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Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award TOR 1934 Tweuty-iiinth Year MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 19: No. 278. D) IB) IB The Weather Forecut: I nsect led Kith rain tontjht or Friday; no change In tempera ture. Highest yesterday 39 Lowest thli morning 30 MJTHIE I : SOT By Paul Mallon (Copyright, 1 n.1.5, by ram Mallon) WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. Two dressed-up formal statements were all that came out publicly from Presi dent Roosevelt's recent meeting with the labor leaders. They were merely for show window .purposes. William Oreen. president of the A. F. of L.i com pressed his grlev ances against the auto code Into 1600 words and sugared t h n with a broad nromLe of co- PAUL MALLON operation. Mr. Roosevelt had heard . In advance about theGrccn statement I and said: "I've got one, too. Lets exchange." He sang hl prepared praises of labor objectives In 600 words. It made the gathering quite a sociable affair, but thai la not all that happened. What waa not given out was Mr. Roosevelt's private explanation of why he renewed the objectionable (to la bor) auto code for four months more. He said the strong production of autos la the main driving force behind the encouraging Industrial activity now under way. and he did not care or dare to Interfere with It. This reason had never been men tioned before, and It la sound, and It made an Impression on the labor leaders. Auto production Is now at Deak. During the past sixty days It has brought Improvement In ateel. alaas. rubber and all Ita related in dustries. In four months more this situation will have passed Another thing Mr. Roosevelt let the labor leaders In on privately was his view about NRA. He did not tell them what he was going to do, but i did say something- like this:. "The f NRA la crcaktm- You know It and I know It. because we can hear the squeaks. We are going to take the squeaks out of It very soon." The president did not directly say so, but he Is supposed to have lost patience with the five-man board control over NRA. and In fact with all board control, Including the pro posed relief board Idea. He leans to ward a plan placing one man at the top of the NRA and at the top of the new relief setup, and the Institut ing boards under these top men. It la likely that Mr. Roosevelt has come to this view because of all the grief unloaded in his lap by boards (particularly NRA recently) unable to agree. He cannot spend all his time settling the differences of tem peramental boards. A top man could settla them, with the president act ing as a court of final appeal In the Important cases. There are many mysteries In the current Industrial revival. No one seems to know, for Instance, what Is causing ateel to be operating at 66 per cent of capacity. Autos are re sponsible for perhaps 20 per nt of production, but that does not ac count for the whole Improvement. The railroads are not taking any large amounts. Steel experts here art puz zled. So are railroad men. Car loadings were up 10 per cent last week, but no one knows why. Autos furnish a slight excuse for this also, but do not explain the general improvement in all claases of freight. The mystery Is further deepened by the fact that middlemen do not seem to b stocking up. Retail business has not been doing anything lately. v There may be the germ of somc 'thlng Important In the sheer lack of explanations. Nobody was able to ex plain the drop while It waa going on. Perhaps forces are at work which are greater than those which show up In economic charts. There may be such a thing as a relentless force of eco nomic nature. You can tell better . later. In vie of the evidence that un identified economic agents are at work, the opinion tf experta about the outlook may not be worth much. For whateever It Is worth, It Is that February will be a good month and March will also be unexpectedly good After that they know not. It looks aa If Mussolini has been hearing the Japsnese theories of em pire building by dlplomatalc and war like agcresslon. The diplomatic proph- ete here say he la going to absorb the blsck African kingdom of AbysMnli In much the same way that the Jap snese have devoured Manchukuo. This Is what they see behind Slgnor Mussolini's action In calling out Italy's machines of war. It seems Mussolini haa been re strslnlng his appetite for Abysslnis bersue he was sfrsld Frsnre m!2ht c-nlert A rew Ahwlnlsn tribesmen fued thst bv coine on a rarrpsc snrt klillns a French officer. Some Italian troops also are supposed to have been molested by people dressed as Abys sir.'sr.s. Th:s msy he ail on the lsve:. but sn Ar)yMn:an hoot;nc a Frenchman or sn i'a'lan Is vMncMiir.z hke a d-d t:-i"k- man ! usually sppre- ATTORNEY REILLY OF FIRSTDEGREE Greatest Miscarriage of Jus tice Says Chief of De fense Counsel 'Fight for Prisoner Just Begun' FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 14 (AP) Bruno Richard Haunt mann said tonight "If 1 have to go to the electric chair I go like a man." He was asked If he had "any confession to make." "If I had any confession to make I would hare made It months ago and saved my wile and rhlld all this worry," he told newsmen. . PLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 14 (AP) Edward J. Rellly, chief of defense counsel, today attacked the verdict and sentencing of Bruno Richard Hauptmann aa "one f the greatest miscarriages of Justice." Rellly, after having, taken break fast In the Dnlon hotel, stated to the press: "The fight to save Bruno Richard Hauptmann has Just becun. "It la' one of the greatest miscar riages of Justice when '.nob psychol ogy overcomes Judicial calm. "With all the handwriting experts, wood experts, and fancy pattern makers Introduced by the state, mil lions of Americans are asking the Questions, 'waa Hauptmann In the how did he get ! nursery?' and there'." FLEMINGTON. N. J., Feb. 14 (AP) Bruno Richard Hauptmann, with a sentence of death lying upon him. early today fell Into fitful sleep In his Hunterdon county Jail quar ters. The anguish to which the German carpenter gave way.-after the Jury of Hunterdon county plain folk pro nounced him the Lindbergh baby slayer passed as dawn approached and he stretched himself upon nls cell cot In slumber. At the customary breakfast hour he was awakened by his guards and ate oatmeal, bread and coffee. Then (Continued on Page Eight) SIX BALLOTS CAST BEFORE AGREEING ON FIRST DEGREE FLEMINGTON, N. J.. Feb. 14. fP) A nource close to Jurors who found Bnmo Hauptmann -rutlty of the mur der of Baby Charles A. Lindbergh. Jr.. today said six ballot were cast before the Jury could agree Haupt mann should go to the chair. The seme source reported Robert Cravatt. educational director of a CCC camp, held for five ballots to a verdict of guilty with recommenda tion of mercy, which would have sen tenced Hauptmann to life imprison ment automatically. On the first ballot, the source sold, two women. Mrs. Rosle PHI and Mrs. Varn Snyder, voted with Cravatt ?or mercy. They swung over on the sec ond, and thereafter until the sixth ballot the Jury stood 11 to 1 for r,h verdlct that waa finally delivered. After their return to their hovel last night the Jurors relaxed in danc ing and singing in their quarters on the third floor. NEW HIGH LEVEL CHICAGO, Feb. 14 (API Hog prlcea rose again today to a new high level of 18.55 a hundredweight, the top here since December 4. 1930. It was 15 o-nt higher than yester day. Cattle puces were also 35 cents higher In general, but best grsdes were so tew the high figure showed no actusl Improvement and the top was 13.75. Sheep were 55 cent otf. Small supplies were behind the prlre rise. It was pointed out today thst receipts this wek In seven principal markets were only 194.000; last wprk It was 312.500 and lest year 289 "00. Rcpta tvls7 totslrd only laooo. UNWED MOTHER FREED FROM MURDER CHARGE ANDFRSON. 8 C. rb. M. f APi Vernle Ervrln. 23-y?ar-old unmarried mother. n hr thr brolhrs were iqulttM todav of murder chsr.-e - deat'l of J, h Mid HS the la'uer ol her Most Valuable Stamp in World Going On Sale NEW YORK, Feb. 14. (AP) A small scrap of dull red paper had a price on It -today probably In excess of $50,000. The treasured bit Is the world's most valued postage stamp, a 1 cent magenta Issued by British Guiana In 1856, and the only one of Ita kind. It will be put up for sale next month by Mrs. P. Costa Scala, of Utlca, N. V. The stamp waa purchased In Paris In 1922 for S33.500. It will be sold In London. PIT CAUSE WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (AP) Ar thur W. Cutten, Chicago trader, to day waa prohibited by the grain fu tures commission from trading -on any grain market for two years. The .commission found cutten guilty of violating the grain futures act "by attempting to manipulate" prlcea by concealing his transactions on the Chicago board of trade. The decision was reached February 12 but waa not announced by the commission composed of Secretaries Wallace and Roper and Attorney Gen eral Cummlngs until Cutten had been advised of the findings. The commission found that Cutten had transacted his business through eight commission firms, split his trad ings into 30 accounts, ana t-aiuru some of them In the names of rela tives and assoclatea for the purpose of concealment. It also found that during 1930 he made no report of his transactions, as required under the grain futures act, -although he controlled In excess of 600,000 bushels of wheat on 130 days .during the year. FISH AND GAME HEADS FOR GRAZING CONTROL DENVER, Feb. 14. (AP) State game and fish commissioners of nine western atatea, assembled here. Joined with western stockmen today In urging that the entire public do main be brought under administra tion of the Taylor grazing act. The grazing act now provldea that only 80 million acres of the west's public lands be Included. No Hint OnGold Clause Decision WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. (AP) The supreme court meeting at noon today proceeded with routine busi ness, Blvlnp no Indication aa to when Its gold decision will be ready. There was the usual attendance In the public section of the court, which seats 70. but the large space reserved for counsel was occupied by only a few lawyers, " III Bin II III ., OF TRADERS' BAN 1 Two Missing as Dirigible Macon Drops Into Pacific , Ani'llier grim llaceo) nweq inr nnj as me iifmui i.sr-- ms,.-i --- - - with of an rrinclto. a. Indicated bv the Vorlaled Press mvp at right. Among the rrew of M. to aere unarrounted for a. ships palnille the sea. plaMnc searchlights upon the area In which the Maron was last reported "down." at the end of day-long battle with wind and .lorrti. irfi ' 4 recent picture of in. Hre l"hln In flight. Right: A map of the area of disaster. Iwer lert. some of the reined pcrv.nr.el: i.cii i.. ,iEni i I t. torn. Donald l. Mik'. M. m. H. V. Wiley, surrtioi of the Akron dlwtw. and la command -if the M.cnn; l.t. Com. Scott . tod, Ue Cora. JesM U tyanjftaynrth ll?acli4 tmt BtK&Wa) SAYS COURT PLEA Ore to Value of $16,500 Was Surreptitiously Taken From Ruby Mine Is Claim in 'Restrainer Petition Suit, aeeklng an Injunction re straining w. E. (Judl Hittson, miner, from the use of $16,500 on deposit In the First National bank of thta city, and accounting of his finances, la sought in an action filed late ysa terday In circuit court. Hittson. who flashed across the front pages of Pacific coast papera the first of the week, aa the discoverer of a rich gold property In the Slskiyous, .lla wife, Frances Hittson, the Lucky 13 Mining company, and the First Na tional bank of Medford are named as defendants in the action. George M Roberts, Medford attorney, Ed P. Hughes, Edwin Marshall and Geortf P. Barton are listed aa plalntlffa. Coincident with the filing of le,Mil action In this county against Hitt son, a petition for appointment of a receiver for the mining property, lo cated In California, waa filed yeater day at Yreka, Cal. An order restraining Hittson from disposing of 25 sacks of gold ore valued at 2.500. allegedly held In Yreka. Cal., Is also sought. Likewise, an order la sought In the Jackson county circuit court, prohibiting tho First Notions! bsnk from delivering (Continued on Page Three) Portland Airport Hangars Burned PORTLAND. Feb. 14. (AP) Loss of about (4000 was caused here last night when fire swept through four laree frame hangars on Pounder's airport. A plane owned by Chester E. he waa carrying waa for cashing pay McCartv. attorney, was destroyed with roll checks., Ho said he freed himself loss of 2VH. Four qther plane were saved. Th hangars burned.. . . Hauptmann Sobs in Cell After Doom Pronounced ByUAMBS Y. LAWRENCE Associated Press Staff Writer FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 14. (AP) Bruno Hauptmann, manacled and listening to his doom, waa allent. Bruno Hauptnuinn. led back to his cell In the Hunterdon county Jail, broke down and wept. Hearing the Jury and Judge order him put to death as the killer of the Lindbergh baby, the Bronx carpenter spoke only to comfort hla wife. "It's all right. Annie," he said. But in the loneliness, the pseudo- privacy of prison which haa been hla lot for five months, he mumbled un intelligible German phrases Hauptmann threw himself face down on his bunk last night, after he had been led from the court, and wept. Far Into the night he sat on the edge of the bunk, head In hands, still sobbing. -f T:TTZ:. Mother of Bruno Asks Roosevelt To Extend Mercy (Copyright, 1935. by the Associated Press.) KAMENZ, Germany. Feb. 14. (iP) Frau Pauline Hauptmann. heartbroken and sobbing, appealed to President Roosevelt to ssve nfr son Bruno from the electric chair. "He will help an old mother." she said, and sat down at once to write the President a letter. In It she said the President's failure to pardon Hauptmann would mean her own death. ' WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. (,?) President Roosevelt waa described today aa lacking power to pardon Bruno Rieliard Hauptmann, aa re quested by his mother. PAYROLL CARRIER CHAINED TO TREE BY PORTLAND, Feb. 14. (AP) Coun ty and stato police today were search ing for some trace of the two high waymen who were said to have kid naped Walter Carey late yesterday and to have robbed him of 354. Carey, manager of tho Bonneville Operating company, recreational cen ter at the dam site, mad hla report to the Multnomah county sheriff's of. flee. He aald the highwaymen forced him to atop his car on the Columbia highway near the upper Sandy river bridge, They forced him from his car, he said, and Into their machine. At an Isolated spot they chained him to a small tree, handed him a large knife and told him he could free himself by cutting off the tree, Carey told the officers the money by smashing the cheap iock on the 'chain. Hla guards, who had been forbid den to talk to him during the day-and-night watch preceding the ver dict, were freed from the order, but he had nothing to say to them. His Iron nerve broke only after he had heard the Jury with tremulous tonea convict him of murder In the first degre and the Justice sentence him to death. It broke only after he had left the court room where his wife sat, so mo. tlonless that she appeared afraid to move. He almost had to be dragged from the room, ao far around had he twisted for a last glimpse of Anna. Not until Hauptmann Is taken to Trenton will he be permitted to see his wife again. She had visited him two or three times a week In the county Jail, but this privilege has been cancelled now that he Is a con demned man. .... l.rnn. tell Into n mm m i . 'COCKTAIL' BILL UP FOR DEBATE IN LOWEI Committee Renders Divided Report Mahoney Pays Visit to Legislature Aiding Cities League Measure SALF.M, Feb. 14. (AP) The first floor debate on the much-buffeted cocktail" bill was scheduled this afternoon In the house when the amendment to the alcohol control law will be proposed by a minority of four members of the legislative com mittee favorable to the proposal. Five members voted agaloet the bill In committee and It will be brought out on divided report. During the early session today the house In Its measure placed a limit of 3 per cent per month Interest on loans of 30 and under, and retained the present 3 per cent provision on loans between that amount and up to 300. The vote on tho bill was 49 to 7. Amendment Missing The "cocktail" amendment waa lost last .night but today was recovered. For a time today It was reporieo ine measure had been definitely mislaid, but the clerk of the alcoholic con trol committee finally located the bill and tho report. Chlarman Earl mi. had expected to bring It out during the morning session but was unable to do ao because he could not find the original bill and the committee report. Five namea attached to the major itv report against the bill were Rep resentatives Hill. Walter Fuhrer. E. R. Fatland, Nanny Wood Honeyman and Romeo Gouley. Thost In the mlnor Itv report which would pass the amendment were Representatives Howard LaTourctte. J. R. Cauricld, Warren Erwln and Harry Frazcr. Defeat Conceded Proponents of the bill, It was re ported claimed 39 of the necessary 31 required to pass th act. Oppononta declare only 34 would vote for tho measure. Defeat was generally con (Continued on Page Flva) GRANTS PASS. Feb. 14. (AP) Until X-ray examinations are made this afternoon, the extent of Injuries to thres Spokane, Wash., residents whose car collided with a truck on Sexton mountain north of here yes terday cannot be determined. How ever, hoapltal attendanta said they believed the three were not seriously hurt and may be discharged in few davs. Blinding snow which out off tho vision of Mrs. Elford Morse, driver of the car. waa blamed for the acci dent. Mrs. Morse waa knocked un conscloua In the accident and Mrs Max Ackcrman was also Injured. '8 HAMILTON CAM r r-rrv'- . i(l -41 MACON DOWN the se. off Point Mir. about 110 mil SNOW BLAMED IN SEXiDN SWlASHUr CARROLL FACING lit, 'JT VI Single Teachers Stay Up Too Late Liable to Marry EDMONTON. Alberta. Feb. 14 (AP) Alberta school teachers don't approve a lot of carryings-on out of school. In convention today, they cast their vote for married women as the best school teachera because "they don't gallavant six nlghta In a week making themselves uselefs for work In the ctaaa room." They disapproved of a 1 n g I c teachers, on the ground that they were likely to run off In the mid dle of the term and marry some young man." TO SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14. (AP) Lieutenant Commander Herbert V. Wiley, .commander ol the Ill-fated navy dirigible Macon, told a naval board of Inquiry today that the weather as the alrslilp was flying near Sunset Tuesday toward Its home base at Sunnyvale was "at no time severe enough to cause me appre hension." Commander Wiley's testimony shed no definite light as to what caused collapse of tho gas cells lu tho stern of the giant alrslilp. It waa Inti mated, however, that during the court's afternoon session men who hsd been In that part of the ship would be called,' upon to testify. The closest to an explanation came when Commander T. L. Gatch. the Judgo advocate of the court. asked Wiley where the greatcat strain would come on the shin In following the order "left rudder." Wiley said the greatest strain would be Just for. ward of the gaa cella which col' lansrd. "My general Impression of the weather," Wiley said, "was that the was no great turbulence. The only concern I had waa about the visi bility at Sunnyvale when we were to land. "Shortly after 8 p.m. we atruck a solid sheet of clouds some miles south of Point Sur. These cloudl reached up to 3000 feet, and under them waa curtain of rain to the surface. ON FATAL CRASH A charge of Involuntary man alauhter will be filed against Ttoslvr P. (Red) Carroll, service employe, held responsible by a coroner's Jury verdict for the death of June Rose Hansen. 13. aa the leault of an auto accident on West Main street laat Saturday night. District Attorney Oeorge A. Codding announced today. No time haa been aet for the pre liminary hearing. The verdict of the coroner's Jury waa reached shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after listening all day to the testimony of a score of witnesses. Carroll, unabla to be present at tho proceedings, becauae of Injuries. gave hla own teaiimony wncu mu jury went to hla nome. tarro.i. friends said today. Is suffering fr.m Aevero nervous shock and physical Injuries as a result of the accident The broadcast report that ho had lo.t eye was declared erroncoua today by hla attorney, Chnrlea R. Reames. Under Oregon law. tho vernict 01 tho coroner'a Jury automatically acts as an Involuntary manslaughter com plaint. Carroll will flrat be given a preliminary hearing In ustlce court. In thla proceeding ho can either be diacharged or held to await actlo-.t of tho grand Jury. If inoictea. nc would be subject to a circuit coin Jury trial. FUNDS ALLOTTED WASHINGTON. Feb. 14 W) SeC' rotary Ickes today allotted aj,307.S00 to 3 non-federal projects. Including the following In Oregon: Salem, sewera. M0 ,000 loan and grant. Ashland, gymnasium building. 945, 0O0 loan and grant. Corvailis. infirmary bulldirut. 100 000 loan and grant. Lebonan. school, $4.10fl grsnt. Polk county, bulldln. 17.000 loan and grant. Marlon county, building addition 415 000 loan and grant. rirsnt county, framt building. 20. SERIOUS CHARGE FOR HOUSING ACT BENE FJJTPLANNED Labor, Dealers and Home Owners Will Profit by Concerted Move to Put $1,000,000 in Circulation Organization plana were perfected yesterday for a spring campaign under Title I of the National Housing Act, it waa announced today by B. E. Harder, county chairman of the Bet ter Housing campaign committee. "One Million Dollars In Circulation In Jackson County." ti the alogan of the committee, and it Is believed, under the new arrangements, that considerable results will be In evi dence Immediately after launching of the campaign. - "It la our purpose to acquaint all city and rural dwellers with the pro visions of the act and ahow them how they can do neceaaary remodeling and rebuilding work," stated Mr. Harder, "and the new plan of financing which we have arranged for will undoubted ly be helpful." Arrangements have been made so that those who wish to purchase per manent fixtures or do repair work may make a contract with the firm with whom they do business. Tile sales contract will be purchased by a large Portland organization and the ratea of Interest charged will be in (Continued on Page Four.) F. R. RELIEF F WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. (AP) Formation of a business group to ad vise on spending the proposed 94. 000,000.000 work relief fund waa di rected by President Roosovolt today aa a senate republican termed tho bill "tho moat radical perversion of the American concept of government ever to come to my personal atten tion." , Senator Stelwer, . (R., Ore.) made thla statement on the senate floor only momenta after Mr. Roosevelt i chose Robert E. Wood, president of Soars, Roebuck Ai Co., to organize a committee to advise on allocating the work relief money. Secretary Roper, who took Wood tr tho White House, ald the "ad ministration la happy to have this advice from businessmen." Wood's advlao.-y group will be organized out of Roper'a "Dullness planning and ad visory council. Stelwer opened e republican as sault on tho hugo money bill which contains also a880.000.ouu "lur Mow ing off direct relief,' shortly after Chairman Olaaa formally reported tho mcoauro to tho senate from tho appropriation committee. Aa passed by the bouse, no aald, tho hugo fund could bo expended in 'every way the fancy may concelvo' and could even bo opent or "used" for gifts or loans by a "person un known" to bo named by tho presi dent. Ii the supreme court doesn't hold this bill Invalid and unconstitution al," Stelwer aald, "tho whole charac ter of government, aa far as the ex penditure of this ao.uuu.uuu.uuu u concerned, will be determined by thla unknown person under plan, not even outlined in detail in the messago of tho president." SITES EYED FOR VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 14. iapi Two army office from Van couver barracka were touring Oregon and Washington today in search of sites for additional CCO camps. word has been received here that 30 additional campa are to be eatab- Ilshed In the two statea. Thla army center now provldea auppllea for 37 campa. Each camp cost about aiu.uuti to conatruct, and word from waaning ton, D. 0 haa said union laborer aro to bo given tho first chance at tho work and that the prevailing wage scale will bo paid. Heretofore workers nave been enlisted from employment offices. A group of labor union leaders from Portland conferred with army officers hero yesterday and discussed tho work projects. Germany favorable PARIS. Fob. 14 (AP) Germany'! reply to the Anglo-French plan for western Kuropesn security accord waa reported hero today to be favorable to the, ypijg of diplceaatH dltpueatcokV PLAN DENOUNCED mi i rti-i i rt-r r-ii 1 1 r- rt IN utN- MtiMiy