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Medford Mail Tribtne Witch the TRlHUNt s CLASSIFIED ADS . . Loti of (ood bargain that mean genuine savings. L lowest tills morning - ....84 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1931. No. 9. The Weather forecast: Fair tonight and .Tuesday. Frost tonlRlit. Temperature Hlfliest yesterday - .83 nsm meitei m imp mss. . i . i . , , , By FAL'L MALLON WASHINGTON, D. C, April 3. The mild demeanor ot State Secretary Hull l deceiving. Behind It he hides the heart of a Canadian northwest policeman. He always gets his man. This time the man Is none other than President Roosevelt's own spe cial foreign trade adviser, George Peck. When Mr. Peek's appointment wa, ami.... .. tumea aruunu tire iw iu that Mr. Hull's Influence on that Subject was on the wane. Mr. 'Peek was supposed to be the big Influence on foreign trade, overriding the exe cutive commercial policy committee started by Mr. Hull. , Mr. Hull said nothing, but was an noyed. A week ago the White House gave out an executive order formal ly installing Mr. Peek and giving him 100.000 to work with. The laugh waa on Mr. Hull but Hot for long. Two days after Mr. Roosevelt left n his fishing trip, Mr. Hull's state department made public a supple mental executive order the presi dent had signed before he left. Why its announcement was delayed 48 hours was not explained, but the fact is that by tfiat time Mr. Roose velt was out on the Astor wacht, out of reach of' Mr. Peek and everyone else. This supplemental order specifi cally instructed Mr. Peek not to in terfere with the executive policy com mittee. It did not say directly, but clearly implied that Mr. Peek waa also not to interfere with Mr. Hull, and gave Mr. Hull the right to name a. representative on the policy com mittee. . The inner departmental circles nudged each other and allowed that many influential persons have found it distinctly unprofitable to step on Mr. Hull's toes. He is decidedly not a Mr. Milquetoast. Those on the Inside at the NRA are talking among themselves about the radical changes which have been quietly going' on within the organi sation. For instance, W. Averill Harrlman has virtually taken the entire routine off General Johnson during the last few weeks. He appears to be run ning the show since he waa made first assistant administrator. One Job General Johnson has taken on recently Is the writing of office orders. They are supposed to be more secret than a supreme court decision. If anyone Is caught dis closing an order outside the organi sation it constitutes grounds for dis missal. Lately the orders have been more picturesquely worded than when they were written by Executive Director Alvin Brown. These and other signs have led to considerable discussion as to the fu ture of the NRA. Some wise boys are saying the outfit will grow less and less important. They expect i that a compliance drive will be start- ed soon by the legal division. The ahow will then center about techni cal individual cases of enforcement. Any broad furVicr curtailment of hours seems to be out of the ques tion. The tendency of the administra tion is to temporize with the exist ing setup and wait developments in hopes that moro reforms may be forced later. But industry is getting its back up. It is organizing quite eiiccuveiy baekatage against the Wagner labor board bill. Three of the largest In dustrles have sent letters to all stockholders urging them to cam naicn actively against the measure. They will probably be able to block j It for this session. ' ' Tne wniie nou tion "'"'pay the fine. His Jail sentence waa defeat on the veterans' pay restora tion bill very hard. Their advance information waa to the effect that the senate would save t,hcm by sus taining the veto. It Is rather important politically, but not financially, When the figures are all In June 30 vou will find that Mr. Roosevelt's I budget estimate of this year's deficit will be Just about half what he thought It would be. He has been I unnble to spend money as fast as he estimated. ! The condition of the treasury will not be seriously affected by the 228.000.000 additional expense of tile veterans' pay restoration. j That Is only a drop In a 7,000.000,- ! 000 budget burket i The Inner group at the state de- partment believes It Is going to be a long time before anyone gets any money out of Berlin Germany's gold reserves, according to their calculations, arc only 8 per cent of her total currency outstand ing. Her gold jxisltlon Is so bad a'ie cannot pay for current foreign pur rhairs and has slapped an embargo n cotton, wool. etc. Ing us out on a proposition whereby thv would psy in kind for their (lomf :io purchases. That means we would have to buy In Germany as much as they buy here. 1, We will net fall for that one. rr tlir.n a tifMre for rf. iCcntiuueO. ou Page Foul ) AGED FUGITIVE Extradition Granted by Turks and All Legal Ob stacles Cleared for Re turn of Utilities Chief WASHINGTON, April 3. (API (Turkey today notified the United states that Samuel Insull would be extradited to Chicago to stand trial. Robert P. Skinner, American am bassador at Ankara, notified the state department the Turkish government had informed him at S p. m.( (Turk ish time) that Insull's extradition had been granted. The Turkish government at the same time Informed Skinner that Insull was now at the ambassador's disposition. By PRISCILLA RING (Associated Press Foreign Staff.) ISTANBUL. April 3. (VP) Samuel Insull, St.. a fugitive for a year and a half from Cook county, 111., Indict ments charging him with embezzle ment and grand larceny, was arrested by Turkish police today. They took him from the Hotel Lon don, despite his protest, to the house of detention. Kenan Bey, attorney-general, stated that If examination showed the 74-year-old former utilities czar to be 111, he would eventually be trans ferred to the prison infirmary to await disposition of his case. Greek Lawyers to Aid. A battery of Greek legal talent was reported en route from Athens to (Continued on Page Pour.) FERATAKESUP F WASHINGTON, April 9. (AP) A million and a half men reached today for the hoes, hammers and shovels they dropped last week but they are relief workers cow Instead of CWA employes. State relief administrations assum ed the Job of seeing that work up to 24 hours a week goes to those who otherwise might be hungry. Conceding the faults of the civil works administration - experiment, Harry L. Hopkins, administrator, nevertheless declared it a major suc cess. About 300.000 persons still are classed as CWA employes, but they too will be dropped In the next four weeks. They are the clerks and audi tors closing the administration's books and some research workers on federal projects. TRACTOR THEFT ATTEMPT FAILS Bernle Wild, 20, who resides near Central Point, was unsuccessful yes terday when he attempted to take a tractor from the Walter Danlelson. ""h near Oalla creek, for W. A. Douglas, and another employe on the ranch caught Wild, and held him until state police could arrive. When taken into Justice court w day. Wild was fined 25 and costs of S4.50. and sentenced to thirty days In Jail. Wild said he waa unable to suspended Ocorge Joe Muth, 28, arrested in Centrsl Point by Marshal E. W. Hcdgcpeth, yesterday, was taken Into Justice court this morning, on charges of disorderly cuiJuct. He waa fined lllA u.an-iu tvt tan riv in l.ll '""'" "7" " placed In Jail. Recovery in Fall Swing Says Motors President NEW YORK, April 2. ; Indus- trial recovery, In the opinion of fred P. Slosn. Jr., president of tne ; General Motors corporation, is now under way with "Irresistible force." In his pamphlet report for 1033. written about the middle Jf March and msdc public today. Sloan dated the business upswing ss beginning in the summer ot 1932. "There appeared t!icn." he said, "Indications of Improvement tnroug.i which Improvement m,t ,ne w;,ld siuimented during Intervening time." He added the recovery might be accelerated or retarded by govern j mental Influences, but that the gen eral trend would traiu.-chd such fsc- NEW YORK, April 2, iPj To?i I INSULL'S TRAMP STEAMER DETAINED BY TURKEY This dingy tramp steamer the Greek freighter M alotis has been the floating domain of Samuel Insull (right), fugitive Chicagoan, In his game of hide-and-seek to discover some distant shore where he may be undisturbed by the relentless pursuit of American legal machinery. The Turkish government ordered his arrest but he refused to leave the ship. (Associated Press Photos) NEAR BREMERTON PUZZLE TO POLICE BREMERTON, April 3. (IF) The "hammer murders" were studied and worked on Intensively here today, ta attempts to untangle clues to the grisly slaylngs of silt persona, but the only living witness to the ghastly deed found In the house couldn't help any It was a big white cat. Although a plausible motive appear ed to be the theft of two valuable diamond rings, one of them a 1,500 dinner ring, from Mrs. Prank Plieder, one of the victims, the killings were of the most fiendish nature, authori ties said. The throats of two of the victims had been cut and all bore numerous deadly hammer and knife wounds. Three Questioned. Thrco men were being questioned, as part of a roundup of underworld characters here. The evidence was taken from Flleder's ransacked and blood-stained home In a aummer col- (Col.tlnucd on Page Eight) GIRL SIPS POISON AFTER LOVE SPAT AMARILLO, Tex., April 3. (UP) Willie she sipped what her mother thought was glass of soda water Sunday. Miss Lee Ola Doster, IS. calmly related details of lovers' quarrel. As she finished the story, the girl became violently 111. She then told her mother that the glass contained poison. She died as she was carried Into a hospital. The tragedy had Its Inception at a dance Saturday night. The girl, ac cording to the atory told her mother, wnrned her escort she would kill her self if he did not take her home. He called a taxi for her. She dismissed it at a drug etore on the way home and bought the poison. SEVEN COUNTIES YET TO PAY TAX IN FULL SALEM. April 2. (IF) All but seven counties in the state of Ore gon have paid In full their first quarter 1034 state property taxes, due April 1, the state treasurer's office announced today. Six counties have paid in full or In part their second quarter taxes. The seven delinquent are Curry, Deschutes, Jefferson, Malheur, Wal lowa, Washington and Umatilla. American Brnkers' association. In Its i. I Journal, roaay commrnwra as .ouo. on business ana onnsing coi.ai.iui.n . ,i0n tne (,c. 0 things there has been much Improvement. Deposits are Increasing. No bank in the fed eral deposit Insurance corporation has tailed since the Inception of the syi tem and It Is unlikely that any bank in the system will be allowed to fall. . . "However, it Is evident that with 6.000 or so banks more or less sup j ported by government capital on ttv- one hand and over a billion and a third dollars In excess reserves of member banks on the other, mitt, rir creiing commercial loans, and In vestments in government bonds In creasing at a tremendous rate, banit- lnr ;s in an abnormal, artlncisi con d.tinn, Sii'li al.'o is the situation c. business generally." v! "s. .? sT??:"i$ Bandits Demand Easter Finery Off Man's Back .CHICAGO, April 2. (UP) Wal ter Miller, 34-year-old city fire man started out Sunday to observe Easter and became victim of an all fool's day 'Joke." Miller was on his way to Michi gan boulevard to Join the Easter parade when two bandits stopped him. After searching the fireman and finding only 60 cents In his pockets, the bandits became angry, then laughed and told him that since he had no money with him they would take his clothes. Accordingly, the bandits took Miller's new topcoat, suit and hat. He managed, after much embar rassment, to hall a taxlcab and was taken home. GILL FILES FOR STATE SENATOR SALEM, April 3. (AP) Earl W. Snell, Arlington, speaker of the state house of representatives, today filed with the state department for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. Ray W. Gill, maaer of the state grange, filed for the Rppubltcan nomination to the state senate from the 14th district. UTAH'S FRUIT CROP SALT LAKE CITY, April 2. (AP) A raging blizzard, perhaps the most severe of one of the mildest winters In this city's history, swept over nor thern Utah today. The temperature dropped from 62 degrees above zero yesterday after noon to 30 above early today and the weather bureau forecast a reading of 15 to 25 degrees above tonight, seri ously threatening the state's fruit trees now In full bloom several weeks ahead of schedule due to the mild winter. W, U. HEAD CHALLENGES T OP WASHINGTON, April 2. (AP) The president of the Wester Union today challenged NFtA'a right to pro duce a code for the telegraph com munications industry, while ft repre sentative of Postal advocated this action In the "interests of the pub lic." R. B. White, Western Union presi dent, contended at an NRA hearing for formulation of a code that this company would not benefit from that proposal. He added, however, hat "we are here to co-operate under the jaw." IMSTI STAFF CUT TO ROSEBUrtO, Ore., April 2. (AP) The staff of the slate liquor store st Roseburg was reduced from four to 'two members today. It was snnounc- cd by W. E. Barry. ss!stsnt super visor for the southern Oregon district A. O. McMillan, manager, and D. R. Shambrook. clerk, were released. Dale RuebttAh, who has been employed as cashier, will take over the mnnaife- :mrnt or the utorr, t.wrge Trnpaus wa retained as clerk. II f II I w POINTED OUT BY A total of 58 cases of measles In Medford and Jackson county during the month of March was reported here today by Dr. 0. I. Drummond, county physician. In a statement, urging alt families to cooperate In protecting children of pre-school age from the epidemic. There have been 62 cases of measles reported since the first ot the year, Dr. Drummond stated, adding that there have probably been twice as many casts which were not reported. To date one death has resulted from the disease in Jackson county this year. The majority of the oases seem to be the mild German measles, but there is an increasing number of the "regular" and more severe types. Some very severe cases have been found In adults particularly. Death from measles, the physician pointed out, is ordinarily due to Its complications, such as ear trouble or pneumonia. The incubation period of measles is 10 to 14 days. The onset Is with & cold in the head and fever. The rash appears three or lour days later, The Incubation period of the German measles Is 14 to 17 days and the onset Is sudden, with a rush and slight or no Illness. Sneezing is very contagious before the rash appears. Therefore all colds appearing in children after exposure to measles should be regarded with suspicion and efforts should be taken to protect all unexposed children, especially of pre -school age, Dr. Drum mond urged this morning. The disease is most severe and dan gerous among children under school age, and adults. In all probability, due to the extreme contagiousness of the measles, most children will have the disease eventually, but It la bet ter, Dr. Drummond stressed, to post pone such Infection until the school age is reached. The state law requires a quarantine period of two weeks, after the rash appears for measles and seven days' quarantine for the German measules. BLIND VET BENEFIT RESTORATION FIRST WASHINGTON, April 2. (VP) Early restoration of compensation to blind voiierans of the World war was announced by the veterans' admlnlS' tratlon today, Planning to restore compensation in all classes possible without the neces sity of an administrative review first, the agency explained that the blind men group was the only one on which decision has been reached. HOOVER CANDIDACY RUMOR HELD FALSE OMAHA, Neb., April 2 (AP) Paul Sex-son. secretary to former President Herbert Hoover, today described as without foundation a Chicago report that Hoover would be a candidate for president In 1036 MANY SEE STREAMLINE TRAIN AT BAKER DEPOT BAKER. April 2. (AP) Two thousnnd eighty-eight persons filed through the Union Pacific's new streamline trsin In 60 minutes here ; ,BV ,.tim,t,H nearlv 40O0 I otl)(,r, ,BW ,n, cr, Th, . Ml at 12:30 and was due In Boise late this afternoon. PORTLAND, April 2. (AP) Mrs. O. E. Wells of Portland was fatally injured by an automobile when she i tppct rrom a mis on tne racuic 'highway near here today. FILE SCHEDULES Own Figures Show Total Assets $121,600; Liabili ties $81,329 Trustees' Figures Are Far Lower PORTLAND. April 2. (AP) Llew ellyn A. Banks, under life sentence for the slaying of a constable at Med ford last year, and his wife. Mrs. Edith R. Banks, filed schedules In In voluntary bankruptcy in federal court here Saturday. The former publlsher-orchardlst of Jackson county, and Mrs. Banks, list ed assets of 982,250 and liabilities of $71,377 for Suncrest Orchards. Inc., which they operated, and total assets of 9121.600 and liabilities of 981,329. The above figures, according to At torney Charles W. Reamea, are Banks' own figures on his worth. Attorney Reames Is counsel for J. F. Wortman, trustee In bankruptcy for the hold ings. Testimony In federal court last Fri day, on the petition for the removal of the referee and trustee in bank ruptcy, showed that the schedules had been prepared from figures sub mitted by A. J. Blschoff, former secre tary of the local agitator and Banks htd "boosted" them, after he re ceived them in prison. The schedules, Attorney Reames said, should have been filed last fall. The Inventory and appraisement of the Banks property, filed by the trus tee shows a real property deficit of 920,015.27, and ft personal property valuation of 97415. Banks, according to the Inventory, has an equity In the Suncrest Orch ards of 914.000, after mortgages, debts and wage claims are paid. The federal government has a claim of 95000 against Banks, for non-pay ment of Income taxes, according to Attorney Reames. This claim takes precedence over all others. Mortgages on orchard property, If made four months before the filing of bankruptcy, also have legal right of way over creditors. Evidence In the ouster proceedings showed that most of the personal property of Banks was sequestered lit various parts of the county, and that Trustee Wortman had difficulty In obtaining it. Federal Judge James Alger Fee made an oral ruling that there was no grounds for the removal of the referee or trustee In bankruptcy. A number of creditors said they signed the removal petition while un der a misapprehension relative to the Import of the bankruptcy laws. TO COP'S SLAYERS FORT WORTH. Tex., April 2. (AP) Tooth prints on a cigar stub led authorities today to attribute the slaying of two Texas highway patrol men by Clyde Barrow, notorious southwest killer, and his woman com panion, Bonnie Parker. The officers, K, B. Wheeler, 26, and H. D. Murphy, 23, were shot down without warning late yesterday when they dismounted from their motor cycles to question a man and a wom an seated In a parked motor car near Grapevine, IS miles northeast of here. Near the scene of the shooting ft detective found a cigar butt bearing the Imprint of small teeth. Bonnie Parker's liking for big black cigars la well known. Or m Itug Increasing. STILLWATER, Okla., April 3. (fP) An "alarming" increase in the green bug, a wheat pest, was reported to day by C. F. Stiles, extension enty mologlst st the Oklahoma A. and M. college. Gotham s Easter Parade Regains Old Brilliance By II. ALLFN SMITH (i:nllert PrfM Staff Correspond"1) NFW YORK. April 2. (UP) An Immense covey of society folk brushed elbows with the hoi pollol on Fifth avenue Sunday In the biggest Easter fashion parade the city has seen since 102fl. Prom 42nd street to the Plara at 60th the sidewalks were Jammed, and in the blows below the Gothic spires of flt, Patricks and the towering majesty of Radio City, the crush was so great that traffic had to be sua ponded at times. (There seems to be, said the young lady at elbow, a great many breton sailor hat, and most of the brim are turned up). The avenue was a sea ot bobbing top hats, And through the crowd moved CWA workers, carry'ng pla cards: "When do we eat?' "Easter Sunday layoff Monday." Girl Beats Mother-In-Law To Death In Fight Over "Funny" DRUMRIGHT. Okla.. April 2 (UP) Mrs. Juanlta Hancock, 19, was under arrest here today charged with beating her mother-in-law to death In a quarrel over a funny paper. The mother-in-law, Mrs. Mar garet Hancock, 85, was beaten to death with ft hammer when she refused to give ft funny paper to the younger woman, who wanted to take it to her parents In the country, according to police. FROST WILL COME TONIGHT AS SKIES CLEARED OF RAIN J-air tonlh nd Tuesday. "lth frost tonight. Is the forecast for Med ford and vicinity as Issued this morn ing by the federal weather bureau. Ths report shows that between S p. m. Sunday and S a. m. today, .01 of an Inch of rain fell, while for the preceding la-hour period, .07 of an Inch was recorded. Although the precipitation report for April shows an excess of .03 of an Inch, the seasonal deficiency Is yet 8.10 Inches. The heaviest snowfall this season at Crater Lelte, during one storm 25 Inches was recorded at the parte Easter Sundsy, according to the Cra ter Lake national parte office here. Although the bUrasrd blocked the highways Into the lake, the parte of fice announced this morning that the roads were expected to be opened by this afternoon. Weather reports from the lake this forenoon said the storm was clearing up. PORTLAND, April 3. tP) A warn ing that tender vegetation will bo (Continued on Page Three) OVER NORTHWEST t nam.. Anrll 9. f API The search for John Dllllnger spread to the entire northwest today wniie one authorities guarded against a new sortie by the quick-triggered Indiana gunman. Police are satisfied tnat nu pai ana chief lieutenant, John Hamilton, 1 still with blm and they believe the pair plan to rob a bank In the north west early this week. . ra r,r .li.nnnts were held for questioning today ss a result of Sat- urdays snooting in wmon and Hamilton, accompanied by a woman, fought their way out of an apartment when federal agent and a city detective went to the place on a tip. The woman was bolleved to have been wounded. Bloodstains found In the snow. were TAX HELD VALID WASHINGTON. April 3. (AP) The Washington state tax of IS cents a pound on oleomargarine was SUA' tslned today by the supreme court. Its validity was challenged by the firm of A. Msgnano company of Seat tle which claimed the tax would de prlve It of a material source of In come. The company also contended tho tax was an unlawful burden on Inter state commerce, Imposed for the pur pose of aiding the dairy Industry. "la thla an April fool Joke?" "Mayor LaOuardlft lays an egg." (I see, said the young lady at elbow, that tweed and country clothes are popular for town wear). Movie cameras, mounted on trucks, crawled back and forth alon? the avenue. On the curbs men with bankats sold gardenias, carnations and carnellas. "Here ya are! Th' longest stems on th avev-yuhl" At 4Ath street a Negro rarnrln the "Is thla an April fool Joke?" slum bled. The sign struck a silk hat and knocked it askew. The owner of the hat turned, started to denounce the negro, read the words on the sign, blushed and ushered his lady Into the crowd. (The fashion designer, said the T, L. A. E, say there ts a new aim pllclty thla spring. Almost anything goes, if It's becoming and smart. I aunroM that doesn't mftke seme to you). LEXAh ON BRINK OF RACE Rock of Marne Talks With G. 0. P. Leaders Will Decide Tonight Thomas Gives Up Candidacy Idea PORTLAND, April 3. (AP) Gen eral Ulysses S. McAlexander, one of Oregon's most famous fighting men. and known throughout the continent as "Rock of the Marne," for his ex ploits in the world war, was in Port land today discussing with well informed, members of the republican party his chances as a candidate for the republican nomination as gover nor. General McAlexander said this afternoon that he ha not yet reach ed a decision as to whether he would be a candidate, but that he would have decided the matter before to night. All filings must be made with the secretary of state by tomorrow. The "real" republicans, as opposed to the various hyphenated varieties. It was understood here, were discuss ing with considerable Interest the possible entry of the Newport general nto a complex race for the governor ship. SALEM, April 2.- AP) Oh axles M. Thomas, public utilities commissioner today definitely eliminated himself from the race for governor, when he Issued a statement to the press that he was Interested In the task of establishing regulation In the state and not in holding the office of gov ernor. His statement, released simultane ously with the platform of Rufua O. Holm an, state treasurer, upon which Holman would seek the republican nomination for governor, tends to In dicate Thomas would lend support to Holman in the present campaign, al though Thomas declared he was not Interested In any candidate. PORTLAND, April a.-(AP) Inter est heightened in the Oregon congres sional race over the weekend, as addi tional names were added to the list of prospective candidates In the three districts. Earl A. Nott, district attorney of Yamhill county, announced at Mo Mlnnvllle he will be a candidate for (Continued on Page Five.) ROOSEVELT LEADS EASTER SERVICES MIAMI, Fla April 2. (AP) Re freshed, by a week-end In the tropical seas, President Roosevelt kept close contact with national affairs today as he continued his fishing cruise. Lieutenant Carlton McGaluy In ft naval amphibian was over the Baha ma waters today with a pouch from White House headquarters at the Mi ami BUtmore hotel here. Yesterday off Rocky Point of Great Abaco island, the president as com mander In chief of the American military force, conducted a unique Easter service. The chaplain's flag was hoisted and In the absence of ft chaplain, Mr. Roosevelt as senior offi cer a tradition of the sea led the service. THOMAS RADIO" PLAN REJECTED BY BOARD SALEM, April a. (AP) The state board of control today rejected the request of Charles M. Thomas, public utilities commissioner, for funds to use the radio to broadcast the activi ties of his department and to tell the public the problems of the commis sioner In attempting to regulate . utilities. WILL ROGERS P.$gys: PASADENA, Cal., March 31. Here is something I think will bear repenting. Two kid brothers, one 11, the other 12, hiking in the mountains out hero. The youtiff kid bit by rattlesnake, the 11-year-old on cut the wound all up with knife, and they took turn slinking the poisoned blood out. The younger finally fainted, the other carried him up the mountain two miles on his back and he has saved him. We nre not so bad off. These kids arc Daniel Booties and Davey Crockntts in any age. Oltll MtN.aial trail,.!, tat,
