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It's Vacation Time Hart the Malt Tribune follow you on your s mmer vacation. Better than a letter from home. Telephone 75 or drop a postal giving your old and new address. EBFORD f L TRIBUNE Lowest thii morning... Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON', MONDAY, JULY 8, 1935. No. 91. Li The Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight: Tues day fair with rising temperature. Temperature; Highest yesterday . 11 W H .FTP C! RBTS Pill By PAUL MALL OX (Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon.) WASHINGTON , July S. Politics has always "been run here on a friend ly basis. The boss or a party And all ''the eub-bosses take ear of their friends. .It Is a traditional cus tom, for instance, for a president to hand out po litical favors to congressmen who upport him. Some 1 1 mcs t heae favors are offer ed before the congressman has roted on a par ticular question. PALL MALLON and the deal assumes some of the aspects of a gentle barter. Everyone knows about this, but no one is supposed to talk about It, certainly not the congressman. There Is an unwritten law against it. If the congerseman peaches, he becomes somewhat like an employe who tel!s ten the boss for having offered him a favor. The rare snitcher rules him self out as far as any future favors are concerned. It looked as if this pleasant work ing agreement wes upset the other day when the house directed Its rules committee to find out if agents of the President offered any favor or disfavor to Democratic congressmen for their votes on the holding com pany bill. However, you may relax and rest assured that tradition is not being cast to the winds. Some of the IX' m cratlc congressmen are getting tired and fussy, but they have not reached the stage where you may expect them to do any important tattling, whether or not there is any ground for it. Tou cannot expect them to Hue up outside the rule committee to day on any proposition like' that: " What threw everyone off was the stress given to an assertion by Rep resentative Brewster that a presiden tial agent threatened to stop a re lief project In his district unless Brewster voted the way the Presi dent wanted. (This has been denied by the agent. Thomas Corcoran.) Mr. Brewster's etatcment does not place him exactly In the category of a peacher. in the first place, he is a Republican. In the second, an overlooked portion of his statement gave the reason behind it quite fully. He said he was making the charge because he did not want anything to happen to interrupt his relief project. Thus he placed the new dealers in a position where they en n not very easily stop work on the experimental, if ;-.ot visionary, project for any legitimate reason. So the least that can be said of Mr. Brewster was that he was a peacher with a logical purpose. But the charge was subject to such serious interpretations that it caught the house leadership off guard. An Investigation had to be ordered for face-saving purposes, if no other. Now, a lot of congressmen are con firmed gossips. They buzz stories around among themselves and do not (Continued on Page Four ) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Fred L. Colvlg (Sr.) spotting a man atop the Hotel Allen specu latively eyeing the pick, shovel ano gold pan. and wondering were that gentleman equipping himself for a mining expedition. A huge red sedan in front of the Medford hotel eliciting comment on how much It looked like a r:re wagon. Which it was, from the Tort land department. Seven California, three Washing ton, and not one single Oregon auto licence In front of the public library. And to make matters worse. 16 California auto tags In four 1 bocks, and only 22 Oregon ones, and that's not a bad game to play as you walk to work. A young married coup nomin ated as swell dancers-together; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Cochran. Bob Hlnman. footballer, emulating Fed Orange in driving an ice wagon. Patsy Smith feeling slighted be cause she had to break her neck to get Into the news. IDAHO SPECIAL SESSION WILL ENACT ROAD LAWS BOISE. Idaho. July 8. The twenty-third Idaho lecila:nre piet here in extraordinary session todiy. at the request of Governor C. Bn Ross, to amend and ena-'t highway laws whl'-h will permit the stAte to ujte hundreds of thousands of rfo'.Urr in fede-a! funds fr mid cortrn-. t;on puro1 av.d to regulate c?ra-taa-nc or autoxobi.es. 14 MEET DEATH Bridges,. Railroad Tracks Washed Out Gas, Elec tric Service Suspended Hundreds Flee Homes. ALBANY, N. T., July 8. (AP Upstate New York counted 14 known dead, four missing, and property damage in the millions of dollars today in the wake of" the most violent rain and electric storm in recent years. Bridges and railroad tracks were washed out, highways flooded, buses and automobiles marooned. Gas and electric service was suspended in Bath and Hornell, Hundreds were driven from their homes in low lands. The American Red Cross and Gov ernor Herbert H. Lehman sought Immediate reports on the damage, as official machinery was set in motion to relieve suffering. An elderly couple was missing after their home was swept away a mile from Bath and at least 300 homes in the town were evacuated as the Conhocton, Canlsteo and Tioga rivers continued to rise in Steuben, county. Inundating thous ands of acres ot crops and destroying many cattle. (By the Associated Pre) Cooling winds and rainfall lett most of the country relieved today (Continued on Page rhree) FIRST AID CAR IT To Indicate the tremendous life saving advantages possible through a special first aid car. Capt. Fred Rob erts of the Portland fire department was in Medford today, and gave a demonstration of equipment now in service in Portland. Some time ago Governor Martin appointed a com mittee of members throughout the state to Investigate and boost a move for "better and more mobile facilities for giving first-aid to accident vic time." It is In connection with this work that Capt. Roberts is in Medford. He outlined the first aid work accom plished in Portland, and gave a dem onstration of the equipment carried In the George L. Baker first aid car. He told a committee from the city council: "To duplicate the car and complete equipment would cost your city between $1600 and $1800, de pending entirely upon the amount paid for the oecd car to be em ployed." The most interesting piece of equipment shown, and one which members of the city were enthusiastic over, was a combination inhalator and resuscitator. This machine is automatically adjusted to a four ounce lung pressure, and can not harm the most delicate membranes. At the present time the city cf Medford owns an H. and H. inhalator, recently purchased, and this machine, used in conjunction with the inhala tor and resuscitator, would give the city complete equipment for all acci dent cases requiring that type equip ment. The new machine would cost In the neighborhood of 250, Capt Roberts stated. Charles Pumas, speaking in behalf of the council, stated that the coun cil would take the matter under ad visement. Protect Hli Trap ASTORIA. Ore., July 8. (AP) A protest against the granting of ap plications for five fish traps In the lower Columbia river will be piacea by a delegation of members of the Columbia River Fishermen's Protec tive Union at a meeting of tne state fish commission In Portland tomorrow. John D. in Good Health Rounds 96th Year Mark LAKEWOOD, N. J . July 8 a. John D. Rockefeller. Sr.. was 5our score and sixteen today and enjoying the best health In years. Routine In "Golf House." with Us 25 servants, remained unchancd with any birthday orlebration barred John D. Rockefeller. Jr., spent the ciav with him. "He Iwn't felt better in rnanj years,' the son said. H:s dentist. Dr. Max Goldftein. re ported that the annual examination showed hts 19 natural t"th at 111 sound, with no ned for fillings. dnU Inc or rir-'l'.i:f T;:e nir'hday nir'nM e. 2:1 - ;. "n ca; siace Vm start of tae bas:ne56 , ; ; Weyerhaeuser Kidnap Trial Jury Chosen F.:-- 1 turn- Chosen quickly In Tacoma Wath., i federal Jury of six men and two women and a male alternative were sworn in to try Mrs. Margaret Waley, 19, on charges of taking part In the $200,000 abduction of George Weyerhaeuser, 9, All but two of the jury are pictured above. Front row, left to 'Ight: Carl West, A. C. Palmer, B. F. Tanner, Thomas Yingllng. William Barrett. A, B. Robinson. Rear row: Frank Barber, alternate; C. R. Munyan, Mrs. C. M. Hammond, Fred Stephens and Mrs. Katherlne A. Musgrove. (Associated Press Photo) BY EDICT OF AAA WASHINGTON, July 8. ( AP) A proclamation by Secretary Wallace today established the . minimum 1035 wheat adjustment payments at at least 83 cents a bushel com pared to the 1934 minimum of a 9 cents. - Payments for both years, the AAA said, are subject to slight deduc tions for county administration costs. Chester C. Davis, AAA adminis trator, said the ' increase of four cents a bushel for the 1935 allot ments represents additional income to cooperating wheat producers oi approximately $14,000,000. , Under the new schedules, Davis asserted, producers will receive ad justment payments of at least $115. 000.000 on the 1935 crop Instead of $100,000,000 on the 29 cent basis. Process Tax Inchnnged No change was made In the pro cessing tax rate of 30 cents a bushel. The AAA said the additional ad justment payments were made pos sible by reserves accumulated from the tax on wheat produced by "(Continued on Page Eight) OOUGWlCK HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. July 8. (AP) Douglas Fairbanks flew back to Hollywood today, after a weekend fishing cruise in British Columbia waters with his reported fiancee, Lady Sylvia Ashley. The former star came back here for the Joint purpose of further conferences with his business associates. Including his ex-wlfe Mary Ptckford. and for the United Artists sales convention. I With 250 salesmen and executives I In attendance, the convention started j Its three-day session this morning. 'The United Artists producer-owners, j Including Miss Plckford. Fairbanks, 'Charles Chaplin and Samuel Gold !wyn. will not attend the meetlncs i until Wednesday afternoon, although they are scheduled to meet several i times this week. Fairbanks has announced no pro duction plans, but Miss Plckford has . tentatively planned to produce sev 'eral pictures, but none starring her Uelf. career that carried Mr. Rockefeller from the possession of estimated b'l llons. The actual size of hla fortune has never been revealed. At 10 he started work as an assist ant bookkeeper in a produce commis sion warehouse In Cleveland, at t-'iO a month. At 98 he Is long retired from busi ness activity and naa behind him the amassing of what many believe to be the g:re,tt riches ever controlled by an Individual, and the philanthropic dlppoel of a half billion dollars. New York representatives of ihe family said last nlitht that Mr. Roc efflr U loo:n forward Uj ". m to his home at Pccantlco Hills, N. Y . at an early dav- :v A TAXATION RATES WASHINGTON, July 8. ( AP) The opinion that wealth distribu tion taxes could be levied to raise $118,000,000 to $901,500,000 annually waa expressed to the house ways and means committee today by Secretary Morgenthau. . While he was testifying, the White House emphasized that the admin istration waa making no specific recommendntion on tax rates and that Morgenthau was simply pre senting estimates on schedules sug gested by committee members. A plain intimation was given at the White House that President Roosevelt expected the new tax bin to be confined to the three points he suggested to congress levies on high Inheritances, on high in comes, and a graduated corporation tax to replace the present flat rate. On that basis, it was assumed the president did not expect congress to make a general revision of taxes hy dipping Into the medium and lower income brackets. Morgenthau said "It . would be perilous to regard any part of these new revenues as available for new types of expenditures or as Justify ing any increase over our carefully budgeted plans for federal out lays." He added that the time has come to move In the direction of pro viding sufficient income "both to meet current expenditures and to make substantial reductions in the debt." NANKING, China, July 8 (AP 1 Three separate groups of American missionaries were reported in grave danger tonight as the Yangise river swept over the dlken protecting Shasl. an important port In southern Hupeh province. The mission groups are representa tives of the American EplMropal church mission, with headquarters In New York, the Covenant Mission soci ety, with headquarters In Chicago, and the Evangelical Luthern synod of Missouri, with headquarters at St. Louis. Aide from the missionaries, the foreign population in Shasi Is small. The Yangtze river swept through central China on a mad rampaee of death and destruction as governmen tal reports stated that millions of persons are affected and property damage will reach a staggering figue. CONIFER, Colo., July 8. f AP) Nine Denver school children were heroes and heroines today of a for est fire started by a bolt of JIrM nlnz that knocked them all to the ground. The nine children. sven of whom were girls, were uninjured althougn the lightning struck c!oc to them. Da7d for a moment, they arose and ran to a fire the lightning started, extinguishing it by beating it out with stick.1! and throwing dirt upon It TREASURER MUM ON SOAK THE RICH MISSIONARIES IN SHASI FLOOD AREA OF T BATON ROUGE. La.. July 8. (AP) The legislature in a whirlwind special aesai on a pp roved ea rl y today 2 5 measures giving Senator Huey Long virtually every remaining power of the state. The new laws took care of odds and ends: not acted on in six other special sessions held since last summer. Tey left the state almost no government except that dictated by the senator. A few of the rights given to Long's organization follow: 1. Control of elections. 3. Command of an army. 3. Authority over all non-elective governmental employes. 4. Supervisory powers over all state, parish and local finances. 5. Hiring and firing privileges over school teachers. 8. Power to spend state money for any purposes. Principal among the new acta, which becomes effective In 20 days, la one placing non-elective state, parish and municipal employes under the state civil service commission, which la Long controlled. Long. In good humor, was noncom mittal when asked when he planned to return to Washington. It waa In dicated he would remain in the state for a while. The present assembly which ad journed after a midnight session, was more drastic In action than any of Its predecessors. Long appeared to take particular pleasure in the measures providing for a 90day prison term for persons using federal relief funds for political purposes. The senator has charged the Roose velt administration planned to use government money to fight him in the January, in.ift tt election , PIRATES HOLD UP . LONO BEACH, Cal., July 8. (p) Five pirates today boarded the lux urious gambling barge, Monte Carlo, chained its crew, and escaped irlth what Ed Turner, owner of the boat, estimated was $32,000 In cash end Jewelry. The attack on the Monte Carlo, which became piracy on the high e& because the big steel barge is an chored about eight mllea off shore, occurred at 4 a. m., said Turner, while most of the crew were asleep. . Turner said the loot consisted of $22,000 In cash and $10,000 In Jewelry left aa aecurity by patrons of the Monte Carlo. The pirates, he said, came along side in a fishing boat, under cover of a heavy fog. Part of the gang remained in the boat while fire men boarded the Monte Carlo. Income Shares : Maryland Pund Bid 18 41; ukl I 17.73. Quarterly Income Shares Bid 1 38; tankrd 1.32. I REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. HEAD DIES ON VOYAGE ABOARD TUB 8. S. KtTNORHOLM. July 8 .iP,-Bowman Uray. chair man of the board of the R. J, Reyn olds Tobiero company, dld aboa-d ship yesterday after a heart attack, GROUP CAPITOL ON UNIVERSITY SITE TALKED BY BOARD: I 1 State Planners Report Pro-; gress On New State House Project Final Report Given This Month.: SALEM, July 8. AP) Reporting Itself "extremely favorable to the Willamette university proposal" for a site for the new state capltol, the state planning board made Its second progress report on the reconstruction to the governor today. While the board did not make any recommendations, either on the site, type or financing of the building, it stated a final report would be made before the end of the present month. The report Indicated what plans the board was considering. The proposal of the O. & C. land grant counties committee that the government purchase the 'O. Ac C. timber whereby sufficient funds could be secured for construction of a new capltol without cost to the state, was included In the report on financing. Other than . to state the proposal would require congressional action at this time, no recommendations were made. The progress report today replaced the proposed session of the planning board, which was to meet with the state board of control. The governor ( Continued on Page Four.) IN GREELEY. Colo., July 8. (AP) Dr. r. K. Townsend, originator of the old age revolving pension plan which bears his name, predicted here today that a third party will elect a new president and congress In the 1036 election. Here to addreas a mass meeting, Dr. Townsend said : "I am a firm believer In the two party system, but there la nothing In the world that can prevent the organization of a third party which will elect a new president, vice president that will do as we wish them to do." He declared the old, age security bill recently passed by congress was a "silly and insulting gesture." "This measure," he aatd, "has only had the effect of arousing more Intense determination to obtain pas sage of a desirable old-age pension plan." CROPS AT DALLES THE DALLES, Ore., July 8. (AP) With the weather remaining so cool over the north central part of the state that fires are needed for com fort In living rooms in the evenings and early mornings, the wheat har vest, Which waa expected to get under way Immediately after July fourth, is being retarded Crews will not get wen started until mid-week. The cool weather Is retarding devcl. opment of cantaloupe and water melon vines and other summer truck crops, are being slowed by the unsea sonably low temperatures. FLEET LEAVES FRISCO FOR MORE MANEUVERS SAN FRANCISCO, July 8. (AP) Back to sea for maneuvers, 84 vessels of the United States fleet steamed out the Golden Oate today after a week's holiday sojourn here. The armada la under command of Admiral Joseph C. Reeves, fleet commander. Struggling Miner Finds Vein of Fabulous Value WARD. Colo., July 8. JP) Gold that magic word to m!nln men lured a crowd of curious visitors to this tiny Boulder county town today after Tom Lyle. a atruKulIn miner, aald he had discovered a vein which assayed as high as 120.000 a ton. Whether the quarts vein, located somewhere on Bald mountain near the windswept tlmberllne, was simply a pocket or whether It was a vein of considerable size, even Lyle couldn't say. Cslmly the 41-year-old miner, who pecked away at hla new claim by night while employed at another mine during the day, said, "I knew that some day I'd atrlks it. I'm not sur prised at all." Rogers Discounts Damage In Fall From Polo Pony SANTA MONICA. Cal.. July 8 ( AP) Will Rogers, who took It on the chin from one of his polo ponies yesterday in a spill, took occasion to deny today that all his front teeth .had been knocked out. Rogers was at his ranch practic ing with Fred Stone looking on when the pony stumbled to its knees. In getting back on Its feet, the pony cracked Rogera on the chin with the top of hla head. The actor's moutli bled. "Aw, there was no knockout nothin,", said Rogers today. "It lan't worth mentionin." If you'd seen the supper I ate last night you wouldn't be talking about teeth knocked out. That horse didn't even hurt me." Some unidentified radio station waa reported to have originated the story that Rogera lost his teeth. PROWLERS PULL E Burglars struck twice In Medford last night, once at the Lyle P. Wil cox home on West Main street, and once at the Crystal Springs dairy at 601 North Grape street. The Wilcox home was entered about 10:48 p, m. by way of a rear win dow while the family and friends were In the front part of the house, and 920 was taken from two ladles' purses lying on a bed. The screen of the bedroom window was pried off, and the prowler ent ered, took 27 from the purse of Mrs. T. B. Morris and 3 from the purse of Mrs, C, I. Drummond, wife of the county physician, and then closed the purses. Another purse lying on the bed was not touched. It la believed that the thief waa frightened away when the members of the party heard sounds In the bedroom, and entered. No sight ot the prowler was gained, however. City police, who are Investigating the robberies, believe It was the same person who earlier In the eve ning had sneaked Into the Crystal Springs dairy, and taken $14.40 from beside Llla White, daughter of E. J. White, the proprietor, she had Just counted the money, and dozed off momentarily on a cot in the back room. When she awoke, the money waa gone. Her sister, Edna Mae, who was on duty In the front part of the store, did not hear any one enter or leave the back room, but told police that several cus tomers, all known to her, had been In the front part of the store. The money was taken sometime between 0:00 and 7:00 p. m. Sunday, PORTLAND, July B. (AP) Wood burn has been awarded the play off aeries for the state American Legion Junior baseball champion ship, and August 10 and 11 have been selected aa the play-off dates. The announcement was made by the Legion committee of which Paul Patterson of Hiltsboro la chair man. Four sectional championship teams will participate. Twenty-five teams, Including three Portland nines, atiu remain In the running for the championship. The winner of the Oregon title will enter the northwest finals. August 16 and 17 at Great Kails. Mont. Teams from Idaho, Montana. Washington and Oregon will appear in this tournament. GERMAN NAVY BUILDING PROGRAM IS ANNOUNCED BERLIN. July 8. (API Germany's naval building program for 1039, In cluding two battleships, two cruisers, 16 destroyers and 28 submarines, was officially announced tonight. Lyle'a find, which he aald waa made June 14. waa revealed after he had ataked out six claims and had re ceived reports from an assay office. He aald he planned to work the claim by hand until he could get enough money to buy machinery and operate on a larger scale. About one point, however, he was certain. "It's my mine and I'm go ing to keep it," he declared. "I ave six children and they are going to get everything they need If this ore holds out, No one la going to jet my mine from me if I can help it." Meanwhile, other claims near Lyle'a were snapped up by residents of Ward and Nedertand who learned of his "strike." AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL-STARS TRIM NATIONALS 4 TO I Homer By Foxx In First Frame Gives Lead Which Never Lost Gomez And Harder Yield But 4 Hits. CLEVKLAND STADIUM, July" A. f AP) Making only four substitutions In the entire game, the American league all-stars today trounced the National league's hand picked base ball forces for the third tt-iEriit .. The final score was 4 to 1 as Lefty Gomez and Mel Harder combined to pitch a four hit game for the benefit of a crowd numbering 60,812 In paid attendance. A first innlnif horn nin k ht Jtmmte FOXX. third hnjumnn wtfh Lou Gehrig on first, gave the Amer icans a lead that they kept through out the game. Lefty Bill Walker, the surprise starting pitcher for the Na tionals waa rapped for another run in the second inning before yielding the mound to Hal Schumacher of the Giants, who was touched for the final marker in the fifth. Paul Derringer and Dlrcry Dean each pitched an in ning for the Nationals and managed to escape further damage. All told, the Americans made pro fitable use of their eight hits while the Nationals' mltrhtlest shipper, an. j peared thoroughly baffled by the ounryanuoung oi uomez and Harder, uu swwiiwi assignments in a last minute ShSkeUn Of t.h llnaim h Manager Mickey Cochrane. uomes pitched six Innings and yielded the only National league run. in the fourth, on Arky Vaughan'a double and BUI. Terry's single. Only wirce inner nationals got aa far as second base. Gomez, who won hla third straight starting assignment in the all-star game, allowed only three (Continued on Page Elgbt) PEACH ID APRICOT GROWERS ML MEET Thera will b aa Important mnt. Ing ot all peach and apricot grow era or the valley at the Jackaoa County Chamber of Commerce build. Ing at 8.00 o'clock thla evening. All grocers will meet with the grow era. and It la expected that a mar keting agreement will be worked out. California apricots have been on the mnrket here for some time, and according to R. O. Fowler, county agent, the chill weather will probably hold back the local crop for another two weeks. TOWNS SWEPT By Ti FORT PECK. Mont., July 8 (AP) Between 150 and 200 families fled to safety today when Gal pin coulee be came a raging torrent that awept down upon mushroom towns of Miday, Park Grove, New Deal and Park Dale. The wall of water awept over the four little communities housing workers at the great federal project here after an hour's downpour on the benchlands had flooded the area with two Inches of precipitation. The towns, largely groups of flimsy structures, were heavily damaged. SAYS SANTA MONICA, Col., July C. Tlint liberty that we got l.")9 years ayo Tlmrsilny was a great thins, but they oii'-'ht to pass a laf that we could only celebrate it every 100 years, for at the rate of accidents yester day we won't have enough peo ple to celebrate it every year. And the speeches! Did yon road them ? Never was as much politics indulged in under the guise of "freedom and lib erty." They was 5 per cent, what fieorge Washington did and 03 per cent, what the speaker intended to do. What this country needs on July the Fourth is not more "liberty or freedom." It's a Roman candle, that only shoots out of ono end. ?ii& C H. UeNtuaht SyadleaU, la.