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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!
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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
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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
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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)
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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.,