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Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1934. No. 72. nnrwi vv The Weather j Forecast: Fair tonight and Friday: little change in temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday ..- SI Lowest this morning 40 lltlffiillJPEME ran UNION'S PRO By PAUL MALLON. (Copyright. 1934, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, D. O, June 14. The White House la beginning to show inner signs of getting Just n little hardbouea aoous things In general. There la less and less tendency toward concilia, tlon and com promise, and a noticeable trend toward doing what it pleases and letting Its critics go hang. N o important effort has been made to appease nK1u4.nn. ist the Paul Mallon NRA. AAA, etc. A rather strong hand has been taken in the congressional program (stock market, securities, housing and labor board). Likewise, in connection with the Tugwell nomi nation, aome democratic senators heard that if they could not see their way clear to support Professor Tug well, they would hear about it later. Most presidents get around to this point after the first year. They find they cannot please everyone, or oven conduct their business in an open way. Too many politicians take un fair advantage of them. Too many so-called friends double-cross them. Anything they do will be criticised, so they might aa well do what they want. That Is probably the way they figure it out. Something of that strong feeling Is manifest In arrangements President Roosevelt is making for his Hawaiian trip. Most presidents have been afraid to go any distance from Washington for their vacations even in placid tlmea. Mr. Coolidge broke a record when he went as far as the Black Hills one summer. He would not go that far until he was assured he could ' get bcikrnlW6n'','tn,as80 hours. Mr. Hoover called off his na tional parka tour one aummer because of a drouth, which was not aa bad as the present one. Mr. Roosevelt la going to take six weeks to go to Honolulu, but, what Is more Important, he is making ar rangements which will get him far ther away than the distance lndl ..... prnt olans nrovldo that not only will he take none of his three secretaries along, nut no news paper man will be permitted on his boat. nniv t.virM newsmen will be per mltted to go along, instead of the normal retinue or Ju or . three will go aboard a destroyer which will stay three miles away from the presidential cruiser. Their only con Hf. the cruiser will be by radio. No arrangements are being made for them to see tne presiaeni,. in, u..6.. Ha in Washington. These arrangementa are without precedent. Mr. Hoover news traveled with him on hla South . . irj Mr. Wilson's news- nmcni.ai - men accompanied him to Parla on nis boat. The explanation offered by the White House la that space on the ,i..r win not accommodate any White House staff or newsmen. Also that Mr. Roosovelt does not llko to take civilians aboard naval ships. The real reason probably is that he wants ii good rest without bothering about news or anything else. The arrangementa are more remarx . .... n ti now. the nrcss has RDie uevnufloi f ' been given unusual facilities for get ting White House ne. If- DnnutVlt'R CTUiSCr IS a IJCluie mile out to sea the rumors will proo bly start In Wall atreet that he Is 111 or what not. At least that Is what h.nnened when he took a few days on th Nourmahal last winter. When he came back from that trip he found ' strikes breaking all around the place and his opposition running The Japanese nearly put over during m." Visa o. Prince Konove. AH la fair in love, war and diplomacy, but our officials are still . -4 J n nm.r. C TIIBV Oil ni . grownnn nuuu. . The Japanese have been pressing us . .. i rh.kIr to eet ever since we - ,, , Mr Roosevelt or State Secretary Hull to (to to Toklo on a good-will visit. They want to offset the diplomatic effects of Russian recognition. Soon alter Prince Konoye lunched with Mr. Roosevelt the other dsy, a mn.ri an American Japanese - -- newsman that the president had ... .. -,.... .ivnr. . delegation taixeo nuuuv . --. of Japanese statesmen In Hawaii. It . . jtrAlfr4 Vtli fat was big new. . - - In TnVIn tentlon. Dom m . ji.k.i.i... .nm. rtpht back in IBCl, ItlBJin..."- ....... from Toklo stating that the Japanese were aengnicu n- " ef!non. That got under the skin of the .. - anri VnM WAS II White nuuer ----- pss-ed out that the president did not know what the Japanese were talking about. Thereupon a Japanese spokes mn here rame forth with an off- the-record statement that he did not rrmrmber that trie prcMTnt hd aid quite the. (Continued on Page iub.t) FOR CLOSED SHOP IS Hope for Settlement of Long-: . Drawn Controversy Given Fresh Setback by Atti tude in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, June 14. (AP) Tlie waterfront employers here today rejected a proposal offered by the International Longshoremen's associa tion to end the strike of Pacific Coast longshoremen. The rejection, Mayor Angelo Rossi was notified by Thomas O. Plant, rep resenting the employers, was based on their refusal to accept the "closed shop." "We cannot accept the proposal of Joseph P. Ryan, president of the I. L. A. for a closed union shop and do not feel that calling' the closed union shop by a different name will contribute to the aettlement of this controversy, which Is represented by the demands for a closed union shop," Plant's letter to Mayor Rossi said. PORTLAND, Ore., June 14. (API- Determined, they said, to move defi nitely toward an immediate end of the longshoremen's strike In Portland, a group of leaders In the waterfront controversy met here this afternoon. Those attending the conference ex pressed weariness over the prolonged negotiations, numerous proposals, counter proposals and refusals that have characterized negotiations to date. SEATTLE. June 14. (API Strik ing longshoremen met in the union hall thla afternoon to consider, a new strike settlement proposal advanced Dy operators at a conference with Mayor Charles L. Smith today. Although the strike had not been settled at the 1 p. m. deadline set by the mayor, he withheld action until after the strikers' rank and file action on the employers' proposal. The mayor said he would take action to open the port if a settlement was not reached today. E NAPOLEON, Ind.. June 14 fAPi Gladys Lee Shuter, 30-year-old Cleve land, O., girl. Who haH been mlMlnff since laat Friday night, returned to nie name ncre of her grandmother, Mrs. Csrrle Crusle, early today. She returned with a girl comnnnlmv stt. police questioned her. Miss Shuter's father, Silas Shuter, 46, of Portland. Ore.. I- hM In t-h. Decatur countv lull tuimecuon wun tne disappearance of nia aaugnter. snuter was held after he told police that oisriv hnri hi.. appeared from hla automobile after ne naa left it Friday night when It ran out of gasoline. No reason for Miss Shuter's absence was obtained immediately. Miss Leneve Slmklns, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. O. R. Slmklns, who has won numerous honors since entering Oregon State college thla past year, has been awarded a gold medal by the Oregg Publishing company. In the ap plied stenography division In the de partment of secretarial science, for her outstanding typing. Miss Slmklns la a graduate of Med ford high school, always maintaining a high scholastic standing. 'THREE JUDGES OF HELL' SEND BOMBS IN FRANCE ny JOHN EVANS Associated Prr?s Foreign Staff PARIS, Prance, June 14. (AP) At least four bombs, two of which failed to explode, have been dis patched through the mails by fan tastic terrorists who call themselves "The Three Judges of Hell," police revealed today. The possibility that more bombs were sent, and that the "three Judges' may try to carry out their threats against the lives of the pres ident, premier and other high offi cials caused concern in government circles and buMneM offices. The latest bomb was received at the government broadcasting station today. It was a glass cylinder con taining a quarter of a pound of pow der arranged to explode on removal of a rubber band. Its nature was dttctfd before It wps opened. , One bomb exploded yesterday in a pottofflce, Injuring three clerk. Newest Racket Gains $45 From Hotel Cask Box PORTLAND, June 14. (AP) Hotel keepers here were on their guard against the newest of rackets, worked early today on one of their number. Walton D. McNalr, only clerk on duty at the hotel at 5 a. m., went to an upstairs room to quiet a drunken guest who waa raising a terrlflo uproar. When McNalr re turned to hla desk he discovered $43 had been stolen from the cash register. He had noticed that two men, seated in an automobile acrosa the street, had left the car while he waa on his way upstalra. In a few minutes the unruly guest, who had sobered with remarkable rapidity, ran to the parked car and drove away. L LEFT IN RXAMATH FALLS. Ore., June 14. (UP) Pear growers and cannera of the northwest and California decided yesterday to submit to the depart ment of agriculture an agreement tor control of the 1934 pack. Representatives discussed means of curtailing the coast crop on the basis of elimination of cull and lower grades if necessary, taking Into con- aideratlon such propossla a were sub mitted at recent hearings In Port land and Berkeley. Orowera and cannera will appoint an administration committee of 16 to control canning of Bartlett pears. The group will consist of four each from California and the northwest. Dr. F. R. Wilcox, University of Cali fornia, presided at the conference, with Edgar M. Burns, secretary of the Northwest Canners association, pres ent. The group agreed to Join inter ests for mutual benefit Inasmuch as major pear production of the nation is located on the Pacific coast. The meeting of Bartlett pear grow era and canners at Klamath Falls. June 13, called at the Instance of the AAA, developed the fact that to all appearances there Is no overproduc tion of Bartlett peare on the Pacific Coast this year, provided culls and a largo proportion of No. 2 pears are kept out of the canning pack. No price for pears waa mentioned, al though on two occasions canners were asked by growers what the prevail ing price waa likely to b:. according to a report of' the meeting given to the Traffic assocaltlon here today. The report in full followa: "The meeting was called in order to devise a temporary plan for the 1934 canning Bartlett crop, only be cause It was evident that time and the Medford growers' resistance to the cannera' plan aet out in docket 189, had made that plan Impossible to operate for thla year. "No plans were made for the han dling of shipping Bartlctta and thla la one of the great weaknesses of the whole meeting In Klamath Falls. It la thought that the shipping problem will be handled through two fresh fruit licenses. No. 7 and 27. which were In control of the late pear al lotments last year. "The work done at the meeting Is summarized aa follows: "June 1 etimate of California pear crop, all varieties, 230,000 tons; June 1 estimate of California Bartletts, 189,000 tons, 180,000 tons available; June 1 estimate of northwest Bart letts 90.000 tons, 82,000 tons available: total, 262,000 tons. "Of the California total of 189,000 tons. 160,000 are la and 2s and theso will be used as follows: 10,000 tons Intrastate, 70.000 tons interatate, 7, 000 tons drying, which will leave 73, 000 tone for canning purposes. "In addition to this, 26,000 tons of culls will be used tor drying and for Intrastate green fruit shipments. "The 73,000 tons of canning Bart- (Continued on Page Five.) Another Infernal mschlne was de livered to "Tokalon." a large Amer 1 lean beauty product firm controlled : by E. Virgil Nesl. A girl mail clerk's life was prob ably saved by her quick realization that a faint metallic sound aa she started to open the package was caused by a spring Intended to ex plode the bomb. A letter to the Tokalon firm con tained the following fantastic warn ing: i "We wilt strike the French people without distinction as to age, sex or rank until they realize their coward Ice before the great pirn tea deprives them of the right to be severe to ward ordinary criminals and stealers of handkerchiefs. Signed, The Three Judges of Hell." Police expressed the belief the let ter were the work of a crang, who supposedly referred to the lark of results In the Stn.viky scandal after several months of Investigations. 8 E THEY CANNOT PAY Installments Totaling $4-75,-000,000 Due Tomorrow Will Be Defaulted Four Yet to Voice Intent By Lloyd A. Lehrbaa WASHINGTON, June 14. (jT)- Eight European nations with war debt Installments totalling (475.000, 000 due totmorrow have notified t state department they will be unable to mako any payment. Italy, Poland, Rumania and Hun gary lined up with the defaulters to. day when their envoys left notes with the state department explain ing they could not make the semi annual principal and Interest pay ments. Only Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Yugoslavia owing a total of approxi mately $2,000.000 are still to be hesrd from. Of the thirteen debtor nations ow ing 477,843.644 tomorrow, only Fin land has announced It will pay its Installment of 166,538. Great Britain, France, Belgium and Czechoslovakia previously had an nounced their Intention to default. Italy la In arrears $13,687,012 and has an additional Installment of $14, 743.593 due tomorrow. Poland Is behind $12,317,829 with (Continued on Page Pour.) BASEBALL National ' (Ten innings) R. H. E. Brooklyn 8 IS 1 Pittsburgh - 2 8 8 Mungo and Lopez: French, Blrkofer, and Padden, Grace. .., ., p.. . it. z. New York .....'...I .". 8 9 0 Cincinnati 0 4 1 Schumacher and Mancuso; Frey. Brennan and O'Farrell. American R. H. E. 0 1 1 St. Louis Wimb Ynrfc 7-9 2 Andrews. Wells. McAfee and Hems- ley; Broaca and Dickey. R. H. E. I 1 4 1 Chicago , Washington - 5 8 4 Enrnshaw and MadJeakI; Weaver and Phillips. LEADS TO ARREST After admitting to the butchering of three calves, which he claimed were getting Into his garden, O. R. Taylor, 28, a former operator of the OakA Service Station on the Siskiyou mountains, was arrested laat night by state police and scheduled to appear before Justice court this afternoon for preliminary hearing on charges of larceny of livestock. Taylor Is alleged to have been butchering cattle near his homestead north of Hilt, Calif., on the Oregon side of the line intermittently since June, 1033, and using the meat for boarders at the service station. He confessed having shot the calves near his garden, quartering the carcasses, and hauling the meat to the service station. Considerable complaint has been received by cattlemen of the region that livestock, has been disappearing for some time from the range sur rounding Taylor's homestead, offi cials say. JUG OF WATER BLAMED FOR AUTOMOBILE FIRE SALEM, Ore., June 14. (UP) H. O. Von Bchren's car waa set on fire by a Jug of water today. Tho water focused hot sun rays on cloth In the rear of the car. Von Behren put out the blaze before it became serious. Skull Fragments Form Evidence In Claim for Damage PORTLAND, Ore., June 14 (UP) Deputy Clerk Harlan S. Kenyon of federal court has had to paste labels on many dry exhibits during his career, but today he affixed a label to the strangest of tny to come beforo him. The court was hearing a case in which the Mountain States Power company was being sued for about p 18.000 for Injuries Inflicted on Fred W. Brunell when a power line hit him on the head. The exhibits consisted of two bits of Brunell skull, and the owner of the rest of the skull set vith :t penned atop his mvk in ?h rniirtr'vmi. OF SENATE DISLIKE NEWJLABOR BILL Dissatisfaction With Nearly All Provisions Voiced in Party Conference Will Draft Amendments to Act WASHINGTON, June 14. (p) Sen ate republicans at a party conference 'today expressed dissatisfaction with virtually all the provisions of the ad' ministration's new labor bill and up pointed a subcommittee to draw up amendments. Earlier, Hugh 3. Johnson, the NRA administrator, told reporters that "1 don't see anything more I can do," In the threatened steel strike. Despite republican opposition, dem ocratic leaders hoped to get the re- j vised bill through congress speedily to use Its provision for appointment of conciliation boards in an effort to avert the steel strike set for Satur day. Senator McNary, republican leader, said after the executive meeting at tended by a score of senators that a great many changes were proposed, j He said he could not recall their num mer or their content. The subcommittee recommendations will be considered at another confer ence tomorrow. McNary said, however, that the party members expressed the view that the new bill was preferable to the Wagner bill. The new labor bill would authorize the president to set up boards with authority to Investigate labor dis putes and to order elections by secret ballot of employes to determine who shall represent them In collective bar gaining. The republican conference subcom mittee Is composed of Senators Davis, Pennsylvania; Couzens, Michigan: Ooldsboroughi-Mary 1 and; fltelwer, Oregon; and Walcott, Connecticut, McNary conveyed the consensus of the gathering to democratic leaders, who expressed hope the opposition would not lead to a deadlock. ITS FLAG TODAY By the Associated Press Today is Old Glory's birthday. The nation observed It by furling her 157-year-old banner proudly to the breezes In flag day exercises thru- out the land. . rhe Stars and Strlpea became the American flag. by act of the conti nental congress June 14, 1777. The flag committee consisting of George Ross and Robert Morris, conferred with Betsy Rosa at her store in Phila delphia, and the Quaker city needle woman then fashioned the red, white and blue emblem. Presence of the navy's grand fleet added color to New York'a flag day celebration, marked by a parade and exercises on the eighty-sixth floor observatory of the Empire State building. Admiral David P. Sellers, commander-in-chief of the fleet, was the principal speaker. E PORTLAND, Ore., June 14. (P) The rose, In symbolleatlon of all the flowers, waa borne through the clty'c strceta today in a magnificent spec tacle of harmony and of color In a crowning climax to Portland's annual festival of roses. From every vantage point thousands saited as the gorgeous displays moved through tho canyons of the city's walla. Queen Beth (Beth Muriel Skinner), her royal princesses and the royal roaarlana were In supreme com mand, sharing their honors and ac claim with the Canadian Legion naires, members of the American Rose society and the city's host of other guests and visitors. 4tth Aiin'Tatallly. PORTLAND, June 14. ( AP) Mrs. Rebecca Davis, 83, was fatally Injured here Wednesday when struck down by an automobile driven by Lloyd N. Coulson, 36, or Oregon City. Upon complolnt of Mrs. Davis son. Coulson waa arrested on an Involuntary man slaughter charge. It was Portland's 44th automobile accident fatality since Dec. 1. I.umhrr Pioneer Dies. BRATTLE. June 14. (AP) Death ended the long career of Thomas Bor deaux, 83, one of the northwest's pio neer lumbermen and founder of the Mason County Logging company In I8f)0. He was active In recent years ii Seattle and Shelton banking circles. HIS PROMOTION IS for va The senate agriculture committee reported favorably on the eleva tion of Rexford Guy Tugwell (above), youthful assistant aecretary of agriculture, to that of underaecretary of the department. The post, cre ated for Tugwell, would Increase the "brain truater'a" salary from $7500 to $10,000 annually. (Associated Press Photo) CALCUTTA, India, June 14. (AP) An earthquake, apparently worse than the Bihar province dlsaBter which killed thousands last January, shook Afghanistan and Baluchistan early today. The affected area waa reported to atrctch along the whole northweat Himalaya range, Indicationa wore that Much near Quetta, which waa completely wiped out by an earthquake In 1031, has again been badly stricken. Reports suggested that the epi center of tho quake was In Afghan istan. Scismographa here, however re cording the moat severe shock at 8 a. m. G, M. T. (10 p. m. Wednesday E. S. T.) Indicated that the center of the greatest earth activity waa in Baluchistan, SILVER PURCHASE BILL ONLY LACKS SIGNATURE WASHINGTON, June 14. (fl5) The sliver purchase bill needed only President Roosevelt's signature today to make It a law. The signing, most observers believ ed, probably will take place within a few days. At the administration's dis cretion the treasury then will acquiro enough silver to mako It eventually one-fourth of the metal stocks back ing the currency, PENCILS RETURNED BY CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN PORTLAND, Ore.. June 14. (UP) Railroad lines are accustomed to re payment for stolen rides and Pull man towels, but the "conscience fun" of one line waa augmented day by seven pencils. A man sign ing himself "Traveler" said he became conscience stricken while 111 In Cali fornia last winter and determined to atone for his sin If he recovered. Funeral services for little Lucille Iris Moon, who passed away in thla city, June 13th, will bo conducted from the Perl Funeral Home Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, with inter ment In the Siskiyou Memorial Park. FATE OF EUROPE TALKED BY HITLER AND IL DUCE By AMI111T, HKRDINO Associated Press Foreign Slatf. VENICE, June 14. (AP) A former house painter and the son of a black smith met today to discuss the fate of EurojMt. One was Adolf Hitler, chancellor of Germany and lender of the nnr,l party; the other waa Benito Mussolini, pre mier of Italy and leader of the Isaclata. Hitler flew here In a trl-motored airplane, accompanied by Konatantln von Neurath. his foreign minister, and a staff of diplomats. Per fuehrer (the Irsdcri win wel comed at the airport by U Duce. The RECOMMENDED L FOR TEN YEARS EL PASO, Texas, June 14. (UP) A nameless, dumb human being known only aa the "monkey boy" has been in Jail here for 10 years. And the county, after apendlng 13700 for hla board, would Ilk to be rid of htm. The "monkey boy" waa found liv ing In a chicken coop when he was about 33 yeara old. He cannot talk. makea gutteral animal noises. But he understands spoken English. Persona who signed the complaint on which he was apprehended left El Paso before the young man waa tried. He has remained In jail alnce. The monkey boy" appears to be a Mexican, 4 BY DECISIVE VOTE WASHINGTON, June 14. (AP) Rexford O. Tugwell waa confirmed today by the senate aa undersecretary of agriculture. A combination of Democrats and Republican Independent gave the youthful advisor to President Roose velt a decisive vote of confidence in promoting him from a 87500 Job as assistant secretary to the new 810,000 post. ASTORIA COMMISSIONER HELD DRUNKEN DRIVER ASTORIA, Ore., June 14. (P) William Msnnlla, city commissioner from the fourth ward, waa indloted by the Clatsop county grand Jury last night on a charge of drunken driving. The Jury waa dlnnlsaed after mak ing a final report in which It severely criticised the condition of the Sea aide city Jail which it described as "filthy and showing a general lack of care." former was In civilian clothes; t the latter wore the uniform of a corporal, the rank both he and the Ocrman leader held In the world war. All Italy, and especially Venice, was wildly excited by tho meotlng and tho prospect that now thero was an opportunity for an attempt to reach an Italo-Oerman accord on tho sub ject of disarmament and tho eastern European situation. It was oven inti mated that the question of Austria would be brought under considers, tlon. When Hitler climbed down from the airplane at Nlcelll air field at 9:48 a. m, today, MiimoIIiiI swung hla right hand upward In a Roman salute. GRANGE TO OFFER SUBSTITUTE BILL ES Measure Is Planned to Equalize Levies for All Elementary Districts and to Unify Administration ROSEBURO, Ore., June 14. AP The county school equalization hill. offered as a substitute for the dis puted county unit system of school control, will be aubmltted to the next session of the state legislature with the approval of the Oregon Orange, It was announced today at the state convention now In pro gress here. ThA hill nr. h. . State Orange committee composed of F. M. Dili. The Dalles: Morton Tomp- uma, vornon, ana uorden Beck. Red mond, In co-opcratlon with C. A. Howard, state snnerlntnHnf schools, Is designed to provide a ' uictnoa or equalizing school taxes for elementary echool district and would afford a uniform system of administration. Aid Consolidation The bill, the sponsors state, would "encourage the consolidation of the schools, promote orderly muthods of handling school funds, efficient methods of school administration and otherwise advance the education in terests of schools." Removing one of the principal on Jectlons to the county unit system, the proposed meaaure would permit local management by district school boards, wntilri .nmiiM t t.. distribution of funds on the basis of classroom units. The act proposes to divide each county Into five divisions, each dls- tnci, io elect a memDer to tne county (Continued on Page Three) SLATED SATURDAY PORTLAND, June 14. (API . O. Harlan, administrator for the Oregon milk control board, announced today that a meeting of all Rogue river area producers will be held In the Med ford Chamber of Commerce rooms at 1 p. m. Saturday. Delegates from Orants Pass, Ashland, Medford and all intermediate points have been asked to attend. All matters of Importance to the Industry will be discussed, Harlan said, Including the new regulation regarding the area of the mllkshed, and the enforcement of regulations. John Billings of Ashland, district aupervlaor for the milk board, will preside at the meetings, which will be attended by Administrator Harlan. KIWANIS INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT IS ELECTED TORONTO. Juno 14. (AP) Dr. William J. Carrlngton, Atlantlo City, N. J., today waa elected president of Klwanls International for 1034-35 at the close of the 18th annual conven tion here. He la a prominent phyalclan In the eastern United States, and for yeara naa Been actively engaged In many klnda of community and philanthro pic work. PORTLAND, June 14. IIP O. A. Oliver, 39, of Cherryvllle, Clackamas county, died here last night from in juries suffered Monday when a log rolled on him while he was working in the woods near hla home. , WILL ROGER? 'says'- HOLLYWOOD, Cal.. Juno 13 Tho largest pnporg record tho fact that Mr. Tugwell wont through O. K. They tried him for being a "menace" and he come clear. I am glad of that. It's a mighty hard thing to nowadays know whether any idea is revo lutionary or downright conser vative. Tugwell proved that he had at one time been a ''dirt" far mer, I think that's what got him clemency with the jury. A soldier returning from a popu lar war don't carry as much sympathy as a "dirt" farmer, or for t Ii lit matter even a prai rio land farmer, where there ain't no dirt. l eitilMtHiMiltrafMautttt,