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,