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The Weather Forecast: Fair ton I it lit and Thursday, with foe. Frost tonight. Temperature Highest yesterday .... 48 Lowest this morning .. 25 Medford Mail Tr I3UNE t- WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Tweuty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1934. No. 219. JT i i I;;- J I I'aul MallOD B.r PAUL MALI.OV (Copyright, 1934. by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. Th word hu gone out from the m&tn new deal transmitter to lay off economy predictions. The great hopes which Mr. Roose velt held out for a thrifty budget apparently have not worked very well. The outgo Just cannot be pared sufficiently without disturb ing the funda mental relief ob ligations of the new deal. TV, m mnct. thftt can be done Is to plug up leaks and divert government expenditures Into relief and business channels which will eventually bring some return. Hence, work relief liquidating pro jects, loans for homesteading and such things are likely to be most prominent In the budget when It comes out In a few weeks. These things cost more than the backdoor handout system Instituted under the FERA. but they are more economical In the long run. The sub-roBa. budgetary situation may be the reason for the surprise In that recently announced treasury financing. The best informed bankers were expecting that the government would ask for $500,000,000. Instead Mr. Mor genthau asked for 900.000.000, and you may have noticed that he was In Warm Springs when the treasury department made Its announcement. Telephones still operate between here and Warm Springs. The private official explanation for the sIm of the sum was this:.. The treasury has been running quite a heavy monthly deficit. There are cer. tain large Interest payments to be made shortly. The unannounced policy of Mr. Morgenthau has been to keep a cash balance of a billion dollars on hand at all times. At the time of the financing announcement his working balance was down to S740, 000.000. 80 Mr. Morgenthau figured he might as well seek 900.000.000 while money market conditions were good. TOTES SEBJflffiE D WORK TO START 797 Vote Yes, 219 Against Government Gift Will Go - Far in Meeting Ex pense of Disposal Plant Fate of Airmen Unknown Vote By Wards Ward. Yes. No. Cast. First . 1S8 32 188 Second 251 101 352 Third 220 43 263 Fourth 170 43 213 Totals 797 219 1018 President Convinced Best Way Out for American Farmers Is Adjustment of Production to Demand That Is all true, but there was more In It than tilat. Obviously Mr. Morgenthau was anticipating winter relief demands. There are gcid rea sons for believing that he expects the present finance to pull him through until April. No public prom ise can be made of that, but the expectation Is reasonable In the light of existing facts. The clever part of It was the aus picious time which Mr. Morgenthau elected. It was. Just three weeks be fore the budget will come out. The results may be announced be fore you read this, or shortly there after. Advance Indications were that they will be favorable. Word from inside the treasury Is to the effect that the Issue Is going very well. The money market was In a much more receptive condil'on this time then last September. Uncertainty filled the air then. Certain bankers were more Jittery than the country knew. Now the financing Is being done In an atmosphere similar to that of the June financing. For that reason Mr. Morgenthau did not of fer as high an Interest rate. The result will be a significant test of the long-term bond market, which was not so good last September. The public generally may not un derstand government financing moves, but every banker knows they are the only sincere hint as to how things are going. They always tell the truth, which can be safely hidden between moves. A personnel officer In one of the new deal units was warned before he took his Job that a certain sena tor was to be treated deferentially. When the senator telephoned and recommended a man for a Job. the personnel officer dutifully took the fellow on. Twelve times he d'.d It. Twelve Jobs he gave to frlenda of the senator, on telephone requests. The 13th recommendation from the senator came In the form of a let ter. The personnel officer did his best to care for the 13th Jobseeker, but there was no place open. He phoned the aenstor to that effect. The senator shouted : "listen, don't you know the dif ference betwern a telephone applica tion and a letter? I was only fooims about those other Jobs, but I've got to have this one. I'm on record for It In the letter." By an overwhelming majority. 797 voting yea, and 219 voting no. Med ford yesterday afternoon passed the $100,000 bond Issue for the construc tion of a new sewage disposal system in this city. A larger vote than is ordinarily cast in city elections was shown yesterday in the results, there being 1016 bal lots marked, . the tabulations show. On July 28. 1933. when a similar vote was held on the bond Issue, there were only 783 ballots cast, 570 for. and 213 against. Due to technical changes, and an opportunity to re ceive between $22,000 and $24,000 from the federal government, should the bond be voted, a new election was necessary this year. Second Ward Tops Vote Voting, between 1 p. m. and 8 p. m., Tuesday, was conducted In four .ontinued on Page Seven) GRAIN RATE CUT WASHINGTON. Dec. 4. (AP) The Interstate commerce commission today Issued a ruling affecting the trans Mississippi grain rate structure which tt la estimated unofficially will re duce the present costs to grain ship per by $6,.00,000 annually. The ruling was a result of the re opening of the grain rate case origi nally decided August 1, 1931, and ef fective for several months In 1932 when virtually cancelled by a su preme court order. In Its finding announced today, the commission in general re-establishes the structure set-up In Its pre viou order. The rates In the Mountain Pa cific and Pacific Coast generally are higher In tills than In the first re port because present rates are un disturbed where they do not exceed the general level prescribed for the southwest. I By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON I WARM SPRINGS. Ga.. Dec. 5. (AP) President Roosevelt leaves his ! southland study home today firmly committed to the new deal expert i ment to bring parity for farmers i through acreage control. j Mr. Roosevelt is convinced there i is little opportunity for measurable I outlets of American agriculture sur pluses abroad because of Increased I synthetic processes there, and that the way out for American farmers is ; to adjust production to demand. j thereby bringing about fair economic : prices and through this means rais ing the standard of living and. con- j sequently. Increasing the buying ' power at home. Result of Long Study This fundamental policy, undoubt edly to be pursued with vigor in the future effort to help farmers, Is the result of months of study by the : president and Intensive surveys dur ing his stay here. So far as his future new deal leg islative policies are concerned there will be unfolded entirely to congress alone. Secretaries Morgenthau and Ickes, Harry L. Hopkins, relief ad ministrator, and Rexford G. Tugwell, undersecretary of agriculture, who have, been working on these Issues here.--board the train for Washing ton with Mr. Roosevelt. Postmaster General Farley will also travel with him. Bark Home Today The president takes his special train for a leisurely Journey back to the capital in the middle of the af ternoon. With an eye to the "little fellow." the president last night announced favor for an amendment to the Bankhead act exempting from the acreage restriction farmers who pro due two bales or less. Asked about his Important studies here with prlncnpal aides on the vital relief and budget problems to be put before congress, the president smiled and replied: "January 3." This la the day when congress convenes. DIAMOND STARS PLAY SHANGHAI, Dec 8. flp Wrapped up like Eskimos, America's barn storming baseball team carried their victorious Far Eastern march into China this afternoon with a 22 to 1 defeat of the snanghal All -Stars. The players labored under the heavy handicap of a freezing wind, but the big leaguers, swathed in woolen shirts, leather Jackets and gloves, gave the cosmopolitan crowd a good exhibition. WILL GIVE PLAY HERE December 21 is the date announced for the presentation of "Ten Nights In a Barroom," a melodramatic farce which will be given here by the American Legion post of Ashland. It was announced today by I. E. Foy, commander of the Medford post. Elaborate plans are to be made l by Hertford Legionnaires for the show 'here. Mr. Foy said, and further an nouncement will be made In the near future. ASTORIA CUTS TAXES 23 MILLS FOR 1935 ASTORIA. Ore.. Dec. 5. (AP) By slashing the city government tax more than 80 per cent, a reduction of about 23 mills has been made on Astoria property taxes payable next year. This vear property ma taxed 102 0 mills. Next year citizens will pay j 79.3 mills. ! END OF TAX QUARTER Final quarterly payments of taxes will end December 18, and according to the "tax collection department of the sheriff office, the payments are "fairly brisk." Something of a rush Is expected next week. County Tax Deputy Ocrtrude Martin reports that many who did not make their second quarterly payments are now paying in full. S WINKED AT TREATY! ILATION. Widow Nabbed Nobel, Ltd., of Britain Knew Germany Rearming, Sen ate Committee Informed Allies Also Accused By NATHAN ROBERTSON. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. (AP) A statement that Nobel. Ltd.. British munitions firm founded by the donor of the international peace prize, was guilty of "winking" at the rearming of Germany In violation of the Ver sailles treaty were presented today to the senate munttiona committee. The committee also received evi dence that the state department. In 1925, recognired the allies were con niving with Germany in violating the Versalllea treaty because permit ting the illegal manufacture of ex plosives in Oermany "swelled the reparations fund." Letters Draw Charge. Correspondence between the Du Pont company and Its foreign de partment drew the charge of "wink ing" from Senator Vandenberg (R.. Mich.) who was conducting the In quiry. One of the letters plainly said Nobel could have brought pressure on the British government to stop violation of the peace pact by Ger man manufacturers In 1026, but did not do so because of Its German connection. Evidence Cited. The evidence about the state de partment 'as""ln'-J . Tcttor from Aiken Simons, Dupont Washington repre sentative, to his company, reporting on a conversation he had with Allen W. Dulles, chief of the department's near eastern division. The letter said In reference to manufacture and export of explo sives from Germany In violation of the treaty: "Mr. Dulles aald he waa well aware of this and that he waa also aware that powder and other munitions were continually shipped out of Oermany with the connivance of the allies, since the resulting sales of munitions swelled the reparation fund." CORBETT DECLARES DETERMINATION TO RULE OVER SENATE S W IT MRS. "BABY FACE" NELSON Helen illlls. widow of "Haby Favc" Nelson, slain bund It, whom depart ment of Justice agents have revealed as being In custody since Thanksgiv ing day. (Associated Press Photo.) IN EFFORT TO SAVE T .PORTLAND. Dec. 8. (IP) Deter mined to preserve the COOO-acrc Prospect tract at the west entrance to Crater Lake national park, directors of the Oregon Roadaide- Council here today ordered a committee of Its members to exert effort, through fed eral, state and local agencies, to con trol timber cutting in the area. At the northwest regional planning conference to be held next week In Seattle, a delegate of the council will urge that the government purchase the tract for recreational purposes. It was said that efforts of the Jack son County Chamber of Commerce to have the tract purchased by the state highway department has been i vailing. Timber cutting on the tract I scheduled to start soon, it was said, with the Rogue River Lumber enm pnny operating five sawmills In the region. BARTENDER SLAYS THREE AND SUICIDES IN FRENZY Frank Walker may be a big shot In the new dm I. but it means nothing to Senator vV:-ie;er. Tie senator la opposing the nomination of Walker's brother for the federal Judgeship in Montana. Get this one: The tn'.rie Nil A estimate is that it ct.: ir.dury H0 0WXX) a yfar to -!pprt the tr- (Contaiiuca iiom fae a.xj STOCKTON. Calif.. Dec. 8 (AP) I "Black" Joe Splnettl. a bartender. , shot and killed three men and then j committed suicide at the end of his reign of terror in two barrooms here , early this momlni, 1 J Police said Splnettl had been j drlnklnc heavily. They believed he as arouvd to a frenry by Imagined insults, althoueh they Mild they were l.o Investigating the possibility of some underworld or mafia connec tion behind the Marines. Splnetti's victims were Louis Pag- a no and Louis Dalncrhl. both bar- - tendera. and an unidentified man. Mystery was added to the tragic i:ff air hy the fact t.iat Sptnrttl had i?:r.rhnfJ hi fac with prfae paint ' he fore starting out on his deadly tour, the police re ported. Splnettl was seen to leave his ho- tel room shortly before mldnlftht, an Investigation revealed. He ran down j the street to another hotel. In which j half a doren men were gathered. ' There. Splnettl leaned over the bar and whispered to Pagsno. who ; was behind It. Witnesses told police Pasano blanched and started to duck behind it. but Spinettt shot ; him through the head, j Splnettl turned to the unidentified man next and shot him down after ; muttering to him. His second victim dead, Splnettl rushed to another barroom, where he repeated his procedure, this Urn hooting Daluerhl through the heart. He then placed his pistol to his tern t pi and shot himself. PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. B. (AP) Harry Corbett, Portland state sena tor and financier, has no Intention of releasing from their pledges any of those Oregon solons who had previously assured hint of support for the presidency of the senate. Furthermore, he already la giving thought to organization of senate committees. Corbett, Republican, Just back from a buslneai trip in the eastern states, did not mince words about his plans to take over the duties of the senate presidency, a post he once before held. The discussion took a new turn last week when Senator W. H. Stray er, Democrt of Baker, approached by several other Democrats, said he would be the Democratic candidate for the speakership if Senator Car bett would release him from an ear lier, pledge to support the Multno mah Republican. In announcing he could not re lease pledges. Corbett declared: "My pledges come from Democrats and Re publicans. Some of them had ambi tions for the senate presidency .hem selvea, previously. They gave them up to support me. It would be man ifestly unfair to me so start releasing one or two or more, and especially unfair to thoae who might have suc ceeded in their efforta had they not supported me." PARTY CONCLAVE WASHINGTON. Dec. 8. (AP) At tempts were under way today to re i store . harmony In a republican party ' which finds two such old-time friends as Senator Borah and Senator Couzcns tossing barbs at each other. I A plea by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., 'that republicans build themselves up as "constructive liberals" was widely regarded as an attempt at peace-making, though it waa penned before the Borah-Courens claMi. j Senator McNary of Oregon, the re ' publican floor leader, and a believer In liberalization of the party, plana to Invite western Independents to conferences on party organization. T Search Goes On PEAR HELD THAT New Angle On Distribution of Urschel Ransom May Be Outgrowth of Portland Extradition Action, Rumor PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 5. (AP) Federal agents Intimated today that new. Important and perhaps start ling Information on the distribution of the 2 00, 000 ransom paid kidnap ers of Charles F. Urschel, Oklahoma millionaire, may develop from the hearing before the United States commissioner here, of two men and two women held on conspiracy charges in connection with the case. Urschel. who flew from Oklahoma city to appear as a witness In the hearings, waa not permitted to tes tify, "it Is Impossible," said. United States Attorney Carl Don a up h, "to permit Mr. Urschel to testify this morning. His 'presence elsewhere In connection with further develop ments In this case Is Imperative." The government asked for, and was granted, a postponement of the hear ing until late In the afternoon. Extradition Sought Today's session was on the govern ment's petition to remove to Okla homa for trial. Alvln H. Scott and Margaret Hurtlenne, hla housekeep er. They have been charged with pos session of part of the ransom. Others to be given a hearing later are Clara Feldman. reputed wife of Albert Bates, convicted kidnaper, and her ton, Edward Feldman. Court attaches said they believed Urschel ' appearance against Scott and Mrs. Hurtlenne had been post poned because special agents In the department of Juatlce wanted to question him further about the kid naping. Scott and Mrs, Hurtlenne were ar rested early last month after Scott had been taken to a hospital for treatment of Injuries suffered In an automobile accident. Federal agents said 1.360 Jn ransom notes was In his possession, and that S4.6B0 more waa found at his home at which Mrs. Hurtlenne lived. Banker Testifies Lyall Barn hart, comptroller of the First National bank of Oklahoma City, tcsttried before tho United States commissioner today he had prepared the 9200.000 ransom pay ment turned over to kidnapers of Urschel. He Identified bank notes the federal agents said they found on Scott and at hla home as part of the ransom. Barn hart said the ransom was en tirely In 20 bills of the J-I0 series. He said he, personally, made a note I of the serial number of each of the l 10.000 bills. The money waa turned over to E. E. Klrkpatrlck, associate of Urschel. Klrkpatrlck Is supposed to have made the actual contact with the kidnapers. I Money MentlMrtl ! More than $7000 in 20 federal re serve notes, asscrtedly a part of the $200,000 ransom money paid In the Charles F. Urschel kidnaping case, (Continued on Page Seven) Silent Drinking Will Be Aim of Liquor Control PORTLAND, Dec. fl. itP) Tne Oreon liquor commission la going to do what It can to promote "silent drinking." No longer will whisky tenors and tin plsnoa disturb slumbers around 1 a. m., when the beer shops close. Or. if these conditions do con tinue, many dUpensera will find themselves without licenses. Tills was the word passed along today by George Sammls, liquor commission administrator. "Silent drinkers are what we want," Sammls declared, "and we desire no more noisy beer parlors near where people are sleeping " $300,000 BLAZE BURBANK, Calif., Dec. 8. (AP) Fire swept Warner Brothers -First Na tional Studios here, causing one death. Injuring 16 persons and doing damage estimated at $300,000 before tt was extinguished early today. Albert Rounder, 65-year-old fire chief of the motion picture studio, died at a first aid station of heart failure which doctors said was In duced by the excitement of the con flagration. Actor Injured, Rudolph Hoop, an actor, and Nick Potskoff, studio workman, were the mbst seriously Injured, Hoop suffered a broken leg, minor burns, lacera ttona and bruises when the "false front" of a set collapsed on him. Potskoff received a broken right leg, burns and bruises. . Others Injured firemen, studio employee, and film extras all were treated at the studio hospital for burns, bruises and lacerations. Officials of the film plant said the fire awept over about half the 80 acres occupied by the studio, but that the area ravaged by flames was th? least Important of the produc tion of pictures. Big Loss Threatened, Had the fire spread to the front of the lot, occupied by sound stages, administration buildings, cutting rooms, developing rooms, laborato ries and other departments, as for a time It threatened to do, they said the damage might well have run into millions. The flames destroyed many out door sets, damaged the transporta tion building and threatened for a time to spread to two sound stages. Fire apparatus from Burbank, Hol lywood and Los Angeles aided studio equipment in bringing the flames under control. NEWSMEN DESERT OF WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. (AP) Charging that the NRA has been "terrified by the publishers," spokes men for the American newspaper guild withdrew In a body today from an NRA hearing on proposed edi torial wages and hours. The guild representatives alo criti cized the national labor relations i board for reopening the case of Dean 8. Jennings, whom the board pre viously had ordered reinstated to a lob as re-write man on the San READY DECEMBER 15 Notice has bee received ' by the sheriff's office from the secretary of state that temporary Hcesee for 1038 auto Ureses would be available on and after December 18. Stickers for this purpose will be forwarded soon from Salem. The license fee Is $5 per year. New regulations relative to trailers, "pick-up" trucks and carrier vehicles, except passenger autos, will be In-effect. OFF NIAGARA FAILS NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Dec. 8. (AP) Rock at first believed to weigh 200,000 tons, but later estimated at 200 tons when engineers viewed the pile, plunged with a dull roar Into Niagara gorge early yesterday from beneath Table Rock, the spot where tourists get closest to the Canadian tip of Horseshoe falls. IN SEUAN1G Army, Naval and Private Air and Water Craft En gaged in Wide Search of Waters in Isolated Vicinity IIONOI.l'I.U. Dec. fl. (AP) Lieutenant Paul Foley, one of the navy filers searching for Lieutenant C. T. P. rim and his . two companions, radioed Pearl Harbor navHi base at 10:30 a. m. (3:30 p. m., E.S.T.) he had "sight ed n drifting object" 300 miles southwest or Honolulu and 'wns going to Investigate It." By WILLIAM H. EW1NCI HONOLULU, Dec. 5 (AP) Through the air and over the water, army, navy and private searchers widened the hunt today for Flight Lieut. Charles T. P. Ulm and two compan ions, whose trans-Pacific land plane was forced yesterday to an ocean landing. Every hour brought new fear that the trim "Star of Australia" had sunk beneath the surging Pacific and, that Its three passengera, who plan ned to continue on to Australia, had disappeared with It when gasoline gave out. Find No Trace. An all night cruise by 23 naval cmft failed to locate a trace of tho plane, .which contained Ulm, the pilot, co-pllot Oeorg Llttlejohn, and Navlgator-Radlo Operator J. L. Skll ling. The trio was attempting to chart a commercial trans-Paclfio fly ing venture. Twenty-four naval seaplanes were serviced during the night and made ready for a dawn takeoff to search an area within 300 miles of the archipelago. The exact location of the luckless adventurers was not known. They were aided by three army amphibian planes which were or dered to base, one at Kauat, the nor thernmost Hawaiian island; another at Hawaii, the southernmost island , and the third on Oahu In the cen ter of the area being covered, A possibility the Ill-fated plana or Us passengers had been found during the night by one of the fish ing boats was mentioned by officials here. In such case there was little chance of Ita being known until the fishing fleet returned, as few of the boats have wireless equipment. LOS ANGELES CROWD ROUTED BY TEAR GAS LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6. (AP) Po lice hurled tear gas In the crowded 7th and Broadway area, heart of downtown today to break up an as semblage of several hundred sympa thisers who attempted a parade dem onstration on be hall of striking streetcar mo tor men and conductors. Francisco Call-Bulletin. The board $1,231,960 TAXES LEVIED IN COUNTY Total amount of taxes to be levied In Jarkson county, for state ar.d i county purposes In 1035, will be $:.-( 3S 1. BOOM, according to the county aaaesaor'a office. This does not in- i elude Irrigation liens or aasessmen'.s j f or herd inspection, fire protection. city taxes, or other apeclsl tax. Tie ; i total amount is $23.905 40 leu than ' fcr 1014. i Of the total. $004 209 17 In assess i: to the county, and $17 6(1 11 to tfie (corpcratioxu within the count, i, i explained It had ordered the reopen -' lng at the request of Blackweti Smith, acting general counsel for NRA. DRUNKS CHAINED TO POLES ON POLICE JUDGE'S ORDER The circuit court Jury In the dam age suit of Mrs. Nettle Barwburg tesln.it Jonas T Davis, for $10 000 alleged damages, as the result of an auto acclrjent at Sixth street and Central avenue, several months ago. returned a verdict In favor nf Davis, and awarding no damages to Mrs. Barnrburg The vrrrtii t as refined at a '39 o'clock, after two hour de liberation. ' PAINTSVILLE, Ky., Dec. 8 (A1) In a scene reminiscent of Colonial days, three men who refused to work out fines imposed for drunkenness were chained to power line poles on Main street here today. I crowd gathered to see Town Msr shsl Jess Alien bind the men w.th pog chains and attach two 25 -pound : iron balls to each man and lox k them j with padlocks to separate posts on1 three corners. Allen said he sy.cJ on orders of Poltce Judge R. A. Pit rlck. who said later that the trio ' would stay there, except at nlglit. 1 until they agreed to work out their fines. The men chained were James Prlre, 3ft. Wiltlim Ulll. 35. and Oat.tr t t&iacJuej relphf cy, 22, A relative of one of the trio said he would ask legal advice In the hope of forcing the officials to unchain the victims and put them back In Jail. Prlre and Pelphrey, without over coats, shivered In the mom! 114 chill, but Dills, better clsd. appeared nDt to be suffering from cold. Bystand ers provided Price and Pelphrey with chalra and openly expressed indigna tion at the treatment accorded th men. The men. talkative tt first, settled down 'nally to tske their punish ment, asserting they had no Inten tion of backing down ou their re- jrusai. BURGLARS BUSY IN LAKE CREEK STORE State poltce returned to this city laat night after Investigating a store robbery at Lake Creek, Ore., In which approximately $25 worth of tobacoo, candy and groceries was stolen. No one waa apprehended by state police, but several suspects were investi gated for the theft, which occurred in the Lake Creek store and post office building. L. H. Wyant, owner, reported the robbery, made after the burglars broke a rear window to enter the building. Nothing In the postofflce department was molested, police said. BKVKIUA lllMiS, Cal., Doc. 4. Irolnml rioted in the movio thontre when they showed pic tures of tho weddine of tho duke nnd Marina. When Ire lnnd dnn't like anything they don't even like tho picture of it. Well, they missed seeing a miulity pretty couple. Our own Wiley Tost wen', up to lirenk the altitude record. To drificd from Unrtlcsville, Okla., to Mnskonee. Went square dab over Claremore. lie was up .10 miles, just hifc'h enough to clear the buildings. In case any of you happen to be keeping statistics on it, Japan issued another ultima tum to the world today. Tide.
