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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight nd Satur day, but with tog. Little chance in temperature. I Highest yesterday lt.ouest this mornlnc 9 Twenty-eifihtttYear Mother - By PAUL MAIXON (Copyright, 1933. by Paul Mallon.) Pounding. WASHINGTON. Nov. 34. Few will believe It yet, but the wedding of the administration to its gold price possible ia not ao strong but that a divorce la possible. All the husband's spokesmen deny It. They assert the policy la perma nent and Irrevocable. They have to. They cannot afford to show any elgns of weakness in the face of this cur rent opposition. But down deep underneath, there are good reasons for "believing that ttie administration la actually using the opposition to sound out the coun try on the subject. Checking. The decision as to what will be done ties In reactions to come from the hinterland. Administration tacticians noted that the sending of checks for cot ton down south had an effect of soothing the. demand for Inflation there. Tney expect also that the corn-hof, checks now going out to Iowa and the central west will have a similar trffect. Simultaeously, several other Infla tionary strategies are being tried the Hopklna relief payment and the alums clearance plans. These will get similar checks Into the cities. Whether these combined quieting efforts will have enough effect to stimulate a popular support for the 6prague-Baruch ideas Is the question. Mode. Withdrawal from the gold policy would iu technically easy. All Mr. Roosevelt would have to do Is to stop buying gold. It would not be so easy to devise another policy for attaining-" 1936 commodity price level. That fact will make the administration reluctant to relinquish its existing policy unless the opposition Is formidable. Even then. It will not drop this plan without substituting another with a similar objective. Grease. Agriculture Secretary Wallace la supposed to be the author of an eight-word classic tn descriptive anal ysis. Some friends were tslking to him about the fact that, when the south started howling for inflation, the government started lending money on cotton at ten cento. Also that when the corn belt yodeled more recently it received corn-hog checks. Wallace is quoted as having ob served philosophically: "It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease." Whether or not he said It. It is true. Publicity. Certain republican high command ers with very good memories are plan ning some embarrassing moments for Vice-President Gamer and Speaker Ralney. They recall the spectacular fight Garner and Ralney made for pub lication of all the money put out by the RFC. They noted that noth ing has been published by the RFC on banks receiving preferred, stock. They have information tiat Chair man Jesse Jones does not Intend to say very much on that subject. The idea Is to stir up Jones and make him carry out the Oarner Ralney policy. v eiivum lhj at KWU r" U J can ever find where Oaraer Is. Absentee. Another sound money counselor of the administration has followed Dean Acheson and Prof. Sprague Into the port of missing men, but he has kept quiet about It. The name is James Warburg. H'.s figure was constantly flitting about the Inner money councils at the - White House, state department and k treasury, until the gold price policy ' was announced. He has not been seen since. Cordiality. It was more than a diplomatic com pliment when a state department of ficial, the other day. told a press con ference that he was proud to deal with Boris Sfkvirsky, counselor of the new soviet embassy. Por eight years Skvlrsky headed the Soviet Union information service, where he quietly demonstrated that Moscow could maintain a diplomatic mission without waving a red flag. In that time he built up frood-wM! among our officials to a point which now assure cordiality in diplomacy. Those who have watched Skvirsky'i show for eleht years give much credit also to Harold Kellock, one of the best public r'. at tons men in the busi ness. Me kept entirely out of the official nurture, but every news msn knows .-: was prominent in the back ground. Note. The portrait of Andrew Mellon is still missing from the gallery of for mer treasury secretaries in the ante room of the secretary office. He hss nee'eod to send one. So has Treasury AVsvetarv voo1 In. but bit (Continued on Fag Sevens Medford Mail Trtbttne in - Law 278 MEN TO GET MEDIATE JOBS USE IRE LATER Eleven of 30 Projects Sub milted Are . Accepted by State Chief Others Ex pected to Follow Later Reports, promising to break the back of Old Man Oepreaslon In Jack aon county, were rolling into Med ford today with return of delegates from the meeting in Portland with R. B. Wilcox, chairman of the Civil Worka administration, and announce ment from Salem that National Re covery highway project blda will be received by the atate highway com mission at the Multnomah hotel In Portland, December 7, amounting to $750,000. Eleven of the 30 projects aubmltted by the Jackson county delegation were approved for Immediate develop ment, and the others taken under con sideration. Mtnln a Jew daya the Jackson county relief committee, which constitutes the local Civil Worka administration oommittee, ex pects to sea 378 men at work, 107 of them on tho atreet program In Medford, before the end of the week. Others will be employed by county, Ashland and irrigation district proj ecta. County Work Listed. The projects inciuded In the na tional recovery program Hat for Jack son county: The north Ashland sec tion of the Pacific highway, pave ment widening and resurfacing: re quiring approximately 9,500 aquare yards asphaltle concrete pavement and 2,700 square yards rock shoulders; and1 the south Medford section of the Pacific highway, pavement widening, requiring approximately 1,550 linear feet concrete curbs and 8,400 square yards concrete yavement. A bridge over' the Applegate river on the Med-ford-Provolt secondary highway near Provolt, la also listed, and grading and surfacing work. Also of local benefit will be the bridge over WllJ Hams, creek on tue Wllllama Creek secondary highway near provolt, and grading and surfacing. The coat of the project could not be determined here today, due to the absence of V. L. Goodnight of the highway commission, who was ex- (Contlnued on Page Ten) 1 PROJECTS CALLED Fl SALEM, Nov. 24. (AP) Bids on 750.000 national recovery highway projects will be received by the atate highway commission at the Multno mah hotel In Portland December 7. All labor will be employed from United 'States employment service lists. Skilled labor will be paid 65 cents an hour and unskilled labor 55 cents. With certain specified excep tions, 30 hours will be the maximum working week allowed. - The projects Include: Douglaa counly Bridge over Yellow creek on Elkton-Sutherlin secondary highway near Elk ton; also grading and surfacing work. Rice htll section of Pacific high way, one mile concrete pavement and .13 mile crushed rock or gravel aur factng. South Roseburg section of Paelftc highway, pavement widening, requiring approximately 1100 lln. ft. concrete curbs, 8000 sq. yds. concrete pavement and 140 tons asphaltle con crete. Winston bridge section of Pacific highway, one mile grading and pav in. Jackson county North Ashland sec tion of Pacific highway, pavement widening and resurfacing, Requires approximately 0600 aq. yds. asphaltle concrete pavement and 3700 sq. yds. rock shoulders. South Medford section of Pacific highway. Pavement widening, requir ing approximately 1850 lln. ft. con crete curbs and 8400 sq. yds. concrete pavement. Bridge over Applegate river ' on Med ford -Provolt secondary highway near Provolt. Also grading and sur facing work. Josephine county Bridge over Wil liams creek on Williams secondary highway near Provolt; also grading and surfacing work. Grants Pass section of Pacific high way, payment widening and resur facing. Requires 9660 sq. yds. as phaltle concrete pavement. Klamath eountv Brldce over U. 8. R 8 canal on The DMls-CiUfornla luchway nT Klamath Tails; also grading and surfacing work. Confesses Murdering Girl on Operating Table Submits To Bite Scientific curiosity about whether the "Black Widow" spider was poisonous Inspired Dr. Alan W. Blair of the University of Alabama to let one bite him. He spent two days In the hospital as a result. (Associated Press Photo) AL TO ,S. WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 24. (AP) President Roosevelt made It definitely known here tonight that he contemplates no change In his gold control program. NEW YORK. Nov. 24 fp) Former Govern or Alfred B. Smith today made public an editorial in a coming issue of the New Outlook . Magazine In which he will declare himself em phatically against the current admin istration policy of "currency experi mentation." The editorial will be under the heading "Sound Currency" and will be In the form of an open letter to (Continued on Page Three) JOHNSON SLAPS ATLANTA, Nov. 24.- (AP) Hugh 3. Johnson, NRA administrator, today struck at the critics of President Roosevelt's monetary policy, saying "any man who falsely Impugns the credit of the United Stntea Is 1m punglng the welfare of our whole peo ple." Johnson spoke to an audience here last night on the NRA and gave an interview respecting the administra tion monetary critics to the Atlanta Journal today Just before he left for Warm Springs to see the president. ' 4 FROM DISTRICT CHIEF Inspiring messaces were brought to local Elks last night by O. L. McDon ald, district deputy grand exalted rul er for Oregon south, and Mr. Wright man of the Salem lodge, past dis trict deputy, who were special guests of the Medford lodge for past exalted rulers' night. Initiation was held following the free beer and banquet with the Elks band a feature at banquet and lodge session, winning much praise from the two visiting speakers of the eve ning. BOISE. Idaho. Nov. 34. (AP) Tht National Orange closed It annual 10-day convention hers late today after calling on the government for "corrective Inflation" of the currency to restore commodity prices tc the 1936 level. The final action of the organization was Installation of Its officers, headed by Louis J. Taber of Columbus, Ohio, as national master. 'MA' WILL PREVENT S. P. RAIL STRIKE AUSTIN. Tex. Nov. 34 Gov ernor Miriam A. Ferguson asld today h would use the facilities of her office "officially and otherwise" to prevent a proposed strike of employe of the Pontliem Pacific railroad in Texas and Louisiana, I ' " MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, ASK STATE TO PAY COST PROSECUTING BANKS AND AIDES Jackson County Delegation Introduces Bill in Extra Session Unjust Burden in Emergency Is Claim SALEM, Ore., Nov. 34. (AP) Jack son county would be spared the ex pense of Its numerous criminal pros ecutions during the past year under a bill by the entire Jackson county delegation Senator Dunn and Rep resentatives Taylor and Brockway. The bill states It would be unjust to make the county pay the un avoidable, large sums Involved dur ing extreme emergency prosecutions. Installment payment of taxes with various rebates provided and Increase in penalty for tax delinquency were bills introduced In the house today, while emergency banking laws were brought Into the senate by the bank ing oommittee. The fifth day saw the number of measures Introduced In the Oregon legislature near the 100 mark. 53 In the house and 40 In the senate. Two other proposals were being drafted for introduction, the tax on gross utility earnings and a measure to divert 1 cent of the gasoline tax to county roads. It was expected both would be Introduced before the house adjourns before noon tomor row. Members Approved , Status of members In the house was set at rest by favorable adoption of the credentials committee report that all members now holding' seats be approved. There were no dlssenu lng votea,thus settling the question oi possiDie unseating oi several mem bers whose eligibility had been ques- ( Continued on Page Ten) CALIFORNIA SEES LOS ANGELES, Nov. 34. (AP) A northern storm coming down the coast from Washington and which may bring rain, offered sweltering southern California a chance for re lief within the next 34 hours from record high temperatures. The mercury reached 91 degrees in Los Angeles yesterday, the highest mark .for this late In November of record. The weather bureau has kept statistics for the past 66 years. At Santa Ana. the thermometer mounted to 107 degrees at the atreet surface, three degrees less than the mark reached on November 13. WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. (AP) Pending allocation of funds from the Civil Works administration, the U. S. forest service today said no definite program has been laid out for em ployment in the national forests. The forest service requested funds to employ 53.000 men, but It was learned from a reliable source today that the number will be cut to 30.000 by the CWA. Prosecutors Meet. PORTLAND, Nov. 34 District attorneys of Oregon met here today for their annual two-day convention Ouy Gordon of Roseburg, president of the association, presided. General law enforcement problems were dli cussed. WAR NURSE ACQUITTED IN SLAYING OF GRACE SANTA CRtJZ, Calif., Nov. 34. (AP) Acquitted of a murder charge, Frelda Wtlhetmlna WeltB was free here to day to seek again the health and hap piness she claims were shattered by the man she was accused of slaving, Francis J. M. Orace, 68-year-old re t' -1 capitalist. The 43-year-old nurse, a veteran of the World war, was acquitted last night by a Jury, whose foreman and only woman member, Mrs. Ruby Ene mark, embraced her afteT the verdict was read. MI never had any doubt as to what our verdtct would be." Mm. Enemsrk xaid. "but I was surprised it took so long." The Jury was out mre thn 10 hours and. had been ordered to L KEY IS REMOVAL PRIVATE PROFIT Knox Committee Members Explain Needs in Legisla tion Women Are Firm Against Saloon's Return SALEM, Nov. 24. (P) LIquorcon trol advanced to the foreground of the special legislatve season wth two hearings yesterday and another sched uled for today. Three members of the Knox com mittee late yesterday explained con trol problems which the Knox plan was drafted to meet. Dr. William 8. Knox, chairman of the committee, said the essential thing is "to take profit out of the business.' "Shall the bill for liquor control be drawn for the Interest of all the people or for the purpose of satisfy ing the greed and lust for gain o! small, closely knit groups who have no regard for the public weal?" Rule or Ruin. Dr. Knox continued, "I fear if wo do not eliminate private profit, John Barleycorn will saddle us and ride us to ruin as tn the past." Dr. Knox suggested the bill be en acted as drawn and hotel and res taurant men desiring hard liquor re- tall privileges submit their request to a vote of the people next May Many questions asked by leglslatirs and spectators were answered by Knox. Mbs. Nan Honeyman, also of the Knox committee, declared ' the sa loon or nothing like it wilt ever re turn with the oonaenl of tho women of the state." George Neuner of Portland, former federal district attorney, endorsed the Knox plan which he also helped frame. Harsh Penalties Decried. "The stato la going into all kinds of business, so why howl about this venture?" asked Neuner. He said too severe penalties defeat enforcement. The plan was drawn to .encourage consumption of low content liquor Instead or hard liquor, he said. To Senator Goes query Dr. Knox said the permit form of liquor pur chase was framed primarily to pre vent law abuses from, securing enouei government liquor to conduct un licensed places wtlh other evils. B. 8. Martin of Salem, representing the Christian Federation, urged sub stitution of the old local option law for the provisions on that subject In the pending bill. Another speaker urged restriction of exploitation of the business through high-powered advertising. Following today's legislative ad journment, hotel and restaurant men will be given a hearing by the Joint alcoholic committee. 600 AT OPENING Nearly six hundred people attended the opening of the winter quarters of CCC Csmp Kerby at Belma last ntRht when three officers of the CCC's were Initiated Into the Grants Pass Cavemen's organization. Major James R. Blbfrhaus of the Medford CCC headquarters, Captain Chsunoey Lee Pierce of camp Kerby and Dr. B. H. Porter of the CCC's were taken Into the Cavemen, being required to eat raw meat and drink the blood of a dinosaur. Captain Harold E. Clow of the Medford head quarters also attended the celebra tion. He was previously initiated Into ths mysteries of the Cave group. A dinner, program and dance were put on by the boys tn the camp. bed for the night when agreement on a verdict was suddenly announced Miss Welm was so overcome with emotion she was unable to issue a statement but her attorney. John Du gan of Pittsburg. Pa , aald she will go to Connelavllle, Pa,, to be with relatives. Miss Welte asserted on the wttnem stand that Orace, while she was In his employ, criminally attacked her and Induced her to take measures to avoid motherhood. Miss We us told the Jury that ss a result her health was wrecked and that ahe had gone to Orare seeking aid: determined to shoot herself and "fail dead at his feet" If ha rpf.iaed. Phe derisrM the gun accidntly went off as she drew it from btr purse. 1933, o STRATOSPHERISTS LAND IN EAST Ties, ii,. . ' t ,Vi Lieut. -Com. T. O. W. 8ettle (right) and Ma). Chester L. Fordney, whose trip Into the stratosphere carried them from Akron, to a landing on marshy ground along the Delsware river near Brldgeton. N. J, are shown with their wives. (Associated Press Photo) E OUTLAY IN VALLEY Here's some good news for the val ley. Because the Medford Concrete Construction , company, secured tho pipe contract for the building of the Crater Lake rim road next spring, from the two contracting firms (von der Hellen and Plerson of this city, and Dunn and Baker of Klamath Falls), $8000 will be spent for new equipment by tho concrete construc tion company at once. This will also place the company in a position to compete with any similar company on the const, in tho line of pipe man ufacture. This pipe contract alone totals ap proximate $23,000. Most of this will be spent right here in the val ley. Twelve carloads of cement will be purchased from the Beaver Cement plant at Oold Hill, and local labor will be employed to the tune of $4060 on this one contract alone. Three carloads of reinforcing atoel win also be purchased, and 1000 yards of sand and gravel uaed. The transportation bill vylll not be small. Over 1200 tons of material will be hauled from Medford to Crater Lake, Just as soon as weather permits In the spring. And with more road work on the relief program all over Jackson coun ty It Is believed this Is only a start, not only for local contracting firms and the concrete construction com pany, but for tho business commun ity as a whole. In the past large rood building contracts have gone to Portland and other large coast cities. Hereafter thoy should come here. Frank Rogers of the city superin tendent's office doesn't know whether to believe In Santa Claus or not, he stated today. All bwauna the antici pated arrival of the Jolly old fellow In Medford has brought him nothing but work, up to date. It's the Christ, mas decorating that'a driving htm to the woods. There were 10 or 13 men out today under his supervision, Mr. Rogers stated, bringing In boughs of cedar, which will be converted Into Christ maa garlands to give Medford streets the desired holiday atrr.szphcre. The men went out to the Opp mine region for the greens. The garlands will go up Monday. Changing of lights In the strings scross Main street has started and a red and green city will soon greet night callera. Springlike Days On Lower Rogue Coax Out Blooms OOLD BEACH, Ore., Not. 34. (AP) An unusually mild fall has brought some curious natural de velopments to this Psclflc coast section. Rhododendrons which ususlly flower in June, sre In full bloom on the south slopes of Oriwly mountain. Araleaa ar re ported blooming up the Rogue river. Srotrh hroom along Hie root, hiehvav Is budding i r i Wf r afcJtr.v t T . TO POST IN CUBA WARM BPRINO.S, Ga., Nov. 34. (APP) President Roosevelt Is chang ing ambnasadors to Cuba In the con fidence of the early establishment of a government there meeting his conditions for recognition through stability. Apparently satisfied that ths pro visional government of President Orau San Martin "will reach some peaceful agreement" In the "near future" which "may result In general aupport of a government" he an nounced his diplomatic transfer sud denly late last night. Ambassador Sumner Welles, after a return to Cuba to com plots the understanding, la returning to the United States as assistant secretary of stale and Jefferson Caffery, pres ent assistant ecretary of state, is going to Havana. "We earnestly .hope," said Mr. Roosevelt in his statement, "that In the near future through a spirit of compromise on all sides, the Cuban people themselves will reach some peaceful agreement which may result in general support of a government and thus avoid continued civil dis turbance.", 4 . BAY MAY BE HART'S BAN FRANCISCO, Not. 34. (AP) The Call-Bulletin late today reported the finding of a body near the San Mato bridge, from which two con futed kldnnpera have said they threw the body of Brooke I. Hart, 33, of San Jose, more than two weeka ago. 4 Pear Markets NEW YORK, Nov. 24. ( AP) (V. 8. D. A.) Pear auction market, prices about steady. Three cars arrived; 3 Washington cars, 1 Oregon, 1 Cali fornia unloaded; IB cars on track; 2 oars delivered. Oregon boscs: 4,650 boxes, extra fancy, 1.733 0V average $1.91; fan cy 11.70 1 90, average S1.7B; fancy and better, 1.0002 0.1, average SI 97. California bones: 025 boxes, S1.35t I BS, avers e $1.44. California D'AnJoua: 730 boxes, II OOn 2.10. average 13.05. California Cornice: 01)0 boxes, 11.05 2.15. average 2.0B. Washington Boers: 4fi5 boxes, com bination grades, 91 .AO n 1 .65, average 1 r5. Washington D'AnJoua: 825 boxes, extra fancy, 11.753.20, average 1107; fancy 11.652.05, average 1.68. CHICAGO, Nov. 24, ( AP) (U. 8. D. A.) Pear auction market: one Cal. ! Ifornla car, 1 Washington arrived: 3 jcars on track, 2 earn sold. Oregon Bones; 250 boxes, extra fan cy 1.50'ffieo, average 1.81; 270 i boxes fancy, 81.60 iy 1.75, average 1 71. Oregon D'AnJoua: 620 boxes, un classified, 81.40 '.f 160, average $1.48. ' BEND, Ore., Nov. 2.--iT) A poa 1 sibie source of rabies prevalent In ! Bend the past month has been dls- ; covered in coyote pelta and paws found In a yard within two block of j the place where hydrophobia first I made its appcaranoe her, Ketch thf rHIHUNt s A classified aii . "sTlst Lots of good Dsrgaln t r that maao gcnuloe No. 211. BREAKS 001 IN Administered Chloroform to Make Examination, Is Claim Used Gun When Efforts to Revive Failed CHICAGO, Nor. 34. (AP) Tha confession of Dr. Altca Llndaay Wyne. koop that- she fired a bullet into the heart of her dauuhter-ln-lsw. Rheta. while the girl was unconscious was announced today by Capt. John Stege. Breaking down at last after nearly three daya of exhausting examina tion, the 63-year old woman physic ian acknowledged that she had ad ministered chloroform to her aon'a 33-year old wife, in examlng her for a pelvic pain of which the girl had complained. Bho had gone to her aurglcal of fice In the basement of her Monroe atreet house Tuesday afternoon to find Rheta partly undressed, weigh ing herself. Complained of Pain Rheta complained of severe pains, Dr. Wynekoop aald, and ahe placed the young woman on her operating table and began to administer chlor oform to ease the pain and facilitate examination. Dr. Wynekoop told Captain Stege sho kept asking Rheta If ahe could feel the pain and that her daughter-in-law' continued to answer affirm atively, Finally, the phyalcian ex plained, Rheta lost consciousness and for 36 minutes ahe tried strenuously to revive her. . - - When she realized she was ioslng ground, Dr. Alice aald, she became panlo stricken. "All the event of my life flashed through my mind," Dr. Wynekooo was quoted, "and I thought of a pis tol In. an adjoining room." Feared Blame Fearful of blame for killing tha girl with the anaesthetic, she said ahe obtained the pistol and, holding It five Inchea from the bare back of the unconscious girl, fired a single shot. That ahot penetrated the shoulder blade and pasaed through wieia a neart. , Saptam Stege placed the time of the killing between 3:30 and s p. m., Tuesday, t a time when Dr. Wyne koop had aald previously she was ab sent from the IS room mansion. For the first time since the mys terious killing Dr. Alice and her eon Earle, had met In the polios quarters wnere ootn had been subjected to night long questioning, sepsrately. Near the breaking point but always proteatlng his Innocence, the 38-year old widower had said he knew of a motive, and wanted to aee hla mother. On her shoulder he sobbed a plea that ahe admit her guilt If ahe had done It because of her greet love for him. Looking solemnly Into his reddened eyes, ahe ssld, "I didn't do It." Claimed Olrl Deranged Earle had told the police his wife had been termed by a physician as aiignuj deranged." and that ahe had put Iron filings and drugs in food at their home. After their two hour meeting, Earl waa led away to lunch. Then began the final questioning that reaulted la (Continued on Page Ten) rVMDniCi:Da WVI.I) BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., N'ov. 23. Those breeds of sci entists they risk their lives, rcecive no money, all to find out Bomething. They are aw ful queer to us dumb ones They fly over the poles when thero is no pole. They go 11 miles straight up to see some thing when there Is nothing to wo, but air. Now nir is a mitjhty fins thinjr, (when not oozing from a public speaker) but to take your life in your hands to go 11 miles up just to see it when there is nothing more interest ing tn look at than air! Tours, . eiMI KtHtnat tTaelMta, la.
