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Medford Merchants Usher in Yuletide Season Friday Evening Medford Mail Tribt The Weather Forecast: Unsettled with rain tontghtj and Wednesday, Temperature be low normal. vVatcn Che IKlHUNt & CLASS lHtl ADS . . Loti of good bargain tbat me a a genuine savin s. Highest yesterday i Lowest this morning.., , St twenty -eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1933. No. 214. If ne v . ; , Aim a til nil inn iiiiimii' i H. IA1TI. MAI.I.OV (Copyright, 1833. by Paul Mallon.) Clues. WASHINGTON, Not. 8 The ln Tlslble hand of a shrewd organizer Is sow evident behind the smart pub licity campaign against the dollar policy. At least inflationists are convinced of It. They have seen too many co incidences in a row. They snow the attacks of Bernard Baruch and Prof. Cpragus were spontaneous, but the things that have happened since then bear the stamp of an organized move ment. The free-air Inflationist, Senator Thomas, obtained a clue at Phila delphia last wee. Dwarfing. Thomas was one of three speakers en the program before a distinguish ed audience. It was fixed so he would speak last. That made him the head liner and assured him of the top play . .!,. mnmtmr naners. Advance copies of hl address and those of his two associate orators " i.v nn thn table. But when It was too late for him to do anything about It, he learned that the star position 01 had been given to an added starter not on the program, James War burg, ex-advlser on money to Mr. ti wurhurs's rather sensa tional criticism of the Inflation policy dwarfed Thomas, it mw. i .-..-irlnnt. trnm S flfiVI St&BdPOlnt. About all the newspapers said about him next day was: "Senator Thomas also spoke. ..,.. oTL-ao with the dls 1 UWIino .ci,m j tlnct impression that he had been hoodwinked oy xnc optwoiw". Collusion? . ....... th.t rmnositlon cam paign started when several sound ahmaa that the way to mviicjr Jin" " - - -- stop the Roosevelt dollar policy was to arouse tne country Biiwu ... Certain organizations were also i f. -t.ii.rf. xhootlnff at the same time. They took advantage of the break furnished by the Bprague-u- w .v rn-t. their attack rucn .ajjiwvu - One powerful organization having lt headquarters in - ,. rr on the wrjrKjn eampalgn faster and more furiously ... Ttnmh.rlv furnished tho guiding genius In the latter stage of The only tragedy so far was Al Bmlth. He had by far the most rorce- . . . ...i..n. ynt nrnrincMl- but he decided to make It public the very afternoon tnat ur. wynesoop leased In the Chicago murder case. Finesse. n.. Dnwevelt finesse was never bet ter Illustrated than In the way ho rnt Ambassador Welles out of Cuba. The staces were developed so smoothly that ths real Importance of the move was not apparent until It was all over. At first the White House announced Welles was coming home for a con ference, but was not being recalled. After the conference at Warm Springs It wss announced Welles was going tn Washington for a while but would return to Cuba. At Washington It was later snnounced Welles would return to Cuba for a short time. Then the cat was let out that Welles was only going back to Cuba for ten days. The easy advance to that conclu sion softened the blow Immeasur ably. Prosnects. w the tactics. Mr. Roosevelt saved the falls of both Uncle Sam and Welles. The latter la too gooa . m.n tn lose In the diplomatic serr Ice merely because he kept picking wrong political horses in Cuba. Hia Job now is bigger man tne one ne hd. As assistant state secretary, he will Issue orders to his successor, Jefferson Caffery. Insiders whlsDer Welles has not changed his mind about Cuban rec mmlttnn. He la still affalnst it. Cf' fery ! much more Inclined toward recognition but Is to work out a com -vtvi1m tatween the Orau govern ment and Its opposition. Welles will go along with that. It will make the Orau government stronger. .tn. .wihrh wu rteceAssrv because the Orau croud hd marked W.'.es as an opponent. Caffery can go In tr. im sfvomollsh our purpose without' antagonizing Orau. War? A very high Japanese official re cently said in private hat he thought the Russian had the wrong view about the effect of American recog nition on prospects for a Russo-Japanese war. He said that If Japan decided It really wanted to flitht, recognition would hasten the war. He reasoned that because of recognition Russia would grow stronger every year. If Jp.n was goin? to strike, he argued, now waa the time to do It. The Japanese do not always y what they really mesn. Notes. Russian recognition will be a boon to men in the (Cretan service. About 40 service men w.U be needed in our (Continue 1 on Page Five.) FIRM HAND WHEN M STRUNG UP Mob of Thousand Repulsed in Attack On Armory After Arrest of Four Said to Have Helped Lynch Negro SALISBURY, Md., Nov. 38. (AP) Troops sent by Governor Albert O. Ritchie to arrest nine suspects In the Princess Anne lynching today evacuated the armory here and start ed back for Baltimore after a mob of more than a thousand persons stormed the building and were re' pulsed wltti tear gas bombs and bayo nets. They took with them four men they arrested In Somerset county, where the lynching occurred Octo ber 18. Arrests Refused The troops had been ordered to Salisbury when State's Attorney John B. Robins of Somerset county de clined to arrest men said by eye witnesses to have been members of the mob that lynched George Arm wood, a negro, accused of attacking an aged woman. Three hundred soldiers were mobil ized In Baltimore last nl&ht and ar rived here shortly before dawn. The arrests followed In short order, al though five of those sought could not be found. The prisoners were: ' William H. Thompson. 33 a Prin cess Anne druggist, who had been a member of the coroner's Jury con ducting an Investigation of the lynching. Irving Ad kins, 30, of Princess Anne, a special officer on Saturday nights. William P, Hcarn, of Shad Point, a trucker. William S. McQuay, of Pocomoke City, a chain store operator. Governor Firm Governor Ritchie was 111 In Annap olis, but news of the attack of the crowd was taken to 7 m and he an nounced he would call for additional troops if General Reckord asked for them. In Annapolis, where the state leg islature la In special session, mem bers of the eastern shore delegation criticized Governor Ritchie for send ing troops. Senator Dudley G. Roe. a Democrat, called a meeting of east ern shore members for this after noon. After the troops left. Vie crowd continued to make a boisterous dem onstration. Two automobtles were overturned, one catching fire. Part of the men gathered outside and could be heard making threats against reporters. The reporters were taken out by a side entrance. The automobile dam aged by fire was said to belong to a Washington newspaper man. 4 BEND, Ore., Nov. 38. (AP) six Inches of snow fell last night along the Central Oregon Cascade divide, but the MeKenzle highway remained open to traffic today, and motorists from Eugene said chains were not required. Snow removal equipment waa sent Into the high country from McKenaie bridge and Sisters Stations early to day. The plows easily broke through the light snow. Conaidersble snow fell on The Dalles-Cslirornla highway between Bend and Klamath Palls last night, but travel was not delayed. COMPLETE ' TIEUP CHTCAOO, Nov. 28. (AP) The tleup of the Chicago stockyards wss complete tsoday, the U. 8. depart ment of agriculture announced, as 8000 strikers picketed the yards In an attempt to obtain higher wages Unloading was at a standstill even in the plants of large packers which until today were not affecter. Strike breakers were Intimidated and quit work. Many unloaded trains stood on sidetracks. Pens and chutes were glutted with livestock. Representatives of the department said they were unable to quote mar ket prices as there was virtually no trading. LA GRANDE. Ore., Nov. 28 (AP) The first snowfall of the season In the Grande Ronde valley covered the ground about an Inch deep last night. L'ght snow fell during the mornint but the sky wss cl-srlng I this afternoon and the snow was melting rapidly. Mob Batters Down Jail Doors to Lynch - -Xv C4& 1? v x S A Ur OA Angry oitlzens of San Jose, Cal.. bartering the floors of the county Jail from which Thomas H. Thurmond and John M. Ilolmee. confc.srd kid napers and slayers of Brooke Hart, were taken and lynched In a nearby pork. The moh used two lengths of heavy pipe to break thoriigh the steel doors of the Jail, after laying' down a barrage of rocks and cobblestones. .Assoolated Press Photo.) POLICY STAGE PORTLAND, Nov. 28. ( AP) A plea for unswerving support of President Roosevelt's monetary policy was made here last night by Walter M. Pierce, congressman from the sec ond (eastern Oregon) district. In a broadcast statement sponsored by the Willamette Democratic society. Rep. Pierce declared "I will go to the national capital with the determina tion to support the greatest social movement of all time, so that there shall be a dole for none, but a Job for all." NEW YORK, Nov. 38. (AP) Two schools of monetary thought played oratorical tug-o'-war with the Amer ican dollar at rival mass meetings last night. On one side was the Rev. Cl.arles K. Coughlln, "radio priest" of Royal Oak, Mich., defending at the Hippo drome the Roosevelt money policies. On the other were the crusaders, urg ing "sound," money and decrying in flation. Coincident with the two meetings a manifesto signed by 37 Columbia university professors was made pub lic. It urged an "expeditious" return to the gold standard by the United Ststei. Still another element was added to the difference of opinion concerning the administration's money policies by ft letter to Senator Borah of Idaho In which James P. Wsrburg, banker, suggested ft "modernized" 'interna tional gold standard. The mass meeting at ths hippo drome attracted a crowd which police estimated at 20.000, only 6300 of whom were able to obtain entry. A force of 176 policemen had difficulty In keeping trafflo lanes open, and several persons wer slightly hurt In the crush. During the course of Pather Cough lln's address the name of Al Smith, long the political princeling of New York City voters, was booed. The Hippodrome audience, which overflowed onto the stage and Into the aisles, frequently interrupted the Michigan priest with questions and with answers to the questions Father Coughlln himself propounded. Once when he said President Roosevelt's enenVes hsd "damned him as a crack pot," a voice from the crowd cried: "Smith's the crackpot." In contrast to the Hippodrome meeting where the crowd appeared to be of a single mind In its support of the opinions expressed from the plat form, there was booing and hissing at the "sound money" meeting. SALEM, Nov. 28. lA9 The Oregon supreme curt today upheld the con stitutionality of the statute compell ing payment of 920 a month for the support of the Insane In state Insti tutions. The law was passed in 1931. C. XI. Idieman brought suit against the state to test the constitutionality of the a?t. Jude George Tar.well held again; the plaintiff and he sppealtd The supreme court opinion wss writ ten by Judge George Rossmao. ' ' ,S VI VP- i--- -x S 1 III fill Boy Brags of Leadersh ip In San Jose Lynch Party Ed Note: The following story ey an 18-yenr-old ranch boy who claimed he was the leader of the Holmes-Thurmond lynching mob, was toid to Robert C. Elliott, special United Tres correspondent, one of a staff of men on duty at San lose. - By ANTHONY CATALBI (Copyright, 1933, by United Press) SAN JOSE, Cal., Nov. 28. (UP) I was the first ne of the gang to break into the Jail. I came to town in the afternoon and saw the crowd around the Jail and heard that Brooke Hart's body had been found. I decided to or ganize a necktie party. I went out to my father's ranch on Capital ave nue and got some rope for the hang ing. Then I went all over town in my flivver rosdster and passed out the t word: "We're going to have a lynch ing st the Jail at 11 o'clock tonight."! Eleven o'clock was the deadline, I told everyone. Mostly I went to the speakeasies and rounded up the gang there. That Is why so many of the mob were drunk. We had the word passed all over the streeta of San Jose. So that night the mob ran stresmlng around the Jail. We made three attempts to bat ter the door. The tear gns poured out and got some of the boys down. But It was worse on the officers inside. One of our fellows picked up ft tear bomb and threw it in the midst of the officers. But when we broke Into the Jail I was scared atlff. I was ready to back out. The thing that acared me waa seeing the screen to the cell block torn down. I thought, "they'll get (Continued on Page Plve) T JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 28 (AP) Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, prominent Jewish leader of New York, awerted today that the people of California should remove their governor for his ststements and actions In the lynch ing of the two kidnap-slayers of Brooke L. Hart. "Resign Governor Rolph or be Im peached should be the slogan of California's elttrenry today." said Wise, who Is here for ft forum lec ture. "The people hould rid themselves of the Iswbreaker who alts In the highest office of .the commonwealth. "How can California efface the shsme of this governor's course of action unless It moves forthwith to rid Itself ot him?" ITALY OFFERS HALF DEBT INSTALLMENT WASHINGTON. Nov. 28. (AP) Italy has offered a token payn.ent of 11.000.000 to the United States on the I2.133.oo8 Installment It will owe on war debts December U. No. 1 Auto Tag Drawn By Elgin, Oregon Citizen SALEM. Nov. 28. (AP) To an eastern Oregonlan, J. W. Flt7,gcrnld of Elgin, goea Oregon's 1034 auto mobile license plate number one. More than 8000 applications, ac companied by the necessary $5 re mittances, were on hand for the annual drawing in the secretary of state's office. R. W. R. C alder wood of Portland may throw a pinch of salt over his ihoulder or utter incantations. He drew license number 13. Stephen Boor of Klamath Falls drew num ber 100. Other numbers drawn Included W. E. Freeman. Park Place, No. 2; Richard L. Averlll, Ashlsnd, No. 4; Asahel Bush, Snlem, No. 7; E. O. Ehelebe of Portland No. 11; and R. E. Heskett, Fwwnter, No. 7fl. EUGENE SEWER 10 PORTLAND, Nov. 28 (AP) Lane county was today authorised to go beyond the first segment of the county's civil works program and be gin drawing men from the Isne of fice of the national re-employment service. Elmer R. Goudy, executive secre tary of the state structure, said this means that the 604 Jobs allowed Lane county In the first half of the CWA progrsm have been nearly exhausted, and the new project, allowed today, will take men from the second half of the 504 Jobs. The project Is the rebuilding of ths entire aub-trunk sewr vstm In Eugene, and will cost about 173,000. A total of 180 men will be needed for the work. NINE CENTS TODAY NKW YORK, Not. 3 (AP) Word that the reconstruction flnanra cor poratlon had lltfd Its gold buying prtoa 9 cenu to 13 5 an ounce after holding It unehanaed at 133.78 for a full week, was promptly followed by a decline In dollar exchange today. Tha British "pound, after opening 3'i cents lower at 95.07, rallied above 5 30 and French francs, which had opened off .09 cents at 6 01 cents, ad vanced above a. 14. cent. Kidnapers SAYS CWA CHIEF Two hundred and sixty-nine men are now at work in Jackson county under the civil works administration, it was made known today by the offices In the city hall. Victor A. Tengwsld, executive secretary, stated that 807 men will be put to work by tomorrow. "We cannot accept any more men for work In Medford at the present time, as there are now 120 men on te street projects," he said. "When other projects are approved by the state board, further employment will be given In Medford. Ivan B. W?ilte. field representative of the state CWA, Is expected to be In Medford tomorrow from Portland to confer with the local men In charge of the work, A meeting to care for routine mat ters of the administration's local committee was held today with the following In attendance: J. C. Mann, vice chairman of the committee; Paul Rynning, county engineer; Fred Scheffel, Medford city engineer; E. H. Jtidd, Rogue River Irrigation dis trict; Ted Semon, Eagle Point, irrl gstton district; A. R. Edwin, disburs ing officer, and Victor Tengwald, ex ecutive secretary. 4 OEF FOR SOUTH EUGENE. Ore., Nov. 28. (AP) With a football squad of 20 eager players. Coach Prince Oary Calllson of University of Oregon left here to day for San Francisco, where Thanksgiving day the Webfoots will match gridiron science with the Giant St. Mary's eleven. Leigh ton Gee, sparkling halfback who was injured in the game with Southern California, and Bernle Hughes, stalwart pivot ace, will be r?ady to play the last gsme of their varsity careers, Trainer Bill Hayward said. WILL NOT LAST LONG SALEM. Ore., Nov. 28. (AP) No matter what type of liquor control la adopted by the special session of the legislature. It will have to be amended within a year. Senator Jay Upton told Klwsnlana here today, Liquor legislation whtrh has been formulated by the so-called wets la to be preferred to regulation spon sored by the dry element, he said The central Oregon senator bald he did not believe liquor revenue wll approach the $3,000,000 anticipated for unemployment relief. PRAISE, CENSURE By ACT Governors, Church Leaders, Prominent Persons Join in Lauding or Condemning Resort to Lynch Law SALEM, Ore., NOV. 118. (AP) Taking cognizance of the lynching in California Sunday night, a .house resolution was Introduced today In the Oregon legislature urging courts and the legal pro fession to hasten all Justice by eliminating technicalities and de lays, so there would be no repe tition of lynching to give Oregon such a lesson. The resolution, Introduced by Frank Hilton of Multnomah coun ty, deplored both the crime re suling In the hanging of the two confessed murderers and the lynching Itself. SAN JOSE, Cal., Nov. 28. (AP) Praise and censure for San Jose's mob vengeance on the kidnap-slayers of Brooke L. Hart were met .here today by official efforts to close the case and wipe out scars of its fu rious climax. Governors of other states, church leaders and other prominent persons In all parts of the country were among those who Joined In lauding or condemning the mob's action and the approval of it by Governor James Rolph, Jr., of California. Murray Blames courts Disapproval was expressed by Gov ernor Henry H. Blood of Utah, Gov ernor Henry Homer of Illinois and Governor Pollard of Virginia. Gov ernor Murray of Oklahoma declared the "citizens would not have taken the law into their own .hands" If speedier prosecutions in the courts were assured. Rabbi Stephen 8. Wise of New York declared the lynchers were "more barbaric" than their victims. Henry Darlington, rector of the Church of Heavenly Rest, New York, sent con gratulations to Governor Rolph "on the stand you have taken." In view of Governor Rolph s dec laration that he would Immediately pardon anyone convicted of Vie lynchlngs, officials frankly admitted the probability of prosecution was remote. Youths Boant Part Several young men were reported to have publicly boasted that they took leading parts In dragging Thoa. H. Thurmond and John M, Moles, the accused kidnapers, from the county Jail and hanging them to two elm wood trees In St. James Park. These reports drew no official rec ognition, however, and District At torney Fred L. Thomas expressed re gret at the lynchlngs but said: "I don't see what we can do about It." (Continued on Page Two) FAIL TO CONVICT TOUHY GANGSTERS ST. PAUL, Nov. 28. (AP) A fed eral court Jury today acquitted Roger Touhy and three other Chicngosns of charges growing out ot the kidnap ing of William Hamm, Jr., millionaire St. Paul brewer. They were tried on two charge transportation of ft kidnaped person In Interstate commerce and conspir acy to transport. Defendants. In addition to Touhy, were Willie Sharkey, Eddie McFadden and Ousts v Adhafer. The Jury brought In Its verdict after seven hours and 88 minutes of deliberation after receiving the case last night. IRON MAN LINEUP OMAHA. Neb., Nov. 28. VflV-Thelr heavy work completed in preparation for the Thanksgiving day game with the University ot Nebraska, at Lin coln Thursday, 28 Oregon State foot ball players confined them stives to limbering up exercises and a study of Cornhusker formation at Crelghton stadium this afternoon. Coach Lon Stlner announced def initely today that his "Iron man" lineup. Including the influenr.a-rld-den Pangle, blocking quarterback, will be ready to go at Lincoln. Present plana call for the Beavers to leave here in their special cirs Thursday morning after breakfast. They will remain in the cara at Liu oola until game time. minim ' nr n 1 1 L BILL READY FOR DEBAIEJIAY Measure to Abolish Slot Ma chines, Gambling Devices Introduced Gross Earn ings Tax Bill Expanded SALEM, Nov. 28. (fl) Working late at night and meeting again before the opening of the sessions, the house alcoholic control committee today ex pected to report out a complete liquor bill, with the Knox plan as the basis, to the Oregon legislature tomorrow. It was planned the first considera tion of the matter from the floor would be under special order of busi ness Fridsy morning. Composite measures were also be ing whipped Into shape by other com mittees on truck and bus legislation and unemployment relief. Moat of the measures. Including the admlnli t rat Ion's power program and grosa utilities tax, would be In the hopper before the one-day recess for Thanks giving. Would Ahotlah Riot Machines. Today saw the introduction of a bill to abolish slot machine and all gambling devices, sponsored by Rep resentative Hannah Martin of Marlon county. Senator John Goes expected to bring In ft bill compelling branch banks to file statements of conditions the same as la now required by regu lar financial Institutions. A separate beer bill was also in the making, It waa learned. The administration' proposal to tax gross earnings of utilities wu being rewritten to Include railroads, banks, brokers and similar businesses, J. 8. Coo ter waa understood to be the rep resentative who will Introduce the measure, probably late today. The tax, it was learned, would be less than one per cent on gross earning. Hear Track Ownera. Joint highway committees today will hear what amendments truck (Continued on Page Two) MINISTERS OPPOSE STATE RUM SHOPS PORTLAND, Not. 28. (AP) Oppo sition to the Knox liquor control plan whereby the state, exclusively. would own and operate bottle stores, wsa voiced by the Methodist Minis ters' association of Portland hers Monday. The ministers took this action after Charles Haffke, superintendent of the Oregon antl-llquor league, had declared that state control would as sure distillers and brewers their pro fits without any effort on their part or advertising or propaganda. The clergymen submitted no alter nate plan, but favored Including ttie local option Idea In the measure, not only by counties and cities, but also by precincts. WILL ROGER? 'says: SANTA MONICA, Cal., Nov. 27. Just when it looked like Al was going to have his gold argument go by default, why up comes an old country boy from Idaho, and he takes up what I suppose would be known as the negative side of the dis pute. Ho says: "If your pold is so hot, how did we get in the shape we are in1" Well, it's going to require a little thought to answer that one. The gentleman I am about to introduce to you needs no introduction. It's William E. Borah, and if a man searched the United States over he couldn't f;nd a more worthy foe to enter into combat with. Al, I know you didn't mean to, but you choosed a tough baby. . MlPlHal trittlwt. fea,
