Community Chest Campaign to Be Given Send-Off at Meeting Tuesday
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FOR 1934
Twenty-ninth Tear
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1934.
No. 194.
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By PAfL MALLON
WASHINGTON, D. C NOT. I. If
you want to lay a amall wager on
Tueaday'a congreaslonal election, you
may safely haz
ard a deflated
dollar or o that
th. demo o r ft t a
will lose no moro
than 14 houaa
aeata and gain
about five senate
aeata.
That la a con
servative g u ea a ,
baaed on public
and private re
ports coming In
t o Washington
from trustworthy
sources out in the various states.
The democrote really believe they
will gain 10 to 20 house seaU and
eight or nine senate seats, and they
might do It. Too many local condi
tions are Involved In several sections
to get any definite advance notion.
The republicans are maintaining ft
rather gloomy silence. Their unex
pressed hope la that they will pick up
aa many as 30 seats In the house, but
they know they will lose at least
three In the senate.
Prom that you can see without
squinting that the new deal Is going
to come out of the election with top
heavy majorities In both houses of
congress, no matter whose flgurea you
take.
A fair and Impartial outlook In the
wifwt. important contcsta may be
thumbnalled as follows:
New York Senator Copeland will
win by a mile and Governor Lehman
by a few yarda.
New Jersey Governor Moore will
gain a senatorial seat for the demo
crats. Pennaylvanla 60-50 on Reed and
Guffey In the senatorial race, but
democrats are certain to gain several orran Chamberlain, CCO worker,
congressional seats. 1 jrom Portland, and Willard Sargent
Rhode Island Democrats expect to ; ot thls cltyi appeared In Justice of
pick up ft senate seat here. Ule pcace William R Coleman'a court
Massachusetts Democrats seem j tms mornmg and waived a prellmln
llkely to hold what they have. ry hearing on a charge of giving ln-
Maryland Your old friend, Gover- toxlcatlng liquor to ft minor girl,
nor Ritchie, Is in ft tlgnt spot, but,Bonds were tSxes Ki aiooo and the
democratic candidates appear to have ; pUr commiued to the county Jail to
the edge otherwise. await grand Jury action.
Ohio Democrat Donahey Is a cinch Deputy District Attorney George W.
In the senatorial race, but democrat 1 Nll)Ion inf0rmed the court., "this Is a
will lose possibly two congressional . very Beriol caM.
CEMENT COMPANY!
UPHELD IN RIGHT
TO POWER SOURCE!
. S. Circuit Court of Ap
peals Refuses Injunction
Against Building of Diver
sion Dam Near Gold Hill
BAN FRANCISCO, Nor. 5. (AP)
The California Oregon Power company j
lost ita appeal today In the water
rlghta controversy with the Beaver
Portland Cement company and the
city of Gold Hill, Ore., by a two
Judge declalon of the Unlttd States
circuit court of appeals.
Judge Curtis D. Wilbur, former sec
retary of the navy, wrote ft dissent
ing opinion In which he held the
rights of the power company were
not adequately protected by the par
tial Injuncetlon granted In the lower
court, and affirmed In the majority
high court decision today.
Rock Already Blasted
The cement company, aa possessor
under an executing contract of pur
chase, holda land on one aide of
the Rogue river owned by the city
of Oold Hill, and the power com
pany owns the land on the opposite
side. The cement company, holding
a permit from the atate engineer,
proposea to build a dam and use the
water for power purpoes. It has al
ready blasted rock from Its half of
the stream bed.
The power company sought an In-
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LIQUOR IS CHARGE
seat.
Indian a Very close and doubtful.
Missouri The democrats will pick
up another senatorial seat here, de
feating Patterson, but will lose sev
eral congressional seats,
MichiganRepublican Senator Van
denbera was a certainty until the
Chamberlain who had a state
liquor permit, said his age was 18
years, and admitted that he had pro
cured It by giving a false age In his
application, officers said.
Authorities allege that the pair
plied a 16-year-old girl with whiskey,
to such an extent It waa necessary
La Pine Justice
Shoots Brother
In-Law On Street
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Nov. 5.
(AP) William Fordham, Justice
of the peace at La Pine In Da
le hutes county, was taken to Jail
here today after, police said, he
had shot his brother-in-law
through the thigh on a downtown
street here this morning. The
wounded man, George Mayfleld, a
farmer, was hit as he sat beside
Fordham In a truck.
"I'll give myself up wlthou any
fuss," Fordham told an officer
when he was arrested. He was
charged with assault with a dan
gerous weapon.
Police believed the men had ar
gued over a family matter.
Mayfleld was painfully but not
seriously wounded.
VOTE WILL EXCEED
Interest in Governorship to'
Swell Balloting Tuesday:
Says Coleman Sheriff
Race Next County Interest
THREE CANDIDATES
E
SURE OF I
By the Associated Press
Tomorrow, at 1647 polling places in
Oregon an estimated 350,000 men and
women will establish a new adminis
tration In state government, send
three men to congress, fill other state
offices and many non-partisan and
local positions.
The republican state headquarters
predicts Joe E. Dunne, nominee for
governor, will win by 30,000 plurality.
The democratic headquarters be
lieves Charles H. Martin, the demo
crat, wilt be elected governor by at
least 20,000 votes.
Those directing the Independent
candidacy of Peter Zimmerman, sy
"there Is no doubt" he will carry the
The voters, tomorrow, will write
the true answer. ,
' Out of a total registration of 484,
000, the secretary of atate believes be
tween 340,000 and 350.000 votes will
be cast In this off-year general election.
Unsettled weather was predicted for
most of Oregon tomorrow, and this
as always, will have some bearing on
the Tote.
1
ION II,
Jackson county voters will register
their choice for state and county of
fices tomorrow and County Assessor
J. B. (Blin) Coleman predlcta that
between "60 and 65 per' cent" of a
registered vote of slightly more than
18,000 will cast ballots. This Is a
larger average than usual and Is due,
according to Assessor Coleman, to the
high interest in the race for gov
ernor. Fair weather Is predicted for
the day. A heavy rural and city vote
Is also forecast.
In the county campaigns chief In
terest centers In the race for sheiiff
between Sheriff Walter J. Olmschekl,
Republican, and Syd I. Brown, Demo
crat.
Ballots Distributed
Distribution of the ballot boxes to
the precincts in thla city and Ash
land, and other nearby precincts, will
be completed this afternoon. Ballots
were distributed to the more dis
tant precincts Friday and Saturday.
Up to noon today no official word
has been received from the secretary
of state by the county clerk direct
ing removal of the name of Henry E.
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democrat started pouring relief i for ner to have hospital attcntiln.
The Incident occurred Saturday night.
funds out there within the last few
weeks. It may be close.
Wisconsin An unknown quantity,
with most insiders favoring the La
Follettes by a shade,
Wyoming Democratic Senator
O'Mahoney has been hard prewed
and Is not as certain as he was a
month ago.
New Mexico There may be an up
set here. Good information Indicates
the republicans may gain one senate
est. Milton Merlthew. 60, of the Evans
California Sinclair Is apparently creek district, went on trial thla mor
sunk, but not as deeply as everyone ning In circuit court on a statutory
believes.
MEWS TRIAL
No further word has been received
In this city concerning the corWltlon
of Mrs. R. A. Newland of thla city,
who, with her husband, was critically
injured In an automobile accident
south of Sherman, Texas, Friday af
emoon. A telephone call from Nell
Newland, of Medford. Saturday nlg'.iS
revealed that Mrs. Newland was suf
fering In a Sherman hospital from
five crushed ribs and other serious
internal Injuries. Mr. Newland, less
seriously hurt, was expected to leave
the hosltal in a few days.
SERVICE CLUBS SET
FOR IMS ON CHEST
Local service club members will
hold a joint luncheon meeting to
morrow noon at the Hotel Medford in
conjunction with Community Cheat
workers and committee membera, M.
N. Hogan will act as toast master.
Officers of the civic groups and
Manager Frank Hull will speak In
behalf of the chest drive. Other lead
ers In the Community Chest organi
zation will also discuss various phases
of the campaign for funds. Rev. E. 8.
Bartlam, of the Episcopal church,
will address the guests. The public
has been Invited to attend this spe
cial luncheon, which will be the last
meeting before the big drive starts.
To acquaint the people of Medford
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Chocolate King Dies
PARIS, Nov. 6. (?) Senator Gas
ton Menler, 79, the "chocolate king"
of France, died today. Senator Menl?r
waa well known in America and es
pecially so In Canada, for he onra
owned Antlcostl Island In the St
Lawrence, selling It in 1926.
Election Returns
Tuesday Evening
At Mail Tribune
The Mall Tribune has lined up
facilities for specially fast and
comprehensive report on Tues
day's election. The figures will be
gin pouring Into the newspaper of
fice early In the evening as the
augmented news staff secures par
tial returns from the various poll
ing places In the city and county.
Reports from other Oregon coun
ties and from other states wh?re
elections were held, will be
brought Into the Mall Tribune
over the Associated Press, leased
wires. All these reports, county,
state and national, will be given
out over the loudspeaker In front
of the office. First reports from
others states will be given short
ly after five o'clock. Oregon flg
urea will not be available until
after the polls close at 8 p. m.
INTO KJ. CANAL
Two Couples Enroute Home
From Road House Found
Dead Lights of Car in
Water Signal Tragedy
INSULL FINISHES
GIVING TESTIMONY
IN OWN DEFENSE
By Robert M, Toder
Associated Press Staff Writer,
CHICAGO. Nov. 6. (AP) Samuel
Insull finished his testimony as a
defense witness against mall fraud
charges In a half hour appearance to
day In Federal Judge James H. WU
kerson's court.
Federal Prosecutor Leslie S. Salter
asked Insull a half dozen questions,
Insull's own attorney asked three,
and the deposed Chicago utility exec
utive left the stand.
The principal defense witness, In
sull, had been under questioning for
a total of 11 hours. Taking the
witness stand at 10 a. m. Thursday,
he testified for six hours under
prompting from Defense Attorney'
Floyd E. Thompson, and then was
turned over to the government for
five hours and 40 minutes or search
ing cross examination.
Although 16 others are charged In
til case with him, Instill' appear
ance was regarded by both sides as
the decisive engagement of the trial,
since Insull admittedly dominated
the affairs of hla huge public utility
system.
From Insull both sides sought to
obtain an answer to the question
which is the crux of the mall fraud
case whether Investors were Inten
tionally deceived about the quality of
the stock offered them by the cor
poration securities company; which
crashed in April, 1932. with a aioo,
000.000 loss to Investors.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Nov. 8.
(AP) Four persons, two men and
two women, were dead here after
their automobile plunged Into a
drainage ditch one mile south of
Midland on the Klamath Falls-Weed
highway, Sunday.
The dead Included: George Herr
man, 37, O. E. Kern. 40, Mrs. Emma
line Hughes, 30, all of Klamath
Falls; and Margaret Lewis, about 30,
recently of Juntura.
According to authorities who Inves
tigated the tragedy, the four people
were on their way to Klamath Falla
after visiting a road house just over
the California atate Una when Herr
man, the driver, lost control of his
maohlne and it plunged off the high
way. Auto Submerged
The drainage canal, at the place
where the Ill-fated machine hurtled
Into the water. Is 40 feet wide and
about 13 feet deep. The car waa al
most completely submerged beneath
water.
The accident was not discovered
until a passing' motorist noticed the
lights of the automobile burning be
neath water. He notified authorities
who Investigated and found the bod
lea of Herrman and Mrs. Hughes, who
apparently had occupied the front
seat, floating In the water.
It waa not until the machine had
I oeen named irom tne aiton tnat au-
tnonties Knew ox tne aeatns or Kern
and Miss Lewis, who were trapped In
the back seat and drowned. Evidences
that Kern and Miss Lewis fought
frantically against death wera discov
ered by Investigators who examined
the car and found several windows
shattered.
Dr. George Adler, coroner, took
charge of the bodies. He Indicated
that al' of the four met death by
drowning. It waa believed that an
inquest will not be held.
Elks Mourn Loss
cf Six-Toed Cat
From Clubroom
"Six-Toed Pete.' highly valued
tiger-colored kitten given to the
Elks club some time ago, is num
bered the missing and the broth
ers are anxious to secure return
of their pet.
The cat was evidently a throw
back to some prehistoric feline
forebear whose feet boasted nix
toes, as the Elks pet had six well
defined toes on each of its front
paws, although the rear extremi
ties were entirely normal.
Aside from the Interest In "Pete"
as a biological specimen, the Elks
treasured the kitten as a playful
and affectionate member of the
fraternity and have posted a re
ward for 1U return, six toes end
all.
Australian-Airman Reveals
'Lady Southern Cross' De
clared Unfit for Service
by Antipodean Officials
T
MEDFORD BOWLERS WIN
IN KLAMATH INVASION
Medford City League sowlers
completed a 10-game home and home
bowling match with bowlers repre
senting Klamath Falls, bowling the
last five games at Klamath Falls
yesterday.
Medford won seven out of ten
games for a total of 8355 to 8135 for
Klamath Falls.
By Ihe Assm-lated Press
Victims of traffic accidents over
the state on a rainy weekend, eight
persons were dead today, among them
Sheriff D, L, Blankenahlp. of Bremer
ton, the Kitsap county peace officer
who sought unsuccessfully to solve
the sensational Fllcder murder case
of last winter.
His death, and the critical Injuries
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flan Frnnrlsoo Rutterfat.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. S MP
First grade butterfat, 33!c, f. o. ft
San Francisco.
SI In.
NEW VOHK. No. 8. (AP) Bar
stiver steady and unchanged at S3.
EYED BY LEAGUE
By JOSEPH E. SHARKEY
OENEVA, Switzerland. Nov. 8. (AP)
The entire question of Japan's right
to hold islands under mandate In the
Paclflo ocean, now that she has re
signed from the League of Nations,
was under discussion today as the
league mandate commission heard a
report that United States warships
had been refused the right to visit
former German Islands now under
Japanese mandate.
According to league officials, re
ports that Japan, in violation of
mandate regulations, is secretly con
structing naval bases on these Islands.
This concrete question, however, did
not arise at today s meeting.
U. S. Ships Barred
What did happen was that a mem
ber of the commission told Nobu-
buml I to, the Japanese minister to
rolsnd, that he had read In a Stock
holm newspaper that an American
battleship, transporting an American
scientific group which intended to
study an eclipse of the sun, had been
denied admission to islands under
Japanese mandate.
I to answered that he had no
knowledge of the report and add
ed that the Japanese government
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Not. 8. (AP)
The airplane which carried (Sir
Charles Klngsford-Smith on a haz
ardous 73S5-mlle flight from Bris
bane, Australia, to Oakland. Cal
not considered airworthy In the Antipodes.
This was revealed today as the
Australian aviator announced he
planned to find an American buyer
or the Lady Southern Cross, which
he landed yesterday in Oakland and
promptly flew to Los Angeles.
It all came out when Col. Robert
Lorraine, British world war ace and
the first man to fly from England to
Ireland, wondered if Kingford-Smith's
wife wasn't Jeslous of Lady Southern
Cross.
"She has no cause to be," said
Sir Charles, "I'm going to sell her
in southern California,
Hilled L'n airworthy
It is curious, but the strongest
Australian air regulations have prov
en her unalrworthy and I therefore
was unable to sell her there."
"The situation Is rather ironical,"
commented Colonel Lorraine, "con-
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Kin'gsford Smith Ahead of Time in Ocean Hop
charge Involving a young girl. The
public was barred from the proceed
ings and the bailiff waa stationed In
the corridor to advise spectators of
the court ruling.
T-Vi ak dim In that f si bla waa mftmiMA
falls, the republican party will have ,n, cmn iamltnta untn
this morning. The case Is expected
Only one state is considered very
impctant nationally by the insiders.
That one la Pennsylvania.
If the republican Keystone state
to start all over again
What la more important, the con
i a tu flnlahiul Tata A1av
Mrvatlv. leadership of th, party will n wl , f t
be timet completely ranlahcd from j court tomorrowPle.tlon . Pr0.
ceedlnsie will be reaumed Wednesday.
I The next case scheduled la that of T.
;J. Enrlght. attorney charged with
driving an auto while Intoxicated.
OFFICES, BANKS CLOSE
rebuilding will be left in the hands
of young Turks and mild indepen
dents, California would be Important If
there were not such unanimity of
opinion about Sinclair's demise.
deed, a backstage reaction has sire My
set in
The boys upstairs are beginning t t
wonder If they did wrong. They have1
half a notion that the best way to get j
rid of Sinclair would have been to !
elect him. He could have done noth-
Intr but shout his head off. because Offices In Medford of the city
the atate legislature is safe. As it U. i .ty and state, the banks and the
they say he plana to run a daily
paper and continue to ladle out nla
EPICAC.
start liqucr store will be closed Tues.
dsy, election day.
NEW YORK. Not. 8. ;p The New
York atock exchange and other lead
ing secuuty and commodity exchanges
here and in other important centers
President Roosevelt's meeting with
the supreme court some days bsca
vm milt unusual In mini unmib
llshed repecta. Some of the Justlcea throughout the country will be closed
still -, talking about the extra cour- """ ""' ejections.
tesT and distinction which the presl-'. ....u iiniic i ta c
dent ahoTd Chief Justice Hughe,, i lL A IV1 A I H WINS, 7 TO D,
"ZTJXS Resident con-! FROM G. PASS GRIDMEN
gratulated Mr. Hughea on the 1931 ' KLAMATH HIU. Not. 8. p!
Washington arma conference, saying Conversion of the point after a
something about It being the only touchdown spelled the margin of
auccesnful disarmament conference , "r '' Klamath falls hlh achoil
ever held. T.iat aeemed to be stretch- i footba'.l team her, Saturday In their
r ih. .mnllment Ht e.-,nl now '! O-snts PSM. The flml
sufpect that we gave up more than
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AT WORK IN CCC
Max r. Little, 63, of the Elk Creek
CCC camp. Company 1747. dropped
dead at 8:30 a. m. today, follow
ing moderate exertion while at
work about a mite and a half from
the Union Creek recreational trail,
according to word received at the
CCO district headquarters.
Little waa enrolled as a local ex
perienced man, hla record at head
quarters show, and his address was
; given aa Medford. He has no known
relatives, according to information
'listed In his enrollment card. Dis
trict Surgeon Wallace S. Douglas had
not made an examination yet this
afternoon to determine the cause of
his death.
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7 to 6. t:d the tale of one t
, j t:ie h.i,-dt and moxl e?r.!y fovj:
I contest seen here in many moons.
In les than 13 hours after lnklng 0ff tt Honolulu. Blr Charles Klngvor(j.(mlth brought the "Lady outh'nt fro" donn on the Tarmac of
Oakland, I al., airport to complete hi raundtrlp flight from the bay pt.rt to Australia and bark vthlrh ntt- Marled In lf!g. The Una-mile over-wae-r
flti-nt made In remarkable time and the Australian air hero and hU nnlrntfr. ('apt. P. a. Tlor. were In (lie (.olden mute hours before
their expected arrUal. fmllh aol"3lTPd for hi earli appearance. I pT left: KliiE'ferrt-mllh and Tnlr irlllng the Mur nf the Might. Lower
; lert: The tninlM Ific fllrltt uttU ;ty end a the la1 uthrrn rt la flacc'd. Klglit; Mr ( harles (If ft) and Taylor (limb out of the cockpit
after roaring out of the t. (VwMated Prfs photo.
BY SAN DIEGO POLICE
Having allegedly written worthless
checks amounting to seversl hundred
dollars, which he passed In Medford
during October, 1033. Milton Waritv.
alias H. W. Maraell, has been arrested
In San Diego, according to informa
tion received bere today by Captain
Iiee M. Bonn of the Oregon atate po
lice. Waring will undoubtedly be re
turned here for prosecution. Captain
Bown said.
Political Broadcasts
tuoi.tlnued on Pag, Eight)
INSTALL TONIGHT
Veterans of Foreign Wars and aux
iliary will hold Installation services
for newly-elected officers at the
armory this evening, beginning at A
o'clock. Members are expected to at
tend from Klamath Palls, Roseburg
and Orants Pass. Refreshments will
be served after the Installation serv
ices. The following post officers will be
Installed: Commander, E. W. Hall;
senior vice -commander, A. E. An
derson; Junior vice-commander, O. 1.
Huklll; chaplain", Oeorge Waterman;
officer of the day, E. A. Pallatler;
quartermaster. Joe E. Wood; adju
tant. T. K. Flynn; guard, Albert Hall.
Auxiliary officers Installed will be:
President, Lenore Wall; senior vice
presldont, Lillian Huklll; Junior vice
president, Augusta Hall; chaplain,
Pauline Wood; conductress, Marga
ret Ingllng; treasurer, Elizabeth
O'Brien; secretary, Lillian Flynn;
guard, Florence Brunson.
ZIMMERMAN SAYS
RUFUS FOR M
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 8. (API
Peter Zimmerman, Independent can
didate for governor, announced today
he has received the unqaulfled sup
port of Rufus Hoi man, state treas
urer, A signed statement from Holman,
Zimmerman said, promised vhe state
treasurer's support and hla vote In
tomorrow's election.
Holman could not be reached Im
mediately for comment.
Postmaster Oeneral Jim Farley will
give a broadcast over the national
hookup this evening at 7:15 (Medford
time) and Is expected to apeak on
behalf of the Roosevelt administration.
LONG BhACH SHAKEN
BY SEVERE TEMBLOR
LONO BEACH. Calif., Nov. fl, (AP)
Long Beach and coastal communi
ties south of here were shaken last
night at 6:30 o'clock by an earth
quake which residents said waa one
or the most severe since the disas
trous quake or March 10, 1933. The
tremor lasted between one and two
seconds.
Due to the brief duration of the
shock, damage waa negligible.
. 4
A. W. Pipes will speak at 7:1S this
evening over KMED in behalf of the
20 mill tax limitation amendment.
WIFE OF J. R. HARVEY
DIES IN GRANTS PASS
GRANTS PASS. Or... MoT. B. (AP)
Orae. Kellogg Harvey. 06. member
of ft Chicago family prominent In
early daya and wife of J. R. Harvey,
necretary of th. Chamber of Com
merce here. .died at her horn. Sunday
after an lllneaa of many year.' duration.
Kingfish Must
Stand Trial In
Suit Fo's Libel
WASHINGTON, Not. (API
Senator Huey P. Long mtiat atand
trial In ft ftSOO.OOO libel ault re
aultlng from ft apeech he mad. In
the acnate.
The supreme court today dli
agreed with th. aenator. conten
tion that because he waa ft mem
ber of congreaa he had conatttu
tlonal Immunity from auch legal
action.
The case waa brought by Samuel
T. Anaell, former Judge advocat.
eeneral of the army.