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edford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award fOR 1934 Tweuty-iiuitli Year M EDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 19' No. 253. SB MSB The Weather Forecast: Showers or snow flurries , tonight and Thursday; little change In temperature. ! Illghett yesterday . 41 I Lowest thtt morning . ;.. 34 M IPEHS Sj M 2S1 hzs - By Paul Ma I Ion (Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. Soma of President Roosevelt's best congres sional friends have not told him yet. out thy are get ting ready to re train his free hand In emergen ;y appointments. A series of ilmple one - line amendments may find their way Into coming ap propriation bills, stating that here after the presi dent must obtain senate confirma tion for men PALI, MALLON named to all Jobs carrying $5000 r-ar salary and up. This will mean ,fiiat Mr. Roosevelt will have to con sult conprssmen regarding such ap pointments. They can turn down his men if they like. The congressmen are getting tired of having no say about emergency jobs. Emergency bureau chiefs snub them and disregard their recommen dations. Most of the regular bureau chiefs do not dare to act that way because they are always trying to get them selves or some assistant confirmed by the senate. There is no reason why the emergency bureau heads should not bo subjected to the same sena torial scrutiny as others. After, all. the depression is over. That Is the way congressmen reason it out. Last session, there was some cloak room talk about limiting Mr. Roose velt's free hand to jobs under 43600 Later the congressmen generally agreed the limit should be raised to $5000 and that amount was actually stipu lated, in one or two appropriation bills. Somehow the movement got lost In the shuffle near the end. probably because of Inside pressure rom the White House. What has helped to revive It now Is fear In many a Democratic congres sional heart that Interior Secretary Irkcs may get control of the new 4.000.000,000 work relief organiza tion. The opinion of most Demo cratic congressmen concerning Mr. Iokes' system of making appoint ments would have to be written 011 asbestos paper. It would scorch ordi nary newsprint. Reliefer Harry Hop kins Is liked more, but not much more. It Is almost a foregone conclusion that the new work relief bill will carry a clause requiring senate con flrmation for that Job, even if the White House again stops the move ment to restrain other appropriations similarly. The news may be announced In n few days that the missing bill writer, Bn Cohen. Is to get Ferdinand Pe- cora's vacant seat on the securities exchange commission. At least, Cohen has been observing 711 traffic signals and has avoided talking under Indders lately. That is a sjre sign he expects a good ap pointment. He has been In line for more appointments that he never re ceived than any other man in the atw deal. Something always happens at the last minute to crowd him out. Everyone now expects him to be run over hy a bicycle before Mr. Pecora Is confirmed a a Justice of the state supreme court by the New York legis lature and Cohen's appointment Is announced. Cohen has been misting from the news paces since he. LHndls and Cor coran finished writing the financial reform bills for the new deal He ha.s beon holding down the rela tively obscure Job of general counsel to PWA. Wall Street will r?-t gain anything by getting Cohen for Tccora. Cohen wrote more of the SEC bill than any one else and knows more about the lpeal end of finance than probably any other new dealer. You may expect to see the presf dent send a special message to con gress urging ratification of the St. Lawrence waterway treaty. It may not go up until later in the session but it's in the cards for this session In fact, the president already has 1 rough draft of It. Talks the stnte de partment Is having with Canada con cerning 5ll?ht modification of the treaty may necessitate some rhange In the rnssasre. but It won't affect It as a whole. Don't pay too much at tention to t.. t;k about the treaty being modified. It may not br. touched at all. It is not generally known, but the PWA hna been making money ir. one I respect. It has been auctioning off IT rmt municipal bonds to he highest bid-1 der. and. so fr hu tk7C a profit j SAK francisCO, Jan. 16. (AP) of about million drt'.an on. the . i5rr;ptons of a missing counter clea'.e. The bonds era t .- taker. f f ;tr j. Carlyle Gsrrtty. Red- j?ciritT :ot ff'-'Vrnnier!i :-n -ju: !,fi, rfn tstriT! by lnvvmrn h:-u' t ; sen would not have '.t?i;r! -M a mu 1 .--:pjij bond with 1 tn-foot pole i "ar sen d inter- The treasury wa so a ri:ii:y by thre po'-iitel questions CMf J :c Hug'., itf;i In the no)d ca tK-. m ;tz.-i . .;::-' :vs o'..:r. lr- i ' : ' i- - -:-c FAVORABLE ACTION I Colons Will Do What Con stituents Tell Them, if They Hope to Come Back,' Says Californian WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. (AP) Expressing confidence of enactment, Representative McGrourty (D., Cal.) today Introduced in congress a bill to effect the Townsend plan whereby t he federal government would pay $200 a month to persons over 60. Under the proposition, which the administration opposes as impracti cal, the recipients would have to spend the cash within 30 days. Sitting beside the capltol sponsor of. his proposal in press conference Just before the bill went In, Dr. Francis E. Townsend shared his fel low Californian's optimism and added : "The members are going to do what their constituents tell them to, and they will tell them in no uncer tain terms. If they hope to come back, members of congress will not dare to go against the people. Introduction of the bill came on the eve of the Roosevelt message to congress on unemployment Insurance and old age pensions, presumably embodying a plan which the new deal will Invoke against the Towns- end sentiment. . The California doctor took occa sion to attack Secretary Perkins' re cent condemnation of his proposal and to question the effectiveness of the new deal in general. SAAR SOCIALISTS QUARTERS TAKEN OVER BY POLICE Br MELVIN K. WIHTEl.EATHER Associated Press Foreign Staff SAARBRUECKEN, saar Basin Ter- rltory. Jan. 16. Police today forced the socialists out of their headquar ters here and occupied the building. Unconfirmed rumors said five per- sons have been killed and several injured in various parts of the Saar basin territory, Six communists were reported by their friends to have been arrested In 'Sanrbruccken. In Saarbruecken Itself, no acts of violence were apparent. Practically the entire general staff of the "common front." the antl nazl organization.' Including several dissident Catholics has taken up residence In France. Sum of the staff members come back In the day time, but a re returning to France each night to sleep. Since the sweeping Nazi victory in the plebiscite Sunday antl-Hltler newspapers have vanished from the streets. The new Saar Post, which led the Catholic fight against Hitler, has suspended publication, while the Socialist Volkesstimme and Freihelt, both of which were edited by Max Braun. socialist lender, have com bined, but find no sale In the Saar. Instead, they are being distributed in France. ELISSAiAfES LOS ANGELES, .n. 16. ( AP) Charging that her husband was "harsh, rude and impatient" and sug gested that she have affairs with other men, EUass Landl. screen act ress, today hud on file in superior court an amended divorce complaint against John Cecil Lawrence, Lon don lawyer. Miss Landl charged her husband openly boasted of his affairs with other women, and suggested she "ex ercise similar freedom" with other men. The actress also charged Law rer.ee msde similar suggestions to hT mother. SUSPECT IS MISSING Cut. ere broadcast to police of the o-iny by Csplaln Thomas B. o! tile secret nrvne. who rala a uncertain wl ether Gurrlty was in voluntary hiding or hsd met Mh t!;or 10 "kP htm quiet." lam outer mrn acusro in inr cut-ra'.e sale of 5000 "phoney" nlck - els appeared In tour:, but Garrlty ir, Te t-jrer : Dn H?lter .", ii. P.ctiu.i.,.. L ojo.a Cbkipo, Mo-! Tne Zpinr ' tnkrn on to Lin cu1.:, And Jot V..in, tan Jove, 'wia uiider bcnu po'Aer. o o World MORE WITNESSESlOFFICERS AS NOTEJRITER Defense Scores Slightly in Effort to Show Difference in Admitted Penmanship and in Evidnce Letters (Copyright, 1D33. by the Associated Press) FLEMINGTON. N. J.. Jan. 16. (AP) Three more state experts to day Insisted that Bruno Richard Hauptmann was the writer of the 14 Lindbergh ransom notes, but the defense-striking again at the dead Isa dor Flsch scored slightly In a fight to establish differences between Hauptmann's admitted handwriting and that found In the notes. One after the other Harry E. Cas sldy of Richmond, Va., Wllmer Sou der of the United States bureau of standards, and Albert D. Osborn of New York took the stand and de clared It their positive opinion Hauptmann was the ransom note writer. Osborn, the seventh expert to testify, Is the son of the first, Al bert S. Osborn, who gave hia testi mony last week. Differences Admitted Souder. in cross-examination, ac knowledged differences between cer tain letters and words In the notes as compared to Hauptmann's admit (Continued on Page Pwo . 1 WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. (AP) Full 1 cash payment of the bonus through Issuance of new currency and estab lishment of a central bank of Issue control the nation'i money was recommended today In the national Inflation conference by its resolu tions committee. Meanwhile, Secretary Morgenthau ;aud. Attorney General Cummtngs held a surprise conference, renewing spec- ulatlon over possible administration moves. At his press conference, Presi dent Roosevelt met with a smile all questions on stabilization fund act ivities. , LISTED IN STATE WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. ( AP) Public works allotments for cities In Oregon, were announced today by Secretary Ickes. PWA administrator, ax follows: Oregon: Eugene, library 1360,000: Roseburg, sewers, $72,000; Mosler, water distribution system, $14,000; Tillamook, city water mains, $59,000: Coquille, water system, $35,000; Burns, sewer plant. $23,000 loan and grant; Wallowa, waterworks, $63,000; Tillamook, water system. $18,000; Lakeview, sewage plant, $36,000; Col umbia county, pumping plant, $16. 000: Empire, water works, $10,000; WiUamlna, water supply, $16;000. WOMEN JOIN REVOLT BATON ROUOE, L... Jan. H. (UP) Women Joined the revolt ;Mnt Huey Long lut night. Several hundred tronj, they gath ered it the Community club and pledged alliance to the Square Ial aMOclatlon. which haa given Oovernor O. K. Allen until tonight to convene the leglalature and repeal long'i dic tatorship lawa. Mra. J. S. Rouaaell wa. elected pres ident of the women', auxiliary. "My heart la in thla wuae," the said In accepting the office "Someone may be hujt. I'm afralJ thla will end In bloodahed I know what we should do. and whatever xe decide. 1 want my men mj husband and brothers, to take part." Zephyr Towed In By "Iron Horse" OMAHA. Neb.. Jtn. 18. (AP) The iron horse Is still good, j A steam locomotive laat night ( puura m v-iih.bhu. duihuvii jqulncy railroad's streamline Zephyr : inta Omshs 3 hours late. Its motor 'hfd failed near Hamburg. Iowa Court Adherence ERKI SUSPECT KILLED IN GUN BATTLE j by the Associated (Copyright. 1935. Press) OKLAWAHA, P.O., Jan. 16. (AP) Fred Barker, long sought for the sensational kidnaping of Edward Q. Bremer, St. Paul .banker, and his i mother, "Ma" Barker, were slain to' day in a six-hour gun battle with icuurm nnio au nu u.cu here to the home they had rented . 1 , , . ... . mo ohor 01 weir. ; At first It was announced that two men and a woman had been slain and this gave rise to the belief that one of them was Alvin Karpis, also wanted for the kidnaping of Bremer. Later it was established that only Barker and his mother had occupied the house. The house had' been rented under j the name, of T. C. Blackburn, and j this alias of Barker's gave rise to the report that a "Blackburn gang'" had occupied the residence. The federal agents had been track ing Barker for some time and this morning, led by E. J. Connell of Cincinnati, they surrounded the place. Connell approached and called to Barker and his mother to come out. The answer was a. blast of machine gun fire. For hours the battle raged. The federal men tised tear gas to back up their machine gun fire. Shortly after 11 o'clock firing from the house ceased, and the agents (Continued - on Page rhree) 1 OF N. WOULD AID GENEVA, Jan. 16. P) The "Chaco committee' of the League of Nations voted unanimously today to recom mend that the nations of the world lift their embargoes against ship ments of arms to Bolivia and strengthen their embargoes against Paraguay, the two nations embroiled In war In the Chaco Boreal. The resolution will be communi cated to the United States, which Imposed an arms embargo on both warring nations Independently of the League of Nations. The Chaco committee's action was directed pointedly against Paraguay and followed a similar recommenda tion earlier In the day by a sub-com-mlttce. BRUNO UPSET BY f''jy A ' ft J 'try IhrZZ The identification by Or, J. F. "Jafsle" Condon of tha mysterious "John" In rsntom negotiations aa Bruno Richard Hauptmann left tha defendant visibly upset during the kidnn murder trial at Flemlngton, N. J. He it shown after the testimony being escorted by a deputy frorr the courtroom. (Associated Praia PhotoJ MOP UP ON BULLETIN SAN QLTiNTIN't Cal., Jan. 16. (AP) Desperate convicts staged a wild break from San Quentln prison today, kidnaped Warden James B. Holohan anil four members of the prison hoard, and poured a withering fire from a machine gun at pursuing guards. Airplanes took off Immediately '"m Hamilton field to aid In sup- preying the break, A 1 cat rax Island guards and police from all of northern California P-. pared to send forces to. the scene. Members of the prison board. .,U(,.1R Vcretnry Mark E. Noon Frank Sykes, Warren Athcrlon and Josp.m ti,,.,, Alison , and two guards werB - taken along as hostages by the ,, , l t ........... v., . .Aoun. m lit a nun nn in wmicm the men fired nt pursuers, was dump ed from the machine iienr Bl Acu point, northeast of the prison. Governor Frank F. Mcrrlam. In formed at Sacramento of the break. Immediately assumed personal charge of efforts to capture the men. L ROCHESTER. Ind., Jan. 16. (UP) Clyde Beatty, circus and screen animal trainer, was seriously clawed today when attacked by Sampson, newly Imported black maned lion. Beatty was attempting to teach the animal a new trick at winter quar. ters of the Colt Brothers circus "When it became enraged. It pounced with such force that !i knocked Beatty across a 40-foot caged arena, frac turing several of his ribs and wound ing him severely. Beatty defended himself with ' a straight backed chair until assistants removed him from the cage. Dr. Mark M. Piper, circus physic ian, said the wounds were the most .erious Beatty has suffered since May. 1928, when he was attacked by a Bengal tiger during a performance at Kokomo, Ind. A CAMPUS BEER PARLORS OUT SAYS COMMISSION EUGENE. Ore.. Jan. 16. (UP) There will be no beer parlors on or near the University of Oregon cam pus hereafter, the city council de cided today In refusing applications for beer selling licenses In the re stricted zone. Dispensers who ob tained licenses from the state before the dry zone ordinance was paaaed by the council, sold beer In the cam pus area last year. MAFSIE'S' STORY Is Asked by Roosevelt TWO BANDIT GANGS HERMIT'S LETTER HOUSE WRANGLING HINTS OLD GRUDGE OVER COMMITTEES AGAINST NEIGHBOR ELAYS STARTING GRANTS PASS, Jan. 16. (AP) A rambling letter found In Hugo Mayer' J tnRt tne eccmrlc uttlcragg; mountains "hermit" had i-;ionf borne a grudge against Robert Pants, whom Mayer admits he shot November 0. District Attorney Smith had not finished reading the 30-odd page let ter, addressed to "Dear Friend Allen." u - fnr uciui o mo wuiu jhib "jvi Irst degree murder recessed at noon. The letter was a rambling discourse going back many of the years FaDtn and Mayer had lived as neighbors la the mountains of the lower Illinois river country. It recited Mayer's charges of a plot by Fantz to drive him out of the craggies by Inviting parties to rob him or make trouble by setting fires. The letter pictured Mayer as pierc ing the false poses of persons he considered Fantu' agenta without dis closing how he, himself, felt about them. Guy Forsythe. state officer sta tioned at Oo!d-Beach. Identified the letter. He auomittea a SKetcn map .m nwiwwu wuoiv no iuuiiu " (Continued on Page Three) BEDFORD POLICE LIST 584 JAILED IN YEAR'S REPORT ' Only a few matters of Importance were brought before the regular meet ing last night of the city council, Which in addition to parsing ordinance amendments, heard several routine re ports and a complete summary of city police department activities dur ing 1034, prepared by Chief Clatous McCredle. An appointment waa given Joseph O. Orey, former city councilman and ramlllar with the details of the posi tion, as collector for delinquent as sessments. Among amendments was one per taining to certain sections of the or dinance regulating oil burning equip ment and oil storage, and one regu lating distribution of milk, It was provided in the latter that every op erator of a milk producing concern pay an annual fee for milk distribu tion. Representatives of the taxi driver associations of Med ford were present to bring before the council a peti tion for preferred parking space. Thti matter was referred by Mayor George Porter to the license committee for Investigation and a report at the next regular meeting. , Farrell to Attend Meet. The mayor read a communictalon from the League of Oregon Cities, ex tending an Invitation to members of (continued on page nine) MEXICAN REBELS SURPRISED, KILLED MEXICO CITY, Jan. 16. (UP) A Puebla dispatch to tne newspaper Unlvedsal today said 36 rebels T?ere killed and 50 wounded In an engage ment between 300 rebels and troops at Cruz Verde, near Atllxta In Pu ebla state. Eight federals were killed and four wounded. the rebels, commanded by the self styled Oeneral josqum Ybarra, were surprised by tha 25th cavalry regi ment and routed completely, leaving d sd and wounded on the field. Troopi pursued the fleeing rebels. RETURN TO CRIME ENDS TEN DAYS OF FREEDOM PORTLAND, Jan. 16. (AP) Just 10 days after his release from Ore gon state prison. William T. Nichol son was on his way bark to the in stitution for souther three years. He was caught In a burglary and plesded guilty In circuit court Tuesdsy. Christen Cmlier. BP.EMERTON, Wash., Jan. t (UP) The 1500-ton destroyer Worden became the newest fighting unit of he United States sea fighters today hen she was comrniBMoned at Pugt doung ni jard. Br CLAYTON V. BERSHARD Associated Press Staff Writer SALEM, Jan. 16. ( AP) In contrast to the smooth start on legislation by the senate, the house of the Oregon legislature today still had gone little further in beginning Its task on ma jor measures ready to be considered, spending most of its time In chang ing commute appointments, resulting In a continued undercurrent of un rest of members of both parties. While the party lines were being less closely adhered to In the changes on Speaker John E. Cooler's commit tee today, there was a general drift to a marked division between up state members and those from Mult nomah county on the floor of the house. First committee meetings to day Indicated, however, that a defl nlte attempt to get that branch of the legislature under way at quickly as possible would be made, In the meantime Governor Charles H. Martin sent In his fourth special message to the legislature, this one urging an enabling act for cities and counties to Improve their financial condition through refunding of out standing bonds. No bill accompanied thtt mefiaage. The governor's office likewise evl denced unea&lneas at the alow itart of the house and the executive de partmcnt'a hand waa seen In the re vised list In an effort to eliminate dissatisfaction and to expedite the business of the session. Est en Bncd- ecor, legal advisor to the governor, waa busy In Martin's office. . It was Indicated also that Oov ernor Martin would have a major message for the legislature tomor row, probably to do with unemploy ment relief. 4 AGED BLUE SUIT FOR ITM II WASHINGTON, Jan. lfl.fAP) Bringing his old blue serge suit, Will Rogers arrived In Washingon by air plane early this morning to attend Vice-President Garner's dinner for the president tonight. A newspaper man, eyeing his two small pieces of hand luggage and portable typewriter, asked the cowboy-philosopher If he expected to rent a dress suit. lrnw," he said, rubbing his sleep- swollen eyes. "I got my old blue serge with me. She doubles for me, you know. When I have to go to a dress-up party I Just put on black hoes with It and a black tie." He recollected that "Jack" Garner, who Is constitutionally opposed to getting Into dress clothes himself, wouldn't mind. "Say, that suit's been places. Why, once I shocked all London when I wore It to a certain embaasy for party." Will allowed that he was looking forward to tonight s affair because he had a lot of fun at the. same party last year. "They had a magician there who was a wonder. Why, after the guests had started to go, the president caught Mrs. Roosevelt by the arm and asked her why they couldn't have something like that at their parties." ADVISE CHAINS ON The weather bureau at tha muni cipal airport reported today that M of an Inch of precipitation fell In this vicinity between tha hours of 5 p. m. yesterday and S a. m. today. Most of tha precipitation fell as snow, melting as It touched the ground. Early In the evening the storm reached blizzard proportions In some parts of the valley, travellers report, and heavy sleet fall In Med ford during part of the night. Snow on the Sitkluus was In creased to a depth of .18 Inches, but was being cleared today from the highway. It la advised that motorists use chains on the mountain passes of all highways leading from Med ford. EATONVILLE. Wash., Jan 16. (UP) ."New deal" twins In the Asp lund family today were chtstened Nancy Raw Asplund and Nela Rsy Asplund so tint initials of each would, be tfgAj TO AID WORLD PEACE SEEN BUEADER Opposition to Any New Res ervations Hinted in Brief Message to Senate Speedy Action Is Desired ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. ( AP) In the Interests of "world peace," Presi dent Roosevelt today aalted the senate In a special message to ratify Ameri can adherence to the world court. The brief presidential message also urged, that ratification "be given In such form aa not to defeat or to delay the objective of adherence." This waa interpreted In senatorial circles as representing opposition to any new reservations. Both Parties Favor Mr. Roosevelt asserted, that for years both republicans and, democrats la party platforms had favored adher ence, "The sovereignty of the United States," he said, "will be in no way diminished or Jeopardized by such action. At this period In Interna tional relationships, when every act la of moment to the future of world peace, the United States has an op portunity once mora to throw Its weight into the scale In favor of peace." The protocol for adherence to the court was before the senate as the message arrived from the , White House. Senator Robinson, tha demo- (Continued from Page Ten) TO QUIT IS HINT ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. (AP) There Is a possibility that three, pos sibly four, members of the board now In charge of the NRA may resign In tho near futuro. . Arthur D. Whiteside, one of tha members of the national Industrial recovery board, has said on several occasions ho wished to leave for busi ness reasons; similarly 0. Clay Wil liams, chairman, made It plain a month ago that he wanted to return to hta business, Walter Hal Hamilton, another member, has been away for soma ! time, due to Illness. Whether the desire of the officials to step out was due partly to fric tion in the board, and a disagree ment on recommendations to Presi dent Roosevelt for the future of NRA, was the subject of speculation. Draw Jury List 1 For 1935 Soon Drawing of the Jury list for 1935, comprising between 200 and 350 res idents of Jackson county, wilt be made by the county court within the next fortnight. The new list will be ready for service at the February term of the circuit court, which starts the last week of that month. The names are selected from the tax rolls and poll book and every section of the county will be represented. 4 Athletes Volunteer Blood. AKRON, O. (UP) Four athletes of Wooater college, Wooater, O., volun teered to give blood transfusions whin Virginia Fern. 15, daughter of a pro fessor at Wooster, lay near, deatn. SANTA MONICA, Cal., Jan. 15. It would be interesting if they would allow every country to do like they did with this Saar. vote on whether they wanted to go back with who they come from or go with somebody else. Or go with the league of Nations, or go alone? Australia, 'Inrfia, Canada, Phil ippines, Manchuria and Louisi ana. In fact i make this in the na ture of motion. I think you would '-ce a lot of changes. In fact I think you would see our own country given batk to the Indians. fide 15
