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Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Ytar MEDFOUD, OREGON, TUP:SDAY, JULY 24, 1934. No. 103. mi The Weather ! Forecast: Fair and slightly cooler tonight and Wednesday. Temperature: Weliest yesterday .,-, - ,.,, -r ,,., fll Lowest tht morn 1 dp ... . 5 7 mi? m ta 3 (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 contribution from leading Washington corre spondents.) (Copyright, 1B34, by Paul Mallon.) WASHINGTON, D. C, July 24. When the postofflce department an nounced that, as the result of the last fiscal year's business, It was about 5,000,000 to the good, Instead of being, as usual, many millions out of rxket, everyone thought there must be some catch in It. But there Is no trick concealed In It at all. ac cording to officials. Its the conse quence, they say. of no legerdemain of bookkeeping, but of simple, econom cal business administration. Big sav ings were made on the air mall con tracts and on several other Items, yet it was the adding together of many smaller economies which enabled the riutoman deficit to be overcome. As an example of these, the cost of carrying the mall to and from rall- i-ad stations to postofflces Is clteo. There were 21.000 contracts for this service, which should be let by ma ding. It was found, however, that lhl regulation had not been followed In the Immediate past end 12,000 of the contracts had been allowed to run on, being renewed from time to time, without being submitted for eomrjBtltlvs blddlnK. These were an put up for bids, and a saving of around $2,000,000 was effected In this small part of the system alone. Before boasting too much about wiping out the deficit, however, the department might turn its attention to speeding up the delivery of mall. When a letter, even one carrying a special delivery stamp, which leaves Washington around midnight Is not delivered to Its New York address earlier than noon the next day, the postal service Is not so hot , In relation to the San Pranclsco strike, tha alienee of Jim Farley fur nished a striking contrast to the vo ciferousness of General Hugh 3. John son, and, in the opinion of "observers In the capital, was Immensely more iseful in bringing reasonableness Into the situation. Jim did not have to say anything in his official capacity, he simply stood for certain things and served as a mnemonic obelisk to the ship owners. They could not look at his towering form and. placid face without being reminded of a lot of things. The first aid to memory was that he was postmaster-general. Then, they didn't have to think very far back without recalling that he had been instructed by the president to make an investigation of ocean mail contracts and determine whether they were not out of line with fair com pensation. While on that line of thought, they had no difficulty In recollecting that two mail contracts out of San Fran cisco bring In 648,000 a voyage, or 1,248.000 a year on each contract. It was not forgotten, either, that one route was extended so that It gave $1,684,000 of government money to the lines In one year, Instead of 1.243.000. It popped Into their heads also, doubtless, that the route out of Seattle to Manila pays 910 a mile and adds 81,000 a voyage to the revenues of shipping lines which were making handsome profits even before the mall contracts were given them. It is considered here that mulling over facta of this kind may have had much to do with the change of front by the ship owners In agreeing to sub mit all the causes of dispute with the strikers to arbitration. If they did not think about them, with Post master General Farley standing right there. It must be supposed they don't believe in signs. Various stories put out last week from Tokio, Oeneva and London about the naval conference and the attitude of Japan, Oreat Britain and the United States with reference to the Pacific were regarded here ar. tf forts to draw this country out and get It- to make commitments favorable to th other nations. Among the stortcs was one that Prime Minister MacDonald, ho la on hw way to Canada for a holiday, hoped to have an opportunity to talk with President Roosevelt about the Parlflc naval puliation. It does not Kfm likely that such, a desire on the part of the British prime minister will receive, strong encouragement from the White House. During his ast visit here, with the British delegation to discuss the sub jects to be considered at the world economic conference, Mr. MacDonald assured the president that the war debt question would not be brought up at the sessions cf the conference. Nevert heles, when the conference met Mr. MacDonald Wmseif was the firt to hrnch the defct issue, saying 1t wculd have to conrldrred in any nrrcrsm of world revovery. Thla about-tace did not make a hit with pres. dent Roosevelt, and it is probable he does not particularly crave hear tng more of Mr. MscDonald'p palaver Finding niri to vrve on the arm (.CuaUauea oa Paa Sli ARREST 1200 IN PLOT TO SNATCH Socialists, Communists and Nazis Declared Banded for Campaign of Terror Aimed at Government By WADE WERNER (Associated Press roreign Staff.) VIENNA, July 24.--yp)--Twelve nun drcd Socialists were arrested today In connection with an Alleged plot to overthrow the Dollfusa governmen It was the biggest roundup of polit ical prisoners since the bloody Febru ary civil war. Political police were picking up threads of evidence which they said Indicated Socialists, Communists and Nazis had verged Into a common front for a huge campaign of terror against the Fascist government. Prisoners were herded Into a former coach building plant. Police were uncommunicative, but a government spokesman explained most of the arrests were merely "pre ventive," pending a search of sus pects' homes for explosives and in criminating documents. Those whose connection with a plot cannot be established "will be re. leased within a few days," he said. Y FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 24. (AP) Completing a training flight of almost 4000 miles across the Unit ed States and Canada from Washing ton, D. C, 10 bombers of the United States army air corps awooped down on Weeks Held here at 12:16 P. 3. T. The planes left Washington July 19. Commanded by Lieut. Col. Henry H. Arnold, commanding officer .it March Field, Riverside, Calif., the ex pedition made stops at Dayton, Ohio, Minneapolis, Minn., Winnipeg, Man., Edmonton, Alta., Prince George, B. C, and Whltehorse, Y. T. Perfect coordination between the alrcorps and the army signal corps was demonstrated. MINNEAPOLIS, July 24. (UP)-1 Trucks again rumbled through Mln ncapolls streets today. Striking pick ets muttered their resentment, but offered no resistance. Strikers were restrained for two reasons. Police squads armed with shotguns accompanied the trucks as they carried "necessities" around the city. Governor Floyd B. Olson, farmer-labor executive, promised to placs the entire city under martial law If violence was renewed. PORTLAND, July 24. P) With B bid of $67,723, the Commercial Iron Works of Portland was low when pro posals were opened here yesterday by the superintendent of the 17th light house district for construction of the lighthouse tender Rhododendron. T;e Alblna Engine and Machine Works of Portland bid 179.900. lcr .vV phnle al the left of John Milliner, pnMIe enemy No. 1. ho hl bily It rr.ti-d In a pstrnl asjon brrnre It M carried t the hlran He a ntalli h"i h fnirrai arni and p"l're jfier lenilni mnif. email (Hunt) qukkl) fathered near Ihe theater he attended before into the ambiuk o( olfkeri a ho acre asllln, nrat. (Associated Pre. I rbototj. The Mioftur. ruuunf Dolfuss Fights Nazis Chancellor Engelbert Dollfua of Austria hat begun a new drive against nazis and the campaign of terrorism which has caused almost daily bombing in that country. (Associated Press Photo) ALL IS QUIET ON FRUIT FRONT OF All Is quiet upon the agitation front in Jackson county, with the picking and packing of Bartlctt pears for cannery consignments and eastern shipment moving ahead rapidly. There are plenty of workers, with less transient labor than in previous years. Despite the apparent calm, the dis trict attorney and sheriff's office are watching the local situation carefully and are prepared to nip quickly any attempt to create labor discord. Copies of Communistic literature planned for circulation, have been secured. A close tab Is kept on all activities. The 24q special deputy sheriffs sworn in last week without pay have been organ ized for quick dispatch to any or chard. A meeting of the so-called "Cannery and Agricultural Workers Union" was held at the P. Js E. lot last night. According to the authorities It was decided, "the time, was not ripe for action." Sheriff Olmscheld said he had reports an attempt would be made to call a strike, "but it was! called off." One of the speakers, at the meeting, according to official re ports, revealed that he had been dis charged "for agitating." Few of the 100 or so purported members of the "Cannery and Agricultural Workers' Union" are employed in the orchards, officials say. The majority of the orchard work ers are opposed to any agitation, the authorities say, and the authorities blame the threats of discord upon a group of malcontents. Evidence has been secured by the district attorney, linking the "Cannery and Agricultural Workers' Union" with Communistic activities. The same group has been (Continued on Page Ten) ELITE AND HUMBLE AT MRS. CROCKER'S RITES SAN FRANCISCO. July 24. f) Society's elite and the humble min gled at funeral services in flan Mateo for Mre. William H. Crocker, phllan throplst and wife of the Sen Franclsoo banker. Burial was In the Cypress Lawn cemetery Messages of condolence were receiv ed from all parts of the world. Scenes at Chicago End of Dillinger's (: , O : :v.-. I LJ DILUNGER TIPOFF RESULT OF PLACED ON Bandit Broke While Alive, But Worth $15,QpO Dead Informer's Name Kept Secret by Federal Agents By JOSF.I'H RAWL1NGS. CHICAGO, July 24. ( AP ) Gold lured John Dllllnger on his career of crlnr and gold lured him to his death. Officers found $7.70 In his pockets, after his body, punctured with bul lets, had been picked up in an alley near a north side theater Sunday night. Dllllnger. private Investigators concluded, was broke, or unable to reach any hidden bank robbery loot, and therefore could no longer pay to keep closed the lines of communi cation to the authorities. Worth 915,000 Dead. Alive, Dllllnger wasn't worth much In dollars. Dead, there was a price tag of 15.000 on his head. And that, the Investigators concluded, is why someone "put him on the spot." Who It was, is a secret. There were reports that a woman, dressed in red, was beside the des perado when the federal agents pumped their deadly bullets Into his body, and that it was she who lured him to his end. The same reports said the womnn now Is hidden away' In a hotel, closely guarded by federal agents. 'I won't discuss It," said Melvln Purvis, chief of the federal agents who laid In wait for .Dllllnger at the theater. "Probably." said Purvis, "the per sons who gave the tip will never be known." Informer Known. There was every Indication, how ever, that federal officials knew who (Continued on Page Ten) JILfED LOVER RENIGS ON SUICIDE PROGRAM RAMSEY, N. J. (UP) William Storms, 55 and Jilted, set fire to his barn. Then he threw his life savings, 2500, to the flames. The deed to his property followed. Storms then ran into the barn, intending to die. The pain was too much. He ran out screaming and plunged into a spring. CHICAGO. (UP) Gilbert Olson 30, said his wife hit him In the mouth with her fist: knocked a lighted cljar down his throat; then poured hot tT mato soup on his head. He asked a divorce; got It. BANDITS ESCAPE BARRAGE OF SLUGS OXFORD, Kas., July 24. (AP) Four bsndlts robbed the Oxford bank here today of an estimated $5000 and fled with five hostages after shooting up the town. Marlon Carson, manager of a lum ber company here and patron of ths bank, and one of the bandits were wounded by vigilantes shotgun fire as they climbed Into the car. Carson, shot In the shoulder, was not believed to be seriously wounded. The bandit also was believed to have stitfered only a minor wound. He was shot In the cheek and was bleeding profusely, witnesses said, as the car sped out of town. Harold Llttrell, 18. was shot In the is i m n til fricnri 1 ri a. . I i -m t u . , - . 'i ......: i i i Declaration of Independence To Bring Huge Sam MELROSE. Mass., July 24. ( AP) A yellowed copy of the Declaration of Independence, bear ing what is believed the rare sig nature of Button Gwinnett, 30th signer of the document, may bring Mrs. Laura Why not Harlow, dressmaker, a lot of money." The document has been in Mrs. Harlow's possession for 20 years but the possibility of Us being of great value did not occur to her until she read autograph collec tors had paid as high as (22.600 for genuine signatures of Gwinnett. E Dill The criminal docket of the circuit court the shortest In five years was completed yesterday, before Judge H. D. Norton. The Jury In the case of Chester O. Webb and Evan L. Crow, indicted by the last grand Jury, lor grand larceny was the only Jury trial. The case against Webb was dismissed, and the court Instructed the Jury to bring In a verdict of not guilty In the case of Crow. Webb appeared as a state witness. The district attorney re duced the chsrge from grsnd lar. ceny to taking an auto without per mission. Perry L. Ashcraft, garageman of Ashland, and Webb were the state's witnesses, and according to their tes timony the transaction had the as pects of a mlsunderstsnding. , Webb and Crow visited the garage, and started negotiations for the pur chase of an auto, Ashcraft testified (Continued on Page Ten) CCC EDUCATION HEADS E HERE Before a meeting of all managers and educational advisors of CCC camps In the Medford district, held this morning at the headquarters in this city, J. B. Grilling of the corps area headquarters, Presidio, San Pran clsco, led a discussion of the various plans and problems In the educa tional program. Representatives o! all the 30 camps In this district were present, and took part also in mak ing plans for the future. abdomen by the bandits as they raked the street with machine gun fire In their flight. All the hostages were released a short time after the robbery. LOS ANGELES, July 24. (AP) Ruscll A. Leldy, 32, radio patrolman, was shot and killed early today aa he and Officer Ohen Tucker pursued two robbery suspects, who were sur rounded In a downtown district, an hour later by more than 100 police men and captured. The men were Identified as Hsrry Wilson, 20, and Paul McDonald, 28. Police said the two men held up a cafe of 83 In cash and a bottle of wine, fleeing In an automobile. IV1ERC!LESS RAYS Generally Fair and Warmer Forecast for Middle Sec tion of Country Live stock Suffers Intensely By the Associated Press Generally fair and warmer" nounced the weather forecaster to day as man mopped his brow and the beast felt his parched tongue swell utter a week of contlnuel ab normally iilgh temperatures. Scores were added to tne nnuon s death lift from the heat which had reached 18 at 10 a. m. (Central standard time) today. Old Sola radiance beamed Impar tially on all sections with the excep tion of the Paclflo and the north Atlantic coasts where fairly moder ate temperaturea prevailed. Precipi tation has been almost negligible In the Ust 24 hours. 'Hope of Relict A solitary hope of relief was held out for the Great Lake region In a high pressure area from Alaska sweeping over Canada ana expected to reach Chicago Wednesday night. Livestock throughout the central west suffered Intensely. Farmers frantically tried to rush supplies to markets, virtually all of which were glutt.-d. The Chicago stockyards sought the aid of a federal court to settle differences with Its 1500 strik ing employes. The combination of strikes and heavy shipments virtually eliminated trading. A few high readings were St. Louis, 108, Jollet, 111., 107: Pond Du Lac, Wis., 107; Kansas City, 100: Des Moines 100: Oklahoma City 97; In dianapolis 83; Detroit 92. On lr Pa cific coast Los Angeles wsa 80; Seat tle 80, Portland, Ore., 88 and Kan Francisco 83. Missouri leails List Missouri continued to lead with the greatest number of deaths, 178. Illi nois reported 131, Ohio 05, Nebraska, 19, Michigan 18, Wisconsin 18. Penn sylvania 13, Texas 11, Oklahoma 7, South Dakota 3. At noon. Chicago experienced the hottest weather in the history of the weather bureau, the thermome ter reading 103.3 degrees. The pre vious all time high was 103 on July 33, 1001. CHICAGO, July 24. (AP) Weak ened animals had to be shot at the glutted union stockyards today as a strike stopped efficient feeding and watering In a blistering temperature. The livestock commission mens union, local 819, Joined a walkout of stock handlers, bringing the total on strike to 1,600. The commission men had helped handle the animals and when tht; quit only a handful of workers remained to feed and water the 76,000 head of atock. There was no market and the ac tion of the commission men put an end ta all hopes there would be one today. A police cordon wss thrown about the yards. 1 CULT FOLLOWERS DECIDE RESURRECTION FAILURE OrtOVIUE, Csl July 24. (UP) Followers of Brother Isaiah Cudney, who died Trlday, gave up hope of his resurrection today and reported his death to authorities. Brother Isaiah had convinced his cult of his lm mortality. A year ago he testified at an Inquest that two of his cult d'.ed because they disobeyed tenet of the religion. Theresa I'aulus left t and Mia MnleUkl, shown In renter with Dr. C. Alott, a ere hit by stray bullets whea federal urn I, and nollre cloned In on John Itllllnfrr, Iniliana de.perado, and fatally wounded him as he left a I hlrsfn moiie iheaier. rdiJir l.llemnd (rljht) was believed to have keen tht only ejewltnesi to the brief burst of funflra ahlch cut the outlaw dowiL (oclted Press Photo). BASEBALL National. R. H. E Cincinnati - S 7 3 Boston 3 Frettaa, Brennan and Lombardl; Rhem and Spohrer. R. H. E. Pittsburgh O 1 Philadelphia 13 3 Lucas. Blrkofer, Chagnon and Psd den; Johnson and Todd. R. H. E Chicago 8 6 0 Brooklyn - 1 3 Lee and Hartnett; Mungo, Clark ano Lopez. ROSEBURG SLATfD NEXT CONFAB EUGENE, July 24. (AP) Roseburg wa virtually assured the encamp I ment tor 1935 by the United Spanish War Veterans In annual session here today as that city waa the only one making a bid lor the honor. Tenta tive prospectt for The Dalle to re ceive the encampment tn 1030 were Been, although nothing official waa done In this respect. Work on resolutions got under way this afternoon as the veterans settled down to the second day of the state convention nere. One resolution adopted during the morning business session endorsed a movement insti tuted by the Portland Ktwanls club urging a flag In every home to be properly displayed on all patriotic occasions. William H, Armstrong, national commander, spoke again Tuesday morning, strongly urging the elec tion of a new congress and state leg islatures favorable to the veterans' cause. Discussion, at times sharp and pen etrating, featured the morning ses sion on subjects of pension restora tion, hospitalisation for veterans and various candidates for public office. General Charles Martin, democrat ic candidate for governor, was round ly denounced as opposed to all vet erans. Ada May Smith, Newport, won the nomination for president of the de partment or Oregon auxiliary to the veterans at their session this morn ing. Blsnche Lundburg, Portland, was named for asnlor voce president. Other officers nomin sited Included Rose Burkltt, Rogue River, assistant conductor. TEXAS TO PROBE E HUNTSVILLB, Tex., July S. (ZD- Three fulgltlve conrlcU were hunted along by-roads of Texas and Okla homa today as the Texas state prison board gathered here to Investlgite their sensational escape from "deatn row." Texss rangers led the search for Raymond Hamilton, arch criminal of the southwest: Joe Palmer and "Blackle" Thompson. No word of tho fugitive trio has been heard since they roared away from the prison Sunday. Three companions of the men were stopped by picket guard bullets. Whltey Walker was killed, Charlia Prerler wss probsbly fatally wounded and Roy Johnson wss slightly nun. Crime Trail RESULT OF VOTE E Longshoremen Completing Ballot Today Quiet Reigns All Fronts Arbi tration Believed Favored SAN FRANCISCO, July 24. (AP) Striking Pacific coast longshoremen were completing their balloting today on whether to submit their troubles to arbitration, while President Roose velt's national longshoremen's board prepared for the holding of elections among organized maritime workers to choose representatives for collective bargaining and arbitration efforts. The vote of the longshoremen prob ably wilt not be announced until to morrow afternoon, as several locals in Washington delayed balloting until William J. Lewis, district president of the International Longshoremen's as sociation had addressed the groups. or. IjOuis Bioch, secretary to the president's arbitration board, said the members "would stay up all night If necessary" to get the vote announced at the earliest possible time. PORTLAND, Ore., July 24. (AP, Tension slackened on the waterfront today as laborers and employers alike turned attentatlvely toward the presi dent's mediation board to learn whether Paclflo coast longshoremen had voted to arbitrate their differ ences or to continue their prolonged stlke against working conditions. Prom noon to duek here yesterday members of the longshoremen's union voted on whether to submit their case to arbitration. Late last right tha uncounted ballots were sped to 8an Pranclsco by airplane, there to be tabulated by members of the media tion board. . There was every Indication here, and at Vancouver, Wash., and Marsh field. Ore., that the longshoremen had voted to arbitrate. Meanwhile cargo was being worked on five vessels here, and It waa planned to take a caravan of about 20 trucks to Municipal terminal No. 4 this afternoon. Police, however, had urged that hauling activity at the terminal be postponed until the re sult of the arbitration vote was an nounced. Alt the talk of a threatened general strike was quieted until the outcome of the balloting was learned. PARLEY REACHES PORTLAND TODAY PORTLAND, July 24. (AP) "Big Jim' Farley came to Oregon today to make a testimonial for the new deal. T!ie postmaster general and chair man of the national democratic com mittee, was to reach Portland by train from San Francisco at 8:4S p. nr. and was scheduled to speek at 8:30 p. m. here at a banquet In his honor. He will leave at 11:30 p. m. by train for Seattle. The genlsl field marshal In the Roosevelt campaign for the presi dency, was to be taken to the Bon neville dam site this afternoon, and waa later to confer with various poli tical leaders of the state and city. The public banquet, at Multnomah hotel, was scheduled to start at 0:90 p. m.