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Christmas Opening Scheduled Dec. 7 by Medji rd Mefcfianis r j The Weather I j Forecast: Fair tonight and Friday with (oi In the morning. Not much 'change In temperature. edford Mail Tribi. ne M Watch the TBI,)l,NE'!,rMHA CLASSlFltD IDS . . Lou of food bargains V that mean genuine fJf2li tarings, mmtmm 'Highest yesterday To went this morning - Twenty -eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1933. No. 204. 63 BYE VI1C31 El 1 ; I SUA AM BODY THROWN IN Bffllnd TRLSni RAY SAYS jniamim ifc MEMBER OF GANG By PAUL MALLON (Copyright, 1033, by Paul Mallon.) Harmonizing. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. The In side explanation of the Woodln -Acbeson-Morgenthau Imbroglio cen- tera around a secret meeting held at the White House last Sunday night. All the heavy-weights of the ad ministration were there discussing the I money policy. None of them will even tell what went on, at least not at present. But if you had been there you would probably have heard Mr. Roose velt assert that the government was going to pursue Its existing gold price policy through all ramifications to Its logical conclusion. You would have been surprised to hear him say then that If there was any one present whp did not want to go on that was the time to speak up. You would have craned your neck, as the other guests did, when As sistant Treasury Secretary Acheson spoke up. Pointing. There was one who did NOT crane his neck. That was Mr. Roosevelt. There are reasons for believing that he looked right at , Acheson when he invited resignations. For some time the White House had been disturbed by published re porta that treasury officials were out of line with the gold policy. It did not mind opposition expressed in the private counsels. It did hate to read In the newspapers every day that the conservative treasury crowd was growling underneath. Several days ago the White House privately Investigated the source of these published assertions. As a re sult of.that Investigation, Mr. Rooso velt determined to rub out any sour notes. Woodln. Woodln Is gone for good. He knows It and Mr. Roosevelt knows It. When Woodln said good-bye to his closest friends, he added: "I guesa I won't be seeing you gain." He has not been secretary of the treasury for five; months. In that period he has spent less than 14 days at his treasury desk. He wai raised on the gold standard, aa were his father and grandfather before him. No matter how much he denies it, every one knows this money policy la Just another bug in his throat. But his inner situation la different from Acheson's. He admires Mr. Roosevelt .so much personally that even the gold standard cou)d4 NOT come between them. , His exit was demanded by his physi cal condition. Ho could not keep up the treasury subterfuge forever. Morgenthau. The inner fringe bellevea Mr. Roosevelt put his good friend, Henry Morgenthau in as acting secretary to take the rap. Morgenthau's allegiance to the president ranks him aa the most faithful Roosevelt follower in the ad ministration. He once told a pri vate gathering of close friends: "The president can do no wrong. He must always be right. He should have enough close friends to take the responsibility for any mistakes which occur so that his prestige will remain always at the highest possible level." Morgenthau will do the work of the secretary with the title ot as sistant and ask for nothing more. If all goes well, he may ultimately get Woodln'a title. If trouble arlsea. Mr. Roosevelt can alwaya say: "Henry. I'm going to have to send you as ambassador to Russia, be cause I need a blecer name In the I treasury department." Henry woutd 'go. Ke Is. Indeed, the kind of friend needed most by a man in the White House. Purpose. Prom these hints you may have gleaned the idea that the treasury shakeup is a technical readjustment. It la. It means merely that Mr. Roosevelt, more than ever, la going to be his own treasury department. Certain sideline prophets are con fident that It also means Mr. Roose velt will shortly embark on further tronger steps to readjust currency In his efforts to get higher commodity prices. They say the treasury per sonnel shakeup was In preparation for tJiMe further currency moves. Thl view lutrtartlally bolstered by the fact that the Sunday night con ference dl-fusrd the next move, as wel as the last. Notes. M Litvinoff strolled out of the White Houe one day, went alone to a drug strre, nt on a stool and or dered a h' deg and a glass of milk. f Mrs. Orthy Hen Mrs. Edith Orlasby ai rt .n IVmald of Fort Col lins. Colo. s jt u eft here for severs! daya of Mi H. TJ, Lumaden. Scion of Wealthy San Jose Family Killed Shortly After Kidnaping Is Confession Two Now in Toils SAN JOSE. Calif., Nov. 16. (AP) Louis O'Neal, prominent Ban Jose attorney announced today a suspect named Thomas H. Thurmond had ad mitted participating in the kidnaping here ot Brooke Hart, 23, and had con fessed killing the young man shortly thereafter. The announcement was made after O'Neal had appeared early today In the role of Intermediary between the missing youth's father, Alex J. Hart, wealthy -San Jose merchant, and shortly before two suspects were ar rested in a burst of police activity here. Thrown In Bay. Thurmond, one of the two men ar rested, named Jack Holmes, the other suspect, as his accomplice. He said they threw the body into San Fran cisco bay. The purported confession said young Hart was beaten to death be fore a mysterious telephone call was made from San Francisco to the Hart home here last Thursday night In which a 140.000 -ransom demand was made. The confession set Into motion a high speed search of the San Fran cisco bay district for traces of an other purported suspect, and a hunt of the bay region near San Mateo for traces of the body. Kidnaped Week A(to. J Young Hart disappeared about 8 o'clock last Thursday evening after leaving the department store In which his father had recently made him a Junior executive. His failure to keep an engagement with a friend caused the latter to telephone the Hart home about 8 p. m., and officers were notified. At 10 o'clock that night the tele phone In the Hart home rang and the caller demanded $40,000 "If you want to see your son alive again." A few hours later young Hart's aban doned car, .headlights burning, was found on a highway 13 miles north of San Jose. Purse Fonnd. The next morning young Hart's purse was found on the taffrall of an oil tanker that had been loading fuel on the liner Lurllne at San Francisco. The manner In which It was found gave the Impression that 1t had been dropped from a porthole of the Lurllne. The liner was search ed at Los Angeles for Hart and pos sible suspects, but no clues found. Ship's officers said two mysterious men had dashed aboard at San Fran cisco a few minutes before sailing.' saying they had friends aboard whom they wished to see. It was said the two men did not leave the ship by sailing time, but they were not heard from thereafter. Chief of Police J. N. Black of San Jose announced O'Neal had been au thorized by him to issue the state ment and that the confession was taken after Thurmond and another suspect had been arrested. E SALEM. Nov. 16. (P) The Mc Cracken Past Freight, operated by Robert McCracken of .Portland. Is a reliable motor transportation service and In good standing at the public utilities department, the Associated Press learned today. An erroneous report that the com pany's operating permit was cancelled was made yesterday. The Associated Presa la glsd to make this correction. The utilities department announced temporary suspension of the Walla Walla Motor Freights operating per mit because of the company's failure to file a proper Insurance policy In place of the one which expired yes terday. MORE CITY LEVIES FILED WITH CLERK City levies filed with the county clerk to date are aa follows: Ashland - ..-.. 63.251.40 Medford 168.829.1S Central Point 10.580.00 Talent 3.81000 Phoenix 3 078.10 Jacksonville. Oold Hill, Eagle Point. Rogue River and Butte Falls are the Incorporated towns of the county which have not yet filed the amount to bt raised by levy. Nurse Drugged, Victim BROOKE HART, 23, scion Of a wealthy San Jose family, who was slain shortly after being kidnaped last Thursday, according to a con fession made today by one member of the gang. (Associated Press Photo). LIGHTS, GARLANDS WILL BE PLACED STREETS At a meeting of retail merchants held this morning at the Chamber of Commerce, It waa definitely decided that this year's Christmas opening will take place on Friday, December 1, It was announced this morning by John Moffatt, chairman of the retail merchants committee. It Is expected to bare the street decorations up by December 1, and plans are already under way for this work to be done under the direction of City Superin tendent Fred ticheffel. The committee in charge, of street decorations Is Raymond Mlksche. chairman; E. T. Burelson, and Harvey Fields. According to the arrangements out lined by this committee this morn ing the streets will be decorated as follows: The lights at the intersec tions to be colored; the lamp posts will be decorated with evergreen gar lands from court house to Bear creek bridge on Main; from Huson'a What- Not to Riverside on 8th; from Mont gomery Ward'a (inclusive) to Elk's club on Central: Main and Bartlett down Bartlett to 6th; Front from 6th to Lewis Super-Service Station; Main to 6th street on Fir; Holly from Main to 6th. On South Central In Ileu of no light posta the traffic posts will be decorated. Many other details In connection with city decorations will be carried out by the committee. No definite arrangementa have been made re garding the form of entertainment to be adopted at the opening, but it Is expected that an announcement about this will be made In a few days. The committee In charge of this feature of the Christmas open ing la composed of Jack Wurts, chair man; Charles Campbell, C. A. Meeker and Leland Brophy. While It is expected that the Christmas decorations and the open ing this year will be comparable to those of former years, the retail mer chant Intend that everything shall be done with a minimum of expense, The decoration of the Individual stores will be left entirely to the store owners who will make their own arrangements, both for Intciior and exterior displays. GRANTS PASS SCHOOLS FULL "TJ GRANTS PASS. Ore.. Nov. 16 (AP) Forty-one per cent improve ment In city school tax receipt com ing simultaneously with a 30 per cen'i saving In city school expendi tures today brought announcement by James P. Doyle, chairman of the city board, that the Grants Pass high and grade schools would continue throughout the nine month of the regular term thl year without in tern pt Ion. At the same time contemplated suspension of high school bus serv ice in the city district has been riven up. and the biues win also continue throughout ths school year. Y SLAPS FACE OF Battle in Newspaper Office Follows Attempt of Wo man to Bare Secrets Di vorce Property Settlement LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16. (AP) With the editorial offices of a local newspaper for an arena, Mary Mc Cormlc, opera singer, squared off In a face-slapping episode with a young woman identified aa Grace Williams and a friend of Prince Mdlvanl, and came out the winner last night. Reporters and editors, of whom there were many to witness the brief engagement, separated the battlers and prevented further hostilities. The witnesses agreed that Miss Mc- Cormlc waa the winner, having land ed the only solid punch of the fight. a looping right to Miss Williams' chin. The face-slapping episode came as a sequel to the court battle of Miss McCormlc of Tuesday In which she obtained a divorce from Prince Serge Mdlvanl. At that tlmo It was an nounced the property settlement be tween the pair would remain secret. Last night Miss Williams attempt ed to dispose of the "secrets" of the agreement to a newspaper. Miss Mc Cormlc, her Irish eyes blazing, en tered the newspaper offlco a few moments after" Miss 'Williams : ap peared. "You will, will you?" demanded Miss McCormlc, swinging Into action. Before editors and reporters could separate the two. Miss McCormlc landed her punishing blow. Miss Williams said ahe was a close friend of the Mdlvanl family and stated she was writing a biography or tne prince. SILVERMAN GUILTY IS JURY'S VERDICT ST. HELENS, Ore., Nov. 16. (AP) Jake Silverman, Portland rooming house operator, waa convicted of man slaughter by a circuit court Jury here today In connection wlUh the fatal shooting last April of James Walker of Portland. The Jury had deliberated since 9:30 a. m. yester day. Walker and Mrs. Edyth McCIaln of Portland were beaten and shot to death and their bodies thrown from an automobile on a lonely road near here. Police said the killings were In reprisal for the wounding of a bootlegger in Portland. 25 Die When Bus Plunges Off Cliff GRANADA. Spain. Nov. 16. (AP) Twenty-five persons were killed when a bus loaded with socialist -ell over a 350-foot cliff on the high way between Huescar and Castrll to day. The bua was part of a caravan returning from a political meeting at castrll. GOLD PRICE REMAINS SAME FOR THIRD DAY WASHINGTON, Nov. 16,- (AP) For the third successive day. the ad ministration today set a price of t33.A6 an ounce for reconstruction corporation purchases 6f newly mined domestic gold. Raskob Reported Slated As Successor of Woodin NEW YORK. Nov. 18. (AP) The Daily News In a copyrighted story today aald that Alfred E. Smith's White House visit with President Roosevelt, according to a "person high In Democratic party circles." concerned the following shifts In ad ministration personnel and the fol lowing appointments: 1. Resignation of Wm. H. Woodln as secretary of the treasury and the appointment of John J. Raskob as his successor. 3. Resignation of Jesse Isldor Strati aa United State ambassador to France and appointment of Unit ed States Senator Royal S. Copeland as his successor. 8. Appointment by Governor Leh man of Al Smith as senator to take Copelnnd's place. . Designation of Post master Oca Attacked by Grace Is Testimony Friend Offers Arm To Replace Member Lost In Car Smash OAKLAND, CaT. Nov. 16. (AP) In a letter received at the High land hospital from Klamath Falls. Ore., Jack Brandon went on rec ord as a man who would give his right arm for a friend. Brandon said If It Is possible to graft an arm to the shoulder of Harry Welmars. a former room mate, who lost his last summer In an automobile accident. Wel mars may have his arm and wel come. R. Sumner Everlngham wrote to Brandon that the offer waa appreciated but that the proposed grafting of an arm waa beyond the power of surgery. LONZO A. DRAKE DF NO. PHOENIX PASSES, AGED 83 Loneo A. Drake, southern Oregon pioneer, died at his home four miles east of Med ford Wednesday at the age of 83. Mr. Drake was born at DuBuque, Iowa, in 1850, and ten years later, atarted with his parents, Sam uel and Elizabeth Drake, for Oregon by overland team. They shortly aft erward Joined the Ben Holiday pony express train and traveled to Salt Lake City where they laid over on account of Illness. After again tak ing up their Journey, they traveled by way of Doner lake and reached Rogue River valley In September, 1863. They first located on the site of the present Hlllcrcst orchard. Later Mr. Drake spent several years farming In 'the San Juan valley In California and returned to Rogue River valley In the early seventies. In 1879 he married Charley Frances Lowe and to this union were born rive children, three or whom survive. Bessie Rathbun, Jessie Trask and George Drake, all of this city. There are also two sisters and one brother residing In California. Mr, Drake waa a loyal son of Oregon and loved his long time home and pioneer state. Funeral services will be held -t the Conger chapel at 10 a. m. Sat urday. Interment In Phoenix ceme tery. LI NEW AIR SERVICE With the opening of regular service on the Eaetbay-Aacramento airline by the Capitol Speed Lines, Inc., Monday. C. Ray Gtlllland, president of the company, announced that the Eastbay la to become the headquar ters of a new air service linking Red ding and Fresno by way of valley towns, Klamath Falls and Medford. Ore., and ultimately Seattle and Ketchikan, Alaska. The announcement of the extension of the company, which will have foir planea in operation on the Eastbay- Sacramento line, waa carried in the Monday edition of the Oakland, Cel.. Tribune, with a picture of Ollllland, Mrs. Joseph Hargrove of Oakland, and City Manager Ralph M. Bryant, sis') of that city. Ollllland operates the Northwest Fur. Fish and Gams farm northeast of Prospect, and spend each summer there. eral James A. Farley a the next Democratic candidate for governor of New York to succeed Oovernor Leh man, who, the News sstd, will not seek renomlnatlon. Through such an arrangement, the News said. It la hoped to circumvent the advantage gained by the fusion lata In the rerent election of Fio re I la H. LaGuardla a mayor of New York and to rebuild the Democratic machine In the city. The paper added that it apparently means the ouster of John J. Curry a the leader of Tammany Hall. Straus recently returned from Parts a waa said to have been advised by hi physicians to retire from the strenuous grind of International af faire. Nevtreheless, the News said Straus Intended to return t' Paris before ChAatmaa L BE Sale Center to Serve South ern Oregon and Northern California Is Planned C. of C. Welcomes Project Openlng of a livestock sale pavilion, the first to serve the southern Oregon-northern California territory, of fering producer and buyer a concen trated, competitive market In this re gion, waa announced today by A. H. Dudley, a recent arrival from Clear water, Neb., who will operate the auc tion on the Newman property on che Midway road, beginning Saturday. November 36, at l o'clock. Coming to Medford last spring with 13 years' experience in the stock auc tion business, Mr. Dudley made a sur vey of the entire territory, conferred with stock producers and buyers, and today announced that the pavilion will open for business. The project waa welcomed today by the Medford Chamber of Commerce with the an nouncement that all members of the agricultural committee will attend the first auction. An Invitation 1 also extended all persons In the valley in terested in agriculture. Solves Problem. Opening of the auction, men ex perlenced In the stock business stated , today, will relieve the market prob lems now threatening to paralyze the stock Industry in southern Oregon. The man with a few cattle, sheep and .bogs, and the man with a car load, will be equally eligible to sell at the auction. Search for a markot will be eliminated and all stockmen offered the advantage vmlch only competitive buying can give. Buyers wUl know where to come for stock. Producers will know where to offer their animals for sale, and the entire situation will be cleared up to the advantage of all concerned through a direct turnover. The Newman property, where the pavilion is to be operated, Is located at the intersection of the old Pacific highway and the Midway road, acces sible to all farming area of the coun ty, and easily reached via good, high ways, by representatives of markets to the north and south. . Charge Commlsilon. The auction will be operated on a commission basis, Mr. Dudley stated today, adding that he hopes to make Medford a real livestock center, and feel that such can be accomplished since there is an obvious opening here for marketing of livestock. R. J, Forsyth of the Davis Transfer com pany will be sale manager for the auction. He ha had 30 year' ex perlence In such work. Ten men will be neeed to carry on the auction. when If reaches full capacity. A livestock truck, with a one-half carload capacity, will be used In "the transportation of livestock. The pavilion will have a seating capacity of 600 and four acre of land will be available for use at the auc tton. The system la one used throughout the middle west for marketing of live stock, and ha been In operation in England for many years. It ha been found better for the producer and better for the buyer. It 1 said. . flavei Time, Money.. Many times. It was explained today, the small producer ha to travel an about the county to locate a market for hi stock. Several pricea are nam ed to him and often by the time he has covered the territory, the first buyer has already placed his order (Continued on Page Seven) FOR 27 ON SHIP VALENTIA Irish Free State, Nov (AP) The S. 8. Manchester Regl ment abandoned her 34-hour search for the stricken freighter Saxtlby to day ahortly after the great liner Ber- engarla and the Dutch steamer Bos chdyk were forced to quit their res cue effort. Abandonment of the quest by the Manchester Regiment was announced In a wireless message In which the ship reported she had sighted no wreckage and was afraid It was ab solutely Impossible for lifeboat to survive such weather a aha was en countering. With the Manchester Regiment's withdrawal from the scene, hope wa generally abandoned for the little mrgo ship Saxilby and ber human freight of 37 souls, Wins Nobel Prize 1 4 Dr. Thomas Hunt Morgan oi Pasadena, Cal., noted roologlst. was awarded the 1933 Nobel prizt in medicine. (Associated Press Photo 7 TYPH01 TO K.F. P Seven casea of typhoid fever and two deaths from the disease In the little town of Rogue River were re ported here yesterday by Dr. C. I. Drummond. The dead are: Henry J. Miller, 41, and his dnughtcr Agnes Miller. IS. Although the disease has not yet reached the proportions of an epi demic In the town, a deplorable con dition exists a the result of Im proper sun i tan on incuuiea in a lum ber camp In Klamath county, Dr. Drummond stated. All the casea, he explained, were contracted In the lumber camp near Dorris, Calif., where three Rogue River families were em ployed. One boy has ' recovered from the disease, two are dead, and four are still 111. Six weeks ago a man, still receiving treatment In Klamath Falls, became 111 with typhoid in the lumber camp. The three Rogue River families, who were going back and forth between home and camp frequently, contract ed the disease. An Investigation of the situation Is now being made by Oregon and Klamath county health officers, Dr. Drummond stated yes terday. Three cases of typhoid were also found about two month ago In the Gold Hill region. The sufferers were minors, who had been drinking Rogue River water. 4 T LA GRANDB, Ore., Nov. lo ( AP) Twenty-four eastern Oregon nor mal school football players and Coach Bob Qulnn left .here this morning for Ashland, where (They will play the Southern Oregon Nor mal school eleven Saturday after noon. The squad will spend tonight in Klamath Falls, going on to Ashland tomorrow In time for an afternoon workout. The game Saturday, for the nor mal school championship of Oregon, la the last content on the mountain eer schedule. FATHER IS. HOOTS F rnESNO. ,Cal, Not. IS (AP) Herbert E. Wilkinson, 75. former mansRer of the Fresno branch of an optical company an1 first president of the Presno Merchants association and the Rotary club, died last night. Surviving Aim are two riauchters Mrs. Hattle Isabella Knapp of Presno and Mrs. Verena Vale Hoots of Med ford, Ore. a son, Herbert Livingstone Wilkinson of Presno: a, eon, W. R. Webb, of Lna Angeles, and a step daughter, Mrs. O. A. McOee, of Ross, Cal. Mr. Ifoota la the daughter of Mrs. a. R. Bstchwell of this cltjr. She makea her home at tha Schuler apartments. PAINTED AS BEAST' AT MURDER TRIAL Revolver Carried to Take Own Life Is Defense Claim' Needed Money to Re gain Health Was Refused SANTA ORUZ. Calif.. Nov. 1 f ap. A charge that Francis J. M. Grace, member of a prominent shipping family, drugged and criminally at- iRCKeo miss Frieda Welta. his nurss, here In Jim, iqhq v. defense today In the trial of Miss c.i.io iur biie muraer oi tne snipping man. The charee waa matin hv .iamm DllCtmn. PittMhurBti Pa atrnfRM ' friend of the Weltz family, who came "era w conauct tne defense. Dug gan aald Miss Welts carried a revol ver to the Grace home here Sep tember 0 with thn Infffntlrm nt lng herself to death at Grace's feet, ana no wun a plan to kill him. iiacK srory Told The story of the alleged attack aa related by Duggan was that Grace asked Miss Welta to come to Santa Crua with him because he wanted to avoid "a situation similar to that which existed In hi San Francisco home among other members of hi family." "On June 8.M aald Dntrinm "he made hi firt ivancM the night of June 0 he drueoed nd nt. i.tiutveu nor, one round , rrorself the next morning in a pitiable condi tion and demanded to be taken home. He took her to her apartment In San Francisco. Tim i- evltable happened. She found that D"u w w oecom- a mother. She advised Orace of her condition. Money Rchiscd "He pleaded with her not to have a baby. . . . Bhm took & iim. ,tu produced tha riMinvt at.. pleaded with him to furnish money uvr w regain ner neaith. "She cams to Aunt n- edly not to stalk him but to find wncn ne was sober and ahe could talk to hfm. She had the gun not to kill him but to shoot herself dead at his feet If he refused her the help she wanted. When. Inatead of sending the new nurse, Hclene Rob erts, away, so that he could talk to iw (miss weiiEj, ne atarted for the house, she determined tn life that she felt was wrecked." FOY, DEPUTY REVENUE Announcement was made today that I. E. Foy, for seven years deputy collector for the bureau of Internal revenue has resigned his position, and Erie M. Orsy of Medford today as sumed tha duties of the deputy, with offices In the feoeral building. Mr. Foy has resided In Medford " the past ten years, and plans to con tinue making his horn here, he stated. ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Nov. 15. An intcrnntionnl au thority on the subject claims tlint they are in sight of a rem edy for tuberculosis. Well, if Unit's true, it beats all the price of gold, all the disarma ment, even the stopping of wars, for you hrin war on yourself, but tuberculosis is brought onto you. It looks like the day is finally arriving when medical scien tists will receive the glory that we used to bestow entirely on our big financiers, industrial ists and statesmen. (Hie.) Well anyhow, the world is certainly praying for this fellow to bo right. Yours, .. euill1Pftl7a.-ite.lae,