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Medford Mail Tribune AWARDED Pulitzer Prize FOR 1931 Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1935. No. 10. nn M rnrn our Lit! UNJUVl The Weather Foreratt: Rain tonight and Tbura day; no change In temperature. Temperature Highest Yesterday a. Lowest this Morning 4 r nn rann n I I I I I II 1 1 I I I U If I U P llWll LTUyiU U U UuLI uu By PALL MALLOV By PAUL MAI.LON (Copyright, IMS, hy Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, April 3. The way legislation haft been bowing down out of the akiea these daya is amazing. Congressmen al ready are discuss ing the necessity of operating with their windows shut. For instance, the relief confer ees were meeting aecretly as usual in a capltol room the other day. Tney glanced at their big relief bill suddenly and found that two pwi. MALLON a ntl -ad ministration amendments had not only blown In from nowhere, but had actually glued themselves to the bill. One was a tricky amendment re quiring the new dealers to spend some of the work-relief money for work-relief, and not for experiments in building and baying public power plants, subsistence homesteads, and such things. The second one re quired the senate to confirm Presi dent Roosevelt's appointees to the major relief jobs. The new dealers (meaning mainly Mr. Ickes) got excited when they found congressmen trying to alter their legislation that way, and Inves tigated the mysterious source of the two proposals. All they found waa that the ten men in the room, five senators and five representatives, had faulty mem ories. The representatives implied that the senators did it, and the sen ators blamed It on the house mem bers. An Invisible spy-ghost who appar ently blew Into the conference room along with the two amendments, has a private solution of this congres sional mystery. He thinks he dis tinctly saw the glue applied for the two amendments by none other than those two Democratic senators who have spread so much glue in the path of certain extreme phases of the new deal, Senators Carter Gloss and Royal Copeland. This may be disputed, because sev eral proposals were made and voted on before the final compromise was reached. The votes taken by confer ence committees are alwalys consid ered deep secrets, but the same pay ghost reports that the two deciding votes were obviously those of the fiery Virginian and the subtle New Yorker. All ten conferees ultimately ap proved the changes, thus obscuring the accomplishments of the two glue boys. It will be denied, but It Is true that the Democratic leaders in con gress privately believed the amend ments were fairly good ones. At heart they have little sympathy with or hope for subsistence homesteads, slums clearance and non-federal PWA projects. A few of them also oppose the buying and building of public power plants. They were required to keep their own Judgment to them selves because the White Hou.e de manded It. The relief window-blowing feat Is almost surpassed by the mysttry of ths new sdmlnlstratlon NBA bill. The official story now Is that Sena tor Pat Harrison was walking past on open window of his finance com mittee, when he felt someone slip something Into his pocket. He reach ed for it and found an NRA bill, which, strangely enough, was Just the one the administration wanted. The purpose of the story Is to main tain the fiction that congress is orlcl nstlng the new NRA legislation. Co ordinator Rlchberg Is being quoted ss saving that he has furnished rec ommendations, but that the actual work of drafting the bill was per formed by the senate's legislative drafting service. This Is merely a diplomatic evasion of the fact that the bill Is essentially the Richberg-Whlteslde bill. EEAR 0AM TOILER HOOD RIVER. Ore , April 3. Sheriffs of Hood River county and of Skamania county. Waa-hlnaton, re vealed today thev are lnvetistlng the d'.v.npearan"e of Ouy Easterly. Bonnv!l dam worker, on suspicion he ws taken for "a r;de' by pro f e nr. '.on a I ca m h le r wh o h a ve been operating at Nrtrrh Bnnevil. A rrvrt frm svve r-wn that a s;rl had M-n a body anAer;nj: t.e r--r; prion of F-.rIy. tn a :ilrliy! tn Ro.-k Crfek. reen',!-d in a see.rri of th atreim. Sheriff Elicit of Hood Rive- county Mid he had reports that Easterly had trmib with i vera 1 earnWers a few da:" prior h.. d,ippsra:vre on i :-.e n..:'.v. cf Mi"!i no. ar.d '.hat w.f ' !?: 'r.r-.'U v.At ciaabic-rt were i UOrt' BILL FOR $25,000 EXORBITANT SAYS Also Presented Too Soon, Is View Will Start Tour to Raise Money for Con tinuance of Legal Fight NEW YORK, April 8. (AP) Mr. Bruno Richard Hsuptmann today said she had dismissed Edward J. RetUy aa head of the counsel which ha4 unsuccessfully defended her hus band In hie trial for the kidnaping and murder of the son of Charles A Lindbergh. She dismissed Re illy, she said, be cause he had presented a bill for $25,000 which she regarded as "ex- horbitant and prematurely presented." Discharge of Rellty, she said, auto matically raises C. Lloyd Fisher of Fleming ton, N. J., to the head of the defense counsel. She said she notified Reilly of his dismissal in a registered letter sent to him today. Others remaining in the defense are Frederick A. Pope, of Somervllle, N. J., and Egbert Rosecrans ox Blairstown, N. J. She decided upon the dismissal of Reilly, she went on, after a confer' ence with her husband in the Tren ton death house. Mrs. Hauptmann will leave tonight for an extended tour of the east and middle west in an effort to Increase the appeal fund. 3-YEARTERMFOR 'DEiJI SELLER PORTLAND, April S. (AP) Tear- fully admitting his guilt. Sol Miller, drug store operator, waa sentenced to three years In prison and was fined (1000 In circuit court late yes terday for having sold poisoned alco hol which caused the deaths of 32 drinkers here last fall. He was charg ed with manslaughter. District Attorney Bain said he was Jully prepared to present the cam but that MfTler offered to plead guil ty ror a ugnt sentence. The alcohol, known to addicts as "dehorn," contained wood alcohol Instead of the usual non-poisonous denaturant. Violent death came to the drinkers. Manslaughter Indictments against Spencer Miller, son of the proprietor, and Irving R. Schwartz, clerk In the store, were dismissed. OLD DIZ' FINED $100 WHEN 11 MISSED DOTHAN, Ala., April . (ffi) Dizzy Dean, temperamental pitching ace of the St. louls Cardinals, today waa lined 100 by Manager Prankle Prison for missing the team's train at Dublin, Oa., last night. Charlie Oelbert was fined 50 and outfielder Red Worthlngton was sent home to St. louts by the Red Bird pilot for a slmllsr offense. Inflelder Charley Wilson was sent to St. Louis for breaking training and "belUger ence." 10 Year Sentence For Astoria Man ASTORIA. Or.. April 3. (AP. A sentence of ten years In Oregon state prison today confronted J. F. Morgan, defeated candidate for mayor at the last city election, who waa recently convicted on a statutory charge In volving a minor girl. Morgan, scheduled to go to trial on another similar charge next Mon day, gave notice of appeal. He de clared the charges and his arrest were the result of "a political frameup." Fewer Families Require Relief Since January 1 By I). Harold Oliver (Associated Press S'.sff Writer) WASHINGTON, April 3. T, A drop In the number of families on rehef rolls from January to Febru ary wis rpor'ed by the relief admin istration today as congressional lead' era preed anew tr, break the dead lock on the H.88Q OOO.Ooo work-relief program . Harry L. Hopkin. noting the num ber of families on relief declined from 4.M4.M3 m .TamiAry to 4 4M 07 in February. ":d: "Ti.e nco,irJ.;U'.g feature of tne A.Tiwtiort I not t;i reportd dcl:V.e Princess Jn Reno Refuting Interviews, Prlncsst Barbara Hutton Mdlvanl, Wool worth helreia, naa established resi dence in Reno, Nev., pending her announced forthcoming d Ivors, a from Prince Alexis Mdlvtnt. PERILS INDUSTRY SENATORS TOLD WASHINGTON. April 3. (AP) A committee of business men claiming to represent thousands of Industrial units employing millions of workers warned the senate finance committee today lta long investigation of NRA was "creating an atmosphere of un certainty" and urged it to report out a bill to extend the recovery organi zation "at the earliest possible date." The warning was sent to the com mittee in a telegram, which Chair man Harrison placed in the record. It was signed by Ward Cheney, chair man of the treasuary and business committee for NRA extension. The telegram went into the record at the end of a two hour session, in which the committee heard L. A Janney, New York attorney, propose a new system for regulating Industry by having congress write into law specific unfair trade practices, which would be enforceable in the federal courts. Janney was called hack for the af ternoon session to expound his the ory of how the government should accomplish the purposes of NRA in accord with normal Judicial practice. Downtown, meanwhile, reports to the national code committee of the lumber code authority Indicated a majority of the Industry favors im mediate suspension of the code as a result of the government's action in abandoning a supreme court teat of NRA through the Belcher violation case. A vote reported to the control com mlttee showed 56 agencies of the code authority In favor of Immediate sus pension. It listed 36 agencies against abandonment of the cede, while 14 were non-commltal and reports had not been receded from 33 others. Auto Accident An auto accident Involving machines driven by Mrs. R. E. McElhose and Mrs. Mary 1 Maente waa reported to city police yesterday. The accident occurred at the comer of Hawthorn street, near the Bear creek bridge, and East Main street. Increase which has occureed during recent years in February." On Capitol Hill, one prominent leader foresaw a compromise of the direct-work controversy holding up nw relief fund. H'lt for the immed iat present, the situation appeared at standstill. Senator Glsas fD, Va ). who was tandinr by the amendment which mould require that one-third of the 1900.000. 0O0 allotted for losns nd grants to states be spent on "direct" work, had not called the senae and house conferees Into a new mating Othr sdmlnist-f ticn pokmen, fore, a At, u developiri'iits bat d- ;LAH CONTRAGTS FOR MAINE TO PARTY AS AID Friends of F. R.'s Son Inter ceded at White House Is Testimony Nye Says War Scares Manufactured By PRESTON L. CROVER Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON. April 3. (API Evidence that t friend of James Roosevelt, son of the president, In terceded at the White House for nav al ship building Jobs for the Bath (Maine) Iron Worka corporation was introduced today at the senate mu nition! committee. Previously, Chairman Nye had as serted that ft "Japanese war scare" was stirred up to help pass every naval appropriation before congress. A letter written by Roger, s. Mc Crath, agent of the New York Life Insurance company, to Louie Mc- Henry Howe, secretary to President Roosevelt, said: "The phychologlcal effect of the administration awarding to the Bath Iron worka contracts lor two new destroyers will be looked upon very favorably by the people of Maine, and will be very helpful In the up building of the democratic party In this state." The letter was dated July 13, 1033. Friend of Roosevelt's Son Eugene Thtbault, secretary-treasurer of the Bath Iron works, des cribed MacOrath as a "friend" of Jamea Roosevelt. Thlbault declared MacOrath was (Continued on Page Ten) REDDING, Cal., April 3 lfp Orln E. "Babe" Holllngbery. Wash ington State college football coach, suffered a fractured right coMar bone and cuts and bruises today when his automobile crashed into a concrete bridge three mllea south ot here. Holllngbery, who makes his winter home in San Francisco, was enroute to Pullman to conduct spring prac tice. Ha waa said to have fallen asleep at the wheel. The car was im paled on the bridge railing, to avoid probably a more serious accident. . A companion of Hollingbery, J. A Parker, escaped without injury, al though shaken up. 4 RENO, Nev.. April S. AP) James Blakeley, Hollywood film actor and former New Vork socialite, arrived here by airplane last night "Just to say hello" to the divorce seeking Princess Barbara Hutton Mdlvanl. Reached by telephone at his hotel here today, the young actor, who says he la 35 years of age. scoffed at the Idea that romance might be Involved In his expected visit to the "five and ten cent store heiress." "I have knows the princess since I was 13 years old," he declared, "and we are Just old friends. I hope to see her for a while later today Just to say 'hello' and fly back to Holly wood this afternoon. She does not even know I am here yet." AWAY FROM FRUIT Rsin put a stop to the worries of fruit men over possible frost last nieht and the temperature stood above 46 degrees throughout the night, but prospects of more rain to night and Thursday are disconcert ing. " There Is enough soil moisture at present, according to authorities, to ensure proper development of the crop and rain will only hinder orch ard operations. Early varieties are breaking Into clusters. With more sunshine blossoming of Bartletts Is expected soon. LIBRARY WORKERS TO HOLD SALEM MEETING 6ALEM. April 3 A confer ence of library workers will be held st the state ospltol ApTll 10, It wss announced todsy by Harriet C. Long, state librarian. Invitations have been sent to 70 1:brar;e iret of the Cssoades he tn Rusebiug tt4 Asux, ail L Judge's Wife Held Pinned For Hour by Machine Needle ALBANY, Ore., April S.(API Held prisoner for nearly an hour by her sewing machine, the nee dle of which had pj-rced her finger. Mrs. L. C. Lewelllng to day reported one of the most un usual accidents ever recorded nets. Mrs. Lewelllng, wife of Circuit Judge Lewelllng of Linn county, waa alone in her home last night when the needle pierced a finger on her left hand Just back of the nail. It waa ao firmly Imbedded In the bone she could not remove It. She finally broke the needle and called a physician, who ex tracted the imbedded tip. SINCLAIR'S PARTY E (By the Associated Pre) Progressives strengthened their po sitions In Wisconsin and Upton Sin clair's Epic party achieved partial success in California to highlight elections In various parts of the na tion. Two more progressives were elected to the Wisconsin state senate yester day, bringing the LsFollette-slred party within one Vote of the Demo cratic majority In a show of forces interpreted in some quarters as a vote of confidence in the third party tnat put Governor Philip LaFollettn Into office three months ago. A Republican assemblyman waa elected from a normally Republican district, but progressive maintained their wide margin of power in the lower house. Win Council Victory In Los Angeles, one city councilman waa re-elected by the Sinclair forces, whose "End Poverty In California" campaign failed to elect the former Socialist governor a few months ago. Apparently from 10 to 18 EPIC coun cil candidates were assured of posi tions in tho run-off election May 7. The EPIC movement, however, plac ed only three out of trn candidates in the municipal Judgnhtp race. A striking display of strength was exhibited by Chicago Democrats, who rolled up 708. ISO ballots to retain Mayor Edward J. Kelly at the head (Continued on Page Ten) IN DAMAGE SUIT A circuit court Jury late yesterday, after half an hour's deliberation, re turned a verdict In favor of Dr. C. T. Sweeney In the danrnge suit filed against him by J. 8. Van Dorfy for 10.000. The verdict denies any re numeration. The suit was unusual, inasmuch as the action was based upon allegations of what the physician did not do, and not what he did dj. Van Dorfy al leged that he contracted with the physician for treatment of a fractur ed right arm and that no treatment was rendered. A number of highly technical law points were Involved. 4 ROOSEVELT'S LUCK MIAMI, Fla , April 3. AP) Presi dent Roosevelt's fishing luck wasn't so good off Long Island In the Ba hamas group and he planned today to drop anchor off Conception Island, where he fished on his way to Puerto Rico last July. The president apparently was go ing ahead with previous plans to con tinue his cruise through the remsin der of the week. In a mesasge to Msrvln H. Mcln tjTe, his secretary here, the president described his piscatorial attempts off Long Island thus: "Have been fishing all morning off Long Island. Very little luck." 'furious' rabTeskills seventh portland dog PORTLAND, Ore.. April 3. ( AP) The seventh dog to fall a victim of rabies in the psst three weeks, died today. The report on the death was made by Dr. E. E. Chase, city veter inarian. In the lMt case the afflict ed dc died from the "furious" type of rabies. The other six died from what la -known a the "dumb" or paralysis type. j SLOT MACWRt TAID . 0NCI T0 22 TRIES OREOON CITY, April f ) City and county police lst night ael7d seventeen slot mi'Mlnes In a series of raids in Oregon City. One machine ma plsyed 22 t'mei. befoie It paid. The cases will t Uaen dir;t SCOPEJSjOUGHT Conference Between Polish and British Spokesmen Brings New Hope for Wide Peace Agreement VIENNA. April S. (AP) The Austrian cabinet today took steps for a large Increase In the size or the Austrian army. By the Associated Press, The completion of conversations between Capt. Anthony Eden, British lord privy seal, and officials ofthe government of Poland today brought forth Indications that European statesmen are about to attempt the formulation of "Pan-European security system." From various quarters came Indi cations that such a system might gain the approval of Poland, which hitherto has balked at military alli ances, and even, perhaps, of Ger many. In French official quarters Po land's willingness to consider such a system was greeted with optimism and hope for a wide, flexible peace pact which will guarantee the secur ity of Europe. The matter will be dealt with sl.ortty at Stress, Italy, when repre sentatives of Great Britain, France, and Italy assemble there to discuss the general European situation. Sir John Simon. British foreign secretary, told- the house of com mons he waa reliably Informed that Germany's air force today was as powerful as that of Great Britain and gave his authority as no less a person than Relchsfuehrer Hitler, 1 f FOR SCOTCH PAL PORTLAND, April 3. (AP) If you hold a state liquor purchasing per mit and accommodate a friend who has not bought such a SO-cent docu ment, you are laying yourself wide open to action by the Oregon Liquor Control commission and the federal collector of Internal revenue. The collootor and ths commission er believe they have discovered an abuse and thay are going to end It. Thus, If your unlicensed friend pass es you some silver and says "If you're getting whisky, I'll get gin," you are subject to a 25 a year tax as a re tall liquor dealer even though you don't profit by the transaction. Tho federal ruling Is: "Every per son who sells or offers for sale for eign or domestic distilled spirits, wines, or malt ltquors, In less quan tities than five gallons at the same time, shall be regarded as a retail dealer In liquors." Shot Put Cracks Head of Student TOLEDO, Ore.. April 8. (P) Crltl. oI Injuries were Buffered here yes terday By oale Welborn, Is, when he waa atruclc on the head by a 12 pound shot during ahot-put practice. The yourut athlete only last Satur day received a broken arm while high Jumping. Fhyalclans aatd the head injury waa critical. The akull waa fractured. The boy waa on the alde- Unea and apparently did not see the heavy shot as It arched toward him. WASHINGTON, April 3. (AP) The Pan-American Airways today waa granted licenses by the communica. tlons commission for four radio st. Hons on Pacific Islands and one It- cense for a station on board the NC-82X-M. one of Its large ships. Mail Plane Daring of ST. JOSEPH, Mo., April 3 (AP) The mall plane era pays Its respects todsy to the Pony Express, that com bination of daring men and fast horses organised 78 years ago to speed communications between St. Joseph, Mo., and the Pacific coast. Bsnda plsyed and cannon boomed on that day April 3. 1800 when William Richardson secured a pre cious pouch of mall snd express to the saddle of his Jet black horse and dashed away to inaugurate the Pony Express at its eastern terminal. In observance of the diamond an nlventsry of that historic event late today, three horsemen will carry a bag of mail in relays from the post office to the airport where an air mall pilot will stow It away and take off for the Pacific coast, dipping the wings of Its plane in salute to the Leaves For Canada I I, I i ; Martin Intull. recently cleared of :rlmlnal charges In connection with the collapse of the utilities empire heeded by his brother. Samuel, boarding s train for Canada from where he was extradited. His attor ney, Eli Aaron, le shown behind him. An immigration officer ac companied him to the station. (As sociated Preaa Photo E SALEM, Ore., April 8. (AP) In announcing the appointment of four new members to the state agricul tural board late yosterday Oovemor Martin declared It was not his "In tention to take action upon matters vitally effecting the welfare of the farmers of this state without careful consultation with this board and other leaders of our farming groups, such as the Orange and Farmers un ion." The new members named were Q. A. Brown. Portland: Ueorge Fulle.. wlder, Carlton; Frank Howell, Scholia, and Henry Semon, Klamath Falls. Members whose resignations were accepted by the governor wore Mar tin Rostvold, Woodburn; M. J. Qun derson, Sllverton; Morton Tompkins, Dayton, and H. H. Richards, The Dalles. The governor declined to accept the resigns tlons of J. O. Holt, Eugene; Fred Cockell, Mllwaukte, and Mac Hoke, Pendleton, and requested them to continue to serve on the seven man board. Brown, who will represent the ag ricultural co-operative marketing di vision, is manager of the Interstate Cresmrrles. Fullenwlder, president of the Oregon Dairy Bssoclation. will rep resent dairying on the board. Rowell, an onion grower, will represent mar ket gardening, and Semon, an ex tensive potato gower, will represent field crops. Fullenwlder and Rowell are Repub licans and Semon and Brown are Democrats. Era Honors Pony Express It took Richardson and his fellow riders, approximately 10 days to speed the mall from St. Joseph to Sacramento, Calif., the western term inal. Today's consignment of malt la expected to reach Sacramento In about 11 hours. In addition to greetings from the mayor of St. Joseph to the mayor of Sacramento, the plane will carry pic tures of Pony Express riders and gavel made from wood In the old Pony Express stable here. A horse man will meet the plane at Sacra mento. One of the most colorful cnterprls es In frontier history, the Tony Ex press lasted only Ifl months, Its use fulness coming to an end with the completion of a transcontinental telegraph line. The total distance covered In that time was 0A0.0O0 miles and only nn load oX mall was CITY TO COLLECT LICENSE EEE FOR E $10 Annual Fee Decided Upon at Council Meeting Later Dancing Asked Protest Electric Goods Fee Effective within two weeks, all Medford merchants on whose prem ises la any kind of machine or ap paratus that requirea eklll In Its ope ration and offera reward, auch ss the numerous "msrbte gamea." will be required to obtain a license from the city, It waa set forth In an ordi nance passed by the city council as a regular meeting laet night. The llcenae fee for each machine will be S10 for each calendar year, and It will be unlawful to operate or maintain any auch machine un less lta license la attached In a con splcuoua place. Any peraon violating any of the provtalone of the ordi nance ahall. upon conviction In city court, be fined not to exceed ISO or confined to the city Jail not to exceed 50 daya. or be punished by uuwi aiiin line ana imprisonment, the ordinance states. No age llmft for operation of the machines was set. Gambling Forbidden. The ordinance also stipulates that It shall be unlawful for proprletora to permit use of the machines In any manner violating provisions sf the state law or the city ordinance with reference to gambling and slot machines. Upon any auch violation, or violation of the licensing ordi nance, and upon conviction In city court, all machines licensed by the city to the proprietor where the violation occurred ahall be revoked without further action on the part of the council. It was further stipu lated. Any peraon desiring .to mslntsm any auch machine muat make wrlt- I Continued on Page Three) $89,5&TL0WBID PORTLAND, Ore., April f. (AP) J. O. Compton of McMlnnvllle sub raltted the low bid of 89, 881 when proposals were opened here today by the federal bureau of public roadi for bituminous surfacing of highways in CrateT Lake national park. Improvement is proposed for the east entrance road from Lost Creek, ranger station to Kerr Notch on the east rim, a distance of 4.S miles, ana on tne west rim road from Cratr. Lake lodge to the north entrance, a distance of 14.5 miles. Four other bids were received. The highest was $107,804. BALLOT TITLE DRAFTED SALEM. April 8. (AP) Ballot title for the referendum against the Rogue River closing bill passed by the 1935 legislature wss prepared by Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle today. The preliminary petition was recently filed In the state department by a number of commercial fisher men st Gold Beach and other Curry county towns. CLAREMORE, Okla., Apr. 2 I tell you Okluhoma has got 'em all bent. Looking mighty good good governor, good crops, cuttle a good price. Just flew over Kansas. Sny Kansas has got a fine Republican gov ernor that you are awful liable to hear a lot about for presi dent. You know the Republicans here lately have decided to put out a ticket. You know an aw ful lot of folks are prcdict.inif Rooaevclt's downfall, not only predicting, but praying. We are a funny people. We elect our presidents, be they Republican or Democrat, then go home and start daring 'em to make good. I aTsCTassMrwfaa t.i " tWPrf ir of asg t'tf Wi'iO e u ifl to rf " mij- to tee tyfcaA ju