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Medford Mail Tribune AWARDED Pulitzer Prize FOR 1934 Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1935 No. 20. The Weather Forecast: I n net I led with rain to night find Tuesday; warmer Tuesday Temperature: Hlchent jwttenlay ..... ft l.owft this morning ..... 31 TO I mm t By Paul Mallnn (Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mali on) WASHINGTON, confusion which have stirred ' up bank bill la Just about as good a hand -made dust . ttorra as ever hit this politically dust-ridden cap ital. A n acknowl edged adminis tration spokes man broke Into the public prints ano nymousiy with the an nouncement last week that the April 32. The the new dea'ers around the new PAUL MALL UN vital section of administration bill was dead and burled. A few days 'later. Chairman Fletcher of the sen ate banking committee walked out of President Roosevelt's office and said the vitat section was still vital and would be passed. This brought Senator Glass loping In to see Mr. Roosevelt the follow ing day. He emerged with an an nouncement which apparently took both views. At first newsmen thought they heard him say the president favored his idea of de vitalizing the measure. They sent out stories to that effect, but later. at the capitol,- Glass moderated his assertion. The 6tories were switched between newspaper editions. But this moderation was somewhat offset when Glass subsequently In formed everyone he would handle the bill on the assumption that the president favored devitalization. While thia situation is unprece1 dentedly confusing, even for Wash' lngton. no one on the inside has any dust in his mind concerning it. As they all see It, Senator Glass It S. r Is an extraordinary senator. He not interested In patronage. He does not want any of those 4.880.000.000 relief dollars which now rest In Mr. Roosevelt's pocket. No favor in the power of the administration could possibly convince him that he is wrong in trying to bury the vital section 3 of the bonk bill. Hence, he has to be handled In a different way. If, In confusing Senator Glass, the administration confuses the whole world about the bank bill, that is bad for the world, but only tem porarily. The inner wiseacres may be wrong in these apparently sound deduc tions, but they are asking no odda in betting that the vital portions of the administration bill will emerge from all this synthetic con fusion. Senator Glass to the con trary notwithstanding. The confusion of Glass did notiwlth .Solinsky. have pleaded guilty. etart recently. Before Mr. Roosevelt I went fishing, the five-foot stick oi I Virginia dyntimite was supposed to have consulted the president about trimming the bank bill. I. If those who were nearby heara x aright. Mr. Roosevelt said, in ef fect: "O. K get in touch with Eteagall." Mr. Steagall is the bank leader in the house. Just as Mr. Glass is in the senate. There are ' lots of people in the world witn whom Glars would rather consult. but necessity required did. it and he The reply he is supposed to have i received from Mt. Steagall was that battery of counsel headed by his Mr. steagall wou:d have to get in brother, E. R. Solinsky of San Fran touch with some "other people.' Cisco, and Oeoree Neuner, former By this time, Mr. Glass apparent- i lv realized he was on a merry-go- I round, and he decided to get in touch with himself. Incidentally. Mr. Steacall has not been in touch with the "other people" yet. From these events, you may right ly deduce thst Senator Glass is no lonEr regarded by the admlntstra- i Continued on Page Pour.) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE KEPORTERS Chan Esan bark to burn up the F-nrue Valley poll course after an ea?trn trip A. H. Banwell almost wr.nging his nek trying to r;et oit of a parked automobile. Mayor po::er v'aa a huge black c.Crir. trying to k?cp bis face warm in a cold wind. Fri Smith kvpins warm by hoisting '"o'i a huff pane of alass intendd "i r." Mnnn'F store. A-t.vir perrv thrilling the populace a ren- ri..;er bonnet. At-mn r-.T.v n.a(,r, ffjuMma br . ... ' ... ' ..... ... "r 1,,,,.. '.n Craft. Ahirdren reporte.. li'.e Urine liner valley Is t:e most bfi.ut.iul plie he hat been In 10 roars. 3,045 DEATH TOLL FALL OJSLEEPERS Thousands' Injured And Without Shelter After Shocks Combine With Fires To Spread Terror. TOKYO. April 22. A'i The Henso News Acrnry today of ficially announced that 3.043 persons hart dlrd In the earth quake which devastated several northwestern communities In Formosa Sunday. (Copyright, 1935. by the Associated Press) TAIHOKU, Formosa, April 22. Fires broke out today In the ruins of several northwestern Formosa communities where violent earth quakes Sunday killed at least 3.793 persons and Injured about 12.000. Streams of injured continued to j straggle into the emergency hos- j pital centers, while army carrier j pigeons brought reports hourly ot j further devastation in remote sec- ; tlons. Two terrific earth shocks shook j the populous sections of this Jap- j anese island possession at dawn t Sunday, sending hundreds of flimsy dwellings crumbling about their sleeping inhabitants. In many vil lages not a building was left stand ing. Entire families lost their lives. Hundreps Trapped Hundreds of peraons: trapped in debris, cried for help. Frantic reller workers, their efforts handicapped by insufficient equipment, were able to reach only a small percentage of the injured. An army battalllon stationed at Talchu in the center of the ravaged (Continued on Page Hire) E AIDES 10 TESTIFY IN FEDERAL TRIAL PORTLAND. Ore.. April 32. (AP) E. C. Solinsky. discharged superinten dent of Crater Lake national park, went on trial In federal court here today on 14 counts charging payroll padding and defrauding the govern ment hy nnuntlng false claims. A. R. Edwin, former chief clerk and disbursing officer at the park, and I. F. Davidson, former superintendent of park construction. Jointly Indicted Tnev w111 tMtlfy "gainst their former superior. tan c uonaugn, united States attorney. srld today, The complaints against Sollniky charge he carried non-existent or dis charged employes on the park payroll during May. June, July and August. 1932, and that he presented a claim for about 40O for wood cutting and received payment from the govern ment when in fact, the contractor who did the wood cutting received only $150. Donaugh said the total tof llesredly fraudulent proceeds charted to solinskv is about 3000,. The accused mnn Is defended by United States attorney here. RECALL URGED SrLVERTO. Ore.. April 32. we are goin to nave a rownsena revolving plan or revolving congress men, and we'll start with Ore-eon's oclosation." Clarence Wacporter of Palem told a statewide gathering of 1 .000 enthusiastic Townsend pension plan supporters here Saturday night. The crowd shouted and cheered wildly when F. A. HAskll of Port land suggested thflt Governor Charles H. Martin be recalled by July 15, DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BEND BUSINESS AREA FEND, Ore.. April 22. fAP) Dam ace estimated by the fire depart ment at somewhat more than 30. ooo -u eaused hpre today by a fire which raced for several hours In the heart or tne ena ousiness oistnrx. i nw fitrhter were handtraPDed by a I break tn the water main. break In the ws:er main. The fire s'sr'.ed In the basement of a furnltuie store, destroyed tnat bulldina and raided conMderah'.- da mace to the Deschutes county u- brarjr next door. D. A. R. ELECTS in -I f ' J J I, V 1 Mr I. William Russell Magna (left), retiring president of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution, la shown greeting her successor, Mrs. William A. Becker, who was elected at the Washington, D. C convention. The two D. A. R. dignitaries were classmates at Smith Col lege. Mass. (Associated Press Photo T OF F CHICAGO, April 32.-h7Pi Cracking under a secret fear of insanity, a mild-mannered man who had spent 40 years behind the brill work of a teller's cage in the First National bank of Ghlc-ao, today shot and kill ed his daughter and one of his two rons, as they slept in their home in suburban Lagrange Park. The 56-year-old. teller. William J. Gardner, seriously wounded another son, Kenneth, before the latter dis armed him. The mother of the fam ily, Mrs, Elsa Oardner, was unhurt. The two killed were: Rita Jane Gardner, 20. a graduate of a girls' school at Gainesville. Ga , and an employe of the First National tank. Donald Gardner, 14, a freshman at the LaGrange high school. Sitting in the office of Chief of Police Edward Jones of . La G ranee Park. Gardner- related the cause of the tragedy. "I wanted to kill everybody and then myself," he said, "and relieve everybody. I've been feeling funny in the head. Jumpy and fidgety. I felt that I couldn't carry on any longer." T E HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. April 22. (AP) Mne West, a Hoofer, married Frank Wallace, a hoofer, in Milwau kee in 1P11. Mae West, screen actress, says it must have been another Mae West, because she, herself. Is a spinster. "Why, I never heard of the guy." when informed a m.rrlsj;. license . ,n ,n "K" " iot in. n-""-v., v, in,...,. i I elated CollcKlste Press, was one of the files' of Milwaukee register of deeds. "Well, this certificate seems to have consider ble similitude with th known facts of your life." Miss West was told. "The names of the bride's father and mothei were given as .Jack West and Matilda Dtlker. Those were the names of your parents, were they not?" "Yes but in this cae. it must have been two other girls," Mae shot bark, i jokingly. K.F. SUIT UNDER WAY PORTLAND, April 22. (AP) The 120.000 dimape action brought by M. A. Hollineworth of Portland against Oeon-e Kincald of Klamath Falls for alleg?d alienation of the affections of his ex-wlte. Helen E. Holllngs-orth, went on trial before a Jury It. circuit Judge Tuckers court here today. In his complaint, Holllngworth set out that he married Helen E. Holllng worth on April 27, 1P28, and lived liappilv wlti her until November. H32. when the alteration chsrees : Klnald began a course of conduct : -j-.-.. Holllnsworth chareed that Klncsld , enticed the woman irom mm on juiy .enticed the woman from him on July 7, 1933. and Indued her to sue fir ...tor.e. HolliiK-.inh aiKto Kincald lor met I; -er p: ' im I business at fuams-.. rail. MRS. BECKER FLETCHERS BLAST AT By Max Boyd (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, April 32. (AP) A charge by Henry P. Fletcher Viat the new deal has rr mn sowing the seeds of socialism and an answer' lne prediction by Senator Lewie m.. III.) that Fletcher will be ousted from leadership of the CI. O. P.. stirred Interest today In a cap ital that Is looking forward to 103". Fletcher said last night th"t "we must stop the definite movement to. wurd state socialism." Lewis replied todav that Fletcher's reign aa chair man of the National Republican committee will be ended by west ern delesates at the party's next convention. Westerners In Revolt "The liberals of the west their party beaten all over the United States last year on the same platform and accusations now being advanced by Chairman Fletcher." declared I'wls. who was chairman of the Democratic senstorlsl cam. palgn committee In the 1034 elec tion. "They are lining up against the eastern wing that wishes to turn the party back to the financial con trol which dominated the Hoover government." An assertion by Fletcher that "the planned economy of the Wallaces. Warrens and Tugwella la merely a new deal version of the Marxian philosophy" was described by Lewis as an attempt to "arrest attention and save himself and his associ ates from being thrown out of control." Fletcher's Thrust Sharp Fletcher's four-pronged thrust at the Roosevelt administration, made sharpest since the president took office. Mr. Roosevelt must be responsible for the actions of his aides and must approve their public utterances "or he would dismiss them," Fletch er said. (Continued on Paw Three) First Lady Hostess at Traditional Easter Fete WASHINGTON, April 23. (AP) Crowds of eager children, shepherd ed by their parent In the time honored EaaU?r egg roiling on the White House lswn. almost mobbed Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt in her own back yard today as they scram- bled to greet her. Hair a dozen husky policemen were required to make way for the first lady, who waved good-naturedly at the youngsters crushing about her, when she stepped off the White House south portico to Join In the fun on the lawn. Accompanied by her ttr-in-lr. Mrs. Paul Roosevelt of Detroit, ana the latter a dauchters, Amy. sgeo aged I, and Miss Mayrls Chsney. of New Yorlt, Mrs Roosevelt finally managed to make her way to a Band stsnd oy ne her way to a band stand by the fountain In the lawn. There, the umuieii ie j.irn a me '""""KUli portico, two little Roosevelts and the bnnd played America for the Amy. sued t, and Diana, 8 aw ive ranbit. ' " ( Mrs. Kooievsu wore on oc nar F OF Share The Wealth' And $200 Per Month Pension Ideas Draw Scornful Men tion Of Roosevelt Aide. NEW YORK, April 32. JP Pear of government interference with a free press was called "without .sub stance" today by Secretary Harold L. Tckes of the Interior department. speaking at the annual luncheon of the Associated Press. He said freedom of the press, free dom of speech and the right of free assemblage were "the greatest safe guards of our liberties,' and as serted: "So long as they remain to us as political vitamins, we can withstand Mie shock troops of fascism, or com munism, or even of special privilege parading the verisimilitude of benev. olenoe and democratic concern for the common man." Frank B. Moves, publisher of the Washington Star and president of the Associated Press, presided at the luncheon and paid tribute to charter members still living who Joined in forming the present Associated Press in 1900. A number of charter mem bers were present as guests of honor 'Not all the compensation of news- j psper-maktng is in the financial suc cess." he said. "There are Ideals, an earnest effort toward which Is also compensation. We may only secretly confess this. Yet, without that be ing true, advancing years could not so happily record the success that comes to us. "If each of you can read between the lines what I cannot express, you will understand why each of the char ter members of the organization feel that for you of this and future yean the -Institution ' Which we call the (Co-tinned on Page Five) ELEPHANT EAR IS POISONING CAUSE J. W. Ragsdale of Trail was re ported Improved today at the Com munity hospital, having been seri ously ill over the week-end from the effects of mushroom poisoning. He became 111 .Saturday, Dr. C. I. Drum mond, county physician, said, In a new outbreak of a malady caused by eating "elephant ear" mushrooms, Seven people in the Applegate area were stricken last week, but all hav- made rapid recovery, Dr. Drummond said. The Trail case Is the only new one reported. Gyromltra Brunnea. the species to which the poisoning is attributed, is more commonly known as ' elephant ears." SET FOR TODAY HONOLULU. April 11. m Tht Pnn-Anwrtcsn Clipper planned to tsK off for Alameda. Csl., today st 3:30 p m. ( p. m. E. B. T.) on It re turn fllchl, Pan-American Airways of ficial announced. The good weather conditions which iirr-v.lled on the. outward flight were present for today's return, ssld pan American Airways officials. The Clipper will take a heary mall load. prettiest sprrng dresses for the oe rssion, a printed red with a red belt and red collar trim. Girl Scouts formed an aisle of honor while ihe came down the steps, but it took all the energy of tna pome, gooa-na-u.u men vo mase ner w band stand and back A half dozen of the child Tisltora were lost from their parenti before Mrs. Roosevelt even appeared, and the six Girt Scouts and tlx Oirl Reserves on duty sorting out lost children were busy Indeed after the had passed. A cloudless morning a surprise alter a dreary, rainy Sunday saw ; d . ,n brlf,ht.colored i . d swinging Easter baskets, i .-... , th. whii House l thronI ,nd enter upon the day's . , ljMnln, 0Ver the railing of the ' ottauea Da rf L Whereabouts Of Gladys Lawson Solved Says Pennsylvania Official Doctor Will Face Jury. LANCASTER. Pa., April 32 yA) District Attorney Paul A. Mueller an- j nounced today the broken skeleton of the missing Oladye Lawson had been found at the "haunted house" of Dr. H. F. Zlmmcrly in the Me chanics grove. Mueller said In a statement, "We have solved the whereabouts of tht j body of Gladys Lawson. "At the suggestion of Dr. F. Mitch ell Carroll of Franklin and Marshall college, Lancaster, and Dr. Loulsi Keasby, Lancaster pathologist, w? called in Dr. J. W. Rice of Bucknell university, who examined the bones found at the Zlmmerly farm. "Dr. Rice has reported they are those of a young female and we are convinced they are part of the body of Gladys Lawson." Police ssld the fragment of bone tltey had found virtually form a com plete human frame. Rones Badly Burned. Although they had been burned badly, there la no difficulty In dis cerning the heads and shafts of the ribs, bits of the skull, parts of tht spine, and arm bones, they said. Mueller said charges against the doctor will be presented to the June grand Jury and that, If Indicted, he will be tried immediately. Mrs. Lawson, 26-year-old Calvert, Md., blonde and mother of two chll- (Continued on Page Flv) IGFlilTS PAYING U. S. TAX WASHINGTON. April 23. (AP) ! Senator Long (D . La,), returned to the senate today and charged the Roosevelt administration had "called In .a gang ot brigands" and given them authority to spend millions of dollars in his state. Speaking before noisy, packed gal leries. Long brought President Roose velt Into hla attack upon Secretary Ickes and Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator, with the statement: "With the president lies the de mand that corruption and political prostitution of the lowest order shall be re-lnfllcted on my state and 1 don't mean maybe." May Quit Tax ravine Long gave notice that the with holding of relief and PWA money from Louisiana might lead that state to refuse to pay federal taxes. Long halted in the middle or his addreas when he saw Senator Bailey (D.. N. C), talking to Majority Leader Robinson. "I hope I'm not disturbing the senator from North Carolina." he ssld sarcastically. "I can hear him better than I can myself." , Bailey bowed ironically and ceased hit conversation, but made no re sponse. Later Senator Plttman (D., Nev.), who was presiding over the senate, threatened to clear the galleries "as I did once before" if the noise did not cease. "The president has set up a Boston tea party of hla own," Long asserted. He thinks he will draw out taxes (Continued on Page Five) BASEBALL National. n Hew York . a Philadelphia 1 Hubbe'.l and Mancueo; Bivln. Pearce and Wilson. American n. h. a Cleveland .... ....... S 12 ( Detroit 0 3 Hudlln and Myatt; Bridges, Sul llvan and Cochrane. R. H B. Boston 4 11 1 Washington 3 8 W. Terrell, Walberg and B. Per- rell; Whltehlll, nussell and Bolton. Map (Itildrd (ops lo Mllll. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C (UP) An anonymous letter received at county police headquarters here con talned a map showing the location ot a backwond'g liquor still. Three dep uty aherlffa, using the msp aa l guide, found and destroyed an 80 gallon still. In Violin Contest After giving a recital In Wash lngton, D. C, Miss Frances Brock, man (above). University of Wash lngton honor student, will go te Philadelphia to represent the Paci fic northwest In the national violin contest. (Associated Press Photo) 15 L Robert Wayne Carrol, S. young son of Mr. and Mrs. James Carrol of 302 Crater Lake avenue was seriously in jured about 8:30 this morning when he ran In front of the car of 8. M. Tuttle. was kr.ccfecd down, and drag ged several feet. The little boy was rushed to the Community hospital, and there the ' attending physician stated that he had sustained concus sion of the bain, a possible fractured skull, a badly torn left foot, cuts and abrasions. The physician stated that the boy would recover. "Bobby" was crossing East Main street near the Home Qrocery store. to spend a dime that he had In his pocket. He apparently did not see the approaching machine. Tuttle, manager of the 8. OS. fruit pocking plant here, was returning from taking hla children to the Valley school, and did not see tha boy until the Impact, It was stated. Tuttle stopped Immediately, obser vers stated, and the accident, accord ing to a witness, was unavoidable. Tuttle was said to have been travel ling at less than 30 miles an hour when the accident occurred. ON RULERS EDICT ROME. April 33. AP) This Easter Monday brought marriage and money to 4,412 young Roman men and women. The Fauci t party had offered 800 lire about 42 to any and all in Rome or Its province who would make today their wedding day, and officials announced thst 3,200 cou ples accepted the ofrer. At some churches, six couples were married at a 'time. After the ceremonies, they went to party head- quartrrs where they were given their cash awards. ISTANBUL. April 32. (AP) Latiy Astor, the British peeress from Vir ginia, said today: "I pity the German and Italian women whose only rights are mak ing children by order of the dic tator-rulers of their countries. In America, England, Turkey and other free countries, women also bear children, but not by order. I am the happy mother of six children, but X was not ordered to have them." CKStdfc,if:. I ! 1 , Lady Astor came here for tne,un quiiy cleared the streets. twelfth congress of the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship. FACES FEDERAL CHARGE PORTLAND, April 25. f,n Frank J. flopp. secretary of the Benefit Sav Ingn u Loan association here, was taken ln custody by a deputy United States marshal today on secret in dictment which alleged he had falsi fied statement presented to the Home Owners' Loan corporation. Thl bench warrant for the arrest was ta sued by Federal Judge Jamea Algr Fee. PEAR AGREEMENT FOR THISJEASON Hearing On Proposed AAA Agreement On Bartletts Develops Doubt As To Advisability In Future. Medford district pear growera. at this mornings session of the AAA hearing on the proposed marketing agreement for cannrrs of Pacific coast grown Bartlett pears, expressed a willingness to accept the agree ment for the one-year period, but with doubt, as to future years. Growers testified that conditions were favorable this year for grow ing 2 3 i -inch pears, as specified ln the proposed agreement. Next year and future years, might bring new conditions. It was testified. R. K. Norrls, as a grower, told the hearing, "growing and Irrigation water conditions are favorable this I year for raising the 23i sizes, but ln some years the valley would -I perlence difficulty ln making the specification." B. N. Burns of Portland, secre tary of the Northwest Canners as sociation. R. A. Bailey of Springs brook, Ore., head of the Spring brook Co-operative cannery and R- A. Busenark of Roseburg, president of the Umpqua Valley Fresh Fruit association, also testified at tha hearing. Kirk Spokesman John D. Kirk, president of tha Fruit Growers league, was delegated as the Med lord district spokesman. "Article 6" of the proposed agree ment, llmlttng the size of cannery pears to 2VB Inches was tha main questioning point of the morning session. Article No. 0 reads : "No. X pears" shall consist of well formed pears not less than two and three-eights (2) Inches in diameter, .which ar mature, firm, free from scale, black end, hard end, worms, decay, windfalls and damaga caused by broken skins, limb bugs andjor other Insects, and sunburn, hall marks, frost marks, frost- Injury, drouth spots, rus settng, disease, tarnish, plant bugs andor other Inspects, and mechanical or other means. Norrls recommended that the art icle be changed to read "free from damage from scale," Instead of "frea from scale." Norrls said Rogue River growera "in some years might hava difficulty In making the 3 speci fications." He said It would require extensive pruning and would limit tha cannery pack. Rosenberg Dubious Harry ' Rosenberg, shipper and grower, testified that in his opinion 2 was too large a size for "any great percentage in normal year,- ana tnat under its specification. the Medford district would not get s large a percentage of tonnage as Washington and California dis tricts." Rosenberg said the 314 sic was most favorable for the grower. tor price and disposition. Rosenberg testified that "Artlcla was practically the same as the cannery contracts offered growers and shippers, the past couple or years. He stated that the cannerlei had made a liberal Interpretation in the past. He doubted If "any con siderable percentage of No. 1 pears" wouia be grown In this district un der a strict Interpretation. Lyia P. Wilcox, county horticul tural agent, told the hearing board tnat any restriction of cannerr peara would mean an Increase ln the fresh fruit market supply, and tend to reduce the cannery prices. It was also testified that the 3ft (Continued from Page One) WEI SNOW BLANKET FALLS ON KLAMATH KLAMATH FALLS, April 13. (Pi Palling steadily since early morning, a. wet blanket of enow covered the hilly sections of Klamath Falls today. In the downstown dlstrlcta the flakes melted as fast a they touched th. ground. One Inch of snow was on tha atreeta Easter Stinrlsv hut . warm ED PORTLAND, April 32. (AP) Tilt appointment of E. C. Sammons to a second nlns-year term as member of the state board of higher education was confirmed today by the senate Interim committee on confirmation of executive appointments. The vote was unanimous. Senator Mt-Comack of Lane was not present. Senator Strayer of Baker was se lected chairman of the committee. and Senator Lee of MultnomaU was ima eeoreiarf.
