Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Fair tontcht and Thurs day. Not much chance In temper ature. WINNER Pulitzer Award Highest yesterday FOR 1934 1oncst thl morn In J , Twenty-ninth Ytar ilEDFOUU, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1934. No. 130. M El uj u w y h U UIm IaTI YOUNG COMPANION By PAIX MALLON. (Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 22. (AP) Off the record, the White Rouse crowd would like to free 5am Rayburn get tne peak ership of the bouse. The liberal new dealers are espe cially hot for him. He was closer to them backstage during the lst session than any other member of the house. He piloted , at least half their j legislative pro Paul Mallon gram i, u a congress. Even the Rooseveltlzed ex conaervatlves, Vice-President Garner and Jesse Jones of the RFC, are pri vately strong for him. Tou might think that, with all this sub rosa backing be is a cinch for the ob; but he Is not. The new dealers dare not csmpalgn openly for him, or even confess publicly that they are for him. The White House, particu larly, must keep Its hands out of the matter unless It chooses to offend a down other good Democrats already In the race. rv,.. "" " matter la very much in rv ma will remain so until the caucus of house Democrats meets In January to choose Speaker Ralney's successor. A little cautious missionary work Is being done among some house .... hn new dealers who have no official position In the adminis tration, but they are careiuuj ' . As things stack up now, It appears r-tnost likely that Floor Leader Byrnes will become speaner ana u j burn may be chosen floor leader, al i ..-nt fttrontz competl' lon from congressman Alabama, and perhaps' oli".-'- Outsiders may have difficulty un derstandlng why the administration cannot choose Its own concessional leaders when It Is In control. The truth Is that congressional leaders are chosen for every other rea son except advocacy of administration principles. The dominant Influence in their choice usually is personal P(As"a rule, the eligible candidates line up a personal following among house members by promising appoint ments to Important committee aa .lgnments and other person1. Iavor" If elected. , If support thus accumulated Is not sufficient for the election of any one man. the leading candidates ordinarily negotiate among themselves. Two candidates usually decide to pool their support so one csn become speaker and the other floor leader. It the White House tries to mix in, It usually gets Its fingers burned. 7 All this does not mean that the downtown new dealers here have any thing sgslnst Floor Leader Byrnes The Rslney-Byrnes dynasty was not very popular with the downtown new deslerVst the middle of last session but by the time the session ended misunderstanding! over the bonus and other minor matters had been fairly well cleared up. The main trouble with the house Democrats last session was thst, in their ranks were a number of men Who never should have been elected to eongress. They were not of con gresslonsl csllber. They did not ex pect to be elected, but were P"n to their own amazement, on tne Roosevelt tidal wsve. Reading the Germin election re turn, was a waste of time. At least so our officials prlvstely considered It. Strsngelv. they thought Hitler prob. .,, gave the voter, a fairly honest count Not because they considered the nazi. above a little fast counting, but rather because there was no rea- for much of It. They had the situation well In hand without It If a really honest election had been "he d our boy. believe Hitler would Mv." received a majority. They were Tatber surprised that the return, showed so much Hitler opposition in Catholic centers. This was undoubt edly due to the recent murder of a Catholic ader. The orJv thing the election proved for sure, however. Is that the Hitler election technique cannot be beaten. Only nasi officials were tn charge at .. . ' .... th minuter of nroDa- xne pou. v 'j - ganda for Hitler collected the vote. and announced uie rrau... Thst even beats the Vare system In Philadelphia. n.. n.w M4-iirtil. commission has been unable to move Into the old ICC building and get started, because the flooring In the new ICC building has not been completed, and the ICC can not move. Thus the feet of both agenclea are atlll off the floor. Mr. Morgenthau a freshmen team of brain truster, ha. been working In air-cooled offices with . detective .nd U supposed 10 be finding wsvs or In creasing tax re-rlpts without rslflne y Ctstlue4 ob Paga CiQt, I ON GAR RIDE SAYS NOT DO IF Body Discovered in Ditch Near Irondale, Ala., After Two-Day Search Throat Cut Footprints Are Clue BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. Aug. 23. (AP) The body of Miss Faye New, miss ing Howard college co-ed, was found by volunteer aearchers this afternoon tn a cornfield near Irondale. Her throat had been cut and she had been dead for at least 24 hours. The body was found by R. h. Car Isle, one of the volunteer searchers, hundreds of whom had been hunt ing for tha girl since Monday night. Police ordered that curious be kept away from the body until the coro ner arrived. Throng at Scene Aa newa of the finding of the body spread, roada leading into the sec tion were almost blocked by hun dreds who wanted to get near the scene. The girl, a pretty brunette and active In athletics at Howard, was last heard from Monday night. Po lice said that Harold Taylor. 29, told them he went riding with Miss New And that she had Jumped from the car and run Into the woods near the abandoned Ruffner mine after a dis agreement. Officers said Taylor led a brief survey of the region before he was taken to headquarters for question ing. The body was found less than half a mile from Irondale and slightly more than a- mile from the pot where Taylor said she left his car at midnight Monday. Boy Denies Deed Taylor, Informed that Miss New had been found dead, paled vlsibly and was quoted by Chief Hoi I urns as saying: "I didn't do it.' The body was found In a ditch. nearly five feet deep, and was In the t-'.ca wi;h iid been searchev time and again for more than 24 hours. Footprints leading south from the spot where the body wa found were being carefully guarded by officers. The girl was lying on her back, with one arm folded across her body The amount of blood at the scene led officers to believe she was either alive when she was placed In the ditch, or was thrown there within few momenta after her death. QUENCHED AFTER PORT ORFORD, Ore., Aug. 22. (AP) Bucket brigades formed by coastguard crews and the Bandon fire department early today succeeded In quelling a blaze which for a time threatened to wipe out the entire business district of Port Orford. Loss was estimated at (50,000. of which only $1,000 waa covered by In surance. The fire broke out In the Ed Francisco pool hall at 2 a- m.. and rapidly spread to adjoining build ings. Heavy fog from the Pacific ocean aided greatly In stopping spread of the flames. Buildings destroyed In cluded a general store and house owned by William Bennett, a restau rant building and barber shop owned by Roy Oatrander and the Francisco pool hall. Residents were roused by Bert Hog gstt, who sounded the first alarm by playing reveille on a cornet. REFUSES PEACE PITTSBURGH, Pa., Aug. 23 fAP) The Aluminum Company of Amer ica this afternoon formally rejected the government's plan to end a strike of approximately 8.500 workers In six of It plants, stating that It does not consider demands for closed-shop, check-off, universal wage rates and union agreements" to be "proper matters for arbitration." HOG-CORN CONTRACTS IN COUNTY TOTAL 156 Hog-Corn contract In Jackson county tots! 1S. according to the county agent's office, with 63 In the Sams Valley district. 34 In the Mcd- I ford district, and 69 In tne Ashland 'district. SALEM WARMEST SINCE LAST YEAR SALEM, Ore.. Aug. 23. f API Ba lem experienced the warmect weath er yesterday alnce August 32. 1033. as the temperature soared to M do srefa between 3 and 4 o'clock In th afternoon. Last year's lilah . 101 degrees, recorded od August U. Fairbanks Romance In Lap of the Gods I IE: r7?77 . . HOLLY W0017"CallfA"ug. 22. ( of the films, Mary Pickrord and Don the Gods" today. That la the way "America's sweet-1 heart" described the atatua of their j once idyllic marriage which hss found ! Its way Into the divorce courts. 1 With a wistful smile she spoke of a meeting yesterday with Fairbanks upon his return to Hollywood after 14 months In Europe. What tran spired between the two, for whom Hollywood hopes a reconciliation lies ahead, nothing waa known but after the meeting, Mary had this to say: "yes, I saw Douglas. "Vhether I shall see htm again Is in the lsp of the Gods. Further than that I can say nothing. Fairbanks, true to the silence with which he has met all inqulrica re garding his "private life," had noth ing to say whatsoever. The meeting of the couple occurred yesterday afternoon near a fashion able hotel In Beverly Hills. After an Interval In which few knew what happened and none would tell, he met Mi&s Plckford in Beverly Hills, entered her automobile (and went with her for a drive. Later there waa a ride In the moonlight to gether, down the winding roads back of romantic Hollywood, and along the ocean. Doug however did not stay over night at Pick fair. He wouldn't talk about the meeting. Miss Plckord'a calm, pleasant de meanor seemed to Indicate that Hollywood had reason to hope for a reunion of the couple who had ruled Its social d est It He and captured Us public for so many years. E MARSH FT ELD, Ore., Aug. 22. (AP) Barely visible from beaches becauss of fog. the grey form of the giant navy dirigible U. 8. 8. Macon passed Marsh field at 1:34 o'clock this after noon. The huge airship did not fly over the coos Bay cities. Instead describ ing a course farther out from the Oregon coastline. Pear Markets NEW TORK, Aug. 32. (AP) (U8DA) Pesr auction market, prices slightly weaker: 22 car. arrived; 18 California cara unloaded; 20 cars on track. California BartletU: 15 063 boles sold: .2 00 309: average 42 51. Boec: 187 boxes sold; 41.85t3.15; .Terage, 82.06. CHICAGO, Aug. 32 (AP) (CSDA) Pear auction market; 3 California. I Oregon, 3 Washington cara arrived; II cars on track; six cars .old. California BartletU: 3843 boxes sold; 82.30 2 30; average, 82 85. MAIL DRIVER'S SLAYER SENTENCED TO CHAIR RICHMOND, Vs., Aug. 23 (APl Walter Legem, charged with being one of five men who shot and killed a federal reserve bank mall truck driver during a robbery, si found guilty early today at a trial which lasted only 13 hours. He was sen tenced to die In the electric chair October 22, hJ''- Y AP) The future of I lie "royalfamlljr gins Fairbanks, rested "in the lap of BATTLE ON FIRE SIFTED TO NEW BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 22. (AP) The battle against forest fire. In western Idaho shifted today to the middle fork of the Payette river where a 3000-acre blaze was burning out of control. In the Boise national forest, where 20.000 acres lay charred by a flvc-day fire. the blaze appeared nearlng con- trol. although officials continued fearful that a wind might arts, to take It out of hand In the heavy timber on the east side of Moor's creek. OLVMPIA. Wssh., Aug. 22. (API Dangerous forest fire conditions, par ticularly in western Washington, led Oovernor Clarence D. Martin today to Issue an order suspending logging operations and forbidding the use of fire In all timbered areas of the state. 4 BASEBALL American First game: n. IT. P. Cleveland 0 2 2 New York 9 14 0 Pearson, Lee, Wlnegarner and Berg; Gomel! and Dtckey. R. H. K St. Louis 0 8 0 Philadelphia 2 7 0 Bl Beholder. Andrews and Henulcy: Dietrich end Berry. R. a ... s Chicago Boston .. (10 Inntngs). Tfetje and Shea; W. Ferrell and R Ferrell. R. H. E Detroit . ft 8 0 Washington 7 13 2 Sorrel!, Hogsett, Hamlin and Hay worth; Whltehlll and . Bolton. Second game: R. H. R. Cleveland 10 14 I New York 4 10 1 Harder and Pytiak; Denhong, Mur phy, Broaca and Dickey, Jorgens. No National uled today. league (amen ached- CAPONE IN ESCAPE PROOF PEN ON ALCATRAZ ISLAND BAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 22. (AP) A heavily gusrded convict trsln. sup posedly carrying Scsrface Al Capone and other desperadoes, was run se cretly onto a barge and taken to th. new federal prison on Alcatraz Island in th. b.y her. today. Th. government used .11 It. cun ning In bringing the train to Its df II nation to prevent any posnible at. tempt of the prisoners to scspe, CRAFTY CRIMINALS COUNCIL REVISES OF BROOKLYN JOB LEAVEJHRAILS Smoothly Executed Theft of $427,000 From Armored Car Baffles Police Wide Search Is Inaugurated By DALE HARRISON BROOKLYN. N. T., Aug. 23. (IP) A new arch criminal, crattler than a Capons and deadlier than a. Dilllnger, hid today from tha law, with the largest loot of cash ever taken In an American holdup Jingling In his Jenns. Timing his 427,000 robbery of an armored truck yesterday as a snrdontc coincidence to Polios Commissioner ORysn'. sixtieth birthday annlver. sary, this new atrateglst of crime exe cuted the theft smootniy ana nea so swiftly that his trail ran every where today Into dead ends. Spread Wide Trap The nolle., falling In their quickly set trap yesterday to snsre the des perado and his men, turned their full strength today Into the hunt. Throughout the night the ld brist led with radio commands to cruising squad cars and speedy police patrols: "Stop all car. occupied by two or more men " "Search .11 garage, and Inquire If Lincoln sedan already found has been stored In gsrage since June 0 to date" "Be on lookout for 12 men In three cars, one carrying Thompson machine gun. Apprehend with caution No arresU have been made. but (Continued on Page Two) E wwn owner Corporation loans. In the sum of 8281,034.40 nave wn granted by th. federal government to homeownera ot Jackson county, ac cording to records of th. county clerk compiled today, for all loan, filed to date. The loana total 102, and the average amount la 82800. The largest loan Is for 87473, tne smallest 8404. The next largest loan Is for 80664. Only 23 of the loan, tn for .urn. less thsn 81000. Ten are for amount, between 34000 and 35000. The bal ance are between 31200 and 83500. It Is estimated that when all home loans awaiting payment are msde, th. total for the county will be In excess of 8300,000. 'HOME' FOR RITES CARROLt.TON. III., Aug. M. IPi A special train, beating rresi dent noosevelt fo the funeral her. of Speaker Henry T. lUilner, ar rived at :3S p. m., (C. 8. T.) CARrtOLLTON. 111., Aug. 22. (AP) Sorrowing "horn, folk" received the body of Henry T. Ralney, .peaker of the house, her. today, then awaited tha arrival of President Roosevelt and late afternoon funeral services. Today's reception ws. In strange contrast to th. vwelcome home" pre- vloiisly given by friends. Th. body of Bpesker Ralney, who died In a St. Louis hospital Sunday, arrived from St. Louis and was borne by legionnaire. Into th. county court house to lie In state until the funeral. The flrat floor rotunda where the body wa placed, contained many floral tribute, and American flaga. OLD STYLE FISH LADDER URGED FOR BONNEVILLE PORTLAND. Or... Aug. 22 UP) Recommendation that th. conv.n tlon.l type of fish ladder, rather than th. proposed hydraulle elevator be Installed In Bonneville dam Wat made br the .tat. fish commission to Prank T. Bell, United Bute, eommu tloner of fisheries. and to elud crowd, which gathered at the towns as th coaches ntsred th end of their Journey from the Atlanta prison. Warden Jamea A. Johnson, with fore of 29 officers, heavily armed directed the train as it moved In circuitous route. The trsln finslly came to th. ewl of It. Journey at Tlburon, a .mall station north of Alcalraa Island. COMMITTEE LIS! Stewart Named Chairman of j Public Safety Schade j Chairman Streets, Roads Firemen Get Praise: Minor business matters were con sidered at the meeting of the city council lsst evening, with three mem ber, of the body, Dade Terrett, 0. C. Darby and S. A. Kroschel, absent. Re vision of the standing committees was announced and plans were made for City Attorney Frank P. Farrell to attend a meeting In Portland concern ing the proposed new sewsge system for Medford. W. P. Stewart, new councilman, waa named chairman of the publto safety committee, with C. C. Darby and Pred Heath also members. Larry Schade. also a recently appointed councilman. was made chairman of the street .nd road, committee, with Mr. Furnas snd Mr. Schade as member.. The revised list of the other com mittee. Is: Finance, C. C. Furnas, chairman: S. A. Kroschel, Fred Heath; land appraisal, R. O. Stephenson, chairman, C. 0. Furnas, L. Schade; building and light, Dade Terrett, chairman, W. P. Stewart, C. O. Darby; licenses. C. C. Darby, chairman, Dade Terrett, W. P. Stewfrt; health, S, A. Kroschel, chsirman, n. u. cnepnenson, L. Schsde; airport, Fred Heath, chair man. R. O. Stephenson, Dade Terrett. The Business and Professlon.1 wo- (Continued on Page Twelve) TEXTILE WORKERS HOURS CUT; WAGES LEFT WASHINOTOK, Aug. 22. (AP) NRA today announced pre.ldentl.1 approvsJ of a reduction of weekly work hours from 40 to 36 without any cut In weekly wages for the 200,- ooo workers in the cotton garment lnduatry. President Roosevelt signed an executive order lat yesterday amend ing the cotton garment code to that end. The change Is effective Octo ber 1. NRA ..Id th effect of the order would be equivalent not only to sn Increase of .bout 11 per cent In the hourly p.y rate and a rise of .bout 10 per cent above May 1 levels in piece rates, but would also permit re-em ployment of more than 10,000 workers. The direct coat to the conaumer or the ahorter hours, higher wage rates and re-employment of the many thousands of workera wa. estimated by officials at less than two per cent. SHOW FEW RICH SALEM. Aug. 22. AP) Of the 20,187 persons In Oregon who filed Income tax returns in 1038, only 10 had net Incomes of (40.000 or more, figures released by the atat. tax com mission showed. The combined net Income of those 10 persons was shown to b .405.850. rating a total tax as sessment of ' $38,443.02, Including 110.242 87 Intangible and ei8.200.1o personsl Income. Th totsl combined net income or th 20.187 person, who tiled returns wis 189.083.903, bringing a total of 1.169,838.88 In tales. Th largest number of returns, ag gregatlng 12,743, was filed by persons having a combined net Income rang tng from 11000 to 12000, amounting to 110.078.888 In tout taxea. Tax a. sensed on this group was 1188,814.12 : r Load First Grain At New Elevator VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 22. (AP) Th. freighter Point Oorda aalled today with th first grain loaded from the new .1,000,000 Van couver grain elevator. While official, and spectator. looked on, th first golden stream or grain from the elevstor poured Into the ship, hold yesterday after noon. TERRIFIC GALE TOYS WITH ATLANTIC LINER OLASOOW. Scotland, Aug. 22. (API A terrific gale which swept over a trena-Atl.ntle liner as though It were a toy ship was described by passengers of the Anchor line cam eronla her today. On arsmsn wsa lost, overbesid and mors than 30 passenger wore .injured by th storm. Spider and Snake Death Duel Ended By Agent of SPCA BALTIMORE, Aug. 22. (AP) An execution by the Society for tha Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals put an end to the death duel of a tiny black spider , and a garter anake a thousand times its size In the basement of a Baltimore home. The conflict had raged for four daya when a representative of the society, atopplng "this display of cruelty," snipped off the head of Egbert, as a neighbor dubbed the snake. At tha time the spider, no big ger than the snake's eyes, waa nearlng a complete conquest of Its footlong natural enemy. Dismayed, the little spider, which had the snake securely en meshed in Its web, fled the scene of the killing and near noon to day had been sen no more, E HAS 3 ASPIRANTS SURE OF VICTORY PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 22. (AP) To race tor speakership of the 1035 house of representatives 1. progress ing merrily, with three prominent candidates each predicting victory for themselves. Representative Oeorge P. Wlnslow of Tillamook, Earl Hill of Cushman. near Eugene, and Lowell Paget of Portland all expressed thst confi dence. Esrl Snett of Arlington, Republican nominee for secretary of atate, Is speaker comes from Western Oregon Is named. By n unwritten law th. next speaker cornea from weatera regon, In the alternating sequence. At the last session of the leglsla 1 ture straw Tote showed Hill I strong fsvorlU for the speakership. With the exception of a few Hur ries during th. past few months, can see little vldence of any change In the speskershlp race sine the esrly part of thla year when It ap pend my ohances for election were good," declared Hill, most of whose legislative activities ar In commit tees. But Representative Wlnslow told th. Associated Press that within the past 20 days he hss lined up "enough votes" to assure himself of the po sition. "I think I hav enough votos," said Wlnslow, the lsrge cosst represent) tire, whose voice frequently I. heard nd by all on the floor of th. leg islature. UNABLE SLAYER PORTLAND, Or., Aug. 22. (AP Although mora thsn 100 persons were at th waterfront riot scene where Jsmes Conner, 22, waa shot to death Monday, police aald today nobody yet ha. Identified the slsyer. Four of the attacking mob of more than 80 have been charged with first degree murder. Murder warrants for a number of other, hsv. been Issued but will not b. served until the per son, are questioned. Those who admitted they were at the scene and who were charged with first degree murder were Edward P. Murray, 30; Robert Husted, 28; Calvin Krause, 36 and William nscner, w, alt lonsahoremen. Authorltln. ssld one witness toio them h. .aw one of th raider take a gun from hi. pocket, walk close to the Albrta treet window and fire liulde. Some of th attacker. Mia all firing wa. from th Inside of the garage, r.ftw. of the Columbia River Long shoremen's group, which was beset by pickets and International Longsnore men association sympsthlzers. However detectives ssio a nunc hole in a window of th garag waa mad by a shot fired from tne out side. DAY IS HOTTEST With th nwrcurr dancing t 101 at three o'clock thl afternoon, th hottest dsy of th season was being chalked un at th federal weather bureau, located at th Medford Municipal Airport. On Jun 30, thl. ye.r, th. maximum wa. reported at 100. Oregon Heather. Pair tonight and Thursday; not much change In tsmneratur; mod wst northerly wind offthor. TOKYO WATCHING ARIZONA EFFORT Jl State Officials Assure Gov ernment Farmers Won't Resort to Violence in Dispute With Orientals WASHINGTON, Aug. 32. (API Arizona authorltlea today assured the state department that farmer. In th. ' Salt River valley of that state would not resort to violence In their dispute with Japanese over leases on farm lands. The department had communicat ed with Arizona authorities In con nection with reports that league of farmer. In Salt River valley was wak ing to remove all Japanese resident. ' and cancel their leases. William Phillips, acting wcietary , of atate, Informed newspapermen he ' had received a telegram from tha at torney general of Arizona, acting for the governor, in which he was as sured orderly court proceeding, would settle the dispute. TOKYO. Aug. 22. (AP) Arizona today supplanted Manchuria as Ja pan', principal trouble zone, th afternoon 'newspaper, devoting a great deal of apace to th difficulty oecween American and Japanese far- ' mers tn the Salt River valley. in development. In Arlioaa eclipsed even the aqu.bbl with Rus- sia over the China Eastern railway a. topic of editorial comment. Official, welcomed th action of William Phillips, acttng secretary of state at Washington, who In a tele gram to the Arizona governor urged ujsv in Japanese farmer, there o protected against violence. E EE CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 22. (P) Wyoming', only congressman. Vincent Carter of Kemmerer, wa. th. assured republican choice for th nomination for V. S. Senata today. A. M. Clark. aeoretary of state wsa apparently th rcpuoiicsn nominee for governor. Gov. Leslie A. Miller seemed unbeatable for th democratic gubernatorial nom lnatlon. Those three major candidate con tinued to add to their lead, as th total, from yesterday', primary elec- ronea in and it appeared only a major and unexpected upset could keep them from nomlnstlon. DEADLINE ON TAX PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 22.- Hoplng to speed collection of taxes. district attorney, of Oregon adopted a uniform date of November 6 after which mlt. to collect delinquent tax ea will be Instituted each year. The district attorney, meeting her yesterday, also urged that county court, be requested to employ person al property tax collector, a. now em ployed by Multnomah, Clackamas, Umatilla and Douglas. i 'UNLOADED' REVOLVER WOUNDS BOY, AGED 5 PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 23 (API Holly Wright, 6, waa wounded In th thigh by a revolver he and his pl.y mate. Ev.n K. Porter Jr., took from th Porter horn whtl th parent, were away. Th boy thought th gun waa un loaded until Evan brandished It and pulled th trigger. IIAKBLN, Manchuria, Aug. 21. I ee by the papers that liuey Long decided in favor or. Paraguay and got a fort named after him down' there. 1 guesa these folks heard about a big island near New York named after Long, where, there waa a battle not long ago. If Huey will intervene over here right quick I think 1 can get a country and two miles of railroad named after him. DELINQUENCY SET 4 t