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Twenty-eighth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1934.
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Copyright. 1D34. by Paul Mai Ion.
Art
WASHINGTON, March 13. The su
perb skill of Attorney General Cum
mlngs In handling the Mellon,
f Lamont-Walker- Sidlo Income tax
Inner political world.
The Lamont case first developed
last June 9. when the Morgan partner
publicly testified he sold stock to his
wife and bought It back later. The
Mellon case has been hanging fire for
more than six months. The Jimmy
Walker facts date, back to the pre
Roo&evelt era when his financial op
erations were disclosed by the Sea
bury investigation.
Nobody knows when the Sldlo mat
ter originated. Finding It at all waa
a good Job. Mr. Sidlo la a well known
and respected citizen, but he hardly
rates politically or financially with
Messrs. Mellon. Lamont and Jimmy
Walker.
Selectivity
The one understandable explana
tion of how Mr. Sldlo got Into such
choice company is that he la allied
with a chain of liberal newspapers
which have been howling for the
scalps of Yes, Messrs. Mellon,
Lamont and Walker.
The cases all started at different
times, months ago, but they all came
off the department of Justice mimeo
graph machine in the same handout:
Just these four:
Mr. Mellon, the arch -republican.
Mr. Lamont, the Wall Streeter.
Mr. Walker, the democrats (a splen
did choice.)
4 Mr. Sidlo, the liberal.
The only thing which kept It from
being perfectly balanced was the fail
ure to Include a socialist and a com
munist. They probably had to be left
out because none of them has enough
money to pay Income taxes.
Birdie
The timing waa even more exqui
site. Aside from the fact that the old
cases phenomenally came to fruition
simultaneously, the announcement
waa made Just four days before the
next Income tax payments were due.
And, wonder of wonders. It came
on the Sunday which most of the in
come taxpayers had set aside to work
out their returns. (The Sunday pa
pers have more circulation than the
week-dallies.)
The psychology of that -move will
be apparent when the returns are
counted after Thursday. With Messrs.
Mellon, Lamont, Walker and Sldlo
facing prosecution for not being lib
em' with their government, the other
fe mi. lion taxpayers certainly. could
noi afford to take any chances.
Appreciation
Only skeptics will suspect that this
peculiar political balance and this
psychological timing In Mr. Cum
mlngs brilliant swing were Inten
tional. Politics and psychology have noth
ing to do with Justice. At least they
should not. It is Just a coincidence,
possibly strange and unusual, but,
nevertheless, a coincidence.
The antt-adminlstration gang can
be expected to interpret It as a put
up Job. They may point out that Mr.
Cummin gs has been fully as brilliant
In politics as in law. They may
resurrect the fact that the attorney
general was chairman of the Demo
cratic national committee for five
years and an official of every national
I convention lor the last three decades,
i If they do. his friends can point
ovit that he was state's attorney for
Fairfield county, Connecticut, for ten
f years.
Nevertheless, all true political ar
tists know real art when they see It.
Lindbergh
The Lindbergh reconciliation waa
not quite in the class with the Cum
mlngs masterpiece.
Col. Lindbergh was called to Wash
ington by War Secretary Dern. On
his arrival the air ace managed to
escape pursuing news photographers,
as Is his custom. But next day, Dern
invited the photographers in to take
pictures of himself with Lindbergh,
smiling and laughing with each other
as if they were old pals.
The time was correct. The pictures
appeared In moat newspapers next
momlng sloncside Mr. Roosevelt's
new air mill Instructions to Dern.
Men
Quite a social occasion was made of
the reconciliation also. The Lindbergh
family had lunch with the Dern fam
ily. Afterward Dern Issued a public
statement that he considered Lind
bergh as "our foremost authority on
aviation question.'
Dern alro let it be known that hs
and Lindbergh had not merely talked
to each other, but that they had
talked "man to man.''
y Bruce I-ewin, 72year-old Austra
lian, claims to have walked more
thsn 01.000 tnUee In the last 11 year,
lwiag out 0Q 4Ui tftoefc
BE
IS
Logging Railroad Being Put
in Repair Camps to Open
in Two Weeks Half
Time Basis of Operation
Improvement for labor conditions
and general business In Jackson
county Is foreshadowed by the an
nouncement today of James H. Owen,
general manager of the Owen-Oregon
Lumber Sales company, that plans
have been completed for the opera
tion of their sawmill and plant here,
upon a half-time basis, which will
mean the employment of more than
300 men In the various departments.
A force of 85 men were started this
week, repairing the Medford logging
railroad roadbed and equipment, and
making the preliminary arrangements
for logging operations In the Butte
Falls district. The logging camps are
expected to start operations In about
two weeks.
The sawmill will start as soon as
sufficient logs are Improved In the
mill pond for operation. This will
add about 100 men to the payroll.
The plant is now employing 120 men
in the planing mill, shipping and
other plant departments.
Manager Owen aaya that the plant
will operate only to one-half capacity
for the present. Future operations de
pend largely upon the lumber de
mand. and being able to jnove their
proportion of the lumber cut, at the
established minimum NRA code
prices. All mills are prohibited at
selling at less than the code price,
"Some mills, particularly the larger
operators," said Manager Owen, "more
favorably located, and having direct
sales representatives throughout the
country, will naturally get more busi
ness than the smaller operators.'
Manager Owen stated that only old
employees, and local men of estab
lished residence here would be given
employment.
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LOS ANGELES, March IS. (AP)
Two of three racing drivers charged
with kidnaping a newspaper reporter
and photographer were placed under
$2500 bond each by the district attor
ney's office today, having previously
been at liberty without bail..
They wero Babe Stapp, one of the
country's foremost race track pilots,
and Al Rclnke, well known In Pacific
coast racing circles, both of whom
will be arraigned today. A third man
has not been apprehended.
The charges grew out of the beat
ing and kidnaping of John Ben mis
Los Angeles Examiner photographer,
and the kidnaping of James Lee, a
reporter for the same newspaper, dur
ing their assignment on March to the
funeral of Ernie Triplett, noted
driver.
PALM ESTATE VALUED
$133,256 LEFT WIDOW
Estate of Charles W. Palm, late
Medford capitalist, has been ap
praised for the purpose of payment
of the Inheritance tax, at 9131.256. ac
cording to ft-hedulea filed In the
county clerk's office.
Amount of the Inheritance tax fa
computed at $3,437.82. Mrs. Calllc
Palm is the sole heir.
PAIRPLAY. Colo., March IS. (AP)
Coach Elmer Schwslm, 36, of the
Grand Junction basketball team died
here today from lnjurlea Incurred In
an automobile accident near here
March 4.
Steelhead Belongs to
Trout Family Is Ruling
PORTLAND. March 13. (AP) The
old controversy whether a steelhead
is a salmon or a trout broke out here
Monday at a meeting of the state
game commission, and Matt Ryckman,
superintendent of hatcheries, appar
ently won a decision over Chairman
M. P. Corrigan.
A briefly considered proposal to
close tide-water streams to winter
fishing for trout of any length went
down to defeat on the basis of the
trout -salmon determination.
-The steelhead I not a trout," Cor
rlgsn Insisted, but Ryckman coun
tered with the statement that the
tUolhead Is a sea-run rainbow trout.
land that the eggs from an rdult
Ex-Kaiser's Income Cut
AS FIRST LADY STARTED AIR TRIP
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Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt la ahown above at the air baae In Miami,
Fia., as ahe boarded 9 plana for her ocean flight to Puerto Rico where
aha waa to investigate reports of poverty. It was the first ocean air .
trip made by a President's wife. She Is waving to a party of friends
who saw her off. (Associated Press Photql
TOUHY COHORT
CHICAGO, March 13. (AP)
Charles "Ice Wagon" Connors, one
of the Touhy gangsters long hunted
for the kidnaping of John Factor,
was found hot to death In a remote
section of the southwest side today.
The body, shot twice through the
chest, the head battered In with bul
lets and another wound through the
arm, lay unidentified several hours
whtle officers tried to compare the
features with those of the known
gangster.
Identification finally was made by
finger prints.
TAKE $20000
MASON CITY, la., March 13. (AP)
The First National bank waa held
up this afternoon by machine gun
robbers who carried away several
bank employes as hostages. R. h.
James. In the street at the time of
the holdup, waa struck In the leg by
a bullet. '
As t'le robbers pulled away from
the bank-they forced the hostagea
to stand Tip around the outside of
the car to protect them from ahota
that might come from vigilantes who
mounted the roofs of surrounding
buildings while the robbery was In
progress.
T.he robbers used tear gas In the
bank.
The seven gunmen, escaping with
loot which bank officers estimated
at mora than 20.000, released their
hostages four miles out of town.
The fly-fishing reason for "no limit
length" trout will open April o. 10
davs earlier than usual, and will
close November 15. Trout of any
length may be taken to the extent
of the legal bag limit except In cer
tain stream specified last yesr, when
the no-llmlt length law was created.
In which catches under six inches
are prohibited.
The commission deldd to close
all tributaries of the MrKenrle below
the Junction of the Blue river, with
the exception of Mohawk creek. All
tributaries of the south fork of the
McKenrie were closed. Short creek
was nrderrrt closed, and the Diamond
' lake big limit of trout was rrduced
36 ib WsVib So ft U Umib
COLUMBIA FRUIT
PROSPECT BEST
HOOD RIVER, Ore, March 13.
(AP) Prof. R. H. Robinson. Oregon
State college specialist, here for a
four-day observation of the pre -blos
som spray program, today advised
mid -Columbia orchardlsts that pros
pects' for alt classes of fruit are the
best in years.
Cheered by anticipation of in
creased demand as the result of heavy
damage caused by severe freezes In
the east, growers here are starting a
rigid spray program and the applica
tion of fertilizer, measures that had
largely been abandoned in 'the past
three years because of poor business
conditions.
The thinning of the harvest help
demand is expected to solve the un
employment problem- In this region
by mid-summer If an Influx of tran
sient workers can be halted.
E TO SEEK
PORTLAND. March 13. (AP) A
formal snnouncement wilt be made
tomorrow by State Senator Joe E.
Dunne of Portland that he will he a
candidate for the republican nomi
nation for governor, It waa said here
today. An outline of the platform
on which he will seek the nomination
will be made at the same time.
Dunne represents Clackamas, Co
lumbia and Multnomah counties In
the state senate, of which he has
been a member since 1927. He has
been prominently identified with
rosd and highway legislation and
with milk control bills.
For several months Senator Dunne
has been traveling over the entire
state, diligently scouting his pros
pects. He has reached the conclu
sion that the present time is pro
pit 1 to us to mske the race.
; PREMATURE EXPLOSION
FATAL FOR WORKMEN
VICTORIA, B. C, March 13 fAP)
British Columbia police said today
that several persons were killed or
Injured in a premature explosion o!
undetermined nsturs at Camp No. 6
of the Albernl Pacific: Lumber com
psny. SALEM, March 13. (AP) Gover
nor Julius L. Meier today Issued a
conditional pardon to Thomas F. Van
derzanden, who was committed to the
state pnltntlary October 27, toys,
from Washington county to s:ivc a
J4ft feCa fcK lass 4C3 BMtfflfth
ACTION DEFENDED
BY DEMOLEADER
President Takes . Full Re
sponsibility for Cancella
tion of Air Contracts
Says Senator Robinson
.Mill i Kuutfs Named
WASHINGTON. March 12. (AP)
An army airmail system modified
to nine routes in the interests of
safety was traced across the map
of the country today.
The new schedule, to be flown
after the war department "releas
ed" army filers from a stay-on-the-ground
order, Is as follows:
Boston to New York; New York
to San Francisco via Chicago and
Salt Lake City; New York to Jack
sonville; Washington to Atlanta;
Chicago to Dallas via Kansas City
and St. Louis; Salt Lake City to
Seattle: Salt Lake City to San
Diego via Los Angeles; Cheyenne
to Denver; and Chicago to St.
Paul.
Other routes may be added
later.
WASHINGTON, March 13. (AP)
Replying to a Republican charge that
President Roosevelt was attempting
to "shift responsibility" for a "trag
ic blunder" in caivelllng the airmail
contracts. Senator Robinson, the
leader, told the senate today the
chief executive had been Justified In
his action and assumes full respon
sibility for It.
President Itoosevclt wss charged
with responsibility for the death of
10 army fliers and virtual destruc
tion of the airplane Industry by Sen'
ator Robinson (R., ind.)
In his reply, the Democratic Rob
Inson said that charge waa not Jus
tified.
WASHINGTON? March 13. (Aft
Addition of two new airmail routes
to those operated before the general
contract cancellation la contemplat
ed by the postoffloe department.
Army flying of the airmail, sus
pended by President huusevelt after
the death of 10 service filers In
crashes, has not yet been resumed. N
Harllco Brancn, second assistant
postmaster general, told the house
poa toff ice committee today that lines
from Chicago to Spokane and from
Billings to El Pasowere planned un
der the $12,000,000 appropriation
asked for the fiscal year starting
July 1.
Practically all the old routes would
be maintained, he said.
"I am quite sure," he said, "that
at least 95 per cent of Vie routes
In operation on February 10 would
be Included In the air map we make
up."
Branch's outline of plans under
private operation followed an ap
pointment by Secretary Dem of a
committee, Including Charles A. Lind
bergh, to study the army's carrying
the mall, and to suggest Improve
ments. TWO DIE FROM
QUAKE EFFECTS
SALT LAKE CITY. March 13. (AP)
The second death attributed Indirect
ly to the earthquake which shook
Utah and southern Idaho yesterday
occurred today when Charles Bltchell,
63, died in a local hospital of injuries
suffered In a waterworks trench cave-
I In.
Bltchell was burled when the slx
' foot trench under construction In the
j southern part of this city gave way
I shortly after the heaviest of the sev
; eral tremors which shook this city.
I Waterworks department officials said
the trench banks were weakened by
: the quake.
j Mrs. Ida .Venabla Atkinson. 21, of
Ogden. Utah, died of fright yesterday
while her home waa quivering from
; the earth movements.
WILL SHOW PROFIT
HEW YORK. March 13. (AP) A
Chicago dispatch to Dow. Jones
Zo. aays It la understood Montgom
ery Ward St Co. will probably show
net income of between 12,000,000
and ITOOO.OOO for the year ended
j January 31. This would be the com-
Iyanj m Hint t,c tiiivsiiac miiui tfuv
XJa StiU louiM MiMU .,
Off; May Return Home
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RELATIONS BREAK
aaasa.assBB
Ashland's Attitude in Con
tests Engendered Long
Series Squabbles Sams
Valley to Play Lithians
Inability to reach agreement with
Ashland high school on officials for
any inter-school contest from, type
writing to football, was the basic
reason why Medford high school yes
terday afternoon severed athletic re
lations with their traditional rlvala.
O. G. Smith, principal of the Med
ford high school and Coach Darwin
K. Burgher s&ld this morning. The
situation has prevailed over the last
four years, they said.
The two local school offlclsls ssld
that "whenever the question of a ref
eree or official arose, there waa a pe
riod of contention over trivialities
that left a bad feeling. There has
never been any trouble picking an of
ficial for Klamath Falls or Grants
Pass contests of any nature. It was
always a bone of contention with the
Ashland school."
Weary of Jangling.
Principal Smith admitted, "the
Medford srhool wearied of this con
tinual Jangling and it Is the chief
reason why we decided to sever ath
letic relations until auch time as It
will be possible to settle school ques
tions amicably and in a businesslike
manner. e
The suspension of eight Medford
high athletes for painting their school
letters on an Ashland barn adjoining
the Ashland school, was characterized
as "Just a aide Issue."
Finances, In which the Medford
school was a loser, was one of the
main contributing factors, and the
school authorities cited two Instances
In support of their contentions.
FAnense Held Needless,
It cost $73 for referees for last FM
day night's game, and local school
heads held this was an unnecessary
expense. Ashland refused to accept
any southern Oregon referee. Med
ford, to play the game, had to sub
mit, though L. L. Deat of Grants Pass,
one of the best lnterscholastic ref
erees In the stater could have been
procured at less than a third of the
expense.
(Continued on Page Seven) .
Low-Necked Dress
Starts Bat tie In
Argentina Church
SAN LUIS. Argentina. March 13.
(API Civil and religious au
thorities sought today to smooth
out a conflict which began over
a low-necked dress and ended In
a gun fight Sunday.
The Rev. Fr, Juan Guerrera told
Sen lor) ta El Ida Da-cunda to leave
mass when he deemed her appirel
was Immodest.
Outside, in the village plana, the
Indignant aenlorlta summoned her
father, who organised a mass meet
ing then and there to telegraph
a protest to the provincial gover
nor. The priest emerged from the
church accompanied by members
of his conjures in. Firing broke
out.
Nazi Propaganda Drive
Seen by Petit Parisien
PARIS. Msrch IS (AP) Tha nawa.
paper Patit Partslen today rltrst!
t chargra that Oarman naala wera con
Hurting a hug, awret propaganda
I campaign abroad, and publlahad what
It described as a eopj of a pamphlet
of confidential Instructions sent to
nan propsgsnda agenta.
Tha tt, aa printed by the Petit
Parliien, instructed the agent to
withdraw advertising from newspapers
which used anti-German news sgency
dispatches and declared that It had
proved to ba "Impossible" to establish
relations of any sort with tha Asso
ciated Presa.
The Associated Press." tha tst.
as published, declsres. "shows towsrd
tha new evolution of oerminy snd
tht nstlonal .soclsllst government's
demands In tha matter of foreign
policy t lack of understanding which
must be considered ss deliberste hos-
: tlllty.
"It Is recognlted that tha niana-
GSM fit m MM MkUttI It
Drink of Liquor
Beats Derrick In
Removing Dobbin
ANSONIA, Conn., March 13.
(AP) A pint of whisky worked
where a motor wrecking car der
rick failed in moving a horse that
dropped at a street Intersection.
A crowd gathered and offered
all kinds of advice. Then a vete
ran truckman suggested the liquor.
A pint of the fluid was poured
down the horse's throat and the
animal revived at once, rose and
plodded away.
AT
FAULT OF DRIVER
A coroner's Jury this afternoon re
turned findings thst no one was to
blame for the death of Roscoe How
ard. Josephine county farmer, killed
In a railroad crossing accident near
Rogue River Sunday evening.
The coroner's Jury wss composed
of Walter Combs, Joseph Schultr and
Thomas Wilson of Rogue River, and
L. O. Boomer, James Dally and Wil
liam Gilbert of this city. The Jury
deliberated but a few minutes. ,
Twelve witnesses were examined at
the Inquest, including one eye-witness,
Arthur M. Snow of Grants Pass.
The evidence showed that the auto.
struck by the Shasta Limited, had
apparently stalled on the track.
Howard, 62, is survived by four chit
dren. and operated a dairy ranch near
Grants Pass.
Questioning of the witnesses was
conducted by District Attorney George
A. Codding.
This afternoon an Inquest Is being
held into the death of Charles Hollo-
way, local painter, found dead by
neighbors. In his gsrage here, appar
ently from suicide.
DETROIT, March 3. (AP) The
Ford Motor Co. today announced that
the 5 a day minimum wage has been
restored for all of its employees.
It was the second general upward
revision of wages within less than a
year. Lust summer, at the time the
question of whether Ford would ac
cept the NRA automobile code, Henry
Ford announced that a minimum of
60 cents an hour was being estab
lished. It has been eatlmsted that the Ford
company Is employing around 100,
000 men.
The company's announcement said
the Increase, which became effective
today, would benefit approximately
47,000 of Its employes In Ford plants
throughout the country.
PRICE FOR SALMON
FISHERMEN AGREED
ASTORIA. Ore.. March 13. (AP)
A price of 11 cents a pound for Chin
ook and blueback salmon from the
start of the season, May 1 to August
B. and eight cents a pound from Au
gust 8 to the season's close on Au
gust 28, will be demanded by fish
ermen of the Columbia river.
occupied by persons with whom It Is
Impossible to establish relations or
sny sort."
(Assoclsted Presa editors not: The
Petit Psrlslen ssld It guaranteed the
authenticity of the teat. No further
proof of Ita genuineness, however, haa
bean disclosed. The relations of the
Assoclsted Press with tha Oermsn
government are exactly tha aame as
they are with any other government.
Tha business of the Associated Presa
la Impartially to gather and to dlS'
semlnata tha news, untlnged by blss
or expressions of opinion. It does not
engage In any propaganda for any
government, organlrAtlorr, or Indl
virtual.)
Continuing, tha text aa printed
ssysr
"All Oerman agents abroad, there
fore, are forbidden to maka any con
tact with tha managera of 'tha A. P.'
Furthermore, tha greatest prudenea la
lecommendad In relations with th.
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Family Council Held at Doom
to Discuss Difficulties
Incomes From German
Sources Are Shut Off
DOORN, Holland, March 13-(AP)
Former Kaiser Wilhelm may re
turn to Germany as the result of a
Hoh enrol lern family council held la
his castle here today.
The former emperor of Germany,
his wife. Princess Hermlne, the
kaiser's two sons, the Princes Eltal
Frederick and Augustus Wilhelm, and
several generals Including Von Steulp
nagel Joined in the conference.
It la understood that the council
considered the financial difficulties
facing the royal family as a result
of the Hitler government's ban en
the export of moneys from Germany
unless this cash is exchanged for
goods.
The Hohenzollerns hitherto hav
derived their Incomes from various
sources in Germany.
It was reported thst the Hitler
government Is unwilling to make an
exception In the case of the former
kaiser on Its ban on money exports.
Circles close to the Doom house
hold stated that the possibility erf
the kaiser's return to his native land
was not precluded under the cir
cumstances, (Earlier In the day, in Berlin, Bar
on von Sell, chief Hoh enzol lern agent,
stated that no reunion of the Hohen
Tollern family was planned In Doom,
dismissing reports of such a confer
ence as pure fabrications.)
FIRST LADY BUSY
IN PUfO RICO
SAM GORMAN, Puerto Rloo. Maroh
13. (A?) Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
set a breathless pace for her compan
ions again today In a tour of the
Purto Rico needlework district.
An S a. m. start from San German,
where she spent the night; a picnic
lunch by a roadside; a considerable
pause at Ponce; a 0 o'clock reception
at San Juan these were mere high-
spots on the day's full program.
The first lady of the United States,
heralded by Spanish criers, headed
what had tht appearance of a trium
phal procession through Areclbo and
other points yesterday.
KANSAS CITY, March 13 (AP)
R. A. Long. 83, head of tha Lonff-Bau
Lumber company, underwent an op
eration today for removal of an In
testlnal obstruction.
Will
ROGERS
SANTA MONICA. March 12.
Kvprvlmdv cheers tha uresi-
dent's nirmail move. It was a
big tiling to lo. His next popu
lar move would be to sny to his
Icgul depurtment: "Wo said
thero was fraud ; there wag
fraud; well, get busy and try
somebody and, if guilty, con.
vict 'cm. That's all today, gen-
Jcmcn."
Most criticism of the army ia
going to bo very unjust. He it
tmtirhr. to fiirht in the air. When
he fails at that, then criticize
him. He didn t hire out as a
postman. In fact, in modern
warfare thev don't correspond
with each other. Our Birmail
pilots are the best in the world.
That's why we have two de
partments in Washington, ona
for war and one for mail, both
very ctficient, but not at each
other's jobs.
Yours, wUjU
I'. S. i Kddio Hickcnbackcr did
mighty well for us in the last
war and he had never delivered
a letter in his life.
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