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MEDFOKD, OREGON, MONDAY. AUGUST 14, 1933.
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D.iy's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
YO0 heard It said olten enough
during the depression that the
reason business uaa bad was because
money was scarce. Having heard
that so often, you will' be Interested
Jn these figures:
On June 30, 1929, when business
was supposed to be exceedingly good,
with everybody able to buy. the total
amount of currency In circulation In
the United States was 4.746,00O.000.
On March 8, 1933, when business
1 was certainly at about as low an ebb
as It ever has been, the total amount
of currency In .circulation was 17.
t38.0OO.OO0. That doesn't Indicate any scarcity
of money In bad times, does It?
SOME more figures:
On June 30, 1929, the stock of
gold held by the federal reserve
banks and the United States govern
ment amounted to $3,985,000,000. On
December 31, 1932, the stock of gold
amounted to $4,045,000,000.
That Is to say, with business as
bad as It was at the beginning of
this year, the stock of gold In this
country was LARGER than when
business, was good back In 1929.
IT ISN'T so much the amount of
money on hand that counts, you
see, as the way the money Is KEPT
MOVING. .
M
ORE evidence along that line:
From the first of March to the
first of July, business in this country
Improved tremendously more rapid
ly, we are told, than In any similar
period In our history.
Yet on the first of March the
amount of money In circulation In
the United States was $7,638,000,000
and on the first of July the amount
of money In circulation was $5,720,
000,000. ' 1
And In January of this year, when
business was exceedingly bad, the
stock of gold was $4,045,000,000, and
on July 1, when business was much
better, the stock of gold was only
$3,996,000,000.
ITPHIS fact stsndsout from these
figures: .
It Isn't the amount of money we
have, but the way we SPEND IT,
that affects business.
K.F.
RAZED BY BLAZE
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug. 14.
(JP) The Four-Square tabernacle,
erected by donations of cash and
labor, was completely destroyed by
lire that started here about daylight
Sunday. Damage to the structure
and equipment was expected to reach
30,000, church officials said. There
was no Insurance on the building or
contents.
Reverend Fred Hornshuh. asleep In
the basement of the tabernacle,
woke at the sound of a falling tlm--"ber
to find the building afire, he told
firemen. Mr. Hornshuh hastily don
ned some clothing, turned In the
alarm and drove his automobile to
safety, but failed to save personal
effects owned by himself and family,
who were out of the city.
Five houses and four small gar
ages were slightly - damaged when
blazing embers set them afire. Art
Bardell, fire chief, expressed the
opinion that carelessness on the part
of a sleeper in the church audito
rium may, have been the cause of the
blase.
Congressman James A. Mott will
toss the first set of gloves Into the
ring for tonight's amateur boxing
bouts at the arena, Lee Oarlock, com
tnander of the Med ford American Le
g'on Post, said today. Congressman
Mott. hlmitelf a Legionnaire and a
champion for Oregon in Washington
Is said to have been quite an amateur
boxer htmorlf during his college days.
"I am for clean amateur sports and
the Legion U to be congrateulated in
brlnair.g the amateur ring tourney,
starting tonlaht. to Medford." Con
erfm:n Mott told Lee Oarlock and
Cur Y Tengwald at Klamath Falls
Saturday.
Orrton Weather
Fair fn:zht and Tuesday, but local
fi ; on t.e c'; no chanz in tem
perature' zrrMt to moderate nother
ly wii jlliiiore.
Appeal
Is Filed
Life Sentence
EUGENE, Aug. 14. f AP) The atormy career of Llewellyn A. Banks.
former Medford publisher and orchardlst, who once ran for U. S. senator
from Oregon, entered upon its penitentiary episode today as the elderly
man was sentenced ta life imprisonment for the slaying of Constable
George Prescott, Jackson county officer.
Banks was sentenced in Lane coun- i
ty circuit court this morning oy
Judge O. P. Sklpworth, the term being
mandatory following the verdict oi
second degree murder returned by a
Lane county Jury several weeks ago.
The defense attorneys Immediately
served notice of filing an appeal and
were given 60 days to file exception
briefs. Prank Lonergan, chief defense
counsel. Indicated he would file on
September 20.
Meanwhile Banks must be Incar
cerated In the state penitentiary at
Salem pending filing of the briefs. In
the event the appeal Is granted he
will be returned to the county Jail
here. He was taken to Salem this
morning by Sheriff Tom Swarts.
leaving at 10:20.
Sentencing to life imprisonment
of the former local agitator, writes
"finis on another chapter, closing
the Jackson county turmoil, which
he spawned and fostered, at such
heavy cost financially and other
wise to himself and this county.
Banks was taken to the state pris
on this morning, where he will Join
two of his chief lieutenants In the
commotion that proved his downfall.
He will find other "lifers" from this
county behind the gray walls in
cluding the three D'Autremont bro
thers, Pat Donohoe, a habitual crim
inal, Albert W. Reed of Denver, sen
tenced for slaying of an Ashland
policeman, and a score of former
Jackson county residents serving
time for leaser felonies.
Banks, It is said, will be subjected
to the same rigid rules as other con
victs, and extended no special cour
tesies. As a "lifer," and in accord
ance with prison custom, he will
however be accorded whatever slim
comforts a penitentiary allows, such
as the sunniest cell, the choice seats
at the table, and the preferred Jobs,
if he behaves himself. Banks enters
prison at the age of 63 years.
Banks came to the Rogue River
valley ten years ago, and purchased
orchard property. In 1928 he pur
chased a newspaper and entered poli
tics, under the easy terms of the
Oregon- primary laws He ran for
United States . senator, receiving
30.000 votes. This whetted his appe
tite for politics, aid he used his own
newspaper as a publicity medium.
Then came a meteoric but short
career, In which his talents were de
voted to attacks upon and destruc
tion of tlte established order of
things.
Joining forces with Earl H. Fehl,
now under four year sentence for
ballot theft, he lashed this ordinarily
placid and prosperous county Into a
fury of hate and bitter prejudice. His
mad course was climaxed March 16,
last, when he murdered Constable
George J. Prescott, while standing on
the Banks front porch. He was
rested, tried and convicted In Lane
county, and since May 22 has been
waiting for transfer to the state
prison. ,
Banks at one time was rated
wealthy man. Most of his fortune
was dissipated by poor Judgment And
policies. His holdings are now In
federal bankruptcy proceedings,
awaiting adjustment for settlement
of debts. .
Banks last winter staged several
demonstrations at the courthouse,
and was one of the chief organizers
of the self-styled "Good Government
congress." His last public appear
ance was last March, nhen he stood
on the courthouse steps and declared
"I will take the field in revolution."
On the night of the ballot thefts
Banks spoke twice the last time
holding up a fountain pen, with a
match in the clip to signify a "cross, "
upon which he was being "crucified."
BALLOT THIEVES
AT
SALEM. Aug. 14 tVP) Four ax
resldenta of Jackson county, who were
convicted of complicity in "unload
ing" ballots from the courthouse
there, are now unloading hog fuel at
the state penitentiary.
Warden J. W. Lewis said today that
Walter J. Jones, ex-mayor of Rovie
River; Thomas J. Breeheen of Ash
land and J. Arthur La Die u and Wes
ley McKltrlck. both of Medford. would
continue on the unloading Job -until
assigned regular duties In some de
partment of the penitentiary farm or
manufacturing shops.
The ballots were stolen from the
Jackson county courthouse on the
eve of a scheduled recount of votes
to determine the legality of Oordorr
L. Scnermerhorn'a election as sheriff.
.SEATTLE. Aug 14 fit Miss Edna
L Morse. 43. was killed here Satur
day night when she was struck by
in automobile driven by Mrs. Charles
C Krhl. wife of a Seattle physician.
A brother, Harry Morce, Uvea in
S.'.lem.
Notice
After
SLAYER 10 START
SHOVELING FUEL
FOR PEN FURNACE
SALEM, Aug. 14. (AP) At 13:10
o'clock this noon the Oregon peni
tentiary gates swung shut behind L.
A. Banks, ex-Medrord publisher and
orchardlst, who was this morning
sentenced at Eugene to life Imprison
ment for the killing of Constable
George Prescott at Medford.
Prescott was killed on the thresh
old of Banks' home while attempting
to serve a warrant for the arrest of
Banks. A bullet fired through the
door tore Its way Into Prescott's
heart.
Banks, who for several years was
the stormy petrel of .Jackson county
political turmoil, became number
12.697 and commenced unloading
hog fuel, the usual Job for newcom
ers. State Policeman H. W. Howard and
Sheriff C. A. Schwartz of Eugene
escorted Banks through the yard and
into the malt office. The ex-editor
wore a gray suit and a hat to match.
He smiled when greeted by Warden
J W. Lewis and appeared cheerful.
He was amiable on the trip . from
Eugene, reported Sheriff Schwartz.
"1 have been reading about you In
the papers," said Warden Lewis.
"Yes. sometimes the papers tell the
truth and sometimes they don't," re
plied Banks.
"I have no statement to. make," he
told newspapermen, but he cheerfully
answered their questions.
"Yes, I plan to do some writing If
1 get a chance. Of course I realize
I will have some work to do here,"
Banks said.
After being dressed in he said
goodbye to the Lane county sheriff
and Invited him to come and see him
some time at the penitentiary.
"Banks told me it was 'a new ex
perience' for him while we were com
lng here." said Sheriff Schwartz. "He
appeared as excited as a kid going to
a circus. He said that tomorrow will
be his 63rd birthday."
. From the moment their car ap'
proached the penitentiary Banks In
terestedly observed the station at the
outer entrance and In turn scrutin
ized every aspect of the panorama
His Interest In his surroundings did
not subside inside the receiving ward,
but he was courteous to prison offi
cials and prompt to obey Ins true
tlons.
Schwartz said Banks told him- that
Mrs. Banks would remain In Eugene,
In case of an appeal from his trial
it would be optional with Banks as
to whether or not he remained in the
penitentiary pending Its outcome,
though it was considered Improbable
that he would.
In speedboat-races conducted Sat
urday at Lake Ewauna In Klamath
Falls, and at Lake o the Woods on
Sunday, the Medford boats came in
m-lth all honors, according to reports
The races were viewed by large and
Interested crowds, with Heinle Fluhr-
k.lrP nltrlno (hum nil a
thrill Saturday 'when he turned oveW
in Cecelia, while running an even
race" with Harold Orey who took the
final honors, t
Grey took first place In the B. C,
and Free-for-all events, driving "Irish
Luck." Floyd House, also of Medford
who was piloting "Red w"lng." took
second In the class C and In the free
for-all. Herb Strang was driving
"Holsum" and placed in the C event.
In the three free-for-all events at
Lake o the Woods Sunday, Joe Meyer
took first place in "Irish Luck" in
the first event, and Orey took similar
honors in the same boat In the sec
ond race. Floyd House's "Red Wing
was successful in the third race.
Fluhrer was unable to make any
platings In the lake events, due to
motor trouble.'
Oilman's Dairy In
"Grade A" Listing
According to report by Charles A.
Austin, city milk Inspector, Oilman's
Dairy has been regraded upward to
the designation of "Oradt A." In-
1 f nectar Austin alto Announced ihat
I the Monroe milk depat h-.d volun-
tarlly discontinued sals of mils.
LOCAL - BOATMEN
SWEEP REGATTA
U. S. Warships
PHANTOM KILLER
ASLEEPON FARM
Harvey Bailey, Fugitive Kan
sas Convict, Gives Self Up
Without Struggle Had
Sub-Machine Gun in Bed
DALLAS. Tex.. Aug. 14. t) De
partment of Justice agents announced
today the arrest or Harvey Bailey,
fugitive Kansas convict, who has been
sought in connection with the slay-
ng of four officers1 and Frank Nash,
escaped federal convict, at the Kan
sas City Union station June 17.
Bailey, an associate of Nash, was
seized on a farm at Decatur, about
50 miles northwest of Dallas, and
brought here.
Officers said Bailey waa asleep
when department of Justice agents
entered his bedroom after capturing
two men" and two women in the farm
house. -
Gun In Bed.
In his bed was a submachine gun,
beneath his pillow a revolver. At the
bedside stood an automatic rifle.
Awakened by the officers. Bailey
slowly sat up, rubbed his eyes and
said:
Well, It looks like It was too bad.
don't It?"
Bailey was the leader In the Me
morial day break from the Kansas
state prison at Lansing, in which 11
convicts escaped. He was serving 10
to fiO years for the 132.000 robbery
of the Citizens' National bank at
Port Scott.
Wanted for wholesale murder, i
92,000,000 bank robbery, the kidnap
lng of a prison warden and other
crimes, the middle-aged deperado Has
been known .to law enforcers as
dangerous wlll-o'-the-wlsp. .
One Previous Arrest.
The gunman has roamed the mid
west several years with only one pre
vious arrest In his known reoprd
Others wanted in the Kansas. City
slaughter include some of the mid
west's' most deadly killers, Charles
"Pretty Boy" Floyd, Oklahoma out
law, Verne C. Miller, machine gunner,
and Wilbur Underbill.
Bailey .was sought in connection
with the "world's largest bank rob
bery," the (2,000.000 looting of the
Lincoln, Neb., Bank and Trust com
pany, September 17, 1930. White on
trial for another bank robbery' be
was identified from the witness stand
by an officer of the Lincoln bank
as the leader of the raid.
He was co-leader with Wilbur Un
derbill, slayer of a Wichita police
man, in the escape from the Kansas
penitentiary In which the then war
den, Kirk Prather, and two prison
guards were taken as hostages In a
comandeered motor car to north Ok
lahoma and there released.
Bailey was wounded severely in the
leg. by a prison employe who tried
to prevent the escape. Underbill and
several others are still at large.
E
LOANS
GETS UNDER WAY
PORTLAND, Aug. 14. (API The
Portland office 6f the Home Ownera'
Loan Corporation opened formally
here today and the office force 1m
number of appllcationa for loana
mediately went to work on a large
under the federal home loan Act.
J. P. Lipscomb, atate manager, and
hi ataff of awlatanta had been buayj
for week preparing for the opening.
A floor of application! la expected.
and Llpacomb ha urged that only
thou peraon. facing foreclMure prd-
ceedlntra apply Immediately, lnaa-
much aa the act will be In effect for
aome time and every one will have
an opportunity to apply for a loan.
A "home," Lipscomb said, Is any
property on which the owner makes
his residence. It may be Inalde or
outside a city or town. The premises
may Incidentally have a smsll store
or some farm land. 1 No loan shall
exceed U.0O0. or 80 per cent of the
appraisal, whichever Is smaller. Ordi
nary farm loans ahould be referred to
the federal land banks, rather than
to the home owners' loan corpora
tion. Success of the set depends. Lips
comb said, upon the spirit of coop
eration with which hjme owners
meet on the pert of mortgsge holders.
The holders., of mortgages will be
ssked to accept 4 per cent treasury
bonds In lieu of cash for mortgages.
In esses where lender Is unable or
unwilling to accept bonds for t',t
mortgage. th stste manager la di
rected to make e- ery effort to Induce
the mortgagee or lender to carry the
homa owner on some reasonable
basis, and If this cannot be done, to
Mslst the home owner In obtaining
funds elsewhere.
Steps Aside
At
;,, W sj4 , n
President Gernrdo Maclindo of
Ci:bu, who 1MB relinquished Ills puit
In the face of hitler opposition, cut'
inliiadiig In strikes and rioting.
(Associated Press l'liuto.)
WILL TAKE YEARS
SAYS ACE SLEUTH
By GKORUE Kl'RNO. j
(Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. Suppres
sion of the racket In all its vicious
phases appears to be the topic of the
moment. 1
You'll be Interested In the meas
ured opinion of a man who heads
one of the outstanding federal in
telligence agencies as to how long It
will take to stamp the crime wave
out.
From a background of years in
studying criminal fashions he be
lieves It will take as many years to
taper off from the present-day aban
don as were spent in building it up.
That means from 10 to 13 years,
because our detective -oracle la con
vinced firmly that prohibition's ad
vent started the ball rolling.
At a spacious desk piled high with
agents' reports from every section of
the country, he reasoned out his
theory.
His line of thought was about as
follows:
With the dry law came the lndl
vldual bootlegger groping his way.
The cleverer prospered. Inevitable
combination with corrupt politics
followed, Weak sisters fell by the
wayside and well-organized whiskey
rings slowly emerged. Manufacturing,
wholesaling and retailing combina
tions were formed as compactly as In
any legitimate business.
Competition between these groups
(Continued on Page Seven)
y
AS ASSISTANT TO
STATE'S ATTORNEY
SALEM, Aug. 14. ;P Ralph B.
Moody of Medford will continue as
assistant attorney-general in place of
the late William S. Lev ens of Salem
Attorney-General I. H. VanWlnkle an
nounced late Saturday, following f
conference with Moody.
Moody was placed in charge o( the
state's prosecution In the murder
trial of L. A. Banks of Medford, after
Levens died suddenly. Subsequently
Moody handled the prosecution of a
number of Jackson county persons
who were charged with theft of bal
lot.. VanWlnkle said Moody will wind up
the details of the Jackson county
prosecutions and then make his head
quarters In Salem.. He will fill per
manently the position vacated by
Levens death, though his duties may
not be precisely the same in the re
organization, VanWlnkle stated.
Moody was Portland general attor
ney for the Southern Pacific company
about 20 years ago. but retired be
cause of ill health and moved to
Jackvm county. He is the son of Z
P. Moody, one of Oregon's early governors.
Rushed
BY ROOSEVELT IF
EAGLE NOT SHOWN
President Calls NRA Heads
for Check-Up and Speed
up of Program Many
Back to Work Is Word
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. (AP)
President Roosevelt today summoned
his recovery aides to check up and
speed up the national campaign lor
better times. ,
Hugh S. Johnson, Industrial re
covery administrator, hastened here
by alrphine from St. Louis to confer
with Mr. Roosevelt.
In his one week in Washington, Mr.
Roosevelt Intends to gain a complete
survey of progress and mold into a
more closely knit unit the recovery
drive.
Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief ad
ministrator, was auother on the call
ing list today. Tomorrow Mr. Roose
velt plana to go over the whole pic
ture with his recovery council.
(Jets Con tub Report.
He paused today to receive another
report on the London Economic con
ference at luncheon with Chairman
Plttman (D., Nev.) of tho senate for
eign relations committee and chair
man McRcynolds (D., Tenn.) of the
house foreign affairs committee, two
of the delegates.
The giant pinions of NRA's blue
eagle were held today by officials to
be hovering over a quarter of the
nations 40,000.000 workers.
Because the president has accepted
much of the advice already given to
him by Johnson, tho expectation was
that Mr. Roosevelt would approve an
elaboration of the Idea the adminis
trator is advancing now. like In hia
St. Louis speech last night when he
said:
, Boycott Advised.
If tou see a place where there IB
none and you do any kind of business
there you have a right to ask:
Brother, where is your biuo eagier
and (If the snswer does not to you
seem fair) take your business else
where. If every person did that
for a week, there would not be
store or a shop or factory In thi
whole country without its blu eagle.
Meanwhile, in the aDnence oi aav
on which to base correct figures. NRA
officials declined today to estimate
with any claimed attempt at accuracy
how far they had come toward their
original goal of putting ft.000.000 un
employed back to work by labor aay.
But their guesses ranged as high as
1,600.000 and as low as 200,000.
Many Codes Adopted.
Score upon score of codes have been
submitted, five major industrial plans
approved, 40 to 60 Industries author
ized temporarily to substitute their
own unapproved codes hour and pay
conditions for labor provisions in the
Roosevelt blanket code.-
Through temporary measures, such
as that, NRA officials estimated fully
10,006.000 workers were, or soon would
be affected by the blue eagle. They
carefully explained they did not mean
that 10,000,000 new workers had been
(Continued on Page Five.)
.SUSPECHARREST
State police In Medford were ad
vised -this forenoon that W. Ellis
Humphrey, 38, wanted In Hlghpolnt.
N. C, on a chcrge of murdering a
rural mall carrier, was apprehended
In McMlnnvllle this morning by stste
police, on Information from a bulle
tin Issued out of Medford.
AccordFng to atate police here.
Humphrey spent sbout two weeks In
Medford with relstlves, and on the
ssme day that stste and city' police
received telegrams from North Caro
lina concerning the msn, he left for
McMlnnvllle, where he also la report
ed to hsve relatives.
Humphrey was described as six feet
one, and dark complexloned. Ills
black hslr hsa been bleached with
peroxide, they said.
MEIER SAYS STATE
TO HOLD TO BUDGET
MARdHFlKLD. Ore- Aug 14.-(AP)
Despitv a material Increase In the
cost of supplies and t commodities,
Oovernor Julius L. Meier believes
r Org on probably will be able to keep
well itl'hln Its budget which la Ap
proximately 40 per cent below that
of the previous blennlum.
The governor and Mrs. Meier stop
ped here for a few hours yestrday
on then way to Oearhard from te
American Legion convention At
Klamath Falls.
to Cuban Scene
BASEBALL
Amerk-nn
CLEVELAND. Aug. 14. ( AP)
Jimmle Voxx, hitting a single, double,
triple and home run, today battrd
nine runs across the plate to estab-
Hah a new American league record
for runs batted In, In one game.
The performance left him three
rhort of the major league record of
12 made by Jim Bottomlcy. of the
Cardinals, against Brooklyn In 1024.
Philadelphia II 13 1
Cleveland 8 7 1
Mahaffey and Cochrane; Hudlln,
Bean and Pytlak, Spencer.
Confidence . that the National Re
covery Act, if administered with auf-
ftclent Intelligence and energy, will
bring the United States out of the
slough of despondency through evo-
nomlc evolution, waa voiced here to
day by Congressman James W. Mott
at the Chamber of Commerce forum
luncheon at the Hotel Medford, at
tended by 130 guests.
Speaking as a Republican member
of ttie house. Congressman Mott de
clared he was glad to announce he
had supported the National Recovery
Act legislation proposed by President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
"I did not support all legislation
advocated by the president, however,'
he added as If to re-establish him
self In the Q. O. P. ranks. "I refuse
to be a rubber stamp to anyone, even
the president of the United States."
Explaining the National Recovery
Act agreements, now being signed by
employers throughout the land; the
speaker described them as temporary
agreements to fill in the time until
regular business codes can be worked
out and adopted. The Industrial Re
covery Act, he stated, provides for
federal control of private business
toward the end that all unemployed
may be given Jobs and paid a suf
ficient amount of money to enable
them to buy again and start the
wheels of Industry turning.
"The Idea, whether you like It or
not,'' Congressman Mott declared, "is
socialistic, drastic and revolutionary.
but necessary to bring the nation out
of despondency,
"During the presidential campaign
there waa little difference in the
platforms of the Republican and the
Democratic partis. After March 4 the
president realized something more
than the party platform ftad to be
followed to bring about recovery. He
went to non-political heads for his
advice. Professors of economics, And
all of them socialists, suggested the
National Recovery Act. The presi
dent accepted It. Congress accepted
it. It received as much support from
the Republicans aa from the Demo
crats. All realized the change must
come through something new in the
way of legislation.
"The N. R. A. will require from
each Industry a code of fair compe
tition, satisfactory to employer, em
ploye and the public. It will control
production for the first time in
American history. For the first time
It will Also fix the price And enable
the industry within Its own limits to
fix Ita own profits. If such are not
satisfactory, however, the adminis
trator can arrange a code And force
subscription to It by refusal to grant
licenses to industries not complying.
"The set Also protects - the em
ployers from unfair competition, do
mentlc or foreign."
Conditions for enforcement of the
recovery legislation, Congressman
Mott described as very favorable.
"The people want recovery," he
declared, "and they are wholeheart
edly behind the president."
In closing his address Congressman
Mott voiced the desire to serve his
district well and stated that with
that aim In view he had tried to get
on those committees In congress which
would enable him to exert influence
where It waa needed. He succeeded
in achieving appointment to the pub
lic lands and the road committees.
both of which are of vast Importance
to Oregon, he stated.
Congressman Mott was Introduced
to the forum crowd today by A. P.
Johnsen, chairman of the forum com
mittee, who presided at the luncheon.
In introducing the congressman, Mr.
Johnsen thanked him wholeheartedly
in the name of the chamber of com
merce for action taken In bringing
ths Civic Conservation corps head
quarters to Medford.
Missouri Prohis
Lose Court Fight
JEFFTRSON CITY. Mo., Aug. 14.
(F The Missouri supreme court rul
ed today that the Weeks law, which
sets up the machinery for A state
wide vote next Saturday on ratlfl
catlo nof national prohibition repeal,
la not subject to a referendum.
Prohibitionist had sought to pre
vent action on repeal through An
Attack on the Weeks law.
FRESH OUTBURSTS
CAUSE JFJCTION
Old Political Parties Ignored
by New President in Form
ing Cabinet Machado's
Estates Are Sacked
HAVANA. Aug. 14. () As two
United States ships of war steamed
into Havana harbor today w protect
American property, renewed outbursts
of looting and arson Impelled the
Cuban military authorities to order
their soldiers to fire on all persons
violating public order.
Carlos Manuel De Cespedea. the
new president, completed a cabinet
which virtually ignored the claims of
all of the old political parties, and
the principal followers of the deposed
president, Oedardo Machado, follow
ed their leader's example by fleeing
the Island.
Siu'k M nclt a do Estates.
Two of General Machado's coun
try eatatea were sacked In celebra-
tlon of the victorious revolution
which forced the general to abdicate),
and take refuge In the Bahamas. i
The presence of two American
warships in the harbor the destroy
ers Taylor and Claxton exercised a
salutary effect, officials said, and -hope
was expressed that the violence
attending the revolution waa near :
Its end.
The U. 8. 8. Sturtevant was at Man- ,
zanlllo on a similar assignment of
protecting American lives and prop
erty. These warships did not lndl-.
cate intervention . by the United
States, and thoir presence was an.:
proved by the new president, .
In Havana hundreds of Cubans .
gathered at the docks to see the
American men-of-war.. Naval offic
ers arranged a conference with Presl-
dent De Cespedes.
One Killed fn Riots.
Disorders during the night result-;
ed In the death of one person and
in grave Injury to another.
Sixty omnibuses of the Cuba com-
pany, now bankrupt, were burned by
company employes, who had demend-
ed that their $35 deposits, previously ,
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THE DALLES, Ore., Aug. 14. ff
A burning sun. that sent th ther
mometer Above the 100-degrea mark,
was believed responsible for a train
wreck that took two liyes and caused
injury to nine other persons, four
miles east of North Dalles, Wash.,
Sunday. All were transients.
Fifteen cars, attached to an S. P.
St B. freight train, left the rails, be
lieved to have spread, because of the
heat, and piled up In a cut, after
running About 300 yards Along the
ties, survivors of the smash up said.
The dead were tentatively Identi
fied as: John D. Robinson, home
address unknown, and Whit Eagle,
Cherokee Indian, who had told com
panions that he lived At White Bluff
ranch, near San Francisco.
In Iowa. 27a rural schools have
"100 per cent' ratings for dental
correction during 1933-33.
ROGERS
'says:
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Aug.
12. All I know is just what I
rend in the papers. I see where
U. S. ConKi'eusninn Hamilton
Fish (who made a mighty fine
record with the Rough Riders
in Cuba) has offered our presi
dent the support of the entire
Republican party in case oi in-
vnsion of Cuba. '
That's great. Hamilton Fish
is a mighty fine patriotic citi
zen, but I would sure hate to go
into Cuba (or even the littlest
country on earth) with nothing
behind me but the Republican
party. Suppose they shot 'em
both ; where would you bet
PtJI M.Naatat trs4l.au, ha