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ir Tribune's Paid Circulation Greater Than Combined Paid Circulation of All Other Jackson County Papers Watcb ths TRIBUNE'S I JJIA1 CLASSIFIED ADS C'f 1 Lots of good bargains I that mean genuine Medford Mail Troun; MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1934. STREET CAR CRASH INJURES 34 DESPERADO FREES i -r FOR KIDNAP PAIR One of the two San Francisco street cars which collided at an Intersection, injuring 34 persons, two perhaps fatally. A defective switch waa blamed for the headon crash. (Associated Press Photo 1 Ambushing a working party at the Eastham state prison farm In Texas, Clyde Barrow, Texas' moat notorious gunman, laid down a machine gun barrage that wounded two guards and permitted the escape of five prisoners. One of them waa Raymond Hamilton, Barrow'a former companion.

Above Barrow la shown in a snapahot found after the outlaw was forced to make a quick get-away from a posse. Inset Is Bonnie Parker, two-gun companion of Barrow who wa believed to have aided him. (Associated Press Photos The Weather Forecast: Unsettled Sunday; occasional rain. Normal temperature, temperature. Highest yesterday 49 Lowest yesterday S9 TweDtyreijilith Year By PAUL MALLOV Copyright, 1034, By Paul Mallon WASHINGTON, Jan.

19. The angry young democratic congressmen who have- been ranting against the- Roosevelt patronage methods are. not really angry any more. In fact their rebellion ha taken on auch a tone of amiability that It can hardly be recognized any longer a a first class revolt. They forced the house democratic leaders to call a caucus on patronage and they were belligerent about It then.

But when the doors were locked and the secret caucus discussion began, It was evident they wanted to be good fellows alter all. Old timers swear It was the tamest party pow-wow held In a long time. heels Those who know how the house wheels go around say that the magi clan who brought the metamorphos's was none other than Joe Eyrns, experienced floor leader. He noted that many of the era were newcomers elected In the Roosevelt sweep. A good many were from normally republican districts In the north, middle west and Pacific region.

The southerners and experienced party men generally kept their shirts on. Mr. Byrns Is supposed to have gone to each of the newcomers and said. In a fatherly tone, approximately tnis "Do you think you are sitting In the White House today because you are a great man? Nol You were elect ed In 1932 because Mr. Roosevelt was a ffreat man.

"If you are going to be re-elected this year, it will be for the same reason. "If you are a smart man, you will not pull the coat-tails on which you are riding." Pap Th boys atlll want their patronage. They will always want It. No matter how much they get, they will alwaya want more. But certain unhurried and' minor concessions have been made to them.

One auch concession makes a paphouse out of the august congressional library. Others will fall to cure their appetite. Out in the states generally the lid has been off for some months now. Political Jobs are not being doled out as fast as the OWA is doing It, but the slow and quiet method of replacing republicans with democrats Is proceeding at, say alxty percent of a maximum possible gait. That la fast enough to keep the perpetual revolt down to the proportions of merely chronic dissatisfaction.

It probably will continue In that category Indefinitely. Garner Those who know Garner say the vice president la vitally Interested In only one Job In Texaa. That Is the San Antonio postmastershlp. He Is nnnniul t.n hnVA nromlsed tO help friend get It, while his successor in the house. Mr.

Kellogg promised is Garner's associates aay that is the extent of his Interest in tne proposition that he take over Texas patronage from the congressmen. The proposition apparently originated, NOT with Garner or with the congressmen, but with a Texan close to Farley who was Interested In promoting peace. It makes no difference now because the Idea has been dropped and probably will not be revived. Martyrdom irmn Huria a martyred look when he folded up his desk In the Interior department PWA ana rt. minnosM to have brought rest sorrow to the Parley household where Hurja long has functioned as an efficient political handy man.

The implication was that Secretary Ickes had shut down tight on Murjo and Farley, and there waa no use for Hurja to continue. Only the latter part of that deduction I. fiiN-nrate. Hurja did not leave until all the good PWA jobs had been doled our Dollar The wise men of Wall atreet generally do not accept the Washington view that Mr. Roosevelt will complete the process of dollar devaluation and stabilization soon.

They doubt that he will break any speed records in seeking a stabilisation agreement with Great-Britain. Their opinion la baaed on the supposition that Mr. Roosevelt will wan: to hold hie power over me oon long as possible. They believe he w'll he reluctant to end It all, flnslly snd, forever, because he may want to use. It as a psychological stimulant sometime in the future.

I That may be, but as a general prop-1 oaitlon Wall street has not been very, good at reading Mr. Roosevelfa Notes The best banking circles have been i expecting for days that Fred I. Kent. I of a No. 257.

BOND SALES AS OP DOLLAR NEAR Week's Upswing Sharpest in Wall Street History Investors Confident, Recovery Spurs Speculator NEW TORK, Jan. 20 (AP) President Roosevelt's project to define more closely the value of the dollar prompted one of the largest buying waves in corporate bonds In Wall Street this week ever experienced In any financial market In the world. Advances in corporate bonds were the most sweeping since the Investment marke', registered Its depression low In the summer of 193'i, and on the basis of avallablo records, the week's upswing was probably the sharpest for any like period of time In the history of the New York market. The turnover in bonds In the stock exchange for the week exceeded 120,000,000 par value, the largest for any week since June, 1024, or in nearly ten years. The only week on record exceeding this week by a substantial margin was the last week of 1910 when a huge turnover in liberty bonds boosted the total over $180,000,000.

Corporate issues accounted for the bulk of this week's huge trading, however, and activity in those Issues came close to anything ever experienced in any week In the stock exchange. In full day, transfers exceed ed $20,000,000, although In no ilngla day did the volume equal that OOO.OOO-day of March 20, 1930. While the plan to restrtct the fluc tuations of the dollar to between 60 and 80 per cent of Its old parity served to quell the Inflationary fears of holding fixed Income securities, growing bank deposits and increasing conviction that business re covery was at least on lt way were also said to be prime factors for the renewed demand In the investment market. It was notable that buying converged In a large degree In the semi -speculative Issues, as Investors were inclined to look for high yields, for protection against any rise In Interest rates which mav result from the treasury's huge financing program, but gilt-edged Issues and U. S.

governments maintained a firm tone. PLANE TRAGEDY PORTLAND, Jsn. 30. (IT) A 25.000 damage ault arising from the transport plane crash here November 0, 1933, In which four persons wars killed, was filed In circuit court here today against the United Air lines. The action waa fHed by Dr.

John Straumfjord, Portland physician and surgeon, who had taken passage for Medford with Dr. Robert C. Coffey. Internationally known surgeon who waa killed in the craah. Straumfjord's complaint asked damages fo- alleged Injuries and loss of time resulting from the crash.

Floyd Hart of this city was a passenger on the Ill-fated plane. ASTOniA, Jan. 20. (AP) Although the beer truck he was driving was demolished today when it was struck by a Spokane, Portland i Seattle train. S.

F. Wenkebach escaped with only a slight Injury to one hsnd. WILL- ROGER? UKVKKLY HILLS, Jan. 19. I am still trying to stay off writing about tho 60-cent dollar.

It looks like tlie argument pretty well taken care of without any expert aid from inc. Wo got France seared, so the experiment has already paid for itself. Cu1h kinder nosed in on tho front pace again with a new president, bu it's getting so that's not news. Ho about two inure presidents and they will be back with the want ads as news. Tammany Hall had the biggest quake it'a had in years.

A Mr. Klynn, a very able man and friend of onr president, who heretofore only had one district, has tuken over the whole thing. Tammany deaths, however, arc always: temporary. TCit tie? FIVE CONVICTS EREE 5 HOSTAGES KEARNEY, Jan. 20.

Officers of two states searched tonight for five gunmen who held up the Port Kearney Stat bank here today, abducted five persons and escaped with $10,800. Toe hostages were released unharmed near here. Bank officials said the loot consist ed entirely ofcurrency and was cover ed by insurance. Officers tonight said they had been unable to find a trace of the gunmen and believed they have fled Into nm thern Kansas. The authorities "hore were working on a clue that the two automobiles used by the gunmen were from Kansas City and were not stolen.

License plates used on the car which carried the quintet away from the bank were stolen about a month ago In Grand Island. Neb. It was the first bank robbery In Nebraska this year and officers believed the gunmen were the same group which failed In an attempt to rob ths Central National bank of Columbus. last Thursday. A bank officer saw the gunmen In the Institution there and when he hurried to a telephone to notify officers, the intruders fled without loot.

Eight Nebraska banks were robbed last year and the thieves carried away $101,635. NORTH PLATTE, Jan. 20. (AP) A murder charge was filed here today Against LeClede Stevens, who alleged killed his estranged wife and father-in-law, but- sheriff A. J.

Sails- burv said Stevens would remain In Jail for the present at Greeley, Colo, "We don't want to stir up any trouble." the sheriff said. "There was a little talk on the streets here last night, though I haven't heard anything tcdny." The murder charge covered only the slaying of John De Rolf. Stevens' father-in-law and water commissioner here. Mrs. Prances Stevens, 30.

also was killed after Stevens, according to officers, broke Into the De Rolf home last night. MARSHF1EL.D. Ore, Jan. 20. (API A committee to Investigate alleged Illegal practice of law In Cooa county waa named at the annual meeting here today of the Coos and Curry County Bar association.

The bar voted to support Judge J. T. Brand for re-election to the circuit bench. "Rndlcal'' tendencies toward changes In higher court procedure were scored i by the Hon. Dexter nice of Roecburg in addressing the delegates st bsn- i quet following the business meeting, He sdvocatcd leaving matt-ra of pro- i ccdure strlrtly as they arc.

LOSES HIS TITLE PARIS. Prance, Jsn. 20 (API Alexis Mdivanl, sometimes called Prince, will return from his honey moon with his bride, the former Bnr- bsra Hntton, to find his Paris diplomatic pot vanihhed, hut a chpnc awaiting him to be a Georgian patriot. Recofrnltlon of the erstwhile legation of the pre-Soviet Republic of Georgia, to which Mdivanl was at-tarhed as secretary at the time of his murriac in Paris 1M. June, ha Wn by i he govern aeut, COOS COUNTY LAW METHODS PROBED LOW DOLLAR AC! BY 36040 VOTE 'Gaq Rule' Halts Debate and Charge Made Few Can Explain It Bourffons Gay and Oregon Solons in Fold WASHINGTON, Jan.

SO iVT The Roosevelt dollar-devaluation bill tonight swept through the house to passage by a smothering majority of 390 to 40. A noisy Impatient membership rushed the measure through the final stages, with debate almost entirely shut off at the motion or democratic leaders, backed by their huge voting strength. Republican leaders complained time and again of "gag-rule," and charged the democrats with Ignorance of the measure they were passing. One. Beedy of Maine, went so far as to as- sert that "not twelve men" of the1 435 In the house could explain its provisions to their constituents.

But the democrata, relying 1 dently on the leadership of President: Roosevelt, shouted down all amendment except those offered on behalf the administration, and demanded roll call vote to put all, republicans and democrata alike, on record as opposing or supporting the president. Amendments Lose Realizing they fought a hopeless cause from the start and had not the slightest chance of defeating the bill, the opposition concentrated upon an effort to put a. board In charge of expenditures from the two billion dollar stabilization fund. The bill specified that It be administered by the secretary of the treasurer. When the question was put to an oral vote, the proponents of the amendment shouted their loudest.

The confident democrats laughed when they demanded a rising vote and were borne out when the count showed 108 against the amendment to 73 In favor of It. While the house was considering the bill. Secretary MorgentHau explained government financing plans to the high officers of the federal reserve system and received assurances of their support. The conference extended over several hours and gave opportunity for a thorough review of the financial situation, A total of $10,000,000,000 must be borrowed In the next five and one-half months. A treasury amendment voted Into the bill was designed to facilitate this huge operation.

In the senate the devaluation measure waa atlll In the committee stage: Rills Purposes Specifically the measure proposes four things. It would: Give the treasury title to all the nation's monetary gold stock, Including that of the federal reserve banks. For so per cent of the dollar pres ent gold content as the upper Jlmlt of the gold value of the dollar after revaluation. Eauia the administration with fund of a.000,000.000 obtained from the added value of the gold after de valuation of the dollar, the fund to be used In the purchase of foreign ex change and other commercial Items for the purpose of stabilizing tne tor. elgn value of the dollar.

Enlaree the acone of treasury au thority for the Issuance and flotation of government securities to simpmy the huge refinancing task that lies ahead. This section would make It possible for the treasury to purchase any type of government aecurity with anv other type and sell Issues of se curities privately without making an offer to the general public. Only two house democrats Clai borne of Missouri and Terrell of Tex-as voted against the bill. Thirty-eight republicans who voted asalnst the bin. None of the Oregon representatives voted against the bill.

'RETAIL CHAIRMAN PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. Retail code authority chairmen and secretaries for Oregon, approved at were announced lere late today by Edgar Freed, state NRA director. The selections: Eugene. Fred t. Beard, chairman, O.

Harlsn. secretary: Medford. vVMwin, chairman, A. ft. nanwell secrelar Pendleton.

J. D. McKee. chairman, B. W.

Burnett, secretary: Astoria. Frank Wow-field, chiarman. W. H. Nelson.

Htllshoro. 3. H. Gar rett chairman Mrs. E.

M. Barnes, secretary. Prank Douglas. Portland, was named chairman of the, Otegon food and gTorerv distributors' code authority- Ware rarlej SANTA ROSA. Cal, Jan.

20 (API Efforts to tlx a standard wage In California for hop field workers disclosed such1 varying lfbor conditions that no agreement was readied at a meeting of growers here today. rnwmen Rant Credit. PENDLETON. Ore, Jan. 20.

(AP) Sentiment for formation of statewide credit association to make leans -i sheep snd cettle nin'iT Is tl'r-tl'C ravrrn Cr'-gin, stock men htn CyJb Bailey and Bates Go On Hunger Strike in Federal Prison Refuse to Divulge Spot Where Coin Cached WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. (AP) Any Intentions that Albert W. Bates and Harvey J. Bailey, ba-i men Imprisoned in Leavenworth penitentiary for the Urschel kidnaping, have of starving themselves to death will and have met with other Intentions of the department of Justice.

Both men are serving life sentences. Along the disclosure today that both had attempted hunger strikes In the penitentiary. Justice agents said that forcible feeding of Bates had begun and would continue If that were necessary, and that the time might be near when Bailey would eat whether he wants to or not. Bates went on his hunger strike January 7 and forcible feeding was undertaken January 19. Bailey started his hunger rebellion January IS.

The forced feeding, authorities said, is under the supervision of the United States public health service. Ola hands at crime, Bates and Bailey were convicted of participa tion in the kidnaping of Charles F. Urschel of Oklahoma City. Urschers family turned over $200,000 caah to win his freedom. Bates is reputed to have been the banker for the kidnaping gang and the government has Bald that his part of the money Is still undiscov ered.

The two men, authorities said. were placed in solitary confinement In an effort to msKe mem ten wnere the stolen money was cached. Assistant Attorney General Joseph B. Keenan of the criminal division of the department of Justice said tonight Vie men were not in solitary confinement In the sense that they were confined in a dungeon, but that occupied cells singly and were allowed exercise and library privileges. Prison officials also disclosed that George (Machine Gun) Kelly, serving a term, along with Bates and.

Bailey, has professedly abandoned former attitude of atheism and haa taken to reading the Bible dally. NEW YORK, Jan. 20. (AP) Republican leadera are supporting President Roosevelt's "so-called" recovery program and will continue to do eo, "but only on condition that It atsys within conatltutlonal limits." Miss Sybil Holmes, assistant attorney general of Maasschusetts, declared to. day.

Miss Holmes was a speaker at the annual luncheon of the women'a National Republican club, which was sttended by some 1200 women from 20 statea. Applause greeted her atatcment. and the women alao applauded her plea to prevent any "emasculating amendment" to the constitution or any "specious attacks upon It." There was silence, however, when John Ersklne, the author, retorted In hla speech. "If the constitution never changes, it will be Just one more museum niece." Ersklne called the United Statea "museum minded' because of what he said waa Its alavlsh following of Europe and the past. Mrs.

August Belmont urged Americans to "look, facts In the face" and recognize the Inevitability of unemployment insurance. At present, she said, there Is no wsy to meet the unemployment emergency, except with government funds. "Today the government Is csrrylng a major part of the load, and It can never again put down," ahe aald. "It Is no longer question of whether the government shall do It, but of how." She criticized the civil works program as an expensive form of relief which Interferes with regular business, and said that "a little more constructive planning" should hsve been done before the program waa launched. PORTLAND, Jan.

20. (AP Strict compliance with the recent CWA order curtailing the purchase of materials would throw some 600 men out of work, the Multnomah county commissioners advised Ore gon's representatives In Wanlilngton in an attempt to amend the action. Frank Shull, ct.nmlsslon chairman, said charges for transporting work-era to Inm. cewitble part of the coun- lv hsve been charged to the CWA nin' iliev rt operated CWA MOVE MAKES 500 MEN JOBLESS SALES TAX PULLS SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30.

(Spl.) A balanced state budget by June. 1035, was the prediction of Controller Ray L. Riley today as he praised the sales tax as the best method for overcoming a government's deficit. This aspect Is particularly encouraging in view of President Roosevelt's program of revaluation, Riley said. "If the President carries out his program there la every reason to, believe that California will end the present biennlum In June of next year with a surplus insteaa or a deficit or 30 or 40 million dollars," he said.

In explaining devaluation, Rltey said farmers and merchants will get more for their products. Wagea must be increased and there will be more money in circulation Riley explained that a sates tax is the only form of taxation that can keep a government out of the red in times of Inflation. "Sales taxes, whether manufacturers' taxes, or state retail sales taxes, which are the next best thing, are the only hope of governments which must inflate their money," he said. ST. PAUL NEAR TO RELEASE ST.

PAUL. Jan. 20. (AP) Follow ing a secret conference of author! ties directing the hunt for kidnapers of Edward O. Bremer, held for "J0, 000 ransom.

It became known late today that negotiations were about to be opened with his abductors for his release, possibly within 34 hours City, county, postal and other federal officers participated In the conference which was preceded by statement from Chief of Police Thomas Dahlll thst Bremer, whose death was threatened In the first note demanding ransom, "Is O. and that there was "no need to start worrying until Surfday or Monday." Well authenticated sources, who declined to be quoted, indicated that actual contact with the young banker's abductors might be made tonight or Sunday with hla release expected soon after In Minneapolis or near that city. I7KDDINO, Jan. 20. (AP) The status of "hard liquor" drinks-by-the-glass In Csllforna remained unrhanged ton I eh after the board of equalisation met here and decided to wait awhile before rarrylng out a previously announced Intention of authorizing sale by the glas- in public eating hoises.

On eve of th meeting, Attorney General ti. 8 Wtbb. In Ean Prsnelnco, waa akd for opinion In the matter, and repeated whst he has said ever sines the state liquor act was repealed-that It is not 1egl to sell hard liquor except In packages for consumption off the premises, The state law, Webb commented a hit tartly, was clear to everybody hilt the board of equalization." Tflkr Imllifeil. PORTLAND. Jan.

20 (API Llovd R. Burhridge was Indlcied here today by a federal grand Jury for embezzlement of funds from the First National bank of Portland, a member I of the federal reserve bank of San I PurorU.ce lor.nrny INVECTIVES FLY AS NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 20. (AP) The book of invectives waa completely exhausted today as partisan speakers. shouting from platforms In three sections of the city, wound up the bitterest and most vituperative mayoralty campaign In recent New Orleans history.

The primary Is not until Tuesday. but by tradition the campaign was concluded tonight In the three big rallies of the opposing slates. As the voting day neared, there was an ominous background of threatened use of the state-admlnlstratlon- controlled militia and an answering city hall threat to swear in 10.000 police If guardsmen are sent Into the city on election day. But both of these possibilities faded when the embattled factlona got together long enough this afternoon to agree on a primary arbitration board of seven citizens, empowered to command 300 special officers to preserve order at the polls and pass on disputes arising there. HAVANA, Jan.

20. (AP) With most of his cabinet already sworn In, President Carlos Mend lets today turned his attention to a medical strike, which became more serious every hour. Twenty-five thousand physicians surgeons, nurses, drugglsta and af filiates still refused to perform their professional duties as a protest against the no -enforcement of recent government decree compelling all physicians to Join the medical society. Disorders flared during the day and one doctor was killed and a druggist wounded. Several hundred patients crowded around the presidential palace all morning shouting "down with -the strike breakers." They directed their Jeers against non-federated physicians.

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 20. (AP) An expression of confidence that the United Htatas will eventually recog-nlre Japan's role as a mainstay of peace and stability In eastern Asia was anticipated in authoritative circles today as a feature of Foreign Minister Kokl lllrota'i nddress at the reconvening of psrllament Tuesday. Despite an unpleasant reaction here to a rerent speech by Stanley K. Hnrnheck, chief of the division of Far Eastern afralrs in the American stat department, Hlrota was expected to affirm a conviction that Japanese-Amerlran relations are Improving.

nnnker tni'es Trial. NEW YOI1K, Jan. 30. (AP) Federal Judg Francis Caffey threw out of court today all testimony as mental unfitness of Joseph Ilsrrlman snd ruled that the (57-year-old former president of the Ilsrrlman National Bank and Trust company must stand trlsl on the charge of misapplying funds of the closed hank. Hank Ctise Srt, SALEM.

Jan. 20 (AP) Judge Ear, C. Latourette of Oregon City wa assigned to near the bank liquidation suit at The Dalles February 4. wa announced today by Chief Jus n-' J. L.

rv. ml tf the mate Mipreme court. CUBA DOCTORS IN STRIKE DISORDERS SEATTLE PERILED BY SLIDES PORTLAND, Jan. 20. (AP) Storm warnings were ordered up to night at all coaat guard stations, from the mouth of the Columbia river to the northern extremity or the Washington coast.

The sea was rough, rain waa falling and a 31-mlle wind was recorded at the southern end of the promised coastal storm. SEATTLE, Jan. 20. (AP) Water-soaked hillsides menaced many houses and streets In Beat tie tonight, with a prediction by the department of streets and sewers that the danger will Increase with continued rainfall. While residents' claims against the city on account of slides passed the $200,000 mark, all flood damage re pair and slide removal work on King county roads waa halted In compliance with orders from the civil works administrator, which la curtailing expenditures pending congressional appropriation of additional funds.

BY TOT WITH PORTLAND, Jan. 20. iff) A shotgun In the hands of Hesden Met calf six years of age, discharged and tore a portion of flesh from the thigh of his brother Roland, 4. Hob- pltal attaches said the child would recover. Their parents, Mr.

and Mrs. He.sdfn Me teal of Eugene, had left the boys here with their grandfather. G. W. Mctcalf.

Hesdm discovered his grandfather's shotgun and brought It Into the living room to ask how it worked. The grandparent cocked the gun and the lad pulled the trigger, po lice said they were Informed. Roland was bending over some toys when the discharge struck him. DENY ASA KEYES LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20.

(AP) By an unanimous vote, the board of governors of the California State Bar today denied Asa Keyes, former district attorney of Los Angelea county, Jils application for a recommenda tion that he be permitted to practice law again. It will be two years before Keyes, convicted of bribery In the Jullsn oil case and who aerved a term In San Quentln, can again file a peli tlon (or reinstatement, according to I the atatutes of the state bar. The board of governora held that Keyua "had not sufficiently bllltated himself In the eyea of the 1 public to warrant a recommendation that he be reinstated to the Call- lornia unr. Market hall. NAMPA, Idaho.

Jan. 20. (AP) The Albion Normal school basketball team defeated Eastern Oregon Normal, 45 to 37 today In consolation game of the regional tournament here. Hurt BEND, Ore, Jan. 20 (API A horseback ride resulted In painful but not serious injuries here today for Miss Marlon Bowen, formerly with the L'nlversltv of Orecon social a'sff.

Miss Bowen lot con- imi of her una was thrown WOJ? I gj, gl AND NEWS the New Yorker, win nave enww handling the Roosevelt currency (Continued on Page Six) Mill Raided. VANCOUVER, wash- Jan. 30 (AP) An alcohol atlll whlrh federal officers said waa the most complete they had ever seen, and which they estimated must have cost JO OOO, was seized and i men were raptured a rsid on a large bin- lest main bo-- ft i r-. eght miles aorta est pi Vancouver..