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Medford Mail Tribun natch the TRIBUNE'S CLASSlFlKlt AOS . . Lots of good bargain that mtiD genuine savings. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OKEGOX, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1931 No. 2S3. The Weather Forecast: Fair, except unsettled at tlmea tonight and Wednesday. Not much change In temperature. Highest yesterday 85 j I.onest thlf mornlnir --. 36 I E Wit ii flEHSI uu'ils'iyj iu .La H) I "ys II OPPOSITION FROIVI By PAUL MALLON. Copyright, 1934, By Paul Mallon Weeding WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The Whole story of Mr. Roosevelt's anti-graft campaign hu not been made public, and probably never will be, The public display la only the half of it. On the Inside the president has been using one excuse or another for getting rid of a little group of nis so-called friends and political allies who have let themselves get talked about In connection with government expenditures. It is one of those things seldom mentioned In public. A man cannot always prove that a friend has been faithless, even though lie knows It to be true. In such cases It is usually advisable to find a way of getting rid of the friend, without any unpleasantness. Plnnscle The weeding has been so quietly done in some Instances that even the suspected are not quite sure why they were pulled up by the roots. In other cases subtle hints have been dropped from the White House. The victim has wisely noted them, developed a sudden cough and banish ed himself voluntarily. There Is one case which Indicates that even the highest friendship fail ed to save the victim. The Inner circles have noted the moves end are winking at each other. They accept the developments as proof of the sincerity behind Mr. Roosevelt's efforts to rid his adminis tration of the parasites which inevit ably follow a political leader and trade on his name. Mystery Norman Davis secretly obtained from the German embassy recently a vise on a passport to Germany, He Is the big disarmament man whose pa tience has not yet been exhausted, al though he has received a. cold shoul der In every chancellory in Europe. The natural suspicion is that Davis In going to Germany to try his dis armament wiles on Hitler. When the news gets out, the excuse probably will be offered that Dav:s Is also chairman of a Krueger & Toll bond committee and that he is going to Germany in connection with Krue ger and Toll. Bnhy Another reason for the Davis trip may be those rumors that Germany Is going to recognize Japan's baby state Manchukuo. All the world has declined to accent the. baby socially. If Germany does now, it will strengthen the suggestion of an alliance between Berlin and Takyo. Our economic expert have noticed that Germany imported $35,000,000 worth of Manehukusn soy beans last year. Art The OWA subsidy to starving art ists went over big. Government officials are trooping to room 168 of the treasury building dally to get the pick of thousands of painting, drawings and etchings for their offices. Interior Secretary Irkes got four o! the best oils of Boulder dam. Treas ury Secretary Morgenthau helped him self. So did OWA adminisrator Harry Hopkins. A batch is being selected for the Whlt House by Mrs. Roosevelt. A Jobless sign painter in a midwest era city submitted a quite competent oil landscape or houses in a poor neighborhood. It was the first work of that kind he had ever done. Some other work .may remain in room 168 indefinitely. Art Dole Director Bruce gets around 500 letters a day; has sixteen regional directors; employs artists at so much a week and takes everything they paint as government property. They may paint anything they like so long as it depicts life in America today. Most of the artists have been doing murals, background and decorations for government buildings. A permanent government art sub sidy may grow out of this thing. Taxes The tax bill will not be changed materially in the senate. Senators have looked over the meas ure being passed now In the house and they agree it Is a fairly good bill. That makes it certain that the final form of the law will be substantially what the treasury department and house worked out. It represents a sensible effort to utop tax evasions and distribute the burden equitably. It Is not perfect, but far better than previous efforts. Note Several of Mr. Parley's friends are reported to have fainted when they read that James J. Walker had been appointed clerk of the court in the Panama Canal rone. They were re vived upon learning that It it a dif ferent Jimmy Walker. T.ie new Japanese ambassador when he pre.vnted hia credentials to Mr. nooe.e.t that anything Japan does in Manchuria mill be in the interest . of peaoe. You will recall that the at :ack on Shanghai was alv stajjM m tne intere. of pes.-e T.:e houe recently fprn'. 4? irwmi:" Continued oa Pag Foui ROOSEVELT FAILS Ti L 145 Signatures Obtained to Get Proposition Before House Senate Attitude Not Known Veto Certain WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. ( AP ) Despite expressed opposition by Presi dent Roosevelt to cash payment. of the bonus, the 145 signatures neces sary to get that proposition before the house of representatives were ob tained this afternoon, and a rote March 12 is certain. Speaker Ralney. after a special con ference at the White House, sum moned reporters to say very formally that he was authorized to record presidential opposition to cashing In the bonus at the present time. That was In early afternoon. Signa tures on the Lunceen petition num bered 130. Finally the list crept to 140. Representatives Ayres (D., Mont.) was the last house member, to put his name down to discharge the commit tee holding the bill. Ralney and the leaders, seasoned as to the ways of legislators in facing such campaigns as house members look for this fall, have predicted ap proval of the bonus bill. The senate attitude, as usually is the case, remains to be seen. But If congress does get behind the bonus now. a veto ts certain. Under house rules, such a petition as now effective may be considered only on the second and fourth Mon days of each month and must have been signed up seven days before con sideration. Under those rules. March 12 Is the first day the house can vote on whether to issue $2,400,000,000 in greenbacks for soldier holders of ad Justed compensation certificates. ' Asked whether the 'Democratic lead ers would seek to have the Democrats remove their names from the peti tion, Speaker Rnlney said: "Not at all. They can do as they damn please." The Democratic leaders have been concerned over the bonus drive among the membership. They felt it was necessary to obtain the president's views. F RENO, Nev.. Feb. 20. (AP) Mar riage licences Issued here today In cluded: Dave Iilskey, 43. and Maude E. Liskey, 26, both of Klamath Falls, Ore. Licenses Issued late yesterday In cluded: Wesley Bagley, 22, and Oleta Rogers. 31, both of Medford, Ore. Both Miss Rogers and Bagley have resided in Medford for a number of years, being employed locally. Miss Rogers has been with the Gates and Lydiard Groceteria for the past seve ral months. She took a prominent part in The Mail Tribune popularity contest conducted here last summer, and won an airplane trip to San Francisco. LESLIE SALT PLANS ADVERTISING DRIVE SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. fAP) Leslie California Salt company has announced a Pacific coast newspaper advertising campaign. Including pic ture copy and cartoons, using colors. BERKELEY, Calif., Feb. 2J. (AP) Funeral services for William J. Con nell, 74. veteran California educator, were held here today. Connell died Saturday from a cerebral hemorrhage. TEN AGED WOMEN PERISH IN BLAZING W.R.C. HOME BROOKF1ELD, Pa., Feb. 20. (AP) Trapped In their beds by a raging fire, ten aged women, were burned to death in the Infirmary of the Penn sylvania memorial home early today. One other woman received slight burns and four others were rescued unharmed. Firemen and attendants stood by helpless in 18-below-Mro weather as the flames raced through the 18-room. one story frame building. The victims.- ranging in age from 64 to 90, all widows, daughters or cousina of civil war veterans, had no opportunity to flee from their hos pitsl beds as the fire started about the middle of the building and swept 'through the corridors, j The bodies, some burned almost be i yond recognition, were found huddled 1 in the ruins. ' The blare was discovered during the rhlll. early morning hours by Mr.-. Ella Hulinsv a night nurse Awakened by tue smell of imoat, Decision BE TO House Postoffice Committee Urged to Forget Politics and Investigations Open Contract Bidding Wanted WASHINGTON, Feb. 30. (AP) Circumstances surrounding the draw ing of the nation's airmail map again drew the attention of senate Investi gators today after they heard that former President Hoover had taken a hand In one contract case. Walter P. Brown. Mr. Hoover's post master general, was on the stand for the second consecutive day, and the hearing consisted largely of debate sometimes quite heated between Brown and Senator Black (D-Ala.), chairman of the committee Investi gating air and ocean mall contracts let aw the last administration. WASHINGTON, Feb. SO. (AP) With an appeal from Chairman Mead (D-N. Y.J'to "forget all about politics and Investigations." the house post 'offlce committee today set out to draft a new basic air mall law de signed to eliminate subsidies. The committee already has approv ed the administration's emergency bill, making funds available for the army to fly the mall. The committee sought Information today as to what kind of legislation so-called lndependenta wanted. William I. Denning, representing the Branlff Airways, operating be tween Chicago and Oklahoma City, said they were anxious to have the right to compete for service In open bidding. SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. 20 (AP) The weather man broke up army air mall operations In this district today. A heavy rain and sleet storm which descended on northern Utah during the night and continued unabated today forced officers to cancel seven flights scheduled to begin here this morning. Today the first time since Sep tember 15. 1926 Medford la without United StateB air mall service from a local port. With the United States army taking over the air mall system last midnight, Medford was cut from the route which had extended the length of the coast. The establishing of the first air mall route with stops at Medford. was September 15. 1920. with two trips a day out of here. The route at that time, according to poet office officials extended from Seattle to Los Angeles. At the time four stops a day were (Continued on Page Five) IE WITHHOLDS TITHE PORTLAND, reb. 20. (T, Sup ported by an opinion by Attorney Oeneral I. H. Van Winkle, the state game commission hss decided to con tinue Its refusal to pay the S per cent tithe on that part of Its funds going to the maintenance of the slate police department. The commission, recently criticized by the secretary of state's office for refusing to pay this tithe, decided to maintain lis course at the Monday meeting. she rushed into the hallway, only to find her wsy blocked by smoke and name. She tried to get to a telephone, but again her efforts were balked and she groped her way to a fire alarm. She said the fire seemed to have started In a wash room and firemen ex pressed the belief the blaze was caused by a short circuit. The dead: Mrs. Lena Setley. 7C, vtsrn TlnriMfa. Pa. widow of a j Mrs. Jenny Sowers, M. widow. Rev. ' noldivllle. Pa. Miss Mlda Crampton, V daughter. Scran ton, Pa. MlM Martha Moore, 74, daughter. Baxter, Pa. Mih Mary Perry, 76, daughter. Orore City, Pa. Miss Mary Marvin, 81, sister, Ve rona. Pa. Mrf Eliwbth Love'snd. , widow. Mrm'OT. Pa. Continued, os Pag Four. of Court Permits Irrigation Refinancing Model of First Power Gin Found In Georgia Barn WASHINGTON, Oa., Feb. 20. (AP) Nobody ever paid much at tention to a decrepit piece of ma chinery which lay in an old Wilkes county barn for years and years. The other day the farmer. In whose barn the ancient machine lay told J. Luke Burdette about It. "It's probably been in the old barn for more than a hundred years," he said. Burdette looked It over and found what he believes to be the original model for Eli Whitney's first power cotton gin, the ma chine which revolutionized the rotton industry In the south. RE-INSPECTION OF DEUEL BUILDING TI Public safety and building commit tees of the city council will this eve ning recommend to the mayor that the Deuel building on East Main street be re-Inspected from the stand point of Its being a hazard, according to Dade Terrett, who acted as chair man of the public hearing conducted last night- which was attended by about 30 people. A number of local citizens, whose property is In that vicinity spoke. Including George Pierce, who told the committee that he loses between $250 and 9300 a year as a result of the building on the corner of Bartlect and Main streets, which was gutted by fire three years ago. Clayton Isaac of the P.ilmer Music House and Mrs. E. N. Warner, who owns the property on Main street di rectly across from the Deuel building also talked against the unnlghtllness of the structure, declaring that It de tracted from the desirabilities of that part of town. Dr. J. D. Rlckert, Albert Hall, and Al Plche. vtere also heard, H. fl. Deuel, representing the Deuel estate, said the building had not been considered a hazard. He said he had no prospective tenants or buyers. C. H. Brown who was last year sec retary of the Good Government con aress. had reported to the city Satur day that he had a lease on the build- Ing. Brown was not In attendance at the hearing. REED INSTALLED AS CRATERS' HEAD H. D. (Johnny) Reed Inaugurated his reign as "big eruption" of the Crater club with a rousing meeting at the Hotel Medford last evening, de voting the main business of the ses sion to discussion of plans for aiding In the forthcoming Diamond Jubilee. Oeneral Chalrmsn E. o. Jerome of the Jubilee pointed out that a vast amount of worn will be necessary in staging the celebration and such cluos as the Craters will be cslled upon to shoulder much of the burden. An original poem by W. 8. Bolger. vocal selections by Jas. Stevens, ac oompsnled by Sebastian Apollo, and renditions by the "little German band", were a feature of the evening's entertainment. Unlimited helpings of the new Medford Pllsener beer were enjoyed by .the Cratera and guests. VACANCIES OPEN FOR LOCAL IN IN AM Sergeant Jennings D. Lowman of the United States Army Recruiting office, announced today that five va cancies are now open for service in the air corps, field artillery and coast artillery, all for duty In Hawaii. Sergeant Lowman stated that any men In Medford Interested should get In touch with him, Wednesday at his office in the local armory. REFERENDUM ON GRANGE POWER BILL PERMITTED 8ALF.M. Feb. 30. ( AP) Circuit Judge Lrwelllng today dissolved the j injiiMi-ium biiu u.miiiDiw-u 1 "-i pimi mtenoeo to seep iin.-r- "uin on the Orenje power bill of the i 1BSC irKiMRiure mi vnc (trucim rn:i-' tlon ballot. It la probable an appeal will be taken to the supreme court. . I Krnvrliell I itrlrrgnr Operation. According to a telegram received by The Mail Tribune late this after noon, 8am Kroschell of Medford, underwent an owratton at the Port land Medl'M HP'tRl today. Mr. Krochetl i t.jvrtrd citing along as well as can be expected. GALES AND SNOW ATLANTIC COAST Cold Area Extends Far South As Florida Ships Dan gered by High Winds Heavy Snow New England By the Associated Press, Armed with stinging snow, fierce winds howled over the Atlantic sea board today, menacing ships, crip pling transportation and causing sev eral fires. The area of cold extended down into Florida where freezing tempera tures were reported. At Jacksonville, the mercury dropped to 31 degrees. The north Atlantic coast was pounded by gales. Coast guardsmen worked frantically to save the crew of the steamer Northern Sword, pound ing to pieces on the rocks near Win throp, Mass. Off Cuttyhunk. Mass.. two patrol boats took the fishing schooner Hope Leslie In tow and raced toward har bor. Far out In the Pacific ocean, a lumber schooner, the Horace X. Bax ter, reported she was leaking and out of fuel. A coast guard cutter steam ed to her assistance. Virtually all New England was bur led under swirling drifts of snow. Temperatures tobogganed. A six to 12 inch blanket of snow covered eastern and southern New York. Trains and buses were hours late. Highways were dotted with stalled automobiles. - Several disastrous fires broke out tn scattered sectors. Ton aged women, inmates of a home for the Indigent, were burned to death In Brookville, Pa. Firemen stood by helpless as the flames raged through the frame building. Fire fighters strove desperately to save the town of Smlthfield. N. C, from being reduced to ashes by a conflagration which had destroyed the Sanders building, the town's principal structure. Flames likewise menaced Southern Pines. N. C. Fire departments from two nearby towns were enlisted In the efforts to keep the flames check. MEDFORD POLICE USE A new patrol car for the city police was placed In service yesterday afternoon by the city of Medford a new Plymouth sedsn of gunmetal hue. The automobile replaces the Chevrolet sedan which officers have used here for the past two and a half years. The automobile was purchased rrom the Pierce-Allen Motor company here. China May Forbid Export of Silver SHANGHAI. Feb. 30. (AP) Ae a result of reports here that Washing ton Intends to raise the price of sil ver, the Chinese government Is ru mored to be considering an embargo on sliver shipment from China. Chl nese financial circle! said they con sider a higher silver price would not be favorable to China. Oregon Bridge Plan Speeded by Solons PORTLAND. Feb. 30 I AP) Speedy completion of preliminaries for con struction of five bridges on the Ore gon coast highway was Indicated to day In Washington, D. C, by Senator McNary and Representative Mott, It was said In a special dispatch to the Journal after the two had held Inde pendent consultations wltn PWA of ficials. JOB INSURANCE MOVE STARTED BY JOBLESS SALEM, Feb. 20. tF) Unemploy ment and social insurance would be provided all workers in the state un der a preliminary Initiative for con stitutional amendment filed here w- day with the secretary of state by the Multnomah county federation of un- empioyeo fAST ABOVE WAVES SHOWS SHIP'S FATE FHEB CITY OP DANZIO. Feb. 30 'API A topmast emerging from the ; Baltic sea nesr Hela todsy was estab lished by divers to be that of the, Nor. weglan Collier Hardy, ml'slng during a recent gale. The crew of 14 perl.hed. The col lier was bound for Ireland from Byd nia, Poland. MDIVANIS REUNITED IN JAPAN After a process server had caused their separation In Reno, Nev., Prince Alexis Mdlvanl and his bride, the former Barbara Hutton, were reunited on their honeymoon in Japan. Here they are. looking happy to be together again, as they went behind tha scenes in a Tokyo thea ter to meet Baiko, well known Japanese female Impersonator. (Asso elated Press Photo SIX PARDONED BY GOVERNOR HER SALEM. Feb. 30. (AP) Governor Julius L, Meier today issued six con ditional pardons from the Oregon state penitentiary, two of which In volve life terms for murder Gilbert T. ingevaoll and Alfonso Roygozo.. Ingersoll was convicted of first de gree murder in Klamath county and received at the penitentiary Decem ber 10, 1020. Roygozo also was received at the state prison from Klamath county, following conviction- on a second de gree murder charge. He was com mltted February 8, 1924. Other conditional pardons were as follows: Steven Mogensen received from Lane county March 28, 1931, embez zlement. Allen R. Mortenscn, received from Lane county June 5, 1033, to serve two years for burglary. Arthur Miller and Frank Latin, re ceived from Clackamas county May 25, 1932 to serve five years for burglary. TO AS PWA ADVISOR PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 30. (PI MsrshslI N. Dana, PWA sdrlsor for the ath region, returned to Portland today from Washington, D. C, where he conferred with President Roose velt and recelvel Instruction, ro:i. ; tnue hlJ work wh SMUr,nce hll wm be reappointed Dana said, also, that C. C- Hockley, state PWA engineer, would be re appointed. "It was found necessary," he said, "to release all PWA advisors and staffs in connection with the reor ganization plans of the president. I have assurance that Mr. Hockley and I will be reappointed CHICAGO, Feb. 30. (AP) Wil liam A fAiicki Henrlehaan mm nniir.m.n ,h. u,i,'i Roger Touhy. confessed In the Factor kidnapping trial today fiat he drove the cer when members of the Touhv gsng collected 170.000 ransom for John Factor's release. LINDBERGH SCORED BY FORMER POSTAL CHIEF NBW YORK, Feb. 30. IIP) Albert Sidney Burleson, postmaster general In tha Wilson coblnet, w, quoted by tha world-Telegrsm today as term ing Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's telegrsm to President Roosevelt ob jecting to the cancellation of air mall contracts "propaganda to unsettle 'he confidence of the people in their president." The World-Telegram printed a atate ment written by Burleson which reai, in part: "It looks as though Colonel Llnd hergh haa acted upon bad advice, and IDat bis telegram to President Roots. VIENNA, Feb. 20.-HP The Doll' fuss government today faced a nazl threat to fight it "unless" and at the same time was given a solemn reminder of the recent costly clashes with . socialists as elaborate funeral services were held for 60 supporters, slain in crushing the rebellion. Official reaction was lacking on tha demand broadcast from Munich by Theodore Hablcht. sxiled nazi leader, giving Dollfusa eight days In which to take the party into government pow er. The peace of Europe "hung by a hair" lat week. Vice Chancellor Emll Fey said in an oration at the funeral of police, soldiers and helmwehr (fa cist home guard) victims of the civil war. A telegram received this afternoon by the Mall Tribune from Represen tative James W. Mott at Washington gives rise for hope that the allotment of funds necessary for maintenance of Talent experiment station will not ie cut by congress as had been proposed The telegram says: "Agriculture sub-committee of com mittee on appropriations report today recommends full restoration of ip proprlattons for experiment ststloni This makes available for Mrdford and other Oregon stations the same amount as last year. Expect adoption of this report by full committee tO' morrow." ROSEBURO, Ore.. Feb. 30. (AP) Telling his wile that he was going out to shoot birds. August Vogelpohl, 00, Sutherlln barber, today went to the woodshed at the rear of hla home and ended his life by ahoollng him self through the body. Financial worrlea coupled with 111 health Is be Uleved by Investigating officers to hv caused the act. Surviving are a widow, a son, Morris Vogelpohl of I Roseburg, and two daughtera, Mrs. Marie Schlppe and Mrs. Eva Hardesty, i i both of Eugene. vett, given out to the newspapers be fore It wsa received at the White House, wsa not intended to help, but was to be uned a, propaganda to un settle the conflden-e o the people in their president." Burleson asserted cancellation of the contracts was Justified because the air lines had "parceled among themselves an unconscionable sub sidy mulcted from the government " Burleson wae further quoted as say ing he did not believe that "Colonel Lindbergh's airway company, through partisan, political propaganda chsn nela. could destroy the faith of the American people In their president." TO DROPJEBT LOAD Cancellation by State of Dis trict Debts Removes Bar rier to Federal Aid Local Districts to Profit The decision of the state aupreme court today, allowing the cancellation by the state of irrigation district In debtedness, to permit re -financing through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, means said Attorney Frank P. Farrell. that the Medford Irrigation district will be relieved of indebtedness of approximately 105, 000, the Talent district, of $201,000, and the Grants Pass district about MO0.000. The Eagle Point district will also profit. Release of the Indebtedness to the state, will be conditioned upon a sat isfactory re-flnanclng arrangement being made with he bondholders of the various districts, Attorney Farrell stated. While the present action was in the name of the Warm Springs district, it was carried to a conclusion, in th higher court, by the Medford and Talent districts. Arguments for the Irrigation districts were msde In the supreme court by Attorney Porter J. Neff., The brief In the action was pre pared by Attorneys Neff, Farrell, and Frohnnmeier. SALBM, Feb. 20. P) The writ of mandamus requiring the state treas urer to cancel indebtedness of irriga tion and drainage districts in order to permit refinancing through the Re construction Finance Corporation was allowed by the Oregon supreme court today. The case was brought by the Warm Springs irrigation district against tha state treasurer. The opinion allowing the writ was written by Justice J. O. Bailey. Plans for re-financlng numeroua districts for which loans have been authorized on the stipulation the state cancel the Indebtedness, will proceed immediately following this de cree. Three of the districts in the state for which loans have already been au thorized upon that stipulation in elude the Medford, Talent, and Ocho co districts. Not all districts were in debted to the state, It was announced by the reclamation commission. The amount owed by the plaintiff to the state, including interest ru 90U.000, but as a result of the de cree the state could cancel a total of 4,323.000 in interest and principal if the districts enter Into contract for government re-flnanclng. SWIM SUIT MAKERS PORTLAND, Feb. 30. (AP) Mit chell Helnemann of the Jantcen Knit ting mills, says "orders are coming In at the fastest pace In years." The company yesterday, he aald. received In the malls alone, about 10,000 ordera for swimming suits. December orders, Hslnemann said, were 1 13 per cent greater than In De cember, 1033: January of this year saw 31 per cent Increase, compared with January of 1033. and orders to date this month are B0 per cent greater than February of last year. SWILL ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb. 1!). Well, wasn't that too bud about tbo king of Belgium. I think he had always appealed to us, a fine human man, with iriviit love and concern for hi people. Well, England ha. love for their King George too. And Italy too. Mussolini runs everything but their littlo king stands mighty high with them and Mussolini is smart enough to just handle it right. Hay, did you hear that little fellow Dnlphus talking on the radio from away over in Aus tria t lie must be a pretty keen little "ombre." 9IMI MMmM Iratlwt, b .
