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Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Satur day. .No chance In temperature. Temperature. Highest yesterday 99 'Lowest thla morning 69 The Home News U Import ml to you while away on your r scat ion Keep potted by t7tng in Mail rtibuna malted to four ad drew. Telephone 76 oow. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOttD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1933. No. 121. "MM. TDiK IM1 M IVI BE IE El Comment on the Day's News Br FRANK JLNK1.NS. REVOLUTION, or at least near revolution. Is spreading In Cuba which doesn't sound so good. It waa war that got ua Into our present business difficulties, and more wars won't get us out. STIl! you can't blame the Cubans too severely. Under President Machado, who Is a good deal of a tyrant, conditions have finally got so bad that to those who have to endure them it begins to seem that they can't get any worse. When that happens, a revolution usually follows. ON the first day of the Cuban dis orders, 28 persons were killed. That sounds bad. But listen: On the same day on which the Cuban troubles started, they held an election In Kentucky. As an accompaniment of that elec tion, FOURTEEN persona were killed. We have troubles of our own. Birr enough of wars, let's turn to something more cheerful. The Pacific Builder, published in San Francisco, report that in 100 Pacific coast cities building In July Increased 63 per cent over July of last year. Reversing the usual seasonal trend, building In July of this year was ahead of building In June. Usually June materially exceeds July. THAT certainly sounds good. When people start putting up build ings, which are a permanent invest ment, It Is a pretty sure sign they are getting their confidence and their coxirage back. When people generally get back their confidence and their courage, the end of the depression will be here. A' SURVEY of the turkey situation by the Portland Journal lndl catea a SHORTAGE of from 25 to 30 per cent in the turkey crop of the Pacific northwest this year. The losses are heaviest in Idaho, where the crop, probably, will be only about half of last year's. In Oregon as a whole, the reduction will be around 20 per cent. Poor hatches and difficulties In brooding, due, possibly, to the cold, vet spring, appear to have been re sponsible for most of the loss. . IT sounds odd to talk of a poor crop aa a good thing, yet that is about what It amounts to thla year. It I the poor wheat crop over the country as a whole that la responsible for the higher prices, because of promised reduction of the carryover. We must get rid of this carryover before we can expect fair prices for wheat. Reduction of the turkey crop, alml larly. will help to boost the price, which last year waa discouraging low. MORE good news: Henry I. Harrlman, president of the United States chamber of com merce, predicts a business revival for this fall thst will re-employ SEVEN MILLION persona before 1934. Seven million Is a lot. THE way to bring back prosperity Is first to put people back to work and second to pay them GOOD WAOES. Paying wages has to come second, because before employers can pay good wages they have to earn the money with which to pay them. Wages, we must always remember, can come ONLY out of profits. There Isn't anywhere else for them to come from. 'Young9 Lady of 63 Wields Mean Club In Golf Tourney REOINA. Safk.. Aug. 11. (API A "young" lady of 3. Mra. T. McLellsnd. of Wevburn. Bask, it the heroin of the opening day's play in the annual Saskatchewan lda gnlf tournament. While friends of her own age 7-ere content to wrestle with bit of knitting on the club porch. Mrs. MCr.and marched out and battled Mrs. Perry, of Rcins. in the ftnt round. She cam from behind to square her mat"h at the 1th but lvt mil one down cn the frt extra h1 Mr. MrClelland t a grrai.-sr'1iTirther. APPEAL TO I Sentence To Be Pronounced On Prescott's Slayer Monday Is Announcement By Judge G. F. Skipworth. EUGEKE, Aug. 11. (AP) Llewel lyn A. Banks, Medford publisher, will be sentenced In circuit court here Monday, August 14. Tor the second degree murder of Constable George Prescott of Medford. Time for sen tence had been unofficially announc ed for Friday morning but Judge Skipworth had not sat the time in open court. Judge Skipworth also overruled the defense motion for & new trial. At torney Frank J. Lonergan for the de fense announced that no decision had been made as to appealing from the judgment of the court after sen tence la pronounced. Banks' motion for a, new trial, de nied this morning by Judge Skip worth w based upon allegations of prejudice, misconduct of bailiffs In attendance, and errors at law. Banks, it Is said, alleged that a woman bailiff had unduly influenced the Jurors during the progress of the trial. Assistant Attorney General Moody is in Eugene, attending to other mat ters In connection with the .local turmoil. Defense Counsel Lonergan's an nouncement that no steps had been taken to appeal the case to the su preme court, after pronouncement of sentence came as a surprise In some sections here. An appeal would entail an expense of close to $1000. The court found that all of Banks' allegations "in the new trial motion were baseless. Banks Is expected to be , removed from the Lane county jail to the state penitentiary, shortly after pas sage of sentence. . nil T" PORTLAND. Aug. 1 1. If?) Real as-1 tontshment was expressed here . to day by Milton A. Miller, former state senator-and collector of Internal rev-1 enue under the Wilson administra tion, when he was advised by news paper men this morning that he had been appointed collector of customs for Oregon. Miller had not been advised from Washington. D. C, of his appoint ment at the time word of the selec tion was received by newspspers here. "Well, well," he told reporter over the telephone. "I wonder how that happened." He explained the appointment came as a complete sur prise, but he hastened to add: "Of course I am very much pleased. That Is a very fine appointment." The Job carries a salary of 96,000 a year. CHEESE MAKERS HOURS ARE SET WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. (AP) Operation of four Industries under modified presidential re-employment agreements boot and ahoe. drug, cheese, and cotton batting were au thorized today by Hugh 8. Johnson, national recovery administrator. Thtse codes thus will be in effect pending hearing?, after which final stipulations are drafted for promul gation by the president. For the Cheese industry the maxi mum work week for plant and fac tory employes la fixed at 48 hours, and for accounting, clerical or office employe, the later averaged over 60-day period. Salaried employes in communities of 3.M0 to 250.000 sre to be paid not less Vian 14 per week. In towns of less than 2.500 populartlon wattes are to be Increased not Iras than 20 per cent, provided thla shall not require wages In excess of 912 per week. FORMATIONS AT LAKE Twen:y-f ive European geologist, delemtes to the international geo logical congress held recently In Washington. D. C. are at Crater Lake today, having arrived at the scenic wonder from Lot Anitele Thursday. The ecientint n)oyed the boat trips to the lake and examined for mat torn adjacent to the rim road They will leave late today for Bend to continue their trip about the i Vptcl State. BASEBALL American R. H. E. Washington .. - g 11 1 Boston ... 4 10 3 Thomas, Burke. Russell. Stewart, WhltenJU, Crowder and Sewell: H. Johnson. Plpgra: Brown, Andrew, Welch and Fcrrell. H. E, 7 0 7 0 Detroit Chicago Marborry and Hayworth; Lyons and Berry. National R. H. E. Chicago . 8 11 0 Pittsburgh -. a 9 0 Bush and Hartnett: French, Hoyt, Cbagnon, Harris and Grace. IN NEED OF JOBS The Jackson county relief commit tee la In a position to furnish pri- vate and public employers with any number of men. It was announced to day by the chairman, Alfred fl. V, Carpenter. Anyone In need of work ers la asked to phont 624 or to, call at the relief headquarters In the city hall. The committee will give out lists of men, with their classification, send them out on the Job, or arrange for Interviews with the employers at the relief headquarters, complying with whatever arrangements the employers desire. The list of employes seeking work Includes men of all trades, varying from steam engineers to gardeners. An announcement was also Issued by the relief committee today regard ing treatment of transients. The pub lic. In the committee's statement, is asked to aid no transients seeking help, but to refei all to the relief headquarters In the city hall. There the history of each case will be In vestigated In keeping with the der mands of the federal government, ' . PORTLAND. Aug. 11. fTP) The purchase of the Bull Run mine near Unity, in Baker county, at a price of $100,000, was announced here last night by A. Q. Duncan Crux, Van couver, B. C, attorney. Seven mining claim and a 30-ton mill are Included in the property which was purchased from Prank Mc Culloch, O. M. Balaley and Edward Sullivan. The mine, Crux said. 1 producing 9100 in gold day. He aid he will spend about 10.000 at once to In crease the mill' capacity, and may bring production to 1400 day. The attorney said the transaction was financed entirely by private Van couver capital and that no stock will be for sale. ENGINEER TO EYE PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 11. (AP) Before any further action can be taken on the proposed expenditure of nearly 20.000,000 of federal pub lic 'work money for project In Ore gon, a supervising engineer must be appointed for this state by the na tional administration. It was said today by Marshall N. Dana, regional advise. for the national recovery ad ministration. The btate advisory board Wednes day night submitted to the Oregon recovery board a list of projects the cost of which would be near the $20,000,000 total. Dana said he understands that a government engineer to work with the state board has already been ap pointed, although his name has not yet been announced. PALO ALTO BANS F PALO ALTO. Calif.. Aug. 11 (AP) Palo Alto, recently aprayed by the snti-prohibltlon tide, was high and dry again today. The voters of former Prealdent Her- bert Hoover's home town, who laat June returned a slight majority in favor of repeal of the eighteenth amendment, turned their back on beer. By a Tote of 1.174 to 1.016, cast in a pelal election vesterday. they : fj-f ied a proposed city ordinance intendment which wuld hav per mitted 0 Ml ot 14 per cent b;w. ECONOMIC DEATH OF N.R1 PLEDGE Revocation Of Blue Eagle Emblem Bodes III For Of fender, Administrator Johnson Tells Reporters. W AaSH I NGTON , Aug. 11. iV) A flat prediction that a case of revoca tion of the "Blue Eagle," emblematic of compliance with the National Re covery administration will arise and that It will mean "economic death" to the offender, waa made" today by Hugh 8. Johnson, the N. R, A. ad ministrator. At his press conference. Johnson promised violators of modified presi dential reemployment agreement would be disciplined if it were found they were not complying with their pledge to raise wag- and Increase employment by shortening won hours. He added, however, that he Intend ed to let the situation rest for i brief period in the hands of local committees. "But the time la coming," Johnson said, "when somebody Is going to take one of these Blue Eagles off of someone's window in a clear cut case." "And that Is going to be a sentence of economic death," the administra tor added sternly, levelling his fln ger at newspapermen gathered before him. Questioned concerning the status of Intrastate utilities and similar busi nesses. Johnson said while they might not be wltHln the regulative power of the National Recovery Act, the Blue Eagle would reach them. He pointed out the possibility -of strictly Intrastate operation being beyond federal control" la one of the reason' "for this Blue Eagle busi ness." "This Blue Eagle doesn't know any thing about intrastate and interstate commerce," the administrator ald. and X think It' working put pretty well." TO T KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug. 11, (AP) Delegate to the American Legion convention voted unanlmoua- ly this morning to hold their 1934 event at Astoria. The La Grande post, only other bidder for the con vention, withdrew when the vote began piling up for the lower Col umbia river city. Fred E. Kiddle of La Grande, pres ident of the state senate, told the Legionnaires his city would ask for the convention again In 1035. Congressman James W. Mott, guest speaker, urged the veterana to carry on a campaign to educate the pub lie against the national economy act which he aald cut short veteran compensation. $ He aald congress would never have passed the act If It had real I red the true meaning. Mott praised Senator Frederick W. Stelwer, who, he aald, rose In defense of the Legion when he presented the 8telwer-Cutlng act. This was defeated In the house. Mott said the delay waa caused by Inopportune maneuvering to get the bill before congress. Judge Alger Fee of Portland, Sen ator Stelwer. Jay Upton of Bend and General A. A. White were at the business sessions today. The La Grande Legion drum corps laat night won the Philip L. Jackson cup for the best drum corps In the annual convention parade, the first ntght parade In the history of the , Legion In Oregon. Speedy Stars In Heavens Tonight Say Astrologers NEW YORK. Aug. 11.-4P) If you wish to see what a speed of 144.000 miles an hour really looks like, turn out late tonight to look tt the peraeld meteors. Reports of preliminary observ ations today indicate the annual meteor are on time a usual thla year. Between midnight tonight and dawn tomorrow the earth Is due to pass through the part of the perseid orbit where the mete ors are mot densely crowded . Twenty to 30 an hour should bf visible. Although It was too c!oudy in this section to see them ast night, the first even in when consider able numbers were due. observers on Loig !!ri revl th fo-e-i:innt--i -ve-e i:;V.tfd V.'r :-r t niTht. Roof And Upper Floor Ruined Rosenbaum Gets Out Unharmed With Clothing And Affects Will Repair. Flr, thought to have been caused by defective wiring, greatly damaged the University club building at the corner of Main and Holly streets at 4:06 thla morning, completely gut ting the tipper floor. The only oc cupant of the building at the time of the fire waa A. 8 Rosenbaum. w.'.o make his home there. He was able to save all of his personal belong-; Inge. W. 1. Vawter aatd this morning that repairs to the building will be started Immedltaely upon completion of the Insurance adjustment. He aald no estimate had been made con cerning the loss and the fir de partment aald It had no figures to show the approximate cost of the. fire. The leport of .the blaze waa turned In to the fire department by Bill Peck, city police officer. About seven volunteers aided the regular staff of firemen, and the spectacular blare was under control In about an hour. Many resident appeared on the acene In sketchy clothing, attracted by the flame. The fire also spread to the base ment, a shingle falling down the coal chute, It waa believed by Mr. Vawter. The two-story building, which waa 'constructed In 1910 as the Vawter family home, la still owned by the Vawter estate, although It ha been leased to the University club since 1018. ' . Earl 'Tumy. president of the Uni versity club, aald this afternoon that no location for the club headquarters had a yet been selected : PEN JOBS MIT BALLOHHIEVES Walter J. Jones, former mayor of Rogue River, J. Arthur La Dleu, former Banks newspaper aide, each sentenced to four years for ballot theft, and Wesley McKltrlck, "cap tain of the Banks guards," sentenced to one year, on a guilty plea of bal lot theft, will be assigned to work in the state prison Monday, accord ing to Deputy Sheriff Phil Lowd, who returned today from escorting the trio to Salem with Jailer Fred Kelly. The report that state police assisted the sheriff's office In the removal waa erroneous. Jones. La ' Dleu, and McKttrtck Joined Tom L. Brecheen In the "flah cell" where new prisoners are first placed for observation, and to study prison rulea. Deputy Lowd says the sentenced men "did not feel too good going up, but took It as graciously a could be expected." They ' were "dressed In" Wednesday evening. As far as could be learned today. no effort is being made to secure bonds for Earl H. Fehl, held In the Klamath county Jail on a four year sentence. Fehl' time for filing of a motion for a new trial expires Thursday, August 17. DAT APPOINTMENT Letters of congratulation continue to pour in upon County Judge Earl B. Day from men high in the affairs of Oregon. The letters express the sincere hope that with the adminis tration of Judge Day normalcy will speedily be restored to Jackson county. The Banks-Felil reign of terror at- tr acted statewide Interest, the vol ume of the letter and press com ment indicate. State leaders watched developments in this county, with the realization that under Irresponsible demagogic agitation the same thing might happen in their own counties. Upstate district were particularly concerned. Among those who wrote Judge Day mere Ralph Hamilton, long prominent In state affairs: E. K. Cuslck of Al bany, Wlllard Mark of Albany, for- i mr prealdent of the senate, and prominent Porttanders in all walks. j Scores of Jackson county people have come to the courthouse the past i week to congratulate and pledge their support to Judge Day. TENNESSEE RATIFIES i PROHIBITION REPEAL NASHVILLE, Tnn Atl. 11. (AP) TVnnM.'B rot. In fevor of em. lng prohibition from th twlenil con.il- tiltlon formllr rwt tod.v at ' ronwnfn of llf?' .irtl July: 53 wun t' .'ute i-m m mijorlty of psrHlrflMtly flm lor rpel of tht tibtecnt ao4aun(. I Scene of Spectacular Fire 4r' - - T " . J I'MVKKSITV P A meeting of retail merchants was held at the chamber of commerce yesterday at which time definite store hours were adopted. It wss an nounced this morning. The meeting waa called as a result of t Information received by the chamber of commerce from Frank Messenger, administrator of the N. R. A. in Portland who In formed the local organ I ration that under the prlnclplea of tl presi dent's reemployment, agreement store hours should" not be cut. The majority of stores In Medford previ ous to the adoption of the president's agreement were operating 67" hours, but the arrangement during the past week has only permitted a' 84 hour operation. Many meetings of the retail mer chants have been held during the past ten days but the hours adopted yesterday will be strictly adhered to and there should be no confusion In the mlnda of the shopping public from now on, It was said. The hours aa adopted at the meet ing are as follows: Department stores, mens shops, ladles' ready-to-wear, shoe stores, and all specialty shops, 8:30 to fi:30, Monday to Friday, In clusive, and 8:30 to 8:30 on Saturday; hardware stores, 8:00 to 0:30 Mondny to Friday,. inclusive, and 8:00 to 8:30 on Saturday: feed stores, 8:00 to 8:00. Monday to Friday, and 8:00. to 8:30 on Saturday: barber 8;00 to 6:00 on Mondny to Friday: and 8:00 to 8:00 on Saturday; electric stores, 7:30 to 8:30, Monday to Friday, 7:30 to 8:30 on Saturday; cleaning establishments 7:30 to 8:00. Monday to Friday, 7:30 to 8:30 on Saturday; grocers, 7:00 to B:00, Monday to Friday, 7:00 to 0:00 on Saturday, ' with neighborhood stores operating one hour more each day. It was generally agreed among the retailers at the meeting that these hours would go Into effect tomorrow, Saturday, August 12th. Even under the 84 hour operation, which has been carried ort this week, partial check on a number of retatl atorea shows that many people have been given employment and It la ex pected that with the additional three hours, further employment will be created. BANKS' TRUSTEE J. F. Wortman of Phoenix was yes today named trustee In bankruptcy for L. A. Banks, convicted slayer, his wife, Edith R. Banks, and the Sun crest Orchards, Inc. The selection of Wortman waa made at a hearing In bankruptcy. Wortman will assume trustee dut ies as soon as he qualifies. The trusteeship will cover all as sets upon whlcn foreclosures have not been Imposed. Foreclosures against orchard pro perty, newspaper plant, and home were made last spring. It will be months ere all the claims are adjusted, and final settlement completed. . e INI IS TAKEN BY DEATH Douglas Gordon Atkins. Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleorge W. Atkins of Maple Park drive, thla city. dIM at the family home Thureday evening at 1.30 o'clock sfter s brief limew Benldes his parent, he Is survived by I ,ev.ril broth.r. nl utr. irndv th. dirwilon of tb. Pr1 fun.ral iwin,. Mrv!-M will h. fon- iurti Saturn.; !tfinoon ml thret o clock tt th I. O. O. p. c meter. VLVn ON PRICE LEVEL FOR BARTLETTS According to advices received here this morning, a wire waa sent last night to Washington, D. C, V sting that a substantial majority of the canner present at a Seattle meeting yesterday agreed to purchase their requirement at not less than 15 f.ir No. Is 23B-lnch Bartletts and $10 for No. 2. .. . v This agreement on the part of the canneis was with the provision that Vie. agricultural adjustment adminis tration would protect tnera ny Dring- lng California and other northwest cannert, Including co-operatives and so-called profit sharing operator Into line, so that none will be permitted to buy for less than the above mini mum price. Th group also requested that It be permitted to draw up a temporary agreement among canners to handle the present emergency. . H. Van Hoe venberg, who attended the meeting In Seattle, will not return to Medford until tonight. A meeting 1 being called of the Medford members of the Bartlett pear commodity committee to hear Mr, Van Hoevenberg' re port at B o'clock tomorrow morning at the Jackson hotel. The member of the committee who are at Med ford and who are expected to attend are: Messrs. David Rosenberg, D. R, Wood, E. W. Carlton, Martin Luther, Sid Richardson, Dr. Sweden berg and Raymond Reter and, in addition, the two members of the board of trus tees of Northwest Fruit Industries, Dr. Dean and Paul Scherer. It u understood that a further statement of the situation will be available after this meeting. TAX EQUALIZATION BOARD WILL MEET Und;r provisions of the new tax laws passed by tie last session of the legislature, the Jackson county boar dof equalization will meet next Monday, August 14. This is a month earlier than under the old law. The board la composed of the county Judge, the assessor and the county clerk. Under the tax provisions, quar terly payment of taxes can be made Ins teal of semi-annually. Quarterly payment dates are March 15, June 18, September 18 and December 18. Under the new law, t the budget must be completed by November 1 and t .ie tax roll turned over to the sheriff by February 18. Budget for the road district remain a In the past, .vith road election held In No vember. If a citizen pays his taxes 00 days ahead of time he Is given a 3 per cent -ilscount; If he does not psy them on time he Is assessed two thirdn of 1 per cent Interest at Inter vals. ELKS CUE El B. L. Banderson was awarded the silver medal today a winner of the three-cushion billiard tournament at the Klks' club. flecond prlne went to Dr. R. E. Oreen. The championship I sub ject to challenge at any time. BAN SUjtliVcHINES IN MARION COUNTY SALEM, Ore., Aug. 11. (API Slot machines will be tabu In Marlon county and B.lem. declared county anj illy officials today after their attention had been called to the mat- Iter, TROOPS PROTECT IDENT MOB THREAT Machado's Party Drafts Counter-Proposal To Unit ed States For Peace President Would Quit. HAVANA, Aug. 11. (AP) An orrirlal of the Cuban army de clnred this afternoon that army units stationed In the Castillo de La Fuerza and at Cabana Fortress, near Havana, have re volted and taken over these two fortifications. HAVANA, Aug. 11. (AP) Troops armed with machine guns and rifles surrounded the presidential palace this afternoon after reports had been received that a mob planned to at tack it. Street In the vicinity of the pres ident residence were cleared. The special guard were placed at- -ter the executive committee ot Prealdent Machado's own Liberal party had submitted to United State Ambassador Sumner Welle a coun ter-proposal for peace by which the president would surrender hi office to General Alberto Hererrs, now sec- retsry of war. The machine gun with which the guards were armedwere moved out of the palace itself and were mounted at strategic point about the build ing. . HYDE PARK, N. T. Aug. IL IA?) President Roosevelt packed hta bags for the return to Washington today, ready to act to end the Cuban political turmoil by whatever mean development made necessary. In close touch with Washington and Havana he was determined to bring political peace to the Island republic and, to all outward appear ance he expected , an early show down. . FF TO SEE FRIGATE Mil. Alice Virginia Welch, great-great granddaughter of Captain Isaac Hull, commander of "Old Ironsidee," will leave thla evening on the Oregohlan to see the ahlp, a gueat of the Medford. Chamber of Commerce. H. H. Lampman, formerl j of Aa-' beitoa, where Mra. Welch waa poit mlatreaa for 13 year,, la a member of the Portland police department at the present time, and will act aa ei cort for Mrs. Welch when ah reaches the northern city In the morning. Several special affairs are being planned by the Portland chamber of commerce for Mrs. Welch during her stay In the north. Mrs. Roy Buck ingham la going north on tonight's train. Yesterday she telephoned Mr. Lampman and made arrangements for the reception. MISSES VAN WIE AND ROBINSON IN FINALS CHICAGO, 111., Aug. It. (AP) Miss Virginia Van Wle. Chicago na tional women's golf champion, will meet 33-year-old Lucille Robinson, De Moines, In tfie final tomorrow for the women' western golf cham pionship. Will? ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Cel., Aug. 10. Now look out, Democratic administration, you ere about to revert to the old Republican typo. You are telling some Latin American country who shall be president and who can't. Now there is no doubt that Cuba is run "cockeyed," but what country ain'tt Now we get our gugnr from Cuba and everything we do in Cuba is going to be misunder stood. So about the best thing we can do in Cuba is to let Cuba tnke care of Cuba. I don't care how little your country is, you gotta right to run it like you want to. When the big na tions quit meddling, then the world will have peace.' h
