Medford Mail There Is A Place No matter what you hart to sell, wsnt to trade, or wish to bur, them tt a place In Mall Tribune classified for jour Ad. le these Ads and get result Jnst as tour neighbor Is doing. Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 3, 10:r. No. 62. M The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday ; ' no change In temperature Temperature: HlgheU yesterday US lowest tills morn hie j TRIBUNE 'V IF LOT ' I Pmmid MAN By TAIL MALI. ON Copyright, l!i;i5. By Paul Mallon WASHINGTON. June 3.-The course of reformation of the new deal Is now fixed. No definite announcement Is being made because President Roosevelt does not wish to Tie his hands to tt in public Just yet. Details remain to be Ironed out. Freedom of ac ' tlon must be maintained. But his mind, als purpose and his method of reviv ing his new deal have been per sonally determin ed. PAl'l MALL ON He will go through the motions of having congress pass some makeshift substitute laws. One of these will seek to re-lnstltute the code system by voluntary cooperation among business groups, probably under su pervision of a powerless government commission. The legal approach will be through a redefinition' by congress of the "allowable limits of combination.' Essentially It will be an amendment of the anti-trust laws, although It may not be called that. It will en courage the formation of business as sociations with well-defined objec tives fixed by congress, preserving as much as possible of the NRA prin ciples. It will not preserve much. The administration will make no claim that It will mret the wages and hours situation which was regulated by. NRA. A second step will be proposed to meet the labor situation In a similar ly makeshift way. Its legal approach will be through a federal statute to protect any state from goods pro duced In other states under labor standards below Its own. This legal principle already has been approved by the supreme court In prohibition cases. The same basic Idea Is embod ied In the Hawes-Coopcr act covering convict-made goods. This means that the states would be encouraged to make their own NRA laws, and that the government would assume the power of enforcing them. For Instance, the New York state legislature would be asked to fix maximum working hours and mini mum wages. Any goods would be bar red from that state unless produced under standards Identical or better than those of New York. The effect would be to cause all states to adopt Continued on Page Pour.) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Wm. M. Carle of Lake Creek "One can see Venus tomorrow In broad day light, merely by locating the moon, and then trnclng west until the plan et shows up." Several Gllmore Lions, Including Manager Bob Lewis, Dick Lewis and 1 George Smith eating Ice to keep cool as the Medford Rogues walloped Ash land yesterday. Jerry "Dlavolo" Smith scaring Agatha Reddy half to death by mak ing a vertical bank turn over Jack sonville, and she suddenly discover- : Ing to her surprise that she was yell- ; ing at the top of her voice. j Fire Chief Roy Elliott, returned ; from the middle west. looking the i village over, satisfied that it dldn t 1 burn down during his absence. Ed Kirtley nobbling about on one ; foot, not being a great deal of h!lp Tov'to'rrr!; I r Preacher's Faith Overcomes Poison Fangs Of Snakes ST. CHARLES. Va.. June 4 (API Recovering from the pois onous bite of a copperhead snake, received In a "demonstration of faith." and unharmed by three large rattlers he handled before a hirhly emotional congregation, the Rev. Georae Hrnsley. Holiness preacher, today reiterated his claim of immunity to reptile ven om throush "faith In God." A crowd estimated at I.lKH which pwarmd In s grove of ce dar tries at Ramsey last niznt watched the revival t and five others handle the rattlesnake.. Imported tremthe mountains if Kentucky. The minister ascribed the fail ure of the s-nhkef to bite to hi prayers, and cited chapter ,id verse of the scriptures as rxpia natinn of hi aetton. iuhucw I 185 LIVES LOST, Y HOMELESS IN PLA1NSREGI0N Nebraska Hardest Hit by Rampaging Waters Property Loss Will Total Twelve Millions, Is Word NORTH PLATTE. Neb., June S. The North Platte National Guard and other able bodied men were called out today to evacuate lowland dwellers and conduct other relief work as the South Platte river leaped Its banks here and put the only road connecting stricken McCook with the outer world under three feet of water. By the Associated Press The death toll of floods In six states In the western great plains area rose swiftly today to 185 as a new havoc of nature dust storms Joined forces with the swirling waters to add to the misery of the suffering In habi tants. While soldiers and civilians In Kan sas in attempting to check further damage caused by the rampaging Re publican river, which already had devastated south central Nebraska, what was described by Ralph Wil liams, Springfield, Colo., editor, as "another one of those black devils" struck southeastern Colorado, south western Kansas and the Oklahoma Panhandle. Nehraka Hard Hit. Nebraska was the hardest hit by the floods. State Senator W. C. Bul lard, general chairman of relief at McCook, which was struck simultan eously by flood and tornadoes, an- j nounced the known death toll In the state was about 140 persons. Colorado had 19 known dead, Wyo ming 7, Texas, fl, Kansas 10 and Mis souri 3 by the latest figures. Ten per sons were missing at Concordia, Kas., 1 Continued on Page Three) F. D. TO TELL NRA WASHINGTON. June 3. (API President Roosevelt today prepared further steps to bring government ac tivity in conformity with the supreme court decision ending NRA. but re served ft declaration of general policy to meet the setback until later In the week. The next White House announce ment on secondary details is expect ed within 24 hours. Mr. Roosevelt conferred with Speak- er Byrns. No message to congress was In prospect, however. Inquiries developed that about 200 letters and messages had been re ceived over the week-end. PORTLAND ILL KEPT CLOSED BY PICKETING PORTLAND. Ore., June 3. fAP) Union pickets prevented the reopen ing of one Portland lumber mill today but about 2000 men were back at their Jobs in this city after having been out of employment for several week because of the general lumber strike. About 12S pickets patroled the southeast Portland Lumber company where employes had returned this ' morning. When threat of lntlmlda- . tlon were heard the mill owner de- elded he would not risk violence to ,hls men, and postponed the reopen- ; ing. EDUCATION BOARD WAITS WORD FROM DR. HUNTER PORTLAND. June 3. ( AP) Mem bers of the state board of higher ed ucation today weie expecting Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, chancellor of University of Denver, to give them a definite answer by Wedneseday on whether he is Interested in becom ing chancellor of Oregon's system of higher education. Dr. Hunter conferred -with mem bers of the board here last week. OFFER $250 FOR FIRST OF RANSOM CURRENCY SAN FRANCISCO. June 3. (AP The San Francisco Call-Bulletin to day offered a reward of $230 to the person who first brings in one of he George Weyerhaeuser random bills. A . full p.ie of the paper was devoted to j a list of ransom bills serial numb-rs. THIRTY ITALIANS KILLED IN WAR WITH ETHIOPIANS LONDON. June 3 'AP A Reuters B r ; m h i ne- ajenrv dispatch from "cm? tor.u'. . taid 30 Italian subject were kjr.td In the latent African fron ,t.er bet tie with. Ethiopians. RESCUE PARTIES DARE FLOOD IN it?r: rj m ( w S P5tfvlw: " More than 20 wera reported dead or mining In Colorado after the recent dust-ridden lector waa flood ed In a sudo.n overflow of Fountain Creek. Scorea of Colorado Sprlnga residents told of thrilling rescue, from flood watera as firemen, police and other aldea utlliied boats, extension ladders, ropes and varloua other meane to evacuate residents cauoht In the storm. (Asaoclated Press Photos ELLIOTTS ENCOUNTER OUST STORM WHILE The recent devastating dust storms In the middle west were described viv idly today by Fire Chief Roy Elliott, who returned with Mrs. Elliott last night from an automobile trip of several weeks' duration to Kansas City. Mo. "It was a nice trip considering the dust," Chief Elliott said, describing a stretch wl-ere they drove for 30 miles In dust so thick they could not see the highway. Many drivers, he said, used chains on the backs of their cars, to ground the static that filled the atr. They were forced to stop in Colby, Kansas, one day because of the dust, and Chief Elliott had to wear a mask to go into the streets, where he said house lights were burning aa If It were night. "Wp had to stop several times to find the highway, and used our lights for many hours when the dust was too thick to see approaching cars more than 25 feet away. Dust got In the timer and gave us considerable car trouble." After visiting at their home town near Kansas City, they mnde the re turn trip through Omaha, Neb., and into Wyoming, beating the severe floods that followed the dust storms by only one day. The car was towed throueh water in one section, ana Chief Elliott said it rained until they reached Boise, Idaho. MAE WEST DENIES NEW YORK, June 3, (AP) Mae Wri: and Paramount Productions, Inc., answered with a general denial today a 100 ,000 suit by Frankio Baker, negro, of Portland. Ore., that she was libeled In the motion picture "She Done Him Wrong." inc pmwiu.i. ubiiiuhk onmiiim rmuMtj ' oi memoers oi me itarpia gang. Johnny." charges the picture held her i The three men, the police were ln up to "public scandal. Infamy, shame formed, registered at 10:15 o'clock and disgrace." The answer filed with her attorney. Daniel Cook, acknowledged that Mac West sang a version of the song. "Frankle and Johnny," In the film, but denied the libel allegations. GENTLE NAG CARRIES LONDON, June 8. fAP) King j George V. astride a gentle bay horse, ! rode with his four sons at the head of a column of crack cavalry and foot soldiers today In the ancient cere- ! mony of trooping the colors as a mark of three score years and ten. All the British empire celebrated the king's seventieth birthday anni versary as a holiday, but the cere monies centered here around the king himself. BONNEVILLE FISHWAY ' -PLANS ARE COMPLETE! PORTLAND. June 3 Vt Th j state fh commission was ad vised to day that plans for fish ways at Bon- ' neville dam. under preparailon tot i months, have been dcfinlte'y deter- ! mined oy the U. S army nplnee-. Tne total cot of provision to con serve the aa.mon industry in the C-i - iurr.bl r.ver is et;ma.d at W.3O0.- ooo. Political Bureaucracy May Curb Opportunities Of Young Fears Hoover Drake Graduates Are Warned to Suspect Proposals for Foregoing Rightful Exercise of Muscles, Might DES MOINES, June 3. (AP Former president Herbert Hoover . re turned to his native state and sounded a warning today against what he termed a possible "political bureacracy." Here to address 178 Drake university graduates and to receive an hon orary degree. Mr. Hoover said, "you should be suspicious of any proposal that asks ymi to forego the rlghtfulxerclse of your muscles and might, of any governmental action which limits your opportunities to work and produce. "Some people would like to mobl lire you Into a political bureaucracy to run this civilization. "But some of us hold that the Jobs should go to those who win them fairly by merit." No Political .Significance The only Iowan to attain the presi dency of the United States denied In an Interview that his return to his native state contained any poli tical significance. Mr. Hoover asked, "will government permit you to breathe the pure air EXCITE SUSPICION ROSEBURO, Ore., June 3. (AP) i StAte pollre officers here today are endeavoring to eetablUh the Identifi cation of three men who stopped at the Umpqua hotel In Roseburg Thurs day night. Two of the men, hotel employes informed the police, closely resembled Alvln Karpis and Harry Campbell, sought In connection with the Weyerhaeuser kidnapping. The actions of the trio attracted suspicion of hotel and dining room ; employees, who reported to the police ioaay uwr seeing puDUsneo: pictures Thursday night. Bellboys were not permitted to handle the luggage car ried by the men. Many Visit Crater On First Day Open A large number from Medford vis ited Crater lake yesterday, according to park headquarters, making the trip to the lake rim Itself behind a pilot car which waa used to lead cars through the one-way road from park headquarters to the lodge. The road will be open to two-way traffic Tues day, park authorities announced. U. S. AND GERMANY KEEP ALL BUT ONE CLAUSE WASHINGTON, June 3 ( AP) The States and Oermany today turned an agreement retaining all m provisions of the er'stlng treaty of friendhip. commerce and consular rights, except the unconditional most I favored nation clause. ! RULE ANN HARDING MUST DEFEND HUSBAND'S SUIT LOS ANGELES. June 3. (AP) Overruling the contention of Ann Harding, screen star, that California court do not have Jurisdiction in the custody of her seven-year-oW daugh ter. Jane. Superior Jurfee Edward T. Biahnrp today ruled she must defend trie suit for the child's eusfviy brought by hr divorced husband. Hairy &atmlti. COLORADO of liberty In the spirit of the bill of rights? That Is the thing that you have need to look out for. For In this matter you enter life at one of the most crucial periods of American his tory." The former president confessed himself "troubled" about youth's fu ture. What troubles him, he said, was "what the forces of government may Impose on you that will limit or destroy your inspirations, your ln- ( Con ti n ued on pane Four ) CRUCIFIX FANATIC LOSES CHILDREN HIOH POINT. N. C, June 3. (AP) R. J. Rlggs, who said he forced his 15-year-old son to "crucify" him Sat urday In the hope of regaining his estranged wife, not only failed In that aim, but lost his children as well. Judge Lewis T. Teague today signed a court ofder awarding custody of the two children to the mother and ordered Rlgga to support all three. At the same time Gaston A. John- fl0n. prosecuting attorney. Insisted that he would seek to have Rlggs In dicted on some charge, probably at tempted suicide. Rlggs, who was found nailed by hands and feot to a crude cross near hi filling station about dawn Satur day, spent the week-end at a local hospital reading his Bioie. Validity Of HOLC Known Next Fall WASHINGTON. June 3. Pi The supreme court today agreed to rule next fall on the constitutionality at part of another new deal measure the home owners loan act of .933 It consented to review a decision o hm,W:T'?' CUrt h!?'-?' '""iBontlla. publlahtr of th. Dsnvar Post, bulldlng and loan associatlo-is cha" tered by that state cannot convc themselves Into federal association .Reckless Driver CZtQ f?rrksi 1rlt ueis decora joii PORTLAND. June 3 ,V, One f the atlffest penslties ever handed reckless driver In Portland was metej today to Burl Clayton 24, a l&bort:. by Police Judr Long. After hearlns tentimon ! that Clayton drove hif automobile on Northeast Union av nue at 71 mile an hour, Juifje Lou-! Imposed a 250 fine O. R. Barrett Here O. R BrreU of Seattle, assistant to the wnerl manav of Pacific Fruit and Prod'tre Co.. is spending several day In t :c city on cnslne..s, conferring with H. T. Huhbird. Mr. Hubbard and Mr Barrett spent Sunday at Oregon C?e. PLEADS GUILTY IN Volney Davis Captured Sat urday in Chicago, Will Hear Sentence Later Long-Sought Karpis Aide ST. PAUL, June 3. (AP) Gripped hard by the law he had dodged so long, Volney Davis, one of the Barker Karpls kidnap mob. pleaded guilty to conspiracy chrrges in connection with the J200.000 Bremer abduction case today. Arraigned before Federal Judge M. M. Joyce, the fugitive gangster listen ed to the lengthy reading of the in dictment in the same courtroom In which his erstwhile pal. Arthur (Doc) Bnrker, recently was convicted of kid naping Edward G, Bremer, wealthy St. Paul banker, Inst year. At the conclusion of the reading. Davis answered "guilty. He was not represented 'by counsel. Natty Oresser. Togged out In a grey suit with blue shirt and tie and brown and grey suede shoes, Davis listened unmoved before the bar of Justice while alert guards eyed him narrowly. Bremer, 37-year-old baaik president. was kidnaped January 17, 1934, and ! released after 31 days of imprison- j ment In a "hideout" at Bensenville, III., upon payment of 9200,000 ran som. Brought here by plane from Chi cago, where he waa captured Satur day, under heavy guard, Davis was escorted to the courtroom less than five hours after he landed here. He waa flanked on both sides by a cor don of deputy marshals as he waa led, handcuffed to a U. S. deputy mar hal, before Judge Joyce. His hair ruffled and appearing rather unkempt, Davis answered in the affirmative when the court Miked whether he desired the indictment be read. Taken In Trap. Davis' capture by federal agents In (Continued on Page Eight) THE DALLES. Ore., June 8 (AP) The state convention of the Lions club and of the Lionesses, the new women's auxiliary, was In full swing here today. Yesterday was spent In registration, golf and sight-seeing trips. State and International officers were to address the convention day. Richard J. Oaenbaugh of Denver, first vice president of Lions Intel- national, arrived yesterday. A steamer excursion down the Col umbia river, and a governor's ball were on the entertainment program today. The convention will close tomorrow with election of officers. FEDERAL LAND BANK NTEREST REDUCED WASHINGTON. June 3. (API President Roosevelt today approved the farm credit act of 1935 provid ing for a reduction In Interest on all Federal Land Bank loans through National Farm Loan associations to 3 per cent for the one year period beginning July 1, 1939. and to 4 per per cent for the two year period be ginning July 1. 1930. Interest on loans made directly by the land banks will be reduced to 4 and Pr cent respectively for these periods. Widow of Bonfils Dies Unexpectedly DENVER. June 3 (AP) Mrs. Belle n.rAH tlnnftla vlrlnv nt 1PrA CI died unexpectedly today after an 111- ness of 10 days. Mrs. BonflU. who held a controlling Interest In the Post but took no active part In management of the 'iPPi". became ill 10 days ago but -her ronnltion w not helleTed r. Fraud Sentences Must Be Served WASHINGTON. June 3. P. Na thaniel Baldwin and 14 others con vlcted si Butte. Mont., of tPirg tr.r malls to de-.fraud and of onnplrac to do so In connection with the sate of stock of Nathaniel Baldwin, Inc.. of Sslt Lake City. Urah, will be re quired to serve sentences of ;mprlson ment and pay fines imposed on them. The svipreme court re-fused todsy t- review the verdict of lower courts against tbem. Hunted Bw( 9 Ed Dentz (above), former associ ate of "Machine Gun" Kelly and Albert Bates, who jumped bonds In Dallas, Tex., was sought for ques tioning (n the kidnaping of George Weyerhaeuser, 9, In Tacoma, Wash. (Asaoclated Press Photo) ACCLAIMED AFTER FASTEST PASSAGE NEW YORK, June 3. (AP) The mammoth new French liner Norman dle was alongside her Hudson river pier today at 3:25 p. m., E. 8. T., her triumphant maiden voyage at an end. With the Atlantic blue ribbon her prize, the Normandle steamed Into the harbor today amid a wild ac claim by airplanes and the blasts of sirens on hundreds of welcoming craft. Her voyage was the fastest ever made by a trans-Atlantic liner. Averaging, officially. 39.68 knots from Southampton to Ambrose light ship, the Nor ma mile surpassed the 39.92 knot record ret by the Italian liner Rex on a run from Gibraltar. The best hour's speed, until she flashed by the lightship was 31.39 knots, the highest sustained speed ever achieved by a liner. The French pride came up to the north of the bay In sunshine. With binoculars passengers crowding the decks could see black rows of auto mobiles and crowds lining the Brook lyn and Long Island shores to watch the graceful ship glide by. Flag-bedecked ships, looking al most like toys from the towering height of the Normandle'a upper decks, swarmed about the monster. 1 GRADES BUTTER RISE HALF CENT PORTLAND. June 3. (i Another swing In butter prices on th produ exchange occurred today, the price being boosted V3c for extras ir.d prim flrat with others unchanged There was no change In the e; price openly for the week's atirt. Re ceipts were decreasing quit rapidly and show a total of 171.313 rases for the year to date compared with 193. 936 cases a yenr ago Seasonable weakness was reflected In the general domestic cheese mar ket situation. Prices locally weo practically unchanged for the perl d but ther) waa gathering weakiesa and price loss at leading Wlscon. In cen ters. Carryover of counfy-kllled calvs was shown by leading receivers f" the wek with best offerings 10-1 1c with light and thin oferlrys 7-Bc. Hogs ar firm at 15'a-16c while lamV and yearlings were steady. BABE BAD INFLUENCE ON TEAM McKECHNIE BOSTON. June 3. (AP) BUI Mc Kechnle, manager of the Boston Braves, In his first formal comment on Babe Ruth's departure from the team today attributed to Ruth both the team's lack of discipline and Its loss of spirit. BASEBALL American Philadelphia 4 U 2 New York 7 9 1 Blaeholder, Caster, Mahaffey and Richards; Dcshoiig, Murphy and Dlrkey. National P. H. E. St. Louis 2 9 0 Chicago 6 12 0 Heusvr, Hallahan, Harrell and Davis; Root and Hartnett. Qusrterljr Income tbsrra. aakxt 1 37. bid HO. A il r ''jiti it "ayr -I -""' tan 'WiiPi M I ! Income Shares i NORTHWEST GANG SNATCHJHEORY Idea That Barker-Karpis Mob Had Hand Fades Clamp of Silence Imposed On Weyerhaeuser Family By I.KLAND HAXM M Attnrlatcd Press Stnff Writer. TACOMA, Wash., June 3. (AP) Survivors of the Barker-Karpia mob faded from the picture of Georg Weyerhaeuser kidnaping today with Increasing Indications the 200.00o snatch was being laid at the door of Pacific Northwest criminals. This belief was strengthened when Volney Davis, lieutenant of the widely sought Alvln Karpis, pleaded guilty In St. Paul to a conspiracy charge In the 300-.000 kidnaping of Edward G. . Bremer, wealthy banker. Officials there said he was not questioned In the Weyerhaeuser case after revela tion last night of his arrest In Chi cago. While a net of officers spread throughout the Pacific Northwest to head off the abductors, observera of the close-mouthed investigation saw Indications A crafty gang from this area was being sought, Local Origin Seen. These Indications found strength In ' sources close to the Investigation which hinted strongly last night that "unusually Intelligent" criminals or possible local origin were responsible. Quotations from the gang-smashing (Continued from Page One.) WOMAN TRIES TO E IN JAIL AccordTng to city police. Mrs. OHt Kirk, 21, a transient h I tii -hiking south through Medford with her htis band, bound for Los Angeles, wsa Sat- . urday confined to the city Jail for being drunk. After the young women hsd been locked In a cell block In the women's ward of the city Jail, she attempted to hang herself. Improvis ing a rope (rom her dress. She at tached the dress to the barred ceiling of the cell, and jumped from the top bunk, police said. The city police officer on duty heard peculiar gurgling sounds com ing from the cell, and .upon Investiga tion found the woman hanging by her neck. She was taken down, and the dress locked up, but she later tore strips from the Jail blanket, and again attempted to hang herself. Her husband was located sleeping at a local rooming house, and she was released to him. and warned to leave town. She was last seen yesterdsy hitch-hiking south on the Pacific highway In the vlcintty of Talent. Activians Meet At Jacksonville Instead of meeting at the usual place tomorrow night, Medford Activ ians and their wives will meet at :4S o'clock at the Jacksonville Orange hall for a dlnncr-daiice. Dinner will be served downstairs, and Lady Activians are asked to bring covered dtshes. The service will be furnished. The dance will be held In the Orange dance hall, with members of the club and their wives furnishing, the music. HOLLYWOOD, Cal., June 1. We nil like to crow when h prediction turns out good. I been saying for 15 years that Jack Garner was a common sense man as wo have. Nick Lonjjworth told mo Garner win the smartest man in the house. Now our very popular (and us ually up-to-date) Time maga zine, just this week finds Ear ner quite a fellow. Say, just talk to some small merchants or druggists. Get them to tell you what's Roinf? on now in the price cutting, ehisellin'. and conniving line. It's terrible to have a law tel ling you you got to do some thing but you ain't going to do it unless there is. l O Ills. KtilsuaM Syodkat la