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Medford Mail T AWARDED Pulitzer Prize FOR 1934 Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OKKliOX, AYKDNHSDAY, MARCH 27, 1!) No. 4. r The Weather turn-aft: f air tonight and Thurs day; from or freezing temperature to night. Hlghe! etrrday 50 l.uwe-t this morning ts RIBUNE TMTE lEIPaBTKiEHT I 8 i i m i Gold Hill Dredge Miner Drowns in Rogue River s ibtnL in U II aUP Ukltll B taT nMi, oruiuuv SUPPLANTED) d I ARE Br U'L MALLON (Copyright, 1035. by Paul Ma 11 on.) WASHINGTON, March 21. - FTOm Augsburg to Rich berg 1a not very far. The labor peace of Rictibc-g i es se n 1 1 a 11 y te ame from an in ner viewpoint a the rcliifloiii peace of Augs burg. In the Augs burg peace (A. D. 1555). two re ligious t c tlons agreed to cease religious war faro and to m cognize the supremacy of the Ocrman PAUL MALLON state. In the Rlchberg peace i March 14. 1935), labor and the new dealer agreed to stop fighting each other. nd to recognlra the supremacy cf the NRA state. In both oases It wa more of an armed truce than a real peace, and no one know how long thl one will laat. Very little publicity attended the Rlchberg event, because no one wasj extra proud ol It. The deil vra made by the new deal merely tor the pur pose of getting Its mild NKA reo--ganlzatlon bill through congress. The man who fired It was not Rlch berg. but Averlll Harrlman, the In visible manager of the existing NRA organisation. He went to President Roosevelt end submitted the basic plan which caused Messrs. Rlchberg. Oreen (A. F. of L.), Lewis (United Mine Workers), and Hlllman (NRA). to be called Into the White House. Harrlman's part la being kctt quiet for fear of disturbing the truce. Labor does not like him and might with draw If It suspected hl p:rt. It wa clever a bargain a ever has been made by five poker players. I The hardest man to selr was Lewis. He likes Rlchberg even less ths.n Gen eral Johnson like Huey Long. In preliminary conferences, he r.itly as aerted he would have nothing to do with NRA as long as Rlchberg was connected with It. Vet jnder the truce-pece. Rlchberg Is to b charl jnan of NRA, and Lewis overjoyed. There are two reason why Mr. Lewis will now concede that perhaps Rlchberg haa a kind face. T .e main one Is that Lewis' rlghthand man (Phillip Murray) wns put on the NRA board of administration. T.'ila ap pointment was, of course, made pub licly. What waa not made public was the fact that Mr. Lewis also got an un derstanding that Mr. Rtehb-ig will relinquish the NRA chilrmana'ilp June 18 and have nothing to do wltn NRA thereafter. So all It really amounts to person ally Is that Mr. Lewis has agreed 'or a consideration to stop Dating r. Rlchberg until noon. Juno 16. What It amounts to politically is that Mr. Roosevelt's NRA reorganis ation plan Is rescued from tr.e brtnk of the congressional Niagara. At leat the Borah-N;-e onposltion group suffered a major less of strength when the Green-Lewls-A P. of L. gang walked out on them. Tne truce Is supposed to Include a spe cific understanding that Orcen and Lewis will cooperate in setting the fCmlnlMratlon hill through Ve sen ate. The radical NRA reorganization bill (30-hour week. etc. I Is to be dropped by Mr. Green. What Mr. Oreen gets for celng so kind Is supposed to be the Wagr.er labor board bill. There seems to oe some disagreement about how deftn ite the White House prom.se was about that, but the labor uroup a;r now saving privately thut Mr. Roost velt will either come out openly f'r the bill or attempt to Jockey It through the senate bef.vo v:journ ment. Regardless of that. M. Own 1 -0 win get some represent a !v.-s .m cooe authorities which were hitherto made up only of Industrialists All this criticism you five head and will heat ot nte'.iwrg hes not hurt his standing Inside trte Whl.c House. His Job la to tA? .-.itlclsm from all quarters which might other wise be directed at a hler.er source. Therefore. In a way. the mere he 18 crlttr'.7ed. the more he fulfills hlf real mission. Today his sta:'.d'.ng is as solid as ever. Caution should be -x-rcied i-y busmen men and spculatori in In- j , terpretin current at:viis :n cen-j WASHINGTON. Mnrch 37. (AP) I am not going to bother my head grvwt. , Dr. F. E Townwnd. author of the nbout It." he said, "we hear these Tie Ti'iOinrt silver ame-vtiiient oj Townsend old age pension plan, said bursts of lorM enthusiasm from the relief bill w,w adc-.u.-rt by tl;f j ludny he oU'.d itoi run for prcsi - , many parts of the country, and I senate merely to w.-e t:me It wll jdont "under any circumstances" as ran't kep people from talking, be dropped In the ftrs: '.nidj was.ri am not fitted for It mentally or J "Our orRanu-ation desirei to leave hAkt by the conferee ani will not i physically" partisan polities alone. We want ;r'.AX. :.. the end Nitn- n'lil the j He marie this assertion in rem fundsmensl change in some opera ;nt a:v.s of ho.isc ' mentmg on a statement. In Boston t!ons of t'ie government, but two i-cir.) r : 1 1 . or. :n fact, any uend :;if at;on p-opoi; rsiv.iir f!se move -v:'A e .ni:' Irom t;m to time unf.l jrjoii:nmrt No delist v S-t ;on la n f ;e '( ro . bevo-i ! n t i - - .". " .fl ' ) ear- tCuiatinuea from Fda leu BY APPOINTMENTS Solon T. White of McMinn ville New Agriculture Di rectorJack Allen, Pen dleton, New Rum Chief SALEM. March 27.- (AP) Solon T. was appointed today as. state ! White. M-Mlnnvllle. director of agriculture, succeeding Max Clehlhar. Gehlhar resigned his position today. The appointment will become effec tive April 1. The announcement of White's ap pointment was made during the noon hour here today by the governor. His name had been prominently mention ed for some time to succeed Gehlhar who resigned after the state fair last year but waa Induced to remain on the job until Martin would name his successor. White la county agricultur al agent of Yamhill county, which position he has held for eight years. The statement Issued by the gover nor stated that White was. a native Oregonlan. born In Linn county In 18P0. He graduated from Oregon State college In 1925. having enrolled after he waa discharged from the army as a disabled world war veteran. White later operated farms In both eastern and western Oregon. (Continued on Page Two) TURNER A. FIFER, ILL SHORT TIME OF I Turner A. Plfer, a resident of Med ford alnce 1907, passed away unex pectedly at his home. 106 Cottage street, at 7:30 o'clock last evening, after an Illness of only a week. He had been confined to bed with flu. , and suffered a heart attack yesterday I morning. His death waa a shock to many In the community. . Mr. Plfer was born May 7. 1866 In West Virginia, where he was reared. Enroute west the family stopped for a time In South Dakota, and reach ed Oregon In 1907, settling at Med ford Sept. II. He became affiliated with banking In Medford soon after his arrival, tnd for many years was cashier at the Medford National bank, and held a similar position at the Jackson County bank. He was leader of the Medford band for many years, and was an accomplished musician, the cornet being his Instrument. He Is survived by hla wife, and by one son. Reginald of San Diego, who Is expected to arrive for the funeral. His grandson, Reggie nfer. 13. haa lived with his grandparents since ft baby. Funeral services will be announced later from Pert funeral home. T RATE EQUALIZED PORTLAND. March 27.- Equal participation with .Seattle ?id Incom in the apple export trafle w'.ll be af forded the port of Portlanl on April 20 under new rU tariff from th Yakima district, the chamber of com merce here haa announced. Equal t7ed ratea on iplr from Yakima, have been effsctlve for a week, and the rest of the Vaklm 'ftller will be included In :he nw schedule the middle of nxt month. The Yakima Vtller Transportation company end the Nortnen Paclfl. railway, competitive at several point. have filed a new equall7i tng the change powlble. ff mak- Townsend Not Candidate For Presidency He Says yesterday by Captain Charier. M Haks. his representative , that he p nnred to lead a third parry In ' with Vnator William E. Borsh. Idaho Republican. his potential r'iiir.tn: maf for te le-prr-1- -'-r-:. i (: p an fn.Tg ,'. rt a tre'ernng to Hacks' stateinrnt) but CHILD, LEFT ON TRESTLE, KILLED HOSPITALITY FOR L BE EUOENE. Ore., March 27. (AP) A deflnlte campaign to build up the j "hospitality Industry of Oregon haa been Instituted at the annual com monwealth conference, in aesaion here. Chambers of cuuimeroe of Oregon, which had a lart;e part In the com monwealth conference, have decided to embark on the campaign which will Involve educating those who come In close contact with tourifts so that all may have ft better knowledge of the Btate. E. W. Miller, manaper of the Oregon Coot Highway association, launched the movement m dlwiwlon on "setting more direct benefit from tourist travel." He pointed out that If the tourists now pouring into Ore gon could be Induced to spend only one more day in the state it would result in an additional revenue of a huce sum annually. Earl S. Draper, director of land 1 planning and hotising for the Tennes see Valley Authority, spoke last mgm, on the necessity of making planning for community, region, state and na tion, understandable to the people of the country. , WASHINGTON. March 37. (AP) Prohibition of all hunting of migra tory fowl for one or more seasons was advocated today by directors of the American Forestry association here, The board said the shortage of migratory waterfowl has become so erlt1-l that unless Immediate steps are tnken to increase their numbers and to provide adequate protection I their perpetuation cannot be assured. major parries are enough and ' do not despair of obtaining tb change through one of . parties we have." the two Under the Townnd plan, every- in the United fttstes over 60 r-crivc 200 a monh pro- -'M it was spent within the next 30 days. Mrs. Ralph Dickens, 31 (above), testified at a coroner1! Inquest In Davis, Calif., thai alio left her four, year-old ion, Loult (left), on a rail road trestle near there when he complained of being tired and that the went for help. She was return ing from Sacramento. Another wit nesi said he found Mrs. Olckem near a pile driver, apparently un er the influence of liquor. Train nen found the body of the boy In vater beneath tha trestle. Doctors said ha had died of a skull fractura. i Associated Press Photos) 110,000 RECRUITS TO BE E WASHINGTON. March 27. (AP)- Robert rechner. director of the Civ ilian conservation corps, nas uircct- ed tentative selection of 110.000 re placements In the corps for probable enlistment next week. He said army corps area command ers had been Instructed not to Issue papers, however, pending passage of the 14.800.000.000 work bill, whtch would continue the CCC another two years. Authorization for the corps expires March 31. and officials said that al though money remained, it could not be expended legally. If the work bill is not enacted by Saturday, officials said, there may be delay In enlisting the new mem bers. Authorized strcngf.j. now 370. 00O la to be Increased to 600.000 im mediately after passage of the work bill. President Roosevelt recently ex pressed the view that the work of the CCC should be made a "perma nent" government activity. Most re cent figures placed the total cost of two years' activity at ftflOO.000,000 with an average annual cost for each corps member of ai.000. T ROSFBURO. Ore., March 37 Opi Francla Hare. 4. arrested it Port land February 25. on a charge of bigamy filed "gainst him 11 Douglas county, waa today given nn oppot tunlty to clear up his man:! affairs He entered plea of guilty upon ar raignment In tha circuit rourt. chang ing from a plea of not guilty, pre viously entered, and the court de ferred passing of sen ten- tor one yer. giving him time to take the necessary legal steps to cler himself of present Involvements. Hayes, also known here by the name of Joh n Cra mer , waa originally ft ' rented in Rosebunr on s larceny charge placed In Multnomah county and was removed to Portland. Fol lowing the settlement of the larcei.y eav a charge of bigamy w wrought against him here by his fvher-1 1 li w. Clarence Miller, to whose daugh ter. Francos Miller, he wns inaTlHS October 4. 1933. HOOVERS ON AUTO TRIP IN SIERRA NEVADA AREA MINDFN Ner.. March 27 (API Farmer president and Mrs. Herbert Hoo.er wre on an automobile trip in 1 the Plerra Nevada country nea- here today following an early morning breakfast at a Minden hotel. ! They did not dtvloae their destlna- tlcn. h'i !t was lvMered te ma- ha-.e ?oue :r to .ipme rmin'y, Calif, Uo visit som mining properly. PAY AS YOU FIGHT POLICY URGED BY Head of World War Indus tries Board Is Witness Before Senate War Mu nitions Probing Committee WASHINGTON. March 37. (API A program for "paying as you fight" in the event the United States be comes Involved in another war was advocated today before the senate munitions committee by Bernard M. Buruch. chairman of the World war industries board. Such a plan to be executed by .axatlon and prlce-flxlng would "save generations unborn, as well as ourselves, untold misery." the tall white haired witness asserted to an wtentlve committee. Previously, replying to what he 'rrmed "insinuations and Innuendos" .'uninst him. he asserted that when he was called to war time government (Continued on Page Four.) .IRE TAKES HOME IN SAMS VALLEY The Williams and Seeg miller eight room house in Sama Valley burned to the ground about 11 a. m Mon day, according to word received here today. The blaze evidently started from -sparks blown from the flue by a high wind, and the entire top of the building waa afire before It was discovered by those in the nouse. who were R. A. Scegmiller, Howard Wil liams, Charles Williams, Marie Seeg mlller and Mrs. A. B. Wlillnms They were eating lunch at the time. The wind fanning the flames, the house burned only an hour before It waa demolished. A few oleoe of fur niture were saved. The building was partially covered by lnsurane, and the owners plan to rebuild at once. A fence near the house burned, but because of the wind, which carried the flames in the opposlt direction, a garnge was untouched. There waa no equipment at hand wherewith to fight the fire. . BY NIEDERMEYER John W- Rogera, 66. who -van ar rested at 10:30 last night on charge of stealing gasoline from a truck at. the E. H. Niedermeyer farm near rie Old StAke road, by state oolue, this morning pleaded guilty to the charge In Justice court, justice Coleman de ferred Judgment on the case until tomorrow. According to information at the state police office, Niedermeyer heard the man taking the gasoline, and gave chase. Rogers, who at ('.rat gave his name as Frank Anderson, accord ing to police, ran Into a tfie fence, snd tha farmer caught him and held him until the arrival of the office AMELIA BUCKS DUST ON FLIGHT 10 1ST F.li PASO. Tex.. March rt P--Ameiia Earhart. trans-oceanic filer, landed here at 2:05 p. m. fmuntatn ftandard time), after a flight from Dp-ilaa through heavy dust clouds which hid the ground from her plane. Miss Karhart, on her way to the Pacific coast to prepare for a non stop flight, left Tulsa, Ok:a at 7 m. (central standard tlm) but wva forced to lend at Dallas and watt until the dust-filled air cleared. From Dallas, in addition to the dust, her amp bucked head winds sll the way to El Psao. AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY BILL GIVEN APPROVAL WASHINOTON, March 27. ( AP) The 9125.627.400 agriculture depart ment supply btll was approved to day by the senate appropriations committee after It added 12.500.000 for roads In Indian lands and other public reservations except forest res- ! frv,tions. The University of Mlcivmn swolog leal expedition to the intefrr of Oi litem la Is collecting rsrs flahes and molhiks In nvera itd to hae no outlet to the aea. GAS THIEF NABBED COAST MARITIME Major Steamship Companies Lining Up With Oil Tanker Operators Secretary of Labor Perkins Takes Hand SAN FRANCISCO, March 27. ( AP) ; A new crisis, recalling that which , led to lost summer's bitter general ! marine strike, confronted the Pacific j coast maritime labor situation today. Major grnerHl steamship companies I here aligned themselves at least par tially with oil tanker operators, more than 30 of whose craft have been tied up for more than two weeks, by flatly refusing to grant or arbitrate demand of the Masters. Mates and Pilots union lor preferential employ ment. Almost simultaneously Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, with the dec laration negotlationa between tanker operators and their union seamen "have been, so far, fruitless." named last night a special board of media tion to seek settlement of that walk out. The main Issue in the tanker dis pute la the demand of the Interna tional Seamen's Union for preferen tial hiring of Its members. Tha stand taken by tha operators of freight and passenger vessels to ward tha deck officers' demanda add ed explosive possibilities to the tank er walkout. Strike leaders would not comment directly or indirectly on whether It might lead to another general marine strike such as disrupted tha economic life of tha entire Paclflo coast last year, but indicated they planned statement later. ' H. P. -Melnikow, counsel for the unions on strike, however, asserted It had "thrown a wrench In the federal machinery for peace Just as the federals were getting somewhere," and termed it "a move to stampede tha unions Into precipitate action." AMERICANS LUCKY IN SWEEPSTAKES DUBLIN, Irish Free Statf, March 27. (AP) American buyers of Irish hospital sweepstakes tickets today won 605 consolation prizes of 100 pounda(500 ) each. In the morning's draw. Americans drew six of the ten residual prices of 0007 pounds (about 940,000) each and 20A of the 604 consolation prizes of 100 pounds (about 500) each. AINTREE. Eng., March 27. ( AP) The field of probable starters In the grand national ateeplerhase, to be run here Friday, was reduced to 27 today with the scratching of Dela nelge. owned by J. B. Snow of the United Statea and one of alx American-owned entrants. Delanelge has been off his feed for several days. MORIIO CASTLE SOLD AT $33,605 FOR JUNK NEW YORK, March 27. (APj The liner Mono Cattle, pride of the Amer ican coastwise fleet before fire swept through her last September with tlie loss of 124 lives, waa sold ae Junk to day for $33,605. Tha Morro Castle, once queen of the Ward line, was completed In 1030 at a cost of approximately as.000.000. Lieut. Col. tttlward A. Ardery, of the army engineers, announced the ship had been sold to the Union Ship building company, of Baltimore. 0 Women Nominated as Worthy of Hall of Fame NEW YORK. March 27. (AP) The names of ten women are among the 69 new names submitted for the eighth quinquennial election to the hall of fame of New York university. Including names previously con- sldered, 76 distinguished Americans are eligible for election. All the nominees have been dead 25 years or more, a requirement which barred nomination of Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Science, whose death on December 3. 1910. Is less than 2A years from the time of the election October 16. The ten women are: Louisa May Alrott. author: Susan 8. Anthony, feminist and abolitionist leader; Mrs. Helens Petrovna Slavs t sky. TTieoio phlut organiser; Mrs. Harsh Josephs Buell Hsle, editor, Lucretta Mott, Princess Barbara Appears Listless On Journey Home ABOARD THE 8. S. BREMEN, March 27. (API Oeorgo Zeldler, chief steward of the Bremen's res taurant, spld today he uas worried about Prln.s Barbara Hulton Mdlvanl's health. Zeldler. who Is an old friend of the princess, raid she was eating very sparingly end appeared list less. "It's not like former trips when she was alwr.ya happy and ate heartily," nald Zeldler. "She looks ill." T REPELS FROST IN IT The first smudging of the season light In all orchards occurred early this morning In the valley, and Roy W. Rogers, frost meteorologist, pre-1 diets the same temperature conditions 1 for tomorrow morning, with no gen eral smudging, but "firing In the colder areas." Rogera stated that early weather forecasts were for slightly warmer weather for tomor-! row. Temperatures reported ran from 21 to 28 degrees. The early evening forecast was for a minimum of 22 degvees, and the flashing of the news sent orchard! at to prepare for the first engagement of the year with Jack Frost. Many orchardlsta were prepared for firing and watched their thermometers all night. Meteorologist Rogers requested that all orchardiats who have not had their thermometers tested this year to do so at once. The light smudging reported last night was tn a few orchards In the north end of the county and In the Central Point district, at the Suncrest orchards east of Talent, and at the federal experiment orchard south of Medford. Orchard and weather au thorities hold that, with the continu ance of the present weather condi tions, there will be no general smudg ing. County Hortilculturlst I.yle P. Wil cox reported this morning that Bart letts and D'AnJous were not "sepa rating In the clusters, but dropping their bud scales"; that peaches "were in the pink." and that almond, and apricot trees were Morning, and sus ceptible to cold. The present condition of the trees waa held to contain sufficient de layed buda to Insure a crop, though a heavy freeze should prevail. COL. MILLER LOSES FAMED 101 RANCH OKLAHOMA CITT, March 27 (AP) The death knell ot the Miller Brothora 101 ranch rang In federal court here today as Federal Judge Edgar 8. Vaught ruled the properties no longer belong to Cot. Zack Miller, last of the r&mons trio of brothers. Judge Vaught upheld the conten tlon of creditors that Colonel Miller had no right. Interest or title In the 17,000 acres remaining of the one time 101.000 acre domain, on the ground It all had been mortgaged and the mortgages foreclosed. Colonel Miller and his equally pic turesque attorney, fild White, attired In big white hats and cowboy boots, had sought to maintain control of the ranch through a petition In bank ruptcy under the Frazler-Lemke farm mortgage act. White said an appeal would be filed immediately. anti-slavery and women's rights ad vocate; Sacajawea. Indian guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition, the "Pocahontas of the Pacific;" Lucy Stone, anti-slavery and women s rights lender; EHrabeth Cady Stan ton, abolitionist and women's rights leader; Mrs. Alice MvLellan Blrney, author and reformer; Elizabeth E Hutter, philanthropist. Dr. Robert Underwood Johnson, di rector of the hall of fame, said Susan B. Anthony received more nomlna tlons than any of the other women. Among the men. the controversy over the inventions was revived to bring into conflict four names. Both Robert McCormtek and his son. Cy nis H., were nominated as Inventor of the Mccormick reaper, while John Fit eh and James Runtaey were nomi nated as inventor of the steamboat. FRED SPRANGER IS TO J Officers Using Diving Equip ment in Effort to Locate Body Partner Witnesses Tragedy From Shore Grappling operations were started this morning for the body of Fred Spranger, 46. a miner. tio was drowned about 3:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Rogue river while oper ating a barge about four miles up stream from Gold Hill. State police, the sheriff office and the county coroner's office were be ing assisted in making the search by miners with diving equipment. Frank Perl, county coroner, believed the body was swept down comparatively shallow rapids Into deep, still water below. Ed Mlchaehion, a partner, who saw the tragedy from tha shore, said Spranger Jumped from the barge as it swept Into swift water and started to capsize. limit Ships Water Spranger had pulled the barge up stream by hand to a mooring cable, intending to shift its position, when, Micnaeison said, weight of the csble on the prow caused the boat to sh'tp water, evidently becoming alarmed, although the barge waa but 15 feet from the shore and then in compara tively quiet water. Spranger let go (Continued on Page. Two) -- IN JURY'S HANDS PORTLAND. Or.. March 37 (API Th. trial of Joseph J. On bourn., ei-speclal policeman, charged with the murder of Simon Mlah. AMarlv retired merchant, went to the Jury in circuit court hera today, Oabourne. accuaed nf ftmt ri.nM murder, was accuaed by the state 02 having beaten the aged Mlsh to death at the latter'a home. The merchant', body waa found In a flan pond In hi. yard. Oabourne declared from the wit ness stand that atatementa he made to police after hla arrest wr uttrj4 while "third degree" methods were being uaed. The state's caae waa oaseo on circumstantial evidence. QUINTUPLETS BECOME WARDS OF THE KING TORONTO, March 37. (AP) Herbert A. Bruce, lieutenant-governor of Ontario, signed the Dlonne quintuplet guardianship bill when the provincial legislature convened today. By the terms of the bill, the five famous little girls of Callander be came "wards of Hla Majeaty, th. King." 1 Knnaoa experienced a temperatura spread of 137 degreea In lere than six months, from HQ (livr. In mv. ral cities In August. 1934, to is be low at corny in January, 191S WILL ROGERS BKVKRLY HILLS, Col., Mar. '2fi. When you pk'k up a Mon day pnper it's just like in tha old days when we only got tele minis when there was bad news. We ar afraid to open our paper. We know that a loved one, a friend, or at least an acquaintance hax met death in a car over the week-end. Hefore we had this high type of civilization which we are no thoroughly enjoying, why we used to have wars to get rid of the surplus number of people. California is all excited about a baby who could work a dial telephone at the age of two years. Well, I bet I could eome as near (loinz it at. two as I can now. There is only one differ ence wi!h a dial phone, you have to cuss yourself instead ot some innocent gir'
