight on Saturdays. Under the provisions of the retail code of the national recovery act re tall grocers are permitted to operate their stores 83 'hours minimum with a 48 hour week for employees, while the remainder of the retail stores have a 62 hour week minimum with & 40 hour week for employees. Difficulty Arises It la believed by the majority of retail merchants that uniform hours for all stores would be very com mendable but considerable difficulty was encountered at the meeting in bringing these desired results about, The hardware men and others who cater to the farmer extensively would prefer earlier opening and earlier closing hours while other stores who do little business In the morning prefer the evening trade. Considerable , discussion was held by those attending and It waa unani mously decided to close the stores at 8:00 p. m. from Monday to Friday Inclusive and 8:00 p, m. on Saturday. As far as opening hours were con cerned It was decided that the vari ous groups such as barbers, hardware ready-to-wear, men's shops, depart ment stores, etc., each hold separate meetings and determine their own opening and closing hours. In this way, it la believed that hours will be established for all stores which will be entirely suitable to each group. Fear Confusion It may be that a certain amount of confusion will be occasioned the shopping public if too many differ ent hours are established but It Is expected that 4he majority will en deavor to conform with the 8:00 o'clock closing by readjusting their opening hours In order to close at this hour and at the same time abide by the store hours as laid down by the national recovery administration. The consensus at the meeting seemed to be that a majority of the retail establishments are opposed to Saturday night opening and with the various groups making their arrange ments, It Is possible that some stores may stay open while others will re main closed. In the meanwhile, however, com mencing tomorrow (Thursday) stores will adopt the 6:00 o'clock closing during the week with the exception of Saturday when the 8:00 o'clock closing will prevail, but stores wish ing to close earlier will do so. As the various groups arrange their hours the public will be notified through the newspapers, It was announced by the chamber of commerce this morn ing. Gordon L. Schermerhorn, former sheriff, sentenced to "not to exceed three years In state prison," upon conviction of ballot theft complicity, waa at liberty on bonds today, in the sum of S7600, signed by Jens Jensen, merchant, and Thomas L. Taylor, farmer. They were on Schermer horn original bonds. Notice of appeal to the state su preme court was formally filed by Schermerhorn, through his attorney, Frank J. Newman. An appeal to the state supreme court requires from 90 days to a year, depending on the importance of the case and the supreme court docket. R06BBURG, Ore, Aug. 0. (T Burns received last Wednesday when a can of gasoline exploded in his arms, proved fatal at noon todajr to Richard Ulam, 34, of Riddle. Em ployed by Douglas county on road work at Canyonville, Ulam was lift ing a can of gasoline dnto a truck when It exploded, enveloping him in flsmes. His 17-year-old nephew. Jack Clam of Milo. was slightly burned In a desperate attempt to save the older mans Ur by rolling him on the ground. Recovery Chief r V:l p Ml Two weeks' leeway was decreed by Gen. Hugh 3. Johnson, recovery administrator, before sanctioning preasure on business and industry to comply with the President's blan ket wags and employment agree ment. (Associated Press Photo L (Copyright, 1933, by Paul Mallon.) WASHINGTON. Ail. 9. The beat ecenomy Joke of the summer season Is the one about the farm boys who fell among city slickers. The administration agricultural re liefers needed about fifty million dol lars to finance cotton operations. They wanted it for 80 to 90 days. They went to the R. F. O. but rouna they would have to pay 4 per cent. That' was too high, so they went shopping in wall street. ' There they fell among bankers. Two banks were particularly nice to them, agreeing It was outrageous to charge 4 per cent for 80-day pa per. They could not swing fifty mil lions, bub offered around thirty mil lions at a little more than half the Interest demanded by the R. P. G. Some say the rate was 3 per cent, (The exact figures are hard to get because no one cares to talk very much about It now.) At any rate, the deal waa made on approximately that basis. The farm boys felt rather proud They prepared publicity claiming a savings around S50000 In interest, The publicity waa never lasued. The treasury heard about It first. The treasury has been getting all the short term money It wants at one-quarter of one per cent. They have not paid more than one-hall of one per cent in ages. The inner tumult was well con cc riled. A well-meant economy turn ed out to be an expensive bargain Treasury officials are inclined tc blame one man In the agriculture de- ( Continued on Page Three) U A. Banks, convicted alsyer of Constsble Oeorge J. Prescott, March 18. will be sentenced Friday morn ing at 9:30 o'clock. In the Lane county courthouse, by Circuit Judge George F. Sklpworth. Banks was convicted of second de ree murder, and the penalty Is life Imprisonment, Two criminal libel, two criminal syndicalism and a ballot theft indict ment aalnst Banks in the circuit court ware ordered dismissed by the court, upon motion of Assistant Attorney-General Ralph E. Moody. Banks. In the ordinary course of procedure, will be "dressed in" at the state prison early Friday after noon. Eugene is 73 miles from Sa lem, and prisoners are taken from Lane county by auto, upon Inflic tion of sentence. Friends in this city state that Mrs. Banks, who has been in Eugene since her husband's conviction, May 33. will make her home in Salem In the future, after a ahort visit in Call fornla. POSTPONED BY C. OF C. The caravan to Government and Wineglass C. C. C. camps, sched uled for tomorrow has been post poned. It waa announced today by chamber of commerce officials. Too many merchant are read justing their businesses under the N. R. A. and were unable to at tend. The caravan will be announced agln at a later dae. ' AT SAYSOTIRTH Lane County Circuit Judge Leaves After Clearing Cases With Admonition For Prompt Agitation Ban Circuit Judge George F. Sklpworth, who since May 1, with a 10 days' In terlude, engaged in presiding at the Banks murder trial, and the five bal lot theft cases, which started June 8, left this morning for Eugene. The parting admonition of Judge Sklpworth was to 'forget the agita tion." The court stated the prose cution had demonstrated that "law and order has not broken down in Jackson county. In the future there should be prompt and summary ac tlon for liw violators," said Judge Sklpworth. "If anybody gets on the courthouse steps and advocates revo lution, arrest him on the spot. The need of Jackson county from now on is prompt and summary law enforce ment for law violators." . Banks Is Blamed. Judge Sklpworth, in his discussion, placed the blame for the Jackson county turmoil squarely on the " shoulders of L. A. Banks, snd the editorials written by him. In the Conners esse, the court said: "Now then, there is no doubt in the world but what Jean Conners helped steal the ballots. He said he helped steal them. He went in with young sexton and threw these bal lots out the window. He sat on the witness stand and said so In all of the cases. Now then the orfloers give the boy a bad reputation not that he has committed crime, but they claim he advocated force snd that he has advocated violations of law- Editorials Bred Crime. "Now I had a long talk with this boy this morning, in the presence of Mr. Kelly. He had been reading these editorials written by Banks. .. and THERE IS THE VICE OF THE WHOLE BUSINESS. That all goes back to that Medford Dally News, and there la the whole trouble in this county. If it hadn't been for that continuous publication I doubt if I would have been here today, or any of these people would have ever been brought before the bar. "Now he (Conners) became Imbued with the vicious doctrine advocated by Banks through the Dally News, who conceived the idea that he was a reformer and that all law was wrong. , Advocated Strife. "No douDt about that that was his attitude, and there I no ques tion about it, and he advocated strife and he advocated trouble, and this Good Government Congress waa or ganized and young Conners was the vice-president and parliamentarian of the Good Government Congress If they had any rules of parliament in there rules of order I don't know whether they did or not I doubt It. At any rate, he was one of the ac tive members. "Now during all of these trials he has been aligned with the defense, I mean people who were in sympathy with the defense. He has been In conference with them. I have seen him myself in conference with them around In different places, and he aays that he is Involved. Accept Code. OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 9 (AP) The Oakland Tribune today announced acceptance of the N. R. A. newspaper code, "in line with the policy the Tribune has consistently followed in supporting President Roosevelt" and In his national recovery program. WILL- ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Aug. 8. Cordell Hull, a mighty able man, arrived and told Roose velt what would have been done if the nations had really wanted to do something. That took hours. Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Moley are trying to discourage the , kidnapers. Vf hen Missouri hangs that one that they sen tenced it's going to be terrible discouragement to oue of 'em. This Oklahoma boy Johnson that's running this NRA, you better not monkey with him. He is hard boiled and is liable to make you do what you are supposed to do.