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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1935.
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I -s I BELLVIEW CHAPTER
' J!$fcd ASKS ZIMMERMAN,
ifc SLAUGHTER RESIGN
Br PAIL MAI.LOX
Copyright. 1935. By Paul Mallon
WASHINGTON. July 18. The peek-a-boo
game which Mr. Morgenthau
Is playing with the silver speculators
is the one bright spot In an other
wise humorless
situation here.
M r . Morgen
thau Is commit
ted to bidding
the existing 67
cent price of sil
ver up to $1.29.
Ordinarily, you
would expect
that everyone
who could lay
hla hands on 67
cents would buy
n mince of stl- "
ver and be assur- PA I L MALLON
ed of almost 100 per cent profit.
But apparently no one will believe
Mr. Morgenthau, at least not con
sistently. Some days ago. even the
speculators began to doubt that he
would do what the law requires him
to do. A break was threatened In the
London silver market. The specula
tors started unloading around 66
cents.
To prove they were wrong about
him. Mr. Morgenthau went out and
bought forty to fifty million ounces
of their holdings.
It cost him about $30,000,000. It
forced him to acquire In three days
nearly twice as much silver as the
United States produced in 1934. But
it satisfied the speculators that Mr.
Morgenthau Is not going to let them
down.
Someone told Mr. Morgenthau a
few days later that it would take htm
eleven years to acquire the promised
three-to-one stiver ratio with gold
at his present rate of buying. His
comment was asked.
With customary frankness, Mr.
Moreenthau unbuttoned his coat and
VS1
) replied: "Do you know the difference
between an optimist and a pessi
mist?" Everyone present did. but no one
told htm, so he continued: "A pessi
mist wears both a belt and suspen
ders." From his preliminary gesture it was
apparent that he was not wearing a
belt, but, sweeping back his coat In
a further burst of confidence, he dis
closed that he also lacked suspen
ders. This, also, was encouraging to those
who have invested in stiver because
it proved Mr. Morgenthau has far
more confidence than the ordinary
man about two things In life, one of
which is sliver.
That very day. Mr. Morgenthau re
ceived further proof that some im
portant people believe in him, even
If some of the other speculators have
remained unconvinced. An Item ap
peared in newspapers that a syndi
cate composed of John J. Raskob and
Senator Key Pittman was buying a
5,000.000 stake In the old Comstock
silver lode in Nevada.
. The Inside story of this was that
Senator Pittman. known In congress
as "Sliver Key" because he always
has the key to the sliver policy, has
been retained as attorney In nego
tiations for merging five silver firms.
A few of his Nevnda friends, lnclud-
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SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Firemen simulating service station
attendants by putting water in the
battery of an American Laundry
truck but witn a 400-pound fire
hose. Gordon Warner going up into the
aristocracy stuff, with a speaklnc
tube from the driver's feat to the
rear end of his new milk wagon.
Peter Belcastro with his feet done
up In open-work sandal he bought
In Ok'ehoma. regretting that he had
not yet had time to paint his tec
nulls green, a la Runt Porter.
Charlie Hoover, who got. razzed for
wearing a paper Jungle lid on a sortie
into the veldt of his upper 40 after
a lost calf, getting burned up at the
publicity and buying a hay hat or
more conventional design.
Coroner Prank Perl, browsing
tnrouga the office safe, corning acros
a revolver, and to h;a fond parent
"Her. dad. wiere'd this gun com
frorr ," and Daddy perl anawrim;.
"D'.r::ed If I remfn: where It cune
from, son; it's been there for 20
years.
John Conner speculating as to r.aw
he'll beat the females off. now that
his father has a new car.
John Koppen leaping aboard t':e
family auto to hot-foot It tor twn
for sheep-d;p nc.au.v t!ie family cot
P'-Jt tn in uprwarance loaded dorr
rrn taud ficea.
Resolution Condemns Action
of Executive Members in
Signing of Petition for
Clemency to Murderer
Bellvlew Grange of Jackson county
at a meeting last night passed a res
olution condemning the action of
State Senator Peter Zimmerman of
Yamhill 'county, and Albert Slaughter
of Portland, members of the Oregon
State Orange executive committee. In
signing a petition for a pardon for
L. A. Banks, Jackson countey slayer
serving life in state prison, and favor
ing the resignation of Zimmerman
and Slaughter as members of the
state grange executive committee.
R. E. Nealon, of Central Point, dep
uty master for Jackson county, said
over the telephone this mdrnlng, "I
understand the matter of Banks par
don petition will come to the atten
tion of a Pomona meeting of all
Jackson county granges, to be held
at Phoenix next Saturday.
IMsgrace Seen
The Bellvlew Orange resolution fur
ther declares, "we consider It a dis
grace to the Grangers of Oregon that
high officials of the Oregon State
Grange should sign a petition for the
pardon of such a character as L. A.
Banks."
The Bellvlew Grange resolution as
adopted follows:
"Whereas, there la a certain net!
tlon being circulated asking the Gov
ernor or Oregon to pardon a certain
L. A. Banks, who is serving a life sen
tence in the state penitentiary at
Salem, Oregon, for the murder of an
officer of the Urw;
'And, whereas, one Peter Zim
merman and one Albert Slaughter.
Loth members of the executive com
mittee of the Oregon State Grange
nave signed me aoove-mentloned pe
tition: "And. whereas, we the members of
the Beiivtew Grange, No. 759 con
slder It a disgrace to the Grangers
of Oregon, that high officials of the
Oregon state Grange should sign t
petition for the pardon of such t
character as the said L. A Banks:
"Now therefore be it resolved that
Bellvlew Grange No. 759, go on rec
ord as condemning the said acts of
Peter Zimmerman and Albert Slaugh
ter; and, further be it resolved, that
the Bellvlew Grange fevor their resig
nation from the executive committee
or the Oregon State Granee."
The Bellvlew Grange Is one of the
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W. W. Brahfl. local truck operator.
cnargea with permitting a truck
driver to be employed for more t.ien
13 hours, and without a 10-hour rest
period, was found guilty and fined
10 and costs In a hearing before
Justice of the Peace William R. Cole
man, which lssted all day. The fine
was paid. Fred Moran. a truck driver.
was the complaining witness.
As far as the local court records
show, the caae la the first In this
stat tried under the charge.
The trucks operated by Brahs were
engaged In hauling produce from Sac
ramento, Cal., to southern Oregon
point.
The state was represented by Dep
uty District Attorney George W. Nell
son, and the defendant by Attorney
O. C. Boggs. The validity of the
complaint was the subject of art ar
gument that lasted the greater por
tion of the morning session.
Huey's State
Over Future
NEW ORLEANS, July 18. (AP)
Huey Long sped back to Washington
today, leaving behind him a muddled
crisis In New Orleans, a state anx
ious over threatened low of public
works administration funds and
many ancered opponents spluttering
over his "dictatorship."
The senator's old political enemy.
Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley. whose
party deserted him last week for
Long, was still In the city hall, but
city employes had no assurance they
would start receiving full salaries
sgain.
President Roosevelt said yesterday
future PWA allotments to Louisiana
were problematical because of laws
Long puslx-d through his legislature
emnK the mate rontrol of such funds.
Long summoned invectives to re-
j ply to the president.
I "bo again," be said, "oux aaer to
Ethiopian Emperor Sounds Stirring Call to Arms
Leaders and
KENYA I
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k JCALe OF MILES
1'thlopla's "modern emperor," (up
subjects to follow him Into battle
(left) continues preparations for a
wnriwlched between Italy's colonies o
Ma.aua. the Italian operations lime
from which (no broad hlchnas are
It Is proposed to extend one of these
opla to Italian So mall land If the cnU
poted roads are Mumn on the map. T
military authorities In t'rltrca Indira
toward Addis Ababa.
S. S. SMITH SHOWING
MARKED IMPROVEMENT
S. Sumpter Smith, who haa been
ill In a local hospital for several
days, Is showing marked Improvement
today, according to his attending
physician, and is feeling much bet
ter. Worried
PWACoin
Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Ickes Is 'go
slap down to hell' and I will answer
them on the floor of the senate this
coming FTidajt morning."
The anti-Long square deal asso
ciation, the formation of which pre
ceded an armed Insurrection aRnlnnt
Long at Baton Roup In January,
predicted trouble within 30 days.
Just before Long entrained yester
day state officers visited the French
quarter apartnvnt of Oscar R. Whil
den. leader of the square dealers. The
office of tr.3 state supervisor of pub
lic account snid it was a continua
tion of a drive to run down possess
ors of smuggled liquor.
Whllden said it was "some of Huey
Long's splt work."
'"But they're picking on the wrong
man.' he continued. "They thought
they could frighten ma but I'm Just
steam? d up now."
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Action Scene
InJian
eta r
per left) who torlay railed upon his
gainst Italy as Premier Munsollnl
r. The map shnns how 1-thlopla Is
f Krltrca and Mimalltnnd. MndliiE at
been centered there and at A mum,
being built to the Ktliluptan border,
hlehnav and a rnllroad nrroM Kthl-
nlnl venture Is ncrcf nl. The prn-
he arrows t-hnw linen, of tttnreh whlrb
trd will he followed by the Itnllnns
BELFAST SNIPERS
KILL m VICTIM
BELFAST. Northern Ireland. July
18. (AP) The disorders arising
from Orangemen's celebration of the
anniversary of the Battle of the
Boyne claimed a seventh victim to
day with the death from a sniper's
shot of James Andrews, sole sup
port of his btind parents.
Protestant Bishop MacNelce called
a meeting of his clergy for tomorrow
to "help create an atmosphere with
out which we cannot hope for
peace."
Catholic leaders sent to Viscount
Cralgavon, prime minister of north
ern Ireland an "emphatic protest
apainst the inadequacy of measures
taken by the northern government
to end the unchristian campaign in
Belfast."
The charred ruins of 1 5 houses
I burned during the night were guard
ed asrainst looters by 150 special
officers.
Income Shares
Maryland Fund, bid $IV40; aked
IT 14.
Quarterly Income shares, bid $1 35;
;kd 11.49.
UTILITY OFFICIAL
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Subordinates Told to Get
Rid of Evidence in Cam
paign Against Utilities
Measure, Is Testimony
By D. HAROI.n OI.IVFR.
Awmlntrd Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, July 18. (AP)
Testimony that an official of the
Associated Gas and Electric com- J
pany. soon after the senate lobby
investigation wae ordered, instructed
his subordinates to get rid of ail
records In connection with their
campaign apainst the utilities bill
was received todsy by the lobby
committee.
E. W. O'Brien, Erie. Pa., Associated
official, said he had been directed
by U. E. Beach, manager of the se
curities department of Associated at
Ithaca. N. V.. to dispose of his rec
ords. He said he placed them in a
wastebasket.
Told to Remove Records.
Immediately. O'Brien added, he
told all hla branch offices to get
rid of their records.
"Did Beach say to you -that the
company was going to destroy every
record it had everywhere in the
United States In connection with the
Wheeler bill?" asked Chairman Black.
"I don't remember," was the -reply.
O'Brien said Beach told him "wo
had no longer use of our legislative
records that we were through with
utility legislation work."
R. P. Herron, bond salesman of
Warren. Pa., who sent several hun
dred telegrams to members of con
gress against the legislation, said he
had "burned" hla records after
O'Brien had told him there was to
be an Investigation and he should
clear out his files.
O'Brien said the original campaign
against the Wheelcr-Rayburn disso
lution bill wu arranged at a con
ference of hla company's security
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FOR MEDICAL STUDY
Dr. C. T. Drummond, county health
officer has received notification of
his selection for a Fellowship In the
international health division of the
Rockefeller Foundation of New York
City. It Is a signal honor for Dr.
Drummond. He Is one of the six or
seven physicians In the land, so hon
ored, and one of the few ever select
ed from the Pacific coaat area.
Dr. Drummond haa been granted a
year's leave of absence from his du
ties as county physician, by the coun
ty court. The Jackson county health
board la now considering a number
of applications for the post, during
Dr. Drummond's absence. Dr. Drum
mond expects to leave in the fall, and
will return here In a year.
The Fellowship provides for a year's
post-graduate course in the Harvard
University Medical school. with 200
a month, and all expenses paid.
There were 200 applicants for the Fel
lowship which is highly coveted by
the medical profession.
Dr. Drummond during thiji post
graduate course, expects to ; take ad-
i vance work in surgery, and other
courses, required In public health
welfare work.
At a nee t lug of the Jackson Coun
ay Health Board held last night, Dr.
J. C. Tfayea was named to take the
place of Dr. A. F. W. Kresse, whose
term as director has expired.
PIERCE RECOMMENDS
OREGON POSTMASTERS
PORTLAND, July 18. (AP The
Journal' Washington correspondent
today said that Representative Pierre
had recommended1 Frank J. Dooher
as postmaster at Cornelius. Ore., sen
ate confirmations of post mn mere
were listed as follows: Cnaries A. Pur
cell, Troutdsle; Thomas W. Angus,
Gardiner; Rose M. Chlsholm. Mon
roe; Pear) A. Law son. Riddle, and Ed;
ward F. Kelso, Yoncalla.
McNARY AND STEIWER
AGAINST PRICE FIXING
W AS H rNOTON , July 18. ipf Both
Oregon senators, Charles McNary and
Frederick BWlwr, enst their ballot
sa:nst the price-fixing amendment
yesterday during the senate consid
eration of tha AAA measure,
WALLACE 10 III
TOP COURT RULING
ON PROCESS TAX
Agricultural Adjustment Pro
gram Will See No Altera
tion Until Final Edict On
Constitutionality Delivered
PORTLAND. Ore.. July 18. (AP)
Tine agricultural adjustment program
of the department of agriculture will
be altered In no way until the Unit
ed States supreme court haa ruled
on the constitutionality of the pro
cessing tax. Henry A. Wallace, sec
retary of agriculture, made this an
nouncement here today.
Wallace said most of the proposals
of the department which might bear
on the situation created by the ruling
of a New England circuit court of
appeals that the processing tax is In
valid, have already been submitted
to congress In the form of amend
ments to the agricultural adjustment
MCt.
Otherwise, he declared, the program
of, acreage and crop reduction and
of benefit payments to complying
farmers, will continue without
change.
'Those amendments, Secretary
Wallace stated, "were drawn with the
Idea that some such type of decision
would be handed down."
The secretary had no solution to
sugent tn event the processing tax.
backbone of the AAA and source of
revenue from whtch benefit payments
are made, Is eventually ruled uncon
stitutional by the supreme court.
In such a case, he suggested, "con
gress would have to attempt to find
some other way. It might be a sales
tax, or possibly higher Income taxes."
Secretary Wallace declared the ad
ministration's agricultural program Is
the only logical method of rebuild
ing the farmer's Income at a time
when foreign markets are unable to
absorb surplus.
ma CITES COURT
RULINGS IN EFFORT TO
P 1TLAND; July. 18. (AP) State
and t'tieral courj; rulings were cited
in a communication made publlo by
Frederick H.- Ichmslc of Portland
late vestei da v afternoon in an ef
fort to show khat Oovcrnor Charles
H. Martin-, because of his position
as a pensioned major general of the
United Btates army, is not eligible
to hold publlo office.
Schmalr, one of the group which
attempted to have District Attorney
Trlndle of Marlon county place the
issue up to the supreme court, said
that Oregon's constitution Is "plain
enough" and that "constitutional
government Is at stake."
He scored Attorney Trlndle for
aasertedly leading him "to believe
that he (Trlndle) was In sympathy
with having the question settled
once and for all time to come." and
then "delaying giving me an answer
as to what action he would take,
Trlndle last week held that the
question was one for the legislature
to decide. If any action at all was
to be taken, and not the supreme
court.
Workers Party for U.S.
Is Plan of Communists
By JOHN IXOTD
(Associated Prea Foreign Staff.)
MOSCOW. July 18. p) A plan to
build a workers' party in the United
States was outlined today by William
Z. Foster, once communist candidate
for president of the United States,
In an article in the magazine "Com
munist International."
He said the party would constitute
a united front of all workers and
farmers desiring to break with the
two major political parties, and mtjht
be sufficiently organlard to have a
presidential candidate for the 19J6
elections.
He stated the activity on behalf of
the creation of this party was at
present one of the principal taia
conlronting American communists,
but he warned It would be a mistake
to try to organlMi It under commun
ist control.
He declared communists were
bound nevertheless, "if they act en
ergetically." to acquire a leading In
fluence in it.
BASEBALL
American
B. H. E.
Detroit - i 8 I
Boston 0 5 8
Rowe and Cochrane; W. Terrell and
R. Terrell.
B. H. K.
8 0
Cleveland
Philadelphia 7 8 1
Hudlln, ti. Brown and Phillips;
Marcum and Richards.
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AFTER 4
The body of Fred T.mi Spranger,
46, Rogue River miner who was
drowned while operating a barge
March 97 at Grcar Bar, four miles
above Gold HID, was recovered about
11 a. m. yesterday by Deputy Coro
ner Herb Brown, he reported after
returning to Medford late yesterday
afternoon.
Douglas Cameron, Gold Hill miner,
notified the coroner's office after he
and Clyde Koll of Gold H1U had dis
covered the body hooked on a cable
that stretches across the river at a
point near the site of the Beaver-
Portland Cement company dam, five
miles below the rapids In which
Spranger Jumped nearly four month
ago when the barge he was on started
to capslre.
Cameron said he had noticed an
object on the cable for several days,
but not until yesterday when the low
water made It more visible did he
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TWO GUN ALTERIE
PUT ON SPOT BY
GANGLAND FOES
CHICAGO, July 18. (AP Louie
"Two Gun" Alterle, "big time" gang
ster who survived some of the city's
bloodiest bootlegging wars, was shot
down as he left hla hotel today and
died an hour later.
A blast of shotgun slugs dropped
Alterle so seriously wounded that he
barely survived the ambulance ride
to Lakeview hospital. But the gang
ster's assassins missed Alterle's wo
man companion, Identified by police
as his wife, Irraa, 30.
Captain Daniel Gilbert, chief of the
state's attorney's police, blamed the
slaying on "labor trouble." Once the
partner of the alaln Dion O'Banlon,
pioneer Chicago bootlegger, Alterle
had lately been an official of a Jan
itors' union, Gilbert said.
Alterlea died without making any
statement. Doctors said nine slugs
had struck him.
His wife waa taken Into custody
by police.
Alterle was known aa a lieutenant
of Dion O'Banlon at the time the
first picturesque figure In the city's
gang hierarchy was shot to death.
The O'Banlon-Alterle mob had
gained control of the north side beer
and doom distribution by virtue of
their quickness with pistols. Al
though the Capone mob waa blamed
for O'Banlon'a killing, Alterle waa
later known as a Capone underling.
In hla article. Foster declared con
ditions In the United States had fin
ally reached a point where a united
workers' party was an absolute neces
sity. He pointed out that one of the prin
cipal alms of the organizers would
be to unite all the enemies of fas
cism. Foster said that among the "de
mands of the people" which could
go Into a party platform would qe
unemployment Insurance and old v;e
pensions, payment of the bonus to
the war veterans, a 30-nour workli
week, a national minimum wage law,
aid to Impoverished farmers, a chock
on growing taxes, aid to small home
owners, the prohibition of child la
bor, and equal rights for negroes.
He ssld the workers of America
viewed their life as becoming un
bearable under capitalism and de
clared the capitalistic system must be
replaced by "a tuv aoclal regime.'
OF Jl
WILL LEAD TROOPS
Emperor Haile Selassie
Makes Impassioned Ad
dress in Parliament
Death Before Liberty Loss
ADDIS ABABA. ELhlonla. .Tiilv 1
(AP) Emperor Halle Selassie call
ed on all Ethiopians to follow him
into battle today, declaring It waa
better to die free than to live without!
liberty.
The klnar of klnira anri Itnn nf
Judah, addressed both his parliament
and his soldiers.
In impassioned tones he said th
military preparations by Italy now
going forward proved the Intentions
of that country to conquer Ethiopia.
He called on all his subjects to
unite and cooperate for the defenee
of the country saying he would lead
tne troops into war. He appealed to
all not to fear death.
Cites Ancestors
'Our ancestors, he nhmif-Ml nr.
served their Independence by sacri-
ncing their lives. Follow their ex
ample.
God will be our fortresa and
shield and the modern armament ot
aggressors cannot deter our duty
which Is sacred for Ethiopian inde
pendence." v
Reviewing Ethiopia's past relations
with Italy and tho events from ths
skirmish at Ualual last December
until now, the emperor described
jstmopia's efforts for a peaceful set
tlement of the dispute and also sim
ilar efforts by the British which, he
said Premier Mussolini of Italy had,
"brutally rejected."
He said the fact that Italian mili
tary preparations were continuing
proved Italy's intention to conquer
Ethiopia forcibly and said the dan-
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SALEM. July 18 (AP) Published
reports from Portland that there
would be a general shake-up Jn the
personnel of the stsla liquor control
commission and changes In the ad
ministration staffs were denied her
today by both Governor Martin and
Arthur McMalian, chairman of the
control commission.
In a statement to the press the
governor said he was staying out of
the liquor business. "I have appoint
ed a board to take charge of that
work, a board In whose members I
have the utmost confidence and one
which has given the state an honest
and efficient administration."
BEVKHLY IlirXS, Cal., July
17. Snv. wait a minute. Thig
heat out here is just about as
tonqh as it is anywhere.
Went down and spoke at
some lawyers' meeting last
night. They didn't think much
oC my little squib yesterday
about the shysters out of their
profession. They seemed to
kinder doubt just who would
have to leave.
Prettv seriima some of 'em,
but the big percentage are reg
ular guys and three ex-cabinct
members there from three dif
ferent presidents, Hurley, sec
retary of war under Mr. Hoov
er; Wilbur, secretary of navy
under Mr. Conlidfre, and Will
Hayes, who served under Mr.
Harding. The new governor of
Maryland, Governor Nice,
seemed a fine fellow and he
accomplished something. I told
him, to beat Man of War, cx
Governor Ritchcy.
C llll. McN.utkt &jadic4U. la