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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and lues day, but with Cog. No change In tem perature. Hlghrnt yesterday l.cwput this morning .... Medford Mail 1 ' natch tha TRIBUNE'S I y- i 1 ( l.ASSII ILI AU9 . . I Lott of good bargain) fcr 1 that mean genuine trfft? RIBIJNE Twentv-eiulilh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 103 1. No. 216. ft n mi lift an m MSB MI STUFF By r.ri. MAI.LOV. (Copyright. 1034. by Paul Mallon) Sobering t'p. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. Mr. Roose velt's quick steps toward promoting world peace by building warships and airplanes seems under the surface to be getting somewhere, at least In Japan. The trans-Pacific grapevine reports a very salutary effect there. S A few months ago the Japanese were making faces at the world. Dis patches from Tokyo bristled with war talk. All that la changed now. The war talk comes In dispatches from Europe. Tokyo is silent. Our officials privately believe our recognition of Russia may have had something to do with the change, but they point to the upbuilding of our navy as the major cause. A Japanese official told one of our men confidentially at the London economic conference: "Japan cannot hope to compete with the naval building plana of your president. We have Insufficient re sources to meet such competition." Soviets. Russia also has been using Mr. Roosevelt's tactics to help the good cause along. Six months ago she was unprepared and afraid of Japan. She Is atlll afraid but no longer un prepared. Airplanes have been massed In Si beria, ready for a break. Past tractors have been turned out In Increasing numbers. They run at 20 miles an hour and are used for agricultural purposes, but they can be swiftly converted Into war weapons. The best martial authorities be llcvo she Is a fair match for Japan now, although her preparations are largely for defense rather than of 4 fense. 8he has no navy to speak of. Her fortifications around Vladivostok have been strengthened, but not mmirh to reslRt a Japanese siege. There would be little point In Russia invading Manchuria, although nes air. planea could make the place very nnrnm fort Able. She la strong where the Japanese are weak In airplanes, jincre is something' about a Japanese mind which cannot absorb the principles of aviation. Tney can neuner ouuu planes nor fly them, although they have been trying hard for years. That also may have helped to In duce Japan to stop and think. Inrnrrlclble. Germany Is rapidly taking the Japanese place as tne naa ooy BffirK Our officials can hardly mention Hitler without cuss ing, especially since ne puueo. mv trick' on German foreign debts. Hia relchebank reduced her Interest payments (other than those on the Dawes an Young loans) by as much as a half. Our officials have Indis putable proof that Germany Is using this money to buy up German securi ties chenply. The houo realty Improvement com pany of Berlin Is offering 4S0 for lis $1000 bonds. Step. Our officials were going to protest about that when the British ap proarhed us secretly on the subject. Her officials are more angry at Ger many than ours are. The result was we told Hitler he was "undermining German credit." Those are strong words for diplomatic exchanges, but they failed to pierce Hitler's skull. He snapped back within 12 hours, announcing through his relchsbank that even further interest reductions were proposed. It Is clearly a skin game or the nazis against foreigners who hold German securities. Hitler has not lizard the Inst on the subject. you may expect to see us take Joint strong action with the British shortly. It may go so far as to invoke joint trade discriminations against Germany. Frrnrh. You may have thought the French were setting big hearted reoentty when they offered to scrap half their bombing planes tf everyone else did. If so, you do not know the French. The answer to that was contained In the comment by our former air chief, Major General Fechet. Said he: "The French bombing planes are obsolete. If not outright Junk. Ours are highly efficient." The way our diplomats figured It out France also was trying to gft on the good Mde of Britain In the Inevit able c"n eat aeatnst Germany. Note. The budget showed that our ex pense for the navy next year will be ore-third more than thla year or toisi of M50.000.000. Ten per cent of government revenue will go for that. Twenty-three per cent of your taxes next ear will go to the agriculture dvrtment. It is the most expensive . rtr.iMit now. The White Hou. ifljhe cheapest crwtlrwr only 0 01 per rot of the taxes . . . the veterans co?t it per cent and war 8 Connn" in oVart, :oo. costing only .17 per cent. ,C 'OLuuid tixita Fa Six) IS Thousands Assigned to Jobs Without Tools or Mate rials Other Thousands Not Receiving Wages Due WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. (VP) Immediate lnvcstlK.it. on of charges by John B. Elliott of Los Angeles against the California CI rll Works administration was ordered today by Harry L. Hop kins, CWA chief. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 8. p) In a statement which termed management of the CWA here for the past four weeks nothing leas than a public scandal, John B. Elliott, first vice chairman of the Democratic state central committee, said today that "I, for one, shall not remain silent about it any longer." He said his Investigations -have convinced him of a great waste of public money, the use of the unem ployment relief for personal ends and ambitions, a betrayal of President Roosevelt and gross mishandling and mismanagement of what Washington Intended to be a supreme effort to aid the Jobless. Elliott, who was one of the leaders In the Roosevelt campaign In Call fornla. said he was In possession of statements by persons within the CWA organization to substantiate specific charges and that he intended to put the entire question before the federal grand Jury If possible. "As high as 19,000 to 17,000 un employed have been assigned dally to various projects without any tools or any kind of materials with which to work," the statement said. "Tills army of men has stood about day after day, In many cases for more than 10 consecutive days, with noth ing to work with and nothing to do while they were on the federal pay roll at 50 cents an hour. "Thousands of workers who were working have not been paid, some of them for as long as four weeks at a time. The pay checks for those work ers were drawn but were misplaced or could not be found. "The purchase of huge amounts of supplies required for these projects under the Civil Works administra tion has been made largely without competitive secret bids and the great est waste has existed and favoritism has occurred in these purchases," ALIEN LAND ACT PARRY INVALID WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. (AP) Sec tion 9-A of the California alien land act and section 1D83 of its code of civil procedure were held Invalid to day by the supreme court. The sections were attacked by George Morrison and H, Dol on the ground the burden of proof was un lawfully placed on them to show they had not been guilty of violat ing the alien land law in San Diego county. The state charged Morrison had transferred agricultural land to Dol, an alien Ineligible to citizenship. Under the sections at issue Morrison and Dol, to-escape penalties imposed by the alien land law, were required to prove that Dol was eligible to citi zenship. MILK SITUATION T No definite check on the milk price situation here today could be ob tained from officials. In some groups !t was maintained that one depot was still selling milk at 2ft cents a gal lon, contrary to the order of the state milk control board. Others claimed that all local places had met the requirements of the ruling yes terday. The milk control board, which an nounced someone would be sent Into this territory to Investigate the situa tion, had not beeu represented here today. The price for depots under the rul ing Is 30 cents a gallon and 10 cents a qviart. SENATE COMMITTEE FOR S2 LIQUOR TAX WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. i The senate finance committee today ip proved the house liquor tax bill with out nv change In the rates. Chairman Harrison said he expect ed to get the bill up in the senate soon. He added that while there was no roll-call, the committee sentiment Ins arslnst a 2Wi a gallon tax on diM.ilcd pint, Twenty Injured When Students Panic Audience NEW YORK, Jan, 8. (P) A group of exuberant youths decided last night that the proper way to celebrate the return from the Rose Bowl football victory of- the Co lumbia university team was a "rush" an upper Broadway movie theater and shout "fire." Twenty persons were injured, not seriously. In the resultant panic. Some of the youths were iden tified by police as undergraduates of the university. They forced their way into the Nemo theater and, once Inside, someone shout ed "fire." E ON U. S. GOODS PARIS, Jan. 8. (AP) Prance agreed today to increase threefold the quotas on American products as an nounced at the first of the year. The United States embassy an nounced the conclusion of this ar rangements whereby the United States will be exempted from the French policy to reserve three-quarters of its Import quotas for bargain ing purposes. While the announced arrangements does not give full satisfaction to American business interests. It re stores the quotas as they affect the United States to the figures of 1032. The automobile Imports still are hit as the quota is based on 1932 figures which were smaller than the 1933 motor Imports. Apples and pears were not Included In the agreements aa these two Amer ican products already had been pro vided for In a separate arrangement by which France agreed to Import 20,000 metric tons (approximately 44,000,000 pounds of these fruits be fore March 31 in exchange for an In creased American wine quota. Tools of the mechanical Industry other than those for agriculture, lamps and radio apparatus, also were not Included In the bargaining quo tas. NEARLY COMPLETED WITH FUNDS OF NRA Work has been completed on the 11 Vt miles of Ashland road under construction for the past several weeks from funds furnished by the NRA, Karl L. Janouch. supervisor of the Rogue River national forest said today, having spent several days last week In that section Inspecting the road. He was accompanied by Bill Jones, road supervisor for the forest. The road, which leads to Ashland peak, lacks three miles of completion, Mr. Janouch said, but snow In that section has delayed work until spring. The road leads through a scenic sec tion of southern Oregon, he said, and is expected to add a great deal to recreational points In this section. Mr. Janouch stated that the city of Ashland has co-operated in many ways with the forest service In ob taining rights-of-way within the city limits. About 150 men have been employed on the work for a number of weeks. E TO STAND TRIAL WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. V) The supreme court held today that Bishop James Cannon, Jr., and his secretary, Ada h. Burroughs, must stand trial on an indictment charging them with falling to report contributions receiv ed in the churchman's 1928 fight against Alfred E. Smith for President. The court upheld the validity of the corrupt practices act, requiring reports to the clerk of the house, which had been challenged by the Southern Methodist churchman. Bishop Cannon and his secretary were alleged by the government to have received contributions from K. C. Jameson of New York, and to have failed to report them. EMMA GOLDMAN SEEKS RETURN PERMISSION NEW YORK. Jan. i. API The Sun aald today that k,mma Goldman was In Toronto waiting for the ad ministration to grant her permission to return to the United States, from which she was deported December 21, 1919. SALEM, Jan. 8. iP) Acceptance of a tract of land for state rhodo dendron park Just across the bay from Newport, at the end of the pro posed bridge on the Oregon Coast highway, was announced by the state hiffhwav rommwion today. The park as donated by Lincoln county. AS CAPTURE NEAR Handsome Alex' Stavisky Traced to Villa in French Alps Shoots Self in Head When Gendarmes Arrive CHAMONIX, France, Jan. 8. (AP) Serge "Handsome Alex" Stavisky, alleged $40,000,000 swindler, shot him self 1n the head today when police surrounded him In a hidden villa. He was at first thought to have died instantly, but a hastily summoned physician found a sign of life. A battle Immediately was begun to save Stavisky from death. In order to turn him over to trial. Application of restoratives brought an apparent consciousness to the man who had been sought for two weeks following the collapse of the Baton oe pawnshop which he founded. Fear Wound Mortal. Later, however, he lapsed Into a coma and the doctor said he feared the wound was mortal. He was living alone In one room of a villa at the foothills of, the French Alps. The secre service traced him there and Its agents entered the unhcated house. No signs of life had been seen about It. One room, later found to be the only heated quarter In the villa, was found locked. The agents knocked at the door. There was no answer. Smash Down Door. Convinced that Handsome Alex must be inside, they smashed down the door. Stavisky was there. As the police burst Into his hiding place, he placed a giin to his head and fired. So ended a search conducted on a worldwide scale by the French gov ernment directed by Premier Camille Chautemps himself. INGS PORT WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The board of army engineers informed Senator Steiwer (R., Ore.) today that tne district engineer at Portland, Ore. had been ordered to make an eat! mate of the cost of a survey of the Chetco Cove basin at Brookings. Ore., with a view of building a breakwater to permit loading of logs on ships in me harbor. The senator requested the survey because he "understood it unlikely tnere will be a rivers and habora bill this session of congress," and with the view of making the project a public works development. BASS FIELD, Miss., Jan. 8. fAP) Two children were killed, one was critically Injured, and more than 20 others suffered Injuries today when a Mississippi Central passenger train crashed Into a school bus at a cross ing near here. First reports Indicated that the bus. driven by Ernest Williamson. 19-year, old school boy, stalled on the tracks. The vehicle was demolished. Itaste Stepleton. 7. and Alice Ault man, 18, were killed. 35 LOSE LICENSE FOR DRIVING WHILE DRUNK SALEM, Jan. 8. fT) Operators' licenses of 33 motorists were revoked for driving while Intoxicated during November, while six others had their licenses suspended for reckless drlv ing, It was reported today by the secretary of state. Maids Reveal Chiseling Tactics of Mistresses CLEVELAND, O. Jan. 8- (T) A group of housemaids, meeting under the banner of the Household Worker Welfare aorlatlon, had a fine time Sunday telling each other what their mistresses want for very little money. One lady whose name la In the blue book borrows here maids street car pass to go shopping. Another woman has the bed sheets changed every day and rinsed 11 times to that all tie soap la out. A Shaker Heights (Cleveland's aris tocratic suburb woman, whose hus band makes $15,000 a year, bought only four pork chops one day a chop for evh member of the family When the rook mentioned that she nad none, her mistress td; ANOTHER SURVIVOR UNDERHILL OUTLAW GANG LANDED IN JAIL ELUSIVE INMAN IS OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 8. (P) Wilbur Underbill, outlaw, died with 13 bullet wounds. Elusive Elmer In- man, a reputed confederate, is again behind the bars. And only four of the south west's major criminals re main at large as "the law" continues Its relentless roundup. Underbill, co-leader of the escape of 11 prisoners from the Kansas state penitentiary on Memorial day. 1933, and wanted for the slaying of four officers and their convict prisoner in Kansas City last June, died late Sat urday night In the Oklahoma state prison at McAlester. After seven months at large, following the prison break, the slayer and robber was cap tured at Shawnee, Okla., December 30. A few hours before his capture, he fled a raided house under fire, re ceiving his fatal wounds. Two alleged survivors of the un derbill gong Inman and Raymond Roe were held in separate cell blocKs of the county Jail today because, of ficers said. Inman threatened to "take care of Roe." Shot and captured near Bowlegs yes terday, Inman was held in a fourth floor cell block for alleged partlcipa- (Contlnued on Page Ten) OF. CALIFORNIA SNAG PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 8. (AP) While his bride, the former Barbara Hutton, a $40,000,000 heiress, rested in San Francisco Prince Alexis Mdt van! of a once royal family of Geor gia, Russia, paused in Portland to day after evading a California process server who had temporarily mocKea a round-the-world honeymoon the cou pie had planned. Alexis was to continue to Seattle during the day, there presumably to sail for the Hawaiian Islands where it was believed he would meet his wlfs. The couple had engaged passage on a liner sailing Thursday .from San Francisco for the Orient. Mdlvanl, his attorney, Charles H Huberlch of Paris, Mrs. Huberlch and a secretary, flew Into Portland before dawn today from Salt Lake City. The prince last night parted from his .heiress brldo at Reno. The greatest secrecy enfolded their (Continued on Page Ten) BREAD LOAF WEIGHT CAN BE REGULATED WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. (AP) The right of Nebraska to regulate the weight of loaves of bread was upheld today by the supreme court, which sustained the state's bread loaf law. The P. F. Petersen Baking company and others had contended they could comply with Die law fixing the mini mum weight of the loaves, but that the regulations fixing the maximum would deprive them of constitutional rights. (irfiyson ( nder Knife ROCHESTER, Minn., Jan. 8. f AP) Admiral Carey Grayson of Wash ington. D, 0., former persona) physi cian to President Wood row Wilson, was taken Into an operating room at St. Mary's hospital today for a ma jor operation. "Why, Hilda, you must eat like sn elephant." One maid stays up until 1 a. m. whenever there Is a party in the houw. to h1p guests put on their galoshes Another Is forced to walk with the babv from 11 a- m. to 3 p. m. and miss lunch. One fastidious mistress Inilita on having her handkerchiefs ironed on both aides. One maid figured her wages at 4 ',4 cents an hour. "Some houses are like Jail, Miss Collette Kelly, president of th as sociation, said. A code for domestic servants Is pending In Washington and appa--ntiy the Cleveland maids can hardly wait. X ft Wilbur Vnderhlll, southwestern de vpcrnrio. who died Siitnrduv night In (he Oklahoma state prison from won nils received during a gun IkiMI ivltli his rapturs. Itelow, Hazel Hudson I, iulerl.HI, ,t,-ycnr-uld bride of I lie ban dit, raptured with him and held for questioning. 71 JAPS CRUSHED TO DEATH DURING PANIC AT DEPOT .TOKYO, Jan. 8. (jP) Deaths of 71 persons and Injuries to 56 In a panic stricken crowd were reported today by the Rengo News Agency corre spondent at Kyoto. The crowd was In the Kyoto rail road station to bid farewell to a group of recruits for the imperial Japanese army. The stampede occurred shortly after 2 a. m. today when about 10,000 relatives and friends Jammed the sta tion's platform to say good-by to the recruits, already aboard the train, which was standing In the station. One porson fell and cried for help. starting the panic. Hundreds were crushed and trampled, including women and children. Police and public organlwtlons were mobilized to carry the wounded to hospitals and to recover bodies of tne dead. PEIRCE INSTALLED Max Pelrre wiw Installed as presl dent of Klwanls cmb at the lunch eon today noon at the Hotel Med ford. Other officers to lead the club for the coming year are: E. A. Faber of Central Point, vice-president; George Fry, treasurer, Carl Y. Teng wald, secretary, and the following directors: Ted GeBauer, C. C. Lem mon, Olln Arnspiger, Darwin K. Burgher, R. O. Fowler, Dr. C. H. Pasko and E. H. Hcdrick. Ernest Marsh, manager of the Hol ly theater, was taken Into the club as a new member. A resolution, expressing the great loss to the Klwanls club In the death of the late W. M. Clemenson, was passed and will bo sprend upon the records and a copy sent to the be reaved relatives. LONDON. Jan. 8 (T) Anxiety Is spreading through rural England over the strange phenomenon of a mid winter drought. Villages In the Chll terns, which are only about 30 miles from London, are on water 'ration,. In Northamptonshire districts the scsrclty Is acute. Ikes, such as nudyard In North Staffordshire, have sunk to hitherto unknown Iovcls. LOfl ANGELES COUNTUT CLUB. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 8. Pj Olln Dutra, big bronrcd pro from Santa Monica, held a one stroke lead with 18 holea to play In the Los Angeles open golf tournament today, shooting a n for a 311 total at the end of it holes. GRANGE UNIT TO MEET AT ORA NIEDERMEYER'S Home Economics club of the Jack sonville Orange will roettr,MnesdAy afternoon at 1:30 o'cldck at the home of Mrs. Ora Nledermyer, for a cov ered dish luncheon. Election of officers will be held, and all members are urged to attend. PORTLAND, Jan. Pi Ti;a freighter Empire Star, which ground ed In the sand of Cottonwood Island In tha Columbia abo-.4 Longvlew at 8:10 a. m. today, ws easily drawn free at nigh tide this morning. f I ' 1 '1 ''''' J ' v GOLD HILL GETS Application of the Gold Hill Irriga tion district for a 43.000 loan, has been approved by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation In the mm of 38,210 about MOO less than the amount sought. The loan Is for the purpose- of refunding uonds and re tirement of outstanding wnrrnnta. Attorney Frank P. Farrell said to day that the same course as pursued in tho Talent district loan would be followed and as soon as tho necessary machinery could be set up, the bon holders committee would be contact ed. Tho Talent district asked 600, 000 (approximately) and were grant ed 377.000. The cut necessitated a re-arrangement, and further action Is now held In abeyance pending final decision from Washington, D. C. A decision on the loan application of the Medford Irrigation district, for 400.000 Is expected within the week by General Manager Olcn Arnspiger. LIQUOR CONTROL ARGUING SLATED PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 8 (API George Ncuner, appearing for the OTcgon liquor control commission, and Elton wntklns, representing the city of Klamath Falls, will argue constitutionality of the Knox liquor control bill before Circuit Judge L. G dwelling at Balem Wednesday. Tha court's decision, whatever the out come, will be appealed to tho supreme court. Watklna recently filed suit for the city of Klnmath Palls, asking that the stat control board be enjoined from putting the law In operation, contending It la unconstitutional. YET SURE OF JOB POnTI.AND, Ore., Jan. (API Anticipating the appointment of Jack Summervllle as tjnued Statea mar shal for Oregon. Mends and party leaders today wired their good wishes to the Portland man at Washington, D. C. A special dispatch to the Journal from Washington. D. C however, In dicated complications had risen over the appointment and that "the nornl. ntloii of Summervllle waa even be lieved by some to be in peril" VIOLENCE FLARES AS CHICAGO ILK WAR CUTSSUPPLY Trucks Bearing Fluid Tipped Over Small Indepen dents Main Cause of In ability Reach Agreement CHICAGO. Jn. 8. (API Milk de liveries wcro halted here today aa lolpnce Ilared over a 100 mil, area In a dairymen's strike agalnat reduc ed prices. Dumping of milk spread from high ways surrounding Chicago had reach ed Into the city. Independent petal! dealers w.ho attempted to deliver milk saw their trucks tipped over or the contents spilled Into sewers. Peace Sought With both oroducers anH ril.trlbn- tors anxious to Bcttle the strike, con ferences were held to devise means of meeting the farmers' demands, a guaranteed basic price of 11.86 a hundred pounds. Twenty five larger Chicago dairies, supplying most of the city's milk, announced willingness to pay the price asked, but the problem of how to force smaller Independents Into line held up the aettlement. The farmers have demanded, thru the Pure Milk axfinrlfittnn mnr.u.t. Ing 18,000 producers, that the mini mum price be paid by every dairy to every farmer, regardless of wheth er the farmer holds membership in the association. Federal Action Hinted Government licensing of dairies Under the frrlrnltnrnl aHlti.tm-.. act has been suggested by pure milk ouiciais as a means of endorsing the price, ine association recently with drew from a Hhlr.im tnllV agreement because of failure In en- lorcement. Tho most serious reports of vio lence oame from Wisconsin, where Interference with railroad trains hauling milk was reported. Sheriff Clarence Erickson reported finding of obstructions on tracks of the Northwestern road In Kenosha coun ty and near the Wisconsin-Illinois line. Attempts were made at Lyons and Sturtevant, Wis., to dump 48,000 pounds of milk from a refrigerator car. Hundreds of thousanda of gallons of milk were dumped on the high ways. The blockade Into Chicago wa reported nearly 100 per cent effec tive. SISTER OF ALLEN LOS ANGELES,- Jan. 8. (AP) Cross-examination of Mary Allen Towle, who Is contesting with other relatives the award of the esUte of Margaret Keith, wealthy spinster, to her brother, Albert Allen, Medford, Ore., orchardlst, will begin In superior ' court 'today. Mrs. Towle had charged that her aunt's mind waa unsound when she gave the bulk of her estate, variously estimated to be worth from 300.000 and 11,500.000, to Albert, A nephew. FOREIGNERSDESERT INTERIOR OF FUKIEN HONO KONO. Jan. 8. (AP) Tha city of Amoy In rebellious Fuklen province reported today thatall for eigners had left the Interior of tha province for the coast. The capltol city of Foochow, to ward which national government forces are driving from Nanking and Pet plug, remained ominously silent. Will ROGERS BKVKRLT HILLS, Cal., Jan. 6. This country runs to the figure ton. There has heen mnny who hns had to say, "Mr., can you spare a dime," but President Roosevelt is the first nmn in the history of the world who looked nation ripht in tlic face and said. "Mister, can you spare ten billion dollars!" Well, congress and tho Amer ican people considered it such compliment to be asked for that much that they really liked it. Cle,. 9lMI MHaaiat lyae'lsat, tat CROSS EXAMINE
