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edford Mail Tribute The Weather Forecast: Cloudy tonight and FtU day. Cooler Frl4ar- Temperature. Hlfht jesterdsy J6 Lonest Ihls morning 40 Watch th, TRIIUNE S CLASSIFIED AOS . . . Lots of good bargain that m a a n genulue aatlnga. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1933. No. 162. M 18 .000 M SMFS KEUEIF ' ' i r Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS GEOROE ("Machine Gun") KELLY, much In the Seadllnes of late, could write hi name on a roadside algn with machine gun bullet, and mowed down hla vlctlma with relent leaa savagery. But when' an officer of the law geta the drop on him with a sawod ott shotgun, he SURRENDERS meekly. YOU may be young, and by some unfortunate chance you may have acquired an Inclination to ad mire these gangsters, who have been featured so much In the press and on the screen. Here Is some good advice: DONT. They're not romantic. They're not admirable. They're Just plain killers, and when they get on the hot end of a hot proposition they're apt to turn yellow like Kelly. A 15-YEAR-OLD girl over In New port catches cats, ties strings around their necks and watches them stave to death. Did you shudder when you read that item? Vou MUST have. De liberate cruelty la always a shocking thing, and deliberate cruelty on the part' of a 15-year-old Is peculiarly so. M IM JULY there were 20.S78 families on the relief rolls In Oregon. In August, the number shrank to 16, (31 a decrease of 3 947. That la cheering news. As the number of families on relief goes down. It must follow that the num ber of persons employed GOES UP. It la Increasing employment tfiat will bring return of prosperity. IN JULY, maintenance of these fam ilies on relief cost the state of Oregon 347,617. In August, the cost was J88,051. . . , , . July 'and August, remember, are aummer months, and In the summer season the burden of providing re lief Is not aa heavy aa In the winter. But taking even these summer fig urea and multiplying them by 12 makes It apparent that providing re lief for the needy Is going to run Into a very, vrey large sum of money. Depressions are costly affairs. ELBERT H. BAKER, chairman of the board of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, one of America's best known publishers, dies at an advanced age, after a life of great usefulness. When a great publisher dies, his community suffers a serious loss. HERE waa one of Mr. Baker's fa vorite expressions: "I like to see a newspaper striving to Improve the community In which It Is located.'" controversial questions, printing news nlty In which it Is located Is the newspaper's big Job. If It does that Job well, It Is entitled to the com munity's respect and confidence. If It DOESN'T. It Is a failure. WHEN Mr. Baker took charge of the Plain Dealer away back In 1898, It news reports, like those of most newspapers of that Ime, were biased and partisan, favoring Ita mends and misrepresenting It ene mies. He chsnged all that, substituting fair snd Impartlsl account of all men who wrote with pens dipped In thst his resdera could rely on. For exaggerated circulation claims he substituted accurate figures, prov. ed by audit. KILLEDSHERIFF CHESTERTON, Ind.. Sept. 28 (AP) There waa a growing apprehension today thst Sheriff Charles Neel of Corydon, Ind., may have been put to death by four of the ten convicts who luiged'and shot their wsy out ot the Indiana state prison last Tues day. Csptsm Mathew Leach, In com mand of the Indiana state police frankly said he was worried over the f'e of the missing sheriff, who was kidnaped by the escaping felons. nd H't his men would concentrate their "Jen on an attempt to find the hertff. rather than the capture of ,he mlMlr.g convict. "Well get them sooner or later sr.vwsy- he predicted. Msnwhlle 200 national gusrdJmen crnrd to Jnin the police in 'fceir search lor the convict. NEAR RIOT WHILE teiSU 'BAD MAN' KELLY Where Gale Wrought Death, Destruction BIG EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE TOLD IF Question of Where Money to' Come From Now Bothers Group of 32 Jobless Present Demands for Cash PORTLAND. Sept. 28. (AP) Eight mi:1 Hon dollars for relief work during the next 16 month was the goal set here by the governor's committee of 32 following consideration of major ity and minority sub-committee re ports, with the majority asking $17, 70.1.400. By a vore of la to 8. with 8 (absentees, the minority report was adopted for recommendation to the executive. Consideration of means f raising t-hl fund will be given during the , afternoon session, the entire morning be'ng taken up with matters dealing with unemployed conditions in the state and arguments for and against the two sub-conwoittee reports. The session was expected to last until late in the day. Near Riot Staged While speakers representing the unemployed, of which more than six hundred were gBthered in front of th hotel where 'he committee was In session, were presenting their de mands to the group, a near-riot was staged In the streets when city police attempted to disperse the crowd and un.nare the traffic Jam. Chief of Police B. K. Lawson took charge of the force armed with riot clMbs, but It was not unttl the com mittee reappeared from the hotel and urged an orderly dlspersement was the situation quieted. Numerous ar rest were made tmd one woman waa injured. Demands Presented J. E. Look was In charge of the speakers presenting demands of the four relief organ tea Hons in the coun ty and in conclusion declared the unemployed group-, requested the re. peal of the state relief committee act and place county courts as relief agencies for disbursement of funds. They demanded jellef be based on the rate of $30 per month for single persons, 940 for couples and $9 for each .child; that payments be made in cash; that relief work be on the basis of 50 cents an hour for not less thun six hours a day and four days a week, and that a capital levy on wealth be assessed to pay for relief. At the conclusion of these de mands an unemployed family of six children, declared to be typical of unemployed families, was offered as an "exhibit." Speakers before the committee representing the unem ployed Included BJorn Johannson, Kenneth Fitzgerald, Paul Moore and Dirk DeJong, the latter a communist candidate for mayor of Portland In th last general election. TWO OF TALENT REGIONARRESTED John D. Abel, 22, arrested last nlFjht by state police In the farm country out from Phoenix, on a charge of obtaining money under falfe pretenses, was housed in the county Jail toda, and charges were also expected to oe filed against him in Klamath county, state police re ported. John Franklin Seward, 19, of Tal ent, is also .held in the county Jail as an accessory in connection with the same alleged offense. The charge against Abel Is the out growth of "bad" check written to a Med ford person, Those name was not revealed today. Seward waa taken Into custody several days ago when tho search for Abel was being made by officers. He I held for allegedly 1 aiding Abel In eluding the officers. Lindbergh s Impressed by Soviets Air Experiments MOSCOW. Sept. 28. UP) Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife ire so impressed by the experimental aviation work that Is being carried on in Soviet Russia that they hope to return to this country In a couple of years to see for themselves how the experiments have worked out. The colonel told of this desire at a banquet given In honor of hlmsflf snd his wife last night. Two United States senators W. O. McAdoo of California and R. R- Reynolds of North Carolina were present, and four-piece orchestra periodically play td "Columbia, the Oem of the Ocean . "This country Is peculiarly fitted for aviation development because It it a land of great distances." Lind bergh said, "and I am impressed wttn your accomplishments." "Your technical achievements can not be doubted after seeing your new construction and experimental labora tories. In fact, we are both anxious to return in two years to see the results of tour preterit erpvimrn. translated Into aetiis!lt;0 ; Mrs. i-indbersa p.l audi Charivaring Chief AnyiTP'linUAniMP K T- "' "T" ""' "'V vew-y.-- - , n 1 III nrniOTrnm With sirens screeching and whis tles blowing, members of tha city fire department last night drove the large fire truck from the hall and dropped in at the City Meat Market for their chief. Roy Elliott, who was busily skinning the large mule-tall deer he shot while on his honeymoon trip to eastern Oregon. . From there the charivari con tinued to the Craterlan theater, where Mrs. Elliott was enjoying the show. After much persuasion she left the picture and Joined the chief on the truck, for a thrilling ride about the city streets, stopp ing at the Rex cafe for refresh ments. The continuous fire alarm, about 10 o'clock, routed a large number of people from their homes, who drove up and down the streets, while others crowded along the curbs in an attempt to locate the fire. FORD AND STEEL (By the Associated Press.) To the strike picture was added to day a segment of the steel lnditry aa 10,000 steel workers in the Pitts burgh area Joined nearly 70.000 coal miners in a labor walkout. The steel troubles had their Incep tion at the welrton Steel company's plant in Welrton. W. V.. over a union ciispute, and union heads claimed the movement was spreading into eastern Ohio. The strike of Ford Motor company employes, starting with a walkout of 3 000 at the Chester, Pa.,. plant, spread to Edgewater, N. J-, today when 500 employes there quit work in a '"sym pathy" demonstration New violence was added to the Pennsylvania coal field "holiday" when pickets stopped an automobile tearing two employes of the Sham rock Coke company. State police In tervened and arrested two strikers. Phlladlphla bakerie were delivering bread under police guard, aa they sought 'court action to Insure deliv eries of bread without Interference from striking trucknien there. Silk workers at HaBelton. Pa., plan ned another effort at closing down the largest mill there In protest against the cotton code. The pater son. N. J., silk dispute appeared head ed toward settlement. In New York city. Drover Whalen, city N. R. A. head, reported that me diation efforts of the city mediation organization had sent 165. BOO strikers back to work In the settlement of 18 metropolitan district strikes, while 16,074 additional workers ire involv ed in present mediation. WASHINGTON, Sept. 38. WP) James W. Collier of Mississippi, mem ber of the tariff commission and for mer Democratic chairman of the house way and means committee, died today. Death was due to .heart trouble, his office asslstsrrt ssld. This wss his birthday. He was born near Vlcksburg el years ago. Collier served 12 terms In the houe and declined to run again last No vember after a controversy over whether csndldates should run at large or by district. ence by saying: "I am honored to sit at the same table with Soviet women aviators who are participating In the development of this science on equal ity with men." Four of Soviet Russia's leading women pilots were present and Joined In the enthusiastic applause. Responding to a toast, senator Mc Adoo stressed that he was here in a purely private capacity. It is his first visit to Russia in 35 yeara. "I am amazed at the phenomenal achievements I have witnessed." he said. Senator Reynolds said: "I bring greetings from one of the greatest unions m the world to one of the greatest union In the world." B Anveldt, vlce-charlman of the civic aviation department of the So viet government, who acted as host, said the entire Russian population had followed Lindbergh's career with Interest and that his valor and tech nical skill were highly esteemed. The Lindberghs continued their siehtae-nn today, planning to leave Moscow tomorrow. They refued to , reveal then destination in ad vane. HUtVII 10 IaIUIiHNIiu , - .vy. Vv1 bAIN KlUIuIlKLU Federal Agents Say Cap tured Desperado Denies Chicago and Kansas City Jobs Bates Implicated MEMPHIS, Ten, Sept. 38. (AP) Prodded by federal authorities, Geo. ("Machine Gun") KeKlly has talked. W. A. Rorer. department of 'Justice apent, announced last night the "bad man" from the southwet had con fessed a part In the kidnaping of Charles F. Urschel, Oklahoma City oil man. but that be had stoutly de nied other crlmee. "You've got me right on the Urschel kidnaping, but not the Chi cago robbery and the Kansas City union station Job." Rorer uoted Kelly aa saying Amplifying Rorer's brief announce ment, a confidential source olose to the federal authorities said Kelly In his oral confession had named Albert Bates, now on trial at Oklahoma City, as the gunman's actual accomplice In the Urschel kidnaping. Biites Aided Kelly "Kelly made no formal confession but he told the department of Justice agents," tfio informant said, "that he and Bates were the ones who did the actual kidnaping and that they took Urschel to Paradise, Texns. and re turned to Oklahoma City to collect the ransom. "Kelly Indicated the degree of guilt of the others connected with the case and gave some Idea of the dis port ton of the ransom money." The Chicago robbery referred to (Continued on Pan Three) Although state police have not yet received confirmation of Oeorge Doyle's story, that he is an escaped convict from the Texaa penitentiary where he was serving a 15-year terra for burglary, he is being held In the county Jail with his sister. Ruby Joseph and her husband. James Ham ilton Joseph, on burglary warrants issued out of Wasco county. Sheriff Harold Sexton. Chief of Po lice Frank Heater and Dr. A. S. Esson, all of The Dalles, arrived in Medford last night, Sexton and Heater to check on evidence and return the prisoners, and Dr. Esson to see If he could obtain his watch and other valuables stolen from his office there. Police quoted Doyle as saying that ht name was O Malley, and that he escaped from the state penitentiary at Huntsville, Texas, In July, where he had served about four years of a 1 5-yesr sentence. Doyle told that there were about 16 burglary counts against him at the time he waa sen tenced. Police ssld Doyle told them he might as well admit who he was, for as soon as his fingerprint were sent out, they would find out his Identity. For robbing a post office, 'row which he got about 300. Doyle aald" he was sent to the federal prison at Fort Leavenworth, where he served a four-year term. For the past two months the Josephs and Doyle have been residing on a ranch in the Thompson creek section, the mortgage of which they purchased from Lowell Zundell for 0900, officers said. Mrs. Joseph has' four children, three of whom are at tending school In the Thompson creek district. Police said that the Josephs were operating a large Bulck sedan. A check was being continued this after noon on the operations of the trio, as a large number of articles, thought 4o be stolen goods, were found In the house where they resided. Doyle was taken to the county Jail today from the Jail In the city hall, where he has been held since being arrested Tuesday. He escaped from the state police office Tuesday morn ing, but was located that evening. riding on the rear end ot a truck near Jacksonville. , Mrs. Joseph had a nervous break down at the county Jail today, where she Is being held, the Jailer reported. RIVALS JOSEPH'S COM NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (AP) The Civilian Conservation Corps will be a splash of color against the snowy background of Uncle Sam's forests tils winter. The C. C. C. winter raiment, ar riving at Oovernor a Island yesterday, almost knocked army officers' eyes out. There are red, green, blue and gray lumber Jackets, leather wind breakers. wooUn bJo-,iss. Everything is roiored, vn heavy undies and sock. - , - . r . r?,.j v"" "r-a . ;rt.- :',. .-- .;: i SS iff Bijm e'o s awlfl f E FLOOD 10 OF T AM PICO. Mexico, Sept. 38. (P) The raln-swollen Panuco and Tameal rivers rose steadily above flood levels today, and brought further destruc tion to this port, still prostrate from Sunday's hurricane. Heavy rains fell west of here, and the national observatory warned that tropical storms might continue until October 10. Scattered reports from nearby towns told of additional deaths, In juries and property damage. Military and federal authorities put forth herculean efforts to meet their needs for food, water and medicine. It was believed the . water supply could not be restored for five or six days. With its food supply rapidly dimin ishing. Tampico awaited with grow ing anxiety the arrival from Mon terey of a train with food and medi cine and soldiers to help In recon struction work. The train was delsyed by floods. If it cannot reach this city plans were afoot to Import supplies by air until the arrival of a steamship from Vera Cruz. PEAK OF PEAR SHIPMENTS ON Peak of the pear shipping season in the Rogue River valley was reachei last night when 54 carloads of peais were dispatched over the Southern Pacific railroad. This was the largest single dsy pear shipment of the year. Car shipments up to Wednesday right total 1.0S4 cars from this val ley. Last year, at the end of Sep tember the total was 1,365 cars. Some of this shortage is due to the la4 start for picking and packing. In 1032 the harvesting began August 9; this year on August '21. Heavy shipment will be the ordc for the balance of this week. Mwt of the orchard will complete the'r heavy picking of Cornice. Boson anl D'Anjaus by the middle of next week Ti FthlJMN IP Word has been received by local au thorities that Llewellyn A. Banks, former agitator serving a lite sentence In state prison at Salem for second degree murder, after the usual 30 days' observation of criminals, has been usslgned to the prison laundry. Banks, during the first month of hla Imprisonment, was detailed to various tasks while becoming accus tomed to prison regulations, and while prison authorltlea determine the occupations their temperamenta best fit them for. The prison laundry etnploya about 2S convicts snd la under constant guard. Hugh DeAutremont. Siskiyou tunnel bandit, also serving life, now on his seventh yesr of confinement, was a prison laundry worker until he was removed for his part In an attempted prlaon break over a year ago. DeAutremont la now confined In the disciplinary barracks. All the prison washing la done In the laun dry. E. H. Fehl I member of a cell wing cleaning crew. Wesley McKlt rlck, "Captain of the Banka Guards," sentenced to a year for a guilty plea to ballot theft la cook's helper. Tom tj. Brecheen of Ashland, who plead gutlty and waa given 18 months, ha a door-tending Job, and J. Arthur LaDleu, former business aide of Banks, and cellmate of hi former employer. Is doing clerical work. Triangular Love Fails To Survive Experiment DETROIT, Sept. 28. (UP) Trian gular love will not fit within four malls. Mrs. Beulah Case. 28, who told her husband to "bring the sweetheart home," learned today. Mrs. Case, her husband, Lewis, and the sweetheart, Sylvia Martin, experi mented with their love test .all agree ing to share the same table snd bed. Sylvia too, has a husband, Richard Martin, who thought hla wife was visiting with a cousin. "Both Lewis and I thought he aouid net tired of the girl In t month," Mrs. Cast said. ' He made Above It an air view of the fiscal, wharf and business sections of Tampleo, Mexico, which was struck by a hurricane, leaving death and destruction In Its wake. Tha death list waa estimated aa high aa 5000 persona. Tha seacoaat city, at tha mouth of tha Panuco river, (shown In foreground) waa also flooded. At tha left la a map Indicating tha stricken area. (Associated Presa Photos) FOR LIONS SHARE OF RELIEF RISES PORTLAND, Sept, 2B.i7p)"A "cars- ful hearing" on the distribution of federal highway funds of Oregon teen promised Mayor Joseph K. Car son of Portland by offldsls in Wash lngton, D. C. according to dispatches received from the capital by Portland newspapers. Carson carried to the bureau of public roads in Washington, D. C. the argument that Portland and Multnomah county require a greater allotment than the G 00.000 ahare at ready set aside from the $4,100,000 fund granted Oregon. A dispatch to the Oregonlan said Mayor Carson, after a conference with T H. Mac Don aid of the bureau of public roads, "hinted rather broadly that the Oregon state highway com missions report would not be ap proved. In fact, he Intimated that It would be sent back for reconsidera tion." The Journal dispatch quoted Car fon as having aald: 'I do not ques tion the good fslth of the commis sion, but I believe its members have misconceived the purpose of the law, which is primarily for relief and in- tended to be expended In largest measure where the need of relief Is the greatest. I am contending for nothing more than the law contem plates we shoutd have.'1 Portland and the county have ask ed the highway commission for 80 ler cent of the state's allocation, on the grounds a preponderant propor tion of the state's unemployed live here. Siskiyou Mining Company Formed SACRAMENTO. Cel., Sept. 27 (AP) Washington and Oregon men were named as directors of the China Point Development company a general mining corporation capltallwd at 50,000 to operate from field head quarters In Yreka. Blsxlyou county. The directors are L. H. Markham of Edmonds, Wash., and B. H. Balrer, Asal Strain and T. L. CMe of Seattle. love to her In front of me and kissed l-r. I kept quiet. When Lewis kiss ed me, she became insanely Jealous." During the day Beulah and Sylvia did the housework and catty remarks were made. The love test, however, cams to an end when Lewis' brother Joseph came to the house and argued with htm about the affair. Lewis stabbed Jos eph and ran. Joseph is In a hospital snd the police are looking for Lewis. Sylvia's husband la willing to take rer back but tha police are unwilllni to let hr go. UNDER NRA FLAG 815,000 Returned to Work in August Difficulty With Henry Ford Provides Worry for Administration WASHINGTON. Sept. 28 (AP, Big employment gains today wera attributed to the Roosevelt recovery program by William Green, American Federation of Labor chieftain, but employer-labor difficulties this time Involving Henry Ford continued to worry NRA officials. Green sntd the federation's estimate that 815,000 persons returned to work in August represented "greater pro gress In employment than In any month since depression." He counted the remaining unemployed at 11.001, 000 and said "relief needs this win ter will be greater than ever before." Coincident with Green's comments on the recovery program were fresh Intimations that a change In mone tary policies to aid farm prices may be forthcoming soon. Dr. James H. Rogers of Yale returned from a talk with President Roosevelt to confer with ranking federal financial offi cers. Though official comment wss lack ing, the Rogers conferences served to revive talk of a commodity dollar with leas than the present dollar's buying power. While representatives of the alu minum and banking businesses gath ered for public hearings today on their NRA codes, recovery officials were concerned at the sudden closing of the Ford plant at Chester, Pa., after a strike of workers. Henry Ford has never signed the automobile code. "The NRA la powerfcsa if an em ployer chooses to shut down his plant," Senator Wagner, chairman of the national labor board, com mented when a mediator sent to con. dilate the atrike reported the plant closed. . "The recovery act does not require anyone to operate if he does not so choose," Wsgner added. LIQUOR CONTROL HEARING SLATED PORTLAND, Sept. 3a. (AP) A hesrlng on method of regulating liquor distribution in Oregon efter repeal of the Iflth amendment will ba held here Saturday, October 7, and the public may be Invited to attend. Thla was announced here Wednes day by Dr. William 8. Knox, chair man of the liquor control committee appointed by Oovernor Meier to mak recommendatlona to the legislature. The committee deferred It decision after a three-hour meeting here yes terday, and decided on the October 1 aeaslon. Although hotel men have asked that after repeal they be allowed to sell any kind of liquor with meal and by the glass at any time of the day In their dining rooms. Dr. Knox ssld none of the committee members favor sale by hotel of hard liquor without meals. WILL- ROGERS Soys: BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Sept. 27. Roscoe Turner crossed the country in 10 hours. That's bringing towns too close to gether. Railroads are finally waking up. They are building a new train that wan't modeled in the nineties. But we have to take the bad news with the fcrood. Ring Lard ner died. Vou can always get better planes, better trains, but we can't get another Ring Lardner. What a privilege to hare known him since those good old days when he wrote sketches for Mr. Ziegfeld's Fol Hps. In years to come when li braries put just books in one wing and literature in tho oth er you are mighty liable to find Lardncr's writings right in with the literature. &1MI MaHtuiat traflwia, a 1
