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The Weather Toncut; Fair tonliht and Thurs day. Little chant in temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday - M t.oaest this morning 7 Twenty-eighth Year Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS ANOTHER earthquake scare at Los Angeles this time not much more than a scare. Four persons, aa these worda are written, are known to have been in jured, and damage appeare to have been conllned to the collapse of one building. Not much of an affair, apparently, as earthquakes go In California. Up HERE In "southern Oregon, we are thankful. California Is our best customer, and we don't want to see our best customer hurt. Los Angeles la an EXCEEDINGLY good customer, and anything that tends to Injure her buying power IN JURES OB. DAMAGE In earthquakes comes chiefly from falling buildings. So, you see, If buildings are erected in a way so that they WONT FALL dur ing earthquakes damage, both to lives and to property, can be reduced to the point where earthquakes won't be much of a menace to future de velopment. Experience Is proving that the best way to Insure against earthquake damage to buildings, especially dwell ings, is to build them of WOOD. QEVEN of the tn persons accused 5 of the kidnaping of Urschel, in Oklahoma, are convicted without de lay In a trial brought under the new federal kidnaping law, those con victed Including Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates, noted gangsters. "Machine Gun" Kelly, captured while the trial was In progress, is brought to Oklahoma city and will go on trial at once. The chancea are pretty strong that he will he convicted, as the others were. A LITTLE more of that, and kid naping will decline sharply In popularity. It has been popular so far because It has been sale ana profitable. WE HEAR a lot about crime and the apparent Inability of government to cope with it. 4 Listen: WHENEVER government goes seri ously and DETERMINEDLY about the task of coping with crime, It can ac complish what It seta out to do. The chief reason why crime flour ishes, in those periods when It does flourish, Is that government doesn't go seriously enough .about the task of curbing It. KELLY, by the way. arrives In Okla homa City In an airplane, guard ed by machine guns. His captors are tsklng no chances. Airplanes, so far, aren't easily held up. As he alights from the plane a cig arette is hanging from his lower Hp. and continues to hang there as he talks. i Here is some sdvlce: If you smoke cigarettes and cigarette smoking is quite all right. In this writer's hum ble opinion DON'T let them hang v from your lower Hp aa you talk. If you do, you will be pretty cer tain to FAIL to make the kind of Impression you want to make on the right kind of people. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, aa these words' are written, is off for Chi cago, where he will tell the national convention of the American Legion why he cut more than a third of billion dollars from veterans' allow ances. IT ISN'T like "Roosevelt to let well enough alone, his method being to meet the Issues as they come along. That la one Important reason why he la a REAL LEADER. Real lenders don t dodge Issues that have to be met. (Continued on Pa Three) GRANTS PASS. Ore.. Oct. 4 ,P rdwsrd N. Fehler of Corvsllls v today new president of the Motir 4 Court association of Oregon, elects hy the convention ended here Tues day c. R Asbton of Albany wis e.ected vice-president, and Clinton A. Ambrose of Portland, secretary UeJ-nres. -I MEDFORB : M I 1 Fire Fighters Surprised by Quick Wind LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4. With 3fl bodies recovered and county officials- reporting that the fire-swept 1,000-acre tract In Mineral Wells canyon holds from 20 to 25 additional victims of yesterday's brush fire, police today took in custody a mn. and booked him for suspicion of arson. The suspect, Robert D. Barr, 29, an unemployed motion picture projec tionist, was traced through the lic ense number of an automobile which J was reported to police today to haTej been parked near the scene of the1 fire. Witnesses, whose names poilce did not reveal, were reported to have told police they saw a man leave the automobile, enter the canyon and set fire to the brush. Arson Evidence Found. When arrested, Barr had severs, kerosene -soaked rags in his posses sion, police reported. He made no etatement to them. The arson angle into the investi gation of the blaze was Injected after police had been working on the the ory that a cigarette tossed into the brush by one of the victims hid caused the fire. Besides the 36 recovered. R. O Huston, assistant superintendent of county charities, said 20 or 25 more nodles lay in a deep ravine. 100 in Hospitals. Approximately 100 men were tn hospitals, many of them injured seri ously In the mad scramble up the sides of the box-like canyon that be came a raging inferno when a strong wind fanned the brush fire whl:n they were attempting; to extinguish. Throughout the night thousands of relatives of the more than 3.700 workers on the roads of the park crowded about the county morgue and a hastily improvised mortuary. A cordon of police was required to hold them in check as they watched through tear-dimmed eyes the long string of stretchers carried through the doors. Badly Burned. So badly were the bodies burned that not a single victim of the 'fire (Continued on Page Three) PLEA 10 LEGION CHICAGO. Oct. 4. (AP) Hopes of a minority group to revive demands for Immediate payment of the bonus went glimmering, apparently beyond recall, today as the American Le sions' annual convention met in its first business session. A legislative committee ruled the bonus had no place In the deliberations. CHICAGO, Oct. 4. (AP) Ameri can Legionnaires were called upon today by their national commander. Louis A. Johnson, to adopt a policy on veterans' relief that would con sider the taxpayer as well as the dis abled ex-soldler. JohnMon spoke before the opening business session of the Legion's 16th annual convention, held In the audi torium of the Civic Opera building, the building erected by Samuel In null as a monument to the classic In music. He reviewed the events fading up to the passage of Vie national econ omy act In congress last March, which cut $300,000,000 a year from veterans' benefits, and said the re duction resulted in some part be cause of extravagance in previous legislation. Congrescman Wright Patman, Dem ocrat of Texas, was the only member of a subcommittee of five who voted In favor of paymwit of the bonus. The Lesion selected Miami, Fla., for lta 1934 convention. BAD WHISKy'bUNDS FORMER GRID PLAYER SANTA ROSA. Cal., Oct. 4 (API Rslph Holm, 34, former Santa Rosa hlah school athlete and center on the 1B31 University of California freshman football tea- . waa In the Ssnta Rosa hospital today, blind In one eye and barely able to see out of the other. Authorities said he tld them he had drunk whiskey, which Viey believe was poisonous, and beer. farl of Cadofiin Pin. LONDON. Oct. 4 . F The Earl of tidosan, chairman of the BrltWh 01 mpic council and British repre sentative on the International Olym pic council, died today at the ae of M. IB F BE SURVIVORS TELL ROASTED ALIVE LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4.(p) In voices, low from exhaustion, sorrow end shock, the men who lived tod today of the men who died in death's ride on a wind-borne firebrand across tne canyons of Griffith park. Only the sight of humanity burned to an almost unrecognizable mass surpassed the stark, homespun drama words that fell from their lips, black ened, scorched and swollen by the death-dealing heat from which they had escaped. They and those 50 or more who were to die had gone down Into the canyon to put out a blaze which was Relieved to have been started by a carelessly discarded clgaret. All of them were poor. Their Jobs, road work, had been supplied by the county In Its efforts to relieve tne burdens of unemployment. Their foreman saw the fire. "Go down and smack It out with your shovels," was the order. They went. Involuntary suicide was the way two fire officials regarded the instructions to plunge into the canyon. As the vanguard went down the canyon "Hell broke loose," one sur vivor aald. The wind suddenly seem ed to spresd the fire in all directions at once. They were poor but life was sweet and they ran, stumbled and dragged their bodies through the Jag ged brush. Others coming down blocked tne return of the first who went, and they found a narrow cow-path their only avenue of escape. The flames belched upward. (Continued on Page Three) IS YREKA, Cal.. Oct. 4. 7P) Charles Campbell, 34, of Yreka, killed himself with a rifle early today. He came nere recently from Talent, Ore., and had been living with hla son Clar ence, 16. He was In the trucking business. The' loss of hi wife and financial troubles were believed to have been the cause. Resident of the Talent district, interviewed today regarding the sui cide case, stated that a man by that name left the district about a year ugo. No other Information regarding him could be obtalntd this afternoon. ELKS WHET APPETITE FOR THURSDAY FEAST Free supper and free beer await members of Medford lodge of Elks to morrow evening at the local temple and a large crowd Is anticipated for the festivities. Supper will be served at 6:30 and will be followed by regu lar lodge meeting and a special pro gram, planned, under the leadership of E. C. "Jerry" Jerome, exalted ruler of the lodge. The "YMeliDg Ropers." featured performers t rodeo and roundup performances, will be seen and heard at the horse raoe and rodo program scheduled at the falnrround here under auspices of the Medford Riding Academy Saturday and Sunday. The "Yodel I ng Ropera' includes Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Doss and their three talented children who all sing, yodel and do rope spinning and other trick.. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER u u u u u u zs u zs zs UuU vjj Vay Sixth Inning Rally Gives Service On Series Again Thursday by Radio And Speaker The Mall Tribune loud speakcr KMED radio hookup worked to perfection again today aa the New York Giants annexed the second game In the world series from the Washington Senators. The third game will be given Medford and southern Oregon fans Thursday by the same means, the contest start ing at the same time 10:30 a. m. Pacific Const time. TUPPER GUILTY JURY'S VERDICT Bentamln Tunner Klnmntv, Tnrttnn charged with second degree murder for the slavln? June 1.1 lnt. nt Rhnn Murdock, was found guilty of man slaughter. In a verdict returned shortly after noon today, by a federal court Jury. M. J. Norrls, King's Highway orchardlst, was foreman. The Jury was out an hour. Tupper accepted the verdict with the atolcism of his race, but smiled broadly later when told he had re ceived the lesser of two convicting verdicts possible. The court announced that sentence would be passed Friday morning at 10 o'clock. The penalty is one to 15 years. Attomev W. P. Mvers rtf iri.m.th Palls In his closing plea, declared "there are many angles In this case that have not been rl.arnrt TO,- la a lack of premeditation. The only pos.ii Die motive Is the fact that Mur dock had taken Tupper'a wife away from him and later debauched his daughter." DefenSO COllnRel rteflnrori THinna- was a "good Indian." and that Mur dock Waa of a quarrelsome disposi tion. The government testimony showed that Murdock had heen Kf.Hh.H h. Tupper while the latter was seated In an arm chair, after a ririnuim party In which Tupper and Murdock uom present, me knife that did the StRbbIn? VIA nnf nrnriHri In evidence. i The murder trial started Tuesday afternoon, and noon record time In southern Ore gon for such procedure. Another fea ture, contrary to Jury tradition In this section, was the returning of the verdict before dinner. The trial of Donald Buck of Klam ath Falls, chsrged with violation of the national Honor law retntiv. tn selling to Indians, Is under way this airernoon. Buck Is slleged to hsve sold a half gallon of whiskey to Sim Riddle, an educated Indian. The Buck case Is the flr.t nf uv.r.l liquor esses to be hesrd, all having ineir origin in Klamath county. SLEEP SICKNESS PATIENT GROWS BETJERJN G. P. GRANTS PASS, Ore.. Oct. 4 f AP) Convalescing from an attack of en cephalitis or "sleeping sickness," Mrs. Eclus Pollock waa to be removed Wed nesday afternoon from the Josephine Oeneral Hospital to her home here. Mrs. Pollock waa taken to the hos pital about two montha ago, where physicians diagnosed the case as sleeping sickness. A specialist called from Portland and laboratory tests confirmed the diagnosis. Mr. Pollock passed a critical point at the hospital, but two nurses will continue to attend the patient, her husband said. Encephalitis is not known to be contagious, physicians here reported on advices frorrf St. Louis, where an epidemic Is waning. Patients are af flicted In varying degrees. Mrs. Pol lock's case was a light form, accord ing to her husband. He termed It a "sleepless form of sleeping slcknew." NAVY PLANES SPEND NIGHT AT AIRPORT Four United StAtea Navy plsnes, unor command of Lieutenant Q'lll ver, took off from the Medford field lh:a morning for Portland, after spending the night here. The planes arrived lat yesterday from the iXt baM at fiia Diego, AIL TRIBUNE AT HIGH SCHOOL HEATSGR1D PEP Business Men Lunch With Team Fund for Equip ment Planned Old-Time Players Are Introduced One of the most enthusiastic forum meetings in the history of the Med ford Chamber of Commerce, led by John C. Mann, was held today tn the gymnasium of the Medford hlgn school, with Coach Darwin K. Bur gher, Assistant Coach Ed Klrtley, ichool officials and members of the root ball squad aa guests of the busi ness men and women of this city The enthusiasm crystallzed into a definite plan for financing complete new outfits for the Medford high school team with proceeds from IF John C. Mann. cpeclal benefit show at the Craterlan theater In the near future. George Hunt, head of the Hunt t heaters, offered the Craterlan for this special benefit affair, and his generous offer was Joyfully received by the business men, the team and students who packed the gymnasium gallery. President William 8. Bolger appointed Dr. R. 8. Lee as chairman of the committee to handle the bene fit tickets. Aa a result of this back nig given to school athletic activities by the merchants, new suits and equipment are being ordered by school officials at once. AfteT enjoying a delicious lunch eon, prepared by the domestic sci ence department of the high school. Coach Burgher waa Introduced and he n turn presented the entire per sonnel of the high school squad. Assistant Coach Ed Klrtley waa also Introduced. In enthusiastic talk, William Bolger, B. C. .Jerome, W. A. Gates. Oeorge Hunt, Harry Hlnman t.nd other business, men stressed the importance of support on the part of merchants and professional men In making possible the purchase of much-needed equipment. After the luncheon, the students joined the Chamber of Commerce members in a great pep-f est in which school songs were presented by Wil son Wait's Medford Hi band, and yella were led by Yell Leader Boo Gale. Pat Carion. song queen of the school, directed the merchants and students In school songs. Old-tlm grid star were then presented. In cluding A. Z. "Tubby" Dean. Oregon ftate '21. '2. '2.1: R. A. Duff, Santa Clara. '22, '21. '24; Olln Arnsptger. Oregon '4. 6 and '7; H. Van Hoev--nberg, Columbia 1B98. 1809, 1900. 1901 and all-American 1901; Clayton Isaac, Medford Hi star of 1911. and Z. C. "Jerry" Jerome, N,orth Dakota 1006. Following the pp session. Principal Olen Smith thanked the Chamber of Commerce members for their gener ous support of school athletic actlv itles Superintendent E. H. Hedrlck spoke briefly of the splendid MVdford spirit snd pointed out that the best support from people of this city came at depression timea In school ath letics when it was most needed. Details of the high school benefit show at the Craterlan theater will ce rrade public as soon m the detail are worked out by the special Cham lr of Commerce committee composed of Oeorge Hunt, W. A. Oatei and Harry Hlnm&a. 1, 1933. IS ENFORCEMENT OF Emphasis Placed On Need of Peace Between Capital and Labor Johnson Sides With Coal Miners By Francis M. Stepnenson NEW YORK, Oct. 4. (AJP) Presi dent Roosevelt put the spur to en forcement of his national recovery codes today with particular emphasis on peace between capital and labor. Hugh 8. Johnson, industrial ad ministrator, sounded the csll for or derly relations In the New Deal last night after a talk with the president when he called for an end of "mob conditions" In the bituminous fields about Pittsburgh. In this Instance Johnson sided with labor and told the operators of the "captive" mines operated by the steel snd Iron companies to quit "quibbling about smsll points." Mr. Roosevelt talks tonight before the conference of Catholic Charities here and there la every expectation that he will expound In detail his Ideas on the troublesome labor issue In the recovery campaign as well as me credit expansion program to back it up. He Is permitting no Interpretation of the clause In the national Indus trial recovery act declaring the right oi collective Dargsining for labor. He Is standing pat on the rlRht of em ployes to deal with employers thru their own representatives. The sign ing of 17 more codes for Industry Iste yesterday by the president mark ed the transition of the recovery drive from the organization to the enforcement phase. After a two-hour talk with Oenersl Johnson he designated him to carry on and put Into effective operation the new working agreements for In dustry and commerce which he feela require a government supervision In the maturing period. HER WILL MEET BALBM, Oct. 4. (AP) Members Of the State hlBhWAV mmmlnlnn will meet with Governor Julius L. Meier nere tomorrow afternoon. It was sn nounoed at t.h hlchwav ri.m,in,.ni The three road officials were asked oy tne governor to be present for an executive conference. Th slon waa set for 3 o'clock. Neither the highway department nor the executive department would divulge tfie purpose of the session, but It was believed the governor would confer With the rnmmlulnn. ers about probsble bond Issues and other flnsnce plans to recommend to the state legislature In the spe cial session to provide relief. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 4 (AP) A petition that Oregon obtain from the publie works administration 9, 50.000 for construction of the Wolf Creek and Wilson River hlghwsys to the sea will be presented to the state highway commission at lta meeting here tomorrow, according to delegates who represent norViwestern Oregon oountlea. E PLEAOS FOR CORVALLlfl, Ore.. Oct. 4. (AP) A plea for co-operation and fellow ship at the hands of all communi ties and all Interests to that "har mony In higher education "adminis tration might be attained, waa made here Tuesday by B, P. Irvine, editor or the Oregon Journal and a mem ber of the state board of higher edu cation. Irvine made an Informal ad dress at the chamber of commerce lunrieon. The editor declared It fs "a pitiable thing that the board has set such an example Itself," when "rruijeatlc co operation La needed.' ASTORIA, Ore., Oct. 4. (AP) Agreement on A cents a pound for Chinook and ateelhead salmon; 4 cents for sllveraldes, and l'i cents for chums waa announced by the salmon packer on the Columbia river yesterday. Giants 6 Hit Starts Rally PR.AMK O' DOUU 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL Ted Haines, himself the father of five children, went on trial today In circuit court charged with a statu tory offense Involving a girl under 10 years of age, and the complaining witness. ' All the principals In the case reside In the Red Top district, Examination of prospective Jurora waa underway this morning. Three women, Mrs. Mary L. Phlpps, Mrs. Mary Klelnhammer, and Mrs. Agnes Cant well Kelly, were among the first twelve drawn to the Jury. Sex will play a leading role In the testimony, defense counsel indicated, and would be freely questioned. At torney Rawles Moore, counsel for the defendant asked all women Jurora If this would have any effect on their verdict, and If the fact they are mothers would causa them to be hos tile to the defendant. All answered it would not. Many of the Jurors were on the Wolf case, which returned a verdict of not guilty. This was a case In volving the unwritten law. They were asked if this would cause them to be "hard -boiled" tn the present case. State queries, by Assistant District Attorney George W. Nellson were of a routine order. Charlea C. Hoover, a resident of the Red Top district waa excused by the court, when he stated that "the case waa a subject of neighborhood con tention, and I have heard It discuss ed pro and con." The state expects to call ten or twelve witnesses. The defense will call half that number. The cane ts expected to be In the hand of the Jury late today. REPEAL, 2 T0 1 (By the Ansoclaled Tress) With Virginia voting nearly two to one for repeal of the 16th amend ment, the list of states favoring the abandonment of prohibition now standa at 33, with none opposed. Florida will vote next Tuesday and on November 7 refcrendums will be held In North and South Carolina. Ohio. Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Utah. If four of these seven states de clde for repeal, the prohibition amendment will be nullified as soon as their euite conventions formally pass on repeal, probably during the first week of December, WOK BEATEN IN STEEL PLANT STRIKE AMBR1DOR. Pi,, Oct. 4. (API Three worker were beaten and one picket waa wounded by gunfire In an outbreak of violence at Ambridge steel plant today. One worker waa reported In ft serious condition The flareup occurred aa group of 400 pickets attempted to halt em ployes trying to enter the, plant of the Spa ng-C half ajit Be amies Tube company. Watcb the TRIHl'NEs fA CLA881HKU AOS . . . Lota of good bargains E" that mean renulur savings. No. 167. - 1 Win SINGLE PAVES WAY FOR. Pinch Hit With Bases Full Blasts Veteran Crowder Off Senators' Mound -Schumacher Does Well POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK, Oct. (API A blazln the sixth Inning, In which Prank (LeftVl O'Doul tnurhjirt nrf ,. plosion with a pinch single with the luii, Knocked out the veteran Alvln Crowder and eave the ni.nt. their second straight world series vie. mry over tne senators todsy, 8 to 1. Young Hal Schumacher held the Senatora to five, hit minrim. . home run by Goose Goslln In the vuira inning. Washington AB R n Pil s k Myer,,3b 3 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 ' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ' 0 0 ' Goslln. rf 4 3 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 10 0 0 Manush, If . 3 Cronln, Schulte, cf ....,..,., 4 Kuhol, lb s Bluege, 3b a "Harris . Sewell, o 1 , Bolton Crowder, p ,....... Thomas, p .... , Rlc McColl, p .... Totals 31 1 g 34 13 0 Batted for Bluege In Oth. Batted for Sewell In Oth. Batted for Thomas In 7th. New York AB R H PO A 8 Moore. If 4 n 1 a n n Crl'. 3 8 1 1 1 a 0 "Ty. ID 4 1 110 0 0 ott, rf a 1 n 1 n n Davis, cf 3 0 1 1 fl 0 O'Doul 1110 0 0 Peel, cf 1 n n n n n Jackson, 3b ..... 8 1113 0 Mancuso, e ... .... 411410 Ryn. ss 4 0 1 3 3 0 Schumacher, p ..,. 4 0 1 0 3 0 ' Totals S3 6 10 37 14 0 Batted for Davis In 8th. Washington , 001 000 000 l ' New York 000 008 OOx Runs batted In: Ooslln, O'Doul 3, Jackson. Mancuso, Schumacher, Moore. Two-base hit: Terry. Home run: Goslln. Sacrifice: Jackson. Double plsys: Cronln to Myer to Ku heli Jackson, Crlta to Terry. Left on bases: wsshlngton 7, New York 8. Bsses on Balls: Off Schumacher 4 I Myer. Bluege. Manush, Kuheli; : Crowder 3 (Ott 3, Crltr,). Struck out: Schumacher 3 (Cronln, Bluege); Crowder a, (Moore, Schumacher, Ryan): hits off Crowder, 9 In 8 3-3 Innings: Thomss 1 In 1-3: McColl none In 3 Innings. Wild pitch: Schu macher. Umpires, plate, Morlsrty (AL): first base, Pflrman, (NL); sec ond base, Ormsby (AL): third base, Morsn (NL). Losing pitcher. Crow der. Time of game, 3:00. Play by plsy account on psge two. WILL- ROGERS iO'DOUL'S BKVERLY HILLS, Cal., Oct. 3. You know the thing you got to admire about Roosevelt, when he is in some argument with somebody he goes right before 'em personally and lays his reasons right before 'em. Politicians said it would be suicide to out any pensions. Politicians said he shouldn't go to the American Legion convention, lie did both. Send an emissary, or, a message has ruined many a big man. Everybody likes to hear it straight from the boss, even if ' you are going to. get fired( and , Ihe Legion loved him for it. . lllWliiJ7s4i,u,ta, . , I
