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Medford Mail Tribune; The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Tum dav; warmer tonight; cooler Tuesday. Temperature Highest yesterday - IS Lowest this morning 44 WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 A MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 21. 1931. No. 51. Twenty-ninth Year If - I r4-J By PAUL MALLON. (Copyright, 1934. by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, D. 0., May 21. The man behind the Darrow report la Mr. Charles Edward Russell. It iu his Invisible hand which guiding the aged pen of the cni- aago Inconociast. In fact, Mr. Rus- j Mil seems to have at least aa much do- with the I M'WM report as Mr. Dar- VXi row. He likewise SPf,rffM served aa Dar. &Am-, ear; Dar row's hearing Is not what It used to be and much : the open teatl- Paul Mallon mo" him. These facts are Important because nt Mr. Russell's background. Mr. Russell was one of the original muckrake of Everybody Magazine years ago. He was a member of that troupe of Upton Sinclair and Law rence Rlchey detective-Journalist who exposed the meat packers and nearly everyone else. He once ran for gov ernor of New, York atate on the so cialist ticket. Recently be has been living here quietly aa a writer. Mr. Russell waa really the Inspira tion for Mr. Darrow's recommendation for socialized ownership and control of Industry. The truth Is, Mr. Darrow knowa lit tle about Industry, but Mr. Russell la a specialist In that subject. Where the administration put It all over Darrow In the back-stage souffle was on publicity. . No one can beat him in a criminal case before .-. Jury, but he was a babe In the woods when he came up against tile skilled White House pub licity men. He knows it now. Darrow made his report to the White House May 4. If he could have handed It to the newspapers the same day, his charges would have been a national sensation. Any good pub llcitv man would have advised him to have given copies of the report to nress associations, at least conn' dentlally. He thought of that him self, but decided that the report was made to the president and the presl- dent should handle publication. or , The result was that the NRA spent the following two weeks preparing a mmnlete answer to his charges. Ita report was sent to Mr. Mav 14. By publishing the 9000-word answer nnnoiilv. the 9000 words of charges were at least partially smotlv ered. The effect was to crcato the Im pression that two good haters like n.rrnw and General Johnson were lust throwing 18.000 words at each other. BOLSTER LEADS OF PRIMARYJ1NNERS Circuit Judge Norton Has Clear Majority Over Op ponents Rogue River Only Precinct Against Him Circuit Judge H. D. Norton won a clear majority over both his oppo nents In the Judicial district com prising Jackson and Josephine coun- 1 ties, according to complete unofficial i returns from both counties. Judge Norton's total count In the district was 8898 votes, and his two rivals together mustered but 3439 votes. The Jackson county vot was: Norton - 4568 Hough 1185 Anderson 754 The Josephine county vote was: Norton .......1360 Hough - - 623 Anderson 857 Judge Norton carried every pre cinct In Jackson county but Rogue River, which gave Hough 68, Norton 40, and Anderson 30. The majority means that Judge Norton, under Oregon law, will be unopposed In the November election. The missing precincts reported this morning, and all the leaders gained. The closest race of the primary was between Prank Anderson and Howard McKlnney for constable on the Democratic ticket for the Medford district. The unofficial count gives Anderson a majority of 38, the vote standing: Anderson ... .. 614 McKlnney 576 Syd I. Brown, with all precincts accounted for has a majority of 339 for the Democratic nomination for sheriff, over Robert E. Bell, court house Janitor, and his closest oppo nent. The Democratic sheriff vote Is: Brown . 1157 Bell 818 Roosevelt County Candidates Republican, State. For Governor Joe E. Dunne. For Congress James W. Mott. For Secretary of State Earl Snell. For Labor Commissioner O. H. Gram. County. For County Judge Earl B. Day, Incumbent, by majority 3118. For Commissioner R. E. Nealon, Incumbent, by majority 1403. For Sheriff Walter J. Olms cheld, Incumbent, by lead 820 votes. For State Senator George W. Dunn, Incumbent, by 1403 ma jority. Democratic. For Governor General Charles H. Martin. For Congress R. R. Turner. County. For Sheriff Syd. I. Brown, by 339 majority. For Constable Frank Anderson, by majority of 38. Non-Partisan. For Circuit Judge Judge H. D. Norton, by majority 2459 over two opponents. Sales Tax. The school relief sslea tax car ried In Jackson county by a 3320 majority. It was the only county In the state to record a favorable vote. The vote was: Yes - 4469 No 2140 NRA Denounced In Report From Darrow's Board WASHINGTON, May 31. (AP) The national recovery review board In a three-pace statement today assailed the criticism on lts: report, made by NRA officials, promised a second report before the end of the week and challenged NRA to answer that one. Narregan Sims .. . no 320 The White House Inner clique Is quite angry at Darrow. but not ad ministration left-wingers. They really like the recommendations of the Dar row report, although they cannot say an mibliclv. In this crowd are the young liberals nt the administration, who have been hoping from the start to direct the NRA Into socialization of Industry. They have never liked Johnson or his tactics. During the last few months, they have been passing around tne poison on him. The result of this may be the lop ping off of a few liberal heads, be r.n.n tna White House apparently does not side with the liberals on this subject. At least the biggest liberal heads have lately become uneasy, and one has already made preparatlona to go back to the private practice of law. The White House haa turned Its furnace blower on Chairman Steagall of the house banking committee. Apparently, President Roosevelt is none too well pleased with the fact that Mr. Steagall Is handling three Im portant administration bllls-Jhoua-lng, loans to Industry and deposit in surance. In a recent private confer ence at the executive mansion. Stea gall'a loyalty to the administration was discussed. That question arises because Mr. Steagall. and hi. alter ego, Mr. Golds borough, have more advanced Ideas on bankln.? than Mr. Roosevelt. For instance. Messrs. Steagall ana uom borough have been flaying with the Idea of tacking the bank pay-off bill or a more liberal deposit Insurance scheme on one of the administration measures now In Mr. Steagalls cus tody. The White House heat la being pri vately applied in various wsya to keep Mr. Stesgall a almon:pure administra tion man. All of which bothers Mr. Steagall not at all. He stepped aside from such pressure last Thursday and went to a circus, not once, but twice. He liked the afternoon performance ao much that he went back again In the evening. The lion's Jawa Interested him most, but he made no effort to teat Uiem personally. Experts In bitter words seem to sgree that Darrow lost hla long-worn Ashland precincts, Beltview, Wlmer Eagle Point, Trail, and Rogue River gave Bell a majority, but this city and the remaining rural districts polled varying majorities against him. Sheriff Walter J. Olmscheld with all 69 precincts reported had a ma jority of t-620 over Chief of Police Clatous McCredle for the Republican nomination. The vote was: Olmscheld 1939 : McCredle ...1419 Beeaon . . .. ........ 901 Walker 833 Obenchaln 304 Zundell - 327 County Judge Earl B. Day received the Republican nomination for county Judge by the largest majority accord ed any county candidate, -defeating Henry Conger 2.11b votes. Day car ried every precinct but Applegate, Ant loch, Trail, Rogue River and Wl mer. Electa A. Fehl failed to carry a precinct. She received her highest vote. 19. In the Roxy Ann precinct. The county Judge vote was: Day 3,445 Conger 1.337 Fehl 331 Commissioner R. E. Nealon was nominated by a majority of 1,403 over Fred Rapp. .The vote was: Nealon - 2,691 Rapp 1.388 Taylor 979 State Senator George W. Dunn won by a majority of 1,403 over victor Bursell, the vote standing: Dunn - 3.313 Bursell 1.621 The Republican vote for governor is: Dunne . 2,192 Holman . 1,019 McAlexander 982 Lonergan 473 Brown :. 383 The Democratic vote for governor 13 FALL 10 DEM U F (By the Associated Press.) Thirteen persons fell to their deaths In alrplanca over the week-end. Four were killed . at Tulsa, Texas. airport when a plane piloted by Harry Lynch of Wink, Tex., crashed before a crowd witnessing dedication or tne field. The victims were Lynch, two 12-year-old boys, Bruce Anderson ana Bobble Sesler. both of Wink, and Willie Ravel, 28. of El Paso. Tex. Lieut. Frank J. Flndley, 30, of De troit, and Private George J. Scott. 27. of the Seventeenth pursuit squadron, died in flames near Port Huron, Mich. Their selfrldge field -plane fell ana burst into flames Just after a taxe-on. A plana borrowed without tne own. or's consent orashed and burned near Muscatine. la., killing Maynara luk. visky, 20, of Muscteine, a student pilot, and James Henlck, 23, of Fort Des Moines. An accident near Lincoln, Nob., killed Orrln O. Jones of Litchfield, Neb., and James V. Meade, 19, of Oak ridge, N. J. Three Washington, D. C men were killed in a fall Into Chesapeake bay. The body of William 0. Power was recovered shortly after the accident Saturday, but the bodies of the other victims. Ralph H. Bangs ana iwaico.m B. Zahn, were not found until yea trd.v. Bancs waa the owner and pilot of the plane. WASHINGTON, May 31. (AP) President Roosevelt apparently In tends to let the Darrow board finish Its task of investigating whether there have been monopolistic practices under NRA. It submitted a partial report last night excoriating the NRA. Clarence Darrow, the chairman, and another member, advocated government own ership and control of Industry. It was made known at the White House that the president will permit the board to go out of existence when It finishes Its work, expected In a few days. Johnson Bolls. Hugh 8. Johnson, the NRA adminis trator, who teucd a sizzling reply to the report, has demanded the Imme diate abolition of theboara. Meanwhile Senator Nye (R., N. D.) whose criticism was largely instru mental in leading to the formation of the board, told reporters the re port showed that "many of the codes are working destruction for small hiialnuaea and entrenching mo- noDOlv." Senator Borah (R., Idaho), another critic, withheld comment. The board, which had been asked by President Roosevelt to review the nractices of the national recovery ad ministration, stabbed rt the heart of NRA's principles of Industrial codes by saying: Competition Savage. "All competition Is savage, wolfish and relentless, and can be nothing else. One may aa well dream of malt ing war ladylike aa of making compe tition fair." , The socialistic alternative of gov ernment ownership was suggested In supplementary report signed ny Darrow, 77-year-old lawyer, and one other board member William Thompson of Chlcsgo, former 1 partner of Darrow. It said: The choice la between monopoly sustained by government, which Is clearly the trend In the national re covery administration, and a planned economy, which demande socializes ownership and control. "The . hope of the,. American peo ple .. . Ilea In the planned use of America's resources following sociali zation." One Dissenter. One member of the bosrd dissented FAILED 10 SECURE Kidnapers' Wife fi0 s in r , FIRE REVEAL BUT SINGLEUFE LOST Charred Body of Man Found As Workers Delve in Hot Ashes of Saturday's Huge Holocaust in Stockyards BUGS AID DROUGHT DESTROY CROPS IN MID-WEST REGION SALEM, May 31 (AP) Only three Incumbent members of the Oregon legislature who had filed for nomi nations were eliminated from' mem bership In the 1035 sessions, while another who had not filed was nomi nated by the write-In method, a sur vey by the Associated Press revealed. State Senator W. F. Woodward, vet eran Multnomah county member waa eliminated In the Republican primar ies by Roy K. Terry. Should Senator Jay Upton be elected for congress from the second district his place would have to be fliled In the upper house. Efitea Snedecor, democratic leader In the house last year from Multno man county, was eliminated In hla race, while Arthur McPhllllps, Demo crat from Yamhill county, likewise lost out In the primaries. Oharles H. Chllds of Linn county was nominated by the write-in method. With these eliminations, the house will see at least 38 new faces In the legislature opening next January 14, while eight new members will bo In the senate, just half of the number of the upper house seats vacant for the 1934 elections. Twenty-seven house members and seven senate members did not file for entrance In the primaries. f Mrs. James Kirk as she visited her husband, James E. Kirk, one of the self-confessed kidnapers of Wil liam F. Gettle, In the Lot Angelei Jail before he waa whisked away tc San Quentln prison for life. Mra Kirk, estranged from Kirk, Uvea In San Francisco. (Associated Presi Photo) 6 RECORD OF POLICE (Continued on Page Pour) - is: Martin .... Mahoney 1,824 862 ALL SONORA CATHOLIC CHURCHES CLOSED UP NOOALES. Aril.; May 31. (API All Catholic churches In the state of Sonora, Mexico, were closed today by order of Governor Rodolto Ellas Calles. POINTS FOR PEACE PORTLAND, May 21. (IP) R. J Baakett, spokesman of employers In the genersl longshoremen's strike ne gotiations at San Francisco, waa to v ..advised by Portland waterfront employes that they have agreed to four major points in tne mrapn settle the waterfront strike. The employers rejected the union's proposal that "closed shop" operation be established, and opposed assign ment of workers by the union. They agreed to collective bargaining with representatlvea of the longshoremen and to arbitration on wages and hours. IVheat Crop Short. PENDLETON, Ore.. May 21. (IP) A 50 per cent wheat crop for eastern Oregon unless weather conomons change la predicted by J. W. Maloney, collector of Internal revenue and for mer wheat farmer of Pendleton. The present condition waa ascribed to the tsct thst wheat went through the winter without the usual moisture. (Br the Associated Press) With all counties complete and unofficial, It appeared today that Judge O. P. Sklpworth, Judge James T. Brand and Carle E. Wlmborly had been nominated on the non-partisan ticket for circuit Judge of the second Judicial district, comprising Benton, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lane and Lin coln counties. The vow for the six counties gave Sklpworth 22,281, Brand 21,738, Wlm berly 14,981, and Circuit Judge B. L. Eddy, 14,950. Wimberly tb'js had only 31 more votes than did SMdy. Epworth League of the First Meth odlst Episcopal church held a hiking and awlmmlng picnic Saturday. Meeting at the church at 1:30, about 25 leaguers loft for Table Rock. In aplte of much feared poison oak and rattlesnakes, everyone climbed the rock. After spending considerable time exploring and hiking about, the group left for Bybec's bridge where swimming and baseball provided en tertainment. Under the direction of France-. Combe, a picnic aupper waa served, after which gamea were play ed. Those attending were: Frances Combs, Beth Ollltngs, Phyllis Smith, Janette Trill, Glcnna inear, Mary Flske, Frances Arnsplger, Jean Olll tngs, Betty Paske, Eleanora Foffcn barger, Marie Vandermark, Bl.l Walk er, And; Severson, Marvin Burk, Ar thur Cook, John Ollllngs, Olaf Sever son, Jim Wallam, Milton Hlcka, Dwlght Short, Red Morris, Lester Faye, and Rev. Knotta. 1 Many Farmers Spend Sun day in Prayers for Rain Yields Cut Much As 85 Per Cent in Some Areas Reports of six accidents in Medford and vicinity were turned In over the week-end to the city police station. Only one Injury resulted, when Laura Petlord of Jacksonville received head injuries aa the result of an ac cident on the south Pacific highway yesterday. The report shows that O H. Bailey of Ashland ran Into the rear of a car driven by E. J. Neuman, 318 Vancouvor avenue, when Neuman attempted to pass a third car which was parked on the side of the road. Bailey's car also struck the parked auto, in which were Laura Petlerd and Augusta Potlerd. H. L. Roberts, 113 Columbus street, while driving north on the south Pa cific highway. Sunday, waa forced by a defective steering wheel Into an auto driven by A. M, Robinson, and then Into the ditch. , Callie Palm, 343 South Holly,, was forced off the road several ml lea north on the Crater Lake highway yesterday, when a truck, whose driver's namu was not learned, swung into the cen ter of the road when the Palm car was passing. The two autos hooked, and both turned into the ditch on the right. None of the passengers was injured. When Twlla May Black of Talent attempted to pass a car driven by Alpha E. Arthur, also of Talent, as Arthur waa turning Into an alley, a collision resulted Saturday on South Central. T. V. Wilklns of Los Angeles re potcd an accident at the intersection of Riverside and Jackson. Saturday, when hla car was struck by an auto driven by Mrs. Florence M. Norman, 210 Haven. An accident on the north Pacific highway waa reported Saturday by Richard Olson of Gold Hill, who col lided with Ray Roberts of Central point. Roberta was driving without an operator's license, the repor showed. CHICAGO, May 31'. P) The char red body of a man waa found in the rulna of Chicago's stockyards today aa crews of workmen groped through the debris of Saturday's 8.000,000 fire, preparing the way for rebutldcis. Throuch acres of hot ashea, Into heaps of bricks, skeletons of old land mark and twisted steel girders, the explorers dug, hunting valued docu ments and property that might have survived the holocaust, and hoping the losa of human life would not I grow. Excitement Kills One. The one known victim was a man about 70. initials on his belt buckle leading to his tentative identification aa Isaac Means, a stockyards worker. One other death was attributed in directly to the disaster, that of Wal ter Burnfleld. 33, who dropped dead of excitement as he watched tha flamea. The great packing plants of Swift, Armour. Morris, Wilson were never endangered aa the hot breeze fanned the fire eastward and away from the big processing houses, flanking the acres of open pens on the west. These packers, little affected by the blaze, were operating today, and even the banka that were reduced to ruins announced business as usual in tem porary quarters. Many Injured. The Red Croaa said it had treated 1.100 persona for injuries during the feverish battle to check the spread of the flames, but leas than a dozen were hurt seriously. Chief aufferera wore the cluster of buildings at the Hatsted street ent rance to the yards, Including the old Livestock inn, the Exchange building, the great Exposition hall, where aiv nual livestock shows have attracted thousands, and Drovers Daily Journal building, the two banka and a num ber of shops, homea and tenement houses lying on the fringe Just east of Hals ted street. The cause of the blaze was unde termlned. Some investigators. In cluding O.TV Henkle, goneral man ager of the stockyards, said they wero convinced the conflagration had its origin in a carelessly tossed cigarette. Henkle said he did not believe tnere was any truth to reports that the holocaust was the outgrowth of labor troubles. By the Associated Press. Drought, aided by grasshoppers and, chinch bugs, spread further destruc tion through the grain belt today, in creasing crop losses to as high as 85 per cent In some sections. Many farmers prayed yesterday in churches for rain. Some rains came, but they were too light to bring much oeuent. More local showers were fore cast. Even ideal weather, said agri cultural experts, could not now af ford any material relief in much of the midwest. Nebraska farmers reported all crops In the central part of the state, In cluding oats, hay and other small grains, have been cut 40 per cent. The strawberry crop haa been severely damaged and chinch bug damage in the worst In the region's farming history. Indiana's hay crop Is cut 60 per cent and wheat and oats are severely damaged. Corn Is germinating slowly. Dust storms have blown away large parts of the onion and mint crops. The frutt crop in the southwestern region Is periled. Timber and grass Is drying, and small Insects and tim ber fires are adding to the damage. with hay and pastures most af flicted, crops throughout Wisconsin are menaced. No spring planting haa been done In several sections. Com la suffering. Minnesota is Buffering from an epi demic of grasshoppers. The yield of spring wheat will not reach 86 par cent of normal. Dust storms havs blown away plants. Pasture landa are drying up, and oate and hay have been hurt. Some unofficial estimates were that the wheat crop yield in Kansas will not exceed 60 per cent. Corn plant ing will be deferred in several parts of the state. The apple crop area la hard hit. ( n k CfD A f I (Continued on Page Pour.) DR. STEARNS LEARNS HE'S A GRANDFATHER Word waa received here by Dr. R. W. Steams. Informing him that an eight-pound daughter waa born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. 8aunders of San Jr. cam. airs Bandera ! Dr. Stearns' daughter. The little iiil baa been named StOdra Lou. SUSPENSION OF MINE ASSESSMENTS SIGNED WASHINGTON. May 31. ( AP) President Roosevelt today signed i bill for suspension of annual assess ment work on mining claima neia ny location in the United Statea and Alaska- National. R. H. E. Pittsburg 11 1' 0 Philadelphia 4 10 3 Batteries'. French and Paddcn: Pearce, Moore and Todd. St. Louis . New York - Batteries: Hallahan and V. Bowman and Mancuao. Mrs. mini's Mother lilea Mrs. Robert Ruhl and daughter Alicia left Thursday for Buffalo, Wyoming, call ed by the critical Illness of Mrs. Ruhl's mother, Mra. C. A. Works, who. has been a realdent of Buffalo for many years. Mrs. Works passed away Sat urday morning, the day before Mrs. Ruhl arrived. Funeral services were held in Buffalo today and Interment will be in Mra. Worka' former home. Rockford, Illinois. . New York 13 0 Cleveland - 1 Batterlea: Uhle, VanAtta and Dick ey; Hudlln and Pytlak. BOMB IN MAIL SHATTERS HAND OF POSTAL WORKER WASHINGTON, May 31. (AP) A bomb concealed In a package exploded in the dead letter office of the post office drpsrtment today, shattering a hand of Myrton Oenung. the clerk examining It. The deal letter office Is In the Waahlngton city postottlee, near the Union station. Oenung opened the package and found what appeared to be a book. When he turned the cover, the bomb exploded. Tne book had been hol lowed out. 1 Postal upectot UamecUatelj b- ran an Investigation. They would not a ihm. tne name oi me ucibuu whom the package waa addressed nor how lona- It had been in tne acj letter office. William L. Jackaon. negro messen ger, also waa slightly Injured. Genunff waa taken to a hospital. where hla Injuries were described aa serious. Thomas Mllllgan, Inspector In chare, of the Waahlngton postofflce district, said after a preliminary In vestigation authorities had been un able to determine from what office the bomb waa mailed. R. 3 American. R. H. E Waahlngton .......................... 5 113 Detroit 6 H 0 Whltehlll, Prim and Phillip"; Mr. berry, Hogsett and llayward. JAPANESE KILLED BY CHINESE IRREGULARS Masonic organizations, Including Malta commandery of Ashland and the Scottish Rite, have planned ex tensive work for the next several days, and tonight the commandery Is holding a special meeting In Ash land to Initiate four candidates. On Wednesday evening there will be another meeting, at which time flV4 candidates will be Initiated. A dinner vlll bo served at 6:46 o'clock at Ashland, and a large attendance Is desired. There were a number of members of Malta commandery Journeyed to Yreka Saturday evening to attend a special meeting there. The Scottish Rite is planning a re -union soon, according to announcement. OF SUCCUMBS, AGED 83 TOKYO. May 31 , (AP) Eleven Japanese. Including five scnooinoys. were reported to have been auiea when 100 Chinese Irregulars rslded a model Japenese settlement In Man- chukuo. The report, contained In a dla patch from Hslnklng (Changchun), capital of Manchukuo. to Rengo (Japanese news agency), said the at tack took place at Lake Chlnpo. northeast of Tunhua In eastern Klrln province. NAB SOCIALIST LEADER TO PREVENT ADDRESS AIRMAIL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN SCHEDULED WASHINGTON. May 31. (AP) The postofflce department la going to atart an Intensive advertising campaign to boom use of the airmail. Marllee Branch, second eeelatant postmaster general, said today the drive would atart May 34 with post ers, newspaper publicity and oratory. The coat la to be limited to "leas than 100,000." Agctha Azuba Brandenburg passed away at the home of her daughter, Mra. Carl Olasgow, one-half mile cast of Talent, Ore, May 20. of paralyaia She waa born In Clinton county, New York. March 1, 18S1. Mr. and Mra. Jamca Branaennurg came to Medford In 1880, residing In Jackaon county for the peat 84 ycara. 8ho waa one of the earl plonccra of Medford, being the third woman to reside In the Medford city district. She was one of the laat of tne char ter membera of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Brandenburg Is survived by one daughter, Mra. Car Olaagow, one grandaon. Cecil Brandenburg, and three arcat-grandchlldrcn, also two nephews and two nieces. Funeral services will be held at the Perl Funeral Home Wednesday at 3:00 n. m.. Rev. W. J. Howell offlclat ina. Interment In Medford I. O. O. P. cemetery. LOS ANQBLEB, May 31. (IP) Fed eral authorities were searching today for Col. Dan Morgan Smith, vice president of Corvallls, Ltd., a poultry concern located at Rlvlora, and J. L. Russell, presldont of Corvallls Poul try Co.. Ltd., of Corvallla, Ore., in connection with an alleged 188,000 awlndle Federal officials had warrants for the arrest of the men. charging ue of the mails to defraud. The Riviera concern waa aald to have acted as the aelllng organisation for the Oregon company. KIWANIANS ENJOY SCENES AND TALK ON FRUIT AUCTION EXPLAIN PAY PLANS SALEM. May 31. P) -Oeorge Mc. Morran, chairman of the atate liquor commlaslon, with Oeorge Neuner, at torney, will appear before the board of control hers thia afternoon to ex nlaln the salary adjustments of eight emoloves of the commission, which had previously been rejected by the board. The board of control waa In session during the forenoon, but other than approval of several purchase Items, only routine business waa transacted. SALEM, May 21. ( AP) Resump. Hon of the hearing on rates and practices of he Faclflc Telephone and Telegraph company In Portland early next month waa announced to day by Charles M. Thomas, public utility commissioner. The hearings had been postponed because of the recent Illness of Claude Lester, rate expert of the commission, EMPLOYES RROTECTED IN CODE COMPLAINTS T A YLO ft VI LLB, 111.. May 31. Pi Sherlfra deputies took Norman Thom as. aoclelUt party leader, Into custody todsy, prevented him from making a speech on the Christian county coun- hon lawn, and threw far gas bombs into a crowd which bad gathered to inear mm. WASHINOTON, May 31. (IP) President Roosevelt haa signed an ex ecutlve order, dated May 15, under which any employor subject to a code who dlsmlMca or demotea an employe for a making a complaint or giving evidence of code violation becomea liable to a 1500 fine or six months Imprisonment, or both. SALEM, May 31. IAP) The court haa no nower to suspend part of a fine tetitence. Attorney General I. H. Van winkle held In an opinion hand ed down here today. STRIKERS HEADS BROKEN BY MINNEAPOLIS POLICE Henry D. Greene, special represen tative of the American Fruit and Production Auction association of New York City, was guest speaker this noon of the Klwanla club at the Medford hotei, and showed films covering the arrival of fruits In New York and Philadelphia. Mr. Qreene'a pictures also showed the Inspection of fruit by the buy ers, and In addressing the service or ganization, he told them "It pays to put up good packa, with uniform bulge, neat and attractive labeling and wrapping count. "Buyers Judge the fruit on quality, condition and pack, and there la. generally a good premium for tha grower of the better fruit," he aald. "There la evidence of Increased business and buylng-power In all of the big eastern centers," Mr, Greene ssld. "All of the money which keeps your great fruit Industries going comes originally from the consumers In other parts of the country. There la no aubstltute for consumer de mand and buying power." The films showed the animated ac tion of the eale, and the auction room, where buyera come from all parts of Now York to get the regular supplies for their trade. Retailers and push cart markets were shown In crowded districts. Mr. Oreene will show the picture, this week at other service clubs, and on Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock will show them, together with scenes of other markets, In the courthouse au ditorium to which all growers and Interested persons are Invited. No charge la being made. Oueata at todny'a luncheon were T. J. Toy, Ed M. White, Ocne Thomas and H. W. Frame, while B. A. Allen of South Tncoma. Wash., waa a visit ing Klwanlan. New members present were E. A. Calkins, prealdent of the Rogue River Chevrolet company; J. P. Reynolds, assistant manager of tha Jackson hotel and J, H. Fletcher, manager of the Jackson County Building and Loan association. TRUCK LINE LOSES PERMIT IN OREGON MINNEAPOLIS. May 31, (AP) Rlota broke out again early today In I the market district and eight police men and ten strikers fell aa 300 pick- eta snd nearly 100 special policemen clashed over the movement of trucks. strikers were at the scene at dawn, aa several produce firms began mov ing out trucks loaded with vecet ablca, berries, and other perishables. Police were already on hand. The majority of the strikers were armed with clubs, bat and poles, Many carried atones. Aa two trucks rlarted out, a mass iof pickets stepped Into the alleyway ito block them. Police clubs awung. The picket. surged Into the fray, swinging clubs themselves. Half a doren policemen dropped to the pavement, and aa many pickets, their heads .treaming blood. One tall picket drew a flashing knife from hla belt and awung It viciously. It slashed the back of a pollceman'a neck. Inflicting a deep aaah. Police ran to their cara and unllmbered their riot guns, taking attlona around tha outsklrta of the battle. The slujolng lulled with the ap pearance of the ahotuii and strikera fell back. SALEM. May 31. (AP) The pub lic utilities commissioner today re voked tha permit of tha Heyaer's Nickel Plate line of Portland aa aa anywhere-for-ht freight common carrier, following a neanng. ine or der charged the, company's opera tions wero contrary to the require ment of the law. STATE RUM MONOPOLY MEANS FEDERAL TAX WASHINOTON. May 31. (Pr Tna auprem court held today the atat of Ohio, in exercising a monopoly in the sal of Intoxicating liquor, la ube to federal taxes imposed on the whole sale and retail business. Ohio waa refused permission to ftl suit against tha United Stat, to pta rant collection of taxes. li
