Medford Mail Tribune
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Tweuty-uiutli Year
MEDFORD, OKEGOX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1935.
No. 247.
The Weather .
Korotasl : duett led tonight anil
Thursday; probably with rain; not
much change In temperature.
Highest estenlay ... S
I iet till morning. .. 31
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By PAl L MAI.LON
frup right, iiw, by Paul Million)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. Everyone
seems to have jumped to the wrong
conclusion about President Roose
velt's relict cur
tailment program.
It may be a shame
to Interrupt the
universal chcerinc
about the big
- 'ederal saving he
ii going to make
b y transferring
unemployables on
tne relief rolls
back to the state
but It appear,
there Is not going
to be any saving
worth mention- I'aul ftlilloo
Ing.
i If you dig Into it, you will find
M,hat the states have been contribut
ing 34.4 per cent (roughly onc-thlrdl
of all relief monies so far. That Is
the extent of their contributions dur
ing the 21 months ended last Octo
ber 1. It comes from Relief Worker
Hopkins' own official FERA figures.
Well, the total number of unem
plovBbles which Mr. Roosevelt says
he in going to make the states care
for, hereafter, Is 1.500.000. or roughly
a third of the 5,000.00 heads of fam
ilies on relief rolls.
Even ft sixth grade mathematician
can figure out that It all adds tip to
the same thing. The states arc now
caring for roughly a third, and. after
Mr. Roosevelt gives them the unem
ployablcs, they will still be caring
for a third.
As a brain truster would say, it Is
one-third on one hand and two
sixths on the other.
You may not have noticed It, be
cause no one else did, but Mr. Roose
velt did not say anything about a
saving.
What he said was that the federal
icovernment must and shall quit this
business of relief. Then in the next
breath he told about putting 1.5 mil
lions of unemployables back on the
states. He aLo graciously added he
would help the backward states to
care for them.
Of course, most, people assumed
that the federal government waa get
ting out of the relief business, at
least to the extent of 1.5 millions of
bread winners, and you would hardly
expect a new deal press agent to come
out with ft denial of that interpreta
tion. The fact Is the states will pay Just
about what they have been paying,
the federal government will pay
about what it has been paying and
the taxpayers who support them both
will pay Just about what they have
been paying.
There may be one big different.
The 34.4 per cent figure represents
the average contribution by all state
(and local) funds. Some states and
localities have not been able to pay
J that much of their relief, while other
states have paid more.
For that reason, it appears that
Mr. Roosevelt's program will ease the
pressure on states which have been
paying more than 34,4 per cent but
increase the burden on those which
have not paid that much.
Such states as Alabama. Arizona.
Arkansas. Florida, Kentucky. Louisiana
Mississippi, New Mexico, North Caro
lina, Oregon. Tennessee, South Caro-
Una. West Virginia will have to dig ; anchored In Massachusetts waters un
up more money, probably with Mr i able to move. For the second night In
Roosevelt's promi.sed assistance. ! succession, the Eastern Steamship
States like Delaware. Iowa. Kansas, i Liner Acadia was held In Boston har
Malne. Massachusetts. New Jersey. bor, thwarted by the fog from mak-
New York. Connecticut, California
will find that their new obltcattons,
to the 15 millions of unemployables
arr not as great as their present pay-1
mrtits.
Of course, no one yet knows bow
Mr. Roosevelt Is going to segregate
and allocate the unemployables. He
Iihs been asked the question several
tunes and lias tndlented that the
plan is nnt yet fully worked out.
Similarly, there
the question
shout, some state having more un -
employables thsn others, but the de-
termination of that win require
hiRhrr mathematics, if not magic.
Tho huhest and lowest percentages,
contributed by states and localities but with the coming of darkness Its
over the 21 months period cited j motor could no longer be heftrd.
above included: Massachusetts. 66.7: Commerclsl planes were held to
Connecticut. 65.9; Delaware.' 65.3; j the ground, but to the west and
New York. 51; California. 46 3: lilt-1 south of Chicago air travel was nor
no'.f. 32.7. Indiana. 39; Iowa. 44.6; mal.
Kanfius, 36. Michigan. J'.i; Minne
sota. 25 2; Missouri. 23.1: New Jersry.
44 3; Ohio. 33 3: PennMlvanla, 35 4.
Texas. 32.7; Wisconsin. 28.7; Alabama
A Arkansas. 3 2; Flor.da. 2 9; Geor
gia, 8.9; Kentucky. 9 8: Louisiana. 6.
M!ssl5Fippl, nine-ten ths of one prr
rent North Carolina. 6 1; Oregon, 9 8.
Virginia. 16 2; Tcnnrse. 2 6: South
Carolina, 1 4
The brst excuse lor a be nee from
,r.rk has imw bn fourd. There ts
no cop;.
, on it. You can ue it n
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Dramatic
Ransom
Told on Stand
By U'll.l.lAM A. KINNEY
(Copyright, 1935. by the Associated Press.)
PLEMINOTON. N. J.. Jan. t.IP) Three times today, from the witness
stsnd. Dr. John F. (Js(sle) Condon ttcUrcd that the mysterious "John"
who nesotlatfd and received the lutile Lindbergh raiucm or 50.0O0 "Is
Bnmo Richard Hauptmannl"
His toatlmony, given In the trlil j
of Hauptmann for the kidnaping and
murder of Baby Charles Augustus j
Lindbergh, Jr., brought on him a
hostile cross-examination at the j
hands of Hauptmann's counsel, Ed- ;
ward J. Rellly. who demanded un-1
successfully that a mistrial be de- j
dared.
' When court adjourned for the day
at 4:28 p. m.. the cross-examination
had been going on for two hours and
the elderly Bronx educator was still :
on the stand for more tomorrow. ,
Reilly had declared he expected to !
examine him for a day and a half.
Rellly's demand for the declaration
of a mistrial came after Dr. Condon
denied telling a Taunton, MaAS..
drujrgi.st that Hauptmann waa not
"John." Attomey-Oeneral David T.
Wllentz declared he had a letter from
the druggist and this. Rellly held,
was grounds for ending the trial.
Justice Trenchard promptly denied
this motion.
Condon, besides Identifying Haupt
mann aa the man who contacted him
to receive the (50,000 which was paid
for a baby that lay dead and un
noticed In a woods near Hopewell,
said he saw Hauptmann on the street
In August, 1934. That waa before
Hauptmann's arrest.
The elderly negotiator's eloquent
manner of relating the futile searches
for the baby after the ransom had
been paid, brought moist eyes to Col
onel Charles A. Lindbergh, the baby's
father, who had already related his
own story, without emotional display.
Copyright, loa.'i, by the Associated
Press)
FLEMINGTON, N. J., Jan. 8. (AP)
Dr. John F. (Jafslc) Condon today
Identified Bruno Richard Hauptmann
as the man with whom he negotiated
the Lindbergh ransom, and as the
man to whom he later paid the ran
som of $50,000.
From the witness stand in the trial
I Continued on Page Two)
EAST COAST HOPES
FOG WILL LIFT TO
UNSHACKLE SHIPS
ny the Associated Press)
Forecast of colder weather gave
hope today of a break in the fog
which has crippled transportation
since Sunday.
Atlantic seaboard shipping was still
tied up. with at least seven vessels
waiting outside New York harbor for
the fig to lift and a number of ships
ing ner nignt trip to new ior
Ferry boat movements
in New
pork were uncertain, two East rner
ferry boats were lost for three hours
i last night after one had gone
j aground and the other had succeed-
ed in pulling her free. They finally
i showed up artor river pouce nao.
river police had
' started to comb the river for them
Air travel was virtually at a stance
still In the east and parts of the west Schweilenbach said he had con
where foa also prevailed. ferred with Veterans' Administrator
1 The fate of an airplane heard ny-
Ing blindly over Chicago last evening
w uumwmi. omp. .-..-, -rU
I have been a private plane, flew
hmiiffh a blanket of foe for three
hours trvlng to find a landing place
Inpe-, of an maiaz strike of almost
!":n o1 ln ih r tc
hKt;v S;ipe:t'ti tn mountains xe-e
rudely :)s',tered t !ay upon the 3:s-
co very i'aaX, "miicu" found by Char-
GOLD DISCOVERY !
I DECLARED HOAX
PHOENIX. Aril . Jan. 9
les Williams, amateur proepector. were northern line railroads Intlmrted to
"dental c'1 " ! day that they expect to Issue on
fi.-.erlf.' J. It. MoKadden j;;c.ed taclan official statement snnounclng
ci ,'.r had ben car.ied. fioiwh not uspnslon of the grain rate dlffT-
.- ;.-z II' t-k-A he rP'ced t ini thf for a number of years
,r . i . 't-K nO'ir i''.ier tiir .a . n iVi'tmim prefrrrerl rat
igoA czjt iroa.
Story
Efforts
Bruno's Stationery
Carries Facsimile
Of Kidnap Ladder
KLEMINGTON. N. J.. Jan. 8
(AP) Stationery printed In red
ink and carrying a facalmile of
the Lindbergh "kidnap ladder"
has been obtained for Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann by Edward J,
Rellly, chief defense counsel.
He's going to use It In answer
ing his "fan mall," Rellly said.
Out of what has een termed a
"skimpy" allowance made for Oregon
In the president's 1936 budget, fig
ures for the southern Oregon area
reveal that construction and main
tenance work here for the most part
will have to wait for the 4. 000.000,
000 fund the president has asked, for
public works.
Crater Lake, however, has been al
lowed an Increase over the figure in
the 1035 budget, and will receive a
total of $57,600 for 1936. The budget
estimates $250,000 will be distributed
among the Oregon-California grant
land counties. Oregon Cares has been
allotted $520. Modoc lava beds $34,
460. and the Cooe Bay wagon road.
$3000.
In the Klamath Falls district, a
total of $50,000 was budgeted for
maintenance of the Klamath Irriga
tion project, while other figures for
that district run as follows: Indian
reservation Irrigation system, $2000;
Insect control, $10,000; maintenance
of the Klamath Indian reservation,
$55,000.
Under the 1936 budget Oregon re
ceives an undetermined share of
$8,559,256 for public roads, probably
the same amount as the 1935 por
tion, and also a share of $7,082,600.
PLANlXTENSION
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. (AP) Be
cause of numerous protests from
veterans who have failed, for various
reasons, to file their adjusted com
pensation certificates, Senator
Schweilenbach (D., TSnsh.) said today
he would Introduce a bill providing
for extension of the filing time until
"January 2. 1940.
i The senator said he had received
j numerous protests from veterans In
his own state and representatives
j n(j senators from other states.
rt was estimated at least 200.00U
veterans of the world war had not
fded claims for their certificates
when the time expired January 2.
1035.
j Hlnes amJ alBO American Legion of-
; f)cala hcre on the BUbJect. He quoted
iHlnes M personally having no objec -
j tlong tQ tne prop08ai and BMd the
. , . ... .. u.n
' nmenran iJCgion wouiu gie m sin
complete support.
WILL EYE LICENSES
SALEM. Jan. Applications ;
for a number of 1915 licenses will be !
considered by the board of review of Seven victims frll before the mur
ine state liquor commission, which jderoti rage today of a man accused
wi'.I meet here tomorrow and Friday, of receiving stolen goods. He then
It was stated here. Oeorge Samm'.s. ; fld. made his will and killed him
state liquor administrator, will p:- self when surrounded.
:d. j The man. Oeorge M. Collett. 45.
Citation have tven sent out to a a former roadhouse operator, shot
numWr of whoM 1:wnAM trtto death his wife, her parent, ana
d;nc to ap i0.t the !fo;ir others and mounded two before
. , he f.l from 11. e r.'nn;rr Creek com-
PORTLAND. Ore. Jan. 9 (AP)
;Th Union Pacific system and the
iq ar Pugat Sound urm;a.
Give Damaging Testimony
Dr. John F. (lafsle) Condon (left), who three time today Identified
Bruno Richard Hauptmann as the mysterious ".Inhn" who negotiated anil
collected the futile Lindbergh ransom. John Pen-one (right), Bronx t.ixi
driver, vlio yesterday was railed a liar by Hauptmann when Perrone point
ed the accused man out as the person who gave him a note to deliver to
Dr. Condon. (A, P. Photos,)
Mrs. Hauptmann Refuses
Seek Sympathy by Taking
Infant Son Into Courtroom
By Jane Dixon
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
FLEMINGTON, N. J., Jan. 9. (UP)
Mrs. Anna Hauptmann, wife of the
accused Lindbergh baby slayer, will
not bring her Infant son Into court.
"Mr. Rellly. my husbands lawyer,
wants me to bring our baby Into
the courtroom for maybe a half an
hour," she says.
"Don't you agree with Mr. Reilly?"
she. was asked. . . j
"I can't bring 'Bu&l (the baby)
Into this courtroom," she replied.
"Such a place is not good for him.
It Is hot and there are too many
people. I will not bring him to
court."
AH observers, all student of psy-
E
FOR ROOSEVELT'S
Plans for President Roosevelt's
Birthday ball, to be held In Medford
Wednesday, January 30, were formu
lated at a meeting of Medford busi
ness and professional men today, at
the Hotel Medford. The meeting waa
called by Mayor George Porter, who demanding $50,000.
will head the general committee this Tnc youth reported to police shortly
year. In charge of the ball. Follow- after nc wnR tossed from an auto near
ing an urgent request for the cooper- I tne federnl building, and said he had
ation of public spirited men and been released, after more than 48
women, of all political affiliations, j nourB n captivity. He sa.d he thought
received by Ralph Stephenson from hls Iatiicr, Attorney Lowdcn Bom
Henry L. Daugherty. national chair-1 hergerf met the ransom demand.
man- ' Members of his family, however, and
As a departure from last year's Hnroid Nathan, of the federal bureau
President s ball 70 per cent of this J of investigation, denied any payment
monin s event, win remain at nomt
for the direct benefit of Jackson
County Infantile paralysis cases. The
remaining 30 per cent will be devoted
to national research, as part of a
great national campaign to stamp
out the dreaded disease. Plans for
(Continued from Page Five)
6-YEAR0UfSENT HOME
WHEN DRUNK IN SCHOOL
NEW YORK. Jan. 9 (UP) Anto-
i nio Condrllno. 6. was dismissed irom
' his first grade classroom today when
. nc reporwa arun. imomu
I net. t hnnip riurinir lunch hour, andiformer President Herbert Hcover,
, - - a
had partaken liberally.
SEVEN SHOT
BY MAN
MT. VERNON. Ky.. Jan. 9. f AP)
munity. Mrs. Collett had bC'-Oine
mentally derantted following a re
cent raid and shooting In whl-h of
ficers tried to rapture Collett.
Surrounded six hours later In i
rabtn nine mil's sway from the
-hmble he had left, follett put
i-"l hi head snd end'-d hi"
qvn ill a.
Ktar ' T:'. ' " JrM(-
ichology agree that the picture of the
Hauptmann baby, Mannfrled, in the
arms of his mother, awed by so many
strange people, by the Judge on the
bench In his black robes (perhaps
even stretching out his arms to his
father) would be invaluable to the
defense. 8uch a picture would etch
itself Indelibly In the minds of the
Jury.
Anna Hauptmann has done and
will continue to do whatever a wlfi
may 'do to' aid her 'husband. Even
though Hauptmann la acquitted his
wife has walked with him In the
valley of the shadow.
She Is Bruno Richard Hauptmann s
wife but she Is Mannfrled Kaupt-
'Continued on Page Seven)
KIDNAPERS FREE
COLLEGE STUDENT
AFTER 48 HOURS
CHICAGO, Jan. 9. ( AP) Allen O
Bombcrgcr, 21-year-old college stu
dent from Hammond, Ind was re
leased early today by a trio of kld -
napers who forced him. he told police.
to wrlt0 a ransom note to his father
had been made.
The denial from
the Bomberger
brother of the
home came from
"snatch" victim, who refused to give
his first name, and who declined to
disturb the elder Bomberger.
"We didn't pay a cent," the brother
declared, adding that any further In
quiries would have to be made to
the department of Justice,
whow.
(Continued on Page Five)
NEW YORK. Jan. 9 I API Former
uovernor Aiireo t omiwi
placed in nomination as a member
w
Mr.
i rffrt
TO DEATH
IN WILD RAGE
A rudely scrtwled "last wish and
will," apparently written after he
had taken refuge In the cabin waa
found on his body by County Judge
C. C. Carter.
The dead. In addition to Collett:
Mrs. Stella Collett. 28. wife of the
flayer.
William Helton. 65. her father.
Mrs. Wtilism Helton 60.
Miss Lola Helton. 33, their daugh
ter. Howard Helton their son.
Jl h 1r '?.
M ' n r:era. J2.
Tl '":r ''
I 'i . Hriton. brother
U.S. OVvlS apology
FOR SINKING RUM
CRAFI IHERDICI
U. S.-Canaclian Commission
to Arbitrate Action Also
Says i). S. Should Pay
$25,000 Compensation
nv joiin t. si tk.ii I
Associated Press staff Writer
.Copyright, 1935, by the Associated
Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. (AP) Tho
United States-Canadian commission
to arbitrate the controversy resulting
from the sinking of the rum runner
I'm Alone off the Louisiana const in
1 929 held today that the U n I led
States should apologize for sinking
the vessel and should pay Canada
$25,000 as compensation.
The decision was given by Justice
Van Dvantcr of the United States
supreme court and Chief Justice Duff
of Canada.
In the long drawn out case, Canada
had claimed damages of $386,000.
The commission reported today no
compensation should be allowed for
the ship or Its cargo.
As for the master and crew It was
found they were not parties to any
conspiracy to smuggle liquor Into the
United States, but were mere em
ployes to navigate tho ship from
place to place as the owners directed.
By reason of their non-partlclpa-
Hon in the alleged conspiracy, tho
commission found they should be
compensated for their clothing and
effects which- were sunk with the
ship and for the wrong that was
done them by casting them Into the
sea and then putting them In Ircns.
This was done by the coast guard.
REAMES. HANEY
LEAD
TS
PORTLAND, Jan. 9. (AP) A spec
ial dispatch to the Journal today
from Washington, D. C, said Con
gressman Pierce, after a visit with
Postmaster Oeneral Farley, "said he
Is certain that Oregon has a real
chance to obtain an appolntmont to
the rederal bench to , succeed the
late Judge Bawtelle, but that no
choice need be expected for two
weeks or so."
The dispatch said Pierce remains
noncommittal aa to what recom
mendation he will make as Demo
cratic national committeeman and
he was not told whom Farley will
favor.
The article continued "the Oregon
list was talked over, he said, and
will be again discussed with the
attorney general. On It are Evan
Reames, Bert E. Haney, Lotus Lang
y and George F. Sklpworth, the talk
centering upon Reamea and Haney
ARE REAPPOINTED
Reappointments to county bertha
were made this morning by the
county court, as follows:
Paul B. Rynnlng, aa county en-
e'neer and superintendent of county
buildings.
Tom Roseberry as superintendent
of the county machine shops.
Miss Marjorle Llndley as stenog
rapher and secretary to the county
court.
Mrs. Irene Wells aa superintendent
cf the county farm.
All the appointees hold the places
at present.
Commissioner L. O. Caster of Phoe I
nix was present at his first regular
meeting since assuming the office
last Monday.
The county court devoted most of
the morning session to the transac
tion of routine business and con
sideration of December bills and
closing up the county business of
the past year.
IN UNION MINE FEUD
WALTONVILLE, 111., Jnn. 8 (AP)
Another railroad bombing early
today, the 14th since last August
attributed to the bitter Illinois mine
union feud derailed the engine and
lft ears of a Chtrss-o. Burlington and
Qulnry railroad freight train two
milrs south of here.
C. J. Jonea. of Centralis, the fire
man, suffered s'.Urht bruises. The
engineer. John Tlemeyer, also of
Centralis, escaped unharmed, it was
reported.
It was the fourth railroad bomb-
.r m the Illinois 'mine mar eone"
wltbia the past Uireo weeks
I I'lllAtltA ft B t VI
Logger Sacrifices
Own Life to Save
Horses From Tree
BELLING HAM. Wash., Jan. .
I API Adolph Scrteber. 36. a log
scr. sacrificed his own life late
Tuesday that his team of horses
be spared.
After successfully frightening
his learn from the path of a fall
ing tree which had caught aainst
another while he was clearing a
logging camp road near the Mount
Baker h t p h w a y near Doming.
Screlbcr was hit on the head by
a limb. He died a tew houra later
of a broken neck.
The widow and two children
survive.
FEDERAL-STATE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-
(Ap)An
atmosphere of change surrounded
H , ,
Washington today as the new deal I
found itself in its long-heralded pc
rlod of transition.
First off there came a new tip
about the vastly-altered attack on 1
relief. An authoritative source said
the administration was thinking of
urging a federal-state system of pen
sions for old people and needy moth
ers be set up almost Immediately so
payments could start quickly.
This was described as an attempt
to take care of many of tho 1,500,000
"unemployables" the government la
seeking to remove from its relief
rolls to the care of the states. Hither
to, many observers have regarded
such pensions as a plan for the more
distant future.
Joint Contributions.
Large, Joint contributions by the
federal government and the states
would be necessary if pensions wero
to start quickly under this pint). No
UJBurft I mentioned, though benutyr
Robinson, (D., Ark ) majority leader,
has estimated $100,000,000 would be
necessary to operate the federal end
of the social security program
eluding unemployment Insurance
for the first year.
NRA came to the parting of the
ways between old and new. Two
hundred business men and code of- j
flclals gathered for hearings on the
blue eagle's major problems, with
prlco-fixlng definitely under fire.
Price Control Dropped.
With NRA warning that price-
fixing, except In extreme emergencies.!
would not be countenanced, some
foresaw a possibility of drastic re
vision of price controls in 300 codes.
But there was known to bo strong
opposition In the gathering to some
changes under discussion.
The farm administration, too, was
looking Into the future In an at
tempt to prepare for It. Because he
regards the" system of collecting
processing taxes to pay farmers to
control production as only on "emer
gency" measure. Secretary Wallace
and his assistants were studying pos
sible alternatives. The half dozen
he has listed from time to time
range from compulsory control of
major crops, such as Is now excr
clsed over cotton, to a vast plan to
purchase farm land and take It out
of production for good.
GET BRITISH DOLE
LONDON, Jan. 9. (AP) Great
Britain assumed responsibility
dav for the relief of more than
4,000,000 unemployed persona.
Adopting the opposite viewpoint
from that taken by President Roose
velt, the British government Is tak
ing under Its wing the task of ad
ministering relief tinder the dole sys
tem, which hitherto had been han
dled by local authorities.
About two months will be re
quired for the completion of tho
centralization of relief work, which
Is to be handled by 240 newly
crontcd local offices. Sir Henry Bet
terton, as head of the unemploy
ment Insurance board, li to be per
sonal guardian of Britain's Jobless
and ln effect administrator of gov
ernment expenditures totaling 1275,
000.000. JAS. MOTTS ANNOUNCE
BIRTH OF DAUGHTER
WASHINGTON, an. 9. (Spl )
Representative and Mrs. James W.
Mott have announced arrival of a
newcomer In the Oregon colony in
the national capital, who will re
main aa a member of their house
hold. It Is a daughter, born Monday.
ThlMIra lie! my Mr Id Re.
F.I.KH.sHT. Kan. (UPt RuasUti
thistles which have been rolling be
fore Kansas winds, hliw-klng hlh
waya and filling up fmce corner,
were blamed for the destruction of a
$73,000 bridge. The thlstlca collected
In the trestle, a spark from a passing
i truln .ief. fire to tliein and the bridge
v4 desUujed hj llama.
4,000 000 WILL
I I II I7I 111 111 II III
TELLS
OF PLOT
10
Both Uncles Told Him of
Plan Is Claim of William
Lloyd High in Trial of
Alleged Incendiarists
Wllllam Lloyd High, 23. of Astoria,
a nephew of George High and Robert
N. (Babe) High, on trial In circuit
court, charged with setting fire on
January 4, 1933, to a model barn on
the Balfour Guthrie tract near Ash
land, to collect $15,000 Insurance,
testified this morning that both his
uncles had told him about the alleged
Incendiary plot, and that he had ad
vised them "it was dangerous busi
ness." Young High, a son of Ed High of
Ashland, swore th In a conversation
!T , ! L L
cnts home at Ashland, "Babe" High
told him:
I "George has offered $1000 to burn
j down tho barn, and I can get a man
r to do It for $50."
Itaugt'rmis Business.
The witness said he replied: "That
Is dangerous, and f wouldn't do it."
Babe" High then urged him "not
to say anything about U," the witness
said.
The witness further testified that
on another occasion "Babe" High told
him: "George won't give me $50 so
I can pay 'Red' Martin for burning
the barn."
While on $ fishing trip near As
toria last summer, Lloyd High testi
fied that "Babe" High had shown
him a prom Issory note, wrl t tc n on
tho back or a check of an Astoria
bank, tn tho sum of $666.63. and In
formed him "that is for burning the
barn, but I can't collect anything."
George High, tho other defendant,
tho witness said, also told him of the
plans "to burn tho barn for the In
surance money."
"I told him that wasn't the right
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LA ORANDE, Ore.. Jan. 9. (AP)
I didn't mean to d(j It."
These were the Bpoken words of
Dnnlel C. Bowman, charged with mur
der of Fred Lampkln, Pendleton pub
lisher, as he groaned on the ground
near the dead body of the newspaper
man Immediately after the shooting
ln the Blue mountains last Novem
ber, according to direct testimony
given tn circuit court here today by
Dewey Schiller, Echo, Ore., member
of the elk hunting party. Schiller
also testified that previous to the
shooting. h!ch he did not witness,
ho heard Bowman and Lampkln quar
reling and heard Lampkln tell Bow
man: "I think I'm a man and can
handle you any day."
Schiller's testimony served to cor
roborate Chester Klrkpatrlck'a testi
mony yesterday that the two men
had quarreled. Attempts by the de
fense to shake Schiller's story In
cross examination brought no appar
ent result.
HOLLYWOOD, Cnl., Jan. 3.
Spp wlipre Mussolini and
Koreiiin Minister Laval have
ilceidocl to lot Austria have a
king. Von know I didn't know
this till 1 wns in Vienna Inst
full, hut Austria really wants
a king. Can you imagine that
The nearest we enn come to
undcrstandinj; thnt is an Aincr
ienn ttirl wanting? a mini with
a title. It's a innsieal city.
Cafes and a lot of bright col
ored uniforms and a king and
some waltzes is about all they
wnnt, so Kranee and I'.nly arc
lioinj; to (jive 'em Archduke
Otto.
You would wonder what they
have to do with it. Well that's
Kuropc for you. Austria and
Hungary's business is cver.Sj
body's business. These IIap'.
hurirs have i?ninmed up abeut
nil of Kuropc.
Yours,
I