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MEDFORDJlk The Weather Forecast: Fair t only tit and Thursday ; temperature ume what above normal. Temperature! Hljthcbt yesterday g Lowest this mornlny......... 55 Special Rate of Srtc (or one month to new TRI3UNE subscribers will last for only l 30 dns, beginning August 1. j Alt subscriptions must he paid In advance. I. Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1935. No. 117. N&ys J HEARING DELAYED t BUSINESS TRFIS te. f MINER SI IFFOIMSl h I SFWABF DISPOSAL Bmkd ON PAROLE PACT ETl TOLD AUTHORS By ..fTI, 1 AS RESCUE NEARS USv CONTRACT LETTING SrFMsLW3 I W - . ADDIS ABABA. Rumor of J&pan- ioV " S liliM UNTIL THURSDAY PROF. N. H. COMISH ESSSS IN G. PASS REGION EXPECTED FRIDAY &3iIKllJjliiJ T?",;; ol Harlem." begin drilling troopt. faf. By PAI L .MAM.ON (Copyright. I!:t5, hv Paul Mallnn) WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Secretary Roper's business advisory council has neen conncientiauy preparing anotner nice cinaer ior President Roose velt's eye. It 1b a report on the Qutley coal bill, which, the Insid ers relate, at tempts to burn that measure to a small clinker. This report pre dicts that the bill would boost coal prices even nim-A then coal PAUL MAIXON Annrtitnr nrtnonents contend. Readers with long memories will re call that this Is the council of busi ness men, designated with a fanfare last year to keep Mr. Roosevelt ad vised about the business viewpoint. 80 far It has been advising him mostly not to do what he Is doing Exceptions were Its favorable report on the social security legislation and a. memo suggesting continuance of the NRA for two years. President Roosevelt has solved this cinder situation so far by donning blinkers. He lets all the council's unfavorable reports (utility bill, etc.) fly past into a receptable he calls a departmental filing place, but which might also be called a waste basket. Only the favorable. reports are made public. Thus, It is hardly probable that the council's views on the coal proposal will get into print. At least not be fore congress acts. Tonnrtnir the council may be easier for the president this time than be fore. It has suffered about seven resignations since Its utility bill re port was . referred to some depart mental grave digger. However, a few of the remaining members have formulated some, new Ideas about publicity which may up 4 set the usual burial procedure this time. They have decided that they can make public their reports if they want to. Also, they are threatening to want to. The president has been mulling over an idea of calling Industrialists and labor leaders together here this fall. He has In mind possibilities of an unofficial agreement to continue the major features of the NRA on a permanent basis. The suggestion for such a confer ence was dropped to two labor lead ers who recently called at the White House. They were highly pleased. The genius behind tho Patton cigar box flurry seems to have been Con gressman Blanton, who Is known among his pals as the greatest de tective (amateur) In congress. He Mage-managed much of the affair, first by Introducing to senate lnves- (Contlnued on Page Pour.) 4 SPANKED BY STRIKERS DALLAS, Aug. 7. (AP) Four wo men were stripped naked and then panked here today by strfklng wo men garment workers in riots In front of two dress manufacturing plants. Four policemen and two women were injured. Forty policemen, called to the plant, two blocks apart, arrested 27 women and three men. 4 SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Rex GUimky putting a gleam on : the shoes of one of the touring Nip- . ponese. and talking away to the Ori ental as though that young msn could understand htm. An out-of-town coo peeking with suspicious into the Medford Nat'l Bank, as workmen were busy with an air-hammer on the floor. He said he thought someone was robbing the place. Bill Carle of Lake Creek finding to his surprise that to multiply by five the number 10.204 081 .632.6S3.0dl.244. H97.959.183 673.49 .387 .755 all VOU have to do in to move the last five in frrnt of the firrt I. and there you are. Gm Arnl figuratively pacing the ground, along with Virg S-vanson. for another crack at Coqutlte. which thy will get Sunday. It was on Arnle's hit that Virg scored, but the umpire didn't allow It. lart week. Fred Colvig exhibiting a stomach and chet about the cior of a p?.p!rr rracJ-.e bepf-steak display a? a result cf a dive Into too shallow water. if 'V i 3 Inability of Former Parole Officer's Attorney to. Be Present Causes Postpone ment in Justice Court SALEM. Ore.. Aug. 7. (AP) The preliminary hearing on Information charging Dan' Kellaher with "agree ing to receive a bribe" was continued here today until tomorrow afternoon at 9 o'clock, after bond was filed with Justice of the Peace Miller B. Ha yd en. The 93000 ball, set for the appear ance of Kellaher, was fmntshed by Joe Schnitzer and Prank Hochfeldt. bail bond brokers of Portland. They appeared at 2:30 p. m. today to post the cash bond and stated Kellaher had retained J. R. Murphy of Port land as defense counsel. The case was continued one day to permit Murphy to appear here for Kellaher. He was unablet to be here today. PORTLAND. Aug. 7. AP) J-Dan Kellahar, former state parole officer, declared he "had nothing to say to day" in connection with his arrest on a charge that he agreed to ac cept a bribe. "I'll Just keep perfectly quiet," he said. "When the time comes to talk I will have plenty to say." Kellaher has been charged with agreeing, while still parole officer, to take $50,000 from Llewellyn A. Banks, prison inmate, for working for Banks' release. SALEM, Aug. 7. ( AP) Dan Kella her. former chief parole officer at the state penitentiary, was free on his own recognizance until 3 p. m. today following his arrest yesterday on information filed with Justice 01 the Peace Miller Haydcn charging him with "agreeing to receive a bribe." The information was filed by Dis trict Attorney W. H. Trindle shortly after 3 p. m. yesterday. Less than u hour later Kellaher was arrested here by Lieutenant Walter Lansing of the state police and taken to Hayden's office, where he plead In nocent to the charge. Time to Decide. Hayden set his ball at (3000 and ; gave the ex-parole officer until a p. m. today to decide whether he would ask for a preliminary hearing in Justice court or would waive the hearing and be bound over to the grand Jury. He was then released. Appearing before Justice Hayden with Kellaher was M. Clifford Moynl han, Salem attorney, who witnessed the alleged contract between Kella her and L. A. Banks, life-termer at the penitentiary, wherein the former was to receive $50,000 If successful in freeing the former Medford pub lisher from prison. A photostatic copy of the agreement was produced by Ralph Moody, deputy attorney general, at a hearing on the Banks case last week. Carson Refuses Aid. After his appearance in court Kel laher asked John Cat ion, former dis trict attorney, to represent him In the case, but Carson said last night he had declined. The Information filed by Trindle read: "Dan Kellaher, being then and there an executive officer of the state of Oregon, state parole officer, did then and there unlawfully, felon iously and corruptly accept a prom ise to htm in the sum of a. so ,oou, which said promise was then and there made by one Llewellyn A. Banks, with the understanding that he. the said Dan Kellaher, acting in his official cnpaclty. would secure the release of the said Llewellyn A. Banks from the Oregon state peni tentiary." Officials said the information waa filed under a section of the Oregon law which provided, on conviction, a sentence of not more than 15 years' Imprisonment, nor less than five. Income Shares Maryland Funding, bid IS.54; asked 17.89. Quarterly Income Shares, b:d 1 37; Wife And 2 Dogs Eat Up Relief Is Plaint Of Negro KANSAS CITT. Kas.. Aug. 6. ,V A tall nec-o. sprawling his le.n lrs on the Wyandotte county courthouse strps. ffave his oxn version of the '"relief ultuailon." "All Is got at home is a wife an' two does." he drawled while iltt'.r among several hundred "strikers" protesting a work relief cut. '"Fast she feeds herw'f. Tiicn :-.e feed the dcs. After that thr a!n't nuthin' W: for me." Dressed In civilian clothes. Hen ry "Midget" Fernekct above), at one time aentenced to hang fof murder, calmly walked out of Joliet, III., prison where he waa serving a sentence for a bank robbery. (As sociated Presa Photo) T FIRST HALF YEAR Out standing warrant Indebtedness of Jackson county during the period from January l to June 30, Is $13. 641.41 less than for 1934, according to the semi-annual report of the county clerk's office. On January 3, the outstanding war rants totalled $219,413.63. On June 30 last. It totalled $206,777.19. The reduction is attributed to an increase In tax collections and de crease in expenditures, though the de crease came in the face of an Increase of approximately $1000 per month In old age pension payments. A better financial condition for the county Is also shown with all the county funds within the budget at the turn of the half-year, with the exception, of those concerned with relief. Relief expenditures in the county for the first six months of 1935, amounted to $40,389.88. Relief ex penditures for the next three months, ore expected to "ease off due to sea sonal employment and less sickness. Relief expenditures by funds, for the first six months were. Hospitalization $ 8.449.09 Old age pensions 12,464.42 Widows pensions Miscellaneous relief Indigent relief - Burials .. Drugs - 4.433.53 6.714.34 7.603.44 356.50 1,124.35 SEATTLE. Aug. 7. I7P Wiley Post and Will Rogers, airplane cronies, hopped from Ren ton airport, 12 miles south of here, at 9:18 a. m. today, presumably for Juneau, Alaska. Mrs. Post made a last-minute de cision not to fly with them. as the trip "may be too strenuous." Ahead of Post and hia "hitch-hiking" passenger. along the northern British Columbia coast and over southeastern Alaska, was rainy wea ther, the observer at Boeing field weather station said. "The trip may be rather strenu ous," Mrs. Post told airport attend ants. "I expect to Join Wiley, how ever, within a few day, going by boat." -Tto Alaska boats, the Aleutian and the Yukon, sail on Friday for Alaska, with Juneau one of their first Alaska points. GOLO SUIT BAN DEFENDED. FLAYED WAS HI NOT ON, Aug. 7. f AP) Leg islation to prevent holders of gov ernment gold clause obligations from filing damage suits after six months was defended as -logical and Inevi table" In the senate today and de nounced as "Immoral and unjust." Chairman Fletcher of the banking committee, which decided to permit suits for Mx months after the ar mlnlstration had asked a flat ban sea Inst them, said the bill was a "logical, natural. Inevitable conse quence" of the nation's monetary pol icy. Senator Adams D.. Colo I. calling the proposal "immoral and unjust." averted "the government. If It owes an obligation, should perform It." wtS WnteH Fnnnnmict. Writ fiKicie.bcii.ve appointment of Prof. Mn- fliirtk Halo. 4.Q Donr! Whfln . "!' 'f Noted Economist-Writ ei Speaks at Morning Ses sion of Convention Ben Field, Author, Also Heard Professor N. H. Cornish of Univer sity of Oregon gave the opening ad dress this morning at the convention of the League of Western Writers In session at the Methodist church here. Speaking on "Trends In Business," which also la the title of a book on political economy written by Prof. Cornish, the author stressed particu larly the need of legalized price maintenance, and gave as arguments in favor of such relationship between manufacturer, retailer, and whole salers Its tendency to raise the qual ity of commodity, to Improve dealer cooperation, to destroy unfair dis crimination that now exists, and to destroy some unfair business prac tices. "Competition 1b the death of trade, contrary to popular opinion." the speaker said, and stated that co operation Is the life of trade. ben Meld Speaks ' Ben Field of Los Angeles, noted author and travel -editor, who Just returned from a trip to New York by Panama and Havana, gave an In spiring address on "Viewpoints In Literature," and made a strong ap peal to his audience to hold their standard of writing to a higher spir- (Contlnued on Page Eight) HURLEY TESTIFIES TO Fl WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. (AP) A turbulent session of the senate lobby committee today produced testimony that the law firm of Patrick J. Hur ley. Hoover sercetary of war. received $100,000 In the last three years from the Associated Oas and Electric Sys tem. In marked contrast to the violent clashes between the dapper former cabinet officer and committee mem bers, Joseph P. Tumulty, former sec retary to President Wilson, then told calmly of fees received the last two years which totalled $109,700. This Included $33,500 from utility companies for assistance In their fight against the Wheeler-Rayburn holding company bill, Tumulay said adding his work was "not lobbying but advisory." At the conclusion of the hearing, Chairman Black said the committee had mailed questionnaires to tele graph offices In 60 cities about tele grams sent to congressmen on the Wheeler-Rayburn bill. Replies from 10 cities he said show ed 14.782 telegrams had been sent on the bill and all but three were filed and paid for by representatives of the utility companies. Explaining he represented Associa ted shareholders. Hurley asserted: "I've never taken a case from any one that was Incompatible with the public welfare and tbe.ce sharehold ers have a constitutional right to my services." During one of the frequent alter cations with committee members, the outspoken Hurley shouted: "Oh. yes, you gentlemen are all prosecutors." Frequently he accused committee men of "putting words In my mouth" and at one point Inquired sarcastic ally why he was not asked If he had quit beating his wife. "I am a gold fish In a bowl." he shouted another time. "You can see me from any angle." E TOSEMrTE. Ca!.. Auj. 7. (fi, Two hikers trapped on the precipit ous face of Yoaemlte's famous Half Dome m-ere reached 07 rangers this miming. De-Tlsion was reached to lower them from the rocky led 3 In.tead of hoisttng.'.them. No report on their condition was immediately available The hikers, trapped yesterday when they attempted a short cut. are M:s Elizabeth Lorlmer, 23. of Chloopee. Mass, and Robert Pate. 35 of Ingle- TOd. Cal. Rangers said it -nould t.ike sevful Hours to complete the rescue. GENEVA. League of Nation cir cles believe appointment of Prof. Man ley o. Hudson. Harvard, to Italo Ethloplan conciliation commission possible. ROME Populace demonstrates In favor of new mobtllzatiou; more po tential officers summoned. ADDIS ABABA. Emperor givea as surance of foreigners' s&fety In Ethi opia. PARIS. Feud In Halle Selassie's own family reported threatening to split Ethiopia. LONDON. Ramsay MacDonald be comes acting prime minister as lead la yielded to France for tri -power talks. BY JUDGE NORTON The arrest yesterday at Salem of former State Parole Officer Dan Kel laher. on a charge of "attempting to accept a bribe", in the efforts of L. A. Banks, former local agitator to pro cure a pardon from a life term for murder, recalled the interchange last winter between Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, and Kellaher, In which the court commented from the bench: "It looks like a new chief parole of ficer Is needed at the penitentiary." Kellaher promptly retorted. In ef fect, that Jackson county needed a new Judge, In a public statement and letter. Judge Norton waa praised by sev eral Salem citizens for his comment. The controversy grew out of the Glenn Stringer case. Stringer Is now serving three and one-half years in the state prison for admitted partici pation In IS burglaries In this city. Including the robbery of Mann's de partment store. Stringer's record. Introduced at the time of sentence, showed that he had twice been paroled, his second con viction under state law. not entitling him to parole. The court mildly re buked the state parole board for "easy paroles," and made the obser vation that the state needed a new chief parole officer. At the Banks trial Investigation and pardon hearing last Friday, It was brought out that the murderer and Kellaher, had assertcdly entered Into a signed contract, whereby Kel laher was to bo paid $50,000, for ne gotlatlng freedom for Banks. ABANDONED HOUSE IS TRAGEDY SCENE PENDLETON, Ore., Aug. 7. (AP) Coroner Allen Folsom ordered an in quest tonight Into the death of Roy Hamm, 20, Portland youth whose beaten body was found in an aban doned ranch house near Meacham last night. Hamm'a head was bashed in and his body waa dumped Into the cellar under a bedroom and bed clothes thrown over him. Hamm left Portland July 26 for Pocatello, Idaho, driving a truck load ed with household goods. Blood spattered on the walla in the bed room and much spilled on the floor had been partially cleaned up. A hitch hiker or a maniac was sought by the police, who were check ing fingerprints found on two small fruit Jars which bad contained lem onade. BASEBALL American. (First game) R. H. New York 12 Boston 6 9 Broaca and Jongens; Grove and Ferret I. (Second game) R. H. New York 6 10 Boston 4 9 Gomez. Malone and Dickey; Perrell, rcll. Walberg, Wilson and R. Fer- (First game) R H. E. Chicago 3 9 0 Cl'veisnd - 3 11 0 Flwher. Jones and Sewell; Hudllr, and Phillips. Philadelphia at Wathington (2), postponed; wet grounds. National. R. H. E 6 14 0 0 9 3 I Pittsburgh Chicago Biant-on and Padden: Fiencb, Ko- aaUk, &boun and ODca, Curtis Hale, 49, Dead When Taken Out of Tunnel ZXA Hours After Cave-in Talked With Diggers GRANTS PASS. Aug. 7. (ypi Buried live while rescuers attempted to dig him from the tomb of a caved -In mine on Miners' creek. Curtis Hale. 49, was suffocated and taken out Ay2 hours later Tuesday night dead. He could talk with the men dig ging him out until the last minutes. when oxygen dwindled. His last words hea rd be fore he 1 a psed Into unconsciousness were, "Shove f ast, bovs." Hale was buried In the Black pocket mine, 20 miles southeast of here, which lie operated with Carl Branch, when a tunnel caved In at 3:45 Tuesday afternoon. Hale hod a premonition of his dan ger. Shortly before the oave-ln he turned to his partner, pointed to loose sand, and said, "I wish I were out of here." Branch went out for a few minutes, but Hale remained and was caught. The mine extends Into a hillside. drops down a pit vertically for 40 feet, levels off 30 feet, and then as cend on an Incline of 25 feet. Here Hale was trapped. Men dug feverishly for hours, hear ing and talking to the doomed man. New slides blocked their work. At 7:15 the body was recovered. Dr. R. G. Wilbur of Oranta Pass said there were no marks on the body and that death apparently was caus ed by suffocation In the tunnel 10 feet wide. Hale was a bachelor. There are no known relatives. County Coroner Virgil E. Hull has brought the body to Grants Pass. 4 1 SPEED NECESSARY IN CAPITOL PLANS PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 7. (AP) Unless the state of Oregon, acting through the legislature, grants .final authority, completes plana and ap proves contracts for the new state capltol by October 1. there is doubt a 45 per cent federal grant for the structure will be available. This waa the word brought here today by Col. Horatio B Hackett, 1 slstant administrator of the PWA. An application for the 46 per cent grant for the building, describe as "very tentative," has been forwarded to Washington. Colonel Hackett said speed and definite action are necessary in con nection with the application for the capltol grant, as well as for all other PWA projects for which applications nave been filed. MITCmiTOCK T W ASH rNGTON, Aug. 7. (p The alleged sale by Charles E. Mitchell former chairman of the National City bank of New York, of stock to hia wife, to establish a loss for Income purposes, was held fraudulent today by the board of tax appeals. The board also ruled a payment received from the management fund of the National City company to be taxable Income, and held Mitchell to have acted fraudulently in failing to report it. On the other hand, hia sale and repurchase of stock In the Anaconda Copper Mining company were held to be bona ride, and the loss sustained to be deductible. H.E.C.T0 CORVALLIS. Ore., Aug. 7. (API Affiliation with the Associated Rural Women of the World was voted by delegates to the Oregon Home Eco nomics Extension council at its clos- , ing aeaelnn here late yesterdsy. The council recommended organiza tion of a National Home Economics Extension council and established a scholarship fund to anslst atudents interested In home economics exten sion work. Fifty women from 12'countles took part In the conference. F. L. Ballard, vice-director of the 'extension work, explained plana to ; expand the service as hoon as fvinda l expected from the national govern ment are avallabla- Robert Miller (above) la belno sought by police In connection with the holdup slaying In Dunsmuir, Calif., of Police Chief F. R. "Jack" Daw. whose burial was the Incident which touched off the lynching of Miller's confessed partner. Clyde L. Johnson. (Associated Presa Photo) NEW DEAL LOSES TO E (By the Associated Press.) The new deal suffered a defeat In Rhode Island yesterday when voters in the first congressional district elected a Republican to fill a vacant seat in the national house of repre sentatives previously occupied i Democrat. With Roosevelt policies directly at Issue. Charles F. Risk, a former Judge, was swept to victory by a margin of more than 10,000 votes over demo cratic State Treasurer Antonio Prince. Risk had campaigned on a platform of "repudiate the Roosevelt adminis tration." Old Order Upset. Central Falls, R. I., went Repub lican for the first time In a score of years. Pawtuckct elected a Repub lican state representative In a dis trict normally overwhelmingly Demo cratic. Newport chose Its first Re publican mayor In almost two dec ades. (Continued rage Pour) WOMEN JAILED ON CAR THEFT CLAIM Mrs. Dorothy Osborne. 22-year-old Oklahoma woman, Is In the county Jail, being held for the federal grand Jury In Portland on a charge of vio lation of tho Dyer act, for trans porting a stolen Ford truck, belong ing to Joseph Stevens of Talent, across the stnte line. . She was arrested In Ashland by city police Monday night, after she had allegedly driven Stevens' car to that city from Hilt, Cat., while he stop ped there on business. Stevens wan giving the woman a ride In his truck, from Hornbrook north. . PROGRAM 10 START SALEM, Ore., Aug. 7. (AP Au thorization for the state highway commission to proceed with the ad vertising program provided by an ap propriation of $25,000 by the 1035 legislature was issued by the board of control here today. Immediate expenditure of $2175 for printing 60,000 booklets advertising the scenic beauty along Oregon's highwayst waa ordered. The request was made by R, H. Euldock, state highway engineer. 4 G. Pass Merchant Stumped By Bid To Style Review ORANTS PASS. Aug. 7. (P) A Grants Pass merchant may not at tend a preview of fall merchandise by a San Francisco firm because he can't figure out whether in itials on the lower left-hand cor ner of the engraved "formal" In vitation mean another new deal agency or something Emily Post forgot. "W. S. R." has the merchant scratching his head. Etiquette books tn the local library give no clue, unabridged distlonaries fall to solve the problem, and a call iftO miles to a Portland society editor left the mystery unsolved. City Council Informed PWA Officials See No Reason 9 for Delay Entire $120, " 000 Available at Once K. V. Hall, resident engineer for the city's new sewage dtapoMl plant, who appeared before a regular meeting of the "city council last night, announc ed that he has received a telephone call from Portland that PWA officials "see no reason" why the contract for construction of the plant cannot be let Immediately. A letter confirming the telephone conversation Is ex pected to arrive within the next threa days, and with the view of awarding the contract, the council adjourned until Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Several points regarding the re vised loan and grant agreement were aired at a recent conference with PWA representstlvea at Portland. Hill stated. Present were C. C. Hockley, state PWA engineer, his assistant, and Ed 0. Kelly, formerly of this city, who la PWA legal adviser for Oregon, No Rate Chance Needed. The first point brought up at the conference was whether or not th (Continued on Page Eight) LOGGING TRESTLE BURNING DELAYS OPENING OF MILL Destruction by fire of undeter mined origin Monday night of Medford Logging railroad trestle, five miles west of Butte Falls, 460 feet tn length and 70 feet high at Its loftiest point, will delay open ing or the Medford Corporation (Owen-Oregon) sawmill in this city until about September 15, Manager James H. Owen reported today. It was planned to start cutting lum ber September 1 or thereabouts. Insurance adjusters are today sur veying the loss, and Manager Owen hopes for a speedy adjustment to enable operation plans to continue. The fire necessitated laying oft for a week or ten days of part ot the saw and bucking crew, which started Monday in the woods near Butte Falls. Rebuilding of the destroyed tres tle the longest on the logging rail road will start as soon as the in surance loss Is adjusted. No esti mate of the loss was announced. The cause of the fire is unknown, but Manager Owen this morning at tributed it to a carelessly thrown cigarette. The placing of the sawmill and other department machinery In order. win not be delayed by the blaze. Manager Owen aald, nor the repairs on other sections of the railroad. As soon as possible the logging crews In the Butte Falls area, will be restored to a full quota, to fur nish logs for the sawmill and haul ing of them over the road, Owen stated today. SAN FRAN-CISCO, Aug. 5. Folks live down around Los Anttclcs way. Got to come to town every once in awhile. We got tli'o numbers down there but San Francisco has got the class. This town is going through a "wild orgy" of bridge building. You know how a town is when it decides to pave. Well, San Francisco in that way with bridges. You daresen't leave a few buckets of water out over night or somebody will build a bridge over it by morning. San Diego has done so well ( with her fine fair this summer that this town is going to hold one. When folks' minds turn to ' fairs and expositions, why it's I a sign of better times. Yours, SAYS'
