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The Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; not much change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday . 32 Lowest this morning . 39 What Happens Pro pert let are being sold, houses rented. Jobt found, lost rtlclet returned and numerous other transactions made through ads In the classified columns of this newspaper. MEDFORD Tjibune Thirtieth Year Fall Associated fren MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 19' mil Doited Fres No. 1EOT JME1E MI EMMY I ' . . . . I : . . Dy Paul Mallon Copyright by Paul Mallon WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. The treas ury tried to laugh off the silver break with an aide remark that Secretary ! Morgenthau overslept that morning. . - Whn th hroelr cont tnued the second day there were outside sus picions that he had developed sleeping sickness. The unexplain ed truth of the matter seems to be exactly the opposite. Silver speculators have caught him nap ping so often In rLL .MALLON the past that he seems to have developed Insomnia on that subject. The result is that behind his feigned yawning there appears to be emerging a well-studied change In his buying strategy. It does not necessar ily Involve any change In basic pol icy. The mandate of congress Is still being seriously respected within the treasury, but Mr. Morgenthau seems to have developed Into a wary buyer rather than a good-time Charley who would take In all the diver anyone has to offer at any price. Mr. Morgenthau's purpose (as dic tated by congress) is twofold: (a) to increase the price of silver eventu ally to $1.20 and (b) to accumulate tremtndous bulk of it. until it reaches one-third of his gold. These purposes often conflict. That is, any buyer who does not want to pmy a game for greenback ers ) si I vi He bef ers wll try to accumulate as much er as he can at moderate prices. will get as much sliver as he can before finally bidding the price to me lop. He win keep his eye on bulk as well as price. The fundamental error which causes all the misunderstandings In the situation seems to be this: The Inflationists passed the silver act In the belief that the treasury would buy faster than it could afford, thus forcing It Into Inflation. The treas ury Is following the letter of the law, but not the hopes of the inflationists. This error will probably continue In status quo until after the next elections at least. If the top republicans wanted any explanation of Senator Borah's In tentlons. they got It In his latest speech. He tipped his hand practl cally palm up by attacking both President Roosevelt and Mr. Hoover. The Idahoan has been attacking Mr. Roosevelt all along, but this was the first time he said anything point ed about the holdover leader of his own party. Of course he failed to mention Mr. Hoover's name, but he left nothing to the Imagination about the Identity of the object of his re marks. Mr. Borah's ma'n purpose In life (Continued on Paee fhree) LINCOLN CLUB SCHOOL MEETING FRIDAY 3 P. M. The Lincoln school service club will meet Friday afternoon, December 13. At 3 o'clock. It waa announced today. The program of ons, readings and geography of Japan will be presented by the sixth A claw. Two Japanese iir. will be dressed In Japanese cos tume, and the social hour will be in cluvrae of the Jopanese mothers. AH mothers are welcome st the meet ing. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS SebsFttsn Apollo scudding along before the wind, his hand clutched tightly over the bowl of his pipe to keep the rain out and the to bacco In. Arnold Buimnn. bavbaJler. hiking bout in the rain also, protected from the element by red award sweater with two yellow strip on the arm. Ouy Phetteplace lurking on the .wps or me .Mr0;pra u..u.... vn nut nf th nrm or to in- spect the passerby. W. Srheb'e coming up to Jessie Patterson and Harry Loflsnd stsnd Inc cn Main street In dep conver sation, and greeting them' with "Did you say you were working?" and then going off into prolonged guf faws. l Principal C. T -Pop' Gate of Jf.it Ford Motor eomprUj? thinking his mechanics wre playing hookey from mchanlr' srhool In Grants Pass when they ?neited home early, but finding that broken machinery thr hd grantM thm a vaca top. BRITISH LEADERS IN OPPOSITION TO T American, British and Ital ian Delegates to Naval Conference Flatly Reject France Also Opposed By LLOYD I.EIIRT3A3 (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated Press) LONDON. Eng., Dec. 12. Japan's demand for equality In naval strength was rejected at the International na val conference today by the lour other great naval powers and the British dominions. American, British and Italian dele gates flatly rejected the Japanese pro posal, and had the support of the British dominions, while France ex pressed opposition chiefly on grounds of procedure. It was understood the British took the lead in opposing the Japanese demands. The meeting broke up at noon, with the Japanese leaving hastily. Although they are usually the first to depart, their hurried exit created the Impression at the moment that they were walking out of the con ference. Well informed sburces said, how ever, the Japanese merely wished to submit certain questions to Tokyo. AUTO SMASHUP ON CP. Gus Newbury, prominent Medford attorney, will be confined to his home for the next week as the result of bruises and cuts sustained In en auto crash north of Central Point at 6 o'clock last night. According to state police, who Investigated, and to Don Newbury, the injured man's son. New bury was returning to Medford from Grants Pass at the time of the acci dent. As he was passing the Penninger farm four miles north of Central Point, a new Plymouth sedan driven by a Mrs. Wright, drove out of the Penninger driveway, and started north. According to Newbury, she failed to make the turn short enough, and swung across the highway di rectly Into the path of the oncom ing Newbury machine, the two cars crashing head-on. Newbury received gashes on the nose and face, ana several badly lac erated ribs where the steering wheel hit him. His car was stopped dead, while the car driven by Mrs. Wright rebounded back into the driveway. Mrs. Wright and two passengers, Mrs. William Penninger and an eight year old girl. Marie Collins, received slight bruise, although none were seriously injured. The Newbury auto mas al most completely demolished, while the other machine was badly wrecked In front. 4-Lane Approach For Gate Bridge SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 12. (AP A four-lane approach will be con structed at the north end of the Golden Gate bridee even If the state must finance it alone. Earl Lee Kelly, state diree'vor of public works, in a statement sn nmiricing the decision to build the wide approach, said an effort will be made to obtain $1,700,000 from the federal government for the pro' Ject, but if that falls the state will finance the work without help and without threatening any other high- way project. ' Newsboy Who Became Rail Magnate Passes CLEVELAND. O, Dec. 15 IAP) M. J. Van Swerlnsen. who with Ms brother. O. P., row from obscure , , t emplre K J ... died In a hospital hre today after several months' r.lnes. Phvsiclans wld cause of death wa "general exhaustion broucht on rjyjShatteT Heiehta. mental and emotional strain" He, xo provide transportation to their was 54 years old. John J. Brnet. exerutlve president of the Van STrertrcn rstlron. who aidd the brothers in building "P tV.eir railroad empire died only few months ago. The brothers, always ihvparible. started life nar wooter. Ohio. newsboy, coming to Cleveland when tn their 'teen, rhey s-ured em ployment as offke boys here. Seeing ivv-ibili'i'- in ft r c a : n g Clcveiaca for real eaue develop Short Creek iff ,,,..yv SUI1IIIIIIIIIISIIMIM I C Spencer (left) was found cuiltv vcsleidnv of "uhii and notorious cohabitation ' In the first trial of alleged polvgamlsts In the small Isolaled tillage of .short (Trek, Art.. Price Johnson (center) Is to go on i rial ai once, (.issociaied Pn?!! l'liot) LOODY - WEAPONS OF MASS SLAYING TO J PORT ORCHARD, Wash., Dec. 12 IN Blood-stained weapon found in the Fmnk Flleder cottage at Erlsnd's Point were shown today to a superior court Jury trying Leo Hall and Peggy Peterson Pauloa for first degree mur der. Luke S. May. Seattle criminologist. Identified a, butcher knife, a claw hammer end three bullets a instru ments used in the slaighter of four men and two women In the Flleder cottage. March 28. 1934. He said a blackjack, a second knife and a stove poker were picked up in the body-strewn rooms, but he did not say they were employed by the killer. Special Prosecutor Ray R. Green wood handed May a steghorn handled carving knife which May seld wa lvln on a bod at the feet of Mrs. Flleder. stabbed and slashed to death in her bedroom. "The knife was bent and had blood on it from tip to hilt," May seld. examining the crooked-bladed wea pon. He eaid Mrs. Flleder's slayer probably used this knife in stabbing her In the left breast. The second knife, resting on a lamp stand at the head of the bed. had no blood on it. May eaid. The hammer, which the sttite con tends the slayer wielded upon Eugene Chencvert (sometimes known a Vin cent), Fred Bolcom end Flleder. was picked up near Chene vert's body In the living room. May testified. GEM. JOHNSON 10 CAST V01E FOR PORTLAND, Dec. 12. Pi Oenera! Hugh 3. Johnson will vote for Presi dent Roosevelt "despite the mistakes the administration haa made." he told an audience here last night. He term ed the Canadian trade treaty an "eco nomic blunder." The former custodian of the Blue Eagle also predicted that legation providing for the payment of veter j ans" compensation certificates would j be enacted over presidential veto at the next conrreional slon. ment, they entered the business only to fail. Undaunted they learned that 200U acres of land was on the market near Cleveland. Borrowing money, they purrhad options and built one of the mot exclusive suburbs. developmfnt they purchased s rapid transit lln. This waa their flrt ven ture Into the transportation field. In lt18 they learned the New York. Chicago and St. Louis rallrrwd waa for sale. They borrowed $3,0O0. 000 from Clevela id banks and pur chased It. From what waa known j g a "streak of rust" they turned H into a paying proportion with Ber nt, aa the operating head. From thn nn their rise In rail 1 .axui waa Colonists Wed HELD GUILTY; FINDS PLAN 10 APPEAL KINGMAN, Ariz., Dec. 12. (fl) Polygamy advocates in the Short Creek colony, lopers In their first tilt with Arl7flna.la,w,Jftid ptns today for appealing I. C. 't?e v' conviction to the United States supreme court if necessary. State prosecutors were ready for the trial of a second defendant. Price Johnson, who like Spencer, will be tried on charges of "open and notori ous cohabitation." A, Jury convicted Spencer late yes terday after taking two ballots, the first being 10-2 for conviction and the second guilty. The possible supreme co-.irt appeal was announced by J. W. Musser of Salt Lake City, president of the unjted order which operates the short Creek colony In Arizona blea:; northern strip. EE AI LABOR TEMPLE The Medford Welfare Exchange, community project designed to fur nish goods of value to those citizens willing to trade services for the bene fits derived, will open for the third year next Monday, It was announced today by Miss Helen Carlton, chair man of the welfare bonrd. The exchange will be maintained In the Labor Temple over the Med Tord Pharmacy at Main street and Central avenue. Thoso having clothing, household effects, bed clothing, quilting and odds and ends which are still useful arc asked to deposit them at the Economy Market tomorrow, and any oi her day except Saturday. Boxes for the purpose will be placed in the market but those unable to bring their offerings need only call Miss Carlton at 808-J-l, and a car will call. The project has been endorsed by civic leaders as one of the most worthy In the city. Mayor George Porter today endorsed the exchange whole-heartedly and urged the people of the city able to (live commodities to do so unreservedly. Mayor Porter also commended the ladles who have given their time to the movement. Miss Carlton as chairman, Mrs. w. H Flvihrer as treaaurer. and Mrs. David Rosenberg as purchasing agent, as well as others who have helped. WITH PETTY LARCENY Four Medford (w-h'-ol boys, ranging in ace from 15 to 17. were arrested , by city police yesterday, charged j with pftty larceny, and are shed . iid to appear In Juvenile court be ' lore County Judge Earl B. Day at 10 o'clock Haturday morning. Trie boy are to be charged with stealing and disposing of various msll article during the pst two months, and dinpo-ung of them to second hand stores here. Two of the youths were held in Jail, while the other two were reaaed to their parents unu t ie tjcne nf their sp geartnee 19 tour v. Too Often ETHIOPIAN ORIVE IN SOUTHERN AREA (Copyright, 1035, by Associated Press.) KIMK, DlT. 1J. ThnroHRhl re Ihihle HtiirceN nlnled ton I; lit that Premier Mussolini "quite proh alily" will accept discussions of pence between Italy and Kthlopla. (Copyright, 193S, by Associated Press) WITH THE ITALIAN TROOPS AT DOLO. ON THB SOMALILAND ETHIOPIAN BORDER, Dec. 12. Italy's southern armies prepared to day for a big push against their lines by Rns Desta Dcmtu, Emperor Hnlle Selassie's aon-ln-law. Scout Indicated Dehta was mass ing 150.000 Ethiopians at the head waters of (lie Juba river and that he has Inspired , them to almost berserk war frenzy. In preparation for tne push, the Itallana were rolling forward rein forcements of men and munitions. The "Teverc" blarkshlrt division, composed of foreign legion volun teers and equipped with portaW refrigerators, ambulances, and other modern apparatus donated by New YorK Italians, has arrived end is being prepared for the front line. (Copyright, 1035, by Associated Press) GENEVA. Dec. 12. Plans for set tling the Italo-Ethloplan war were thrown Into the hands of the League of Nations council late today after oil and other new sanctions had been sidetracked at a meeting ol the League's sanctions committee of 18. British delegates announcM the League council would meet next Wednesday to discuss the whole question. OFF UNTIL MONDAY Public hearing of chares of "care- lcfc-tneaa end Inefficiency" against J. Q. Adams, Ashland recorder, scheduled for tonight before the city council waa postponed today until Monday evening, because of the Hlnew of Mr. Adams, who la confined to hit home with Influenza. It waa considered probable todrty that the hearing would be further postponed beoauae It waa reported to be the feeling In aome offlclil quar ters that there should be no disturb ance regarding the recorder until the city's sewage diffpotal bond Issue has been completed. The bond matter Is now pending, the bid submitted this week by a Portland house having been awpted Aa the recorder must sign the bond. It waa the belief of aome officials that hearing on chargej should be held In abeyance. Dick Powell Seen In Romance Role HOLLYWOOD. Cal., Dee. 12 (AP) Romance rumors whirled arouno the curly head of Dirk Powell, young singer-actor today following his an nouncement he planned a trip to England, aa soon aa poaMble, Mary Brian, the first girl friend Powell had when he came to Hollywood, Is in London. Thev were reported engaged -and then Mi's Brian wrnt to England ALTON J. BASSETT MADE SECRETARY CAPITOLBUILDERSj Portland Attorney, Promi nent in State Young Democrat Circles Chosen From List 26 Applicants PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 12. ( AP) Alton J. Bassett, Portland attorney, was appointed executive secretary of the Oregon, capltol commission today. Ho was one of the four "nominees" selected by the commission this morning for further consideration, out of a list af 26 applicants. Batisctt Is prominent in the "Young Democrats" organization and was Journal clerk at the legislative ses sions this year. The commission appointed a com mittee of three to consider and rec ommend "methods of procedure" in obtaining a technical adviser, and In taking steps toward start of con struction. Those named to the three man board were T. H. Banfleld and H. H. Lake of Portland, and Dr. H. H. Ollnger of Salem. No agreement waa reached on a de bate whether Ralph E. Moody, as sistant attorney general, waa to serve permanently as legal adviser to the commission, or whether a lawyer out side the attorney general's office should be selected. The commission authorized the chairman and secretary to obtain supplies and equipment and to con stder establishment of headquarters in Portland until active construction work Is started in Balem on the 2, OOO.OOtf state house. Sale of Ashland's M7.000 sewage dta- po&al bond Ismie to E. M. Adams & Company, Portland bond house, waa announced today by Prank J. Van Dyke, city attorney. The contract la subject to approval of John W. Shulcr, Portland bond attorney, Mr. VanDyke said. The Portland bond house presented the best bid, placing an Interest rate of 3 ',4 percent on all the bonds ma turlng up to and Including 1950, and 3'i percent on the remainder, and of fering a premium of 21 cents on each $100 principal amount of bonda. On this baala the bond Issue would cost the city a total of 90,476.25. Mr. Van Dyke calculated. The bonds are to begin maturing In 1937 at the rate of $1,500 prln cipal amount annually, the laat of the issue to bo retired by 1934. In tended to help finance the new aew age disposal plant, they are general obligations of the city. Movie Stars Seek Seats On Clipper HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Dec. 12. (AP The China Clipper airplane, con queror of the Pacific, probably wll have two well-known movie stars aboard the first time It carries pas sengers to the Orient. Oroucho Marx, one of Hollywood moat rabid air enthusiasts, today said he has applied for a rnaerva tlon. And Wcndle Barrle, British actress, wants the Clipper to take her to Hong Kong, China, to visit her father. Gangmen Rub Out Jersey Cohort PATER80N. N. J.. DcC. 13. (AP) A gangland slaying of Sammy Mandel, known to police a the Sugar King." sent officers on wide manhunt today. Mandel was found dying late last night on a sidewalk outside a wo man apartment by neighbor who heard two shots and her screams for help. They saw two men disappear in an automobile. ASHLAND BONDS BRING PREMIUM Methodist Consolidation Tc o Be Ruled by Council !ty !. Harold OIKer Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. fp, A plan to bring 8 000.000 Methodists to gether into a united church after more than 100 years of separation was disclosed In detail for the first time toda. A Judicial council with power to rule on the constitutionality of church conference actions Is an Im portant part of the plan. The coun cil's Junctions would be somewhat similar to those of the supreme court. The council idea Is Incorporated In a "plan of union" to consolidate the entire main denominational groups o( ucuioau'- la iiua country, WXQL I - I t t I A Santa Whiskers In Great Demand Declares Maker NASHUA, N. H.. Dec. 13. (AP) John T. Benson, animal farm owner, and maker ol Santa Claua whiskers anW today the demand is greater this year than lor some time. Benson's agents In Kashmir provide Kashmir goat sklna from which the flowing whit beard and the snowy hair are made. Benson eaid he had already filled orders for 64 gro&s from all parts of the UnlWd States GETS STIFF JOLT ON 2ND OFFENSE Edward Nathan Russell of the Cen tral Point district, who entered a plea of guilty to driving an auto while Intoxicated, on a second conviction, waa sentenced to serve six months In tii rrnintv tall and pay a fine of $150 by Circuit Judge H. o. isorton inw morning. . Russell entered a pm oi You need a lesson." me court wm Russell. "It Is Just a question oi time, if you are allowed to continue, until you come into court on a man iiaushtcr charge, as a result of one of your drunken driving sprees. You have had plenty or time ip reiorm, and have failed." Russell's father made a plea ror len iency, stating that Russell waa need ed to help him In mining operations. The records Introduced in coun ahowed that Russell waa arrested last June for driving an auto without an operator'a license and arrested In Scp- (Continued on Page Seven) E FUNDS 'AVAILABLE WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. (AP) Federal financing was made avail able today for wiring houses and other farm buildings In area where rural line construction . is making electricity available. Morris L. Cooke, rural eiecuw cation ad ml n lstrator. aald h Is or-gantr-atlon had decided to make loans for this purpose coin on uncn built with federal funds and on those privately financed. Cooperative action among farmers "to obtain the economies of "mfias operations" was urged by the i minlatrator. Cooke aald all loan requests should come to REA through local group or organl7tions such s a local utility, a co-operative or a corpora tion. ALBANY, Ow., Dee. 13. (P) The county grand Jury tndlctd Jamea J Cronln on a oharge of assault with lnfcmt to kill Claud Hultz, 10. who lost use of hla on good eye and waa all but (rozen to desth on a hunting trip last month. Httlta aald the last thin he saw was a gun barrel aimed at him by Cronln, his companion. Cronln made hla way out of a blli'. Mrd and reported he and his com panion lost their way. Sesohera found Multr.. , PORTLAND, Dec. 13. (Tl Mult nomah county commissioner, toted two to one today axaltut naming a aucccjuior to the state legislative va cancy caused by the recent resigna tion of Representative William Gra ham of Portland. a new name the Methodist church. The plan recently was ratified at Cincinnati by representatives of the Methodist Episcopal church, the Methodist Episcopal church, south and the Methodist Protestant church. Details were announced today by Dr. Harry E. Woolever. secretary of the joint commission on Methodist union Every representative at the Cincin nati conference. Dr. Woolever aald "expressed the belief that, after 70 years of negottstlon commencing soon after the Civil war, the steps were about consummated to make a new church for the people called Metho dic under the title, 'The Methodist II I II III E TO AIRPORT HERE HELD ASCERTAIN Fund Exceeding $300,000 for Better Facilities Ex pected by Councilman After Portland Parley Medford Is virtually assured a large grant of federal funds for its mu nicipal airport within the near fu ture, it waa announced today by Fred Heath, Jr., chairman of the aviation committee of the city council, upon hla retur nfrom Portland. Mr. Heath was accompanied bo Portland by Pred Scheffel, city su perintendent, and A. H. Banwell, manager of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, and while In the city conferred with WPA and other officials regarding Medford' application for funds for the air port. Application Amended Some minor changes will be made tn the application upon the recom mendation of Captain Edward White head, department of commerce offi cial, Mr. Heath said. These change will be made Immediately and a com plete new application will be prepared and will be In the hands of Capaln Whitehead next Monday morning, he stated. Csptaln Whitehead Is as sistant to Capt, B. M. Doolln, super visor of airports for the department of commerce In the west. Sure of Grant There la no doubt In my mind but what our application for a little (Continued on Page Ten) KELLAHER'S STORY SALEM, Ore., Deo. 13. (AP) Dan Keilaher, ex-state parole officer fao Ing grand Jury Investigation into charges of agreeing to accept a bribe, appeared before the grand Jury on hi own behalf today. Keilaher said he came here from Portland "voluntarily and on my own request. I've come to tell my side of the story and to answer any ques tions the Jurymen may care to put to me." He declined ta comment fur ther on the case. Charges against Keilaher arose from sn alteged contract, produced by Deputy Attorney General Ralph Moody, showing the former parole of ficer agreed to aaafst In obtaining a pardon for L. A. Banks, life-termer In the penitentiary, for a considera tion of $50,000 from the prisoner If successful. HEAVY RAIN HITS Tl BAN PRANCXSCO. Dec. 12. Heavy rain and wind swept over northern California lest nlg-ht, caus ing accidents tn which three persona were Injured serloualy and disrupt- " Ing electric service In some sections' of San Francisco. Northwest storm warnings were or dered posted from Point Reyes to Ta toosh Island. Unusually strong winds struck the eat bay region, but damage was not believed great. Rainfall waa heaviest In northern California, Eureka reported a 24 hour total of 3.58 Inches and Red ding 1.04 inches.. The United State weather bureau predicted heavy snow In the Sierra when the storm move eastward. SELF-GOVERNMENT IS RESTORED IN EGYPT (Copyright. 1935. by Associated Preaa.) CAIRO, Dec. 13. King Paud signed a royal decree today, restoring con stitutional government to Egypt. Oreat Britain consented to Egypt return to aelf-government form of the fuapended M33 constitution after a persistent nationalist antl-Brltlah campaign. These awift development, comm on the very day the cabinet of Pre mier TewflK Neaslm Pasha waa to resign, did away with the necessity for the resignation and the mini ter withdrew their announced Inten tion to quit. PORTLAND. Dec. 13. Oregon Investor purchseed 3,307.S43.7 of United tBtates "baby bonda" from Match 1 to November SO, Postmaster C. T. Kedlund announced. The bond on maturity to 10 yeai viu brim O
