PAGE TWELVE
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY. MAT 16. 1935.
FEW. TESTIMONY S Al G. Barnes Circus Day Draws Near
(Continued from Psge One.)
stand, Judf?e Wlmberly commented,
from the bench:
"I commend to all old folks, the
reading of the supreme court decis
ion In the case of Thomns against
Tbomaa, as reported In Oregon 23. It
warns them against the Riving of
money and property to their chil
dren." The decision, couched In lenal verb
age for the most part, contains a
quotation from the Bible, reading In
part:
"Give not thy aon and wife,
nor thy brother and friend,
power over thee whilst thou Uv
eal. It Is better that they come
to thee for comfort, than thou
goent to them. Keep unto thyself
thy possessions, as long as breath
Is with ye."
Plnanclal dealing between the
Fehla and Mrs. Stalley, were corro
borated by records of the Med ford
National bank, as testified to by ,
George T. Frey, and by family let-1
tera. I
Heftifr Fehl Claim
Allegntlons of Fehl from the wit-
new stand yesterday, that "the Bar
association appointed a committee to
defend him In the criminal libel
stilts," and "they all knew about,"
the attempt to deed the Pacific Record-Herald
building to his mother,
Amanda M. Fehl, and mother-in-law.
Corlnthla E. Stalley, wore refuted In
the rebuttal testimony.
Fehl testified that soon after the
Parr libel verdict was returned, he
went to the office of Attorney F.
J. Newman, and In the presence of
Attorney E. E. Kelly and T. J. En
rlght, a deed transferring the prop
erty to the two aged women was
sworn to by Attorney Newman, as a
notary, and filed late that day with
the county clerk.
"After the deed was filed, I met
Judge Norton," Fehl testified, "and
he was mad about the filing of the
deed. The next morning. I withdrew
the deed before It was recorded, and
phoned Judge Norton to this effect.
A few hours later Judge Norton ord
ered the execution of the Judgment."
Electa A- Fehl, corroborated her hus
band's testimony as to those present
and further testified:
Fehl t iet
"Mr. Fehl was upset by the Parr
verdict. He wanted to deed him ev
erything, and start all over.'
Attorney Frank J. Newman testi
fied this morning that he drew the
deed, hut "advised Fehl It was a close
question of law whether It was;
valid." He said Fehl told him he
owed his mother and mother-in-law
money, mid soight to protect them.
Attorney Newman further testified.
"It Is my recollection only Fehl and
Electa Fehl wero present at the
drawing of the Instrument."
Attorney Kelly snld he was In Gold
Hill at the time, and Attorney En
rlght that he was In his office and
at the courthouse.
Celling himself as an Impeaching
witness. Attorney Kelly testified:
-"After the return of the flvo crim
inal llhpl Indictments. Fehl came to
me and a.skeri that the Bar associa
tion appoint a committee to defend
him. I was then president of the bar
annotation and Informed him tlint
the bar association was not in the
business of defending or condoning
his cr) nil mil libel.
Thought lie Owned Courl
"Mr. Fehl after the election of
Judge Norton." continued Attorney
Kelly, "thought he owned the court
and (lie bar as the rc.v.ilt cf his sup
port. "When I first saw Fr-hl after the
return of the Parr verdict ho was In
a violent mood, condemning the Jury,
the court, and Purr.
"I did not know of the filing of
the deed attempting to transfer the
property until the court castigated
me lor It and threatened contempt
proceedings, .lucle Norton was prr
turbed by the act." snld Attorney
Kelly.
Attorney hiulght testified that at
a conference with Fehl, after the
attempted Mine of the deed;
"Attorney Kt'lly nave Fell! a 'dress
ing down.' for such a mnvc. He told
htm whatever chance he had for a
new trial Jiad been lost. Mr. Kelly
KpoKn in no mean terms throughout,
and was very emphattr "
Nil I Himnlttce rtiiiiiiril
Attorney Enrich t further testified
he was jtceretiiry of the bnr avMH'la-
Only a few more days to wait for
the appearance of the great Al -G.
Barnes Wild Animal Circus In Med
ford, Saturday, May 18, near Jackson
school, ar d two performances will be
given, at 3 p. m. and 8 p. m. with
the doors to the big tent opening an
hour earlier to allow for visitors to
Inspect the Immense zoo and listen to
Prof. Chas. Roderick's military band.
Traveling on Bpeclal all-steel ral
road equipment the circus la a thrill
ing sight to watch as the trains roll
Into town In the mnll hours of the
morning. There Is generally a spe
cial section which carries all the sta
ble tents, menagerie, dining depart-
MAHKL STARK AN!) KA-MH
ment, and thia section generally
leave the preceding town about 10
p. m. so that the cook tent ran be
all up and breakfast ready for the
army of people when they arrive In
their Pullman sleepers.
This year the circus la presenting
a beautiful spectacle called "The Fies
ta of the Rio Grande," Almost every
one with tho show appears in this
giant presentation. Elephants, cam
els, dromedaries, horses, zebras, hip
pos, everything but the wild beasts
make their appearance In this grand
entry. Immediately after this tourna
ment leaves the tent the big arena Is
erected. Then the wild animals, un
der the direction of the famous Mabel
Stark with 17 tigers. Captain Terrell
Jacobs with 18 lions. Walter McLaln
with his elephant riding Hons, and
Major Robert Thornton with his pre
sentation, all start in order. The cir
cus is on and the beautiful dancing
girls, aeriaHsts, funny clowns, the
music, singers, the marvelous Im
ported acta including The Great Wal
ters Troupe, The Dazzling Burbans,
The Bernetti Family, The Canastrelli
Troupe and others anil pass before
your eyes with startling precision.
Truly, the circus breaks up the
monotony of every day life. It acts
as a vital tonic which brings the
glow and sparkle to the cheeks and
eyes. It peps up the sluggish circu
latory system .and gives a thrill In
these hectic days.
tion, "and know positively no oom
mlttee to defend Fehl was considered
by that body." '
Testimony of Attorney Kelly and
Enrlght was corroborated by Attorney
Herbert K. Hanna, who testified he
was one of Fehl's counsel In the
criminal libel actions against him,
but withdrew before the trial.
The trial has lnsted since Monday,
with a dally attendance of spectators
averaging about 25 people. It Is a
highly involved litigation, covering a
period of ten years.
Nicdermeyer, Inc., seeks an adjudi
cation of a Judgment against them,
awarded by the supreme court in
favor of the Fehls for approximate
ly 501X), among claimants for legal
services, money loaned and county
taxes and trial costs In the ballot
theft cases.
rinaling Cannery Sails
AtiTORI A, Ore., May 18. (P) The
floating cannery, Mention, of the
Columbia River Parkers association,
sailed last night for Itakan By Alas
ka, where It will start salmon pack
ing operations about May 27.
Duke To Jail
RITES ON FRIDAY
AT
Charles Walter Conklln, well known
and beloved resident of southern
Oregon, where he has lived for the
past 33 years, passed away at a local
hospital at one o'clock Wednesday,
after an Illness of the past few
weeks. Mr. Conklln was born at At
lanta, Logan county, 111., May 7.
1B50, the second son of a family
of four, born to Thomas and Laura
Conklln.
When Mr. Conklln was about the
age of ten their home was broken
by the death of the mother. The
father, being unable to keep the lit
tle family together and work at his
trade, placed the children wherever
homes could he secured. Mr. Conklln
was raised on a farm, until twenty-,
uuv. Dn-iiniig wnai rauraiion ne elude Arkansas. Missouri. Iowa. Illl
eould between working seasons. At,noia and much of Kansas and Ne
the age of twenty-one he left the i braskv However, m inn iw nr.
i arm aim securea a position in
lln united with the First Methodist
church, and upon his arrival In Med
ford Immediately became affiliated
with the local church, holding many
official positions. In 1907. he became
a partner in the Med ford Furniture
company, which later was known as
the Medford Furniture & Hardware
company. He retired from active
business in 1930.
He leaves to mourn his loss, his
widow. Mrs. Llllie M. Conklln of
Phoenix. Ore., one son, Sari o. Conk
lln Sr.. of Tacoma; two brothers,
Clifford A. Conklln of Lincoln, til.;
Edwin A. Conklln of Atlanta, III.,
and one sister, Mrs. A. D. Morrison,
of Zancsvlllc. Ohio.
Funeral services will be conducted
from the Perl Funeral Home Friday
afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, with Rev. t
Joseph Knotts of the First Methodist
church officiating. Remains will be
transferred to Tacoma Friday eve
ning, accompanied by Mrs. Conklln
and Earl Conklln. for interment.
There were only 76 true tornadoes
In 19.14. according to weather bureau
records, as against 260 In 1933 and
152 in IP32. last year's "twisters"
cost the Uvea of 33 people and de
molished property worth J2.800.000.
f
The tornado belt !s supposed to In-
HOOVER SAYS NRA
SADDLING PEOPLE
(Continued from Page One.)
be, a weapon of bureaucracy, a device
for intimidation of decent citizens."
He asserted the NRA has been
crushing the life out of small busi
nesses aid "they are crushing the
life out of the very heart of the 'local
community body."
"This whole scheme has saddled the
American people with the worst era
of monoplies we have ever experi
enced." Mr. Hoover declared. "How
ever monoply is defined Its objective
is to fix prices or to limit production
or to stifle competition. Only one of
those evils products the other two,
and It Is no remedy to take part of
them out. "
Second Recent Criticism
Mr. Hoover's statements, made yes
terday, followed by a few days an ad
dress in San Francisco in which he
criticized "regimentation" aa not pro
ductive of a true American. That ad
dress was made to a conference of
California social workers.
Shortly before that he sounded a
keynote for California Republicans,
assembled at a Sacramento meeting,
with a plea for the militant revival
of Republicanism.
A long silence on national affairs
was broken by the former chief exec
utive at the time of the supreme
court's gold clause ruling. Return
ing from a trip to New York, Mr.
Hoover released a statement in Tuc
son, Ariz., In which he advocated a
return to the gold standard and cur
rency stabilization.
In the NRA codes Mr. Hoover saw
a stifling of new enterprises, thereby
depriving American youth of oppor-
tunty.
Codes Boost Cost
"My Investigations over the coun
try show that the code have In
creased costs of production and dis
tribution, and therefore prices." he
said. "Thus they have driven toward
decreased consumption and Increased
employment. They have increased the
t of living, and placed a heavier
burden on the American farmer."
If the codes have increased em
ployment, Mr. Hoover said It was not
apparent.
'If we subtract the persons tempo
rarily employed by the coded indus
tries as the direct result of the enor- 1
mous government e.xppndltures. we i
find that the numbers being em-1
ployed are not materially greater than I
when ft (NRA) was enacted." he de- j
clarcd. "NRA's pretended promises to
labor were Intentionally vague and
have never been clarified. They have
only promoted conflict without es
tablishing real rights.
Can't Build on Error
"To the customary answer of 'de
structive criticism' or the other ques
tion 'What substitute Is offered?' I
suggest that the only substitute for
ah action that rests on definite and
0 S
Pawning of lewelry which alleg
edly didn't belong, to him led to
conviction of the Duke of Man
chester (above) on charges of ob
taining money under falsa pre
tenses. He drew a nine months'
prison sentence In London. (Asso
ciated Press PhntM
furniture store at Atlanta, III., which
he held for a number of years.
In 1883 he married Miss Anna S.
Nowell of Fairfield, Iowa, who pa--ed
away June a, 1031. In Medford.
To this union four children were
born. Three passed away In infancy.
At the age of eighteen. Mr. Conk-
leanr, Cleveland and Indianapolis ex
pernrel the freak storms. Torna
does abide by no set rules.
When the late Admiral Robert E.
Coon t ?, saw the sea for the first time
upon arriving at Norfolk. Va., as a
youthful midshipman, he climbed
high Into the rigging for a good view.
DANCE
Until
SATURDAY
NIGHT AT
Dreamland
proved economic error Is to abandon
It. We do not construct new build
ings on false foundations, and we
'cannot build a nation's economy on a
fundamental error.
"The beneficial objectives of
greater social Justice and the pre
vention of sweating, child labor and
abuse in business practices should be
and can be better attained by spe
cific statutory law.
. "There are already sufficient agen
cies of govenynent for full enforce
ment of the laws of the land. Where
necessary those laws should be
strengthened, but not replaced with
personal government.
"The magnitude of code adminis
trators, agents or committees has
spread into every hamlet, and, wheth
er authorized or not, they have en
gaged In the coercion and Intimida
tion of presumably free citizens. Peo
ple have been sent to Jail, but far
more have been threatened with Jail.
Direct and indirect boycotts have
been organized by the btircaucracy
itself. Many are being used today.
Claiming to cure immoral business
practices, the codes have increased
them a thousand fold through 'chis
eling.' They have not protected "le
gitimate business from uiTfalr com
petition but they have deprived the
public of the benefits of fair compe
tition. Will Impoverish Nation
"Publishers have had to resist ar
duously the encroachment of these
NRA cedes upon such fundamental.
constlutlonalLy guaranteed American
liberties as free speech.
"The whole concept of NRA Is root
ed In a regimented 'economy of
scarcity' an Idea that increased
costs, restricted production and ham
pered enterprte that -will enrich a
nation. The notion may enrich a
few individuals and help a few busi
nesses, but It will impoverish the na
tion and undermine the principles of
real social Justice upon which this
nation was founded.
"That original ballyhoo used to
hypnotize and coerce the people into
acquiescence Is now gone. Most of
the originally grandiose schemes now
are conceded to be a violation of the
spirit and letter of the American constitution."
CLASSES IN SPANISH
CONTINUE TO MAY 23
The Sponlsh classes which have
been conducted here for some time,
will end May 23. unless some pro
vision Is made for continuance, ac
cording to announcement today by
J. C. Hunter. Instructor. The reg
ular class will be held tonight In
room three at the hlh school.
Classes will also be held May 20. 21
and 23, but state authority for the
classes after the latter date has been
withdrawn. Keen interest has been
shown in the classes since Inaugura
tion, Mr. Hunter reports.
I
By SCHOOL BOARD
(Continued from Page One.)
Virginia Walt.
Helen winter.
Lillian Wise.
Marguerite Young.
Elementary SrhonU
H. W. Oustin.
Gertrude Ahlstrom.
Marian Briggs.
Ariene Hay.
Mildred Henderson.
Ethel Houston.
Ivah D. Murray.
Grace Reid.
Vvonne Smith.
Ruth Stewart.
Or a Cox.
Lueile Abbott.
Ethel Chastain.
Leona Crane.
Clare Gurneltus. .
Margaret Russell.
Eunice Smith.
Or a Tucker.
Freda Schneider.
Sara Van Meter.
Gladys Bond.
Nina Carlon.
Mary Coffin.
Flora Chllders.
Eleanor Curry.
V. Louise Hansen.
Alllenn Maxwell.
Myra Russell.
Ethel WillUs.
J. C. Tucker
Marian Beeson.
Ruth Bolton.
Blanche C:mode.
Alice Cromar.
Lysle Gregory.
Amy Hardin?.
Katherine Huntress.
Lttra Lynch.
Annie M. Watklns.
Gertrude Watzling.
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