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Merchants Will Usher in Yuletide Season Here Monday, December 3rd. The Weather Forecast: Cloudy tonight and Tues day. No change In temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday ...... .12 lowest this morning ... 30 Medford Mail Tj !IBUNE Twenty-ninth Year MJEDFOKD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 193-1. WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 No. 212. guild Ngws. I TIMBER PRODUCTS Mk" RETAIL YARD AND pr o) c o) ? I'aul MalloD B.v PAUL MALLON (Copyright, 1S34, by Paul Mallon.) Talk. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. TIM thing to remember about all thla nw Jap anese war talk la that the Japanese do not want war and do not in tend to have one. Our diplomats are convinced o! that. They know ill that you have heard about Jap anese eword rai ning, and moie. but they belljve that they under stand the Inside rf the Japanese fame. Primarily, the Japanese want to be major power They want to be In Asia what the U. S. is In America, only more so. They know that the one thing they must avoid la war. They could not defeat either the U. S. or Britain now or anytime soon. War with either would set Japanese ambitions back 100 years What they are trying to do la to expand and build themselvea up by tricky, threatening, aggressive diplo macy, auch a you have witnessed lately In the London naval conver sation. They are going to build, aj! right. Make no mistake about that. They know very well that the world la too busy with other things now and cannot step In for any coordlu- -ated action against them. The only way to offset tneir tactics !s for us to build also. In that woy we can peaceably maintain our pro tective superiority. At least that is the way our peop;e have figured It out for themselvea You will very probably see the trend of Pacific diplomacy follow along this line for the next few years. Expansion. It la true that the Japanese have been taking a lot of scrap Iron trim u recently. Our exports of scrap reached the unprecedented propor tions of 1.275,414 gross tons during the last nine months. Thla la two and a half times the exports for ti!e same period last year. And the Jap anese took 61 per cent of this scrap Italy and Poland took the bulk of the remainder. Authorities here have Investigated quietly to find out what the Japanese are doing with all this scrap. They have learned that It la going into construction of a Japanese merchant marine. The Japanese Intend to dom inate Pacific trade If they can. Also these commercial vcssela may easily be converted for war uses. It Is also true that the Japanese are becoming our best cotton cus tomers. They took about 25 per cent of our total cotton exports last year They are taking around 35 per cent so far thla year (although number of bales has decreased a little.) Our people suspect that much of this cotton 1 going Into atorago for the manufacture of guncotton. But they also know that the Japanese are us ing most of It to manufacture tex tiles. They are underselling th.-s? textiles against us In the world mar kets These two things should give yo.i the secret of the Japanese scheme. On scrap Iron and cotton, tliclr pri mary aim Is commercial expansion rsther than war, as commonly up posed. .The war angle Is only the long range secondary objective. Game. For these reasons, our best author ities are confident the Japanese will not let the dangerous game they sre nlavlmr cet out of hand Publication of the amazingly unwaruxe of ex-Premier Makoto Salto was not a break, but a brake. Ambassador Hlroshl Salto has been working alont similar soft-pedaling lines here. Don't worry about them being aasasalnaV'd in Japan. Their activities fit per fect!? within the Japanese diplo matic scheme the mailed riat in a reUt glove. What has encouraged our offlcla'-s m much lately Is the fact that the British withstood the strongest Jap anese diplomatic efforts to drive a wedge between u at London Alao they noted the way Baee Ruth was received In Toklo and are talk ing bout making him an ambassa dor. He la the only American wn j seems to get anywhere with the Jap anese. Grave. The NRA la diggirg a puu.io-.f grave for Itself. You t ill hear about It being alioved In one of these days One official drew himself up to tils full height of 3 feet 0 Inrhea a dsia ago nd Informed reporters wtiat It' was aga'.tut the rules to ta k " to a newsman. That attitude .u enatlorl in this new deal era. wh'n moat newamen have to so home hrough the a'.feva lo ft aaay .': vn adrr,:n:atraf.on pjbl:c:T :r.en jCouuoued an fi t"l Spectacular Early Morning Blaze Kept From Main Mill and Standard Oil Plant Excitement Kills Man Return To Mexico Property loss, estimated at 75,0O0 entirely covered by Insurance, the death of one man and Injury to an other resulted from a fire early this morning In which the main offices : and the retail sales building of Tim- j ber Products Co, on north Central ; street, burned to the ground. Appar- ' ently having started within the office frcm a cause aa yet undetermlnea. , the blaze had enveloped the entire i front of the building before a night watchman turned In the report that brought the Medford fire department with two trucks, and a score of vol unteer firemen whose combined ef forts prevented heavy loss to sur rounding property. The death, an' Indirect result, came to Thomas Lee. 60. miner, whose smnll house Is situated half a block from the burned building. County Coroner Prank Perl believes Lee died of a heart attack, caused by excite ment In seeing the extent of the fire and In attempting to move his belongings out of danger. Man Is Injured. ' Howard Pry. 37, a saw mill em ploye. Is being treated at the Sacred Heart hospital for a dislocated ehoul der, received when he fell from the roof of the saw mill adjacent to' tho fire. He had climbed to the roof, with other workmen, in an effort to bring a hose in play against the blaze, and slid off on the west side of the building, striking box car before landing on the railway tracks. His fall resulted from trying to walk along the frosty metal roof. Floyd H. Hart, manager of the Timber Products Co., Announced to day that business has been resumed, with temporary offices located In the Mill Service station adjoining the still smouldering remains. "Hart stated that although most of the loss was of retail lumber a stock remained sufficient to continue busi ness. Besides the building, itself, which was considered one of the most modern and complete retail lumber yards In the state, the loss consisted of approximately 600.000 board feet of pine and fir lumber, six trucks. a carload of cement, two carloads oi roofing, a carload of shingles, all the office equipment, and . miscel laneous building supplies, all of which was stored within the build ing. The trucks, -their gas and oil containers having exploded during arC 1 0 J. Exited from her family when aha lost contact with her grandchildren, 117-year-old Senora Leandra Claire Frauatra of Santa Ana, Cal., was discovered by a nephew. She will return to San Luis Potosl, Mexico, where she will live with her nephew, Capt. Santiago Chalrez (Associated Press Photo SEEN AS LINK IN INSULL VISIONS CLEAN SLATE IN Continued on Page Five! IN LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES, Nor. 26 (API Widespread violence, marked by nu merous beatings, the collision or three street cars that had been way laid by pickets, and Injuries that sent 26 persons to hospitals, was charged to the Los Angeles railway and bus atrlke as the city officials made Initial peace overturn today The lives of hundreds of passengers were endangered last night aa shots were fired Into street car windows and brickbats came hurtling through shattering glass and forcing riders to the floor for safety. Several car crews were attacked and beaten, and police aald many of the assailant carried lead pipes or wore brasa knuckles. A score of passengers were Injured, some of them seriously, as a car plowed Into two others staTled at Vermont and Florence avenues by strike sympathizers who wired down trolleys. Reports of one car crew being kid. naped by a group of four men ana a bus driver forced to leave his ma chine and accompany another group away In their automobile sent offi cers hurrying sfter the possible an' ductora. but they eventually ac counted for the men, who had been released. CHICAOO. Not. 26. UP) Tile dream of complete vindication surged high In Samuel Inaull today. His first battle won with the speedy acquittal Saturday of himself and 16 co-defendants on charges of a SIO. 000.000 mall fraud, the former flnan cler aald: "I am ready to face these other trials that are pending. I have been vindicated In this case and I am con fident that I will be.vlndlcated In the others." The government was allent regard ing further prosecution of Insull and his associates on bankruptcy charges, and no disposition of the indictment may be made until United States District Attorney Dwlght H. Green attends Attorney-General Home I Cummlnga' conference on crime in two weeks. But rumor ran through the fanari. clal world that the former magnate's dream was of broader scope than fr mere vindication that he planned. If cleared of all chargea, to re-en'.er LaSalle street and the utilities field in an attempt to restore his 2,001. 000.000 lost empire. A state charge of embezzling 66 - 000 from Middle West Utilities com pany, hla former holding concern, is also pending against the elder Insull. . Man and Woman Found Shot to Death Bus Driver Carried Woman With 3 Children On Wednesday By I.EO W. SHF.ItlllAX Associated l'ress staff Writer. CARLISLE, Pa., Nov. 26. (AP) A solution of the mystery surrounding the death of three little girls whose bodies were found along a lonely mountain road appeared more likely today In connection with a tragedy at Duncansvllle, near Altoona, where a man and a woman were found shot to death. Paul White, a Harrlsburg bus driver, tentatively Identified a photograph of the woman In the Duncansvllle tragedy aa the woman who made a trip on his bus from New York to Harrlsburg last Wednesday accom panied by three children. Girls Remembered. White previously said he was cer tain the bodies of the three children In a morgue here were those who made the trip with the woman. White aald the photograph looks like her," aald Lieut. Harry I. McKI roy, chief of detectives of Pennsyl vania state police, in announcing the paruai menttflcatlon. McElroy said the bus driver left Immediately for Altoona t'to take a good look at the body of the woman." Neither victim of the Duncansvllle tragedy haa been Identified. . Causa of Death Mystifies. Meantime, the examination for the cause of death of the three victims was further complicated by a report ox ur. ueorge R. Moffltt that he found no traces of carbon monoxide poisoning or asphyxiation In the bodice of the girls. The physician also reoorted he found no evidence of criminal as sault. Dr. Moffltt reported he la con tlnulng hia analysis of specimens of the girls' blood for traces of other poisons. The analysis was ordered after autopsies failed to show the cause of death. State police learned that coats worn by the girls csme from a New York manufacturer (H. and J. Block Manufacturing company, New York I and that their shoes came from Auburn Square, Mass. ITALYlLKSiZ Cheater Loyens of Camp Applega's, CCC, whs taken to the Sacred Heart hospital about 1 a. m. Sunday to be treated for cuts and bruises received In an auto accident on the Jackson vllle highway two miles from ti rlty limit. Loycns, while walking along the. highway, was struck by a car driven by William F. Coghill. 30, of route one, according; to city police reports. The Injured youth had been a pas senger in a car driven by Charles A Butts, 22. of Camp Applegat. whl.-h police aald had been hit in the reir by a third car, driven by Frederick Standley, 20. of this city. Loyens hid gone back on the high way to Investigate the first accident Another passenger tn the Butts auto, whose name has not been learned by city police, was reported aa receiving minor bruises. CCC officials are making an inves tigation of the accident. Writer-Actor Dies I J 1 l y' j Wlllard Mack, :tago and screen writer and actor, died at his Holly wood home after a two weeks Ill ness. (Associated Press Photo) MUSICAL GROUPS ASKED TO AID IN OP T A request for musical organizations of thla city, reltgloua or otherwise, to cooperate with tha Medford merch ants tn successfully ushering In tho Yuletld season one week from to night haa been extended by Ethel wyn B. Hoffmann, chairman of tho entertainment committee for tho Christmas opening this year. A . touch of tha typical old fashioned Christ mas will be given by groups singing Christmas carols on the streets of this city and the assistance of Med ford's many fine musical organiza tions Is sought by the business men and women. "This la tha first time the merch ants have requested the cooperation of musical groups of this city, many of which they have generously sup ported in various ways. We know (Continued on Page Five ) IN ASSASSINATION (Copyright. 1934. by the Associated Press.) KtMB, Nov. 28. Italy today openly defied Yugoslavia's attempt to Inves tigate the plot that resulted In t.ie assassination of King Alexander at Marseilles last month by refusing Prance's demand for the extradition of two alleged principals Caucus Shows 15 for Cor bctt, 14 for Strayer One Vote Undecided Cooter Looms As Speaker House I.y CLAYTON V. lll.ltMIAKD (Associated Press Staff Writer.) SALEM. Nov. 26. (P) A deadlock In the election of prealdent of the state senate, that office being equiv alent to the position of lieutenant governor, appeared today follow! the Democratic caucus session In Portland Saturday. The apparent vo t e , n ot con firmed , a tood 15 for Harry Corbett and 14 for William Strayer of Baker, with one vote un decided. While Democrats were busy getting several Republican votes to add tc their 13 members In the state sen ate, Harry Corbett, who had pledges of 16 prior to the election, waa In the east and handicapped by nr-c being present to hold several mem hera In line. Pledges of Democratic members to him were expected to be released in the Interest of "goxt sportsmanship," friends of Corbnt reported. Cooter Speaker. In the meantime, the campaign for speaker of the house was believed settled, with John B. Cooter of Lin coin county conceded the presiding chair with the vote of 38 Democrat's and considerable Republican aupport. Cooter was now busy studying the matter of committee appointments and organization of the lower house Th e h ouse will com prise 38 Demn crats and 23 Republicans, the fl.'st time a' Democratic majority has been in evidence since 1878. The senate battle, however, may not be settled until the pre-session caucus of all members the night of January 13. Veterans In the houso here looked for a deadlock of 15 alt. but then conceded little chance for a dark horse candidate. The 13 Demo crats were expected to stand firm with Strayer, the oldest member in the senate. Around W. E. Burke, Republican of Yamhill county, the battlt will rae It was Burke who four years ago aUo held off on Willard Marks' election tn order to get what committee ap pointments he desired. A repetition of the situation appeared highly probable. Latest .Kidnap Victim rwl ; l L jZ E WAITS PORTLAND TITLE TILT Search for tha kidnapers of Wil liam Welta (above), Philadelphia night life character whose disap pearance waa kept secret 24 days, continued aa officials feared ha might have been aiain in default of the $100,000 ransom demanded. (Aa sociated Press Photo) Coach and Superintendent in Metropolis to Negotiate Team Will Probably Leave Tuesday if Game Is Set Portland, Nov. id. (ft) vere Wlmliiagel, assistant principal at Vaahlngton high school, an nounced today that Medford high haa been Invited to oppose the Washington football team on Multnomah stadium field here Thanksgiving day. The game will be for the mythical hlh school championship of Oregon. ROOSEVELT CHIDES AIDES FOR CLASH ENRIGHT PLANS APPEAL OP CASE BERLIN, Nov. 26. (fl) Police headquarters at Saarbruecken em phatically denied today all reports of rioting in the Ssar territory wh;n calls from nearly all foreign corre spondents in Germany kept the llr.ea busy to find out about a supposed clash. Official Berlin circles expressed tne belief here the report was being spread maliciously. OLYMPIA. Wash., Nov. a. fyp An assertion that his son "had not been fight mentally," given by a father, wsa before Sheriff Claud Ha vens today as he studied the fatal shooting of Ml&a Lllllal Kanda, l'J, for which Merrlt Hunter, Jr., 20. n-r high school swectheort. was held. The girl was shot twice with rifle as she fled Into the woods ft an automobile, five miles south f here early yesterday morning. H-;r sir) KAmnanlnn Ml. Hnrmi Art am who had been 'with the two. ran to Uon ot "n PP"1 th0 ut supreme court,, inui action, upon a The eight day atay of execution, granted Attorney T. J. Enright, on a sentence of 00 day In the county Jail and $100 fine for conviction on drun- !ten driving expires tomorrow. Enright has announced hla intcn- Football fans of the city today anx iously awaited definite word from Portland on the proposed Thanksgiv ing p.-me. there, between Medford and Washington high schools, for the mythical state title. Up to 3:30 this afternoon no definite decision had been reached. Acting Superintendent C. O. Smith and Coach Darwin K. Burgher are In Portland conferring with school authorities there on financial terms. It Is expected that final agreement will be reached thla afternoon. Med ford, It Is reported, wants & higher percentage of the receipts and ex penses than offered. The Medford team came out of the Hood River game In good shape, and the boys are keen for the trip. If the game la arranged, the squad will probably leave for Portland Tuesday evening by train. PORTLAND.Nov72fl.(AP) De termined to develop- a defense with which to block the crushing offensive tactics of the high-powered Medford high school football eleven, Washing- WASHINGTON, Nov. 26. (p) President Roosevelt was said In ad ministration circles today to have ex pressed displeasure albeit in a smil ing. Jocular manner to both Secre tary Ickea and James A. Morfett, the ; ton high of Portland went through a, housing administrator, over their re cent clash of opinion on federal ver sus private housing. A usually authoritative source to.d the Associated i Press the president called Ickea and Moffett from Warm Springs, Oa., at 8:30 a. m. Saturday and, among other things, directed them to go to the White House im mediately.. There, a couple of hours later, a statement waa Issued Jointly by Ickea and Moffett, Indicating harmony be tween them. Exactly what was concluded by tho telephone conversations with Warm Springs was not made known. It wu aald, however that Mr. Roosevelt did not applaud the original statement by Tckes endorsing a huge low-coit construction progrsm. He was re ported to have taken the same atti tude toward a subsequent statement by Moffett finding fault with wh.'t Ickea hsd said. new set of practice drills here today In preparation for the Thanksgiving day game for the mythical title of Oregon. On Saturday afternoon at Medford the southerners swamped the hither to undefeated Hood River team 19 to 0. EVERETT FABER KfWANIS CLUB At the weekly meeting of the Kl wants club this noon. Everett A. At the housing administration t.-ir.ber w etecti resident, aucceed- day It was said a lsrge number ::ln- M(l- Pelrc6 wh0 ha. headed the business men had given assurance In letters and telegrams that they supported Moffett'a contention th.tt low-cost construction on which only three per cent Interest would b organization for the past year. Other new officers were J. H. Fletcher, vice -prealdent; Carl Y, Tengwcld, secretary; Qeorgs T. Frey, treasurer; Max Pelrce, A. F. West, charged would wreck Moffetfa pr.iDr w. W. Howard. F. C. Cone, Jack writ of probable chum, If It Is grant- safety. The Hunter youth was hld j ' 1 rwl o v nn an nnn )lAra7l A year ago my hoy fell while work- , V T . . In th wrwiM inn In lured ins I " f " ' lng head, said. irrational the boy'a father, a garage mn, Tills morning Enright paid 104. 50 Unloaded Rifle KIDNAPING SUSPECT'S WRITING IDENTIFIED PHOENIX. Arlr... Nov. 26. (p) rifle, with which he was playing Charles Am Appel, department of Jm tics handwriting expert, testified to day extortion notes in the June ffj blea kidnaping and specimens of Os car H, Robson'a handwriting intr US- .n 11,-n K- Ho. he.Br JUtlCO Of th PCSCC W. R. ColC' mnii a court, i no pcnmiy whs ao- mtnlaterrd upon Enrlght'a conviction In Justice court for drunken driving. The tall sentence of 30 days was bus- ft ED BLUFF. Cal.. Nov. 28 (AP A shot from hla father's "unloaded" to- gram. under it, the government guarantees mortgages drawing five per cent Interest. Ickea and hla aides maintained complete silence. ASHLAiHlN ment of the fine. It was due last Saturday, Enright wai sentenced last Monday bv Circuit J u due H. D. Norton, unon : day killed nine year old Emmrtt circuit court conviction. The court ' Wayne McAllister of Flournoy. His had suggested that Enright settle his! parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. F. McAlllater ff(1ri( rMign from the Southern j E OE INCENDIARISM were absent and their three children were at home alone at the time of duced by the government at Robson'a ; the accident. The oldest son. Sher prrliminary hearing "were written by j man. found his brother bleeding to the same person." 'Vleath after the shot. Oregon Bar association, and move to Idaho where he has a license to prac tlce law. EXPORTS TO OCTOBER HIGHEST SINCE 1931 W.1SMNOTOM. N07. 26. (API October exporta totalled I2O6.353.0O0, the larceftt volume for any month jlhre April 1P31. TMla lncreae for eign trade gave fie tinted State, a tavo-able balance of 176,723,000 for lOctober. DEDICATE NEW HALL Roxy Ann Oranee will hold a dedi cation party in Its new hall on Spring j street Wednesday erenlng. Nov. 28. It was announced today, with a pro gram, dance, and re fresh amenta. j One of the finest halls In the coun- lt;. the buildtng rill be prepared in gala style for the celebration, in which a larce crowd of gTaneers nd their friends are eirpected to take ,part. Music will be furnished by the Oregon Lumberjacks and their flve- ' ple--e orchestra. The program will rveln at 8:30 o'clock. A "aa on" ccn'.e.t. ith bacon of t:ered aa p.Ues, will b one of U Senate Strong for Bonus Payment Roosevelt Told WARM BPRINoa, Oa . Nor. S6 Pi i remarked with a chuckle aa the two T Congressional legislative discussions were opened today by President Roosc velt with Sens tors Robinson of Ar kansas and Harrison or Mississippi, who brought word of Improved busi ness conditions and a statement that fent:mnt for the bonus payment In the annate waa "strong " The senators, who are floor lead' .1 nnd finance chairman, respective'? . declined to go Into dtsila of tne eg'slative program pending the meet southern senators came over to tif car wearing overcoats. Neither senator would make a pre diction on the bonus payment. Har rison aald he favored continuing emergency taxes rather than rstsp( nm taxes, but rraerved comment on a revenue raising bill until the b'.d art figures had been irtermlned Senator Rottlnon observed that mej Sunday morning altercation, are in the study period " nd d'cMu- Harry Price, stste policemen id to offer any ni(uCr-tIons on t'.w'lhe Hodges, apparently NEWPORT. Ore . Nov 28 m Four persona, three of them wounded, were held for questioning here la day as state and county police in vestigated what they described as an outbreak of a hill country feud In the Big Elk country. Sibert B-yd, 35. and his wife wr treated for bullet wounds. Hodges, 42. was s'lffcrlng from head Injurlen. Hla wife, the fourth pr son In the quarrel, was unhurt In the F. Reynolds, Dr. C. H. Paske, and Everett O. Trowbridge. Jr, Or. L. D. Inakeep, city health offi cer, was guest speaker at the club, and gave the Klwnnlana an estimate of cost and Interesting points con cernlng the sewage disposal plant, proposed for Medford. He explained that everything possi ble has been done to remedy the prea ent plant, but that It la Inadequate, Dr. Inskeep said tliat If the plant la built now, the government will give the city an outright donation of be tween $22,000 and 20.000. The bond Issue Is not to be placed on the city tax rolU, but sufficient revenue from water rentals to take care of tha re tirement and Interest on the bonds will make It se'.f-llquldatlng. "It would coet 933,000 to convert the surplus water now owned by the city. Into Hear creek to flush out the sewage. Patent rights on the rewage system will not cost over 13000," the doctor went on to explain. , Sewage of one hundred gallons per capita per day la the figure given for the average city, but Medford has no water meters, and the average Is 178 gallons per day, one of the highest averages In the United States. Dr. Inskeep told hla listeners that If tha bond Issue falls, the city will denrge High and his brother, Rob ert (Babe) High, of Ashland, arrested last Saturday by state police and the sheriffs ofMce on a warrant al leging "burning with Intent to In jure the Insurer," were scheduled to be arraigned in Justice court to day. They are held In the county Jail. A material wltnesa, whose name the authorities decline to reveal, is also held. Tha arrest grew out of ths de struction by fire on the night ot January 4, 1033, of the barn on the High property near Ashland. The restrained from using Bear creek. lng with the prealdent. which tetf.ti nii?th of the forthcomin acssion. U noon. Mr. Rooeevelt drove h'-' He d!d say he thouciit t'.e arkut open car down to the Oewgla n. Ml, lure adjustment act was "work rv to pick up the senate Iraders. ! very well ." and that aome amen) "They as this is the aouth," btjottute wuuid re:e.va cona.deraUca. structure was Insured far tlo.Ooo It wss originally built by ths Balfour. Ouiherle company, and was one ot ths largest barns In the state, and modernly equipped for dairy pur noses. At the time of the blare It Oeotw-jronUlnfd en 0( nBT The barn. located on Balfour, Gutherie land, waa a total loss. The fire occurred In the early even ing, and attracted scores of resi dents of Aahlsnd and this city. Tha High brothera are members lad res ii ted -ht I intrusion of newcomers lo the h1'U;0 - WfM known Jackson county i of tie B-j Elk country in ahlrh th-v j (,mty. and are well known in the had lived for many yeara The -v.ia ' Ah1and district. oentlj. I Continued oa fag flT. and that will necessitate building sewage farm at a cost In excess of th amount for which the plant can now be built. DUCK HUNTER KILLED BY ACCIDENTAL SHOT HOOD RIVKR, Ore., Nor. 36. -(AP) Fatally wounded In a hunting eocl dent, Donald Bennett, 17, died hera today. Bennett, with two compan ion, was hunting ducka on the Co lumbia river yeate-1af when a ahot aun nipped from the teat of their ooat and dlvharned. The ehot atruck Bennett tn tne aid.