V EBFORD MAIL TEH JUNE The Weathe Forecast: Cloudy tonightand T tart day; normal temperature. Temperature. Hlchest yesterday , ,, 11 M Witch tht TRIBUNE'S M RA CLASSIFIED ADS . . . J2r Lots of food bargains W that mean genuine fflpft laving. J Lowest thlt morn In J .... 4f Twenty -eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1933. No. 161. IDGflT JV mm m Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS ERE Is an Interesting statement H made to this writer yester day by an Oregon 4-H club leader: "Several years ago, I asked a not ed Juvenile court Judge In New York what, In his opinion, waa the prin cipal cause of Juvenile delinquency. ' He answered: 'Idleness. In NINETY PER CENT of all cases'." AT the present moment In history, that is Ml exceedingly signifi cant statement. NHA, the New Deal whatever we choose to call the thing we are ex perimenting with now involves shorter working hours and more leis ure time. Leisure time, of course, isn't necessarily idleness, but It WILL BE If It isn't properly employed. One of the big problems of the next few years Is what to do with the added leisure time arising out of the shorter work hours program that is designed to spread employ ment among more people. ' HERE, by the way, la a suggestion: If you have a lot of leisure time on your hands and dont know what to do with It, ask the city librarian. She will show you how to fill up your leisure time with GOOD READ ING. There Is no better way to occupy it. IUVKNILE crime la pretty largely a CITY problem. Not much Is heard of it out in the country One reason for that, if this New York Judge is right, is that country children don't have much Idle time on their hands There's always something useful to be done on a farm. H AV1NG 'Something useful to do, believe It or not, Is one of the greatest of all blessings. That is one reason why 4-H club work Is such a fine thing. HERE is an Interesting statement that Is vouched for by Zucker man Bros., who are among t'.i larg est potato growers In this Western country: "On the average, It la fairly safe to figure on from one to two years of fslr prices out of each five years not more. "It takes from three to four years to squeeze out the over-production toat follows a year of abnormally high prices, rrjrlng these years, no body makes much of a profit." P that Is true, and there Is no 1 reason to doubt It, an abnormally high price for potatoea isn't an un mixed blessing. It would really be fsr better In the long run if the price of potatoes could be atablllzed at a figure that would show a fair profit year after year to EFFICIENT growers. THAT applies not only to potatoes, but to ALL CROPS, ir prices could be stabilised at a figure that would show a fair pro fit, year after year, to EFFICIENT producers, with no years of, abnorm ally high prices and no years of star vation low prices, it would b the finest thing that could .happen to agriculture That, of course, is a blgper Job that even NRA can hope to ac complish f GRANTS PASS. Ore., Sept. 37. ( AP) To make the Increased world price for gold available to thousands of miners and prospectors in south ern Oregon Senator Charles L. McNsry and the Southern Oregon Bankers' association today Joined In a drive to request modification of the U. 8. treasury's gold decree. The bankers' ssnclstion, meeting Tuesday night at Ashland, adopted a resolution asking that shipments of gold may be made to the mint, ac companied only by affidavits ot the purchasers. C. H. Demsray, president of the lo-al chamber of commerce, today re reived a telegram f'.cm Senator Mc Nary that he had called the attention o: the treasury department to the re quest. . AKRON. Ohio. Spt. 37 (API Charles Landon Knight, . a mili tant Journalist snd an Influential ftu n urate sn1 naMrnM pV.it lral nrrirv diM night after an ill- nets of vvo years. BY WILLiTOPT Hillsboro Man Declares That Charge of Political Signifi cance Makes It Impos sible to Serve State SALEM. Sept. 27 (AP) Wlllard L. Marks of Albany, ex-president of the state senate, was today appointed by Governor Julius L. Meter to the state board of lusher education. Mark waa chosen In lieu of Wil liam O. Hare of Hlllsboro who waa named last week by Governor Meier ; to succeed C. C. Colt, resigned Hare yesterday wrote the governor that he would decline to accept the appoint ment. Charge Precludes Serving Hare, in a letter to the governor, declared a "subtle charge that my appointment to the board of higher education has political significance, has Impaired my efficiency to render service and makes it impossible for me to accept the appointment." Hare was appointed last week to succeed O. C. Colt, vice-chairman of the board. Wlllard L. Marks, while president of the senate in 1031 and 1032 served five different times as governor dur ing Meier's absence from the state. He resigned from the senate to ac cept the federal appointment an ref eree in bankruptcy. To Be Confirmed Marks, also a prominent attorney In Linn county, la 40 years of age and waa graduated from Albany col lege. Hi appointment will be up for confirmation by the Interim com mittee on executive appointments Saturday Instead of that of Hare. Roscoe C. Nelson, named to succeed Charles L. Stan, likewise remains to be confirmed. Hare's letter of refusal is as fol lows: "Neither politics nor personalities have any place in our educational system. The sole consideration is the welfare of the youth In our Institu tions of higher learning, and the right of our people who are strug gling to pay the cost of their edu cation. "A subtle charge that my appoint ment to the board of higher educa tion has political significance, has impaired my efficiency to render service and makes it Impossible for me to accept the appointment. "X am sure that when you offered the appointment to me, you were not thinking along political lines. I kndw that when 1 told you I would give the matter consideration, my sole thought waa whether I could make the sacrifice necessary to be of! service to the state. "I do not have the slightest per sonal desire to serve upon the board. I gave consideration to duty to render a gratuitous and possibly a very un plessant service. Before 1 had ar rived at my decision, the question of politics. In higher education was raised. In Justice to you, to myself, and to the cause of higher education, I have no alternative, except to de cline the service. "I appreciate the sincerity of your purpose; and I trust that you may have the aupport of the people of our state In your efforts to bring about edv.cational peace." E P. O. Meredith of Buhl, Idaho, has been assigned by the government to appraise the Talent, Medford and Gold Hill districts, relative to requests by the Irrigation districts for R. F. C, loans. Meredith, according to ad-' vices received by Olen Arnsplger, gen eral manager of the Talent-Medford district, will arrive for the work with in a few days. Msps are now being drawn of the Medford Irrigation district to be used In the reorgsnlsatlon program, where by the district will be assessed by net Irrigable acreage, Instead of deed acre age. The change will eliminate roads, draws, barnyards, awamps and ditch areas from sssessment, as provided by the limited liability act of the 1827 Oregon legislature. KELLY'S BROTHER-IN-LAW ADMITS KIDNAP ACTIVITY MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 37. (API I John M Keith, a special agent of the department of Justice, announced that Lane ford Ramsey, attorney and former brother-in-law of George (Machine Oun") Kelly, confessed today that Kelly sent htm to Cole man. Tex , to get part of the Charlea F. Urschel ransom money, $37,250 of which was recovered near Coleman tod ST "Kelly got ITS.OOO of the 1200.000 Vwhel ransom money and' Albert Bates got another 75.000." KeiVi id. Bits among those now on trial at Oklahoma CHJ. To Join Fascists George Nelson Page, scion of the Virginia Paget whose name has filled chapters of American history, will forsake the country of his fa there soon to seek Italian citizen ship as a gesture of admiration for fascism. (Associated Press Photo) CAVE INDICTMENT 1 A motion to quash the indictment-! for Involuntary manslaughter re turned against Joe Cave, city police man, last February by the grand Jury of which William T. Grieve of Pros pect was foreman.- was filed In clr cult court .late yesterday. The In dictment was the outgrowth of the political controversy that raged for months around tthe death of Everett Dahack during a raid on a Reese Creek still in late November, 1930. . The motion is baaed upon the de fense contention that "L. A.t Banks and Earl H. Fehl, now serving' prison terms at Salem, appeared before the grand Jury aa witnesses and their names are not endorsed as witnesses before the grand Jury at the foot of the indictment or any place there on.' Oregon law requires that the names of all grand Jury witnesses be endorsed on a true bill. A demurrer to the Indictment waa also filed on. the grounds that the indictment Is not based -upon facts sufficient to conatitute a crime and that the Indictment does not con form to the law In the "particular izing of facts." Before the action of the February grand Jury two county grand Juries and a special grand Jury with special prosecutor named and called by the governor, Investigated tne case and failed to return an Indictment. The February grand Jury was func tioning In the m'dst of the turmoil last winter Much of the agitation woe of Jackson county centered around the so-called "Dahack case" was a controversial subject In the last campaign Dahack, a resident of the Eagle Point district, following a raid on a Reese Creek still was found shot In the head, close to a maah barrel. The clrmucstances surrounding the Incident were never definitely eata llshed. WASHINGTON, Sept. 37 (AP) The proposed marketing agreement for the tree fruit Industry In Ore gon, Washington, Idaho and Montana soon will be submitted to shippers In those states for signatures. It was announced here today by the agri cultural adjustment administration. The agreement waa considered at a public hearing recently in Portland Officials suggested shippers and growers In the Interested area refrain from action with recant to this sea- nons' crop of apples and pears, to preserve harmony wtVi the pending agreement. TV nt Viet mnn waa A t t-Miri among lenser participants," Keith added "Kelly wsa broken when he got to Memphis. Erery effort he made to get the burled money near Coleman waa thwarted. He attempted time and again to get It. Keith said .he knew Kelly was In Mnrn of th- pwiti Reserve bank were ield up and a Chicago police- man was killed. "Me lft immel.aveliy thereafter for Memphis." the offioer aaid, QUASHING SOUGHT I WJIMGION; Estimate of Dead and In-r jured Reduced Nearby, Towns Send Appeals tor1 Aid Bodies Wash to Sea ' By CLARK O. I.EE TAMPICO, Mexico. Sept. 27. (fl) Disease, hunger and thirst threatened to add their terrors today to those of floods and storms which four days ago brought death and destruction here. An official estimate placed the aead at M and the Injured at more than 850. It was feared many more bodies were burled In the city-wide ruins and that the number hurt may total well over 1.S00. The atore of wheat Is sufficient to last onlv three days more. Other food supplies are nearly gone. Med ical and food articles have been sent from Mexico. D. P., but their arrival Is problematical because of disrupted rail service. "Much of City Ruined. Much ot the city lies in ruins: the harbor, filled with mud and debris. can not be used: resident have to take water from small private wells, for fear broken public water systems rrsv be contaminated. From Panuco, to the southwest, his come word that 5.000 there are home less and desperately in need of food Hospitals are crowded with injured Nearby towns sent out appeals to day for aid. ssylng the hurricane and floods had caused extensive damage. It was feared a heavy loss of lite had occurred In the Puntllla district, on the right bank of the Panuco. General Anselmo Maclaa. director of relief work, said every building in Tamplco waa damaged. Bodies Washed to Sea. "I believe the number of dead will (Continued on Page Three) ( 1 IN URSCHEL CASE OKLAHOMA CITY, Okie.. Sept. 27. ( AP) Albert L. Bates, accused as one of the acjual kidnapers of Chas. F. urecnei, and Harvey cawey, out law, two of the ten persons on trial for the kidnaping, put their fates In the hands of the Jury today without of ferine a word of defense. Unexpectedly attorneys for the two heavily guarded defendants rested their cases after Armon Shannon's testimony had concluded the de fense of himself, his father, B. O Shannon, and his stepmother, Mrs Ora Shannon. These developments left only the defense of the five remaining Twin Cities defendanta to be presented be fore Federal Judge Edgar 8. Vaugftt Instructs the Jury and attorneys maks their final arguments. The Twin Cities mep, Sam Rom berg, Sam Kronlck, Isadora Blmen feld, Barney Be r man and Cliff Skelty, are accused aa "money changers," a part of the 8200.000 ransom having been recovered with their arrests, 4 WASHINGTON, Sept. 37 (AP) The public works administration to- I day allotted 3,333,260 for 31 non-1 federal projects In 13 states, saying j It was Intended to provide 19.383 , msn-months of quick employment, j The' constructions will Include; school buildings, sewers, streets, waterworks, municipal buildings and agricultural buildings. CANNED GOODS RATE WASHINGTON, Sept. 37 (AP) The court was told thst cozad nsa The Interstate Commerce commission for as years been a law-abiding cltl today refused, pending Investigation. n of Hood River. Judge James to permit transcontinental railroads i Alger Pre said, In passing sentence. to reduce freight rates on canned ! " from 00 "" Jr 100 P0"'"" to 60 cents In order to meet compe tition of steamship compsnles. CUBANS MASS FOR PROTEST ON ORDER HAVANA, Sept. 37 AP) Thou ; ands of Cubans and Spaniards as- I streets of Havana this afternoon for I mass dmonst rat ions aealnet a gov- I ernment devee lenulrinc all prac- twlng phyMcians to join the National I Medical federation. Snake Punctures Tire With Fangs When Run Over The rattlesnake has been known to do a lot of funny things in the years gone by. but the puncturing of tires Is a new wrinkle in his skin. And J. C. Clark, local min ing man Is the loser, he declared today. Traveling between Bybee bridge and Gold Hill today, he ran over a rattlsnake. It punctured a tire and a fang was sttll In the ssme, when he arrived in Medford. The tire was on exhibition near the Chamber of Commerce this morning. Clark said he was trav eling about 30 miles an hour when he ran over the reptile, which ap parently resented the gesture. E LEGISLATORS FOR By CLAYTON' V. BKRSHARD Associated Press Staff Writer. SALEM. Sept. 37. (AP) Vacancies in the state legislature In the event a special session is called, will be filled by appointment by the gov ernor under an emergency act to be introduced the first day, a prelimi nary survey of members and state of ficials today revealed. Four vacan cies exist at this time and the execu tive office announced no demanda for a special election have been made to fill their seat. This form would expedite the pro cedure and Is not without prece dence, it waa pointed out. Two va cancies in Marlon county at the regu lar session of 1931 were filled in this manner. The law provides vacancies are to be filled by election, unless the act Is changed by the legislature. This can be done by passage of an emergency act, the appointment to be subject to- confirmation by the house in which the vacancies exist.-'" ' Jackson county today is without representation In the house; both members having been named to other positions which automatically dis qualifies them for seats. Earl B. Day waa appointed county Judge and E. C. Kelly named to a federal position under the NRA at Washington. Kelly has already moved out of the etate, although neither member has yet sent in formal resignation. The only resignation on file, la that of Linn E. Jones, who resigned to become secretary of the state phar macy board. He represented Clacka mas county In the senate. Edwin Allen, senator from Washington coun ty, la the only other disqualified member since his appointment of act ing postmaster at Forest Grove. T STILL AT LARGE MICHIGAN CITT. Ind., Jept. 27. C3?) Ten convicts fleeing desperately from the Indiana prison twice eluded elaborate police traps today. The desperadoes were believed to have separated Into three groups after their escape yesterday. Four L-f the men still held captive Sheriff Charlea Neel of Corydon. Ind. Tw,o ether victims whose automobiles the felons commandeered had been re leased. One of the police traps that failed was In woods near Chesterton. Scores of vigilantes searched through barns, farm houses, fields and the woods, failed to overtake the four fugitives who had the sheriff as hostage. They had wrecked the sheriff's car rear Wheeler aa well as another automobile they commandeered 4 PORTLAND, Ore., Bept. 37. (API Joseph E. Cozad, Hood River orchard lat, km today sentenced to two years In federal prison for threatening the Ilia ot C. Detman, banker there. In an attempt to extort 10,000. cozad pleaded guilty In federal court here yesterday. v , thst "the fact that the delendant has lived a good life over a long period ol veers cannot shield him when he adopts the attitude of a gangster. PORTLAND, flept. 37. Louts J Taber. master of the National Orange, will make four addresses Ir. Oregon next month. He will start j hia speaking tour in this state tn ! evening he will speak in Redmond j On the morning of October 7 he will r' ein Kiigene, and that night he will . fill a speaking engagement in Port I land. , 0-C GRANT SOON Payment by Government Will Aid in Easing Financial Worries Senator McNary Forwards Welcome News Payment by the government of SO per cent of the Oregon -California und grant claims will bring to the Jack son county treasury 134,609.42 wel come cash In these times of financial ! stress, largely due to lawlessness and Incompetency In official petition, with the depression also contributing- Total amount of the O.-O. claim la $69,318.84. and the department of in terior ' has announced that it Ms funds on hand for payment of half of the claima of IB western Oregon counties. Last spring western Oregon or ganized for the purpose- of securing full payment. Coming Soon. The payments, advices from Wash ington say. will be made within a few days. Provision, aa required made for the fund to cover expenditures during the current year. The bud get committees estimated that the O.- C. receipts would be M0.O00. The O.-C. claima formerly ran around $126,000 per year, but reduction of the mlllage tsx since 1829 had the federal receipt heavily. Of the ft34.600.42 scheduled to be received, approximately $12(000 wtll be diverted to the school funds of the county, aa required by law, lea? Ing about $22,000 for other county purposes. CORVALLIS, Ore., Sept. 27. (P) Oregon counties in which Oregon and California' RratH lands are-, locatai, will receive within the next few days a payment of BO per cent of their claims, according to a telegram re celved by Victor P. Moses, Benton (Continued on Page Two) TO TEST ORDER NEW YORK. Sept. 27 (AP) Frederick Barber Campbell, attorney, who yesterday filed suit to test the constitutionality of President Roose velts' orders against gold hoarding, was indicted today by a federal grand Jury on a hoarding charge. Campbell's suit was filed In federal court yeaterday against the Chase National bank to compel It to return to him 27 bars of gold bullion he said he had entrusted to the bank's care as custodian for hire. Federal authorities here said the Indictment made him the flrat de fendant In a prosecution involving the gold hoarding act and executive order f - LEIPZIO. Germany. Sept. 37 (AP) Before an excited courtroom today Oeorgl Dlmltroff, one of the five men accused of setting fire to the Reich stag building last February, arose and attacked Examining Judge Vogt with tho declaration that the record was being prejudiced. Police had difficulty In restraining Dlmltroff when the court objected to another protest that, although he had written three tlmea that he waa being kept In chains, nothing ever was done about his complaints. CONVICTS III WILD RIOT BEATEN INTO SUBMISSION PHILADELPHIA, Bept. 37 (AP) Plsmlng riot set off by revolt against punishment for bitter convict fight swept Eastern penitentiary last night, throwing the prison Into one of the worst turmoils In Its century of his tory. While smoke and flames from burn ing mattresses arose In cells and Cor ridors, practically the entire prison populstlon of about 1500 "long tlmera" for more than three houra Itept the Institution In disorder, streaming and amsihlng their cell furnishings. Warden Herbert 3. (Hard-Soiled) Smith, groping through the smoke In an attempt to quell the riot, waa almost felled by two blows on the head by a piece of iteel cot, wielded through cell bars by an enraged con vict. Fifteen atltchea were taken In his wound. White House Usher 1 :Sh' ' Raymond D. Mulr (above)t a n tlva of Boiton, waa appointed chief usher at the White House to suc ceed Irwin "Ike" Hoover, veteran who died recently. Mulr had been Hoover's assistant (Associated Press Photo) CITY EMPLOYES' WAGE BOOST IS VOTED BY DADS An Increase In the salaries of city employee of Medford, amounting to 10 per cent over fast year, was voted last night, when the complete budget commute for the new year met In an extended session In the city coun cil chambers. The increase to become effective with the new year, If the budget la apprpved, will atart the salaries up ward from the drastic cut made lost year, amounting to fiO per cent In, several Instances, Mayor IB. M. Wilson stated today. Salarlea of department heads last year were cut from 9300 to 160 per month. The 10 per cent increase, proponed in the budget, will bring these salaries back to $165 per month. The Increased coat ot living, real ized during the past several months, committee members agreed, necessi tates a corresponding upward trend In salaries. The total levy for the coming year In Medford, according to the budget, now' ready tor advertisement, la ap proximately 9168,044.18. Recorder M. L. Alford announced this afternoon. Lost year's total was 9167,194.60, over which the figure for' the new year shows a slight Increase. What the assessment will be city officials were unable to predict today, as figures were not forthcoming from the county assessor's office. An emergency fund of about 93900 Is Included In the proposed Medford budget, Its provision being deemed particularly necessary In view of the anticipated early lighting of Main street, which will bring an Increase In lighting coats of about 91750. In spin of the fact that the total sum to be raised during the new year la alightlv more than included in last year's budge;, the city has pro vided for payment of an Increase in bond and Interest pay menu to be come due amounting to more than 914.000 over last year's total to be met In that department. Operating expenses of the city, cut to a very low level last year, will remain a, that reduction If the pro posed budget is adopted, enabling the city to get along on practically the tame amount of money. The proposed budget will soon be Advertised and then presented at public hearing for approval next month. ' E. H. Janney la chairman of the budget committee this year. 4 PORTLAND, Ore., Bept. 37. (AP) Mra. Helen KeVioe Mil burn, 63, cash ier of the Oregon lan and employe of that paper for 33 years, died at her home here Tuesday. She had been 111 more than a year. More thsn 300 city police, stale troopers who dashed here from the Reading and other barracks and three fire companies finally brought the riot under control by half-drowning some convicts with streams of water from high pressure hose, clubbing those who peratAted. Wsrden .Smith, a veteran of many fierce battles In his former service with the state police, aald about 30 convicts were beaten. 10 requiring hospital care. During th height of th riot an electric cable was either cut by a convict or burned by flsmes. Pert of th Interior waa thrown Into dark neaa. Inside and out, th great, gray atone pile became an armed camp belor th rioter wan subdued. PAY-OFF DELAY MAY LEAD TO FLARE-UP Deserving Democrats Sus pect Some Getting Patron age Who Are Not So De serving Farley Calm By HKRHERT PLUMMER. WASHINGTON (APi There la at least one thing that must be kept In mind by those seeking to get at the bottom of why senators and congressmen tear their hair over patronage. P a t r onage to the man In pub lic office la noth ing more or leas than p o 1 1 tl t 1 currency. It Is what be paya off with after elec tions are over. The reason there Is so much d 1 a a a t lsfactlon and talk of sign JAMS A. FAJtlCv ing a round robin on capltol hill at present Is simply that there has been, nothing like a real pay-off. The "de eervlng ' democratic brethren, too, suspect that some are being paid off who are not so "deserving." Huey Long may shout belligerent ly: "They can take their patronage and go to hell with It," but there are not many who share his views. Per hapa Huey himself didn't Intend to make It that strong. Not Easy for Farley. The administrations chief Job dis penser, Jim Parley, Isn't having what (Continued fn Page Three) pi Hits Campflre permits will no longer bo demanded of campers In the Rogue River national forests, rain having; made the woods safe for the rest of the season, It was announced at headquarters here today. The rul ing demanding no amoklng while traveling In the forests Is also off for the rest of the season, and camp era will not be required to carry shovel, axe and water buckets with, them. The law prohibiting leaving a camp fire burning unattended, however, still exists, as It applies to every sea son of the year. The atate law prohibiting throwing of lighted cig arettes or anything else bearing fire, from a car, will also be enforced, throughout the year In the forests ROflSFVFI T I FAVFS FOR JERSEY HOME NEW YORK. Sept. 37. 7P) Presi dent Roosevelt left his East 85 tn street house this afternoon by auto mobile for bis Hyde Park. N. T., home, where he plans to spend a week. . . WILL ROGER? 3oys: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Sept. 27. This president of Cubs has been in now two wec?ks; one more week and he will be retired by the Cuban constitution for "long service to his country." He hasn't got many votes with him but he has some of the best marksmen in Cuba. We have messed around now till we don't know whether to go in or have our folks come out. Talk of opeL'iui? seven thou sand cksed banks. That will put over a half million vice presidents back on the payroll. This fellow McKee that waa mayor of New York and was discharged for efficiency, I see they are going to give him an other chance. Maybe he will know enough to just be a New York mayor the next time. Yours, 9IMI MiHi'UktfTftgUau.lM .