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edford' Mail T Good Business It Is good business to use the classified page or thti newspaper. Then little Adi bring surprising re sults and In most cases prove to be a good Investment. Try them. i change In temperature. Highest yesterday ... si i Lowest thJs morning . 50 Thirtieth Year M EDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1935. No. 75. rn nnnrx i, ... u 1 III IMiUU The Weather Forecast: Unsettled and showery to night and Wednesday; not much M RIBUNE lie r i Afofeys i 1 1 GUARDS HELD r By PAUL MALLON (Copyright, 1035, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, June 18. It Is mora or leas an open secret that the Jus tice department lowyers generally con- alder the Ouffey Snyder coal bill to be unconstitu tional. This may be denied now because the White House is pushing the bill energetically 1 n congress. But around the department, the right-hand men of Attorney Oen eral Cummlngs are freely saying. PAIL .MALLON off the records, that the bill la Illegal on three points. Its price fixing fea tures are definitely monopllstlc: Its tax provision Is coercive and not for for the purpose of raising revenue: and anyway, the supreme court haa already held that coal mining Is not interstate commerce. The sltutalon has stirred up con siderable speculation as to why Presi dent Roosevelt chose to get behind a bill which his lawyers consider to be of doubtful legality. The atory most widely accepted by those In the know Is that the presi dent haa seized this Issue as a ve hicle to carry home his oppoilt-ion to the supreme court decision on NRA. It la a rather deep story but a plausible one. and the only explana tion for the enigmatic situation sur rounding the bill. The truth is the public reaction to the NRA decision was not what the administration desired. President Roosevelt's friends blame tt on the fact that the country failed to un derstand the issue. Constitutional questions are always Involved and not widely understood. . The sick chicken case was not one which could be dramatized easily before the coun try. Coal affords a. broader opportunity. Nerly everyone thinks the bill Is meri torious. A majority of coal operators, as represented by production tonnage, want H. The miners are threatening to strike unless It la passed. The only people strongly against It are the large coal consumers (railroads, utili ties), who fear higher prices. Non union operators also oppose it because it gives fftore power to the United Mine Workers. Ths JJstlcmnl Coal association, rep resenting the industry, haa taken no stand on It, being neither for it nor against it. Virtually all the northern operators, except the Mellon crowd, are for It. Everyone on the inside of the situ ation agrees that a swift court test of the bill la certain. The highest mine worwer authorities say they take that for granted. So does the coal assocition. They all expect that it will be taken to the supreme court next winter In plenty of time for a decision before the 1936 presidential campaign opens. That the court will throw out the bill also is taken for granted by a majority of cases. In the Coronado case, the court said (page 25): "Coal mining is not interstate commerce and the power of congress docs not extend to its regulation as such." It added that. If congress deems certain "recurring practices" likely to ob struct, restrain or burden the indus try, it may subject them to national supervision and restraint. But the Guffey-Snyder bill goes further. It taxes all operators and returns 09 per cent of the tax to those operators who Join up under a code. The purpose of the tax is mere ly to force the operators In under a code. The new dealers have been playing around coyly with the problem of international currency stabilization lately. It is known to have been the topic of recent White House confer ences. A very significant paragraph on the subject appeared in a memo recently given out by the commerce depart ment. It was not written offhand by a departmental clerk, but waa care fully worked out by officials and may be taken as a direct hint of a new , Continued on Page Pour.) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Joe Naumes laying himself liable to a bust on the snoot by dodclng into a parking place rightly belonging to a reporter who was Just backing Into it. Pov master l Sours needing a three letter word bzlnntne with "c". meanina a feline quadruped, to fin ish a ere -word puzzje. Walter Bowne being angry at the moon because it kept the flth eating all night, and they wouldn't take a fly during the day time as a result. Two people on Main tret not wearing t'lritle helmets, borti of them baneaUedj Vsr J AS HOSTAGES IN COALPIT SIEGE 380 Prisoners Defy Kansas Prison Officials Guards Repulse Attack With Tear Gas Demands Made LANSING. Kas., June 18. (AP Striking convict miners In the Lansing state prison coal mine late today set fire to the hay in the mule barn on the 720-foot level. Guards manning the gun cage at the level on the air shaft said they fired at the Incendiaries hut did not know wether they had hit anyone. LANSING. Kas.. June 18. OP Two demands were sent up from the Kan sas state prison coal mine by striking convict-miners this afternoon. The convicts asked that a new prison physician be appointed and that the warden promise their food would be cooked better. Warden Laoey Simpson said he had talked to Mine Superintendent Mur ray and a spokesman for the pris onera from a telephone station on the main mine shaft. Murray, he said, told him no one had been hurt and no property had been destroyed. Simpson said the sposekman for the prisoners did not identify him self. The warden told the man. he said, that "you boys should come up for supper and appoint a committee to meet with the board of administra tion." He promised the man he would summon the board to meet here. After considering this a moment, the warden said, the man replied: . "We'll wait down here." , Simpson, he said, promised them nothing except that he would call the board to meet here. Dr. David F. Parker of Tonganoxle la the present prison physician. He waa appointed last March. After the telephone call from Mur ray and the spokesman, the phone held by the prisoners once more be came silent. By R. O. Brown Associated Press Staff Writer. LANSING. Kas., June 18. ( AP) A group of mutinous convict miners were repulsed by tear gas in the first (Continued on Pie Eight) GOVERNORS STAND E SALEM, Ore., June 18. (AP) Gov ernor Charles H. Martin today asked members of the press to make public acknowledgment for him of the re ceipt of hundreds of letters which have been received at the executive office commending the governor's stand for law and order In connection with the current lumber strike. These letters are pouring In here so fast that we cannot begin to an swer them." said Governor Martin In exhibiting a atack of nearly 100 com munications received In today's mail, "I would like to answer each and every one of them, but that Is Im possible with the office staff and fa cilities we have. I wish the press would express for me the apprecia tion I feel for these spontaneous ex pressions of approval and support. They reveal a fine spirit of confi dence in constituted authority and a prevailing desire to see law and order maintained." ASTORIA. Ore., June 18. (UP) Mra. Eliza tfane Hustler, 100 years old. died today. The centenarian came here 87 years sgo from Chilllcothe. 111. Mrs. Hustler waa to have been queen of the steamboat men's picnic June 30. No Salary Limitation on Governor Claims Moody SALEM. Ore.. June 18. (AP) The framers of Oregon's constitution never Intended a limitation upon the salary of the governor, nor haa the state legislature up to the present time Interpreted such constitutional limita tion on salaries. Ralph E. Moody, as sistant attorney general, held In the court hearing on the fight to restrain the governor from collecting more than $1500 a year in salary. Moody represented the governor, secretary of state and state treasurer, defendants in the action brought by Ed A. Jory, Marlon county taxpayer. The complaint states the Oregon con- ; st l tut ion seta the salary of the gov- : ernor at 11500 a year where now he is i , receiving $"500 a year less the lesrls- ; 1 is'lve rdurion. The attorn? general's office, in the lbJe' 9 4?Jei fit &e etesr iP, MAN KILLED, MANY HURT IN RIOT John Duster, 24, wai fatally shot and at l.ait 50 persons ware In jured In rioting by sympathizers of striking street car employes In South Omaha, Neb. Police fired Into the crowd. six street csrs were burned. Top: Policeman Melvln Levin receiving medical attention after being Injured In the melee. Lower: one of the tram cars ablazs. (Associated Press Photos) AIR CORPS RADIO IS Establishment of an "air-alert" federal radio station at the Medford municipal airport aa one of about 30 similar bases of a nationwide net for guidance of army combat maneuvers, la assured. It waa disclosed at a meet ing of army air corpa officials and representatives of the city and the Jackson County chamber of Com merce this afternoon. Major C. H. Howard or Oeneral Headquarters air force at Langley Field. Va.. and Capt. A. W. Marrl-.ier of the office of chief of air corps. Washington. D. C, were the two air officials at the meeting, having ar rived this morning tor a day'a In spection of the local airport facllltlea. Major Howard la the son of Mr. and Mra. Charles B. Howard of Sum mit ranch, on the Oreensprlngs high way, and spent his early echool daye in southern Oregon. He described the new federal airways station aa the flrat step In an expansion plan that will later Include a "homing station" for army ablpa. ATTEMPT TO PUNCTURE SALLY RAND'S BUBBLE SOUTH BEND. Ind.. June 18. (UP) An unidentified Joker, who thought It would be fun to break Sally Rand's bubble by tossing a handful of small nails at It as she danced, gave her an injured eye last night. One nail struck her left eyelid. Medical at tention disclosed the Injury was not serious but physicians said she had a narrow escape. SOCIAL SECURITY BILL DELAYED TO TOMORROW WASHINGTON, June 18. (API Ad ministration leaders virtually aban doned hope of passing the adminis tration social security bill in the sen ate today in view of a prolonged bat tle over exempting private pension plans. 1 Passage tomorrow was Indicated. the complaint, attacks the suit on two points that Jory. under allega tion of the complaln.t. haa no cause of action nor legal capacity to bring the suit, and that the facta are In sufficient for the relief demanded. The suit was heard today before Judge L. O. Lewelllng. who a few weeks ago refused an Injunction against the board of control on rar ing the state rjipitol walls. Jory was one of the plaintiff In the former suit. The minutes of the Oregon con stitutional convention conspicuously demonstrate that It waa not the in tention that the salary of the gov ernor, secretary of state or state treasurer should be limited to the amount set forth In the constitu tional provision. " Moody arsrued. He hld the legislature could fU the salary oi the all official, Dr. R. E. Green and Marc Jar mi n were both re-elected as directors on the Medford school board yesterday In an election held at the senior high school. Both men have served for many years on the board and were uncontested. Voting was light with only 66 regis tered at the polls. Dr. Green was given 66 votes, Jarmln waa given 65 nnd one name, that of Mrs. Burton Lowry, was written in. L (Copyright 1935. By United .Press) BERLIN. June 18. (UP) The martial spirit of pre-war Germany blazed throughout the nation today, nearly three-quarters of a million recruits taking physical examina tions for service to the relch. Of these, more than 330,000 youths answered the call to arms for aerv lce In the rearhswehr under Relcha fuehrer Adolf Hitler's conscript army plants In violation of the treaty of Versailles. The recrutta are from the class of 1014 born that year, the era when the World war began. A similar number answered the call to the labor service units, be ing the class of 1916. These youtha are to serve as work corps as part of the nazt disciplinary training prior to entry into the armed serv ices. ATTORNEY SUES ALLEN FOR SHARE IN ESTATE LOS A NOBLES, June 18. (AP) Ethel M. Pepin, attorney, appeared today aa witness in trial of her suit for attorney's fees for representing Al bert C. Allen, Oregon farmer, to whom was left the bulk of the estate of the late Margaret A. Keith, wealthy and eccentric recluse. Miss Pppln charges Allen made set tlement with other attorneys who rep resented htm In a court battle over Miss Keith's will. She asks 15 per cent of the estate, estimated to have been 750,0O0. AMENDMENTS TO AAA GAIN HOUSE SANCTION WASHINGTON, June IS. Ti The disputed AAA smendments. designed to strengthen Secretary Wallace's farm pollclfa and prepare for coming supreme court battles, were passed today by the house and sent to the senste. The standing vote was 148 to S3. No record waa made of those votlnj Keep Prnre Tax. WASHINGTON. June !B cV Tnt house today defeated. ID to 87. a pro posal to remove the procewlng tax Xrom Un cotton tejUU Icduatr. 10 SPEED UP FOR WALEY'S SENTENCE Weyerhaeuser Kidnap Sus pects May Be Enroute To Federal Prisons Saturday Fast Cleanup Is Aim By I.ri..ND HANNt'M (Copyright, 1635. by Assoclstsd Press.) TACOMA, Wash., June 18. yp Mr. and Mrs. Harmon M. Waley may be en route to federal prisons to start life eentencea Saturday, under fed eral authorities' plans today to "clean up" the George Weyerhaeuser kidnap case aa quickly as possible. A federal grand Jury, summoned by Judge E. E. Cushman. Trill alt tomor row, and while District Attorney J. Charles Dennla and hta assistant. Owen P. Hughes, refuse to comment. It Is known they hope to hsve Lind bergh law kidnap Indictments return ed within s day. Waleys May Plead Oullly. Under district court practice here, indicted persons are arraigned And enter pleas on the "motion day" fol lowing return of true bills. Saturday Is the next day for arguing motions before Judge Cushman. and It was said at the Federal building today that If the Waleya decide to plead guilt, it doubtless will be done then. Still 'mtuisled" by the eecrecy-lor-lng department of Justice sgents. federal authorities here were loath to comment on the case, but It waa known that a venire of petit Jurors Is on duty and that an Immediate trial is In prospect If the Waleya de cide to fight the chargee that they and William Mahan. atill a fugitive, kidnaped nine-year-old George Weyer haeuser on May 34, took him to Blan chard and Spirit Lake, Idaho, held him at Spokane, Wash., and sold him back to ht parents. Mx- id Mrs. J. P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr., June 1, for 1200,000 ransom. (Continued on Page rout) FIRST TWO RACES FLASH . rOl GMKERPS1E California nHn !varltv: Cornell, stvwifl- Waihinrfnn apparently third. REGATTA COURSE. Poughkeepale. June 18. IIP) Wsahlngton's grest Junior varsity msde It two In a row for the Huskies In the murk and rain on the Hudson todsy, winning the three-mile dash by one and one-half lengths over Navy. Cornell waa three lengths back of ths midshipmen's boat In third place, with Syracuse a dlatanced last, an other dozen lengths behind In the four-crew field. The vsralty race Is scheduled to stsrt st 0 p. m. REGATTA COURSE. Poughkeepale, June 18. P) Washington's power ful young freshmen won the open two-mile rscs of the 37th Poughkeep ale regatta today, duplicating last yeer's victory by three lengths over California, In a driving rain. Navy was third, another length back. MISS SWEENEY STARTS T Mlaa Edith Sweeney, dsughter of Dr. Chsrles T. Sweerley, and Miss Henrietta Jannsen. R. N., left by auto true morning to be gone for about a month, visiting In national parks. The two will go first to Yellowstone national park, and will spend two weeks at that beautiful place. From Yellowstone they will tour to Olscler national park In Montana, visiting there for some time before returning by llesurely stsges to their homes here. IS (Copyright, 193, by the Associated Press) TIENTSIN, China, June 18. fAP( Japanese military officials announced tonight that the Stno-Japanese crisis In North China had "reached a stage of amicable negotiation." MaJ. Gen. KenJI Dlohara. director of the special service division of the Japanese Kwangtung army, announc ed that the Changpel incident. In volving the arrest of several Japanese, had been settled, mainly through the dismissal of Oen. Cung Chen-Vpan. governor of Chahar province. WASHINGTON. June 18. The senate today confirmed Harry E Pratt as federal Judge, division No. 4. d!arlct of AlMka. succeeding E. Coke iHiU. tcfelfUBd. HARDER ELECTED E Independent Study ' of Na-; tion's Banking Structure Urged At Convention Fear Political Control j SALEM, June 18. (AP) An in dependent and disinterested study of the entire nation's banking struc ture with congress deferring action on title 3 of the proposed banking act of 1935 until such a study had been made, waa advocated by the Oregon Banking association In a statement of general opinion car ried In a resolution approved at the closing session of the 30th annual meeting today. "We believe that the federal re serve board should be a supreme court of banking. Independent of political domination and control to the same extent that the supreme court of the United States la Inde pendent in Ita interpretation of law," the resolution read. Fear Political Control Title 3 of the act. aa now con atltuted, places an unwarranted pro portion of the banking resources of the nation In control of one body of men, which. It waa feared, would become a political body. The resolu tion also pointed out that there waa no emergency at present which ne cessitated such drastic revisions of banking tawa as proposed. The state planning board In lta planned use of forest lands, in which sustained yield and continuous toro- (Contlnued from Page Eight) WASHINGTON, June 18. (AP) J. Edgar Hoover, chief or the "G men," said today that William Ma han, sought aa the "brains" of the Weyerheauser kidnaping, had plan tied an abduction a year ago and constructed an underground pit near Spirit Lake, Idaho, for hta Intended victim. The head of the Justice depart ments bureau of Investigation said the identity of the Intended victim waa not known. . The pit. Hoover said, waa found by citizens in June, 1034, and his men Investigated at the time with out results. With the arrest of Mr. and Mrs. Harmon M. Waley in connection with the Weyerhaeuser kidnaping, he said the year old mystery was solved. He also revealed that federal agents had located near Tacoma a similar pit where little Oeorge Weyerhaeuser was held Immediately after his ab duction on May 24, He also announced discovery of a lean-to where George waa released after payment of the $200,000 ran som. Near the brush-covered pit where the Weyerhaeuser boy waa first held agenta found a hammer, spade, axe apparently used to construct the trap and a blanket. Attached to the bottom board of the pit were two long chains used to fasten the victim. ALL BIG LEAGUE GAMES WASHED OUT BY RAINS NEW YORK. June 18. Tot the second time this seAson, the entire major league baseball schedule waa washed out today. PRESIDENT OREGON BANKERS G-MEN DISCOVER PIT INTENDED FOR KIDNAPERS VICTIM Medford Fares Well in Attracting Conventions The board of directors of the Jack son County Chamber of Commerce at Its last meeting, by unanimous vote extended Its congratulations and thanka to T. E. Daniels for his work in promoti ng the very successful trap shoot held here last week, It waa announced thia morning. With the trap shoot now a matter of history. Medford still haa other conventions coming thia yeir whlcn should draw large numbers here. Upon formation of the Jackson County Chsmber of Commerce a year ago, a very definite program waa outlined to bring conventiona to Medford. As a result of that pro gram sixteen conventions were held In 1034. while eight conventions were obtained for 10:ift. Annual meet ings which have so far been held this year Include: State Trnp Shoot; dltr!rt convent ton. Fraternal Ordpr of feftlev federation oi 0ax4ea Boy Escapes Bolt By Saying Prayers While Storm Rages QUINCT. Mass., June 18. (AP) Little Paul Rouleau. 7, escaped a lightning bolt last night be cauce he remembered to say his prayers. Wakeful after an exciting Bunk er Hill holiday, the youngster listened to ftrecrackera between the thunder of a rising storm and then bethought himself of hla forgotten prayers. Going to his parents' room, he knelt at their bed while lightning flared and thunder crashed. Hla prayers concluded, Paul re turned to his room to find his bed in flames. Deputy Plre Chlet Peter Creedon said : "The bed was struck by lightning, luckily the boy wasn't in It." F PROVES FRIENDLY TO As If winning all honors In the professional els as at the state trap ahoot here wasn't enough. Earl Troeh, Portland shooter, had to be one of the very few people so far this year to see a mother bear and three cubs. While driving to Crater Lake yester day, Troeh came upon the bruin fam ily soberly walking along the high way about 15 miles this side of the lake. At first glance from several hun dred yards, the Troeh family did not recognizer the animals to be bears, the three cubs being very small, not larger than a small fox terrier dog. The mother was not at all alarmed for her brood, allowing the car to come directly alongside without show ing the least sign of fear. The cubs frisked about the ma chine and the mother made one trip raound herself, taking the lay of the land and possibly wondering why the car occupants stared so. Troeh wound the car windows up and parked to get a good view. Hia two email children In the rear seat enjoyed the show tremendously, he said today. For probably five min utes the little family played near the car and finally the three cube be came alarmed at some nolae they be lieved unusual and fled to the edge of the road, where a mad scramble en sued, with all three of the chubby little cubs trying to ascend a small pine three at the same time. (Continued on Page Two) CALLES GOES INTO POLITICAL EXILE MEXICO, D. P.. June 18. (AP) Oen. Pultarco Ellaa Calles. "The Iron Man of Mexico," flew north Into vol untary political exile today but. Judg ing from the crowd which gathered at the airport to see htm off. he will have plenty of Influential friends to aid him when, and If, he decides to return. The former president took a special ly chartered plane for El Tambor, In Slnaloa. He waa accompanied by Dr. Ayala Gonzalez, Dr. R. Blank, foul men aides, and a woman secretary. Moat of the public regarda Calles retirement, after eight years of direct Ing Mexico's destiny as the unofficial "chief of the revolution," aa an ad mission that he has lost power but the "despeplda" hla friends accorded him at hla departure Indicated the contrary. Income Shares Quarterly Income shares bid $1.34; asked $1.49. Maryland Fund bid $10.13; asked $17.43. Clubs of Oregon. Those yet to meet are State Parent-Teacher Association; district convention 30-30 Clubs; Oregon Building and Loan League; State Beekeepers Association; and the International League of Western Writers. In Its work to bring conventions to the city, the Chsmber of Com merce has necessarily to look far ahead and as a result conventions are occaslonslly Booked up two or three years In advance. An x ample of this Is the fact that the Active International will meet here In 1030 and the State Llnna Club has definitely net Medford as Its meeting place for 1037. Chamber of Commerce officials point out that the convention busi ness Is a very lucrative one as the' city benefits to a great extent by having so many visitors arrive at igaiuaut4 fit) $ Coux ELECTRIC RATES OF STATE LISTED FOR COMPARISON Medford and Klamath Iden ticalEugene With Muni cipal Plant Enjoys Mark ed Advantage, Low Cost PORTLAND. June 18. () The Journal's Washington correspondent today disclosed that "typical bills' compiled by the federal power com mission gives Eugene and Oregon City first places among Oregon towns from 10.000-33,000 and 8,000-10.000 respectively for low cost of electricity to residential users. Comparison was based on the amount consumers pay for 25, 100 and 330 kilowatt houra. In citing comparisons, however, the commission warned that because of different con ditions It Is difficult to get a true picture. In the first population group In Oregon. Portland and Salem have Identical rates of al.38. $3.30 and S8.09 for 35. 100 and 350 kilowatt hours respectively. . In the next population bracket, Eugene's rates were listed as $1.35, . $3.10 and $3.73; Klamath Palls and Medford at $3. $8 30 and $7.35, and Astoria $2.13, $487 and $9.37. For cities from 5.000 to 10.000 pop ulation: Oregon City, $1.38, $3.30 and $9.00; Pendleton and The Dalles, $1.70, $4.33 and $0.03; Albany and Corvallls, $3, $4.78 and $0; Bend. $2.13, $4.87 and $8.67; Baker and La (Continued on Page Two KANSAS CITY, June 18. (AP) Adam Rlchettt, sallow little gunman, contemplated death on the gallows today as state and federal officials prepared to close the book of official vengeance for the masa slaying of five men at the union station here two years ago, Rlchettl, Missouri and Oklahoma gangster, was convicted last night of murder by a Jackson county (Kansas City) Jury that assessed the death penalty. With his conviction the law marked off the last of the three accused aa the actual slayers of four officers and their prisoner, Frank Nash., slain In a, desperate delivery attempt. "This la a hell of a thing to wake a man up for." was Rlchettl'a only comment after the verdict was read. He had been asleep In his cell. ALBANY, Ore.. June 18Wfl) The Albany school board decided last night to submit plans for a $180,000 bond Issue to voters of this city within the next few weeks. The money would be used for the construction of two grade school buildings and the renovation of the high school. The board also announced It plan ned to make application for a 45 per cent grant to the PWA to aid In financing the projects. SANTA MONICA, Cal., June 17. They have such a thing among nations, like they do among people, called "chickens oome homo to roost." England and all the hg na tions are awful sore at Italy about Abyssinia, and Italy is just as wron? as she can be, but all these others have gobbled up something at some time and Mussolini reminds 'em of it and thnt makes 'em sorer than ever. Reading history has put all these ideas in Japan's head. U giving back the Philippines may ease our conscience a little. It almost pays a nation to re main small and point with pride that they haven't gobbled up anything. 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