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The Weather Forecast: Cloudy and mUtl tonlfbt and Wednesday, Temperature Highest yesterday 68 Lowest this morning 8H Cost You Money? It cmU you money to per mit that house or room to tana vacant. Find a tenant through the um at Mall Tri bune Classified Ads. They C't results promptly. Tribune EDFORD Thirtieth Year Fall Associated Freas MEDFORD' OREGON, TUESDAY. MARCH 17, 1936. roll Col ted rresa No. 305. Lfl, M 0) 6)IU H MOTE MPS By Paul Mallon (Copyright. 1936, by Paul Gallon) CLEVELAND. Ohio, March 17. 'President Roosevelt U supposed to have purchased an old Barnum and Bailey circus tent on the Q lj T. lately. Appar ently he Intends to use it as 1 J campaign coat' tall. Hanglng-on space now is be ing provided In various 1 o c a 11 ties out through the country for the widest var iety of assorted political attrac- Paul Mallon tlona ever pre sented on or under one tent. For example. Mr. Roosevelt sent his good confidential man, Charlie West, out here last week, scouting tor delegate talent. In the Wash ington trade, Mr. West Is known as "Sshn - Sshh - Sharlfe." No one knows exactly what be does. He eases himself In and out of the White House almost dally, smiling and saying nothing. Nominally he la assistant secretary of the Interior, but his superior, Mr. Ickes, recently intimated to aA congressional com mittee that he did not -have the slightest Idea what Mr. West does with his time. One thing he Is supposed to do, however, la to act as liaison officer with congress. In that work, he has used what Is known as the nod ding technique. That Is, In dealing with congressmen he frequently nods his head In an understanding way. Congressmen well know that a West nod, or even a Roosevelt nod, means only that he is listening ympathetlcally. . Apparently the discordant Demo crats out here did not know that. The result was that Mr, West was Involved In as thrilling a series of predicaments as ever faced by Dia mond Dick in the role of confi dential agent. Mr. Weat started out here to con sult two warring Democratic fac tions. He held palaver with the Burr Oongwer gang, which operates the Democratic city machine. He ' found out what they thought - of the Senator Bulkley bunch of Dem ocrats, which, of course, cannot be repeated in a family Journal. The Oongwers insisted on their right to name their own Roosevelt delegates to the national convention. Mr. West gave them the good old West nod. That meant a big victory for (Continued on Page Four,) JAFSOOTS; NEW YORK, March 17. (AP) Df. John F. Condon, the "Jafsle" of the Lindbergh case, returned from a vacation cruise today re-, fusing to discuss in any fashion the last minute efforts being made by Bruno Richard Hauptmann to escape death in the electric chair. "I have no comment whatever to make about the case," the tall, white-hatred educator and social worker said. The egn'.matlc "Jatoie" returned to Npw Yorfe on the liner Santa Inea. With him was his daughter. Mrs. Myra Hacker. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Bert TTIIerolf unconsciously eele bratlng St. Patrick's Day with the wesrlng of a green hat, which he also wears on all other occasions. Oliver N. Wilson, sn Intentional St. Patrlck'a celebrant, with a bit of green ribbon In his lapel. Chauneey Florey flying the green ; flag of the Emerald Isle, but doing so from the retrest of a doorway. Ctty bulla Tom Robinson and Bill Beck taking advantage of the largess of Otto Jeldness, who was pausing out shamrock and little clay pipes, but Chief M-credte holding out, apparently unaware of the Irish p-lt- traditions. 1" 5 Jm&my?L 1.3 Wilbur W.lWT-Whn tou art Mlmon mn "P too rid to fiRht, or run. th-n, you " VP,,.!,l.,.g Wfar hamroc fc. like I'm doing.' Patty OBrien decked out in green flowers for her hair, green flower on her ahouldera. and otherwise as serting her Hlberlan extraction, and ' hotly denying she is part Spanish Owney Pat ton late In appearing wtfh his ujoial St. Patrick's Day bag of orange. OPINION OF STATE ATT0RNEYIGN0RE1 BY POLICE CHIEF Border Patrol Violates Con stitutional Rights Of Cit izens Deputizing Of Of; ficers Held Unproper. LOS ANGELES, March 17.-p) Police Chief James E. Davis said today he would contlnuo the Los Angeles police blockade of the state border against unemployed transients despite a ruling from State Attorney General TJ. S. Webb that the blockade is un constltuttlonal. Davis said he would act only on any Instructions which may come from City Attorney Ray L. Chesebro. who once ruled favorably on the legality of the blockade. The blockade started last Feb. 1 Since then, the-136 police on border duty have turned back thousands of persons entering the state. An application for Injunction to halt . the blockade was taken under advisement a week ago by Federal Judge Albert Lee Stephens here. The application was filed by John C. Packard, attorney f6r- the American Civil Liberties union, on behalf of John Langan, Hollywood mining man. Answering points In Webb's opin ion. Davis said: "All of my officers on duty along the state line are deputized by the local county authorities, hence they (Continued on Page Three.) - SLATED APRIL 1ST PORTLAND. Ore.. March 17. (AP) The number of Oregon CCC camps probably- will be reduced slightly for the next six months period be ginning April 1, Regional Forester C. J. Buck said today. ' Directors of the Oregon camps submitted recommendations to Washington where final decision will be announced by the director of emergency conservation. "I believe there will be a small cutdown In the number of camps, but dont think It will be very serious." Buck said. Earlier estimates that about 31 per cent of the forest land camps would be continued were probably too high, he continued. There are 68 CCC camps In Ore gon, averaging 200 members. Thirty two camps are In forest lands, and lesser numbers devoted to, soil con trol, reclamation, grazing, biological and other forms of conservation work. OUARTET KILLED MERCED, Calif.. March 17. (AP) Four persona wens killed almost In stantly and two others were Injured seriously when their automobiles collided headon with a truck today at Livingston. 30 miles north. The victims, all of Lone Pine, were Oeorgo Henry Burkhart, Leonard John Wlltfang. Mrs. EthaJ N. Stan dard and a woman tentatively iden tified as Mrs. Ella Burkhart. Two unidentified children were severely Injured. The automobile crashed Into a truck driven by Ralley Prye of Bakersfleld, who said the Burkhardt oar was traveling north at high ,perl Octopus Pickled Before Discovered in Metolius REDMOND, Ore.. March 17. f API Let there be peace smong Oregon sportsmen and naturalists. Oregon has no freh water octopus after all and the one that was found here. 300 miles from its natural habi tat, the ocean, never arrived here as some thought, by grabbing the tail of rw Ktiijttm in 'rnvini i"ll "lll'.l) WIM launched with the discovery of the 28-1 neb octopus In the Metolius river last week by Jack McDanlela fizzed out like a roman candle misfiring to- hen George Altken of the De- "cnuwa oumy oporwmen s astocia non reveaiea: 'The statement that the octopus was taken from the Mtolliis river vj uemmem u entirely correct. Federal Income Tax HITLER ACCEPTS LEAGUES BID TO DISCUSS CRISIS : . Von Ribbentrop Will Repre sent Germany At Council Table New Peace Hope Seen In Acceptance, (Copyright, 1938, by the Associated Press) LONDON. Eng.. March 17. A double-barreled "ultimatum" to Adolt Hitler before France will agree to negotiate on bis peace . proposals was tssoed by Foreign Minister Flandln tonight after Germany had accepted a league Invitation to attend a aesslon considering complaints that she violated the Locarno treaty. By CHARLES P. NUTTER ' (Copyright, 1D36, by the Associated Press) LONDON. Eng.. March 17, (API Belchsfeuhrer Hitler today accepted an Invitation by the League of Na tions council to discuss tbe Interna tional crisis brought about by his placing an army back In the Rhine land. The league secretariat received a telegram from the German govern ment announcing that Gen. Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's ngnt-nana diplomat, would represent Germany at the council table. , In Critical Day Hitler's answer to the league Invi tation came In the mldat of a critical day. 1 ' Great Britain, which seeks to study Hitler's proposal for peace, had been almost In a deadlock with France which was Insisting that Germany be branded as a treaty violator by the League of Nations. Great Britain was reported, with out confirmation, to have attempted to smooth over the difficulty by pro posing a reinforced Locarno treaty with Germany participating under the framework of the League of Na tions. The reply from Germany came dra matically while delegates, lust releas- (Contlnued from Page Eight) SALEM, March 17. (AP) Mem bers of the state highway commis sion left here todsy for a four daye' Inspection trip through south ern and western Oregon. The party will spend tonight at Gold Beach and tomorrow night at Lakcvlew, planning to reach On tario late Thursday and spend Fri day night at. The Dalles. Most of Saturday will be given over to an Inspection of the Columbia river and Mt. Hood blghwaya. . Those msklng the trip are Henry F. Cabell; chairman of the highway commission: Ed Aldrlch and F, L. Touvelle. members; R. H. Bsldock, stste highway engineer, and W. H. Lynch of the federal bureau of roads. The party was scheduled to reach Portland Saturday night. Income Shares Maryland funding, bid SlO.Sfl; asked 120.83. Quarterly Income, bid 91.56; asked tl.73. "However, tha octopus arrived here overland from California about ten days ago, X have been reliably In formed." McDanlela fished It out of a deep pool after friends scoffed at his as sertion he had seen it In the river. Stanley Jewett of the U. S. biological survey at Bums. Ore., came Ijrre and said It was the real artlrla but he refund to twliere that It made Its own way up the rlcer. W. C. Rice, secretary of the Oregon wild life council here, claimed today that Investigation showed the octopus had been preserved In brine and was "very dead" some time before Mc Dimeis found it. MrDanieis would like to know who he fellow is who thought up that (one. ome Russians Feed Needles, Nails To Prize Cows MOSCOW. March 17. (flV-Tho soviet government accursed un named persons today of sabotage work on milk cows. Needles and nails have been fed. government Investigators said, to prise animals to prevent spread of the stahhanoff movement, In tended to Increase the milk yield on many collective farms. The objects were found In the stomachs of two record producers which died suddenly. E E SALEM, March 17. (AP) Ore gon courts have no authority to establish upset prices on property for sale, the Oregon supreme court ruled today in modifying the de cree of the Jackson county circuit court in the suit brought by the California Joint Stock Land bank of San Francisco against W, H Gore and Mrs. Gore. The opinion, written by Justice John L. Rand, Involving property mortgaged to satisfy notes amount ing to $66,000 stated that such authority establishing a minimum price at which property can be sold by the sheriff's office, was statutory. He held the legislature failed to legalise upset prices, therefore the court action was unconstitutional "Wliafr the .legislature' could' ;riot (Continued on Page Three ) If NARY. PLEDGES T Senator Charles L. McNary today promised the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce he would work for an extension of title 1 of the federal housing act which will expire March 31 unless it Is renewed by congress. The chamber wrote to Senator Mc Nary, Senator Frederick Stelwer and Representative James W. Mott, ask Ing them to use their Influence in having title 1 continued. It Is under this section that low-term financing may be procured for household equipment and the renovating and rebuilding of homes. A telegram received from Senator McNary today said: "Letter received and shall be glad to use my efforts In legislative exten slon of housing act as suggested." QUINTS PUT OUT DENVER. March 17: (AP) Two strong Washington Stale teams, champion and runnerup In the northwest district, were knocked out of the National A. A. V. basketball tournament In second round battles today. Oil more Ollera of Aberdeen, the sections! champion, and one of the eight teama seeded In the draw. wcto defeated by Oaylords of Boga luaa. ta.. 03 to 44. The other Washington team, the Knights of Columbus of Seattle, wis held under tight wrapa by Young Men'e Institute of San Francisco, which scored a 83-30 win: Oregon Normal of Monmouth Is scheduled to meet Penn Athletic club of Philadelphia In Ita second round at 3:30 p. m 221 CHINESE PERISH IN FLAMING THEATER TIENTSIN. China. March 17. (APl-At least 331 persons died to night In a theater fire at Tulluchen. Most of the victims perished In a panlc-ftrlcken Jam at the emu. Many, with their elothee on fire. Jumped Into an adjacent creek and were drowned. 15 BEER PLACES ENOUGH SAYS ROSEBURG COUNCIL ROSEBITRO. March 17. (AP) Fifteen beer-retalllng establishments are enough for floseburg. Mayor C. W Clark and the city council agreed last night, in rejecting the license appllrations for three more present ed by a chain grocery concern. rri . NEW AAA SET UP SPEED FUND BILL Statement By Wallace Co incides With. Senate, House Conferees Agree' ment For Appropriations, WASHINGTON, March 17. (API- Secretary Wallace today announced reorganization of the AAA and the establishment of five reglona for ad mlnlstrtlon of the new soil conserva tion farm program. Hla statement coincided with an agreement by senate and house con ferees on tbe 3,860,751, 905 Independ ent offices supply bill to the senate additions of S440.O0O.0OO for the first year's operation of the farm aubsldy law, and 1, 730, 000,000 for prepayment of the aoldlera bonus. Fund Delay a Worry There had been some concern at AAA lest operation of the conserva tion act be delayed by lack of funds. Senator Byrnes (D, 8. C), one of the senate conferees, said an effort would bo made to get the blU to the White House before President Roose velt starts his southern cruise Thusr day, the day when AAA officials planned to begin field operations. The senate will act first on the conference report, probably Thursdsy. The directors or the old AAA com modity sections were named aa re gional directors for the respective di visions. The commodity sections, which operated the cotton, wheat, corn-hog. and tobacco adjustment programs are discontinued .under the new setup. .,. - ... The western division embraces North Dakota, Kansas, Colorado, Wyo ming, Montana, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Ore- (Continued on Page Three.) ROY BROWN HELD AS Roy I. Brown, charged with poly gamy, upon complaint of his wife. Daisy Wagner Brown, waived pre. llmlnary hearing In Justice court this morning, and was held to the grand Jury under 1500 bonda. Pend ing furnishing of bonds Brown Is held In the county Jail, It la alleged by hla present wife resident of the Central Point district, that no -final decree of divorce has been issued In Brown's first msrrlsge, though divorce pro ceedings have been Instituted. It Is asserted Brown Is the fsther of two children, who are with their mother In Washington, Brown and hla first wife were residents of Wspsto, Yakima county, Washing ton, when divorce suit waa atartcd. Records In the caso show that Brown and Daisy Wagner Brown were married at Ashland October -'9 and afterwards went to Cali fornia, returning recently to this county. Brown is a fruit harvest worker. ST. PATRICK LIVED TO RIPE OLD AGE (By the Associated Prens) Saint Patrick, the annlverssry of whose death In the year 493 Is ob served today, waa a mortal who thriv ed on vicissitudes and lived to the ripe old age of 100. Many of the votumlnoua accounts of hla life do not mention that affair of hla driving the anakes'out of Ire land, but he did drive out the psgsns. They depsrted post haste, or aaw the error of their ways, or St. Patrick knew the reason why. St. Patrick la associated with the Shamrock because, his hlatorlana aay, he once plucked a Shamrock to enow unbellevera by Ita triple leavea and etem the doctrine of the Blessed Trinity. - RADIO PRIESTS SHRINE IS DESTROYED BY FIRE ROY Ah OAK. Mich .. Msrch 17. (API Fire destroyed Fsther Chaxlea Couglln'a original Shrine of the Little flower, a modest frame, struc ture, today. The Imposing, new halt million dollar ahrlne. aa yet Incom plete, waa not damaged. Father Couglln, at the fire, eatl- mated tha low at 30000. He and firemen agreed that fsutty wiring wsa the causa. Aeturns LEAKING SHIP When a bad leak threatened to sink tha freighter Phyllis, her skipper ordered her run on to tha beath at Port Orford, Ore, to aava the craw of 22. Although there la little damage visible, ne hope la held of aalvaglng the wrecked craft. (Aaaoolatad Preaa, Photo) Y AFTER ROUND-UP Legal complications loomed today In the wake of the round-up of the wild horses of the Acnlecata last Sunday, six mustangs were corral led then, amid the tumult and ahoutlng of a crowd of 1500 persona. Evan Hartln, lnveatlgator for the slate livestock bureau In Jackson county reported today to the district attorney. "There are two claimants for each horse caught." District Attorney George A. Cod ding confronted with the problem "to: .me law la loosely drawn. However. It does specifically provide ma aii unoranaea range animals shall be sold at publlo auction. This will be done, In due time." Five of the six horses captured Sunday have been claimed, Identified and delivered to the elalmanta. three of the animals having had brands. Lee Port, forest ranger In charge, said today. A black mare, wearing a halter when corralled, waa claimed by Don Lowe of Talent who said the animal broke away and Joined the wild band a year ago February. , Charles Duntord of Little Apple gate claimed three of the horses and Glenn Saltmarah of Little Applegate claimed one. Inveatlgator Hartln atated one fine point of tha law had been cleared, when the lassoer of one of the year lings relinquished his olalm. The law of tha range provides that the captor of an unbranded range ani mal shall have possession. Yeeterdsy the stockman waived thla point. Monday, n cowboya, headed by Ranger Port returned to the round up scene and scouted all day. They (Continued on Page Five.) Wheelbarrowa with pneumatic ru'j ber tlrea are being used on African Plantations. Boom Days Jerome on 0 From tha southbound passenger trsln on March 17, 1910. stepped Jerry Jerome, a green nacktla around hla neck, to survey the rowdy, boisterous and exciting place that was tha boom town of Med ford. Today, with anotler but not leas green necktie circling hla adama apple, Jerome la looking backwards with a sigh at tha Md!ord of 1910. "The Nash hotel waa the center of tha social whirl then." Jerome said today, "and waa It excttlngl Tha people were celebrating St. Pat rick's day. Just ss they celebrated every other oocealon that came slong. "Where tha Medford hotel now stands waa a big tent with a wood en floor. It was a skating rink, and there must 1 have been I3O0 people In there at the same time It waa all you could do to walkj Take Big RUN ON BEACH rare TOLD ROTARIANS The discovery and development of Insulin waa the toplo of an Intensely Interesting address presented at to day 1 luncheon meeting of the Med ford Rotary club at the Hotel Med ford by Melville M. Millar, a repre sentative of tha Ell Lilly company. A comparatively recent achievement of tha medical profession, Insulin wsa discovered by Sir Frederick Ban ting, a young Canadian physician, but fifteen years ago and la used to day In fundamentally the aame at ate aa first perfected. Progress has bran made, however, In simplifying the administering of insulin and. the speaker confidently predicted euccess ror new laboratory expertmenta now underway In thla country and abroad aimed at the elimination of the pres. ent method of Injection. ' Millar explained tha functions of tha pancreatlo glands, situated In tha abdomen behind the stomach. Tha action of Insulin when these glands fall to properly function was outlined In detail. Startling (acts concerning tha In creasing number of diabetic cases were pointed out by Melville Millar. There are one and one-half million cases of diabetes In the United states alone, he said. Diabetes Is iore prevalent among people of the white race, atatlatlca show, and more cases era listed among women. The: en gaged In mental work are m sus ceptible to the dlsesse than people engaged In physical endeavors. Mr. Millar concluded his Interesting- discussion with the fact that alx tcen major steps are taken In the technical and complex manufacture of Insulin. v The enforced silencing of auto mobile horns except In cases of ex treme emergency la credited with re duclng trafflo accidents In Sweden. Recalled by Anniversary along tha aldewalks. and there were horses everywhere. There were only two or three cara In tha whole town. "Medford waa tha best known town on the coast outside of Los Angeles, and every train that pull ed In brought two or three hun dred more. You couldn't find a room anywhere and a tent city, with tenia renting like hotel rooms, sprang up behind the lot where the old Washington school stood later. "The old bridge now crossing Bear cntek at Jackson street was on Msln street then, and an old water tank stood where tha library la now. I dont remember where tha water came from, but It seems to ma they got It out of Bear creek. "It took three holira to get to Central Point, with a team and a Continued on rage Bight.) Jump 46.4 PC. GROWTH OVERLAST YEAR Congress Tax Authorities Scan Returns For Hint , On Postponing Touchy Processing Taxes Issue. WASHINGTON. March 17. (AP) A big Jump in Income tax col lections today caught the attention of concessional tax authorities who are anxious to hold down the atu of tha tax bill now In the making. The treasury reported preliminary eatlmatea ahowed the income tax yield for the first 18 days of March waa I2B1, 758.033 a 4S.4 per cent gain over the comparable period of last year. First Installment on 1935 Incomes were due March I. For 1038 to date Income levies have produced t3Sl.428.090. or 458 per cent more than last year. But the vital question of whether those figures exceeded appreciably the Increase expected by the treas ury waa not Immediately answered. A house ways and meana subcom mittee will depend on that compar ison to show whether It csn trim down tha 793,000,000 tax proposal. Should the yield be appreciably In excesa of estimates, subcommtt teemen ssld, they might be able to defer until next session when there will be no general elections the touchy Issue of proaeaalng taxes. A large enough gain In income tax collections, they aald, mlgnt allow them to bring out a, tsj(,blll to balance tha ordinary' expenaca or government and include only a tax on undletrtbuted corporation earnlnga and a "windfall" tax to re capture might carry over Into tha first ( of next week. INCOfflMlNS SHOW 50 PC. INCREASE; CONFIDENCEJS NOTED About 60 percent mora federal In come tax returns were filed here thla year than last year, it waa estimated today by Erie Gray, deputy collector, following close of the filing period at midnight last night. Persons who have not filed their 1036 returns are now delinquent and subject to a penalty. Mr. Gray point ed out. ' "On every day of the filing period I received mora roturna than on tha corresponding day a year ago." Mr. Gray aald today. "Yesterday, the last day for filing, 139 returns were made to me aa agalnat 07 a yoar ago." There was auch a rush that In the laat tew daya Mr. Oray waa assisted by B. O. Harding, Internal revenue agent, and tha returns recorded with him are not Included In those regis tered by Mr. Gray. Mr. Harding waa not available today and so It could not be ascertained how many re turna ha filed. "There Is no doubt thst business la much better than a year ago," Mr. Gray continued. "Better tlmea were reflected in the attitude of tha peo ple; they were all cheerful and op timistic this year. Several travelling aalesmen who happened to be here made their returna to me and they all declared that business hsa got off to a fine start this year." Mr. oray said be had not been abla yet to make a tabulation showing the percentage Increase In the actual ninount of Income taxes paid. Ha worked well past midnight last night In filing the returns made during tha day, ba aald. 31 YEARS AGO TODAY WABHTNOTON, Mnreh 17 (AP) Thlrty-on years ago today Ann Eleanor Rootwvelt -nleca of th color ful Twldy who then sat in th prest- dent'a Cfiir married FYankltn D. ftoosevelt, law student. Today, In the axecutlv mansion where ah was often favored visitor back In 190A, Mrs. Roosevelt Is cele bratlng the anniversary with tha law student, who also b9cm chief axao utlve of the United Bute. Grfa HUr .Now Cop PORTLAND, Ore., March 17. (AP) Victor A. Curt In. an and on tha Oregon State college football "Iron men" of 1933. waa appointed to tha Portland pollca fore today by Chlaf Harry NU.
