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The Weather Forecast; Cloudy tonight and. Wed nesday Not much change la tem perature. Highest yesterday . - 65 Lowest this morning .. n...... SB Medford Mail Tribune Hatch lilt TRIBUM' 4R.A CLASSIFIED aUS . . ff13r Lott of food bargalu, W that mm tenulor ySsf atlnji. 1 Twenty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 1934. No. 295. Ml Vdjvs SUICIDE THEORY ! Mnd DISCOUNTED BY Site CORONER'S JURY By PAUL MAIXON. (Copyright. 1934, hy Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, March 6. The ad ministration has been more worried than It has cared to say about Its policy of dropping CWA workers. Mr. Rooseveltl secretly conduct ing an investigation to find out what becomes of the men who are dropped and generally to ascertain how the policy Is working. He had to start curtailing. He could not support four million per sons on the government payroll In definitely. Confidence in the finan cial position of the government would begin to wane. But unless the expelled workers find private employment, you can bet that the administration will un dertake another major move. Some of those very close to Mr. Roosevelt believe the next move wilt be the establishment of an Interme diate credit bank. That appears to be tbo real pur pose why the federal reserve gov ernors were called to meet here Mon day. The Insiders have apparently worked out a plan whereby the credit bank can start a little credit Inflation without Interfering with current banking business. Commercial loans by banks are largely for terms of 90 days and less. The government could handle loans for more than 90 days up to two or three years. Diplomats rarely find It desirable to be frank in public. But they hide nothing In their confidential reports. Such reports from our agents in Europe latefy have Indicated that the current European war talk Is SO per cent bluff. They predict there will be no war In Europe within the next year or so. Neither will there be peace. The way they have figured it out. Hitler holds the whip hand over war and peace. He is playing a crafty pame. which does not call for war yet. He will go ahead building for " waf at home so he may be In shape to fight a few years hence. He does not care what the French do. He will not fight them now. They can march into Berlin If they want to; but they cannot stop his program. If they strike at him. It will be like punching a pillow. Another deeper consideration la world opinion. It would switch to Germany overnight if France declar ed war or Invaded German territory. So you see what a clever position Hitler has Jockeyed himself into. He won't fight. His enemies dare not. He is rebuilding his country in his own way. Alt they can do Is frown and try to think up some way of hindering him without getting them selves into trouble. Respect for Hitler has grown tre mendously in the world chancellories in the last few months. Diplomats who hate him have been heard to refer to him as a greater figure than Bismarck, for he Is accomplishing the reconstruction of the German empire without half the trouble Bis marck took. The little Independent kingdoms of Germany are now completely under hta thumb. Austria soon will be. All the European nations are pre paring for war as fast as they can. but none Is In a good position now to fight a war. The Internal situation of the gov ernment of France is weaker than at any time since the war. Italy Is the only nation which ml&ht be able to take up the bayonet against Hit ler, but Mussolini has no Intention of bayoneting any pillows. He does not Intend to fight. Thus the existing situation will probably continue indefinitely, with grimacing and catcalling going on over the back fences so enthusias tically that you may think the boys re going to start shooting any mln r ute. Indent, there may even he ex change of blows In central Europe, but no organized warfare. Of course, there is always the pos sibility In a strained situation, like that of someone sinking a Maine and precipitating trouble. The way Interior Secretary Ickes happened to get his Job In the cabi net has long been a mystery. A doa en different stories hare been told. One Is that Senator Hiram Jahnson got the Job for him. ' Another hint la that the Nebraska Democratic committeeman. Arthur Mullen, met him wandering around the senate of fice building one day and offered the Job to him. The official version Is that Mullen worked with Ickes throughout the Roosevelt campaign, organizing Re publics ns-for-Roosevelt clubs. They got to be close friends. Ickes wanted a Job after election, but he did not aspire to a cahjnet post. Then Mr Roosevelt ran Into trouble picking an interior secretary. Ex-Governor I F.MIette declined. So did Senator Cutting. The rallfornians rained such a rumpus shout the third choice (Dern of Vtah, that Mullen pressed the cause of Ickes and Ickes was chosen, sltt unseen, on Mullen's recommendation. A certain Democratic senatvr re cently - offe-ed an appointment (Continued on Page flu Strange Position of Mrs.: Cook's Body Leaves Room for Doubt Rope Broken Former Attempt Cited The strange position In which the body of Mrs. Jessie M. Cook, 48, Beagle homesteader, was found, after she had apparently hanged from a scaffold in her yard, Saturday, caused some question as to whether she was a suicide, and as a result, the coro ner's Jury last evening returned a verdict in which thev stated "the I person or persons guilty of a crime by J reason of her death, are unknown." j The jury's statement also said "She , met her death by the following means: strangulation.' All members of the jury signed the decision. . Evidence presented did not satisfy the Jury as to the exact cause of Mrs. Cook's death, and the witnesses were questioned extensively by the mem bers. Hired Man Testifies w:liam Dalle Wert, 40, employed by Mrs. Cook at the homestead, testi fied that he and Mrs. Cook had breakfast together about eight o'clock Saturday morning, and after helping do the dishes, asked her If she want ed him to go after the milk. He said that every four days they got milk from the Clarence Wheeler ranch. He went to the Wheeler's, which took about twenty minutes, Wert said, and talked to Wheeler for fifteen minutes, then went to the Charles Drake place, which was about a ten minute walk from Wheeler's. At the Drake ranch, Wert testified, i he conferred about some shakes for a new cabin he was building Mrs. Cook. He then returned home, he said, tak ing about ten or fifteen minutes. It was then, according to hie statement, that be found the body of Mra, Cook, lying on the ground near the scaf fold. Coat Over Head Wert told the Inquiring body that Mrs. Cook's coat was over her head in such a position, that he did not, at first, notice the rope about her neck. When he did, he laid the body down, and took the rope off, leaving the rope on the ground by the scaf fold. "I thought there were signs of gasping when I picked her up, so I (Continued on Page Two) INSULFCLlS T ATHENS, March 8. (AP Samuel Insull, Sr., ordered to leave Greece within 48 hours, called a heart spec ialist to make an examination today. The specialist hurried to Insult's side, but did not Immediately make his findings public. At the same time, Insult's lawyer, P. Rha:iis, filed an appeal for clem ency on behalf of his client with the foreign office which, earlier In the day, had formally informed the 74-year-old former utilities operator from Chicago that he had to get out of the country. 1200 DIE OF PLAGUE LONDON, Eng., March 8. (API Twelve hundred persons have died within a week In a plague sweeping 20 cities of the united provinces of India, said a dispatch from Luck now to the Dally Mall today. The Inhabitants of the stricken region were said to be deserting their homes and fleeing to the country In terror. "This Is a Revolution " Declares Noted Editor KUOENE. March 8.--fAV-Th United States has been backward in realising that a new state of affairs must come. It la impossible to deny that this it a revolution, declared Oawald Oarri son Vlllard, editor of The Nation, viewing the present crisis in his taUc to students and faculty of the Uni versity of Oregon at a banquet in his honor here last night. "It is a challenge to fight harder and plaze devotion a?aln to per sonal liberty, free speech, freedom of the pres and Intellectual freedom." he suted In a ta:k In which he paid high tribute to the memory of his father. Henry Vllard, who has been spoken of as the sartor of the uni versity. Mr. Vlllard reached Eugene yester-fv-nlntf and ma guejtt st a han- "" .i.'ranjrd by student and fic-t Redskin Heiress Becomes Mother At Tender Age 8ALUPA, Okla., March . (AP) A 9 pound daughter was born to Juanlta McCllah, twelve year old Indian oil heiress, at the Sam pa hospital today., Juanlta, youngest daughter of Mrs. Wosey Deere, one of the wealthiest of the Creek Indians, and the baby were reported "doing nicely" at the hospital. As far as local medical author ities could recall, she is the youngest mother to undergo a Caesarian operation. Her husband. Buster McCllsh, 10 also Is of Creek, descent. SEEN IN DARING OF SIOUX PALLS, S. D. March 8. (AP) Six daring daylight bandits, headed by a man thought by tome to be John DUHnger, held up the Security National Bank & Trust Co. today, wounded a patrolman, seized five bank employes, four of them girls, as hostages, and fled with cur rency estimated between 810,000 and 30,000. Armed with machine guns, the bandits, fleeing southward, drove off pursuers with a volley over (he heads of the girl hostages. LIMA, O., March 6. (AP) Harry Pierpont, regarded as the most as tute member of the John DU linger gang next to the fugitive leader him self, came to court smiling today to watch the selection of a. Jury which will hear the charges that he mur dered Sheriff Jess L. Barber here last October In a raid which freed Dil linger, ' , ,; .judge K. E. Everett overruled a plea la abatement- and a demurrer filed by Pierpont' attorneys. A panel of 60 was on hand as questioning of the Jurors started. t - County prosecutor Ernest M. Bot kin indicated he Intended to ask the death penalty. As the selection of the Jury began Brig. Gen. Harold M. Bush announced that he has ordered more national guardsmen Into the city as a precaution. L BY MARCH 30TH WASHINGTON, Mar. 6. f AP) The civil worka adminlatratlon will d la band the remnants of Its 4,000,000 man work army by March 30. Arrangements were made for all CWA employee In communities of 5000 population or more to be trana ferred April to work divisions aet up by state and local relief admlnla tratlona. This will Involve some 1,500,000 persons. Dlsbandment , of workers In the rural sections already la far advanced on the theory that most wilt have been absorbed by the end of thla month by farm or other' seasonal occupations. A date baa not been aet for their complete demobilization, previously planned for May 1. In announcing the new move yea terday. Administrator Harry L. Hop kins aald all persons who could show need would be given assistance under the new setup. SALEM, Ore., March 6. ( AP) The j 349th coast artillery regiment of the I Oregon national guard ranka first In 1 thst brsnch of service in the United ; States, waa the notification recetved I Monday from Major General John I W. Oullck. coast artillery chief. . Tracing the national trend of af fairs, the noted editor referred to the Harding administration as something for which ont should "hang his head In shame." He praised Coolldge. "And you don't need to be to'.d about the Hoover administration," he said. "Then the collapse. It was an almost wonderful thing that we had' a man In Washington with courage. 1 did not vote for him. by tht way, but that men's courage cannot be exaggerated. Tt is Impossible to say what Is going to come out of this. It is im possible to deny that this U a revo lution. It was only a slight eiag geratlon when Stanley Baldwin aa'.d we had flven more power to Rooae vit than Hitler holds In Germany. Mu"MHni in Italy and Stal.a in Ru BAN PROPOSED AS El Federal Judge Tells Senate Banking Committee Many Bank Defalcations Due to Stock Speculation WASHINGTON. March 6. (AP) Outlawing of' all marginal trading and placing stock exchanges on a cash basis was advocated today before the senate banking committee by Federal Judge William Clark of New Jersey, who contended that margins lead In "an unconscionable number of cases to either death, dishonor, or distress." Earlier, the committee aald a mem ber of J, P. Morgan and company would be called for questioning on the sale of 4500 ahares of United Air craft stock shortly before cancellation of the airmail contracts by the gov- I ernment. ! To Call Morgan Partner j Ferdinand Pecora, committee coun jsel, said he would call the Morgan 'partner responsible for the sale to I find out what caused the decision, although he did not yet know which jone had charge of the tranaaetlon. I The house Interstate commerce committee heard John Dickinson, as sistant secretary of commerce, testify that only the federal government could regulate stock exchanges be cause of their Interstate character. Dickinson added that the Fletoher Raybum exchange control bill, with Its rigid margin requirements, would result In the liquidation of vast amounts of securities with the "most deflationary consequences." Speculation Blamed Clark, who attracted nation-wide attention a few years ago by declar ing the 18th amendment Invalid, was the llrst witness to urge strengthen ing of the marginal provisions of the Fleteher-Rayburn market control bill. He cited his experiences on the bench to support the view that mar ginal trading leads to "tragic conse quences." Judge Clark aald he had been forced to send men to prison because they used money entrusted to them by poor depositors to "protect their margin accounts." The district attorney for my dla trlct," he added, "advises me that about one half of our national bank embezzlements in the last five years are the result of stock apeculatlon." Suicides a Result He testified also that In an Increas ing number of cases Involving life Insurance policies before his court, death had been established as suicide motivated by being "wiped out In the stock market." Evidence presented to the senate committee yesterday disclosed that less than two weeks before the air mall contracts were cancelled the Morgan firm disposed of the block of stock at around (35 a share. It fell to almost 130 when the con tract cancellation was announced. Pecora said he would not begin his Investigation Into reports of a "leak" on the cancellation until the stock exchange had submitted additional Information now being gathered. PORTLAND, March 6. (AP) The Oregon liquor control commission will not establish liquor stores In Cor- ValllS Or AlbanT. It VU innntmravl late Mondar. although an iMnv hii be maintained In the latter city. Tbe Corvallis city council several weeks ago ordered that no store be established there, but the Albany council petitioned for a atore, al though many protests against such a plan were received from Albany resi dents, the commission said. The liquor commlaaton today opened Its concentration warehouse here, and druggists authorised to sell en prescription must now order through that source. I MARSHFIELD. March 8 AP Unofficial advice that the Sitka Spruce Pulp mill at Empire may reopen within three month after having been closed 18 months ago, cheered Coos bay re id en t a today. The pulp plant, one of the bay's major Industrial plants, has been sold by the receiver to a committee act ing for the Judgment creditors, and It is understood it will now be turned over to the International Wood & Sulphite company for operation, ft ha a Opacity of about 80 ton of I pulp duly. PRINCE DEFIES SWEDISH KING TO WED COMMONER if 1 f ; o XZT This photo, taken February 21 and transmitted by cable from London to New York, shows Prince SIgvard, son of the crown prince of 8weden, and hia commoner fiancee, Fraulein Erlkc Patzek, who plana to wed deapite strenuous objections of the Swedish Royal family. The prince and his bride to-be, pretty German film actress, hid away in London while an envoy of King Gustavof Sweden hunted them In an effort to atop the marriage plan. Prince SIgvard haa been diaowned becauae he refused to break with the actress. (Associated Press Photo Bartlane transmission over Western Union cable) I I An Involuntary non - suit was granted yesterday afternoon in favor of the C. B. Oatea Auto company of this city In the damage suit of Del bert Tlngleaf of Eagle Point for ap proilmately 38,000 for injuries, re putedly sustained in an auto acci dent on the Butte Falls road In July, 1931. The non-suit automatically re moved the case from the handa of the Jury, which had Ilatened to the testi mony In the case for two days. R. A. Miller, an auto aaleaman, waa named as a co-defendant. Motion for the involuntary non-suit was filed by the defendants at the conclusion of the evidence In the case. The non-suit was baaed upon the grounds that Tlngleaf waa a guest passenger In the wrecked auto, and thereby contributed ,to any negli gence: that there waa no ahowlng of gross negligence on the part of the defendants, nor evidence to show that Ralph Dlnsmore was an agent of the defendant, acting for them; that there waa no evidence to show that Dlns more was an Incompetent driver, hut instead that the evtdence showed he was a rompetent driver, and 'that the fact Dlnamore possessed no driver's license waa not proof of hla driving Incompetency. It was also contended Dlnamorc was given" permission to drive the auto from the Tlngleaf home to Eagle Point on a purported errand, by R. A. Miller, an auto salesman, but that Dlnsmore had violated the condltlona of the borrowing by driving afar. The court upheld the non-suit con tentions of the defendants, following extended argument. The evidence In the trial ahowed that R. A. Miller, a salesman for the auto company, had gone to the Dlns more home to dlscxisa with the father the purchase of an auto. Miller al lowed young Dlnsmore to drive the auto to Eagle Point, and he drove to the Tlngleaf home and asked the complaining witness to Join him, which Tlngleaf did. Later, a youth by the name of Jesse Walton Joined the party. The testimony ahowed that Miller loaned the Kuto to young Dlns more for a specific trip, not a general tour, ' The testimony ahowed that the party atopped at Brown's store In Eagle Point. thn proceeded to Shady Cove and that Tlngleaf at one atage of the Journey had akd Dlnsmore "Not to go ao fast. Returning from Shady Cove, Dlnsmore drove up the Butte Falls road. At a curve, the auto swerved and plunged down n embankment, aerlouslv Injuring Wal ton and Tlngleaf. The defense con tended that Dlnsmore waa driving at an excessive rate of apeed. The de fense also ahowed that Tlngleaf had several opportunities to disembark from the atito, Tlngleaf sustained two broken legs In the crash, complicated by asserted non-union of the bones, and other injuries. He appeared In eourt with crutches and haa been a sufferer lnc the accident. The null waa filed by hi mother, as guardian. The ault of Jee.se Walton, an out growth of the same sccident. was ad justed out of court. The defense was represented by At torney Oeorge M Robert of this city, and Cake and Cake of Portland, the plaintiff bv Attorney H Von Brhmalr. of Rum, Ore., and T. J. Enright o: btbi at;. TODAY IS HOPE CHICAGO, March 8. P) Dr. Alice Wynekoop, scored by the atate aa the "cold-blooded murderesa" of her comeiy daughter-in-law, Bhcta, may know her fate tonight. Only the dosing arguments of her attorneva, a ehort rebuttal by the prosecution, and the Judge's Instruc tions to the jury remained today. As the end of the case drew near the matriarch of the gloomy Wyne koop mansion appeared weak and emaciated. She fainted twice yester day when Prosecutor Charles 8. S. Dougherty went over the details of Rhcta's death, and Indirectly asked the Jurors to send Dr. Wynekoop to the electric chair. Selr.lng the platol with which Rheta was shot in the back es she lay on the doctor's operating table, the pros ecutor threw It around hla neck and strove to shove the muzzle to the spot beside his eighth rib a spot similar to the point where the bullet entered Rheta'e body. "And," he said, "they try to tell you this poor girl committed suicide," aa he twirled the weapon before the eyea of the Jurora, snapping the trig ger all the while. Half of the spectatora Jumped from their seats as if expecting to see the prosecutor commit suicide before their very eyea. "Sit down," roared a bailiff. "It's not loaded." THON'S COI ' BOGOTA. Colombia. Mar. 8 fAP) The death of a missionary In a battle with a python waa told In dispatches from the village of Slncelejo, depart ment of Bolivar. The missionary, a Seventh Day Ad ventlt whose name was not contain ed In the first meager account, was Just outside the village when a python caught him In Its colls. A brush fire was burning at the scene. The struggling man and his reptile captor rolled Into the flames. Both were burned to death while they fought. Mrs. Roosevelt Flies to Make Puerto Rico Quiz MIAMI, ria., March 8. (P Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived here today by train from Washington, and after a hasty breakfast, departed aboard a large seaplane for Puerto Rico, to obtain first-hand Informa tion on health and economic condi tions In the Insular possession. The wife of the President we greet ed at the station by a delegation of city officials and club women and Mra. Hor tense K. Wells. DemocraMc national committee woman for Flor ida. They chatted briefly and then Mrs. RooaeveH motored to the Interna tional airport where she and her party of all boarded the seeplane. Six oHier paseniVr s)mi w:r aboard la plan wim tt XUat 14 PRINCE AND BLOND KING RECONCILED LONDON, March 6. (AP) Prince SIgvard of Sweden and Erlka Pntrck the blond young German screen atar he refused to give up deapite the plen of the Swedish royal family will be married Thursday. It was Indicated today when'the prince filed notice of Intent at the Caxton hall registry office. At Cannes, France, Sunday, sources close to King Gustaf of Sweden said It waa Indicated he would forgive his grandson, the prince. If he goes through with the marriage to his pretty commoner, despite hla pre viously voiced objections. It waa said the couple planned to vlslt Cannes on their honeymoon. The prince appeared somewhat em barrassed when he Jumped out of a taxi at the registry offltre and found a considerable crowd gathered to watch the proceedings. He walked quickly up the office steps, accompanied by George Gordon, hla legal adviser, and hurried Into the registrar's office, where he gave his name, age, residence, and all the other details which the law requires to know about himself and his fiancee. Gordon soon reappeared to quiet the curiosity of the crowd. He an nounced that, while the prince did not wish to apeak to the spectatora himself, he, Gordon, waa able to In form them that the wedding was defi nitely scheduled for noon Thursday, at the registrar's office. TWO KILLED IN DUBUQUE. Ia., March 8 (AP) Two men were killed and six others seriously Injured this morning when two Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad trains collided head on ten miles north of here. The dead: Jim Crawford, fireman, Dubuque. Ben Kurt, engineer, Dubuque. The collision Involved a passenger and freight train. Hnnford MacNlder. former assistant secretary of war, was thrown through , the window of a private car, but 'escaped Injury. He was traveling as the guest of W. F. Ingraham, Milwau kee superintendent, at Mason City. Included In the party was Rexford Ouy Tug well, assistant secretary of agriculture, and several economic ex perts, who are to make a survey of Porto Rico. Among them was Miss Lorena Hlckok, lnvwtlgetor for the federal relief administration. The party expects to have lunch today In Nettvltas, Cuba, and spend tonight at Port Au Prince. Haiti. To morrow, the plane will refuel at San Pedro, Dominican Republic, make the short water hop aerobe Moca Peasnje and tand at flan Juan, Puerto Rico. While on the trip, Mrs. Roosevelt also plans to visit the Virgin Island, a short distance east of Puerto Rico, with atone at St. Thomas and St. Croix. The first lfv cmhtU to leturn to the Uu.t0d 9tateg in aijoat 10 d,e. HEAD-ON CRASH OF Reduced Hours Seen As Means of Spreading Em ploymentLabor Leader Backs Plan at Code Meet nv JAMES COPE (Cupvriglit ll34, by the Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 8. (AP) Gen. Hugh S. Johnson seeks the Im mediate re-employment of at least a million more men in private Indus try. Thla la hla minimum and Im mediate goal for the overhauling of NRA, which la now In progress. As the assemblage of massed 'code authorities resumed Its airing of clashing opinions today. It waa learn ed on high authority that thla ob jective was based on a survey Just completed by Johnson's economic staff. The survey was reported to show to the NRA chief's satisfaction that fully 30 per cent of the more than 600 code industries now are able, and probably willing, to make a fur ther cut In working hours without reducing the amounts In pay en velopes. Wotitd Absorb Million Such a work week reduction wsa figured wide enough to absorb ap proximately a million men. Johnson hopes to get even more code groupa to go along. He haa tentatively proposed a 10 per cent blanket hour reduction, balanced by a 10 per cent Increase of wage rates, with provision for Immediate exemp tion for all Industries unable to stand the gaff. Johnson also was said by his aides to be counting, as a result of yes- (Continued on Page Two) CWA WAGE SCALE PORTLAND, March 8. (AP) Con alderable unrest amdng laboring classes here, and serious difficulty In connection with the county's eco nomic and relief programs, was pre dieted by Multnomah county com missioners here today unless the drastic reduotlon of the CWA un skilled labor wage acale la revoked. The commissioners brought their case to C. C. Hockley, Oregon CWA en gineer, who, under Instructions from Washington, D. C, recently put CWA laborers on a 34-hour week basis at 40 cents en hour, Instead of the for mer 60-cent basis. This gives the worker only 9.60 a week. Demora 11 ration of the county'a CWA program has resulted, the com missioners told Hockley; agitators al ready have succeeded In persuading 10 men to quit one project, and a general strike, fomented by agitators, was being discussed today at the civic auditorium. French Aviatrix In Tokyo Again TOKYO, March 8. - m Maryse Hlltz, French aviatrix, completed her aecond Parls-to-Tokyo flight today. She landed at Haneda airport at 9:18 o'olock this afternoon, completing a hop from Seoul, Korea, on which she took off at 8:37 a. m. Mme. Htltx left Paris January 38. On her first flight she left Parts April 1, 133, arriving here April 18. WILL- ROGER? SANTA MONICA, Cal, Mar. 5 Funniest thing I ever read iiliout a coronation was that one over in Manchuria. It neenn that they would havo had it sooner hut Japan had to wait till they could get an armored carriage to haul him there. That shows you what you call being emperor by pop ular demand. Did you know that we got 10 dry stales, 11 part dry and the other 27 can have anything they want, the same as these 21 do.' Chile is selling nitrates. .Eu rope is fertilizing agair 4
