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The Weather Forfcast: Fair tonight and Saturday; Might!) warmer Saturday, Temperature: Highest yesterday - Srt Lowest this morn in ....... 45 Medford Mail Tribune I Hatch the TRIBUNt's Ijjn A 1 I CL43SIHLU A1I8 . . Cjf' Lot. of good bargain. that ntlB genuine gr&it savings, i twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1934. No. 43. 5.1 mm:- m mm JV J'-if..'!,' TELEPHONE CALL i Held for Ransom Egan Aids in Victory mm mm i . Ml 1 By PALL MALL ON WASHINGTON, D. 0., May 11. Agony waa written all over President Roosevelt's face when he consented verbally last Tuesday to a compromise with the- silver 1 tea. They knew they were getting a good bargain be cause It obvious ly pained him so much. He look ed like a man who had Just been drained of the last drop of his blood .In a trade. He was Paul Mallon too weak to protest longer, The general supposition here Is that Mr. Roosevelt has been reading David Harum again. At least that great horse-trader of fiction unquestionably would sue the President for plagiar ism if he could. Agony was Harum's trade-mark. He was always groaning bout someone getting the better of him, but no one ever did. Remembering that, some of the sll- rerltes have been looking over the eilver horse they bought at the White House more carefully. They are ne- ginning to get suspicious that he Is blind at least in one eye. As a matter of fact there were two horses In the trade. - -One was the nationalization of sil ver. Nationalization is a big word, but ite meaning Is not commensurate with Its size. The idea behind it Is that Mr. Roosevelt will take silver of the hands of those speculators (investors is the more polite term) whose names were recently sent to the senate by Treasury Secretary. Mor centhau. He will pay them 50 cent; an ounce for their silver. That will net them a neat profit, not as much aa they hoped for, but at least aa much aa they had reason to expect. That will cost Mr. Roosevelt around 1100,000,000, which Is small change as far as the currency, problem goes. . It to a cheap' price tr pay for keeping the silver agitators quiet for a few months. The other horse Is a ghost. That is the one Which Involves a congressional decree that the cur rency basis should be changed some time In the future to establish a 25 per cent silver backing for money and 75 per cent gold. The "sometime" Is what makes that eolt look nebulous. Mr. Roosevelt would be permitted to work toward the goal fixed by con gresslonal decree in any manner he wishes. Disinterested inquiry shows that, If fae proceeded to carry it out In the normal way, It would be about 30 years before he acompllshcd the 25- Til ratio. Our gold backing now Is about five billions. Some people count It seven and there-quarters billions, but they Include the stabilization fund and the general fund, which should not. strictly speaking, be counted as gold reserve for currency purposes. Our silver bullion reserves May 7 were a puny one and one-half mil lions, not billions. The treasury also had half bllllftn silver dollars, most of which are used as backing for sil ver notes. By the most optimistic estimates you could not consldor tiie existing sliver backing In the treas ury at more than one-third of a bil lion (roughly), because - the -ellvor dollars are only three-fourths silver. On this basis, Mr. Roosevelt will have to acquire somewhere between one and one-half billons and two billions of silver at an average price of II an ounce before he reaches the 25-75 ratio. But there are only 50.000,000 ounces of silver produced In this country at thj peak of production. So, If Mr. Roosevelt purchases only from do me! tic producers at the average of II an ounce. It means only 50,000.000 of purchases a year. To get one and one-half billions rf silver reserve that way would take him 30 years. Even the most optimistic Democrat wll concede that Mr. Roosevelt will not be President 30 years from now. If Mr. Roosevelt were Senator (Continued on Page Threat Half And Half Rose Blossoms For Mrs. Miller From a Madame Harriet rose bush. Mrs. E. O. Miller this morn ing picked a beautiful blossom, half a cream-color, and the other hilf a delicate pink. The line of division was so pronounced, that several of the petals were half of each color. Mrs. Miller resides on the old Jscllic highway In the Howard dls trlct. Esrlier In the aprlng, from her (lower garden. Mrs. M.ller picked rnr tuhp ..tern, which had five MoM.inis ,n "Uifer. SETS RANSOM IN GETTLTSNATCH' Conversation Ended by Ex tortionist Before Direc tions Understood for Re turn of Rich Pasadenan LOS ANGELES, May 11. (AP) Seventy-five thousand dollars a ran som for William F. Gettle, kidnaped Beverly Hills millionaire, had been demanded by the kidnapers, the dis trict attorney's office here announc ed today. Ernest E. Noon, attorney for Mrs. Gettle, informed District Attorney Buron Fltts that he had received a telephone call "from a party who Informed him they had Gettle alive and wanted $5,000 ransom." "About 8:30 o'clock this morning,' reported Noon, "I had a telephone call from some man, "The conversation went something like this: 'Mr. Noon?' "I said yes. " Will you pay seventyflve grand?' "Why, yes, why yes. " Well, make up your mind.' "All right. " 'Now you follow the instructions, and everything, and you will be all right,' the man told me." Then, said Noon, there was some reference to an automobile, and the line was cut off. "By reference to an automobile, I mean that the man began talking something about a car some place., "1 couldn't quite get the drift "of It when the line was cut off. We are now waiting for another call from this party." Two and a half hours after this telephone call Noon suddenly left his office. Whether or not he had the ransom money with him was not re vealed. Noon returned to his office again shortly before noon, and announced there was no statement to make, out that he expected development soon, NEW YORK, May 11. (AP) The volume of retail and wholesale buy Inst rose this week with the tempera ture, said the Dun as Bradstreet weekly trade review today. The agency reported that along wn the "sudden spurt" In retail distri bution, the rate of industrial opera tions reached new high ground for the year In several divisions. "The sudden revival of activity," it continued, "following the languish ing pace of April, has brought fresh evidence that the weather has been the major retardative factor to pro gress during the last few weeks. "The accelerated pace at which merchandise now la passing Into con sumers hands has removed the fears of a few weeks ago that Inventory losses would be suffered." SEATTLE, Wash., May II. (AP) The unfilled order file at 586 mills In Oregon and Washington reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen's as soclatlon stood at 402,62,855 feet the week ending May t, an increase of 14.600,000 feet over the previous week, the Association reported today. A production of 05.254,640 feet was listed by 694 down and operating mills, about 1,400,000 feet under the previous week. Production still con tlnues at slightly more tnan 50 per cent above the weekly average at this time last year. E E WASHINGTON, May 11. (ft President Roosevelt said today that his position Is unchanged against mandatory sliver legislation. He la awaiting a report from the senate on negotiations between Sec retary Morgenthau and the silver ad vocates. WASHINGTON. May 11. IPi The senate silver block and (Secretary Mor. genthau virtually agreed today on the language of a sliver bill, but It will be presented to President Roosevelt early next week before final terms are written. a . 8ALEM, May 11. (AP) Oovernor Julius L. Meier today appointed Percy R. Smith Justice of the peace of the Prlnevllle district, crook county, to succeed E. O. Hvde, de ceased. BUYING INCREASES AS SUN BRIGHTENS If. Chandler Egun (left), great ford, Ore., and W. Lowson Little Jr. of Cheyenne, Wyo., who shnrcri the suc cess of the American Walker cup golf team which won three out of four of the Scotch foursome matches at St. Andrews, Scotland, today. Egan and his teammate, Max Mars ton, defeated their British opponents three and two, while Little, teamed with Johnny Goodman, won (heir mutch, eight and six. Mingles matches will he playrd Hnturday. (Associated Press photo). BY M'ALEXANDER IN CAUSTIC TALK PORTLAND. May 11. m Turning from consideration of his own candi dacy and of his own opponents with in his own party, General Ulysses Qrants' McAlexander, candidate for Republican nomination as governor, paused last night to lambaat Willi E. Mahoney, mayor of Klamath Falls and candidate for Democratic nom ination as Oregon's governor. Mehoney is opposed for the nom ination by General Charles H. Martin, classmate of McAlexander at West Point. McAlexander declared he was speaking not as a candidate but as a citizen. Docs ho maintain a, home in Ore gon?" McAlexander asked, speaking of Mahoney. "Docs his wife even live In Oregon? Has he any Interest In Oregon, its people and their welfare and prosperity? Has he anything in Oregon that he can't put' in a carpet baa and depart from Oregon as he came a few months back?" McAlexander questioned Mahoney's military record, remarking that "clear, ly, he was of service age at the tic ginning of the war": questioned his right to political office in Oregon. and charged that "If his announced principles were carried into effect, he will not only beggar the rich but would make paupers of every other citizen. McAlexander said he did not make the speech In interest of General Martin, Mahoncy'a opponent.- "if lie and I (Martin) are nominated in this primary election," he said, "I shall have plenty .to say in the ran eiec tion. but in such a campaign there will be no occasion to question the Integrity, character or uprightness of Mr. Mahoney a opponent." TIE GUniNG MILLS ALSO UNDER CODE SEATTLE, May 11. (AP) Some owners of small lumber operations, Including so-called tie mills, have an erroneous impression, the West Coast Lumbermen's association said today, that the minimum wage and maxi mum hour provisions of the lumber code do not cover rallwsy cross-tie cutting. The association said all lumber making operations In western Oregon and Washington Douglas fir regions must pay at least the 42 cent per hour minimum wage and must not work employes on production more than 40 hours In k calendar week. 4 Salem Burglar Confesses Guilt SALEM, May 11. (AP) Pobert Hall, former resident of San Fran cisco, who wa arrested early Thurs day in connection with the attempted robbery of a warehouse here, in which Albert Pullman was fatally wounded by an officer, was Indicted late yes terday by the Marlon county grand Jury, charged with burglary not in dwelling. Hall confessed his complicity In the -we, officer Mid. aftr he had hen taken to the mortuary to view Pull mans remains. veteran and perfect stylist of Med CLEO HICKS VOTED HEAD OF STUDENT L Tn the student body elections held yesterday at the senior high school, Cleo Hicks, membor of the 1034 state championship debate team, was elect ed president of the Associated Stu dents. He defeated Alleen Latham, president of the Girls' league, by a close margin. Hicks will succeed Noel Benson to the presidency, and will take office at the beginning of tho 1034-35 school year. Cyril Sander was olect- ed business manager In a clear field, and will succeed Lucian Clement to tho office. The business manager ship has an Important place in school government, and Sander will take over the responsibility of hand ling the financial" matters of the student body. Cleo Hicks, the new president, will conduct the student body meetings and preside over the student court. Russel Brown, present vice presi dent of - the student body, was re elected by a comparltlvely large mar gin, and DeRoycc Dudley was chosen to handle the student body's book keeping as treasurer. Waunlta Wilson, the school's top notch scholar, received the secretary ship. Other officers elected were: Yell King, Bob Gall; Song Queen, Connie Moore; Crater editor, Bill Barnum: Hl-Times editor, John Snider, and property manager, Johnny Millard. f SALEM, May 11. (AP) Contract for the grading and surfacing work on approaches to the proposed bridge over SI us law river at Florence In Lane county was awarded today by the state highway commission to Edelfsen & Wcygandt of Portland on their bid of $31,610. The bid was opened ,Aprll 28 but the aw-rd was held up pending further study. GRANTS PASS KIDNAPED Taking a leaf from the kldnapera' book, the Medford Crater club laat night "snatched" a prominent Oranta Pa business man and brought him back to thia city with them, follow ing a banquet at the Redwoods notei h.r urn local boosters were guests of the Cavemen. The kidnap victim, Clarence Wlnetrout, aian t mina mc 40-mlle ride home with the Cratere in the Greyhound bua chartered ior it,. M-niinn hut oblcctcd atrenu ously when hla captors drove up to the county Jail, awakened Jailer Fred Kelly and Insisted that their prisoner be locked up for the night. th i.ilAr riM?l.rirf he could not lock Wlnetrout up without due legal process, but was Informed by the Craters that Wlnetrout had been "act. lng queer" all evening and they feared he might get Into serious trounie left to roam the street all night. He was "laboring under the delusion that his home waa In Grants Pass," the Cratera told the turnkey, "whereas he w In fart a good substantial "in zen of Medford." Wlnetrout a toad open-mouthed. All Technicalities Are Cleared After Long Negotiation Next Federal Court Step Scheduled for Tuesday CHICAGO. May 11. (AP) Giving bonds totaling a quarter million dol lars, Samuel Insull was released! from the county Jail today to await his trial by government and state. His attorney encountered hours' of delay In arranging ball, but at length every technicality was clear ed and Insull was free to go at will. Tuesday he must return to fed eral court to hear the legality of his arrest determined, and Wednes day, for the first time slnco their flight two years ago took them on divergent paths, he will meet his brother Martin, a decade his Junior, In criminal court. The elder Insull will be arraigned before Judge James P. Pardy on charges of embezzlement; Martin In sult will hear his plea In abatement against the Indictment argued In the same court. J'VILLE GRANGE MEETS TONIGHT Tlicro will be a mcotlng ot the Jacksonville Orange thla evening at 8:00. Several Important business mat ters, which demand immediate atten tion are to be discussed and the mas ter urges all members to be present. A Mothora;.. Day program, Including, vocal selections Dy Mrs. Ann wonui., wlO-be presented "by the lecturer. Re freshments are to be sorved by the committee In charge following the business session. Home Economics club held It regu lar meeting Wednesday afternoon at the Orange HbII. Plans for future activities were discussed and decided upon, and preparations made for the concert of the Orange chorus, given Wednesday evening. LONDON, May 11. (AP) The wnrlrl whont. fVtnf (VPnTA hrOk dOWn tonight when Argentina refused to accept the proposed minimum price scheme. Shortly after the conference had adjourned until June 27, it was learn h h.t anmn tmnnrMnc rountrles. ln- cludlnn Great Britain, had not given approval to me pian. Delegates had been hopciui. now nvnr nt ill t.lmnf A mirrruM But today, Argentina's refusal to accept the proposition, wrecked the conierence. FIRST PRISONER RUINS NEW MILTON BASTILE MILTON. Ore., May 10. (UP) Herman Hurst, first person to be Incarcerated In Mllton'a brand "spankln' " new Jail, tore out most of the plumbing, flooud and gen erally wrecked the bastille. He was being held to await arrival of state police. He denied he had been drinking. CITIZEN BY CRATERS while the parley was going on and when Jailer Kelly showed signs of weakening, the prisoner let out a whoop and attempted to escape. He waa quickly overpowered and placed In a cell, while further talk was made between the official and the Crater posse, within a few minutes, J Verne Shangle, official Diamond Jubilee photographer, appeared on the scene and "mugged" Wlnetrout through the bars, despite the almost hysterical objections of the Grants Pass man. Wlnetrout waa finally released and escorted to the home or a Crater, from whence he returned this morn ing to the Climate city, vowing ven geance on any Crater that ahowed up In Grants Pass for the next ten years. The Craters' Junket to the sister city on the north was by way of ad vertlslng the forthcoming Jubilee and an enthusiastic gathering of Cave Men promised General Chairman B. C. "Jerry" Jerome full co-operation. Mr. Jerome, "Big Eruption" Johnny rttld and Herb Grey were presented meial pnprrv eight, rrplkaa of a caveman la ikln costume. ARGENTINA RUINS WHEAT PACT PLAN T Mid-West Crop Prospects Grow Darker Hourly Light Showers Little Value Dust Chokes Chicago Dust Blankets East. NEW YORK, May 11. (AP) An enormous dust cloud laid a gritty yellow pall over almost the entire northeastern part of the United States today. Sifting eastward through the higher atmosphere to becloud New York's skyscrapers In sickly yellow haze, the vast dust blanket sretched nearly 1500 miles west ward to the banks of the Missis sippi, southward to the national capital and north to parts of the Canadian border. CHICAGO, May 11. (Apprehen sion over middle America' crop pros pects grew hourly today. Parched prairies and plains, long baked by a hot sun and swept by awirllng, choking "black blizzards" of dust, swelled the alarm ot agrarian and city dweller alike. The only note of hope waa the fore cast of local showers tonight In Ne braska and Korth and South Dakota, and in Iowa tomorrow. Elsewhere no relief waa In sight. "The weather," said the official forecaster, "will be fair almost gen erally Friday In the north central state, but unsettled conditions aro likely In parta of the Orcat Plains area, with some prospects of local showers In that section by Friday night or Saturday." Showers Little Value. Llcht showers have fallen In the 'Chicago area the first -.in-JIB days and In Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas, but they were regarded as of little value. The Chicago Board of Trade took cognizance of the situ ation and the prices of all future do llvorles of wheat skyrocketed five cents yesterday. Whipped by strong winds, the dust clouds from the vast plains of western Canada swept across the border with undying intensity yesterday, befog ging the entire area from Montana on the west, Texas on the aouth and the Ohio valley on the east. So thick were the floating sheets of real estate that airplane service between Chicago and St. Paul was in terrupted. Pilots reported that the dust particles Invaded the upper air as high as 10,000 feet, and were sweeping eastward at the rate of 60 to 100 miles an hour. Unprecedented Dust. Experts said the "black blizzards" were without precedent In Intensity and the area Involved within the past 20 years. Chicago's skyscrapers, which ordin arily loom before the eye at great distances, were virtually blotted from sight. How many thousands of tons of dust were Involved could not be estimated. Air conditioning expcrU calculated 308,060 particles of dust to the cubic foot at the corner of Clark and Washington streets, In the heart of Chicago's Loop. One estimate was that some 13. 000.000 pounds of dust had been swept Into Chicago four pounds for every man, woman and child In the city. Many person suffering from slnua and eye Infections were sent hurry ing to specialists for relief, Deaths Caused. Blinded by dust, a woman waa kill ed In a motor vehicle accident near Dupres, S. D., another woman died at Sykeatown, N. D. She was pinned beneath a chicken coop, blown over by the high wind. Meanwhile, crop experts .agreed that the wheat crop had been Impaired. and reports said that other crops had also suffered. So serious was the water shortage in some localities that municipal em bargoes were established on drinking water. Nor waa the central west alone In lt aridity. Farmers near Cumber land, Md., prayed yesterday for rain In the afternoon they got It. CHICAGO, May II. (AP) Gloria Swaruon, screen actress, announced today she would file for divorce against Michael Farmer, her fourth husband, In a Los Angeles court within a week or ten days. Her Loa Angeles attorneys, said Mlaa Swanaon, was arranging tha papers now. The chsrge would be Incompatibility, the said. IIII.LSBORO, Ore., May 11. (AP) David Davles, 75, was killed on the Tualatin highway ahortely after mid night when he was atritck by an automobile driven by Howard Weill. 25, ot Hllltboro. If 1 L f. A WILLIAM F. CiKTTI.E, millionaire oil num and atork broker, abducted from his palatial Beverly Hills, Cal home at an early hour Thursday by gunmen who scaled the walls with a stepladder during the course of a party. BINE!) BY BOARD PORTLAND, May 11. VP) Tho huge beer schooners, popularly known as "fish bowls," soon will be a relic of the past. On Monday the large goblets will be stored and In-their places 'will come glasses of more modorato girth and height. The state liquor control commission ha so ordained. Hereafter five oents will buy only a seven-ounce glsss of beer In Ore gon. For a.dlme you will get no mote than a 13-ounce container. Evory brewery and distributor, it was said today, has signed an agree ment to outlaw the large beer glass, and they will refuse to sell beer to dispensers who refuse to comply. The liquor control commission took the step "to eliminate unfair trade practices," and to put pressure on dispensers who fall to adhere to regu lations. Competition has become ao keen among dispensers, It was pointed out, that conditions have reflected much orltlclsms on the Industry. George Paulsen, exocutlve secretary of the Oregon Brewers' association, said "while this regulation may tend to reduce distributors' sales some what, It will aerve to correct a con dition that we believe Is not best either tor publlo welfare or for dis pensers themselves." CENTRAL PT. BANK Payment of dividend number 3 In the liquidation of the State bank of Central Point was ordered yesterday bv Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, upon petition of the stats superintendent of banks. A 15 per cent dividend amounting to 14,855.44, waa ordered on commer cial accounts. A 10 per cent divi dend, amounting to 3, 137.30, was or dered on savings departments counts. The last dividend brings the total dividends for the commercial depart ment to 60 per cent, and for the sav ings department to 53 per cent. The previous dividends amounted to 35 per cent In the commercial sec tion and 45 per cent for savings. Close to 300 depositors will receive dividend checks, ranging from 884 to 60 cents the latter sum going to the Women's Missionary society of central Point. Attorney Harry Skyr man of this city will get 53 cents, and ths Thursday club of Willow Springs 75 cents. The payments Include the period ending April 35. Medford Couple' To Wed In Reno RENO, Nev., May 11. (iP) Marriage licenses Issued her today Included Oscar H. Brenneman, 53, and Char lotte Trimble, 48. both ot Medford Oregon. Brenneman la listed In the city dl rectory as a machinist for the Cali fornia Oregon Power company. Miss Trimble's nam does not appear in the book. HANKOW, China, May 11. (AP) The Rev. Howard Smith of Wash ington, Pa., missionary of the Christ Ian and Missionary Alliance at Peng Sluil In Northwest Szechuan Province, has been kidnaped by "Rogues," crlnu,on-clad Chinese Ir regulars, It ww learned hen today, 3 001 OF 4 L Egan and Marston Defeat Scott and McKinley, 3 and 2 Ouimet and Dunlap Only Losers U. S. Team Singles Drawn. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, May 11. (g) Drawings for the Walker Cup singles golf matches tomor row follows (First nam American player, second British): John Goodman versus the Hon. Michael Scott. Lawson Little versus Cyril Tol ley. Oeorge T. Dunlap versus Jack McLean. Ftancla Ouimet versus Leonard Crawley. John Fischer versus Erie Fid dlan. Max Marston versus T. A. Tor rance. Jack Westlund versus Brie Mc Ruvle. Gus Moreland versus Sam Me Klnlay. H. Chandler Egan, 80-year-old American, was the United States' spare, and Harry Bentley and Roger Wethered were Britain's re serves. ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, May 11, (P) American golfers' first venture In the 1034 campaign tn International competition was crowned with success today as the' United States Walker Cup foursomes won three out of four matches from their British rlvali. Eight singles matches will be played tomorrow. Johnny Goodman, bold young U. S. open champion, and his stocky. square-shouldered partner, w. Lawson Little, made a runaway of their match with the orack British team, Roger Wethered and Cyril ToIIey, winning 8 and 6, The other American victories wr scored by 60-year-old H. Chandler Egan and Max Marston, who defeated the Hon. Michael Scott, Brltlah cap tain, and Sam MoKJnlay, 3 and 3, and Gus Moreland and Jack Westland, who conquered Harry Bentley and Erlo Flddlan, 8 and t. Franels Oulmot, captain of th American side, and George T. Dunlap, Jr., American amateur tltleholder, wcro the only Americans to dip their colors. Waging a losing battls all the way, Ouimet and Dunlap fought gamely and doggedly but were van quished by Eric McRuvle and Jack McLean, 4 and 2. 1 E Medford grade schools, Washing ton, Lincoln, Jackson and Roosevelt, will tomorrow participate In a track meet at Van Scoyoo field, which la to be under the eupervlslon of Ray Henderson of the Medford Junior high school. Competition la expected to be keen, as a silver cup Is to be award ed the school with the highest polnti. Lincoln has won the trophy twice, and will try to get It tomor row, for permanent possession. Local business men win act as Judges tor the meet. No admission will be charged, and all person In terested In the events, are Invited, WILL ROGER? P.$gys: SAX FRANCISCO, May 10. In California's primary race for governor there is the larg est entry to different parties that ever went to the post. Democrats, Progressives, Soc ialists, Prohibition, Liberty Torys and Republicans. These Inst two arc revivals of old time parties that have been out of cxistenco for years. On our darkest days ttaore is a ray of hopo somewhere in the papers. "A gigolo commit ted suicide." It may be tho itnrting of a fad. Twenty-five scheming, de signing, American mothers pulled every political rope pos sible to get their dnughters to see the king this week in Lon don, and he asked to have a look nt Sophie Tucker. iiv'.'i'v;. "