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Community Chest Workers to Meet at Court House Thursday 7:45 p. m. The Weather Foreout: UnMttlrd with light rain tonight and Wednesday. Moderate temperature. Richest yesterday 68 Lowest thli morning 63 Medford Mail Tri BTJNE WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Tear MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1934. No. 189. reuE FUBE I "I Ngm I DENVER AGITATORS hftJSSfe- l! Sillii By PAUL MAII.ON (Copyright, 11)34, by raul MHon) WASHINGTON, D. O., Oct. 80. The fl upswing Is swinging up at Just bout a seasonal gait, or perhaps a littla better, me situation la en couraging but nothing to brag bout. If you look Into the figures of the balanced debunk ed ed business chart for this month, you will find the a a n u f a c turera are show ing signs of au. tumn life. Em ployment figures - r Htn revlverf to the textile strike, but payrolls ere. still below an equalizing level. Hall traffic Is beginning show the effect of the drought. Retail ales are a bright spot, but building has failed to respond to the gov ernment hypodermics. Prices have stopped going up. but apparently they have stopped only to let the customers catch their breath. All In all, It la not a pretty picture. I Paai Malloo after succumbing ' The striking thing Is that every thing has been following seasonal Jlnea at a fixed level for the past four months. The level has been fairly well estsbllshed. Declines which start ad last spring have atopped. The Improvement In business con fidence during the past few weeks Is. 4 of course, not yet reflected In the figures. It oertslnly should be dur durtnc November and. December. In other words. It looks as If we were beginning to get out of a four months rut. The first sign la In Industrial pro duction. The first super-seasonal in crease In that line since April Is shown this month. However, that sign Is not as Important as It sounds because It Is due largely to the re bound In textiles after the strike. Inside figures Indicate automobile production In October will be 30 per cent below September. Tne motor Wrc mrm pettinff ri.rlV for new mod el. The temporary decline does not mesn much because total automoDiie production so far this year Is about 40 per cent above last year. Iron and ateel are showing no real Improvement. l.nmlvT u not riolnc anvthlnc. Its code authority Is thinking about a 15 per cent reduction in stocks tor nexi year. Electric power production Im proved In October, reflecting new act ivity In smaller factories. The Industrial production situation atlll acreams for attention to the bog ging heavy goods Industries. What happened to employment In September was the textile strikes Secretary Perkins has already done the alibiing for the low figures. She pointed out that textile employment dropped 346.000. wnne an otner em ployment Increased 110.000. That Is true, but what Secretary Perkins did not say waa that the In crease In all other employment was due mainly to the Increase. In retail trade. That line Improved 7 per cen The plain fact of the matter la that half of the Industries showed employ ment decreases In September. In other words, Miss Perkins had to best a long way around the bush for her favorable factor. In fact, ahe had to leave the factory employment bush entirely and go Into the retail trade rose garden. The Inside of the price situation Is that the psychological effect of the drought Influence hes been passed, but the real drought Influence has A not vet begun. " The peak passed the week of Sep tember 8, when tne level was no Farm and food prices are still up. but others are decreasing. There has been strong pressure on manufactured good, due to the breakdown of the NRA. The real effect of the drought on food prices will be felt later In the winter when shortages develop In cer tain lines, particularly meats. Your beef and pork chops are going to come high. There Is no Inside to the bulldlnp situation except that the government la still carrying what hod there is Sixty-three per cent of all buildings still U being publicly financed. The modernization program Is ac complishing something but not mut-h from the vast stand point of the na tional building Industry. A surrey of 779 cities showed that permits for si- teratlons In September were up 14 per cent over a year sco. Tlie est! msted cost of these alterations waa up 37 per cent. At the same time the number of r.ew building permit was off. That ' Industry needs a pulmotor bigger than any yet devised. ATTEMPT TO HALT WORKERSBY FORCE Two Patrolmen Injured Agitator Shot Through Hip Nine Arrested Mob in Autos Forced From City DENVER, Oct. 30. (AP) A crowd or about 300 men and women who were driven out ot the city this morning when they attempted to prevent work on federal employment relief projects here reformed this afternoon at the civic center In the heart ot Denver. Police, reserves Immedi ately were called to preserve order. DENVER, Colo., Oct. 30. (AP) Every available police reserve was called out today to quell a riot which followed an attempt by about 400 strike agitators, both men and wom en, some communists, to halt federal employment relief work here by force. They were driven back by riot spads after about 30 shots were fired. Two patrolmen were Injured, one of the agitators was shot through the hip, nine were arrested, a filling sta tion was burned and a police car wrecked. .Mob Forced to Leave Police finally turned the motorized mob. riding In a long string of cars. out of the city and onto a main high way leading to thb mountains. Thay were headed twoard Morrison, a small hamlet 20 miles from Denver. The crowd, which started to picket a work project on South Platte river, on the outskirts of the city, turned Into. a howling mob when police at tempted to arrest one man who ap peared to be the leader. Headed by a fifer and drummer and a huge American flag, the agita tors paraded among the workers, grabbing up picks and shovels and hurling them into the river. Police warned them to disperse. Leaders Jeered and officers started to arrest them. Woman lilts Cop Police Sergeant James Pitt was struck by a woman armed with a beer bottle. A deep gash waa Inflicted on his Up. Patrolman Vernon Sapp went to Pitt's assistance and he waa knocked down by one of the strike agitators. Immediately others Jumped upon the officers, several kicking them. The patrolmen drew revolvers and fired over the heads of the men and women, ne man fell, however, and Patrolman Marshall Stanton aald he had shot a. man as he attacked an officer. The wounded man never was found and officers believed he was rushed away by companions. About 30 shots were fired. J. TAKEN BY DEATH John J. Ettlnger passed away at the home of his son. L. 5. Ettlnger. 824 West Twelfth street, at 4:45 a. m today. Mr. Ettlnger being In falling health, had come to Medford from his home at Mills City, Ore., about two months ago, to be with his son He was a long-time member of the Mills City Odd Fellows and also a member of the B. P. O. Elks at Al bany, Ore. Besides his son In Mad ford, he leaves another son, O. R Ettlnger of Mills City, who was here a his passing. Also one brother. George, in Wisconsin. Mr. Ettlnger was born In Dodg4 county. Wis., January 15, 1862. Tne remains will be forwarded by Conger Funeral Parlors this evening to Mills City, where services and interment wilt take place. SlUrr NEW YORK, Oct. 30. (AP) Bar sliver steadier, 'ic higher at 53c. Dentist Is Shot By Patient When Activities Hurt NEW YORK, Oct. 30. (UP) On of the strangest shooting cases of the year in which a pa tient shot and dangerously wound ed a dentist, apparently for no reason other than the slight pain Involved In cleaning teeth was reported to police today. The dentist, Dr. Walter Hind marsh, waa acraplng tartar from the teeth of a tall, well-dressed youth of about 20 this morning when the patient suddenly scream ed, leaped from the chair, drew a pistol and shot Hindmarch in the chest and hand. SEA POWERS TAKE TIE TO COOL OFF With the usual Juvenile prank that herald the Hallowe'en season all ready resulting In chalked car win dows, great heaps of leaves where they cause the most Inconvenience snd other mischief, city polios haw tightened up their belts to contend as best they may with the annual occurrence. Chief McCredie reports activities were underway among Medlord a pranksters aa early as Monday night, and expects them to Increase this evening until Hallowe'en night the youngsters "will be pouring It to "em." As usual, the officers will tolerate no destruction of property. Talks Between Japanese, American, British Dele gations Postponed Next Move Up to Nipponese L PORTLAND, Oct. 30. ( AP) In the face of a federal threat of prosecu tion for cutting NRA prices, eight Oregon lumber companies have sought the protection of the federal court against such prosecution. The eight companies argued that the minimum prices established under the NRA lumber code are unconsti tutional, yet the government has already filed suit against five com panies for selling below the NRA price. The plaintiff companies are In-man-Poulsen, Jones Lumber com pany. Portland Lumber Mills, Clark & Wilson Lumber Co., Willamette Valley Lumber Co., Charles R. Mc cormick Lumber Co., Kenton Mills, and A. Woodard Lumber company. By Harold P. Braman LONDON, Oct. 30. (AP) In an effort to cool a disagreement which has deadlocked naval negotiations among the world's three largest sea powers meetings tentatively scheduled for today were called on. Japanese delegates had hoped to meet with the Americans, but It was understood these delegations, along with the British, decided It would be best to postpone the talks until to narrow. w Japan Holds Ground tepan held her ground In the face ofVimerlcan and British opposition to her "proposal for a new naval treaty based on the principle of tonnage equality. The delegates from Tokyo, Admiral Isoroku Vamamoto and Ambassador Tsuneo Matsud&lra, are convinced they can dent the opposition by fur ther conversations. As a result, they asked a new meeting with the Amer icans. But the Americans feel concessions must come from the Japanese. Norman H. Davis and Admiral Wil liam H. Standley told Matsudalra and Yamamoto that Junking the Washington and Lonaon naval treat lee would not give Japan equality. because the other two powers Bri tain and America would keep ahje&d In billlding. '''' . ;t. -. Move L'p to Japs There Is some American hope that if the Japanese can be made to see thla viewpoint they will capitulate and accept the principles of the Washington treaty. Both England and the United States, It was understood, feel that the next move la up to Japan and that there Is little possibility of a compromise unless she modifies her stand. The Anglo-American delegates have examined methoda of giving Japan a "face saving' clause should a new treaty specifically state Japan would not have a navy aa large aa that of the other two powers. LEGION'S BIG PARADE SWINGS DOWN MIAMI STREET The blare of bands, flags whipping In the wind, wpectacle created by tha American Legion parade, the passing along palm-fringed avenues this was the savs after wave of men snd women In snappy uniforms big show of the natlonsl convention at Miami, Fla. (Associated Press Photo) STATE'S DEFICIT CUT $3,000,000 SALEM, Oct. 30. (AP) A aurplu of money to decrease the general fund deficit by more than 13.000,000 will remain in the treasury at the close of the present blennlum, It was shown here last night by an audit prepared for Governor Julius L. Meier and released by the executive office. The report revealed further tahat at the close of the previous blennlum, that of 1031-32, the application of funds exceeded money provided by 1.197,791. The difference at the close of the two blennlums, made possible by rigid economy through legislative action and executive edicts, would be more than 4,000,000. HONOLULU, Oct. 30. (AP) Eagerly awaiting the clearing of storms, Sir Charles Klngsford-Smith and Capt;n P. O. Taylor hope to take off Thurs day afternoon for Oakland, Ol, to complete their tremendous flight of 7365 miles over the Pacific from Bris bane, Australia, via Suva and Honolulu. RIOT CALL AT U.C.L.A. AFTER RADICALS FIRED llnol Mrrllfail Otto DcJarnrV po.cflt clerk, caufii.t two ni.-e stcl fcM on a fishing trip on the Roue LOS ANGELES. Oct. 30. At Po lice emergency squad cars mere rushed to the University of California at Los Angeles. In the wtwood district, cn a riot call thla morning. The riot call came ome time after five students, who were suspended yesterday on charges of aiding a rad ical movement, m-ent into conference with Dr. Ernest Carroll Moore, pro rost. to discuss his order suspending them for a year. Five police radio cars rushed to tre campus on orders brcadcaft from tl-.e '.VrH tr-n Ane'es precinct station When tie squad cars reached In mpu. pol'.?e said, the trouble nd bg ttitel Two thousand students of the unl verslty had gathered tn Jewish Royce hall In an assembly to discuss what action they thought should be taken in the matter of the suspension of the five students by the faculty ex eeutlve. There were some atudente In tlie mttng who demanded "immediate action." One policeman, of the detail as signed to the university grounds on regvilar duty, mat present. He awlst ed other student in pulling down the ap'-sXera. m order to prevent the ei?cuf from fetUx out band PASSES, AGED 73 Oeorge Purucker passed away at his residence. 104 South Orange street, early Tuesday morning, after a lin gering Illness of the past 18 months Mr. Purucker was born at Pitts burgh, Pa., December 7, I860. He spent his early life and gained his education In Pennsylvania, graduat ing from Thlel college, Greenville. Pa., (n 1882, and School or Medicine Baltimore, Baltimore City hospital. Maryland, In 1B&A. Mr. Purucker practiced his profes sion both in Pittsburgh and Phila delphia, Pa., before coming to Med ford In 1010. He had been a mem ber of the Episcopal church for the past 40 years, serving with the vestry during this time, and he took a very active Interest in St. Mark'a chifrch of thla city. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Clar B. Purucker of this city, and three children, Herman O. and Anna K. Purucker of Medford. and Mrs. fred Relnecke of Beverly Hills, Cal. Funeral services will be conducted by Father E. 8. Bartlam from Saint Mark's Episcopal church, Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with Inter ment in the Siskiyou Memorial park Pallbearers will be J. C. Mann. Royal Behb. Charles Strang. O. J Gould. Harold Brown and R, W Frame. . COMMUNITY CHEST RALLY SCHEDULED ON FRIDAY NIGHT A great Coinmiinltjf Cheat rally will b held In the Medford Armory Fri day night, at which time the people of Medford and Jackaon county are Invited to enjoy a full program of entertainment, and acquaint them selves with accomplishment and alma of seven participating cheat or ganizations. A. O. Soderberg pf the publicity committee will have full charge of thla colorful rally, and the following organisations will partici pate ll. the entertainment: Bed Cross, Salvation Army. Boy Scouts, Health association, Olrl Scouts, Olrls' com munity club, and the Welfare Exchange. The rally will be preceded by a pa rade which will move cast from Main to Bartlctt streets, and north to the Armory, atartlng from the Jackson county courthouse, at 7:00 Friday evening, according to Mr. Soderberg. Included In thla parada will be the Medford high achool band, the Olrl Scout. Eagles drill team, Boy Scouts, and decorated automobiles. The program planned for the Arm ory Is aa followa: 7:30 Booths on display at Armory Selections by high school band. t: 15 Audience to find seats. 8:20 Red Cross demonstration. 8:30 Olrl Scouta, songs 8:40 Boy Scouta, replay race 8:45 Olrle' Community club, dra matics 8:50 High school band, (coach, D. K. Burgher) 8:65 Health association 0:00 Welfare Encllange 1 0:10 Boy Scouts, campflre and songs. At 8:15 o'clock, Mayor Porter will Introduce ricv. Bartlam, who will glvo a ahort but Interesting talk concern ing the Community Chest. The booths of the participating organiza tion will then be open for display until after 10. The Community Chest rally will be preceded by a meeting of chest work ers at tho Jackson county courthouse Thursday at 7:45 p. m., at which time public spirited men and women will be organized Into five groups, each commanded by s captain and two lieutenants. These groups will form the Community Chest "Field force" under "Oeneral" M. N. Hogan. At noon today, rtcv." Baird spoke briefly over KMED concerning the membership meeting, the rally and the community chest drive Itself. To morrow evening at 6:25 o'clock, Hogan will give an Interesting talk over KMED followed on Thursday at 6:05 p. m. by another Important ad dresa b; Father Black. Why I Favor The Chest 229 ARRESTED BY i r.-ZBrixmiiUUJLiUU 3333 The campaign for Community Chest funda will be aupported by Medford people. The Citizens of this city have never failed In fulfilling their obli gations and thla year they have s very definite obligation to help those In need and contribute toward char, acter-bulldlng activities. In my opln. ion. the cheat offers a practical and businesslike method of distributing welfare funds so that the maximum may be derived. OEOHOE A. HUNT, Oeorge A. Hunt it Company, Theatres Word haa Juat been received of the death of Sarah Joftephlne Erdman, at the home of her daughter, Mri Chaa. D. Hazelrlgg In San Francisco October 29, due to pneumonia. Mrs. Erdman will be remembered by many of the old-tlmera. having come here In 1905 and living here .'or a number oi years. She was a mem ber of the Eastern Star and the Epis copal church. Funer'il aervlcea will be held at noon Wcdnesdsy. The body will be cremated and placed In a crypt at Woortlawn. CLAIM VOTE PURGE AT Supreme Court to Act On Right of 25,000 Pros pective Voters Accused of Illegal Registration ' SALEM, Oct. 30. (AP) Sta,ta police- arrested 329 persons while en gnged In general law enforcement dutlea In Oregon during the month of September, Charles P. Pray, super intendent of state police, announced today. The greatest number of arrest ior any one crime was that of larceny, for which 65 persons were apprehended. Disorderly conduct resulted In JO arrests, burglary 11 and liquor law violations 10. Arrests resulted in Jail sentences of 46.76 yeara and flnea of $1320.60. Thirty-three acquittals were reported. Arrests In the fish and game law division totaled 180, of which a were for Illegal possession of deer. 18 for possession of untsgged deer and 19 for killing does or fawn deer. Twelve were brought to account for fishing with nets. Jail sentencea In this division added up to 8.6 years and flnea 15785.05. Of 352 complalnta reported during September, 01 were cleared. The greatest number of complaints con cerned lost and found persons, 2U being received and 15 cleared by po lice. Police were active In motor ve hicle law enforcement, arresting 804 for a total fine assessment of 10819.76. Warning were Issued to 13,824 motor ists. Police spent a total of 3210 man days In the field In the traffic di vision and traveled 209.733 miles. The report showed that five per sons were committed to the state hospital during the month, and alx youths were sent to the Oregon state training school. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. SO. (AP) The supreme court Justices held a con ference today on a case from Los Angelea Involving an action to die franchise nearly 25,000 prospective voters accused of Illegal registration, and then announced an adjournment until 4 p. m. The prlvat session lasted nearly two houra and Chief Justice William H. Waste then aald the meeting would be reaumed late today. "We're working on thla case." b aald, and there were Indications tha Justices had failed to agree on an sp. peal Involving the right of thouaands of persona to vote next Tuewlay In Los Angeles. Followers of Upton Sinclair, Demo cratic nominee and EPIC (End Pov erty In California) plan sponsor, have contended the action alnat the Tot em was directed agalst Democratlo registrants. Supporters of Sinclair, former So cialist who won the Democratlo nomi nation, charged the attempt was In spired by backers of his Republican opponent Acting Governor Frank T. Morrlam. This waa dented In argumenta be fore the supreme court by Stata At torney General u. S. Webb, through whose office the proceeding were brought. Sinclair, Merrlam and Raymond L. Halght, Commonwealth - Progressive party nominee, meanwhile, Issued ap peala to the voters aa tha campaign rumbled on with unabated bitterness. In reply to a proposal from Milan Dempster, Socialist party nominee, that he withdraw In tha interest of building a powerful workers' party, Sinclair replied that he waa In th race to the finish. ARIZONA JAPANESE TARGET FOR BOMBS PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 30. (IT) Two more bomblnga In the vicinity of farms operated by Japanese were r. ported to the Maricopa county eher Iff office today by the Japanese a, soclatlon ot Arizona. LOU TELLEGEN SUICIDES WITH PAIR OF SCISSORS Aerlsl photographs of CCC camps In the Medford district are being taken thla week by Captain Est'.ey R. Farley, Air Corps reserve, and Wilhsm Brubsker of Portland of tne Brubsker Aerlsl survey. Csptsln Far ley and Mr. Brubsker flew here yes terday In the eaptain's private sh:p. a Falrchlld. The first eampa to be photographed will be Kilt, Oak Knoll, Yreka, Spring Flat. Clear Creek, Indian Creek and Selsd. Captain Psrley ma formerly on duty with the CCC In this oniric:. tat vu sttllatted t Camp Elifc LADY GOLFERS PLAN E Lady members of tha Rogue Valley Oolf club will meet tomorrow at the course for their regular weekly tour nament, whlrh this time will be a "kickers" event. Players will be allowed to replay any ons hot on each hole, and will use their regular handicaps. Re frrthments will he served ft loon by a r.ommlttee of Mrs. Msic Mor ris, Mrs. William Heath snd Mrs. FrsaK Beum. HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Oct. SO. P) Seven scissor slashea ended the life of Lou Tellegen, onoe popular atsge and screen Idol. Though they marveled at how a man could stand the repeated shock of the dagger-like thrust, police ssld It was obviously suicide. Broken in health and doing bit parte In Ihe movlea at 52. friends said Teleen. waa afrall he waa loalng hla mind. slf-shaven, ha was found dying yesterday on a bathroom floor In the home of Mrs. John T. Cudshy, widow of the meat packer and benefactress of the actor. Sciajora hsd been repeatedly Jab bed Into the actor left bresst. Fo lic said only ons wound was fatal. Tellegen died only a few doors from the pretentious home he had built for his second wife. Cleraldlne Fsrrsr (lie grand opera star., when he was at th height of his csreer. At Us urn h feuilV tbt boms M had corns freah from New York ste successes to enter th films. He made his screen debut a the leading man of th "Divine Sarah" Bernhardt, with whom he had played on the stage. In marked contrast with hla fame then. In recent month Tellegen wan dered from atudlo to studio In search of bit part. He even resorted to face lifting in a f utile effort to recover a fraction of hi former popularity After undergoing four operations for cancer in a year. Dr. C. L. Cooper related, Tellegen expressed fear he waa loalng his mind and would be unsbl to work any more. Tellegen was a natlv of Holland born Isldor Louis Bernard Van Dam- meler. Hla life romances rivaled the of his realm of make believe. 11 sue. cesslvely married the Countess Jeanne D Bronchere, miss narrar, isaiei Craven Dlltvorth. who wss known on the screen aa Nino Romano, snd Cvi Ctaaoova. Chairmen of the aervlce committees spoke briefly of their activities a a feature of the Installation of several new members In the Medford Rotary club today at the Hotel Medford. Oeorge Hetuclman describee! the work of the club service committee; C. D. Bean, chairman of the vocational committee apoke briefly of hla nro gram covering the next six Rotary meetings: Harold Relchsteln told the new members of the Rotary club'a boys' welfare program; W. A. Gate pointed out the alma of the Interna tional aervlce committee, and J. C. Boyle explained work of the Ir.tir-city group. Following Lee Bishop's entertelnlni high-light on King Alexander of Yugoslavia, and Sir McPherson Rob- ertaon, Internationally known Aua- trallan, Dr. Edwin R. Durno explain ed to the Rotarlans the proposed heal ing arts constitutional amendment. Ward Hammond of Oranta Pat ex tended an Invitation to the members of the Medford club to attend an Inter-clty Rotary meeting In Orant Paaa November 21. Guest at today meeting were: Earl Voorhlea, Charles Cooley, Hod Eller, Dave Canfleld, Ward Hammond, O. A, Grover, O. V. Slgnor, M. D. Clark. Lew Centro. and Tom Delzell. SANTA MONICA, Cal., Oct. 29. Football was the headline over th late news. Huey Long Joined Louisi ana and annexed Tennessee. Yals and Harvard can get the rich socialites. They Juat can't eeem to get a good line. It looks llks the Army ana Navy both got good teama, and I hereby make thla a motion, s con greaslonal motion, that If they botn breeze through, and even after play Inn each other (and If It's a good closs game) that both teama ba brought out to the Rose Bowl. It would bs s new and great thing to see two football teams meet twice In a season and aee what happened. (Baseball teams play each other games each aeason.) It would be a shame to bring one team out ana not th other. Do I hear seconder? Yours, 1 UiTnfiFiWftlW-J
