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Thirtieth Year
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1935
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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.
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