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Tribune
Thirtieth Year
Full Associated Press
MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, JAN" ? ttY 16, 1936.
ruU United Press
No. 253.
x "Elnpr aaaB?
as I GOVERNORS ACTION
Af ALLOWS KIDNAPER
90 DAYS IRE LIFE
By PAUL M.U.LON
(Copyright, 1938, by Paul Mallon.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 After J. P.
Morgan, the next big flan to be fried,
congresslonally, Is H, O. Hopson, the
public utilities
magnate. Chair
man Black of the
lobby Investigat
ing committee Is
already confiden
tially warming
the fire.
You may recall
that Mr. Hopson
and his fellow
utilities we
well done on one
side at the last
session.. The sen
I' till. MAI.LON
atorial pur pose
then was to build up public senti
ment behind the holding companies
legislation. The purpose this time Is
the coming campaign, although that
will not be stressed.
It Is considered good strategy to
take Mr. Hopson'a holding company
works apart, piece by piece. Each
pie will be held up to public hor
ror. It ties In appropriately with the
"greed" and "ganging up" slogans
now being put forward for the cam
paign. Mr. Hopson Is not the only mack
erel marked for the pan. Senator
Bladk'a Investigators have authority
to go Into the books of any corpora
tion which becomes too outapken
politically. An array of lesser public
utility and big business fry will fol
low Hopson, whose turn will come
within 00 days (whenever the Mor
gan Inquiry dies down). Also there
will be a railroad financing Investi
gation (Senator Wheeler's). And per
haps some others to round out the
kitchen activities. .
cnn. mnVft In . the Dresldentlal
household do not like this cooking
demonstration. They think the po
litical aroma from It may prove to
be less savory than expected. Fur
thermore, they do not believe It la
necessary.
The Idea worked out well In the
past because the Investigations were
used as threat forces to promote leg
islation (banking, utility, stock mar
ket regulation). There Is also a good
excuse for the Morgan Inquiry, which
is designed to ballyhoo neutrality and
peace, which everyone favors. But
the best cook think that will oe
about enough.
Strong Inner pressure It being
brought on President Roosevelt to call
off Senator Black.
Officially, the London naval con
ference has not yet collapsed. Pri
vately, It has. The confereea art Just
Jetting it fall like a feather Instead
of a bomb.
Our Slate Under-Secretary Phillips
was to remain In London sa long as
there was a glimmer of hope. That
was agreed before be left home. At
that time It was announced he In
tended to stay only a few weeks In
order that he might walk out with
out being charged with abandoning
the conference.
When he made arrangement to
sail, everything worked out a orig
inally expected.
The new treasury budget makes
the usual allowance next year for the
ecret payment of Income tax Inform
ers. Mr. Morgentnau asked for the
customary 100.000 to detect viola
tions and for "payment- for Informa
tion." KELSO. Jan. 16. (AP) Smelt
dippers are in the midst of their
big harvest as large schools of the
little silver fish peculiar to this
section come up the Cowllta river
to spawn.
1
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE RE PORTE &S
George Hunt as tickled as a school,
boy, because Mrs. Pu nicker now has
500 she didn't hvs before last
night's show, and aleo because every
one was pleased with her luck.
Earl Sims recalling hi table ten
nis days In Marshfield. when that
used to be his favorite game.
Cltycop Bill Peck ensconced In the
head man's deak at the chamber of
commerce, handing out advice freely,
but no one taking said advice very
seriously.
Atty. Prank Newman walking across
the street and glaring at his cigar,
which had gone out. as though the
thing were a traitor for having done
Al Bllton pointing cat that the
new ftikiyou highway. hrn it t
opened two ars from now. will take
off from the Ashland Normal school,
and end at the Siskiyou tunnel.
Ml fed twins who don't look allks:
Dnnny nri Put Hve. and Oerald
and Oeralrttne Ltlihm,
Reason for Grant Not Di
vulged by Executive
Action Quickly Follows
Supreme Court Refusal
Hauptmann Smiles
TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 16. (AP)
Bruno Richard Hauptmann smiled
and said "Thank you" when his
attorney. Frederick A. Pope,
brought the news of his reprieve
to him today.
"He expressed supreme confi
dence In Justice and said be was
sure something would turn up."
Pope said In emerging from Haupt
mann's cell In the state prison.
By DALE HARBISON
Associated Press Staff Writer
(Copyright, 1036, by the Associated
Press)
TRENTON, N. J.. Jan. 16. (AP)
Through a 30-day reprieve by Gover
nor Harold Hoffman, Bruno Richard
Hauptmann late today was given per
haps three months to live before he
can be put to death for the. kldnap
murder of the Lindbergh baby.
Immediately after the governor an
nounced he had granted the reprieve,
Attorney General David T. Wllentz
said Hauptmann, who was under sen
tence to die. tomorrow night, would
not die for about three months be
cause It would be necessary to re
sentence him.
Must Set New Date
His sentence was fixed for "the
week of January 13" and under the
law If he did not die during that
period Supreme Court Justice Thomas
W. Trenchard would be forced to set
a new death date. "
The governor said that "for divers
reason which I do not care to dis
close" he was granting the reprieve.
The governor made no comment as
to whether he hsd a "confession"
from some person other than Haupt
mann. The law provides that a sentencing
Judge, upon signing the death war
rant, must fix a date not less than
four, nor more than eight weeks
after the date of signing.
The governor said he Intended to
grant "Just this one reprieve" unless
development should warrant otner.
wise.
Precedents Cited
He said he had ample precedent
for his decision, citing 14 reprieves
given by six governors of the state.
Announcement of the governor's
reprieve came with dramatic swift-
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CASH TALKS IN
TELEPHONE RATE
SALEM. Jan. 18 (API A 10 per
cent discount for prompt payment
of telephone toll still applies to
the lower rates now In operation
on the farmer line telephone service
In Medford, Gold Hill snd Jackson
ville, the public utilities commis
sion explslned todsy.
Both residential and business
farmer line service in Medford r.nd
Jacksonville were reduced to 7.50
annually. The former was previously
8.40 and the latter 112.
In Oold Hill business rates were
reduced f:om 110 to and the
residential from 86 to 6 annually
with the prompt payment discount
still operative.
S. P. E
10 BE BURIED IN G I
GRANTS PASS. Jan. 18. (API
Word wa received hers today of
the death of V. C. Bsrtlett, formerly
of Orsnt Pass, at San Diego Tucs
dsy evening. The body will arrive
here for burial Friday morning.
Mr. Bsrtlett waa In active service
with the Southern Pscifie: for 41
years, starting at the roundhouse
In Orsnt Pass when 18 years of
sere. When he retired Janusry 31.
1934, he was desn of Southern Pa
cific engineers In point of service.
His last run was from Klsmath
Falls to Eugene, where his home was
then located.
RATS GNAWBABY IN
MARSHFIELD HOME
MARSHFIELD. Ore.. Jan. 16 (API
Donsl'l Hughes. 13 month, re
ceived phrsiclsn's care todsy as the
result of severe rst bite. The bsby,
rn cf Mr. and Mrs. C. H Hughes,
! was attar lied while onleep HIS hand
1 a stveieiy bitten.
Agreement Reached on Substitute Farm Program
GIRL IN RELIGIOUS TRANCE
Shirley Tapp, 17-yaar-old Detroit high school girl In a religious
trance for several day, I shown a member of the "Full Salvation
Union" sect praytd over her. Doss Kllgor. assistant pastor of the
union' mission I In the midst of an exhortation while the girl held
her arm extendad for over 40 minute. (Aoclated Press Photo)
CATHOLICS DEFY
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 18. (AP)
The Roman Catholic church openly
defied the Mexican governments so
cialistic education law today In a
pastoral letter forbidding church
members to allow their children to
attend socialistic schools.
The pastoral, signed by 11 arch
bishops snd bishops In Mexico, de
clsred: "No Catholic can be socialist,
understanding for soclslism any ya
tem which neither recognise the
rlg'.it of God and the church, nor
the right of all men to possess goods
acquired by legitimate work or In
herited." It declared persons sending their
children to soclsllst schools were
guilty of a mortal aln.
The letter Instructed parents,
teachers and priest to provide chil
dren with a religious education, and
appealed especially to persons of
means to aid the church.
Catholics !n Mexico alway have
opposed socialistic educstion, but
today's letter waa the most out
spoken attack on the system since
It bocame law slightly more than
a year ago.
The communication was expected
to provoke governmental reaction.
BOGOTA, Columbia, Jan. . 16.
(AP) Nine persons, Including two
women were reported dead today aa
the reault of th Jungle craah of a
trl-motored plane In the Caquet de
partment of southern Colombia.
Two other wen believed seriously
injured. Seven persons were unhurt.
The death list, a tentatively re
ported here. Included:
Major Uses teg nil, hesd of the Let
tela garrison: the pilot. Captain
Obando: the oo-pllot, Lieut. O'Bryne;
radio man, Pavollnl Vaupes: a com
missary officer, Francisco Angola;
Lieut. Pinion; a Charity Sister; ah
unnamed woman and a mall oourler.
FROM ERYSIPELAS
Gutle W. Box. 34, who came to
work in Medford recently from
LakeTlew, died at 10:30 last night
tn the Jacksonville sanitarium, where
he was taken two days ago suffer
ing from erylplai.
He was a member of the Oooee
Neck aerie, fraternal Order of Eag!es
in Ukeview and Eagles today were
making funeral arrangements. The
body was removed to the Perl fu
neral home. His wife, recuperating
from an lllnetu In Los Angeles, was
notified laat night.
BY REALTOR HERE
Inquiry regarding the construction
of a group of new homes on Siskiyou
Heights under federal housing act
financing has been made by a lead
ing Medford realtor, the Mall Tribune
learned today.
Agents of tha federal housing ad
ministration, here to conduct a cam
paign for new construction, confirm
ed the Inquiry but declined to divulge
the name of the real aeattate oper
ator.
The move was not considered sur
prising, for realty men have main
tained for a long time that modern
honvs are in demand. It has been
predicted that a substantlsi bullalng
program could not be deferred much
longer.
Several individual persons have
shown a disposition to proceed with
the building of homes provided fin
snclng can be arranged under the
federal housing act, the federal
a genu said. Many general Inquiries
have "been received from residents
seeking information designed to guide
them In reaching a decision whether
to build now or not. they related.
The campaign thus far is consid
ered eminently successful, merchants
and finance houses showing an
eagerness to assist In a building pro
gram, the administration agents stat
ed. The federal representatives are
lining up ail the business men will
Ing to co-operate In the campaign
for new construction.
John H. Hoppes FHA field repre
senatlve, and Leslie Peyton, manager
of financial relations, were In Klam
ath Palls today continuing a hous
ing campaign there. John R. Towles,
special' assistant to the regional di
rector, returned last night to Port
land All nf thm wilt h hnrk hr
I Monti a v tn fwmtlnue Medford'a cum-
paign. Inquiries should be made at
the Jackson County Chamber of Corn
mere where they are making their
headquarters.
Mahoney Vote Bait Plan
Is Bared by Former Ally
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jsn. 16. (UP)
Russell Hogsn. Multnomsh county
farmer and former political ally ol
Willis Mahoney, last night attempt
ed to hamstring the Klsmath Falls
mayor's candidacy for United State
senator by charging Mahoney wltn
duplicity In striving for Townsend
snd llbersl vole.
Hogsn produced letters and
not allegedly from Mshoney. re
ceived In response to Hogsn s re
quest thst Mshoney clarify his posi
tion on the Townsend plsn.
A letter Indorsing the Townsend
plsn snd allegedly attempting to
sm-sy the votes of those who sup
ported Peter Zimmerman, independ
ent csndidst for governor at the
last election, wa dated October 30,
1034. and signed by Mshoney. Hogsn
ssld.
A not which srcompsnled he
letter, penned on a sheet liom a
PASSENGERS SAFE
BUT BATTERED AS
E HITS T
13 Tested in S. P. Hospital
at San Francisco After
Harrowing Experience in
High Sierras Snow Storm
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16. (AP)
.Thirteen men were Injured In the
anowsllde which crushed a railway
car In the high Sierras, but none
was hurt seriously, the Southern
Pacific hospital announced today.
n were treated for bruise and
laceration. They are J. C. Stevenson.
H. R. Welter, H. B. Hayden and J.
A. Olbson, all of Salt Lake City, ana
J. L. Gorman, train porter, of Oak
land. The others suffered only minor In
juries.
They were treated at me scene
of the crash.
By L. S. Klmhall
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
COLFAX, Calif.. Jan. 16 (API
Fifteen men, ssfe but battered after
a bullet-like snowsllde caved In a
nassenser car of a west-bound South
ern Paclflo transcontinental train,
thanked a kindly fate today for what
they agreed waa a "miraculous es
cape from death."
The avalanche, hurtling 600 feet
down a mountainside in the high
Sierras 40 mile northeast of here
about 3:45 p. m., yesterday, rammed
lta way through a protecting snow
shed and crushed snd burled the
tenth car of the 13 car train.
Two following car escaped the
slide, although the passenger were
Jostled, and a few minutes afterward
a second slide thundered off the
mountain, missing the end of the
stalled train by a few feet.
Twelve men In the demolished car,
enroute from Salt Lake City to n
Oakland automobile convention, and
their porter were Injured, four of
them being described by their com
psnlons as "pretty much banged
un." hut with no bones broken.
W. A. Sheppsrd said the slide hit
without warning. "There wa a ire
mendou crash, then pitch dark
ness," he said.
Three hour afterward the last
victim, A. T. Crowl, was extricated.
Ho said the car collapsed In three
psrts. "Another six Inches and I
wouldn't be here," h remarked with
a wan smile,
J. E. Gibson wsa pinned so nearly
he could move neither arm nor legs
and yet loosely enough so that Bill
White. Rosevllle. fireman on the
train and acclaimed a the hero of
the accident, pulled him free with
a blanket which Gibson held on to
with his teeth.
J. O. Stevenson was literally "pack
ed In snow" and pinned across the
arm of a chair seat on his ohest,
Four men who were sitting with him
and across the aisle could not budge
him.
After itruggllng In deep pain, he
finally freed himself, crawling out a
narrow psssageway to safety. "Don't
ask me how I got out of there
I don't know," he said.
The three cars were left at the
scene of the slide the train split
snd the Injured taken to Oakland
for treatment.
Income Shares
Maryland Funding, bid 18 38; ask
ed 10.88.
Quarterly Income Share, bid 180;
asked 166.
1035 calendar, requested Hogsn to
"put some finger marks on It o
It will look old." th letter alleged.
Hogan's Inference waa thst Ma
honey wrote the letter dated October
30, 1834, and the note at the asm
time he ssld he received them both
In an envelope postmarked Klsmath
Falls. September 18, 1935 In order
to msk Townsender believe he had
endorsed the old-age plan year
before he actually came out for It.
and to enlist the Zimmerman votes
for a senate race.
Hogsn ssld thst, since he was
chairman of the membership Com
mittee In Mshoney' unsuccesslul
tmplgn for the guhernatonst nom
ination. Mshoney hsd expected him
to "make th letter look old" snd
clrculste It round "among the
boys."
Hogsn ssld, however, thst he
would not enter the scheme.
PIT RIVER FLOOD
PERILS ALTURAS;
IT
Highest Water Since 1904
. Threatens to Inundate
Town Cattle in Danger
Roads Five Feet Deep
ALTURAS, Cal.. Jan. 16. (UP)
Flood waters of the Pit river broke
through the stream's banks Into low
meadowlands nesr Alturea lsst night,
threatening to Inundate portions of
the city.
A snowstorm which continued
throughout Tuesday night waa fol
lowed by heavy rainstorm Wednes
day. Ever? stream In the vicinity was
reported at flood stage, menacing nu
merous dams and storage reservoirs
'throughout Modoc county.
The Pit river flows directly through
Alturas. Authorities ssld that ap
proximately a third of the town hsd
been saved from flooding by the fact
that the stream bed was widened lsst
spring as a portion of a WPA flood
control project.
Power Lines Down
The California Public Service com
pany reported that Its elcctrlo power
lines were down In a number of
places. Scores of workmen were called
out in an effort to protect valuable
equipment and machinery In the
(Continued on Page Four.)
PL
Bl SEARCH SHIP
LONDON, Jan. 16. (At The cap
tain of th Discovery II,. searching
for the missing explorer, Lincoln
Ellsworth, Indicated In a report to
day that an airplane had been sighted
In Little America and that a man
had been seen on the Bay of Whales.
The report did not Identify the
man or the airplane.
The committee In charge of the
Discovery II' rescue expedition an
nounced officially:
"A message ha been received by
th Discovery committee from the
master of the Discovery It, reporting
that the boat arrived safely at th
Bay of Whale at 10 p. m., January
15. The message Indicate one man
was sighted from a plane and also a
machine at Little America."
Part of the wireless message from
the Discovery wa garbled, making
complete decoding impossible. Offic
ial were waiting for a repetition of
It.
Lincoln Ellsworth has not been
heard from slncr he took off with
hi Canadian pilot, Herbert Hollick
Kenyon, on November 33 for an air
plane flight across Antarctica from
Dundee island. 600 miles south of
Cspe Horn, to the Ross sea, south of
New Zealand. .
TIGERSTOliADE
The Medford high school basket
ball team, victor In their only two
regular game so far this year, will
tak to the road tomorrow for' two
game series with the Klsmath high
school Pelicans In Klsmath Falls.
The two team will be evenly match
ed in that both squads are mads up
mostly of new men, and the Med
ford victory over Salem nd th
Klsmath win over Bend further Indi
cate a closeness tn strength.
Coach Bill Bowerman of Medford
has stated thst hi charges will rely
on fast breaking and ball handling,
and will shoot often, the same policy
which they have followed In earlier
struggle with marked success. The
Pelicsns rely on the same type of
fense, with Durbin. a lanky forward,
doing most of their basket tossing.
The gsme will not be Imporunt In
tin southern Oregon league struggle,
since Klamath Is not In this district,
but ths encounter are expected to
furnish a basis of comparison between
th two sections.
Interest at the Medford school la
high and, despite adverse westher
conditions a largs number of rooters
are expected to make the trip to
Klsmall) falls.
' Comedian Jailed
r.. . . ... .
Ted Heaty (above), film corned
Ian, waa released from Jail on I
writ of habea corpus after beln
detained, accused of starting a flr
In the residence of a neighbor.
Bonnie Oredell, dancer, ald hi
broke her furniture and tried to e
her houte. afire, (7ioolated Presi
Photo)
DEBATE ON BONUS
TO START FRIDAY
SENATORS AGREE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. (AP)
Th senate agreed today to start
consideration of the baby - bond
bonus payment bill tomorrow after
Republican Lea d.e r McNary had
urged a day' delay under the
rules.
Chairman Hnrrlson (D Miss.) of
the finance committee sought floor
consideration today. But McNary
said "in all fairness" to members
who have not read the bill and the
committee report submitted only
late yesterday, the full payment
measure should go over until tomor
row. Th senate then agreed to Har
rison's unsnlmous consent request
thst debate begin tomorrow.
Senator King (D., Utah) Intro
duced a substitute bill providing for
payment now of only the cash sur
render or present value of the 30
year adjusted service (bonus) cer
tificates which he estimated would
save 81,000,000.000.
Enactment of the baby bond bill
was conceded by a prominent op
ponent of the measure despite Sec
retary Morgenthau's testimony about
the financial task the treasury
faces.
A southern senator not wishing
to be quoted by nsma aald ha him
self would vote against the measure
unless It provided for payment out
of existing appropriations.
LAVAL RECEIVES
PARIS, Jan. 16. iPr-Premier Laval
of France wa granted a vot of con
fidence, 315 to 393, by hi chamber
of deputlea today.
Thus the warthy premier again
triumphed over leftist effort to un
seat his government.
Today's howdown waa precipitated
by members of th domlnsnt radical-
socialist party, who voted In caucus
a condemnation of M. Laval's policies.
Ruhl and Grey To
State Press Meet
Robert W. Ruhl, editor of the Mall
Tribune and president of the State
Press association, left this morning
by train to attend the lttth an
nual Oregon stste press conference
tomorrow and Saturday at th Unl
rersity of Oregon, Eugene.
Herb Oiey, Mall Tribune advertising
manager, left for the conference this
afternoon by automobile. Both he
and Mr, Ruhl are to address the con
ference,
Sun Peers Through
But More Rain Due
Although the eun peered through
blsck cloud several time today, the
weather bureau suid the wet a;!, i
not yet over. Forecast was for psrtly
cloudy weather with rain tomorrow.
From 5 a. m- yesterdsy to 6 a. m.
todsy. .76 of an Inch of rain fell,
bringing t'.ie month's total to 6.41,
an excess above normal of 406 for
Janusry to date.
ACT TO BE BASIS
NEW RELIEF PLAN
Roosevelt, Congress Lead
ers and Agricultural Ex
perts Back New Idea
Will Press for Fast Action
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. (API
President Roosevelt, congressional
leaders, and agriculture expert
agreed today on a substitute farm
program for AAA under existing soil
erosion and conservation lawa.
The legislation will be pressed
speedily on Capitol Hilt In the form
of amendment to present soil con
servation statutes.
In addition, an' Immediate attempt
will be made to provide funda to pay
off obligations to farmers Incurred
under the old AAA,
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
Democratic leader, made the follow
ing announcement after the White
House conference:
"The conference wsa In relation to
th AAA and methods by which re
sult of the devlslon of the supreme
court may be counteracted so far a
practicable and constitutional.
"The trend of tlta conference I to
relate such legislation a may be en
acted to soil erosion and soil con
servation snd also to make provision
for those obligations Incurred under
the AAA.
"It Is expected that amendment
to existing statutes will be adequate
for the purpose stated and that these
will be ready for consideration In
th near future."
Robinson said there waa general
concurrence on this program.
Speaker Byrna, Chairman Smith
(D fl. c.) of the senate agriculture
committee, and Chairman Jones (D.,
Tex.) of th house agriculture com
mittee attended th Whit House
meeting.
The executive branch waa repre
sented by Attorney General Cum-
mlngs, Solicitor General Reed. Sec
retary Wallace. Secretary Morgentnau
and Chester Davis, administrator of
the old AAA.
Robinson said this program In all
likelihood would constitute th farm
legislation "at thl session."
The conference lasted a llttl more
thsn an hour.
Earlier, a 8300.000,000 bill to pay
contracting farmers under th AAA
started through congress.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 16. (API Elec
trical experts worked feverishly today
to complete th repair of a mysteri
ous power plant breskdown which In
terrifying fashion plunged a million
or more New Yorker Into darkness
and crippled transportation facilities.
Officiate estimated 60,000 persons
were caught In th dark labyrinth of
th subway system when th power
shut-oft, at the height of last night's
rush hour, brought the underground
csrs to a standstill.
All of Manhattan north of 50th
a tree and most of the Bronx wa af-
fscted. Light In skyscrapers, homes
and hospitals went off. Telephone
service wa shut down for a tlm.
Mayor F. H. Laauardla mobilized
18,000 policemen and 7,000 firemen
for extra service.
Trafflo on th street level and en
other subway lines wa demoralised.
Elevator stopped between floors.
Street lights were extinguished. Sur
geons completed operation by flssh
llght. Profiteer sold candle at 80
cent each.
The power trouble developed frrra
a short circuit In the Hell Oat r,t
tlou if the New York Edison com
pany which described th plant if the
second largest of lu kind n th
world. It occupies two city block
nd 1 seven stories high.
1935 POSTAL RECEIPTS
'SI
Postal recelptr for 193S were n
nounced today by Postmaster Frank
DeSsurm a 88.351 .20. This com
pares with M6.v24.77 in 1934 and
8.1.406 07 la 1933.
These figures embrace only th J
of stamps at the main postofflc and
th ubttlon, Mr, DeSoura pointed
out.