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Medford Mail Tribune To City Subscribers la cam your crrier fails to leave a paper, phone 76 be for 6 p. m. office closing time. A paper will be tent out by Special Delivery. Forecast: Fair Sunday. Not mucn change In temperature. Temperature: Higheat yesterday , III lowest yesterday .. M Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOKi), OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 20, 1933. No. 128. The Weather fltffllTBE FEGillL'S ' Comment on the Day's News By FKANK Jt.Shl.SS. A Southern Oregon banker, ex plaining the new banking act to the members of bla eervtce club, eays It will bring about two thlnge: Fewer banke. Closer supervision by the govern ment. B lOTH are sound; the first especial ly so. Too many banks mean bank that are not as strong as they ahould be and strength Is the first essential of a bank. Supervision by the government can BOt be too dose If It Is INTELLI GENT supervision. THE new bank law provide insur ance of deposit that Is to nay. It insures the depositor that he will get hla money back. Many people, especially the big bankers in the big cities, say Insur ance of deposits won't work. This writer, for one, hopes It will If the depositor know he will get his money back, confidence in the bank will be tremendously Increased, and confidence In the banks Is a might? fine thing.. THE big city bankers don't want deposit Insurance, because If It works it will make the smallest country bank as strong as the biggest city bank. That isn't so good from the standpoint of the big city banks. BUT enough of banking. Let's turn to lighter subjects. Do you know how the standard '100 proof," as applied to whiskey. got its start? Probably not.. "l CORGI! ADLER vouches for this V version: -.- Back in Revolutionary days, they fired cannon by laying a train of pow der along a board, thus making a rudimentary sort of fuse. But the powder burned too quickly, not al lowing the cannoneer time enough to get away. So they sought ways of slowing it down. FIRST they tried wetting the pow der with water, but that Idea wasn't so good. It slowed the powder down too much. So next they tried alcohol, which also wasn't so good, because It didn't alow the powder down enough. So they tried mixing alcohol and water Half and half, and that was Just right. They called this mixture 100 proof. Alcohol and water In equal parts has been known as "100 proof" whis key since that time. SPEAKING of alow powder, did you ever hear of the fellow who used It to bag a prairie dog? The prairie dog, as you know, stands upright at the mouth of his hole, and when shot usually manages to get Into the hole before dying. The hunter referred to in this story framed up a scheme. HE loaded his gun with slow pow der, then crept up on a prairie dog town. His Idea was to fire at the dog. then, the instant he fired, to drop the gun and make a dash for the dog. getting there about the same time as the charge of shot. How did the scheme work? Well, he tells the story like this: "The instant I fired, 1 dropped the gun and made a grab for the prairie dog. I got the dog all right,' but Just as I grabbed Mm the charge of shot took me In the seat of the pants." Tou can take It or leave it, but that is the way It was told to this writer. ART SCHAUPP. Just back from a trip through the Middle West, knows why grain prices are going up. There len t any grain back thre, h sura. Fields are burned and brown. Wheat, oats and rye are looking bad Corn doeen't look much better. And potatoes well, they look pitiful. As for heat, he says we don't know anything about the subject out here. This weather we haTe been bavin? the past week ts Just plain summer weather. IT is a tough altustion for the farm era whose crops have been reduced by the drouth and the heat. But It's pood for those whone crops HA VENT ben reduced. wir'ai rii mn tvl ( .reVier mass poison, ou Juof. MONEY DISBURSED AND DEPOSITED AS Clerk Short Nickel, Sheriff Half Dollar for Three-Year Period Minor Errors Are Noted in Haines' Report The audit of Jackson county II nances and offices, was filed yester day with the county court by L. H Haines, public accountant of Klam ath Palls. The audit does not sup' port In any particular sensational charges and vicious innuendoes hurl' ed last spring, against the conduct of county affairs by E. H. Fehl. coun ty Judge, and L. A. Banks, then local agitator, and running mat of Pehl. The audit is a refutation of the pair's accusations. The opening paragraph of the 153 page report reads: "I hereby certify that in my opin ion, with the exception of minor er ror?, discrepancies, and omissions re ported hereinafter, all monies collect ed during the three years ending December 81, 1932 for taxes, fines, and ball forfeitures, fees, licenses, amounts due from other governmen tal units, and other Incomes have been deposited with the county treas urer, in accordance with statues in effect, and have been disbursed on authorized vouchers, or remain on hand." Auditor Haines further stated. "In my opinion, the discrepancies found are no different than those to be found In any other counties, and not as bad as In many." Auditor Haines further said the "errors, discrepancies, and omissIons" were "clerical errors." such as ap pear In any business, and could be easily rectified. The report contains no sensational or unusual matter, and none of the charges and accusations hurled by Earl H. Pehl and L. A. Banks, against the handling of county affalra are supported In the audit. Pehl in "congress" meetings in rural areas, frequently voiced serious accusations and Banks repeated them in his newspaper. The report shows that the sheriff's office under Ralph Q. Jennings han dled 1, 444,686.03 during the three years period, and the recorded cash receipts of the office show at 60 cent shortage. Pehl and Banks hinted In their allegations, that the sheriff of fice funds were "mishandled." The clerk's office, another point of veiled attack by Banks and Pehl, handled $18,853,39. The audit shows the clerk's accounts were off a nickel during the regime of Delilah Stevens Meyer. The audit shows that the county offices handled in 1032, the, sum of 91.432.391.07; In 1931 the sum of $1. 929.187.98, and in 1930 th sum of 12.110,710.33. The total amount for the three year period was 13,472, 259.38. The county court spent Saturday afternoon going over the audit with Auditor Haines, and discussing sug gested changes In the systems used in county business. The session will be resumed Monday. An Item oy item study of the audit Is being made by the county court. The audit is voluminous and In detail and covers all offices and funds. As soon as a copy Is received from the binders, It will be made available to all Interested. The re port is complete. The contract for the audit was signed March 16 last. Pehl. then county Judge, now serving a four year state prison sentence for ballot theft, in his rural district speeches, and in his weekly made generil charges that county funds were be ing mishandled. Banks In his pub lication supported the allegations. Neither would make specific allega tions, but hurled general allegations. The audit was contracted, to still the studied and growing agt talon. When rum or-mongers spread charges, they were hailed before the county court, and faced with their accusa tions. In the presence of the auditor This stopped the practice. One of the terms of the contract, was that It would not be revealed except by the auditor, and In the presence of the county court, and that the audi tor was to make none of his finding public, until the audit was complet ed. PATE IN PRISON SALEM. Aug. 19 (AP) Mrs. L. A Banks of Medford, whose husband was received at the state peniten tiary recently to serve a life term for the murder of Constable George Prejwott of Jackson county, has ar rived in Salem where ahe will spend a few days. Friends of Mrs. Banks said she might locate here permanently. MEXICO, D. F. Aug. 19 ( API Eiht very slight earth shocks, their etH-cr-ter within 10 miles of the downtown ition. wre reitred tn past 24 hours of seismogrsprite Canners FORE THIS WEEK Foreign, Domestic Action Starts Curtailment Plans Public Thursday County Meeting Schedule Given Meetings for the discussion of acre age adjustment for wheat are being held throughout the county and a great deal of Interest Is being shown by wheat growers. Meetings arranged by County Agent Fowler for this week are as follows: Ashland City Hall, Monday, August 31, 8 p. m. Courthouse Auditorium, Medford, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 8 p. m. Talent Community Hall, Thursday. August 24, 8 p. m. Sams Valley schoolhouse, Friday. August 26, 8 p. m. Application blanks are available both at these meetings and at the county agent's office. The time is short for the acceptance of these ap plications and every wheat grower should attend the meetings nearest to htm. WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. (AP) The eyes of the nation's wheat farm ers next week will center on a thea ter of operations extending from London to Portland. Ore., as both International and domestic action Is taken to Improve their status. Significant events scheduled for the next few days are to be climaxed on Thursdsy when Secretary Wallace will announce the percentage of acreage reduction to be required of American farmers In order to become eligible for benefit payments of up to $136,000,000. Representatives of the chief wheat producing nations gather' at London for the reconvening of the .world wheat conference Monday. Several Important decisions affecting Amer ican wheat policy may be secured. Representatives of farm administra tors and the grain Industry prepared for another meeting Monday at Port land to explore the possibilities of a trade agreement among exporters to move surplus wheat out of that region to the Orient with govern ment support. Meanwhile, In school houses, court rooms and country auditoriums throughout the four major wheat producing areas In the United States farmers were being brought together in meetings to develop arrangements for application of the voluntary do mestic allotment plan to the grain. Wallace and his aides said their minds are "open" on the decision as to the acreage reduction to be re quired up to a maximum of 20 per cent covering planting for harvest In 1934. In event an International agree ment to reduce production Is arrived at for the United States, Canada, Australia and Argentina the admin istrators are willing to reduce the American production more than If thla country alone embarks upon a production curtailment program. If there Is no agreement, admin istrators are Inclined to require a reduction of no more than 10 per cent for 1934 plantings; In case an International agreement results, some of them believe that this country could offer a reduction of 15 per cent. Heavy abandonment following bad weather conditions has brought the prospective wheat crop this year to Its lowest point since 1893. The acre age is estimated by the crop report ing board at 44.879.000 compared with 55.152.000 last year and 69.934.0000 average for 1928 to 1930 Inclusive. STATE TROOPERS SALEM, Aug. 19 fAP) Conduct of state police officers In the Jack son county murder and ballot theft cases was praised by Judge Skip worth who presided at the several trials In Lane, Jackson and Klam ath counties. In a letter to superintendent of the state police. Charles Pray, Sktpvorth said the state .police rendered valu able service in maintaining order and their activities were auch a to com mend them to every eitiwn in Ore gon. Kansas Scandal Ornwi TOPEKA, Kan., Aug IB (API With Indication, the total amount of forgerlea In the Kansas bog-.ia bond swindle may reach 11.700.000. !nreattatora revealed today they had Information that more than one em ploye in the state treasurer's office carried forged bonds to Chlgo for M ruoi. bo-d, brok, Agree NRA STAMPS When the NRA atamps went on sale In Washington, Gen. Hugh Johnaon of the national recovery admlnletratlon waa the first custom er. The stamps were passed across the counter by James A. Farley, the postmaster general. It waa an occasion for congratulations, ora tory and stamp collectors. (Associated Press Photo LOVE BABES SOLD BY TULSA, Okl'a., "Aug. ' 19. fAP) Evidence that babies born out of wedlock have been sold here for adoption was revealed today by Mrs. Mabel Basse tt, state commissioner of charities and corrections. Mrs. Bassett asserted she had ob tained statements signed by three physicians after . the "baby market" was uncovered accidentally by Miss Helen Schtfeffer, director of the local children's service bureau. At least four babies have been "sold" recently, Mrs. Bassett said, for sums ranging from 70 to 9100, the physicians allegedly taking the mon ey as "costs for hospitalization." Oklahoma has no law under which such cases can be prosecuted, Mrs. Bassett declared. Mrs. Bassett indicated she will have the testimony of witnesses and the statements signed by the physicians ready for submission to the society within a few days. Miss Schaeffer told Mrs. Bassett her suspicions were aroused when two women called and asked about the parentage of a baby offered them for adoption for 100. After Mrs. Bassett was advised, an Investigation was begun that showed four children, all born of girl moth ers, had been disposed of in this fashion over a period of fc few weeks. In eaoh instance, Mrs. Bassett said, the doctor in the case advised the young mother he would relieve her of the responsibility of caring for the child. "The girls agreed because they had been betrayed and were at a low ebb, both physically and mentally, and because they were ao desperately poor they could not pay hospital costs and care for the children," Mrs. Bassett said. BEST LI PLANS OF TOLTOO. Ore, Aug. 19 (API Like the story of the house that Jack built, is the one related by Dr. H. W. Hellsworth today. There ws a Toledo store where the doctor went to buy a shotgun to kill the cat that caught the bantam chicken that was bought to kill the ear wis that were eating the plants that grew In the garden that Mrs. Hellsworth planted.' The denouement will have to be written later. The cat has failed to make its appearance since the doctor bought the gun. BASEBALL R. H. E. Ism Angeles 3 0 Sacramento 0 S 0 Batteries: Ncwaom and M-Mullen; Home and Wins. . ' Night (lames. . , R. H T. Portland llO 10 I Hollywood 4 12 0 Batteries: Turpln and Palmlssno; i'A'etsel. Buchanan, BchultM and Bum- on Bartlett Pear Rise GO ON SALE VE FORCES SUICIDE ON HAVANA CHIEF "" ' HAVANA, Aug. 19. (AP) Briga dier A. B. Alnclart, Havana's last ohief of police under President Ger ardo Machado and held responsible by- the opposition for many political slaylngs, shot and killed himself to night when he waa trapped by police and soldiers. ' Sought since last Saturday when Machado fled the country, Alnclart was found hiding under a coal stove in a house in the Almendarea sec tion . of Havana. When ordered to give himself up. Alnclart shot him self with a pistol he always car ried. Alnclart was all alone at the end he who never appeared on the streets unless three or four guards rode with him and another automo bile preceding or following shielded him from danger with machine guns, rifles and sawed -off shotguns. A woman came to the tiny, two room house at Lanuza and Flr.it streets in the Almendares last night, soldiers stationed there after Aln clart's death said, and rented It. Aln clart and three men slipped in later, silently. Over Havana all thla week the cry had been raised again and again. "Get Alnclart." He knew peril dog ged his every step, So did his companions, apparently. Some time during the night they left him to his fate. This afternoon the ABC secret society, the soldiers said, learned that Alnclart waa Inside the house. They advised police and army officials and forces were sent there. An A B C member knocked on the door. "Come out or we'll shoot!" he shouted. One shot was heard. Sold iers and ABC fired back. Then they entered the room and found Alnclarts body. In one last desper ate effort for life, the graying offi cer had dyed his hair blond. T WASHINGTON, Ail. 19(API President Roosevelt turned again to night toward his ancestral home at Hyde Park after a weeki of atrenu ou and varied activity at the White Hons. Bfore Braving for the Hudeoh rtyr palate where he plan, to spend two more weeks, the president kept close to hla desk to put the final touches to hla national recovery program. He will return on Labor day the (ime set for full enforcement of the NRA order for American Industry. quartet Held for Theft. Three men and a woman, John Bhearer flcofleld. John Bunrlder. John A, Walter and Roberta Campbell, are being held in the county Jail fol lowing their arrest Saturday after noon by state police on chargea of car theft. Communl'-a' Ion with Ta coma authorities revealed that the car. of which the license waa re. ported, had been stolen from tht city. Tacoma authorities said they would arrive here Monday for the aarut. RULING TUESDAY BY GOVERNOF SPECIALSESSION Federal and State Relief Leaders to Confer On Plans and Needs of State Work Situation Studied pnBTt.on. Ore.. Aiur. IB. IAP1 Governor Julius L. Meier Indicated today that he will determine Tuea day whether or not a special aeaslon of the Oregon legislature should be called to cope with the problem of raising relief funds. Tn n trlenhnnft conversation from hi. .nmmrr home at Gearhart to PnrtlnnH relief leaders, the governor said he had Invited federal and local relief leadera and prominent legis lator, to meet with him In Portland Tuesday to determine In actual unem ployment emergency exiata m ure gon and If so, whether he would be Justified In celling a, special legisla tive session at an eatlmeted cost of $2(1,000 to S30.0O0. The state relief committee waa m tnrmfti here Frldav that the federal government will advance relief funda only at the ratio of si to every mil i.n hv the state. After receiving thla Information, members of the re lief committee, declsrlng the state a relief funda would be exhauated by October 31. urged the governor to call a special legislative session. Governor Meier said ne wouia aiu tn riAtrrmlne at the meeting how many men and women would be re stored to loba In thla atate under the federal public worka and national re covery act program, and how much additional employment woum oe re quired to tako care of those persons una without, work. He emphaelwd that he would not call a apeclal ses sion unless he finds thst an actual emergency exists. Among those the governor naa aEirni tn attend the conference are Mumimii n. nana, regional director of public works; Bert Haney, R. N. Stanfleld and O. O. Hockley, mem bera of the Oregon committee on public worka: H. B. Van Duser and Edgar Freed of Portland, aotive in the national recovery act program here; Frank Messenger, In charge of the Portland district oillce ot ne bureau of foreign and domeatlc com merce, and Raymond B. Wilcox, chair man of the atate relief committee. Fred Kiddle, president of the state senate, and Earl Bnell, apeakcr of the house of repreaentatlvea, have alao been asked to attend. The eovernor announced the meet ing after he had conferred at Gear hart with Wilcox, wllrnx stated that Orcson will have received and sncnt by September 30 more than 4.000.000 of federal funds for relief. Contributions from coun ties and cltlea, he aald, have declined about 139,000 a month for the en tire stale. On the nresent hasla of exDendl- ture, he estimated, funda in hand will be exhausted by September 30. The atate will then have available for the fourth quarter of thla year one-th)rd of the expendlturea made In the third quarter, or about $300,- 000. WABHINOTON, Aug. 19 (API Foreat conservation officiate today attacked the task of aelectlng ault able winter locations mom substan tial quartera and heavier clothing for the more than aoo.ooo men whose enrollment In the civilian conserva tion corpa for a second alx montha' period has been authorised by Preal dent Roosevelt. Although new enrollmenla to keep the forest army up to IU full strength of 314.000 will not begin Immedlstely, they said the more than 3000 appli cation which have come In for win ter camp altea mostly from aouth ern atatea were being atudled. Robert Feehner. dlrrctor of the program, estimated today the full number of 14S0 camps would be nec essary to take, care of the men during the winter. Campa to be abandoned In colder areas and thnee to be added in warmer regiona will be selected within a few daye by the forest aer vlce and the Interior department. War department officials went ahead with plana for taking car of the wnrkre, including providing wooden barracka In cllmatea necessi tating more aubstantlal quarters, and upplying heavier clothing for men in norlbern state. 25 BOOST ON S15PERT0N RATE GRANTED GROWER Meet Federal Proposal With Proviso to Pass Cost to Pre-Sale Buyers To mato Growers May Benefit Members of the Northwest Can ners' association agreed at a meett InR In Portland Friday to meet the recommendation of the Agricultural Adjustment administration for a as per cent Increase In price to Bartlett growers, over the present $18 per ton minimum for No. 1 pears established by the association which includes canneries in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. According to Ralph B. Koozer, president of the Bagley Canning CoM of Ashland, . and chairman of the commodity committee on tomato pro ducts of the Northwest Canners, who attended the Portland meeting with Ralph U. BouteUe, bead of the Rogue Valley Canning Co., of this city, the agreement with the government's proposal was contingent upon pro tection for the canner In passing on the added cost to the buyers of can ned goods on all pre-sales. The addi tional returns to the growers to be made when the canned fruit ts de livered and paid for, tn cases where the pears had been previously con tracted for at the low price. The government's recommendation for higher returns to pear growers was made with the hope of co-opera tion all down the line, according to Mr. Koozer, and If the canners who have already sold a portion ot their product at a price based on the iris minimum to growers, can be assured of federal protection on such' con tracts there is no reason why the re' turns to orchard is ts cannot be aug mented in line with the administra tion's desire. ' In order to curtail the apparent surplus of pears, It was brought out at the meeting that the government la discouraging the canning ot any (Continued on Pago 8e7n) REPEAL WINS IN MISSOURI. 4 T0 1 ST. LOUM, Aug. 10. (AP) In complete unofficial report from 1810 out of 4130 precincts In Missouri nave: for repeal 35,550; against 79, 733. Three hundred out of 600 pre cincts in fit. Louis gave 79.170 for repeal, 8360 against. Two hundred alx precincts out of 544 in Kansaa City gave 65,300 for , repeal .to 3752 against. ST. LOUIfl, Aug. 10. (AP) Unof. ftclal Incomplete returns from 1.554 out of 4,100 precincts In MJssourl gave: for repeal 334,9.14; against re peal 73,345. In this total 300 out of 660 precincts in St. Louis gave 70,170 for repeal and 3.350 against. Two hundred she out of 544 pre cincts in Kansas City gave 65,206 for repeal to 3,752 against. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 10. (AP) A trend of approximately 4 to 1 for repeal was shown by scattered early reports gathered in Missouri tonight before the closing of the polls. Sixty precincts out of 4.173 gave for repeal 8.300; against 3.694. Repeal was favored more than 60 to 1 In the first 13 preclncta In Kan sas City to report. The rota gave: for repeal 4330; against 66. Seven towns and counties, repre senting a wide ares, gave 3.363 votes for repeal of the eighteenth amend ment and 833 for Its retention. Lit tle general Interest waa nunlfes. The first of the 669 precinct In the city of St. ItOUls to report tonight on the prohibition repeal election jtave 303 votes for repeal and five against. Texae Nert AUSTIN, Tel.,', Aug. 1 (API Ratification of repeal of the eight eenth amendment and revision of the stste constitution to allow the man ufacturs snd sale of the 33 beer come before the Texas electorate for decialon next Saturday. Texas will be the 33rd state ta rot on the proposition or sllmlnst Ing prohibition from the nation's fundamental law. WBNATOHBE, Wah, Aug. H (API Bids were called today by the Washington state Columbia Baaln commission for tha first actual con struction work on the M,000.000 Grand Coulee dam In tha Columbia STEEL, OIL E Major Businesses Enlist Under Blue Eagle More Jobs. Higher Pay and For est Conservation Outlined WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. (API- President Roosevelt tonight signed trade practice codes bringing under the recovery campaign the gigantic oil and steel Industries, two of Amer ica's major businesses. Pausing In the midst of his plans to go to Hyde Park. New York, the chief executive affixed hla signature to the two documents at the White House, where they were carried by Hugh S. Johnson, the Industrial ad--mlnlatrator, shortly before Mr. Roose velt's train was due to leave. Signing of the codes ended weeks of argument and controversy within the two industries and between them and the government over many , points, smoothed out in last minute conferences yesterday and today. They were the second and third . major codes to be. approved today by the president, the chief who earl ier signed a trade practice plan for . the lumber Industry. A few mln- . uteg after affixing hla signature, Mr. i Roosevelt was en rout to the train -for Hyde Park. WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. (AP) ' A fair practice code designed to put 115,000 more men on the payrolls of the lumber and timber products in diwtry and including production con- : trol and minimum price provisions, -waa approved tonight by President Roosevelt. . f A 40-hour maximum work week is : established, 4 8-hours at seasonal : peaks, and minimum wages range from 38 cents to 42 cents an hour, representing In some instances a 100 1 per cent Increase. A clause which received' President J Roosevelt's special attention provides a program of conservation of forest 1 resources In cooperation with tht ' secretary of agriculture. An agency known as the ''Lumber . Coda Authority, Inc.,' created to ad minister the agreement, U vested . with the task of production control ' and cost protection. The authority la to determine esti mate of expected consumption, In- . eluding exports, and Is "empowered to establish and form time to time revise production quotas" for the var- . lous division. SEATTLE, Aug. 10. (AP) Several million dollars will be added to the i annual payroll of the lumber indus try in western Washington and west ern Oregon, J. B. Fitzgerald, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's association, said to night, under provisions of the coda adopted for the industry today at Washington. He also pointed out that although the Industry is now coming officially under the "Blue Eagle," about, three fourths of the Industry baa already been working under such terms for several weeks. WILL- ROGEHS soys: WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. Well, flew in here last night from Chicago. Come to the old fountain of rumors to watch the hired boyg work under per spiration. The town has got "coditis." Every time you come to Washington somebody is headlined. All the interest is centered there. Last time I was here they were featuring J. P. Morgan, one of the R. F. C, but this time nil brief cases can be fol lowed and they lead to the Hoover building. (The depart ment of commerce building, covering the lower end of the District of Columbia and the entire northeastern part of Vir ginia.) Well, this old Oklahoma Johnson is in there and he is papa in Washington now. Ton briug your "code" to him. He nnquodes it, re-codes you an other one, you sign it, get you a bluebird and go back in busi ness again. . lHa1fa.ti'e.,liU