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Medford Mail The Weather Foreeaat: Unsettled tonight; fair Friday, normal temperature. Temperature Highest Testerdav Lowest this mornlnjt 56 It's Vacation Time Hart tha Mall Tribune follow you od your a ramtr vacation. Better thin a letter from borne. Telephone 15 or drop a postal siting your old and new add rem. Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1935. No. 106. Ml UIKJ Tribune Sill By PALI. MALLON Copyright. 1935, By Paul Mallon WASHINGTON, July 25. Mr. Gar ner's sleeves are bulging suspicious ly as he- strolls around the senite chamber theje days. There are Indi cation that he $r$P h tricks in & them. Peeping Toms have noted that, when ho takes off his coat at night, strange legislative novel ties fall out. The fact is the vice- president has been en trusted by the president with complete author ity over the cur PALL MALLON rently puzzling legislative situation. No one else at the capltol is supposed to know the answers to the riddles you see dally in the headlines whether there is going to be a tax t bill, or when, if ever, congress Is go ing to adjourn. Now It Is never a good Idea to mix magic with poker, even metaphoric ally. People have been shot doing that. But it is safe to point out that Mr. Garner has the best poker face in Washington. It Is rymored for in stance, that he frequently carries his hole card home with him at nights. Consequently, you will never find the answers from him. But, in other ways you can get some fairly helpful Ideas. It is no secret, for Instance, thit Messrs. Roosevelt and Garner see more clearly every day that the move to keep congress here to enact a tax bill was a dangerous venture. It has resulted in raising the bonus issue; started a silver uprising; encouratrea the Frazier-Lemkeltes; offered an opportunity for a congressional In flation drive. It has raised every bur led issue the new dealers wanted to. keep buried. In fact, If they -Anew you well enough, they would probably concede that it was a mistake to bring the Idea up at this time. , Consequently, there is more than , i faint ground for the suspicion that there would be no walling or gnash ing of teeth around the White House if an honorable way of delaying the plan until next session could be found, In order that congress could be adjourned as soon aa possible. You may look for one of two con clusions: (a) A bargain whereby the original Roosevelt tax proposal and the bonus will be pushed through in t, hurry on the some bill, or (b) a hasty adjournment after the passage of the bank bill and other "must" legislation (leaving the tax program, the bonus, and all the substitute fin ancial panaceas until next session.) The odds now favor the latter course. An adjournment on that basis within the next three weeks Is probable, despite all you have heard to the contrary. Wise news readers can rest their eyes when they come to statements now being Issued by the various con gressional leaders. All are talking for effect, rather then for edification. This Is not a phenomenon. Near the end of the session, they always mike false threats, assume positions they do not intend to hold. In order to better their bargaining position. This applies to the statement by administration authorities that the tax program must be settled before adjournment, as well as to the prog nostication of Senator Borah that congress will be here until November : 1. President Roosevelt has been eas ing up the last week or so, probably because of the congressional frn.-.t-v Fewer callers are being received at the White House than In months. The president remains at his office for shorter hours, arriving later and leaving earlier than la customary. (Continued on Page Eleven? SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Pet Denhoff absent mlndedly pourtnp his dinner bottle of mil into his half-full eIrss of water, and wondering why the mixture tasted so watery. Doc Green cocking a critical and speculative eye on a row-boat in the process of construction, and re calling his own boyhood boating days on the Mississippi. VI v Beach out of bed after 10 weeks in with a pair of broken legs, down town cheerfully greeting his many friends, and assuring them that two ca nes are a I most as ser viceable as two legs, anyway Heine Fluhrer's fishing hat. crown ed with ever so many trout flies, gracing the skull of Ham Law, who is wearing it fishing today. Warren Fichtner proudly peeking out from behind a wicked looking machine gun on the front pee o: the Oreeonian this morning. He l ua CMTC camp In taa aorta WM. SUVA MEETS DEATH BA EIRE INF0REST Wesley Ragsdale of Trail Injured in Same Accident Boys at Work On Blaze in Prospect Region William Silva. 21, member of a fire spotting crew from Upper Rogue CCC camp, was Instantly killed at 4:10 this morning when struck on the chest and crushed by a burning snag during a small forest fire in the Klter creek section, eight miles north of Prospect. Wesley B. Ragsdale of Trail, also a member of the orew, received head lacerations but was not seri ously injured when the snag kicked back after striking Sllva. Forest service and CCC officials re ported that Silva left camp with the crew yesterday afternoon, under ord ers from Rogue River national forest to locate three small fires caused by lightning In the-Kiter creek section. According to ' word from the camp, Silva and five other men were build ing a fire line around the blaze and had stopped temporarily to rest at (Continued on Page Nine) KLAMATH DELUGE KLAMATH FALLS, July 25. (AP) Deluging Klamath rails In a sheet of water, the season's most severe storm broke hero this morning. " Accompanied by vivid streaks of lightning, more than half an inch of rain fell between dawn and 8:00 o'clock. It was still ratnlng and records for years appeared about to collapse. The season's moisture at 8:00 o'clock was 12.78 inches, representing the wettest year since 1926. Klamath's rainiest July was In 1916 when there was a fall of 1.57 Inches of moisture. With 1.62 inches already recorded for this month, It was ex pected the mark would be discarded before then. No reports of forest fires from lightning had been received by the Forest Protective association early to day. The record rain was at the same time beneficial and destructive to crops In this section. In Instances (Continued on Page Twelve) GETTING READY Packing plants of the city and val ley, are now putting their equipment and machinery in order for opening of the pear picking and packing sea son, variously scheduled to open frm August 15 to August 25. Many of the plant plan to open Monday. August 19. The season is a month later than last year, when packing was In full swing by July 23. Work is now underway Installing machinery In the new 1100.000 stor age plant of the Pinnacle Packing plant on South Front street. The work ham been somewhat toyed by non-arrival of machinery. It was planned to have the storage plant In operation by August 1, but it will be a few days later. The storage plant will be in commission for the 1935 crop. Weather conditions the past week were kind to the pear crop, there be ing no damage from wind, and the rain that fell was beneficial. Thun derstorms of the past week brought no hail. The pear crop is reported good as to size, and will be approxi mately the aame as last year. AUTO DAMAGED MOST WHEN HIT BY BICYCLE Kenneth Scripter, 14. of 60 Rose avenue, was only slightly bruised last evening when he. riding a bicycle, ran into the side of the John Bren ner automobile. Although the front headlleht, the front and rear fend ers, and the side of the car were rather badly damaeed. the bicycle re ceived only minor dents, according to a report on file at the city police station. Scripter told police that he saw the approaching Brenner car. but that he was unable to stop, be cause of a faulty brake. Brenner lives In Central Point. S. S. SMITH SHOWING MARKED IMPROVEMENT S. Sumpter Smith, prominent Med ford man who has been seriously 111 for several weeks. Is showing marked Improvement, and his physician has Intimated that he may be able to be around in a wheel chair by Saturday or Sunday. ACCOMPANIED BY ELECTRIC STORM Asks Quick Death ' "Caught" by a lie detector, Mills "Mickey" Redmond (above) pleaded with Chicago police to end hit life quickly In an electric chair for his confessed slaying of Marian. Cozzo, 17, who died In hit arms last De cember after an attempted attack. (Associated Press Photon COL ROGERS, AIDE TO ROCKEFELLER, SOUTHAMPTON, N, T., July 25. (AP) Col. Henry Huddleston Rogers, who Inherited one of the large for tunes made In the Standard Oil companies, died today at the South ampton hospital. He had been In 111 health since last October. Rogers, who was 55 years old, was taken to the hospital two days ago, from his Southampton summer home, for a blood transfusion. His condition yesterday' and last night, steadily became worse. Col. Rogers, son of the late H. H. Rogers a vice president of the Standard Oil companies for years and a chief aide for John D. Rockefeller In the development of the vast con- l Continued on Page Four.) ON PLAN BOARD SALEM, July 25. (AP) Leonard Carpenter, Medford. was named to day by Governor Marttn as a mem ber of the state planning board to succeed D. C. Hcnny of Portland, who died recently. Carpenter Is vice-president of the Southern Oregon Sales company, a cooperative fruit shipping concern, and has been a resident of Jackson county for many years. He Is a grad uate of Harvard university which he attended in company with President Roosevelt. Leonard Carpenter, when contact ed this afternoon, stated that he would immediately send his accept ance to Governor Martin of the posi tion as member of the state planning board, to which he was appointed today. "There In nothing else to say at present, other than that I accept the appointment." Mr. Carpenter said. He will leave tonight by train to attend a meeting of the planning board at Portland tomorrow and Sat urday. u. fiHANOHAI. July 23 (Jp, The United States consulate revealed to day that Mrs. Clara Smertenko, in structor of Oreek and Latin at tha University of Oregon, disappeared on the night of July 20 from the Steam er Taiyo Maru on her way to Shang hai from Hongkong. Mra. Smertenko was touring the Par East. Her passport stated that. In the event of emergency, Pred Millard. Chicago, was to be notified. She was born in Benton Harbor, Mich. If IU The annual meeting of the Jarkvn county chapter of the American Red Cross will be held tomorrow noon at Hotel Medford. for the purpose of outlining the year's work. Every ne In Medford who is Interested in Red Cross development l urged to sttend the meeting. Reservations for the meeting should be made this evening or early tomor row morning at the Red Cros office 434. or by calling Mrs. Frederick Jciiueon, 158-J-a. MARGARET WALEY DENOUNCES MATE FOR KIDNAP PLOT 'I'm Through With Men For ever,' Says Girl Who Re cently Wanted to Go to Prison With Husband CHICAGO. July 25. AP) Mrs. Margaret Waley bitterly denounced her husband today and asserted he "didn't get a third of what ha de served" for his part in the Weyer haeuser kidnaping, The 19-year-old wife of Harmon Waley, who was given a 45-year sentence for the kidnaping of George Weyerhaeuser, Jr., nine-year-old son of a wealthy Tacoma, Wash., lum berman, arrived here today en route to the federal women's reformatory at Milan, Mich. She was in custody of TJ. 8. Mar shal A. J. Chltty of Washington, who was accompanied by Mrs. Chitty. Mrs. Waley was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted in the kidnaping case.' Through With Men. Denouncing her husband after re cently declaring she loved him and wanted to go to prison with him. Mrs. Waley said; . "If It hadn't been for him, 1 would not be where- I am today. I'm (Continued on Page Eleven) BETRAYED SAVERS SALEM,- .July 25. (AP Governor Martin lute yesterday refused a con ditional pardon to Carl H. Johnson, former officer of the Prudential Sav ings and Loan Association, serving & olx-yoar term In the state penlctntl ary for ember-zleinent. Johnson was convicted October 13. 1932, In the Multnomah county cir cuit court. "This case Involves a man In a high position entrusted with the savings of thousands of persons mostly Inex perienced In business affairs," the governor said. "By criminal misman agement, fraud, and by stealing, he squandered and frittered away these savings and took moneys that did not belong to himself." The governor scored the practice of "appealing to the sjate executive to turn loose men of prominence who have been sentenced after fair trial," and declared that to pardon Johnson would give a basis for the "charge that weak sentimentality too often frustrates the effort of. society to suppress crime." WASHINGTON, July 25. (AP) President Roosevelt's personal inter vention failed today to break the congressional deadlock over excluding private pension plana from his social security program. Despite the President's expressed opposition to the proposed exemp tion, house and senate conferees were unable to reach an agreement on the disputed amendment and recessed until next week, when another at tempt will be made. SALERNO. Italy. July 25. (AP, Giuseppe "Mike" Splnelll. Pittsburgh, Pa., underworld character, was held for trial today following a preliminary hearing In which he was charged with the murder of the three Volpc broth ers In Pittsburgh three years ago. MARTIN REFUSES PARDON MAN WHO Gold Beach "Count" in Denial Hands Shot Off ' To Collect Insurance PORTLAND, Ore.. July 25 (AP George Hay (Count) Du Barry, col orful Seattle and Oold Beach pro moter, who claims descent from Countess Du Barry. French court favorite, today opened his defense in federal court against charges by an Insurance company that he de liberately shot off both hands to collect on a 112.500 disability policy. Prank 8. Senn. attorney for the Aetna Insurance company, declared In his opening statement that Du Barry had approached Otto Moravec, one of his Oold Beach employes, and Bill Harner. mtnlng engineer, with proposals they fake an accident to collect Du Barry's policies. Senn .aid that at the t'.me Du Barry lost hit hands la a shot gun explosion his BASEBALL American Chicago at Philadelphia, Detroit at New York, and St. Louis at Boston postponed, rain and wet grounds. National (First game) R. H. E. New York S 12 2 St. Louis 16 1 Schumacher. Stout and Panning; P. Dean, Haines. Walker and De la ncey. R. H T Brooklyn 3 8 2 Chicago 4 10 1 Clark and Lopez; Carle ton tnd Hartnett. R. H. E. Philadelphia 8 U 0 Pittsburgh 8 13 3 Pc77.ullo, Jorpena, Johnson, Davis and Wilson; Swift, Bush and Pad den. Boston at Cincinnati, postponed, lain. OF UTILITY LOBBY WASHINGTON. July 28. (AP) Senate Investigators, demanding to know if a public utility executive had given a small box to some one Just prior to the bouse vote on the utility holding company bill, were told today that the executive's son had given a box of cigars to Representative Pat ton (D.-Tex.ib). John W. Carpenter, president of the Texas Power and Light company, tes tified his eldest son John had pre sented the cigars several days before the house -.otcd against the administration-favored proposal to abolish certain holding companies. Meanwhile, a house committee con ducting another lobbying inquiry re ceived testimony th.t tne American Federation of Utility Invcsto.'s had tpcrit $25,000 fightin? the utilities bill. Working away on Fnaidcnt Rootc- (Contlnued on Page Twelve) SLAYS COP, SELF GREELEY, Colo., July 2S. (jp Surrounded by a posse seeking to avengo the slaying of Desk Sergeant Lee Whitman of the Greeley police force, Jack Prlntz, 37, recently par oled Colorado convict, fired one shot at his pursuers and then fatally wounded himself near hero early to day. In his pocket was found a note scribbled on a piece. of scratch paper and addressed to his forter sister. Miss Inez Plummcr of Denver. "Damn fool dick grabbed my gun. goodble, sis," the cryptic note read. ELSIE JANIS INJURED EAST VIEW. N. Y-. July 25. (P) Elsie Janls, severely Injured In an automobile accident, slept quietly early today In Grasslands hospital. The resident physician of the hos pital Issued this bulletin: "Patient responding favorably to treatment. Sleeping quietly. Condi tion serious but slightly improved as compared to that on arrival at hos pital. Not immediately critical." The auto In which the famous en tertainer was riding with her hus band, Gilbert Wilson, struck a parked truck on the Sawmill parkway last night. Miss Janls suffered brain concus sion, a deep gash in the back of her head and loss of blood. PAROLED CONVICT business Interests were badly in volved. Senn told the court, further, that although Du Barry was having trouble meeting insurance premiums, he had sought to obtain 150.000 In additional Insurance. The Insurance company, required by the terms of the pollry to pay Du Barry I25 a month for life, is suing to rescind the contract, claim ing fraud. Du Barry's hands mere shot away at Gold Beach In July. 1933. Senn said the shotgun which exploded, causing the loss of the man's hands, was formerly the property of Kaiser WUheim of Germany. The ir.Mirarx'e company paid bene- (Contlnued 00 Page Ma HEARS PLEAS FOR FUND ALLOCATION Ashland Delegation Urges Improvement of City's Streets Must Allocate 8 Million Federal Coin By Clayton V. Bernard (Associated Proas Staff Writer) PORTLAND, ore., July 25. ( AP) While the state highway engineering staff was struggling with the task of allocating more than 48,000,000 fed eral road funds, a score of delegations from all parts of Oregon today ap peared before the highway commis sion in an adjoining room urging the spending of more money on favored projects. In-addition to being faced with these problems, the commission later today will open bids for the sale of $3,000,000 bonds for partial repay ment to the federal government for Its loan on the five Orrgon coast bridges. Bids will be presented In per son at the afternoon session, none less than $1,000,000 of bonds, to be considered. The bonds will be a ser ial 20-year Issue. Outline Uses In Its executive session here last night the three commissioners, head ed by Henry P. Cabell, chairman, out lined roughly the spread of the fed eral funds, and left the task of work- 1 Continued on Page Three) HAMILTON FISH PLANS OREGON VII 10 SOW SEEDS FOR CANDIDACY PORTLAND, July 20. (AP) Prom a close personal friend of the con gressman came word today that Rep. Hamilton Fish, Jr., Republican of New York, wilt visit in Oregon in the 1036 presidential campaign. He hopes, too. to scatter seeds of his own presidential aspirations on fer tile ground. Elton Watklna, Portland Democrat, whose personal friendship for the New York Republican has been de scribed as transcending party lines, said today he had a letter from Fish asking that arrangements be made for a Republican meeting at the time of the New Yorker's visit. "Ho is out to get the presidential nomination If possible," Watklna said. A warm friendship developed be tween the two In the 68 th session of congress, of which tloth were members. Watklns then was a strong advocate of the program to restrict Immigration to nationalities com patible with American Ideals. Fish has won a national hearing in ex posing activities of the communist party and subversive organizations in the United States. The New York Republican la scheduled to address the forum ot the chamber of commerce here Au gust 26. BY NEW YORK, July 25. (VP) Nazi f I veto ia.the hrdlushrdlushrrts sympathizers in a bitterly vindictive mass meeting last night cursed Mayo. F. H. Laguardia for refusing a mas seur's license to a German alien on the stated grounds that American Jews were being discriminated against In the reich. The protest was staged In Humid Schwabcn hall, Brooklyn, by the friends of new Germany, the n?A organisation In this country. Adol ph Hang, associate editor of Its official newspaper, "Deutscher Weckruf und Beobochtcr," sounded the keynote of tho stormy meeting with the cry; "Is he the mayor of New York or of the Jews only? He is not only tak ing a direct alap at Germany, but at all the Oerman-Amerlcana herel" MARSHFIELD WIFE SLAIN BY HUSBAND MARSHFIELD. Ore, July 25. (AP) As his 27-year-old wife lay on the floor with five bullets In her breast. Homer MrJunklns, 32, a iiiill worker, surrendered today to Chief of Police George Sorensen. Chief Sorensen said McJunklna de clared he shot his wife because "she was no good." Hospital attendants said the woman probably will die. The couple'a three children, all un- ider eight years old. and McJunklns' mother witnessed the shooting. Beauty and Brains 1 ' V - I Mary Smith was selected as one of the Niost beautiful coeds on tha University of Idaho campus and la now Attorney Mary Smith of Rex burg, Idaho. Miss Smith Is 21 and the youngest attorney In Idaho and the tenth woman admitted to prac tice. (Associated Press Photo NEW TAX BILL TO HIT BIG INCOMES DRAWN IN HOUSE By Clnrrnee M. Wright ( Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, July 25. (AP) A tentative agreement on a new tax bill to raise around 1200,000,000 a year but which does not Include the Intercorporatlon dividend tax pro posed by the president, was reached today by house ways and means committee Democrats. The tentative measure would put heavier taxes on all Individual In comes over aioO.OOO Inheritances over sfiO.OOO left to closo of kin, the profits that a corporation makes above 8 or 10 per cent of Its capital, and on corporation Income. The tentative decision to Include the last, If It Is not overthrown sub sequently, Is a partial victory for the prosldent. Graduate Corporation Tax He proposed the present flat 13 per cent tax on all corporation In come be replaced with a graduatod levy ranging from 104 to 16. Chairman Doughton (D N. C.) Of the committee- asserted the range "probHbly will be mxich narrower than that maybe from 13',-i to 14 '.' He added, too, that the Democrats (Continued on Page Nine) T TAKE WING NORTH LOS ANCIF.I.ES, Julj 38. (AP) Wllpy Pout, two tlme navigator of the slobe, with Mr. Post and Will Rogrni, actor-wrltcr. left Union air terminal at 1:20 o'clork this after noon presumably for Seattle on the first leg of a projected 8,23-mlle flight to Moscow, Post made no announcement of his plans before leaving, without ad vance notice he appeared at the air terminal, ordered attendants to fuel his big, red. low-winged monoplane, and then went to the administration building to get Mrs. Post. They rushed to the plene, Just as Rogers showed up. Tho film comed ian bought a magazine and a stick of chewing gum. ran to the plane and In the space of a few seconds Post gave It the gun and It. soared over the administration building and headed north. Although Medford airport attaches were keeping a lookout for Post's plane, following word , from The Moll Tribune that the famed filer was headed north with Will RoKers, no word of the ahlps location had been received up to press time. RUIN FOR WASHINGTON MILK PRODUCERS SEEN OLYMPIA. Wash., July 25. (UP) Ruin for many Washington milk pro ducers as a result of collapse of the state marketing agreement was pre dicted today by Dr. Robert Prior, di rector of dairies and livestock. Prices of milk In the Seattle area havo Increased from 11 to fi centa a quart and the buying price from So centa to 43 cents per pound of but- tcrfat content, since the 1933 state AAA was held unconstitutional. Prior estimated loss to Seattle producers baa bee a 11.480 a day. ETHIOPIA REPEATS PLEA FOR ACTION New Note Protests Italy's Actions Italy Also Pub lishes Note British Forbid Arms Exporting PARIS. July fAP) Tha forelRii ofllce announced tonight that the league or Nations Coun cil would meet July 31 to con sider the Italo-T.thloplan crlsU. GENEVA, July 25. IPi A new nota again requesting urgently a session of the council of the league of na tions was received from Ethiopia to day a short time after the pufolica- tlon Of an Italian nnt hl.min- opl for the breakdown In concilia tion enorw. The Ethiopian not. th tov. e whloh was not mart nnhiu dlately by the league, protest again nmi!t naiy a actions and declare that the leSfflie nf n.Hnm should discuss the Italo-Ethloplati uispuie in its entlrlty. in ner own note, Italy said she was ted to cominunlcatA with h i-..- because the time limit expires today ur tne worK or the four councllla tors who recently mf. firth--... . gen, the Netherlands. Premier Mussolini's government In sisted that conciliation and arbitra tion was Interrupted there "solely owing to the fact that, the agent of .no uunopian government put forth, claims to be discussed at Bchevenln gen oh questions excluded by the ar- uibiimun agreement. (The Ethiopian member of tho commission was reported to have ask ed that the commission discuss the question of delimitation of tho boundaries between Ethiopia and tho Italian colonlea In Africa: the ltal lans Insisted that only border IncN (Continued on Page Twelve) EOF Jackson county resident ha signed and were asked to sign, peti tions to pave the way for another pardon plea for L A. Rank. fnrme local agitator, serving a life term In state prison for second degree mur- . der, yesterday made affidavits, at testing that they saw the name ot Rtifua C. Holman, typewritten at the top of the nctltton thev ,tfrn1 Wnl. man has strenuously dented that he signed the petition and hl name does not appear on any of tha peti tions filed With th tmv.-nnt, original documents. A number advised the district at torney, office vesterdav th... ,h signed the petitions under a "mls- (Contlnued on Page Twelve) Income Shares Maryland fund, bid 818 33; asked 817 88. Quarterly Income shares: Bid 8135, asked 81.48. BEVKRLY HILLS, Cal., July 24. Wiley Post and I been blathering about flying over to a rnnch in New Moieo, and some guy with poor slant oT geography got it mixed up with Siberia in Russia. Looks like New Mexieo has got a suit. England says the old 1922 armament trentics of Washing ton are dead, that it wounded tho pride of nations to be told that they were inferior. That's right. A nation can be small, but it don't want it put in treaties that it's small. Hesides it's tho littlo nations that should be allowed the most armament. Lack of armament got nothing to do with. wars. Ethiopia has just got so many six-foot bows and arrows, aud so many nine foot ones. 6 iHK atcNaoahl Sirsdlaat. las. MVS: n
