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! The Weather j Forecast: i'alr Sunday, o me what cooler. I Temperature: I Highest vesterday ,-,. tl go I Lowest yesterday 43 M edford Mail Tri I natch thi TnniUNt s .NR.A I classified nua . . ' Loti of food bargain. tC W that mean fenulnr Cr? unnti L-"??.S." J BUNE V Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1934. No. 14. HMJ1I I Nkvs g OBJECT TO RUFUS BjgLd DOUBLE SHOOTING HjjSte, POLITICAL HOPES By Faul Mallon ' (Copyright, 1034, by Paul Mallon) Hoover WASHINGTON. April 6. The real reason Mr. Hoover made that western tour was to Ilnd out what he should do. He wanted to learn what the west A thinks. You will see the result In Ma actions during the next thirty days. One of two developments Is com ing: (a) A statement from Mr. Hoo ver, or (b) reorganization of the Re publican national committee through resignation of Chairman Bandera. As a matter of fact, both developments may come. It Is only a question of time. At least that la the confidential Interpretation which has reached the inner conservative council of the l party here. Motives The way Mr. Hoover's friends put it In whispers is this: He feels a certain responsibility to pass the leadership of the party on to the right people. He appointed Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Sanders will re main there until Mr. Hoover gives the word. The present la probably not the best time to act. Councillors here are against doing anything until the con (rressional primaries are over. Also, they feel somewhat at sea because they are not being properly consult ed. Aspirations Presidential candidacies are only Indirectly involved. As a matter of fact. If the nom inating convention were held today the nominee probably would be James Wadsworth of New York. A mouth-to-mouth Republican cam paign for him Is being carried on f so quietly, you can only hear the y vast echo of it. Preliminary organi-1 7-atlon work hns started for him In many states, such as Kansas. The Curtis people there like him. He is daily making himself more and more personally popular with the regular Republicans of the house, although he breaks into print but little. The talk for him is based on the fact that he was not mixed up In the 1932 debacle, that he Is from President Roosevelt's state, a conserv ative, a wet. and level-headed The conservatives arc using him to head off the progressives. There Is no Hoover renomlnatlon talk anywhere. Secret ' Four of Mr. Roosevelt's associates are going to get a surprise when his new book comes out shortly. He let them see all except the last chapter before the book went to the print ers. The reason he kept that chapter secret Is that in that chapter he paid an unusual tribute to them : Prof. Moley, Louis Howe. Steve Early j and Marvin Mclntyre. It may stop that old gossip about dissension in the secretariat. The only change that has occurred on the Inside there is due to the Illness of Howe and the neccssltv that he curtail his work. Also It will probablv result In a flock of reports that Prof. Moley Is ace high again. Such reports will be sponsored by those who did not know that he haa been ace high right along. There has been no change in his status as presidential adviser, except that relinquishment of his state department post enabled him to move with greater freedom. Marie The Japanese are great magicians In diplomacy as well m In fact. Their latest was to call in all for eign Journalists In Toklo and an nounce that their government had no confirmation of reports from Lon don that the United States had ask ed Britain to exchange vlwws on the 1935 naval conference. It was the first anyone had ever heard about that. . Our officials saw the trick in it. j Japan wants ua to initiate naval discussions and her foreign office Invented the reports to prod us. We hsve NOT consulted Britain. The truth Is we want someone else to take the Initiative. We are not goini "P that thankless bur den. Illslllt If tariff bargaining never does any thing else, it did catch Sam Insult Our international mind readers say that Is the inside story of why Turkev was so anxious to be help ful. The Turks are one of the few people who buy more here than they sell, which put,s them In a good posi tion to barcaln. They had already let us know they would like to sell more raisins, fies. tobacco, otlve oil and hides when Instill was nesrlng their shores. The Turks did not even wait until they had ratified their extradition (Continued on par Six) Aiitn Toll BL'hop James Cannon, Jr.. and Ada THE DALI ES. Ore.. April 7. (AP i L. Burrauga appeared today before David w. Oulnn. 40. of pnaall. died the district attorney to sign ad mis -here totfav from injuries suffered on I slona of government evidence by Wedneriv hn h; snfinioM'e was : whirh counsel hopes to shorten Ihelr stnjry hv tru-fc p r""U. He r- tnsl rn an elrtn 1st fharte by m"'M hrt Mirl liitniini injunn ard m least one week. The trial is Khed was brought here in an ambulance. ( uled to start Monday. Resolution Demands Resig nation As treasurer, So People Can Elect Succes sor, While He Runs For Governor. SALEM, Ore., April 7. (AP) Im mediate resignation of the office of state treasurer by Rut us C. Holman la demanded in a resolution adopted last night by the Macleay Grange. It was learned .here tonight that similar resolutions are to be pre sented to other Granges throughout the county and state. The resolution declares: "Whereas, the Grange Is not inter ested in the ambition of Rufus C. Holman but is interested in securing a public servant to protect the in terests of the people; it therefore re quests Mr, Holman to resign imme diately and thereby vacate the place on the state board of control he now holds so that a servant of the people's choice may be nominated and elected." The resolution is prefaced by a statement that Mr. Holman, by be coming a candidate for the office of governor, has shown a desire to oc cupy another place on the board of control, "thus abandoning the place to which he was elected." Representative Orange members said here today that they favored the introduction of a bill at Vie legisla ture which would provide that any official would be Immediately dis qualified for further holding of his office if he sought another Job with out resigning the one he held. More Money, Iess Work PORTLAND, Ore., April 7. ( AP) -Income and inheritance taxes to "cor rect the concentration of wealth" are espoused In the platform of Dr. Ralph M. Erwln, Multnomah county coroner and Democratic congressional candidate from the third Oregon dis trict. In his statement Dr. Erwln en dorses continuance of the PWA pol icy and further aid to needy citizens, reduction of working .hours, a mint mum working wage, protection of small businesses against chain stores, payment of the veterans bonus In "pony bonds" of 60 denomination and adequate pension to disabled veterans. He also favors abolition of tax ex emptions on certain types of securl- ties, "actual elimination of excess j profits," incomo tax collections from! government employes as from other; citizens, elimination of all sales taxes' Including the tax on gasoline which j would be given utility classification, reduction of federal taxes on alco-, hollc liquors to stamp out bootleg ging, reduction of Interest rates, pro-' tcctlon of Investors and tightening of laws governing bank, charterings. j His atttitude on a number of other issues also was set iort.i. HOOD RIVER, Ore., April 7. Ai Better conditions are in prospect this season for Oregon and Washington fruit growers, Dr. Henry Hartman of Oregon StAte college told.' members of the apple growers' association here today. He confessed that April 7 waa un usually early to make prediction as to production, but cited sub-zero tem peratures that have retarded pros pects in eastern orchards. . Hartman is characterized as the na tion's leading authority on winter pears, and discussions centered laree ly around pears. Growers here pre dict that the time ne&rs when Hood River's pear tonnage will exceed that of apples. Extensive pear plantings have been made in this section the past 10 years. While Dr. Hartman congratulated the association for progress In better Ing grades and packs the past few year, he said Med ford pears had tak en a lead over Oregon and Washine ton pesrs the pat winter because of the superior quality and rigid culling. Packing problems were discussed. A resolution which would prevent the co-operallve from manufacturing intoxicating beverages was introduced by A. J. Grow and referred to the di rectorate. nwhnp To Trial WASHINGTON. April 7. (AP) VICTIMS WEEK BEFORE MURDERS Frank Flleder took this snapshot several days before he was murdered, with five others, In his home at Erland's Point, near Brem erton, Wash. Magnus Johnson, not pictured here, was one of the six persons slain. The others were (left to right) Bert Balcom, Mrs. Flleder, Mrs. and Mr. Eugene Chenevert. (Associated Press Photo) ND1ANA FELONS Fire Not Laid To Plot To Free Convicts Fire Con fined To Receiving Ward Extra. Guards Called. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., April 7. (AP) Flames that raged through the! receiving building of the Indiana state prison and threatened to spread to 10 other buildings housing nearly 2500 felons were brought under con trol tonight. Authorities asserted that, they did not believe that the fire was a plot to free prisoners. The building, a brick structure of about 40 by 60 feet, was damaged badly, but quick responses to alarms by the city, prison and nearby La Porte fire departments, resulted in the flames being quelled. Extra guards immediately were thrown Into cell blocks. Inmates of the prison were de scribed by authorities as remaining quiet throughout the fire. Peculiar precautions have been taken at the Indiana Institution since last September when ten In mates, several of them henchmen of the notorious John Dilllnger, escaped from th nrison. All but tWO Of thO escaped Inmates since have either. been killed or recaptured. ABANDONED AUTO CLUETO DILLINGER INDIANAPOLIS. April 7. JP When a machln (run stock and cart ridge clips were found today In an abandoned automobile along an ar terial highway twenty mllea north of here, state police began a new search for John Dilllnger. Captain Matt Kach expressed the belief the Jail breaking band bandit might have been one of the men who fled after the car collided witn a nac gae truck on U. S. highway 31. The damaged touring car with a block body was towed to Noblesvlllo for Inspection. There It was found the serial numbers had been chiseled from the eight cylinder engine. CHICAGO. April 7. ( AP) Hye took the star role in the grain mar kets today, and went skyward a max imum of exactly 2 cents a bushel. Soaring of rye values aided other cereals to score price gains, and was attributed chiefly to action at Wash ington calling a halt to an extraord inary Influx of foreign rye Into the United States. There was also a pri vate crop summary placing the pres ent condition of the new domestic rye crop at 65 1. the lowest point ever known. Mluoiirl MHor Die ST. LOUIS. Aprfl 7. (A7! Prank H. Sosey. for 60 years editor of the Pal myra (Mo 1 flpvtator, one of the o'd est i ripirirrs n M's'-onrl. d;rd day of heart disease. He was 70 ye.s old. CALM AS FLIES THREATEN PRISON RYE PRICE LUMPS AS IMPORTS HALT E FACTORY WORKERS IN EAST ORDERED LANCASTER, Pa.. April 7. (P) H. W. Prentls, jr., president of the Arm strong Cork company, today announc ed a 10 per cent increase in hourly wage rates of employes In seven planUi. The' increase effective April 16,. vlH affect more than 4.000 employes. , BRIDGEPORT. Conn., April 7. (A') A general wage increase for the 2.000 employes of the Bridgeport Brass company was announced today by R. E. Day, president and general manager. Doy said the increase Is 10 per cent for mill workers and an adjustment of wages In the fabricating depart ments. The increases, effective today, add 15,000 a month to the payroll. MERIDIAN, Conn., April 7. P) The Internotlonal Silver company gave notice today of a 10 per cent increase in the wage scale for day and piece workers, and enlarled employes receiving $200 or less a month. The company estimated that the increase, effective April 16, will af fect from 3,500 to 4,000 employes. NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., April 7. (yp) a wage Increase of approximately ten per cent for Its employes was an nounced by the Carborundum com pany today. The Increase was effect ive April 1 and affects 1.600 workcia. SPINSTER ESTATE LOS ANGELES. Cal.. April 7. (AP) N. W. Burns, contractor, was granted a 13685 Judgment against the estate nf the lata Marearet A. Keith, ec- rimtrie. snlnster who ended her life hv inhiiinv an anesthetic, in su- ncrior court here today, the amount representing his services in fie con - atructlon of her Palos Verdes man - sion. near here. Miss Keith, who. according to tea- tlmony in a recent contest of her will, veiled her face from the out side world, committed suicide nearly a year ago in the other of her two mansions, situaiea in oevcr.y nm. j Recently, after a protracted trial, a superior court Jury disagreed In the contest brought by relative of Miss Keith to void her will on the ground she was of unsound mind when she bequeathed the bulk of her million dollar estate, Inherited ; from her faVicr, Utah mining mag- natc, to a nephew, Albert C. Alien, Jr., young Oregon inrmer-auinor. MUNICIPAL, STATE E) WASHINGTON, April 7. The house interstate commerce sub-committee voted today to exempt atate and municipal bonds from provisions of the stock market regulation bill. f og on the coast and fair and cool - in th1 nt .md .' north 'mi. oiu! I n t -r.-.h northwest windt ofiahore. E POISINING OF 11 UP COUNTY FOLK Eight Cases Reported Butte Falls, Three From Pros pect Areas Details Not Yet Available. Eleven cases of mushroom poison ing in Jackson county were reported i here yesterday by Dr. C. I. Drum-; mond, county physician, who stated j that eight were located In the Butte Palls area and three near prospect. Several he described as in a very se-! rlous condition, as result of having' eaten what they thought were mem bers of the mushroom family. The names of but four affllced pePle could be obained here last night. Mrs. Walter Stone, Mrs. Clem Clark and George Tranta of Butte Falls were reported III and Florence Conger of McLeod was receiving treatment In the Sacred Heart hospital for what was believed to be a touoh of the same poisoning. All had eaten mush- 1 rooms. The poisoning Dr. Drummond called "muscarine," characterized by paral ysis and violent vomiting. The on set, he stated, is noted In some cases 18 hours after the mtishrooms have been eaten, and the malady Is many times fatal. Two local physicians motored to Butte Falls yesterday afternoon to call on some of the afflicted people, but no word had been received from them late last night, and It was be lieved that the patients were In an Improved condition. 1 Mrs. Mary Grieve of Prospect, when ; interviewed by phone, stated that all the sick ones at Prospect known to her were ill from "overeating of mushrooms." not from poison. One local physician was of the opinion that it was not the mush room meat itself which had poisoned, but a, fungus, growing within the mushroom, which lengthy soaking In salt water would have destroyed. Had It been the mushroom Itself, he stat ed. In several cases death would have been Inevitable before treatment was administered. Because of the common names given mushrooms In different locali ties, It was Impossible to determine here just w.hat varieties had been eaten. Several persons. Dr. Drum mond was told, had eaten what they believed to be morels. Other physi cians, however, were told the mush rooms were "elephant ears," which might and might not Indicate the same kind. I A growth, closely resembling the : sponge-like morel, was reported seen I by many mushroom hunters In local woods. While they were not inform ed aa to Its edibility, several stated that they believed it to be poslon ous and in many years of mushroom eating had never taken a chance on the said fungus, appearing more plentiful than usual this year. MARATHON CRAZE PORTLAND, Ore., Apirl 7. (AP) Marat.hon races or dances are not permitted In roller skating rinks here, but one now la thriving at the Ice coliseum, icelcss for the summer. City Commissioner O. R. Bean be lieves the marathons should be ban ned every place or no place. In a letter to the city council he declared the ordinance banning mar- athons should be repealed or be amended to include any marathon race, walk, dance, crawl, shuffle or ; any other such performance" at Ice , skating rinks or any I 'K. structure, tent within the city." other build- enclosure j ; BOSTON. April 7. fVr-Widespread reports concerning the activities or u 3, deputy marshals In the disposals of liquors seized d'ir!nft prnhlWtion 1 forced him. U. S. Attorney Prancls J W. Ford said today, to ask for an in vestigation of the marshal's office during the past 13 year. Colonel William J. Kevllle. waa mar shal during the entire period. Pord said liquor valued at approxi mately a.16.000 a portion of 1150.000 the steamship Anacltta cargo, wns missing. The liquor was seized off New Bedford in 1032. W ife (ie Pnnile SAN FRANCISCO, April 7. fAP) Mrs Carrie Louise I-enon, former maid at a Portland hotel, waa grant ed two years probation here today by Federal Juris A. F. St. Sure, wno 1 reentlv sentenced the woman's hus- hnrt f -rt in ii':r 1 -ion. ror ihim barber to live r rs in ptlson lor. (passing counterfeit 110 bills. P MfiMFT n 7 lUiVi uini I iuil AT BOSTON ASKED Perkins Critic c it- h tt Charles G. Wood (above) em ploye of the federal conciliation service, announcing his resignation (n a letter to Miss Frances Perkins, secretary of labor, charging she had "fallen down on the ob." The labor department said Wood was dis missed more than a month ago. (Associated Press Photo) Bullet Fired Into House Of Official. Asked To Resign After Election Riots Daughter Once Abducted. KANSAS CITY, April 7. (AP) City Manager H. P. McElroy, target for much criticism during the recent city election campaign, reported that a bullet was fired through the front window of his residence tonight as he sat In the room with hla daughter, Mary. No one was hit. Demands for his resignation were voiced by candidates of the citizens fuslonlst party which was defend by the incumbent Thomas J. Pen dergast Democratic organisation two weeks ago during an election marred by four slaylngs After the election disorders, which included the slugging or scores of men and women, demands were re- newed for a rhange In administra tion policies. The resignation of E. C. Reppert as director of police fol lowed but McElroy said he had no intention of resigning. McKlroy's daughter waa abducted Inst year and held for more than 24 hours until the city manager paid 30,000 ransom. Waltor McGeo la under sentence to be hanged as the convicted leader of the plot and his brother, George, was given a life sen tence. A third man, Clarence Click, was given n, short sentence. Recently McElroy received a threat ening note in which he waa named as an Intended kidnap victim but he disregarded It, saying he had re ceived several and regarded them as the work of "cranks," O6'I0. Norway. April 7. P) A huge crag weighing thousands of tons fell Into the sea on Norway's west coast early today and caused huge waves that trapped sleeping residents of two villages, at least fifty of whom drowned Many other Inhabitants nf the fishing hamlets. Tagjord and PJoraza on the opposite skies of Korsnaes PJord, wore still missing. tonight and were believed victims of the sudden terrifying disaster the worst Norway has experienced In years. First a nmall part of the cliff, long regarded as a menace, fell, throwing up a small wave. Two other falls fol lowed In rapid succession, hist after 3 a. m , and ecnt a wauArwater a high as 30 feet swee'piMr over t'.ie flimsy houses, and coursing relentless ly a half mile inland. Many of the small structures were carried off like doll houses. Othera were reduced to splinters by the heavy tmpsct of the mass of watr- Boats In the harbor were tossed upon the land like toys. Motor cars and other ve hicle were borne far Inland. Summer In Penilleion PKNDLETON. Ore., April 7 (VP) From hlow-free7lna Mondav night the temperature has gained this weea n-;n to i.rnn .'a mj.iv r, . mr num - me,- ".;! I of 84 drr. Y'rday tb - (temperature reached 81 deree, M FI RflY KANSAS CITY MANAGER IS INSURANCE MONEY mvqtfrv TflPRFT LURED MOTHER TO miuiLiu irmuLii NORWAY VILLAGES INUNDATED WHEN HUGE CRAG DROPS - iNAME CONSUMERS' MRSl PINCHOT AND TO EYE PRICHREND Voluntary Workers To Be Selected From Jackson And Five Other Counties State Director Announces. PORTLAND, Ore.. April 7. ( AP) Consumers' councils to study goneral price trends will be established soon In six Oregon counties, Edgar Freed, state director of the national emer gency council, announced today. Members, to be voluntary workers, h. .'m.H .nnn for rminpll. In ! will Jackson, Lane. Hood River, Deschutes, Saturday as strike threats flared up Umatilla and Multnomah counties. at several point. Only 113 suc.n councils will be es-! Denouncing Gen. Hugh Johnson, tabllshed throughout th e United j NHA administrator. for having States. A large proportionate num-1 "thrown down his arms in the In ber will be placed in Oregon because ; terests of big biwineas." Mrs. Plnchot diversification of population and In dustry makes it a valuable research field, Freed said. The councils will make report to a central agenoy which Is co-ordinating efforts of the agricultural ad justment administration and the na tional recovery administration In pro tecting the consumer. KILL 01 BROOD rnotinr-rnM rhi Anrii 7ap i A 43-year-old mother, who collect- ed 91,687.84 In insurance when two of her offsprings died, today was charged with their killing by poison. Climaxing a sensational year-long Inquiry into the strange deaths of a son and a daughter, a grand Jury In dicted Mrs. Amelia Webb Wardrop. It listed three counts, two of first degree murder, and a tfilrd charging the administering of poison with in tent to kill to a 21 -year-old nephew, Charles Hughes. Crippled from the hlpa down and hobbling Into Prosecutor Russell E. Lyons' office on crutches, young Hughes told the story that led to a painstaking Investigation, exhuma tion of the bodies of hla cousins, and discovery by a chemist that each contained poison. The woman, twice married and di vorced from her second husband ten years ago, was held Incommunicado In the city Jail. She has denied pois oning her children but, Lyons said. admitted giving both of them medi cine. It was on October 1, 1031, that the first of Mra. Webb's children, 18-year-old Herbert George Webb, died. STATE FOR RELIEF WASHINGTON, April 7. (AP) The federal relief administration granted Oregon $1,014,000 for relief work In April, Including transient relief and college student aid as well as $14,000 for the emergency educational pro gram In March. Other grants Included: Idaho, 250,000 for April, except ing transient relief and rural educa tion. T SEATTLE CHURCH SEATTLE, April 7. (flj Membera of Pilgrim Congregational church spilt Into factions tonlht, debating rhether a series of mural paintings should ba barred from the church j9 cauae one group bellevea them "radi cal .Irreligious and communistic." The Rev. Fred W. Shorter, pastor, answering protests against the paint ings, said young people of the creative art class of the church, led by Ross Gill, northwest artist, man ted to express-some modern Ideas, and he sym pathised with them. Mexicans Perish VERA CRUZ, Mexico. April 7. iVP) Two persons. Including a deputy named Peres, were killed and nearly 78 persons were hurt when the city hall of the town of Agulla caved In today. Official said the building was very old. Peruvian Outbreak LIMA. Peru. April 7. ypt The cor respondent of the ne-vspspr El Com mercto at Iqultoa reported today that a group of Muato Indians attacked post on me oanas or ine mvnem is", . mm : 1 n.r., v i.,r...i. .-, j killing six men and abduct, ng a wh'.lc 1 woman and her live children, LABOR FLARE OP N.R.A. PICTURE Governor's Wife Says Gen. Johnson Surrenders To Big Business War On 'Chiselers' Starts Legis lation Delays Recovery. (ny tho Asjorlntpd rrcw) Labor's ftglit for passage of th Wagnpr employment bill brought Mrs. Olfford Plnchot before a sen- house committee in Washington charged the NRA had failed in her state and that General Johnson had become "eager to build up the power and wealth of Wall Street." "In Pennsylvania, unfortunately, as I have Been It," Mrs. Plnchot said "tho NRA Is more honored In tha breach than in the observance. It la In most places more of a theory than a fact. "The turning point of the NRA occurred in the early part of last summer, when the Prick Coal and Coke company, a subsidiary of tha steel trust, refused to recognlw the United Mine Workers of America. "Immediately the temper of th employers changed throughout the country. They got the signlficanca of General Johnson's position even before the general public and the workers. "They knew it was only the small grocery store or beauty shop without financial backing that need fear thia doughty general-that big buslneaa D nuuwcn w wnw codes and go Its own way." WASHINGTON,--April (AP) -A gonorat onslaught of court action against NRA code "ohlielefa" waa ordered today by Hugh S Johnson. "The time has coma.' said NRA'a admlnlatrator in letters to all coda authorities and .Meld representatives, "when uncertainty as to enforcement by legal proceedings must end. "We must now proceed on th basis that one who la violating hla code and who la not ready and anx ious to comply and make restitution when informed of his non-compliance, must be brought swiftly and surely before the enforcement agen cies of government." To ault action to the word, John son ordered that: Ten days hence, state compliance directors will begin handing all clear cut violation cases directly to their federal district attorneys, Instead of first asking advice In Washington. Within the ten days, atate directors, code authorities and local compli ance boards will send all good cases in their fi'ia to the newly created NRA litigation division hore. so tha best may be returned Immediately to the district attorneys for action. WASHINGTON. April 7. (AP) The Chamber of Commerce of tha United States says business la get ting bottcr. Mra. Olfford Plnchot arguos that sweat&hopa are flourish ing at the same old atana unaer in Blue Eagle. (Continued on Page Seven) WILL ROGER? IIOIilA'WOOD, Cal., April 6 Out to the studio hore where we urn working night and dny on n picture enmc Dr, 1'rofcs- snr Anulo of Ynl- 1 1,1111 wny thought that a follow from Santa Barbara named Ilnrkncss was the angel of Yale. Thia was an awful nice follow and a very pleasant charming wife. Ho wanted me to help him on h couple of tliinps, wants to get Yale made n OCC camp and have education put. on thu basic industry list. Ho is look inir for five men for the line and three bnekficld men. He is on his way to Honolulu where he has heard of a quar terback. Yale is doing all she can to get back among the 100 of football teams, lie is doing all lie can to get, Yale graduates to take up some other work than "brain-trusting." He thinks it's n business that won't last. , MtHiuiM trnrfM.u, tut
