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The Weather Forecast: Unsettled with occasional rain tonight and Tuesday; slightly warmer tonight. Highest yesterday -.,............. t 60 Lowest this morning 3D Medford Mail Tribtjne natch the tkibl.m: UJi CLASSIFIED ADS . . W-tI Lot. of good bargain , P that mean genuine grSij? nvllltl. j Twenty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1934. No. 2S8. MIM STMH EMlTbM IBlfl By PAUL MALI.ON. - (Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon) Bawling WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. The sol dier bonus trouble In the house was started by a flock of amateur con gressmen. They did not know what they were getting Into. Several of them have come around recently to their lead ers, bawling that they did not know the Issue was loaded with such pol itical dynamite. Speaker Ralney himself la author ity for a cloakroom statement that a number of his thoughtless children wish they could erase their names from the bonus petition. q Sour Plums The Little Jack Homers thought they could stick their thumbs into the bonus issue and pull out a pol itical plum. They knew the bonus bill could not be enacted, but they seized the opportunity for getting on record as favoring the soldiers before the coming election. The leaders paid no attention. They argued the bonus was a harmless plaything for the little tots. They did not Interfere. Then one day Floor Leader Byrns came to work with a bad cold and despondently announced he saw no way to stop the bonus bill from pass ing In the house. The effect on the children was exactly opposite what he thought It would be. Those who had NOT then Joined In the movement figured that If the bill was going to pass they had better Join In the fun and get on the record as the friends of the soldiers. The result was they crowded around the speakers' table to sign the petition. Before Mr. Roosevelt" could speak i sternly to them, they already had f enough names on the petition to force a vote. Then everyone awakened to " the fnct thct the children had not pull ed out a plum but had smeared the pte all over their faces. Enigma It finally dawned on the political Infants that the only Issue In the coming congressional elections Is Mr. Roosevelt. All Democratic congressmen must base their campaigns on their sup port of the president. Their slogan la to be: "Uphold the president by re-electing me." No one of any importance was agitating for the bonus. Everyone knew the president would veto It. The sensible veterans' lobbies here, like the American Legion, were try ing to wedge through a modifica tion of the economy cuts and forget the bomia. It cannot be forgotten now. Each Democratic congressman must vote either for the president or for the bonus. If he votes for the president, the soldiers will be angry. If he votes d for the soldiers, the president will be angry and the congressman's cam paign slogan will be smirched. Fiasco Only one of the real soldier lead ers (Patman of Texas) was identi fied, with the movement. His pals whisper that he figured the bonus fight would help push the veterans' economy modification through the wnate. They say that Is the only reason he signed the petition. The Legion exports are doubtful that the petition has helped them. They had the senate all lined up to aecep. three of their four points n when the house fiasco burst upon them. FlnU One constructive effect of this bonus fight will be to spur Mr. Roose. relt Into getting rid of congress as soon aa possible. He relaxed hla pressure for early adjournment seme weeks 'ago, be A cause consress waa going along with hlm In everything. Then within two days they rebelled on government wages and on the bonus. If he sub mits a controversial question like the tariff now. hla hold on congress mav be broken. There Is not much danger of definite break, but It la obviously Mr. Roosevelt's strategy now to send the bovs home before they cause him more trouble. Rail There wilt be no rail strike. The boys are Just Jockeying around a little for position. In the end they will renew the 10 per cent wage re duction, probably for another six month period. The railroads wmild like to fix matters so they can plan on a per manent wage reduction but they are wasting their time. On the Inside they are making no serious prepara tions to f:ght for their demand or to face a strike. Note Among the Insiders who had a big hand In writing the stork market regulation bill are Thomas Corcor an. Ieeilatlve counsel for the RFC. and IVn Cohen, attorney and graft eradtrstor for the PWA. The president Is now talking about teoing as far as San Diego on his pring cruise. Far eas'ern war de velopment probably wilt influence h.s ultimate Itinerary . (Continued on Page Four.) DEEPENING CARRY DEATH WIDE SUFFERING Country East Of Indiana In Grip Of Fresh Weather Upheaval After Sunday Tornadoes In Deep South. (By the Associated Press.) A blizzard swirling over the United States from Indiana east to the At lantic coast today burled almost a quarter of the country under a blan ket of snow. Following yesterday's tornadoes, which took a toll of 16 lives in the deep south, the snowstorm raged, causing new fatalities. Six -deaths were attributed to the blizzard, which by noon had added an average of five Inches to the old snow In the northeast section, and bade fair to add two Inches more before It abates tonight. In Portland. Me., the mounting snow blanket reached a depth of two and a half feet. In the Ohio valley and the Virginians It averaged, nn eight-inch depth. Fatalities from the storm Included a woman found dead from exposure in Chicago, and an engineer who died in a train wrecked by a snowbank in Mapleton, Me. BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Feb. 36. ; TP) Tornadoes, striking suddenly on the Sabbath, left 16 dead In three south ern states, scores injured and heavy property loss. Storms late yesterday extended from Louisiana to North Carolina, with Mississippi reporting 10 dead, Ala bama three, Georgia two and Louisi ana one. Alabama's toll was placed at 14 in early reports, but a re-che:k brought the number to three. Twin tornadoes swept rural sections of Lauderdale county, Miss. Two ad ditional deaths were reported today, Martin Brown, 45, of Kewanee, and Harold Harper, 6. of near Medirian, succumbing to Injuries In a hospital. More than 80 others were in hos pitals and several score nursed less serious hurts at home. Alabama's deaths were reported In section 75 miles apart. Two were dead in Clay county and one at Calera. A man and wife of the Bethel Camp Ground community near Carrollton, In west Georgia, were killed when a tornado blew down their home. Thir teen persons were reported injured. FORD-NRA FEUD TAKES NEW LIEE WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. The Ford Motor company la under Inves tigation by NRA's national compliance board in a new outbreak of the feud between the two. The board said It had "quite def inite charges" about violations of a collective bargaining clause at Ford assembly plants at Edgewater, N. J., and Chester, Pa. It notified Edocl Ford hat in view of the company's refusal to send a representative here It would investigate. The Ford company submitted a de tailed answer to the complaints. B it it refused to be represented at a secret hearing here last Friday. Wil liam H. Davia, compliance director, said that unless there was a change of attitude he would "proceed." NATIONAL GUARD PILOT DROPS TO DEATH ON ICE LORAIN, O., Feb. 26. (AP) Sec ond Lieut. Albert J. Harmon of the Michigan National Guard, flying from Detroit to Cleveland, lata to-. day plunged to hla death on the j Ice of Lake Erie, one mile east or here. Lieutenant Harmon was Identified by papers found on his body. MINER CRUSHED TO DEATH BY CAVE-IN NEAR G. PASS GRANTS PASS, Ore.. Peb. 28. Cavc-in of a 73-foot bank In the Ed wards gold min at Aimed i Sunday afternoon fatally crushed and burled Oeorge Edwards, about 53, owner, trapped Prank Leon, helper, without Injuring him. and only failed by a matter of Inches of trapping a ooy working with the two men. The three had an Instant's warn ing when the bank let go, accordlnfr to Leon, snd they dashed for safety with a (treat wave of earth and boulders overtaking them. Ed war l was only three feet behind him whm hit and knocked down by the slide which Instantly flowed over him, Leon aald. Leon was caueht and burled to the armpits, helpless, as the allde went past to one side. The boy. mre n!mUe than tr otV-s. ra-M t!"j slide 50 feet to .iere it s'opprd. anlj then ran to the Rand ranger station i i , . ' Sandino Slain Gen. Augusto Sandino, Nicarag ua n rebel chieftain, was shot to death by members of the national guard shortly after leaving the presidential palace at Managua. Sandino had dropped his outlaw role. (Associated Press Photo) ROSS IS LEADER Floyd Ross, merchant of Central Point waa named foreman of the new grand jury drawn this morning at the opening session of the February term of circuit court. Other members of the Inquisitorial body as drawn were: O. C. Mauat, farmer, Medford, R. F. D. 4; w.'H. Wenner. banker, Ashland; Harry C. Chase, farmer, Centfal Point; Herbert L. Noblitt, farmer, Medford; L. C. H1U, Sr., laborer, Talent, and Eugene Mee, farmer. Provolt. No member of the body had pre viously; served aa a grand Juror. Circuit Judge H. D. Norton. In lengthy Instructions to the grand Jury, suggested "never permit delega tions Interested In this, that or the other thing, to come before you In a body and harangue you upon any given subject In which they, may be for the moment Interested." The court stressed the fact that the grand Jury la a secret body whose deliberations are secret, and under the Oregon law "but one person at a time can appear before It." The court also warned against "at taching too much Importance to neighborhood feuda or "fusses that are trivial. Frequently entire neighbor hoods will seek to come before the grand Jury to give their yiews on one side or the other of Inconsequential matters. "Experience has taught us this la expensive to the taxpayers, and re sults In much unfavorable public ity," the court observed. "In cases where the evidence Jus tifies. Indictments should be returned, but care should be exercised that they are Justified by the law," the court also instructed. "The peace of the community oftimcs rests on the good Judgment and discretion of the grand Jury," the court concluded. Immediately following the instruc tion the arand Jury started Us first session. The district attorney report ed that three criminal matters we.e ready for presentation, and would re quire but a day. 545 FISHERMEN ADRIFT ON CASPIAN ICE FLOES MOSCOW, Feb. 26. (AP) Facing death from drowning or exposure, 545 fishermen and 330 horses were drifting helplessly on two separate Ice floes In the Caspian sea today while an airplane from Moscow sped to their assistance. A sudden rise In temperature yes terday caused the Ice to break up. and CCC oamp, more than a mile away, where he summoned aid. Two hours later, Edwards' foot was encountered by one group of diggers snd his body removed. Just as Head Ranger L. J. Cooper had completed rifling the hydraulic giant for an at tempt to pipe the body out of .ne mass of debris that overwhelmed It It was an earlier series of ami) slides that hid disturbed the giant's setting that sent the men Into the hsrnrdous pot where the btg sll.Ie esuaht them They were engaged in trying to re-set the giant in an angle of the 75-foot bank when It began to crumble. Their dash was made in the direction the slide took. A f:w tps in another direction would have tken all three to safety, according to O-oner Virgil H;i!l n;Ativm of Fdward live in Port land and Nescott Beach, Ore. I . 0 v A 1 i mm, ex-chief ofgiants;heeds the grim umpire Little Napoleon Of Baseball Succumbs After Seven Day Battle Against Ure mic Poisoning And Cancer By Foster Hailfj Associated Press Sporta Writer. NEW YORK, Feb. 26. ( AP) John Joseph McOraw Is dead after 61 full John J. MclJrnw years of living and today, wherever baseball Is loved and its heroes known his passing Is mourned. Critically 111 for seven days with uremic poisoning and a cancer of the prostate gland, the fiery former lead er of the New York Giants died In New Rochelle hospital yesterday at 11:00 a. m. while a group of friends prayed In the corridor outside. By his side, holding his hand, was his wife, and Charles A. Stoncham, president of the Giants. (Continued on Page Three) L SALEM, Feb. 26. (P) Elmer 6. Mc Cormlck of Portland filed his pre liminary petition with the secretary of state today as candidate for the Democratic nomination for superin tendent of public instruction. J. W. Leonhardt. a Democrat, had previously filed for the nomination. McCormlck la high school principal at North Powder. R. S. Anderson of Grants Pass filed for the non-partisan nomination for circuit Judce of the first district, in cluding Jackson and Josephine coun ties. He has been an attorney In Grants Pass for six years snd has practiced law for 26 years. Judge Robert Tucker filed for the nomination for circuit Judge of the fourth district, Multnomah county department three, to succeed himself. WARDENS SAFE EASY FOR CONVICT EXPERT JOMET, Til.. Peb. 26. (IP, It took convict James Allman just three min utes and 40 seconds today to open Warden Prank D. Whlpp'a safe In the state penitentiary. It being Allman's first professional venture in several years, the opening required longer than If he were in condition, the convict said. Whlpp and members of his staff had struggled -with the safe ror sev eral days, but had been unable to open It. HEARSE DRIVER DIES E SAM PRANC1SCO. Peb 26. fly The body of John Hsloran, 70. hud company on Its death ride to the cemetery today. William Blrnbaum, 50. driver of the hearse, died at the wheel. Tne hearse got out of control and crashed Into an automobile. Blrn baum was found dMd. and phyirtma expresvd belief he had d:ed of heart disease before the co.luion. I Creation Of Commission Is Urged Message To Con gress Vote On Water way Looms In Senate. WASHINGTON, Peb. 26. ( AP) Another legislative chore wna given congress today by President Roosevelt creation of a federal commission to regulate communication systems. In a special message, the chief ex ecutive asked that regulatory power over wires, cables and radio be trans ferred to the proposed governmental branch. The message arrived while the sen ate waa debating whether to Increase veterans allowances and the house was considering the agriculture de partment appropriations bill. Snow In Capital Committee members waded snow drifts to the capltoT earlier to study a variety of legislation. Many arrived late, their faces red from the wintry breezes. Before the senate banking commit tee. George U. Harris denied that the New York stock exchange waa at tempting to organize opposition to the Fletcher-Rayburn bill for federal control of the exchange. He la a member of its governing committee. The Bankhead bill for compulsory cotton control waa amended by the house agriculture committee to pro vide that 10.000,000 Instead of 9,600. 000 bales might be sold tax-free from the current crop. Air Profit Explained A house naval sub -committee heard from Edward P. Warner, former assistant secretary of the navy, that steady increases In commercial busi ness were responsible In large mea sure for huge navy airplane engine profits from 1026 to. 1920. Indications that a senate vote might be reached soon on the St. Lawrence water way treaty were seen by observers In a statement by Sena tor LaFollette (R.-Wle.). thst he wss ready for a roll call and was "very hopeful of a favorable outcome." He so told President Roosevelt. A federal trade commission report on salaries and bonuses of officers of several hundred large corporations for the past six years waa scanned with Interest. Senate administration forces fur ther liberalized their compromise proposal on veterans' benefits by broadening it to Include Spanish war veterans. IS RESENTED. BY BUSH WASHINOTON. Feb. 26. (AP) Rr Admiral Richard E. Byrd iind "Little America" may again be the chilly aubject of an exchange of notes between Great Britain and the United Stalea. Great Britain waa reported today In unofficial but iwually reliable quar ters to be thinking. of "reminding" the United States again that King George haa claimed three large aec tora around the south pole. Including the Ice and snow of "Little America." BAKER AIRPORT JOB L BAKER, Peb. 26. AP) One hun dred of the 200 men to be given employment on the Baker municipal airport improvement project under the Civil Works administration pro gram started work this morning. The improvement project, Including the graveling of rynways and digging of drainage ditches around the field, will cost approximately 915,000 HOG PROCESSING TAX L BE WAfilirvOTON. Peb 26 Sec retary Wall are aald today the process ing tax on hogs mould be Increased from 11.50 per hundredweight to 12 25 at midnight Wednesday. This Is the last of the progressive Incresiies planned when the tax was placed in effect. Receipts finance the corn-hog production control cam paign. NEBRASKANS SHIVER IN SUB ZERO COLD NORFOLK. Neb., Feb. 26. (yp) It waa 24 degrees below nero, offic ially, at Valentine today and the rest of Nebraska ejperlenced the winter's moat bitterly cold weather. The tem perature here wan 22 below at 7 a m Tne cold ansp fol.oaed a general snow. Publisher Foils Kidnapers g! jj Fred Mnrn (upper left) killed him self hi a Chicago police station eel 13 hours after he had allegedly con fessed a attempt to kidnap E. r, Adler (upper right), Iowa newspaper publisher, In a Chicago hotel. Al though Injured by blows on the head, Adler summoned help. Jack Lacy (right) confessed he had participated In the plot. PINCHOT TO VIE SEAT IN SENATE NEW YORK. Peb. 26. (A) Gov ernor Glfford Plnchot of Pennsyl vania today announced his candidacy for the United States senate on a Tie publican "support Roosevelt" plan- term. ; The governor, a patient In the roy sanitarium, issued the following statement: "t am a candidate against David A. Reed for the United States senate. Reed as senator has run the errands and taken the orders of Mellon, the International bankers and the steel Interests long enough. He should be replaced by a man who will take nis orders only from the people. "In this crisis, Republican Pen nay' van la requires and deserves in Reed's place a Republican senator who will work with the President to restore prosperity, instead of snapping and snarling at his heels." Aside from the statement, the gov ernor had no commrnf, to make on hla decision to run. For the past few months he has 'been suffering from shingles, but a week ago was re covered sufficiently to leave the hos pital for abort walks. Reed announced his candidacy for renomlnatlon several weeks ago. DIRTY' WEATHER HOLDING PLANES Rv the Associated Trent. "Dirty" weather, almost as danger ous, and wider-spread, than that which attended the army'a mall fly ing debut a week ago. again ham pered government aviators today. Sleet, snow and freezing tempera tures over the eastern section of the United States kept most of the planes on the ground and Interrupted the schedules of others. All flights from the eastern base at Newark were cancelled, the last regular trip having ended yesterday afternoon. The same forced Inactiv ity prevailed at Baltimore. NINE STUDENTS KILLED BY FUMES OF FURNACE HANOVER, N. H.( Feb. 26. fp) A furnace tended by sn unskilled hand was blamed today for the death of nine students, the worst tragedy in the hlAtory of Dartmouth college. They were killed by carbon mon oxide gas aa they slept early yester day In the Theta Chi fraternity house. An explosion apparently had discon nected a chimney pipe and the deadly fumes crept through the lfl-room house. President Ernest Martin Hopkins asked the grief-stricken undergradu ates today to "carry on" their activi ties In order t.ot to heighten the ef fect of the accident. He Issued a statement saying "the whole collet aympathlr.es with the parents of those who died." A statement luiied by Dr. R. B. Miller, medical referee, said: "The position of the shaker erm and of the check draft laver Indicated that the rurnace had been fixed the night before by someone who was not entirely familiar with the furnace." The dad were: William S. Putietron, 30, Clevt-j si m r' E E IN STOLEN AUTO In a burglary, with all the ear marks of an amateur Job, a safe, containing more than 200, was stol en from the Huson Whatnot on Sixth atreet early this morning between the houra of midnight and seven o'clock, city police reported thla morning. About 15 waa also stolen from the rash register and a watch taken from the kitchen. The burg lars, who forced entrance through the back door opening onto Ivy atreet, hauled their loot away In a car. be longing to L. J. Adams, which they stole from 1000 West Eleventh street, offlcera stated. The car was found on Thirteenth street, bearing the miTTdngs of the safe, and was otherwise badly dam aged. A hammer, a hatchet and shears were In the car. Another hatchet was- found near the door of the Whatnot, where It had ob viously been used to break the glass In the door and chop away the lock An attempt had f!rnt been made to Jimmy the lock, but when the attempt failed the burglars almply cut the lock away, leaving the door badly splintered and the glass pane shattered. The persons taking the safe, Mrs. tna Huson stated this morning, wero well acquainted with the arrange ment of the store, as It was In a very Inconspicuous place. It was slso necessary for them to remove numer ous things about the store before 1 getting to the safe. land Heights, Ohio. Edward P. and Alfred H. Mol denke, brothers. New York City. William M. Smith, Jr.. 21, Man hasaet, N. Y. Edward M. Wentworth, Jr., 31, of Mt. Dora, Kla. Amerlco 8. DeMnal, 31, Little Nerk. N. Y. Harold B. Watson. 21, Wilton. Me. Wllmot H. Schooler, 31, Middle ton. N. Y. John J. Orifrin, 10. Wslllngford. Conn. The fact that It was a week-end probably saved the lives of eight fra ternity brothers who ordinarily oc cupy the houe. An incompleted Investigation Indi cated that the students died as they slept. Alt were marked by the pink discoloration characteristic of carbon monoxide poisoning. The coat gas explosion apparently blew open the furnace doors and dis connected a chimney pipe Someone heard the rumble. It wns believed, and closed the furnace door without no ticing the disconnected pipe. Ship Missing Since Friday After Take-off From Salt Lake, Is Located By Searching Party In Snow. 6 ALT LAKE CITY. Peb. 26. (AP) The wrecking of a giant United Air line transport last Friday was so awlft and sudden, line officials said today, that the eight persons who died never knew what happened. The plune fell vertically, like great ball of steel, and struck the ground with such force that the engine waa Imbedded in the ground up to the cabin. leath Instantaneous "All tne bodlea were pushed for ward," said Leon Cuddeback. assis tant to Chief Pilot H. T. Lewis of United Air Lines. "The ship did not move after it struck the ground. There was no evidence of fire. Death must have been Instantaneous to all.' The dead: Miss Mary Carter, stewardess, formerly of Omaha and Chatta noogSi Tenn. Lloyd Anderson. Choycnne, pilot Eric Q. Danlelson, Cheyenne, co-pllot, J. J. Sterling, mayor of Benton Harbor, Mich. Marcellus Zlnsmaster, Des Moines, Iowa. Evald W. Bcrglund, Boone, I ft. Bert McLaughlin. Perry, la. E. L. Walker, Rock Springs, Wyo. Missing since last Friday, shortly (Continued on Page Three) MANNING'S TRIAL SLATED APRIL 16 KLAMATH PALLS, Feb. 36. (AP) Horace M. Manning, leasing hla cell In the county Jail for the first time In two weeks, was arraigned In circuit court th! morning for the murder of State Representative Ralph W, Horan. April 16 was agreed upon as the time for the trial. Judge William M. Duncan Indicat ed he would hear the case himself. It had been believed he would dliquall fy himself for reasons of personal friendship with both Manning and Horan. Manning waa accompanied Into court by his son James of Sllverton and by David Vandenberg and George Roberts, hla attorneys. He wJU be permitted to enter ft plea tomorrow afternoon. AUTOIST KILLED IN YRRKA, Calif., Feb. 36. (AP) One man was dead and two others were recovering today from Injuries suffered when their automobile plunged Into a ditch in Shasta can yon after a tiro blew out. Paul Tur reo was killed almost Instantly and Jack Dalrell and Dorln Strud were severely Injured. The accident occur red Sunday afternoon. rlAJiai. NKW YORK, Feb. 24. Just flew up from Washington. Senate or the house neither one wns operating. Shows you what (.'ivintf 'em a raise does, but they whs awful busy investigate ing. I run into my old friends, Tat Harrison and' Bob LaFollette, and they was invostipatinjr sugar. We have more argu ments over sugar than we do over nil the things combined that sugar goes on, or in. Tat was kinder protecting Missis sippi. They got a kind of kaffir corn that' renders out a thing they think is sorter sweet. In another room they was in vestigating Wall street. That was a real sugar investigation. Corporations loaned -0 billions to Wall street in 2!., so Mr. liooscvelt didn't invent th word billion. Villi JI-iM Irntatifc U
