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ail Tribune WINNER EDFORD Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Tweuty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY IS, 19' c No. 281. irnrnnn 1 Ijj) (oMlflf JzsLH Uu lizi JV The Weather Forest: I mettled with rain tonight mnd Tuesday. Moderate tempera ture. Highest yesterday w 63 Lowest this morning 85 M M ffl 1 mm By Paul Mai Ion Copyright. 1935 by Paul Mallon. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. The pewi dent'a frolicsome good humor appears to have been slightly ruffled, on occa sions lately for the first time. Associ ate at the White House have no ticed It Increas ingly during tho !nnt two weeks. Mr. Roosevelt Is not exactly cross, but, at times, his pati ence has been momentarily lost with Irritating callers and ques tions. So far the result has been nothing more 1'AUL MALLON 7 than a few short answers. No one would pay any attention to It except that his record for gay composure has remained unbroken heretofore thru the most excruciating difficulties. The explanation seems to be that the senate Is getting slightly under his usually Impenetrable skin. This may be another sign that everything is getting bacl: to normal because the senate bas been the cause of more presidential gray hairs In the past than all the rest of the country combined. It actually hastened the death of one, and perhaps two. mod ern presidents. What some of them have said privately about the senate could not be repeated where children might hear it. V The cause of Mr. Roosevelt's seem ing Irritation Is not alone the relief bill, but an accumulating mess of little things. The relief bill was fair ly well straightened out, at least tem porarily, by the White House after long Inside dickering. But Immedi ately thereafter came the Nye-McCar-ron resolution to Investigate the NRA, Itt-Vilrtli nf mil rem menna an InvsVct lan . tm " ' b- tlon of business. You can understand how Mr. Roose velt may feel about this when you consider. Here Is a business Improve ment now under way; It la founded on a delicately nursed business psy chology; the president has already dared to disturb It by proposals to put holding companies out of busi ness; an Investigation of the A. T. .fc T. is In the making, to cost $750,000; another proposal la to Investigate the railroads Is pending: and now comes the senate, not satisfied with all that, proposing to Investigate all business through the NRA, and Just at a time when reformation of the NRA Is going to be recommended by the White House. It is enough to upset everything. Mr. Roosevelt has spent virtually all his time in the past week working on the senate, mainly on the relief bill. The telephone wire between .he White House and the capital has been busy more than half of each day. He has even called up senators at their homes at night. The use of the telephone is a re cent Innovation by Mr. President. It has been scorned by previous president. They were not sure it afforded the privacy of a private con ference, and there were possibilities of misunderstandings. In the end. Mr. Roosevelt will un doubtedly be able to keep the senate reasonably in line with his purposes, but It will be a long and irritating Job. The purpose behind the new bank bill is to promote credit Inflation and prevent monetary inflation. This may be denied, but It Is rather obviouMy behind every provision straight thru the entire measure. For that reason, concessional in flationists are pro nine restless about it. You will probably see them select It as the measure on which to stage their biiz inflation fight of this ?rs ston. Greenback, gold, silver and other inflationary proposals can easily be -advanced by the inflationists a amendments. This will be another hair-ahirt for Mr. Roosevelt. Those who know Senator Glass best believe he will try to break the bill Into two parts, segregating the provis ions he approve in one bill to pass and duyardin? what he dislikes IntD a second b!!l to be forgotten. Tt is too enrly yet to tell how it will come out. If anybody care. Dr. Townsrnd changed his Townsend plan the other day without anyone knowing about tt. He propoeed that his plan start off with persons over seventy-five (Instead of sixty) and then gradually work down to the sixty-year-old boys. This would take a couple' of years, and diminish the Initial cost. Dr. Townsend did not say so, but the Mrs. RooMvelt, Secretary Perkins nd oth er recent attacks on his proposal ap psvMly enntirafrd him to offr t:ie ninntsry modification. It will make no difference. Tne Toiv-nd plan has r,o mois chance of being adopted than you have of Meing president. on'i thing always happens to anti 1 r.g bills. T at-avs set mw laid for more Important bu.in.- aru: j.Co&Un.ued o mi Roosevelt Decides No Action Needed Following Decision WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. (AP) ate aides decided today after study of that no legislative or administrative action was required. The devlsions were accepted at the White House as a "complete vic tory for the government." (Copyright, 1935, by the AssocUral j Press) 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. (Di viding five to four, the supreme court today In effect swept away any gov ernment or private obligation to pay gold bonds in gold. Chief Justice Hughes, delivering the majority opinion in a courtroom tense with the realization of an his toric moment, said congress must be free to deal as it saw fit with mat ters which would affect the currency, and the court must take account of current economic conditions even tn ruling on contracts. Dissenting with three of his col leaguesJustice McReynolds said: "Constitution uone" "The constitution la gone." While invalidating the law saying government obligations need not be paid in gold, the court simultaneous ly dented holders of federal bonds Mz right to sue for redress in the court of claims. Thl right also was dented holders of the old gold certificates, who jiad sought to get 11.69 for each dollar in their certificates. The government won all along tae line with regard to private bonds acd state and munlclp-ii gold contracts. In each case, by five to four All around, the court upheld the right of congress to regulate the currency Chief Justice Hughes read the opin ion. ' In reading the views of the dis senters. Justice McRuynolds said "tlu constitution has been swept away. Effect Considered In reference to the federal gold bonds, which were hold to be an oo- lliratlon that could not be repudiated the decision took note of potential effect on national economy should tne holders be allowed to suo for more than face value. Here la the language In which the court partially Invalidated the con tested law: "We conclude that the Joint reso lutlon of June 5, 1933, in so fax ns it attempted to override the obliga tion created by the bond In suit, went beyond the congressional power." (Ctmtlnuci from Page Ten) L 10 CO-OP MEET A. g. Brockway, president of the Jackson County Co-operat.ve. and Frank Hull, manager, left for Walla Walla this afternoon to attend a meeting of co-operatives to be held in that city. Hull states that the meeting will be attended by 48 managers and pres idents of co-operatives In Oregon and Washington, all of which are asso ciated In a parent organization. The program will bring out many projects in which co-operatives are interested and. according to Hull, will be of benefit to everyone attending. The two plan to return to Med ford Friday night. PEP RlYlLD BY LEGISLATORS SALEM. Feb.. 18. (AP, Looking toward posstole adjournment of the legislature by March 2. the Joint ways and means committee met lor a snort "pep rally" preceding the afternoon session today. All sub-committees delegated to work on the state budget indicated they could clean up their reporta by the end of this week. Senator Peter Zimmerman stated he would make a motion on the floor of the senate that the legislature suspend meeting Wednesday morning in order to en able all committees to meet for a pro longed session. ROOSEVELT DELAYED IN MESSAGE ON NRA WASHINGTON. Feb. 18 (AP) Presldrnt Roosevelt found It impos sible lute today to complete his mes Mge to congress on the new NRA and trurwmtsMon was deferred for a day or fo. VANCOUVER LIQUOR AGENCY IS ROBBED VANCOUVER. Wn . Feb. II Bobber. s!le 1197 worth of choice i '.iquor from the ahtives of a state 'r jnr aency here over the week-e.il 't .. tie r.r't robbery of t kl-.d ., i i. .1.1. Tne ajeae a housed .: President Roosevelt and his Immedi the supreme court gold decisions Decision A-B-C WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. fl- Here's an A-B-C at what the gold de cision means: To the wrinkled dollar bills in your pocket-rnothing. with a big "N They'll buy Just as much as they did yesterday and still make 100 pen nies, 20 nlcklcK, 10 dimes and four quarters. To the 11.000 r :iMroad bond you may own which has a clause pro mising to pay tn the old dollar or Its equivalent In gold again practi cally nothing. You can collect il.OCO In the kind of dollars you've been using ever since the government cut on lte account books the gold con tent of the dollar from 25.8 grain to 15 5-31 grains. To the holder of a $1,000 govern ment bond promising to pay In gold of the old dollar which today would mean $1,690 In the devalued dollar once again practically nothing. Tne court held the government didn't have the right to break its promise to pay the bond In the old gold dol lar but try and collect. The court of claims won't receive your suit so the only thing left Is to accept $1,000 In the kind of dollars you're got in your pocket now. To the holder of gold certificates if you've got one, you hold It ille gally and are subject to prosecution. If you put in your claim for en extra payment in the devalued dollars when you 'turned-the certificates over to the government. It won't mean much. The court held In effect that !, 690 In devalued dollars was duo fo every $1,000 in gold certificate bus like the federal bonds try and c : lect. . ITALY READY FOR By the Associated press. With an announcement that it U ready "to face all eventualities." the Italian government today moved troops toward both the north and south. Those headed south were bound for Africa .and the Italian colonies of Eritrea and Somallland where border hostilities have occurred with the Ethiopians. Those bound northward were re ported bound for the Austrian border. This fact created a wave of rumors in Austria but the Italian explanation was that some of the military units already on service In the north were being replaced by new contingents. Supreme Court Hands Down r a- l. hlv I. -rnli.il JiiMI.e. (hi. nvrnlnr ended Ihe Inn. uwrtslnly a. In Khrth.r ronrf. lisil a rlht to end piiMiirnl of dflil In lohl or H ,.iilv.i; in. Ii ,.. .ili.e Hie fotetnmmt. Left In rlshl. .Unilliu: JiiUHe. Hnh-rt: Hilller. Hlone and arilnI(, t'mnt rn: Jii.llm Hmo'lrK ut iiOdJitti; CUtl iurtU UufbC'i Jusllies MrRtinvlijs. JUS SutuerUn.iH"1 and Mm Ptvto from AasoeUled Vitu. Bomb for Huey 'VETO Governor Declares Proposal Unconstitutional Lieutenant-Governor Bill Left To Die In Committee. SALEM. Feb. 18. (P) Governor ! Charles H. Martin Uxlay returned nW 1 first veto of the 38th legislative ses sion, after he had approved a totil of 34 bills. He added his signature today to senate bill SI, authorizing Irrigation districts to use bonds Issued for readjustment plans. The veto as on senate bill 130. which would authorise counties to Issue funding bonds to retire out standing warrants and provide , for creation of a sinking fund for pay ment of Interest. Voting 16 to 13 he senate today adopted the adverse report of tnc committee on senate Joint resolution No. 3. which would establish the of fice of lieutenant-governor in Ore gon, thereby killing the measure by Indefinite postponement. . Three senate bills which would provide for the establishment of fer ries across the Columbia river at three different points, came out of com mittee with two reports. The major ity held that the measures should be laid on the table and that one b.U making provision for all three be sub stituted. The minority held that the measures should not pass. The adop tion of the measure was made a special order of business for 3:30 p. m. Tuesday. .. ; SALEM, Feb. 18 (!) Governor Charles H. Martin today called" upon the state liquor commission to sub mit to him at its earliest convenient a complete statement of its financial condition, and an estimate of Its probable earnings lurlng the next biennlum that will be available tor unemployment relief. The state liquor control statute provides that all profits of the com mission up to 13.000.000 shall go to unemployment relief. . SONS WILL PLAY E Efforts are being made to secure a basketball game IP Medford this week between the Southern Oregon Normal quintet and the brilliant Un. Ion Oil team of Portland for the benefit of fund being raised to send the Sons to the Denver tournament. PS ns here have been anxious for some time to see the Union Oilers In action with a team boasting three former allcoast men and other top-notch university stars. Q 1 . Jm Romance Blooms With Rsturn Of Byrd Expedition DUNEDIN. N- Z.. Feb. 18. Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd nd the members of his Antarctic ex pedition returned today to civili sation in an aura of romance. After the expedition's flagshin arrived here, Admiral Byrd'a sec-ond-ln-eommand, Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, and Miss Helen Gray were married. Admiral Byrd gave the bride away. Dr. Poulter first met Miss Gray when he was a member of tnc faculty of Iowa Wesleyan college. She later assisted him 1n scientific work and during the time Or. Poulter has been In the Antarctic has been caring for his three chil dren by a former merrtag. E FOR SPY ACTIVITY BERLIN. Germany, Feb. 18. (AD Two German women-Baroness Renate Von Natzmer and Ttau Benlta Von Falkcnhayn, were killed on the block today as spies. 1 An executioner beheaded them In , Ploetzensee prison in northwestern Berlin shortly before noon as the German government acted with war time sternness and In the utmost se crecy to smash espionage of Ger many's military secrets. The two women were accomplices of a Polish baron, Colonol Gcorgo Sosonowskl, . formerly .of. the Polish army. Sosnowskl was saved from execu tion by the Intervention of the Polish ambassador and, although the reput ed espionage leader, escaped with his life but under a sentence to life Im prisonment. Also sentenced to life Imprisonment was Praullne Irena Von Jena, a Ger man. The sentences were passed Baturday by the people's court and the court's verdict was studied over the week end by Relchsfuehrer Hitler, who is In Munich. STUDENT FEE PAYMENT SALEM, Feb. 18. (P) Advancing It on the calendar for first considerat'on today the house of the Oregon legis lature passed the compulsory per term fee up to 5 for all students uf higher educational Institutions by a vote of 46 to It. with four absent. v The measure, already passed by the senate, would provide that a sum up to 6 a term must be paid by stu dent Into the student body fund for activities. Important Opinion on From Medford 18 CONVICTS FLEE I Women And Children Used ! As Shield Woman War ! den Says Investigations Upset Prison Routine. By IRACIS E. IMI.m.N AsstH'hited Press Staff Writer GRANITE. Okla., Feb. 18. (AP) Eighteen desperate convlola were at large in the southwest today after a wholesale break from the state re formatory in which women and chil dren were used as shields and one guard was shot to death. Back in the cells were 13 other convicts who had Joined in the Sun day dash for liberty, while Mrs. Geo. A. Waters the nation's only feminine warden of a male prison shunned, praise for her heroism and sought the source of pistols smuggled to the leaders. Hastily summoned sheriffs' posses rode over the short graaa plains neck ing to flush the felons from their hiding places. All major highways were blockaded and farmers grimly guarded their homes against pos-1 sible depredations of the freed killers and robbers. . Investigation On The break followed an Investiga tion Into reports of cruel treatment of the Inmates. "Wo have been having trouble down here all week," snld the warden, who yesterday exposed herself to gunfire of the prisoners. "We took every pre caution but we couldn't guard against guns being smuggled In from tho outside. - From two smuggled pistols, the plot expanded abruptly to its deadly com pletion. The ringleaders appeared suddenly at the side of a trusty prisoner, serv ing as Inside turnkey, poked a pistol muzzle against his ribs. "Give us the keys," they hissed. With cold precision, the ma Icon- (Continued on Page 8U BE SALEM. Feb. 18. (AP) At a brief session of the state board of control today the board authorized purchase of 60.000 highway road maps. The low bidder was the Rand Mr Nolly Ac Co , at 920.50 a thousand. The session was the shortest held under the present administration, Several minor purchases were ordered. DENVER, Colo., Feb. 18. (UP) W. D. Llppltt, president of the Great Western Sugar company, was fatally Injured Sunday when he was thrown from his horse at Cherry Hills coun try club. - h Gold A 3 f Slot Machines Get $500,000,000 Year From Public in U.S. CH1CAOO. reb. 18. (UP) The National Association of Coin Oper ated Machine Manufacturers esti mated today that Americana drop 9SOO.000.000 In the slot every year. The pennies and nickels go for chewing gum, sprays of perfume, subway fares, and weight informa tion for the most part but there is one machine which will count your pulse If you want to know about It. 1935 JURY LIST ANNOUNCED FUR The 1035 Jury list for Jackson county, comprising 350 names of voters and taxpayers, has been com pleted by the county court, of the total 02 are women. Farmers pre dominate on the list, drawn from all sections of the county, with the rural routes adjacent to Medford, Ashland, and Central Point, furnishing the largest quotas. Names drawn, alphabetically from A to D are as follows: Adams. F. H., Boguo River, farmer. Allen, A. C, Central Point, Rt. 1, writer. Ashpole, Roy, Eagle point, hard ware. Anderson, Milton C, Phoenix, farmer. Andrews, W. C, Medford, Rt. 3, la borer, Acklln, Thos. W., Ashland, R. F. O., farmer, Anderson, Eld a F., Ashland, house wife. Abbott, Sylvcnui, Central Point, farmer. Ambrose, J. C. Ashland, laborer. Applegate, Ernest, Ashland, Dead Indian tRt., farmer. Anderson, Milton, Phoenix, farmer. Ames, Constance, Medford, stenog. (Continued on Page Sis) 4 YEAR WITH $1032 Jackson county finished last year, with a balance of 11032 93 in 1U 1034 budget, according to the annual statement of the county clerk's of fice Just completed. All the nujor offices kept within their budget al lowances, the report shows. The larg est deficits were in amounts used for relief. For the hospitalization of Indigents, the fund shows a deficit of I6.B42.13; for regular Indigent care, $3,384.39; for widows pension, tl.113.B0; for old age pensions, I4.00fl.13. A deficit of 1214 13 exists In tho coroner's office; watermaster, 150.73; fruit Inspection, $290.04; Medford Justice court, 121.43. Ashland Justice court, $5.40, and the bounty fund wm overdrawn ll. 80. The recelpu of the elerk's office for the year totaled tao. 118.25. a sub stantial Increase over the prevlo'; year. OF SILVER URGED WASHINGTON, Feb. !. (API- Silver waa pressing gold today for place on the capital state with a pro posal tor remonetlzatlon of the white metal offered as a rider to tne ..su.- 000000 public works bill. The silver program offered by sena tor Thomas (D.-Okla.) probably will have the ultimate support of Senator Wheeler (D.-Mont.). long a leader In the fight for remonetisatlon of silver. Wheeler, however, has a proposal of his own to be Included In the public works bill which calls for Issuance nf currency to finance the new public works-relief plan Instead of financing It through new bonds. PASCO AIR STATION GOING TO PENDLETON PENDLETON, Feb. IB. (API Air line officials announced here today that the government weather obeer vatlon station at Pasco. Wash, will be moved to the Pendleton airport soon, Pendleton last year became a regu lar atop for United Air Lines. The weather bureau unit will be hoiwed In a ' "HHtiu at the airport, already provided by tin city of Pendleton. Is Dud SECRETARY FINDS BATTERY, BOTTLE INSIOE PACKAGE ' Failure To Explode Believed I Due To Spilling Of Acid In Transit Nothing Known Of Sender Here. WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. (AP) A package containing what was believed to be a "bomb" threatening danger to Huey P. Long waa received today at the senator's capltol office and opened without any damage. earl Christen berry. Long's secretary, said he opened the package and. while expressing the opinion the "bomb" waa a fake, sent Immediately for postal inspectors. The postmark waa Medford, Oregon. Long was absent from the capital spending the week end In New York. The package waa taken charge of by W. P. Chester and Thomas Fltcb, postal inspectors. Chester said that he would not be able to determine how efficient the "bomb" might bo until a closer ex amination waa made of -It. The package contained a cardboard box six Inches square. It contained a small dry-cell battery similar to those used In pocket flashlights. A wire connected the battery to a small bottle which was broken. Chester expressed the belief the small bottle probably had contained an "acid." The inspectors Immediately left the senators' office with the "bomb' for their headquarters. Postmaster Frank DoSouza stated this afternoon that the local post office has no record of any such "bomb" having been sent from here, and said that in order to have any record It would have been necessary that the package either be Insured or registered, and that he did not believe that anyone sending an in fernal machine through the malls would leave any such record behind. IE BANDIT LOSES REVOLVER BEND, Ore., reb. 18. (AP "I'm sorry. Dad, but it's a holdup 1" Jack Cook, elderly service station operator. looked up and Into the barrel of a revolver. The bandit's Tolce came from behind a mask. It did, indeed, look to Cook like a holdup, but he resented the Intrusion. He grabbed the weapon, wrested tt ' from the gunman's hand, and levelled It at the robber. Before he could fire, however, the masked man was gone. With one leap he landed behind the wheel of his car, the motor of which was run ning, and headed northward on Tne Dalles-California highway. Cook told Sheriff Claude McCauley about the Incident today and gave him the revolver. WILL ROGERS BKVKRIjY HIIXS, Cal., Feb. 16. Wiley Post in leaving here ny iiiornin now on the most hazardous flight, yet the most bcnpfirMfll to aviation of any since Lindbergh. He is pionecr iiiK a new world. Flying a lonj? course at 35,000 feet was never before attempted. F.itfht hours on oxygen is new and he drops his landing gear on leaving. He has to conic in on (pardon the expression, but it's all he has to land mil his "belly." His propeller spins lower down than the bottom of his plane. He has to stop it and get it e.taetly crnsswiiys before landing or it will hit first anil turn him a somersault. It's a real seicntifio flight. If it works everybody will fly up there. It's an old stylo ship,' five years old. He has flown it around the world twice.' So a prayer or at least a good wish for WW, Hit; UtpswXFeyaaJiab, Im. i