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RIBUNE
The MAIL TRIBUNE
Full Associated Ptm
Full United PrM
Thirty-fifth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1910. ?
No. 117.
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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,"