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Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1934. No. 56. fl The Weather Forecast: Cloudy and unsettled Sun day. Moderate temperature. Temperature: High fit yesterday .i..i.i....... 14 Lowest yesterday , 53 remap m OTOE 1 I yVaWic-! ?4 HOURS RRARF Mkd GIVEN MAYOR 10 idk ESTABLISH ORDER wH By pail mai.lon. WASHINGTON, D. 0., May 28. The current warm-weather business recession la slightly more than sea tonal. The May decline will be abou! one or two points beyond the nor mal decline from Aprlla to Mays back in 1923 to 1925. That la more than had bee.i expected, but not enough to worry about. It la caused by several things. One Is overstock ing. For Instance, textile production IICHUCU Paul Mallon has been producing so much that the silk mills shut down by agreement for a whole week In May. Another reason la sales resistance to some price Increases. That factor Is particularly noticeable In automobiles and building. After the automobile price Increase, production was cur tailed, and so was the market. The sharp advance In building prices hod a similar effect. Also' the tobacco manufacturers have been making more cigarettes than people were smoking, and have been stopping a few machines. None of these factors Is particular ly dangerous. They are all obviously temporary and self-adjusting. Jn automobiles, manufacturers al ready are putting out modela with fewer gadgets on them. These call for about the same as the low-priced models before the price Increase. Such shrewd tactics are bringing oacx c automobile market, when the small overstocking of silks and cigarettes Is absorbed, production will again have to be measured to demand la those lines. 1 There Is one other factor, which mv not mre itself. That Is the an parently dissatisfied mental attitude of a number of business men who are talking behind their hands. They nrobably are encouragea rowaiu doubts by the trend In the stock mar The adjournment of congress will make them feel a lot neicer. The condition of affaire can be an alyzed from the monthly chart. It la seasonally adjusted on the basis of 1934 to 1925 averages, each figure representing the percentage of normal at the time stated. (There Is one ex ception. The basis of the wholesale price Index Is 1B26. One reason the employment and wages figures show so well Is that Miss Perkins has worked out a nev basis for her figures. The effect has been to Increase them about 6 per cent beyond those vtvit1tt oarrlMl In thft chart. Impartial economists concede that the employment and payroll figures of the last two or three months may be more accurate scientifically, but tney orrerea a poor comparison .m previous months, which were figured on a different basis. Whatever was done, it does not alter the fact that there are about 9.000,000 persons out of work today and about 4.000,000 have been re stored to work in the past year. These are the best possible lmpar. tlal estimates. The ficures on factory employment in the chart this month ts a trust worthy private estimate. The govern' ment has not officially computed seasonally adjusted figure on employ ment, for the first time since it start ed such computations many years ago. The reason Is not evident. Investiga tion discloses that some of the econ omists are dissatisfied with seasonal adjustments, because their accuracy Is vaguely Imperfect. They are Chang, lng the official government table ac cordingly. The only really disappointing fac tor in the business situation Is build ing. This industry was showing some !gns of life until the price increases under the code came along and xept it from getting the Improvement it deserved. Construction contracts awarded in April amounted to 1131.000.000, of which M.OOO,000 was public-works construction. May will be about the same. March was much larger, with a total of 17B.0O0,0O0, Of which 72. 000,000 was public works. The public works figures do not Include publicly financed projects, but only direct public building. Certain government economists te'.l this story on themselves. They say one of their group was riding across Montana on a train recently, when he got into conversation with a sheep rancher. The economist started estimating the number of sheep in herds thty passed. The rancher was astounded at the accuracy of the estimates. When they pawed a. herd owned by the rancher, the exact number was rattled off by the economist. The rancher demanded to know how the economist did it. "It's simple." said the economist. "X count their legs and divide by four." Copyright, 1034. bj Piul MaUon ' 1 ) Oregon Losses Mount As Trade And Industry Near Paralysis Dynamite Cache On Docks Increase Tenseness. PORTLAND, Ore., May 26. (AP) As Oregon's Tosses from the long shoremen's strike were estimated In millions of dollars today the Port land chamber of commerce demanded that the port of Portland be opened "within 24 hours." Mayor Joseph Carson, to whom the demand was directed, replied, "Of course, every facility of the city la at the disposal of law and order." Concurrent with the chamber's de mand, It was announced that a sur vey revealed lose to business and payrolls affected by the strike amounted to more than $7,500,000. Lawsuits and bankruptcies were threatened by-products. It was de clared. Much loss was entailed by perishable products rotting on the docks. Paper mills soon will shut down because of lack of sulphur. Idle sawmills and logging camps have rendered 6,060 men Jobless and rail road cars are tied up with cargo for oceanic shipment, the survey stated. Many small businesses also were said to be affected in the general paralysis. The board of directors of the cham ber, of commerce demanded of the mayor that "such steps be taken as may be necessary in order to estab lish law and order on the waterfront' so that "regular business of the port may be resumed." Meanwhile police continued their questioning into the dynamite laden car found near the waterfront last night. The suggestion that possibly ene mies of the International Longshore men's assocatlon were responsible for the dynamite plot was made by C. G. Peabody, secretary of the longshore men's local. "This plant of dynamite may have been the work of someone seeking to discredit the longshoremen," Pea body's statement said. "Such occur rences have been frequent in indus trial controversies In many places. We do not charge that the plant was made by enemies, but we want to suggest that possibility. We choose to think, and we hope, that It had nothing to do with the strike situa tion. Or If It was placed In prox imity to the waterfront as a means of casting suspicions upon us, we hope that the person who is guilty acted without the connivance of any one connected with the employers or with any other responsible group." In the face of constant grilling John Bltte, 29, owner of the car, stuck to hie story that two men whom he had given a ride assaulted him and forcibly took the car. Bltte was treated for bruises about the head. Detectives minutely scrutinized ev ery item found In the car. A bill fold yielded an Identification card bear ing the names of Colfax and Robert Blair whose mother said had known Bltte for about a year and a half. Police determined that the dyna mite, batteries and fuse were the contraption of an electrician or someone acquainted with" the dis charge of dynamite. Bltte 's last Job, in March, was as an electrician. A dim fingerprint on the old tin can which housed the fuse was photographed by police. A pair of tin cutter shears found in Bltte's garage were checked by police for possible clues. Vernon Orefry, 84, also was held on an after-hours charge when he walked past the machine and flashed a light Into It. Police maintained a vigil about the car from the time it was found until dawn, hoping Its occupants might return. SAN FRANCISCO, May 28. (AP) Settlement of the costly strike of I 25,000 Pacific coast maritime work-1 era seemed as far away as ever to- j night as federal officials left a con-J ference room from which shortly be fore had come shouted words: "Gen- (Continued on Page Five) OREGON CITY, May 26 (TV--Don-aid J. Ryan, former Clackamas coun ty clerk and state representative, wm given a parole ln circuit court from his sentence of two years In prison for converting to his own use money placed with him as trustee. The pa role M extended on the provision he pay 800 towards expenses of his trial, the total cost of which was II. ASS. The court suggested Ryan resign an a member of the Oregon bar. Ryan was convicted of misuse of 8H belonging to the William etelnr 3. 1 LEADER ON COAST Joseph P. Ryan (left) leaving the airplane which brought him to San Francisco to take part in efforts to settle the longshoremen'! strike which hat tied up Pacific Coast shipping. Ryan, president of the International Longshoremen's Aasociatlon, was met at the airport by William J. Lewis (center), San Francisco district leader of the strik ers, and J. C. Bjorklund, Tacoma, Wash., secretary of the Pacifio Coast. (Associated Presa Photo E TRAIN SETS NEW SPEED! RAILS "Zephyr" Roars 78 Miles '"Per Hour On Record Run To Chicago Pilot Describes Ride. CHICAGO, 111., May 28. (AP) A stream-lined train of stainless steel slid into Chicago at 7:09 o'clock (C. S. T.) tonight after a non-stop break ing run of 1.017 miles from Denver at an average speed of 78 miles an hour. The up-to-the minute creation of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railway flashed through a finish wire strung across Halsted street at J 6th street after a dash that started In Colorado at 6:04 a. m., (C. S. T.) Its total elapsed time was 13 hours and 5 minutes. . The new conqueror of the plains, victor In Its race against the sun, went forward to the world's fair grounds, where it was to be gar landed with emblems of Its triumph on the exposition's opening day. (By J. S. Ford of Aurora, III.) Assistant Master Mechanic, Burling ton Railroad, Who Piloted the Zephyr Into Chicago (A told to the Associated Press) CHICAGO, May 26. (AP) It waa the thrill of a century for me to be at the controls of the Zephyr as It roared Into Chicago at the comple tion of Its record-setting run from Denver to Chicago. There were three of us who shared the Job of piloting the Burlington's ultra-modern speed train on the 1, 017 mile trip. It was my good luck to be - at the throttle for the last 165 miles. Our stream-lined bullet certainly attracted the attention of the country. I guess there were more than a million people who turned out along the route to see us go by. It seemed like the entire population was lined up at every town, city and village to cheer us along. Even the farmers In the fields got a big kick out of it. Piloting that train was a wonder-' ful sensation. It never gave u. a I minutes worry and we burned up ; the rails. At times we reached a. speed' of 113 miles an hour, and they ?7w wV7rRd J71?1!? n. hrr'm tliomcter, were the largest In the although I haven t had time to ng-(memory of p0neer m,denU of the Our wheels never stopped moving from the time we left Denver until we reached Chicago. The Zephyr held the road beautifully and responded to every touch. I'd like to do It again. FAIR WEATHER IS Orron Cloudy and unsettled on Sunday and Monday; mild; meder ate northerly wind offuhore. SAM FRANCISCO. Msy 38. (AP) The forecast for the coming week for far western states Is for fslr weather and normal temperature hut with considerable cloudiness and un wttled weather at the beginning ot tne week. 1 FOR CONFERENCES BEND FARMER FOR BEND, Ore., May 26. (AP) A circuit court Jury today, convicted James T. Barnes, former Callfornian, of first degree murder of H. Knut Lundln and recommended life Im prisonment. Barnes had testified that he shot in self defense at Lundin's ranch home In southern Deschutes county April 29. The Jury of 11 men and a woman received the case shortly af ter the noon hour, ending the trial that started Tuesday. Immediately after TS. M. Wright, Jury foreman, read the verdict H. H. Dearmond, attorney for the de fendant, asked for five days to file motion for arrest of Judgment. Mrs. Barnes, who sat beside her husband throughout the trial, was not In the courtroom when the Jury returned. When she was told by her husband that he had been found guilty she became violently hyster ical and was placed under a phy sician's care. Barnes' plea was that he shot In self-defense when he found Lundln emerging from a bedroom at the house, snapping a revolver. The state maintained that Lundln shot in self defense after Barnes fired Into his room with a high-powered rifle. Much of the evidence of the state hinged around the hole and bullet in Lundin's bedroom. That bullet, testimony Indicated, was fired from Barnes' rifle. Four bullet holes were found in the Lundln farm home, three made by a .38 -.55 calibre rifle. The other testimony Indicated waa made by a shot from a ,38 calibre re volver held by Lundln. j FALL IN NEVADA MIND EN, Nev., May 26 (AP) Hall stones as large as walnuts fell for 10 minutes in a sudden storm here titrfav rlnlno unrtl thnnaaM Hnll.t-.' ftrth rtf HfimilM tA fm .n MrH. , , c and strip- pln(( tne ,eavM from of tK The hR,utonM of vn)cn were ,. th . Carson valley. One farmer estimated that his crops had been damaged to the extent of $9,000. Aid Jubilee Housing Needs In order that Hrlng- arrommortntlnni mar he provided for out-nf-tflwn rIMtnrs at the Oregon Diamond Jubilee In Medford. June 8rd ts nth, the Jubilee Hnn.lni Committee ha requeued that all Mfdford people with available room, fill thl nhort niirillniinalre and send or mall It to Jubilee headquarters In the Npnrtn hiilMlng. Jubilee Housing Committee Sparta Building, Medford, Ore. I have room available for Jubilee visitors which will be available for (price) per day. NAME Street Phone..... Plense mail at once so that your room will be listed immediately. I BARROW'S GRAVE AS Curious Take Funeral Flow ersSister of Bonnie Parker Known As Slayer End Of A Bandit. DALLAS, Tex., May 26. p Clyde Champion Borrow, who robbed and killed In rovlngs that made him the southwest's most feared badman, rest ed today beneath the rocky, hillside soil he trod as a boy. His brother, Buck, killed by officers' bullets In an Iowa gun battle Is burled In the same plot. Clyde waa buried yesterday in the unpretentious old French cemetery. His aged mother, anguish in her tone, watted as she peered through tear- drenched eyes at souvenir hunters who raced to his grave and snatched at floral offerings. "Clyde, oh Clyde," she moaned, "how can I let you go? Nobody but me, knew how sweet and good you were." The crowd pressed forward. An aunt and cousin of the youthful slayer fainted. They led his walling mother from the scene. Souvenir seekers stripped the grave of flowers. Barrow's crime playmate, red-head-Bonnie Parker, will not be burled be fore Sunday. Her body lay in the home she deserted for her game of hide-end-seek with the law. Her mother, Mrs. Emma Parker, said pri vate funeral services would be held. Clyde and Bonnie were killed Wed nesday near Arcadia, La. Officers blazed away at them as they sped along a highway. They careened into an embankment their bodies pitted by scores of bullets. PORT WORTH, Tex., May Jo. (IFi Blllle Mace, 31, sister of Bonnlo Parker, (tunwoman slain with Clyde Barrow, Texas outlaw, was pointed out In court here today by William Shieffer, iarmer, as the woman he saw shoot Highway patrolman K. B, Wheeler and H. D, Murphy who were killed near Grapevine, Tex., Saater Sunday. "That's ths lady right there, abso lutely," Shleffer ssid. "I saw her on the spot." The court room was Jammed for the habeas corpus hearing for Mrs. Macs ss her attorneys battled to ob tain her release on bond so shs could attend the funeral of Bonnie Parker in Dallas. 1 - 9 BEER PARLORS PORTLAND May 36. (AP) The revocation of nine licenses to dis pense beer, five of them In Portland, wsa announced by the Oregon liquor control commission here Frldsy. The commission gave no Individ ual reason for eech revocation, but stated action waa taken for one or more of the following reasons: sell ing beer after 1:00 a. m.; selling to minors or Intoxicated persons, or maintaining a "noisy, lewd, dis orderly and Insanitary establish ment." The action of the commission be comes effective when the operators receive registered msll notifications. Among those the commission said will be notified are Orant H. Hess, operator of The Plantation, Klamath Falls; Ernie's Barbecue, Lane county near Eugene; K. L. Stanlnger, Co qullle, and Joe Caruso, Clackamas county. t Gotham Jobless Riot NEW YORK, May 39. (AP) Po lice battled 1.000 Jobless who storm ed the depsrtment of welfare today, and before the crowd was dispersed eight officers and four civilian, were Injured. Const Bridge Delay SALmt, May 38 Pi Awarding of contracts for the Coos Bay and Ya quina bay bridges, the two largest lout of five Oregon coast bridge prv Jecta. will be delayed until after May 31. the highway department announc ed today. BARROW NEMESIS HIDING PLACE i. . Li J I " w"" Pw""'w mi mo wooaca Louisiana tniCKet In which four Texas officers, led by Frank Hamer, colorful captain of 1ST! J?.,n.Br ,or many ' ln walt wh" they surprised and killed Clyde Barrow, southwestern bad man, and Bonnie Parker, hi gun-woman companion. (Associated Preaa Photo) SISKIYOU KILLER SAYS CRAZY PLEA E George Hall. Awaiting Noose, In Appeal Declares Yreka Court Denied "Constitu tional Rights." WASHINGTON, May 36. (AP) George Hall, alias George Manning, sentenced to death for the murder of two law officers near Yreka, Sis kiyou county, California, ln March, 1933, appealed to the supreme court today to have his sentence set aside Hall contended he waa denied con stitutional rights at his trial, stress ing particularly the refusal' of the trial court to permit him to enter a plea of not guilty by reason of in sanity. The murders terminated a wild chase from the vicinity of Seattle, Wash., where Hall and a companion kidnaped but subsequently hand cuffed to a tree a federal customs patrol Inspector when he discovered ub-machlne guns and automatlo pis tols ln their automobile. It Is expected the high court will announce before the present term ends on June 4 what action It will take on the appeal. WASHINGTON, May 36. (AP) President Roosevelt may Issue on Monday a proclamation prohibiting the sale ln this country of war mu nitions to be sent to Paraguay and Bolivia. Threats of unrestricted warfare be tween the belligerent ln the Gran Chaco may cause the president to Issue the proclamation without wait ing for International action on an arms embargo through the League of Nations. Paraguay warned the world t Geneva today that since Bolivia had bombed undefended Paraguayan towns and threatened to bomb Ascunclon, the capital, Paraguay also would discard the International rules of war. Day in Washington By the Asunraated Pre.s House and senate eonferees reach ed a complete agreement on the stock market control bills. Leilslatlon to strengthen the na tional labor board was approved by the senste labor committee. Olsrenoa Dsrrow decided a second report on monopolistic tendencies would end the work of the NRA re view board. Senator Noma of Nebraska prom ised to continue his campaign to sleet presidents by direct rote of the peo pis. . Secretary Perkins debated merits of administration's houalng program with house committee members. Senator Hastings, (O.. Del.), con tended the tariff-bargaining bill would permit the president to destroy industries without warning. President Roosevelt raised duties on cotton rug. The farm administration fixed quo tas totaling l.flftfl.ies tone for beet RUgar producers of the United States professor IS W. Kemmerer of Prince ton felled to spp-ar before a house committee to oppose the administra tions uirer uu. OF ALASKA ISLES WASHINGTON, May 3fl. (yp) Jap anese demands for naval parity with the United States and Great Britain, and assertions that the orientals have made military surveys of some of Alaska's Aleutian Islands today arous ed Delegate Dlmond (D., Alaska) to renewed demands for fortification of the northern territory. Praising the attitude of Secretary Swanson, who was quoted as saying that In event Japan builds warships in excess of the London treaty al lowance, the need of additional Amer ican bases in the Pacific coast region would be considered, Dlmond charged that "in many oases we have been eternally too late and we have sacri ficed many lives and billions of do! lars because -we did not make In time adequate provision for our defense,". 1 LE BOTJRGET, . Prance, May 27. (AP) Paul Codoa and Maurice Rossi ln their world record distance plane soared Into the sky at 4:10 a. m. today (1:10 Eastern Standard time) and headed westward for California, 0,100 miles, seeking new laurels. The silvery monoplane, laden with 3,000 gallons of fuel, took the air from a mile-long runway, circled the airport and departed on the dangerous westward Atlantic journey ln an ef fort to break its own non-stop rec ord of 8,83ft miles. The promise of Ideal weather over the sea waa borne out by a gently breaking dawn, lending confidence to the aviators that they will reach, the west coast of the United States ln 65 hours. E WINNIPEG, Man., May 30. (API Battle machinery was being wheeled Into action across a 3.000-mlle front today to combat countless billion of grasshoppers starting another at tack on crops ln the third general Infestation ln the history of cen tral North America. , It Is estimated approximately 48 per cent of the total yield of west ern Canada Is menaced, and the present fight to save millions of dol lars for agriculturists promises to-be the greatest ever countenanced. The war against the hoppers was estimat ed at approximately 160.000, with $000,000 being spent In Saskatchewan alone. PORTLAND, Ore., May 3fl, p Official returns showed today that Carl E. Wimberley lead B. L. Eddy by 107 votes for election ae one of tho three circuit court Judgeships of the second judicial district. The count vu 14,961 to 14,854, Circuit Judge O, F. Skipworth .if Eugene and circuit Judge James T. Brand of Marshfleld were nominated by sizable margins, but a close rare developed between wlmberly and Eddy who served on the oench under tem porary appointment by Governor Ju lius L. Meier. 4 SALEM, May 26 1'r The first restaurant liceme under the new code adopted by restaurant operators at a hearing before Max Gehlhar, director of agriculture, went to Ireland's Ino. of Portland. Licence No. 3 was Issued JO tht Bp Caf In Salem, PARIS JO FRISCO FLIGHTUNDERWAY IN DEVOE'S FIRES Belief Burglar Slightly Wounded Flees In Wait ing Auto Took $18 From Till Small Men Suspects Gslnlng entrance by pushing open the side door, after cutting a ho'.e through the wood and attempting to life the bolt. - hum.. ."j DeVoes confectionery store about .... ,uuir morning waa aurprlsed by city police while attempting to open the safe, .mi ..n. ... - v. a I Ln changing nine ahots with Policeman ' who apprehended him at the rear of the building. The man was wounded by the of fleer's fire, it u thAiurht h.. wu. j an vt Sixth street, where It was reported by nelghborl.ig residents who heard the commotion that ha drove away In a waiting car. He escaped with about 18 from the till, hut hM .,,... - " - itureu .a get the door of the safe open .although ...o i.i.iKtu ana comomation had beei battered off. While driving In the police car on Main atreet. orrirAM ti . ... gett saw the man through the front window, and atonnerf t. Mn.t. cover all means of exit. Officer Pesle " o tne aide door, opening on Oakdaie, Jn time to mmt ft. t.,.,.i.. coming out, who turned and ran to .no rear exit. The polloeman went ta the corner of the building to cover both entrances, and apprehended him as he ran out the hsrv mv on... dodged Into the amall woodshed and emerged again to open fire with the officer, who emptied hla gun at the uuiBinr ana got tnree shots ln return. He reported that nn n, h..u.. struck the men but did not wound nun seriously enough to prevent h! flight to the awaiting auto. The burglar left several tools by the damaged safe,' and had piled up boxca of candy ready to take, before he was surprised by the police. ' The police believe three men were Implicated ln the robbery on in the store, one outside watching, and one ln a waiting auto. Residents of the district reporteil they saw a smsll man race between the Methodist ahurch. parsonsge. with the crack of a shot w lugiuvo leapea in the air, emitted a groan, and fell tn fch M,...vi- regaining his feet, however. It was also reported by residents of Sixth atreet, ahortly after hearing the ahots, they heard an auto atart, and uini voice caii: "come on, Tom my I" The oar started silently, and Is thought to have been a 1934 model. Quests at the Hotel Medford weie awakened by the fusllade, and hearl the groan of the fleeing man. Search of the district afterward failed to reveal any cluea, Early Saturday morning, three man attemDted tn hnM un m.M Hilt, calif., when they stopped their auto, nut tne intended victim fled. It la thought by the police these were the same trio, and that they were Filipinos headed south, Ohllng Heads Agents OnDTTJHn frm X.-1, OA IV Merrll D, Ohllng of Salem waa elect ed president of the Oregon State In- ilrnnrs Attmntm aiiriitlsiTinn ita sixth annual convention closed hen toaay. WILL ROGERS p.igys. BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., May 23. The government is trying to fix silver, gold, Wall Street, tariffs, how much to plant, and a thousand other problems, yet the greatest and most urgent need in our land now is the settlement of strikes. It's so far above the needs of any other legislation that there is no com parison. Can't the government make arbitration compulsory t Every body knows that there is wrongs, everybody knows there are strikes with just cause, and tome tliHt are not, but with the labor union, one man, the man that hires him, one man, and the government, one man, it looks like the side that wouldn't agree to that thore is some thing wrong with. Let everybody stay on the job during arbitration. If they net the rniHo of wages, it starts back from "the tiny the com plaint, was made, If that, was fixed, all these other things wouldn't need fixing. . SHU M&Wal!7ilul4 Uo
