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3DF0RD Mail T UNE To City Subscribers 10 case your carrier (alls to leave a paper, phone 78 before 0 p m. office closing time. A papar will M sent out by Special Delivery. Twenty-eighth Year MEPFOUt), OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1033. No. m. UNANIMOUS PLEA BASEBALL On Trial in Wife's Death The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Wed nesday. Not mach change In tem perature. Highest yesterday . - Lowest thU morn In - - H Ml rib MKttSBn AS , ""IT"" PROBE OF SLAYING WARN BY 300 Crowd Hearing at Port land Wenatchee Grow ers Take Exception Some . Proposals In Agreement PORTLAND. Aug. S3. (P) Unani mous approval of government Inter vention through trade agreements In the marketing of northwest tree fruits, was expressed by witnesses at the opening session here today of the formal hearing on a proposed agree ment, before representatives of the agricultural adjustment administra tion. More than 300 persons from Ore gon. Washington, Idaho and Mon tana tried to crowd Into the circuit courtroom for the hearing, malting It necessary to transfer the afternoon session to the council chambers In the city hall. Agree to Principle. The opening session was devoted eicluslvely to discussion of the de sirability of some marketing agree ment to which the government would lend the cooperation of lta enforce ment agencies made possible by the licensing provisions of the agricul tural adjustment act. To this prin ciple all witnesses subscribed, al though notice was given by grower witnesses from the Wenatchee dis trict that they would oppose some provisions of the apeclfic agreement presented today. Presiding over . the hearing here was William P. Staley, Portland, rep resenting the office of the solicitor in the United States department of agriculture. In active charge of the hearing are Porter W. Taylor, senior marketing specialist from Washing ton, D. 0., and Victor Anderson, coun cil for the A. A. A., who also took part in the informal wheat hearing here yesterday. Schoenfeld Adviser. Dr. W. Schoenfeld, dean of agricul ture at Oregon State college, recently called to Washington to assist In formulating trade agreements for the fruit Industry, acted In an advisory capacity today. Taylor read the proposed marketing agreement for northwest tree fruits, but said It was not pesented with the full backing of the A. A. A., but represents a compromise between the recent majorltyand minority reports submitted to Washington, D. C-, as the outgrowth of prellmlnsry organiz ation meetings at Spokane. (Continued on Page Plve) EXTRA SESSION ON HER CALL PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 32. (AP) The question whether the Oregon legislature must be assembled In spe cial seaston to provide funds to carry on relief work In this state, was to be determined at -a conference to be held here this afternoon under the call of Governor Meier. The source of state funds for fur ther unemployment relief waa the Immediate reason for the conference. Federal officials declared unless Ore gon advances 2 for every dollar of federal monev. there will be no more federal aid for relier of the unem ployed. During the psst two years about 4.000.000 In federal money has been available for relief In Oregon. Relief funds tn the state face exhaustion at an early date and It la estimated that at least $1,000,000 wilt be re quired for relief in November and December. PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 33. (API C. J. Shorb of La Grande waa today appointed manager of the La Grande branch of the Home Owners Loan association. The annmincement was made by J. P. Lipscomb. Oregon manager of the corporation. LA ORANDETbr.. Ail. 33. (API C. J. Shnrb. appointed manager of the Ia Oraxd branch of the Home O n-p Loan corporation today. Is editor and publisher of the Eastern Orecon Review, La Grande weekly newspaper. He came to La Grand last year from Joseph, Ore. where he publish ed the Joseph Weekly Herald. Sho'rb alv has been active in American lffion affairs hre. He formerly puaMV.ed the Oold Hill News at Gold Hill, Ore. Several persona, including hit former wife, were questioned In connection with the death of Earl Hanson (above) of Rockford, III., whose body waa found In his blaz ing automobile. (Associated Press Photo) Picking and packing of the Bart lett pear of the Rpgue River valley, will be In full swing by tomorrow morning. A number of the packing plants In this city operated part time Monday, and several will operate all thla afternoon, as the picking gets under way in the orchards. The seasonal labor will provide work for. 1800 people, all residents of this city and county. California labor Is not-employed in any of the plants or orchards. It Is said, the work being dispensed to home folks men and women. Transient labor Is not em ployed this year, packing house man agers announce. The work Is expected to last until mid-October, or longer. Wages for pickers vary from 20c to 25c per hour. In orchards. Minimum wages paid In the packing plants are: Packers, 4c per box; sort ers. 27' cent per hour, and common labor 30 cents per hour. The wages are on a par with those paid In California and Washington districts it la said, and slightly higher than last year. KILLED IN CRASH AT R. R. CROSSING LUMBERTON. N. C, Aug. 22. fi) Seven Lenoir county farmera were killed and three critically Injured here today when their tobacco truck crashed into aSeaboard Airline gas propelled passenger train, running from Hamblet to Wilmington. The truck, loaded with tobacco for the Fair mount market and occupied by a group of farmers from Deep Run. 10 miles from Kingston, crashed into the side of the train. Bodies of three of those killed were strewn along the tracks for 300 ysrda. Namrs of those killed "were given by police as: Jesse Davenport, Loul DAvenport, Wesley Davenport. Burchard Smith. Dick Harper, Walter Smith and Clyde Taylor. DAVIS ORDERED BACK TO GENEVA CONCLAVE HYDE PARK, N. T., Aug. 32 (AP)--Norman H. Davis was ordered back to the Oeneva disarmament conference today by President Roose velt with Instructions ti support the French proposal for a commission of supervision and control of arms throughout the world. LINDBERGHS HOP FOR SECRET DESTINATION REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 23 (API Colonel and Mrs. Chsrles A. Llndberg hopped off from ReyhJa vlk today, refusing to reveal their deatlmtlon, but It was believed .here that they were not leaving Iceland immediately. Call Warrant SALEM. Aug. 23 (AP) Call for endorsed state warrants dated July 8 to July 15 Inclusive, amounting to 201. SSI was sent out todav by the tare treasurer for payment tomor row. ROFFBURQ. Ore.. Aue 22. f API Harry pararoo, M. a resident of Suth erltn, waa brought to the hospital jhere thla afternoon suffering from ! injuries which It la feared will prove fatal. He waa enzagd In pulling lops I w.th a tractor when on of the logs i rolled down the grade and struck hlni Ion the bead. WILL COME FIRSI FOR GRAND JURY Case of Fred Wolf, Accused of Shooting Wife's Ad mirer, Given Investigators On Opening Session The grand Jury, Theodore N. Bell, Jr., of Talent foreman, convened this morning. The district attorney's of fice announced that the first matter considered would be the case of Fred Wolf, of the Oold Hill district, held in the county Jail alnce last May. charged with the slaying of William Sheldon, as the culmination of a tri angular love affair. Involving the ac cused man's wife. Wolf Is alleged to have shot and killed Sheldon while the latter was walking with Wolfs wife through a pasture, and returning home from milking the cows. The shooting occurred on May 4, last, in the late afternoon. Neighbors Colled. A number of residents of 'nevdls-trlct,- and neighbors of Wolf, have been called aa witnesses. Other matters scheduled to come before the grand Jury for investiga tion. Include the case of Charles W (Chuck) Davis. Davis is alleged to have engaged In a atreet altercation with Joseph B. (Bud) Johnston, re sulting in the letter's death. An argument 'over the ballr.t-theft con victions is reported sa the cause of the tragedy, Davis, one of those in dicted for ballot-theft, enteved a plea of guilty. Sentence has been deferred on this plea, pending tne outcome of the more serious charge. Rustling Coses Walt. Calf-stealing and killing will also be considered by the grand Jury, In cluding the case Involving Mllroy Charley of the Antelope district. Char. ley Is alleged to have slain a call Be longing to Fred Luy, and to have made a statement to the district at torney's office. Charley was d-awn as a Juror In the trial of J. Arthur La Dieu, first of the ballot theft defend ants to' be convicted. Alter long questioning whether or not he at tended a "Congress" picnic at Lake Creek, Charley was excused by the state on a premptory challenge. Several other' matters of a criminal nature will also be aired, Including the case of a north-end of the county resident, accused of a statutory of fense Involving young girls. He ' Is reported as now absent from the county. First Since Turmoil. It la the first session of the grand Jury since lsst March, when Indict ments were returned sgalnst L. A. Banks, former local agitator, now serving life In stste prison, and the ballot theft defendants. The personnel of the grand Jury Is: Theodore N. Bell, Jr., Talent, foreman: Mrs. Marie Iverson Putney. Medford. secretary; Leo Jammerthal, Ashland! C. B. Dixon. Talent; Miss Alice F. Pratt, Medford; Joseph H. Beck. Medford and George N. Flsk, Medford. E L WASHINGTON. Aug. 22. (API J. C. Penney. Inc.. New York City, today filed a complaint with the Interstate commerce commission that westbound railroad rates on less than carload lot of cotton goods were higher than eastbound and asked that eastbound rates be put Into ef fect on westbound traffic. The complaint said cotton goods from New Eneland to California cost 3.0 a hundredweight while the eastbound charge would be only 13.40, a difference of 1. The com pany claimed It had been Injured to the amount of 415.168 by the rates. It asked that westbound charges nftt. te in excess oi bn. rnflvuuui I rates of 2.40 on cotton piece goods I and ax75 on clotning. wooien umn j kets and hosiery other than cotton. i Two Killed I n Factory Blast NEWARK, N. J., Aug. 22. (AP) ... ..nlulnn In nn. nf the buildings of the Celluloid company In Ferry street killed a man ana a gin iouj and Injured six other workers, three of them so seriously they may die. . The dead are: filial rnl.hr Newark. Christian Jedle. 45. Union township. Milk Ordinance Hearing Tonight Harlng on the city milk ordi nance will be held In the council rooms at the city hall this evening, before the city council, Mstot E. M. Wilson asld today. J. D. Mlckel of Portland of the atat dairy depart ment, wilt be at the meeting, to aid tn straighten tng out a number of problems. All persons who are inter. etd In the rity m..k ordinance, are requested to be present. BOSTON, Aug. 32. Walter Berger'a 22nd home-run of the sea son. In the 14th, gave Boston a 5 to 4 decision over Pittsburgh today, after Waite Hoyt had held the Braves to two hits In 11 Innings or relief pitching. The victory gave Boston undisputed possession of second place as the Pirates dropped to a, tie with the Cubs for fourth place. The score: R. H. E. Pittsburgh 4 10 1 Boston S 7 1 Smith, Hoyt and Finney;' Prank house and Spohrer. (14 innings.) American. R. H. E 4 9 2 5 4 0 New Tork Cleveland Gomez and Dickey, Jorgens; Harder and Spencer. First game: Boston R. H. 1 7 8 15 Chicago . Rhodes and Ferrell; Lyons and Grube. (Second game) Boston 0 6 2 -... 4 8 1 Chicago Brown and Gooch: He vine and Berry. Washington . 8 15 0 Detroit ..10 14 2 Weaver. Russell. Crowd r .. rw. ell; Sorrell, Fischer and Hayworth. TO FIGHT BLAZE Fl FOREST GROVE, Ore., Aug. 22. (AP) Calls for additional men to relieve the 1500 fire fighters now making a desperate stand against one of the most disastrous forest fires in Oregon's history, were sent out today by the district fire warden's head quarters, n, , v; Nearby camps of the civilian con servation corps have been emptied, and the men dispatched to the fire lines. Three trucks of Mount Hood CCO men were rushed through here last night, and other reinforcements were on the way today. Farmera and ranchers have joined the battle against the flames which have swept through many thousands of acres of excellent virgin timber with conse quent heavy property loss. During the night some progress was made In halting the march of the flames, largely because of a heavy, mist -like dew. But daylight saw great columns of smoke boiling furiously upward as the fires took a fresh start on the dry forests. On the Tillamook county side of the fire smoke was so dense that no report waa received during the mocn Ing on the progress of the fight. The principal sector Ilea along the Washington-Tillamook county line in the mountain regions In the Wilson river country. " Calls were received here today for compasses to enable fire crews to find their way about In the smoke. First aid kits also were In demand as minor . Injuries were reported among the fire fighters. COURTHOUSE. BAN JOSB. Cel., Aug. 22. ( AP) A battle for selection of the Jury to try David A. Lamson on charges of slaying his pretty young wife, continued today with five men and seven women tentatively ap proved aa this morning's aesslon closed. There was no Indication that a Jury would be chosen today. The gaily decorated, black and gold box on the desk of the clerk of Judge R. R. Syer'a court containing the names of the prospective Jurors, whirled repeatedly aa the parade of talesmen to and from the Jury box continued. LAMSON JURY CHOOSING SLOW NEW SLEEPING SICKNESS OUTBREAK IS WORST YET ST. LOUIS, Aug. 22. (AP) The epidemic of "sleeping sickness" in this vicinity waa described here today by Dr. J. P. Leake of the United States public health service aa being by far the most serious outbreak the country has ever known. Two deaths during the last twenty four hours have brought the number of victims of the strange malady of encephalitis to fifteen, while 149 per sona were reported 111 with the dis ease. Dr. Leake, who waa dispatched here" from Washington when the out break first became serious, s&ld there waa no reason to fear the eptdrn!e could resume proportlona of a plague, however, end that there should be no undue alarm. I "The situation In St. Louis, never theless, must be regarded as serious," E PRICE ADVANCES NRA Chief Aims to Head Ofl Runaway Market Threats Reasonable Increases Are Necessary Under Plan By JAMES COPK. Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON. Aug. 22 (AP) Coal's code of competition apparently delayed for another day the national recovery administration centered its attention today upon retailers with a reiterated demand that prices be kept within bounds of the upward trend. Hugh S. Johnson, the administrator, went before the retailers at the out set of the hearing on a retail trade code to urge that merchanta take ac tive steps to prevent increased mer chandise costs. Promise Support. The retail trade waa urged by John son to resist price Increases In the near future from Jobbers who sup ply them with their goods. "I say," Johnson said, "resent these price Increases and we will support you." The recovery administrator asserted so far as speculative price rises were concerned his administration consid ered It "our duty to see that there Is no runaway market." He said the national Industrial 're covery act' would Increase prices to meet new costs Imposed by compli ance with the trade charters, but Just becaaue of tnla "there la no reason to go way beyond reason. If you do this you Just kill the goose that lays the golden egg. The house that we are trying to build will collapse like a -house of cards." .Coal Code Nought, ', - He turned Immediately back, to the endeavor to seek ftnal action on 'a code for the bituminous coal Industry. At the office of Deputy Adminis trator R. W. Lea, conferences con tinued on the code for the automo bile Industry, In which the question of maintaining open shop policies by code declaration was at issue. Donald Rlchberg, general counsel, lias taken the position that no reser vations to the industrial control laws grant of a - free right to organize labor unions . was possible, but a somewhat different attitude has been taken by Johnson. Indications today were that the question remained un settled. "To Probe Need. Behind Johnson's plea for keeping prices down there was being shaped a thorough Investigation of the ef fect upon retail prices of increased payrolls under the NRA and other price-raising elements of the new laws, to determine whether the con sumer was being given a square deal by manufacturers and merchants. Both the newly-created central sta tistical hoard -of the government and the NRA'a own consumers advisory board were occupied with the task. TESTIFY ON BANKS ETROIT, Aug. 22. (AP) Offic ials of the one-man Detroit bank Jury today dispatched a letter to former President Herbert Hoover, asking him to appear aa a witness before the Jury Investigating the closing of two na tional banks here. A decision "as soon as possible" was asked of the former president. PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 22. (AP) Former President Herbert Hoover today declined an Invitation to ap pear personally at Detroit, Mich., and testify regarding the attitude of his administration toward the closing there last winter of two national banks. he said, "as science knows little about the disease. "Next In serlousneas to the St, Louis and fit. Louis county epidemic" Dr. Leake added, "waa the one in Spokane, Wash., during the years of 1010, 1820 and 1921. Over the three year period nineteen persona died, but the total number of pal lent did not compare with those already 111 hr." Dr. Leake was Joined yesterday by Dr. Charles Armstrong, also of the rederal health service, who will aid In laboratory work In an effort to find a cause, carrier, preventive or cure for the disease. Dr. Ralph MuckenfuM of Wash ington university. In an effort to produce an Immunizing serum, haa been conducting research with mon keys, inoculating them with various materials from patient. mi faiM f'IriiirmriiMMi miam maiiia-i trnn imbwitkt iiiMaMf MBasaai imvld A. LaniBon. antes manager of trial In San Jose, Cat., on a charge of campus home last May. The prosecution contends that I .am son heat his wife to denth after a quarrel and simulated the circumstances or a fatal fall in the hath tuh to conceal the crime, Superior Judge Robert R. Syer (below) Is presiding at the trial. Associated Press Photo, ACT IS ARGUED IN SALEM, Aug. 22. (P) Although theoretically on vacation, four mem bers of the state supreme court to day heard arguments on the motion for a preliminary restraining order against enforcement of the produce dealers and peddlera act, passed by the 1933 legislature, until the state court could pass upon the constitu tionality of the law. Chief Justice J. L. Rand and Jus tices J. U. Campbell. H. H. Belt and P. R. Kelly heard arguments of Gus Moser and Richard Slat Tor the plaintiff In the case entitled Cancllla et al. vs. the Department of Agri culture. Assistant Attorney-General Willis Moore ergued for the defense. Circuit Judge Jsmes W. Crawford of Multnomah county held the act constitutional In lower court, from which the plaintiffs will appeal. The motion today was for an order to prevent arrests pending the outcome of the appeal .which will be heard next month." Plaintiff's attorneys argued the act, known as H. B. 221, waa unconstitu tionally passed by the legislature, and that the measure signed by the gov ernor was not the one passed by the house and senate. The bill, he de clared, was recalled from the gov ernor and the amendment affecting foreign peddlers stricken out. Jack Burns Is In the Sacred Heart hospital suffering from a broken back, as a result of an accident late Saturday night on the Medford-Jack-sonvllle highway. Dr. L. D. Inskeep reported this afternoon. Burns, who waa taken to the hospital Saturday night to receive treatment for some severe cuts went home, and returned to the hospital Monday when It was found his back waa broken. Burns waa riding In the automo bile being driven by Noah Lenderman who suffered a broken shoulder In the wreck. The Lenderman report at the city police station says that he went Into the ditch to avoid a head on collision with an automobile com ing toward him, on the wrong side of the highway. Miss Pauline McNeill, who waa in jured In another accident early Sun i day morning on the same highway, haa both arms broken and a slight chest Injury, the doctor said this afternoon. She Is reported to be get : ting along aa well aa can be expected. GANDHI GROWS WEAKER ON SEVENTH FAST DAY POONA. InriH. Aug. 23. I API Trie Mahatma Clandhl grew weaker during hla eeventh day without food today but the legl.tatlve council waa told that hla condition had not yet become critical. The remark waa made In reply to a question aa to why hla wife U com polled to leave her huband'a hedalde at S O'clock each evening. the (Stanford university press, on alnylng his wife. A&lene, in their LASH COASTLINE HAMILTON, Bermuda, Aug. 33. (AP) Olant ocean liners, buffeted by storms that kept them from docking when due, were expected to make port today. Mountainous waves, which attract ed large crowds of sightseers' but did no dsmnge, forced the Monarch of Bermuda, the Southern Cross, the California, and the. Franconla, with hundreds, of passengers, to heave to some mllea from here. The center of the hurricane waa said In a meterologlcal report to be moving about to mllea an hour. The wind reached a velocity of 80 mllea an hour, but was expected to paaa to the south. NEW YORK. Aug. 23. (AP) A whiplash gale that haa taken at least nine Uvea still stung part of the east ern seaboard today. Rain, driving down In record-shattering volume, In creased damage done by waves and tide. . New Jersey, battered by freak winds that overwhelmed boats .and bathers In giant combers, counted perhaps a score still missing, and braced Itself to withstand the lash of a tropical hurricane's tall. The center of thla second disturb ance, sweeping from the general di rection of Bermuda, was described as diminishing In force aa It bore down on the eastern seaboard. In southern New Jersey, where northeaster scattered 100 boat Sun day and capsized at least nine, record rains fell early today. At Atlantic City a.25 Inches the average for a whole month fell In a single hour. Streets were flooded and the morning high tide. It was feared, would Inflict great damage. Airplanes In the metropolitan area, and as far north aa Albany, were grounded. KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Aug. 23. (p) Two men arrested yesterday, confessed this afternoon they were responsible for a series of incendiary fires in Klamath Falls. The men were Milton Spafford, 31, Klamath Falls, and Wayne Cooley, 22, of 6po kane. Property losses from flree set by the pair were estimated at almost 40.000. They will be taken into cir suit court late thla afternoon for sentencing. NRA POLICE BARRIER ORDERED DISMISSED WAtHINOTON, Aug 33. (API- Three policemen who were plsced at the (Iikji-s of the office of Hugh S. .lohnson. the NRA administrator, Monday to avoid possible demon stration by longshoremen from Bal tlmote. were dismissed quickly after adml'iutratlon officials heard of their presence. L Public Works Advisory Board Turn Thumbs Down On Indiscriminate Building of New Public Structures Rr (IGORnR 1)1 Rn (CopyrlRhted by Mrl'lure Kyndlcate) WASHINGTON, Aug. 32. The oork barrel haa taken quite a aock behind the closed doora of recent meetlnn of the Public Worka Advisory board. n jot or me ooya had envisaged a Roman holiday In nubllc.biiiiriinv .i. lotmenta all over the country. They unoing to tneir sorrow that the spigot haa been capped. Secretary of Interior Ickea. who ad ministers public works, and Budget director ixw uouglas, who adminis ters economy first, last and nlwivi. are responsible. The first nrinnuui nmov.n r. m- federal bulldlnga that reached the board waa well In excess of aioo.000. 000 and Included tentative authorlm tlona for Just about all the post of fices. COUrt houses, cnafnm. h etc.. that haven't been built. Assistant Secretary of Treasury L. H. Chip" Robert, Jr., submitted thU first proposal. He wasn't to blame that It wasn't broken down. Senator, and conKressmen had oivan hiM Min eral Information and auggeated that" no go. a duu appropriation from the publlo worka fund with authority to administer It himself guldod by the office of supervising archlteot. Aoministrator ickes called no dice on such a turn. He said the program should be Itemized closely and each Item passed upon by the publlo work. ooara. A new program waa drafted. It ap. (Continued on Page Bight) CHICAGO. Aug. . 33 (AP) Uncle for hogs In an effort to reduce a trou blesome aurplua and raise farm prlceg In the Corn belt and nt.hur nnrtr nm. duclng regions. Tomorrow he will open his pocket book to buy up to 4,000,000 plga and . mnnon sows at six midwest stock ards Chlcasn. Xnnmu ntv rimha St. Paul. Minn., ntnuv r.ttv mn a Joseph, Mo. By Monday purchasing win Ret unaer way at other markets. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, In announcing the plan here tnai. vtrrn BHIQ lb WBS CXpeClCCl to COSt about $5,000,000 and to be paid for by processing tax on nork nmrfitctji beginning October I. The hope Is to eliminate the fall CTOD Of Dork and fnrmtni wMllnv tn sell epwa due to farrow will receive me marxec price, plus a flat premium of M a head. The premium for plga win amount to 93 to 94 a hundred pounds. WILL ROGERS 'says: CHICAGO, Am;. 21. My friend Johnson, the code man, was going too fast for me so I left him. His code for himself and staff is 35 hours (not a week but a day.) If be ever goes to sleep he won't wake up till Christmas. All tho big oil men, of course were there, and that, of course, meant a big poker game. Any time two oil men meet they don't open a filling station they open a poker game. Then an oil man never travels with out his big lawyer. Then in an other room the lawyers have a erap game. In tho poker game for the first time it was all cosh on the table; no checks. They didn't trust each other. That's their new code. The lawyers used their same old code for cash. They had never trusted each other. Art" 1 lH iiHutritf . 5 MILLION PIGS GOING TO BLOCK
