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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast: Cloudy with rain late tonight or Tuesday; slightly wanner tonight. Highest yesterday . fll l.jwen this morning IS j EDFORD RTBUNE AWARDED Pulitzer Prize FOR 1934 Tweuty-niuth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 193 No. L'87. r n r nn u uvuu UU U iV MAILT BUZZARD - i v By PAUL MALL ON (Copyright, 1935. by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON. Feb. 25. The mail man la the biggest Influence In con gres. He can spread n Inside alarm faster than any , one else. Even the President can not generally prevail against him. 9 This tells the whole inside story of what hap p e n e d to Mr. Roosevelt In his relief wage dis pute with the senate. Of course there is a suspi cion that the PALI. MALLON man behind the mailman In this presidential defeat was Mr. William (Dear Bill) Green of the A. P. of L. r4t least his labor rainmakers Inspired as much of the postal deluge as they could. This Is only a symptom, however, of a much more serious Inner situa tion now being created In congress by letters from the folks back home. Several senators (most of them mid western) will tell you privately that their mail a year ago was largely made up of demands that they stand by the President. Now they can show BT'"' .V, i rfflm vou stacks of letters demanding thatjln? now- men on a anow P,ow r.tet tv,- Hict.inn of hrnni were killed when struck by a train relief powers which the President has been seeking. Stfh evidence may not maen any thing so far as gauging public senti ment Is concerned. But it certainly means congressmen, particularly the new ones, are mulling new thoughts in their minds. What hurt Mr. Roosevelt so much was the fact that his letter of per sonal appeal was read to the senate just before the vote. It may now be denied, but that letter would not have been read had he known he was going to bo defeated. It was sub mitted because he had erroneous pri vate information about the expected result. Somewhat the same slip-up occur red In the world court ftght. The President had no Information then that he was going to be licked, until It was too late to do anything about It. This matter was taken up Inside the White House the day after the wage defeat. Some new arrangements are going to be made whereby Mr. Roosevelt may know more accurately how the senate Is lined up. There la some tik about an arrangement whereby the leaders report to him twice a day on such important mat te. From a practical standpoint, the defeat did not amount to much. Mr. Roosevelt will get the kind of relief bill he wants after the senate gets through with It. The house will stand by him and force the senate to retreat from the position It Is now taking. You may have noticed that the Very day of the 6enate detent. Speaker Byrnes announced to the house that 10.000 Jobs In the CCC were golnR to be allotted to congressmen for distri bution. That gravy bowl came In the nick of time. Some Democrats in the house have been very much displeas ed at the way the senators have been rebelling and getting In good with the labor vote. House Democratic members had to stand by the Presl dent and take their chances on In curring the wrath of labor voters. They do not think that was fair. . A. F. L.-cr Green appeared at a today by the U. S. lnnd office here. White House reception the night of; the sale totalling M8.220.50. his senate victory over the President. C. E. Powell. Gladstone. Ore., pur He stood In line like the others. There i chased timber from 24 acres in was some speculation as to how he; Clackamas county for 1801.60. .... ., . n .i u .InHn Lamar ISranrwmo hnntrht Vm", ; Z ;r ;, h,s hand and smiled cordially: 'Well. 'Dear Bill. " Military Intelligence has some In- county for 1 550.60. , Butlers speccn. wnicn a " ; hold his senate seat was challenged 1933 and 1034 nil salary wss 1180000 terestlng figures on the Soviet forces The principal tract. 441 acres. In cast, was the third in which he at-. In contP8t proceedings filed with the , year, and no bonuses In the Far East. These may explain Puik county, was sold to the Wll- I tacked the house committee s hand- xnat bJ. form Represents-' Profits for the company aggregated whv Japan has recently manifested a inmettc Valley Lumber company ot j ling of the Investigation of the '- tlvc Dennis Chavez. approximately 144 000 000 between reluctance, to goad the Soviets. They I Portland fnr a total purchase price I leccd plot and Its subsequent report! CmT-z contended that Illegal votes, 1017 and 1034. the amount remaln lndlcate that the Russian Far Eastern 1 of S42.840 28. I to congress. j W(.r0 counted In the 1034 election for I ng after federal taxes were paid. It army numbers between 200.000 and 1 2.10.000 men. including 10.000 cavalry. 50 heavy guns. 500 field guns. 400 tsnks. between 4000 and 5000 machine guns, and 500 airplanes. Including ffw longe-range bombers.. A new reason why Japan eyes the Soviets with distrust has been ob tained by our officials lately from Japanese sources. This Information indicates that Moscow is r.ow working on a plan to scttie permanently l.- auo 000 colonlits flora European Rus- sia In the Far East. Tne Japanese sjeni to fear, with reasor. tliat tuis colony In Siberia and Mongolia mav pro-. e to be a ba.'-c for the sprta-l of rcvutionarv activity In the OriT. t'liiuiu-h i,rov;n.'-' ar.,1 j-y-ln. uiir. s in. t a-.n.i in J:p.n P"PT. l,i,::o h;t5 a prne'r-m on IU hands, i-hout uhicn 1. ''HI l't taking o:;l loud. I" . : H . lcccuaea Yit Jitfit. LAKES DISTRICT CENTER OF QUEER WEATHER MIX-UP Tornado Rips Through Ok lahoma, Missouri And Kansas Snow, Sleet & Dust Storms Take Toll KANSAS CITY, Feb. 25. ( AP A bizzard the latest Ingredient In a strange weather concoction served within three days moved Into the midwest today leaving 13 dead and 130 Injured. BIi7ynrd weather, centering In the Oreat Lakes district, sent tempera tures reeling from spring-like read ings. Snow and sleet were fnlllng, Ten deaths were attributed to the blizzard, one to a tornado that ripped through Oklahoma, (.Missouri and Kansas last night and one to a sand I storm In Colorado. Traffic Delayed Trains, busses and motor cars were delayed and planes were grounded. Western Kansas wns buffeted by a hodge-podge of snow, sleet, dust storms and raJn. Five persons were killed In traffic accidents In Chicago laid to a blind- In Des Plalnes, near Chicago. In Wisconsin a motorist lost his life when his motor car skidded Into a ditch. Deskln Weaver fell dead while shoveling snow at Des Moines, la. The body of Fred Graves, garage operator at Foss. Okla., was found be hind a windbreak near Clinton, Okln . today, Officers said they believed he ; (Continued on Page Two) A SALEM. Feb. 23. (AP The bat tleship Oregon came In for adverse com ments at the boa rd of con trol session here today when requests were made for expenditure of more than $500 for repairs." "The state got a lemon when It nor Charles H. Martin declared. "It ! has been a continual headache for I the state ever since we got It. i ' suggest we defer action on ?hls mat- I ter until the ways and means com- i mlttee takes action on annronrla- tlons for the relic." Action therefore was deferred. The ways and means committee has been considering the proposal of : continued aooroDriatlon for the h. I continued appropriation for the his torlc vessel, which In the past has been In excess of $30,000 every two yenrs. Governor Meier had recom mended this appropriation be re duced to $12,000 for the hlennlum. ROSFBURG. Ore.. Feb. 25. (API Public sale of grand land timber hew in four Oregon counties was timber on 40 acres In Washington C. C. Keith of Junction City sc- mr.ri Hmht nn 40 .rr In Ijine TIMBER ON GRANT LAND PURCHASED Surgeon Grafts Hand on Boy Crippled in Accident HARTFORD. Conn.. Feb. 25. 1UP1 Probacy one of the happiest per- sons in the world today Is 5-year-o.d H'rble Mu.er ot .Norwich, tonn. lst SeDtember. H-rble wa, run down bv a trolley In Norwich and Mg llj4nrt5 hMX to b. amputated ui. ,M,r fc'.H-rt m the name . '.,i,nt when he ran int,- the nath rtf the troliev in a Man attempt eave her son. r. satifll-d that he could arnirejday ninht at Jacksonville, with the Huey P. Lonjj arrived in New Or- The child was taken to the Ut the proper muscular co-ordination, j tlrWf arheduled for 8 o'clock. j ana by train from Washington hospital at Ncir.eon. Surpmns Mid 1 performed a siK-reful operation. In The winner will play Roftue niver . today and took an automobile Im that it wou'.d be poib. to graft. few mouth Dr. KeM-r ejepets to' high school, winners in the southern mediately fir Baton Rogue where !w"o urtiflcu; limbs to H-rbies armh I operate on the riht arm. which hnddlUMon. for the county champion-1 martial law haa been In force for ,', . , (, t,r. !(.r.s ,-,(- jlr Hnirv If K'-- ' n anipu'atyl J'ljt below the elbow, -hip and the ritiht to compete in the about a month due to the fight ' .. v. - j -i -r-.t'y-r. of thi. on in oni of 'ir'rt't tournament to be held the , his enemies have been waging In c,ud oc v,uu.'.l -nd U eullicicm.tac rarest feat., in .UTtery. Steelhead Ruled Game DUST BLANKETS if.' f A peculiar storm covered parts of several midwest states with dust while high temperatures prevailed. The wind reached a velocity of 56 miles an hour In sections. A dust cloud is shown approaching this town which was in a murky gloom shortly after the oicture was made. (Associated Press Photo) OF CIRCUIT COURT The crand jury for the February i , . term of the circuit court, which open- Cd this morning, was drawn and the I opening session of the new lnqulsito-1 rial body will be held this aftcrnon. Its first case, the district attorney's office said, would probably be the I Involuntary manslaughter-charge fll- ed against Rosier P. (Red) Carroll, service station employe, as the result) of an auto accident Saturday night, : February 19, on West Main street, in j which June Rose Hanson, 13, sus talned fatal injuries,. The grand Jury, as drawn, ia: Charles W. Hildrldge. Talent; Ever ett H. Brayton, Jacksonville, R. F. D.; W. P. Grimes, Central Point: Oscar Blackford. Central Point; William Blgham, Eagle Point; Harris B. Janes. Medford, R. F- D., and w. w. wu- '""" Ro'"e R,v"' The court, .in its opening Instruc tlon5 th Brand Jury. ne'j ""' ''7 to the , op In Ion of m"? PcoP " m ." .J! " vesllgaie ciargea mra ." mediate courts, not the hearing of new charges brought before them di rect." . .. , . , n Tilt nntrm "Bnl """"' ' the grand Ju.y. the i district attornej s office reported. Two burglary cases that have been pending for several months will be presented. BUTLER CLAIMS PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25. (AP) General smcdley D. Butler, says the house committee on un-American ac tivities suppressed testimony In which he quoted Gerald P. McGulre, Wall street agent, as iii.uii.hk c i , Quire, was "In" with President Roosevelt. The ex-marine commander In a speech last night, asserted that Mc Gulre. mentioned by Butler In an ! alleged fascist plot against the gov events" and that ho was "on the In- ' Side." .money was raised to buy the artificial hands. Dr Kessler volunteered his ser . M h(, Am(.r,c,n ,,, Norwich by public subscription raised funds. Under direction of Dr.' K.lcr. phvsiclans. or a period of months. brsn bulldinc up the re- tnamir.f flrhr-at miis"lM In Herhle's ft arm. whlrh had hern amputated to'abv.c the a-rut. YestrrdMT. Dr. rM- SEVERAL STATES; 3 FARM BOYS ABDUCTED BY ESCAPING DESPERADO McKINNEY, Tex.. Feb. 25. (AP) Raymond Hamilton, elusive des perado who narrowly escaped death In a police ambush near here last night, was reported fleeing west to. wlth tl,r" ""ducted boys after spending part of the night t (arm h of Cellna. The three captives were said by ' - ". . ouswir mayes ana J. i. nanow. Hamilton's companion In Sunday's gunflght, and still with him today, wa. not definitely Identified but i PoH said they thought he was a west uHiias nooaium. HamUton wag reported wounded in the Jaw from the. barrage laid down by ambushing officers Sunday. Search through the night for the CONTINUING ORDER MARTIN SENTENCE BY COURT Suspended sentences, continued from previous terms of the circuit court, were ordered continued to day by Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, as the February term of the circuit court started. The order provides the suspended sentences shall continue. until further disposition Is made Defendants affected by the con- tinutng order. Included: .period. Mrs. Henrietta B. Martin, presl-1 Just previously, he expressed opno dent of the self-styled "Good Gov- I dtlon to elimination of all profit in ernment Congress," found guilty by th event af a future war Involving a Jackson county Jury of assault I United States, with a horsewhip, upon Leonard i Tlie bonus testimony was In con Hall, editor, in March 1933. at the j nection with committee questioning height of the Banks-Fchl Inspired j whether Grace would approve having turmoil. The conviction was return- hlR plant commandeered by the gov- ' . t eminent In time of war and his own (Continued on Page Twelve) ; salarv cut to that of a general, "about E S SENATE SEAT RIGHT WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-IAP)- is rlcht of Bronon Cuttlr.tr renub- llcan Independent of New Mexico, to I Cutting and that legal votes were not i counted for himself. He opposed Cut- I ting in the senatorial race lllecnl iiu. nf mnnev .nrl unlawful : expenditures by Cutting also were charged. E. Ps IN PLAY-OFF TUESDAYir w,. . r, . Sams Vstley and Eagle Point high schools, tied with five wins and one nerrat lor me norinrrn ai.ihion . ondary high school baskttball chain- piciWiip. will play off the tie Tues- ' forepart of March at A'-Ulaod. OBSCURES SUN killer who fled tioax the Texas prison deathhouso last summer and a month ago escaped from another trap in Dallas was unavailing. Of ficers learned today that after abandoning the bullet riddled car near Weston, Hamilton and his companion had held tip Lofttce, and drive away In his roadster to the farm of BUI Mayes, three miles west of Cellna, a town 18 miles northwest of McKlnney. At dawn they left, taking with them Mayes, son of the farmer, Harlow and Loftlcc. The district attorney's office here was advised Hamilton and his com panlon were armed with two auto matic rifles and two pistols. The automatic rlflos were stolen about a week ago from the Beaumont National Guard armory. SHIPBUILDER GOT E WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. (AP) Bo nuses paid to Eugene O. Orace as president of the Bethlehem Ship building company and Bethlehem Steel corporation were disclosed today be fore, the senate munitions committee i to nftVe amounted to 12,282,000 from IP17 to 11)31, in addition to a salary ! of 12,000 a year for most of the $10,000 a year." "I can't conceive of the govern ment taking over an institution and telling the man at the head to go on and run it." he replied. , "That Is not government." He contended government opera tion would be "Inefficient la his salary climbed to 8101 000 i imi .1.. .. 1 ' pald to the official,, and for 1832. was shown. 4. ! CALGARY AND EDMONTON HOCKEY TEAMS DISBAND j PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 25. (AP) Dr. Gordon B. I!tch. prckldent the Northwestern Hockey league nounced today that the Calgary snd Edmonton hockey teams will duband Immediately and that the g games on me arneuuic distributed among the S - Portland and Vancouver teams. l.tngrisn KetUmS t rt ..I l 1 O uailiegrouna NEW on LEANS. Feb 25. fAP) surrounded by bodyguard. Senator! Una political Uader&tUp. Fish by Ballot in SALES : IN RES0P YEAR Sum Is In Addition To Quarter Million Already Contributed During Pres ent Year Seek Increase SALEM, Feb. 2S. (AP) Operations of the Oregon liquor control commis sion may be expected to contribute an additional $1,280,000 for unem ployment relief during the remalnde. of 1935, according to estimates sup piled Governor Charlc H. Martin to day by Frank A. Spencer, administra tor of the commission, in reply to the governor's request. This million and a quarter dollars la In addition to $230,000 already con tributed by the commission for the month of January out of earnings which exceeded the moothly average of 1034 by 73.000. Jl.500.00') Aggregate From sales of liquors In state stores and agencies, estimated to total 15.500.000 during the year, revenues for relief In the amount of $1,100,000 may bo expected, bpencer reports. An additional $400,000 after deducting administration expenses. Is anticipat ed from licenses and taxes, bringing the aggregate to (1,500,000 Irom which la deducted the $250,000 Janu ary contribution. The federal government has called upon the stale to contribute $4,000, 000 for unemployment relief during the year, leaving a balance of $3,750, 000 to be raised from other sources unlesa provision Is made to lncreaso the liquor revenues through higher taxes or other means, ''-On Present Htntus In hLs statement to the executive Spencer points out that the $1,350,000 estimate for the remainder of the year if "predicated upon the present status of the liquor control and reve nue acts, and will be affected by the passage of any proposed changes to the act which concern the taxing of wines, liquors and beer. "Salea of fortified wines by our (Continued on Page Two) The temperature reached a mark of 23 degrees Just before sunrise this morning, to come within one degree of the low record for 1035. set on January 18, Tills record was the lowest mark reached since De cember 1, 1033, when another mark of 22 was registered. A crust of Ice formed over stand ing water last night and the ground was covered with a thin frost. Tho temperature will probably rise to night, however, with a prediction of rain late tonight or Tuesday. PORTLAND, Feb. 28. (AP) Mot orists found driving conditions haz MERCURY DROPS NEAR 1935 LOW ardous early today because of dense j Rny individual to broadcaat did not fog and frost-covered pavements. constitute a violation of the common The temperature dropped to 31 carrier clause of the interstate com degreea, bringing a heavy frost merce law, as a radio station is spe whlch covered the highways and j clflcally exempt from the common froze on windshields Chilly weather prevailed over much of the northwest, Eugene re porting s low of 30 degrees, Salem 28. Castle Rock 28, Hood River 24. Burns 18. Baker 20, and other points mMt,y 6"OW "ttan I Air mail nlanea wera held at Se - 1 "le' MN"ord ,n1 Pendleton thla illuming until 111c lug micu. Park Rangers Rescue - Aged Moslem Pilgrim KLAMATH FALLS. Feb. 25 (AP) l the mountain to the Rogue River val- Thi. l. the atorv of a snowbound . ley. ' . ,.. ( Crj.lng t0 A),n ,nj gesticulating ,., whit mountain oeaks. a , Ar.B .... r.,c,tf (rom the ,now, of Cr,ier Lake park late Sat- ( urdJr ; Th M hl , . Dv a , hclvy Dfdi traveling westward .through tne anow as compiarsmuy though he were trudging eastward across the deiert toward Mecra when ne tr.Ven to ChUoquin by mem ' bers of the park ranger service. . Today the RUM Mohammedan waa ln the county jail here while authorl- ties ponden-d what to do with him. It waa expected he would be placed on train bound for a warmer cli mate. Poorly drcMcd and without either -nownhoea or kis. the Arab appar ently bad set bi. heart od crowing Cattle Stir Up Ancient Coins In English Pasture DORCHESTER, England. Feb. 25 AP) Farmer George Chell cattle are getting extra-fine fodder these days and why not? While grazing th-3 other day. the. cattle kicked up a half dozen gold coins which started the farmer digging in his pasture. He un earthed more than a hundred :oins dattng back 300 years. The treasure, worth about $5000, la be lieved to have been burled during the reign of the, Stuarts. SALEM. Feb. 35. (AP) Operating at their own personal expense mem bers of the Oregon legislature resum ed sessions here today as the seventh week of the 1935 assembly opened with post bi lit lea of continuing thru most of the eighth week. Pay of the legislators stopped last Friday night, the end of the 40 days. Main Issues before tho house mem bership today included power, milk j and liquor, while the senate will con-1 slder court procedure, boxing commis sions and a modified county unit proposal for public schools as ad vanced by tho Atato grange. Both houses had full calendars. Power Ulll In House Under special order tho house will start work on the poorer bill, a com bination of the icUes proposal and tho state grange power commission measure proposing state construction of transmission lines from Bonneville, This has been one of the controversial matters before the legislature, and (Continued on Page Twelve) AGIST RADIO KMED RULED OUT BY JUDGE PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 25. (API Federal Judge McNary today sustain ed demurrers to the $30,500 damage action filed by Mrs. Henrietta B. Mar tin, leader of a political faction In Medford, against Mrs. Blanche Virgin, operator of radio station KMED in that city. Mrs. Martin sued the station be cause It reputedly refused to permit her to broadcaat a speech last Dc cembcr. Judge McNary ruled that facta al leged by Mrs. MBrtln, president of the so-called "Qood Government Con gress," did not constitute a causable action. Allowing the demurrer automati cally dismissed the action, but the court allowed Mrs. Martin 10 days In which to file an amended complaint. Judge McNary held that the refusal of a radio atatlon operator to allow carrier provision. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. (API Charges that the Bureau of Indian Affairs manipulated election, on the Klamath Indian reservation In Ore gon, were made by Representative Murdock (D.. Ulan), at a near.ng o- ,day before the apeclal subcommittee of the house Indian affairs commit- 1 ire, I "Allah" was the onlr word of gib- berlsh the rescuers could understand, I The Moslem wa. flrat observed Frl- I dav camnlng near Fort Klamath. Bat- nrday he resumed his trek across the , dvlt I O. K. Puckett and Alf Osmo. skiers. saw him plowing through the snow aiuraay ano nouueu v,u,criin,v Camp. Rudy Luke and Howard craw ford, rangers, found the old man alt- ting beneath a tree four miles from Anna Springs. They failed to make their inten- tlons understood and the Arab failed to budgi Tow.rd night when the son of the desert began to reel the chill of the mountain wtnter, he permitted him self to be "rescued." He waa housed In the Chjloquln jail over tho week end. House SPORTSMEN WIN LONG FIGHT FOR BAN ON NETTING Lower Branch Of Legisla ture Passes Bill By 32 To 26 Margin Many Voice Arguments On Floor. SALEM. Feb. 25. (AP) Steelhead was ruled a game fish by tho house of tho Oregon legislature Just at tho noon adjournment when the bill prohibiting commercial fisher men from catching that typo was passed by the narrow margin of 33 to 20. Passage of the steelhead bill was opposed by Representative Walter Norblad, Clatsop county, who said that tho fish on eastern and for eign markets known as Columbia river salmon waa in realty steeelhead and that over 1,000,000 pounda were taken annually from tho Columbia river, 'nn. bill would ruin export trade along this lino and cripple tho third largest Industry of the state, he charged. Kio.ooo Sportsmen Representative Lew Wallace, Mult nomah, objected to Norblad . state ment that the but meant bread and butter to hundreds of commercial fishermen as compared with the Interest of a few sportsmen from Portland and the Willamette valley. There oro over 100,000 fishing li censes Issued throughout the state. no said. A practical measure would be one that would shorten the season dur ing which the steelhead may be taken commercially. In tho opinion of Representative O. Henry Oleen, Columbia, who called the bill be fore the house unworkable. Speaker John cooter, Lincoln county, said his district la divided, some wanting a shorter season and othcra opposed to the bill, particu larly in the southern end where a constructive policy had been fol lowed xor years. Tho season should be fixed to give the bulk of It to the sportsmen but because of an over-lapping season with the .11 verslde, It la impossible to avoid taking both at the same time. Proper adjustment of tho season (Continued on Page Two) ROSEBURO. Ore., Feb. 25. (AP) A charge of bigamy was filed hera today against Frank Hayes, who was taken Into custody at Portland, at the request of local officers. Hayes was taken to Portland last week to answer to a charge of larceny by bailee, but the complaint waa dis missed upon settlement with a Jewel ry company which Hayes waa report ed to have purchased watch on contract. Portland officers, It was reported, received Information from ft woman, claiming to be Hayes wife, that ha was gdllty of bigamy. The complaint filed here wa sign ed by Clarence Miller, Hayes father-in-law. RKVICRLY HILLS, Oil., Feb. '.':!. Wis out at daylight to sec Wiley Post take off. Was in tho ciimoni plane mid wo flow nlniitr with In in for nbout Ml miles. We left him nt S000 feet right over the mountains. Ho snon after had to laud, lie, brought her down on her stom ach. That guy don't need wheels. Ixts of Washington news. The senate overruled the presi dent and says that the govern ment must pay you as much for unemployed work as the regu lar wnges of. that business. How they eomo to disagree on it was the president was thinking where the money wis eoming from ami that little detail never entered the senate's head.