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Ms The Weather Forecast: Occasional rain to il I f n t and Saturday. Little chance In temperature. TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday ...... 48 Lowest thli m"r"ng ,.. 88 Open 'Til 8 p. m. Pont fall to get jour Claaal fled Ad In the 8unday Murnlnf edition. Business office of Mall Tribune open until g p. ro. Saturday night. These ads jet result, Medford Thirty-first Year mi Associated Pre MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY. APRIL 3, 1936. fan United Pre No. 11. uvi SMl RIB UNE w a xriuLP n sr - .tt v "v .aaar aw ja w m Mm i WEBB By PAUL MALLOM (Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mallon.) WASHINGTON, April 3. On the surface, this congress is the most peaceful ever assembled. The usual bickering with the president has been almost e n t lreiy missing Irom the news accounts. Members occa sionally call each other fools or Jackasses, then subside. The surface Il lusion, however. Is being main tained by the house leadership each day with In creasing d 1 f f i culty. Paul Mallon Tor Instance, if you want to see Speaker Byrns Jump three feet. Just Blip up behind him and say: "Let's have a Democratic caucus." Nothing terrorizes the master of the house as much as the suggestion that his peaceful family may some day be as sembled together In a closed room. He knowa the roof would be Imme diately removed by the concussion. Ho party caucus has been held this session and none will be. The reason Is that a series of un publicized revolts have been going on within the happy Democratic family, and more are threatened. There is widespread dissatisfaction among the rank and file with the house leader ship program. , Mr. Byrne is in somewhat the same ) predicament as the old woman in the shoe, except that so far he has known what to do. He and his lieutenants - O'Connor, Boiaud,vet al.) have been ... constantly bammerlnf. 'threatening and trading backstage to keep the boys, particularly the liberals, from ganging up. For Instance, Mr. White of Idaho circulated a petition some time back for a caucus on the Trasler-Lemke bill. For some reason, this petition mysteriously disappeared. It has nev er been presented. More recently. Mr. Nichols of Okla homa got 225 names on a petition for a caucus against CCO curtail ments. Everyone knows what hap pened to that one. Congressional leaders flew to the White House and Induced the president to abandon his curtailment, rather than have a party caucus. The motives behind the unusual state of legislative affairs Is obvious. The leadership la determined to suffer no public defeats In a campaign year. They want to avoid floor fighting even at heavy costs. The members have found out about that and are pressing to get all the hush money they can In the form of personal bills, patronage and prefer ences for their districts. Whether or not It will lead to an open break before the end of the ses sion is indeterminable now. It prob ably will not, because all the 319 Democrats In the house are running on the same ticket with President Roosevelt In November. They will 1 naturally seek to prevent existing friction from becoming a matter of public record. . . Outlook for pending legislation Is: The current house form of the tax bill will be radically altered by the senate. A moderate corporation tax scheme vaguely along presidential lines will be finally adopted, carrying sufficient loopholes for accumulation (Continued on Page rwelve) SIDE GLANCES bv TRIBUNE REPORTERS A. B. Cu!y standing in the middle of the Intersection of Main and Front, near hi station, frantically waving down cars to let a fire truck pass, but having difficulty In stopping one driver who turned out to be Herb Moore, dep. sherf. Hert Brown, merllng aoftbalter from last year's leatrue. announcing that he has so far not signed up with any team but Is "open for offers now." Walt Antle burying the Smoke House cat. one of the friendliest fe lines in the city, which Unt nischt ste s poisoned rat. Antle pave the ani mal a f'lll military funeral, under the Bear Creek bridge. Ken Parreit bark from Klamath Pulls, and glad of It. holding that smudge may not be as pretty as snow but Isnt so cold, and serves some good purpose. Cheefapollc MrCredte fondly hsn- dilng a geld wat:h given him years ago by his fat-hfr. which hwn't been j and vbjcti stu keeps aiceUeafc UB.( 15 P. C. READY FOR TOTALIS Nearly' 1400 Eligible As Waiver Holders to Par ticipate Further Dis tributions Are Foreseen preparations were being made this afternoon for the immediate payment of a IS per cent dividend to eligible depositors of the Jackson County bank who signed waivers at the time the Institution was closed for volun tary liquidation In March, 1932. Kenneth Q. Denman, liquidator, said he was making every effort to place the dividend checks in the mall tonight, though he added mailing might not be possible until tomor row. The aggregate dividend slightly ex ceeds $38,000, Mr. Denman stated. It is being paid to nearly 1400 eligible waiver holders. Addresses Needed Many dividend checks are being withheld because of the lack of an address, Mr. Denman related. He asked that depositors ellgioie for the divi dend notify him if they do not re ceive their checks within a few days. He -asserted that considerable diffi culty has been encountered in find ing addresses for many of the de positors. This is the first dividend to be declared, Mr. Denman emphasized, adding that It is being distributed pro rata In accordance with the de posit. At the time the bank closed, Mr. Denman explained, most of the de positors waived their right to BO per cent of their deposits. A contract was ' then . negotiated whereby the First National bank took over the aa setR, paying an Immediate 50 per cent of deposits to waiver holders who de sired payment. Additional Payments Coming For two years the First National liquidated the assets. Slnoe March 31. 1934, the board of directors of the Jackson County bank has been liqui dating the asseta rejected and un liquidated by the First National, the work being done through liquidating agents, Mr. Denman related. "Further dividends are to be de clared as the assets are liquidated and funds are available for a sub stantial payment," Mr,. Denman said. "We can't say when the next divi dend will be paid or how much It will be. Mirny Assets Held "Business conditions have governed the liquidation of assets and they will continue to be the major influ ence. As business Improves, we hope to realize on many of the assets that are now frozen. "We hold quite a lot of notes, stocks and bonds, contracts and par cels of real, property and we hope that many of these assets will event ually be liquidated." Mr. Denman pointed out that the board of directors haa been working constantly on the liquidation of as seta since 1932 without compensa tion. The board has employed sev eral different liquidating agents, a position which Mr. Denman will hold. It la expected, until the task has been completed. TOT IN REDDING REDDING. Cat.. April 3. David Duncan, 4, was gored to death by angry hogs, and his two-year-old brother James lay painfully Injured on a hospital cot today. The tragedy occurred yesterday when the tots climbed the sty on their father's rsnch and began to play inside the pen. Several of the 15 hogs made for the children, maul ing at them before the boys could be rescued. STUDENTS SEEK VOTE EUOENTE, April 3. iff, A group of Oregon university atvdenta organized a movement today to place the ques tion of optional or compulsory mili tary training on the, November bal lot." Charles Paddock, head of a com mittee of 15 student, said amaze ment have been made, to file a pe tition for a ballot title witb the at torney general. Headquarters will be established here. Mare than 16,000 names will hav to be obtained before July 1 if the petition la to qualify. It was ex pined that the group actiieig .ndrper.drntiy of the student body i onpanizAUoa, which h taken no i ltaad. lor oc against tb Issue j MAILS; $38,000 Dismiss WARDEN FIRES PENSION QUESTIONS crvliSiipi James Sullivan, Kansas City lawyer and Investigator for th ape elal noun committee investigating the Townaend old age penalon plan organization, In action aa ha llred away question after question at the hearings held at Waehlngton. 0. C. (Associated Presa Photo) GOSSLIN'S HELP FOR CANDIDATES TO GET SCRUTINY SALEM, April 8 . ( AP) W. H . Trlndle, district attorney of Marlon county, said today he would refer to the grand Jury a letter of a Sa lem lawyer, Herman E. Lafke, assert lng that W. L. Ooaslln, private sec retary to Gov. Martin, paid the filing fees of six candidates. Goftslln. answering the letter, said he had nothing to conceal relative to the action, saying "at the re quest of these six candidates, made with one exception by telegram, I filed their declarations with the sec retary of state and advanced the filing fees." The six candidates, Goaelln said, were Mrs. Harry Burke, Astoria; L V. Broughton, The Dalles; C. W. E. Jennings, Valley Falls; R. Wayne Er win and O. A. Moll, The Dalles, all for the Democratic nomination for representative, and D, C. Sloan, Democratic candidate for state sen ator. f FEAR OF GROWERS Rogue valley orchard ista will have no bud wilting frost to worry about for at least. 48 hours, the weather bureau Indicated this afternoon In forecasting little change In temper ature tonight and tomorrow. The weather warmed up consider ably last night, the minimum temper ature this morning being 38 degrees as compared with 38 yesterday. There Is little likelihood of the mercury dropping to the freezing point In the next 48 hours, meteorologists indi cated. In mid-afternoon the mercury stood at 48 degrees, two higher than at the same hour yesterday. The maximum yesterday was 48. BLONDE SLAYER'S FATE NEW YORK. April 3. ffpf The first degree murder trial .of Vera Btrrti, who admitted slaying her lover In sn early morning struggle, wnt to the Jury thi afternoon. Judj-e Cornelius Collins charged th-i 13 Jurors for nearly five hours, cov ering four possible verdicts: first or second degree murder, first degree msn slaughter, or acquittal. The state, however, did not spe cifically ask for death In the elctrlc chair. LWrnse Attorney Samuel LelbowlU toot exception to the Judges onUxc Wife Murder PREPARES FOR EXECUTW4 APRIL 14 IS LAST DAY TO REGISTER Tuesday, April 14, Is the lsat day to register tor participation In the primary election May 18, Oeorge R. Carter, county clerk, emphasized to day In announcing a list pf regis trars. The registrars this year will not make a house-to-house c.nvas to en roll voters, Mr. Carter aald. Instead. citizens must go to the registrars. The new procedure has bee.) adopted. nr. uarier said, to avlod confusion and errora. "Part experience lias proved that where registrars go from house to house registering voters a great many cards are sent In Incomplete and many more ehow the votera In the wrong precinct," Mr. Carter said. "Thla makes a vast amount of trou ble for the votera, the election boards and the county clerk'a office." Persona who must register now to (Continued on Page Eleven) Amy Mollison On Hop To Capetown ORAVESEND, KENT, Eng., April 8. (Pi Mra. Amy Johnson Molllaon started off from here today on what waa believed to be an attempt to aet new flight record to Capetown, South Africa. Her monoplane carried 137 gallona of gasoline, sufficient for 2,200 mllea non-atop, The present record for the 6,fioo- mile flight waa established by flight. Lieutenant Tnomaa Rose In 1032 who covered the distance In 3 days, 17 hours, and 38 minutes. Borah for Investigation Into All Phases of PWA WASHINGTON. April 8. fAP) Senator Borah (R-Idaho) today sought sn InveMlgstlon "Into all phases of the WPA" as a result of charges of politics in the new deal's relief set-up. Borais demand came yesterday shout the same time that Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator, de clared that he had "yet to we the case" where "a fellow ft his Job on Mlf rolls beraure of politic.' "I don't are why anyone should be afraid of having sn Investigation," a a id Borah after the seriate audit cornmlttee Indefinitely postponed action on the Darts resolution for an inquiry Into WPA. 'H should be an open Inquiry and go Into all phasfs of WPA. I hart received lettra from cltien com plaining sgalnat the relief organiza Hon, as Lav ethar sanatora. PROBE HOT TIP7: HALTED Hint Several State Area Headquarters Due for In vestigation by Agents Resume in 10 Days WASHINGTON. April 8. (P) An .,Hnn h.f. th- nnllt.lrjtl fnrce of the Townsend old age pension plan appears to be dlsslpateo waa xnaue today by Representative McQroarty (D.-Cal), author of legislation to put the program Into effect. The callfornlan, who broke with Dr. w n Tnmunri In the midst Of the present house Investigation of the pension movement, added tno inquiry mav "shatter the Idol that haa been the good Dr. Townsend." "If the Investigation continues as disastrously aa It has begun," he told newsmen, "it goea wltnout saying the confidence of Townsend club members In their leadership will be shaken." WASHINGTON, April 3. (AP) A "hot tip" on the Townsend old age Denslon movement led house Invest! gatora to adjourn public hearlnga suddenly and apeed their agents Into the field toda. . . Chairman Bell (D Mo.) of the house committee declined to discuss the nature of the "tip" but Indicated hearings would not be resumed for ten daya. It waa hinted that several regional and state area headquarters of Town sendlem were the immediate object- Ivea of committee Investigators. Committee plana were upset aa a result of testimony by Jonn biooos worth, accountant, that books of the Townsend organization were "mud dled and confused." The committee had hoped Bloodsworth'a audit would provide them with detailed data on the financial atructure of the Town- send organization. Hint Money Held Out Jas. R. Sullivan, committee coun sel, said he wanted to pursue further testimony of Robert E. Clements, re sinned national secretary, that l7O0 waa collected at a Townsend mass meeting In Los Angelea February 20, but waa not turned over to Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd. (the Town- (ConUnued on Page Four.) 1ST BE FACED YREKA, CalU.. April 8. (AP) Superior Judge C. J. Luttrell ruled today that French Johnson of Klam ath Falls. Ore., and Tule Lake, Oallf., muat face murder charges for the automobile death of Elmer Rock, a rancher. The defense had asked dlamlaaal of the chargee, holding the motor vehicle code did not contain a pro vision for a murder accusation. After an hour and a half session, the court ruled Johnson must face the murder charge aa the evidence seemed too strong for a manslaugh ter case. The Jury then returned to the box to hear the continuation of the trial. The atate contends Johnson ran deliberately over Rock. Hopkins was asked, "la there any politics in WPA?" He replied: "You know It depends on what you mean. Tou might ask whether I got my Job because of pontics, one reason I'm here is because X believe in Roosevelt's phllsophy of jovern ment. 'inat's charged up to polltu. 1 believe In people administering WPA who believe in WPA. I d be a plain damn fool to appoint somebody to sdmlnlater WPA who didn't be lieve In It." Senator Roblnaon of Arkansas, ths majority leader, declared there wns no need for snother Inquiry In view of the authority Riven a special cam paign funds invf-wUgaUiiK conuititlee, not yet named, to look into relief j T Charge Against Lamson GOVERNOR JUT AS FATEFUL Everything; At Was. TRENTON, N. J., April 8. (AP) Warden Mark O. Klmberling, at 4:30 p.m. today said "it looks like we're going to do it." "Everything Is as was." he added when he waa asked as to news of a reprieve for Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Klmberllng was asked about re ports that he had resigned. He replied "No." He added that he had no Intention of doing so. TH15NTON, N. J., April 3. (AP) Attorney tleneral David T. Wll enlz wo called suddenly Into conference with Gov. Harold G, Hoffmnn late today while Mrs. Itruno Richard Hnuptmaiin waa swearing out a complaint at Flem Ineton charging another man with the Lindbergh kliinnrtlhg, for which her husband wus to die tonight. FLEM1NGTON, N. J., April S (AP) Mrs. Anna Hauptmann to day swore to a complaint before a Justlco of the pence charging Paul. A. -Wcndc! with Jclrinaplng Charles .A. Lindbergh, . Jr, Her. husband iff 'scheduled to die for the crime tonight. She swore the complaint before Justice of the Pence George Web ster, .who Issued a warrant of ar rest which was given to Constable William Saunders to serve on Wondel. (Copyright, 1036, by Associated Presa) TRENTON, K. J., April 3. Attorney-General David T. Wllenta ruled today that if Governor Harold O. Hoffman Issued a reprieve for Bruno Richard Hauptmann. sentenced to die at 8 o'clock tonight for the Lindbergh bsby murder, the prison wnrden was bound to obey. Addressing Col. Mark O. Klmber ling, prison warden, the attorney general as Id: "If a reorleve by Governor Hoff man is served upon you. It la not your duty to question Ita validity, but to obey it." This" meant ' that If the governor, who hna said he would "gladly" re prieve Hauptmann a second time If he were shown he had the authority, (Continued on Page Eight) 8ALEM. April S (AP) The Mar lon county grand Jury late yesterday returned an Indictment charging Harry Walp with the first degree murder of hla former wife, Mra. Mar tha Walp. Mrs. Walp was shot four times when she returned to the home of her parents here late Tuesday night. Walp was arrested a short time later In a hotel room and signed a con fession stating "It was Just one or those things." District Attorney W. H. Trlndle said he would ask for Walp'a arraign. ment today if Judge L. H. McMahan arrived hero from Albany. L EVERETT, Waah.. April 8. Tt H. Chandler Kgan spent a "fair" night sgaln Thuraday, according to reports f?nm the General hospital, whero he ts suffering from lobar pneumonia. The former national amateur golf champion still is In a serious condi tion, but pu)ld through a critics) period late yesterony when a blood tranafualon waa nnceasary. PA1,PM, Aprt! 3. f AP) Attorney Oeneral I. II. Van Winkl said to day he had not yet named an as- alatant attorney general to suoceed Miles H. Mr-Key, who died Monday. The nw siAtant waa expected to be hinned to the Industrial acci dent tvimintwiton., ths position held b .UU&CI- Greatest Moment ''Thls Is the createat moment In my life," aald David A. Lamson as he amlllngly left the court room at Ban Tone, Cnl If., after hearing the wife murder charges against him dis missed. Lamson had been tried three rlnina. (P. A. Photo.) 40 DEAD COUNTED IN STORM'S PATH OVER SOUTHLAND ' " By the Associated Press ' Tor u ad la winds cutting serosa five southern states left at least 40 dead today, It was feared the death list would lengthen as wreckage was searched for additional victims. Hundreds were injured, many seriously. Hundreds of others were homeless. Property damsga in the storms that struck in the Oarollnas, Geor gia, Alabama and Florida yesterday and last night ran Into the millions. Qreatest destruction waa wrought at Oordete, Ga and Greensboro. N. O. Cordele reported 18 fatalities, nearly 800 injuries and 1,2 ft 0,000 In property loss. Greensboro counted U dead, mors than 100 Injured and damages of mort, than $1,000,000. There were three dead at Ttg- nall, Ga.. end one each at Sasser, Leeshurg, Bald Springs and Dan- burg-Florahlll. Ga., Gordo, Ala., Ap- palachlcola, Fla., and Hampton, B. 0, Vldalia, Washington and Lincoln ton, Ga., Hampton, 8. 0 and Beas- mer and Concord, N. 0., were also swept by heavy winds. Unaeaaonal cold spread over the middle west in the wake of snow. Crop damage waa reported In the south and southwest. Low lands in the lower Ohio river valley and Ten nessee, Alabama and northern Geor gia were flooded. 4- Out Newbury, attorney, was late yesterday awarded a verdict for 1,231, by a circuit court Jury, In a damage suit agalnat Mrs. Kate Wright and Marie Collins of the Central Point district. Newbury sought 58.03!. The verdict waa returned after about two hours' deliberation. The suit was based upon an auto accident on the Pacific highway north of Central Point, when an auto driven by Mrs. Wright and belonging to her daughter, 5 arte Collins, col lided with Newbury's machine, New bury was hurled sgnlnat the steering wheel by the force of the Impact and sustained chest and other Injuries. Negligent and careleaa driving by the defendants was also alleged. . . A oounier suit of the defendants was ordered dtamlased. The defendants were represented by Attorneys George M. Roberts and Wil liam McAllister; the plslntlff by At torneys Joe P. Pllegel and Don R. Newbury, Wound From Rifle Annoys Fruitman HOOD RIVER, Ort.. April 3. PV Rifles which dUrhftnra accidentally are annoying to Charles Evans, fruit grower. He stumbled over one in his homo and It fired, the bullet entering his thlh and coming out his groin with out piercing vital organ s, but not until he had walked on to the porch of his house, ejected the remaining shells and threw the rlHe into the yard did he auk hla wife ft take him to a doc (car. lis wIU recover . -i MURDER AWARD NEWBURY CRASH DAMAGES PROSECUTOR ASKS SAN JOSE JUDGE TO FREEJCCUSED Impossibility Getting Jury to Convict Is Acknowl edged After Third Trial Sister Near Tears SAN JOSE. Calif., April Wife-murder changea agolnat A. Lamson were dlamlased today nd he waa ordered liberated immediately. District Attorney Fred Moore per eonally asked Superior Judge J j Trabucco to dlamise ? charg. walnat Lamaon, who had faced tore More said It waa Impossible to ob. tln a jury to convict the defendant. lAmaon. former Stanford unlveralty presa executive, waa convicted at hla first trial for alavln. v,i j 'io jrvmig wile. Aliens Thorpe Lamson, and sentenced to hAiur. The atate supreme court granted him a new trii r. dlaagreed. JUrl" Greatest Moment Thla Is the greatest moment la fny life." Lamaon exclaimed aa he waa led, amlllng, from the courtroom. . Hla alater. Dr. Margaret Laniaon, who had stood by nun during hla three trials, grasped him and appear ed near the vergo of tears. "Insofar aa the dlatrlot attorney office la oonoerned," aald Tnomaa "thla case haa been approached dur. lng ita entire pendency only and solely M a. case where we honestly believe that a crime had been com mitted by the defendant and no in fluenes save that of performance of publlo duty haa actuated any act. The body of Mrs. Lamson. formerljr Continued on Page Eight.) IL 10 PORTf.Avn. nri-. nil r i my , ri r i Turmoil within the ranks of Towns- ena pian leaders in Oregon brought the unexpected withdrawal today of Dr. C. B. Caasel, Klamath Falls chiro practor, from the race for democratic national committeeman. Dr. Cesser, decision was regarded aa particularly significant In view of the endorsement of his candidacy by the atate area board. Cluba here and at Roaeburg attacked the board , for Ita endorsement of a slate of candi dates for the May primaries. While Dr. caasel waa repudiating the board's action, Charlea L. Peine, state campaign manager, pushed ahead plana to organlre a statewide machine for the primary election May 18. Paine aald a crew of 431 men would be scattered through every precinct to seek support for the board-endorsed candidates. TO VVPALABORS MARSHFIEI.n rir.. in. -Striking WPA worker, voted to re turn to. work today at their prevlotta salary scale of 140 a month. sixty of the 300 striken capitu lated earlier thla mar nnt -1 i other worker, who had remained on ineir jooa. The strikers demanded SO a month. E. J. Orlfrith, works progress ad. minlstrator - for Oregon, aald worlr Inff conditions were net Aim hv th government and Jobs provided "t keep the workers from starving to death. If they want to work they can have It. If not, well shut down the project. " PORT ORFORD CITY HALL MAY BE MADE PWA JOB PORT ORPORD, Ore.. April S. P) The proposed city hall will bo sought aa a PWA project, the Port Orrord city council decided. Cost waa estimated at tie.081. Fossil bones, when found, are at'il- ted, photographed and prepared be fore removing. . 4 Income Shares Maryland Funding, bid 10 89; asked a I ail. Quarterly Income, bid 1 91; aakeel 1.71.
