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Mebforb Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award fOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Star MEUFOUU, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, 1934. No. 142. I The Weather Forecast: Fair lonl(bt and Thurs I dsy; not much Chang In tempera tor. Hit-heat yesterday ' lw this morning - - 65 By TALL MAIXON WASHINGTON, D. C Sept. 8. Af ter all the bleating that has been go ing on about new deal patronage, ft checkup on the administration la In order. Hordes of Job 1 a democrat are emitting fa miliar sounds be cause, they con tend, they ar not getting their ahare of the poli tical spoils. The Parley crowd has notably been racked with hun ger pains because the various de partments have Paul Mailon not opened up the old pork barrel. Yet no announcement has ever been made about how many new men have been put In by the new dealers or how many old one liave been re tained. You can be sure no announce ment on that subject will ever be made. It's dynamite. There Is a way. however, for an Inquisitive non-partisan to get a line on it. That is by comparing the last departmental directory of the Hoover regime (January, 1932), with the lit est directory of the new dealers (May. 1934). The results are surprising. These directories list only the Im portant Jobs down to chief clerks, division chiefs, lawyers and experts, but they show roughly that the new deal has kept on more than half of the old government employes of that class. Out of S27 listed in the new deal directory 523 were also listed In the the last Hoover directory. An exact comparison Is Impossible. There have been a few further changes since May. The economy re organization consolidated some bu reaus. Also the new list contains about 50 new Jobs which did not ex ist before. But the general conclusion Is In disputable that the new dealers have confiscated fewer than half of the key positions for themselves and re tained, an unusually large number of career men In the agriculture and state departments. When you get down to Individual departments you also find that even Postmaster-General Farley, the pat ronage, master, has retained about one-third of the old hands (of this class) In his postoffice department. About 30 of bis 92 postoffice names are old. And the White House Itself has retained two old employes out of five listed. This may not be very pleasing to Jobless democrats, but admirers of efficiency may commend it. It seems to be a half-way approximation of the desirable BrUlsh system. The British change only the heads of de partments when administrations change. Nearly all cabinet assistants are career men. When Premier Mac- donald brought his debt delegation ' over here a few years ago everyone in it was & career man. That gives the government trained employes and a higher type of em ploye. It encourages young men to adopt the government as a career and keeps incompetent political ap polnwea out. Secondary officials usually do most of the work, any way. If they were all released when administrations change the result would be chaos. The best American authority on far-eastern war talk expressed some views off the record the other day. He sees no immediate danger of the United States becoming involved be tween Japan and Russia. The main trouble Is the excited state of the Japanese mind. Some of their can garas would think nothing of scut tling a couple of our ships If they happened to be in that mood. Hence no one can say what the Japanese will do. The world will never know how close we weie to war at the time of the Shanghai affair. There was grave ganger of a clash between Japanese troops and our own. The Japanese are doing much now to encourage better relations with us, but you can not be sure how far that move will go. As for naval treaties, this pre eminent authority does not care what the Japanese do. We are going to ha7e a full treaty navy. If the Japanese denounce the treaty, we will still maintain the ratio by outbuilding them. G. C. Haas of the farm credit ad ministration Is slated for the assist ant secretaryship of the treasury when Eccles goes to the federal re serve board. Three of four foreign trade promo. tion bargains will be announced aliortly bv George Peek. They will in rolve credit for specific purchases of specific product. About 200 such birgains are supposed to be pending. The other senator from Idaho Is stepping out into prominence. For weeks Senator James P. Pope has been the only senator in town. News man are (wiring and Jfttins com ment from lum on all subjects. (Continued on Page four) I i . ABSENCE OF ENABLES F GAIN UPPER 5000 Acres Burned Many Residents Lose Property Force Marshaled Over of Area Huge for Fight With the fire line still complete about the huge blaze In the Apple gate section, which has covered an approximate 5000 acres, officials ofj the Rogue River national forest this j afternoon were hopeful that the blaze would remain under control. Thr ' fire burned a short distance down the slope into the Griffin Creek sec tion. No wind was driving the fire Into new territory and 300 workers were on duty keeping the fire behind the line. Norman C. White, assistant super visor, said that no valuable timber had yet been burned, but that brush and hard wood were In the path of the flames. CCC enrolles from Devil's Flat. Til ler, McKlnley, Tyee, Steamboat, Brad ford. Melrose, Applcgate, Upper Rogue River, South Fork of the Rogue an-"1 Rand ranger station were called to fight the fire. Gordon Mash, in charge of O. and C. land, accompa nied the 300 men from the CCC camps out of the Umpqua forest and the o. and C. land. Many wood cutters who have been spending the summer In that area chopping wood for winter sale had their wood piles completely wiped out by the wild fire. The fire started directly at the side of the highway and. whether from a lighted cigarette carelesly tossed or from Incendiarism, had not been de termined, Supervisor Janouch said. Lee Port, in charge of the fire crews, with supervision from the Med- ford offices, reported the following places were destroyed by fire: The Dalton brothers' place, the cabin and household effects where a woman and two children were residing, the Ashley house and furnishings, Henry Mankln's barn, 80 tons of hay and livestock; a log cabin, resident un known; a prospector's cabin, the Sears place; also reported were the Gordon Stout and Ben Coffman houses. (Continued on Page Two) MURPHY FIRE IS Lee Port, ranger at the Star station In Applegato, who la in charge of the big fire on the Apple gate, under the supervision of the forestry officers, returned there late yesterday after noon to take charge of the work, hav ing been called in from the Murphy fire. Ranger Port said last evening that the fire In the Murphy section had burned over 1500 acres and had not reached the timber yet. The fire was burning at the top of the divide be tween Applegnte and Rogue river, into Green creek, he said. Twenty-five men from the Rand Ranger station CCC camp and 30 state men were working on the fire, al though It was not under control when Port left. The fire broke out back of the Carson ranch Saturday In an old burn. YELLOW RIVER FLOOD SENDS 110.000 TO TREES TIENTSIN. China, fiopt. 5. Their homes destroyed by flood watr of the rampaging Yellow river, 1 10.000 persons are living in treetops near Changuan, in the southern extremity of Hopeh province. A survey by north China relief agencies showed that 300 villages of Hopeh and Honan prov inces had been inundated. PARALYZED GNAWED OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 5. (AP) A real life horror story was un folded today as Mrs. A. W. Gott. weal thy paralyzed widow, recuperated at her home from an attack by thou sands of fierce red ants which ad vanced upon her bed. The helpless woman suffered under the ants for two and a half hours before her screams attracted a neigh, bor, Pat McOrew, and a night watch man. L. M. Corbett. When they res cued her, she was unconscious, her eyes swollen shut. McGrew said he heard screams shortly after 10 o'clock. Unable to decide whether they were the screams of a human or the cries of an animal, he listened for an hour before he was convinced someone was 1n niiry. He arore and walked about the neighborhood, but after hearing aotalnf, retired. WINDf PIERS hand; 1 I I Not Appreciated at Home if 4 J OAKLAND. Cal., Sept. 5. ( APi Thirteen - year - old Wanda L.-araiiii. whose disappearance Monday led to belief lor a time that she had oeen kidnaped, was back home today. The pretty young daughter of E. H. Cardinet. wealthy candy manu facturer, returned voluntarily early last night after an absence of nearly 30 hours, explaining that a quarrel with her older sister had prompted her to leave. "I thought." she said, "that If I went out on my own for a while I would be better appreciated at home when I returned." Socialist Revolution of Germany Ends With All Hopes Fulfilled Hitler By LOUIS P. LOCHNER Associated Press Foreign Staff NTJRNBERG, Germany, Sept. 5. (AP) Adolf Hitler, dictator of Ger many, declared today: "The National Socialist revolution Is ended. It has fulfilled all its hopes." He spoke at the annual convention of the Nazi party the party which he founded and which placed him In the supreme power of the nation. Hitler spoke to the assemblage through Robert Wagner, the Nazi dis trict leader for Baden, who read der fuehrer's proclamation to the throng. The regimented delegates cheered and waved flags as their leader pro claimed that nowhere else In the world could be found a political dem onstration ao completely expressing the dominant will and power of a nation. Der fuehrer said revolutions which took on a permanent character re sulted In anarchy and chaos and merely served the purposes of greedy politicians, and that an evolution had to come to bring about better con ditions. "For this purpose," he said, "the Nazi leadership possesses all the pow er. Who dare deny that the National Socialist movement is the absolute power In the land?" POP SALE PROFIT SALEM, Bept. 8 (AP) With tatc offlMi KM th city of Salem ctoert to builnew t noon today for attend ance at Oregon'! third annual atate fair, Salem day at the annual event promised to see another record-break-InR crowd. . WOMAN IS BY ANT ARMY "In moment the screams came louder than ever," he said. "This time it waa certain someone needed help. I aroused neighbors and got In touch with the nightwatchman. Together we went to the Gott home. "When we got In there the stream of ants still was entering the yard. "It was yards long and abmit two fingers wide. "Mrs. Gott was horribly swollen and apparently was unconscious, although she moaned occasionally. "We brushed the ants off and soon she was able to tell us what hap pened. "She saw the ants itart onto the bed, but was unable to push away the chair which they used as a ladder." Mrs. Gott's condition was not criti cal trvlnv and fhe refuvd to allow a phyle"nn to be mmm'ii'd, Hr young woman attendant had been given tb night off. "'","K0!l Now, with the. revolution ended, he declared there was no better fit ted body than the present Nazi party leadership for building up the state of the nation. The leadership, he declared, "knows what It wants and gets what it wants." "It la entitled to that claim," he said, "because it carries a vindica tion which la but rarely recorded by history." The German leader said the Ger man way of life was fixed for thr next 1000 years, during which time there would be no further revolu tlons. He described the German re gimes of the past 80 years as run by international freebooters and pot house politicians. He declared later generations would exalt the accom- 1 pllshmcnts of the Nazi movement as the "German miracle." F E Bargain Days at the Mail Tribune. which are to continue until Septem ber 10, are bringing many people to the offices, and according to Gerald Latham, circulation manager, new subscriptions and renewals thus far surpass last year's record. More rural residents hav been taking advantage of the rural rates than formerly, and more are expected to call this week. Carriers have been authorized to accept subscriptions, and issue receipts. With official announcement today that Carolyn Ruth Shangle. small daughter of Photographer and Mrs. J Verne Shangle had won a prlza of 50 in the Sears-Roebuck picture con test at the World's fair, A. H. Bsnweii received word that his small daugh ter. Patricia June Beverly Banwell had also received first prize of (50. In a different age classification. Both photographs entered in the contest were taken by Shangle. The Shun trie baby la in trie age classifica tion of two yeiara or younger, nd the Ranwell child Is in the group of to or older. ''SINCLAIR SILENT TEXTILE WORKERS fi r&GL 1 CRIMINAL LIBEL ONCONVERSATION OF SOUTH ENGAGE v" l: ZeZ TR 0 G VEN NEW WITH ROOSEVELT IN GUN BATTLE' , California Bourbon Nominee Sings Praises of President After Visit But Subject of Talk Is Kept Dark WASHINGTON, Sopt. 5. D Up ton Sinclair, the democratic nominee for governor of California, arranged today to confer here lata in the af ternoon with Harry L. Hopkins, the federal relief administrator. Sinclair will ask Hopkins to ap prove the use of federal relief funds In his plan to end poverty In Call fornla. He wants to lease or buy fac tories with the federal money and put the unemployed to work in them turning out goods to be exchanged for products of other relief workers. NEW YORK, Sept. 8. P) Upton Sinclair talked for two hours last night with President Roosevelt "a gorgeous man" and then set out for Washington to inquire today what federal aid he might obtain for his plan to end poverty in California, The epic program Is the keystone of Sinclair's campaign as democratic nominee for governor of the golden state. He also met Postmaster General James A. Farley, national chairman of , the democratic party. After their 25-; minute conference both declared with , broad smiles, "we didn't discuss poli tics." Sinclair saw the president at his home In Hyde Park, the party chair man In a New York hotel. No Hint On Support Like Caesar, he came and he saw. Whether he conquered could not be said, for no word was forthcoming of party support for hli campaign. "What we talked about la between us," the one-time socialist and author of biting novels on capitalism said after his chat with the president. Age has eradicated the rasp in Sin clair's voice. He smiles genially, Is ever polite In a quick. Impersonal way, where once he was wont to be dis tant. Politics apparently has made (Continued on Paga Two) f L SEPT. 17 Naomi Holman Van Dyke, principal r the Valley school, announced to day tns. the school located In the Siskiyou Heigr.fa will open September 17. In order tl.at parents may dis cuss courses with Mra. Van Dyke and that pupils might be registered, she will be at the school from 0 a. m., to 13 noon each day from September 10 to 16. Mrs. Van Dyke has been with the Valley school for the past four years, and her outstanding work has been reflected In the progress of her pupils. She also has taken an active part In the Girl Scout work In Medford, and has many friends here. SALEM TO ARBITRATE WATER PLANT PRICE SALEM, Sept. fl. ( AP) The Salem city council last night agreed formally to arbitrate with the Oregon-Washington Water Service company to es tablish a price on its plant here, but failed to agree on the selection of an engineer to represent the city as a member of the arbitration board of three. 4 BASEBALL American DETROIT, Sept. 6. P Lynwood (Schoolboy) Rowe, making his first start since his victory string was snapped by 18 consecutive games by Johnny Marcum and the Athletics, today pitched the Detroit Tigers to a 4 to a victory over Philadelphia with Morcum the opposing hurler. R. H. E. Philadelphia a 11 0 Detroit - 4 7 0 Marcum and Berry; Rowe and Coch rane. National R. H. E Chicago 1 0 New York - B 8 0 Bush. Tinning and Hartnett; Schu macher and Mancuso, Dannlng. n. h. Cincinnati . 0 8 Philadelphia 1 8 SI Johnson and Lombard!; Hanson and J. Wilson. R. H. St. Louis Brooklyn 3. Dean and Delancey; Lopez. a 10 i .... 1 9 0 Leonard and R. a n. i II o Pltmburfrh .. Braton 3 8 3 Bwlft and Orac Csntvell, Brown. I Ahem and Hogu, Spohrar. Many Wounded in Outbreaks at Trion and Augusta, Georgia Portland Police Arrest Twelve Rioters ST KIKE AT A GLANCE (By the Associated Press) Independent surveys Indicated at least 350,000 out of -650.000 workers were Idle. President Roosevelt announced he would appoint a board to me diate the strike. Employers In the silk, woolen id cotton sections of the Indus try planned to organize to defend workers from alleged Intimidation by atrlkers. In New England employers clos ed some mills that operated yes terday "to protect workera." Instances of disorder were re ported from Portland, Ore.; Macon, Qa.; Danielson, Conn., and Salem, Mass. The mayor of Splndale, N. C. asked for federal troops. TRIOR, Oa., Sept. 8. (AP) Be tween fifteen and twenty persona were reported ahot and wonnded In a disturbance at the Trion cotton mills today. Attendants at the Regal hospital said IB or 20 wounded persona had been brought there. One of the in jured waa reported In a aerlous condi tion. The Injured, the hospital re ported, Included a Trion policeman, who received two bullet wounds. Some of the Injured, the hospital reports said, were shot by guards at the mill and others were shot by strikers. AUGUSTA, Oa.. Sept. 6. (AP) Three men were wounded, one crtl- (Continued on Page Two) 2 KILLED, 3 HURT IN CAR ACCIDENTS El EUGENE, Sept. B. (AP) Two per sons were killed and three others were Injured In auto accidents near here late yesterday. Mrs. Rachael Boardman, 80, Flor ence, was struck by a car driven by Arnold Sostrand, Engl e wood, Cal., she stepped from behind a parked car on the coast highway Just north of Florence last evening. She died before motorists could get her to medical aid. The Sostrand car ca reened into a ditch and was badly damaged. A coroner's Investigation was being conducted today. Roy Jensen, transient, was Injured fatally when struck by a hit-and-run car on the Pacific highway three miles north of here last night. He suffered skull fracture and died in a local hospital shortly after midnight. Po lice said Jensen, with a companion, had been walking along the proper side of the highway when struck by the car which raced on north before the license number could be obtained. Mrs. Jennie LaBleau, of Tacoma suffered a broken shoulder and burns when the car In which she was riding with her brothers, Frank and John DeMerse, overturned and burned on the Pacific highway near Hatsey late last night. 4 ALBANY. Ore., Sept. B. f AP) Mri, Jennie La Beau of Tacoma suffered ft broken shoulder and severe burns, and her brother, Frank De Morse, also of Tacoma. waa badly burned late yesterday when their automobile over. turned and burned on the pacific highway near Halaey. John De Merse, another brother, was not. hurt. FARMER SLAYS FIVE IN RAGE OVER UNPAID DEBT FULTON, III., Sept. 8. VP) Rage over an old unpaid farm debt, police said today sent Fred Blink, 48, on a wild ahot-gun rampage tbat brought death to five persons. After slaying the fin, Including his debtor. John Hamilton, Blink "shoot It out" with Officer Frank Kustes when the latter cornered him yester dsy afternoon. Before his cspture. Blink was wounded and turned hla automatic hotun on himself, Inflicting addi tional wound. Doctor said h would recover. The victim of the blast from th enraged man' weapon. In addition to Hsmllvon. were Marry Mlnje. of Belvldere. III., rallrosd watchmsn; Ur. Jennl Walter of Sterling. IU, uc As Gospel1 ! Empty Phrase To Bible Student .RM INGHAM, Eng.. Sept. 5. "True as Gospel," doesn't an much to Prof. Bethune Bak Lady Margaret professor of dl nity at Cambridge university. Presiding over the modern churchmen's conference, today Prof. Baker declared the New Tes tament "can no longer be regarded as literally true. "It is religious literature and its value is to be found in the relig ious Ideas it suggests to us." START HARVESTING OF ROGUE VALLEY Harvesting of the 1034 tomato crop of the Rogue River valley, estimated by William A. Gates of the Economy aroceterlaa and Interested in the de velopment of tomato culture here, at between "10,000 and 13.000 tons" was started today. The harvesting la ei- pected to last until well Into Octo ber. Ralph E. Koorr. manager of the Bagley cannery at Ashland, said yes terday that packing of tomatoes would start today and a force of about 130 women would be employed. He estimated that the same number of workers would be employed in the fields. He said one tomato grow er would employ a force of 36 people. Manager Koozer said the pear pack of the cannery was completed last week, and a two days' rest given the employes. Manager Koozer sad that ideal weather conditions now prevail for the development of the tomatoes, and that the picking would be kept abreast of ripening In order to get all poslble gathered before any pos sible frost. He aald there was shortage of help. Oates said that, while the bulk oi the tomato output would go to the cannery to be packed or squeezed Into Juice, a large amount or vaney grown tomatoes was being shipped to the Klamath Basin country and northern California areas. Gates regards this valley as the "one sure tomato crop district be tween California and Walla Walla," and feels that with management and co-operation tomato growing will be made a primary crop here. The outlook for tomatoes the com Ing fall and winter Is strong, with a brisk demand from the east and mia- die west, according to Gates. The quality . this year Is excellent, and the slue about the average. County Agent Robert O. Fowler es timates the tomato acreage of the valley between 350 and 300 cars. 4 REPAIRING A TIRE KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. B.-(P)-An automobile crash on The Dallca-Call-fomla highway north of Cresoent 1st last night coat the lives of Wallace Burns, Chlloquln, and James Nelson, 16. of Salt Lake City. The victims were struck as they worked along side an unllghted mi chine repairing a tire. A man by the name of Rankin of Portland was the driver of the second car. He as bound for Klamath Falls but stayed at Crescent following the accident. Burns' twelve year old son and an other passenger were uninjured. Ne son was a hitch-hiker who had been picked up near Klamath Falls. TOT UNHARMED AFTER THREE-STORY TUMBLE BINOHAMPTON. N. T., Sept. . (P)Kenneth Cool. 3-year-old aon of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cool, climbed too high on the railing of the third floor balcony at his home last night and toppled over. Sixty feet below, he landed In a flower bed. Doctor could find nothing worse than bump on hi head. housekeeper for Hamilton; Wb Col lier, 70. Sterling, and Mr. Irene Cor rlck, De Molnea, Iowa. Mr. Walter, Mrs. corrlck, Mlnje, and Collier were the first to die, shot down when they attempted to flee from th Hamilton farmhouse ner her. From th farm, which Blink and Hamilton had operated on a share basis, th aliyer went to a point near the home of Jahn Pack, a friend, and shot Hamilton, at th same time seri ously wounding Joseph Collier, brother of one of the dead. Blink' wife told th polio that when her husband left hi home ye terday noon he ald h wa "going to do omethlng" bout th money h said that Hamilton owd BUnk. SENTENCE STAY Passing of Sentence Delayed Six Months by Judge Pending Good Behavior Continue Bonds of Two An order suspending passing of sen. tence for six months, pending good behavior, was signed yesterday in cir cuit court by Judge H. D. Norton In the cases of Electa A. Fehl, May Mur ray and E. L. Pitch. The trio entered pleas of guilty six weeks ago to crimi nal libel, as the result of circulation, of campaign pamphlets during the May primary, attacking the Jury sys tem, courts, and the law enforcement agencies of Jackson county. Bonds of Electa A. Fehl and May Murray were ordered continued and Fitch's liberty on his own recogni zance continued. May Revoke Suspension. At the time rJ?r of guilty wer entered, the cox took the passing of sentence undt advisement until September 4. The oruer reserves the right of the court to revoke the sen tence suspension and pass same at any time the court may deem ad visable. The action grew out of the circula tion of the pamphlets, the text of which the authorities assert, was writ ten by Earl H. Fehl from his stata prison cell. The article claimed Fehl, convicted by ft Klamath county Jury In 13 minutes, waa "railroaded to prison," and that county money was used, "In bribing wltneascs and Juries and handling the courts." May Murray and Fitch were charged wltih circulation of the pamphlets. and Electa A. Fehl with bringing them to this city. Poston Also Walts. Sentence waa also suspended for six months against Alfred Poston of thft Plnehurst district, who plead guilty to attempted assault with a deadly weapon. The charge grew out of a roadside argument over the stata game lawa a year ago. In which Poston threatened to shoot a state policeman. The suspended sentence of Henri etta B. Martin, former president of tfhe self-styled "Good Government Congress," found guilty of dlsorder'y conduct by a' Jackson county Jury a year ago, expires next month, when It will again come up for considera tion of the court, and further action. 200 BATTLEfTRE KLAMATH FOREST KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. 8. (AP) Nearly 200 men were lighting a for est fire on the Klamath Indian ret- . ervatlon thla afternoon. The blaz. waa In Antelop. valley, where It ha been burning alnc. late Tuesday. An effort waa being made to sur round the flames which already har. covered 300 acres. The heat waa loosening rocks along Th. Dalles-California highway and creating a hazard to motorists. MARSHFIELD. Ore., Sept. 5 (AP) C. J. Olllette. editor-manager of th Coos Bay Times for the past four years, today announced his resigna tion, effective September 15, on which date he will become Identified In Portland with the office of the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York. Wendell Webb, news editor of th paper for the past three years, will succeed Olllette a managing editor. LENINGRAD, Sept. 4. Well, wa nro finally on the tvack of Finland. Found a pilot who in going to leave herd with us in the morning and take up by way of Esthonia nnd land ua in Hclsingford. That's the place I been looking for for a month. Just like these folks to move their capital from a beautiful city like this to Moscow. Saw the opening of the great opera in Moscow Saturday nignt, new drama last night and tonight the ballet in the real home of the Russian ballet. Saw Leningrad's old stock xehango today; would hate to tell you what it is now. Boys, you better behave.
