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Medford Mail Trumjn ITatcb the lHIUUNfa CLASSirUfU AOS . . Lou ol good Bargains that roaao genuine tarings. Twenty-eialith Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1933. No. 210. n The Weather I Portrait: Fair tonight tnd Friday, but with fog. Little clianja In temperature. Highest yesterday 52, Lowest this morning .....H..W- 29 It o) 6) 0 1 " HI By PAIX MA1XON (Copyright, 1933. oy Paul Mallon.) Coincidences. WASHINGTON, Not. 33. There were no ventriloquists behind Prof, ffipragua in his harangue against the administration money policy. He has no Inner political or Wall Street connections. He hardly knows Bernard Baruch. The fact that Ba ruch's outburst came simultaneously as one of the lew political coin cidences that really was coincidental. Antoher coincidence was the fact that certain influential market Inter ests In New York decided to organize several sound money propaganda mills at about the same time. Mr. Roosevelt knew nearly a week in advance that the Baruch and Bprague explosions were coming. That is the explanation of his Sa- wnn.h .niuirh fttrilcinff OUt at the torles" before they had a chance to shoot at him. Also one of xne prime reasons why No. 1 man Morgenthau started reorganizing the treasury de partment on non-tory lines. Every politician who can see beyond bis eyeglasses knows that these are narblngera of the strongest political fight since the last presidential elec tion. Slojan? nrh.t tfc BonirhUrnna are chuck ling about la the fact that they do aot have to carry the opposition nag. Bprague and Baruch have given the issue a non-setarlan banner. t .AnnM.Unn th Inner Hoov er clan Is passing around quietly a slogan the lormer nwmcn wn. ,. ih.m at. a nrlvate dinner party In Iowa some weeks ago. The boys were discussing inflation ana m p" of It when Mr. Hoover broke In to aay: 'I think It ought to be called "con fetti money." The Morgenthafl-'-newr restriction move was aimed at a couple of spe- elflo molehills, but it nn a moun Behind It waa Mr. Morgenlhau's .1 mnnnnM at the WS7 uarp - J certain treasury officials have Been talking off the record. ma aay he had In mind tne racs u. certain conservatives in the depart ment have not yet been able to keep their opposition to the gold policy He wanted to establish hlmseli as the tslklng boss as wtu as int nom inal chief. If he had made that motive clear . v...... Mvd himself from the Mry of the Inner commotion which followed. As It was. nearly every Washington news man convinced mm .... .v.. mnv nmacked Of CSn aorshlp. and immediately went on the warpatn. Game. ... .-...i. v,Df. n the Inxlde the ine nui.il i - - Washington news gathering business la more or less oi a The officials are always trying to promote good publicity for themselves. They want to prevent anyone from finding out anything except the good things about wtnuo t nr. n. 1ms sood-naturea op position to that system, the news men try to find out all they can. They do not fall In with the Idea of letting only the good news flow. They oombat It. on every hand. When anyone tries to put unnat ural obstacle In their path, they n- . n - hndv. The results are usually disastrous for anyone who tries to set nimsen up m Channelizing. a.., a. vfrv ten newspaper men seem to believe that the admin istration is definitely trying mj nellze news. That means It Is set ting up a very few sources for dis pensing news and trying to confine Sews dispensing to those stated of ficial sources. The general supposition Is not founded on the Morgenthau incident particularly. It Is based also on the , current move to centralize the handl ing out of statistics, the order of General Johnson restricting the news gathering field for business letter writers in the NRA. the restrictions placrd on the Issuance "'""""" bv the lsbor department and the bill offered by the state department to prevent publication of secret official documents which was satisfactorily revised before being passed at the last seoslon of congress. The primary Inner effect of the lat est development Is to thro the fear of authorltv Into some of the second ary government officers. Ae few have stopped talking a a matter of aelf preservat'on, but not many. The ultimate result will probably be that the country will get as much news as It ever did. and more, plplomacy? A more or less official Inside ex planation has been offered for the Will"' House visits of J. P. Morgan. Bernard Baruch and Myron Taylor. It pis:es their ca'.'j In the category of zonal visits. That cxpl"-"'" ' rather thin, but there are g ' for belleiln that the ci '- -... naelrea do not eia.-tly knot y u - were consult fd They a: .pp.- to have an aaered que.-.t - veral subjects wliMO'.t part,-i' - -raa being laid en asv. E MAGNATE FORCED TO SELL CONTROLHE SAYS Hoover Administration Hostile- Declares Chain The ater Head in Senate Banking Committee Quiz By NAT H AX ROBERTSON Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Not. 23. (AP) Testimony that be had gone straight to President Hoover and other high Republican officials in his unsuccess ful effort to retain control of his vast movie holdings was given the senate banking committee today by William Pox. The former theater magnate testi fied .he was "forced unded duress" by bankers to sell control of his chain of 100 movie houses which he had developed from a single nickelodeon In Brooklyn. Before purchasing controlling stock In Loew's, Inc., in 1028, the witness said he conferred with Wm. J. Don ovan, former assistant attorney gen eral, to learn whether the justice de partment would object. Alarmed Later He said he was Informed later by the attorney general's office It would be "All right' for him to' buy the stock. When Hoover was Inaugurated, Pox added, he became alarmed at what he called the hostile attitude of the new administration. He had expect ed Donovan to be named attorney general, he said, but Instead that post went to William D. Mitchell. "I was told by a friend there was a man by the name of Claudius Hus ton, who might be able to help," Pox said. He added that he subsequently conferred with Huston, then chair man of the Republican national com mittee, and the late James Francis Burke, then general counsel. Token to Hoover "I asked to see the president and talk to him about the matter' Pox continued. He said he took his trou bles to Mr. Hoover at a White House luncheon. Hoover told him, Pox related, that he needed no Intermediaries such as Huston, and that ,he needed only to send word to his attorney general at the department of Justice If his story was true. , A few days later, he added, Huston and Burke called on him In New York and suggested It would "pay" to have a talk with Louis B. Mnyer or California. "They suggested I have a talk with Mayer, who was head of the Republican organization In Califor nia," Fox salt!. He added that Mayer had a con tract with Loew's and was wondering about Its future under the Fox man agement. Mayer felt he should have participated In the profits' from the Loew sale, Fox added. Senator Adams (D Colo.) asked If Huston and Burke were employed as attorneys. SALEM. Nov. 23. API Permis sion to abandon part of Its Monmouth branch line In Polk county was granted the Southern Pacific com pany, the state utilities department announced today. EUGENE,- Nov. 23. (A) Funeral services for George Edward Duke. 6. who died at his home here Tuesday, were held this morning. The remains were sent to the Portland cremi- torlum. 1 U. S. Ambassador To Soviet Russia William C. Bullitt, retarded as the administration's authority on Sotlet Ruftla, hs 'Jteen nam1 as the flrt I nll'd state amhauailnr to Riila In Ifl ..en. He InTfMtfatetl affair in the i. s. s. B. as an unofficial Pheasant Lands In Cop's Lap On Rose City Car PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 33 (UP) Fred Gorst, engineer for the Port land police department, suddenly found his lap full of glass and feathers yesterday afternoon while riding on a street car. A China pheasant crashed thru the street car window Into Gorat's lap. He remanded the Injured bird to the state game commission, but declined to file trespass charges on the Intruder. SLOT MACHINES ARE SEIZED BY The sheriff's office and state police last night swooped down upon three resorts of the county and seized four slot machines. In a renewal of the campaign against the gambling de vices. The contraptions were taken from the Valley View road house, south of this city, the Country club on Ross lane, and the Jorgensen pool hall In Gold Hill. Machines and contents are held by the sheriff. Operators of the slot machines will be tried In Justice court and the equipment confiscated, under a re cent decision of the attorney general holding such & step Is legal. The law provides a fine of from 10 to 100 and that "operators, In lieu of pay ment," upon conviction, "shall be confined In the county Jail at the rate of $2 per dtem." Sheriff Olmschled announced this morning that slot machines would be seised wherever found and "there will be a cleanup." The machines wete ordered out October 1 in this county. Since then they have been returning to road houses and country stores. 4t Is said. Heretofore the slot machines have been hidden when the authorities got in eight, and brought out when they left. The visits last night were more or less of a surprise. About a month ago the word was passed around, according to reports to the district attorney and sheriff that "slot machines were Okay In the (Continued on Page Two) SALEM, Nov. 33. (AP) Five spe cific recommendations for legislation In connection with the development of the Bonneville dam power project were made to the Oregon legislature today by Governor Julius L. Meier In a special message. The executive de livered the address, thus breaking a precedent for presentation of his spec ial messages, heretofore having been rend by the reading clerk. Rpeal of the 1933 bill authorizing for hydroelectric development; re for hydroelecrl development; re- enactment of desirable and essential features of the act; creation of a commission of three members; au thorization of the commission to Issue $20,000,000 bonds to co-operate with the federal government, and provld lng for Investment of these funds in transmission lines and other Colum bla river power development were recommended by the governor BE HART'S, IS BELIEF SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23. (Pi Police, coast guardsmen and naval officers searched the waters of San Francisco bay today for a human body reported Heating off Che eastern point of Yerba Buena island, lying between San Francisco and Oakland. Officers expressed the belief that the body might be that of Brooke L. Hart, wealthy San Jose merchant s son, who was kidnaped and murdered two weeks ago. f FOG IS UP PLANES IN NORTHWEST AREA PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 23. (AP) Fog, extending from Seattle to Med- i ford and east to Crown Point, tied up Pacific Northwest airplane traffic to. ;dsy. The westbound morning plane j was held at Pasco: the southbound ship did not leave Seattle, and the j northbound plane was held at Mon tague, Cal. There was no morning ae. parture from Portland. The weather bureau said there was little chance of the fog clearing todsy. It waa esti mated to be abnut 1300 feet thlrk here, although lifting slowly In some GOVERNOR URGES DAM LEGISLATION MADE IN RELIEF Task of Returning 21,000 Oregon Jobless in Full Swing List of Projects Not Yet Ready, Is Word No word had been received this afternoon from the Jackson county delegation In Portland regarding pro gress of projects recommended by this section under the civil works ad ministration program. City Superin tendent Fred Scheffel and several other local members were expected home some time today, but had not communicated with the chamber of commerce or the mayor since pre sentation of the Jackson county pro gram. PORTLAND, Nov. 33. (AP) After what was described as "a wonderful start on the task of returning i 1,000 Oregon Jobless to constructive en deavor and a real payroll," the state's civil works program swung Into full stride today. Representatives from each of Ore gon's 36 counties were on their way home to undertake Immediately the welcome task of providing work for men and women on their county re lief rolls. Work on some of the projects ap proved at the state-wide meeting yes terday was expected to get under way today. All should be started by De cember 4. Jobs of many varieties will be pro vided under the national relief plan. Artisans and day laborers, girl clerks, carpenters, stenographers, painters, plumbers, roadworker persons In hundreds of walks of life, struck down by misfortune, will again be on a payroll. The committee was eo swamped by the flood of applications that no com plete tabulation of projects could be kept. Such a list was expected to be prepared today, however. AKIN SLAIN BY IS BELIEF PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 33. fAP) The belief that a man murdered W Prank Akin, accountant and special Investigator of port commission af fairs, was expressed today by Hoi Re r Chrlstofferson, chief criminal deputy sheriff or Multnomah county. Chrlstofferson said he considered It probable that someone who had lost money In one of Akln's various busi ness ventures may have fired the shot that ended .his life In his apart ment suite here Monday, A bruise on Akln's Hps, the deputy said, indicated ' the possibility the assailant may have struck before he fired. While officials followed this line of Investigation, they also pursued every lead in connection with an other theory that a Jealous woman may have fired the fatal bullet. LITVINOFF AVOIDS PUBLIC'S ACCLAIM WASHINOTON, Nov. 33. (API Seeking to avoid public receptions, Maxim Lltvlnoff- left for New York today by motor on the first stage of his trip home. The soviet commissar quietly left the Russlsn embassy shortly after 8 o'clock for the drive to New York. He will sail from there Bsturdsy. LEE TRACY IS FIRED FOR MEXICAN BALCONY SCENE HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 23. (AP) Lee Tracy, the screen actor, who got himself Into trouble with Mexico City authorities for an Im promptu scene he staged on a hotel balcony, waa due back in Hollywood tonight and waa to find himself among the ranks of the unemployed. Describing -the actor's unscheduled appearance In the Mexican capital as "deplorable behavior" Louts B. Mayer, executive of the Metro-Ooldwyn-Mayer studios which held Tracy'i contract, announced that the actor could no longer consider himself In any way connected with his organi zation. Tracy, arriving In El Paso en route to Hollywood, offered an explana tion for hla conduct. He asld Mexico City newspapers erred when they re ported he appeared undreMd on the hotel balcony and thumbed his noe at a group of cadets on parade. "I was Just helping them oelebrat,'' said Tracy. "I'd been on a cabaret party and had some drinks and like any drunk. X begun yelling. "Someone yelled bsck and I shouted wnj dent fou gp q Tb ONRUSH! FIRE OUSTS RESIDENTS OF LOSA. SUBURB Tujunga Believed Saved When Stubborn Forest Blaze Veers Loss Is Esti mated at Three Million LOS ANGELES, Nov. 33. (AP) After destroying numerous small cabins and some larger homes In the northern section of Tujunga and Im perilling scores of fire fighters, a stubborn forest fire veered away from the little foothill town 20 miles north of here and apparently left It safe today. Most of the population had evacuated It. Estimates of the number of cabins and houses destroyed ran as high as ISO, but fire righting offtclala said there was no way of accurately check- log the number until later. Three Million Damage. Damage to the valuable foothill watershed, Including loss of homes, was estimated at possibly $3,000,000. Nearly 100 county unemployment relief workers were reported at va rious times last night to have been trapped In a canyon, but a motor cycle officer said today he esw them scurry to safety. The foothill boulevard wae closed to public traffic as the flames were licking across It, and firemen were forced to run a red gauntlet In bring ing In their reports. The fire could be seen plalnty from Los Angeles, a dull. red glow shadow ing the city. Ashes were falling over San Fernando valley, giving that sec tion the appearance of a snow storm as the burnt brush, carried by the strong wind, slowly fell earthward. Whipped by Gale, The fire did not assume alarming proportions until late last night when the gale started. , (Continued on Page Ten) FOR GRILLING IN CHICAGO, NOT. 33. (flVrShortly after Chief of Detective, William Schoemalcer declared "Aome member of the household" waa the killer, Earle Wynekoop, 27, waa held by the police and denied any knowledge of the operating room murder of hla wife, Rheta, 33. The young widower walked down an alley to the rear door of hla home. A Jew mlnutea later he waa hustled out the front, mlnua hla hat, over coat and auitcaae, and taken to the Fillmore atreet police atatlon, to be questioned. Wynekoop, who had been apprlaed of the aenaatlonal death of his wife while In Kanaaa City yesterday, had returned by train without being no ticed by police who guarded every atatlon. CHICAGO. Nov. 33. (flV-Prlacllla Wlttle. 23. with whom Wynekoop said he spent the evening at a gay party less than 24 hours before the alaylng of his wife. Rheta, 33, told police to day she did not know Wynekoop was married. She last saw Wynekoop when he called at the home of herself and her twin sister Virginia, Mondsy night. . . "I didn't know ha waa married un til Just now," she aald. "I eonald. ered we were the same as engaged.' next day I went to Jn II. paid a small fine, apologized and that's all there was to It." Mayer sent a telegram to President Abelardo Rodrlguea of Mexico, in which he apologized for Tracy's con duct. The actor waa In Mexico to take part in the film "Viva Villa." 'The unfortunate Incident involv ing one of the actors In the film, Lee Tracy, and the Insult offered by this ar-tor to the Mexican cadet corps, hss embarrassed and shocked the Metro-Odd wyn-Mayer organization" the telegram to the Mexican chief executive read In part. "As a result of the actor's deplor able behavior, Metro-Ootdwyn-Msyer has removed him not only from the film 'Viva Villa but hss dismissed him entirely from Its employ and can- celed his long term contract. "The officials of this company Wish to take this opportunity of apologiz ing for the conduct of one of Its em ployes and of assuring the Mexican pepole and the csdeta against whom th Indignity was vlslt'd " TYacy informed in El Paso that he had been discharged by the studio, said U ha OPtb-aAg V. F. W. Chief JAMES E. VAN ZANDT of Altoonii, Pa, commander-in-chief. Teleranl of Foreign Wan ol (he l ulled Mnlcs. nho will deliver a public addm at the Amory tonight at 8 o'clock, toiion-inR a dinner In his honor to Rlren by Crater I.aka Post of V. F. at Kagln' hall at fix o'clock. CIRCUIT COURT TO START MONDAY IS PRESENTOUTLOOK A trial docket for a session of the circuit court, starting next Monday, November 27, has been prepared and lists as the first case the suit of A. W. Pipes against R. h. Wyant for money. It Is anticipated that Judge H. D. Norton will by that time .have re covered from a severe cold that ne cessitates his remaining at home this week. The damage action of Delbcrt Tlngleaf and others against the O. E. Oates Auto company for 125,000 la scheduled as the second case on the calendar. The ault Is an outgrowth of an auto accident on the Butte Falls road several months ag I wherein Tlngleaf and companions on an al leged wild auto ride suMned severe Injuries. A salesman, R. L. Miller, drove the auto to an Eagle Point home for a demonstration. While talking to the father of one of the youths It la charged that the three of them took the auto and went for a ride. They are alleged to have hit a curve In the road at a high rate of speed causing the car to roll down an embankment, causing Injuries to all occupants and damaging the car. The plaintiff alleges that the auto company failed to exercise caution and was negligent In allowing the auto to b taken: the defendant al leges that the auto was taken with out Its knowledge or consent. Tlngleaf la the eon of Albert Tlng leaf of Vie Eagle Point district, who was killed as the tragic climax of a fight outside a dance hall last sum mer. The third case listed on the docket Is that of Clel D. Clements against the Black Channel Mine for collec tion of money allegedly due for la for and material during the opera, tton of the property a year or so ago by L, A. Banks and associates. The mine property Is owned by F. A. Bates and la located on Foots creek. Banks alleged In articles that the property was valuable, "and conspira tors were trying to rob Hatoa and gain possession." A great furore was raised during the 1033 compatgn about It. The mine ccajrd to be an "Issue" after the campaign. Now workers and merchants want their money. Eleven other civil actions are also listed for hearing. I PORTLAND, Or., Nov. 23. (AP) Frank Templeton of University of Oregon footbsll fame, died here yes terday when he failed to revive fol lowing an emergency operation. He was apparently in the beat of health when stricken Monday, the operation and his death ensuing. Templeton, famous as a halfback, was one of five Templeton brothers, whose names are lm mortal In Uni versity of Oregon football tradition. In 1904 and 1006 the name of Frank Templeton meant the same to Pa cific northwest football fans ae that of Mike Uikulak does too to Speak Here TO PAY PERSONAL BILLS FOR FEHL A number of unpaid bills be queathed to the county, court from the Earl H. Fehl administration were presented yesterday to the county court for payment and were disal lowed, or held In abeyance. The bills were contracted last May and June, and a portion of July, for gasoline, telephone and telegraph. A bill for 9106.06 for Fehl's salary for the month of July was not acted upon as the stat of Oregon has filed a claim against It for expenses of Fehl's trial In Klamath county. It cannot be paid until the decision of the court is given. The last of the bills for gasoline was presented yesterday, the county ! court refusing to take any action until an itemized account waa made, I The gasoline was charged to "Judge I Fehl" for the months of May and June and ft portion of April, it amounted to 70.0B, snd was for oil auto gas which at the rate of IB miles to the gallon shows the former official traveled 6000 miles In his auto, which the count court yholda "was going some." - It Is figured that the county Judge's office gasoline bills for the first six months' of this yenr will set a record. The clerk's office re ports that on the face of bills pre sented to date It will average 930 to 3ft per month. The Western Union Telegraph Co. agAln presented a bill for $3.50 which the county court again declined to pay. One of the Items la 41.37 for a telegram sent by the "Oood Gov ernment Congress," to Congress man James W. Mott at Washington, D. C, la.e In February. The other la for $1.13 for a telegram sent by H. Von Schmalr, to Burns, Ore. At torney Vm Bchmalis was Fehl's coun sel in the built theft trial. The county court holds tie expense Is no concern of the county. A telephone bill of 96.00 Is in the course of pruning to strictly county business. All telephone calls of Fehl to his attorney, A. O. Hough of Grants Pass, will be disallowed. Simi lar calls to Sheriff Hess of Coos county will be acted upon accord ingly. Sheriff HeM was a defense witness In many of the ballot theft trials. The county court has taken the position It will pay legitimate bills Againnt the county, but will not he responsible for personal business of an officii!, GRANTS PASS, Ore., Nov. 23 (AP) Combined good news greeted Grants Pa.u todsy. One hundred men start work Monday on CWA projects. Ap plication for a federal loan for the 940,000 city sewage disposal plant was reported approved, and the date for letting contracts on a 910,000 atate highway Job In the city waa reported set tor December 89 EJ Taylor Placed On Judiciary, Mining, Railways and Game Brockway Gets Agriculture, Tax, Irrigation SALEM, Nov. 23. (JT) Representa tives Glenn O. Taylor and A. E. Brock way of Jackson county, appointed yesterday to succeed Earl Day and E. C. Kelly, were introduced to the house today by Speaker Earl Snell, Sena tor Arthur P. Ireland, of Washington county, named, to succeed Senator Edwin Allen, was likewise greeted by the senate. Commltte assignment of the house members were announced by Snell, as follows: Taylor to Judiciary, mining, railways and transportation and game. Brockvay to agriculture, assessment and taxation, horticulture, Irrigation and drainage. Senator Ireland took Allen' plaoe on the following committees: Print ing, municipal affairs, agriculture, fishing industries, horticulture, irri gation and drainage, roads and high ways. SALEM, Nov. 23. (P) To meet tha serious situation arising out of tax delinquencies toy the counties. Rep resentative E. J. McAlear of Washing ton county proposed a bill Introduced In the house today to postpone to January 1, 1036, the date for putting the old age pension law, enacted dur ing the 1033 regular session, Into effect. The original act made the effective date January 1, 1934. Complete Truck Hmrlngs. Senator Joe Dunne and Represen tative George Wmslow, chairmen of the Joint committee on roads and highways, announced that hearing on proposed changes to the truck and bus bill Rave been compiexea, ana that after calling In enforcement of ficers for consultations the committee will start drafting the amendment bill. Speaker Earl Snell announced that the house, which has most of the major legislation In Its hands. wlU not adjourn for the weea-end before Saturday noon. The senate, which ! more or leae marking time while wait ing for the house to pass Its emerg ency measures over, plans to aojourn Friday evening. To Eye Credential!. Upon the motion of Representative Lonergan, the house committee on credentials was instructed in passing upon the credentials of Representa tives Glenn Taylor and Atvah Brock way, appointed by tne governor to flU vacancies from Jackson county, to pass upon the credentials of all irem- bera, which automatically Drmgs w focus the eligibility of two other mem bers of the house. Representative Donald Ryan, Clack amas county, convicted of misappro priation of a trust fund wnne county ierk. has been holding his seat un challenged under an opinion of the attorney -general. The statu oi rep resentative Gordon hss also own questioned because he served for time as deputy In the corporation de partment. WILL- ROGER? 'says: SANTA MONICA, Cal., Not. 22. After rending Mr. Barney BariK'h'a nnninflntion article in it little Philadelphia periodical run by Benjamin Frnnklin and Hornco Iiorimcr, 1 was talking lust night on the phone to Mr. Unruch in New York, and here is a very interesting thing he iaid : "This fellow down In Wash ngton is not going to be stam peded by the U- S. Chamber of Commerce or any of the rest of us noninflntionists, or the in flationists either. Tie listens to all of us and then, regnrdless of professors, pedagogues or econ omists or financiers, he makes up his mind himself. And he is going mighty easy and I think will hnndlo this money situa-' tion in a way that is beneficial to the majority, if not to minll minority." That sounded mighty hope-' ful, coming from a man like Baruch. eU,ltflVfaifen1UtU ' KM
