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RIB
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WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Twenty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1934.
No. 223.
PAMW raTESTS
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By PAt'L MALLON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Th word
has been passed down tbe line ln
elde that President Roosevelt has
handed the hot
apealcerehlp po
tato over to Vice
President Garner.
It seems that
Home of the can
didates or the
ipeakership have
been getting
around to the
t point where they
were Just a little
annoying to the
White House. The
epeakershlp Is
the No. 3 job In
the government, socially at least, and
the boys who want It want It very
badly.
One by one. they have found ex
cuses for dropping in to see Mr.
Boosevelt about something or other
mot remotely connected with the
speakership. The result is always a
Hurry of publicity prestige for the
apeakershlp candidates, which Is !"'
what they want, but not what Mr.
Itoosevelt wants.
One particular candidate was less
subtle than the rest. He took up 46
minutes one day not long ago. weep
ing about his speakership troubles
on Mr. Roosevelt's shoulder. Another
had to be hoodwinked out of ap
pearing in public with Mr. Roose-J
relt recently.
That Is why you saw Mr. Garner
awaken from a six months' sleep
last Thursday with an announce
ment that the White House would
have nothing to do with the speak
ership contest. Of course. Mr. Garner
neglected tb say matters were now
In his hands, but Mr. uarr.cr !s cen
forgetful about little things like
that. He will let others give that
out.
His Job ostensibly will be to keep
the White House out of embarrass
ments. If any of the candidates
wants to get subtle or to weep, he
can try It on Cactus Jack, who has
the reputation of being the hardest
man In town..
If his Job Is to go any deeper
than that, and promote the candi
dacy of any one man. you wtll never
ftnd It out until the Job la done.
Oarner works alone. Insiders will
naturally assume that Oarner may
pet In a good word somewhere for
his Texas pal. Sam Rayburn. but
that Is rather a delicate matter to
talk about now.
The truth Is that Mr. Garner Is
going to be vlce-presldent-ln-chargc-ot-holdlng-hot-potatoes
In congress
lor Mr. Roosevelt from here on In.
That means, at last they have found
something for a vice-president to do.
No better man for the Job could
be found. Oarner had 30 yearn' ex-
n in the house. He knows the
eongresslonsl mind and the way to
handle It. He was an uiiuawuj
(droit back-stage worker as Demo
cratic floor leader and speaker. Fur
thermore, he knows the business ol
legislating as thoroughly a anyone
In either house of congress.
v.r utti has sot out about the
house organization brawl, but It
has been accompanied by more than
the usual amount of phenagllng.
The funniest development along
that line lately Is the hint dropped
anonymously In many of the highest
places here that Mr. Roosevelt should
have as house leader a certain con
servative from his home stale. Of
ficials gave no attention to It, at
first, but lately they have been en
countering It every time they turned
around, even Inside the White House.
They started investigating to see who
was doing all the sub-rosa promo
tion. Their tracer Indicated that the
whispered pressure came from one
or two men who happen to be of
ficials of an organization against the
new deal.
Apparently the officials were act
ing on their own. and not for their
organization. Their activity has been
squelched.
There Is more to law than you
will find In the law books. Last week
certain court. lawyer sreec
a copy of this column (Nov
T. ntjiineri the Storv SbOUt
Sees Big Tim Callahan. ex-Tale cen
ter, using football psychology on
bucket shops, and told how he
tackled the Job.
The defense attorney Interpreted
It as meaning Callahan had physi
cally tackled his client.
The case had to be delayed until
Csllahan could be called from New
Orleans to testify that there Is a
dllfrrence between football pjychol
ccy and football violence.
The fart that the client was whole
rnu!d have been proof enough.
Move by Banks' Kin
To Liberate Slayer
Stirs Up Indignation
SALEM, Dec. 10. (AP) Vigorous protests against a pardon or com
mutation in the sentence of L, A. Banks, serving a life sentence in the
state penitentiary for murder, virtually flooded governor Julius L. Meier's
office today when citizens and ofiicials of Jackson county ana tns state
presented petitions, letters, telegrams and verbal objections.
The move of relatives of Banks to
obtain a pardon and send the pris
oner to Cleveland, O.. to live with
hla brother-in-law, also had support
In tbe form of letters and telegrams
to the executive, but all olflclala par
ticipating In the prosecution were i
emphatic in their objections to any i
such move.
To Prison August, 1933.
"Dehorn "Alcohol )eaths Mount to 21
Banks was received at the peniten
tiary August 8, 1033, to serve his
time for the second degree murder
of Officer George H. Prescott. Mrs.
Banks was acquitted. Earl Fehl. for
mer county Judge of Jackson county,
was sentenced to four years on bal
lot theft charges, which developed
IN SPECIAL MEET
WIRES OBJECTION
Rumanian Foreign Minister
Pours Oil On Waters
France Proposes Inter
national Terrorist Court
GENEVA, Dec 10. (AP)
Leaders of the League of Nations
said tonight that Yugoslavia and
Hungary had reached an accord
In principle for the settlement of
their dispute.
General protest against the pro
posed granting of a pardon to L. A.
to a point resulting in the shooting , Banks, former local agitator and
of Prescott. orcnaroist., serving a me Term in state
Ralph Moody, chief prosecutor ior i prison ror tne muraer or tjonstanie
the state In the Bank and ballot
theft trials, was adamant In hi
protests agtttnst any pardon or com
mutation. He declared his protests
could not be made "too strong
ngalnst any executive clemency."
Cost County shb.wmi.
George A. Prescott, March 16, 1033,
swept this city and Jackson county
Saturday and Sunday, with hundreds
of letters and score of telegrams be
ina sent to Governor Julius L. Meier
urging him sot to take such action. I
Astonishment and resentment, that
"Jackson county spent $68,000 ol i convicted slaver, seeking freedom,
taxoavers' money to prosecute these I after servlnc less than two Years of a
cases, and were it not for the mount- j nfe term should receive even a sein
ing expense the Jury would nave j bianca of official consideration was
been deadlocked on conviction ; also widely expressed.
first degree murder and would not
have compromised." Moody declared.
Judge G. P. Sklpworth of Eugene
Council Acts
The Medford city council, at a spe
cial session called this morning by
who presided at the trial, added his j Mayor George L. Porter, unanimously
protest ngalnst- a paraon. ne aecm.ea
banks was "Justly paying the penalty
for his terrible deed." Judge Skip
worth wrote a lengthy letter to the
sovernor. reviewing the case and pro
testing any clemency.
State Officials Protest. '
Attorney General I. K. Vsn Winkle,
and Charles P. Pray, superintendent
of state police, were likewise em
phatic In their protests.
Van Winkle's office cited that "at
no time In the history of the state
has a prisoner been pardoned after
serving less than a year and a half
of a sentence for murder."
In the case of Earl Fehl. who,
under the state law has been eligible
to parole for some time upon recom
mendation of the parole board, has
twice been refused the parole with
indications he would serve his full
sentence. Protests against his parole
have also been received by the pa
role board and the executive depart-
passed the following resolution, which
waa telegraphed to Governor Meier:
"Whereas L. A. Banks, who la
now serving a life sentence In the
Oregon penitentiary has applied
to the governor of Oregon for a
pardon and
"Whereas- It la the opinion of
the city councl.that such pardon
Is unjustified and will be detri
mental to the peace, welfare and
safety of the cltlsrena of Oregon,
now therefore,
"Be It resolved by the council
of the city of Medford:
"Section 1. That the council of
the city of Medford ior the rea
sons aforesaid opposes any pardon
for said L. A. Banks and respect
fully requests the governor of
Oregon to refuse to consider any
application therefor at this
time."
Lodges Protest
Similar action, condemning and
Governor Meier was not at his ot- P1" Btln
GENEVA, Dec. 10. (AP) Nicolas
Titulescu. foreign minister of Ruma
nia, poured oil on the troubled waters ;
of Hungarlan-Tugoslav relations to
day by telling the League of Nations
council that Yugoslavia's appeals
against Hungary In no way question
ed the national honor of Hungary.
Since Titulescu la a recognized
leader In the Jlttle entente of Yugo
slavia, Rumania and Czecho-Sl ovale la
his words were regarded as In the na
ture of an official olive branch.
The statesmen present In the coun
cil chamber were hopeful that Hun
gary would follow Yugoslavia's lead In
accepting a league plan for settlement
of the dispute between Yugoslavia
and Hungary. !
Then France Introduced the draft
of a treaty providing for creation of
an International criminal court for
the repression of terrorism. It would
be permanent and would consist of
five members.
ment.
fices here today and could not be
reached for comment. It was report
ed here that Jay Bowerman. Port
land attorney, was representing the
Banks family in the move for a
pardon.
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PARIS. Dec. 10. ( AP) Prance's
fifth war debt default to the United
States was approved today by the
cabinet, which sanctioned the send
ing of the customary note to Wash
ington. This, it was understood, will repeat
a recognition of the obligation, but
explain "the situation Is unchanged"
meaning parliament Is still against
payment and that there must be a
new settlement.
Edouard Herrlot. minister without
portfolio and former premier, re
mained faithful to his contention
that the debts should be paid and
expressed an ardent wish for a settle
ment with Washington.
WASHINGTON . Dec. 10. (API
The French cabinet's decision to de
fault again on war debt payments
to the United States came as no sur
prise to official Washington.
Banks waa taken by the trustees of
the Medford Odd Fellows lodge, the
names of many lodge members being
attached to the petition, and by
Judge Day and members of the coun
ty court.
The Elks lodge also filed a protest
(Continued on Page Five.)
LADIEURETURNS
Arthur LaDleu, former business
manager of the Medford Dally News,
under Llewellyn A. Banks, returned
to Medford on the midnight stage
Saturday from Salem, having been
released on parole from the Oregon
penitentiary that morning. LaDleu
had served about 15 months of a
four-year sentence, the result of
being convicted of stealing ballots
from the Jackson county courthouse
February 20, 1933.
LaDleu was met t the bus sta
tion by his wife, his sister Franclne
and Jack Enright. There were so
representatives of the Oood Govern
ment congress at the station.
The former newspaper man waa
dressed In a grey suit, topcoat and
hat.
in a
with
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The br? over-iJi)Mriptlon of t.ie
treisurs last f. nan-dig appears to
have bn no more paddfd than
usual. The banks a! ays ak tor
more than they expect to get.
I It show there Is still a good
r.arkrt for long term government
bonds, aithouch banker prr'rr the
short trrm. I'hr short irrm n reb
Continued, on Pe fou
Aged Carpenter
Is Proud Father
Of 35 Children
DEDHAM. Mass., Dec. 10 (AP?
me claims of Gardner, Mass., and
Canada as the residence of the
claimant to the title of being
father of the largest family receiv
ed a Jolt today with the entry of
Joseph Sears In the contest.
Sears, an 84-year-old carpenter,
claims to be the proud frther of
35 children. He married twice, hla
Tirst wife dying more than 30
year sso after presenting him
with IB offspring. His second
w'fe has added 17 members to the
Ismlly.
Tie oldest of Sears' children by
nls first w'.fe la 60 years old.
A Gardner man. r.io claims to
have fathered 16 ehlldn ... falls far
to the rear, and Louis Dubuque.
68. termed the champion father of
Canada, with 30 sons and daugh
ters. 1.' pnnhed Into se.-nd plare.
FEHL DEMURRER
Arguments on demurrers filed by
Ban H. Fehl and Electa A. Fehl,
and other defendants. In the suit of
Nledermeyer, Inc., agalnat them were
heard this morning In circuit court.
before Circuit Judge B. L. Eddy ol
Douglas county.
Judge Eddy waa assigned the case.
when affidavits of prejudice were
filed against Judge Norton by the
Frhls.
The demurrert were overruled, and
the defendants given ten daya in
which to prepare for trial.
The Niedermeyera seek an adjudi
cation of claims, against a Judgment
against them. In favor of Fehl. The
hidzment Is for 15740.
The case Is now tt Issue. Judge
..Mv'a term of office expires .anuar
I. so another Judge will be amgneo
to the case later.
FIVE SENTENCED
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Judg Allen D. Curry was given s
busy morning In city court, settling
esses of five, persons charged with
drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
all of whom were arrested by city
police Saturday night.
Arra Lozer of this city, who claimed
to be 17 years of age, was sentenced
to 18 daya In the city Jail on charges
of being drunk In a publlo place.
Local authorities said Lozer had a
lengthy police record. Including a
90-day .Jail sentence In Eugen. for
stealing perfume, and a penitentiary
sentence Issued at Grants Pass for'
robbing boxcara.
Floyd Matlock, 17, of Crescent City,
waa fined I0 on charges of drunk
enness, ss was Nye Matthews, o!
eagle Point. Both are CCC enrollees.
Vern Johnson, 2. of this city, and
Lester Miller, 21, a native of Oregon,
were each fined tlO for disorderly
conduct, having been arrested at the
same time that police picked up
Andrew p. coghlan, 31, a native or
Colorado, who waa not held.
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OPERATORS FACE
Portland North End Habitues
Die Like Flies After Poi
soned Potions Victims
in Agony Before Death
PORTLAND. Dec. 10. m Twcn'.v.
one men lay dead and four drug store
operatora faced manslaughter charges i
today after a tragic wave of death
from poisoned alcohol had engulfed
Portland's "north end." where the
transients, the derelicts and tha
homeless congregate.
Almost hourly today new victims of
the poisoned drink were found, aiu
the death list grew.
Jack Keegan, captain of city de
tectives, said second degree murder
charges may be filed agalnat this
who sold the poisoned potions of de
natured alcohol.
rvjrmaldehydc and wood alcohol
had been found In the bottlee from
which the haplesa victims drank, tt
die later In terrible agony.
Detectives discovered the aouroe of
one drum of the poisoned alcohol.
It came from a wholesale paint com
pany, they said: contained IS per cent
wood alcohol and was so desdly ttist
a few ounces, mixed half and half
with water, would kill a man In 12
hours. The wholesale company said
It received an order from a drug stora
for five gallons of Industrial alcohol
and. not knowing to what use tne
product would be put. sent some of a
double strength formula.
Mining activity on Soledad mountain near Mojave, Cal., has led to construction of tent homes as shown
In the top picture. In the foreground Is tha domicile of a miner, hit wife and four children while In the
background la the Elephant-Eagle mine. Lower: Interior of the Silver Queen where a ledga o) gold bear
ing ore waa reported uncovered by Andrew Holmes (left), part owner of the property. The state engi
neer at Loa Angelea said ore being taken out waa running from $65 to S70 ton I Associated Press Photoa)
SHIPS STAND BY
LEGION FINISHING
Plans are being completed for the
presentation at the Medford armory
on December 31, of the Ashland
American Legion post's plsy, "Ten
Nights in a Bsrroom." The play will
be brought to Medford at the re
quest of many Leglonnalrea who wit.
nessed Ita presentation recently at
Aahlsnd. where It waa acclaimed a
success.
Medford post will furnish enter
tslnment during the evening, but
the show Itself will be staged wltn
a cast composed entirely of Ashland
talent, whose experience In the first
production will enable them. It la
believed, to turn out an even better
show In Medford.
"Ten Nights In a Barroom" ranked
as one of the natlon'a most populsr
ihows near the turn of the century,
and Is undergoing a revival through
out the country. The legion. In msk
Ing the presentation', bellevea that a
beneficial contrsst will be brought
sbout between the type of entertain
ment seen by the older generation,
and that which la being presented
today, as well aa that an evening ot
hilarious comedy will be provided.
JAP FREIGHTER
NEW YORK, Dec. 10. ( AP) Pour
ships stood by today to aid the
Japanese freighter, Victoria Mam,
which had been pounded into an
unmanageable condition by mtd
Atlantic gales.
The liner Albert BalUn reported oy
wireless today that. In addition to
Itself, the Pacific liner Carl Classen
and the Amsterdam had reached the
strtrken ship.
The Japaneae vessel's captain and
chief office rare dead, the third of
ficer waa lost and seven seamen were
injured.
SOS messages, Intercepted by other
ships that went racing to her rescue,
and relayed to shore, told of her
bridge being destroyed by moun
tainous waves. The last message re-
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Pane rwo)
(COLUMBIA FISHERMEN
! TO TALK SALMON PRICE
j ASTORIA. Ore.. Dec. 10. (AP)
j Union fishermen from all points on
jthe Columbia river have been tkrd
i by the Columbia River Fishermen's
j Protective union to meet her Aatur
tday for a discussion of packers' ro
poeals that the prle of salmon be
eatabllfhed this winter Ins trad ot
i&eU April, as, ixu btp cuitocwurj.
on
ESCAPED CONVICT
KIDNAPS AUTOIST
ELLENSBURO, Dec. 10. ( AP)
Central Washington waa scoured to
day for an escaped convict, his ac-c-m
piles and Clarence Farrcll, a the
ater manager who was kidnaped and
hla car commandeered In a sensa
tional Jail delivery last night.
The search also reached to Pugot
Sound eastward through Yakima to
Spokane, with state patrolmen guard
ing roads on a chance the men might
have driven long and hard during
the night to make a long distance
getaway. Parrcll'a automobile, an
Oldsmoblle. bore the Washington ll
cenae number, 22'J 000, police said.
The escaped prisoner waa Martin
Mogan, 23, convicted last week on
a charge of holdup and awatilt with
a dangeroua weapon tor shooting
Thomas Stove. 69, Cle Elum drug
gist. In October and awaiting sen-
jtence. Stoves as shot and slightly
j mounded.
(Mini 1 hrfl1eni.
PENDLETON. Dec. 10. (AP Vn
I eettled neather with a threat ol
! snow prevailed here todsy. Bciow
'leezlng tcmp-rntures were recordra ley will he chief criminal deputy, ' nd
jOvr the week end b-vrrsl yrrmn , Frank fl Sever, chief rivll dpu'y
were Injured in traffic accldeutb t when he takes olfke the first of the
caused, py icy rvads and fog.
FOR 1916 IS BASE
FOR RATE PROBE
Commissioner Charles M. Thomas
of Salem, who, with aides from pub
lic utilities, la conducting the (Copco
rate Investigation, announced todny
that as a result of preliminary hear
lugs, evaluation of Copco resource,
aa of the year 1018 has been changed
In several respects. The new evalu
ation, reached through criticism of
former commission figures, will be
used aa a starting point In the 'n
veatl gallon.
Seven engineers from the commis
sion, headed by Chief C. R. Lester,
have been making a check with Copco
engineers since Saturday, in order to
ascertain points of conflict between
the two engineering forces. These
points will be aired at a hearing ait
for 10 a. m. Tuesday.
The check has shown errors In the
1016 evaluation, Commissioner Thorn
aa said. He stated that the working
capital of the company had been f in
ured twice in the old evaluation,
error to which company officials hare
agreed as representing the major dlf
fere nee. The erroneous working cap
Itol figures have been the basis upon
which the present commission reject
ed the 1910 evaluation and opened
the case on that point.
It has been agreed that the new
evsluatlcn fixed by Commissioner
Thomas will be accepted by both en
gineering forcee aa tne figure for I16.
A summary of the fixed capital
ponton of the adjusted public service
commission valuation as of December
31, 1016, was announced today by
Commissioner Thomas as follows:
Total Ucctrlc utilities: Valuation,
12 389.202 00; adjustments, 180 903 90
fin red); adjusted valuation, 12.29ft..
69001.
Total water utilities: Valuation.
1109,910 00; adjustments. 2.198 88 itn
red); adjusted valuation, 10 7, ft 11 13.
Total fixed capital (not Includ'ng
working capital : Valuation, ti,
.186.172 00: adjuatmenta, 101.961 87 On
red): adjusted valuation. 12.494,310 13
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BE EYEDJEC. 20
Bids on three municipal projects In
southern Orcfion have been cslled
for by the state highway commla
slon for December .20. according to
V. L. Goodnight, resident atate high
way englneer.-
The projecta are Improvement or
Rlrerslde avenue from 12th street
north to the city limits: widening ot
the Pacific htghwey In front of the
Southern Oregon Normal achool In
Ashland, with a concrete covering,
and Improvement of the Pacific high-
way through Grants Pass.
Letting of bids for the widening
of the Pacific hlghwsy through Gold
Hill, and the Improvement of the
Applegate road botween Provolt and
Murphy have apparently been de
layed by Inability to secure rights or
way.
Specifications for the Improvement
of Riverside svnnue have been re
ceived by Engineer Goodnight, The
project contemplates an average ot
two Inch resurface with asphaltic
concrete, from Sixth street north to
the city limits, and one-Inch mini
mum thickness from Sixth atreet
south to 12th street.
Work on the Riverside avenue pro
ject will atart aa soon after February
I aa weather condition, and temper
aturea will permit. Tha project la
14 miles In length and will require
3000 tons of asphaltto mix.
PORTLAND, Ore., Deo. 10. (API
Four drug atore ownera were charged
with manslaughter todsy after 31"
men had died rrom drinking polson
our denatured alcohol purchased In
Portland's north end, a district with
a large floating, "down-and-outer"
population.
Police and the district attorney's
orrice continued their Investigation of
the ghastly death toll from the poi
soned drink.
Officials said those charged with
manalsughier were Oenrse Jacoba, 88:
Solomon Miller. 7: Charlea Hadjefr,
aa, ana uorneilua E. Dunn. 4s. They
were ordered held under $15,000 ball.
Their stores were closed.
Six other victims of the poisoned
alcohol were In a aerloua condition
today In hospitals. Two were expect
ed to die. One was made blind.
Hunt for Victims
A thorough check of transient .
hotela In Portland'a north-end dis
trict still was carried on today by po
lice and detectives Id aearoh for
aaliorn" addicts who might have Im
bibed some of the denatured alcohol.
Police were working on the theory
NEW MULTNOMAH 0. A.
APPOINTS DEPUTIES
PORTLAND, Dec. 10 ( AP) - James
R. Bain, district attorney-elect, an
no a rued today that Thomaa B. Hand-
TO PLAN SAVING
E FREES
The meeting at the Jtickaon county
courthouse auditorium Tuesday afte.
noon at 2 o'clock, for the purpose
of formulating a program relative
to the portion of forests adjacent
to the highway, is to be well at
tended, according to Indications re
ceived at the Jarknon county cham
ber of commerce.
Pprefntattvea from the Ashland.
Klamath Palls. Grants pass and
Roar burg chambers of commerce have
already signified their Intrntlona ot
being present, and O. J. Buck, re
gional forester, Is to be represented
at the meeting.
The timber area above Prospect la
the property whirh mil be considered
Infill ally, A. S. V. Carpenter, chair
man of the rnads and hlghwaja
jmmtttre frr the rlmmher of com-
1,Bice. la tp nxeaiOi at Uit meeting
(Continued
on Page
Five.)
TWO HELD IN MASS
POrtTLArTD, Dec. 10. (p) Two
men, said to be wanted by Luke B.
May, captain of detectives at Se
attle, for questioning In connection
with the Bremerton mass murders of
this year, were In custody here today.
Sidney R. Payne, city fingerprint
xpert, identified them aa Walter
Bannister, sentenced to prison for
psrtlclpatlon In the Olaremont Tar
ern murder case here In 1919, and
"Columbua Jimmy" Murray, describ
ed As having a long police record for
aafe-cracklng aoU robbery.
BEVKRLT HILLS, Cal., Dec.
8. Certainly news in the pa
pers today. "Russian Firing
3qiuul Executes 200"i "Thou
imids ot Hunpnrinns Driven
From YiiRoslavia"! "Norman
IT. Davis Gives Warning to
Japan That Ship Ratio Will
Not Bo Changed."
Now there is three separate
events, eaeh enough to start its
own war, but time will tell
which one of the three proved
I he most costly. Two of these
arc dealing with their own in
ternal affairs, and I just sorter
hate to see us dictate beyond
our ovrn borders.