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Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1031 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1934. No. 128. The Weather rorecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday; warmer Tuesday. Temperature HlChHt yesterday 5 Lowest thll morning K t repLflH I Ns iIfactional strife By PAUL MALLON. (Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, D.. C, Aug. 20. There has been lot of whispered speculation about who picked those aummer collap. albla houses for the cold and blustery subslst a n c e homestead project at Ar 'thurdale, W. V. Some people a u l p e cted Mrs. Roosevelt because It la her pet pro ject. Others noted a recent quiet ehange In per- yaonnel at the aubslstence home- r ' Paul Mallon atead division here and blamed the departing officials. Such suspicions are all wrong. The nosegay for that Job goea to Colonel Louis Howe, the president's Tight-hand man. Howe Is the greatest kldder of the administration. He can take It aa veil aa give It, and he la taking It bow, especially from the boss, who la something of a kldder himself at times. The truth is that the thing waa Bot half aa bad as a warmed-up ad mlnfetratlon crltlo could make It sound. If he tried to. According to fair-minded Insiders, here la the way It happened: The government was utterly with out experience In aubslstenca home atead work. It decided to experiment with Arthurdale m a very cautloue way before launching Its program se riously. Everyone sgreed It was going to be difficult to get city customers. No ( matter how poor people are, they -hate to leave the exaggerated pleas urn of the city the movies, the crowds and the lights and go off to live three miles from nowhere. Howa had soma knowledge of fabrl. eated camp houses and thought them tractive. He owned one. At that posed to be waiting for some shelter at Arthurdale. Howe tnougnt nc ret fabricated houses up faster than any othera and Issued a rush order for 60. Everything happened thereafter which could possibly happen. The houses were delayed. When they ar rived, that section of the country waa In the grip of the coldest weather In many yeara. The houses were found to be without proper heating facili ties for that climate. Apparently, the manufacturer thought he waa sending them to Florida Instead of West Vir ginia, or that they were for summer use. At any rate, they were unsuit able. This spTlng the houses had to be j put on firm foundations, eniargeu, properly heated. The cost mounted. Some say It la 70OO and some mucn Tlwa. But, whatever the cost, It was prohibitive for homesteaders. They could never have paid the government back for such expensive homes. All that It really means Is that the homestead division found It could not be done that way. There were other almllar experimental mistakes at Arthurdale. but they were less enter taining. They have been marked off on the government ledger to valuable experience. No one would have given them a second thought here except for the paeana of premature praise which were lavished on Arthurdale by overly enthusiastic persons out side the administrations. The homestead plannera believe they have their ArthurdBle laboratory work completed now. They have found out how to do the Job. They have a limit of 2500 on cost of houses and are confident they can work within It. Unquestionably they will request more money at the coming session 01 congress to supplement the 50,000. 000 appropriated thus far. The administration polltlclana were not aa happy about the recent pri mary result aa some of their atate- menU Indicate, but neither are they sad. The only amazing thing to them was the defeat of Clem Shaver In West Virginia by a youngster after Poatmaster-Oeneral Farley tried to lend Shaver a helping hand. They knew In advance that Donahey would win In Ohio. In both cases they tried to make the best of things by taking th youngster and Donahey Into the fold. Measra. Parley, et al, really believe they will win In both statea this fall. Much more serious to them from a practical Inner tandpolnt was the victory of Boas Pendcrgsst in the Mis souri senatorial primary. Up to now Pendcrnsat hss been or"y a minor an- novsnce to the Parley clan. If his man wins the November election, he will become a major one. The Tarley boya are supposed to have had an arrangement with Pen- dergast up to now allowing him to veto any objectionable appolntmenta In his district. That arrangement has not worked out very well from Par- (Continued on Pga Four ) BREAKS 001 ANEW ON WATERFRONT Barrage of Rocks Precedes Firing at Building Where Columbia Longshoremen Group Holding Meeting PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 20. (AP) Bitter, factional strife dating from the recent coast waterfront strike, was blamed for a waterfront battle In which one longshoreman was shot and killed and another wounded here today. Both James Conner, who was killed, and R. A, Griffin, wounded by a bul let, were members of the Columbia River Longshoremen's association which was incorporated as a rebel lious, right-wing offshoot from the International Longshoremen's associa tion here during the strike. Attack Tipped Off. Griffin told police that about 25 or 30 of the Columbia longshoremen were meeting today when they received a tip that a group waa on Its way to attack. Police were notified, but did not arrive until after the shooting. A barrage of rocks was hurled at the (Continued on Pace Three) AL CAPONE GOING TO ALCATREZ IN SECRET TRANSFER ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 30. (UP) Al Capone, notorious Chicago racketeer, was enroute today to the federal gov ernment's New Island prison for "dangerous' criminals In San Fran cisco bay, according to reliable re ports. Capone reportedly was among 43 prisoners who were awakened In their cells at the Atlanta, federal peniten tiary before dawn and put aboard a special train which Is taking them to San Francisco via New Orleans and Houston. Secrecy Sought Utmost efforts for secrecy sur rounded the movements. Officials at the prison referred all queries to the department of Justice In Washington where officials said It was against their policy to discuss convict trans fers. Statements of prison officials lent strength to the reports. Deputy War den J. H. Schoen here replied to queries: "You'll have to get that In formation from the department of Justice at Washington." Officials normally would be quick to deny the reports If they were untrue. Warden A. C. Aderholt of the At lanta penitentiary wsa "out of town." He probably accompanied the two car special train of prisoners. When the train arrived at New Or leans last night, federal guards kept reporters away. One prisoner shouted that Capone. was "the man at the sixth window In the first car." A man resembling the gang leader waved from that car before a guard pulled down the window shade. Served Two Years Capone hss served more than two years of his 11 year sentence on in come tax evasion charges at the At lanta penitentiary. He hss waged two unsuccessful fights for liberty on habeas corpus action In federal courts. Prisoners reported in the group transferred from the Atlanta peniten tiary besides Capone Included "Frisco Eddie" O'Brien and Eddie Colson, re putedly In for train robbery, and Alvin Crip, former Chicago gunman. The group leaving here reportedly waa Joined by 10 convicts from the Lewlsburg, pa., prison. Scientists have found evidence there are four kinds of sugar cane mosaic, a disease. Instead of one previously believed. MUSICAL COMEDY STAR SAYS HUSBAND SUICIDE HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 20. UP) Jerry Jarnegln. song composer and husband of Irene Franklin, musical comedy star, last night died of gun shot wound in his home, apparently having committed suicide. The composers wife and several friends were In their home when a revolver shot was heard. Miss Frank lin rushed Into the living room and round her husband dead in a chair. Across the room, in another ohalr. was a 38 caliber gun, which Mlae I Franklin Identified as h-r husband's I No apparent motive existed for the i dm Wealthy Brewer John 8. LaBatt (right), wealthy brewer, victim of Canada? first random kidnaping, was abducted while driving his automobile from his summer home near Sarnla, Onto., to London, Out. A note signed "Three Flnged Abe" threeatened his death within 24 hours unless a ransom of air.0,000 wns forthcoming. He waa later released and conflicting reports say a very much smaller ransom Has paid. At left Is a view of the La Batt home. (Associated Press photo) OREGON'S SUPPORT ASKED BY PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 30. (AP) A strong plea for Oregon to go along with the administration by electing democratic state officers wsa made at the democratic atate picnic In Blue Lake park yesterday. "If you turn me and the other democrat of thla atate down In the November election, God help Oregon declared General Charles Martin, candidate for governor. "The word will go out through the nation that one of President Roosevelt's strong hold the mighty state of Oregon has forsaken the 'new deal." " - Congreasman Martin declared "Ore gon la emerging from her depression. Ouiitate is one the way to progress. President Roosevelt baa put us on the road. "It ta my great honor to ba the president's representative In Oregon. We can cite hla favora for thla great state In never ending succession. General Martin said erttlca of his candidacy say he favora "the power Interests, how can I be so enthusias tically In favor of cheap power from the Bonneville dam?" he asked. He declared the federal government should distribute Its own power, which President Roosevelt said would be done. B. P. Irvine, editor of the Journal, amplified Congrcsaman M a r 1 1 n'a statement that It has been the "new deal" that has lifted America from despair. An estimated 6000 attended the picnic. STEIWER CONFERS ON CONTROL-OF FLOODS PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 30. (AP) Senator Frederick Stelwer waa here thla afternoon conferring with mem bers of the Umatilla river flood com trol committee. The committee Is trying to adapt a program both to Irrigation develop ment and flood control. Some con flict haa arisen between flood con trol and Irrigation proponent. song writer to commit suicide, his wife said. Miss Franklin, when questioned by police, said she waa unable to re member whether she found the gun In her husband's hand and then threw the gun across the room Into the chair. Detective said It would have bvn impossible for Jarnegln to throw the weapon a distance of fire feet after shooting himself as he died al most Instantly. However, officers were Inclined to accept a theory of suicide and felt Mis Franklin threw the weapon as'.de when she rushed in to find her i husband dead. First Canadian ADJUSTER BARRY Speaking on "Insurance Adjusting from the Policy Holders' Viewpoint," B. L. Barry, an insurance adjuster, was guest thla noon at the regular Kt wants club meeting, and gave a number of interesting facts concern-; Ing fire insurance. Mr. Barry pointed out that there I Is a time limit of 60 days on filing proof of loss concerning fires, and explained how checking over policies often saved the policy holders largo amounts of money. Instances In both Klamath and Jackson counties were cited by him. Surveys were made, free of charge, of both Klamath coun ty and Jackson county insurance pol icies, by Mr. Barry. The speaker said that leading in surance companies have reliable agents representing them, but termed about sixty agents In Jackson county as being unreliable. "An Ignorantly written Insurance policy is Just aa vicious to the prop erty owner as a policy rraudently written," Mr. Barry eald. "Insurance companies never pay losses they would go but of business If they did. Payments are made from collections on policies. Charge are based on a loss ratio of approximately 60 per cent for losaea, and the other 50 oer cent for expenses." Mr. Barry stated that In the opin ion of the Insurance commissioner, one-half of fire loss In this country Is due to incendiarism. Of $100 paid on fire insurance, 25 is for legitimate fire losses, leaving 300 per cent of the loss ratio for the expense of opera tions. In the figures of the Oregon In surance department for 1933, four million dollars are given as the less ratio on unnecessary fire, such as incendiarism, carelessness and those they assume to be such. He said fig ure from the atate department show thst of a thousand loMt In the state during 1033, 997 of these were not legitimate. Mr. Barry said thst Medford's fire department rated second In the state, and fnatcad of a M -per capita loss here, a Is the atate average, Med ford's wa only 11.23 in 1933, the speaker said- These figures brought about a substantial reduction In in su ranee rates for the city. "Fire prevention depends almost wholly on the fire departments," h explained, saying that the local de partment had made nearly 700 invest igatlon last year. E. A. Carroll of Wenatchee, Wash. of the Federal Depositors Insurance company; W. W. McAllister and Dr. S. J. Moffatt, both of Medford, were g ueU at the luncheon. f Dizzy Dean Back In Good Standing ST. LOUIS. Aug. 30. (AP) Dizzy Desn, star pitcher of the St. Louis Cardinals, wa restored to good standing late today arter a hearing before Keneaaw Mountain Landls, baseball commissioner, but the 9100 fine assessed against him for missing. sn exhibition game In Detroit was j allowed to stand. I EB SUHH R FI6MT w Kidnap Victim ELKS GREET CHIEF Michael F. Shannon of Los Angeles Lodge No. 99, National Orand Exalted Ruler of B. P. O. Elks, addressed1 more than 100 members of Medford, Klamath Falls, Grants Pass and Ash land lodges last evening at the Med- roro airport on the subject of the fight B. P. O. B. Is waging against communism In the United States. Mr. Shannon stopped at the airport at 8 o'clock on his way by air from Portland to San Francisco, having nearly completed the first lap of an air tour of the country. Mr. Shannon, who was elected at Kansas City July 17, Is endeavoring to bring together the district rulers for a united drive against commun ism, to the elimination of which Shannon has dedicated his term. He spoke for a few minutes to the crowd which awaited the arrival of the private plane piloted by Clyde Pangborn, famous aviator, and bear ing the national ruler of Elkdom and private secretary. According to Ernest Scntt, local secretary, Shan non had expected only a crowd of half a dozen local lodge members. He stressed the fact that now Is not the time to talk but t.h time to act, and strongly urged the local lodges to Join In the fight the total of 1400 lodges throughout the coun try and their 500.000 member which he hopra to contact during his term. Shannon pleaded with his local broth er Elks to show united militant patriotism In suppressing commun ism. Mr. Shannon has spoken at large gatherings at Chlcano, Boston, Phila delphia, Nashville, Denver and Port land, and is on his way to a district conference in San Francisco. Soon he hopes to start on another lap of nil air tour of the nation, this time tak ing the southern route. After the plane had taken off for the south last evening, Medford lodge brought their brothers from neigh boring cities to the local club, where refreshment and recreation were en Joyed. Two plane loads of Elks from Klam ath Falls made the trip to hear the noted speaker. DROUGHT PROFITEERS WASHINGTON, Aug. SO. (AP) Dr. Fred c. Howe, farm administra tion consumers' counsel, suggested today thst consumera watch the drought situation closely to avoid be ing WctlmlMd by unjustified prlc. advances. H. also said at a press conference that soma false rumore concerning th. rood situation had been clrculat ed. exaggerated reports an being spread aa to prospective Increases In th. prlc of food." How. told report. era. "That misrepresentation takes advnntnge of consumers and expose, Ultra to raids by piotllcers." FEWER VOTE 'JA1 ILEJPOWtR Waning Enthusiasm for Dic tator Seen in Plebiscite 'No' Votes More Than Twice Those in November BERLIN. Aug. 30. (AP) Adolf Hitler today took cog nl nance of the 1 out of 10 vote opposition In yes terday's plebiscite with the declara tion: "We must and shall succeed In winning over the last 10 per cent of the nation for national socialism.1' Ilv Elmer W. Peterson. (Associated Press Foreign Staff.) BERLIN, Aug. 20. (AP) Germany haa given Adolf Hitler a thirty-eight minion vote, "JA." In Sunday's one-man election, call ed to let the people say by ballot If they approved Chancellor Hitler's ac tion In naming himself, upon the death of President Von Hlndenburg, as president too, the vote was: "Yes." 38.363,760; "No.H 4,394,654; "Invalid." 873,296. Nazi Vote Declines. Some see in these preliminary of ficial figures a .waning In enthusi asm for Hitler, pointing out that yesterday's "no" votes were more than twice the number cast In last November's plebiscite. Attention Is also called to the sharp decline In the volume of Nasi party votes as compared with the November voting. In the November plebiscite there were 43.463,000 "JA" votes, and In the November re lens tag election the Nasi vote was 89,665.224. With but few exceptions the 86 major voting district produced In yesterday's election fewer "JA" votes than were cast In November. Some observers see this a a failure of the Qerman voters to respond to the appeals of Natl orators during the past few days that a larger affirm atlve vote be cast so that the world might know the nation ts solidly be hind "Mein Fuehrer" Presldent- Ctianoellor Hitler. 89.0 Per Cent In Favor. Yes" votes placed 60.0 per cent of the total, as against 06 per cent in the plebiscite of nine months ago. The public cast a total of 43.629, 10 votes, a cording to preliminary figures, or approximately 96 per cent of the whole 45,202,667 registered, qualified voters. Regardless of how the balloting may be interpreted abroad, the re sults have been accepted by Nasla as full evidence of their strength. Today haa been set aside as a "day of victory" with Nasi flags unfurled throughout the third relch In cele bration of the new conquest. The victory came after a day of quiet, orderly voting, unmarred by disturb ance. There were scenes of wild en thusiasm when the poll closed. BOISE BASiN FIRE BOISE, Idaho. Aug. 20. (AP) Eight hundred and fifty men sought today to stem a forest fire In the Boise basin with all the odds against thorn wind, high temperature, low humidity and steep mountain sides covered with powder-dry pines. The fire claimed one victim yes terday. Felled by a snag, John Bro met, 20, Boise, Idaho, died at the edge of the Kanlsku national forest In northern Idaho, BASEBALL B. H. E. Brooklyn .310 Pittsburgh ..am i Bablch, Clark, CarToll and Lopca: Swift and Orac. R. H. New York ... 15 1 New York 7 18 1 Parmele., Hubbell and Mancuso; rrettaa. JColp, Klelnhana s.nd Lorn bardl. RATTLER'S FANGS PULLED BEFORE PREACHER'S TEST Bt Htevs T. MeOlnnl, (United Preaa Staff Correspondent) (Copyright ltlt, by United Preaa) BIBM1NOIIAM, Ala., Aug. 30. (UP) Th. Rev, Dewey L. Dodson waa not taking any chanoss today on pos sible flawa In hla asserted faith in "th. Immunity of th. children of Ood" from rattlesnake poison. Th. Itinerant Church of Ood or "Holy-roller" wvangellst prepared to damonstrat. hi "Immunity" to the bit. of a flv. foot rattlesnsk. by having th. poisonous fanga of th. rep tile removed. When Albert Teeater, North Caro lina mountain preacher, gained wide spread notoriety by letting a rattle snske bit. him two week, ago and surviving a week of pain, Dudson an i I , , ids Faith Cured Rattlesnake Bite Albert Te ester. S9 year old preacher near Sylva, N. C, it shown as he slowly recovered from the effects of a rattlesnake bite to which he had submitted, he aald, because "Jesua told ma to do It." The Incident, ha aald. proved "faith" could cure without the aid of medicine. Note hla greatly awoll en arm. (Associated Press Photot SAEE AFTER RACE E MARIBOR, Yugoslavia, Aug. 20. (AP) A balloon that raced through the cloud U j stratosphere In the arms at times of a 70-mlle wind, spanning 1100 miles between dawn and dusk, has come to a happy landing. Lost in the unexplored skies after Its small wireless measaged a dra- matto "8. O. S." and then became silent, the balloon ot the Belgian scientists, Max Cosyns and Neree Van- derllst, dropped out of the sky Sat urday night Into a corn field near Zlnovlje, safe and undamaged. In It Journey at express train speed from Hour-Havenne, Belgium, to Its Yugoslavian landing place, the bal loon failed to set a new height mark, doing no better than 10,000 meters (approximately 10 miles) ; but the flight was productive, according to Prof. Cosyns, of "scientific observa tions of the highest value. I made certain discoveries and de ductions respecting the movement and effects of cosmlo rays which I think, will be of great value to sci ence"' the Belgtan professor told the Associated Press. Cosyns and Vanderllst spent most of yesterday dismantling the balloon and arranging for the shipment back to Belgium of the records obtained during the flight, As the balloon slowly descended Sat urday night peasant In the vicinity of Zlnovlje were stricken with ter ror. Some of them, believing the bal loon to be of an Infernal origin, fled. SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 20. (AP) The United States navy dirigible Ma con will leave here at 8 a. m. tomor row for a training flight to Seattle, Wsh.. naval officers at Moffett field announced here today. The dirigible la expected to return late Wednesday. It course probably will be directly up the coast to Seat tle and then straight back to Sunny vale. nounced ha too was willing to handle rattlesnakes "If th. spirit so directs. Dodson'a announcement nearly week ago renewed Interest In the revival h. la conducting on a vacant lot on th, west side of Birmingham A newareel company sent a sound truck her. from New York to make pictures of th. evangelist's promised rattlesnake performance. The evangellat and the n.wsreel msn got together with Cteorge Lump kin, young msttress factor worker, wno oauht a five foot rattler here Friday. Lumpkin agreed for a 110 fee to operate on hla snske so that It could b. handled harmlessly. Dodson Insltted on witnessing th. operation. i,; f JH I DEATH OF RAINEY E AS 10 SUCCESSOR Democrats Scan Material for Speaker Seen by Many As Second Most Power ful Post in Government WASHINGTON. Aug. SO. (AP) Th. funeral of Speaker Henry T. Ralney will ba held lata Wednesday afternoon at Carrollton, Illinois. BT. LOUTS. Mo.. Aug. SO, (API Henry T. Ralney, picturesque speaker of the houae of represenattlves, U dead. Apparently on the road to recovery from an attack of bronchial pneu monia, he auddenly developed aglna pectoris last night and died at 7:90 IT'HTrT' i t ,io i ,ayj-r i i aisfocfaCcd Press Paolo Henry T. Ralney p. m the three physicians, hastily summoned, stood by, unable to aid htm. Today would have been hla seventy-fourth birthday. The speakers' unexpected passim brought expressions of deep sorrow from political leaders In all parts of the nation Prom President Roose velt on down. Celled Humanitarian The president called him a "hu maniatrlan whose fine patriotism thought first of all of what he con ceived to be the well being and in terests of the common man.' His predecessor as speaker, Vice President John N. darner, was "shocked speechless." - Leadership of the next house Is In doubt aa a result of the death ot Mr. Ralney, but Representative Jos. W. Bvrna of Tennessee, who haloed blm through th "must" legislation of President Roosevelt's program In the last congress, Is prominently mentioned as his successor. Widow Suggested Prom Senator William H. Dietrich (D., 111.), a close friend of the speak er, cams the suggestion that th widow for yeara her husband's secre tary might become the Democratic party's choice for the house seat held by Mr. Ralney since 1003 except for the term following the Harding land slide of 1020. While physicians at De Paul hos pital where the speaker died, believed he wa on the road to recovery, Mrs, Ralney had a premonition of her husband's death. The body will be cremated, In ac cordance with a wish Mrs. Ralney aald her husband had often expressed. (Continued on Page Two) COST PROTECTION TOUUMBEI WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. (API- Lumbermen, especially some from the Pacific coastal area, are reporting that the new coat -protection price under th lumber code do not pro tect. There have been report her that some mill will be forced to close down unless business condition Improve and bring an upturn In lum ber prices. While the cost-protection price a outlined under the code were design ed to be the minimum prices, under present conditions they are tha max lmum In practically all onses. With a buyer' market, hope ha been ex pressed, however, that prices will climb. It is hoped the housing pro gram will create such a demand that the prices can be boosted, at least on a majority of Items. Aimougn some lumbermen naa been skeptical of the benefits of the housing program because of Its de pendence on th willingness to land and the willingness to borrow, the at titude of lending agencies In appar ently entering the program with en thusiasm, has created an optimist. outlook among lumbermen generally. SJto At,
