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Medford Mail Tb;(bune WINNIE Pulitzer Award TOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 22, 1934. No. 103. ffl The Weather Forecast: Fair Sunday with rialng temperature. Tempermtart Highest yesterday . T4' Lowest yesterday M L STRIKE TOTE (Paul Mallon, whose signature usually appears over thla dis patch. Is on a brief vacation. Dur ing his absence the column will be composed of contributions from leading Washington corre spondents.) (Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon.) (Copyrlpht, 1934, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON. D. C July 31. When, In the first week of last March, It was announced that Richard Wash burn Child had been named special adviser to the secretary of state, there whs considerable mystification over the appointment and speculation aa to why it had been made. As far as anyone knew. Mr. Child bad no special claims upon the ad ministration and. In some respects, quite the contrary was true. He had been In the diplomatic service before, as ambassador to Jtaly. but. previous to being named for this new post, he had been writing articles for pub lication which were decidedly critical of the administration. In fact, some practical persons found In this the csup of his being given a Job, and the only sufficient cause. As special adviser to the secretary of state. It was stated that Mr. Child would attend the session of the Lon don economic conference, that he would travel In Europe to study and report on the present and prospective state of the economic situation there, with special reference to the reso lutions of the economic conference which had been passed or were pend ing. He was to have the rank of ambassador and draw the amsasaa dorlal salary or $17,500. Mr. Child's appointment was an nounced on March 6, and now, Just about four months later, he Is back in this country. And the mystery of his original appointment la only deeper because he la again writing articles for publication, which point out faults and fallacies In the pro gram of the administration In which he has Just served. At the state de partment It is said that Mr. Child la no longer connected with the diplo matic service. It would be somewhat Incongruous If he were, because one of his latest articles Is devoted to telling the political opponents of the administration how to embarrass It and hamper Its proposals. As to Mr. Child's brief career under the new deal, it Is being asked: "If It was to be so soon done for, whatever was it begun for?" A certain Incongruity exists fn the roles being played at the moment by General Hugh S. Johnson, recovery administrator. In San Francisco he Is appearing, either by Invitation or by Intrusion, as mediator In the strike. As such he Is expected to maintain an impartial attitude be tween employers and employed, be tween companies and unions. While this Is his status In San Francisco, In Washington he Is being publicly denounced as a foe of unions and labor. As a reault of the Dono van Incident, the department of eom merec building, housing the NRA, Is being picketed and, at the lunch hour and closing time, marchers walk around the building bearing placards: "Chlseler No. l, Johnson." "Johnson a Sell-out." Absence of the piesident from Washington find the usual summer doldrums have pit an end for the time being to what, earlier In the season, was one of the capital's most flourishing Industries. Before this set In, an activity with which politi cally minded society people were busily occupied was trying to Re an other well-known woman into the diplomatic service. The ice having been broken with the naming of Mrs. Ruth B rya n Owe n aa m 1 n Is ter to Denmark. It was thought by promot ers of women's rights and privileges that the exnmple should be followed up. Specifically, the friends of Mrs. J. Borden Harriman believed that she was Just the person to fill the vacant post of minister to the Irish Free State. A campaign of "mentioning" her for the place, or saying that she was being considered for it. was car ried on for some time without any apparent substantial results. Then, the friends of other women prominent in Democratic or new deal circle decided Mrs. Harriman was not the only one fitted to represent this country in Ireland, and thev got buav with the same method. H was hinted that Mrs. Mary Harriman Rumsey, chairman of the consumers' advisory board of the NRA. had Just as pood a ehnnre as Mrs. Harriman. This kite flew for a while along with thht of Mrs. Harriman. Then, as the president went away without doing anything about It. the strlncs broke or the kites were pulled in and the sky In that quar ter Is temporary dull and lifeless. A y'ing lady who attended the f a mnua TiiBell hearing some weeks sco "aa considerably Impressed with the fact that certain senators eon-slO-ed Dr. Tujrvell unfit for public office because he did not hae enoiich mud on his boots. The dav after the hearing a sudden he ,vy rum utorm drove the same young lady scum litg into a shop entrance. A moment later she Joiner by Dr. Turwell, who was ao seek'ng shelter from the stnrm. (Continued on fa-t 9ix) I FINAL COUNT OF SECRET BALLOTS BY TUESDAY EVE Men Back To Work Wednes day If Result Favorable All Longshore Unions To Act Employers Offer Plan To End Walkout Bridges Reluctant But Accepts. SAN FRANCISCO, July 21. (AP) District President William J. Lewis of the International Longshoremen's association, announced tonight after a conference that all locals would conduct secret ballots on the ques tion of arbitration of all strike Is sues, and that If the result la favor able the men will return to work probably by Wednesday morning. Voting, Lewis said, will begin to morrow morning and will be con cluded Tuesday night. No ballots will be counted until Tuesday night, and all locals will telegraph the re sults to San Francisco, which has been a general center for the strike which started May 9. Lewis and Harry Bridges, the mili tant leaders of the longshoremen's strike committee, were quoted as hav ing told longshore leaders at a meet ing here tonight that. In view of de velopments, including abandonment of the longshoremen's cause by the local teamsters' union, there was nothing for them to do except "sub mit to arbitration." Oakland teamsters have called a meeting for tomorrow to decide whether they will follow the example of the San Francisco teamsters and resume trucking of goods to and from the waterfront. The projected secret balloting w:ll be under supervision of the National Longshoremen's board, tt was an nounced by O. K. Cushlng. Ban Fran cisco attorney and a member of the board. Tonight's action by the longshore men resulted directly from agree ment by the waterfront employers here in a public statement, to arbi trate not only all Issues In the lonst so re men's strike, but also the hour, wage, and working condition demands brought forth by the other striking maritime unions the sailors, masters, mates, and pilots: marine engineers, and marine stewards. This met the objection of the long shoremen to the tentative agreement for strike settlement previously reach ed, that it failed to take Into con sideration the demands of the other unions. . Will End Strife Arbitration of the longshore strike Is expected to end Industrial warfare on the Pacific coast which thus far baa lasted ten and a half weeks and caused financial losses estimated at $200,000,000. eight deaths, and hun dreds of Injuries. The return of peace was signalized here today by orders for withdrawal of all but 1,727 national guardsmen who have been on duty here. Johnson to Fore ' Hugh S. Johnson. NRA administra tor and government spokesman in the fast moving negotiations which brought the long existing trouble to the threshold of peace, urged leaders of the longshoremen to settle the matter without waiting to take a membership referendum. Speaking for he sailors union of the Pacific, one of the striking unions, S. A. Silver, general chairman, said It "doubtless will be willing to submit sll points to arbitration." Leaders of the longshoremen, who previously had refused to consider arbitration of their main Issue unless the emp. overs would agree to arbitra tion also of matters Involving the maritime unions, were n on -commit, tal. Ralph Mallen. publicity chairman, simply said the question of arbitra tion would come before tonight's meeting. In submitting the position taken by the ship owners, Thomas O. Plant, of the waterfront employers associa tion, said the latter had done "every thing we can do and that they (the (Continued on Page Five.) SEATTLE, Wash, July 31. (AP Cargoes moved on Seattle docks to day unhampered by striking long shoremen, and the teamsters union agreed to go bark to work. The American Mull liner President Grant was loaded with cargo and passengers, the first ship for the ori ent that has been ready to leave since May 13 but the government held ' her here. Collector of Custom Saul Haas characterised her non-union I tent and too few to meet even the minimum standard of the govern ment for clearance. She moored In Elliott bay. Mid-West Drouth Loss Strikes Call Out As Many Men As Saw Valley Forge Xmas CHICAGO, July 31. (AP) An army aa big as the one General George Washington commanded, at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78, has been on duty tn the United States this week, protect ing property nd preserving the peace In Industrial strikes. General Washington led 1 1 ,000 men Into camp at Valley Forge. A dozen generals In hslf a dozen states commanded the army mobilized, this week. Both armies were comprised of "citizen soldiers." The National Guard, organized for a double purpose of preserv ing the peace within the several states and as a mobile force avail able for national defense have units In tbe field now In Cali fornia, Minnesota, Oregon, North Dakota and Indiana. Governor's Store Picketed And More Coming In Retaliation Osborne Caus tic, But Sees Chance For Arbitration. PORTLAND. Ore., July 21. (AP) As forcible open In r of the tense Portland port proceeded, six ' shots' were fired at a boatload or non-union workers tonight. None was hit, but two bullets lodged tn the boat. Police arrested three men tonight on charges of tampering with electric current In. an eleatur liere a ship started loading grain today. Ball of 1500 each was set. PORTLAND, Ore.. July 21. (AP) Reports of strike settlement progress at Sp.n Francisco brought hopes here tonight that Portland unions would again postpone a threatened general strike. The genera! strike war drums have vibrated at moderate pitch here since Governor Julius L. Meier called out national guardsmen Thursday night to stand by while the Portland port was reopened to commerce. Ben T. Osborne, executive secre tary of the Oregon State Federation of Labor, withheld definite comment until he received complete details of the latest San Francisco develop ments. However, he said If employers agreed to arbitration without reser vations, "it doubtlens would have considerable bearing on general strike plsns. That Is, unless the governor gets nutty before morning and starts ordering his little tin soldiers around." Previous talk of a general strike waa quieted when Portland unions promised Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York that no drastic action would be taken until he could make settlement efforts. A member of the longshoremen's advisory board here was asked If prospective peace might prevent a general strike. "They didn't wait to call out troops," he replied. Union representatives will meet here In the morning to receive final Instructions in conduct of a general strike and to decide whether one shall be called. Labor Chief Osborne evidenced some satisfaction with the latest de velopment st San Francisco. "It looks like Oeneral (Hugh S.) Johnson Is getting somewhere," Os borne said when Informed some of the troops were being withdrawn from the bay area. "General John son said the general strike should be called off and troops withdrawn so settlement plans could go ahead." Local headquarters of the Interna tional Longshoremen's association to day ordered that all picketing be "peaceful." Meehan added that 3000 sympa thizers were arriving In Portland to Join the picket lines. He said the reserve forces wrr loggers, paper mill workers and sawmill workers from western Oregon and southwest ern Washington. The economic front of the long shoremen's campaign waa manifest In the business district. Men and wom en with banners protesting the call for troops paraded around the large Meier At Frank department store, of which Oovernor Julius L. Meier Is president. "Bullets don't make business." and "Who called the troops? were on the banners. llll Hungry Itfmmnli WASHINGTON. July 31 JP PreO. dent Roosevelt has decided definitely not to reappoint Walter Newton, for mer secretary to former President Hoover. a a member of the home loan bank boaid. PLAN END OF PROLONGED STRIKE 8 Xtt,..Al&'jik MUjMM..,,iU:&im Senator Robert Wagner of New York (right), emissary of the White House and federal mediation board, conferring with Gov. Jullu. L. Meier of Oregon after hie arrival In Portland to lend hi. service, to settlement of the lengthy maritime controversy. (Associated Pres. Photo) DEMOCRATS ADMIT HOUSE LOSS, BUI GAIN IN SENATE Republicans Expect To Wipe Out Present Majority In Fall Election Montana Bourbon Senator Beaten " Both Confident. WASHINGTON, July 31. (Rec onciled to the loss of some house seats, democratic leaders nevertheless, are confidant the country will return an overwhelming new deal majority to the next congress In November's elections. Despite recent rejuvenation of the republican national organization, the democrats claim they will tncrea i their senate majority and they have reduced their estimates of the nous? scats they expect to lose. While some republicans agreed they would have a battle to hold thlr own in the senate, they said they were equally confidant they would win enough additional house seats to wipo out the democrats' existing two -third? majority in that branch. They said they expected to capture et least 53 seats. Those managing the democratic campaign today surveyed the situation from the country-wide reports. They aald democrats would seize at least four or six senate seats now held by republicans. Two months ago they said frankly the republicans would reduce tho democratic house membership by be tween 50 and 60. On the basis ol rotes polled in 15 primaries already held and forecasts In other atatca, they said today indications were that the most the republicans could hope to win was 30 to 35 seats. Reports received thus far by the democratic congressional senate cam paign committees show that only five democratic house incumbents and oni senator Erlckson of Montana have been definitely defeated for re-nomln-atlon. . A- Oregon: Fair Sunday and Monday; rising temperature ond falling hu midity; moderate west and northwest vliid offshore. BAN PRANGT8c6TJuly 31. ( AP) The forecast for tbe coming week for far western states is for fair weather with considerable counts 1 cloudiness snd temperatures about normal. ALASKA SOUADRON F.DMONTON, Alta , July 21. f AP) Ten United mates rmy bombing planes, en route to Alaska, arrived here today from Reglna at 4. 40 p. m. (M. S. T) They will remain here tonight and expect to start the 40 mile hop lo Prince George. B. C, tomorrow. FAIR WEATHER IS WEEK'S OUTLOOK FOG, DEADLY FOE OF I AND SEA Tl Chemicals Dissipate Menace In Short Time Tests Show Secret Solution Causes Fog To Condense In Few Seconds CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 31. (AP) Fog, the deadliest menace to the aviator and the mariner, has been i successfully overcome. I Chemical dissipation of fog over' limited areas was teafad for the first time last Friday by the Massachu setts Institute of Technology's Round Hill research station at South Dart mouth, it became known today. Three minutes after nozzles fitted Into a 100-foot long pipe began pour ing a secret liquid chemical Into a rolling fog which had enveloped the airport on the Round Hill estate of Col. K. H. R. Green, where the tech nology station Is located, buildings 2000 feet away stood clearly revealed against a background of turbulent walls of white vapor. The experiments were directed by Henry G. Houghton, Jr., a member of the Institute's research staff, who has spent years studying the chsrac terlstlcs of fog and In developing a plan to combat tt. The chemical employed possesses the ability to collect or condense water vapor in the air, causing It to be precipitated to the ground like raindrops fall. t Friday's experiment was made after several days of snxtous waiting for a fog. The pipe had been suspended horizontally 80 feet above the ground and the centrifugal pumps were In readiness to drive the mixture from the pipe. Night was at hand when a fog bank, driven by a southwest erly wind, drifted in from Buzzards Bay. As soon as It had developed the nozzles began to spray the atmos phere with the chemical and within a few seconds the fog drifting through the falling chemical cur tain turned to a precipitation. With almost dramatic suddenness a rath of visibility approximately 100 feet wide and 30 feet high began to open In a northwesterly direction as If a huge Invisible plow were mov ing through the enshrouding vapors. FLEE IN UNDIES PHILADELPHIA, July 31 (AP) Five convicts made a dramatic es cape from the eastern state peniten tiary today by traveling four city niorks through a sewer svatem. With in two hours three of the mn were captured and two of them were sent to a hospital with injuries received In their dash. A policeman and atartled street crowds saw the men, one nude and he others Mart only in underwesr, emerge from a manhole snd run to ward nearby railroad tracks. The policeman gave the alarm that reunited tn the apprehension ot the three several miles away. (funkm Kecordrd WASHINGTON, July 81. (API Two earthquakes, described as very violent, were recorded here todsy on Ihe fwlsmograph at Georgetown university. Soars; Heat Kills Scores TO Convicted Governor Uses Old Political Trick Before Solons Blames Sen. Nye For 'Persecution' A Brave Front. BISMARCK, N. D.. July 31. (AP) Carrying his fight for the gover norship from which he was ousted to the legislature, William Langer to day told the law makers "I am still your governor" and appealed to them to impeach blm If the "charges against me are found proper and Just." Playing what observers believed was his final card In the contest revolving about his ejection from the governor's chair by the state supreme court. Langer told the house of representatives, Jhe majority of whose members are friendly to his cause, that his conviction by a fed eral court on charges of defrauding the United States government and his remove by the high state court for that conviction were "political persecution." The house, obedient to the sum mons for a special aasslon Langer Issued shortly before his ouster, rose and cheered him as he appeared be fore It. Earlier with 73 of the 113 members present the house had adopted a resolution to begin lnv peaebment proceedings tn defiance of acting governor Ole R. Olson's cancellation of Langer's special ses sion proclamation. Its purpose would be to allow Langer to present his case again in public. 1 want this legislative assembly, Langer told house members, Mto In vestigate how the federal government and officials have persecuted me with the advice and aid of Senator Gerald P. Nye (United State sen ator from North Dakota) to the end that they might destroy not only me but our non-partisan organize tlon In the atate. (The non-partisan league Is a faction of the Republican party In North Dakota). "The supreme court has disquali fied me but I am still your' gover nor. "If I have been guilty cf any cor rupt conduct. If the verdict of guilty returned by the federal court Jury and the sentence (18 months In a federal penitentiary and 910,000 fine) given me Is proper and Just, I want thla legislative assembly to Impesch snd remove me from office. X wsnt no uncertalntly about this matter." Senator Nye haa been aligned with those opposed to Langer and la ft supporter of Olson. BABY STAR SIGNS FOR $1250 WEEK HOLLTWOOD. Calif., July 31, (AP) Baby stars like Shirley Tem ple. B years old, who has Just been given a contract at a reputed salary of f.1260 a week, must make hay while the sun shines. Few child stars have continued lb demand as they grew up. Even Jackie Coogan, now 10, moat famous of child actors has not yet made his comeback. He has been go ing to college. Mi trie Green, a child Just yester day, has been assigned her first grown-up role In Trsns-Atlantlc MeTry-Oo-Round," but she will not be starred. Baby Marie Osborne, celebrated In the old Universal days, is a "aland In" for Ginger Rogers. Canal Quake Kills PANAMA, PJuly 31. (AP) A num ber of persona were reported killed this morning by a second series of earthquakes which caused the na tional wharf at Puerto Armuellee to collapse. BASEBALL Night name SACRAMENTO. July J I. IT) Man. uel Salvo k.pt the Missions prettv wll in check tonight and thereby pitched Sacramento to a 4 to 1 vic tory over the Streets i. It gave the nolens two wins against three de feats for the aeries with a double header due tomorrow. Earl MrNeely was banished from the game in the first Inning when he protested a foul bsll run ruling by Umpire Bill Oilthrie. R. H C Missions 1 T J garramento 4 0 1 Dlia and fttapatrlck; Salvo and I Wins. Ouster Ordered mWx f-A; Ths North Dakota supremo court ordered Lieut. Qov. Ole H. Olson to succeed William Langer (above) aa the state'e governor after Langer had defied a previous ouatsr order by attempting to place the entire atate under martial law. (Associat ed Press Photnl E CULVER, Ind., July 31. (IT) A "tip" that John Dllllnger, Indiana's notorious outlaw, might appear at a Lakeside cottage near here, put atate and local authorities on their guard today but nothing came of It. A posse was organized here under the direction of Colonel Robert Ros so w, commandant of cadets at Culver Military academy, when It was report ed the Culver Exchange bank might be robbed and they, along with a member of the state police force, kept a close watch throughout the day. As a result of the activity around here a report even was sent to Chi cago that Dllllnger had been sur rounded by the state policeman Art Keller notified Al O. Peeney, state director of public safety, tonight tha1 "there la absolutely nothing to It." WILL AND FAMILY I MONTEREY, Cal, July 31, (AP) Wll! Rogers embarked on the liner Lurllne in Los Angeles harbor today for a trip around the world, but he motored here tonight. The comedian Intended to sail for Hawaii from Los Angelea but learned that because of the improvement In strike conditions In San Francisco the Lurllne would go there before starting for Hawaii, so he went to visit his son, Will, Jr., who Is In a R. O. T. O. encampmnt. He will Join the ship at the bay city to morrow noon. With him weie Mrs. Rogers and their son. James. Wilt. Jr.. will Join the family later In Hawaii. The trip around the world will take only two months. HOP PICKING PAY GRANTS PASS, Ore., July 31. (AP) No agreement had been reached here today between growers and pirhfrs over wages for hop picking- Josephine county growers offered a cent and a quarter. At a meeting called by the Cannery and Agricul tural Workers' Union here last night pickers demanded two cents a pound. Q rowers declared pickers would either accept the cent and a quarter or be replaced by transient help. At that rate pickers could make from 13 to 13 a day, employers said. Chicago I p to Date CHTCAOQ. July 31. (AP Tonight. Chicago's first sidewalk cafe, with brightly colored umbrellas and ston ing musicians, opened on Michigan boutevard to let those who wish take their apertlfs al fresco the way they do In Paris Sidewalk cafes were le galised this week. ft v Ji I I I it ADDS TO WOE OF IERING BLAST Worst Drouth In History Causes Crop Loss Of Hundreds Of Millions Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma Hit. (Copyright. 1934 by the Associated Press) KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Julj 11. (IP) Suffering acutely from the wo-ss draught In its history, the mldvst and southwest tonight counted 'fa crop loss In the hundreda of millions of dollsrs. Official and semi-official sources, reporting the widespread damage, said each additional day of the withering heat would add thousands of dollaia to the tremendoua toll aldeady exact ed and the weather forecast said he blaring, rainless spell would continue Indefinitely. A shortage of water In aoms sections added to the aufferlng. 6prlsss and wella dried up. Rivers and streams were low. The situation In western ir rigation districts waa acute. Barren pasture land, and lack of water, caused distress among live stock. Thousanda of head were sold to the government for processing. Forced selling, because of the water shortage and burned meadowa, brought a heavy Influx of livestock that threatened demoralisation of toe Kansas City livestock market. Nearly M.000 head were received thla week, and a larger number waa expected next week. . A B-atate drought conference was called by the federal department of agriculture, to meet In Kanaaa City Monday, to disc use tbe Increasingly serious eltuatlon. Representatives from Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma aud Arkansas will attend. In Nebraska alone, the crop damage waa estimated offlolally at S150.000, 000. In Missouri, the corn crop lost some 100,000,000 bushels in July, snd con tinued to drop with each additional day of drought. The oat yield iu estimated at only ten per cent of the norma crop, the lowest yield In the state's history. Pastures were only IS to ao per cent of normal and de creasing rapidly. Corn rapidly ap proached the condition of no yield at all, and even a bumper corn crop would leave the atate abort of feej to carry cattle through the winter De- cause of loss of bay and forage crops. Thirty per cent of the fermere over the state were hauling water. PUteia per cent had trouble getting any wat er at alt. In some places, livestock hsd to be driven 10 miles to water. (Continued on Page Five.) COLORADO CITY COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 91. (API A brisk snowfall helped cool Colorado Springs thla afternoon. For several minutes anow fell heav ily In the business section. Xt fol lowed a drenching rain, the first elnce July 4. WILL ROGER? P.ioys: for) SANTA MONICA, Cal., July 20. In 1926 I was in England during their world-fnmnun gen eral strike and, brother, it was general. Not a paper printed, not train, net a bun. Not a wheel turned. "Well, I never got through telling of the composure) of those level-headed people. 'Well, I went to San Francisco and I tell you we are not so "nutty" under stress aa you might think. It was as quiet as the Hritish. The only thing went haywire wns tha headlines in the out-of-Frisco papers. I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers mnke it. There is lots of sense in this country yet. SltU MtlMjLllri(lMk tea.
