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Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Cloudy and unsettled to night and Saturday; not nueh change In temperature. Hltheit yesterday .. 0 lowest this morning 48 WINNER Pulitzer Award fOS 1934 ALEDFOKU, OKI-XiON, FKIJUY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1934. No. 156. Twenty-ninth Year 10 Ml jV H 1 . - i By PAUL MALLON (Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON. D. C Sept. 31. One thing everyone here now con eedea la that these new dealer! can take nearly any thing with a amtle. They hava been able to con ceal their real feelings about eome of these Democratic pri mary resulta only with great effort, but the effort never was greater than when the man Bilbo won the other day In MluiBSlDDt. 'raul Mallon Vou may not know Mr. Bilbo, but you will. He will become a Unites States senator next January. For the following six years he will be a na tional character surpassing Huey Lavs. He has promised it. Aa one astute new dealer remarked after hearing of Bilbo a victory "All the senate now needs to be come a minstrel show la a brass band Bilbo and Long are the two best end men In poltlcs, The secret of Mr. Bilbo's success Is not what you may think. He la not anti-new deal. Nor does his election wi.nn that Mississippi has gone ber. aerk. He made a good reform record in hta first term aa governor and atlll la supported by many of the best families In the state, aa well aa the backwoodsmen. The best authorities on politics there seem to agree that his victory can be traced to two things: (1) The unoonularlty of his opponent, ano Mr. Bilbo's promise of all things to ml men. " His political technique Is amazing M hu been accused of nearly every thing under the sun and a few things over It, and he never denlea anything. Indeed, he makes a virtue out of most accusations. Tor lnsance. a tale is told about how one of bla opponents In a gu bernatorial campaign accused him of being too much of a, ladles' man. He ehoee to make a reply tt a women's political rally, where he said In ct- le"The man Bilbo (he always looks at himself objectively) Is 53 years old. He has been accused of being a ladles' man. He docs not deny that accusation, but says that any man who la 52 years old and Is still a lar dies' man Is the kind of a man you want for governor." Jt la alao whispered that. In an other campaign, he was caught In a rather embarrassing position because the candidate for whom he waa cam paigning waa dying. Mr. Bilbo did not bat an eye. Said he: "I would rather vote for a man In a graveyard with a good respectable name than the rest of these puddln- heads who an running around desn hut. won't He down." Some of the newspapers in ni3 state have said aomo things about him In fighting words. He has been on both the receiving and sending end of bribery charges. One newspa per once commented on the fact that he hid In a barn from a court suo- poena by expressing commiseration for the animals In the barn. To all of which Mr. Bilbo turned the other cheek. When a Jury absolved him In malfeasance case, he . took .occasipi. to say that perhaps the Judge, ' the prosecutor and eome other people thought him guilty, but he sided with the Jury. Also, he Is the man who made the groundless, assertion In the 1928 campaign that the Republican presidential candidate had danced with a negresa. The new deal attitude Is Illustrated by what Cheater Davis (AAA admin istrator) said in Jest. He thought .lt apoke well for Agriculture Secretary Wallace's political acumen that. In six months, Wsllace was able to de velop a man capable of winning a senatorial nomination. Tha truth la that tha new dealers Vwould not give Bilbo a good Job. In order to take care of him, they gave him a desk In the AAA and permitted him to clip newspapers at a salary of 6500 a year, a fact they may later have cause to regret. Nevertheless, Mr. Bilbo will prob ably rote with the new deal In most important matters. He will go wild csrefully and only on his pet ub Jeet. such aa the cash bonus and the redistribution of wealth. But his election and some of the others mean a tempestuous ana amusing congressional circus this winter. ' Another ,pot which has caused tne new dealera to be lew happy than their public statements Indicate la in Ohio. The new deal generalissimos here have heard that Democratic Senate Candidate Donshfy will make a speech to the state convention short ly promising to defend the constitu tion. Private polls have Indlrste-J Donahey will win In November. Pri vate Information Indicates he w:li support the new dealers only when he thinks they are right, which met not be as often s thev eroect. Tht ?ncti nolltt e :! !'! (Continued, on Page Twelve) THICKLY SETTLED REGION IS SWEPT BY WIND AND SEA Thousands Are Injured and Homeless in Disaster Millions of Dollars in Damage Is Early Estimate TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 31. (AP) At least 1,349 persons were killed and 4,303 Injured today by a typhoon which swept central and western Ja pan, The steadily mounting toll of cas ualtlea Indicated that hundreds ..f persona were missing. No immediate estimate could be made of the prop erty damage, but It was obvious that it would amount to minions oi col lars. In the city of Osaka, probably the hardeat hit of all, police reported l. 067 persons were dead and 3.057 In jured. There also, the police said 181 were unaccounted for. The storm swept from Angasaka to Nagano. Only a hazy picture of the full Tiwn of destruction has yet reached Tokyo, for communications were badly battered by the wind which in places reached a velocity, of 120 mllea an hour and carried with It sea floods which reached tidal wave proportions The casusltlea appeared to have hii concentrated In the cities Osaka and Kyoto. . Heavy Property Millions of dollars worth of property was ruined. The countryside hardest hit was the center of the Industrial district. Heavy damage was reported In Nagasaki. Tokusnlma, Tottorl. Waka yama. Qlfu, Aichl, Nagano and Ta manashl prefectures. The police reported that In Osaka alone 623 had been killed and 2114 Injured. In Osaka and her suburbs 128 schools collapsed ana pupiu won burled under them. The Kyoto police reported they nsa found 203 dead and 858 Injured. Although Tokyo felt only the edge 'ia fnrm. nollce here reported 4 dead. 33 Injured and 126 houses col lapsed. - Thousands nomeics. Troops patrolled the darkened debris strewn city of Osaka tonight aa au thorities took up the task of feeding and sheltering the approximates 200.000 homeless persons, The Jap anese army Is furnishing tne sup plies. Shipping losses appeared to be com paratively light owing to the advance warning of the northbound typhoon but six freighters were reported sground or drifting helplessly near Osaka. The newspaper Asahl reported that 300 patients of the SotoJIma leper hospital at Osaka were missing and feared drowned although 350 lepers survived and were segregated else where. Kyoto like Osaka was without lights and water. 4 FOB NOME SUFFERERS Word haa been received here by George T. Prey', chairman of the Wxra Red Cross, that a quota is asked of the Medford Chapter, to aid In the alleviation of suffering at Nome. Alaska, which was destroyed by fire September 17. Prey expressed the hope that all those wishing to contribute toward the fund do so by leaving their offer- lng at any of the local bankA. or at ; the Red Cross onice in tne courthouse. Two Hunters Wounded In Mysterious Accident BEND, Ore., Sept. 31. (AP) The condition of William Mauch. 34, of Bddyrllle, wounded yesterday In one of the most peculiar accidents ever known In central Oregon, was re ported grave today. Officers prepared to question Olen Smith, repuwd to have fired the shot or series of shots that struck Mauch and hta hunting companion. Emanuel Olll of Oregon City. Both wounded men were brought to the Bend hospital last night from the Tamsey mountain region, nearly 300 mtlea to the south. Olll. Mauch and Smith, all members of the same hunting party from a construction camp on the Diamond lake rosd. aasert only one shot was fired, but an X-ray examination re vested bullete In both Mauch and Olll Furthermore, physlclana asld. two bullets entered Maurh s chest, with in two inches of each other. An other bullet wound was found In his left wrl.t The bullets In the chet ,1 Toil the right Only one hull-t r'.: i-l: Oill. It entered his leg Solution Baby's Tragic Fate Believed Near bset5 TrfM osSSl'S iivl iiir-i mm ' mLtw- i These Voclitted Presft photos II luMnito (he highlights In the brutal abduction and murder of Mm first born babv son of Col. and Mrs. Chnrlea A. Lindbergh In the spring of 11)32. After a frantic manhunt for the kldnupers, the bodv of the Utile victim was round In a wilderness sec tion near Hopewell. N. J., home of the aviator and His bride. Charles Augus tus Lindbergh, Jr., Is shown at upper left with the Lindbergh home Im mediately below. In the tenter Is the corner of the New York cemetery where Dr. J. F; Condon (lower right), Intermediary for the Lindberghs (up per right), toftrted $.VM00 In payment of the demanded ransom. Anne and. Col. Charles A. Lind bergh nnd their first horn (right), ns thev looked at the time of the brutal t raged v which shocked and aroused the civilized world. The photograph of the little tot was taken onlv a short time before his abduction and murder. CHICAGO, Sept. 31. 'Before a record-breaking crowd or 33,000 wres tling fans here laat night, Ed "Stran gler" Lewis went down to defeat be fore Jim London, generally recognized as heavyweight tltleholder. Lewis waa slammed to the mat with a crotch hold, with Londoa leaping on him like a cat to apply a punishing hammer lock, and three-quarters nelson. Tne fall came after 49 minutes and 37 seconds of wrestling, during which Lewis waa the aggressor and held a good lead on points. Previous to the fall, Londoa picked up the 240-pound former champion, raised him over his head and slammed him to the mat. Lewis attempted to squirm over on his stomach, but Lon doa quickly applied his hold and held fast while Lewis groaned In agony and his face turned: aJiheh 'white under the punishment. Londoa, with ever increasing force, finally applied the cosher that forced Lewis' shoulders the mat. in 10-round boxing match which followed, King Levlnsky, Chicago heavyweight, optpolnted Art Sykcs, Elmlra, N. Y. Mauch and Olll, tired by hard hunting, had seated themselves be side the trail In the comparatively open Tamsey region. Smith continued to hunt. As he roamed the hill, early Investigation disclosed, he saw his companions and mistook them for deer. Neckerchiefs, the ends of which stuck up like horns, attracted his St. trntlon, he said. When Olll heard a rifle report he felt a sting In hta left leg and ei clslmed "I've shot myself." Mauch plumped to the ground. At tha same time, officers said. Smith came run ning from the bru.h. He said later he had fired only one shot. Police were ft .tkly mystified about details of the sccicent. but ,ald there Is a possi bility an accld-ntal shot from one of their own rifles might have hit one of the two men at the same time Smith fired from nearby. woods. Although wounded In the chest. M. uch walked several mllea through the woods to an automobile. The In ured men were sever hours on the to Renrl Rrntth ... taken to j Klamath rails. tijy, KIRTLAND FARM FIRE j mfyM DESTROYSEMPLOYE'S SL unftilt: AMn FIlPMITIIPPi- iiuiiil nnu i uumiuiu rnnnTii nnimn nr ruuK n kuuinu ur With the field In tha annual P. A. T. tournament steadily thinning down to the final atages, out of a starting total of 128 contestanta, this week end should be a busy one for the Rogue Valley course, when the final matches of the fourth bracket .will be completed. Although several of the fourth round matches are under way this afternoon, most of the play ers are waiting until tomorrow or Sunday to battle It out'for the right to enter the fifth rounds starting Monday morning. Until today only two matches had been played since the beginning of the fourth rounda last Monday. These are the conteata between Robert Ruhl and K. W. Kendrlck, which Ruhl took. 5 and 4; and between E. C. Sollnsky and Earl Tumy, which Tumy won, 1 up. R. D. Semon and Harry McMahon stepped Into the fourth rounds lest week-end, by defatlng Wsrd Beeney and John Cupp, 1 up and 6 and 4. respectively. Matches which will be played thll week-end are aa follows: C. B. New hall and O. E. Pierce, Bud Slmmona and Walter beverctte, John B. Kirk and H. B. Kellom. A. E. Orr and A. r. West. R. B. Hammond and Oeorge Hunt, Dr. E. R. Durno and R. O. Bardwell, Charles Strang and Oeori;e Phythlsn. Oordon Oreen and C. W. Ellis. R. A. Botts and Oren Schenrk. Tod Porter and Wm. Heath, Inland Clark and Oene Thorndlke, Bruce Bauer and Dr. E. W. Bsrnum. 4- Medford Hunter Gets Buck With Minimum Effort While most hunters are rslnly scouring the underbrush for a glimpse of a buck, S. M. Itswlc. 73 years old, of Medford. hsd not nun started his search. But while driving Into town this morning from Butte Palls, a large bla.k tail crossed the road In front of htm. Hawk stopped his car, followed the deer through the timber for e short, dl.tsnce and calmly brought him down with one ,h"t A fire, believed to have been due to a faulty flue, completely destroyed a farm house on the Klrtland farm of Mrs. Alex Sparrow north of Cen tral Point at 8 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Sparrow, In a hasty estimate of the damage this morning, placed the loss at somewhere near (3.000. The houae, which was a particularly at tractive one, waa partially covered by Insurance, although the furniture, belonging to the employe living In the place, waa a complete loss. Sev eral fine old trees were severely burned but, due to lack of wind, the flames did not spread to nearby buildings. In a statement to the press today, Mrs. Sparrow mentioned particularly the fine co-operation of the Central Pollnt Telephone company In advis ing neighbors of the blaw. The neighbors rushed to the scene and lent every aid possible in protecting the stables and keeping the fire from spreading. The Medford fire department was advised of the flames, but was un able to render assistance. Inasmuch as the fire was ten miles from this city. 1 The first three days of next week Joe E. Dunne, republican nominee for governor, accompanlrd by Captain C. P. Hogsn, of the Veterans- Voters lesgtte, and Art Pralulx, republican state chslrmsn, will visit Jackson county and will address a meeting at the city hsll In Ashlsnd Monday even ing and a meeting In the city park t Medford Wednesday evening. They will also visit the different towns of the county during those three days i and meet the people. They will ad dress the service cltiba of Medford and the Jackson County Insurance Men's association, dates of each to be announced later. j This will be the opportunity for I the people of the county to hear Mr Dunne's views on state Issues and to enjoy an old-time political meeting. I A band concert win be held Wed- I nesdsy evening preceding the meeting ! in the Medford city park. Everybody I, invited to attend. rplslly tlie ladles and those who mil their first votes at the fsll elec 1 tlon. DR. PAGE DIES OF TJU Dr, Frederick O. Page, formerly of thla city, where he resided for many years, and was one of the commu nity's beet known and most beloved citizens, passed away of a heart all ment this morning at 4:30, at the home of his sister, Mrs. C. A. Knight, of 801 East Main. Dr. Page had suffered a recurrence of heart trouble that confined him to bed three weeks ago, and from which I he had never fully recovered. He was 68 yeara of age. - I His death comes as a shock to Med. ford, where he had been known a owner of the Page theater, and a resident of Rogue River valley for many years. He had been In the real estate business In Loa Angeles until recently. , McCnhe Is llimlnrss Visitor Paul McCabe of Seattle, representing the Paris Garter Co., was a visitor in this city yeaterday. Pin Holes Link Suspect In Lindbergh Kidnaping WASHINOTON, Sept. 31. (API- Trie Wellington Evening Star said to day three tiny pin holes were the link by which federal authorities were definitely connecting Bruno Richard Hauptmann with the actual kidnap ing and murder of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. In a atory by rte Collier, who has followed federal efforts to solve the crime from the otltaet, the Star said: "Handwriting comparisons a n 1 other means of Identification may be questioned but when the writer of the 18 ransom letters received after the kldnsplng drew two myatlc Inter locking circles at the bottom of each missive end punctured them with three tiny, holes, he gave convincing. Incontrovertible proof he waa the actusl kidnaper. He clinched the proof by submitting later a piece of cloth positively Identified by Betty Oow aa part of little Llndy's clothing "Even the strange symbol of blua Ink circles, with their overlapping portions filled In with red Ink. con ceivably could neve been duplicated bj an impo,ter but no person on BASEBALL National. BROOKLYN, Sept. 21. (fl) Paul Dean pitched a no-hit. no-run game agalnat the Dodger In the eeojnd game of double-header today, to give the Cardinals a 3 to 0 triumph fter they hud won the opener. 13 to 0, behind the three-hit hurling of Dizrv Dean. It was the first no- hlt performance In either b!g league lnc 1931. The score: Second game R. H. E. St. Louie - 3 7 0 Brooklyn 0 0 1 P. Dean and Delancey; Binge and Lope. First game R. H B. St. Louis . 13 17 2 Brooklyn 0 9 3 J. Dean and V. Davis; Zachary. Clark, Carroll, Beck and Lopez. R. H. E. Cincinnati 8 3 0 Pittsburgh 9 n 1 Preltas. Richmond, Kolp, Barnes and Lombard!: Lucaa and Padden. Second game R. H. E Cincinnati 8 13 0 Pittsburgh 18 30 J Johnson, Klelnhans, Orlssom, Ed wards and Manlor, Lombardl; 8wft and Orace. R. H. E. New York 8 11 0 Boston .... 19 8 Pltsslmmons, Bowman and Man- cuao; Bettj, Mangum, Smith and Ho- gan. Spohrer. ' LEADERS TO HOLD Leaders of the Oregon Mining con gress, including President R. M. Betz, Dr. Warren D. Smith, J. H. Batchellor and others, will arrive In Medford for a preliminary meeting thU evening, before opening of the convention here Saturday. They are, registered at the Hotel Medford. Any local persons in terested will be welcome at the meet ing. . Professor Batchellor of the State college will talk Saturday afternoon on "Mineral Resourcea Division of the Oregon Planning Council' at the court room of the county courthouse, and will outline what that group Is doing. Dr. Warren D. Smith, geol ogist of the University of Oregon, will probably talk on "Man and Metals," allowing the Influence of metals on our civilisation. Both of these talk will be interesting to mining men. and those Interested In mining devel opments. Another factor of the afternoon program wll be reports by delegates cm mining progress In all parts of the state,, which should be very Illumin ating, according to K. O. Harlan, sec retary of the congress. E. O. Harlan, chairman of the Oregon milk control board, will be In Medford Monday for a meeting to be held In the auditorium of the county court house at 10 a. m., on that date. All dairymen of the South ern Oregon area are Invited to be present for discussion of the milk agreement, and to ask any questions regarding points on which they are not sufficiently Informed. The con trol cnalrman also Invites any sug gestions which those In the dairy In dustry may care to make. Those wishing to enter the dairy business, as producers or distribu tors, are also invited to attend and learn details necessary for their guid ance. earth other than tha man who wrote tha not found pinned to tha baby's nursery could have duplicated those pin holes, Investigators declare. "Thla la the reason: The crudely- written note on tha window-sill and all subsequent letters received as result or tha "Jafsle" negotiations by Dr. John P. Condon had been plied on top of one another probably In blank sheet form long before any of the letter, were written and punc tuated simultaneously In three places on the circle symbol. "In tht original ransom demand found on the stll of tha nursery by Colonel Lindbergh on tha night or Msrch 1, 1932, special attention waa celled by the kldnsper to these holes. This not read; " -Dear Sir: " 'Have 90.0001 ready 99,000 In 30 bills 19.000 In 10 bllla and 10.000 In 9 bills. Atter 9-4 days we will Inform you where to deliver the money. - "We warn you for making anything Cvauoua on tt Suj, M 1NVULVLU IN UNDY KIDNAP IS OFFICIAL VIEW Head of Justice Department Says Hauptmann Did Not Play Lone Hand in Crime Move Toward Trial NEW YORK, Sept. 31. WV-Fed eral, state and city authorities today considered the arrest of Bruno Rich ard Hauptmann. alleged receiver of the $30,000 Lindbergh ransom monev, aa a definite "break In the case," out they were proceeding on the theory that others were Implicated. J. Edgar Hoover, head of the bureau of investigation of the department of Justice, disclosed that three angles of the case have formed the basis of In vestigation and enumerated them as: 1. The murder of the Lindbergh baby. 3. The kidnaping. 8. The extortion. "We will continue along the seme plan," he added. Step Toward Trial. New Jersey, meanwhile, took the first step toward trial of Hauptmann for the killing or the Lindbergh baby. Governor A. Harry Moore signing aa extradition for the prisoner, charging homicide. Hoover' theory that others were Implicated In the crime was shared by Chief Inspector John J. Sullivan, who questioned Hauptmann in the police lineup today and subsequently, in hla office, expressed the view that "it waa not a one-man Job." "This man Is not a chlseler In this case," Sullivan aald. "Things are de veleplng rapidly, but I am not at liberty to talk. Aa the case no stands, if Hauptmann waa not ac tually present at the time of the kidnaping, ha had a hand In the machinery, tt waa not a one-man Job, There axe others in It." NEW YORK, Sept. 31. A mlldr mannered, tight-lipped German wa. named today as the man who extorted 50.000 from Col. Charles A, Lind bergh for the return of the kidnaped Lindbergh baby. The formal charge of extortion was entered early today, naming Bruno Richard Hauptmann, a carpenter. Im mediately after tha charge was filed, Hauptmann, weary from long ques tioning that began following his r rw last Tuesday morning, waa taken . from the Bronx county courthouso to police headquarters. When asked If the arnst of Haupt- . mann could be interpreted as solving the Lindbergh case,- Comlssloner O'Ryan said he thought It could. Hauptmann In Denial. Hauptmann, who was arrested Tues day morning after being kept under police surveillance for several days. continued to deny that be was the "John" who received the ransom mon , ey from Jafsle in St. Raymond's ceme tery. The case against Hauptmann, on the basis of Information given out by Commissioner O'Ryan, is tots: 1, He has been identified as, and has admitted himself to be, tha man who passed some of the ransom money recently. 3. The sum of 13,760 in bills Iden tified as having been part of the ran soms money, were found bidden in hla garage. 3. He answers in a general way to the description given' by "Jafsle" of the man to whom h paid the ran-. som. 4. His handwriting has been found to tally with that on ransom notes written In the Lindbergh case. fi. He is by trade a carpenter an Important point because the ladder used by the baby kidnapers seemed to point to the fact that Its owner had made It himself. (Continued on Pag Eleven) 4 NEWPORT. R. I.. Bept. (IT) T. O. M. Sopwlth'i Endeavour. Brltlan challenger for the America's cup. con tinued tha prima favorite today to lift the ancient yachting trophy, al though Rainbow, Harold 8. Vandsr bllt'a defender, yesterday led tha In vsder around In ft leeward-windward course by nearly three and ft half minutes. Rainbow's performance would hava been more Impressive had not tha Dig blue challenger encountered trou ble with her eanvaa which could in no way be interpreted as Indicating anything but an extremely fast null. There was no race today, because Sopwlth ftaked for ft postponement until tomorrow, so ft new Oenoa Jib could srrlve to taka the place of ft badly fitting headsall which yeater day probably contributed much to Endeavour' detest. Here on Business Chaa. A. Wobb of Seattle, representative of tha atoor. Schaefer Co. of Chicago, spent yea. urdsj in Medtord on bualnea. Irom the left.