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Medford Stores to Remain Open for Business All Day Saturday, Nov. 24 The Weather Forecast: t'luetttod with rain tonight and Wednesday. Moderate temper ature. Highest yesterday .47 LOftCft thlS mr.riiiny dfl Medford Mail Tii BUNE WINDER Pulitzer Award FOR 1034 Twetity-iiinth Year MEDFOliU, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1934. No. 207. SSSHm "jfc' RACE FOR A R M S DECLARED PERIL Bh TO independence! i US CT73 IV Paul MalJoo By PAUL MALL ON WASHINGTON. D. C, Not. 20. The best chuckle of the post-electlDn season Is the one about Mr. Ickes lost order. It may yet bs eome as famous as that lost or der of General Robert E. Lee's, the one acciden tally left behind by one of his generals, disclos ing his plans to the enemy and causing the bat tle of Antietim. Mr. Ickes orJcr appears to have been lost only temporarily, but it may hive the result of bringing m a battle with his politically-minded adversaries within the new deal. It Is order No. 110, which apears to have walked ofr the day It was is sued (October 19) and to have hid den Itsey until after election. Dated nearly three weeks before election, the order was addressed by General Ickes to his PWA troops and stated in part: "Many employes are attempting to use political pressure to secure other assignments or increases In salary. These special requests have grown In volume to a point where the staff In my office is unable to hand'e them. "Notice is hereby given to all em ployes that requests of this nature will be Ignored and will not enhance their standing for future advance ment. . . . Once an applicant ha been employed,- he should- be content to stand on his record oft perform ance for advancement." That would have been a sad blow to General Parley and Colonel Hurja If they had heard about It befoie election. They are in charge of po litical pressure in the new deal army and they might have sought the courtmartlal of General Ickes for democratic treason. At least, they would have be;u grossly insulted at this Interference with their effort to get all sisters, brothers, cousins and friends of demo cratic officeholders to the polls. United Slates Proposes Li cense, Inspection by In ternational Commission of Making and Sale' of Arms GKNKVA, Nov. 20. (AP) Aus tria today dchinmled equality in armaments of a disarmament con ference committee. Austria Ment before the steering com mittee of the conference and de clared tier Independence was menaced. She aid an armament rare is now In progress and threatens the eare oi Europe, and that he nerds nore war materials In order to d.-fend her .sovereignty. (By the Associated Press) Civilized warfare and mankind's right to fight as he pleases were com mented and acted upon by most of the powerful nations of the world to day'. The United States proposed at Oe neva the manufacture and sale of arms be licenced and Inspected by an international commtsslon whclh would make public Just who was arming for war and to what extent. Prance and Great Brtaln were said to br "sympathetic" to the proposal; Spain and Sweden said they approved of U, Italy was understood to consider It all right In principle but impossible of execution. King George opened a session of parliament with a plea for peace and for the success of. the disarmament conference. He said Great Britain would continue Its support of the League of Nations. Prance Increased her military ap proprlatlons, saying she feared at attack by Germany would have an army of 5.500,000 men ready for serv ice In 1935. Emperor Hlrohita In person attend ed the launching of Japan's newest cruiser, a warship of 6500 tons. And as the new ship, the Suzuya, sUi into the water at Vokosuka, the keel of a 10.000-ton aircraft carrier was laid at Kure. Fortunately, fate Intervened. Some aay fate was one of Mr. Ickes' lieu tenants, who wrapped order No. 110 around three cigars and put it In hir vest pocket until all the votes were cast November 8. Others explain that It was Just the ordinary speed of business at the PWA, and that ttie order never was lost at all. Friends of Mr. Ickes Insinuate that the speed of the malls. In General Parley's de partment, prevented the order from reaching field agents out in the coun try promptly. At any rate, the order arrived in one district project audit office No vember 13, Just a week to the day after the danger period had parsed. and nearly a month after the issuance date. You can't beat that. LONDON. Eng.. Nov. 20. (AP) An authoritative source revealed today that Great Britain has proposed to the Japanese that they sign a new pact guaranteeing the Integrity of China, separately from the proposed naval treaty, but that the Japanese hava declined. 125 Pound Tumor Is Removed From Negress9 Abdomen DALLAS, Tex.. Nov. 20. (AP) One of the largest tumors known to medical science was removed today from the abdomen of Sophie Johnson. 350-pound negress. The operation was considered a suc :ess and. If the patient withstands the shock, surgeons said she prob ably will recover. Originally, the giant growth weighed 125 pounds but by drain age during the last few weeks Its size was reduced to about 70 pounds. The negross was on the operat ing table for almost three hours. 'SHINERS' LINE UP FAVDR LIMITING E Recommendation to. Presi dent Expected From Group Making Survey Believe Pyramiding Uneconomical Speaking of timing, the appoint ment of Josephine Roche as assist ant treasury secretary could not have been announced at a more opportune moment. President Roosevelt had made hi apceah to the economic specialists on nociaJ Insurance. It la no secret that they did not like It. They wanted a lot of social Insurance, and wanted It fast. Just as they were criticizing .h administration the president favored Miss Roche, who la the worlds out standing experimentalist In social In surance throush the operation of ti'.r coal properties. But that la not the story behind Miss Roche's appointment. A very good source aay she waa first of fered the post of chairman of the national IsbOr relation board. She Informed the president her coal mine In Colorado offered uch an oppor tunity for experiment In the Isbrr field that ahe cculd not bear to leave After Francla Blddle. the Phlled'l ph:a attorney, waa given the la pot. a loo was found for Mlsa Ron which offered a better field of opera Hon (health). She may feel that ahf will have a freer hand there. Incidentally, the labor peoV.c neither cheered nor cried about the Riddle appointment So far a they know, he ha no labor record .nil can be expected to be non-partlan CITY TAX LEVIES FIXED FOR YEAR City tax levies for the ten Incor. porated municipalities of Jackson county have been compiled by the county asscsaor's office for the com ing year. The levy Is for city pur pose only and does not Include state county and school levies, still to be made. The total City levy for the county for the coming year la 282.I8S67. This Is an Increase of gl 1.380 over last rear when It was 270.31.57. Butte Tails has the highest city levy, with 34 mills, and Talent the lowest with 7.5 mills. The new city levy for Medford U 34 mills. The city levy by murriclpalltlea Is as follows: (Copyright, 1934, by United Presa.i HARRISONBURG, Va., Not. JO. (UP) Moonshiners from the moun tain of Franklin county, traditional enemies of the .government "reve nooera" since revolutionary day, aligned themselves today with treas ury agent In a war on a huge Illicit liquor ring .intended aa an object lesson of the government's determina tion to end bootlegging. A grand Jury reconvened today to near strange atorlea- of moonshiner held In virtual slavery, or corruption among offlclala charged with law en forcement tale gathered by United States treasury operative In 14 montha of painstaking Investigation. . . : Rliig 'levied Fees. Starting In 1928. It wa revealed, a bootlegging ring levied tee of 110 a month and upward on moonahln er for "protection" and organized the output of the individual atllls Into a major Industry. They collect ed and transported hundred of thou sand of gallons of corn liquor, ci reenlng over mountain road in awlft automobllea. The grand Jury 1 expected to ax amlne mora than 100 witnesses. Those familiar with condition, predicted a major atate political scandal would ensue. The Jury waa convened here. 100 mile from Franklin county, tc avoid possibility of local influence Will Be Warning. Treasury official feel that If they can smash the bootlegging In trte backwoods of Franklin county It will be a warning to violator everywhere In the country. ' '' Franklin county .wa cited In the Wlckersham commission' report on prohibition In 1931 a the worst coun ty In the nation for Illegal dis tillation of liquor. For year Its reputation a a center for bootleg ging ha been known, but the tradi tional reticence of the backwoods men ha made any campaign against the moonshiner, most difficult. ( By J. R, BRACKET! (Copyright, 1934, by the Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. (AP) An authoritative aource dlacloaed today that lawa to limit the stature and might of giant holding companies In the power business probably will be recommended to President Roose velt by, hi power expert. Regulation of holding companlea corporation which hold the ehare of operating utilities and usually control those utilities la an ob jective of the national power com mission, appointed by the president to recommend a power policy to him. A commission sub-committee study ing this subject I headed by Rob ert K. Healy, who directed most of the federal trade commission' six year inquiry into utilities and who la now on the securities and i change commission. F. R.'s Attitude Unknown. Though a legislative program has not been drafted and' the president's attitude has not been disclosed, the subcommittee waa authoritatively re ported to be thinking along these lines: 1. No more than one holding com pany ahould be auperlmposed on a group of operating companlea. At . (Continued on Page Four.) Ashland Butte Falls .... Central Point Eacle Point Oold Hill Jacksonville Medford Phoenix .... Rogue River Mills 28 7 34 . 29 3 , II I . 20.3 , 29 2 . 24 8 . 30 1 . 9 7 Talent f- SECY, 'WALLACE HARTFORD, Conn.. Not. 30. Secretary Wallace defined the future course of agricultural adjustment t day aa one of "controlled expansion, rather than reduction." Speaking before the National Orange, he declared that "to perm'.t a controlled expansion, and also to permit agriculture profitably to pro duce enough to tide the country over yeara of drouth ought to be our ob jective." He warned the farm group of a prospective drive to aerap crop con trol, led by "sincere Idealists, lalaser falre economists and certain business groups Interested in volume." SUE TO COLLECT E! CHICAGO, Nov. 20. (UP) The r construction finance corporation late today filed autt in federal court against 4000 stockholders of the Cen tral Republic Trust company, whisl Include former Vice-President Charles O. Dawes, for $14,000,000 of the fam'd $60,000,000 "Dawes bank loan." Judge John P. Barnes then Issued a temporary injunction against other creditors filing a similar bill, r.ie suit was filed under the law provid ing double indemnity for bank stockholders. SIX WOMEN WILL VOTE IN NEXT CONGRESS trj, a. ... araaBJ'-J " 1 .Ltl z Oklahoma Federal Body to Survey Evidence Connect ing 4 Arrested in Oregon With Ransom of Oil Man OKLAHOMA CITY, Not. 30. (AP) Federal Judge, Edgar S. Vaught to day called a seaMon of the federal grand Jury for December 11 to con sider, among others, the ease of four persons recently arrested In Oregon in connection with the Charles P. Urschel kidnaping. Held In Oregon are Alvin H. Scott. 46. his housekeeper. Mrs. Mnrgeret Hurtlrnne; Mrs. Clara Davis, known also aa Clara Feldman. wife of AN bert Bates, serving life for his part in the Urschel kidnaping, and her 21 -year-old son, Edward Peldman. The arrests followed tracing of part of the 300.000 Urschel ransom to Scott. District Attorney W. C. Lewis said Oregon authorities asked that the cases be presented to the grand Jury before removal of the prisoners. Thlrty-ona women were candidates for congress out only tlx won posts and all but one of them are now congresswomen. They are Mary T. Norton (above, left), New Jersey democrat; Florence P. Kahn (below, left), California republican; Edith Nourse Rogers (Inset), Masiachusettt republican; Virginia Jenckea (above, right), Indiana democrat; Isabella Qreenway (below, right), Arliona democrat; and Caroline O'Day, New York democrat, Mrs. O'Day, for whom Mrs. Roosevelt actively campaigned, is the one new comer. The first three named already are five termers. (Associated Press Photos) 13 My PORTLAND, NOV. 20. (AP) Within the next two days the secre tary of state will decide whether to make permanent the suspension of of the driver's license of Ted Rogo way, 23, ex-pugilist, who was de scribed by the state department last week as having "the worst driving record In the state." At a hearing before the state li cense department examiner here last night It waa dlslosed that In the past twenty montha Rogoway had been Involved In 13 accidents. PARAGUAY REFUSES 10 END CHACO WAR ! AT ROTARY MEET B. E. Harder, president of the First National bank, discussed the bank ing situation at a meeting of the Medford Rotary Club at the Hotel Medford luncheon today. Mr. Har der gave the Rotarlana hi opinion of the underatandtng reached be tween the members or the American Bankers Association and president Roosevelt at the association's meet ing In Washington, D. C, recently. The speaker opened with a brief review of finances during the past aeren year, when a high acale of living waa built up. Block market Inflation occurred, and extensive credits were granted for foreign trade: all bf which waa followed by the so-called depresalon. "Banka have been falling alnce 1020." Mr. Harder aald, "Indicative of the need for i revision of the entire banking struc ture of this country." Ho emphatically denied the accu satlon on the "part of many politic lans that the banks have not aup portcd the administration' recovery program. "It la true," he aald. "that President ' Roosevelt stated a fact when he pointed out In hla address at the American Bankers AsJCla.!on meeting In Washington, that v the banks of England had aupoprted the English government. For this .sup port," Mr. Harder aald. "the English banks received commissions." The speaker also pointed out the need for a more Intelligent handling of the foreign trad problem at thla time. In the opinion of Mr. Harder, the understanding reached between President Roosevelt and the banking fraternity of thla country, calls for a permanent and practical form of the federal Insurance. In which one FARMER LEADER ' SUGGESTS MOVE CAPITAL TO WEST SIOUX PALLS, S. D., NOV. 20. ( AP) A suggestion that "unless we get a square deal In Washington, perhaps It would be best to - move the national capital to the middle west.' was placed before the national farmers' union at the opening session of that organization's annual con vention here today. Nearly 2000 members e the union, man properly known as the National Farmers' Educational and Co-opera tive association, representing 28 states, greeted this suggestion from C. N. Rogers of Indtanola, la., vice-president, with prolonged applause. Rogers' statement was made In a speech scoring the national adminis tration In Its activities on the farm program. E. K. Everson, president of the union, and Joe Plummer, Akron, Colo., chairman of the national board, also crltclzed the administration's farm progmm. Everson attacked Sec retary Wallace, the AAA and the NRA, while Plummer touched brieny on the program of the farmers' union, , Plummer declared It Is necessary to restore agriculture to a profitable basis, before economic Justice can be done. One way to do this, lie said, Is through giving the farmer cost of production, plus a reasonable profit, and the refinancing of the farmer burdened with debt. Both the pro jects are Included In the farmers' union's program. CAUSlAUTELO (Continued on Page Four.) SHOPPING PLACES A poll of local business houars shows sentiment ajainst cloning oi i store during the Medford high Thfr Is a etory (toina around In choice financial quarters that a cer tain arw-ut Justice of the supreme' Khoo.Ho(xi River hlah football game rvnrt will Te:zn pnniy 10 orco.Ti r utigtvted Monday. It was d!loel p-rydnt of an eatrn unlversiy ; trw1flj. Y?t ran f;nd indications that an Cnc of l!ie mJt,a objections Is the o'fv has ben made, but those eioft fr thfU out.nf-ton pT'- flork to to the lusree awime he will dM-tine I Medfor(j en Saturday, some coming The atory would hit pace one la he from north,ro California points, and accepted, because everyone would -lft.,n- of th ghonDln nlv-ea would caue them real Inconvenience. It was Renera'Iy believed, the poll ; revealed, that a tare attendance wa asvured for the came without dls . "i ruptinr the wrvkf to patrons a'lt'-h re-pnlr the possibility of nomln.- niz him on the Rep-ibMcan ticket 'v prrVdent in 3Z6. Dor'.d R;-:;fcvi,r h CouUnut oa Fif Foui-l a expected, U aledloid on ftatuxdara. cm. FAMILY KEEPS KIDNAP SECRET PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 20. fAP) The 24-day-old kidnaping of William Weiss, prominent Philadelphia night life figure. kpt a family .wcret since his disappearance, waa being pleed tottcther today by United States de partment of Jutlr stents. Wela vanished from sight after leaving home for his office In down town Philadelphia on the morning of October 2fl, the federal aents learned and notes demanding 100.000 ran dom from hla family followed. Where he waa kidnaped la a mys tery. R. Georue Harvey, head of the Philadelphia bureau of Investigation f the drptitmnv of uMic. aald to es? after a full night of work on the ASUNCION. Paraguay. Nov. JO. (AP A flat refuaal waa Paraguay's ynk Is not wholly liable for the reply today to the lague of Nation's ; latest proposal to end the war In the j ! Chaco. ! ! The government has officially re i fused to accept a report of the league'a Chaco consultative commit tee recommending cessation of hostil ities pending arbitration. The chan cellory. It was understood. In true ted representative In Oeneva to notify : the league of the decision. E ELECTS OFFICERS VANCOUVER, Wash., Not. 20. (AP) The Ilev. P. W. Erlkaen of 8a lem wa re-elected president of the BONUS BILL FIRST i a i ai r-w-r PAimnrre IN Vi CA I UUIMUn tOO j southern conference of the Pacific WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. VT.ie synod of tlw Unltwl Lutheran Patman cash bsnus bill will be o:U i church at the annual convention number one to be Introduced in the here today. The twr.-day meeting next conaret-s. was to conclude tonlRht with Inatal- W. J. McDermott. bill clerk of t!w latlon of nw of fleet a. how, said todav the measure, to be i The Rev. Adolph Nrlwn of Port- introduced by Representative Wr: i. 1 re-elected secretary patman (D , TMJ. would be giv-a j William Salrmann of Portland ; the first number, aa It had been I the las' two congresses. and was elected to the new post of treasurer. Mr. Nelaon heretofore had held the I combined office of secretary-treas- WASyiNOTON. Nov. 20. ( AP urer. um m'.A nnhiir t.avrl n b i Pariah education and other educa tor December ft on a pronoaed ached- j tional matters waa the most general i on chaws of driving while intoi ude of minimum aca and man- suhject of dleruasion at the m tmr j eated, aa also araitinx trial tms mum ho'ira for newa employee ou Abo-jt 60 r.ereymen attended from i ftrnoon, haiiuj pleaded not guilty OUYAQUIL, Ecuador. Nov. 20. (UP) Vague hints that the deaths ol two persons on a deserted volcanic Isle In the Galapagos group off the coast of Equador were the Indirect result of a love triangle added to the mystery under local Inquiry today. The Islands belong to Ecuador. The hints came from word brought by Rolf Blomberg, Norwegian news paper man, who traveled In the is lands In recent months, indicating that one of the men believed found dead had been an alleged participant In the triangle. Blomberg recalled that Alfred Ru dolph Lorcnz, of Paris, had gone to the Galapagos Islands with a woman known aa the Baroness Etolsa Bos quet de Wagner Wehrborn, Austna, and Robt. Phlhppsohn, German busi ness man. They were closely associated he said, until the baroness and Ph'.l Iphon "disappeared" some months ago, The authorities Intimated from ths and other reports there was aa yet no precise Indication whether the deaths Just discovered were due to a crime of passion or merely were accidental. LOOMIS GIVEN YEAR Ft PARR, FEHL SUIT SALHM, Nor. 20. CAP The fight for the democratic nomination for district attorney of Jefferson county won In the courts by Bernard H. Ramsey over V. 5. Howard, the latter charged with violation of the corrupt practices act, came to naught, it waa revealed when the state supreme court handed down Its opinions here today. , i Other oral opinions Included dis missal of the cases of Harrington vs. the North Pacific Transportation company and Parr va. the Paclfio Record Publishing company. The above action of the aupreme court la based upon an appeal filed by Fehl, from the 118.000 Judgment rendered against htm. In the Roy A. Parr lib 1 suit. The libel suit award was later satisfied by agreement be tween Parr and Pehl. The appeaj lias since been resting on the supreme court files without action. LOST BY HUNTERS PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 20. (AP) The results of the recent open sea son on elk were gratifying to the na tional forest service, In strong con trast with those of last year, it was said here today by Assistant Regional Forester Kavanagh. He made a report on the season to the Oregon state game commission. "There waa very little Ions of meat." Kavanagh said. SANTA MONICA, Cal., Nov. 10. With all (he "haywire" circuit court and wa aentenced serve one year In state prison by Circuit Judie II. O. Norton. Loomls ha made restitution, a:i far aa possible. The checks wen mall tmfflint. The rn-nril, nf the After first demendliMt preliminary . . ,., ,,.-., 0(u., ,how lhat hear'.n-. Orvll H. Caualneeu of this i ,.,, on ..,. (rom .... Dr,on city, arrested laat Thursday for paw. lug bocru check, waived heartrv when taken Into Justice court t.tts afternoon, .and was bound over to the gi'and Jury on II0O0 bond. Appearing this morning In city court, hefore Juria Allen Curr-'. Jame. Orbln rooko. of Cemn Wltr.-! STOCKHOLM. Nor. a0.-(AP)-Re. ... .... H.tllr.. ni.hi ' Porta here today aald Secretary of for reckless drlrln at the scene of mate Riley Loomls. charged with obtalr. luff monev under fale oretsmc through the medium of torited checka. ili?n Vfo have, every once in yesterday entered a plea of uullty In Uvliile wo hit on a Rood one, like old aie peiihions, (which is sure to eome at the next congress.) Well, I was ilown to I.os An irelcs livestock show mid I saw these hundreds of farmers' hoys that had fattened and cared for n calf, or lij,, or sheep, themselves. It's a t li in if palled tho I II club. Somebody, whs inspired when they found ed that. H' all over the coun try. Py (roily, they are a (rreat bunch of kids Rnd don't they have some fine stock. Look for a similar offense committed Klamath county two yeara ago. secretarFhIiuTmay get nobel peace prize Cordell Mull of the United an accident on South Riverside. waejSiate. waa a possible candidate fr .,., nn. 10 is stnrtillir fined 2J. He had charmed his pleajlha Nobel Peace prlre. to be awarded ; ho .Volllllf, and lie IS Mart lilt, to aullty after beln arralenrd M m-' Decern r 10 by the Norwegian par- j in Ills OllsiucsS. day morning. !' Percy Hayes Perk, the driver of a truck which police atate crashed Into two other cara and Injured the drivers wife and a 14-year-old girl SaturJay nlcht. as aaaltlng court action to day, pending a pbyslrian'a repoit n Mra Peck s condition. Orm D. Welch of this city, arrested Saturday nl;it dsllj newspaper!. t Oregon and Washington. jesujrdaj, WESTERN FREIGHT RATE REVISION IS ORDERED WASHINGTON, Not. 20. (AP) The Interstate commerce com.nlaMon to day ordered a revision of weste-n trunk line data freight ratea designed to Increase the revenues of the rail roads by reducing ahort haul rar and In .effect Increasing thus for longer haul. We eot the most thorough tniininff in every line of busi ness in this country but states manship, and that you just de cide overnight yourself, "1 am n statesman." imtnuKiuaMfc'l.1.,
