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Medford Mail Tribune The Weather forecast: Fair tonight ana Thuildaj. Slightly warmer tonight. Temperature; Hlfhest yesterday ., , -... 9 Lowest this morning ... SO WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD.OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1934. No. 59. nnnn Ml : t X M M W jj nn see By PAUL MALLON. WASHINGTON, D. 0., May 80. World statesmen are getting hot head, lines again by digging the disarma ment question out of its grave lor a brief ofllclal air ing at Geneva. The exhuma tion ceremony this year la rec ognized by old hands here In the abate department aa the annual spring European crisis. Aa crises go In Europe, this one haa a allg h tly more sensational background than Paul Mallon usual. Our people are privately wor ried, but not excited. The Inner problem Is not disarma ment, but keeping up the illusion that th'.re la any hope for disarmament. All the nations are building more ships and guns and do not Intend to atop. All know there la no more chance for a disarmament agreement than there la for Hitler and the French to shake hands and make up. None of the nations at heart really wants disarmament, except the United States and Russia, and you cannot be sure about Russia while war with Japan Is a possibility. If ths cooler heads have their way, the Geneva conference will not bo permitted to end In a fight. There will be a few ploua expressions to cover over .current International 111 feeling. After a few days of brotherly love, the disarmament Issue will be relnterrea In the same quiet graveyard where the London economic conference lies. Then everyone can go home and build more ahlna and guns. That Is the most our people really hope for. That Is what they think will happen. It sounds Billy, but It la the only sensible thing to do. A ploua express slon of a hopeless hope la better than a brawl. The statesmen got themselves in the proper spiritual attitude for such an armed love-feast when they agreea that the Russo-Japanese situation would not be thought of at the con ference. It would be Just as easy to elimin ate oxygen from the air In Geneva. It la similarly difficult for the Franco German situation not to be consider ed In actions. If not In words. France and Germany are bristling so much with war talk that a few days ago. .when the French moved two army corps to the Alsatian border, numerous residents of a town aban doned their homes and slept the night in the woods. They thought the shoot ing might start any minute. Somowhat the same underlying tem per of the people was manifest when the Hitlerites raided an anti-Hitler society headquarters in the Saar and confiscated the names of society mem bers, apparently for use in determin ing who should vote In the Saar ple biscite next year. Feelinga like those cannot be suppressed by agreement. The United States diplomats will never say so publicly, -but they are Blessed to ee France and Russia moving toward a defensive alliance. Such an alliance would do more to , prolong European peace than a down disarmament conferences In the exist ing situation. The alliance is a gentle hint to Hit ler that he cannot fight France until he is strong enough to whip Russia at the same time. It will be a long time before Hitler becomes that strong. For that reason, England and Italy may not Interfere, although the alli ance leaves Mussolini out on a llmo bv himself, and doea not help John Bull. The Japanese situation Is driving us closer and closer to Great Britain In the backstsge alignments. Nothing has been put on paper yet. and probably nothing will be. but there Is good ground for believing that we have already reached the Incipient basis of a personal gentleman's agree ment with Britain about Japanese posslbllltlea. If Japan should selae a Pacifio stronghold of either party, for In stance. It Is highly improbable that our fleet would run Into the British fleet, even If there was a fog. What keepa these things from being as exciting as they sound Is the rc that no one seems to be ready to throw the first brick. All the nations are strengthening their defenses, msking alliances and (Continued on Page Four.) BROKEN AS THREE BATTLEFOR LEAD Maurice Rose Finishes Sec ond, Lou Moore Third Distance Covered 4:46:05 No Fatalities to Mar SPEEDWAY, Indianapolis, May su (Ai'j nua Bin cumming,, inaianapoiu, won tne oiw-inue automobile race today before 135, 000 spectators in record-breaking time. Mauifce Rose, Dayton, O.. finished second. Cummtngs' time was 4:46:05.31. Cummlngs' average for the 500 miles was 104.865, a new record, which eclipsed the former mark of 104.162. made by Lou Meyer, South Gate, Cal.. In winning the 1933 race. Lou Moore, Los Angeles, finished third, seven and a half miles behind the flying Cummlngs. SPEEDWAY, Indianapolis, May 30. (AP) The car driven by George Bailey, Detroit, went over the wall on the north turn. In another crackup, the car driven by Chet Miller, also of Detioit, went over the wsll on the south turn. Bailey sustained a broken wrist in his smash-up. while Miller escaped without injury. They were rushed to the speedway hospital, but were quickly released. Their cars were de clared out of the race. In a third smash-up. Phil Shafor of Des Moines, Iowa, skidded off the track at the end of the back atretch, but escaried without injury. This accident occurred as the cars were nearlng the first fifty miles. Harry McQulnn, Indianapolis, was forced to quit after going 40 miles because of a broken connecting rod. Johnny Seymour, Loa AngeleB, and Rick Decker, Stntcn Island, N. Y,, were forced out of the race at 75 miles, Seymour with a broken rear axle and Decker with motor trouble. Wilbur Shaw, Indianapolis, who finished second in the 1033 race, was forced out because of a broken oil line after traveling 42 miles. 1 WASHINGTON, May 30. (API President Roosevelt conferred today with Secretary Hull on war debt pay ments and on his message to con gress soon after word came from London that Great Britain planned to propose a new offer. LONDON, May 30. (AP) A new British war debta proposal will be dispatched to Washington within S4 hours, under government plans re viewed finally by the cabinet today. Unless the ministers decide a last minute revision la necessary the text is expected to be telegraphed today. Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, plana to outline the war debts situation fully to the house of commons tomorrow. Official quarters did not reveal the nature of the note but It was be lieved to be Brltsln's final effort to avoid the atlgma of default by pro posing a conference on the whole problem, with a continuation of token payments If necessary to seal the bargain. WALLACE FACING BUSYSGHEDULE WASHINGTON, May 30. (API- Secretary Wallace, swinging through the west on a speaking tour, ad vised aides here today he would go to Omaha, on June 6 to confer with Dr. E. W. Sheets, emergency drought relief director. Before then he will speak at Logan, Utah, and Medford, Ore., and he will spend several days Inspecting the drought one. The farm administration Is draft ing a cattle purchase program to aid drought-hit farmers. Planting re strictions have been relaxed to aid them. Additional counties for relief work are to be designated as their needs are established. BRITAIN TO OFFER NEW PROPOSAL IN WAR DEBT PAYING Flags For Graves Held Up by Dock Workers Strike ROSEBCRG, Ore., May 30. (AP) No flags are flying today over the graves of veterana burled in Douglas county cemeteries. Each Memorial day in the past has found ex-service men placing the colors above the resting places of their sleeping comrades, but this year fragrant flowers alone are the tribute of the living veterans, A shipment of several hundred flags to be used for markers are lying on the dock at San Francisco, where the wholesale order has been tied up aa a result of the ship ping strike. The flags, purchaaed by Tjmpqua post of the American Legion, will be placed as soon aa thpv are received here. STEVEDORES VOTE PLAN FOR PEACE PORTLAND, May 30. (AP) Rejection of terms of the pro posed waterfront strike settle ment agreement by the Portland local of the International Long shoremen's association, appeared a certainty today. SAN FRANCISCO. May 30. (AP) Expressions of dissatisfaction were heard today aa striking Pacific coast longshoremen voted on the shipown ers' proposal for cooperative opera tion of hiring halls. Union leaders In Portland de nied the proposal as "vague" and a "subterfuge." Nearly 3000 atrlkera unanimously decided In San Fran cisco that they would not accept the offer, while 750 members of the Ta coma local indicated they would vote likewise. Ballots were distributed to all ports, for the secret vote whereby the longshoremen will formally record themselves on the settlement pro posal. Majority To Rule The majority vote of the entire coast will determine acceptance or rejection of the agreement, reached Monday after a series of conferences here participated in by federal repre sentatives, Including Edward F. Mc Grady, assistant secretary of labor, shipowners and strike leaders, among them Joseph P. Ryan, national presi dent of the International Longshore men's association. Ryan was in the Pacific northwest today, after an airplane tour In aup- port of the peace plan. But while supporting the plan he expressed understanding of why Tacoma work ers, at least, had determined to op pose Its adoption. "The men here tell me." he said, "that Joint operation of the halls, which Is proposed by the employers, has been tried In Seattle and other places In the northwest and that It has failed to protect the workers. I have been Informed of conditions that I don't believe even the officials of the steamahlps would stand for If they knew about It." Note of Optimism The only note of optimism came from Los Angeles harbor and the lumber porta around Coos Bay. Altho the situation In the Los Angeles region remained tense, apokesmen predicted early settlement of the strike. At Marehfleld, on Coos Bay, strikers voted to return to work when they have obtained permission from the I. L. A. 1 2 escapTdeath E BETHETi. Conn., May 30. 7Ti Twelve persons narrowly escaped death when a United Air lines pas senger plane en route from Cleveland, Ohio, to Newark, N. J., lost Its way in the heavy fog early today and craahei when making a forced landing. The nine passengers, in addition to the pilot, co-pllot and stewardess, were treated for their Injuries at the Danbury hospital. Lorenz Leteon of Chicago, co-pllot, was the only one whose condition was described as critical. Hospital doctors found him suffering from a fractured left leg. severe hesd lacerations ni possibly internal injuries. The ship struck a line of trees, barely missing a row of houses, and buried its nose in the ground, with Its tall in a treetop. CLOUDBURST HITS HEPPNER, MADRAS DAMAGING BLOW Gardens, Livestock Washed Away Bridges Demol ishedHomes and Stores Flooded by Sudden Deluge HEPPNER, Ore. May 30. (AP) A cloudburst striking about ten miles up Willow creek yesterday took far mers by surprise and washed away gardens, livestock and chickens. Many persona standing on bridges had narrow escapes when the rush of water gushed down upon the structures. Concrete bridges with stood the shock, but many wooden structures gave way almost immedi ately. The waters swirled through the residential district and a portion of the business section of Heppner. Three feet of water entered the Union OH company's office and a number of cabins. MADRAS, Ore., May 30. (AP) Several cars of an Oregon Trunk line freight train were derailed and the streets of Madras were filled with silt and debris when a cloudburst struck Jefferson county about noon yesterday. An inch of rain fell here within 20 minutes, preceded by thunder and hall. The business section of Madras was flooded by a foot of water. Wood plies were scattered all over the town, many fences were struck by water and debris to a depth of three feet and washed away. Some damage was done to electric light and telephone equipment. No one was Injured In the train wreck which occurred north of Gate way where a section of the roadbed had weakened from the flood waters. Later In the day a storm struck at the mouth of Willow creek canyon, traveling northwesterly directly across Agency Plains to the gateway of Sagebrush Springs. A local ranch er; narrowly escaped drowning- He extricated himself and his horse with difficulty, but lost his saddle. The John L. Campbell ranch near Vanora was damaged considerably and the Campbell grade was washed out. Gardens and fences were wash ed away and many chickens drowned. Agency Plains, bone dry this morn ing, was covered with miniature lakes of from one to two acres in extent last night. East of Gateway The Dalles-Call fornla highway was flooded at many points, particularly at the mouth of Stolllcker canyon and at Hay creek bridge. Traffic was stopped for a time waiting for the storm to subside. Many county roads, temporarily out of repair, were not passable today. The flooding of Hay creek was a great boon to stockmen, greatly need ed for Irrigation and the flooding of Agency Plains will benefit wheat far mers, although It has come rather late. SANTIAGO, Chile, May 30. (API Chile was recovering today from the shock of Its sixth costly natural catastrophe since January 1. A tidal wave yesterday swept the coast around Coronel, destroying many homes. Two earthquakes, a cyclone and two floods this year have brought death and Injury to scores and property damage running Into millions of dollars. GUNMEN OF OLD ENGLAND KNOW PENALTY IF TAKEN By Harry M. Romer ' (Associated Press foreign 8taff) WORTHING, England, May 30. (AP) After a 48-hour man hunt In which police and hundreds of citi zens united, England's lone gunman, Leonard Hill, killed himself today with the pistol with which he shot a policeman. Hill was no Dllllnger Policeman Arthur Jex, whom he shot, Is re covering but Hill committed sui cide rather than face English Jus tice. The police and volunteer poss-s surrounded Hill In Sussex woods. The whole country wss Incensed by the wounding of the policeman on Sunday night. The use of rare In England. gun Is DARING DRIVERS SET FOR INDIANAPOLIS CLASSIC , v Many of the nation's leading auto race drivers are set to start the long grind that leads to fame and fortune in the Indianapolis 500-mile auto race Memorial day. Shown above are three of the leading con tenders. Louie Meyer (left) was the winner last year and In 1928. Kelly Petlllo (center) has the pole position, having set m record In the qualifying trials. Wild Bill Cummlngs (right) of Indianapolis set the pace last year for the first hour before he was forced out of the race. Below, a typical shot of the tiny speedsters lined up for the starting bomb. (Associated Press Photos) REACHES CRISIS SAN JOSE, Calif., May 80. (AP) At 7:15 a. m. today Governor James Rolph, Jr., was reported still alive at the Llnforth ranch near here where he has lain In an extremely grave condition for the past 34 hours. Last advices from the ranch said the stricken governor slept peacefully through the morning. His family and personal physicians were in constant attendance at his bedside. At one time during the night long vigil the governor foiled so percept ibly that use of a heart stimulant was resorted to and led Dr. J. M. Scanland to state that "only the Im mediate Injection of the drug stood between the governor and death." That the 65-year-old governor naa reached a crista In hla Illness became apparent late yesterday when all members of his family were summon ed to the bedside. Theodore J. Roche, state motor vehicle director and the governor'a closest friend, also was summoned. He said the governor was "very weak." In the event of Governor Rolph's death, Lieut. Governor Frank P. Mer rlam of Long Beach would automati cally succeed to the governorship. SALEM, May 30. (AP) H ar r y Riley, convicted Burns murderer, was returned to the state penitentiary here last night to await in a lonely death cell the payment of the ex tremo penalty. He was sentenced to hang Friday, July 13, by Judge W. W Wood, for the murder of his wife al most two yeara sgo. It was a woman who flnilly trap ped the fugitive. She Is Mrs. Michael Sadlelr, wife of the prominent pub lisher and author. 8h owns two bloodhounds and took them herself, on leash, Into the woods. "Suddenly one of my dogs pulled sharply to the left," she said, aft erward. "There I saw a man lying under a tree. The hounds had fol lowed the scent perfectly. "I called to police behind me There he Is.' The man who appar ently had been asleep, started up as the police closed In on him. "Aa they did so, a shot rang out." The fugitive had used the last cartridge In his gun. He never re- 1 gained consciousness and died later In a hospital. OfiMll i MM Rsm-nwHwanitir i wv" r.ui h i1 ,),l,.ilsaii(UI. at, :i 11 - ;f''Si.!li.1ii.li,U( BASEBALL (first game) New York . Brooklyn 3 8 3 Clark and Richards: Mungo, Berres and Lopes- (first game) R. , 4 E. 1 Philadelphia Boston .10 15 1 A. Moore, Hansen, Darrow and Todd; Brandt, Smith and Spohrer. American (Morning game) Boston 3 Philadelphia 5 8 Ostermueller, W. Perrell , and Ferrell: Benton and Berry. (first game) R. H. Washington 1 7 New York - 0 1 Whltehlll, RubscU Dickey. and Phillips; Gomez and AREA MEMORIAL DAY CHICAGO, May 30. (p The tra ditional verdancy of Memorial day wa dimmed today by the smoke of forest fires and the drabness of with ered grain cropa. Scattered fires burned over wood lands dried to tinder by a parching sun, and whole fields of growing grains curled In the heat which rang ed from 00 degrees to a scaring loa. One of the fires swept moro than 10,000 acres of valuable timber lands near Saranac lake In New York with flames on a ten mile front menacing two villages. Other fires were blaidug In Minnesota, and Idaho. A huge marsh in the vicinity of Norwalk, O. wsa burning. Wheat soared to more than a dollar a bushel In Mlneapolls the first tlm! that dollar mark there had been reached since laat July. The upward surge of (train values on Chicago's board of trade was halted by talk of possible imports of Argentine wheat. Unrelenting heat best down on all crops In the middle west as officials considered means to bring relief Washington authorities received met- sages beseeching them to release sign ers of the corn-hog program from all crop reduction obligations. 4 Warsaw Rioters Nursing Wounds WARSAW, May 30. (AP) A score of persons were suffering from bul let wounds today following late night street fighting between com munlits and rlghtlest radicals In the workers district. Police dispersed the rioters, ar resting many. Nine persons were ' taken to hospitals seriously Injured. 1 aOY 'nil"'!: mm GETTYSBURG TALK BY ROOSEVELT TO By the Associated Press. On the once blood drenched battle field of Gettysburg, President Roose velt leads the nation's homage today to Its soldier dead. The prealdent, nrranglng to leave his busy desk around mid-day for that civil war meeting ground, win stand as the first Democratic chief executive to speak at the cemetery, which marks , where the greatest thrust of the confederacy met tho stone wall of Meade's blue-clnd ranks. Throughout the nation Including those statea that commemorate their heroea on April 28 banks and public buildings were closed. In Washington, however, althougn the executive branch observed a hoi! day, both houses of congress rejected talk of a recess In order to carry on Hundreds of ceremonies of tribute, parades and the placing of wreaths, were arranged throughout tne tlon. The gleaming white mntble scpul cher of the unknown soldier In the national capital marked one focal point of these ceremonies. There the blue of the grand army Of tne repup lie, the gray of the confederacy, and the khaki of the world war will min ale. Prealdent Roosevelt, before leaving the capital, received word from King Leopold III of Belgium, that America dead lying In that country were not forgotten and that flowers would ne placed on their graves. BEND, Ore., May 80. (AP) Ac cused of drunken driving after hi automobile, carrying a load of dyna mite, had collided with another car, J. M. Perry Jr., waa held in the Deschutes county Jail todBy. Police said Perry's car contained 31 sticks of blasting powder, deton ators and fuses. Perry waa arrested on a drunken driving charge Sheriff Olaude McCauley after Per. ry's machine crashed into another and overturned on The Dallca-Call- fornla highway south of here last night. Hrn Has Three Legs SOUTH EASTON, Mass. (UP) A Rhode Island Red chicken, hatched at George Randill's farm, has three legs but otherwise Is perfectly nor mal. The extra leg, normally shaped, extends from the back. ay? J SOLEMN TRIBUTE IN CITH RITES Memorial Parade On Smaller Scale Due to Threatening Weather Services Held in City Park After March America's war dead were honored today In the memorial parade down Main street, which, although much smaller than In year's past, was a tribute to those who had given their lives in ths services of the United States. Cloudy weather was probably some what responsible for the few observ ers and even social and fraternal organizations were not as fully rep resented In the parade as custom arily. There was also a lack of floats In the line of march. Despite the def icient representation, the parade pro ceeded. In solemn procession to the Bear Creek bridge, where Invocation. was held, and Children of the Amer ican Revolution and representatives of other organizations participated In the ceremony of strewing flow ers on the water, In memory of the comrades who lost their lives while In service for the country, on wat erways. A salute was fired and taps sounded. The parade then returned to the city park for the Memorial day service. The parade was led by Marshal of the Day Polk Hull, who represent ed the soldiers who fought and gave their lives in the Civil war. He was accompanied by Frank Mengoz, also (Continued on Page Two) KILLED BY POSSE LEXINGTON, N. O., May 80. (flV- Ernest Leonard, 32, an escaped con vict from a, state prison camp, was shot to death near Lexington early today in a gun fight with officers. R. B. Ridge, camp superintendent; and J. W. Vaughn and O. C. Slices, guards, killed him after he fired upon them at his father-in-law's home near here. Leonard escaped May 12 from the camp after serving since January on a 2 -year term for store breaking. .Tannery 14 Hiccoughs Stop SPRINGFIELD, Ohio. (UP) Hic coughs which had weakened Doro thy Floyd, 18, since they first seised her January 14, finally stopped re cently. Physicians, unable to diag nose the cause of the attacks, were uncertain whether her relief would be permanent. WILL ROGER? BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., May 29. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is out our way here. Itc has got a tough job. It's by far the toughest job in the cabinet. - Secretary of the navy only has to deal with an admiral, secretary of the army with the generals, postmaster general with the politicians, but when you deal with the farmer you are dealing with a man who is a denier himself, so if I was Wallr.ce I would say: "Boys, you all are just too good farm ers. You just raise too much. If you just wouldn't be so ex pert for a few years. It don't do any good to plow under ovcrv third row if you are go ing to raise more on the other two than you did on the three. ''Your efficiency is driving you to the poorhousc, so please ilon't be such good farmers." Ollll MaMMiat Stn.lsau. bi. t ca 5 JZU -iX If