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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday, So change In temper- ! ature. Highest yesterday - 100.4 ! Lowest this morning , 65 Special Rate j of 30c for one month to new subscribers m 111 last for only I SO din , hfgt lining August 1. All subscriptions must be paid ! In advance. Tribune Medford Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1935 No. 121. ruin no -to llJU li yjvwuuUiijffi By PAIL MALLON. (Copyright, 1935, by Paul MHllon) WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 President Roosevelt has lately given some private attention to a disturbing condition within his party organ isation. This Is sup posed to be the Inside explana tion why the long-lost prodi gal senator f t AAnn was lnvlt- rv ed to the White House for lunch the other day. It Is said that Postmaster Gen- ral FarlPV. on AIL .UALI.ON his western scouting trip, again came th. Vinrf Rttlint.lon CXlBttnft IV i V A within the California organization. He tipped the White House and Mr. McAdoo was called In for con sultation. In preparation for the president's September trip into the land of sunshine ewrnal, except when It rains. Similarly, the president made at least a halfway step some weeks earlier to welcome wayward Oover nor Talmadge of Georgia back Into the fold. While these are the only two noticeable gestures so far, it Is not a very deep secret that Mr. Roose velt Is starting on a round-up of party prodigals in preparation for the '36 campaign. Democratic high commanders real lie they have permitted their rela tions with state organizations to deteriorate alarmingly. There Is, for Instance, the situa tion of tho Democratic governor" o! Ohio, who, It Is whispered, might put two or three candidates Into the presidential primary out there. Also a bad condition in Iowa, whore Indictments and graft charges have I caused an upheaval. The Louisiana situation is, 1 course, considered beyond repair. In many another state, however, the national headquarters has reason i i afftotpnr.v of its state organization". A national spokesman here called mo siate In Rhode Island on the telephone a week or so before tho recent elec ' Hon and asked if there was anything the national . organisation could do to help up there. The answer was: "No, no. Everything Is line." It seems to be half settled at the im.ii. Hnn that President Roose velt will go to the coast by the southern route. Also mat no tm t.hroueh the Panama Canal. Thus the Ohio, lowa and other danger zones would be avoioea win. ... nreiimlnarv reDalr work can be accomplished. If Mr. Farley did not also advise this, he Is sp- nipM. radically tho pollt. leal speech-making possibilities ot the trip, insteao mere wu ... thj hand for Senator Rob lnson In Arkansas and a lot of good publicity for the Roosevelt-darner ticket from a siop i president's home in Uvalde, Texas. Note The strategists now con sider Senator Harrison a good s re-elected in Mississippi, "e . does not need any help. It my never get out officially, but the office of the director 01 the mint did not care very much for Treasury Secretary Morgenthaus Idea about coining doughnut half pennies and square mills. A confi dential report to that effect is eup- (Contlnued on rase Four) I . SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Vic Milne dlJguated because he can't regulate the family alarm clock a seren week old Cocker jpanlel which rings loudly for at tention at 4:00 every morning. He remembera It age. for It was born the day the Mllnea were married Phil Qutsenberry dashing Indus triously tor work at Klamath Falls at 5:00 bells this morning, but pull Inp up Rbruptly at Phoenix with a burned bearing, and deciding to start hts vacation now. Alvy Merrltt. basebsl'.er. trying to qualify as a "htque." by sauntering about with a long weca. lasseiea. protruding from between his teeth. An elderly gentleman, assisted by lady and two kids, diligently searching through the grass at tne park for a lest article, and an hour later Just the gentleman left, ana inserting stoutly that U was only sn oil ran cap hr d loj.t. perhaps teirful ire rpor'.cr vuuio i,ae too g?od luck U It joined, ih starch POLICE CHIEF OF Erskine G. Fish Is Third Police Chief To Be Killed In Northern California In Less Than Month. SACRA MKN TO. July 12. (AP The three confessed partici pants In the Maying of Chief of Tollce E. G. Fish of North Sacra mento were removed late this af ternoon to Folsom prison for safe keeping. SACRAMENTO, Cai.. Aug. 12. (AP) Fresh memories of lynch law Visited by a revengeful cltlzeriry a few days ago on the slayer of a po liceman In Yreka, Calif., drove auth orities today to hide out three men held here for killing a chief of police. The victim, Erskine G. Pish. 47, North Sacramento, the third chief of police to lose his life at the hands of gunmen In northern California In less than a month, was shot down early Sunday in a hunt for prowlers. Trio Soon Captured Before Fish died, police arrested George O. Wallace, 27, a tree surgeon, as a suspect. Fifteen hours later Deputy Sheriff Harry Bryant made a single-handed capture of Alfred Paine, 26-year-old petty law violator, who confessed the slaying, and his companion, H. F. Smith. Sheriff Donald Cox, advised that more than 200 of Fish's friends were talking of restoring mountain law to (Continued on Pace rhreo) : WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. (AP) President Roosevelt today signed the Wilcox bill authorizing a chain of military aviation bases, Mr. Roosevelt also signed the sec ond general deficiency appropriation measure. The President explained last Fri day that In signing the Wilcox meas ure he would not necessarily recom mend immediate appropriation of all the funds necessary to put It Into full operation. At that time he said the legislation would be signed to establish a future policy. Advocates of the legislation offered by Representative Wilcox (D., Fla.) have estimated Its cost at $125,000.- 000 but Roosevelt said there was no way of making an actual estimate of the total cost. -4 SELF-PAID J PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 12. (AP) Thirty-two Boy Scouts from Ufah. touring the Pacific Northwest on their annual "education by travel" Jaunt, inspected Portland today be fore heading southward down the Oregon coast. The boys, from North Ogdcn, fi nanced the trip out of their sum mer earnings In berry and .bean fields. The 3.000-mlle Journey, made In a bus, will cost the scouts an average of 16 each, It was said by LeRoy Montgomery, scoutmaster in charge. Last year the troop visited Boulder dam. Hitler Behind Movement To Mop Up Nazi Enemies Br Guen titer O. Beukert (Associated Press Foreign Staff) BERLIN. Aug. 13. (AP) Chan cellor Adolf Hitler, whose silent re- ! treat to his Berchtepgaden home led i w reports that others were directing j recent narl ' reltgloua restrictions, stood forth today as the backer of the houaccleantng of "state en , emles." Der Fuehrer broke his self-imposed : Mlnce In a speech at Rosenheim j in which he declared that the nazi i party would smash its opponents. Other leaders added to the disquiet of the Jews with threats of future strictures. 'By fighting we conquered Ger- many." Hitler said, "and by fight ; mg t shall preserve it. Tiose uncling up tuainn us shall not deceive t;.r mbcl.es shout us, I "Wa have never aicd L'ota ADDED TOUCH TO As an added touch to the fox (coyote) hunt staged by a Seattle, Wash., club, J. A. Hlbbard donned regalia described as that of a Jap anese "Mikado" and pulled C. G. Dean, a "Halle Selassie," about dur ing the hunt, (Associated Press Photo) JAP ARMY CHIEF TOKYO, Aug. 12. (AP) Lieuten ant General Tetsutan Nagata, direc tor general of Japanese military af fairs, died today of sword wounds, which the war office stated, were In flicted by Lieutenant Colonel Alzawa during a fight In Nagata's rooms. The incident was said to have grown out of recent transfers of army officers. Gen, Senjuro Hayashl, minister of war, was said to have prepared his resignation as a result. General Na gata was one of his strongest sup porters. The director general was wounded in his rooms in the war office, where Alzawa called on him this morning. There was a fierce argument, during which the lesser officer drew his (Continued od Pane rhree AERIAL FLIVVER . WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. (AP) The first of the "Family Air Flivvers," a tailless airplane designed to sell at less than $1,000. arrived at Washing ton airport today at the end of a transcontinental flight. On hand were Secretary Roper and Eugene L. Vldal. director of air com merce. for whom the plane was con structed. In the air, It looked like a large grasshopper. It landed. Roper said, "on. a dime" and In so doing a part of the landing gear was smashed. Secretary Roper minimized the Inci dent. ADJUORNMENT BEFORE SEPTEMBER V1S10NED WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. ( AP Conclusion of the administration's legislative program and adjournment of congreas before September 1 were predicted by Speaker Byrns today after a luncheon talk with President Rooecvelt. fight, either In the past or today. We will smash them so they will forget to continue their opposition for the 13 years." The chancellor, delivering his first public speech since his defense i the world on May 21 of Germany's armaments, rerrained from making a direct reference to current Incl I dnts. "If the hammer blows of fate 'should strike us." he said, "they will only make us still harder. I am ! convinced no power on earth can attack us any more. "We want peace and constructive work, but whoever wants to disturb this peace will discover that we are no longer a people of pacifists but a people of he men. "We did not capitulate hen the j conditions mere re'.erwd. and w surclj mUl not 40 It today SEATTLE HUNT ASSERTS BUYER Cannery prices for Roue River Bartletts, are expected .to be received tomorrow by J. Court Hall, buyer rep resentative of California packers In this section. He stated that no con firmation as yet has been received of the reported offer of $35 per ton for, Bartletts, received last week, by a valley grower. Other valley buyers reported the Bartlett price has not been set. None would make any prc d lotions as to the probable price. First picking of Bartletts Is sched uled this week. The J. A. Perry or chard between this city and Jackson ville, Is reported ready to start pick ing. The Van Hoevcnbcrg and Mo doc orchards In the north end of the county, are scheduled to start Wed nesday or Thursday. Several of the packing plants are scheduled to make short runs this week to pack the early pickings, but the main volume will come next week All the packing plants expect to be in full operation by Tuesday, Aug. so, Picking In all the Barttett orchards is scheduled to start next wek. As far as possible, local labor will be employed in the fruit, with indica tions there will be less transient la bor than In the past five years. Most of the packing crews have been lected for the year. Several of the plants expect to start packing schools this week. The Pinnacle Packing company will open Its school Tues day at the No. 3 plant, on North Fir street for three days, for Pinnacle help only. No tuition will be charged. Present weather conditions sre ideal for pear development. The Bart letts are reported of excellent size and quality, with an estimated tonnage the same as last year. 4 BASEBALL National Cincinnati 4 0 0 Pittsburgh 7 14 1 Holllngsworth. Nelson. Brennan, Orey and Erlckson; Lucas, Btrkofer and Padden. NEW YORK, Aug. 12. (Special.) 39 cara California Bartlett pears sold ranging from $1.95 to $3.30. General average 12.35. Utility Witness Finally Located NEW YORK. Aug. 12. fTP) The New York Post, In a dUrpatch from Washington today, says H. C. Hop kins, dominant factor In the Asso ciated Oaa and Electric company. ! found by federal agents In Nw Jersey and Uken to Washington to testify In the congressional lobbyln? inquiry. "Committee agents found him somewhere in Neir Jersey." the news paper stales, "and took him into tlftr custody end dllned to divkw where they kept him overn:ht." Arrest Three hrUers PORTLAND. Aug. 12. (AP) Tiiree members of the truck drivers' union here had been arresUd today on disorderly conduct charges a the walkout of drivers employed by Meier i Frank, department store, went into It tbud day. j Pear Markets CALLED FOR DRILL Latest Addition Means Mil lion Men Under Arms Faint Hope Seen For Pres ervation Of Stresa Front. ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 12. (AP) Emperor Halle Selassie foresaw ''the danger of a world war again" In an address at the palace today to the civil, military, and religious authori ties of Ethiopia. He said the empire places Its hope for peace In "the Impartiality oi the League of Nations." Referring to the world war, the emperor said, "History is repeating Itself In this crisis." ROME. Aug. 12. (AP) Orders dis tributed today Indicated the mobili zation of an Italian force of 600.000 men for war maneuvers in northern Italy Aug. 34, bringing the total Italian army to a strength approach ing 1,000.000 men. Today's orders varied from the usual formula In that they failed to state the date upon which the mob llized men could return to their homes. This fact led informed quarters to believe Premier Mussolini will be pre' pared, during the last week of this month, to strike at any developments In East Africa with the full weight of a mobilized army which will be close to the 1,000,000 man total he set as his objectivo for October. The mobilization of Aug. 24 has (Conclnued on Page rbree) t . 1 . ARE FIXED BY STATE SALEM, Aug. 12. ( AP) The min imum wage for bean pickers for 1936 has been set at 86 cents per hundred pounds, Charles H, Gram, state labor commissioner, said here today, but the grower Is permitted to hold out 10 cents per hundred as a bonus to the picker if he works through the entire season: Should the grower elect to hold out this amount, to Insure that his workers remain until the crop la harvested, he must post a notice to that effect. Such a notice was contained In a circular letter mailed to all growers, Gram stated. AT PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 12. ( AP) The Oregon Federation of Labor to dny denied seats In the annual con vention to delegates of the Brewery Workers' union. The convention opened quietly and was progressing calmly when Agnesa Qulnn, representing the Portland waitresses union, arose to demand that brewery workers be ousted. A reverberating shout of "aye' came from the 250 delegates when thn president submitted the question to bar the brewery workers. Miss Qulnn declared members of this union had delivered "unfair" beer to a picketed restaurant here. Columbia Fishing Operations Resume ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. 12. (AP) The 11-day strike of approximately 2300 members of the Columbia River Fishermen's Protective union was over today, and giant salmon were being hauled from the Columbia. Strikers voted last night to ac cept a packers offer of six cents a pound for fish delivered to the canneries Jntll August 17. SENATE FOR CODE WAGES HOURS, FEDERAL WORK WASHINOTON, Aug. 12. (AP) Imposition of code wages and hours on any industry dealing with the government or operating with gov ernment money was provided In a bill passed today by the senate and sent to the house. It passed without a record vote. STATE POLICE HONOR MEMORY OF MRS. PRAY PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 12. (API State policemen all over Oregon stop ped their patrol for five minutes at 1 p.m. today In respect to the mem cry of Mrs. Ida H. Pray, wife of their ! superintendent. Charles P. Pray. Mrs. j Pray died Saturday at her Forest j Hills home. The funeral ma held (bare today. Challenge To Roosevelt For Statement On Constitu tion Regarded As Major Step In Bitter Fight. WASHINGTON. Aug. 12. (AP) Amid disagreement whether Herbert Hoover seeks presidential nomination, Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader, answered the former presi dent's challenge to the New Deal to day with a declaration that one ad ministration aim Is "to overcome the drastic effects of Hoover policies." The Hoover statement, saying Presi dent Roosevelt should reveal "what changes this administration proposes in the constitution" before congress adjourns, was a major topto among the legislators. Some Republicans agreed with Robinson it showed the ex-prcsldent was a candidate for another term, but Representative Treadway, (R., Mass.) commented "half the people are against the New Deal, and they aren't all candidates." WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. ( AP) Herbert Hoover's challenge to Presi dent Roosevelt to Inform the people "openly" and "precisely" Just how he wants the constitution changed was regarded today as a major step In a Republican drive for a knockdown-ami -d rag-out fight on constitu tional Issues In 1036, Stopping In Chicago on a trip east, the former president hit at the new deal last night In a state ment accusing the administration of "dictatorial" demands, of trampling on "primary liberties of the people" and of invading state's rights. Open Fight Wanted Directly or Indirectly, he said, the administration seeks to revise the constitution to concentrate powers in Washington. Calling on the ad ministration to declare Its lntontlons before congress adjourns and make it an open fight on a specifically worded amendment, he said: "No matter how destructive an amendment might be and even though tho people were persuaded to ill-advised action upon it, yet It would bo bolter for liberty to commit aulcide In the open rather than to be poisoned by Indirection in the capital of the nation. "No more r.iomentoua decision has (Continued on Page Seven) BAKER ATTORNEY NAMED TO LEGISLATIVE SEAT BAKER, Aug. 12. (AP) A. H. Grant, Baker attorney, was appoint ed by the Baker county court this morning to succeed former repres entative, J. Richard Smurthwaite, who resigned recently following his appointment a veterans placement officer In Oregon. Orant will serve as a representative of Baker county until the November. 1038 election. He was recommended to the court by the Baker county democratic cen tral committee. KLAMATH FORESTS FREE OF SERIOUS FIRES TODAY KLAMATH TK1AS. Aug. 12. (AP) Despite the fact that condition, are hazardous, no serious f Iren are burn ing In the Klamath pine foresta. A brush fire in the Bonanza section has been brought under control. Dry graas la burning on the hllla east of Pelican City but no timber has been touched. World Business Tempo Hitting Faster Stride By Rader WinJet Associated Press Financial Writer NEW YORK, Aug. 2.fp) An al most general imptuvement in busi ness conditions throughout the world during the last 1 w months is shown In current survey. . Each country I .ia contended with special problems. There have been spurs to industrial production and In ternational trade within one country that have placed It Mgher In the scale titan other nations not benefited by special circumstance1. Activities which ome authont is class under the hea ing of natioi A defense preparation 1 ve boosted pro duction and speeded general . activi ties In some nations. Other nations such as the gold bloc group have been hampered to some extent by currency difficulties. Three countries outstanding In the gold bloc France. Holland and Switzerland were reported by the national Industrial conference board to have suffered decreased oroductln 1 In June while world production a a whole advanced during that month. For the previous month, tte board Festival Queen ml.- m 'Si li. ' Alice Watanbe (above) was named queen of the Nisei Festival given by Los Angeles' "Little Tokyo." The week-long event la staged by the second, or American born, generation. (Associated Press Photo) IN MEM) AREA The temperature today broke all records for the summer, when at the 3:00 p.m. reading the needle was standing slightly above the 108 mark. with tUo possibility that It would crawl up slightly before late after noon. The weather bureau pointed out that It was undoubtedly, several degrees warmer than that down town. Those die-hards who believed that summer hadn't arrived were 'throwing away their hair shirts today, as the mercury skyrocketed above the cen tury mark. With a high of 100.4 yes terday afternoon touching a new high for the month, some warning of the approaching heat-wavo was given. At 12:40 this afternoon the tem perature was steadily climbing past the 08 mark, Just 10 degrees higher than at the same time yesterday, with the probability that the season's high of 102.2, set on June S, would be far outdistanced. On August 14 the high mark was an even 102. The 10 degree Jump Just after noon did not mean that the raise would be 10 degrees, but did Indicate a hlghe: top. By the Asfoclutrd Press Cool broezca and scattered light showers today brought welcome relief to the mlddlewest which has suffered under the aun's btlsterlng rays for several weeks. Oklahoma and Texas were the hot teat states with morning temperatures around 00. It was generally cooler In Texas, however, and cooler was fore cast In Oklahoma, tonight. At Amarlllo, Texas, and Garden City, Kas., dust clouds rolled In on a blistering south wind. The storm , lasted an hour at Amarlllo, longer at Garden City, center of last spring's series of terrific storms. And while sufferers watched the mercury go up,- persons on Pike's Peak tn Colorado watched it go down. From four to five inches of snow fell on the summit and the temperature dropped to 34 degrees. Four additional deaths brought the season's heat toll near 200. Two died tn California and two In Missouri. Four were proet rated In Loa Angeles. Alva, Okla., reported the day's highest temperature, 114 degrees, and It was 112 at Enid. Many Oklahoma points had top readings between 103 and 107 degrees, and It was 108 at Fort Smith, Ark. reported International trade higher In terms of gold than any previous month tn 103d but 4.2 per cent lower than the average for the final quarter of 1034. It was, however, 1.2 per cent above May, 1934. Alfred P. Sloan. Jr., president of General Motors corporation. In a re port to stockholders on the first half of this year said, "the period In ques tion was characterized, both domes tically and overseas, by an Improving trend of business, with the gain ap parently well sustained. "In practically all countries throughout the world, the underlying economic forces, striving for recovery, are, at the moment. In the ascenden cy over the adverse influences Inci dent to political action." As an Indication of expanding ac tivity In heavy Industry, the United Slates department of commerce ex ports of scrap Iron and steel tor the first six months of this year were higher than the first half of 1934 and larger than any other entire year since the World war. Italy and Japan mer tha best customers, HOIEMTEST Plan To Locate Part Of New Route Over Mile From Lake Termed One Of Sev eral Unpleasant Incidents PORTLAND, Aug. 13. (AP) A protest against the plan of tha national park service to locate para of tha new rim road around Crater Lake more than a mile from th lake, was telegraphed today to Sec retary of Interior Ickea by officer of Crater Lake National Park com pany. Richard W. Price, manager of tha park hotel, was here today to dis cuss the situation with officials of the company. The national park service survey calls for the road dropping from an elevation of 7.115 feet at Sun Notch on the south aide of thu rim, to 8.000 feet, through an area. in which there la little vialbllttT and little scenery. The road would terminate at government headquar ters, about three mllea below th rim. Wants High Line Cameron Squires, president ot Crater Lake National Park com pany, in his wire to Secretary Ickea. said the high line road originally planned should be built, extending (Continued on Page Three) JEWSHlRIn VIENNA, Aug. 12. (AP) The pos sibility of a political and economia reconciliation between Germany and Austria without attempting to miti gate anti-Semitism . in the RelcU alarmed the Jewish element In Aus tria today. Neuewelt, organ of the Jewish community, said It has detected, a disposition among Catholics to make "a separate peace with Hitler." Austria, despairing of getting either friendship or security from a proposed pact between 'the Dan ube states, wbs reported by the of ficial Wclner-Zeltung to have mad two conditions for ending Its bit ter two year quarrel with Germany. One was said by the paper to be dissolution of the Austrian Legion In Germany; the other, disbanding of the Austrian "Hllssbund" organ ization, accused of supporting ft secret pazl corps In Austria, 4 Income Shares August 12. (p) Maryland Trust, 10.80, 18.23. Quarterly Income shares 1.40, 1.53. Ranker's Heart Tails FOREST GROVE, Ore., Aug. 12. (AP) Omar Fendell. 49, cashier of the First National bank hern, died today from a heart attack. f PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 12. fT PAvementa blistered and the heet waves danced over downtown side walks here today as the temperature Jumped to 97 degrees at 2 p. m. 8ALBM, Aug. 12. (7p) The tem perature soared to 99 degrees at 2:40 p. m. here today, and was steadily rising. Admits Killing Nawtll P. Sherman (above) con fessed. Massachusetts stata pollc announced, that he drowned hit wife to "he could make good im pression on a 17-year-old girl" by being tingle. (Associated Pree PJtotoi .. 11
