Mail Tribune -- 11 ; 11 ",::.',T .. ii .i i . i ...I i-in i 1 ",. "7 " ' "" The Weather Forecast: I loudy tonight ana Sunday; aonienhat cooler Tuesday. Temperature Highest yesterday M I on cot thin morning - WINNER EDFORD Pulitzer Award ir'nsr i'.r FOR 1934 MEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY, -MAY 11, 1931. :Twcnty-ninth Year No. 45. P'.&Krf M Y By PAUL MA1.LON WASHINGTON. D. C, May 14 Th hidden dynamite In the unpub lished Darrow report Is a charge that certain NRA code a u t h o r Ity haa been guilty of m a 1 feasance in office. The re port demands ac tion against the business men on this particular e o d e authority for conducting It flagrantly In the Interests of their own firms to tne detriment of their business competitors. That Is supposed to be the reason why President Roosevelt silently sat down on the report, refusing to make it public until his investigators could find out whether the charge was true. You may have noticed that one of the three agencies to which Mr. Roosevelt haa referred the Darrow re port is the department of Justice. The identity of the code authority cannot be divulged until some offlclnl public statement is made about It, but the sarcastic pen of Clarence Darrow left no doubt concerning its Identity or his feelings about it In his state ment to the President. None of those connected with the report will talk. The five members of the review board who Joined with Darrow In signing it are Impersonat ing bumps on a log temporarily. Presi dent Roosevelt has indicated he will have nothing to say about it until he get a report from the department of justice, the NRA ana tne ieaeraj trade commission. Such caution appears to' be war ranted. If the charge Is well found ed it may be enough to blow up a considerable portion ot the NRA. ir not, it must be exposed as false. There seems to be no Intention on the part of the White House to keep Jt secret any longer than necessary to go to the bottom of the matter. The officials have been so close mouthed lately that the Darrow re port has become an equally interest' Ing mystery with DUllngcr's where abouts. Nevertheless, some of the better , informed inner, clrclers, who have had a squint at it, say the report, or the summary of it, covers about 22 type' written pages and contains about 6000 or 7000 words, written in the best Darrow style. It handles the NRA problem from purely Judicial viewpoint (as much as Darrow ever could be Judicial) and tries to make a case against existing NRA practice. No personal reference la made to funeral Johnson in any critical way, Although many of his policies are sub jected to a blow-torch analysis. The administration already is mov ing to meet some of the objections. The move to exempt little fellows from the codes was one move. The next one probobly will be revi sion of the price-fixing features. These are not the results of the Dorrow report, although it may have hastened the moves along. For weeks the White House pillars have been working on proposed modifications and revisions of NRA policies. The usual spring war scare from Europe arrived by grapevine on time this week-end. France is starting it this time. The French press began leading up to It by publishing reports that the gov ernment would reduce the compul sory age for military service from 12 months to 15, 18 and finally 27 months. The French government slipped these reports to the press, although official denials wore Issued later. Our people are not being misled by the denials. They know France already has discussed the Idea with Belgium and Belgium la expected to adopt the plan also. They believe it makes further disarmament efforts futile. To help the show along the French also are planning & display of naval strength along their coast this mont. Warships and plane are being massed for maneuvers. It all helps to take the French mind off the Stavlsky scandals and the Internal monetary and govern mental situation. It docs not mean war. The state department Is doing Its best by Innuendo to show Its Inner raze at the British - Duth rubber amendment. It cannot do much of' ficially. because, theoretically, oniy private interests in Britain and the Netherlands are involved. The first thing it did was to tell American diplomatic representatives in London Mnd Tne Hague to prevent the agreement from going through hut not to get caught st It. This move failed. (Continued on Psge Seven) 1NSULLS DOWNFALL LAID TO JUDGMENT CHfCAOO. May 14 (API-Prom r"?:v In P' Lump's hsji.tal Samuel Ir-u'l !.a, cn! y rt'.i'.m cf the co!;ii"e -' ! u:l'.itltj empire, T n. djwn w'th my ship." he ,ui: The r.pretlai! wsj too much fir rr To.i wll V cnv,-.-:e.-l that a.ihruen my JiiCirtieut mas bad, I wa M dishonest." L Man Companion Held On Murder Charge Victim Attacked, Beaten And Strangled With Suit Belt. SAN FRANCISCO, May 14. (AP) Accused of slaying Miss Louise Jeppesen, 23, Utah girl, Millard Hick man, 40, was booked by police on a murder charge today after officers said they had discovered a bruise on the man's leg and a deep scratch i his hand. Miss Jeppesen's brutally beaten and attacked body was found In Oolden Gate park here early Sunday, about an hour after Hickman told officers she had left his apartment- Hickman, married and the father of two young daughters, denied he had killed Miss Jeppesen but admit ted, Captain of Inspectors Charles Dullca said, that he and the girl had quarreled after a drinking party In his apartment. Officers learned from Alameda county court records that Hickman was sued for divorce there six months ago. The suit charged that Hickman "had too many women." SAN FRANCISCO, May 14. (AP Twenty-two hours after the broken, ravished body of Miss Louise Jeppe sen, 23, Utah Girl, was found In Golden Gate park, Millard Hickman, port engineer for the Matson Navi gation company, was booked by pol ice on a murder charge here today. Hickman admitted. Captain of In spectors Charles Dullea said, that Miss Jeppesen, member of a prom inent Ogden and Salt Lake City family, was In his apartment until 3:00 a. m. yesterday. Strangled With licit The girl, whose body was found about an hour later in the park, was criminally attacked, beaten and strangled with a belt and scarf torn from her ensemble outfit, police said. Captain Dullea said Hickman, 40 years old, was In a party of four dancing and drinking with Miss Jeppesen Saturday night and Into the Sunday morning of her death. Hickman, Captain Dullea said, de clared the girl left his apartment at 3:00 a. m., and that he had no knowledge of her death. Others in the party who were questioned were Thomas Dee, 40, of ficial of an engineering concern, and Miss Blanche McKay attractive blond residing at a San Francisco hotel. Companions Released Dee and Miss McKay, both of whom declared they left Hickman's apartment prior to Miaa Jeppesen s (Continued on Paee Three) ON OUTY EARLY Because of the present period of low humidity and the fact that the forest cover Is very rapidly drying out In spite of rains Just passed. several of the lookout stations in the forests will be manned this week. Two GCC men from the Applegate camp, who have been acting as look outs on Tallowbox mountain, are being transferred to Wagner Butte, and Dean Saltmarsh, regular lookout, will be established in their place at Tallowbox. Two men from the South Fork of the Rogue CCC camp were placed on duty at Rustler Peak yesterday, and others are being sent to Old Baldy and Robinson Butte in the Dead Indian district. The CCC men will remain on the peaks until the fire situation becomes more critical, when the regular forest service employes will replace them for the summer. jubileeTageITat oregon canoe fe1e A pageant of Oregon history was colorfully portrayed at the canoe fete Saturday nt the University of Ore pon. ss a part of the week-end ob servance for mothers. Entitled the "Diamond Jubilee" the program wss declared quite Impres sive by those In attendance from here. Mt. Manama, before Its erup tion, was also depicted on the pro gram. Included among mothers from Medford who spent the week-end on the campus were Mrs. Harry Pren tice, Mrs. E. E. Gore and Mrs. John Boyle. 4 BATTLE GRASSHOPPERS WASHINGTON, May 14 (API There will be 13.000 worth of erass hopper control work on the Klam ath. Ore.. Indian rcservaton this summer. ScnRtor atelwer of Oregon has been rolified by the commiMloner of In dian affalrt that the sum has been tM atids by bit bureau for the work. Morning Coffee Aids Woman In Living Century CHICAGO, Mey 14 (UP) Mrs. Lucia Matthlesen. who is a century old today, started her birthday celebration with 85 descendants in attendance and an announcement about how to live to be 100. "Every morning at 8:30, I stalt my day with a cup of black coffee In bed." she said. "For the other meals, I eat whatever appeals to my appetite." KIDNAPERS FAIL TO KEEP TRYST E 1,0 S ANGELES, May 14. (AP) The greatest manhunt In the history of southern California was ordered today by 11 1 strict Attorney Buron rttts In a move against the abductors of William F. nettle, oil millionaire, follow ing failure of the ransom money delivery this morning. LOS ANGELES, May 14. (AP) The kidnapers of William F. Getlle oil millionaire, and their victim hid I safely away as dawn broke today after a night of sensational episodes In which an emissary of the family. I Ernest E. Noon, carrying a ransom of i $60,000, escaped, presumably from I hijackers, after repeated attempt to ; contact the abductors. The denouement of as bizarre ft 1 scries of maneuvers as ever written Into police recordB here camo about , 3:30 a. m.. when the Intermediary,! traveling in a small coupe with a black satchel at hie side, containing the sansom in 5 and 110 bills, shot his way out of a trap. Before he whipped out a revolver to protect himself from a group that he believed was a band of hijackers he had spent some four and one-half hours patiently driving through metropolitan Los Angeles, picking up at Intervals Instructions which were to have led to the actual delivery of the money to the kidnapers. After coming upon the third of these notes, or Instructions, and while driving on a dark street be tween the old river bridge and the city of Maywood, about eight miles southwest of the central Los Angeles business district, three machines closed in, upon him," police reported. Quickly sensing from the tenor of the notes that the machines could not possibly contain the kidnapers and fearing an attempt by outsiders to take the ransom from him, he opened fire. Shots were exchanged, but the emissary, whose name, upon police request, was withheld, suc ceeded In escaping unharmed. He fled to a telephone, notified police headquarters he was safe, and a squad of detective machines rushed to his protection. 4- ST. PAUL, May 14. (AP) Mrs. Dolores Smart, 22 years old, missing witness for the government in the prosecution of three persons accused of harboring notorious John Dlllinger walked Into the United States dis trict attorney's office late today to accept service with a subpoena for appearance In the case. Caveman Tame When Placed Behind Bars ran mw m wwm tr" w? w tj prW9W?f "H V? ' h , '& imtttA -" fc.--.w-M L'rria.,i5 ' Si&SSS PPEId: :;.,.,; I r hut a Ixild. had (atemnn IW pra.tlrnllv nil nr hk holdup and hadiirM Mini nlnrrrt brhliul the bar or a modern Jiill wn demonlrated In Mrdfnnl Inle TlnirI;iv night Mien the rater rliili, 1ral hntrr oritnn latlnn, "kidnaped" Clarence Ulnetrnut, prominent (rant Pjim hilni'man and memlirr of Hip (Iran! Va ('atrium, and suiwdrrt In hatlnc him Im-knl up In Ihe -JmkMin muntr jail. The "UIn;ipln(" ami 'JnllhiS" re PHclnerrrd a a ttnnt flnMti; a trip In (.ran! Ps h I hi- I'raler to Hdrrtle the (rejjnn IMnmoitft -ItiWIrp to hr lirld In M-iKnid nnd .l;ti ksoii llle. June 3 to !. Win-trout In MioHn a lime Mth Jailor Ire! kellj at Wt and E. C. (-ferry) Jerome, irnrral chulrmin of the Jntl!,y, right. FEDERAL AID FOR Roosevelt Urges Congress; To Adopt Two-Fold Pro gram Government Would Insure Loans, Plan. WASHINGTON, May 14. (AP) Government insurance of private fi nancing for home construction and repair was proposed today by Presi dent Roosevelt In a message to con gress. The president urged action at this session on the two-fold program which he said would add to em ployment and provide "tanplble, use ful wealth in a form for which there Is great social and economic need." Would Insure I, onus Loans for modernisation would be made by private agencies which would be insured by governmental agencies against loss up to a certain per centage of their advances. . Mutual mortgage insurance under governmental direction to enable pri vate agencies to make first mort gage loans on newly constructed houses up to 80 per cent of the ap praised value of the property would be provided. New mortgages would be allowed on existing homes up to per cent of the appraised value of the property. The loans would us ually carry not more than five per cent Interest. The president proposed further fed eral insurance for share and cer- (Continued on Pag Three) HEAVYTTRElOSS E COTTAGE GROVE. Ore., May 14. (AP) Loss roughly estimated by the owners at between $600,000 and $750, 000 was caused by fire which swept through the huge Standard Sesonlng company near here yesterday. The company was owned by Robert Z. Drake of Omaha. Two 1,000-foot sesonlng houses in which- a great stock of lumber -was stored, were destroyed. Much of the lumber had been sesonlng for as long as two years and it was as dry as tinder. 93, HIGHEST FOR YEAR Mercury mounted to 03 Sunday, the highest It has soared since Octo. ber 6, last year, and marking the warmest day ot the current season. Observations at the United States weather bureau show that the top figure was reached about 3 p. m. On October d, the temperature was 06 degrees. Yesterday's record was not equaled In 1033 until June 13. when a maximum of 04 was recorded. 1 HOQUIAM, WaAh., May 14. ffl Masonic funeral services were held here today for Charles H. Hoover, 48. manager ol the Pacific Coast log scal ing bureau, who was killed Saturdny In an automobile collision near Fort Lewis. Cremation followed. DOCKERS STRIKE BOTTLES COAST SHIPPING TIGHT Gov. Rolph Asked To Settle Controversy As Sixth Day Of Walkout Sees No Compromise In Sight. SAN FRANCISCO, May 14. (T) Appeals to Governor James Rolph, Jr., to settle the longshoremen's strike were made a the teamsters' union here walked out In sympathy and 200 river boatmen struck at Portland. Joseph Carson, mayor of Portland. and John Hathaway, president of the San Diego County Fruit bureau, urg ed Governor Rolph to take immediate steps to settle the controversy. "The waterfront controversy has as sumed proportions which seem to de mand concerted action by states and cities on the Pacific coast." Mayor Carson told the governor. PORTLAND. May 14. (?) Not a man worked nor a si tne line moved on Portland's 20 miles of waterfront today as the sixth dav of the long shoremen's strike found employers and employes no nearer compro mise. More than 35 freighters, their holds and decks laden with cargo, wer trapped in the river by the inaction of workers. Meanwhile, wholesalers and distributors, as well as .retail outlets and other consignees, sent out cries for supplies. Several t housand striking long shoremen and their sympathizers, augmented by steamboat employes and some logging Bnd timber work ers' organizations, likewise on strut; kept vigilant watch to prevent any attempt by employers to use relief or non-union workmen on the wharves. Despite the order by Mayor Carson last night that strikers would be kept off private property, including private and municipal docks, hun dreds of the striking longshoremen swarmed the terminals today while police looked on. STOP-GAP RELIEF CHICAGO, May 14. (Pi Rain drenched parts of drought-atrlcltun midwest, but general predictions for fair weather today and tomorrow classed the relict ns only a stop-gap Precipitation, both rain and snow, ranged from light drizzles In some sections to 414 -Inch downpours In others, but ocrlcultural experts said additional moisture was Imperative to material improvement. CHICAGO, May 14. (AP) The Chicago Herald and Examiner stated today that more than 600 persons In all parts of the country arc on l "national protection list" and are be ing safeguarded by federal and state authorities against possible kidnap-Ings. Try U. S.- : ij fLMUUtLmjftJ,Li.......igS5; Us 'JJ YORK. . Cesare Salielll (lefl) nuil Ocorse II. Pond (rlslil) soured nnnv early to day In an nlteniit lo fly non-slop from New Vork lo Home, Italy. Their proposed route Is shown on map. (ssm-lated Press Photo.) ETO Two attractive young ladles In Medford today to participate this evening . in. the concert, at the high school auditorium, being sponsored by the Medford Oleemen, who will also take part in the program. Arriving here from Portland, Miss Frances Mullen, gifted pianist, and Miss Dorothy Wagner, Interpretive dancer will close their tour of the Pacific coast with their Medford pre sentation, and plan to continue to their homes In Los Angeles. Miss Mullen, who spent several years studying music, will present classical selections, Including finch and Chopin and will also, In anoth er group of numbers, tako In compo sitions by Bartock, the Hungarian. Another modern composer from whose workA Miss Mullen will play, Is Schoenberg, a German now In exile In the United States, driven from hla own country by the nazl movement. "It would be Impossible to present any strikingly modern compositions on a- program before an audience," Miss Mullen said today, "but prob ably in ten or fifteen years, when people have been gradually educated to npproclato them, the selections can be ployed." Miss Mullen, who la married and resides In Los Angeles, loves to work in her own flower garden, at her home In the south. She also enjoys walking, she mild. Miss Mullen has been studying music since she was six years old, and returned to Los Angeles four years ago after studying in Europe, Miss Wagner, a striking blonde, will appear on this evening's program In Interpretive danco numbers. For three years Miss Wagner wna with the Metropolitan opera ballet, and she also spent three years In musical comedies. Miss Wagner made a tour of Spain and Portugal and haa also completed a coast to coast tour of the United States. 4 GIBBON, Neb., May 14. ( AP) Two men, believed by officers to be L. D. Davidson, about 65, and a Mr. j Southman, possibly from Bandon, ; Ore , were found asphyxiated In a; tourist camp here today. Author!-! ties said there was no evidence of! foul play. I The two men, In an automobile with an Oregon license, drove Into Wright's tourist camp late lant night. When they failed to leave their cab In by 11 a. m., attendants found the men lying on their beds, dead. Oaa Jets, used to heat the cottagei, were open. f LOS ANGELES, NEW YORK FLIGHT BREAKS RECORD NEWARK, N. J., May 14. (UP) Jack Prye, flying mull from Lo Angrlrn to New York, Sunday broke the trans-continental speed record for transport plane by covering the distance in II hours, 31 minutes. WASHINGTON. May 14. (AP) The O Inst-Bark Iry bill provide IA30.000.000 for loans to Industry waa nauM todav hr the senate and sent to the houw. -Rome Flight -.-tiff V.. n Sj! FLIGHT TO ROME Lorisnrno, n. s., May u. - (A) A lui'Rft monoplane, believed to he thai or (uplalit Cleorgc I'ond and Lieut, Cesare Niiltellt, attempting a non-stop flight from $ nvw lurtc 10 Home, nils sigiuea high over I.onlshurg at 3:40 p. m. K. S. T., todny. BROOKLYN, N. Y., May 14. (P) Capt. George- R. Pond and Lieut. Ce sar Sa belli soared away from Floyd Bennett field at 0:2 A a. m., B. S. T. today with the announced Intention of reaching Rome without a stop They said their large oranga and ma roon monoplane could make the 4500- mile flight In about 40 hours. Pond, n, former navy filer, and Sa belll, one-time Italian war ace, had been planning the flight for months They had hoped originally to make the attempt last fall, but abandoned the Idea because of unfavorable weather. Their plane, "Leonardo da Vlncl with 680 gallons of gasoline, carried enough fuel to last more than 40 hours. . Weather reports indicated favorable winds, but noted a low pressure area over the North Atlantic coast which the filers said they would fly over. They set a course for Capo Race. N. P., and the great clrclo route. If the weather turns bad. they said, they may abandon the attempt to make Rome and land in France or Spam. Today'a attempt Is the first trans atlantic flight or the year. The piano made a perfect takeoff, rising easily into the air after a run or about 1000 feet. ALBANY COLLEGE 10 ALBANY, Ore., May 14. (A formal announcement of the plan of Albany college, a Presbyterian Institution, to establish a Portland branch this fall, was made here today by President Thomas W. Bibb. "The policy of the college has been I to aid students to the full extent of our ability." President Bibb said. "The new arrangement will make it possible for Portland students to at- tend coIIcro at one-half the cost of coming to Albany." , , j - BASEBALL National, n. a a New York Chicago ..., M0 innings ) Schumacher and Mancuso; Warneke and Hartnett, Tate. American. R. H. B. Chicago, 8 10 3 Boston 33 Farnshaw and R uel; Joh n son a nd Perrell. The score: Detroit ft 7 0 I Washington 0 2 2 1 Sorrell and Cochrane: Crowdcr, Prim and Phillip. (Called end sixth, rain). Mr PLANNEDBY D. A. Many Demand Firm Action To Nip Attempt Of Fehl To Foment New Turmoil Fitch Unable Make Bail The preliminary hearing of I. L. Fitch, charged with criminal libel lor distribution of a slanderous and malicious circular, waa delayed this afternoon owing to the Inability of the defendant to procure an attor ney. Pitch waa cranted until thw. o'clock to plead. Warrants for the arrest of five or IX more persons, on criminal libel tiaiges In connection with Mi n.- ch trlbutlon of slanderous and Inflam matory circulars, emanating from the pen of Earl H. Fehl. fnrm. Judge, now a state prison Inmate, win oe issued and served, the district attorney said today. According to uviuenco collected, all were circula tors or the sponsor of the pamphlet uiruugnouG ine county. Residents of the city and county lave teleDhoned to the .nHmHMu offering to testify they had received the circulars. The cenern.1 nuhn i. In no mood to tolerate any attempted iuhtcuuh oi turmoil conditions, to niAke a political holiday. As a matter of fact, there Is a wide de mand that the authorities take firm steps towards the suppression of vicious and mallelon ta.i. . cost Jackson county so heavily before w.w ikcii, turmoil waa quieted. I-itch Unable Clet Bond B. L. Pitch. lOMl .MlHMik . t.J Saturday afternoon by the sheriff's office, was scheduled to be arraigned and given a preliminary hearing day, before Justice of the Peace Wll- (Continued on Pag Two) I AT GOLF COURSE Five new mats decorate the tees on the Rogue River Valley Golf course aa a result of the mat tournament held there Saturday and Sunday. The winners' names are to be placed on the tees In commemoration of the event, and will be the envy of the other 87 who turned out for the af fair. The lucky onos, for It la said that a point par system of plsy afforded everyone an equal chance, are D. S. Clark, who turned In a acore of 40; Bruce Bauer, with a 30: Rawles Moore, with a 39, and Walter Leverette and Oeorgo Hunt, who each scored 38. The tourney aroused much interest among the members, and aa It was announced that those who did not play would be asked for a donation anywey, the club was well represented. A total of 1118 was taken In from the entry fees and donations, all of which will go to repairing the course, which will be entirely redecorated for the Jubilee. The women's tournament, In which a sixth mat is offered as the prlee, will bo held on Wednesday, Msy 18, It was announced today. . TUCSON. Arljs., May U. ff No apparent progreas had oeen made to day in efforts to effect return of ix-yenr-old June Roblcs, kidnaped nearly three weeks ago. Today was th 10th day since tht child disappeared from in front of floakrugo school and 18,000 was de manded by tho abductors. There was no indication that the abductors had sent tho family any message regarding last week's plea of Fernando Robles, June's father, that 110.000 be accepted as representing all the money he possibly could raise. The lengthening silence led to growing speculation regarding the child's fate. Belief the child may be dead again cropped up in some of ficial quarters. DAVID DE TOUR David DeTour, Spanish American war veteran, died In Portland Sunday at 9:30 p. m., according to word re ceived In Medlord today. The re mains will arrive In Medford Tuesday morning on the 8:10 train, accom panied by Mrs. D. A. DeTour. , The requiem mass wilt be held at the Sacred Heart Catholic church Wednesday at II a. m, with Rev. Father Francis w. Blaclc In charge. Recital of the rosary will be conduct ed at the Perl Funeral home at 8 p. m.. Tuesday. A complete obituary will appear la .tomorrow paper. ; r '., ft 8 Vr A tf- W. K. is &V:-- .-:; O