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Newspaper Page TextMedford Stores to Remain Open for Business All Day Saturday, Nov. 24 ' 1 .. , i The Weather 1 Unsettled with rain tonight and Thursday. Moderate temperature. ! Temperature Highest yesterday SO j Lowest this morning 37 I Medford Mail Trt une WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1031 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFOKL), OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1934. No. 208. 3 lEftl 4 - ..n- F(Ql f-t rvirm- nin nnfMirv bW UUM U Dawes Bank Placed in. Receivership After Suit for RFC Loan WOMAN IS HELD FOR HEARING ON MURDER CHARGE NUDIST : Baggage Stored in Brooklyn Warehouse Since Summer of 1932 Yields Grue some Find for Workmen NEW YORK, Nov. St. (API An attractive and smartly dressed wo man, Miss Ruby Clarke. 36. was ar raigned today on a homicide charge following the discovery of the bodies of three Infants In a trunk which belonged to her. Since Miss Clarke checked It in the summer of 193?, the trunk had gathered dust in a Brooklyn ware house. Yesterday, two workmen open ed tt and made their find. In a Bhort affidavit Introduced in Brooklyn homicide court. Miss Clarke waa charged thus: "To our Informa tion and belief Miss Clarke, residing at 1000 President street. Brooklyn, caused the death of three Infants by suffocation." Two detectives signed the affidavit. District Attorney William F. X. (Continued on Pave Three) PIRATEMASURE TALE INTERWOVEN Death Riddle of Galapagos Deepened By Radio Reports PORTLAND, Nov. 21. (AP) Tales of vast pirate treasure and of a missing British heiress who had been bequeathed t60.000.000 were brought to light here Tuesday In the largest petition In bankruptcy ever filed in the Portland court. The schedule was filed by Mrs. Har. rlct K. Wright of Portland, who listed debts of 3,840.338. and assets 01 100 In personal effects and' a 936, 000 claim against the "missing heiress." William A. Carter, Sr., attorney tor Mrs. Wright, said the woman was living In Los Angeles In 1930 when Mrs. Molly Purdy, a regal dowager, swept through Los Angeles social cir cles like a comet. Carter said Mrs. Purdy, whd last March died while awaiting trial In Washington. D. C, claimed to be the heiress to 60.OO0.0O0. a mtnor Brit ish title and to a storeroom lull 01 chests of silver, Mrs. Purdy took Mrs. Wright to New York, Carter related, and "per mitted" her to sink 35,000 In stock of the Purdy-Maynard corporation, manufacturer of oil burners. The Portland woman lalar subscribed to M.000.000 worth of stock In the com pany. The reputed estate In England did not materially. Then Mrs. Purdy and her husband, Dr. Prank Le Roy Purdy, vanished. The federal govern ment had charged Mrs. Purdy wltn fraudulent use of the malls and with embezzlement. They were found and the woman died while awaiting trial. Carter said Mrs. Wright filed bank ruptcy to escape liability to the de funct Purdy-Maynard corporation for the unpaid balance of her 3.000. 000 stock subscription. DWELLERS OE LONELY ISLES MAY FURNISH KEY LOS ANGELES. Nov. 21. (AP) First accurate descriptions of the two bodies found Saturday on a water less rock of the Galapagos archipel ago In the equatorial death mystery established with apparent certainty that the strange empress of Charles IslandBaroness Elolse Bonsquet de Wagner was not one of the victims. Doubt that the second body, larger of the two was any of the nine known Inhabitants of the convict Isle, which Is 160 miles south of the scene of the tragic discovery, was ex pressed here by a man familiar with all the figures there. The second body was reported by Captain Rodriguez to be six feet tall, with head bald In front and a slight tuft of brown hair In back. W. Charles Swett. first officer of the exploration cruiser Velero III. whose owner. Captain G. Allan Han cock suggested the second body might be that of a Norwegian fish erman named Nuggcrood, said that Nuggerood was not that tall, and that he did not know that Nugger ood was bald, although he had seen him a number of times. The strange - Island - mystery of death at the equator remained a rld- (Continued on Page rwo) i S3 ' - sS E TO BE SPLIT RECENT ELECTION BY MOTHER. AUNTjOF CITY OFFICIALS Court Orders Heiress to Live With Mother Saturdays and Sundays With Aunt for Remainder of Week Finding of the bodies of a starved man and woman on a liurren Isle In the Galapugos group near the cqualor by a crew of a fishing clipper caused concern among friends of Mr. and Mrs, Charles Wlttmer who were living on Charles Island. The W I timers were living In the Islands with Witt iner's 14-year old son by a previous marriage and their baby, now two years old. This photo of the family was taken hy O. Allan Mnneock, Lou Angeles rnpitallst and explorer, who recently made a trip to the Islands (Associated Press Photo) NEW YORK. Nov. 31. (yp) Gloria VanderbUt, 10-year-old heiress, must live with her paternal aunt, Mrs Harry Payne Whitney, five days a week, and with her mother, Mrs. Gloria Morgan VanderbUt, Saturdays and Sundays. Supreme Court Justice John F. Carew ruled today. ' The court ordered that the child be delivered to her mother at 10 a m. each Saturday and returned to Mrs. Whitney at sundown on Sunday, that she spend Christmas with ner mother and that she spend the months of July and August with Mrs. VanderbUt up to the beginning of the school term at Rcslyn. L. I., "un less cause shall be shown to the contrary." In his findings Justice-Carew said that "the life lived by the Infant since June, 1S33, has been fit, suit able and appropriate and has resumed in a great improvement In the Infant physically and mentally, and na tended to promote Its best welfare, comfort and happiness." During this period she has been la the custody of Mrs. Whitney. Certificates Presented at Meeting Mayor Porter Received 2727 Votes 0. K. Riverside Widening Renresentattvea of Medford banks attended the meeting at the Llthla hotel in Ashland last evening which T. P. Cramer Jr., of Portland, secre tary of the Oregon Bankers' associa tion addressed. Mr. Cramer has Just returned from the American Bank ers' association convention In Wash ington, D. C. and an Interesting re port of the organization's work was given by him. R. B. West, manager of the Port land branch federal reserve bank also spoke to the group. About . thirty-five persons from Medford, Ashland and Orants, Pass were In attendance. Prom the Med ford National bank were J. A. Perry. George Prey aiid Allen Perry, and the following from the Plrrt Nation al bank: Ben E. Harder. Eugene Thorndlke. Ward Beeney, Oris Craw ford. Kenneth Childreth, and Paul McDuffce. IAPANESE BLAME AT BANKER lET'BUTLER'S FASCIST' COMMUNITY CHEST STORY IS CALLED FORCED OVER TOP PUBLICITY STUNTiBY FINAL RETURN JUDGE M'NARY'S WIFE SUCCUMBS IN SALEM SALEM. Ore., Nov. 31 AP) F-stlvr Hall McNary. wife of Federal juJe John H. McNary. died at a local hoe pital today. She was the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Hall a-:d the granddaughter of Alvin F. Wei ler. one of the founders of Willam ette university. She is survived by two nieces. Mis. William O. Patterson of San Fran cisco and Mrs. James D. Robb of Portland. Funeral services will be held here Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. SHANGHAI. Nov. 31 . ( APi The Japane.se military attache today is sued a statement deploring what he called the Chinese government, s NEW YORK, Nov. 31. (AP) Be- j hind a thick veil of secrecy, the con : gressional committee on un-Amer- j lean activities called Gerald C. Mac Gulre, a Wall street bond salesman, to testify further today In connec tion with General Smcdley D. But ler's purported charge of a "fascist plot" to create a United States dic tatorship. While General Butler maintained a close silence In Philadelphia over the contents of the story given to the committee yesterday, the charge was dubbed "a publicity stunt." "silly", "perfect moonshine" and "amazing" by various prominent men whose names have been drawn Into the story. Prior to calling MacGulre. to re sume his testimony begun before the committee yesterday, the committee studied briefly "certain aspects" of alleged communist activities among workers of the fur trade Industry. Chairman John W. McCormlck of the committee did not divulge de tails, but It was understood the com mittee planned to look into the or Medford'g Community Chest cam paign is "over the top"l Final re turns from all sections -are now in and results show that the til .000 budget for the chest has been reached and the welfare and character-building activities of the seven narttci pal ing organizations' will continue dur ing 1035, according to an announce ment today by Eugene Thorndlke. acting president of the chest, and Frank Hull, campaign manager. "The executive committee of the chest and heads of participating or ganizations wish to. extend to the peo ple of Medford and vicinity sincere appreciation for their splendid sup port this year," Thorndlke said to day. '"A new high record has been reach ed for number of contributors, indt- Certlflcatea of election were pre sented Mayor George Porter and the members of the council elected for new terms, at the council meeting last evening, and several matters were brought before the body for considera tion. A canvass of the votes was read by Recorder Mose Alford, showing that George Porter received 3737 votes for mayor, Alford 3718 for city recorder, and Qua Samuels 3745 for city treas urer, none having any opposition. The canvass also showed 613 votes lor Joe Fllegel, elected for a four-year term from the first ward, and fifll votes for J. F. Erlcltson. who Is to serve two years from the first ward. In the second ward, Larry Schade received 779 votes for a four-year term, and H. S. Deuel, 726 votes for a two-year term'. O. C. Furnas was re-elected for four-year term from the third ward, Ocean Zep Fare To Be Near $300 Asserts Eckener "FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany. Nov. 31. ( AP) Dr. Hugo Ecken er, germ an areonaut, said today he had reached an agreement In principle with American officials for regular Zeppelin service be tween Germany and Lakehurst or Miami. The regular flights over the north Atlantic, which he said are scheduled for next summer, would be made by the LZ 139, a new and larger sister ship of the Graf Zep pelin. Trips wluld be made every ten or 14 days between the middle of July until October, with the pas senger fare at about $300. The airship la capable of carrying &3 passengers, and 30 tons of freight and mall. The eastern crossing Is expected to take 48 hours, where as the western crossing will be 85 hours. ASSETS AT Receiver Empowered to Liquidate Central Republic Trust Co. Examiners Set to Work On Report THREE-YEAR TERM GIVEN PIERCE FOR THEFT OF 3000 IN CLASSES ADULT EDUCATION SALEM, Nov. 31'. (JP) Approxi mately 3,000 adults in 33 Oregon counties last week attended the 333 educational classes organized In the emergency adult education program, C. A. Howard, superintendent of pub lic instruction, announced today. The classes in literacy education, vocational education and gene oil aduli education subjects are taught by 300 unemployed Oregon teachers and other persons competent to teach, selected by city and county school superintendents. Fifteen thousand dollars of FERA funds have been allocated to Oregon monthly for this program. worker activities. clarlne the Japanese army's attitude .,.., toward China will remain unmodi fied as long as this policy is main tained. The statement followed a two-day conference of Japanese military of ficers stationed in various parts ot China and It broke the calm which for several montha past had grad ually been settling over Chinese-Japanese relations. ' The attache accused the Nanking government of attempting to delay the enforcement of various Items provided In the Tangku armistice agreement, adding that the purpose of the Japanese officers' conference was to "discuss the situation to is to achieve a common attitude." MEET THURSDAY (Continued on Page Three) SCHOOL BUSAND AUTO COLLIDE NEAR SEATTLE SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 3!. (AP) A school bus carrying 35 Everett boys and girls to classes here collided with an automobile today, causing critical injury to Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Ja cobson, occupants of the car, but the students escaped with shock and sllctht bruises. The Jacobsons were taken to tl.e county hospital, the husband suffer- ! lng internal Injuries and the wife head Injuries. Drurf Francis Pierce, 49, Central Point district farm hand, waa sen tenced by Circuit Judge H. D. Nor ton this morning to a term of three yeara In state prison upon his plea with 856 votes, and W. W. Stewan (of guilty to a grand larceny charge. from the fourth ward for a, four year term. -with 405. votes. .... Hewer Complaint. Dr. L. D. Inskeep, elty health of ficer, appeared before the council concerning the sewer on Keene Way and Main street. Mayor Porter ap pointed the health committee to con fer with Dr. Inskeep and City Super intendent Fred Scheffel on the mat ter. Members ot the health commit tee are S. A. Kroschel, Larry Schade and Ralph Stephenson. An ordinance was passed that a (Continued on Page Three) TELEPHONE PAYS L DIVIDE MEMPHIS, Tenn.. Nov. 31. (AP) Scores of persons were marooned for a time In their homes; traffic was hampered; roofs were blown off and tree uprooted when a storm, accom panied by a record-breaking rain swept over Memphis and surrounding territory early today. It was believed to be the heaviest eight-hour downpour in Memphis history, with 7.37 Inches falling from 11 last night until 7 a. m. Ntorm I omlng SAN FRANCISCO. No. 31, (API Warnings of a southeast storm were ordered displayed on the Washington Oregon coast at 8 a. m. today by the U. S. weather bureau. NEW YORK. Nov. 31 (AP) Ameri can Telephone fc Telegraph company directors today ordered the usual divi dend of 3.25 on the capital stack. The dividend calls for the district) 1 tlon of more than $43,000,000 to tin company's 680,000 shareholders, Thu dividend Is payable January 15 to stock of record December 15. Coca Cola international corporation has declared an extra dividend of 93 and the regular quarterly dividend i of 93 on the common stock, payable January 3 to atock of record Decem ber 13. Nelrntlst IHes. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 31. , Dl. Willem De Sitter. 03. noted profes sor of astronomy of Leyden univer sity, died today of pneumonia. WOULD MODERNIZE F CHICAGO, Nov. 31. (AP) circuit Judge John Pryatalakl today appoint ed William L. O'Connell of Chicago receiver for the Central Republlo Trust company. The Judge made the appointment shortly after counsel for State Audi tor Edward J. Barrett had presented a bill asking dissolution of the trues company, long Identified as a "Dawes Institution because General Charles Gates Dawes, former vice-president of the United States, was one of Its ma jor stockholders. Receivership followed by less than 48 hours the filing of a suit In fed eral court by the Reconstruction Fin ance corporation In an effort to re coup a balance of $60,000,000 out standing on an (80,000,000 loan 1 (Continued on Page Three) pierce admitted theft of (4000 be longing to his mother-in-law. Mrs Margaret Lunge, and which was hlc den about the farm. Pierce, In a short statement to the court before sentence was passed saldt "The stigma that will rest upn my child yet to be born will hurt me worse than penitentiary bars. . My wife Is soon to become a, mother." Pierce asked for leniency in the form of a parole or suspended sen tence. He further stated that he boie no 111 will toward his wife or mother In-law. The court. In a short review of the case, declared: "You are a man ol mature years and therefore not amen' able to parole as are youthful first offenders. The three-year sentence 1 have Imposed will entitle you to pit- role In about elghten months If you receive all the good behavior credits which you can earn. "The facts In this case show that your mother-in-law had hidden hr savings about the farm and you knew where they were concealed. You tool; the money and re-hid it, and appar ently made preparations to depart." The court directed that a commit ment remanding Pierce to the stats prison be Issued. Pierce, In his cell in the c ninny Jail, had prepared a written state ment which his counsel, Attorney J. F. Fllegel, advised him not to read. Pierce has been a resident of this section for about two years and lived with his wife and mother-in-law on the latter's farm. He has been mar ried for the same period. Evidence showed that Mrs. Ma run- ret I Jin Re, owner of the money, was chary of banks due. the court said, "to unfortunate experiences,' and cached her wealth In a "root house Pierce removed It and re-concealed It under a barn floor. Alt the money was recovered. PARIS. Nov. 31. (AP) General Victor Denaln minister of air, to day asked the chamber air commit tee for 3,500.000,000 francs (approxi mately 230.0O0,OOO) to modernize the French air fleet u to out strip Germany's "forrr.'dable" forge of "swift and more modern planes." , . riPOSTOFFICE CLOSES . PHANTOM SLUGGER OF CAMPUS ADMITS DEEDS SHELTON GOING TO PflRTI AND HOSPITAL i CONDON. Ore, Not. 31. (API Joseph B. Shelton. former newspaper publisher at Eugene, waa to be taken by ambulance to a Portland hoeplta today for treatment of eerlous In juries he suffered In an automobile accident near here Monday night. lira. Shelton. who fuffered a lacer ated scsip. was to accompany him WILSON AND PEASLEY TO Mi Tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock, In the Knights of Pythias hall, a meet ing of truck operator, of Jeckaon and Josephine counties li to be he:d, to complete the organisation of tiei local division of the association of' BOULDER. Colo. Sot. 31-Kot. 31., my flat Juat to see how o-d a Doser . , ;jp, Behind the bara of a cell In tne; I waa," and that he enloyel "hear.rw . .w . Boulder lall todav. aald Police Cn ef the glrla aqueal." The attack., a',1 Portland will be prwnt to addren C. Prater, waa the "phantom the meeting and e.plaln the work the ' of the Colorado Unlver.lty cam- association has planned to rurih.r. - " nifn scnooi aiuarni nimea jca Churches. PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 31. (AP) A state-wide reunion of the Ancterl and Accepted Scottish Rite of Free masonry opener here for a three-day meeting of lodgemen at which the highest degrees of the lodge will be exemplified. A banqut for all local and visiting members and candidates was set for tonight. About 600 men were ex pected at the banquet. The grand reception and opening of the lodge will follow the banquet. Temple guards, In bright uniforms, will be escorts of honor. Arthur Ber- rldge, venerable master of Oregon Lodge of Perfection, will preside. 18 CHICKAS1IA, Okla., NOT. Jl. P) Elffhteen sehgol children wera Injur ed today when a school bus plunged Into a brldgo after being crowded off the road by a truck near Nlnnekah. The bus driver, Bacox Roberta, CO. and three of the children were in critical condition. Officers were notified and went on watch for the truck which sped from the scene. the IntereeU of the trucking Industry E M. Wtlnon. of thlt cltr. grand master of the Maaonlc lodge for Oregon, and A. E. Peasley. of the lo cat order, left thu morning by motor for Salem where Mr. Wilson will be honored at a banquet given by the Salem Masonic lodge. From Salem Mr. Wilson and Mr the ambulance. She had made marked: Peasley will continue to Portland to impromnent toe a. '-attend tba fcotusi rttt reunion- JACKSONVILLE MASONS AT CHITWOOD. FUNERAL The ceremony was performed lim ply In the Kensington Register office. Tho Marquess and Lady London Beginning next Saturday, Novern.wr berry have both Intimated publicly 34, the postofrice will close at 13 'that they did not favor the match. noon. Instead of at 1 p. m . on Sat urdays. Postmaster Frank DeSoura an nounced. This change, which prevails in Grants Pass and Ashland, is due toi WILMTNOTON, Cel.. Nov. 31. f APi IKa fhana In th train aVh.1. ! Ura Bai rm li Rtltl SA ffttftltV Unlveralty campus, were .taged In thi ul m0M nortn nd burned and her 03-year-old daughter outhbound mall to earlier hours Mrs. Ina Thompson, waa critically In The chance In train time allocs anjjured In attempting to eitlngunh tne HKVKIMjY lULUS, Nov. 20. Well sir, hero is noinetliinp; T would like to see all your cities and towns do. Tlio L, A. Itur Association put on a pag eant called "The Making of London, not. ai.-(AP)-Deplt th(! Constitution." (They aav it tha previous objections of her father,' . . . . .-.. r-;. the Marquess of Londonberry. Brit- I originated in Kansas City.) lah minister of aviation, Lady Mar-1 Well, its R (.'rent thine, It garet Stewart today waa married to shows Hell.iimim Frnllklill, her flying Instructor, Alan Munta. j vsii inirton. Madison. Hnniil- AGED WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH IN HOME but one of which occurred on the. period between October 13 and Ocu br n. ! Prater said autliorltlea twice que. Churches told Prater, after stesd tloned Churches rat'rdln the sl'lg- i .,,. questioning, that hs was the mvs-jgins, the nrst time about two weenai crrltr , trrlous assailant who ism mon-.i ago. earlier handling wf mall through the rprsng from shrubbery, struck J. tE. Crawford, master of Warren student with his flats and laughlt. Masonic lod of Jacksonville, todiy j dsahed si's)'. asked all members of the lodge to The chief ssid the youth, a Janitor attend the funeral Friday of Chafes at Boulder preparatory achool. declsr Chitwood. to be held at 3 p. m. at ed he could give no reason for at the Conger unl'rtsklrw parlors. Tnr I tacking nine girls In thla manner lodge will be in charge of services escept that he did It "for fun." t tba crav. Cburchea i4 he 'jut Um wiih Yesterdsy he wss arrested as a aus- pect In the theft of a radio from a residence. Suddenly, the officers switched their questioning from the alleged robber and aorused churches of being tne "slugger," Prster ssid The youth psced the room for a few moments, the chief aald Carrier service throughout tha city will remain unchanged. to to muttered; "AU rtUt, J did K." i keta. Salmon Hun liter ASTORIA. Or, Not. 31. (API Packing companies Indicated today that commercial fishing on the Col umbia river probably will close down by the end of the week, except for and i soma operations for fresh fish mar- blarlng clothing of her mother, which wss Ignited when she stooped to light a gas heater late last night In her home her. l ire at" Me Til Medford fire department an swered a call ahortly after 3 o'clock thla afternoon to the !te cafe on East Mln street, where a leak In the gaa Una had caused a fire. It wss placed under control before eiten.lve damage wss doe. ton and nil those old "rope wips" fiKhtinS diirinR the mak in),' of our constitution. Youni; ns well as the old will profit hv it and really enjoy it. Write nnd Ret your information from the i. A. Bar Association. You enn put it on for some irood eliarity or free n'ln"'"'"" ! ni not press npent for any bar association. 1 just saw it and tlionpht it was irreat and it's n irreat tliina to do at this time. It's not expensive to put on. Just the rentintr of the c.os tunics W nil. Ho this and you will thiink me somo (lay. Yours, UlCYcRiutiSjroslcste. lae.