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The Weather Forecast: I'nsettled tonight. Tuesday rloudyi moderate temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday . ..1S Lowest thll mornln- ay Medford Right Way There It a right way to Mil, bo.r, trade, supply wants, rent, and do manjr other things promptly and In a satlsfartarj r manner. I'm Mall Tribune Classified ads. Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1936. rau Dotted Frew No. 292. IfMffi "Ays I DERAILED TENDER Jflr ROLLS UPON CREW -WSml FOLLOWING SLIDE By PAUL MALLON Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mallon. ; WASHINGTON, March 2 President Roosevelt gave himself the worst of It again In hii estimate of 1, 137 .000,- 000 for needed taxes. . - Some of his own artistic esti mators reached for their pencils when he ' gave out that stupen- 4 dous figure. xney were sur prised to find he liad chosen the heaviest Instead of the Ugh test round numbers PAUL MALLON he could lay his hand on. Also that he added them up into the darkest possible total. For example, the generally accepted estimate of bis needs are about $120. 000,000 less than he figured. Further more, he could have left out of the total the tl50,000,000 windfall he ex- j peets to shake loose from the proces sors. In that case. It would have been called an $886,000,000 tax bill Instead of what he called it. What really prostrated them was the amazing fact that he did this in & campaign year, when, as everyone knows, taxes should be referred to as lightly as possible. Mooney Innocent Declares Surprise Witness Tavorite Son' . It. - I J Worst Tragedy On Canadian Pacific Lines Since 1906 Men Are Caught Be tween Tender and Engine REVEl, STOKE, B. C. March 2. (AP) Crushed between a run away tender and a locomotive derailed by a tmowsllde, at lenst 15 men were killed, one Js miss In; and rive were Injured near Downle, 26 miles east of here on the Canadian Pacific main line early todav. The answer to the mystery was simple if they only knew It. For one thing, Mr. Roosevelt's open strategy was to stress the point that these taxes were none of ( his doing. Con ' grees brought the bonus on Itself over his veto. The supreme court brought the processing tax deficit on them both. He could afford to be tree with the figures-. -', L " Not only that, but the secret stra tegy of Mr. Roosevelt all along has been to over-estimate his needs and under -est! mate his revenue. Thus, he gets wide financial leeway from congress. This la an occasion when congress must vote some taxes. He tried for as much aa he could expect to get. It Is a further hint of the new attitude Inside the White House to ward readjusting the budget situa tion. REVELSTOKE, B. C, March 2. (AP) Thirteen workmen are known dead, two are missing and eight are In hospitals, victims when a tender rolled back onto a locomotive near Downie, east of here, early today. The crew, which had been work ing to place the tender back on the track after it had been derailed by slide, were crushed against the engine. Earlier, seven men had been re ported killed and eight injured. With the 'lifting of the tender, five more bodies were discovered, railway officials said. One of the Injured men died later In a hospital. The accident occurred , at 3:20 a. m., Just east of Downle, about 30 miles east of here on the main line of the Canadian . Pacific rail way, officials reported. The dead Included Telegraph Ope rator J. Roland and Trainman H. h. Ohlo'a Republican atate commit tee eelected Robert A. Taft (above) of Cincinnati, aon of the late Presl dent William Howard Taft, ae Ita "favorite aon" to conteat with Sen ' ator William E. Borah in the presi dential primary for the state's 62 delegate-votes to the Republican national convention. (Asaoclated Presa Photo! More exceptional than thla la the Indication that Mr. Roosevelt made an economy move two wee Its ago and lld not let anyone In on It. Those who should know say that, on February 17, the White Kouae Is sued an executive order requiring that all reclslons of WPA allocations be Impounded. The cuatom. thereto fore, had been to put the money back Into a general fund for re-allocatlou It means apparently that there are not going to be any more re-allocations. The White Kouae generally makes announcements about Ita executive orders, and never has been known to , (Continued on Page Six) FIVE FACE 'JUDGE ON INTOXICATION CHARGES Five men, each charged with being drunk In a public place, were picked up In the city police dragnet over the week end. Curtis Brown, 23, of Camp Savage was released on (10 ball, Ray "Qoldle" Walker wee fined 10, Char ley Jessimsn was also fined 110, Dick LaFlauer waa fined the same amount, and Eddy Welch was ordered to leave the city. I 4 SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS (Contlnueo on Page 91x BRITAIFREADY HALT SHIPMENT OF OIL TO ITALY By Joseph E. Sharkey Copyright, 1936, the Associated Press, GENEVA, March 3. Great Britain offered today to place an oil embargo against Italy provided all other mem bers of the League of Nations do the same, and the league council "com mittee of 13" was ordered to discuss the possibility of conciliating the Italo-Ethlopian war. The "committee of 13" Is really the entire league council wlthv Italy ex cluded. It will be convoked tomor w. Anthony Eden, British foreign sec retary, made the British offer of an embargo at a meeting of the "com mittee of 13" entrusted with the application of sanctions against Italy for her war with Ethiopia. H.0.FR0HBACH IS 1 OF HEART AT LONDON, March 3. (AP) An authoritative source said tonight Prance has withdrawn her political objections to a general naval treaty. This change of attitude was mani fest after the British foretgn office had announced Germany was ready (Continued on Page Ten) ' NABBED AT CRESCENT H. O. Prohbach, long a leading citi zen of southern Oregon, died of an acute heart attack at 2:45 thla morn ing In bis home at 39 Ross Court. Mr. and Mra. Prohbach retired about 11 o'clock last night, Mr. Proh bach being apparently In good health, some time after 3 o'clock Mr. Prohbach arose, apparently to procure some medicine. Worried by her husband, condi tion, Mrs. Prohbach summoned a physician. Although the doctor .re sponded Immediately, Mr.- Prohbach was.dead upon his arrival. Mr. Prohbach 'was a former secre tary of tho Medford chamber of com merce and the Jackson county fair board. He was active in civic affairs and was held In high esteem. Mrs. Prohbach was prostrate today. A complete obituary will be pub lished tomorrow. The Conger funer al home Is In charge of funeral ar rangements. LEADElSOnAPAN SEEK NEW LEADER E IN TVAIECIS1 State Control Prison Made Goods Upheld Oregon Wins Walla Walla River Right Among .Rulings WASHINGTON, March 3. (APf Refusing to consider Ita recent TV A decision, the supreme court disposed oi iv cases today. . ruling on an anti-trust suit against the sugar Institute waa de ferred at least a week. A succession of unanimous rulings settled questions that had been at Issue In several of the states. None dealt with new deal policies, but more arguments over these were In the offing. It was learned the Justices were willing to prolong their session In June, If It would mean quicker ac tion on matters Involving Roosevelt policies. Cases decided today were more im portant to states and Individuals than In a national sense. The law empowering states to con trol the sale within their borders of prison-made goods brought In from outside was found constitutional. A California franchise tax on the Interstate and foreign business, of Cigarette Stub Causes Autoist Smack Fire Plug The "burning Issue" of the day for Ralph Clark, who Uvea at the OeBauer apartments, was not pollttca or any other auch hum drum atuff yesterday, but how to keep a cigarette stub from burn ing him. Clark waa driving along East Main street near Vancouver yes terday afternoon when he drop ped his tug. He couldn't find the smouldering stub, searched his clothes to no avail, meanwhile slowing down. Ths lire finally burned through his clothes, touched hie flesh. He leaped from his car, the car leap ed the curb, and down went a fire-plug and a- small tree. The lose was covered by Insurance. William Wright Suffers Skull Fracture and Lace rations When Wood Truck Hit by Passenger Train Japan's Strong Man CANFIELD JELLS OF PARK MEETS (Continued on Page Ten) 1 i QUAKES AND HEAT IN LOS A. LOS ANGELES, March 3. (AP) March came, in with two slight earth shocks In southwestern Los Angeles ana an ea-aegree "heat wave." Dishes rattled In suburban Ingle wood yesterdsy when a pair of slight earthquake centered there and sent famlllea running Into the street. No aamage, however, was reported. The tremors were felt at. 11:20 a.m. and 11:43 a. m. Long Beach, badly damaged in the 1933 earthquake, was undis turbed, as were Santa Monica and other neighboring communities. Beaches were crowded, life guarda estimating more than 100,000 per sons on the strand. In the moun tains, snow-blanketed by February storms,' thousands enjoyed winter sports. Elno Hemmlls, after undergoing the ordeal of becoming a proud papa yesterday, bewllderedly pass ing out the seegara and conferring with other fathera on the weighty problems of parenthood. Friends of Fred Ryan getting a world of guffaws out of the report that Fred tumbled off a bicycle, dropping a can of movie film, aa well as his dignity. Tom Sates at the wheel of an ancient but dignified coupe, he and his staters. Ksthleen and Lenore. whooping In excitement with no ap parent respect for old age. Frances Moller, schoolteacher, tak ing longer to lock a ear to keep out thieves than It would take even a mediocre 'crook to pick every lock In town. ROSEBURG, March i. (AP) Prank H, Harper, alias Anderson, sllas Hlett, reported to be an escape from a life term In the Kansas State penitentiary as an habitual criminal, wanted In Roseburg on a charge of attempting to obtain property by false pretense. Is In custody at Crescent City. Calif., Sheriff Percy Webb waa advised to day. A warrant was alio Issued here this morning for the arrest of Mrs. Hsrper. a former resident of Suth erlln. who is reported, to be with her husband. TOKTO. March 2. (AP) Three distinguished near-victims of assas sination In Tokyo's shortlived army insurrection met at the Imperial palace today, with other leaders of the empire, seeking a man brave and powerful enough to head the government. Premier Kelsuke O k a d a. whose place before the assassins was taken by hla brother-in-law, Prince Klm mochl 8aolnJl, veteran elder states man, who fled safely from an attack and count Nobuakl Makino, former lord keeper of the privy sesl, who escaped unhurt from an attack on his villa, attended the council or state. Their principal task, with Okada. remaining as premier until his suc cessor may be chosen, was to re store national unity, courage and confidence, shaken by the tragedies of last week when rebellious soldiers slew four persons snd held govern ment centers four days before ca pitulating to the Imperial army. L EDUCATI SALEM, March 3. (AP) Robert W. Ruhl of Medford, publisher of the Medford Mall Tribune, will auc ceed Lelf Finest of Dallas ss a mem ber of the state board of higher edu cation. Plnseth's term expires today. Governor Martin announced the appointment today after considering several other candidates for the posl tlon, including the reappointment of Flneeth and the name of Colonel Robertson, both of Polk county. An opposition developed against both those men within their own county, t i Broad policies were discussed and various recommendations made park executvea who held a series conferences with ohlef executives the service recently In Washington, u. u.. it was atated today by David H. Canfleld, auperlntendent of Cra ter lake national park, upon hl re turn irom the east. Mr. Canfleld said he recommended that Crater lake national park be kept' open te rear-around aa a regu lar policy. Park service executives fa vored his suggestion but the plan contingent upon congressional a.p. proprlatlone, Mr. Canfleld explained Fifteen superintendents of national parka attended the Washington meet Inge and the suggestions they made regarding changes in perk operation were left to the heads of the service for final determination, Mr. Canfleld related. While in Washington Mr. Canfleld also attended a meeting of the Amer ican Wild Life conference called by president Roosevelt and of the Amer lean Civic and Planning association On his return trip Mr. Canfleld msde business calls in Chicago, 8c, Paul, Victoria, B. C, Seattle and Portland, consulting psrk executives, otvll service chiefs and directors of travel bureaus. Mr. Canfleld arrived here from Portland by plane Saturday afternoon and resumed hla duties in federsl building thla morning. Income Shares Mrs. Ed K'Hy. n Mary Greinr. good natiiredly disregarding the hair drawing paraphernalia with which he was entangled, t antwer the telephone. Dud Chick. rsir. having hi ears moved out a bit in a barber- lv-p nd watrhlng the crowd go by FORMERSHARPSHOOTER BRAIN TRUST CRITICS DENOUNCED BY ICKES WASirrNOTON. March 3 vp, 6e retery Ickes today linked criticism of the administration's "brain trusl" with ahst he ra:ied "fascist" asser tions that certain colleges and uni versities are favoring the principles of communism. The interior secretary told the negro students of Harvard university that "the sinister purposes of those ...v u.u esisoiisn a issc'jrt state w . noted National Guard marks- ... m-nc. sou are clear man about 20 years ago, and on aev- . w """"- vnn ooio as-i erai orrsalons was a reprrantatlve m the street by mean, of a rear- j .,lr upon our Institution, of fisher ; from the .te of Oregon to the " at- ROSEBURO, Ore, March 3 (AP) Steve W. Pearson, 61, resident of Winchester, near Rnaeburg, was found dead this morning beside the rsllrosd trark, a short distance from his home. Death apparently resulted from heart attack. He had suffered from a hesrt ailment for several months. Pearson, with hla brother Hugh. Maryland hind, bid !03: asked 20.07. Quarterly income shares, bid II. 56; asked $1.70. SPOKANE, Wash., March 3. (AP) President Chsrles Donnelly of the Northern Pacific said here today the railway company will spend approxi mately $4,000,000 for new equip ment, during 1930, a year of couraglng business prospects. He wss here with a party of Northern Pacific executives on an Inspection trip from St. Paul to the coast. One thousand cars and 13 of the largest locomotives ever built will be purchased during the year, he said. . e KATHARINE CORNELL ILL; NEW PLAY POSTPONED NEW , TORK. March 3. (AP) Katharine Cornell, taken 111 with grippe and laryngitis- in Plttaburg last week, today developed an acute case of sinus trouble, necessitating the postponement of her new play, "Saint Joan," from tomorrow eve nlng until next Monday. Lenders Seen Eager for Government s New Loan WASHINGTON, March 2 (AP) A new public lorni of 11.809,000.000 waa aought today by the treasury. The financing operatlona for March 16. announced yesterday by Secretary Morgenthau. Include SHOO,. 000.000 to supplement cash reserves for relief, farm and bonus payments. Morgenthau declared he never had seen such "enthusiasm" for federal obligations aa there Is at present and indicated quick absorption of the new issue Is antlclpsted. The treasury specifically asked for 1.290.000,000 In cash, the largest amount aought since war-time finan cial operations. Ot this amount. 1800000000 la new borrowing and MM la Isttwied. (of lb re- due payment of ahort term loans March 16. ' Another S99.0OO.OOO security Issue waa offered to retire notes maturing April 16. Hence, be-.ween March 16 and April 18. the gross publio debt will be about .1t,8!WI.O0OOO0. new all-time peak. Repayment of the maturing loans April 18 will lower the figure to 31.300.000.000. However, the administration con tends that In estimating the actual public debt, the amount of cash on hand should be considered. The loans proceeds, together with Income tax payments, are expected to give the treasury a working .balance In eiceev. c fa,ooo1ooo,pqo on AwU M, William Wright, 80-year-old farmer -..., va win via stage road, waa rushed to the Community hospital here thla morning Buffering from a iractureo skull, and numerous (acer. -non. sustained when the wood truck he waa driving Into thla elty . ira oy.a northbound South, em Pacific passenger train at Central rant. The crash occurred ahortly iwr a. m., aa the through train, No. 8, had lust left this eltv. Thsre were no eye-witnesses of the accident, state police said, and it Is not unown whether Wright's motor naa stalled, or whether he had over. driven the crossing because of faulty brakes. The train whistled but was unable to stop before contact was maae. The truck waa hurled in ft wrignt being thrown free and land ing 04 leet from the oolnt of imtvu-t Police said that the train stopped in Its own length after the crash, and the crew came back to render assistance, but departed aa soon aa aid arrived. The attending physician aald Mint. no bones other than the skull had ran Droxen. but that It was too early to say what the lnlured man'. cnancea were lor me. Wright lives with hla wife, his aon. In-law, and daughter, and freouentiv hauls wood Into Central Point and Medford. The attending physician that Wright's vision waa poor. The case la being Investigated by the dls- u-rev attorney and atate police. 4- GOTHAMITES PLOD UP STAIRWAYS AS ELEVATORS HALT HEW TORK. March 3. (APIA awlftly-apreadlng atrlke of building cuiijioyo. piaguea ail sections of siannattan today aa Mayor Laouar. dla, proclaiming an emergener. ord. ered the city to operate elevators in nign apartment houses. yuT. proclamation cam. ahortly after the walk-out movement awept the congested garment district on me midtown west side and reach ed Into the Wall street financial are. Mayor LaOuardla announced that in oraer to protect the health and safety of New Yorkers, the city would take over operation of elevators In all residential bulldlnga more than six stories tall. He called upon citlnna to cooper ate with elty officials "in maintain Ing the public health and In protect ing life." The atrlke reached Wall street, last area in Manhattan to be affected, early this afternoon. Officials of the Building Service Employee Union an nounced elevator operators at 40-44 Wall street, a 86-story building, left tneir posts. i S Sl ?e Vv :j General Sadae Arakl. who., .t.r. expression la shown here, haa been .... cm., aupporter of a atrono mill tary policy by Jinan .nrt un'J n t,ha key ,lur unrest following, the bloody mill. PHPho,o? '(A..oel.t.d BANK IN MEDFORD T 0 ROBERT RIPLEY KEW TORK. March 3 (API Th. American said today that Robert L. Ripley, nswspsper cartoonist, has neen refund permission by the Sov iet government to visit Russia on a projected round-the-world trip. Ripley waa quoted aa saying that he bad been Informed unofficially uuv autnontatively that the refusal was motivated by a radio speech he made here last April on conditions In Russia aa he saw them on a previous trip. In that speech the American aald Ripley attributed the death of 4.- 000.000 peasants by starvation In the Ukraine and North Caacaaus to the Soviet government and cslled the country a "gigantlo poorhouse." LEWIS TON, Idaho, March 3 (AP) The first hand press brought to the northweet will print the Invita tion to President Rooaevelt for the Spalding centennial celebration here May 7-io. The press was brought to the Spalding mission In 18.19. It u now owned by the Oregon Historical society. Effective today, Eugene Thorndlke or tnis city, becomes manager of the Medford branch of the First National Bank of Portland, It wss announced by E. B. MacNaughton, president, today. Thorndlke, long Identified with the local bank, has been as sistant manager alnoe the consolldS' tlon last November. A. A. Schramm, who haa been man ager of the local branch of the First National haa been assigned to the head offices of the banking Institu tion at Portland and will assume his new duties todaj-. Schramm for many years waa state bank superin tendent. A. R. Puchner, assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Fort land, will be transferred from the main branch in Portland to the local branch as assistant manager. He has been In the banking business since 1918, when he became asslatant cash ier of ths First National Bank of Pasco, Wash. In 1926 he came to Portland and has been in the bank ing business there for more than ten (Continued on Page Ten) .CJ. SPECK T Mrs. Eiva Speck, 84, widow of he late Chae. M. Speck, formerly of Med ford where they were well known for more than 36 years, passed away Sun day, After the death of Mr. Speck she moved to Portland. Exact cause of her death waa not learned through the communication from Portland hui morning. The body win arrive here accom panied by her niece Wednesday morn ing and services will be held at the Conger chapel at 3:00 p. m. Inter ment will be bcilde her deceased hus band In the I. O. O. r. cemetery. STRIKEBREAKER AS PERPETRATOR George W. Grimmer, Pri vate Investigator Street Railway Company During 1907 Strike Is Accuser SAN FRANCISCO, March 3 (AP) A surprise witness at the Thomaa J. Mooney habeas corpus hearing to day declared Mooney was Innocent of me prepared nesa Day bombing In 1918 because be knew the men who admitted doing the Job. He aald the man waa Joe Daugberty. formerly of Amarlllo, Texas, now dead. The witness was Oeorge W. Grim mer of Los Angeles, once nreaident of the civil service commission there, sno nired by the street rsllwsy com pany here aa a private Investlgator and conductor during the 1907 strike. Grimmer said Dauahertv wss a strike-breaker brought here by the company from Texas In I907-. He met mm nere then, again In 1918. and In Los Angelee In 1920, following the conviction of Mooney for the Pre paredness Day bombing, Grimmer sold.' Despite vehement objections bv As. slstant Attorney General William Cleary, Orlmmer related a purported conversation with Daughcrty on that occasion. "Daugherty, do you think Tom Mooney pulled that parade bcmblng?" me witness quoted himself as asking. "No," he said Daugherty milled. "Mooney didn't have the gut to da anything like that. I could put my' hand on the man that pulled that bombing." Orlmmer said Daugherty then touched himself lightly on ths shoulder, and smiled. Orlmmer then testified Daugherty told him he was going to Ohlcaao. for the United railroads, but wsa afraid "they wanted to bumn me off." , The witness said he learned several month later Daugherty waa found not long afterward In a Chicago alley, decapitated. a- PLAN GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION OF GOLD HILL DEATH The death on the Paolflo highway near Oold Hill Saturday night of Richard Fleming, 13-year old Invalid boy, when aasertedly struck by an auto driven by Carol Corcoran, Med ford high school graduate, win be brought to ths attention of the grand Jury when It convenea tomor row. District Attorney Oeorge A. Cod ding said today. "I Intend to refer the matter direct to the grand Jury and for the pres ent will oall no Inquest," District Attorney Codding said. Corcoran, driver of the auto, with Robert Browne, whose mother owns the car, Bert Luman. Pat Moran, Earl Coss and Miss Mclba Llndley, were en route to a basketball game st Orants Pass when the tragedy occurred. The dead lad, with bis mother, Mrs. R. L. Flomlng of near Gold Hill, and sisters, were walking to Oold Hill attend a dance when the auto driven by Corcoran struck the lad he held hla mother's hand, It I AID FOR GIRL MUSHER FAIRBANKS, Alasaa, March 3. (,Ti ine rairoanka ice carnival conv mlttee. relieved to learn that Mary Joyce, 37, and her fire-dog team were safe, considered today sending an air plane to Tanana crossing to bring her here In time for the Queen of Alaska contest Thursday. After the contest. Miss Joyce would be flown the 1S9 miles back to Tan- ana crossing to finish her more thsn 1.000 mile mush from Taku. Alaska. ea miles south of Juneau, to Pair banks which ahe aUirted last Decem ber 20. (Continued on Pag. Six) leeb.iiind llet Aid. TIENTSIN, March 3 (AP) Help came from the akles todsy for Ice- locked ahlpa froren Into the Oulf of Chill. Two American aviators dropped food to the marooned crews, staving off the starvation which threatened ths sailors since their ships were trapped In the Ice Visitors at Crater Lske national park from last October 1 to March 1 numbered 8.735, an Increase of 86 per cent over the attendance In the same period a year ago when the number waa 6,280, It la shown by statistics released today by head quarters here. In February B71 persons registered at the park aa compared with 66 last year when the mountain resort was officially elosed. In view of the fact that the state highway from Merttord was closed for several weeks recently, David H. Can- field, superintendent, said he waa satisfied with the psrk attendance thla winter. Use of the park this season will largely determine whether It will be kept open In future winters. two week ago.
