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Newspaper Page Textedford Mail Tribune I ,Ttch the TRIUUNE'S l CLASSIFIED A. US k Let et poi bargain f that mean en Dine savings. Moderate temperature Temperature Highest yesterday 11 Lowest this morning' 41 Twenty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1934. No. 308, Iran mm gw .Ashland Wins 26 to 23 Over Columbia in State Hoop Tournament The Weather Forecast Fair tonight and Thursday. M ffl TO By raul Mallon Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon. Republicans WASHINGTON. March 21. A dozen well-to-do Republican senators have put their heads together In. what amounts to a secret political society. They have pooled their pocketbook privately and set up an organization known among Its lrlcnds as the last of the Mohicans. The primary object la to re-elect f- Mohican Republican senators, but the long range objective is to restore their once proud race to national political prestige. Three or four of the senators are wealthy. They have guaranteed a salary and expenses for an exception ally able publicity man, Warren Wheaton, former Washington news man. The understanding Is general that he will take over national com mittee publicity after the November elections. Next Senate The breaks are against them. Their senators come up for re-election In such states as Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Indiana. If the Democrats do not win four or five of those states, the New Dealers will be bitterly disappointed. The chances are two to one at this early date that the Democratic major ity will be strengthened considerably In the senate by the next election. Nearly all the Democrats who are up for re-election come from the south, which Is Just as solid today as it was In '61. Next House In private, the Democrats admit that they expect to lose 40 seat. In the house. . The Inside claims of the Republicans are not optimistic They do not expect to gain more than 70 seats at most, which is not enough to let them control the house. Where the Republicans are sure to gain Is In states like Kentucky and Missouri. The Republican districts In those states lost their congressmen last time because they had to run at large and the state at large went Democratic. The Republicans also will pick up their normal rock-ribbed districts like the one in Virginia and two or three in California, which they have held since the year one 1033 excluded. No matter how you figure It, how ever, the Democrats will retain oon trol of congress. The only thing which can change this is a wide spread popular revulsion against the New Deal. That may come, but It certainly Is not In sight. Skullduggery Slippery Sam Insull was secretly 1 aided in his escape by a political fac f tlon In Orecce not the government. At lesst, that Is the belief of our officials In touch with the situation. They say sotto voce that the Greek government was quite sincere and ! fair in its handling of the matter I aftr It changed its tactics a few months ago. But a certain faction, represented by the minister of Inter-1 lor, was not considered fair. That 1 ' why the minister resigned. i The state department people are j confident they will ultimately get In- j sull back to Chicago. The flying bird will have to alight ; sometime. Joy ! The high moguls in our state de-' partmcnt are secretly glad to see j Mussollnt expanding. i They believe it may mean a decline j of French domination in Europe, i French control waa founded on alli ances wltu the small central Euro pean nations. Now Mussolini Is j muscUng In with his new treaties. He i will also stop Hitler, If only for the I time being. j Ppeople say that he will help dla- armament because he Is more sincere j on that subject than the French. But that Is a good deal to expect. It waa j not an Idle boast when he said the Italulana would dominate Europe within 80 years. Things are certainly I winding around In that direction. I Air Mall I Smillnir Jim Farley has lost his smile for the first time slnci he en tered public life. The airmail situation Is much more tangled on the Inside than on the out. The house committee has been balky and has got under Parley skin. No one yet knows how It will all come out. The airlines will get their contracts back but the haggling over terms will continue Indefinitely. Power? DctcU of the St. Lawrence treaty has been accredited to the power companies. Thry did not do as much as liiey are getting credit for. Tlity may have helped lo sway three or four senate votes, but the treaty was killed by the sectional self-interest of eastern Democrat. The power lobby here Is not what It used to be. Their lobbyist Is supposed to have closed down his office Jan. 1 ."id fta ber.t looking ;- another job. Continued on, gaga ni STRIKE AVERTED By PROPOSAL OF PRES. ROOSEVELT Managers and Employes Agree to Submit Differ ences to Joseph Eastman, Federal Rail Co-ordinator WASHINGTON, Mar. 23. (AP) Automobile manufacturers left a conference with President Roose velt today without comment ex cept that the chief executive would make a statement. WASHINGTON. March 21. (AP) The White House said in. a statement late today that President Roosevelt and automobile manufacturers had "canvassed the situation from the employers side. The conference wts held Jn an ef fort to avert a strike In the automo bile industry. The president will confer tomorrow with representatives of the employes. WASHINGTON. March 21. (AP) Railway managers and employes agreed today to submit their wage dispute to arbitration by Joseph B. Eastman, federal railroad co-ordinator, as proposed by President Roose' velt. This was made known shortly after Mr. Roosevelt began a conference with automobile manufacturers In an ef fort to avert the strike threatened In that Industry. Temporary solution of the railway wage controversy was reported - to President Roosevelt by representatives of the two groups. E as man Accepted, A. F. Whitney, chairman of the Railway Labor Executive association, earlier had accepted the services of Eastman after rejecting suggestions lor a continuation of the existing 10 per cent pay cut agreement. A few hours later W. T. Thiehoff, chairman of the conference commit tee of railroad managers, told the White House his group was willing to accept the services of Eastman to aid In composing the differences. Whitney repeated labor's demand for a restoration of the old pay scale and an increase of 10 per cent on July 1. TH(3USAND"L0ST IN JAPAN EIRE. FEAR TOKYO. March 31. (AP) The Rengo (Japanese) news agency cor respondent at Hakodate reported to- day that one thousand persons are feared to have died In a fire which destroyed the greater part of Hako date. The conflagration was said to have originated when chimneys fell dur ing a severe wind storm. Up to a late hour tonight build ings were reported still burning, with the blaze spreading to suburban areas. Hakodate Is the principal port In the Island of Hokkaido, and has a population of 200,000. Pear Markets NEW YORK, March 21. (AP) (U. S. D. A.) Pear auction market: 1 car arrived by rail; 3 California cars arrived by boat; 2 Oregon cars; 1 Washington, unloaded, 4 cars on track. Oregon D'AnJous: 928 boxes extra fancy, 3.65 '3. 90, average 3.74; 1.230 boxes fancy 3.503 3.80; aver ago $3.65. Mott and Martin Voice Confidence in Election fly If. C. IIO.-TER Associated Pres Stalf Writer. WASI11NOTON, March ai. (AP) Members of congress, without a doubt, are extremely busy participating In the ever-changing picture In which they are actors some of them stars but most of them llnd a few moments to dlsetn "back home' politics dur ing the day. Some are reluctant to make predic tions, but others, like Representative Martin of Oregon, who is seeking the Democratic nomination a governor of his state, will forecast victory. Marching a person can't help rrurchlr-7 when swinclnc along v-ttb the whlW-halrcd Oregon:.; n. a retired Periled f i I ,:' Mildred King, Stanford, CaL, uni versity co-ed was reported to be un der guard on the campus following extortion threats against her family In Nampa, Ida. Her father, George King, is a meat picker. (Associated Press Photo $95,000,000 BY CAPITAL STOCK TAX ISJVORED WASHINGTON, March 31. (AP) The senate finance committee today unanimous;? approve a capital stock tax of one-tenth of one per cent to take ellect July 1, 1935, and esti mated It would bring In 195,000,000 in revenue. ' The committee also provided a D per cent penalty tax on corporations if earning exceed 13M- per cent, a . -a-wt.t binder valu&tlona In determining their own capital stock valuations. Bora proposition ve advanced by Chairman Harrison (D., Miss.). Aa a partial offset lor these new taxes, the committee eliminated the excise tax on sort drinks, which brings In an estimated ,S0O,O0O, but In creased the tax on colored matches from two to five cents per thousand to meet Japanese competition, and placed a 25 per cent tax on automatic lighters. Tta tax on furs valued at MO or leas waa struck out. This was ex pected to lop off another M.OOO.OOO In revenue. Further excise and nuisance levies were left untouched because Harrison said the committee did not wish to stop proceeds from this source until the new revenue from the capital stock and excess profits begins to trickle In. NSUIi'S ARRIVAL WAITED IN EGYPT PORT SAID, Egypt, March 21 (AP Long range telescopes were trained patiently on the horizon and radio feelers were sent out intermittently today In Port Said's second afternoon rlgll for the appearance of Samuel Insull. A glass capable of sighting his ancient little tramp of the seas, the Malotis, two and one-half hours out was mounted upon one roof. This, however, like other angles of the search, proved fruitless. Meanwhile, numerous individuals and concerns continued unceasingly their efforts to get In touch with the former American utilities operator by wireless. from the capltol to the new house office building, Martin predicted "we have a good chance to make It a clean sweep next fail. "But I may get the pant licked ofi of me," he mused as he reflected on the May and November elections. On the other hand, Oregon'a Re publican, Mott, won't concede a thing as he seek to return to lit seat In the lower house of congress. "The Democrat are going to make a real bid for all elective ofllce at home," he said. Former Governor Pierce. Oregon' third representative in congress. Is making no predictions and no prom- ; 5s.. but he "can't ?e how Or-on could turn twty from the Mmini- U. S. AND JAPAN SHAKE HANDS ON '! PEACE PLEDGES : ! Significant Exchange Good will Notes Revealed by Hull and Hirota Ground Laid for Discussions I LONDON, March 21. p; An au thoritative British source said today that Great Britain would welcome any preliminary American-Japanese naval conference which might result from the exchange of goodwill notes be tween the governments at Washington and Tokyo. Official circles here say they beUese the danger of a naval armament race lies primarily between th United States and Japan, with Great Britain inrolrcd indirectly. WASHINGTON, March 21. (AP The United States and Japan today "shook hands across the Pacific" In a significant exchange of notes mutually pledging peace. Hokl Hirota, foreign minister of Japan, In a formal note to the Roose Telt administration diplomatic chiefs here, asserted the Nippon government "has no Intention whatever to pro voke and make trouble with any other power." Secretary Hull, evidently scanning reported war clouds in the Far East, based on strained relations between Japan and Soviet Russia, replied: U. S. to Avoid Issues. "I receive this statement with special gratification ... I am glad to take, this .opportunity, to state catei gorlcally that the Unled States on its part has no desire to oreate any Issues and n6 Intention to Initiate any conflict In Its relations with other countries." The Hirota-Hull exchange "was the first such passage of good will notes since President Roosevelt took office more than a year ago. In their messages, the diplomatic chiefs of the two nations uttered defi nite agreements, using the words of Hirota, that: (Continued on Page Eight) SNELL BACKED BY .TULA G. (LP. PENDLETON, Ore., March 21, (AP) Earl Snell of Arlington, speak er of the house of the Oregon legis lature, has been endorsed as the Re publican candidate for secretary of state by Umatilla county Republi cans. Unanimous endorsement of Snell was given at a Republican meeting here. Although Snell has announced he will not be a candidate for nomina tion aa governor, he has made no definite statement aa to whether he will seek the Republican nomination aa secretary of, state. ROADWAYS MOST K 3ALEM, Ore. (UP) Most dangerous place for a pedestrian to waik la on a roadway, according to data compiled by the secretary of state's office. Thirteen pedestrian were killed end 45 Injured doing that last year. Eight were killed and 545 Injured while crossing intersections, wfoere there wsa no signal. Other walkers killed Included: Crossing against' the signal 1, croaalng diagonally S, cross ing with the signal 1, crossing be tween intersection S, alighting from car in safety tone 1. playing In street 5, at work on roadway 1, coming from behind parked car 3, crossing high way 5. DOG POiSONER BUSY ER ST. The do(f poisoner Is up to his fiendish trlrlts ajraln In the region of Willamette and Vancouver streets. Dr. D, W. Stone announced yester-, day. The second dag to meet dest.5, by poisoning in that section in three days was reported. It was 'Minnrsjr,' beloved pet of little Robert Zundell. live. Strych nine had been placed in a piere of chicken, eaten by the doj?, Dr. Stone ( stated. The anlmsl was hruhi to j him, when It wts too Ut to c- Lilyan Tashman Dies After Knife Used On Tumor NEW YORK, March. 21. (AP) Lilyan Tashman, 33 motion pic ture actress died this afternoon at Doctors hospital after an Ill ness which had lasted a year and became acute March 16. A. J. Gerteab&ch, directing manager f the hospital, nounced that deals had been caused by "an advanced tumorous condition" which had necessitated an emergency operation shortly after she was admitted to the hos pital. She leaves hei husband, Edmund Lowe, also of the films. An announcement by the hos pital paid great tribute to Miss Tsshman's tenacity In carrying on her moving picture work despite the sfrtmwncjw of her condition. ASSASSIN'S BOMB MISSES AUTO OF PRUSSIAN PREMIER BERLIN, March .21. (AP) An at tempt to assassinate Premier Her mann Wilhelm Ooering of Prussia was rumored today when a hand grenade exploded In the fashionable boulevard TJnter Den Linden shortly after Goer.ngs automobile had passed. A taxi driver was Injured In the explosion, The grenade shook windows throughout the district. It waa toss ed near the corner of Unter Den Linden and the Neue Wilhelmstrasse hitting f.'-te passing taxt. With aoertng in the car, It was said, was Kari Ernst, a nazi group leader. The tsxiesb was demolished by the explosion, but the driver wat hurt only on one arm. Police determined that the gren ade was tin can filled with ex plosives. A traffic policeman who stood at the street Intersection described the explosion only aa a terrific bang and said he had no idea from where the explosive was thrown. An emergency squad searched a big office building next to Goerlng's ministry of the Interior. SEVEN CREMATED N TENEMENT FIRE NEWT YORK, March 2t. (AP) I Seven persona perished today In a j tenement house fire on the upper east side, bringing to 25 the number of I deaths from similar fires In the last six weeks. I The fire swept through the three , upper floors of an "old law" tene I ment at 1909 Second avenue and (trapped a mother and her daughter, i a father and his son and three other In the building. I As firemen were tsklng the first ! two bodies of the victims from the building, Fire Marshal Thomas P. Branny noticed a man following them. Brophy questioned the man who ald hi name waa Raymond Monte lno, 1, unemployed, with a wile and two children. He said ha waa nine blocks away when the. fire itarted Brophy said the man could not have seen the fire If he had been where he said he u, and the fit marshal ordered blm ent to Bellevu hospital for observation In the psychopathic ward, pending an Investigation. Brophy said the man told him he had an "invention" for curing in sanity. ClPCUiFBIOS EYED BY MILITARY SALEM, March 31, (APJ T- state military department today opened bids for improvements at Camp Clatsop Involving expenditure of approximately 150.000. Projects Included m-vera I new mess halls, bath hotmps. warehouse, infirmary and other buildings. Low bidders probably will not be determined until tomorrow due tc the large number of proposals re ceived. JAPAM ALARMED BY BRAZIL RESTRICTION TOKYO, March 31. (API High government olUctsla were described i "gravely alarmed" today at a Bra zilian move toward Inclusion of re Mrlrtlve measures against Japanese Immigration In Sht nation consti tution. The situation w roms" to that of almost 3l!j! 1 yrara ago v.nen tho nwgrMs o! th United Bute rated to bat' th jiptsds, AIR HAIL 'GANG' IGSU.S. AVIATION, CLAIM General Mitchell Tells House Committee This Country Hopeless in Air in Com parison to Rest of World WASHINGTON, March 21. (AP Brigadier-General William Mitchell told the house poa toff tee committee today American avlattaa wa "hope less compared with that of the rest of the world because "It Is In the hands of this gang that hud control of the airmail. Mitchell, testifying on the adminis tration's new airmail bill, denied vig orously that assigning the army to carry the malls was "legalized mur der." He attributed deaths to "poor equipment, no flying experience, bad weather," reduced appropriations nnd boncheadedness." Hopeless In War "Since 1928." he testified, "the de velopment of aviation has fallen largely into the handa of the com mercial Interests Our aircraft today la hopeless so far aa war la concerned. It the military tltera with the equipment they have can't fly the mall, our air corps might aa well dis band. That mall flying is primes stuff." Mitchell said unless aviation w&a pnt under one agency "It will again fall Into the hands of these money fellows, and they will continue to do what they have done.' Further Indication that Democrats (Continued on Pag Two NEGRTOWlAKER ROUSED WHEN AIDE RULED FROM CAFE WASHINGTON, March 31. iff Saying Representative "Warren K. C), had "arbitrarily" barred negroes from the house restaurant, Represen tative Deprleat (n.. 111.), on?y negro house member, asserted on the floor today that "I didn't instigate thit fight, but so help ma Ood I'm going to finish it." Deprlest told how his secretary had been refused serrlee and now he uh sequently had proposed an Investiga tion to determine the authority of the chairman- of the house account committee, Represents tire Warren, to keep negroes out. Tre been here a good many years, Depriest toid the house, "and never before was there any such dlscrlmrna Iton. It seems to me to be an arbi trary rule by one man. "Oh, I appreciate how the people down in North Carolina (Warren's state) feet about It, but ffent.emen, North Carolina is not the United States of America." Representative Bis n ton, (D., Tex.), interrupted to ask if Depriest was not served fn the house restaurant and allowed to bring In whatever guests he wanted. "Yes," Depriest answered, "that's true." "Well," Bianton pursued, just what does the gentleman want?" "I am asking the same rights for my constituent that you ask for yours," Depriest replied, VOTE oWHltTPRNES DELAYED BY RECESS WASHINGTON. March 21. (AP) The senate recessed at 6 p. m., to day without voting on the Philip pine Independence bill. Million Dollars Papers Walls of Chicago Club CHICAOO, March 31, fAP Pp-! erhanger suited plastering a mil lion dollar worth of htadaoh or. tit wall of the Union League cl'jo today. The follies of 111) lived again in memory a th workmen pasted stocks, bonds, mortgage and a tasty array of Insult securities on the club "million dollar room," dertl. cated to th Insanity of the big boom. Amid Ibe brushes and paste was paper once thought as good a goltl and lie only question asked about It w: "Will It wear?" ' It would. ld a paperhanger. He slapped a lrge expsni of green In sull pper Into plare !tr cupping two coupon which wouldn't fit Into. tb4 patters. XJt eaors jevte fiut- L 1 ; Nil Martin J. Smith, a republican, waa named by the county court of Lake county, tnd as special prose cutor to Investigate the fall escape of John DIIHngsr, (Associated Press GCG HOMERS LEAVE MEM ON MARCH 30TH EUGENE. Mnrch SI. (AP) -Tb15 tlrst peoll train carrying CCO mem her to their home In the !xth and seventh, corn tesA will leave Eugene Thursday afternoon, Mnrch 39. The second mill leave March 00 an4 will stop ta Modtord to pick up number st men Jtsm the Medtord iUtrtet. The men ilU b taken eaat tot dis charge'. They Me, the member who do not wish to re-enroll tot the bal nc at thtte tun limit in the Civilian Conservation Corp. Ammgemerjt tor the necll train ar being npltd under the direc tion of Captain Fwreat B. Ambrose of the Bwgene district heaflljUMtess. Cant. w' St'!. eemfflfMwxler cS Camp BrartfOT. win b Irt charge of the finrt train. Captain 8. Oordoa Rycle, eommamier at Camp Melrse, will command the second train. The first train will carry 109 men to be discharged at Tori leaTenworth, Kansas, and 25 men to be discharged at Fort Crook, Nebraska. The second train will carry It men from thl district for discharge at port Sheridan, m. rt wilt go by way of Medford, atopptng there to pick up about ISO men from the afedford district destined for Port Sheridan. Lieut, t,. B. Hanson wilt accompany the train as mess and medical officer. DAIRYSTOGKlDDED BETWEN 1930-1933 ITHACA. If. T. (AP) The total number of animal per dairy In creased from IT.M In 1W to n.Vt In im. It t reported by C. JS. Sniffen and W. W. Reqa of Cornell university. The figure were compiled from the records of t.MO etsirte by the statistical department of the Dairy men League cooperatiT associa tion. BAKER ROBBERY SUSPECT TAKEN BY BOISE POLICE BOISE, Idaho. March Jl. (AP) rtusaell Welty, 33, arrested by Boise police Monday night, was returned; to Baker, Ore., yesterdsy by E. B. Jackson, chief of Baker police, and aherlff Hcnr; McKlnncy of Baker county. trd unB'rtleed through M linger. He mused, "It a Sella had all this money , , .' HI voice trailed away into a mvimble, Then be slapped paste across Wbe top, where It read: ", , promise to pay bearer 1,0OO and Interest at lx per cent per annum , , ,' and then over the bsttsm, A csmpanlon stepped back and squinted artistically, "How's that Jo? being atralghU" the neper lier asked, his brush ready t swish, I gueea Its all tight," T,H b parted It on, neatly. "Thl to a very valuable docu ment," one legend ran, "Keep It lit a sale place." "Safe enough," said the bmahmea, at dsbSed It la low tteoa. IIITHMPIAY COQUILLES QUJNT 3 PJ. THURSDAY Southern Oregon Champions Take First Game in Wil lamette Gym Coquitte Wins 37-21 Over Mitchell S.U.EM, larrh St. .tsfi land high school, sotrthent Ore gnn basketball ehamplons, today eliminated Coinmbfct Prep of Portland by s 26 to S3 score in the second game of the fanma nwnt, and gained a berth fn rhs stmnti round bmcket. Ashland will meet Cotfullle at it p. m. Tbnrsday. SALEM, March SI. WV-J th Initial game of the annual state bas ketball tournament here Coquiile high sehooi advanced to the second round by defeating the team from Mitchell 3? to 21. SALEM, March illAP) Shrteea high scliool basketball team rapre senUng the. beat In their respect? districts arrived lie Salem yesterday and today, and awaited only th alerting; whistle at 1 o'clock thl afternoon to get Into the scramble for the annual state high school basket ball championship. Mitchell and Coquiile are matched for tho atarting game which wilt be followed at Intervals of one hour by the following teams In order: Ash land vs. Columbia, The Oallea vs. Jef ferson, Astoria vs. Delia ard Eugene y. La, Grande. After the 5 o'clock gam an hour and a half will be al lowed for dlnnor nd play will resume at 7;30 with the following teams playing In order: Klamath Pall vs. Sllvertoo, Salem va, Pendleton, and McMlnnvtlle v. Franklin. Have Two Chances A total of 3d gamea will bo played before the champion la finally deter mined Saturday night. Since the, new system waa Inaugurated three, years ago each team must be defeated twice before being eliminated from the play. The eight losers la today' game will enter . consolatioa brack et the winner of which will be ranked In fifth place. Official for thl yea?' contest will be Harry Lttdlng, Blph Cdeaaa and Emll Piluso, who will aiteraats In the role of referee and umpire. Strength I'nknoira Prom pre-touraament performance little I known cs to the comparattw strength of the 19 district winner. Df thoss teams which hare played each ftther preTlously this season la several cases spilt series resulted, and in practically all case scores were close. Arrival of the teams and an unusu ally large number of fan, due to ths proximity of several schools repre sented, gave the capital city a holiday air. enhanced By the varl-colored ath. lettc sweaters worn by most of the team mombers. Players could be seen this morning pacing rather nervously up and down the street or talking excitedly In groups on the corners. Occasionally could be heard a dec laration something to this affect, "We've got to win that gams thui afternoon, or we won't dare face. tt tolka at home." SALEM, Ore. (UP) Erection of a monument, on the state house grounds as a memorial to the fast vanishing Orand Army of the Re public la projected by the Son and Daughtera of Union Veterans of the Civil War. WILL ROGER? .soys: IIOUjYWOOV, Cat., March 20 Talk about Russia with, her !iv-year plan, Mussolini jut saw t!ieir fire and raised em 55. Italy is out now with a 60- year jlan. Smart guy, that Mussolini. Ho laid out a plan where i it proved at the end that it wouldn't work tbey couldn't find him. Quite a few things even we could do with a (Ki-yeur plan, Kvcrylwdy could get thoir coda (fisrncil up. Loiu'sinna could catch up with Iiucy Long, Get the air mail straightened t, get the boniiH settled, vote on ronumetiidug silver and wad delegation to the disarmament conference. yJjL. r Vl H Mai!) Vilylfi )av.v .