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Medford Mail Tribun It's Vacation Time Bare the MaU Tribune Tollow Jon ( on your ramer ideation. Better ! than a letter from home. Telephone j ; 75 or drop a postal giving your old j i and new address. ! Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREO OX, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1935 No. 97. S) Ml The Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy and at timet unsettled tonight and Tuesday; coler tonight. Highest yesterday .,........i.,..10'! Lowest this morning 68 U nn 'vJrs MRS. POMEROY IS Swimmer Drowns in Jackson Hot Springs Pool I M M M ! Srfmm 1 ,l,MIL "IUIUl ,M Strikes Aain? I jgjjli TO BEHALF g1 By Paul Mallon (Copyright. 1935, by Paul Mallonl WASHINGTON. July 15. What President Roosevelt told Mr. Ickes at lunch the other day will remain forever a secret between them. Mr. Ickes cannot be expected to tell. Mr. Roose velt has too much regard for the feelings of the bal boy ot his official fam ily. As a matter ot fact, no word from either was necessary. The look on Mr. PALL MALLON Ickes' face spoke for them. It was so obvious that all present agreed the cabnet mischief maker bad been taken on another trip to the wood shed for a corrective lesson. The trouble he got into by try lng to muss up the senate Virgin Islands Investigation seems to be generally regarded as sufficient cause for as much paddling as Mr. Roosevelt thought necessary to ad minister. This semi-public action has en couraged nasty rumors that the president and his Interior secretary are about to part company. In lact. facetious Insiders already are spec ulating about the letter which the president will send to Ickes ac cepting his resignation. They say It will come from. what now la known as 'The-klss-ol-death" form letter file. It was from this file that President Roosevelt lifted the letters he sent to Gen eral Johnson and others who have slipped on the deck of the ship ot state and have fallen, or been push ed gently, overboard. It will start out, "Dear Friend Harold;" will ay what a great help he hsa been: how sad the president Is that he must go: and conclude with the hope that the president will be able to use him again sometime. Those who have been lighting the presidents cigarettes lately do not believe this letter- will ever be written. They have noted that Ickes enjoys an apparent understanding with the president such as Is not shared by any other official. Mr. Ickes Is the only cabinctcer who baa talked back to the pres ident. In private. Mr. Roosevelt has taken more from htm than from any other official. All the White House gang knows this. The reason Is that Mr. Roosevelt admires Mr. Ickes' courage aa fighter and his honesty. The fact that Mr. Ickea Is generally fighting a, friend of the president and usual ly la on the wrong aide of the question does not change the sit uation at least It has not so far. President Roosevelt knows that his Interior secretary will always Insist on sticking his neck out at all the world, that he will usually get punched In the nose, but he likes his bad boy Just the same. So far. Mr. Ickes has been on the mat with Messrs. Hopkins. Wal lace. Parley, Hurja, Moffctt and most of the senators and congressmen. While he has not yet won a fight, his hope never diminishes. What mskes Mr. Ickes unpopular among many new dealers la the ausplclon they have that he has presidential aspirations. This may not be true, aa far as he, personally. Is concerned, but certainly It may (Continued on PaRe SIX) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Otto DeJarnett putting in a good word for the local casting club at the Doc Haslett exhibition this after noon, and gettlne a hand from the Doc himself on the idea. Roy Finch, out to gain the cham pionship as the "laziest man on earth." by his own admission, setting out on a week's vacation equipped with all the paraphernalia for a week of active sport at Lake o" the Woods. A bicycle-bull t-for-two. manned by a giant and a email boy. swooping down the main thorofare passing autos with a contemptuous air. A . H. Ban well being Introduced at Kiwania meeting as a "cuest", wiien h is really a member. In subtle r ffsm at his "attendance." rarley miAsinz a swell oppor t ;: Baron Munchausen on the c : 9 th ; " away, by admitting s brof f, fisr.lnsc rod got that - : stepped on it. and not i e a t-ouxig aalmon hit it - . ard. ir.p F :e giris of San Diego it-r. 0 :.'v.Mta. sold 13 000 doug-i-- in tii.-'.9 days to obtain funds t' iir p:r jummer camp. Governor Promises Investi gation Petitions Signed By 120 Dean Morse Quoted As Scoring Trial. SALEM, July 15. (AP) Governor Martin today granted the request for a hearing la the case of L. A. Banks on August 2, after a revival of the move for a pardon for the convicted murderer from Jackson county was launched here today by Mrs. Ariel B. Pomeroy of Central Point. Banks, former Medford editor, is serving a life term at the peniten tiary. He was convicted May 21, 1933 for the slaying of George Prescott, Medford constable. Mrs. Pomeroy appeared before tne governor with petitions urging the executive to give an answer by August 3 whether or not he wouia investigate the Banks trial looking toward a pardon. In reply the gov ernor said; Promises Investigation "I can give you my answer now. As governor of the state I have the right to pardon, and I will investi gate the case In my own way. Surely I will give you a hearing at any time you want one. You may have a public hearing If you wish. I will give my time to listen to your delegation." The petitions presented today had 120 names representing the coun ties of Jackson, Marlon, Yamhill, and Multnomah. It was announced by Mrs. Pomeroy that the Investi gation was suggested by Dean Wayne L. Morse of the University of Ore gon law school, who, she said, characterized the trial as an in justice, and the probe should be (Continued on Page ftiree) AS DJOURSIS HANKOW, China. July 15. (AP) Chinese advices estimated 10,000 per sona perished today when the flood waters of the Han river surged through a dike near Hanyang and overwhelmed a large area of the thickly populated countryside. Members of a Chinese motorboat crew who saw the burtslng of the dike while crossing the river brought back a vivid eyewitness account of the disaster. "It was a horrible sight," one of them said. "A wall of water literally leaped through the breach, sweeping everything before It houses, live stock and humans. The survivors must have been piti fully few for the people were taken utterly by surprise and had no time to seek safety." Two-thirds of Hanyang Itself, adja cent to Hankow, was estimated to be under water. The remainder of the city is situated on hills to which much of the populace fled while the water boiled and eddied about their homes. The Han river flood has far out stripped in severity the previous ram pages of this river, the district which survived the disasters of 1870 and 1931 lying shattered by the seething torrents. The water mark of the Yangtze river at Hankow dropped late today but this city, too, was menaced with the dikes already weakened by the pounding waters. A further rise, however, was pre dicted. The roaring stream has rip ped a section ten feet deep and one thtrd of a mile long from the Chang kung dike, principal bulwark protect ing the city. CONDITION S. S. SMITH CONTINUES UNCHANGED The condition of 8. Sumpter Smith, well known Medford resident who has been critically ill at the Community hospital since an operation Friday for an abdominal ailment, was reported the same today. He showed alight improvement Sunday, according to attendants. BREEZE BRINGS RELIEF TO PARCHED PENDLETON PEXDLETON, Ore., July 15. ;T, A breeze came up here today, bring ing some relief fiom the heat wave of the past two days which reached a maximum Sunday with a tempera lu.-e of 112 decrees, the hottest a. nee July 25. 1923. when the official r-ad-Ing was 114. PORTLAND. July 16. (API Ro land Rlttel. 19. died last night from Injuries suffered Saturday when the automobile in which he was riding. i nas crowded from the Columbia rlrer . highway nar Waukena Falls. He suffered a skull fracture. Rlttel was employed at Bonneville dam. L ,4 Twmnmmtt a7 ibJ William Halliard, alias William Mu han, sought as a principal In the Weyerhaeuser kldnan,tnjr, who Is be Mevrd by officers to be the bandit who shot and killed two policemen while fleeing after robbery of the Ortlng State bank, near Tacoma to day. KIDNAPER'S WIFE E TACOMA. Wash.. July 15. (AP) The assertion that "Life li nothing without Harmon, anyway," came from 19-year-old Margaret Waley, convict ed Weyerhaeuser kidnaper, today as her counsel planned further legal battling to keep her from prison, al ready decreed for 45 years for Harmon Waley. her husband. Mtolons for arrest of Judgment, as well as for a new trial, are to be argued berore Federal Judge E. E. CuBhman on Wednesday, the date he had set for imposing sentence on the girl, convicted by a Jury late Satur day. John F. Dore, chief defense counsel, and Stephen J. O'Brien, as sociate counsel, were making prepa rations today for the moves. Waley, meanwhile, was back at Mc Neil Island, not having been called to the stand In his wife's defense. In the city Jail today, awaiting Wednesday morning, Mrs. Waley faces the possibility of two life sentences, one on the count charging she and her husband, and the fugitive co-defendant, kidnaped the 0-year-old Ta coma boy and took him across a state line. The other is on the count charging they conspired to kidnap and trans port him out of the state while ne gotiating the ransom payment. The minimum sentence la In the Judge's discretion. In view of the 40-year sentence Judge Cushman Imposed on Waley when he pleaded guilty to the same counts and attempted to take all the blame from his wife, government and defense attorneys do not believe a life sentence- is likely. Twice during her arraignment last month, Mrs. Waley tried to plead guilty and wept when Judge Cushman entered a not guilty plea for her. The basis of the legal moves for a new trial will be Dore's contention that the Lindbergh law is unconsti tutional, on the grounds that con gress can legislate "only on facts, not on presumption." Associate Counsel O'Brien said. The law is based on the presumption that If a kidnaped person Is not freed within seven days. he haa been taken across state lines. No confirmation waa available to day of widespread reports since the trial closed that William Dainard alias Mahan, the alleged "brains" of the $200,000 snatch, was nearing his trail's end. and that department of justice agents expected an early cap. ture. Agents here declined to conv ment. 12,040 Motorists Are Given Permits SALEM, July 16. (API A new high record waa established In the state motor vehicle operators divis ion Saturday when a total of 12, 040 drivers' Uremic wr Approximate 340.000 applications had been received out of an esti mated total of 425.000 motor vehicle operators In the state. Overcome By Heat SALEM. July 15. ( AP) Mrs. Ter ete Hanks, employed In the state department of education, was over come by the heat here today and was takn to the hospital. Her con dition, it was reported, was not critical. Income Shares Maryland Fund, bid 810 31; asked 17A3. Quarterly Income Shares. bid 134, asked 1 47. BANDIT BELIEVED TO BE MAHAN KILLS TWO OFFICERS BATTLE FOLLOWS F TACOMA. July 15. ( AP) A man I who today shot two police officers I to death and escaped after robbing the Ortlng State bank, IS miles southeast of Tacoma, waa believed by officers here to be William Dainard, alias William Mahan, fought as a Weyerhaeuser kid naper. Frank Chadwlck, chief of police of Puyallup seven miles southeast ! of Tacoma, and one of the best known police officers of western Washington was Instantly killed. and Harry Storem, Puyallup police man, was so badly wounded he died 15 -minutes later, following the gun battle near Sumner shortly after noon today. The two men were slain when they attempted to arrest a bandit who had Just held up the Ortlng State bank. The bandit, playing a lone hand. had gone Into the Ortlng bank a few minutes before noon and held up the teller, grabbing $500 In cur rency which the teller had In his cash drawer. The bandit turned and fled wltn the money to a car which he had left at the curb. He Jumped Into the car and was on his way out of Ortlng before civilians on the street realized what had happened. Ortlng bank officials called up the Puyallup police station and Chad wlck and Storem drove at once toward Ortlng to waylay the bandit. They met him directly in front of the C. W. Orton ranch outside of Sumner. When they attempted to stop the man he fired upon them with a .38 calibre Colt revolver. He then dashed on In his car in the direction of Puyallup, but not before other spectators to the gun battle had been able to obtain a description of the car. The man was driving a 1931 sedan (Bulck) either dark blue or black in color, and bearing the King county license A-26.308. The plates had evidently been stolen frnm a car of another make. When Pierce county deputy aher lffa reported that the description of the man tallied closely with that of Mahan, they also disclosed that the method of the bandit in hold ing up the bank tallied closely with that of Mahan in previous crimes Captain Yorls of the King county sheriff's office In cooperating with Pierce county deputies In the case, declared his belief that the man might be Mahan. It was recalled that Mahan had been suspected of being one of two men who held up the Eatonvllle bank two years ago. No one has ever been apprehended for this crime. INFURIATED HIES LYNCH TWO BLACKS COLUMBUS. Miss., July 15. (AP) Two negroes, identified as Bert Moore and Dooley Morton, were lynched today eight miles from Columbus by a mob of Infuriated white citizens. The victims of the lynching were accused of two attempted attacks on white women in this section the laat two weeks. They were taken from the sherifi while he was seeking to spirit them away from Columbus to Aberdeen and hanged to a tree behind a church on a country road. DR. ARNOLD B. HALL STILL SERIOUSLY ILL WASH TNOTON, July 15 VP) Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, director of the tnstltute of government research at Brookings Institution, wes said to day at bis home to be "still serious ly 111." Hall, a former president of the University of Oregon, suffered com plications following a minor opera tion June 34. DROP POULTRY AND BEES FROM MARKET CONTROL WASHTNOTON. July 15. i&y The senate today continued carving at the AAA amendment bill by knock'.ng poultry, package ba snd queen bea from the commodities subject to mar keting control by the secretary of agriculture. SALEM. July 15. (AP) Police ' here were still searching today for I a gunman who held up Charles I West, attendant at a Standard j service station in south Salem. t j urday night and escaped with ap ' proximately tV in ch. S AND BREEZE AREA, HEAT MARK SETSUNDAY Mercury Reaches 102.2 First Time This Year Lightning Sets Eleven Fires On Sunday Night. Rain accompanying a thunderstorm that struck the higher part of Jack son and Klamath counties last niht served to cool the valley to some ex tent from oppressive heat that boost ed the mercury yesterday to a new 1935 record for Medford of 102.3. The mark was .3 of a degree above the previous record for the year of 102 reached June fi. Lightning and a general but Vilfty northwest wind Increased the forest fire hazard Sunday night, according to the forest service and 11 email fires within Rogue River national forest started by lightning were re ported this morning. Five of the fires were near Bessie Rock in the Imnaha district, three were in the Applegate country and the rest were reported on the east slope of the Cascades. The state fire patrol reported one fire started from lightning, and expected more to show up during the day. CCC Men Ready CCC men within Rogue River Na tional forest were being he,ld at camps today as a precautionary fire measure. The storm struck between B and 10 o'clock, bringing with it a cooling wind of about 15 mlle-per-hour ve locity that swept across the valley in gusts toward the northwest. Al though the valley pear crop Is near ing the stage where there Is danger (Continued on Page Four.) E ROSEBTJRO, Ore., July 15. (AP) Meeting here under a blazing sun which brought forth many reminis cences of experiences' In tropica) countries during their period of mili tary service, approximately 600 Span ish war veterans of Oregon opened their 37th department convention business sessions here today. The convention formally opened Sunday afternoon, with an Inspection and picnic at the U. 8. veterans ad ministration facility and a memorial service laat night at Library park, where the address was delivered by Rev. I. O. Shaw, department chaplain. At 8:80 a. m. today the veterans and their ladles paraded from head quarters to their respective meeting places, the colorful parade being led by the Rose burg school band. Shower Relieves Salem Torridity SALEM, July lb. ( AP) A brief but heavy shower falling here early this morning brought at least tem porary relief from the excessive heat of the past two days. The tempera ture rose to 100 degrees Sunday slightly less than Saturdays hlgn of 106.8, the hottest day here since July 1927. ELECTRICAL DISPLAY BREAKS EUGENE HEAT EUGENE. July 15. (AP) A spec tacuiar electric storm broke the heat here laat night, bringing .08 of an Inch of rain and cooling the atmos phere. Brilliant sheets of lightning, sel dom seen here, flashed across the southwestern skies during the eve ning. The maximum temperature yesterday was 97 degrees. 200 - Pound Ladies Prejudiced Against Being Called Fat BOSTON. July 15 (API The Jefferson rlub of Somerville was on an outing. "The next event," announced the announcer, "will be the fat women's race." No entries. "Cancelled." re-announced tne announcer, The next event will be the pleasingly-plump ladies race." Six 300-pou riders went to tne Claims Gold Find nm l. le Jingled gold migget i Nederlnnrt, Colo., ns he told of mak ing a rich discovery on Old Uaid Mountain. Associated Press Photo.) "A militant display of real Ameri canism, with all the thought and ex pression of thought that that term Implies." was the remedy suggested by Nell Allen, prominent a rants Pass attorney, in an address on "Commun ism vs. the Constitution," before the Klwanls club at Its regular weekly meeting at the Hotel Medford this noon. "Education la the only way to fight communism," said Allen. He pointed out that thcro was no occasion for the public to become Incensed bo cause communists make- speeches on street corners, when they know that the constitution grants "free speech." "The dang'T Is not in the com munistic employment of the liberty of speech granted in the constitu tion; it Is the abuse of that liberty. Liberty la not license. The framers of the constitution realized that there would be abuses of all the privileges granted, and they provided for the punishment of the abuses." It was because the public did not realize the dividing line between the liberty of the freedom of speech and the abuse of It, that Allen took up the fight for education on the ques tion. Ho declared that there haa been no other period In the history of the United States when an outside Influence so threatened the democ racy of our country as docs the com munistic problem today. Present at the meeting was Dr. Ed ward Gray of Bend, district governor of Klwanls, and Wilson George, his guest, who are in Medford In the In terests of the state Klwanls organiza tion. The picnic committee reported, through Everett Trowbridge, chair man, that several places had been considered for the annual Klwanls picnic, and recommended Rogue Elk. The site was unanimously agreed upon by the members and It was de cided that the date will be set next week. BAKER, Ore.. July 16 (AP) C. A. Nichols of Salem was elected presi dent, and Klamath Falls was selected aa the 1936 convention city as Oregon Pohtal Clerka and auxiliaries from many Oregon towns met here In their 32nd convention. Other officers of the state asso ciation are: R. J. Caldwell. Klamath Falls, vice-president; Frank P. Fuge. Oregon City, secretary: Otto F. Rld der, Portland, treasurer; Walter Hanks, three-year term on board; Lloyd Dorbrough, Haletn, first vice president; Walter H. Cole, Eugene, second vice-president; H. C, Olenn. La Orande. seTetary-treaaurer. Mrs. Helen Neff of Medford was re elected president of the Oregon clerks auxiliary, and Mrs. Pearl New land of Medford was re-elected presi dent of the Oregon State Association of Letter Carriers. ! PORTLAND. July 16. ( AP) ! Death of Carl Ludwlg Seitu in I Shanghai yesterday brought many expressions of regret from Pacific Northwest lumbermen with whom he had been associated for many i years. T Meeting Tonight Will Per fect Plans For Two-Day Intensive 'Putsch' Present Members Listed. Chamber of Commerce directors, the membership committee, and a special group appointed by President B. E. Harder will meet in the cham bzer of commerce tonight to perfect plans for a membership campaign. It was announced this morning. The campaign will start tomorrow morn ing and will be concluded by Wednes day evening. 'The income of our chamber of commerce Is not commensurate with the services being rendered," stated Mr. Harder, "and unless we receive additional financial support, we shall necessarily have to curtail that serv ice." Mr. Harder further stated "with over twenty committees continually working, the activities of or cham ber of commerce have tremendously Increased during tbo past two yearx Naturally this Involves additional ex pense although the organization Is being run in a very economical man ner." At the last meeting of the board of directors, the membership set-up of the organization was completely changed and the board has approved an amendment to the constitution providing for throe types of mem bership. First, the regular member ship at 25 per annum for business firms and executives. This member ship has been in vogue for many years. One of the hew memberships authorized is that of a farmer mem bership Which can be obtained fr 10 per year. The latest membership authorized Is one known as artisan membership at 5 per year for em- (Contlnued on Page Seven) EVERETT LUMBER SEATTLE. July 15. (AP) Everett, last of the big Pacific northwest lum ber centers to resume operations as the 11th week of the lumber strike opened, saw seven large cutting and treating plants "opened up" today with state patrol protection. The tower of a large lumber ptant, however, was dynamited at Tacoma. and a th rea te ned se ve re cl ash a t Long view averted only at the Insist ence of a few state patrolmen. The strike situation In Seattle re mained unchanged, with soveral mills in operation and the workmen of an other, the Seattle-Renton Mill com pany, meeting to vote on whether to go back to work. Despite the various troubles, opera tors over the entire area Insisted that the strike was nearing an end, as pro duction was speeded up. . NEW TOFK, July 15. (AP) To days Increasing prospects of armed conflict between Italy and Ethiopia found Harlem girding for partici pation In a defense of "Africa for the Africans." The Pan American reconstruction association with headquarters in New York's colony of 400,000 negroes announced plans for a "gigantic" rally In which residents will be given a chance to pledge their lives in the service of Emperor Halle Selassie of Ethiopia. No dste has been set. ROME, July 15. ip. With war between Italy and Ethiopia Increas ingly regarded as Inevitable, premier Benito Mussolini today ordered the mobilization of another regular army division and the creation of an ad ditional division of blackshlrt mili tia. II Duce also ordered the Immediate construction of ten new submarine. AMERICAN BLACKS TO BACK ETHIOPIA MUSSOLINI ORDERS MORE INTO RANKS WILLIAM SULLIVAN HERE ON VISIT IS Body Discovered On Bottom After Several Minutes Efforts With Inhalator Fail To Bring Life Spark. William Henry Sullivan, 35, of Portland, a brother of Jervase Sul livan of rout 3 near Medfort, was drowned at the Jackson HoV Springs swimming pool at about '3:45 yes terday afternoon according to a report from Frank Perl, county, cor- 1 oner. Sullivan was said to have been seen diving, and It U assumed that he lost his breath on hitting the water, but no one witnessed the actual drowning. Reports of the pool attaches said he must have been In the water about five min utes. The young Brlcker boy, son ox William Lee Brlcker, former Boy Scout executive here, was the first one to see the body, on the bottom of the pool, it was reported. Hs caued Ms father, who dived In and brought the body to tho surface. Some pulsation was noted, and a call was rushed to Medford for the fire department's Inhalator. Dr. Ed win R. Durno of Medford, and fire men rushed to the scene, and work ed over the man for two hours wltn no resttltav According to Dr. Durno, Sullivan had been under the water about 15 minutes when discovered. Art ificial respiration was administered as soon as he was taken from th water, and a large amount of water was taken from his lungs, but his pulse never rallied. Sullivan was unmarried, and was visiting with hi brother Jervase here. He has several other brothers In Portland, according to unofficial word received here today. The body will be shipped to Port land tonight, according to the Perl funeral home. There will be no lri quest. William Henry Sullivan was a native of Wisconsin and dent of Portland, Ore. He came to Medford May 18 to Tlsit his brother and family of Beall Lane. He leaves inn parents, iwr. and Mrs. P. H. Sullivan of Portland and five brothers and five slaters. -f BASEBALL Nntlonnl , (10 lnnlng) R, h. F. Philadelphia 18 9 Chicago a 6 8 Wnltf rs. Pezzullo. nd Tcdd: French, Warneke, Johnson and Odea, Hirt nett. r. h e. New York 6 14 l Cincinnati u is 0 Schumacher, Hubbell, ohanon and Mancueo, Dannlng: L. Herrmann, Brennan. Prey and Campbell, tom bardl. American (11 Innings) R. H. . St. Uul 8 13 1 Washington a IS 1 Andrews and Hemsley: WhltehUl and Bolton. Approximately 3,000 acres of farm land In Texas county, Oklahoma, has been contracted for terracing pro jects. SATA MONICA. Cal.. .lulr 13. Now they find tliat Italy is after the trade or htmopia. The Japanese are in there. They are underselling, every body all over the world. Well, a few years ago when tr.. thnm'lit ire hnrl a patent On "mass production" we was un derselling everybody, hnglanu wants Italy to lay off Ethiopia territory. Look at the map; they control three sides of Abyssiania themselves. They have already got theirs, so you see there is two sides to every argument; and it's all a matter of "who's dog is bit." C II". KiNautht arallMta. tab
