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Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Fair tonglht and Saturday. Not much change In temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday .... Po Lowest this morning , , , AO WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1931. No. 96. FBI By PAUL MALLOX. (Copyright, 1034, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, D. C, July 13. A certain senator la In a lot of trouble. He made the mistake of promoting a dam alte and then buying lota around It. The Benator 4ii.nt that, ha 1 would sell all hla holding! at a profit, but the PWA haa found out about It. It haa recorda to show that the senator used dummy names In buying up the surrounding Paul Mallon ground and It Is at a loss about what to do about It. Apparently the aenator and his -secretary went In on the deal alone. They bought up land In their lar-western atate adjoining the site of the dam, knowing full well the value of the property would appreciate. According to present calculations, the senator and his secretary made about 60 per cent on their Invest ment. It la difficult to Judge the success of the senator s Business venture in dollars. He took advantage of the fact that farmers In his state knew little of the expected valuation of their property and he and his secre tary bought options for songs. Today he holds more than anyone else of land to be benefitted by the npAtont Tht was discovered by the various snoopers Mr. Ickes has put on tha Job. He haa all the facta, but he la In an embarrassing position. The senator la a good democrat and a new dealer. If Mr. Ickcs were sure of his frrmmri lie would have the senator indicts and tried. But he la not . .,,M-iiM knMM that no other asper Ion has been cast upon the senator's record. He knows the senator stands well with Postmaster-General Farley and all the other new dealers. hi. .unplfttM have an Idea that the case will be brought to public attention If and when a iano owno sues for redress. They are sure one -m TWnr that Is done, there Is nothing Mr. Ickes can do except to shoulder upon himself tne responai fcinfv nf nrovlne a case of gentle grafting against a politician who shares his economic view, , Government followers of business LrilM. r henned uo about'tne re ports from Detroit that orders for dies for use In next yers automo bile production are the highest since 1828-28.- Coming after the fairly good auto mobile aales season, this news is in-tarm-itted as Indicating confidence which would be a more Important factor if It were more widespread In tha heavy industries. If you have to bet on a European war. nlease bet that none will be frtrthrnmlni? dlirlne the next SIX mnnt.hR That prediction has Its un certainties. But the nsydhologlcal fMllntr imnn the maSBCS of both Germany and Prance la passive. Tliey won't fight unless tney nave to. uer msny will avoid a war If It la possible The best Judgment here Is that Hitler will be overthrown In a mild sort of revolution and that the Iron men of the Ruhr will speak their piece In one language or anoiner. That means Hitler Is doomed and a substitute will take his place. Those who want relief loans from the government have aucceeded- In congressional circles. They have over looked one thing. The government Kiim.ii. affected will announce at the first opportunity those senators who seek relief from them. A new dealer, arguing with his comrades a few days ago, predicted that the living expensea of the new deal would reach to 8.000.000,000 within 13 months. If It does, Treaa " tiry Secretary Morgenthau will need a quick brush for his addition. SLAYS WIFE. FRIEND DALLAS. Tel., July 13. (AP) A qusrrel resulting from a marital es trangement led H. B. Harris, 37. to dsy to shoot to death hie wife. Emma Harris, and Miss Patricia Kldd, 24. and then probably fatally wound him. self. Investigators learned there had been disagreement between Harris and his eatranged 30-year-old wife over how many time a week he should see their four children. PORTLAND. July 13. (API Wil lism L. Singleton, 63. pioneer stock man of Roseburg. died here today at the home of his sister, Mrs. Minnie Richardson. He Is aurvlved by his widow. Mrs 4 Alblna Singleton, and by two sons, pelbert and Lorrls of Roseburg. SHE VIOLENCE General Walkout Seems Sure Labor Board Works Frantically to Secure Arbi tration Progress Scant SAN FRANCISCO, July 13. (AP) Southern Paclflo company officials said today they were taking precautions to guard the company's equipment from pos sible damage from bands of "reds" reported to be converging upon San Francisco on account of the strike. SAN FRANCISCO. July 13. (AP) Tension settled like a -black cloud over the strike beleaguered San Fran cisco metropolitan area today, her alding a general walkout of organized labor which seemingly nothing could top-. ..... Forebodings of violence and famine confronted the population of more than 1,000,000 persons. Uncounted hundreds began an exodus from San Francisco; President RooseveltV labor disputes board worked frantically In last minute efforts to bring about arbitra tion of the strike of 27,000 Pacific coast longshoremen and maritime workers the walkout which precipi tated the onrushing trouble but lit tle progress was discernible. Communists Said Coming The aspect of terror thrust Its ugly visage Into the already murky picture as Southern Pacific railway officials reported communists were heading for San Francisco from Se attle, bent on destroying all highway and railroad facilities. State officials to whom the report was given said they had no plans for guarding highway bridges because they were too large to be destroyed easily. Surrounded on three sides by water, San Francisco Itself, with a popula- (Continued on Page Ten) 1 HEARING TODAY Arraignment and hearing of pleas of Electa A. Fehl, wife of the lmprls oned E. H. Fehl; May Murray and E. L. Fitch, Indicted by the grand Jury, Floyd Ross, Central Point, foreman, for criminal libel in connection with the alleged circulation last May of & campaign pamphlet entitled "Black Criminal Plot Exposed," Is scheduled to be held this afternoon before Cir cuit Judge H. D. Norton. Mrs. Fehl Is at liberty on $1000 ball furnished by her mother-in-law. May Murray Is likewise at liberty. Fitch has been detained in the coun ty Jail In lieu of the same bonds. The charge Is an Indictable mis demeanor, punishable by a maximum sentence of six months In the county Jail or $1000 fine, or both. No date has been fixed for trial of the cases, but It will not be set until after the completion of the present civil case calendar. DISPLAY FLAGS FOR POSTAL MEN IS PLEA Jackson County Chamber of Com merce today requested all Medford merchants to display flags tomorrow (Saturday) for the stato federations of the National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Federation of Postofflce clerks and their auxil iaries, which organizations will be In contention' here for the day. Britain Denies Select Alliance With France By Harold P. Bra man Associated Press Foreign Staff. LONDON, July 13. (AP) Oreat Britain ha. reinforced the pact of Locarno but has not entered any "select alliance" with any country. Sir John Simon, foreign secretary, declared today before the house of commons. In hi anxiously-awaited statement of position on continental arfslrs, Sir John said the recent Anglo-French conversations hsd resulted in a great er feeling of peace and security in Europe and will greatly improve con ditions on the continent If powers affected fully enter the proposed eastern regional agreement. He added that Premier MuMOllnl of Italy Agrees with Britain as to the necewlty 'of rfh eastern pact "east ern Locarno" as it has been called Hitler Would Justify Killing; Protests Johnson Accusations 77 LIVES TAKEN IN SUPPRESSION OF REVOLT, CLAIM (Copyrlght, 1634, by the Associated Press) BERLIN, July 13. (AP) Placing the cost of suppressing the revolt against his regime at 77 lives, Chan cellor Adolf Hitler charged today that Ernst Roehm, executed storm troop leader, and former Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher plotted together to take over the government. The plot, he said, called for the con solidation of the relchewehr (regular army) and the other organizations such as the storm troopers. Roehm to Head Revolt. Roehm, Hitler charged In a world wide radio broadcast of a speech de livered before the relchstag, was to head this organization, while Von Schleicher would be msde vice-chan cellor In the place of Franz von Papen. Both of these men were killed in tne suppression of the revolt on June 30. Hitler declared that he would never consider putting the relchstag under the same management as his political organization because they had "noth ing to do with the army." Besides, he continued, the head of the army Is President Von Hlndenr burg, and "his person Is untouchable for all of us." In the course of his talk Hitler re vealed for the first time the number (Continued on Page 81i) BASEBALL American. Philadelphia - Chicago, wet grounds. postponed: R. H. B. ..8 7 ' 0 3 12 0 Washington Cleveland Butteries: Stewart and Sewelli HU- debrand, Holly, Wlnegarner and Pytlak. national. St. Louis at Philadelphia, postpon ed; rain. y- R. H. B. Chicago . e 10 a . 7 n a Boston . Lee, Tinning and Hartnctt; Beys, Barrett, Smith and Spohrer. Cincinnati Brooklyn Prey. Kolp and Lombard!; Zachary, Leonard and Lopei. Pittsburgh New York ..- Lucas, Chagnon, 10 a 7 U 1 Blrkofer and Grace: Fltwlmmona. A, Mancuso. Smith and DEEP SEA FISHING ABOARD U. S. 8. NEW ORLEANS, EN ROUTE WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, July 13. (AP) Presi dent -Roosevelt cruised across the Pa cific today for Hawaii with his Im mediate goal a fishing ground oft Cocoa Island, 500 miles from Panama In the watere of thla old rendezvous of buccaneers, Mr. Roosevelt hes been told, die tha beet of the game fish In the Pacific and late today he la going to defy the superstition of Fri dsv, the 13th, to try his luck. So confident was he of good fishing that the schedule calls for a full day's layover at Cocos. and fully approves of It. Sir John supported the statement of Louis Barthou, the French foreign minister, when the latter left London that Britain and France were cooper ating In trying to effect permanent peace in Europe. At the same time the foreign aecrC' tary denied French Inferences that Barthou "got more than he expected," meaning some sort of alliance. "We are undertaking no now obli gations whatever ther la no select alliance with any power," he said. In the first government statement ! since the departure of Barthou, Sir John revealed that Britain Is urging Germany to enter an eastern pact ;and return to the League of Nations. ; He said Britain deems Russia's in . elusion In the league a paramount necessity for the peace of Sump, lEffll . FIRST LADY HAS I . JUhl ! ' . , 1 fit f'' : I k' I I rut TfhPs ' I While Preaident Roosevelt was heading out on a cruise to Hawaii, Mrs. Roosevelt enjoyed vacation, too. Her, was an "off tha record" trip Into the south, and aha made it In an automobile with two women companion,. Here aha la ahown at Plkeaville, Ky., whera aha gave a short address. Just behind her la Mayor K. J. Day of Plkeaville. (Asso ciated Presa Photo) FIND LITTLE GIRL'S BODY IN YARD OF FRISCO HOUSE SAN FRANCISCO, July 13. (AP) Apparently attacked and then slain, the body of an 8-year-old girl was discovered in the ynrd-.of.ra. house here today. The girl, Elaine Watson, had dis appeared last night. Police said the body was found half-burled. Police announced they had taken a middle-aged man, who gave his naaie aa Albert Ruske, for questioning. They said he lived In the house where the girl's body was found. L Mrs. C. T. Sweeney, wife of Dr. Chaa. T. Sweeney, narrowly escaped Injury In a smash up this morning tn which her car waa hit and severely damaged by a freight train, shortly after 9:30, at the Main street crow ing. Mrs. Sweeney's maid, Miss Edith Wright, who was the only other oc cupant of the car, was also unin jured. The Sweeney car was traveling WfSt on Main and stopped too close to the tracks, after falling to sec the engine approaching until itwas too late to avoid a collision. Mrs. Sweeney aald Miss Wright also stated she did not notice the engine, which caught the Willis Knight sedan on the left side of the hood, above the wheel and turned It parallel with tne tracks leaving It on the sidewalk, facing north. The succeeding cars of 111-; train struck the left side of the auto several times, damaging the rear of the body, running board and fenders. The hood was crushed In by the im pact, but Mrs. Sweeney said the motor was not' damaged. The right front wheel was ahattered aa the car wa: turned at right angles with the street. A wrecking truck removed the ear from the scene, after a crowd of about 50 persona had assembled about the front of the Chamber of Commerce. E T At the meeting last night held at the Jackson hotel, of the restaurant operstors and beer dispensers of the county. Virgil Martin of Franklin's cafe was electJ chairman of the committee of five to administer the new marketing agreement for Jack son county, aa outlined by the stale board. Other members of the committee were Bobby Burns. Pred Powell and Mr. Pels of Medford and Mr. Walla l of the Llthla hotel at Ashland. About thirty reatauranteura and beer dispensers were In attendance at the meeting, which was presided over by George V. Reventlsch of Portland, managing director of the Oregon Restaurant board. ' VACATION, TOO Coroner's deputies hurried to the home in which the girl's body was found In the basement, to determine how-she had been killed. Riiako'a wife, police said, told them her husband had "been acting crazy" and was Intoxicated yesterday. An other girl, officers said, Informed them she had seen the child In the company of Ruske. who she said gave the child candy. William Watson, father of the girl, became Incoherent when informed of the, tragedy. AS VOTEAWAITED PORTLAND, Ore., July 13. (AP) Violence and heated controversy had largely given way to calm considera tion of the waterfront blockade as black Friday dawned on the troubled city. Through the morning hours union leaders discussed with painstaking care the proposal that they submit to arbitration all Issues In the pro longed strike of waterfront employes. . Gust Anderson, secretary of Port land's central labor council, said the membership - of the International Longshoremen's association hero may vote tomorrow on whether to put all Issues squarely before the federal mediation board In San Francisco, agreeing to abide by the decision of that board. . , Steamship operators and other waterfront employers hrfvo agreed to arbitration by the federal commit tee No act of violence was reported last night or th's morning. A development of consequence was the release last night of 300.000 gal lons of gssoline from picketed oil terminals to farmers in Oregon and Washington for operation of their harvest machinery. The condition of the four men wound co in Wednesday's clash be tween polloe and pickets was reported much Improved today. HArtTSDALE. N. T.. Julv 13. P An army of Son ststo troopers, police and volunteers bent through dense woodlands around Hnrtvlsle today for b)ueeyed, 18-monthaold Bobby Con nor. feared kidnaped. Authorities said they were con vinced the child, missing alnce o'clork last night, waa being- l.eid for ransom. He la the son ot Charles H. Connor, mortgage broker. Bloodhounds felled to pick up the trsll of the child, lsst reported seen while playing near the home of Ills psrenta in exclusive llartsdsle Manor Society folk teft dinner psrtles to Join In t'.ie hunt, which was prem-rt through the nljjht with llaslilllil- 'and lanterns. UNOFFICIALLY IS WASHINGTON, July 13. Re plying to an official German protest against the an tl -HI tier utterances at Waterloo, Iowa, of Hugh S. Johnson, the state department said today It waa "to be regrotted" that the posi tion occupied by tne recovery admin istrator made It possible for remarks by him as an Individual to be "mis construed aa official." The department made this state ment to explaining a visit to Secre tary Hull's offices today by Dr. Ru dolph Leltner. charge d'affaires of he German embassy, to protest John son's speech. Makes Him Sick. In his Waterloo speech yesterday, the NBA chief said conditions in Germany made him very "actively sick. "The Idea that adult responsible men can be taken from their homes stood up against a wall backs to rifles and shot to death la beyond expression," he aald. An official announcement of Dr, Leltner's visit to the department said: "The German charge d'affaires called at the department of state this morn- Ing and protested to the secretary of state against the remarks reported to have been made by General Hugh 3 Johnson In a speech on July 12, 1934, relative to events in Germany. Spoke as Individual. The secretary of atate called the attention of Dr. Leltner to the pub lished statement of General Johnson which appeared In this morning's press, to the effect that he 'was speaking as an Individual arid not for the state department or for the administration.' Mr. Hull confirmed the accuracy of thla explanation and said It was to be regretted that the position in government occupied by the speakor made it possible for remarks uttered (continued on page nine) IS At the meeting at the local cham ber of commerce last night, the com mittee from Ashland and Medford unanimously' agreed that merchants of both cities shall adopt the same check service charges as were accept ed by the banks the first of the month. Those from Ashland conferring with the Medford committee were H. H. Elhart, chairman, O. M. Green and C. W. Fortmlller. Medford was represented by Wm. F. Isaacs, chair man, N. H. Franklin and Fred Hoath, Sr, SALEM, July 19. (AP) Five men were killed and 638 Injured In Oregon Industries last week, the Industrial accident commission reported today. The fatalities were James White, logger, and Hurry P. Cork, Diesel ope rator, both of Klamath Falls; Wllllsm A. McBrlde, Eugene logger; M. 8. Bar- rlnger. Talsley farmer, and Thomas J. Hay ward, logger, of Llnnton. First Lady Seeks Rest From Official Status ROSEVflXE, Cat,., July 13. P) Somewhere In the mountains of Cali fornia or In weatern Neveds, where her dsughter, Mrs. Curtis Dsll, Is estsbllshlng a Nevada residence for a divorce, Mrs. Pranklln D. Roosevelt tort ay Is trying to lose herself nd "get away from being the President's wife." She wss lsst seen publicly In a cof fee shop, patronlned chiefly In thla railroad center by rail men, eating peschea and cream, toast and cof fee, after newspaper men had follow ed her automobile from Sacramento, vhere she had Isnded from an air plane. Mrs. Roosevelt wsa accompanied by her friend. Miss torena Hlckok, who had met her at the airport and had arranged that tha President's wife should be taken to a Ssrramento ho. tel, which she left through an alley exit within a few minutes. The lust lady refused, to say whi ON WALK TO GAS Slayer of Dance Hall Girl Nonchalant in Face of Doom Two Other States Exact Capital Penalty STATE PRISON, CARSON. Nev., July 13. P) Joseph Behlter. 38- year-old Syrian, formerly of St. Louis. Mo., was executed In the prison lethal gaa chamber at aunrlse today. The convicted alayer of Msxlne Armstrong, Las Vegas dance hall girl, whistled a tuna u he walked into the small gaa chamber from his cell across a corridor of the building. Don't strap me In the ehalr too tightly," he remarked to prison of ficials. "It might kp the gaa from my lungs." Plfty-flve witnesses, gathered about the glass windows, saw Behlter enter the chamber at 4:33 a. m. Two minutes and 15 second later the heavy door had been clamped shut and at 4:38 a. m. the gas started rising from a crockery Jar beneath the condemned man's chair. Ha was pronounced dead at S'A6 a. m. Behlter was the seventh man exe cuted by lethal gaa in Nevada. He was convicted of killing the Armstrong girl with a miner's pick in Las Vegas In 1031. STATE PRISON, FLORENCE, Aria. (Continued on Page Eight) GAS AND OIL CO-OP ORGANIZED HERE TO AID F An the result of a meeting held at Hotel Medford, July 9, organisation plans have been perfected for the es tablishment of a gas and oil cooper ative here, It was announced this morning by Leonard Carpenter, tem porary chairman of the organization committee. This cooperative unit In Jackson county has been organized In keep ing with 83 other units now in oper ation in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. The parent cooperative Is the Pacific Supply cooperative of Portland. It Is reported by the organizers that the plan of these cooperatives la look ed on with favor by the United States government and those at present in existence have proven a decided suc cess. Under the plan of the organization, those who can participate must be farmers and orchardlsta who are ac tually engaged in production of farm crops. The cooperative gives the farmers and orchard 1st an oppor tunity not only to save money but to profit by being associated with the group. The organization is non-profit ox- (Continued on Page Ten) MAKING SPEEDED UP (Copyright J934 by United Press) GENEVA, July 13. (UP) Huge orders for munitions are being exe cuted and delivered by the major European manufacture, according to reliable Information In diplomatic quartera today. The reports, made available to the United Press, showed thst the arms merchants are enjoying an almost wartime boom at the moment. aha waa going. She aald aha was not In the west to visit her daughter, "I want to see California," ah said. "I'm Just on a vacation. I'll know In a couple of days If I can lose my' self and get away from being the President's wife "I would like to get away by my self at times, to go along quietly I'm willing to be the President's wife when 1 Join him, but I'd like to get away from thst while I'm on this hoUdar." When Mrs. Roosevelt was last seen she waa headed for the high Slema accompanied by Mlas Hlckok. Be tween Rosevllle and Nevada la Lsko Tahoe. where It wu said Miss Hlckok has leased a cottage. It wu on the shores ot the lake that her daughter, Mrs. Dsll. had cottage for a few days until she moved to tha mora secluded Pyramid lake region. STRIKE CURTAILS Loads Dumped by Pickets Gasoline Supply Unmo lested So Far Declare Dis tributing Agencies in City PBNPT.ETON, Ore., July 13. (AP) Pendleton went ,on a gasoline rationing basis today. Kneed with a gas and fuel short age due to the longshoremen's strike, oil company officials to day urged conservation of gaso line and fuel nil so that wheat harvesting operations may be carried on. Strikes of labor unions In the San Francisco bay region have begun to produce an effect on the supply of citrus fruits and groceries in Med ford and vicinity, It was revealed by reports from distributors here today, although the shortage has not yet begun to reach retailers or ths pub lic. An acute situation exists in the citrus fruit supply, according to the Pacific Fruit 5s Produce Co.. which has already received the first fore warning of the Inevitable shortage that will exist If the ptcketers In ths bay region continue to halt ship ments, It was announced today by authorities. Fruit shipments are not arriving at the local distributing plant, and several truck loads of Medford-bound produce have been dumped in the strike region. Lettuce Is reported as available from the Watsonville and Salinas districts, but no produce can be moved north through San Fran cisco by truck. The supply In Medford of citrus fruit Is at present sufficient to last several days, but a shortage may oc cur the middle of next week. Trucks - are said to be detourlng around pick ets, but It Is feared by local authori ties that strikers may move west ward In California and cut off all truck communication. The local sup ply will then be dependent on rail. Grocery shipments whleh have been ordered by Mason, Ehrman & Co. have failed to arrive from the south and all foreign supplies arriv ing by boat at San Francisco or Portland are unavailable to the Med ford market, authorities stated. No shortage haa occurred In Medford as yet, as the supply Is adequate for some time. Some domestic products, such as chewing gum, are arriving In Medford by rail through Chicago, It was announced here. OH products have been received regularly up to date In Medford and no shortage or change In shipments Is expected Immediately by Medford distributors. Gasoline shipments are received by the Associated OH Co. by trucks through Crescent City, where the supply ''has not been curtailed. Other oil companies receive their shipments here from the south by rail. F. K. Johnson, manager of the Johnson Trucking Co., stated today that from as to 30 southbound truck loads of largely perishable produce, such as cheese, buttsr. eggs and poultry, are normally sent through this city each week, but that practi cally no shipments are getting through from California. Tha ancient Mayas had hierogly phic books on history, medicine, as tronomy, divination and other sub jects. WILL ROGER? P.$ays: CLAREMOHli!, Okla., July 12 -1 never get through the thrill of coming back home, seeing kin folks find old friends. N'n tnre hns been rough with the ranchmen and farmers here. Tho drouth wilted the corn just as it was starting to ronstm enr." I n.skcd about the wheat and oats and some other Kepuljii- can scourge had fallen on them. No grass for the cattle, out they did have an awful nice radish crop. Never saw redder radishes. All I know is just what I read in the Clnrcmore Progress. Sec where Speaker Rainey of the house of representatives has been kinder beating tho polilicnl bushes around here. Wish I had been home. He is a mighty lovely old gentleman. It's' awful hot to be cam paigning. I would let the Re publicans do all the talking. Yon lose more votes this weath er than you gain. I)
