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DIAL 2141 (or Southern Oregon's Loading Nwspapr WC&lQCrr Butmu report lnide). lorecs!: ralr tonight m4 WrdneMla. rook? Wrdnc4aj. Temperature Hlht ?rtrrda.v 1M Lonrnl this morning , CI FORD RIBUNE The MAIL TRIBUNE Full Associated Ptm Full United PrM Thirty-fifth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1910. ? No. 117. olffnlfpfo) A M MED THE CAPITAL PARADE Br JOSEPH ALSOP. and . : . ROBERT KINTNER i Released by trio Worth American Newspaper ' Alliance, Inc. A Washington, Aug. 8. The labor of William S. Knudsen. Edward R. Stetttniut' and their colleagues are more, discussed than understood. Currently there is consider able agitation, both in the press and among certain members of the administration, over the commission's choice of a "pref erence" rather than a "legal priority" procurement system to expedite defense armament orders. Once the facts are un derstood, however, this decision of the commission seems an ex cellent lesson in the wise man agement of a great defense pro gram. DESIGN and procurement are iho two malor nroblems created by every defense pro gram since the Carthaginian women sacrificed their hair for bow strings to be used against the Roman legions of Scipio Africanus. The problem of de sign lies in the difficulty of getting the military and naval experts to make up their minds whin are the best weapons to order. Since the advent of Hen ry Stimson and Col. Frank Knox at the war and navy de partments, the defense commis sion is understood to b finding the going somewhat" easier" in this respect. Once it is decided what to order, however, the problem of procurement of placing the orders and getting them execu ted as rapidly as possible still remains. In a modern indus trial society, unless it is de sired to imitate Germany's ex ample of virtually abandoning the production of consumers' goods, the procurement prob lem is fantastically complex. THE industrial machine is not geared to take the heavy additional load of armaments production. Bottlenecks devel op. Conflicts constantly arise between the requirements of the armament program and the requirements of makers of con sumers' goods. The bottlenecks must be broken. The conflicts must somehow be settled in fa vor of national defense. The defense commission's co ordinator of procurement is the able Donald Nelson, whose for mer position as a high official (Continued on Pg Four.) EQUALS M RECORD The temperature tapered off Imperceptibly today after equal ing the year's high of 100 de grees yesterday. Official fore cast of "a litt'.e cooler tomor row" held out some hope for further relief from the heat. At 2:30 p. m. the tempera ture was 07 degrees, one less than at the same time yester day. The mercury got no lower than 61 during the night. SIDE GLANCES by TRIEUNE REPORTERS The lovely new home dem onstration agent. Dorris Jac queline Drier getting a lesson In how to put men to work from her clever predecessor. Mabel Mack, the latter divert ing two gents from their right ful duties to set up heavy and exceedingly clumsy tables and scores of folding chairs for a special meeting. Iouie Basford suffering con tiderably when her finger came in contact with a ferocious yel low Jacket, the Insect getting mad when Louise patted It Into raw hamburgr In prepar ation for cooking on the Zonta picnic. Petite Virginia Gibbons car rying on hostess duties with much grace and frankness. .opposes CHANGE UNLESS BETTER PliNISJVOLVED Candidate ' Would Take Away None of Benefits Gained by Agriculture By William B. Ard.ry Des Moines, la., Aug. 6. lP) Wendell L. Willkie said today that he did not favor "changing the present farm program unless a better one is gradually evolved." Willkie added in a statement shortly before his scheduled plane departure for his Colorado Springs, Colo., vacation resort that he would "not take away any of the benefits gained by agriculture during the past few years." Purchasing Power Aim The nominee voiced his ap preciation to those who attended his major farm conference here yesterday and added he recog nized "as farm leaders have rec ognized that the welfare of agri culture requires industrial re covery too. 'I shall therefore, exert my self to the utmost as president to create new jobs in the cities and thereby produce more pur chasing power for American farm products." If elected president, the nominee continued, "I will not take away any of the benefits gained by agriculture in the past few years. I do not favor chang ing the present farm program unless a better one is gradually evolved." Willkie, winding up a series of conferences and campaign talks, headed back to Colorado Springs. Information Gained Willkie arranged to complete the farm section of his accep tance address at Colorado Springs. He talked here yester day with more than 70 farm rep resentatives from 10 mid-western states and said afterward that they had given him much helpful information. The Republican nominee ap peared time after time before local groups yesterday. Among his numerous impromptu speeches, he made these decla rations: "I. American Industry should be decentralized to promote both national defense and na tional prosperity. 2. France, despite her brav ery, was "crushed like an egg shell" because the French adop ted "the candy stick system of government." .Elaborating Will kie said that people give child ren candy to quiet them. He added thai France's defense problem, like that of this coun try, was basically one of produc tion.) 3. Henry A. Wallace, Demo cratic vice presidential nomi nee, is "a very eminent public sen-ant" and "a fine gentleman and scholar." 4. Willkie will consult many persons regarding the problems that "I shall approach during the next four years, the next eight years, but not the next 12 years." Would Keep It CUan 8. The nominee will "make no ill remark about either of the gentlemen on the other ticket unless they first make an ill remark about me." 6. Members of the Willkie-for- President clubs are "fellow amateurs'' in politics and the candidate believes they are working "for a cause I consider sacred." During the day, the nominee took a verbal poke at Edward J. Flynn, new Democratic chair man, after the latter had con tended that Willkie had been hypocritical In his "sudden dis taste" for machine politics. Willkie said it was true he once ran for Democratic county committeeman on the same New York ticket with James A. Far ley, but added that "Mr. Flynn is not Mr. Farley." I "I notice," Willkie continued. "that Frank Hague, who sought to deprive people of their civil liberties, says that Flynn Is a great pal of his. I have no doubt that Flynn will work in per- fect cooperation with the Hague. jKelly-Naih and all the other I machines." Name Ford, Lindbergh Rapped by Solon As Nazi Lovers Washington, Aug. 6. (f) Henry Ford and Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, Senator Smathers (D.-N.J.) said to day, should "pick up the little iron crosses given them by Hitler and go back to Germany." "In fact," the senator said in a statement dictated to newsmen, "I'm for having the (country provide them free transportation to Ger many. I would introduce a bill to provide government payment for transporting them and shipping their lit tle iron crosses." The automobile manufac turer, Smathers stated, "with his hand on the Hitle-i cross, says he will make airplanes to defend the United States but not Britain. Everyone knows that in helping to de fend Britain we are defend ing ourselves." BLAZE DESTROYS AT LAKE CREEK The old Community hall at Lake Creek was destroyed by fire early this morning. Cause of the fire remained a puzzle as no one was known to be in the building at the time and it had not been used for a week or ten days, the state forest patrol office here stated. Patrol headquarters were called at 9 a.m. A pumper and crew were dispatched but the building had already burned to the ground when the firemen arrived. Residents of the com munity tried to put the blaze out before calling the state pa trol, the office reported. The Community hall was a large, one-story frame building used in recent years for an oc casional dance. State forest patrol headquar ters received a telephone call last night that there was a fire on the south side of Roxy Ann, but a crew dispatched to the scene could find no blaze any where in the vicinity. Nearest blaze was on Cherry Lane where a resident was burn ing waste material under per mit, the patrol office stated. Smoke from this blaze might have caused the erroneous re port, it was explained. TAI BY RESCUE PARIS Glacier Ranger Station, Wash., Aug. 6. iP) Two fem nine mountaineers, one injured, were brought to civilization early today after being ma rooned near the top of 9.000 foot Mt. Shuksan for 22 hours. Anne Cedarquist, 22, a Shel ton. Wash., chemist, was taken in an ambulance to Belling ham after being brought to the end of a forest service road by stretcher. F a y e Plang. 36, Bremerton high school librar ian, walked to the road end unaided and planned to re turn to Seattle immediately. Miss Cedarquist's injuries. It was determined in a Belling ham hospital, include several fractured ribs, a punctured I lung anl fractured shoulder ! blade. While she Is rot def j Initely free of danger from ; complications, her condition was described today as "quite good" by Dr. Donald Keyes. Two rescue parties, totaling 24 members, climbed to Lake Anne last night and continued up the mountain yesterday morning, reaching the 8,000 foot level about 11 a. m. -Calling IN AFRICA TAKES WAR'SSPOTLIGHT Three Columns Drive Into; British Somaliland An other Thrusts Into Egypt By th Associated Prats The war spotlight, focussed for weeks on the English chan nel and North sea, switched to day to Africa, where three col umns of Italian troops, moving under the blazing sun, were driv ing into British Somaliland while another force thrust into Egypt. Thus the grim game for domi nation of a continent was being played out in one of the hottest spots on earth in the area be tween Ethiopia and Italian So maliland fronting on the steam ing gulf of Aden. British Optimistic The British communique an nouncing tr s new action noted optimistically that the British were prepared to resist the Nazi allies. Closer to Europe Italian troops were also reported by the Italian high command to have advanced into Egypt from Libyn. The place and the extent of these operations were not dis closed. Another Italian column already has thrust deep into nor thern Kenya colony, adjoining Ethiopia. German raiding planes jabbed at Britain again today, but the attacks were scattered and appar ently relatively light and the blitzkrieg " power invasion re mained only a threat. As Britain fought against Iso lated bombing attacks in north east and southeast England and in Wales, her people awaited an invasion attempt. Germans Busy British reports said the Ger mans have been busy preparing in northern France and also in the Baltic. There are even ru mors of enemy activity in Nor way, with Italians being sent there. The British air ministry said a German bomber had been shot down off the east coast of Eng land, and the German high com mand's communique claimed eight British aircraft downed yesterday in battles over the English channel. A British admiralty announce ment said 18 British merchant ships totalling 6S.601 tons and two allied ships totalling 7.00(1 tons were sunk by the axis powers in the week ending July 29. HAS 245 PUPILS The packing school, sponsored by growers and packers of the city and valley as a means of providing local people as pear packers, will open tomorrow with 245 persons registered for the course. The school will be held In the Pinnacle packing plant, with Ed F. Pringle as superintendent and three or more experienced packers as i instructors. The enrollment was larger than expected. Klamath Falls. Aug. 8. ,r A fire In the Fandango Pass country of Modoc county, ,100 miles southeast of heir, today covered 13.000 acres of forest and brush land. This morning the fire broke through on the north front, threatening the high grade min ing district near the Oregon line A total of 1300 men were fighting the blaze, including lev eral logging camp crews and large numbers of CCC cnrollce Features Draft Bill Ritual Victim Six-year-old Leiha Ma Row an, her hand bandaged and swollen, is shown with her mother, Mrs. Albert Rowan, they returned to Adel. Ga to allow a physician to examine th child who was billon by three-foot copperhead ai rural rites of a religious sect which lets snakes bite its followers as a test of faith. After th incl dent th mothr spirited th hi' tl girl away, according to th sheriff, to avoid medical treat ment, but returned nin days later. Mtanwhil. th father of th child and th ladr of th "snak handling" cult, both in jail on charges of assault with intni to murdr, wnt on a hunger strik In protest of ihir arrst. ALICE HANLEY HEIRS NAMED IN LAST WILL FILED FOR PROBATION 4- The will of the late Alice Hanley, beloved southern Ore gon pioneer, was filed for pro bate with the county clerk to day. The will was signed on July 3 last, the date of her I death. Under the terms the following bequests are made: To Mike F. Hanley, Jr., a I nephew, 80 acres of land in the ukc LreeK aistrict. Remainder of the estate, real and mixed and personal. Is be queathed as follows: To Clare Hanley, a niece, a two-thirds share of the estate residue, and to Mary Hanley and Martha Hanley, nieces, a one-sixth share each. Clare Hanley is named as ad ministratrix. The last will, which annuls any previous will, was signed In the presence of Ida T. Sweeney, Mabel C. Mack, and R. A. Skinner, as witnesses. The petition for probate places the probable value of the estate I at SI 6.000. and Vcrn D. Brophy. Charles Hoover, and Arnold Bohnert are named a sp I praiscrs. Herbert K. Hanna ap pears as attorney in the proceed ings. Assassinated by Chines Shanghai, Aug. 6. id") Capt Paul Yankovsky. former officer In the Imperial Russian air force and director of the Japanese af fairs section of the French con cession police, was killed today ! by a Chinese gunman at his I home in th international settle I merit mi Rf flM Jl) FFFI PINCH OF FAMINE Ambassador Cudahy Says U. S. Help Necessary Kind Word for Leopold London, Aug. 6. W John Cudahy, U. S. ambassador to Belgium, declared today that un less supplies of food from Amer ica reach Belgium by mid-September, people will be reduced to a condition "close to famine." Cudahy said he would present the situation when he returns to the United States next week and "further present the reality of dealing with force as the only power." , The Embassador declined to amplify this remark, leaving some of his hearers with th Im pression that he meant the United States must be prepared to deal economically and politi cally with Germany as the domi nant power on the continent of Europe. "When the truth la known about King Leopold (of the Bel gians)," he said, "his decision to surrender will not only b ac cepted but will be applauded." It was recalled that during and after the World War th Ameri can relief administration 'under Herbert Hoover spent a total of 1605,000.000 to prevent starva tion In Belgium. Cudahy declared the question of United States supplies of food was academic until "Britain knows where she stands." He said he understood the ministry of economic warfare at present would refuse to allow any supplies of food to reach the Belgians. "Their situation Is very, very serious." he said. "Belgium im ports 75 per cent of her wheat. Present supplies, with severe ra tioning 225 grams, or half a pound, of bread per person per day will last until September 1, or at best until early October "If you gentlemen think the continent is a howling hell now, what do you think it will be this winter?" Windsors' Liner Due By Thursday New York, Aug. 8. W) The liner Excalibur, carrying the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to Bermuda, radioed today that she would reach the Bermuda pilot station Thursday after noon. It was the first word the American Export Lines, owners of the vessel, had received from her since she left Lisbon last Thursday. Secret Weapons Ready for Effort to Subdue England (Editor'! Note: Preston Grover of the Associated Press Berlin staff is with a party, of foreign correspondents being taken by the Germans on a tour of some sections of German-occupied Bel glum and France. .The following dispatch was written August 3 in Brussels, sent by courier to Ber lin and held ther until released today.) By Preston Grover Brussels (via Courier to Ber lin) Aug. 3. (Delayed) ) Secret weapons and new meth ods of modern warfare, some perhaps never tried befor and one used only one In the light ning capture of a Belgian fort. are ready for use against Brit ain. Field Marsha General Al bert Kesselring told th foreign press today. His statement was a renewal of th oft-repeated story that Germany Is about to spring on her foes strange new device de veloped behind the wall of Nazi military secrecy. What the weapons are. or whether they represent only a bombs at the big guns and steel new use of old weapons. General I lined embrasures and capturing Kesselring, commander ot Uivltha 'astonished garrison'.") I BASEBALL American Lagu First gam: R H E Cleveland 1 2 3 Chicago 5 9 0 Milnar, Humphries and Hem sley; Lee and Tresh, R H E New York ! 3 . 8 2 Boston 8 14 1 Chandler, Donald and Rosar; Johnson, Dickman, Heving and Foxx. National Laagu First game: R. H. E. Boston .... 3 8 0 Philadelphia 0 4 2 Salvo and Berres; SI Johnson, Smoll, Syl Johnson and Warren. Second game: Boston 12 15 1 Philadelphia ., 2 7 1 Sullivan and Mas!; Higby, Smoll, Syl Johnson and Atwood. First game: R. H. E. St. Louis 19 3 Pittsburgh 3 7 1 Cooper and Owen: Helntzel- man and Lopez. HATCH VIOLATION SEEN IN PLEA TO Washington, Aug. 8 Senator Byrnes (D-S.C.) asked the senate campaign committee today to Investigate the circum stances of an appeal to employes of th S. S. Kresge corporation In Detroit for contributions to aid the Republican presidential campaign of Wendell L. Willkie. Byrnes had read to the senate a letter which he said was ad dressed to Kresge employes by C. B. Tuttle, who signed the ap peal as trustee but whom Byrnes identified as vice president and treasurer of the corporation. At the same time, Byrnes charged in a letter to Chairman Gillette (D-Iowa) of th cam paign committee that "while Mr. Willkie Is piously professing that he wished to restrict con tributions, his corporation friends are coercing their em ployes." ' The South Carolinian told Gillette that he was informed that the money appeal was sent to more than 800 employes in the Kresge administration build ing in Detroit and presumably "has been or will be distributed to the approximately 40.000 em ployes In the more than 700 stores of this corporation." German air fore opposite Eng land, would not say. He declared, however, that one surprise weapon, to nis knowledge, was perfected and used against the Eben Emael fortress In the Liege citadel and there only. "A new weapon cannot be used often," he added, "else It will be copied by the enemy and used against you." (Eben Emael, 13 miles north of Liege and one of the strongest forts of the Albert Canal line, was reported taken by th Ger mans May 10 "within a few min utes" by a small detachment of Nazis using a "secret" weapon. Guesses on both sides of the At lantic about that weapon ranged from a new type gun to para lyzing nerve gas. (Louis Lochner, chief of the Associated Press Berlin bureau. reported last July 13: ("Now it Is known that before th capture of the Belgian fort ress Eben Emael, an exact rep lica was bulU In northern Ger many. Parachute troops descend ed on that replica in thirty prac- tic raids, hurling thermit KRESGE1TO Debate SEN. fill SAYS HOLT MEIER OF SLACKER FAMILY. West Virginian Terms State ments 'Malicious Lies' House Hears Hot Words By Louis J. Schaefl (U.P. Staff Correspondent.) Washington, Aug. 6. (U.PJ Foes and proponents of con scription and the pending na tional guard mobilization bill indulged In bitter name-calling in both houses today. In the senate, Democratic Whip Sherman Minton.i Ind., described Sen. Rush D. Holt (D.-W.Va.) as a member of a "slacker family." Holt is op posed to both bills. Holt termed Minton's state ments "malicious liei" and promised to make a full reply. Hot Words in House. A house military affairs com mittee meeting on th con scription bill brought a blister ing exchange between Rep. Charles I. Faddis (D.-Pa.) and Rep. Dewey Short (R.-Mo.) Faddis favors the legislation, while Short apparently la op posed. Th - house- committee voted 11 to 10 to hold no more hear ings on the conscription bill. But Its executive sessions may last a week or two. The senate military commit tee already has approved the conscription bill by 13 to a vote. Minton's attack on. Holt cam during th senate's considera tion of the guard mobilization bill. Minton said he was "sick: and tired and Impatient" ot being lectured on patriotism by the son of a man who thought It was "wrong" to raise food for soldiers who fought in the World war. .The galleries applauded for Holt. Sen. Richard B. Russell (D.-Ga.), presiding, warned them that one more demonstration would force Him to order the galleries cleared. "I 'get Impatient at being lec tured by a slacker family." Minton stormed. "When I was In France in 1917. the father of the senator from West Vir ginia was preaching that you shouldn't raise food to send to me. That's the kind of patriot Ism represented by the senator from West Virginia. He spoko nfter Holt charged that the compulsory army train ing plan, which would require 12.000.000 men between the ages of 21 and. 31 to register for army service, was "Incu bated" by a group of Wall street banks, lawyers and "the International crowds." E VETOESJIRPORT Eugene, Aug. 8. (P) Eu geneans today faced th future with its antiquated airport after councllmen last night de nied citizens an opportunity to vote on a tax levy which would have raised 360,000 with which to purchase a new site. The decision not to call special election was made by a narrow 4 to 3 vote, ending, for the present, three years of struggle for a super port and regular airmail stops, promised by United Air Lines. C. 1.0. HEAD AGAINST DRAFT JNPEACETIKE Denver, Aug. 8 (UP) John L. Lewis, president of the CIO, said today he was opposed to peacetime military conscription In the United States and would "(Uempt to keep th CIO against any such move,"
