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Medford Mail Trmjne The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Friday: not much Chang In temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterdty . 87 t.nwnt this morning..- 4.1 WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1034 MJEDFOKD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1934. Twenty-ninth Year Ko. 155. IV HI WW J VM fl? MllPECT'flSISESTEl By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 30. President Roosevelt ha completely luffed the skippers and the crew of the NRA. They have no Idea where they are Balling: nor are they sure Who U In charge of the hip. Until two weeks ago It was fairly clear to all NRA Insiders that the liberal Mr. Hlch berg was getting the Inside track at the White House. He had the reorganl7a- Paul MaUoD tlon plan which had been aubmlttcd to the President. His prestige grew when the labor board announced Its decisions in the Houde and Kohler cases. In both these cases the board altered the old Johnsonian labor policy expressed In the automobile strike settlement) That showed very clearly the way the wind was blowing, but then It was suddenly announced that Chair men Garrison of the labor board was packing up to go home. The accept able excuse was offered that he had to get back to his college work. Yet hi associates began to wonder wheth er his newly announced labor policy accurately reflected a change in Mr. Roosevelt's view, or whether he was in conflict with the administration. Simultaneously, General Johnson started talking again like a man with authority. He criticized the attitude of textile strikers, and gave many an Insider here the Impression he was reflecting a higher viewpoint, per haps that of the squire of Hyde Park. Newsmen here took It that way and hied themselves to Relief Administra tor Harry Hopkins, than whom no -one-' In elowr to Hyde Park. They asked Mr. Hopkins whether h would atop relief allowances to strikers in view of Johnson's announcement. Mr. Hop kins said he would not. Tf you can figure out from this who Js on top In the NRA or where It la going, you had better communicate with the slightly dazed membera of the NRA crew. The reason for so much confusion seems to be that Mr. Roosevelt Is yet hoping to bring Johnson and Rlch- feerg together. In talking with rep resent a Uvea of both sides, he is s amiable that both get the Idea he Is for them. Old-timers at the White House know that when the President nods his head in seemingly silent as sent, he does not necessarily mean he is for you. The outcome apparently rests with the result of present peace efforts. Neither Johnson nor Rlrhberg Is ln- cllned toward compromise. Both are energetically determined to contend for their opposing principles. That secret meeting of the durable goods industries at a .Virginia spa was not the first secret national con ference of Industrial leaders. It Just happen to be the first such gather ing that got into print. The reason It did was that certain labor people heard about It and spread the word around In the proper places. Two months ago a larger national gathering of Industrialists was held In secret at Montault Point. Long Wand, although nothing waa ever printed about It. At that meeting the Industrialists called In a brain trust of their own. They summoned college professors whose views they respected and asked help In formulating their NRA pro gram. Several of the leaders in the National Manufacturers' association were there. General Johnson'a public reference to Supreme Court Justice Brandeta in a speech hn stirred more private com ment In legal circles here than the I constitutionality of the new deal. Johnson'a exact word were: "Dur ing thla whole Intense experience I have been in constant touch with the old counselor. Judge Brandel. A you know, he think anything that get too big la bound to be wrong. He thinks NRA la too big and I agree with htm. I don't know whether di viding It up In thl fashion will satis fy his Idea or not. but I want to make on, thing very plain, and that I. whatever reorganization there 1 at NRA will be worked out by the Presl- dent and no one else." Lawyers seem to agree the remark waa Indiscreet because several NRA cases arc coming before the supreme court at the fall term. They do nit know whether Johnson was trying to embarrass Justice Brandels. by sug gesting he had Ideas about the NRA. but they do know antl-NRA attorneys will certainly be encoursged to raise t'.ie question against Mr. Brandels be csu?e of the aeneral'i remarks. The guiding genlusea behind thfjA python Is at large somewhere near tre.isury are beg nning to talk prl v-ne.y acAlnst any new tax plan for i lie com In concresslonal session . Tr.cy are r;iit7 aound to tne ri- t .:at a pr:m .ner.', t in'rrf pro- iCtLt.nucd on Fae E.g-tJ Part of Ransom Recovered; Long Chase Near End NEW YORK, Sept. 20. (AP) Bernard Richard Hauptmann, 35, unem ployed Bronx carpenter, was arrested today as the receiver of $50,000 ran som money paid In the Lindbergh Kidnap case, and later Identified posl tlTelv "by witnesses" to the passing of the ransom bills. Police Commissioner John O'Rviin announced the Identification short ly after 6 p. m Ills reference to the Identification "by witnesses" to the passing of the ransom money was taken to mean Dr. John K. Condon, the "Jafhle" or the ransom negotiations who passed the money to a sup posed emissary of the kidnapers over a wall of St. Raymond's cemetery In the Bronx. ' NEW YORK, Sept. 20. OP) Bernard Richard Hauptmann of the Bronx was arrested today as therecclver of s:.0.000 ransom money paid by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh In a fruitless -effort to recover his kidnaped son, and authorities recovered 513,730 of the ranson money. Announcement of the arrest; was made bv Police Commissioner John K. O'Ryan, acting as spokesman for the department of Justice, New Jersey state police and his own department. O'Ryan said Hauptmann was an alien Illegally in this country, having entered this country aa a stowaway 11 years ago. Hauptmann Is about five feet eight inches tall, and weighs about 150 pounds. He wore a grey checked suit, light brown hat. blue shirt, blue pat terned tie and brown shoes. His fea tures are regular, but distinguished hT sunken crey eyes, and long. straight nose, and his hair Is between brown and red. Clothing Shabby. , shade His whole appearance was maw 01 laborer. Hla clothes were of good ma. terlal. but shabby. Hauptmsnns attitude was eulbn and hla lips were compressed during the entire proceedings. While nerv ous, he appeared to be controlling himself well. He waa arrested yesterday at 0 a. m at Webster avenue, the Bronl. He denied having anything to do with the kidnaping, but made no atate ment. Hla answer was the same to all questions, a negative shake of the head. This was his only response when asked whether he kidnaped the baby, and where he got the money. O'Ryan made his announcement In the presence of J. Edgar Hoover, head of the bureau of Investigation of the department of Justice; Col. Schwarz kopf, head of the New Jersey state police; Prank Fay of the local office of the department of Justice. These officials came to the hearing room of the Greenwich street police station after the announcement, and went to the dlas to answer questions of newspapermen. Bays Case Solved. O'Ryan. In answer to a direct ques t!on. after conferring with the otrwr officials for a moment, said he Ueved this arrest solved the kidnap lnc case. The hearing room, In which dance hall and hack license revocation cases are heard, waa crowded. Every news paper and press association In the area had at least one reporter pres ent, some as many as half a dozen. These men took the commissioner's answers to questions In relays, rueh- Ing to telephones. Commissioner O'Ryan's announce ment came after about two hours of rumors of a "break" In the case. The arrest had brought a large force of high federal agents and New York and New Jersey police offlclala to gether. Prom police headquartera tne cen ter of reports shifted to the Green wich atreet police station, on the lower west side, and within a short time the street In front of the sta tion waa thronged. The crowd became so large that traffic in the block In which the sta tion la located waa closed to traffic, and a number of detectives moved through the mass of people. Howard Oault, secretary of the Jus tlce court, Medford district, and i law student, waa today named by Sheriff Walter J. Olmscheld a office deputy to fill the vacancy caused by th sudden death last Friday night of Mis Olga B Anderson. Oault will assume his new duties soon, but no definite date haa been Sheriff Olmscheld said he made the," ,om "me " h appointment from a long list of ap. pllcants, and chose Qault because of his knowledge of Hens, chattel, re plevins, writ, and other lesal moves, with which an office deputy must be familiar. The appointee served un der Justice of the Peace Olenn Taylor for five years, and la thoroughly c qunlnted with all th multifarious duties that will confront him. HASTINGS, Eng.. Sept. 20. (AP) HuMing. Five hundred python rees were dis covered today and burned. H was assumed the mother m ca pri from wm ; ?oo yes r ago ot got out of a fruit crate coming lrom abroad. 10 HAVE PASSED WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. (API Arrest of Richard Hauptmann In New York: City In connection with the Llndberz kldnanlng was announced today by Attorney General cum. mlngs. Cummlngs said "Hauptmann is known to have passed some of the Lindbergh ransom money and have had a substantial amount of It In hi home at the time of his arrest." Cummlngs said that a full an nouncement on the matter would be Issued by Police Commissioner O'Ryan In New York City. "I suspect." the - law chief said, "that commissioner o Ryan will out' line the part played In his case by three departments: the New Jersey state police, the New York city police and the department of Justice. "I appreciate the cooperation , be tween the three departments." No further enlightenment on the case was given by the attorney gen eral. NEW YORK, Sept. 30. (AP) Ber nard Richard Hauptmann, under ar. rest as receiver of Lindbergh baby ransom money, ha a home at 1379 East 222nd street, the Bronx. It la two-story and attic stucco building on the northwest corner of Needham avenue. In some respects the district resembles the country from which the Lindbergh baby waa kidnaped. It Is heavily wooded and Needham ave nue 1 like a country road, unlm proved and heavily rutted. A woman waa on the sldelawn car. Ing for two young children this after. noon. At the back of the building on the east side of Needham avenue Is a wooden garage twelve feet by eight feet. ' Pour automobiles, two of them equipped with New Jersey license plates, were parked outside the gar- age and. according to neighbors, had been there for nearly two day. It waa understood that some at leaat were police cars. The doora of the garage were open, the garage flooring nso. oeen torn up. A hole two feet deep had been dug In the rear. A pitchfork waa imbedded In the hole. SUICIDE VERDICT E That 3. P. Tlmmerman, 70-year-old rancher who lived near the summit of the Orcensprlngs on the Klamath ram highway, committed suicide Tuesday evening ahortly before he waa found In his cabin mortally wounded from a bullet wound, was the verdict turned In thla morning at a coroner'. Inquest held at Ash land. District Attorney Oeorge Codding, who questioned the witnesses In the case, stated the only apparent reason for Tlmmerman't act waa that he had become "tired of living." Codding stated that Tlmmerman had told Russell Miller, a neighbor. that he didn't want to live any long CALL FOUR OFFICERS FOR SERVICE IN CCC SPOKANE, Sept. 20. (AP) Four army reserve officers were ordered to day to report to rort Oeorge Wright today to duty with the Civilian Con evatlon corps They Include Captain Jamea U Riley, field artillery reserve. Walla v;:ii; captain Carl B. Jack, field artlllrry rc.rrve. Dallas. Ore. and Perond L:runant F.flward w wahl Idaho. 'infantry reserve, of Moscow, Unawarevof Developments According to Jack Maddux, air transport exec u the and host to Col. nnd Mrs. Lindbergh on their visit to ('tilt Torn in, the famous fhlng couple had no inrnrnintlon on tne arrest in ;ew York in connection unit ine Kidnap ing of their son. The Lindberghs are shown above accepting delhery In St. Louis of the p In ne with which they started their westward flight a few days ago. THREE FIRES. SET ; Three more Incendiary 'fires, all In ibs-stm-llng'- mine district of the, Applegate, have been reported and, due only to prompt action on the part of residents of the district and Apple gate CCC members in keeping the fires from gaining a foothold in the parched timber, the fires are all un der control today with 15 men of the CCC mopping up. The fire wan reported yesterday at 12:45 at the Star ranger station, and at 13:47 the men were on their way. The farmers of the district, fearful lest their homen go up In flames, as aid those of others In the disastrous Poorman creek blaze of September 4. assembled Immediately at the dan ger points, and with shovels and im provised fighting materials, kept the flames In check long enough for the regulars from the camp to arrive. Forestry officials are Investigating the fires today. Further tncendlarlBm unless checked, will cause an alarm- ing loss to the community, and the officials, who have found no logical motive for the crime, are,bcndlnij every effort toward apprehending the culprit, or culprits, as soon as pos sible. The alarming situation Is best ex pressed by the report of Project Su perintendent L. H. Mcuulre of th (Continued on Page Nine) $3.04 FOR BARTLEHS Ouy W. Conner, Inc., of thl city, today announced the highest price for thla season for valley Bart let ts sold on eastern markets. Conner reports that a telegram this morning advised him that hla firm bad aold on the Chicago market a car of Bartletts at 13.04 per box for extra fancy, and 12.75 for ancles. On the same market, Boscs sold at 12.13 and 2.09 per box. The Bartlctt sale was held as "en; couraging" and "favorable." GANGSTER DIES PRAYING BEFORE GUNS OF ENEMIES BROOKLYN. N. Y.. Sept. 20 (AP Tola is how Ftcd Boccl died today at half past mlrinlghtv in the Chrlstofolo club at 633 Metropolitan avenue with four bullets In his body. He died praying, this 27-year old gambler and former felon who once did time in the New Jersey tte prison at Trenton on a shooting charge. Two do7n men were In the room Boccl sat with three others at table, playing pinochle. Two fellows entered. Each cam-led. a pistol. "Tlits Is not a holdup, gentlemen." said one of them. "If you remain quiet and do not attempt to Iwt the room, no one will get hurt except that rat." "Shut up." snapped the gunman 'If you want to pray, make It snap- mS-f till WHEN GIVEN RIDE Staoley and Neoma Smith, 10 and "12-ycar-old children, respectively, of Ralph Smith, Applegate rancher who lives two and one-half miles beyond Ruch on the Big Applcgato highway, suffered serious Injuries, and Betty Brod, 9, a neighbor's child, was hurt less seriously on the road near Ruch yesterday afternoon at 5 :30, when they fell from tho rear of a swerving truck, whose driver, authorities said was intoxicated. The driver, Edward J. McCuah, 41, a transient who gave his address as California; waa arrested shortly after 6 o'clock by state police, on charges of drunken driving. Stanley was treated for scalp wounds, a d lalocated shoulder a nd face cuts, while his sister received wrenched arm. cuts and bruises on the face and knees. Betty Brod es caped with minor cuts and scratches. Mot us h was placed in the county Jail, but released this morning, hav ing been arraigned before Justice ot -the Peacs Wm. R. Coleman. The hearing was postponed until tomor row, to enable police to make a more thorough investigation. McGush was allowed to return to the Applegate on his own recognizance, to see to the welfare of his wife Mae, 22, and her two months' old baby, IS OAKLAND, Sept. 20. (AP) Kid nnped In downtown Oakland, Frank L. Enoa, diamond salesman, was rob bed of $20,000 woith of precious stones. A "movie type" robber accosted Enoa as he was entering his machine yesterday and gathered up all the grms In his sample cane. He was told not to move for a half hour. Enos obeyed. f California state fish and game offl clcls have established by court ac tlon that each dove has a value of 15. Near where he knelt, mumbling prayer, Boccl saw a phone booth, Refuge! Botcl, taking his only chunce leaped for the booth. The guns roared. Two bullets li the back, a third through the breast, and a fourth through his right hand Hie killers walked nut to a wait ing car, and drove away. About four hours later, In front of 6605 Thirteenth avenue another car drove up. The door waa opened and William Callo, 20, was pushed .rom the tonneau. Aa he fell to the sidewalk shots rang out. The car sped away. Police found the badly wounded Oallo suffering gunshot wounds in the head. back, abdomen and legs HH condition waa sale: to be crttl Ml. Cisllo was Mild by police to hav been a smalt time gambler. ER E rr TIL Defender Overcomes Six- Minute Lead Of British Challenger Count Now Stands Two And One. ABOARD U. S. C G. CUTTER ARGO OFF NEWPORT, Sept. 30. P) Ably handled by Harold S. Vanderbllt. the American defender Rainbow came charging through the windward leg the 30-mlle leeward-windward course today to overcome a aix-mln- ute 40 second advantage Endeavour held at the halfway mark and scored her first victory In three races over the British challenger. The victory made the oount two races for Endeavour and one for Rain bow. Rainbow's margin of victory waa three minutes, two seconds. The official finish waa: Rainbow 15:34; Endeavour 3:10. MEDFORD SCHOOL A gratifying Increase In school en rollment in the city has been report ed by Acting Superintendent of Schools G. O. Smith. For the first time in several years, an increase of over six per cnt nA hn made. The exact Increase over the same time a year ago la now 0.4 per oent. Three years ago the enrollment began to fall off. the next year it held its own, and last year showed a loss. The principal gain has been mada, according to Smith, in the Jackson and Washington school districts, with the rate of Increase at the Junior high school slightly higher than that of the Senior hlgli. To take care of th Increased load. some hair-time teachers from last semester have been put on full time, and no difficulty is anticipated. Complete figures on the attendance will be given out from the superin tendent's office as soon as they have been checked, probably on Saturday. Smith said today. TEXTlLTPEACE IS (By the Associated Pre.) The textile world axloualy awaited reporta from a lunoheon conference today at Hyde Park, th summer White House. President Roosevelt, Secretary of Labor Prances Perkins and Governor John O. Wlnant of New Hampshire, chslrman ot the Prealdenf textile mediation board, were to meet at the conference table. Confronting them waa labor's threat to spread the strike of 100.000 more textile workers unless a settlement I reached thla week. Most textile eentera were quiet after aporadlc outbreak of disorder yesterday, but threat of tioienoa ua gered. COSTLY BLAZE ASHLAND, Ore., Sept. SO. (AP) The Methodist church, flv real. dences nd a warehouse burned to the ground In Hornbrook. Calif., laat night In a fire which atarted In a vacant house and spread to the other buildings. Th fire waa believed to have been atarted by children piay ln with matches around the vacant house In th 1st afternoon. Men and trucks were called out from .nearny CCC camps and It waa near midnight before the flames were checked. GAS CO-OP NEAR DELIVERY STAGE Articles of Incorporation have been received by the Jackson County Sup ply company. Th corporation now has a membership of 108, and will, after a few preliminary meetlnga, be gin delivery of gasoline to membera. A commute meeting haa been called for Saturday nlRht, at 8 o'clock at th Central Point Orange hall, and a stockholders meeting will be held some time next week. Tanks of the new corporation will be maintained In Central Point, ac cording to word received hert today. BASEBALL American Score: R. H. E. New York ........... 11 n 4 Detroit - 7 14 4 B rosea, and Jorgens, Marberry, Hamlin, Hogsett, Sorrell and Hay worth. National St. Louis 4 6 2 Boston ISO Carleton and V. Davis; Brandt and Hogan. Second game: St. Louis Boston Walker and Delancey; and Spohrer. .. 1 7 0 -08 1 Prank house Cincinnati ... 3 10 0 New York . 4 10 2 Derringer and Lombard I; Hubbell and Danning. E GATES STILL OPEN CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK. Or., September 20. (Spl) Today marked the official closing of the Crater Lake national park company concessions at this resort for the 1934 season. While hotel, housekeep ing cabin and cafeteria accommoda tions are now no longer available, the park will continue to be open a long as weather conditions are favorable. This will probably mean that travel will be possible until November. Campgrounds at Annie Bprlnga, the rim and other sections of the park will be In operation as long aa travel continues. Of late travel, pos sibly Inspired by Ideal Indian sum mer days, ha been holding better than expected. Approximately halt a thousand people dally ar entering the park, bringing the total for the season so far up to practically llo.. 000 people. As usual, California la leading the list for first entry travel. The Crater Lake national park authorities also announce that spec ial efforta are being taken to patrol the boundaries of the park area to hold back venturesome hunters who would Invade the park domain in quest of deer. A heavy avntence awaits any nlmrod who la found on for bidden territory. GET FIRS! DEER The first deer of the season to ter minate hla career on the receiving end of a local hunter's bombardment was chalked up for Dwlght and Dolph Phlpps, who killed the animal at Soda Mountain thla morning. A report from the CCO checking crews stationed on the forest roads, trails and campgrounds Indicate a greater number of nlmroda In the hills than for a good many seasons past. With most of the men express ing their whole-hearted approval cf the new fire -prevention program. Mora hunters leaving yesterday and today are Mr. and Mrs. Otto Nledcr- meyer, who are pursuing the stag In the Klamath country. Floyd Houm, of the Pacific Telephone and Tel? graph repeater station, will join four men from Grants Pass tonight for a five-day hunt at Pawn Camp, north of Trail. Roy Elliott and hla wife have stopped worrying about Medford fires long enough to go Into the hilts, and Charlea Applegate, with Chad's Whltcher, Tom O'Hara and Jim Cline left Tuesday on a trip to the Bend country. The outcome of the sorties has not yet been discovered. TAFT. Or., Sept. 80. (AP) Mis taken for a deer by member of an other hunting party, Taerle Bones. 18, of Taft, waa mortally wounded near her today. He waa ahot through the head. Th deer aeason opened at dawn today. Alfred Punk, 18, aon of a neigh bor of the Bones family, wa aald to hav fired the fatal shot. The coroner aald he was told young Funk saw something moving In the brush, thought It waa a deer, and fired. Stat police, th corner and the district attorney atarted an Investi gation. KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. 20. (AP) A deer hunter whose nsme was not learned wa reported mortally wounded near Lamm's camp thla aft. ernoon In the north end of Klam ath. Stat police aald th man waa being taken to Bend. He waa be lieved from Oregon City. The report said his hunting com panion was also wounded. Local Campaign To Take Advantage Of Federal Loan Plan For Repairs Mapped By Chamber. Definite atepa In the local better homes campaign, a part of the nat ional program for modernizing prop erty through government loans, were taken yesterday afternoon In a meet ing of the executive committee re cently appointed by B. E. Harder, chairman of tho housing administra tion for Jackson county. Mr. Harder and A. H. Banwell. man. ager of the Jackson County Chamber or wommorco. met with the commit tee, composed of H. A. Thlerolf, chairman. Prank Runt. Fred Pick. E. O. Trowbridge, o. O. Alenderfer and T. H. Fletcher. The group an nounced a program of publicizing th loan system through newspaper ad vertising, pamphlets, and public talks, with the cooperation of the build ing trade of the community. Work of getting the public Interested In the drive la. under the direction of a committee composed of Alenderfer, Fletcher and Banwell, combined with the regular Chamber of Commerce publicity committee. nnrrter Optimistic Mr. Harder expressed optimism In the way the campaign la already pro gressing, and stated that flrat result ar noticeable. People arc Inquiring about loans, he said, and many have applied. Ho also aald that all quail- iieo Dans and other finance com panies In the city are cooperating with the government In the drive for better business In th building inauatry. A resolution was adopted rat th meeting that aooo pamphlets pub-. lished In cooperation with tfoe fed eral housing administration by th O. 8. Building and Loan league, be ordered Immediately from Chicago. The pamphlet will be distributed to all representatives of the building (Continued on Page Six) -f- OF NATURAL CAUSE At a coroner' Inquest held yeater- day afternoon at Perl Funeral Home, Into the death of John F. Birming ham. 70, whose body wa found Tues dsy night In hi small house at th rear of 710 Beekman street, a verdict of death from natural cause was re turned. The condition of th body, which was badly decomposed, due to the fact that Birmingham evidently passed away Saturday night, mad a complete autopsy impossible, but the opinion of Coroner Frank Perl was that th axed man probably died of heart failure. The Jury wa composed of Oeorge Henselman, Ray Friable, Henry Fred erick. Paul Luy. Jack Hughe and F. 3. Roberson. witnesses were Officer Joe Cave, Deputy Coroner Herbert Brown. County Physician C. I. Drum mond and John Policy, the nelghoor who notified police. Playwright Pies NORWALK, Conn., Sept. 30. (AP) Porter Emerson Browne, widely known plsywrlght, whose play, "The Bad Man," atarrlng Holbrook Bllnn, ran on Broadway for a year, died to day In the Norwalk hospital, where he had been a patient alnce June 7. He waa 60 year old. if?1 EDINBOnOUOH, Sept. 19. been coming over since 1906 when I first worked on the Uniro in London, and do yoii know I hnd never been to Scot land before, and I want to apologize for being so dumb. It sho' is prptty. Saw all Glasgow, Loch Lo mond and the big boat that Queen Mary launches next week. Yes, they are np here in this country wilh us too. Kdinborough, which we are doing now, kinder high lials Glasgow. There is quite a mess of class to Kdiiiborongh. 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