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Medford Mail Trbune WINNER Pulitzer Award Highest yesterday Lof!t this morning la FOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY. JULY 23, 1931. No. 104. MI JU Mrs. Fehl and Pamphlet Aides Plead Guilty; Defer Sentence The Weather forecast: Fair tonight and Tue. (jay. Not much chant ta temperature. IT msam (Paul Mallon, whose signature usually appears over this 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.) WASHINGTON, D. C, July 33. Reports from Berlin, regarding the feelings of the German government when It received Secretary of State Hull's aide memolre about preferen tial treatment of creditors by Ger many and her attempt to bargain over payment to Americana, Bald that the communication was something of a shock. It was so disagreeable that It was not permitted to be published In Germany. But. It the paper as delivered, caused the German offici os so much pain, those on the inside Jn the state department are wonder ing what kind of colic would have seized them If It had been sent in she form In which It was first draft ed. According to credible Information, Secretary Hull himself was very much In favor of using much stronger lan guage and even wished to depart somewhat from the point at issue to raflect on policies of the nasi regime In general. In this, of course, he ran up against diplomacy of the tradi tional sort, which Influences perma nent officials trained on convention al lines. These advised against put ting the case In such blunt terms as the secretary desired, and, after much discussion, they finally won out. "" The secretary may have a chance later to use vigorous language, since the Germans ara now negotiating with France as to Dawes and Young loan payments with the possibility of results like those In the case of Great Britain, which caused the United eta tea to protest In the flrat place. Thla would also be disadvantageous to American bondholders and be am ple ground for further representa tions. Nevertheless, nearly everyone In the department concerned with the mat ter sees little good In calling names without having any stones to throw, which seems to be the situation of the United States. Germany buys about 863.000.000 more from us an nually than she sells to us. hence, the weapon which Great Britain wielded la not available to us. It Is conceded that, because of the vital necessity to her of the commodities Germany buvs from in, this country, by shutting them off, might wreck Germany economically, but Oermany 1 could Immediately cut off all buying V from us and Inflict a 62,000.000 In ' Jury. However, even If the 8S3.000, 000 balance was unimportant, It Is contended that to ditch Germany solely as a punishment doesn't make economic sense. It looks, therefore, as If the German government had the whip hand. Dr. Herbert Fels. chief economic adviser of the state department, Is off to Europe for a stay of five weeks. The object of his trip, as officially described. Is to exchange economic information with American diploma tic missions abroad. But It Is known that the real purpose of his visit Is to Instruct the missions regarding the kind of economic reports wanted out of the various countries. At the same time, Dr. Fels will col lect Information of so confidential a nature that the department does not wish to trust It to he ordinary means of dlplomalc transfer. Dr. Fels will go flrat to London, and visit the Netherlands first of the countries on the continent. Richard Washburn Child has Juit left the service after a very brief mission of a similar sort, i tnd It is not unlikely thst a part of s Dr. Pels' errsnd la to clesn up on what Mr. Child left undone. With sn NRA code, like an auto mobile. It la not the first cost but the upkeep that counts, as a certain code authority not long ago found out. Up to that time, the authority In thla Industry had accumulated a cash surplus of ,80.000. Then It was de cided It would be a bright Idea to add to It coda a provision requiring the authority to pasa en all transactions Involving returned goods. A few montha of carrying out the experiment exactly wiped out the 80.000 surplus. Having discovered the high cost of regulation and su pervision, the authority tp believes that the returned Roods problem had better x left to cure Itself. Although cabinet officers and head of some of the loner established Rfnciea sre fast knocking off work to leave on holidays, the members of new commissions and administrations set up by the last congress are hav ing their busiest time. Officers of . t-e co n-nittee to reculste Mock ex Vr'nsnzci and of tl'e .nu'ir.j admlnta (Coatmued on Fag Fou-J. Hunt Spurred For Gangmen Of Ace Bandit CHICAGO, July 23. (AP) John DIUlnger lay on a cold slab in the Cook county morgue today. He was slain by three bulleta fired by unnamed federal operative tut night after they had been tipped off by a woman. Two women were held incommunicado as having been Dlllln ger'a companions at the show. Mclvin H. Purvis, chief of the Chi cago staff of the federal department of Investigation, who arranged the ambush that resulted In the phan tom fugitive's death as he left a motion picture house on the north west side, announced that a wide search for Homer Van Meter, gunner-in-chief for the DIUlnger mob, Georpe (Bobyface) Nelson, John Hamilton, Alvln Karpls, Fred Barker and other raiders was only Intensified. "Bring them in," was his terse or der to his forces. Captain John Stege, head of the Chicago police department's DIUln ger detail, echoed the command to his charges. The pace of the hunt tor the gangsters, never relaxed during long montha ot futile effort, was stepped up to a new high speed and placed on a "dead or alive" basis. "Anyone who ever gave any of the DIUlnger men any aid. comfort or as sistance will be vigorously prosecut ed." J. Edgar Hoover, head of the department of Justice investigations branch, declared at Washington. By WILLIAM CONWAY. (Copyright, 1934, by The Associated Press.) CHICAGO, July 23. (AP) DlUin ger's dead I He swaggered from a neighborhood theater last night Into the raking fire of government guns. Too late he saw the gleaming steel of the trap set for him. His hand went for his gun. Too late. Three bullets tore Into his body one In the neck, two In the body. He staggered, fell. It was the end of John DIUlnger. The hour was 10:40 p. in., Chicago daylight saving time. The place waa Just outside the Blograph theatre, a neighborhood movie at Pullerton and Lincoln avenues, on the northwest side. In territory where the blood df many a Chicago gangster has flowed before. Sensational Climax. Had the climax of this bank rob-ber-desperado-klller's career been prearranged it could have been no more sensational. There was even an audience, loitering about the- vi cinity of the theater, drawn by the presence of many department of (Continued from Page Eight) PORTLAND, Ore.. July 23. CAP) A substantial increase in traffic by both Oregon and out -state cars oc curred In July as compared to June. despite the strike and gasoline short ages, according to Itzurea releasee here Sunday by Ray Conway of the Oregon State Motor association. The figures were gathered at 27 traffic stations by the Oregon state highway department in Its monthly check. The total for June and July was aiao considerably higher than for the same period In 1033. In the two months this year. 45,005 automobiles passed the checking sta tions, as compared to 42.801 for the same period in 1933. July of 1934 showed an Increase of 10.6 per cent over June, while July of 1033 showed only a 0.4 gain over June of that year. Foreign cars In this month's check showed a 21.1 per cent Increase over June this year. NELSON REPEATS CRICAOO, July 38. (AP) Marvin Nelson of Port Dodge. la., and Toron to, waa I .W00 wealthier today and had a 1.000 average in the William Randolph Heamt-Herald and Exam iner 15-mlle swim. The 33-year old husky won hl second straight victory In the long haul through Lake Michigan and World ralr Lagoon waters yesterday, finishing nearly 1J minutes ahead of Prank Prlfchard of Buffalo. N. Y., who got 81500 for landing second. An Italian. Olannl Oambl. waa third, winning 8700 and Cy Nelson of Chi cago, fourth, fif the 8500 prlre. Kelson's time was 7 hours. 54 rnln- .it's, five seconir. more than a hlf ,iur Mower than hia record set last teat. GRIME IS DEALT BY CHICAGO, July 23. (AP) A vigorous drive to exterminate all the hoodlum henchmen of John DIUlnger was launched by the government today as Chicago po lice and federal agents Issued conflicting statements on whether the public arch-enemy was lured to his death by a woman In a red dress. WASHINGTON, July 23. (AP) The government today hailed John DlUlnger'a end aa one of the most smashing blows ever delivered at crime In the United States. It vowed that the manhunt would never ceas until it punishes all members of the DIUlnger mob and "anyone whl ever gave them any aid, comfort or assistance." Attorney General Cummlngs, told of the killing of the desperado, said: "The news la exceedingly gratifying as well as reassuring." It appeared likely that no one would receive the $10,009 reward that tfte federal government, striving to wipe out organized crime, had offered for Dtlllnger'a capture. Department of Justice agents, who predominated In the law force that waited outside a Chicago movie the atre and shot the desperado1 down as he emerged, are not permitted to ac cept rewards. The government, however, offered $5000 for Information leading to the apprehension of DIUlnger. (Continued on Page Two) 'SHOOT IT OUT' IF HTJNTSVILLE, Texas. July 33. IIP Squads of heavily armed officers hunted through Texas today, ready to snoot it out with three condemned murderers who battled their way out of the atste penitentiary here yes terday. The fugitives Raymond Hamilton and Joe Palmer, former pels of the late Clyde Barrow, and "Blackle' Thompson. Oklahoma killer were be lleved to ha escaped towards haunts In north Texas by automobiles. In the gunflght with guard, during wiucn tney scaled the prison wall and won freedom, three Ufa term com- planlons were ahot down. Whltey Walker, involved with Thompson In several crimes, waa shot and killed Charlie Prasler. leader of a bloody Louisiana prison bresk, was wounded seriously, avd Hoy Johnson. Oklahoma bandit, was wounded slightly. Officers at Houston were Informed that a car believed to contain the fleeing desperadoes was seen there yesterday. - H. M. Dry told authorities the ma chine collided with his car. Dry said he didn't know of the prison break then but when he saw pictures In a newspsper today, he recognized tha driver of the car as Blackle Thompson and the man In the front iteat with Thompson Joe Palmer. TABLE ROCK SLOPES SCORCHED BY FIRE Starting on the west side of uppr Table Rock yesterdsy. from the back fir, of a tractor, a fire which buried over 150 acres on the slightly woodd slopes of the rock, was put under control today by the state fire patrol The blsre spread rapidly during its height, fanned by a strong wind which ept It from the uartlnx po.nt s'ong the south s:de of the hill, anl up to U rout CM at ti (. COAST DOCKERS VOTING ON ARBITRATION Trapped on Woman's Tipl SCATTERED RAINS iwiiiwiyiwiw I jpuTrii M A kin nr prr 7tSh ;!,rt Llbii I Ln tIAIvU ur A'KP i . " nnnuniiT m tapt JOHN D1LLINGER . . Trnpped while attending si motion picture theater In Chicago last eve-" nlng, John UllllliRcr, notorious outlaw, sought for months throughout the country, was shot and killed by federal officers. The acs bandit hail two weaknesses women and a desire for the spectacular In crime. Offi cers sey It was on a woman'! tip they were enabled to spring the Chicago coup. FATHER TO CLAIM BODY OF SLAIN GANG LEADER MOORESVILLE. Ind., July 33 (AP) John DIUlnger, Sr., 70, left to day for Chicago to claim the body of his slain son. Before departing the father made tentative arrangements for holding funeral services Wednes day at the Maywood home of Mrs. Audrey Hancock, John's sister, who cared for him msny years after his mother's death. The Reverend Charles M. Fillmore,' a retired minister of the Disciples of Christ church, was requested to con duct the funeral. The father planned to bury his son's body in Crown Hill cemetery In Indianapolis by the side of the mother who died when DIUlnger was a child. The father believes that his son died the way he wanted to die. "I suspect John would rather It had been that way," he said. "He never told me so, but they laid so many things on htm that I guess he rather would have been shot down than arrested again. "The last time I saw Johnnie was on April B. X haven't heard from him for weeks, but I have been worrying about him a good desi lately. X thought this had to come and I hsve been expecting it any time. "You know, I can't think John was bad all the way through. There were lots of things they said he did thst , I don't think he could have done. "John was here and I talked to him two days after that East Chi cago robbery. He came here In the night and we talked for about twenty minutes or a half hour. John said he had Just got back from Florida then, and I believed him. It's strange Isn't it, tut I can't believe that he waa In that robbery and you know the killing of that policeman was the only charge of murder anyone ever made against John. "I hope that John had enough money on htm to pay his funeral ex penaes and that It can be used for thst purpose. If he didn't It will be an awful burden, but I'll do the best I can for him." AKT KILLED IN OREGON CITT, Ore. July M. (API Henry Kdwsrd Travis. KO. of Portland, was fatally Injured Sunday when an automobile h. waa driving collided with a truck half a mile north of Canby, near hie on the Pacific highway. Travis died shortly after being brought to an Oregon City hoa. pltal. A passenger. Jacob Haurk, Ore. e-Ml City, was uninjured, a. was the tnick driver, Oltn E Kitchen, Wapato, 'SHU. n . v . ii. rMii mwi to- John nililnger, Sr.. who Is en route to Chicago to cislm the body of his son, notorious bandit, slain lat night by officers. L VANCOtJVIta, Wash., July 23 fAP) Art Bcovllle, 33, who said he waa a racing car driver from Everett, waa fined 1100. sentenced to 30 days in Jail and had hia license suspended for one year when he pleaded guilty in police court today to a charge of drunken driving. Police Judge Bhaw was told by ar resting officers that they chased the driver for 20 blocks before overtaking him, and tlwt he narrowly jnlsacd LaljkiI tour au,lomoblJea, x- v -'.-.v v j i v w w w PECOfl. Tex., July 2S. (T) Heavy rains broke the drouth yesterday and last night In parts of Reeves, Pecos, reff Davis. Ward, Brewster and Cu- berson counties. (By the Associated Press.) While the heat wave gripping the country brought the toll of the dead to higher levels today, the north eastern states were given a welcome respite. The temperature In New York City was only 75 at noon, compared to 63 at the same time yesterdsy. Penn sylvania and the New England states reported generally more moderate temperatures. The death list now stands at ap proximately 376, with the heaviest casual t tea being reported from the center of the Mississippi valley. AU sections have paid tribute to the aun the cities with lives and the coun try with livestock, ravaged crops and falling water supplies. A survey of drouth damage from the Mississippi to the Rocky Moun tains showed thousands of cattls lost, thousands more given up at forced sales, and crop losses placed at hun dreda of millions of dollars. Millions of persons, who found re lief at the lakes and seashores ovsr the week-end. came back today to baked pavements and steaming lde walks, ' ' In the heart of the nation,' hardest (Conrtnued on Page Two) BYRD S TRAIL LOST TO IN POLAR STORMS LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica, July 33. P) Grave concern for tha ssfety of Resr-Admlral Richard E. Byrd was felt today. The trail leading to his lonely weather observation outpoat waa lost. A tractor party which set out Fri day to bring him back to the main base reported It could not pick up the trail. The group was 60 miles out on the 133-ml!e run. Orange flags with which the trail had been marked could not be found psst thst point, the relief party reported yesterday Byrd followed the trail four montha ago to take up his lonely sentinel duty. Dr. Thomas o. Poulter, In charge of the group, said It bad battled In bit ter weather to reach the 50-mlle atatlon. Temperatures ranged from 50 degrees below rero to 71 degrees below. The expedition traveled 130 nau tical miles to attain the AO nautical miles, Dr. Poulter reported, alg-reg- glng back and forth over the Ice bar rlers. A nest of deep crevasses lies ahead Members ot the group had been sleep less since 3:30 a. m. Friday. The flaga were completely snowed under In places and elsewhere were barely visible. A scouting crew on skis waa en dcavorlng to pick up the trail, aided by a searchlight from tha tractor. In the group. In addition to Dr Poulter, are Barnard Skinner, Amory Walte, radio operator, and Oarl Peter- (Contlnued on Page Eight) orwportT tnm.. JulT 34. f API The yacht Endeavour, challenger ir the Americas cup, aaiiea toeey iot tha United States aa thousands of pectatora cheered from waysides and sirens of veaaei, lying in tne naroor acreeched. Convovati bv tha motorboat. Vita the Endeavour moved majestically through waters ailvs witn nunarena of yachte which had come to see Britain's hope off. PENDLETON, July 34. (AP) Be cause of w.ter scarcity In Butter creek district Umatilla county ranc rl ers are seeking itate'a and federal aid for drilling two or three deep wells. Hhallow wells are now drying up and ranchers fesr thst unless something la done very soon, livestock will suf fer heavily. PICKETS FAIL IN EFFORT TO HALT PORTLAND, Ore., July 93. (AP) A long line of men, most of them wearing happy, good-natured grins, filed past a ballot box In the labor temple here today to determine whether Portland longshoremen want to arbitrate their differences with employers. BAN FRANCISCO, July 33. (AP) Sabotage broke out here today n the street car men's strike as Pacific coast longshoremen began balloting on whether to submit all controver sial issues to arbitration. A protest against the presence of National Ouardsmen at the head quarters of the International Long shoremen's association, whose strike May 9 gradually led to the general walkout, waa voiced to President Roosevelt's labor disputes board. Longshoremen's officials said the soldiers hurried to the voting place when some 3000 stevedores appeared to cast their ballots. PORTLAND, Ore., July 23. (AP) In the hands ot the longahoremen who called the atrike, today reated the fate of a universal peace proposal that would end tha 78 days ot com mercial paralysis reaultlng from the walkout of maritime workers May 9. Employers have agreed, to arbitrate all phases of the dispute. Today longshoremen voted whether to sub mit their entire case to arbitration at tha hands of the president's media tion board. Between noon and 6 p. m. Port land longahoremen were to cast their ballots. K. P. Marsh, department of labor conciliator, brought 3800 bal lots with him by plana from San Francisco thla morning. He planned to send a man from hia office by automobile to all points along the Columbia river on both shores where longshoremen' are on atrlkt, and to submit the vote to them. In those towns the election will be held by the longshoremen. In Portland Marsh, personally, supervised the voting. All ballots will be sent to San Fran. Cisco aa soon . aa the laat vote la continued on Page Thre.1) ' BASEBALL National Chicago ....-...... 13 Brooklyn ......-....-., 3 10 3 Malone, Tinning and Hartnett; Munns, Leonard, Carroll and Lopez, Sukeforth, Plttaburgh 2 10 3 Philadelphia ......... 8 114 Swift. Chagnon and Padden; E. Moore and Todd. Cincinnati 4 6 0 Boston .......... 3 B 0 Derringer and O'Farrell; Brown, Be Us and Spohrer. St. Louts . a is s to New York . J. Dean and Delancy; Schumacher, salveaon. Bell, Smith and Mancuso. American Waahlngton .....,...ll IS 1 Chicago ., A 10 Whltehlll and Sewell: Gaston, Heving and Madjeakl, f EUGENE, July 33. (AP) "Let's hava a real American congress next time, one that will recognlee and sup port legislation for tne real Amerl can peopie," aald William H. Arm strong, national commander ot the Spanish-American war veterans. In hia key-note address to thr combined veterans and auxiliaries thla morning at the Elka temple. It waa the start of a three-day convention In Eugene and more than 100 delegates were present. Commander Armatrong waa out spoken In his praise ot Senator Fred. erlrk Stelwer of Oregon, telling of his leadership In the fight to restore pensions shorn away by the new deal administration In 1038. The commander commended the loyalty of Oregon! ana in the fight to have the pensions restored. "Of course a Spanish-American war veteran U the same wherever you find him. but Oregon as a state, haa been especially warm to the cause of the vsterana' need,'' ha said. ATTEMPT TO FAN T District Attorney Agrees to Suspend Sentence for Trio Accused of Criminal Libel in Primary Campaign Electa A. Fehl, wife of the peniten tiary detained E. H. Fehl, May Mur ray, and E. L. Fitch, Indicted by the last grand Jury, Floyd Ross, Central Point, foreman, for criminal libel, thla morning entered pleas of guilty before Circuit Judge Harry D. Norton. Passing of sentence was deferred until September 4. The three defendants were sched uled to appear for Jury trial tomor row morning. Through Attorney a. E. Kelly, named aa counsel by the court, they changed their pleas. The court Instructed that "Inas much aa he has already served about the period of time I would give, Fitch be temporarily released from cus tody." Fitch UK to Rot "I have more sympathy for him than the others,' the court com mented. "After Inducing him to dis tribute the circulars they left him to rot in Jail while they provided bonds for themselves. They msde sure ot that." Pitch has served two months and a half In the county Jail. The court said a recurrence of the criminal mischief making during tha period oi advisement, would mesa the limit provided by law would be Imposed." The court said the same conditions- would be Imposed In the case tne plea of Attorney Kelly for suspended sentences waa a ranted. - ine trio were Indicted for circula tion of a pamphlet entitled, "Black Political Plot Exposed," which chars- ed that "a master mind In the dis (Continued on Page Bight) PEAR PACKING IS Packing houses in the valley opened today with full crewa, and reported there was plenty of local help avail able at all of the houses. The Bear Creek orchards are to start operattona tomorrow with about 180 workers In the packing house. Tha three Pin nacle houses opened today with about 400 employes, and Southern Oregon Sales, Ino. started this morning with 00 workers. Managers of the various companies refused to state what wages are being paid, ssylng "the wages are good, ws are treating our employes right, and they are aatlafted " TALL STORIES OF NAVY His experiences In tha navy, will be the aubject of the talk to be given this evening by Chief Machinist', Mate A. P. Walker, local recruiting officer for the United States navy, who will appear before the local American Legion post at Its meeting In the armory. All Leglonnalrea hava been request ed to attend. vtVlLL 3 ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Cal., July 21. One of the funniest angles to tbe utrilfc in San Francisco. Bartenders had been out of work for 14 years, just been hack in for six months, then called out again. I was working yesterday and missed all the lunches they give my friend Jim Farley. Everybody in the state but Baby Leroy is run ning for governor, so Jim in dorsed Leroy. He arrived at 4 o'clock in the morning, an un earthly hour. But in spite of that there was over 200 men there, everyone a postmaster. It's a mighty poor towu that Jim hasn't got one staunch friend in. .. U.ti.M.Vl SV.J..I. f
