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The Weather Forecast : Fair tonlcht and Frl day but with fog tonliht; not much change in tempera ture. TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday , fij Lowest tnli morning 85 GET THE HABIT Of following Frank Watanabe's entertaining Ob Sol featura which will appear dally on tha first pace of the Mall Tribune. You'll like this delightfully humorous Japanese characterl Ttiibune Medford Thirtieth Year Foil Associated Fresa MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1935 Full t'nltcd Fresa Xo. 178 n7 A Ml rn JUVJ uuu mm, i TO W By PAUL MAI.I.AN (Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. Presiden tial advisers within tha White House put their fingers In their ears when they read cot long ago that young Elliott Roosevelt had signed up as sales vice-president for a group of broadcasting companies. Their first Information came from the press. A roar of crit icism was await ed becauso his twelve broad I' All, .MALLON casting stations (as all others) must get license renewals from the fed eral communications commission ev ery six months. It was thought the young man should find some em ployment less closely connected with government regulation. ' One of the highest authorities here Is supposed to have called him and auggested delicately that It was a dangerous connection for him to make, The answer Is said to nave been that young Elliott considers himself free, white and twenty-one. That was no news, but it ended the matter. All were surprised that tha din failed to materialize. The absence of Interest In the matter was especially noticeable In side the radio world. There, the cen ter circle had a private version of the affair, which caused a better understanding of ' it. For one thine, the renewal of licenses is considered. a more. or less routine incident of federsl super vision. Only about six stations have been denied -renewals In .the history of aupervlslon. These were flagrant eases such as that of Dr. Brlnkley, the goat gland specialist. Further more. Elliott's company had no trouble pending with the communi cations commission 'at the time or bis employment. The Industry generally waa tipped that the company wanted to do some financing and that Its new young executive contributed to that cause. If anyone expected Elliott to exert any Influence on the commission, he Is likely to bs disappointed. Every official around here Is trying to Imitate a horseshoe leaning over backward on that situation. Radio Insiders are Inclined to believe the (Continued on Page Five.) Uncle Sam Finds Himself Billion Dollars In Red WASHINGTON, Oct. 17. P) Uncle Sam dipped hia pen In red Ink today, and reported his deficit had passed the bllllon-dollar mark for the present fiscal year. The treasury In a atatomcnt put the deficit at 1 .007.457.156 through October 14. This compared with deficit of 1687.211.671 In the com parable date of last year. At the present rate, the govern ment Is operating at a 9.5O0,OO0 loss each day. At this rate, the deficit on June 30 next would be $3,477,000,000 compared with a 13, 281.000.000 revised estimate mode 'public recently. Last January's annual budget message forecast a deficit of 4 .528.000.000. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS O. O. Alfnderfer and O. V. Myers, rms akimbo, basking In the wermtn of the afternoon sun, and talking business. Walter J. (Sharkey) Relnktng un leashing a terrific swat at a report er's trcusera in an effort to surprise him, and nearly busting hta duke v.tn the force of Impact with a rxket full of keys. Lee Hunter. Insurance salesman, finding footbsll a more Interesting subject than death probabilities. an3 setting Into a fine harangue about the Medford prospects. Crawford "Peachy" Lemmon ge' ting himself measured for a new suit of "fine Australian worsiea, which there Is no whicher." than Harry Crume glowering darkly at a lady motorist who. poor soul, had kill ed her motor, blocking the Crume pathway. City Judge Allen Curry and Chief McCredle planning on putting up dummies In fie street nesr choo! lo keep the embryo Indianapolis drlv- ers fro-n th huh acnool Ircm driving four abreast at 50 ra. p. Iv ACTION EXPECTED THREATENED RIFT Flat Demand Is Made By British For Answer On What To Expect In Case Of Trouble With ' Italy. (By the Associated Press) France haatened today to act on the British demand for a atatemcnt of what to expect from Paris in case Great Britain and Italy come to war In the Mediterranean. Premier Plerre Laval, Informative persons said, promised Downing street an answer by Monday. The reply. It was Indicated, would be favorable to Britain. The rapidly-shaping events of the past few days had estranged these two League of Nations powers. Brit ain was dissatisfied with Laval's concllltory activity. The premier, re liable aources said, had Informed London France would not aid the British fleet If It were attacked by Italy before the league ordered naval enforcement of sanctions. Laval Plea Falls Laval, seeking conciliation, sought to have the British diminish their naval strength In tha Mediterran ean. This, the cabinet refused to do. It all ended with the flat demand of the British government: Just how far will France go to aid us? Apparently, It was up to France to make one choice; England or Italy, which one In the end? Rome was keeping Its hands out of any discussions and negotiations. It even looked askance, ostensibly, on Laval's peace efforta. Emperor Halle Selaaate, after re viewing 60,000 more troops dis patched to the defenses on the Ethiopian front, summarily . topped off the talk of peace:- ' """ ' "I will not discuss peace while a single Italian soldier remains on my soli." Say Italians Split The emperor, after the troops re view, declared "Informed persons say grave differences of opinion exist (Continued on Page rwo) FEHL TO APPEAL IN INTERPLEADER Notice of appeal to the state su preme court from the findings of Cir cuit Judge Csrl E. Wlmberly of Doug las county In the Interpleader suit of Nledermeyer, Inc., against Earl H. Fehl, Electa A. Fehl, his wife, and Corlnthla E. Statlcy. his mother-in-law, was filed today by the Fehls' attorneys. Fehl Is In stste prison on the last lap of a four-year sentence for vote stealing. I The decision under appeal Rives Kelly 4c Kelly, attorneys, 2000 fees I for legal services: Jesse B. Thomas of Ashland, and Ted Hclmroth of Orlf . fen Creek, possession temporarily of ; the Pacific Record-Herald building, i and Jackson county an award for cost 1 of trying Fehl In Klamath county on a change of venue. The highway commission, which Is making a tour of southern Oregon, was expected to be In Medford for a meeting tomorrow. The commission, headed by Chair man Henry Cabell, met In Klamath .r.a tt-a a nnnrlari A day to be on the const. ! Judge Prank L, Tou Veils of Jack sonville, iww member of the board, was In Medford for a brief visit yes terday prior to the Klamath Falls meeting. Would Use Rum Profit In Capitol Construction SALEM, Ore., Oct. 17. (API Ore- money should be spent on roads or gon may well use part of the pro-1 returned to the general public pay ceeds from the state liquor revenue to I lng the tax. construct the new capltol building, Governor Msrtln declared at his press gave for opposing a diversion waa the conference today. resulting action of the federal govern- The statement was made after re- j ment. Tor every dollar diverted from ports had been current that the leg- j rosd expenditures, the federal govern Islsture msy divert either the gaso-1 ment will withhold 4 from Its eon llne tax fund or tha liquor fund for j trlbution for highway construction, construction of the new building. under an act by the recent congress. While the executive was inclined j he said, to favor the diversion of the liquor The state will collect almost s2. money from relief to the new build- j 000,000 net from liquor sales during lng. ha said he was "unalterably op- the next -year, Martin continued. I posed to diversion of the gasoline tax money." ."honid there be any chanee made In the Caroline tsx It should revert1 i hck to the people paying the 6 centa la gallon, the nccu'.i'.s declared, rat; Larceny Indictment for n ; : : r IIS George L, Rutledae (r(lght), 31-year-old butcher, appears to be enjoying the questioning of Chief of Police W. L, Payne In Salt Lake City, Utah, Rutledge was held for questioning In connection with the slaying of Mrs, Blanche Nelson, 48, and Mr. and Mrs. John L. East near Bountiful, Utah. (Associated Press Photo! GETS TWO YEARS IN AUTO THEFT Wlllard H, Garner. 37, of Sacra mento, pleaded guilty In federal court today to a charge of transporting a stolen automobile over a state bor der, and waa sentenced to two years In prison by Judge James Alger Fee. Fee. Garner waa accused of driving a stolen automobile from Sacramento to Medford. where he waa arrested on August 28. He pleaded not guilty when arraigned Tuesday, but with drew the plea this morning. Attorney Kenneth O. Denman, ap pointed by the court to defend Gar ner, pleaded for leniency, asserting that the defendant had a good war record for overseas duty. Garner will probably be confined to McNeil's Island In-Fuget Sound. T.V. BUFFALO, N. Y Oct. 17. (AP)i T. -V. O'Connor, former chairman of the United Statea shipping board. died at his home here this afternoon. He suffered a stroke Tuesday, t O'Connor, as chairman of the ship ping board, helped to father the new American merchant marine built up after the world war. First appointed to the board by President Harding In 1021, when he waa International president of the longshoremen's union, O'Connor was Its chairman from 1924 to 1033. Dur ing these years the vast fleet built up by the United States during the world war was gradually turned into the hands of private companies. FOREMAN ELECTROCUTED IN WORK AT TULE LAKE KLAMATH PALLS. Oct. H-MPl Walter Johnson, 31, road construction foreman from Stockton, woe tnatsntly killed this morning near Tulilatte, Cal. Johnson's pile driver boom came In contact with e, power line. The boy waa tAken to A 1 turns. j The second reason the governor Some of this money could be used lor me new capitoi At the present I time all revenue from liquor sales! and llf-enve so to the stste relief committee until a sum of 13.000,000 has bees fj,d into mat land. William Cunningham of the Evans creek district pleaded guilty in Jus tice court yesterday afternoon to a disorderly conduct charge, and waa sentenced to three montha in the county jail and fined $100 and costs. Upon condition that he leave the state at once and pay the costs, Jus tice of the Peace Coleman, rescinded the Jail sentence. Cunningham was making ready to comply with these conditions, the court said. Cunningham admitted giving a vig orous verbal tongue-lashing to Vivian Barto of the Rogue River district, during the course of an argument over some furniture. She filed a complaint and Cunningham was ar rested by the state police. The de fendant admitted the berating was vivid and violent. He has been a resident of the Evans creek district for several months, and was employed as a hired man on a farm. WILL RE-ENLIST Chip f Petty Officer Ernest M. West, naval recruiter here, .will leave to morrow for Portland to re-enllst for another four-year term. He will have completed 16 years of service tomor row. Mr. West enlisted In the navy at Minneapolis In 1018 when he was 18. signing up for the duration of the war. When the war ended he left the navy but enlisted again In 1931 and has been in the service ever since. During the war he saw service In France, being there for most of his first enlistment. At the end of his new enlistment, when he will-have completed 20 years of service. Mr. West plans to fotlre and said today that he Intends buy ing a small fruit orchard In the val ley. He resides here with Mrs. West and their three children at 1511 West Main street. The children are In the Jackson school. MEDFORD CAR IN CRASH MILE NORTH OF EUGENE EUGENE. Oct. 17. (8pl.) A car driven by Burnett Peters of Eugene sidcswlpcd a motor driven by H. O. Colburn of Medford. Wednesday eve ning about a mile north of Eugene on the Pacific highway, according to ffr.te police, Neither driver nor Louise Banlfth, who was riding In the Col burn car, were more than shaken up . m the crash though both cars were badly damaged. Both cars were north bound when the accident occurred. THOMPSON NOT LINKED WITH WPA AT G. PASS Earl Thompson of Orants Pass, fac ing grand Jury Investigation on a charge of embcralement of Fraternal Order of Eagles funds, filed by D. D. Hall, lodge official, la not connected with the WPA aa alleged In Grants faas dispatches, according to Harold jOrey. wra off.-lsl here. Tiie Md ford office haa Jurisdiction over the Gran; Pua ler.-itor;. LATOURETTE SAYS HE IS CANDIDATE Multnomah Democrat De nies Withdrawal Semon Selection As Compromise Branded As Ridiculous. PORTLAND, Oct. 17. (AP) How ard LaTourette, Multnomah county Democrat, declared emphatically here last night that he has not withdrawn from the contest for speakership of ' the house of repre sentatives. Three other members of the house issued a supplementary statement describing as "ridiculous" a report that Henry Semon of Klamath county had been selected a a dark horse csndldate for speaker by two factions of the legislature. While these statements were be ing Issued, William Graham, Mult nomah Democrat, who has been deadlocked with LaTourette for the speakership, announced In telegrams to his supporters that ha was witn drawing from the race. He waa rep resented as stating that Represen tatlve Semon of Klamath ,'has had the tempering experience of long service In the house and has proven j himself a legislator of sound vision and undoubted capability." ' . Representative LaTouretf state ment declared "I became a candi date for speaker at the Insistence of many of my friends In the House. They inform me that r have wt flclent support for election, and A have no reason to think otherwise." Work I, progressing rapidly on the new CCO Infirmary being built at the fair grounds and It waa expected at headquarters today that the struc ture would be completed In the near future. Tha new building la of Z-shape design and Is 60 feet across each way. It will have five main rooms. It Is a one-story frame structure.. . The present Infirmary haa been outgrown and, when vacated, will be used for classes under tha coo eau catlonal program. The new building Is being constructed by civilian work era under direction of the army. Only minor and convalescent esses are treated at the Infirmary, an otn. era going to the regular hospitals here. KLAMATH FALLS, Oct. 17. (AP) The county health officer. Dr. o. 8. Newsom, today aald Infantile para lysis hsd reached epldemlo proportions at Keno, llttte Klamath-Ashland highway oommunity twelve miles west pf here. Eight cases have Been quarantined following the death early this morn ing of Delbcrt Oallman, 17. The boy died In the county Isolation hospital. All persons, Including teachers, who have coma in contact with the dla ease have been placed under 31-day quarantine. Isolated cases have been reported In Klamath county during the past few months, but nothing of serious proportions until the Keno outbreak. VIENNA TENSE AS VIENNA. Austria. Oct. 17. (API- I Chancellor Kurt Schuschnlgg and his cabinet resigned todsy. President M I k la a Immediately commissioned Schuschnigg to form a new govern ment. The Rallhaluplati and other por tions of tha center of tha city were excited at dusk by sudden movements of police detachments. Armed with rifles and machine guns, the mllltary-appearlng police marched Into Important public build in ga. It was the first Intimation to f-e ceneral public that a political move . via oa loot Klamath County 25 ACRES NEEDED FOR CAPITOL SITE- Ti Public Works Committee Of State Planning Board Says Ideal Site On Cand . aleria Heights At Salem. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 17. (AP The public works committee of the state planning board recommended today that at least 35 acres be ob tained for a site for a capltol group, The present site can be made ade quate by addition of the Willamette university site, but the Ideal site under consideration so far Is the 80 acre tract at Candalerla Heights, ac cording to the report which will' be submitted to the state planning board. The committee also recommended appointment of a capltol commission under authority of the legislature to; guide the development of construe-1 tion plans and administer funds. "In preference to one capltol, a groups of buildings Is recommended, which should be planned now and constructed as required by present and future conditions," the report stated. "The many reasons for such a plan are based on utility, economy and beauty. "The old site Is totally Inadequate for many reasons, and any attempt to devolop a new capltol within its narrow confines would be a disas trous mistake," the report continued. "The expedient of a 'skyscraper' type of building on this property woutd be unsuccessful. Such a 'skyscraper' might be Justified on a large site as part of a group plan. "An adequate site should contain at least 35 acres and preferably more. "A satisfactory site may be had by expansion of the old property toward the south or north. "There are excellent possibilities for new sites, the best of which Is the Candalerla Heights tract." 10 I Federal Judg James Alger Fea to day had under advisement the 130,000 damage ault of Qua Astlas, a waiter or Eureka, Cal., against William F. Hosklns of Portland. A default Judgment waa entered when the defendant failed to appear ) ana witnesses were then heard re garding the damages, after which Judge Fee reserved decision. Astlas alleged that on February 34. 1034, he was shot In the left leg In Del Norte county, Oal., by the de fendant, and that aa a result he waa Incapacitated for 40 weeks. The complslnt was dismissed as to Delmer Colegrove, Jr., of Carpenter vllle, who was named aa co-defendant In the original filing. DR. CARPENTER FUNERAL SATURDAY AFTERNOON Funeral services for Dr. Emmltt J. Carpenter will be held from the Con ger funeral parlors Saturday at 3 p. m. Rev. W. H. Eaton will have charge of services and Interment will be made in the Slskly6u Memorial park. e 4 WAKE IaTLAND, Oct. 18v (AP-Via Pan American Airways Radio) The clipper plane left here at 6:44 a. xn. today H0;44 a, m. Pacific standard Time, Thursday) for Midway Island on its return trip to California from Ouam. Distance of the hop is 1,101 miles. Port Orford Joins Step In March of Progress PORT ORFORD, Ore., Oct. 17. (AP) -A glimpse of future years when cougsr, bear, deer and elk may be aa scarce as they now are bother some In the wooded hills of south- ! western Oregon has been given thla I community In the state's "last fron- tier." Port Orford has voted to Incorpor ate. Mayhap tha worda mean little to a world accustomed to good roads, telephones, trains and all such mod ern conveniences. But to Curry coun ty, where for years on end untram meled forests have been a haven for all manner of wild life and the more hardy of tha human race. It Is a mo mentoua step. It Is an admlwton of progress. Fat cut Colli CfWty 64 B0 j Accused ililfllli r h ' ' I V. GEORGE GRIZZLE Judge George Grizzle of Klamath county who, with a former commis sioner, C. R, Williams, waa Indicted Inst night In the latest developments of the InveMlgutlon of aliened gam bling and official Irregularities In the county. SLASH GAS RATES INGN0V.1 D. E. York, vice-president and gen oral manager of the Southern Oregon Gas corporation, with headquarters In I Medford, today announced aweoping reductlona In gas ratee for this city, Ashland, Grants Pass and Roseburg. The rates will be reduced on a grad uated scale, aa high as 40 per cent In aome Instances, depending, upon tha amount of fuel used. Tha re duction will go Into effect on Novem ber 1, York stated, and added that tha new rates will affect all con sumers served by tha oompsny. The drop In rates has been made possible, York stated, by the Installa tion of five radically new "Oaaalr" plants to vaporin the butane liquid shipped into the city by freight. Since the beginning of tha year two huge storage tanks have been Installed on (Continued on Page Hues) G. DIES, ELK CREEK George Henry Schermerhorn, resi dent of the Elk Creek district for the nast 19 years, died auddenly Wednes day at noon, while at work near his farm. Mr. Schermerhorn waa born at Greenwood, Wla., September 15, 1873. and waa 63 years of age. He waa very well known In thla district, having 'lived on the eamo r,i durimr his residence here. He leaves to mourn hla loss, one eon George Schermerhorn, who la with the forest service, stationed at Elk Creek, and one brother, Joseph Ray Schermerhorn of Portland, Ore. Funeral services In charge of the Perl Funeral Home will be announced upon arrival of hla brother from Port land. 4 Income Shares Maryland funding, bid ai7.43; ask ed I1S.B5. Quarterly Income shares, bid ai.43; asked 11.56. ' means of communication, except by the sea which guards Its rugged coast. Only recently haa tha Oregon coast highway knifed along Ita jagged shore. Telephones are still new, compara tively, and no railroad has yet dared Its 07-mlle saga of wilderness taper ing to the sand dunes of the sea. y But such dsya are fast disappear ing In the opinion of those 9S vot ers who voted for Incorporation. Only 38 cast their vote against the step. But the vote would have been even more overwhelming If the hundreda of newcomers, attracted by develop ments In lumbering, mining and shipping, had been eligible to enter their opinions. A new dock already has been con- IQseuriuA, ca fen xnint Judge ON GAMBLING, VICE PLACEDJPECT Grand Jury Accuses Grizzle Of Larceny, Ex-County Commissioner Of Mal feasance Curbs Games.. KLAMATH PALS, Oct. 17. (AP) District Attorney Hardin C. Blackmer today filed a motion In the circuit court asking Judge Ashurst to make public the not true bill returned yes terday by the grand Jury In the graft and gambling probe. Blackmer aald that because the Judge had made open chargea agalnat hie office, he considered It proper that the grand Jury report become a ""i"" ' Pub" record The motion said tha district at torney's offtoe had been under In- vestlgtlon and that tha not true bills were returned In thla connection. KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Oct. 17. (AP) Klamath Falls, once known for Its liberality, waa a closed city today. 'T'.ih nmmf.w liirto n-nn,- l I I atanda Indicted for larceny; a former county commissioner la acoused of malfeasance on two counts; a slot machine operator Is out on bond and a ltd haa been clamped down upon wo gamoung ana vice conaitiona ox both the city and county. Alt these developments In tha tur bulent Investigation which haa had loud echoes here and at Salem eama . last night when the grand Jury re ported. County Judge , Drizzle was acoused of appropriating for hla own use 16, 000 feet of old lumber taken from . tha Bly bridge over the south fork of tha Sprague river, Tha Judge waa taken Into custody and then released upon the filing of a 11,000 bond. 0. R. Williams, former commission er, waa twice Indicted for alleged Ir regularities wv-, In office. Ha is charged with taking (lBl.Ofl and tl4 above tha lawful fea allowed la tha supervision of county trucks and equipment. His attorney posted bond of ai.ooo for rch count. Indicating Its Intention of getting a slot machine test case before tha courts, tha grand Jury Indicted Wal- (Continued on Page Twelve) FRUIT FIRM TO EXPAND PLANT Because of business expansion, the American Fruit Growers, Inc., will construct a new storage building ad jacent to Its packing plant on South Fir atreet, tha Mall Tribune learned today. The building la to be a one -story frame atructure and work on It la to be started In the near future, ft will bs used for tha storage of boxes, paper, lead arsenic, lima, cttlpbursnd other orchard and packing house sup plies and materials. These materials are at present stored In tha packing house, which la now taxed to capacity. The land on which tha building will be erected haa been leased from the Southern Pacific railroad. Oh So! sous nsalaf WATAUa.ll f5 " ID HOIDIN I are confuse about U. S. ian guage I try for many year to soak it in me but I thinking: no use. For instincts other day a gentleman say--"0h mors fun as barrell of monkeys. Now I thinkiug thats are a very ridiculously remark. In first place you cannot urge monkeys to getting into a barroll but if they did it shall not be fun in such a congested quarters. And in second place monkeys pre spirc same as we do and just imagine a clump of monkeys in a barrell sweating like Buna gun! Even a monkey not be lieving THAT are fun. One ex pression I hearing which I do understanding one gentleman say "let us put tho bee on him" that meaning to borrow some money. That are very too clearly" to me becauso each time a fellow puts a bee on me 1 get stung. fa ft XY