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Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: tnie tiled Sunday. Occa sional rains. Continued cool. j temperature. Highest yesterday .. 6 Lowest yesterday 41 WINNER Pulitzer Award TOR 1931 Twenty-ninth Year MEUJfOKlJ, OUKCiOX, SUXDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1931. No. 157. an t west Hi UIW F i I M0ws I By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 21. One of the pet private peeves of this administration la Hitler. The men higher up In the atate depart ment, and even In the White Houses, are thor oughly aga i n b t Der Furore per sonally, political ly and economic ally, alt ho they cannot say so for diplomatic rea aons. Only those very close on the In side know, for Paul MaUon Instance that the explosive remarks made by General Johnson some time back were not entirely o:lglnal with him. They reflected a higher view. Alao, the story has never been told of how the atate depart ment changed the wording of the message of condolence sent to Austria after the killing of Dollfuss. As written originally, the message bluntly contained the word "murder." The state department scratched out that word and substituted the milder one, "assasslnalon," before the mes sage was made public. These facts are rather Important now aa background on the heavy in ner row being ttlired. up over Ger man trade. It seems that Mr. Peek (the Import export banker) has about ten rather mall trade deals pending with Euro pean countries. Including Germany. Of these ten, there are four Just about ready to be announced. One of the four la supposed to be with Ger many. As Germany has no credit standing, the deal is presumed to in volve only the direct barter of goods. Nothing much has been said about It, but apparently State Secretary Hull knew.something of It, for he came out the other day strongly against the barter theory. He said no uch negotiations were under way. There la no question but that Mr. Hull's statement was a delicate tap on Mr. Hitler's wrist. It might have caused diplomatic difficulties, if Mr. Hull had not announced Immediately thereafter that he was also strongly opposed to the American -Jewish boy cott of German goods. What it bolls down to la this: (a) Mr. Peek's German deal la out the window, and (b) the new dealers will do nothing to help Mr. Hitler, unless perchance he wants to commit ulcldc. In which case they would gladly lend him a pistol. That unpublished story about Mr. Roosevelt's Labor day picnic did not Involve anything Important. Some of the publicity advisers thought that, In respect to the guests, it should not be given out. What happened was that Professor Tugwell and Mr. Peek (of all people) had a two-legged potato race. Treas ury Secretary Morgenthau performed some picnic antics eating plea or something and the president had his guests rolling on the ground when he read, ( with gestures ) from a bock criticizing his new deal. Pictures of this last scene were published, but the nature of the book was not ?ls losed. Mr. Roosevelt would probably have authorized. 1! rot demanded, puollca tlon of the prank,i If he had known In time Old men Inside the railroad busi ness are trying to do what all old men do to every business. They want to run it on a basis of what they learned 20 years ago. Young men with their feet on the ground are pvishing for recognition and will get It, Just as surely as this current generation of old fogeys got It 30 years ago from the previous gen eration of antiquarians. Tou will recognize the algn of changing time In the personnel for the new railroad Institute, the organ ization of which haa been strongly contested by the old timers. There will be one mental octogenarian on It, but only because of a peculiar cir cumstance. A list of five proposed councilors was submitted tentatively to Rail Ad ministrator Eastman. He suggested that no list of rail men would be rep resentative without the name of a certain old-timer. So the council was enlarged to six and a cushioned chair was added to the council table. Farm Credit Administrator Meyer swears it la true that a farmer in cluded. In a farm loan accounting, an Item charging off a small amount for purchase of a corset and. reducing apparel for his wife. Meyer grsppled with the problem for a while and fi nally referred It to the AAA. as he concluded it came undr the head of surplus control. KJlM AsrKulture Secretary Wallace's prl vat T'.rw It that the ctnt of the drouth In loira and a ot'.ifr sec tions h tv-n rxxzzeTn'rA. tliet (Continued on Ff r,D) OHIO FELON KNEW AND TOLD WARDEN OF KIDNAP PLOT Famed Aviator Will Testify Before New York Grand Jury Wednesday Haupt mann's Wife Offers Alibi Code Letter to Convict Pal Revealed Ransom Notes All in Alien Hand writ Net Tightens. Lindbergh Case at Glance (By the Associated Press) Columbus, O. Prison warden discloses code letter stating "will kidnap Lindy baby," allegedly writ ten to convict by Bruno Haupt mann shortly before the chlld'a abduction. New York Internationally noted handwriting expert identif.es Hauptmanns handwriting as that In original ransom notes. New York Extensive search pressed for mysterious blond wom an, reputed Hauptmann confeder ate. Lelpslg, Germany Body of Iaa dore Ftach may be exhumed to determine whether he died of na tural causes or was slain. New York Henry Uhllg, friend of Isadore Flsch, to whom Haupt mann ascribed original ownership of ransom money, questioned by police. By Francis A. Jamleson (Copyright, 1934, by the Associated Press) NEW YORK, Sept. 22. (P) Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh wilt hurry east to lend his aid against Bruna Rich ard Hauptmann. the allen-convlct linked by a chain of Incriminating evidence to the Xldnap-kllllng of the filer's first son. Lindbergh telephoned this word from the Pacific coast to H. Norman Schwarzkopf, superintendent of the New Jersey state police. Dramatically. It came In the same afternoon with the spectacular state ment of an Ohio convict that Haupt mann wrote him before the abduction. In a code letter, of a plan to kidnap the Lindberghs' first-born and the disclosure by District Attorney Sam uel Foley, of the Bronx, that every one of the ransom notes had-been positively Identified by experts as the writing of Hauptmann. Mrs. Hauptmann, discussing the charges against her husband for the first time tonight In an executive in terview with the Associated Press, denied the Oho convict's story en tirely and said neither she nor her husband ever heard of him. Near exhaustion after long days of working to aid her husband, weary from the ordeal of questioning by In vestigators, Mrs. Hauptmann declared that in 1932, keeping her ob aa a waitress after her marriage, she work ed every Tuesday and Friday night, and that Hauptmann could not have been In New Jersey the night of the kidnaping. It was on a Tuesday night. March 1. 1932. that Baby Lindbergh was stolen from his crib at Hopewell. "It seems." Mrs. Hauptman said, "the world Is taking for granted the guilt of my husband In thla horrible affair, without having been given the opportunity to hear a coherent state ment from either him or myself." At Santa Monica. Calif., the air plane in which Col. and Mrs. Lind bergh flew westward last week os taken from a hangar and refueled. The dltrlct attorney announced Lindbergh would testify before the grand Jury Wednesday when evidence Is presented to substantiate the charg es that Hauptmann extorted the 150. 000 ransom paid fruitlessly for fie Lindbergh baby. Alrtltht Cae "We have," Foley declared, "an air tight extortion case against Haupt mann." Department of Justice sgenta ex pressed keen Interest in the statement of Oeorge Paullln. inmate of the Ohio state prison In Columbus, who gave the warden. Preston Thomas the cod ed letter which contained this lnfor matlon: "Will kidnap Undy baby. Hope for me." In relating the convict's story, tr.e warden ssld Paullln volunteered the Information soon after the kldnaplnz. on March I. 1932, In the hope of lav ing the baby; that Poullln knew Hauptmann at Perth Amboy. New Jersey I that they were both In the same gang of pick-pockets and petty racketeers. VViinlrn rrr(liorale. Tie warden said he. a g';ard ai.d Paullln went to Hopewell to tell Ne Jersey authorities about the convicts letter: but that the official, did not j appear much Interested While the letter Pa tllln said Ha jpt-I mann wrote him. at the time It wis een br tV aden. hd no f.ntVv.r ' (Continued, oa P time) Gen. Johnson "Through", Gotnam Paper Accused In Lindbergh Kidnaping : t iff 4 md tufa flif mm n'tMmammmmsmm m ifrttinii.. i&'&mrii nhr fr - rva An Associated Press photo, trans mitted to San Francisco by radio from New York, of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, fugitive from Germany, who was held by New York pollco after they had found part of the TO PLAY ROLE IN Plans to Throw Support to Candidate Who Will En dorse Own Platform; Port land Center of Operations PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 23. (AP) Willis Mahoney, Klamath Palls may or defeated in the Democratic guber natorial primary, loomed tonight ts a possible Important factor In the final stages of Oregon's three-way race for the governoahlp. It was announced that Mahoney followers In Multnomah county have called a mass meeting here for Mon day night to lay plans for organi sation of Mahoney clubs. Political observers interpreted this as an at tempt by the Mahoney group to swing its bloc of support to one of the candidates who will endorse the Ma honey platform of last May. High lights of the Joe E. Dunne platform filed with the secretary of state are old age pensions; an ad justed tax program, and "pay m you go" state financial policy. Pension funds would come from sources of property taxes which would be reduced without resort to expedi ents already rejected by the people. Oasollne taxes would be reduced as soon as possible. While Dunne's campaign has been largely upon atate and local Issues, support of President Roosevelt snd the new deal has been the ehlef cry of the Democratic nominee. General Charles H. Martin. Oregon congress man who dfeatM Mahoney In the primsry. Senator Peter Zimmerman, Inde pendent progressive candidate, has been viRoroualy campaigning on his state bank, higher Income taxes and other issues. Which one of the candidates Ma honey wilt back Is conjectural. He hasn't yet announced his stand. While Dunne's campaign has been largely upon' state and local issues, support of President Roosevelt and the new deal haa been the chief cry of the democratic nominee, General Charles H. Martin. Oregon congress man who defeated Mahoney In the primary. Senator Peter Zimmerman, Inde pendent prorresslTe candidate, hi been vigorously campaigning on his state bank, higher income taxes and other Issues. Which one of the candidate Ms honey will back Is conjectural. He hasn't yet announced his stand. PENDLETON. Sept. 22. iff) A high west wind was sweeping over this region today, following on a se vere blow late yesterday that carried a lare volume of dust. Rain 1 badly needed now for fail plowing and wheat seeding. SALEM. Ore, bept. 22. f AP) A I A. Schrsmm, state superintendent of bsnxa. today Issued an order releas- inz an eaomonai io per cni or (n drpol' of th Stetwer ami firpT.ter bstr.it st PrU, to beom? i:.'c.il.t bctcmber 24. ransom money paid kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby In 1932 In his pos session. Enforcement agencies, after Hauptmann'a arrest, believed they were nearlng a final solution of the kidnaping and murder of Charles Au gustus Lindbergh, Jr. T AND AID ISSUES HYDE PARK. N. Y., Sept. 22. (AP) President Roosevelt canvassed na tional relief needs and the general financial situation today in a round of varied conferences. He received and discussed with a committee of mayors a program for permanent federal relief. He chatted during the afternoon with Bernard M. Baruch, New York economist and finance authority. Mixing business with pleasure, the president also had with him at an afternoon picnic party Secretary Mor genthau of the treasury. In his regular conference earlier In the day, Mr. Roosevelt showed that he had no emergency questions on his desk and the Interview Indicated quite clearly he was continuing his practice of making a broad survey of all Issues at the summer White House. Mayor La Guardla of New York, who headed the special committee of mayors, described the conference with th president and Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief administrator as "very satisfactory." LAKE CHARLES. La., S-pt. 23. (AP) Huey Long- plan to hold an other election for associate Justice of the Louisiana supreme court to day bumped Into more trouble. Branding Long aa a "dictator" nnd his election proposal aa Illegal, the Calcasieu Parish Democratic Executive committee here flntly refused to act In calling a second primsry for Octo ber 9. At the same time Judge Thomas F. Porter of Lake Charles, anti-Long candidate for the bench, threw an other legal obstacle In the Louisiana dictator's path. Contending he was legally nominated In the September 11 election. Judge Porter filed a triple, edged suit In Dtstrfrt Judge B. H. Pavy's court In Vine Platte. Football Scores Cos U Oregon, 13; Gonrsxa, 0. O. 8. C, 10; Pacific. 0. O. 8. C-. 13; Willamette, 0. (Two games). Stanford, 4fl; San Jose Coll., 0. Santa Clara, 40; Nevada, 0. Trojans, 20; Occidental, 0. Trojans. 40; Whlttler, 14. (Two name. L'clans, 21; Hn Dlao State, 0. Ilizti fldiool Yakima (Wash), 19; Washington. . (Portland), 8. Commerce (Portland), 0; Chchs- !11. 0. 1 -.:nd. 0; Dunamiir. 0. f'vwvelt. (Portlnnfi), 3t. Clatvlt.i- ime, 0. TEXTILE UNIONS END STRIKE; ALL POINTS IN Workers Back at Looms Monday, With President Empowered to Act Labor Leaders Elated WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. (AP) The great textile strike Is ended. Hundreds of thousands of workers who responded to the call of union leaders, tonight were ordered by those leaders to man the looms Monday. Their decision to terminate the most gigantic walkout of modern times fol lowed a thorough study and discus sion of a settlement plan advanced by the Wlnant mediation board and endorsed by President Roosevelt, With William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, at his side, Francis J. Gorman, ener getic generalissimo of the strike forces, smilingly told newspapermen: "We have gained every substantial thing that we can gain from this strike. Our strike has torn apart the whole unjust structure of NRA. lift ing a load from all labor as well as from ourselves." Only a militant minority stood out for continuation of the strike. It Insisted the employers first guarantee unconditionally, the reinstatement, without discrimination, of all who quit the mills. Others held that such a guarantee was Implicit In the settlement plan, which President Roosevelt, at Hyde Park, was preparing, meanwhile, to put Into execution. Labor Hinted. Green Issued statement expressing confidence that much good would flow from the settlement plan, "if applied nnd carried out In good faith.'' He added that In his "opinion the textile workers won a great moral vic tory." The first atep, expected soon, was the appointment of a board of three (continued on page nine) TO BATTLE REDS SEATTLE, Sept. 32. (AP) To launch a new program agreed upon at a national session In Atlanta, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Inac tive In thla region for several yean, will hold a state convention here to morrow, J. Frank Adams, who said he was grand dragon, announced today. He declared 200 would attend from 25 state locals. "We have only one object curbing of the radical movement In the United States." Adams said. "While Catholics and Jews are not eligible, any group that wishes to Join In our efforts will be welcome, regardless of race, color or creed. IN THEATER FIRE PTTTSBUnO, Sept. 22. (AP) Thrown Into a panic by sudden puffs of smoke and cries of "fire," several hundred children In the 'balcony of the neighborhood Leona theater, In suburban Homestead, scrambled for safety today, crushing and trampling more than 20 youngsters. Seven were kept overnight In a hos pital, four of them reported seriously hurt. Samuel R. Blyer, manager of the theater, ssld about 800 children were In the show viewing, the Cinema "Treasure Island." A bak draught In the furnace of the building sent a cloud of smoke to the first floor, he PSlETFRISE T PORTLAND, Sept. 22 (AP) There will be an advance of 1c dozen In the selllrwr price on all grades of eggs In the Portland market Monday morning. Edna B. Reed, of Oregon Laid Egg A Poultry, announced today. The call (or fresh stock Is better, she said. PORTLAND. Ore , Hept. 22 f AP -A general ayslem of store-door de livery for all the great railroad freight transportation systems wa advorated by speakers st the irnnini mMMna of tlie PaHfir nrthwpt d tv.s'jfy board here Friday. CHILDREN PANIC RAINBOW'S SKIPPER AND DESIGNER taMavllwiatSyTr .V. ' jTsJ, 1 jf- fjt Harold 8. Vanderbllt, aklpper of th. Rainbow, choien to defend America', cup In the racee off Newport, R. I., agalnet the English chal. lenger, Endeavour, la shown at the helm of hla erafi with William Starling Burgee,, designer of the yacht, at hi, aide. (Associated Presa Photo) E Endeavor, Badly Beaten, Claims Rainbow Failed to 'Meet His Luff First Protest Filed Since 1895 NEWPORT, R. I., Sept. 22. F) One sensation piled on another today as. soundly beaten In the fourth race Tor Vie America's cup, T. O. M. Sop wlth, skipper of the British chal lenger Endeavour, protested the vic tory that pulled Harold 8. Vander bllt'a defending Rainbow up on ven terms with the Englishman at two victories each. It was the first protest filed In an America's cup contest since C. Oliver Iaelln broke out a red flag In the series of 1808 between defender and Lord Dunravena British challenger Valkyrie 3rd. protest that brought disqualifications of the British boat and almost caused International com plications. t Not understanding Aopwlth'a action today, the cup committee waited for his written protest to be filed wf,h them. The Englishman has until 6 p. m. Monday to place his claim of foul but It was considered likely that with no race scheduled for Sunday the matter would be threshed out tonight or tomorrow. If Sopwltha protect against Va.i derbllt, known throughout Amerlcin yachting aa a quick protester himself, is upheld by the committee the chal lenging Endeavour will lead 3 to 1 in the best four out of seven series nd will be within one victory of lifting the cup the United States has he.d since it was won off England In 1651. Apparently Sop with based his claim of foul on the allegation that Vander bllt failed to meet his luff, a highly technical situation, ano.tly after the British sloop rounded the first mark of today's 30-mlle race over a trian gular course 23 seconds ahead of Rainbow. Racing In a swift breeze and boisterous sea, the defender gained on both the second and third legs in the 11 or 12 miles an hour wind to cross the finish line one minute, 1A seconds ahead of Endeavour, the sec ond strslght victory far Rainbow af ter losing the first two races. While committee members after the rae claimed not to have noticed any Infraction of the rules, the question of a foul aroae instantly among the experts aboard the coast guard cut ter Argo, closest to the situation, shortly after the sloops started on the second leg, a broad reach with the wind blowing smartly from the east. Wool Miirkel I lor ma nt BOSTON, Sept. 22 ( AP (UHDA) Business the Boston wool mar ket for domestic- wool during the past week was almost at a standstill as a result of the continued Infhi enre of the strike and the small I amount of orders for goods received by mil is la operation. Makley Killed and Pierpont Wounded in Ohio Prison When 'Soap Gun' Ruse Fails Guard Subdued and Death Cells Emptied (Copyright, 1034. by the Associated Press) COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 22, (AP) Bullets spitting from riot guns of prison guarda killed one John Dll linger gangster and wounded another today as they used weapons frsh ioned from soap In an attempted break from Ohio penitentiary's death row. The effort to repeat Dllllnger'a "wooden gun" getaway brought death to Charles Makley and wound to Harry Pierpont. A guard's hand was grazed by a bullet. Elaborate precautions taken by Preston E. Thomas and his guards ever alnce Pierpont and Mnkley were brought here to await execution foiled the efforts of the pair to bluff their way out. Where Dllllnger'a "wooden g un" cowed guards at the Crown Point, Ind., Jail and enabled him to walk to freedom, the alert Ohio guards answered the threat of the fake soap weapons with lead. Makley and PleVpont had been con demned to die for the murder of Sheriff Jess L. Barber of Lima, Ohio, last October 13. The sheriff was slain In a surresaful attempt of the condemned men and Russell Clark to free their leader from the Allen county Jail. Makley died of hla wound! wltlilit an hour today. Pierpont ws at first believed seriously wounded but with in five hours ifter the attempted break was returned to his cell In "death row." Everything was quiet In the prison when the alarm bell sounded aud- denly an ominous warning of trouble shortly after 10:30 a. m. Eight guarda, armed with rifles, rushed toward the "death house." whence the alarm had come. Within a minute, the word waa flashed back to the warden's office, "Makley and Pierpont have been shot." They had tried to break down a ateel door at the end of the cage outside the "death houae" after overpowering a guard and taking the key to their cell from him. Flourishing pistols, later found to have been faahtoned out of soap, they had released nine other occupants oi "death row." Including Clark, who drew a sentence of life Imprisonment fot; his part In the Barber killing Uelnh Miners lerlh WREXHAM. Wales. Sept. 21 Hope waa abandoned at dusk today for 100 coal miners caught In an ex plosion and fire in Oresford colliery Rfacuers worked all day to enter the pit but were unable to reach the tou miners. Reports E PARK VISIT PRESIDENT BROUGHT OUSTER President Deals Directly With NRA Subordinates and Gives Washington Hint Johnson -Is 'Out' As Blue Eagle Head. NEW YORK. 8eut. M (APlTh. Near York Herald Trlbuna in .ri.i dispatch from Washington tonight a- iwnra vnat irienas of General Hugh o. Johnson said he waa "through" as national recovery administrator. uenerai jonruon, the dispatch says, 'turned to Waahlnaton Prtri.v nih. after an absence of several weeks, but did not go near the NRA then or to. aay. "The White Houae record... ihn.ri that alnce the Oeneral left the capi tal, President Roosevelt for the first time has been dealtnv ril.t. wi.k hla aubordlnatea In the NRA," the article continuea. President Roosevelt in fnn fan. ence with General Johnson at Hyde rnra on oeptember 10, left him In n0 doubt that hla reorganl ration plans for the NRA did not cnnUmniii. ti. General's continuance as adminis trator. "Whatever the technical itna.tAn at the close of that conference, Gene ral Johnson's colleagues In the NRA were given to understand that he was. to all Intents and purposes, 'out.' "Whether he actually resigned, or was asked to resign they declined to isay. - "Thereupon, to use the words of General Johnson's colleagues, General Johnson 'disappeared' for three day. Upon his reappearance, he made his attack On OnzAnlzerf lahnr In a inMrh at Carnegie Hall, New York, to a gath ering of 8000 representatives of New sum coae u marines. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. (AP) Abolition of 'the present NRA was urged today by a special committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Tn fist opposition to the majority representation rule established by the national labor relations board, the committee laid minority groups should have a voice In employer-labor collective bargaining. It asked early amendment of the law. The committee reported to the chamber that Its final recommenda tions on NRA would be made In Octo ber. It did not discuss the mora Im mediate reorganl ration plana under consideration by President Roosevelt nor detail what agency It would have take NRA's place. The committee's views were made public as Hugh 8. Johnson returned , to the capital after a seashore vaca tion. Johnson remained at home nd declined to be Interviewed. I FOR HIGH AREAS Oregon: Unsettled Sunday and Monday; rains In west portion and snow tn high mountains; continued cool; fresh, changeable wind offshore. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22, (AP) , The outlook for the coming week Is for normal temperature, unsettled weather at the beginning and fit? weather thereafter. LONDON", Sept. 21 On track of a bed on a boat ao headed home. Besides these I'nglish arc making life miserable for iv poor AmericHna since we enn't even win a race where wind is involved, a thing we were pre-eminincnt in. Can't make 'cm believe we been want ing to lose that cup for 40 years. What'a this about my West ern boys losing a polo game? I pot to get home and start brain trunting for 'em. Hold 'cm cowboys I 9 lll7HXavM fynHcate. le