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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast: I mettled with occasional rain tonljht and Thuridayj little change In temperature. Ilighet yesterday IS I.owent thl morn In j . 36 Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Tweuty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, ,? No. 231. 1 I Vjfcs 12 TENNESSEANS r Mld ARE SHOT DOWN . gfiBlB BY GUARDSMEN J I n mw By PAUL MALLON Copyright, 1934, by Paul Million WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Those busy new deal planners, who dump ed their umpty-ump thousand word report on President Roosevelt'e desk two weeks ago, didn't bother to explain It, but their program for 1 m m e d late legislative pur poses bolls down to Just three things. Congress men who haven't the patience to wade through the verbiage can get at the gist of the boards report by a glance at its subjects, which are land, water, minerals, pub lic works and planning. What the board wants congress to do this winter Is, first or all, to ap prove establishment or a permanent national planning board to be ordlnatcd with the rorty-two state planning boards now in existence, Steps number two and three are to authorize a continuing public works program to spend aa high as 5.000.000.000 a year tor ten years, and to authorize a land retirement program. What this latter means is that the rederal government would buy submarglnal lands and restore them to timber or grass, Paul MaUott None of this Is very radical and bears no relation to the Russian five year plan tho new deal bears to com munist.. The Roosevelt planners do not, of course, seek to take over any private property (excepting those waste lands which nobody wants any way). In the words of one of them, what they hope to do Is to plan for depressions just as the army plans for war. , This plnnner explains a, really rad ical approach would not even admit the possibility of recurrence of de pressions, yet this admission Is im plicit In the board s whole program In a word, the report outlines a con servation program. Much of the report was couched In such general terms as to be large ly meaningless until clarified by publication of the detailed reports on which Its conclusions are based. For instance. In all its talk of public works, the board barely touched on the moot housing subject. Unknown Number Wounded in Attempt to Take Negro From Shelbyville Jail Prisoner Spirited Away SHBLBYVlLLaE, Tenn., Dec. ID. vpj After at least two men had bean alaln. and an unknown number wounded by bayonet and Xlreaims In the 'hands of National Guards men policing the assault trial of S. K. Harris,' 22, a negro, Harris was dl&gulsed in a guardsman's uniform and spirited out of the courthouse A gsa mask covered the face o' the negro, who la changed with at tacking a 14-year-old school girl. He was placed Immediately in a car wan a deputy sheriff and five nations, guardsmen and was driven swiftly away from the courthouse square where a mob of several hundred men had made three rushes on the court house. Shortly afterward, the guardsmen, who had retreated into the building when the crowd made Its third ad vance, marched out carrying their firearms, and left the square for an unannounced destination. The belligerent mob. drawn up across the street, following the shoot ing, cursed and threw stones at tlii soldiers as they departed. The guardsmen fired on the crowd when the mob advanced to the court house door and threatened to beat It down. Members of the mob esti mated that at least three persons had been slain and several othtrs seriously wounded. The known dead wre Pat Law of Chestnut Ridge and R. O. O. EJ wards, 30. a house painter. MlSlEFS FOR PEACE WITH CARDENAS TAKES MEXICAN OATH I CP - JWVi JAPANESE COUNCIL ROOSEVELT READY APPROVES JUNKING FINANCE CITIES IN L Tokyo Government Confi dent Can Meet Any Situa tion Which May Result Hopes for New Treaty When General Lauro Cardenas, with arm extended, took the oath of office at ceremonies In the National stadium, Mexico City, he became that republic'! youngest constitutional chief executive. He Is 39 year old. (Assocated Press Photo) New deal publicists again displayed their talents for timing In releasing tho natural resources board report on tho very day that the nations leading business men had gathered at that West lrglnla spa to ' form their own recovery program. Those big publio works figures In the headlines, plus the labor advis ory board's report demanding more ay for labor In NRA, told the busi ness men In very plain language that cutlment In Washington Is still lor going ahead. The labor report particularly show ed the continuing pressure on the White House from that source. nini WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. Dec. 19. (AP) Business leaders of America have virtually decided to ad vocate cooperation with the govern- $44,000 BALANCE URSCHEL RANSOM YET TO BE F j'VILLE BRAWLERS GIVEN STIFF JOLTS T DENVER, Colo., Dec. 19. (API Uncle 8am went treasure hunting today. No Long John Silver was the ex peditions leader, Harold Nathan, port ly, spectacled and middle-aged as sistant director of the division of Investigation of the department of Justice. Nor did members df his crew resemble the popular conception of seekers after burled wealth. Romance also was lacking In the setting. The government agents are seeking approximately 44.00O of the 200.000 ransom paid by Charles P. Urschel, Oklahoma City oil man. for his re lease from kidnapers. The suspected cache Is believed to be part of the $90,000 received by Albert Bates, now serving a life sentence for the crime. Search Attorneys Vaults Bates waa captured In Denver. Ben B. Laska, veteran Denver attorney, who defended him In the trial, Mon day was arrested here, accused of ment, without specifically naming accepting aio.ooo oi me ransom the Roosevelt administration. money for his fee. Laska's home and Convened here aa the "Joint .bust- bank vaults. Nathan revealed, al ness conference for recovery," some ready have been examined for a trace 90 top executlvea found themaelvea In accord today on several principles which were being summarlred In a preamble extending the olive branch Farmlnz In the united States Is probably going to be a lot different A. B. (alter Bankhead) If high up AAA-ers are right In their private forecasts of what the future holds. AAA-ers won't come right out and Bay so for fear they might be charged with trying to regiment farmers, but they have little Inner doubt that more farmers are going to demand compulsory crop control now that the cotton growers have okayed It. In fact, eastern potato growers were In even before the official cot ton poll was known. They asked a almllar control program for that commodity. AAA-ers listened and then told them congress would have to decide. Outside of cotton, tobacco Is the only crop now having clmpulsory control. Results of a vote on contin uing the plan for tobacco will be re leased In a few days. As one AAA-er put It: The farmers feel that If 0 or 90 per cent of growers of a crop want production control. It Is only right that the few not wanting It should be required to come In. Why should they enjoy the higher prices brought about by majority action, although they do not contribute?" It la pointed out that, had It not been for the drought, the 1. 000.000 extra acres of wheat planted by non signers last year might have wrecked the market and the adjustment pro- rm for that crop. Due to the drought, however, nature curbed production far beyond anybody's es timates and thus prices were unar fected by the chiselling minority. Hlstorlc-mlnded AAA-ers recall that compulsory crop control began hark In colonial Vlrclnta when to bacco planters got together on a plan of limiting output of the leaf. In broadest terms. The business men were prepared to offer their aid to the president In combatting extreme legislation. They expect alao to offer a plan for recovery, but It remained to be seen whether this plan will state spe cifically or generally what buslnesa believes It can do. . SALEM CIRCUIT JUDGE SALEM, Ore., Dec. 10. (UP) Cir cuit Judge L. H. McMahan today gazed fixedly at a tiny mustache be low the nose of Henry Skaife, Sliver ton youth, who pleaded guilty to larceny of an automobile. '"You'd better go home and shave that thing orf," said Judge McMahan, after he had continued sentence. "I have a scar across my upper Hp, your honor, and I grow this to con ceal lt,M replied Skaife. "Well, then let It grow Into a full mustache." advised the court. of the money for the government man admits that no marked bills have been found In Laska's possession. However, under Nathan's direction, about $40,000 has been recovered from hiding places in Oregon and Washington in activities that Nathan described as "outshining any of ro mantic fiction." "We have a map and other infor mation," said Nathan, "showing that some of Bates' associates received 90,000 from Mrs. Clara Fcldman, wife of Bates, while she was held in Jail here. About 178,000 of this was taken to a point 10 miles southeast of Laramie. Wyo.. and was burled. It was in an Isolated spot off the main highway. Money Scattered "Later associates of Bates took this (By the Associated Press.) The trl-power naval conversations ended In London today as the Japan ese privy council approved abroga tion of the Washington naval limita tion treaty. LONDON: The delegates of the United States, Great Britain and Japan formally adjourned the naval conversations in progress for the pa&t. three months. The negotiations ter minated without agreement. In ac cordance with the stand of the Amer- Husband Confesses In Trunk Murder' Loan of Federal Funds for Municipal Plants Is Plan Where Private Companies Keep Rates Too High WASHINGTON. Dec. lt).--(AP) President Roosevelt is ready to loan federal funds to New York or other cities for construction of municipal power plants If Investigations prove they can be operated cheaper than by private companies. This was made known today at the president's semi-weekly press confer ence In giving his views on current topics. The president took up the question j today with Mayor LaGuardla of New ! York and City Commissioner Davld- Ican delegates, no date was set lor son. They have refused bids of prl renewal of the discussions. GENEVA; League of Nations cy cles heard with Interest reports that the United States was contemplating virtual abandonment of Its doctrine of "freedom of the so as." The re ports were Interpreted as lending hope for creation of an International police force to be employed In the in terests of peaoe. By GLENN BABB (Associated Press Foreign Staff.) TOKYO, Dec. 19. (&) The Japan ese government acted today to scrap the Washington naval treaty and ex- ( Continued on Page Nine) John Bright and Coke Bright, brothers of Jacksonville, were given Jail sentences and ordered to pay old fines yesterday by Justice of the Peace Ray Coleman, for disorderly conduct. The hearing was held at Jacksonville yesterday, and 20 wit nesses were called. John Bright was sentenced to 60 days in county Jail and to pay a fine of 150 on a previous disorderly charge conviction. Coke Bright was sentenced to five days In Jail, and also ordered to pay an old fine of 50. It was alleged that John Bright, without reason or provocation struck a travelling salesman In the mouth knocking out two teeth. The Inci dent occurred In a Jacksonville res taurant,, last Saturday night. The brothers claimed that they were intoxicated and had no recollec tion of the affair. A previous conviction of the pair, ou the same charge was held in abey ance pending good behavior. At the hearing yesterday. It was brought out that the defendants are hard-working miners, who cause no trouhlo save when In their cups, As sistant District Attorney Oeorge W. Neil son said. j In their last encounter with the law, the district attorney said the brothers had taken the city marshal's handcuffs. Residents of Jacksonville exhibited considerable Interest in the hearing yesterday. OLD AGE PENSION PLAN IS vate companies to supply next year's power on the ground they were exor bitant. Navy Studying Question It waa disclosed also that the navy la making a study to determine whether power can be obtained cheaper through construction of Us own plants In its yards than through private purchase. The president said he was main taining silence on his legislative pro gram until It Is presented to congress January 3. In all probability he will not malt the radio report to the nation he had planned before congress meets. Carefully guarding details of his message to congress, Mr. Roosevelt did disclose he would pursue his policy of the past and submit a series of sep arate messages on specific proposi tions after presentation of his open ing report. i 1 II: . ' i-fL" & I i VSl 4af - ft i . f 15- ...ifflTwa 1 i 311 ll.) t ...it, ti i. msSaSsaavaaf E PLAN AUTHORIZED BY CITY COUNCIL Greeley and Hansen of Chi cago Will Draft Specifi cations Site On Peyton Tract Chosen for Plant nr WL (Continued on Page fbree) (Continued on Page rwo) RUMBLE SEAT RIDER'S NECK BROKEN IN CRASH WALLA WALLA. Dec 19. (UP) Thomas Donald Ward, 18. waa riding in the rumble seat of a roadster tt day when It rolled over twice, atop ping In an upright position In tie ditch. Although Wari waa atlll in the scat, ls neck waa broken ant his throat cut. He died before h! uninjured companlona could get h'n to a hospital. MOTHER OF TWO HANGED IN BRITISH PENITENTIARY The federsl rrlirt load Is now run runs about 1140000.000 monthly, or U0 000 000 more than It was two months ago. A report on the status of women In the d'prrsMon Is bflnt; prepared for Mrs. Itoo.'wvrU's eye It. r horses much By BIRhKTTF T JOHNS Associated Press pvveign Staff HULL. England, r:. 19 A, Aftr appeals to the King and Queen had failed to save hjr, Mrs, Etn-J Lille Major, gaunt 42-ytar-old mother of two children, was hanged today a; Hull prison. A black fl&ag was hoisted over the penitentiary when she went to her death, the first woman to be exe cuted in England in eight years. Oil til the end she maintained she wa innocent pf the charge of murdenr her husband by poison. Thivs hundred curiojjt people mi.l cd about outside the prison at she mounted the gallows. The trap was sprung at 9 a. m. (4 a. m- euter.i fndard timet. Two .!m-fa-.d po ' nn pacd hark and forth eep..ii " crowd on the move. by Lord Mayor Stark of Hull, the U addressed to Buckingham palace, were fruitless. The appeal to the Klt and Queen were turn?l over to the home secretary's office, which replied tersely "The decision of the hon e secretary is already known " The Jury which con "tiled Mrs. Ma jor had recommended clemency. No one in Hull srmd to tab.4 rriKh Interest In her case except tne lord mayor, as Mrs. Major's horn in the little Tillage of Klrby-on Bain, where a 15 -year-old son. a nlnt year-old daughter and ner aged father lire. The father and aon came here to Old farewell last n!hf Mrs. Major was arre-ced while her husband's funeral service was in y roc re an. m tle result nf an anon niou tter seat to autaoritie, :- CHRISTMAS SALES BEST IN 3 YEARS NEW YORK. Dec. 19. (AP) De partment store members of the Na tional Drygcoda association have re ported that Christmas sales this year will be at least 16 per cent ahead of those In 1933. In 70 leading cities from Maine to California the association received word that sales from Thanksgiving to the middle of December were not only ahead of last year, but were almost equal to thone In 1931 and the best In any of the three years nee that time. Recent estimates made by govern ment etatlstlclsns In Washington and predictions In private circles had placed Christmas sales this year t the highest figure since 1030. PORTLAND, Dec. 19. (AP) A sys tem of age Insurance Incorporating some or the elements of employment Insurance, to be controlled by the ; state, collected by the state, and paid j by the state. Is to be proposed to tnej Oregon legislature at the January session. The announcement waa made by i Charles H. Oram, state labor commis sioner. In an address lata Tuesday at the 29th annual meeting of county Judges and commissioners of Oregon. Tho plan Oram has In mind would be sclf-aupportlng. Every employe over 18 years of age would be taxed i one per cent of his wage, but not to I exceed $16 a year. Prom this fund i perhaps 960 a month would be paid , to every citizen as he becomes unable 1 to work or reaches the age of 60 years. ' Governor-elect Martin, who like wise addressed the county Judges and commissioners, explained that he was Inclined to believe Oregon should postpone any action on old age or employment Insurance until after the federal government has Indicated what steps, if any, It will take In this direction. Oram suggests the tax be collected by the state tax commission, and that the Insurance or "pension" be dis bursed by the stato industrial acci dent commission. Thus no additional machinery would have to be set up, and economy of administration would be guaranteed. The labor commissioner explained that If the federal government also decides at the next session of congress or later, to adopt some form of old age pension, the bill he proposes would authorize Oregon to make whatever change would be necessary in the Oregon law to dove-tall the two Insurance plans T IS SUBDUED BY CLERK John H. Hap pel, 53 (above), wai captured and Jailed in St. Louli and admitted the Los Angeles "trunk murder" of hie wife, Mrs. Rosabella Marie Happel. Chief of Police John McCarthy said the pris oner said he beat hie wife to death because of her persistent nagging. t,Aisoctaiea trail rnotoi W. A. ("Bill") Gates of Gates & Lydlard Is congratulating himself to day on having at least one clerk at Economy Groeeterla No. 1 who "gets his man." The Groceteria edition of the Northwest Mounted Is Merrltt Probst- field, who ran down an alleged bad check artist about 2 o'clock this afternoon and In the ensuing scuffle held the man until the arrival of city police, who give the offender's name as Clifford Knight, 33, reput edly an employe of Mira Vista orchard. The chase began shortly after Knight allegedly bought a few cigar ettes at the Oroceterla, giving a check for 97.60 in payment. Suspicious of the check, the clerk telephoned the bank, learned that the check wasn't good and set out In search. Probstfleld found Knight at Hotel Jackson, started peaceably back with him aa far as Main atreet, where Knight supposedly broke and ran The chase led as far as Tripp street, where, the story has It, Knight made his mistake. He knocked Probstfleld down. Thoroughly aroused as to his duty by this time, the clerk appar ently gave his man a whipping and held him until the chief of police, summoned by an anxious neighbor, caught the pair on Cottage street and put Knight In the city Jail for Investigation. No charges had been filed against him this afternoon. Robber Mentenced. PENDLETON, Dec. 19.- ( AP) Rob ert Shannon, 40, arrested here two weeks ago In connection with t warehouse robbery, was today sen tenced to serve seven years In prison when he pleaded guilty In circuit court. BY POLICE DOG OARMEL, Calif., Deo. 19. (AP) A police dog today picked up the trail of Mrs. Eliot Boke Schaffner, wealthy Chicago woman, missing from her homo here, and followed the scent for more than ft mile until It dis appeared on the Carmel ocean beach. Meanwhile Sheriff Carl H. Abbott was investigating an unverified ru mor that Mrs. Schaffner'a a-year-old daughter, Eliot, and her maid were being closely guarded to prevent the possibility of their being Kid naped. Officers also were Investigating te possibility Mrs. Schaffner might have been kidnaped following a report that screen had been torn from the rear window of her home. A posse of 160 persons waa search ing the rough country surrounding the Artists' miony and Mayor Jamea Thoburn appealed to the army to send planes to aid In the hunt. At a regular meeting last night of the city council, before which little business was brought, a contract for general plans and specifications of the sewage disposal plant waa au thorized with Greeley and Hansen of Chicago, exclusive engineers for sew age disposal projects. The council further authorized Prank P. Farrell. city attorney, to negotiate for the site upon which the sewage disposal plant Is to be constructed. It has been announced that the site chosen Is the R. E. Pey ton tract, lying between Bear creek and the old Pacific highway north of Blddle road. A plan for the development of Prescott Memorial park by the Civ ilian Conservation Corps was ap p;ovcd, and the fourth application for a CCO camp to bo located at the park, on the slopes of Roxy Ann, waa sent to Robert "E. Pechner, Washing ton, D. 0-. national commander. Be sides the development of the me morial park, the CCO camp, which would be maintained for nine months, would engago In Bear creek cleanup work between the south city limits and the southern boundary of the fairgrounds, when and of this land Is acquired by the city. The council also authorized a survey of this land to determine whas sections are available for park purposes. Other business to come before the council Included an approval of plana received from the atate high way commission for resurfacing Riv erside avenue between the north city limits and 13th street: A communi cation was rend from the League of Oregon Cities, officially announcing . that the eleventh regional confer ence will be held In this city Friday. A report of the city boxing commis sion was made, showing a balance of $636, and the Associated Oil Co. was granted a continuation of their lease at the municipal airport for one year. LIQUOR SALES TOP $2,500,000 IRK IN ASSAULT CASE LOS ANOELE8. Dec. 19. (AP) Lew Brlce. brother of Fannie Brtce. waa ordered today to pay 1000 dam ages to Marchen Jorgenaen, 31-year old planlste, who contended success fully that Brlce assaulted her last Dec. 7. The award waa made by Superior Judge P. M. Jamison, who heard the caae without a Jury. With another girl, she went to the apartment to tee Brlce. a theatrical agent, about a motion picture con tract, the girl aald, and waa attacked upon entering the door. "I was b vaged to another man," she testified, "and ha broke off the engagement when he learned of the Incident." Corlnne Williams, a friend, testi fied to accompanying the girl to Brlce'a apartment, but said she atay ed outside. "Marchcn'a clothing waa In disor der when she ran out," she aald, "and her hair waa alao in disorder." The complainant Is blonde and curly haired. SALEM, Dec. 18. (AP) Bale of hard liquors over H per cent alco holic content In Oregon reached the two and half million dollar ftgura the last of November, the regular monthly report filed with the aecre tary of state today revealed. The report showed that sale of the bottled goods haa Increased each month since aalea were started Feb ruary 15 of thla year. December was expected to set a new record. Prom the sales alone the state has reallaed a profit of more than a half million dollars. The profit waa de clared to be 9500.488 from stores and agencies out of the sales of 2.S0O.-740. With proflta of I-J8.053 from tha gallonage tax and t87.2S8 from li censes, the state haa received a net revenue of 1819.806 to date for unem ployment relief, the report showed. LOS ANOEI.E8. Dec. 18. (AP) Pacific Electric Railway officials were reported today to have offered to raise from-fiS to 86 cents an hour the wage basis Involved In the threat enrd' strike of some 1600 trainmen a atrlke which might be followed j by sympathetic walkouta of train- j men of threa steam railroads enter- Ing Los Angeles. j The unofficial report rame out oi , a conference between represfntatlvea 1 f the company and officials of the trainmen's unions. The unions first anked a wrki basis of 75 cents an hour and ther reduced the amount to 62ft cent. 50 CARLOADS-TURKEYS FOR FRISCO CHRISTMAS' SAN PRANCIHCO. Dec. IB. (APl- Fllty carloads of turkeys PRETTY GIRL DETECTIVE AIDS GANGSTERS ARREST Temporary Ileuses for 1933 are be ing Issued by the sheriff's office to Jackson county autolsta at the rate of 50 per day. Monday 56 permlta were tsMied and yraterday 48. A number of local autolsta have iwob !(rrnes, with most of the num bers In the early 3OO0'a. A few have plates between 500 and 1000. The new llrense plates have gold letters on a black background. Temporary llrensca can be secured at the sheriff's office. No check, will be accepted In payment. Truck owners are arivised by the sheriff, office that no licenses wlll:ri!ty carloads of turkeys for 111 In issued to them unleaa they pre- Chrlstmsa market were converging sent a rrrtlflrat of welrht fromlupon San Pranrlico today. Clcorr' ie o n-r. The new law require. - Makins, g'nrral man.gcr or i"e the aelrhing of all trucks before for nia Turkey Orowera' association H iMueei. (reported. oclationj INDIANAPOLIS, Deo 19 P Oe nevleva Roth, attractln S4-year-oll Inveatlgstor who worked her way Irto th confidence of Chicago under world characters and aided In tha ar rest of John Burns, DU'lnjer mobster, waa not concerned but the danger '.hat attended her mission "I wasn't scared at ar.y time." ahe aid today, but added ahe was wr -led about any anxiety she msy ha. caused her mother, who Uvea at ficonvllle, Ind. Bare and Governor Paul V. Mc utt were high In pra:e of the il H rho la employed aa a clerk In tne ttorney -general's office. Bare aald that wheu ha waa out touring Chicago night rendezvous a'th members or the Burns ganc. stlsa Roth trailed him u a lookou-. ting with Chicago police. "Tb ubt y4 v with members of the gang and Id trail them," he continued. atlas Roth refused to talk of hi. experiences In the gangster hsunls Some of the results of the prol" Into Inner gang circles were sum. marlred by authorltlea as: Approach of a final solution of thf apectacular escape of tn long-ter.n convlcU from Indians stste prl.'-n In September, 1933. Definite assurance th,t John Ham. Hum, Dllllnger gang,tr wanted f-.r murder of a Chicago detective, la ivl: alive. Knowledge that Burns waa a pa--tlclpant In a bank robbery at South Bend. Ind., last June, woen a poUcs man waa killed. Plrst Indication that Joaeph Pox with Hittiilton the lait of the e. cpe felons to evade capture, 1UII aS? HHVKRiYV HILLS, Cl., Deo. 18. Tho other niglit over the radio for the Salvation Army I ivns lilntlioriiiv awny about a short piece 1 had read in the paper that very night tellinft of a plan to nive everybody work. Well, friends have been kid ding me since then, "Will, where is your plan yon was telling abouU" Well today it broke Out. It was gotten up by the national resources board. It plans to ipend tl0,",)00,0()n,000 (now all those naughts belong there, that 103 is billions), and it's called a "plan to end all plan ning." That will knock these old rich boys in tho creek, that have been hollering about a debt of a mere 'JS billion. This is a plan to do awny with all small figures.