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Twenty-eighth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1931.
No. 292.
g(Q)SEWEILT MSB MIFF- WfflEB
By PAUL MALLON.
(Copyright, 1034, by Paul Msllon)
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 2
Mr. Roosevelt Is developing Into
No. 1 trial balloonist.
Such adroitness as he has shown
recently In political aviation has been
missing from the White House since
Teddy left It. Teddy devised the
method of putting up unofficial bal
loons to find out which way the pub
lie wind was blowing. He did It so
T shrewdly no one could connect him
with It. When he found out how
the public felt, he then decided of
ficially what to do.
That Is exactly what Mr. Roosevelt
d:d on the communications issue.
The president sent to congress
some weeks ago a report from his
communications Investigating com
mission. It offered three courses of proce
dure in connection with radio, tele
phone and telegraph systems: (a)
No change; (b.. stronger government
regulation, and (c) government own
ership. He made no official comment, but
unofficially passed around the word
that he favored the second course,
stronger government regulation. He
let that idea blow around In the'
winds of public opinion for several ;
weeks. Strong opposition developed.!
All the widows and orphans who own
A. T. & T. stock wrote protesting let
ters to their congressmen. It became
evident that Mr. Roosevelt would not
be able to put his communications
Idea over at this session of congress.
So he changed his Idea. He sent
an official message to congress recom
mending simple legislation consoll-.J
dating existing communications con
trol. It looks as if he backed down com
pletely, but he did not. If he can
get congress to set up the new com
mission now, he will recommend next
year that powers for federal regula
tion be amplified along the line he
desires. He will get what he can now
without a fight and wait for the rest.
Such tactics may not fit In with
the popular Inclination to glorify
White House Idols, but are essential
to strategic success the way govern
ment Is conducted in Washington.
The trouble with that line of
strategy Is that it keeps presidential
followers up in the air and makes
some newspaper predictions look sour.
For Instance, Representative Ray
burn had a strong communications
control bill drawn along the line the
president was originally thinking. He
had to tear' it up and write a new
one when the official program was
submitted.
r A magazine writer came to town
recently to dig up material for an
article on General Johnson. He asked
a newsman to take him around to
see Johnson. He did not want an ordi
nary interview. Ho wanted to sec
Johnson at his best and asked the
newsman how to go about It.
They cooked up a scheme whereby
the msgazine writer would tell John
son that the NRA washooey. that it
was not working, etc., and sec how
he reacted.
The magazine writer was delimited
with the idea. He lit into the NRA,
expecting Johnson to hear him
through.
The general Interrupted after the ,
second sentence with a terrific explo
slon. "Neandprthalers." "rodents" and
"dead cats" burst from his Hps faster;
than the magazine writer could take
them down. He shook his finger In
the writer's face, saying "You babies I"
i time and again.
It was probably the best Interview
Johnson ever gave.
Another yarn about Johnson Is the
one concerning the NRA railroad
letter.
Railway executives received let
ter from the NRA signed by Johnson,
stating they should rome under
code. It has always been the Inten
tion of the administration to handle
the roads separately outside the code
ystm, so the executive wer
alarmed.
Newsmen were tipped about the let
ter and went to Johnson. He sharply
denied he had written it and went
Nesndrrthaltne again.
The explanation offered on the In
side Is that some underling wrote the
letter and signed Johnson's name.
The administration has no Inten
tion of taking the railroads under
a code.
Certain of Professor Tu swell's ene
mies ' have ben whimpering around
that he Is on his way back to private
life, because Mr. Roosevelt Is sending
him to Porto Rico on the farm prob
lem. The tru'h seems to be that Profes
sor Tugwell promoted the trip as a
little winter vacation. He tok a
similar summer vacation last year,
f traveling through the national parks.
If he Is in disfavor with the White
House, then sre no indication of It.
tCoauuuea PaAa ieu
.s.
IS
Issue Expected to Rouse
Congress Opposition
Philippine independence Is,
Also Objective President!
WASHINGTON, Marcn 2. (AP)
President Roosevelt asked congress
today to authorize him to bargain i
with foreign nations on tariff con
cessions and to re-enact the Philip
pine Independence bill.
In two pointed messages read to
the house he thrust forward Issues
already certain of rousing opposition
and possibly threatening prolongation
of the session past the time wanted
by the Democratic leadership. t
Senate Reaction Walts
Senate reaction had to wait, that !
branch being In recess so it could
not today receive the presidential re- :
quest for power "to enter into execu
tive commercial agreements with for
eign nations; and in pursuance there
of within carefully guarded limits to
modify existing duties and Import re
strictions In such a way as will bene
fit American agriculture and indus
try." He mentioned no limit for the
tariff concessions, but the adminis
tration will put it at 50 per cent
of the existing levels.
On the Philippine bill, the presi
dent asked that the Hawes-Cuttlng
law which recently expired be re
vived for consideration by the Fili
pino people. He would have it amend
ed, however, to assure Immediate re
linquishment of American military
bases upon the realization of inde
pendence and to provide for discus
sions about how the naval bases
should be treated.
Friendship Will Live
"After the attainment of actual In
dependence by the Filipinos," wrote
Mr. Roosevelt, "friendship and trust
will live."
Preparation of these presidential
messages coincided with plans to In
itiate legislation against the practice
before government departments of
law7ers who have political poets.
Argument over granting executive
power to shift tariffs, in the attempt
to quicken International trade, had
to wait Its day In the house, still
dragging along there was debate on
the agriculture supply bill.
Both branches pursued their study
of the stock exchange control bill,
Philadelphia Investment dealers pro
testing the proposed ban against
brokers dealing In securities In their
own interests.
CH'A Curtailing Continues
Curtailment of the CWA enroll
ments proceeded apace, some states
wanting to get on the new relief plan
even more quickly than had been
Intended. By the end of the month,
It was said, the CWA forces will be
down to 1,505,000.
Criticisms of NRA continued to ac
cumulate as the public hearings were
wound tip preparatory to the meet
ing of code authorities Monday,
which will be addressed by the presi
dent. ,
The "Marine Workers Industrial
Union," through H. Jones, complained
that the legislation was being pre
pared to strengthen the national la
bor board In "an effort to break the
only weapon the laboring class ever
had, the strike."
TAKEN BY DEATH
Lillian Greaser, aged 54, passed
away in a local hospital this morn
ing. She was born at Oarland. Kan
sas, and had been a resident of Jack
eon county for the last 20 yean.
She leaves her husband. Prank A
Oreaser of near Medford and one son,
Benjamin, also of Medford Also one
sister, Mrs. Ocean Bhermaj.
Funeral services will be conducted
at the Conger chapel by Rev. W. R.
Bslrd at 2 30 Saturday. Interment
in Mountain View cemetery at Ash
land. 26 OLD AGE PENSION
County warrants for 29 old age
pensions for the month of February
have been prepared by the county
clerk's office and will be malted
within the week. It Is the first old
see pension payment.
The county court, as an old age
pension commission. Is considering
other application grants. A num
ber of applications have been re
jected for the reason the applicant!
have incomes sufficient for their
re or kin hs icifled a willing
neu to care lot theio.
PRINTING OFFICE
Charges have been filed with the California civil service commllon
asserting women employes of the stale printing office had to kiss their
superiors In order to hold their Jobs. The charges have brought a de
mand for the resignation of James F. Lynn (top), ropy editor, while Al
Crossan (loner left) wns accused as on of the kissers. Mrs. Minnie
Haley (lower right) was one of the women to file charges. The men
declared their oscillatory exercises were "brotherly" kisses. (Associated
Press Photo).
E DIE FRO!
POISON FUNGUS
SAN LUIS OBISPO. Cal.. March 2.
7Pj The fungus feast of death t
Arroyo Grande Monday had taken the
lives of 15 of the 24 men who par
took of the repast of rejoicing.
The fifteenth death was that this
morning of Roco Onlesla. 31.
The victims, 22 Pillpinoa and their
two white employers, became ill Tu as
day after a feast, which was inspired
by the sudden appearance of an enor
mous amount of fungi following
heavy rains of the week-end in the
Arroyo Or and e valley, known to agri
culturists as one of the richest in
soli qualities In the world.
Six of the Filipinos died Wednes
day, elaht more succumbed Thurs
day, and one today. The two white
men, Walter and Jack Huber, may
survive. Autopsies performed on the
dead disclosed that all had died from
the poisoning locked In toadstool,
Coroner L. 6. Richardson said.
Vamping Venus
Of Films Gets
Rapid Divorce
LOS ANGELES. Cat., March 2
(AP) The blonde vamping Venus
of the stiver screen, Thelma Todd,
was divorced today from Pasquale
De Cicco, theatrical aecnt.
. Two weeks aco today she pack
ed up and left their apartment.
One week ago today she filed suit
for divorce. Today the decree was
awarded by the superior court.
Miss Todd, little Massachusetts
schoolmarm who won a beauty
con test not so many years ago.
leaped Into the film spotlicht In
the "Vamping Venus," "Broad
minded." and other cinema roles
of which domestic trouble was a
moilv
ST. HELENS. Ore. March 2 (AP)
Richard A. Peterson. 44. of Port
land, was held here for questioning
today following the death yesterday
'e moon of John Tanler. M. of Scsp
-. v o -;; k aivl fatally in-
OR "POSTOFFICE"?
TROL
1ST
DRL MONTE, Cal., March 2. (AP)
A control plan which ltd sponsors
.hope will protect the prices and out
put of the MO.000,000 apricot and
pear crops on the Pacific coast was
being discussed here today by can
nery executives attending their an
nual prc-operatlon conference.
As a result of action expected to
be taken by the executives, the first
control plan for the two crops may
be launched this year. Should '-ho
plan go through, it was pointed out,
it will mean substantial profits to
growers throughout the coast who
for many years have been raising the
crops at great losses.
The problem faced by California
growers was presented to the can
nery executives today by Bryre Mace
and L. D. Mallory, representing the
agricultural adjustment administra
tion. Both officials favored the control
plan on the two crops as a neces
sary step to aid farmers In the state.
The control plan would prevent an
i over-surplus in crops through a lim
ited planting tonnage. It would also
result In establishing a fair price
that would give farmers and canncra
I a reasonable profit.
1 It was alftO indicated at the meet
1 ing that cannery executives will favor
i continuation of the pcarh control
plan which was said to have oper
ated on a successful basis last year.
WWlSTOlEET
COMMUNITY LEVELS
1 PORTLAND. Ore, March 2 (AP)
State CWA hesfJuuftrters anuounred
today that, effective at onee, wanes
paid employes on alt CWA work will
- ne the prevailing rat of wage paid
in each community for the kind of
work performed. In no ra, how
ever, will be be in excew of 30 rents
1 an ."lour.
1 On all Multnomah county CWA
o-k. common Isb'K has received 50
mr- an hour ih m rt iaiKr I row
' 76 Will to 91 JO n hoar.
RASPUTIN LIBEL
British Parliament Member
Invited to Join ' Murder
Party Is Testimony De
fense Winds Up Its Case
By Bl'KUKTTE T, JOHNS
Associated Press Foreign Staff
LONDON, March 2. (AP) The de
fense wound up Its case In the "Ras-
putln libel suit' today In a blar of
new sensations Including the rcveta
: tlon for the first time by a member
; of the British parliament that he had
iibeen Invited to Join the party which
poisoned, clubbed and shot to death
Rasputin, the Russian Imperial court's
"mad monk."
i It remained for commander OU
'ver Locker-1 jimpson to supply thedra
Imatlc climax to the day's testimony
I In the s2.000.000 libel suit of Princess
! Irena Youssoupoff against producers
of the film "Rasputin and the Em
press." The testimony already presented
gave Intimate details of the gruesome
murder whlcji took place In the cellar
of the St. Petersburg palace.
Invited Join Murder Party.
Locker-La mpson, a member of par
liament for 25 years, and distin
guished for his services during the
war said he hadbeen asked to Join
the "murder party' and had taken
part In an unsuccessful scheme to
save the Russian royal family from
a violent end during the days of the
red revolution.
Sensation followed sensation after
Locker-La mpson mounted the witness
stand, giving hia testimony as Sir
William Jowltt, defense attorney, said
(Continued on Page Three)
CLOTH NEEDED AT
WELFARE DEPOT
The Welfare Exchange Is still In
need of many things to supply the
demands of the county, it was an
nounced today by Mrs. A. L. Arm
strong, who asked that cotton or
woolen cloth, or any scraps suitable
for quilt blocks, wherever found In
excess of the family's needs be
brought to the Exchange in the city
hall. Anyone who ha clothing of
any sort or quilt pieces to give. Is
also asked to telephone Mrs. Arm
strong if unable to deliver them. Her
number Is 164S-W. and she will re
ceive calls around 6 o'clock each day.
Whenever notified of articles avail
able, she will send someone to gather
them up.
The Exchange is still open Wednes
day and Saturday of each week and
the workers are prepared to do plain
sewing for anyone who wishes to
bring It there. The committee la
nnxtous to get work for the many
deserving and capable women.
CRATERS TO FETE
Welcoming a caravan of Eureka
resident, scheduled to arrive tomor
row afternoon, a special meeting of
the Craters club was called today
by Big Eruption Johnny Reed for
tomorrow evening at the Hotel Med
ford. The Eurekans will Include a
j picked team of golfers who will play
I a Medford team on the Rogue Val
, ley links Sunday.
The Crater eruption will Include
some special entertainment for the
visitors, who will nlfo be told more
about Oregon's Diamond Jubilee cel
ebration In Medford next June.
J LESS
THAN JAILS. IS HINT
CORVALLta. March 3 (API Edu
cation la facing Its third national
crisis In which It is moat Important
that people reallre that It Is cheaper
to keep the youth of the land in
schools than In penal Institutions.
Mra. Radle Orr Dunbar of Portland
told more than 200 homemakera at
the annual banquet of the Home In
terest Conference of Oregon fltate
college last night.
Mrs. Dunbar, executive secretary of
the Oregon Tuberculosis association,
quoted figures on the number of
ri-ved shoots in the country and the
f nrrr.),indlng influx of youth to
nfiAOUs ifld, lUuUar UUtUUoO.
PARANOIA PLAIN
IN MISS KEITH'S
LIFEJSjLAIM
Attorney for Kin Contesting
Will of Rich Spinster, Says
Woman Wholly Incompe
tent Case Near End
LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 2.
(AP) Charging that Miss Margaret
Keith was so completely Insane as
to be wholly Incompetent, Attorney
Baldwin Robertson today appealed to
the Jury weighing the evidence In
the contest over the will of the wo- 1
man to return a verdict Invalidating
the will.
Miss Keith, wealthy spinster, ended j
her life in her Beverly Hills mansion
last April after leaving her estate to
a nephew, Albert Allen. Jr., Med
ford. Ore., rancher. A sister of Miss
Keith, Mra. Etta Keith Eskrldge, of
Los Angeles; a brother, David Keith,
of Salt Lake City, and a niece, Mrs
Mary Allen Towle, of Los Angeles,
filed suit to break the will.
Attorney Robertson. In his srgu
ment to the Jury, held that every
act relating to Miss Keith's mode of
living and doing business reflected
paranoia.
After four months' trial, lawyers'
arguments started yesterday and the
case was expected to be in the hands
of the Jury late today.
"No normal person," said contest
ants' attorney, Baldwin Robertson,
"would carry out all of her contacts
with the outside world with letters
and notes dozens of them in a sin
gle day or would have built a mag
nificent home In Palos Verdes, as she
did, without once seeing it before It
was completed."
As counsel for two of the princi
pal contestants, Mrs. Etta Keith Esk
ridge and David Keith, sister and
brother of the eccentric spinster, Rob
ertson also attacked the credibility
of witnesses for the other side. He
said testimony of other witnesses had
not aupported that of Roland Rich
Wooley that Miss Keith had a acar
on her chin which caused her to se
clude herself from the public gnre
for years before she killed in her
for years before she killed herself In
.her Beverly Hills mansion last April.
B LEAGUE TEAMS
PLAY FOR TITLE
Two (tamea. achfdiiled to determine
the beat of two of Jackson county'a
leading basketball teams. Central
Point and Sams Valley will be played
tonight and tomorrow.
The teams will meet at Sams Val
ley tonight at 7:30 o'clock and to
morrow night at Central Point.
The Central Point team which has
won 15 straight games. Is leading In
t.he western division of the Jackson
county B league and 8ama Valley
In the northern division. The wln
ncer In the two Ramea will challenge
the winner In the A league, which
will be Medford or Ashland, for a
game.
T
AIjBANT. N. T., March 3. (AP)
Lieut. John J. O'Connell pointed an
accusing finger at Manney Strew) lata
today and told a Jury "that man
right there" was one of his kidnapers.
O'Connell, 24. after relating the de
tails of the kidnaping and captivity,
said a man came Into the room and
said "You'll need a go-between."
"Can you Identify the man?" a
prosecutor asked.
"Yes, that man right there," was
O'Connell'a reply.
As the questioning continued,
Strcwl suddenly cried: "You are a
liar."
Deputies Jumped from their seats
and Daniel H. Prior tried to quiet
his client.
"I aave your life you , . . and you
know It," fitrewl shouted.
"Officers move up and keep the de
fendant quiet," Judtte Earl H. Gallup
ordered.
IS
OAKLAND, Cal., March 3. (AP)
The army may resume air mail serv
ice on the Pacific coast from Loa
Angeles to Seattle In the near fut
ure, although no definie orders have
bn rrreived, the army headquarters
On Trial Again
!
Dr. Allca Wynekoop It shown at
the appeared at the opening of her
lecond trial In Chicago for tht
operating tablt tlaying of her
daughter-in-law. (Attoclated Preta
Photo)
AMNESIA SLAYER
GETS LIFE TERM
AT
ROSEBURO, Ore., March 3. ( AP)
Pleading guilty to a formal charge
of second degree murder, Rollln C.
Johnson, was this morning sentenced
in the circuit court to life Imprison
ment in the Oregon state peniten
tiary, thereby closing one of the
more unusual cases in the crime
records of Douglas county. Accused
by a district attorney's Information
of the slaying, February 7, of Davia
Marshall Williams, elderly Rice Val
ley farmer, hia nearest neighbor and
close friend, Johnson agreed before
the court to the waiver of grand Jury
investigation and asked for Imme
diate sentence.
The alleged slayer, who has been
under observation for the past week
by mental experts, freely conferred
with officers regarding his case, It
is reported. District Attorney Ouy
Cordon stated that Johnson had asked
that he be kept In restraint, declar
ing that he was satisfied In his own
mind that he had killed Williams
while Buffering from a lapse of con
aclous mer.tsl control, although he
maintained that he had no knowledge
or the actual circumstances of the
slaying.
He signed a written waiver of grand
Jury examination before Judge James
T. Brand, who Imposed a life sen
tence following ihe acceptance of a
plea of guilty.
Johnson several days ago placed
in the hands of the offlccra a state
ment in his own handwriting in
which, they report, he declared he
Is satisfied In his own mind that
he killed Wllllnma and that he was
also responsible for the staying at San
Jacinto. California, in 1931. of his
father-in-law, P. J. Zimmerman. He
based this belief, the officer stated,
upon the fact that following both
kllllnga he was In an Intensely ner
vouscondltlon. and particularly fol
lowing the Wlllinms case had a horror
and fear of the spot where the tragedy
occurred.
WASHINGTON, March 2. (AP)
The National Lumber Manufacturers'
association todny reported that lum
ber orders at 1.S01 mills for the week
ending February 24 Increased 10,-
73 1 .000 feet over new business for
the previous week. Orders for the
week ending February 24 totaled 1R0,
666,000 feet and for the previous six
day period 100.935,000 feet.
Production for the week dropped
to 176.853 ,000 feet from the previous
week's total of 18O.O7ft.00O feet while
shipments I nrreased to 1 69,60 1 ,000
feet from 163.2fi4.000 feet.
NOTED DOCTOR DIES
CINCINNATI. O.. March 2 (AP)
Wandering away from a sanitarium,
where he had gone to recuperate
from a nervous breakdown, Dr, finger
8. Mnrrta, 67, head of the medical
department of the college of medi
cine of the University of Cincinnati,
collapsed and died of exhaustion and
exposure during the night.
He was acclaimed for the theory
that pernicious anemia, which had
baffled medical science, waa a form
of "hidden hunger," and as discov
erer of "addlsin," an extmrr, of hog
utomarii juices, which he affirmed
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FINDl J BODY
Knew Daughter-in-Law Was
Dead by Color of Face
Frail Witness Breaks
Down in Telling Details
nr. Alice Wynekoop.
CRIMINAL COURTS BUILDING,
OHIOAGO, March 2. p) Dr. Al:c
Lindsay Wynekoop testified today in
a voice choked with emotion that she
had found dead on her operating
table her dauglitcr-ln-Iaw, Rheta.
whom she la charged with slaying.
you saw her face, doctor, ' sa:d
W. W. Smith, defense attorney, "and
what did you note7"
"I noted a peculiar color.
"And what did that color indicate
to you7'
"Death,' Dr. Wynekoop whispered
in reply.
Her older son, Walker Wynekoop,
who had taken his turn on the wit
ness stand to defend hia 63-year-old
mother from the charge of murdering
the wife of his younger brother. Carle,
leaned forward, listening Intensely,
tears dimming hia eyes. His sister.
Dr. Catherine, bowed her head.
' "Describe how you found her."
The jury, fascinated, listened in
tently. "I saw her her body covered with
a blanket."
Her voice became calm, expression
less. Her sentences were punctuated
with long pauses.
"Her head was mostly exposed
few drops of blood were on the floor
she was tyinff in an apparently stiff
position. There was a gun at th
head.
Q. Did you look at her face? A.
Yes, but her back was toward me.
I had to walk around her to see her -face.
Q. But yeu saw her face?
And then she broke down, as he
described how the peculiar color of
the young wife's face told her, a
physician, that Rheta was dead.
Q. And then what did you do, doc
tor?
Bhe gasped her replies.
''As soon as I could I was In a
dazed condition could hardly breathe
I started upstairs. X thought once
I couldn't make it, but X told myself
I must go on. I got up somehow.
Got to the top of the stairs. Found
a chair sat down. Then called
Catherine
Her moving lips would not form
words. Her thin frame shook with
repressed sobs.
Q. What next? A. X Just sat. But
I was so weak t could hardly alt. Z
seemed hardly a part of life.
Portland Liquor
Laws Tightened
PORTLAND. March 3. P) A City
ordinance paralleling the state liquor
law was on Portland's statute books
today, and the city's 400 policemen
were under Instructions to enforce It
rigidly, under threat of dlscnarge if
they fall.
The ordinance was passed by the
council Thursday upon recommenda
tion of Mayor Carson, on the theory
It will make enforcement of the state
law In Portland more certain.
WILL-
ROGER?
"soys:
XKW YORK. March 1.
l.niuliiiK i N'uwnrk from
Wiisliinntun tndny, the pilot
put us in the hack end of the
plime so it would keep her tail
down when the wheels hit the
deep snow, (iivc you (in idea
how inanv thousand men elcar-
ing the streets in Now York.
They have misplaced 51,000 and
can't find 'cm.
Hewn he'mv zero in Wash
ington yesterday and snow a
foot deep. Lohhyists standing
frozen to death outside of con
gressmen's homes. A lobbyist
has nothinir to keen him warm
but his brief ease.
The hotels of ushington
ulinnhi erect a monument to
Oneral lluirh Johnson. They
been eoiniiift on piltfnmancs oy
the thousands since Inst July to
make a code, change a code or
cuss a code. Washington, D. C,
(Dam Code.)
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