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Newspaper Page TextJTmbune The Weather Forecast; Cloudy tonight and Frldav, probably with rain Fri day; cooler Friday Temperature: Highest yesterday . 87 Lowest this morning 4S Sunday Want Ads Will be accepted until 8 o'clock Saturday night. Ads to bs properly cluilfltil mill be la this office by 3:90 p. m. Saturday. Try Sunday for quick action. Medford Thirty-first Year Eighteen Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, ORECiOX. FRIDAY, APRIL 17. 3936. Fnll United Preai No. 17. Ity Paul Million (Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, April 17 Army high commanders these days look like the private who waa caught with a speck of dust on hie gun. Their trouble, as la well known, la politi cal dust. They dare not say It aloud, even In an. executive session of a con gressional com mittee, but they would like to get further separated from political In fluence or else borrow Charlie t'aul Mallon Mlchelson from the Democratic nat ional committee to tell them how to mike adequate excuses for political mistakes. The turn of two recent eventa has flustered the whole Inner army circle to the core. Latest embarrassing moment de veloped when Major General Bollea, commanding the third corpa area, ordered out two companies of Infant ry and a band to whoop up a Dem ocratic rally In Baltimore. The Dem ocratic arrangement committee re quested the whoopers for their tourcbllght parade. In honor of Pres ident Roosevelt's speech. The order offered a wide open mark for Republican Dr. Fletcher to shoot at. He did not miss. His shots screamed "Hitler and Mussolini methods." Senator Carey followed with an embarrassing letter to War Secretary Dern reminding, him that from the Woman's Patriotic Council here because the new deal was criti cized at that meeting. No plausible answer or excuse was at hand. The generals called for the regulation bwka and searched fast. Finally they noted that the federal troops may be called out either for review or as an escort for the president. Mr. Dern quickly announced that the troops were ordered out on the "assumption" that the president would be In the parade. The only trouble with that la he wasn't. Just prior to that, the high com manders were explaining publicly (and not with entirely straight faces) that General Hagood was restored bo cause the army Is short of major generals. They will tell you on the sido the real reason he was restored waa pol- (Contlnued on Page Nine) CHICAGO, April 17 (API Re nomlnatlon of Gov. Henry Horner by an estimated 155.000 votea and a victory by Col. Frank Knox over Senator William E. Borah of 68.500 votes In. the Republican presidential preferential race were Indlrated to day In a nearly complete tabulation of the Illinois primary vote. A count of 7042 of the states 7436 precincts gave Col. Knox 462.505 to 38918 for the Idaho senator, an advantage or 72.689. With Sen. Borah leading downstate by an average of 11 votes a precinct, the projected plurality for Col. Knox waa 68.465. . SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS un rviinn when aonroached for news, stating that the only thing he knew waa that he didn't sing at a recent meeting, his failure to do so being by popular request. Maurey Spata admitting that he had Just talked himself out of buy ing a new aprlng suit, and expressing admiration for Harry Rosenberg's new alligator suit of recent vintage. Ed Klrtley talking Bill Bowcrman and Rum Achlson hslf to death while enroute to Elk creek to fl,h. on the merit of hia new fishing pole only to discover upon hH arrival that he'd forgotten to bring the thing. Helen McAllister hiking down the street her eyes protected atialnst the sun (which waa at her twkl by dark lsse. and reversing direction Into the sUre. and putting the gog gles up on her forehead. Wait Olmscheid pushing a p.n ball around a restaurant as though It were a toy train. Bert Orr remark ing "Who says summer isn't here?-' while watch. ng two Utt kid in ;m f.i'A, s.i'.cp;:u up the avenue, arms and lcy;s bare and hair f.v.ns. Si ILLINOIS PRIM COUNT NEARS END BAGGAGE CLERK FACED 81 GUNS OPENSJP SAFE Bank Shipment of Silver and Bills Is Gained by Smooth Operations of Seven On Erie Railroad NUTLEY, N. J., April 17. (AP) Seven men held up an Erie railroad train at the Walnut street station today and escaped with $58,000 In silver and bills, being carried from a Paterson bank to the federal re serve In New York, police reported.- The money was In a safe in the baggage car, directly behind the en gine. It was In the care of the American Railway Express company. Newark detectives said the clerk In charge of the money surrendered bt revolver when four of the ban dits, carrying guns, suddenly con fronted him and threatened to kill him unless he opened the safe. Passengers Unaware. There were two passenger cars be hind the baggage car. They were crowded with commuters and shop pers, but no one In these cars ap- (Contlnued on Page Eleven) THEFT OF SEDAN 'S The sedan of Roscoc Baden. Wilder vllle, Josephine county .farmer, was stolen from the garage last night, providing a possible clue to the where abouts of Raleigh Hoylman. adjudged habitual criminal, who escaped from the county Jail last Friday night by slashing and slugging jailer Harry Ingllng Into submission. Sheriff 8yd I. Brown holds the theft was a Hoylman "Job," and that the Wlldervllel district Is territory the fulgltlve knows. The authorities have been expecting that Hoylman would steal an auto for a getaway, after remaining In hiding for a week. Badcvi told the authorities he put the car In the garage about 8 o'clock Thursday night, and when he went to get It this morning It was gone. The key was left In the lock. Baden heard no sounds during the night. The car boro Oregon lice n so 208-867. State police and authorities north and south were requested to keep an eye out for the sedan. Hoylman U expected to change the license plates as a means of evading officers. S. A. Mayhugh, a farm hand or Grants Pass, reported yesterday that a man last Saturday purchased a pair of socks at the Murphy store, and procured a drink of water at a near by farm house. The sheriff's office Investigated this report yesterday. The storekeeper believed the man was Hoylman, and did not know of Hoyl man's escape until Thursday. OLD AGE PENSION CHECKS SEN! OUT Old age pension checks for April were distributed yesterday to Jack son county beneficiaries by the state relief committee, after being delayed for a fortnight, by non-receipt of federal social security funds. It will be the last payment of old age pen sions, as hereafter they will be known as old age assistance awards. Checks distributed yesterday were for the amounts paid by Jackson county,' but between now and May 1. increases will be allotted. The in creases will be governed by circum stances and conditions, and after a study by the state relief commit tee. First consideration. It has been announced, will he given to those already on the list and after that new applications will be considered. The state and federal share of the payments were received yester day. nd the Jackson county share has been in the hands of the com mittee since April 1. awaiting receipt cf the state and federal funds. Jarkson county 1 one of the few counties In the state that makes old age avlfitance payment! on the flrt of the month, t Medford-Portland Hop in 70 Minutes PORTLAND. Ore.. April 17- (API A United Airlines plane clipped nine minutes from the Oakland, Cel., to Portland record. The plsne. aided by a tall mind, made the rrute in j 2 hours nrA 51 minute. The 2V2 mi lea from Medr- m as covered in i an hour nd 10 minutes, ' Fehl Will Seek Liberation by Zeppo Marx Packs Mean Punch, Night Club Fight Shows HOLLYWOOD, Cal., April 17. () The film colony today pinned the nickname 'Sockc" on Zeppo Marx, fourth Marx brother and now an actors' agent. The latest Hollywood cltieen to go pugilistic, Zeppo disclosed he was In a fight at a night club Thursday morning a one-punch battle. But he didn't know his opponent's name, he said. Someone annoyed Mrs. Marx. "Whether he was drunk I don't know, but his action made me blaze with anger" Socko or Zep po, related. "I clipped him on the chin. Others stepped between us and he was hustled away." Witnesses said Zeppo packed a real sock. HEAD OF CHAMBER Olen Arnsptger, manager of the Medford and Talent Irrigation dis tricts, waa this afternoon elected president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce for the 1936-37 fiscal year. He succeeds Ben E. Har der, consultant of the First National Bank of Portland, who has Just com pleted two consecutive terms as chamber president. Other officers elected by the di rectors at a luncheon-meeting In the Hotel , Medford were: vice president, W. F. Isaacs, proprietor of The Tog gery; treasurer, George T. Frey, man ager of the Medford office of the United States National Bank of Portland; and manager, A. H. Ban well. Mr. Banwell haa served as man ager for the past three years. Thirty-two new applicants were approved by the board of directors for' membership. This brings to 42 the number applying for membership In the past two weeks. Total mem bership in the chamber is now! around 400, Mr. Ban well said. The first official act of Mr. Arna plger as president was to appoint (Continued on Page Thirteen) BY MATCH FIRE A barn on the Jim Vincent farm off Stewart avenue south of tne city was destroyed by fire late yesterday afternoon. About four tons of hay, a trailer, a harrow and other equip ment were burned with the barn. Medford fire department responded to a call and fought the blaze with chemicals, there being no water available. The firemen were success ful In confining the blaze to the born. Extent of loss has not been esti mated. No one waa at the Vincent home at the time. Chief Roy Elliott said today hia Investigation Indicated the fire was caused by two children who were playing with matches at the burn. Chamber of : t t i i - ..-A .3... . . . U. S. JUDGE RITTER ON FINALBALLOT Vote Finds Florida Jurist Guilty of General Misbe havior McNary and Steiwer Favor Acquittal WASHINGTON. April 17. ( AP) Federal Judge Halsted L. Rltter of Florida was convicted by the senate today on a house impeachment charge that he had brought his court Into "scandal and disrepute. The verdict automatically removed the 65-year-old Jurist from ' the bench. Conviction came on the seventh and last ballot, when the vote was 56 for conviction to 28 against, ex actly two-thirds of those voting, which was required under the con stitution for a conviction. First Vote dose. On the first six articles Ritter was acquitted, although on the first charge that Ritter allowed an ex cessive fee of 76,000 to A. L. Ran kin, former law partner, In a re ceivership case and "corruptly" ac cepted $4500 from Rankin afterward the vote was 5fi to 29. needing only one single switch to change the re sult. Ritter had sat with arms folded across his chest during the seven roll calls to which senators ans wered "guilty" or "not guilty." The last article combined alt the previous six in one and charged the actions -complained of had brought Hitter's court, "Into scandal and dis repute." (Continued on Page Seven) VALLEE'S EX-WIFE IE ' NEW YORK. April 17. (AP) The appellate division upneld today a decision denying Mrs. Fay Webb Val lee the right to break a 9100 a week separation agreement s that she might demand a larper Income from her husband, Rudy Vallce. Mrs. Valleo began her action In November, 1933, contending the or chestra lewler misrepresented his financial statuse when he settled the 100 a week on her. The separation agreement had been signed on April & of that year. Shortly thereafter the appellate di vision upheld Vallee's right to seek a Mexican divorce end made public documents recording "tapped" tele phone conversations between Mrs. Vallce and Garfield Leon, a dancer. Mrs. Leon had filed suit aagtnst Mrs. Vallec for 100.000. charging alienation of affections. . . ItiRcnlmi Itiirgliirs STOCKHOLM, S. D., April 17. (API Ingenious burglars combined fire and water to rob the Stockholm State bank sometime early this morn ing. Deputy sheriffs said they burn ed hole in the bank safe, then filled the safe with water and floated cur rency to the top where It -would be flailed out. The amount of tho loot waa not detennlnod tmmerilRflv. Commerce Heads Named for homn alKire are the offUer itt the JarkM)? County Chamber of f'ommerre for the 1!3S7 ?ear. Klrrled hy the hoard of directors to dav Iher are (lell in rlfhlt. W. K Iwi, Tire president, Olen Am piger, president, Ororjjr T. I rry, trtamirrr, and A. II. Mannelt, nmnAjcr. BASEBALL "Tatlonai R. H. S. New York 6 12 0 Boston 4 11 1 Hubbell, Fitzslmmons and Den ning;, Rela, La lining and Lopez. R. H. E. Philadelphia 3 8 1 Brooklyn 4 13 1 (Ten innings). Walters and Wilson; Frankhouse and Phelps. R. H. E. Cincinnati - - 13 13 1 Chicago 3 7 1 Derringer and Lombardl: Cnrleton, Shoun, Bryant and Hartnett, Odea. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, postponed; cold weather. American R. H. E. Boston 8 10 1 New York 0 3 4 Grove and R. Ferrell; Ruffing. Sundra and Dickey. , Chicago .... Detroit 5 8 1 3 7 3 Whitehead and Sewell; Auker, Law son, and Hayworth. R. H. E. Washington .. 3 13 1 Philadelphia 3X 3 1 DeShong and Bolton; Delley and Hayes. E ACCIDENTAL-FALL A, 0. "Rosy" Rosenbaum was serl ously hurt last nlpht In Yreka, Calif., when he slipped and fell, fracturing his hip. The accident occurred about ten o'clock at the Masonic temple in Yreka, where he was attending a chamber of commerce banquet, hav ing driven down alone earlier In the day. Details of his condition are not known, but he la reported getting along as well as could be expected. He la at present confined In a Yreka hospital and tonight will be taken by train to the Southern Pa cific general hospital in San Fran cisco, where It Is expected he will remain for about two months, re ceiving medical care. A group of Medford friends drove to Yreka last night when news of the accident was received here and made arrangements foi his transfer to the San Francisco hospital this evening. "Rosy", district passenger agent for the Southern Pacific railway, Is one of Medford's beat known and well? liked citizens, and his many friends here have expressed great concern over his Injury, Appeal Is Sought In DeJonge Case SALEM, April 17. (AP) Attorneys for Dirk DeJonge, serving a seven year sentence In the state peniten tiary for the violation of the Oregon criminal syndicalism law. filed a petition today asking authority of the supreme court to appeal the case to the supreme court of the United States. The state high court recently up held the eonvlctlon of DeJonge by the Multnomah circuit court and re fmwvl ii rehearing of the cae. TO SAVE TIBER Appraisal Starts Monday As Basis for Exchange to Preserve Charm of Scenic Roadway to Crater Lake Tentative arrangementa have been made between the United States for est service and the Rogue River Timber company for the preservation of natural Bcenlo beauty along Crater Lake highway where logging opera tions have been a threat for years, It was announced today by Karl L. Janouch, forest supervisor. Consummation of the transaction dependa upon reaching what both partlea consider an equitable oaaia of exchange of timber areaa. Mr. Janouch stated. Pending completion of present negotiations, the company has agreed to cancel an cutting er rangementa and to hold In abeyance a reputed sale of a timber area along the highway to the Lewla Brothera Lumber company of Prospect, he aald. An appraisal of the company's holdings along Crater Lake highway will be started Monday, Mr. Janouch stated. Two expert appralaera will como here from the regional foreat service office In Portland to make the survey. They will be assisted by Albert Arnst and Reese W. Taylor, rangers of the Rogue River national foreat, the supervisor related. H waa understood that appralaera for the company .wpuld .cooperate In the survey. Monlh Required The appraisal will require at leeat a month, Mr. Janouch sain. Tho aim of the present negotla- tlona la to reach an equitable basis whereby the company will surrender (Continued on Page Seven) PORTLAND, April 17. ( AP) The Knight Packing company said today that It hoped to complete an en largement of Its Medford plant with in 48 days. The company haa purchased $5000 worth of new machinery, which will Increase Ita ketchup production ca pacity from 15 bottlea a mlnuto to 40. The addition will require the employment of about four more per sons. The machinery la scheduled to ar rive at the plant within 30 days and about two weeks will be required to Install It. Martin Proclaims Oregon Flax Week SALEM, April 17. (AP) Governor Martin today designated the week of April SO to 26 aa "Oregon Flax Week." His proclamation declared that "civic organisations throughout the state have been requeeted to ealt public attention to the advantages of flax as a special crop for farmers In our crrent Wlllftmett vallrv." Coming Year k: At T T J e3s Abandoned Youth Wins True Home By Trip To Court PORTLAND, April 17. (JV) Unlike a lot of people, a trip to court brought good fortune to 10-year-old George Hahn. Circuit Judge 0. H. Gilbert learned that the youth's life was mostly a series of abandonments, first by his parents and later by his uncle. The Judge decided that what George needed was a "little par ental love," so he found a home for the boy In the Hood River dis trict. "I have a letter from him, and he la happy," said the Judge. Georgo Invited the Judge to come fishing with him. saying he knew where all the "big ones" were. "I might go one of these days," Gilbert added. TURKEY OCCUPIES OF ISTANBUL, Turkey, April 17. (AP) Turkish troops today oc cupied all strategic points In the demilitarized Dardanelles zone. PARIS, April 17. (AP) The Havas (French) news agency correspondent at Istanbul reported today that a Turkish army entered the demilitar ized cone of the Dardanelles yester day. The alleged military ' movement (which would bo in violation of the Lausanne treaty) was decided upon, said the Havas correspondent, at a meeting Wednesday of President Kama I Ataturk and hia cabinet. (Copyright, 1930, by the Associated Press) GENEVA. April 17A new and more serious crisis developed In the Italo-Ethloplan conflict today when the League of Nations' committee of 13 decided efforts at conciliation had failed. Ethiopia flatly refused to accept Premier Mussolini's peace program, even with Its modifications, and the committee agreed It was Impossible at present to bridge the chasm di viding the two belligerents. A short time later, Joseph Paul Boncour, French minister of state, an nounced Italy had rejected en appeal he had made for a short armistice to permit peace negotiations to ad vance. Moreover It was clear, according to league officials, that the members of the committee, which comprise every member of the league council except Italy, generally found that Mussolini's demands had rather fla- (Contlnued on Page Eleven) F.R.AGAINSTPWA EARMARKING PLAN WASHINGTON, April 17. (AP) President Roosever expressed disap proval today of suggestions in con gress to earmark for the public works administration, (700.000,000 of the 1, 600,000,000 asked by the chief ex ecutive for work relief next year. Asked about the congressional moves at his press conference, Mr. Roosevelt said the works problem wss one of putting a certain number of people to work within the year for which the money has been requested July 1, 1930 to June 30. 1937. He said tf the type of work Is changed so that more money Is re quired for material and a longer time for completion of the Job, then more money would have to be appropriat ed to provide the Joos for the given number of people. With I70O.OOO.OO0 set aside for PWA projects, the president said the proposed 1 ,400,000,000 simply would not put the same number or people to work, Conclave Opened By Speech Group EUGENIC, Ore., April 17. AP) The two-day convention of the Ore gon State apeech association opened here today, aesslona to continue through Saturday. Visitors and del egates are here from many parte of Oregon, the association taking in teachers of speech In all Institutions of higher learning and high schools. H. R. Goo Id, superintendent of city schools here, was the principal speak er of the afternoon. Morning ses sions were given over to registration and announcements. Corpus EX-COUNTY JUDGE DISDAINS PAROLE Governor Welcomes Court Test On Attorney General Opinion Start Legal Action Early Next Week SALEM. April 17. (AP) Earl H. Fehl, Medford prisoner In the state Denltentlarv. rfiutvt viniittfni parole proffered him by Governor outrun iate yesterday, and hia at torneys announced today habeas oor- u proceedings I or his Immediate release would be Instituted. Fehl, former Jackaon muntv inn sentenced to a four-year term for ballot theft, protested the condition of the parole that he not return to Jackson county before expiration of bis full sentence la IS months, nor should be in any way engage In political or civic action in that county. Wants No Restriction His attornevs aald th fnrmt inrfM declared he had served his maximum sentence or lour years, less Ifl months for good behavior, and wae entitled to release without restriction in the same manner that prisoners had been released from the state penitentiary since 1033. (Continued on Page 8evn) OF CRATER LAKE OPEN TO PUBLIC Opening of the rim drive In Crater Lake national park waa announced today by David H. Canfleld, park su perintendent. : "Motorists can now drive to th rim for a view of the lake In 1U winter finery," Mr. Canfleld said. Because of the depth and hardness of the snow that haa kept the road closed since the first of the year, the park crew haa not yet been able to provide for two-way traffic over the full three-mile drive from head quarters K tlie lake. Mr. Canfleld related. A ranger, however, la on duty to operate a pilot car In both directions for the benefit of vlaltora. he said. No chains are necessary, ha explained, as the cleared part of the road la virtually dry. "The entrance highways from Med ford and Klamath Palls are in good condition and afford motrlsta m pleasant drive on dry roads through now cuta that are one to la feet deep." the superintendent said. "Spe cial caution must ba observed, how ever, as high banks of anow create many blind curves which under summer conditions are reasonably open." Snow la 117 Inches deep at park headquarters, 87 at Anna Springs and M4 at the rim area, he stated. Mr. Canfleld pointed out there Is no restaurant or overnight service available at the park this time of year. He added, however, that park attendants are prepared to offer ev ery possible assistance to vlaltora and auggested that the . present oppor tunity to see the lske In Its winter setting should be embraced without delay. He anticipated a large attend ance over the week end. 2 IRE FASCISTS H MADRID, April 17. & Two more fascists were assassinated and several other persons were reported Injured today In scattered claahea aa a gen eral strike psralyaed the business ac tivities of Madrid. Three fascists were killed yesterday. Thoae killed today were two of five brothers, all of whom were reported to have received death threats recent ly because of their political activities. The capital, for the most part, waa quiet and deserted, although there were minor claahea In outlying dis tricts. Income Shares Maryland funding bid 10.30; asked 31.07. Quarterly Income, bid I1.S8; asked 1.7i.