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MEDFORD, OK EG OX, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1934.
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By Paul Mallon
Copyright, 1934. by Paul Mallon.
Affability
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. Mr. Roose
xelt has a way of confounding any
opposition by agreeing with It. He
. -worked that system the other day on
th steel workers who marched Into
the White House with blood In their
eye.
They came to protest against the
lassitude of the administration In re
gard to section 7A ol the steel code
Behind their leader, William Long,
they discussed the Welrton case and
Jlnally got around to saying that they
listed to do It but they would be
compelled to call a general strike If
conditions were not corrected.
That suggestion was their bomb
shell. They did not exactly hurl It,
but set It down cautiously before the
president and then drew back to
await the effect.
Imagine their surprise when Mr.
Hoosevelt said: "Pine, fine, sure,
O.K." or words to that effect. He was
all for the strike.
Reasons
Shortly thereafter he issued his
executive order which Is supposed to
satisfy labor demands. His friends say
he had planned to Issue something
like It before the Long crowd called
That Is probably correct. The situa
tion was so bad that something had
to be done whether the labor group
protested or not.
It Is probably the first time on
record that a president of the United
States ever advised workers to strike,
even privately. The suggestion IS not
as strong as It sounds, however, be
cause he took steps to make the
strike improbable.
Results
The man who wrote the order for
Mr. Roosevelt Is the experienced labor
lawyer, Donald Rlchberg.
Labor groups are satisfied with it,
except one point, about which they
are privately disturbed. They noticed
that cases of violations are to be re
ported to General Johnson and the
compliance board, Instead of directly
to the department of Justice for
prosecution.
They have an Idea that this may
leave them exactly where they were
In the beginning. They would like to
be able to present cases to the prose
cuting authorities for swift action,
bowever they will keep quiet about It
until they see how It works out.
v Pressure
1 All text book. on diplomacy con
tain the complicated formulae by
which one nation may make Its pro
test against policies of the other.
You will search them In vain for
the method Mr. Roosevelt recently
used on Germany.
Instead of writing a note, or send
ing a. diplomatic hint, he asked the
German ambassador to drop In to see
him. With no one else in the room,
he began to talk to Hans Luther
about the way.Herr Hitler was deny
ing interest payments to American
holders of German bonds.
Trustworthy channels report that
Mr. Roosevelt thought it was very
' unfaJr and warned Luther that, pub
lic opinion in this country would be
seriously aroused if Germany went
through with such a policy.
It may be necessary for officials to
deny that for diplomatic reasons, but
It Is substantially correct neverthe
less, A few days later the Berlin uis-
patches reported that Hitler modified
his stand considerably.
"Motive"
If Mr. Roosevelt had chosen to
send even a secret note about that
matter, he would probably have
failed to attain Ms objective.
The Germans would have been
angry. Hitler would have lost face
with his own people by yielding to
pressure. The thing probably would
have become lost In the meaningless
words of diplomatic correspondence
and action delayed for months and
possibly forever. That la what usually
happens in such cases.
Handling It the way he did. Mr
Roosevelt brought a personal element
Into diplomacy where it never existed
before. In this initial case at any
rate It worked out well.
Ant Ira
The strangest of the new dealers Is
a westerner considerably over tlx tt
tall whose antic on one of the many
boards around town keep the White
House insiders In hysterics.
His latest was to call the White
House and ask why he had not re
ceived an invitation to a reception.
Earlier he had telephoned asking
that the president send an a u to
rn phed photograph over to his of
ifice. His associates on the board finally
agreed that such enthusiasm a he
displayed should be given n oppor-
4Goaunu4 on Pag F?ui."
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Blood Flows
When Police
Fire on Mob
PARIS, Feb. 6. (AP) An enraged mob set fire to the Ministry of
Marine building, near the United States embassy, on the Place de la Con
corde today after police had fired Into the battling crowd. The mob
stormed the ministry presumably to get arms with which to reply to the
police fusillade.
PARIS, Peb. 6. (AP) Police open
ed fire on a mob attempting to storm
the chamber of deputies today and at
least one man was killed and one
woman probably mortally wounded,
The American embassy was spattered
by bullet fire.
The police bullets wounded at least
thirty persons as the fire smashed
against the walls of the embassy,
diagonally across the square from the
police barricade.
One Killed
Inside the chamber , of deputies,
where police and troops were mobil
ized, it was reported that one guards
man had been killed and 200 persons
injured.
More than 3000 persons rioted
against the authorities In the great
square where ence stood the gullotine
of the French revolution.
But there waa another mob out
break also at the city hall. That
building waa filled with soldiers
called out to reinforce the police who
were overwhelmed by forces of com
munists, young royalists, and social
ists. Woman Shot
The firing In the Place de la Con
corde began at 7:55 p. m., one woman
waa shot In the first fusillade,
The mob streamed across the
bridge which connects the Place de la
Concorde with the chamber of depu
ties. The police barricade had held
for hours but the press of the madly
battling mob was too much for them.
So they opened fire. Their bullets
shot one man through the heart. He
was In the square itself.
The woman who was ahot was In a
balcony of the Hotel Crillon on the
opposito side of the square. It wae
supposed she had been watching the
fighting below.
U, 8. Embassy Hit
The same burst of fire spattered
the United States embassy diagonally
across on the left elde of the square.
The whole front of the hotel likewise
was hit by the bullets'.
When the sound of the shots was
heard Inside the chamber, the blind
deputy, Georges Scaptnl, who waa In
jured, last night In the rioting, arose
from his seat and asked Premier
Daladler;
"Have you given orders to fire?"
The premier sat silent.
Another deputy arose and asked
the same question.
Disorder In Chamebr
Then pandemonium broke loose In
side the chamber and, as the deputlea
themselves shouted wildly, the ses
sion was suspended for the second
time today.
Shortly after the shooting the
chamber of deputies gave Premier
Daladler his third vote of conftdenco
of the day by a ballot of 360 to 220.
Then the session adjourned.
The rioters were still struggling
across the Seine from the chamber
building.
At two other point in the city
rioting flamed at the same time.
One was at the city hall and the
other waa along the boulevard St.
Germain.
Royalists Lead Mobs
Royalists, singing the Marseillaise
and carrying a French flag streamed
down the Boulevard St. Germain and
collided with the police.
The royalists were headed for the
chamber of deputies.
The police promptly arrested the
flagbearer. The crowd waa angered.
Blindly It attacked the gendarmes
who swung their clubs to break up
the gathering but the royalists, altho
defeated time after time, continually
came back to the attack.
Women, from windows above, Join
ed in the melee. They threw flower
pots and other missiles at the police.
Finally the crowd Itself seized the
women, held them, screaming, in
the front rank of the mob, and
marched against the police using
their captives as shields.
IN CONFERENCE HERE
Mr, Sullivan of Portland, assistant
to Lt. Basil B. Smith, airport super
visor for the CWA In Oregon, is in
Med ford today, conferring with Mar
shall C. Hoppm. airport supervisor for
the department of commerce, with
headquarters In Oakland, Calif.
Mr. Hoppln. in charge of a district
Including eight states, accompanied
Mr Sullivan to the local airport, and
thrv planned to mslc" several calls In
this section, it was lesiueU.
EPJTf MUM ffiLUE
HOPE 10 RECEIVE
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 6. (AP)
Many of the 7,500 federal prohibi
tion prisoners were hopeful today
they soon would receive freedom.
They found encouragement in a
statement to newspapermen last
night by Attorney General Cum
mlngs that "very favorable' consid
eration would be given to applica
tions for leniency from prisoners
whose only crime was violation of
the liquor law,
Cummlngs received reporters after
the supreme court .had ruled that
all pending federal prohibition cases
must be dropped in view of repeal.
An Increase In the number of ap
plications for pardons was expected
by officials. There has been no gain,
however, since repeal became effec
tive December 8.
T
KNOX RUM BILL
SALEM, Feb. 6. (AP) Reviewing
for the second time their original
arguments on the legislative liquor
control act, attorneys for the city of
Klamath Falls and the state liquor
commission today presented their
case to the Oregon supreme court for
final decision on the constitutionality
of the statute.
Attorneys, allowed 45 minutes each
for the appellants and respondents,
again stressed the home rule provis
ions of the stato constitution around
which feature the test case was
brought by the city of Klamath Falls.
The case was appealed from the Mar
lon county circuit court where Judge
L. G. Lewelllng held the act valid.
Elton Watkins, arguing on his brief
for Klamath Falls, challenged the de
fense contention that the -act was a
criminal statute and therefore takes
precedence over the home rule
amendment in the constitution.
SEATTLE SHAKEN
SEATTLE, reb.- . (AP) A slight
earthquake shock at 5:20 a. m. to
day was reported by several resi
dents of Seattle districts, particular
ly Queen Anne hill. Distinct shocks,
lasting several minutes, were report
ed by some persons.
The University of Washington
seismograph had not been checked
this morning, but officials ssid the
apparatus "seldom registers slight
local quskes."
TACOMA, Feb. 8. (AP) An
earthquake sharp enough to awaken
many persons was felt here at 6:15
o'clock this morning. No damage waa
done. The quake was also felt In
Gig harbor and on Henderson bay.
SAYS RELIEF HEAD
TACOMA, Teb. 8 (AP) Not a
pound of the 75 cars of agricultural
1 adjustment administration pork ship
I ped to Washington state for relief
purposes has been distributed to the
; needy which was not fit for human
consumption. V. E. Pugh, manager of
! surplus commodity distribution for
I the state emergency relief adminis
tration, said here last night
, 'To daw.' he declared, "anproxl
; matrly 74 cars have been dls tn bul
led. '
Secretary of State Hal
Shares Received for His
Holdings Worth $51,
528,312 at High Point Is
Admission Before Probe
WASHINGTON. Teb. 9 yp) More
United Aircraft millions rolled by the
senate air mall Investigation com
mittee today as lt turned from con
tempt citations to Its chief buslnea.
inquiry Into mall contracts.
W. E. Boeing, chairman of the Un!.
ed board, told of receiving 318.076
shares of United Aircraft and Trans
port stock for his Boeing aircraft and
transport holdings. At the May. 1821.
high, these shares were quoted at
51,528.31J, he agreed, as Chairman
Black Introduced records to that ef
fect. He said the property for which these
shares were received was carried at
1487,149 but was worth much moro,
representing the accumulation of 10
years' business operations.
Chairman Black questioned the wit
ness as to profits of United subsidi
aries from government orders. Refer
ring to 3,000.000 of army business
In 1631, the chairman said records
showed profit of 43.31 per cent to
the Boeing Airplane Manufacturing
company.
Pratt and Whitney aircraft, another
subsidiary, made 81.71 per cent prof
it on government contracts In 1030,
qiack said, reading from the records.
Boeing told the committee that
Richard Hoyt, president of Pan Amer
ican airways, had sought to obtain
with Unlted's assistance an issuance
of 30,000 Pan American shares below
the market price.
E
Walter E. Culver, 53. allaa Walter
Copley, Walter Copely. W. J. Kearns;
also Robert (Blarkle) Moore, 37, a na.
tlve of Texas, are being held In Jail
by city police. In connection with the
burglary Bunday evening of the Med
ford book atore. In which two type
writers were taken.
Chief of Police Clatous McCrcdle
said this afternoon, that the two said
they wished to go directly before the
circuit Judge. Judge Harry D. Nor
ton will not return to Medford be
fore Saturday, and according to Chief
McCredle, he will take the two Into
court then.
F
OF JAP CONFLICT
PHILADELPHIA, Peb. 8. fTt Pear
that Japan may go to war against
Russia next spring and that the rest
of the world may be drawn Into the
conflict is expressed' by Dr. Maurice
Hindus, author on Russian problem.
Addressing the Philadelphia lecture
assembly last night, Dr. Hindus, who
was born in Russia and educated In
this country, asserted Russia does not
want war but has armed for defena.
He stated Japan's motive In going to
war would be fear over the rapid do
velopment of Iron, steel and machine
production in Russia
FEDERAL LAND BANK
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WASHINGTON. Feb. . 'Pi A. C.
Adams, general agent of the Farm
Credit administration. Spokane, to:d
general agents and the land bank
presidents at a meeting here that the
federal land bank In Bpokane made
5.181 loans totaling 12 000.000 from
May 1, 1933 to January 37, 1934 In
Washington, Montana, Oregon and
Idaho.
He predicted that the Anokane bank
would equal during January the De
cember mark of 1.S27 loans of appro,
limatsij M,fOO,000.
Crash Kills Three
Paul Fedoselnko (upper) and
Andrew Vasenko were two of thi
three Russian balloonista killed
when their stratosphere balloon
crashed as they .were. attempting tc
land near Mosoow. They had aa
eended 67,585 feet Into the strato
phere. (Associated Press Photo) .
A1EE 1ST PAY
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8. (AP)
Judgment of 96,900 against Almee
Semple McPherson-Hutton, evangel
ist, was awarded today to assignees
of J. Roy Stewart, Into motion pic
ture director, because of her fail
ure to carry out a contract be had
with her tto make & movie based
on her life.
Superior Judge Lean R. Yankwlch,
who heard the suit, made the award
for work Stewart did In preparing
for the movie. An outline ' of the
scenario was written by Harvey Gates
and Mrs. Hutton paid $11,000 for lt
after a court Judgment.
Stewart sued for 1240,000, claim
ing 40,000 for expenses and obliga
tions incurred, and $200,000 esti
mated prospective profits from the
picture.
IS LAID 10 REST
Funeral service were held on Feb
ruary 6 for Benjamin O. Peart, from
tthe Concrr funeral chapel. The Rev.
Joseph Knotts officiating.
Benjamin Peart was born near
Central Point, November IS, 18B6,
and grew to manhood In the Rogue
River valley, receiving his education
In the Central Point schools. Mr.
Peart was a member of the Artisans.
On December 19, 1906, he was
married to Oertrude Clark, also of
Central Point, and to this union was
born one son, Donald L. Peart.
Mr. Peart followed the study of
fruit and was con Id erf d an expert
on the subject, having been mana
ger of the H. Chandler Egsn orch
ard for the psst twenty-three years.
He waa a man of fine character
and high Ideals and will be remem
bered by all who knew him for his
kindly disposition.
He leaves besides his wife, Oer
trude Peart, one son, Donald Peart,
at home; his father B. F. Peart of
Central Point; four brothers and two
sisters, L. B. Peart, Yolo county,
Calif.; Homer R., Fresno; Luke L,
Chlco; oeo. C. Peart. Central Point;
Mrs. Carl Bennett snd Mrs. Mllo
Lamb of Medford.
Interment was made In Siskiyou
Memorial Park.
CADET FLIER INJURED
FATALLY IN CRACKUP
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Feb. 8
(API Cadet Harold L. Wells. 91, of
Baldwin Park, Calif., was Injured
fatally when the plane in which he
was flying with Cadet Lawrence 9.
Warner. 24. HollldaVf-hura. Pa.,
craVw near Aautioiufc lit id iyuty.
F
ESPONDE
ASHLEY
Athletic Screen 'Star
Love of Beautiful
Says Young British
Social Circles
Stole
Wife
Lord
Agog
By ALBERT W. WILSON I
Associated Press Foreign Starr,
LONDON, Feb. 6. (AP) Douglas
Fairbanks. Sr., American film star,
was served notice today that he has
been, named s co-respondent in a
divorce actiott Instituted by young
Lord Ashley against the doll-like Lady
Ashley.
The law firm of Gordon, Dadda and
company announced the service of
the notice and immediately Lady Ash
ley, who once played the heroine's
role in the play, "The Whole Town's
Talking," had all London town talk
ing again.
I.nrty Is Silent.
She herself, however, separated from
her husband and residlng.ln the May
fair district, flatly declined to make
any comment on the case.
Fairbanks maintained a "dlfnlflcd
futTfnri-even aa he did during his
marital troubles with Mary Plckford.
his enuallv famous wife whose di
vorce action still Is pending In Call
fornla.
He was secluded today in ft stately
country home near London. His Lon
don representative declined to reveal
the whereabouts of filmland's most
famous actor or swashbuckling rolea,
saying such revelation would be "un
fair to the friends he Is visiting."
He said that, nevertheless, the mut
ter of serving the notice on Fairbanks
constituted no difficulty for "Doug
Is too much of a gentleman ever to
think of dodging the service of
papers."
Dong T.enrlnjf Soon.
The representative added that the
movie actor would leave England at
the end of tha week with Alexander
Xorda, film director, to look over the
location for a film play which Fair
banks plans to start making In Spain
In about three weeks.
Lady Ashley and Mary PIrkford are
two distinct and contrasting types of
beauty. As for Lord Ashley, the heir
to an earldom dating back nine gene
rations, he is a serious, sober-faced
youth with a drooping military mous
tache. It Is not a heavyweight Victo
rian moustache, but a modern Sand
hurst military college model.-
Lady Ashley Is of medium height
and slender. She hss been described
as a vivacious beauty.
She Is usually referred to as the
"daring" or "sensational" Lady Ash
ley by Fleet street columnists.
She has given staid friends of her
father-in-law's family many shocks
and London at large many thrills.
ON SALARY COTS
PORTLAND. Feb. 8. f AP) A tem
porary order restraining C. M. Tho
mas, Oregon utilities commissioner,
from enforcing salary cuts he had
ordered for Oregon officials of the
Northwestern Electric company, Pac
ific Power at Light company, and
the Portland Oas At Coke company,
was signed -here late Monday by Fed
eral Judge Jamea Alger Fee.
The companies, in requesting the
temporary restralner. declared Tho
mas' order for aalary reductions wan
arrived at without a hearing of any
kind. A hearing on a permanent in
junction against Interference by
Thomas will be heard later before
a statutory court of three Judges.
SALEM GETS CURFEW
LIMITS FOR LIQUOR
SALEM. Feb. 8. (P) The Salem
city council last night passed an ordi
nance making It illegal either to buy
or to consume in public any liquors
of alcoholic content between the hours
of 1 and 6 a. m.
Washington!" Feb T8. (AP
The senate agriculture committee to
day favorably reported the Connally
bill to designate cattle as a bsslc
commodity under the agricultural
adjustment act, a similar bill hav
ing hen p9ed by the hous yes-tcrday.
Hoss Succumbs
Rum Store Staffs
To Be Announced
Late In Afternoon
PORTLAND, Feb. 8. (AP) The
Oregon liquor control commission
said at 1 p. m. today that be
cause of the necessity of re
checking list of agencies and of
store personnel, no announce
ment of names or locations could
be made until late thla afternoon.
The board said names of store
employes will be announced lo
cally in the cities In which they
will work, and store locations will
be made public at the same time.
The list of state agencies will be
announced through the Portland
office of the commission.
I
SPEECH OF FISHER
EUGENE, Feb. 8. (Vigorous
protests against the "propaganda
methods" used by Dr. Frederick Vln
Ing Fisher, field agent for NRA. in
his appearances here was made today
In a signed statement by three promi
nent Eugene ministers.
They are Rev. Clay Palmer, pastor
of the First, Congregational church,
In whctso pulpit Dr. Fisher spoke Sun
day morning: Rev. Cecil Rlstow. pas
tor of tho First Methodist church,
whsre Dr. Fisher addressed a mass
meeting Sunday evening; and Rev.
Frank S. Belstel, pastor of the United
Lutheran church and former president
of the Eugene Ministerial association.
The ministers see In Dr. Fisher's
"technique" the kind of "spellbind
ing" used during the World war and
during the boom period preceding the
depression and they deplore lt Is
"thoughtless and Injudicious." They
also object to Dr. Fisher's descriptions
of NRA as "synonymous with the re
ligion of Christ."
FEES LOWERED
PORTLAND, Jb. 6. (AP) A re
duction of about two cents a head
In the monthly fee for cattle grac
ing on Oregon and Washington na
tional forests, and an Increase of
about one-fourth cent a head for
sheep grared on these lands has been
ordered.
E. N. Kavanagh, assistant regional
forester here, said the monthly fees
for 1034 have been determined and
are now effective. Monthly fees for
aheep will be about 1' cents a head,
and for cattle, about eight cent a
head. Ust year tlfc sheep fee was 3
cents, and for cattle, 10 cents.
SALEM, Feb. 8. (AP) Employes
of the state highway department
were requested to remain out of poll
tics and those now holding honorary
positions were requested to resign. In
an order released today and signed by
the three highway commissioners,
Leslie M. Scott, chairman, E. B. Ald
rlch and Carl O. Washburne.
SUGAR ADVANCED"
BY COAST PLANTS
PORTLAND, Peb. 8 (AP) All
grades of refined sugar were advanced
10c per cental by coast refineries to
day, which means that the new price
will become effective generally Wed
nesday. The new selling price hero
on regular cane granulated la $4.58,
with berry or fruit 14.10 and bt
14 45.
DANZIG GOES NAZI
ON SENATE ACTION
FREE CITY OF DANZIO. Feb. 8.
AP) Dsn tig went Nar.l today
when the NasM-domlnated senate ap
pointed a state commissioner to take
over the functions of the city school.
Tanker lllnn I'p
HAMBURO, Oermany, Pell. .
(API The Dutch motor tanker
Stormvogel, with a cargo of gaso
line aboard, blew up eight, miles
west of Nordemey today. Two ve
aela In Vie vicinity rushed to the
rescue but found no trace of the
Whip or Its crew.
RITESJHURSDAY
Long Illness Ends During
Sleep Early Today Gov
ernor and Other Officials
Express Loss at Passing '
SALEM, Feb. 8. (!?) Funeral
services for Hal E. Hoss, secretary
of atiitr, who died early llils
morning nil) be hrld Thursday,
February 8, at 2 p. in. from the
('lougli-liarrlck -chapel in Snlem.
SALEM, Feb. 8. (&) The depart
ment of state In Oregon toddy was
silent and all doors of Its various of-
Hal t. lln.n
ficos closed following the death early
this mornl:ig of Hal E. Hoss, chief of
that division of government for tha
past six years.
Death claimed the secretary of atate
while he was asleep, shortly before
one o'clock, and he slipped into un
consciousness peaceably, Mrs. How
said. She was at his bedside when tiie
prominent official silently turned over
his duties to others and surrendered
his custody of the seal of the state.
Retnlnrd Touch
Unable to come to hia office the
past few weeks, Hons at all times kept
In close touch with his staff and the
affairs of the government. A few days
ago he Issued his last public press
release In which he accounted for tha
funds taken In for federal gnsollne
taxes and added the comment thit
motorists of Oregon would save more
than a million dollars annually If the
national burden were lifted.
It was Indicated his body would b
taken to Oregon City where he wss
engaged in newspaper work for many
years and from which city he camo
to assume his political duties In 102A.
(Continued on Page Eight)
WILL-
ROGERS
soys'-
BKYKIUjT llllS, Cal., Ib.
."). Now Unit the principal
thing to gamble in ia money,
you watch the Chinamen enter-,
iiiK into your brokerage offices.
No people in the world can
gamble on money exchange.
like a Chinaman. The quickest
fitrurers in their heal of any
body. That money market in Shnnif
hai makes the New York stock
market look like a wake and
not a pencil in the house.
I here and now suggest to
Mr. Morjrenthau, our treasurer,
don't monkey with a Princeton
or Harvard professor when he
starts out with that two billion
to stabilize with. "Can" all
those professors and get liim
Chinaman.
UM KtftuiM Irailutt, to
Ljt.