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Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Friday. Slightly warmer tonight; cooler Fri day. Highest yesterday , , 9 Lowest this warning , , 57 WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Ytar MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, .JULY 19, 1931. No. 101. EW OF lEHEffl WEB n?Tn sz -A rn I7nv n n l NN0 iv uls u su uu u u u uu u 200 Deputies Named Will Submit Grievance to Arbitration PAN FRANCISCO. July 19. (AP) The San Franibco general strike committee vuted today to end the unprecedented ma walkout of union labor here. The vote was announced as 191 to 174. Hie committee advised all ttnlona I ea sympathy strikes to return Im mediately to their work and declared it would accept arbitration for Im mediate termination of tho walkout. Declaring It had done everything In Its power to avert a catastrophe threatening the community, the com mittee called off the strike. At the same time It pledged all Us resources tor the successful termination of the maritime strike. The resolution passed by the gen eral strike committee (aid: "Whereas, there exists a crisis threatening the community with a disastrous result attendant upon the breaking down of civil government when superceded by martial law; and "Whereas, the gentral strike com mittee has done everything within Its power to avert this catastrophe; "Whereas, this general strike com mittee has proposed a fair and equit able basis upon which this general strike may be ended at once; "Whereas, the president's long shoremen's board has endorsed the action taken by this cucra,L strike committee as follows; " The general strike committee of the 6an Francisco Labor Council ha declared Itself In, favor of the Im mediate submission to arbitration of all questions involved In the dis pute; the waterfront employers' un ion has agreed to submit to arbitra tion by this board the issues In dla put In the longshore strike and be bound by the decision of the board, the International Longshoremen's as sociation should agree now. The steamship companies should agree that If collective bargaining with the elected representatives of their re spective employes does not result in agreement within 30 days after the election the ship companies will sub mit to arbitration Issues in dispute with respect to wages, hours and working conditions and they should agree now. The maritime unions hould agree likewise and they should so agree now. All strikes should be called off Immediately. ' 'Men should be returned to work without discrimination because of union affiliation or participation in the strike.' "Therefore, be It resolved, that this general strike committee assembled on July 19, 1934, now proposes upon acceptance by the shipowners, em ployers of striking maritime workers of the terms of the president's long shore board, for settlement of this trike, that this general strike com mittee will accept sucb a basts for the Immediate termination of the "Resolved, that thia general strlkc ! committee hereby advises all those unions that are now out on strike out of sympathy with the maritime workers and longshoremen, to Imme dttely resume work, and that we pledae every resource, moral and fin ancial, for the continued prosecution for the successful termination of the maritime workers and longshoremen's strike." SAN KRANCiSCO. July 19 (API S'gns of raptd return to normalcy were observed on all sides today as San Francisco and Oakland shook off the headache of a general strike which, although not called off. was J disintegrating rapidly as various un ion groups returned to work. Resumption of street car service by the Market Street railway was expected here shortly while eastbay tranportatlon will start again to morrow. Approximately 50.000 union work ers in San Francisco are still on strike, although many have returned to their dutiM of "public conven ience and necessity," declared Ed ward Vandeleur Vandeleur, president of the San Francisco Labor Council and chair man cf the general strike committee, called the committee into session again to consider the situation. "We are still waiting for the pres. Idcnt's mediation board to report bark rn our solution offering to arbitrate." Vandfleur aa.'d- "We have bn given to undrsn! that It has hm pwl on by the shipowners for their cnn.'idcratton." VandHMir reported every thing "qul'l and peaceful" :n labor nr s. and denied tnat the general a.nke had been cUrd off. Officials of the Market Street rail way announced that "as many car f a p.ib!e" wnuM l'e placed in sr vhi'.r M iiiir.pai rai:'t;. h?ads tlontuiueu on Viat fr.tu I BY POUGEJORCES PORTLAND, Ore., July 19.AP) Under Instructions to break up all communistic activities In the city, de tectives today continued their raids on headquarters and on reputed sub sidiary organisations of the organiza tion. The International Labor Defense league headquarters was raided during the morning, and police later paid a call to the quarters of the Marine Workers' Industrial union. Nine men in the union hall were arrested and much radical literature was confis cated. At the Labor Defense league office police waited In vain for some one to appear. Piles of communist litera ture, newspapers and books were found, In fire similar raids yesterday police arrested 35 persons and seized a card Index cabinet containing about 700 names of reputed communist party members and applicants. SAN FRANCISCO, July 19. (AP) A promise to drive asserted com munists from San Francisco and keep them out was made today by Mayor Angelo Rossi. Referring to roundups of the last two days of hundreds of radicals In raids of police and self-descrlbcd vigi lantes, the mayor told his citizens committee. "I pledge you that ... I will run out of San Francisco every com munistic agitator, and that is going to be a continuing policy." PORTLAND, Ore., July 19. ;p) The strategy committee of the Cen tral Labor Council here stated todnv it had pledged Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York that it will ilk: Its influence to postpone the calling' of a general strike In Portland, until the senator has had time to reach San Francisco to present to the fed eral mediation board the Informa tion he has gathered here. Senator Wagner reached Portland as an observer for the White House and of the federal labor board. The senator will leav for Sin Francisco by plane tomorrow morn ing, he said today. E PORTLAND, uly 19. (AP) The sale to the Chinese government of an excess of two full cargoes of flour was announced here today by the Pa j ciflc Northwest Emergency Export corporation. The flour, milled in the Pacific northwest by each mrmber mill on an allotment basts, will be shipped as toon as the waterfront strike has been settled. The erport corporation did not la sue a price today for wheat for foreign shipment. PASTOR DOUBTS RAIN WILL HEED PRAYERS OTTAWA. Kans.. July 19 . fj" William A. Elliott, pator of the Ot tawa First Baptist church for years, doe not believe pravrrt bring rain, hold in- that the unl irrs operates tindrr established nat ural ;-.. He declared t!iat the people of t day rniut consider the burxiiround of limited knowiedc of natural v-Vrh prevailed at the time t:ie OV Z "tsiiirnt r;ttf:). PjT r oT iKni'H'' s-e li re'it. :, .d, i m r.n must not be expected as a rfu;'.. U Montgomery Ward Shows Big Profit For Current Year CHICAGO. July 19. (JF) Net profits for June of 1533,592 were reported today by Montgomery Ward, as compared with a loss of $301,626 for the same month last year. Net profits for the five months ended June 30 were 3.842,538. compared with a loss of $4,046,072 for the same period last year. Earn ings on the current five months represent 73 cents per share on the common stock outstanding, after providing for current class "A' dividends, BUTTE FALLS GEI WASHINGTON, July 19. The Public Works Administration today allocated Ml,28.405 to 236 non-federal projects in 43 states and Puerto Rico. Under the new public works ap propriation, (236.200,658 has been al located for construction of 1,510 non federal projects and more than $100, 000,000 for federal programs. Projects approved today were esti mated to create 194,802 man months of employment directly on construc tion sites and about twice that much In industries transporting and pro ducing materials. The allotments today Included: Oregon : Union county, school, grant $14,500; Sheridan, school, loan and grant $42,000; Newberg, water works, loan and grant $2,000; Day ton, water system, loan and grant (22,500; Harper, school, loan and grant $18,000; Prairie 'Jity, water works, loan and grant $14,500; Mult nomah county, waterworks, loan and grant $11,000; Butte Falls, water sys tem, loan and graut $5,000; Jackson ville, waterworks, loan and grant $13. 000; Portland, sewage station, grant $2,240,000. Ten thousand dollars of the loan and grant to Jacksonville will be used for the laying of a new pipe line be tween the service reservoir and the suply reservoir, a distance of about 8,000 feet, according to Ray Coleman of Jacksonville. The other $3,000 granted the for mer county seat will be used to aug ment the present water supply, to clean up the springs now In use. and to develop any other nearby springs. A storage reservoir Is now located on Jackson creek, and the water la piped to the small service reservoir, about a mile and a quarter distance A $10,000 bond Issue was voted by Jacksonville in 1931, and about a year ago an application was put In to the PWA for the loan and grant. F. R. INTERVIEWED E ABOARD CRUISER NEW ORLEANS ACCOMPAMTINO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. July ID. (AP) News paper men aboard this naval craft hold their press conferences with President Roosevelt by wigwag flag slsnals as he speeds across the Pa cific stKard the cruiser Houston for hla visit to the Hawaiian Islands. Enlisted men and communications officers of the New Orleans co-operate In sending messages from the newsmen to the Houston for the president, and the answers come bark by signals across the expanse of the ocean separating the cruisers. iNEBRASKANS STAGE OREGON TRAIL FETE GERINO, Nb., July 19 MP Plonera from western Nebraska and eantrn Wyoming thrond the streets of this town tnday, at the opening of the to-day Oregon Trail day cele bration. Many who came here In covered wagons renewed old acquaintances and made new friends. Indians from Pine Ridge reserva tion in South DskoU opened the pmgram and all affrnoon and even-in;- fr'f art snd entertainment were to be provided. ll r, to Insure Orderly Harvest Rogue Pears BY LANGER FORCES I Lieutenant Governor Takes Possession of Ousted Ex ecutive's Office Will Fire All Langer Henchmen BISMARCK, K. D., July IB. (&) Lleutenant-Govorner Ole H. Olson, acting governor, took physical posses, slon of executive quarters today with out untoward incident, as hints came from partisans of William Langar. ousted chief executive, they are ready to march on Bismarck. Olson's first official act was to or der the doors of the legislative as semblies locked as legislators, a ma jority favorable to Langer, preparod to convene In special session pursu ant to call by Langer, but revoked by Olson. Shortly afterward, however, the doors were ordered thrown open by Olson, who explained he sought to "avoid even a semblance of force. Langer In Hiding. Langer was still In seclusion to day, and If he had any plans to at tempt to continue to exercise execu tive authority, they were a secret. Posted on the doors of the legisla tive chambers was Olson's proclama tion revoking Langer's special session order. State circles. looked for swift action by Olson In ousting close political (Continued on Page Seven) CASE; IS JAILED James T. Klnkade, CCC worker, who sued the sheriffs of Jackson and Klamath counties for $3,500 damages for alleged false imprisonment, la held in the county Jail on a bench war rant charging contempt of court, for alleged non-payment or $25 monthly, as ordered In a divorce decree, for maintenance of his wife and five children. The contempt of court warrant, Li sued by Circuit Judge William M. Duncan of Klamath county, came shortly after a circuit court Jury Frank Upton, Central Point, foreman had returned a verdict In favor of the sheriffs, and denying Klnkade any damages. Klnkade, through counsel, withdraw the punitive claim of $1000 The case occupied two days. Klnkade was arrested last Febru- (Contlnued on Page 6cven) BASEBALL National. R. H. ft. Cincinnati t 13 0 New York - 4 11 C Batteries: Dsrrlnger and Lombard!; Schumacher and Mancuso. ft. H. E Chicago a 0 Philadelphia - - 14 1 Batteries: Malone, Warneke and Hartnett; E. Moore. Hansen and Todd. R. H. E. St. Louis . t 11 1 lVten - 3 7 1 Batteries: J. Dean and Davis; Smith and Spohrer. It. H. 1 9 10 1 Pittsburg Brooklyn 4 10 0 Batteries: Swift and Paddn; Zarh ary, Leonard and Lope. Amerlren. I l M E New York 4 9 l! Chicago . 9 0 Murphy and Dickey; Oaston, Kev :nt and Madjetki. R R E Boston - ft 13 J Ovetind 6 If. I 0trnuelier. Rhodf, Prnnovk a:wl ft rrrrell: H jdlln. L. Brown and i Pytlak. I V v f I UM 11 1 j La 1 1 Si Cops Conduct Roundup of S. h- fll 'f-tfafe In&fv jiff; vrJ oirN n i i i i?fffffrTi!f'f'7 " "m awf JPfc ' j'i 0SBil San Francisco police, harked by the mllltla on the wnterfront, began raiding radical headquarters during 'he general strike and arreting ansertcrt lenders. Top, loading some of them Into a patrol nagnn. Lower, a scene while they were being booked. (Assorlntert Press Photo). NAZIS QUIETLY SLAYING OPPONENTS SAYS STEEL NEW YORK, July 19. (AP) Jo hannes Steel, former German official who fled from the relch because of his opposition tn the nazl program, declared In a copyright story tn the New York Post today that "a quiet wave of murder Is sweeping the con centration camps" of Germany. The writer wid that the Inmates of the camps "have, according to a secret order of General Ooering (premier of Prussia), been cut off completely from the outside world." "Their relatives," writes Steel, "have been without news from these pris oners for three weeks. It seems that massacres have taken place which are beyond human Imagination. "The toll of deaths has been put by absolutely reliable sources at no lens than 3000 men and women." SALEM, Ore., July 19. (AP) Frank tlinto, Bslem chief of police, today gave orders to all patrol cars and patrolmen In t'io clt to pick up all suspicious che.racters and bring them to police headquarters for question ing. The order was received fallowing word rtcelve'i from officials in the larger cities that a number of known comnunlsta and "reds" were desert ing the Jarger centers and coiuen tmtlng their allfgd agitation artlvl t.cs In the smaller localities. 10,000 DEATHS CERTAIN IN HONAN DROUGHT AREA HWATKANO, North ltonan Pro? ince, China. July 19 I AP-Ths great hat wave In north central China lessened today but, with no rain, the crrpn continued to burn. The death toll appears rftti. to br at least 10 within Honan prov ince, north of the Yellow river. The writer said, "a Ufa and Sath race between communism ant, con servatism has begun," and added: The odda are 0 to 4 for the conserva tive solution.' Steel says: "The army, during the last week, has been able to consoli date Its position ar.d the military dic tatorship Is complete. (Vice Chan cellor Frsnn) Von Papen at this mo ment Is the man who runs everything. He has come out on top." Steel says Hitler "Is the absolute prisoner of the relchswehr (army) which watches every move he makes and it waiting for the moment whenJ Hitler's prestige has dissipated to such an extent that he can be put away Mfely." GETS 5 YEARS JACKSONVILLE, Bs, July IS (AT) Edward Young Clarks, former high official In ths Ku Ktux Klan. was scnttncd In ffdersl court today to five years In the Atlanta peniten tiary on six counts of ulni ths malls to defraud In connection with the oresnlratlon of Enskaye, a fraternal order. Ills wife, Mrs Martha Ann Clarke, was sentenced to two years In the women's federal Industrial Institute st Aloersr.n, W. Vs., on each of tho six counts. ftentencrs were to run concur rently. DRESSLER'S CONDITION REMAINS UNCHANGED SANTA BARBARA, Cat. July 19. (APj The condition of Marie Dress ier, veteran act res, confined for three months hrrn with a complication of cancer, h'art trouble and uremia, was reported unchanged today, jiiiyuu F. Agitators SLATED TUESDAY IN CIRCUIT COURT Electa A. Fehl, wife of E. H. Fehl, serving four years for vote stealing conspiracy, and her two co-defend ants. May Murray and E. L. Fitch, under Indictment for criminal libel, will go on trial tn circuit court next Tuesday, according to the criminal docket completed yesterday. Tne court appointed Attorney K. E. Kelly as counsel far Fitch and May Murray, and Kelly will also act In the sar.ie capacity for Mrs. Fehl. The tttal is expected to be short. Fitch has been in the county Jail for two months. The two women are at liberty tn 11000 bonds. The chirgo grew out of the distri bution of a pamphlet entitled "Bltrk Political Plot Exposed," during the last primary campaign. Authorities rialm It was written by Earl H. Fehl from his prison coll. The Indictment names specifically the following parsRrsph in ths pam phlet as criminal i:vel: "Jackson county expended $45,000 in the ballot trials, wHrh money was largely used in the bribing of wit nees and Jit'Ors, and the handling of the court' (Contmued on Page Seven) MASS ALASKA FLIGHT AN FRANCISCO, July 19 (.VP) Six bur navy seaplanes Wok off today from ParsdUs c ovs In the bay here, resuming their mass fllRht to Alaska. Meut. Commander Janva w. Shoe makrr commanded the planes, com- prlAlne sousdron VP-7. Astoria, Ore., la the first scheduled strm on the flight north from here After leaving Astoria they will touch ni-ofively at tWttls. Ketchikan, .Mineau. Cordova. Pfward, Kodlak, PuKU Harbor and Sitka, 1 WARNING SERVED IENT I All Orchards and Packing Plants to Be Safeguarded Fruit Workers Them selves Named As Officers Two hundred special deputy bher tffs, chiefly employed orchard workera and Packing house employe,, were aworn In thia morning by Sheriff Walter J. Olnucheld, aa "a precau tionary measure and for tha lawful . protection of orchard and packing house property and the products thereof." The men received their ap pointments and carda of authority thia morning. The protection covers every orchard and packing plant In ths county. "The sheriff's office has no Interest In any dispute botween employer and employee over wages." Sheriff Olms- cheld said this morning, "it Is ths duty of the sheriff to protect prop erty. No vandalism or nonsense will be tolerated, from any source. There have been reports of attempts to atlr .. up agitation. The peace and pros perity of the city and county, will be safeguarded. There may be no trou ble. If there Is, this office will be prepared to toko legal steps to halt It." Tne district attorney's office and other law enforcement agencies of the county reported today, "we are check- (Continued on Page Nine) Chester VIrgU Hendrlckson, 81, 91 Cottsge street, arrested yesterday by state police on charges of maintain ing a public nuisance, was arraigned before Justice of the Pesos W. II. Coleman this morning and bound, over to the grand Jury on S300 ball. Hendrlckson wss arrested on a atita warrant for selling liquor, and la al legedly a partner of Henry Dynge. re cently convicted on liquor selling charges. WILL ROGERS 'says: SAX FRANCISCO, July 1S Wi'll, for a littln fresh air away from Hollywood. Made a littlo two-hour flight up to Frisco last night. Lovely historic old place, but it seeing nothing ever hnppens here. Never saw it as quiet. About tho only Dews, Max Baer, who lives near here, announces that he won't fight this fall. That set the old town kinder acog. I see amoim the hotel arriv als is General Hugh Johnson, who is passing through going to Los Angeles. lie is lecturing for the NI?A. I want to see "Bobbie" belore she gets out of town. Some talk of President Koosovclt pulling in here for fuel, but I see where he has gone to Honolulu instead. Nothing ever happens in this town. Oh yes, the national guard is using the old town as is summer camp, instead of Monterey. That brings in a littln extra money. The Cham ber of Commerce landed them, to kinder stir up a little inter est in the place. The governor spoke on the radio last night on "Civie Pride." Certainly a quiet, rcst fill old city, but nothing ever happens here.
