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The Weather Forecast: L'tiMtllrd with occasional light rain tonight and Tuesday mild temperature. HIjhMt jnterday 7 Lowest this morning - 37 Medford Mail Tribune ; natch the TRIBUNE'S ye A 1 i CLASSIFIED ADS . . CV-T Loll of food bargains ! that mean genuine fr&Mt J larlngl. wmjmmm Tweuty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY. FEBRUARY 5, l!t. No. 270. BflL IS FE1E 7 fl By Paul Mellon (Copyrlghtd, 1034. by Paul Mallon) Reform WASHINGTON. Feb. . There wems to be an underlying feeling in the topmost administration circle that the bankers and stock marketers have been kicked around enough, or at least that the booting can be overdone. This feeling Is barely discernablc so far. It will become more appar ent within the next few weeks. For Instance, insiders hear that the stock exchange la shortly to an nounce' at least three new regula tions. These are supposed to have been worked out at the suggestion of Ferdinand Pecora, the senate pros ecutor. In his conference with Rich ard Whitney, president of the ex change. These changea will make the operation of pools impossible and put a, definite halter on specialists. Guiding After that the administration prob ably will put through congress quiet ly a bill to license the stock ex changes. The bill will NOT include specific rules and regulations, if pres ent plans are followed. It will mere ly hold exchanges responsible for public protection and keep a guid ing hand on them. That will no doubt be satisfactory to the better element in the ex changes and to the liberate who are demanding reform. Bankers A similar effort will be made to straighten out the banking situation in a more amiable way. Details have not yet been decided. The way things are drifting, banks are atagnating. They are mere pools for floating government bonds. The commercial aspect of their business la gone. They are afraid to finance commercial activities, building and real estate In a normal way. They keep themselves in a state of liquid terror, ready Tor runs and prepared for everything except legitimate ex pansion of their business. At least that Is the way . the ad ministration people are beginning to look at It. They can see that the banks will have to expand their credit operations to finance the business Improvement now under way, or the government will have to do It. Tou will see that the next big step by the administration will be to comfort the banks and Insurance companies. (There are plenty of both needing aidand comfort). Insects Some of the outlying congressmen have not yet caught up with the switching current of inner senti ment. They are still hooting and cat calling against bankers and Wall Streetera. urging that the govern ment run the stock exchange or abol ish It. That sort of thing has been pop ular since the banking exposures. A public opinion was created then that all bankers and all Wall Streeters were like those who got caught. The Idea la now gaining weight that It Is hardly sensible to tear down a house because you found some Insects In the living room. The new tendency will probably he toward fumigation rather than house wrecking. Slums It looks as If the CWA Is trying to make itself unpopular. Its latest stunt is to send men canvassing In the best residential dis tricts gathering data for slums clear ance. The men ask housewives rather Intimate questions about their fi nances, how much their homes cost, how much their husbands make. One such canvass man was broom ed out of the house by an Irate wife who resented the Inference that he lived In a slum. Another resident of the same neighborhood became o annoyed at the intimate questions that he re versed the examination and quizzed the investigator about his private life. Ralls The Interstate rommer commis sion wilt shortly Issue :.. ,e orders requiring the railroads to create sink ing funds to retire their bonded In debtedness sometime before the end of the world. Commissioner Claude R. Porter Is supposed to be writing some of the orders with a rather liberal pen. The result will he Just what Mr. Roose velt hsa been talking about along that line. Porter la a former attorney for the A. T T. who seems to real Ire the public, hi h!s client now. Note Will Rooer to!d Chairman Black of the federal reserve at a White Hoxise reception that he wa the tamest lor In the world, because he had hut been hooked for thre billion dollar tn gold by the govern ment without a whimper. Unfortunately the uncanny mind reader at Vice-president Garner's party started his tricks after Presl- dent Roosevelt left, so the guests could not find out. whst. the presi dent Intends to do. (Continued on Page Six) OF 1 3400 CASES Ratification Of 21st Amend ment Renders The 1 8th j Amendment Void Is Find- ing Of Highest Tribunal.! WASHINGTON. Feb. . W) By an unanimous decision, the supreme court held today that all pending fed oral prohibition cases must be wlptd off the dockets. Thus, thousands of cases growing out of the national prohibition law which still have not been disposed of must be quashed. This Includes not only those In which Indictments have been returned but those In which convictions have been obtained and appealed. Dry Amendment Pead The notional prohibition act. the opinion by Chief Justice Hughes said, was "rendered Inoperative" by repeal of the eighteenth amendment, "not by the congress but by the people." The decision was in a case appealed from a decision by Federal Judge Hayes of the middle district of Nor;h Carolina directing the discharge of two defendants on the ground pro ceedings must be dropped because of prohibition repeal. To Dismiss 13.400 Case Solicitor General James C. Biegs said thesald the action of the court would require the dismissal of 13,400 cases. He had no definite Information, he said, of the approximate number of liquor eases In which defendant hid been convicted but have appeals pend ing and who can not now be held. The court observed that "upon the ratification of the -1st amendment, the 18th amendment at once became inperatlve. Neither the congress nor the courts would give It continued vitality. "The continuance of the prosecu tion of the defendants alter the re peal of the 18th amendment.for a violation of the national prohibition aet would Involve an attempt to continue the application of the statutory provisions after they had been deprived of force." By Peoples Action "The national prohibition act," the opinion read, "was not repealed by act of congress but was rendered In operative, so far as authority to en act Its provisions was derived from the 18th amendment, by the repeal, not by the congress but by the people of that amendment." The people are free to withdraw the authority they have conferred and. when withdrawn, neither the congress nor the courts can assume the right to continue to exercise It. "What we have said is applicable to prosecutions, Including proceedings on appeal, continued or begun after the ratification of the -1st amend ment. "We are not dealing with a case where final Judgment was rendered prior to that ratification. Such a case would present a distinct question which Is not before us." STATE WILL PAY SALEM, Feb. 5. (API Salary In creases for five employes of the state banking department, as approved by the banking board which constitutes the governor, secretary of state and the state treasurer, were up for con sideration before the board of control today which Is made up of tho same state officials, In a "ghost" meeting. The increased salaries had been paid since September 21, 1033, but certification of the board was neces sary for official record with the sec retary of state. New employes added Included T. B. Lumaden, of Medford, at 1225. SILVER SPECULATORS WILL ALL BE LISTED WASHINGTON, Feb. fl. fP Secre tary Morgenthau has sent treasury agents to New York to secure the names of all holders of speculative sliver stocks. Apologising to reporters for a pre vious denial of such action which he said was made through a misunder standing. Morgenthau confirmed re ports that he wants to find out who owns large speculative silver stocks and Just how much. PRISON GOODS BAN ! IS UPHELD BY COURT! WASHINGTON. Feb. 5 (AP Ala-' i bama was denied permission by the supreme court tnday to file suit , aealn&t Arlrona. Idaho. Montana. New j I York and Pennsylvania to test the J validity of their iawa prohibiting the j 'Mile of Alabama's prtonmde goods. and jzs:n.t the UnttM F is tea to test ' ' t'-.e federal utute authorizing such 'action by the United Sta cs. , Free-For-All In Portland Church Quelled By Cops PORTLAND, Feb. 8. (AP Contending factions of the Evan gelical Congregational Brethren church here required the atten tion of four police radio squad cars last night a what was de scribed as a free-for-all developed over the right of the pastor, the Rev. Conrad J. Wagner, to con tinue his duties at the church. Last night, police aald, nearly 100 persons engaged in a free-for-all outside the doors of tho church, and fists flew and umbrel las were flailed. Officers report ed, however, that apparently no one was injured. 6 P. KL CURFEW ON WITHIN 60 DAYS PORTLAND, Feb. 5 (AP) Women may not be employed later than 8 p. m. in any mercantile establish ment In this state, under a ruling adopted late Saturday by the Oregon public welfare commission. So-called emergency employments are exempt. These Include restau rants, theatera. Janitorial services and kindred businesses. - Groceries, bakeries, confectioneries and similar shops, however, must comply with the new ruling, which waa adopted after a spirited conflict with representatives of several Port land merchants. ' In response to considerable distress, voiced by Medford merchants today regarding announcement In the press Sunday that "women may not be employed in mercantile establish ments after 6 p. m.. In Oregon. A. H. Banwell, manager of the Medford Chamber of Commerce, wired Port land this morning for information and found that the ruling will go Into effect 60 daya from last Sat urday. The ruling of the Oregon public welfare commission sets forth that groceries, bakers, confectioneries and delicatessens, as well as other mer cantile stores, will be affected. The wire forwarded E. N. Wcln baum, manager of the trade and commerce department of the Port land Chamber , of Commerce this morning, brought an Immediate re ply. As soon as full details are learn ed from the bureau of labor, Mr. Welnbaum assured the Medrord chamber, the Information will be forwarded. A meeting of the retail merchants will be called by John Moffatt, chair man of the retail trade committee of the Chamber of Commerce, as soon as that information Is received here. Women are employed! in many Medford firms after 0 p. m., par ticularly on Saturdays, and the new ruling will undoubtedly necessitate some definite changes In the local business program. The ruling was adopted under pow ers extended the welfare commission at the last session of the legisla ture and was received with great sur prise in several groups here, which were apparently unaware that It was, pending. CWA BILL GAINS L WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. (AP) The house today passed the administra tion bill for a H9S0.000.000 relief and CWA appropriation, sending It to the senate where similar expeditious ac tion is to be sought.. No amend ments were allowed under the house P'ocedure that restricted debate to 40 minutes. The vote was 381 to one. A lone Democrat, Terrell of Texas, was the only member to vote against the bill although Wad worth R., N. Y.), was paired against It. Thereupon the house began con alderatlon of the senate bill to con tinue the crop production loans dur ing the present calendar year. Portland Music Leader Passes PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. ft. (AP) Harold A. Webber. 94, leader in Portland music circles for many years and director of the Webber .Academy of Music here, died at his home to day. He was born tn Maine and came to Oregon with his parents when he was 12 years old. His father was one of the ploneera In the salmon parking industry at Astoria. PAIR MAKE LANDING WITH BLAZING PLANE SEATTLE, Feb. 8. (AP) With thetr plane afire. Lieut. Joe Forkner, naval rerve pilot, and Lloyd Schrel ber, landed safely on a golf course, dipping o(f the up nf a fir tree The fire was then put out. 0 Mnrir AW AT flM jj IVIUIiL nVlnl lull j mi j if if I j OFFICERS ORDERED lili:lf 1 ,,. , PLACED IN ARREST fft JS'- Wfn i Heads Of Western Air Ex press. Northwest Airways, Western Air Cited . To Show If Not In Contempt WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. (AP) The senate today ordered the arrest of three more ablation officials In con nection with the Black committee's air mall investigation. Without a record vote, the sen ate adopted the McCarran (D.. Nev.), resolution citing Harris M. Hanshue, president of Western Air Express; L. H. Brlttln, vice president of North west Airways, and Gilbert L. Glvvln, Washington representative of West ern Air, to show cause why they should not be judged in contempt of the senate. At the request of Chairman Black the resolution was amended to in clude William P. MacCracken, attor ney for several aviation companies and Hoover assistant secretary of commerce for air, who already was under arrest. Thus, Mccracken was placed In the same category with the rest and the entire proceeding put off until Friday. MacCracken la free on per sonal bond of his attorney, Frank J. Hogan. WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. (AP) Chairman Black or the senate mall contract Investigating committee told the senate today the committee felt Walter F. Brown, postmaster general In the Hoover administration, violat ed the law by participating In a 1030 conference here to "divide up" air mall routes, while he was a stock holder In the Pennsylvania railroad. A while before, with the senate tense and seats filled on floor and In galleries alike, he had presented a new report asserting two air line officials removed correspondence from the' law,, office of. William P. Mac Cracken while It was under subpoena. He asked the senate to take what action it saw fit. FREE MOLTZNER PORTLAND, Feb. 5. fP) Four In dictments pending against Jay 9. Moltr.ner, managing director of the Guardian Building and Loan associa tion, for more than two years, were dismissed by Circuit Judge Hewitt today after District Attorney Langley had said he neither consented nor ob jected to the dismissals. . The lndtcments charged Moltzner and Earl Fltz water, president of the association, with unlawfully lending funds to the association without se curity. John Kaste. attorney for Moltener. declared the Indictments "ought to be dismissed, especially so on account of the fact that Mr. Moltzner Is go ing to run for district attorney on a platform of "no political indict ments." ILL DRESSED TRIO DULUTH, Feb. fl. (AP) Three well dressed young men today forced a clerk employed in the meat mar ket of Dick Gershgol into an auto mobile as he was en route to a bank with a deposit reported as between SB. 000 and 10.000. After robbing him, they put him out of the machine on the bay ice midway between Du luth and Superior and escaped. The clerk. David Oershgol, a neph ew of the owner of Gershgol's Mar kets, told Police Chief R. E. Don aldson that on putting him out of the machine, one of the robbers struck him over the heed with the butt of his revolver. CHICAOO, ?b. ((AP) Greta Oarbo was aboard the Manhattan Limited bound for New York today, officials of the Pennaylvanla rail road aald. Rotiben Mamoullsn. com panion of the Swedish actress on re cent travela through the Southwest, was alao New York-bound. BEEF AND DAIRY CATTLE MADE BASIC COMMODITY WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. fAP) The house 'today passed the Jones bill making beef and dairy cattle a basic rommrd'ty under the agriculture cd- ji!'mj.t a:, and au.l.orU.ng I?'";,-. 000,000 for psymenta to producers. ' SANKEY, LONG ? , V. 'J ! -Sr NL i . i Verne Sankey, Gann Valley, Minn., rancher who allegedly turned kidnaper, was captured In Chicaao and questioned concerning numer ous kidnaping,. Sankey denied he had any connection with the abduc tion and slaying of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., but federal officials said he confessed he was Implicated In the kidnaping of Haskell Bohn of St. Paul and Charles Boettcher, llr of Denver, and had received ransom money In both cases. Sankey Is shown at left after his capture At right Is Helen Mattern, arrested In the apartment of Sankey. She lenied she knew the real Identity of the desoerarfn PARIS POLICE GIRD FOR MORE SERIOUS RIOTING PARIS. Feb. 5 ( AP) Mounted re publican guards today cnarged against and dispersed a crowd of 1000 war veterans demonstrating against the government in front of the Elysce palace. The veterans were blocked by a force of several thousand police massed in the neighborhood of the palace and the ministry of the Inter ior nearby which the crowd ajsp tried to reach. PARIS. Feb. 5. (AP) Fear of more serious rioting brought heavy rein forcements of soldtera into Paris to day. Four separate demonstrations sched uled against the new cabinet of Pre mier Edouard Daladler aroused appre hensions that the police would be overtaxed when the ministry Is pre MADMAN RUNS AMUCK IN RADIO STUDIO K H J LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5. (A1) One man was fatally stabbed, and another slashed on the head today when an unidentified man ran amuck with a Jack-knife in radio station KHJ. Edwin Wolvcrton, 20. of Orand Junction. Colo., who was seeking work at the studio, died two hours latr at the emergency hospital. The other victim was Warren Fehl man. representative of the Dow Jones financial news service, who escaped with a aupcrficlal wound on tho hcud. Wolvcrton and Fehlman were At tacked as they responded to the screams of Miss Grace Kane, a secre DEATH IN AUTO SMASH ENDS HONEYMOON TRIP ALBANY. Ore., Fch. 5 (') Wh l ,11 to have bcerr s delayed honeymoon trip for Mr. and Mrs. Jme P. Clsrlr. of Iy Anrlea, married two month sro, ended In death 5unday. Clark, 28, succumbed to Injuries received In an automobile wreck near here Sat urday night. The Clark's machine, driven by Mr,. Clark, cmiihed Into a telephone po'.c on the PPacifie highway, directly In front of Coroner S C. nail er's home. Mrn. Clark, SJ. received a crushed chest, three broken rlba, a broken collar bone and face Injuries. She Is in a serious condition at an Albany hoapltal. MURDER OF WIFE $10 IS INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 6. (AP) An autopHy on the bruin of the slain Rev. Ga)lord V. iiaunriera of Wabash, Ind., may be undertaken to deter mine tha truth of his widow s signed statement to police that she paid 10 to have him killed berue his mind was falling and she feared for the lives of herself and her sons, aged 10 and 13. In her statement to Police Chief Michael F. Moi-rinsey, Mrs. Neoma Saunders, 3ft, said she gave Theodore el, lo-yeivt-old room-mate of hT hufhnrd. the money to hire s.r,e t li l...t i:m, Jr.L t.wat the youth decided to do it h!mlf SOUGHT AS KIDNAPER, CAUGHI t sented to parliament tomorrow. Royalists and organizations of war veterans and the young patriots all were planning manifestations simul taneously with the reconvening of parliament. Authorities, fearing police defec tions as a rest lit of M. Daladlcr's ousting of Joan Oh lappa as Farls po lice head, began lining Paris1 garri sons with provincial troops. - Among the soldiers drawn In In the precautionary move was a com pany of North African cavalry called spahls. Many of the cavalrymen are negroes. M. Chlappe's popularity was dem onstrated when a huge throng cheer ed him as he finally quit the prefec ture at noon today, giving way to the premier's appointee, Bonnefoy Slbour. tary, who had been threatened by the knlfe-wlelder. Leaping upon Wolverton, the mad man shouted: "I'm going to kill you. you . I love to see people suffer. Get out of my path. I've got a job to do in there." He stabbed and slashed at Wolver ton furiously. Fehlman rushed up and also received a wound. Miss Kane said the man appeared and told her he had come to get a Job that had been promised him. When she attempted to question him, he whipped the knife from his pocket and opened It, she said. PORTLAND, Ore., Pcb. J. (P) Wil liam Winchester, 14. died laat night from injuries suffered when hla ol cycle struck the aide o( an automobile aald by police to have been operated by O. A. Schafcr of Vancouver. VANCOUVER, waah.. Feb. 6. AV Ida Dean Martin, 22, of Portland, and Harold Sholand, 27, of Vancouver, were killed early Sunday when a ae dan driven by sholand ploiiKhcd down a ditch on tho Evergreen hlghwny eaat of here for ISO feet and struck a telephone pole. Police believed Sho land bad fallen aaleep while drlvlnc PASTOR COST CONFESSION Mathers, Morrlwcy said, admitted buying a gun for 1851), and shoot ing SaunderR in Vie bark of the head early Isst Friday morning. The body of the former Methodist Fplacopal minister was found In ins automobile in front of his room log houe here. Funeral wrvlces for Bmindera were held at WttbHuh Bunday In the church where a week before he .had preached lits farewell sermon. Meanwhile Indianapolis police Manned statements ot those Imptl rated In the ( ase. and letters of Ma- tiiera nrd Mrs hmmriers. to piece out the bizarre sltng plot, to ml - mis ah PORTLAND, Feb. 8. (AP) The Oregon liquor control board said to day It appeared doubtful that any announcement could be made before tomorrow morning In connection with personnel and locations of state liquor stores and agencies to be open ed this month. Members of tho commission and the administrative department held an all-day session at the Portlsnd of fice. PLEA OF ST. PAUL, Feb. 6. (AP) A father's public plea that the kid napers of his son, Edward G. Bremer, St. Paul banker, release him with in three days and nights apparently went unheeded today, w.hlte fears grew that the missing man may be dead. The father, Adolph Bremer, who is president of the Jacob Schmidt Brew ing company here, In making the plea, Indicated his hope that his son Is still alive, but In ot,her quartern there was a growing belief that the kidnaped ninn was slain. Young Bremer was seised January 17 and 900,000 ransom demanded by his abductors. Bloodstains were found In his abandoned automobile and for two weeks no word has been received from the kidnapers. IS HALTED BY COURT SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6.- f AP) Pacific Gas ec Electric company to day was granted an Interlocutory In junction by a three-Judge federal court restraining the rnllrond com mission from enforcing Its order re ducing the natural gas rates of the utility taiOO a year. The court's ruling that a rehearlnit of the evidence should be made means, atorneys for the railroad com mission said, that final determina tions of the rate cut may not be known for two of more years. WASHINGTON, Feb. fl. p) &rna tor and Mrs. Frederick Slelwer, of Or on. at a reception and tea yenterday afternoon announced the engagement of their daughter, Mlsa KHrabeth Stelwer, to Ralph McKIvanney, Salt Lake City, an attorney in the treas ury department. The wedding 1 expected to take place in Juno. MARSHFIELD MILLS RESUME OPERATION MARHUFIFLD. Ore., .Feb. 8. (IV The McKenna Lumber mill, employ ing 80 men, and the Evans Prod "nr. company, giving work to about 2 JO men and women, reaumed operations he ret today. The McKenna company had not op erated this year, and the Rvans plant ini bn closed lor Inventory sine Jan. 17. CCC GAMP PLAN E Inspector Of State Park Work For ECW Here Conferring With Interest ed Officials Pledges Aid. Assurance that favorable conside ration will be given the proposed Roxy Ann pnrk CCC enmp site, was voiced here today by Emerson Knight, Inspector of state park emergency conservation work, following his ar rival from San Francisco to Inspect the territory Included In Mcdford's bid for the site. Mr. Knight was conferring this morning wlt,h City Superintendent Fred Scheffel, Dr. L, D. Inskeep of the Lions club, which has donated much of the land available: E. O. So il "ky, superintendent of the Crater Lake national park and Captain Charles H. Barnwell, Jr., of the Civil ian Conservation corps. btnrt April 1. . While the camp site is the same as offered by Medford laat fall, the program Involved Is quite different, Mr. Knight pointed out today, stat ing t.hat If the site Is approved work will start April 1, which marks the beginning of the new CCC period. Approximately 200 men and 30 or 40 additional experienced workmen would be placed in the camp, the primary purpose of which would be a fire prevention and pest control program. It was planned lat fall to carry on a certain amount of construction work In the Roxy Ann park, tf It were selected as a camp site, but those plana have been abandoned, Mr. Knight stated today, explaining that the program Is now concerned with preserving values already In exist ence and wluh protection against fire. insect pests, floods and erosion, ex- Too I-ate Last Year, Mcdford's application was received too late last fall to make selection of Roxy Ann park possible as a win ter camp site. Since then the allo cation of camps has been removed from the coast to Washington and other minor ohangea have been made in the program which would prevent construction of park recreational buildings and all roads, except those necessary to fire prevention. The department Is anxious, Mr. Knight explained, to assist commu nities In carrying on such prevention and control programs' as are neces sary and w.hlch cannot be financed by the section. Work, comparable with that of the national park aer vice, Is sought. In so doing the gov ernment is also furnishing work to many in need of It and making pos sible character building, much need ed during the past several years. Man power Is ever the foremost aim of the program, and It will be directed toward worthy conservation projects, only. Get Favorable Study. Before Inspecting the Roxy Ann site, Mr. Knight was unable to com ment further than that the project would be given favorable considera tion. He stated, however, that most projects, which progress to the extent the Roxy Ann one has, are found Justified. With Mr. Scheffel and CaptalnJ Barnwell, Mr, Knight was visiting the Roxy Ann section this afternoon. Confirm Polndexter WASHINGTON, Feb. fl. (p) Jos eph B. Polndexter of Hawaii was con firmed by the senate today as gover nor of Han-all, CHICAGO, Kcb. 3 Washed congress open in Washington iirounil noon Friday. Then I realized I couldn't do anythinjf about it so I left. Into Chicago at 4:3(1. Salt Iakc City by mid night and Lo Anu'eles for breakfast. That's rambling. Got ft lot of blind flying by railio beams on account of the snow. I don't know what th groundhog naw, but we didn't even seo the ground all day. Have rend nil the papers in all tho cities along the route and all have had the same froni page. Rig pictures of Sanltey and Dillinu'er (generally both). We dou'l give our criminals much punishment but wo sure give 'em plenty of publicity. ?iCu Co? llll MiH'Mkl (raslsau. b ,
