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Medford Mail Tribune
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Twenty-ninth Year
MEDFOKD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1934.
No. 211.
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- WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. A harp
hake-up la coming In the New
Deal. It will be called a reorganiza
tion, for the
sake of appear
ances, but It will
"ncom pass an
extensive realign
ment of the bur
eaucratic set-up.
The btfreau
bosses have had
wind of It lor
some time and
are scampering
to save their
sktns or expand
them. One . of
the fanciest In
ner struggles, which no one la sup
posed to know anything about, is
being waged between Metsra. Ickes,
Moffet and Hopkins. They are tug
ging at the i6 (count them) widely
scattered bureaus relating to hous
ing. The result of that struggle may
be that rising Prank Walker (the
ex-coordinator) will come in and
take them all over. Walker has been
working on housing privately for
several weeks, unbeknown to any
one except himself and, President
Roosevelt. If he does not take over
the whole show, he will . at least
be the guiding genius in reorgan
izing It.
The relief set-up also will be ma
terially revised, as will the PWA.
The AAA will get off lightly, but
the NRA will have its horns pulled
In.
The redealing this time Is going
to be more deliberate. The Idea
behind It Is to get things started
on a permanent., basis... .
. Reliefer Hopkins Is the fastest
stepper in the administration. He
can do a Virginlal reel so swiftly
that you cannot detect, with the
naked eye, that he has even moved.
Thst was the technique employed
In the recent change of PERA pol
icy on the 30-cent minimum wage.
The order was issued November 19,
but it did not get into the news
papers until three days later.
Mr. Hopkins did not say so, but
the cause of the order was his in
vestigation of relief conditions in
the south. He found on his per
sonal tour that there was an actual
shortage of unskilled and domestic
labcr because that class of laborers
(largely negroes) could get more
money for less work in the FERA.
This condition was rsther serious
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Aged Power Magnate Calm
As Turmoil Fills Court
Other Defendants Jubilant
Report Three Ballots
Taken Trial Exhaustive.
CHICAGO, NOV. 24 yp) In tTO
hours and two minutes deliberation
today, twelve federal court Jurors
shattered the government's charges of
a $100,000,000 mail fraud against
Samuel Insull and his 16 business As
sociates with a verdict of acquittal.
Between lunch time and the dinner
phour, the voluminous case, against trie
ruler of a one time two billion dollar
utility system was put into the hands
of a Jury and decided In hJa favor.
Jubilant at the near breath taking
speed of the verdict. Insull exclaimed:
"This Is the start of my vindica
tion." j
The Jury" decision read In a hush-'
cd courtroom by Foreman John D j
Lent came with- a rapidity startling'
to defense attorneys and prosecutors
alike.
Mass of Testimony
The case was developed from nearly
five tons of business records, but
when the Jury men retired to their
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1931J1DICTED
Dry Goods Trade Expects
Increases In December
Coast -To -Coast Survey
Shows Upswing In Yule
Spending.
BUTLER'S 'PLOT' CALLED PUBLICITY
Doient of motorist, win anowbound in th, high Sierra by n early
winter etorm which promised a plentiful water aupply for next summer.
This photograph was taken near Donner Lake, Cal.
MEDFORD ACCEPTS SEVENTH VICTIM
TURKEY DAY GAME BREMERTON MASS
ROSE CITY FIELD! MURDERS SOUGHT
room they sent out only for three let
ters. TTi,lJ Qfnfx. rl.ffl IttAvnxn
tn the cotton and tobacco areas or , " n " . , . '3
. . . , . --iftnT Dwlht H. Green, who had worked fr
the south and also in the onion
growing and beet sugar districts
elsewhere, and employed workers
were howling because the 2.40 a
day going to those on 'relief was
more than they received.
It la not a new situation. Mr.
Hopkins fought a telegraphic duel
with Governor Talmadge of Georgia
about It last year. Many words
were spilled but no blood. More
recently, Mr. Hopkins met with a
group of business men In Missis
sippi. He said to them: "All right,
If we cut the government wage to
1 a day, will you give these peo
ple Jobs?" The business men eald
they were afraid they did not have
the Jobs. "You admit, then," Hop
kins replied, "that It Isn't our wage
that keeps you from hiring the
men."
Something happened to make Mr.
Hopkins reel around a few days
later.
There can be no question but
that the about-face was directed
by someone higher than Mr. Hop
kins. In all previous similar cases
he has brought up such subjects
at his regular staff meetings. -The
wage subject was NOT brought up.
The first his staff knew about the
order was when It came from the
mimeographing room.
Liberals will howl because they
have always Insisted with Mr. Hop
kins that the New Deal was estab
lishing a new standard of living by
a high wage scale. It will now
mean lower relief wages through
out the south, but It may mean an
increise in other sections, where
the prevailing wage scales, now to
be followed by the government, are
much higher.
It Is another Indication of the
elimination of unsatisfactory poll
clea In the quietest possible manner.
SMIVHJfcl. IN 5ULL
nearly two yeara to attain a different
result, took the verdict without ran
cor. "The government presented Its case
fully." said the young prosecutor, "we
gave everything that we had to It.''
The case, in which the Chicago
utilities builder and his aides were
charged with bilking hundreds of in
vestors of a huge sum, went to tlw
Jury at 2:21 o'clock Central standard
time) following a two hour charge by
Federal Judge James H. Wllkerson
At 4:23 o'clock, the Jurors sent out
word they had agreed. Prosecutor,
defendants and the Judge had left the
building, expecting no such speJ
Bailiffs hurriedly set out to bring
them back to court.
Smokei a Cigar
The courtroom quickly filled first
with spectators who had lingered
the corridor, then with relatives of
the 17 defendant. Insull came in
puffing a cigar, hi cane over his arm
The Jury's speed had hinted they
had decided upon blanket acquittal
But the court crowd awaited l
high, nervous tension.
Judge Wllkerson soon entered and
took his place. In black robes. Ills
clerk stopped the excited whisperlui
with three taps on the desk.
"Bring tn the Jury," said the Jud;
The courtroom fell allent. The Jur-
The Medford high school football
squad last night accepted the In
vitation of the Washington high
school of Portland, Inter scholastic
champions of tbat city, to play
there Thanksgiving day, for the
mythical state title. It will be the
fourth trip of a Medford high school
football team to the metropolis, on
the same mission. Announcement ot
the acceptance of the invitation
was made by Paul Menegat, prin
cipal of the Senior high school.
Superintendent C. G. Smith left
Saturday ntght for Portland,, by
train, to confer with Portland school
authorities, on the final negotia
tions. Definite and final decision on
the game, will be made Monday.
The Medford squad came out ot
the game yesterday without Injury,
despite the fierceness of the Hood
River play.
Oregon: Rain west and local rala
east portion Sunday and Monday:
snows in high mountains; normal
temperatures; , strong southerly wind
off the coast.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24.
Weekly forecast: In far western states:
The outlook la for normal tempera
ture and unsettled'- weather with
rains over the north Pacific states anl
extreme northern California. Local
rains and snows over the northern
plateau region and fair weather ele
where In the far west during the com
ing week.
OIL LEADER ASKS
BREMERTON. Wash., Nov. 24. ;P)
Search for a supposed seventh vic
tim of the atrocious "mass murder"
at Er land's Point last March, in whl-;h
six persons were found slain In a
summer home there, was disclosed to
be under way today by the state pa
trot, which has renewed work on the
case .4 ,
Chief William Cole declared that
his offlcera have already searched the
vicinity of the Frank Flleder horns
for a two-mile radius, seeking some
sign of a hidden grave which may fa-
veal the other believed victim. Near-
by beaches have also been searched.
Flleder, his wife and four guests, on?
of them a woman, were slain in the
killings.
'From the evidence we now ha.7.
tt appears that seventh person met
death in that house that night;" sa'd
Cole. "The probable only reason that
this body was not left with the others
was that Its presence would point tjo
conclusively toward the perpetrators
of the crime.
"We believe that this body was
moved In FUeder'a car and deposited
somewhere in the vicinity, after which
the murderea returned the Filed
car to Its garage, and left tn their
own " '
Although declining to reveal the
nature or source of his new Informa
tion, Cole said that It was supported
by his own and other officers, Includ
tn Chief of King County Detectives
R. A. J. AlUngham, who la following
the same theory.
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INJURED, LOS
ANGELES STRIKE
NEW YORK, Not. 24. (AP) J.
Edward Jonss, chairman of the
! national petroleum council. askea
President Roosevelt today to remote
Secretary Ickes am administrator of
the petroleum code.
"Because of a Tery widespread
feeling persisting that he has lost
the conlldence of the Industry which
he directs." Jones wrote the presi
dent, "I respectfully ask, because of
my solicitude for the welfare both
of the petroleum Industry and of
the public, that you remove him."
LOS ANGELES. Not. 34. (API
Seven persons were sent to hos
pitals for treatment for Injuries
The two big things the admlnls- j received tonight In sporadic attacks
tratlon Is going to ballyhoo this 'on street cars of the Los Angeles
winter are housing and factory ob- Railway company, employes of whlcn
solcvcnre. Mr. Roofcvrlfs best econ. are on strike.
omlM, have submitted to him pn- After a quiet dsy In which most
ta:lT Mime factor obsolescence fig- of the company's cars were In oper
urer, ' wSlch are quite significant atlon. violence flared suddenly to
Their computation, show that ap-, night. Bricks and ro.ka were nun
proximatelv four billion dollars a d at the street cars and In one
var has been laid aside by factory : instance poll"" reported a bullet.
. and mine own-rJ for depreciation . i believed to have been fired from a
Little of It has been spent since 'rifle. Imbedded Itself in a street
10 The totil njw svslUbie lor car ru..ln? small damage.
lir.pro-.fr.em ar.1 ep..n.:.vn in in;. Only one of the -eren perwm
,tann: ni l -l nl ' .ea.t "red a c-mpsny "nP'"-
' rrM being prif-eierR To were
(Coauaucd oo Pi ftueeji tttn.
CALIFORNIA TOWN
FACING FAMINE
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STRAYER, COOTER
TO LEAD SOLONS
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 24. (AP)
At a gathering of Democrats who
will be members of the next state
legislature, John E. Cooter was
agreed upon as candidate for speaker
1 of the house and W. H. Btrayer
I tentatively named senate president
(candidate.
In a closed conference prior to
today's meeting William Or ham and
I Howard Latourette of Multnomah
county withdrew as speakership pos
sibilities in faTor of Oraham, thus
virtually . tusurlng the election of
the Lincoln county lawmaker.
By long distance telephone Sen
a tor Strayer gave conditioned ac
ceptance of the candidacy.
He said he would be a candidate
provided he received a release from
his pledge a number of months ago
to vote for Harry L. Corbett, Re
publican, for senate president.
SAK FRANCISCO. Not. 24 AP
Aid for the families of 600 Mador
county gold miners, which Edward
Vandrieur. president of the Cali
fornia State Federation of Labor,
declarrd were on the "verge ot
I itarvatlon." was sought by the San
Prune'. too labor council today.
"The town of Jackscn faces ex
tinction." Vandeleur declared In a
tstment before ihe labor council
!ait nleht. "becaune of the mine
.-inerv action to limiting down the
Alaa.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24 (p Mer
chants from coast to coast are antici
pating the largest Christmas trade
since 1931, the national retail dry
goods association reported tonight, as
serting December sales are expected
to show an increase of 11 per cent
over 1933 and 21.5 per cent above Ds
cember, 1932.
The association's estimates Wore
based on a survey of Its 5,000 mem
ber department and specialty stores
and 30 states are represented In C!e
tabulations.
Should this upswing extend to Jl
lines, the organization's statisticians
figured, retail sales during Decern br
would be about four and one-half
billion dollars.
Realisation of the anticipated tot
al, the sun'ey showed, was predicted
on prevalence of favorable weather
The December sales total was estima
ted as Indicating a level of retail ac
tivity almost equivalent to 1931 re
sults. More than 2.300.000 Individual
Items would be sold.
The toy association has estimated
a Christmas business of 9200.000,000,
In this division alone. Christmas aa?
trigs clubs, with 7,600.000 members
participating, were expected to pour
approximately 1369,000,000 Into t ie
December sales totals.
The survey allowed, the association
added, that New England retailers ex
pected a 7.0 per cent Increase in sains
middle Atlantic states. 9.0 per cent
increase; middle west, 11.0 per cent:
south, 13 per cent; mountain region,
21 per cent; southwest, 21 per cent,
and Pacific-coast, 10 per cent.
HUGE LONG TIE
ION F,
CHICAOO, NOV. 24. (AP) A huge
public works program providing Jobs
for all the unemployed was laid on
the government's doorstep today by
the United States conference of may
ors.
The chiefs of 90 big cities pledged
co-operation with President Rooe
velt and asked congress to enlarge
tha scope of Its housing and slum
clearance undertakings and to ad
vance loans to municipalities at low
Interest to speed local Improvements.
Resolution containing -their plan
were adopted unanimously and Mayor
Daniel W. Hoan of Milwaukee. Wis.
newly elected president of the organ
tuition, announced the American
Municipal association with members
In 33 states had agreed to support
the program. '
The mayors agreed "the country la
reaching a new normal level," but
pointed to a long-time program as
necessary to meet the unemployment
problem. They decided an adequate
work relief fund must be provided
and that Jobs must "be given Imme
diately to all unemployed."
"The best stimulus to recovery.'
their resolutions set forth, "la a fed
eral public works program promoted
on such a scale as to make an lm
pact on private Industry. Such i
program not only lessens the burden
of relief but provides the method
by which the cities and states in
be enriched by the expenditure, cre
ate employment and benefits Industry
and agriculture."
The assertion by Major General
Smedley D. Butler (above) that he
had been asked to organize 500,000
veterans Into a fascist army waa
branded a "publicity stunt" by Ger
ald C. MacGuIre (right). Wall street
bond salesman, who was named by
tha former marine corpa chief aa
the man who urged him to head the
army. (Associated Presa Photos)
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ITALY QUICK TO
Situation Delicate But ,Not
Held Serious Yugo-Slav
Plot Charge Brings Diplo
matic Action Early
Hearing Sought.
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DEFENDANT FREED
' BY SEATTLE JURY
SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 24. (AP)
Charles Garfield Duke, wealthy north
end property owner, walked from the!
court room a free man tonight, ac-1
quitted by a superior court Jury of
the "mockery slaying" of Dr. Leon
W. Bquter six weeks ago. Tha Jury'
was out two hours and a half.
After the verdict, "Not guilty," was
read, several of the Jurors left the
Jury box and gathered about the de
fendant. A few of them put their
arms about his shoulders, and two of
them were weeping.
Duke's two grown daughters and
his son, sitting in the front row of
the spectators' benches, sUo burst
into tears and came forward to em
brace their father. Other relatives
Joined In the demonstration.
"Oh. my Oodt Oh, my Oodl" Duke
sobbed, in a deep, shaken voice.
A lew minutes later, he walked
through the crowd to where Deputy
Prosecutor John F. Walthew was
standing.
"You're not sorry, are you, really?"
Duke anked, extending his hand,
Walthew took the proffered hand
and smiled.
"I'm not particularly happy about
It," he said.
"Oil, I believe you are, I believe
you ami" Duke cried. In a broken
voice.
All of the five women on the Jury
and five of the seven men voted for
acquittal on the 'first two ballots, a
member disclosed later, and on the
third ballot the two remaining men
Joined the majority In a vote to free
the elderly defendant. At no time,
he said, was tfhere any consideration
of talk of the death penalty.
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BARN FIRE CLAIM
George High, and his brother, Rob
ert (Babe) High of Ashland, members
of a well-known Jackson county fami
ly, were arrested last night by the
state police and the sheriff's office,
on a warrant alleging "burning with
Intent to Injure the Insurer." A per
son, whose name the authorities de
clined to reveal, Is also held aa a ma
terial witness. All are held In the
county Jail.
The warrant was issued as the re
sult of the burning of a barn, on a
farm near Ashland, on the night .if
January 4 1933. The Highs had tne
barn insured for 116,000. Hay, belong
ing to another, was in the barn and
destroyed.
In a civil action In federal court,
for collection of Insurance money, a
verdict waa returned In favor of the
Highs.
State police have been Investigating
the fire for the past eighteen months
Officers would make no statement
as to the nature or extent of the evi
dence they hold agatnst the Hli
brothers.
ROME. Nov. 24. (AP) Italy
Jumped square Into the middle ot
the Balkan battle over International
terrorism today, lining up wltn
Hungary In demanding Immediate
Investigation of Yugoslav charges
Unking Hungary with the Marseille
murders.
(A complaint Yugoslavia filed with
the League of Nations this week al
leged Hungarian "complicity" In the
assassination of the Slav King,
Alexander, last mouth, and charges
Hungary harbored terrorists).
"A nation cannot remain under
accusations so grave as those ad
vanced against Hungary by the
Serb memorial." an official foreign
office communique said.
"Therefore Italy has demanded
that Yugoslavia be made to prose
cute her case Immediately and Hun
gary be permitted Immediate de
fense."
"The situation engendered by
Yugoslavia's action," the commun
ique said, "la delicate." but it added
that responsible Italian circles did
not believe It could lead to im
mediate more serious complications.
lomorrow morning s newspapers,
will publish strong editorials sup
porting the government's stand.
The press- agrnes that Italy sym
pathlsed deeply with Yugoslavia in
the loss of her assassinated king and
understood her feeling of resent
ment, but Yugoslavia's action In go
ing outside the realm of ordinary
law courts to the International tri
bunal at Geneva was disturbing to
the peace of Europe.
AUTO SLAUGHTER
Students Battle
PARHA. Czechoslovakia. Nor. 24
(P) A group of 210 German studenia
Abandoned the German university to
night two hours after they had an
nounced they would aefend the old
school's Insignia against Crech stu
dents who earlier In th day stormed
the buildings in an effort to seise it.
Savage fighting following the gov
ernment' order that the Insignia
handed over for use In Monday' in
auguration of the new president of
the Czech university resulted tn in
juries to 22 German students.
Police wore called out to diaper j
several angry antl-aerman demon
stration throughout the city, an 3
this evening feeling waa still run
ning high.
A savage fight thl afternoon be
tween Czech and German students.
In which several persons were wound -
storming of the buildings of the Ger-
man people' cultural institute and
the breaking of most of It window.
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PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 24. (AP)
The traffic accident malady
scourging Portland claimed another
victim tonight When Oust Laven,
1 30, was crushed almoat beyond hope
of recovery by an automobile driven
by Kf. O. Anderson.
Hospital attendant reported Lav
en's skull waa crushed and he suf
fered Internal Injuries. They said
his chances for recovery were slight.
DEAD MAN' BACK
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PEDDTNO. Cel., Nov. 24 -ilf
Oortt! Forrest Charlee, who legally
died" seven years ago in in automo
bile plunee frcm an ocean cliff, wit
bark in Redding today accused of
falling to support hi wife and fire
children,
Charles, whoa life wa Inaured tor
440,000. came back yesterday to act
a:de by personal appearance the legl
' t-1:ltratton of demn his uppood
vidov obtained prior to IliUig aulta
tg ooUGCt t& luursaoa.
CHIEF ENDORSED
PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 24 (AP)
Conrad Negstad, who headed the In
ternational Longshoremen's associa
tion of Portland In last summer's
fttnke, wa given a fl-to-1 vot of
confidence by the I. L. A. members
who re-elected him president.
Th off trial count of the 8A5 votes
cast showed that Charles Peabody.
another strike leader, wa retained a
eretnry by an to-l margin.
llatt Me hand and Jack AlKarn
were selected from eight candidates
to be dispatchers who 'will aasign
men to Jobs from tbt Jointly oper
and lUtizt bAlla.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24-fAP!
A national education aoclatton
spokesman was disclosed today to
have accused Robert Pechner of
violating the "principles of ara
demlc freedom" In stopping distri
bution among CCC camna of a
pamphlet describing machines as
modern monsters.
The furore stirred among edu
cator by the CCC director came
to 4 head when J. W. Crabtree,
NEA secretary, threatened to call
a formal hearing unless Pechner
barked down on hla action.
Crabtree notified Secretary Dern
on Wednesday that In the hope
ppchner would withdraw the b
on the booklet, he was "waiting
a few days before arranging to aak
for a formal hearing on this vio
lation of the principles of academic
freedom and in detense of the of
fir of education "
CARDENAS READY
TO RULE MEXICO
No Itnnmaii Indictment
IA GRANDE. Ore., Nov. 24 (API
The Union county grand Jury In
session to conalder second drgrre mur
der charges against Dan Bowman of
Pendleton, and other cnwi, recused
tonight without returning any re-fort.
M EX ICO, D. P., Nov. 24. (T
Facing potentially serious religious
and educational problems but with
no other pressing questions In Im
mediate view. General Lazaro Car
denas will take that oath of office
aa 4fith president of Mexico next Fri
day for a six-year term
More than 73.000 person are ex
pected to attend the inauguration cl
the 39-year-old revolutionary retertn
who 1 Mexico's youngent constitution
al president. He succeeds General
Abrlardo R. Rodriguez, named presi
dent In 1932 to complete th term of
Paarual Or I la Sub.o who resigned
after three year In office.
The ceremontea will be held In Vh
hug national stadium and wilt be
attended by high officials from M
over th country and speciatly ap
i pointed representatives ot nearly ever
PENDLETON, Ore., Nov. 24. (AP
Construction of, soil saving dam
to fill In gullies and to check head
eroMon was started this week on
the Wild Hors project, which In
rlude 38.000 acres of wheat and
gracing land In tha Adams-Athena
district.
BEVERLY HILLS, Cel., Nov. 23
"Mexico, Mo. Tom Bass, well known
negro horseman aged 75, died her
today."
Don't mean much to you, does It?
You have all seen society folk per
form on a beautiful three or flvt
galted horse and said. "My, what skill
and patience they must hav to train
that animal." Well, all they did was
to rid him. All this nepro, Tom
Baas, did was to train him.
For over 60 years Amerlca'a pre
mier trainer, ha trained thousands
that others wer applauded on. A
remarkable man. a remarkable char
acter. M-ny negroe have been great
horaemen. Every big ranch ha Its
traditional stories of what It famous
negro rider used to do. Negro Add
of the L. P. D. ranch waa perhaps
th most famous.
If old Saint Peter 1 as wise a wa
give him credit for being. Tom, he
will let you go In horseback and gtr
those folk up there a great show
and you get th blu ribbon your
self. Yours,
P. 8. That little Vanderbilt girl
sure had a rough break. She baa to
live with both of 'em.
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