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FOR 1934
Twenty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY. JULY 23, 1931.
No. 104.
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Mrs. Fehl and Pamphlet Aides Plead Guilty; Defer Sentence
The Weather
forecast: Fair tonight and Tue.
(jay. Not much chant ta temperature.
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(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
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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.
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'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
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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.
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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,
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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
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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-
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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)
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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,
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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
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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.
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