SfEDFORP MAHi , TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORRdONV p'UIUAV. JAXITAKV
1021
PAOE THItEE
SfART- SUIT TO
TAKE MiLUONS
FROM
UNCI
Invested Capital Gase Starts
in Supreme Court Ap
pelant Wins Govt. Will Have
to Return Hundreds of Mil
lions in Taxes. '
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Arguments
were begun todaylii the supreme court
in" the "Invested capital case" charac
terised by Solicitor Goneyal Friereon
as "tho most Important legal suit
from the standpoint of government fi
nances in' a decade." Whether the gov
ernpieut will be forced to. return hun
dreds of millions of dollars paid as in
copie taxes depends on the outcome.
The immediate cause at Jssh,e be
fore the court is the appeal of the La
belle Iron works from a ruling of the
bureau of internal revenue, refusing to
allow ft to treat as' invested capital
the valufl of ore lands Which it had
purchased1 in 19.0D for tlQt.000' and
which by 1917 had Increased to $10,
o0(),000. Government agents maintain
ed that-the increase in realty .was
"profit," and shonUl be' taxed as such,.'
The company added the increase" to Its
capital Invested and claimed the nor
' mal deduction of seven per cent, pay
ing imdor. protest the additional tu of
tl,081,O00. v ,
Tho question of whether a stock div
idend Is taxable arose in a new Conn
in ' the present case,' the increased
vnlpe of the ore lands having been rep
resented on the books of tho corpora
tion, according to the government's
brief, since 1912 by "slock issued us a
stock dividend."
, The wide interest displayed In the
crtse in. the business world was illus
trated by the number of requests for
permission to" file briefs including the
Long Bell Lumber company of Kansas i
Cfty; the National Lumber.. Manufac
turers association and the Kansas City
Structural flteel company.
..Increase in the value of the' ore
lands is comparable to . the Increase
which occurs In the value of "a herd of
cattle which,; yhen purchased Included
a number of calves, the appellant ar
gued. ' ' ' ' ' '' V
."Profits" was defined to tho court
as the. actual net agnount of gain made
, by fa business between any two dales.
"'The appellant's theory is the csjM
ital invested in its ore lands is not
what is paid for them, but is to be
measured -by the present value of the
lands,". Mr. Prierson said, "lint the
government c;oiittm!H, on tho - other
hand, that the act clearly Mcflncs the
'invested capital' as. the amount re
ceived in exchange for its share of
stock .plus any 'paid in or edVnod sur
plus' used in tho business." -,. .
THERE'S a wealth of health' -
,y t. . and purity in each of these , V :
sanitarily packed,wrappcd ; feB - - - " :
. " and sealed packages.' - . t 'O f-' , !
ENOCH ABDEN
PLOT COVERS
WIFE JHEFT
Strange Triangle Case Ex
posed by Grand ; arceny
Charge. Madison, 1Vjsconsin
Claim of Previous Mar
riage Gives Wife to Spaniard
, CHICAGO, .Ian. 7-r-Scarch for Pierre
Paul Author and Mrs. Charlotte Fran
zon, the former charged with grand
larceny by Philip Franzen of Madison,
Wis.,' for the "theft" of his wife, shift
ed today to Philadelphia. .. v , ' 1
Both Franzcn and .Mrs. Amher'who
With her p.hlld ilyos In pighjand'Pnrk,
a suburb, declared their belief today
that they were victims of an "Enoch
Anion plot." Franzen said ho believed
tlie pair were in Philadelphia. "
'The warrant sworn' to by Franzen,
who is chief decorator' at the Univer
sity of Wlsconsinr charges Author, a
chemist who is said to have represent
ed himself as a scion of Spanish gran
dees, with "stoirling CJiailptto. Franzen
at the point of a pistol," and compel
ling her husband to give him a check
for ?100 last Tuesday night for their
honeymoon. " ' - .
franzen further alleges that Author
declared ho kad married Mrs. Fran
zen thirteen years ago in Australia. Ho
declared that Author forced him and
his wife to sign documents waiving all
claim to each other or their posses-,
slops, -The 'husband sad ho believed
tho. story of the Australian marriage
until Mrs.' Anther commuutcated with
him and said she suspected his-wife
of .trying to "steal" her husband. Fran
zen's wlfo left tlicir son with him.
Mrs. Anther pf Scottish birth,. was
onphaned and then reared under direc
tion of a priest in Montreal, she said:
She .was a Caiiadiaij ar nurse over
seas, Was decorated for bravery by tho
British government'atter 'she had won
a lieutenancy by her work in Belgium
and France, but her sight was impair
ed by a slight accident, she, said, and
sho came to tho United Slates. Sho
met Anther while both wore employed
by the DuPone Powder company, at
Pompton Lakos; N: J., and they. Wore
married A'usust 13, 1918. ."'.;
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- Sundry Civil Bill Passes -WASHINGTON,
Jail. 7j The sundry
civil apprriprlallon bill . carrying '.ap
proximately $:iS3,271,2!llwaS' plisa.etl
today -by the house. ' . . " "
' Before "passing the measure, the
bouse restored items;, without Vhich
tlie emergency floet corporation would
have boeu without funds for operating
expenses after July 1. . v
EXPECTED SOON
"Tim in-oaiicetK fur tho early bring
ins in Of on oil KUhmln tho Klamath
country is very good,'" wild Captnln J.
W. 'Hic-mens, at Ashland TharHday
eveninpr while en route 10. Portland
to purchaso casing." "1 am afraid a
t?utlieia will cmiie In. befiro crin tt
baeU.- Wt aro no . prt'p.ired for it."
Captain - Siemens way not oxclted
about the. matte but gjmkc with
calm assurance, lie was interviewed
by Chris Oottlicb and Sid I. i!rowo
of IhiH city, both interested . in the
Trifjonla proposition. !
'Vo are now --down 15115 feet, and
have been running throuKh oil saud
and pas for 100 feet. TIujwj cvane
ill tho. time making a noise Kke a
steam jboiler. blowing off. Tht ru is
considerable, oxeltement in Klamath
oyer the developments, but our local
paper has not found Jt out yet. .All
Kinds iof yarns" are going, around. ynd
all 1 can tel) J'ou is what J know, my
self. ' ' - '
"Samples that I Jiave sent to San
Francisco for analysis show that we
arc now down to a parifinc base, and
I am en route Jp Portland to gut cas
ing, as I 'could not gqt .i,t, by tole-
graph. "VVq may strike oil iij five fcet(
or fifty ee.t, or 00 jee.t, bu,t J am
coufideiit we will strike it. We havo
passed thr()ugh oil sands, and brought
up good colors.- , ( , i
Captaili J3!oraens , allowed a . report
from a-San Francisco oil analyist,
showing that tho samples forwarded
.showing a sccific gravity ,4tf t0 per
eeiU, with -the notation that the heavy
specific gravity was flue ' t(j Il lavgo
amouut or foreign, matter. , ,
"One u the inuftt hopeful sjgns'
continued Captain Sicuicns "is that
jtho big oil cbnipaniesarn showing a
iol ol interest in, mo .aeveiopmoiu
work I am doing."
Captain Siemens will return jfrom
Por,tlahd Sunday evening, and may
stop off In fhis city to see the .Tri
gouia well.;. ....
The pasi.ing through . of Captain
Siemens created considerable' excite
ment -amon? Jcal JQoilc; utcrjeatpd
In oil" development..
AT NAT J
' There' will be aliueeliiiK Of all bus
iness men interested in the proposed
JJilBinesa .M:en's'Gymnasiu;n class, at
the Natatorium at 5 o'clock tonight..
fio"class 'session tfill- be held tout
plans will he discussed, class Iiouih
decided upon, 'etc. It is cssontinl
that every jnup lptoreslcd be on hand
at the kick dff ipoctlng. Without a
suffjclopt gjiow of interest o warrant
going ahead, promition of tho' plan
for a gym class for business men will
necessarily be droppod. . i
The Olympic '
-Line includes
your favorite
.Cereal
DNIGHT
flESS,,.,. . rssTjj
f- -'Si--7ism
- If there ts anything you limit tti know
toout motion fieturet, write to Lieanor
iKtlc of this newspaper. Out your cor.
feet name and . address in case your
answer ny be sent through the mail.
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IRKNK Your lettor came Just be
fore I sailed, but It asked something I
wanted to have answered : so, In a spare
half hour I am saying: "NO" very
emphatically "NO, I um not going fo
pluy (ngenue parts." ,
There Is no very definite .reason for
it, ltut If It wcro a matter of .deliberate
choice I think the reason Would be that
I like my work nml I want It to last.
Tbero liavo -been so many, pinny in
genues, yet who of them but Jary Is
ever remembered for very long?
Whereas'we can all remember Instant
ly 1nx dozen different actresses whose
more serious work has appealed to us.
There's tie same sort of difference, 1
think, between looking at a comic sheet
or a pago of pretty photographs and
readlug.n book. While we laugh, our
minds pro a blank, but when Wo sec
sorrows and Joys that remind us of
iviit life, of our own experiences, wc
think and we remember. I'd rather try
to 1)0 the good book than the unify
page or the photographs.. .-'.'.
tut,: as I spy, iilnying more serious
parts has not been a matter of delib
erate choice. lit the end, we all follow
lite lead of what experience has done
to our characters. There may be bluc
c.vcd bjondes whosq chief delight Is to
flipper, but f don't bcl)evq they' have
hud my sort of experience. Battling
with the world since the age of four
teen Is npf to teach anyone there are
more . things to llfo than curls and.
xmlles; there are love nnd'hnto and
jealousy nnl grief and any -number of
things an actress .needs lo use, just ns
n pilutor needs blacks nod crimsons ns
veil lis baby blue. I always wanted to
pinko lv'oplo cry as we'll an to make
them laugh over since I used to play
for plus hs n IltUo'glrj, arid It seems
to me It Jins been mora n mnller pf
worklnc towards serious parts almost
anconsciously Mian suddenly deciding
against being an jngenncany mort. .
'or an easy liife I l;now: I should
h.ive chosen tho Ingenue. It Is sd'nnich
plea.santer to stuivl and smile and let
Hie sunlight sift through one's bloncfo
JUllr' thiln jt Js lo' ilii stlcli things as I
wna doing In such n picture as the
"Jtlplit .to, Mv.c;''lrn this. thei;j Is' o
ecenc where under the strain of the
, . f .. .
For the quartejr ondliig December
81st. the arodford' postofflce did the
largest business :ot' any throe months
In its history. ' The Christmas busi
ness alone shpwctt a gain pf 32 . per
eout over tho Chrjatmas period of
1919, and if the same ratio of gain
comes in ' the Christmas period of
1921 (Medfortl wlli more than jump
out of the second class of postofflccs
Into f ho first class.' " :', ''
In tho . tjuarter ending -December
Ulst as "comparod with tho samo po
rind last year when tho' Modford
postpffico was the central acnount
Ing offico jinrt handTed nil tlio.salos
of stamps ."tor' all 'tho 'county post
offlceo outsldo of Ashland, tbo buslr
nesn of tho Modford offico alon
shows a gain of 11 per oont, whlnlj
ocoortling to 'Acting Postmaster War-
icr, ,ja, ( rtjpiarKaoio snowing. f;i
SPAHKS FROM
THE WIRE
' IB-ALT1MOHB, Wd., Jah. V7- Car
dinal Uibbops maiptafticdj the Im
provement today and liomay be al
lowed to sit up in Jicil next Sunday
if there is no setback, It, was stated.
Among messages of good wishes re
ceived yesterday Were two from
Ireland and a card fronVAyiilllain J.
Bryan at Mlrfmi-, Fla. i.
KB -WyOHK, Jan. 7.-Tho mall
car of) tralif No, 203 on the Penn
sylvania' railroad was 'bOlren Into
and titled' by robbers hotweon here
and Philadelphia early today. Offi
cials of tho road at once started an
Investigation to dcterriiino the value
of the mal stolen. ' V . -
'LARBDO, Texas,' Jan. 7. Two
Uquor smugglorg woror killed InBt
night In a gun fight With' Captain
Hyan and six Texas rangers la Zap
ata county, (10 miles east of Iirodo.
Several smugglers escaped,' none of
t!)o rangers was injured. '. ' '
' TACOMA, Jan. 1. Mr. Snd Mrs.
Peter Cresslnger, aged Si and 79
years .respectively, died .hero today
wllllin an hour of each ojther. They
had been married !5S' j'f ar. '' They
hecame' ill on tho saipoday shor tly
after Christnlas: Mr. Cjcsslnger (He.fl
first and his 'Wife' Wag 'not fold of
his demise: - , -
ALBUQI ERQUB. ff. h., Jan. 7.
James Williams, negro,'1 who slid;
and wounded a youth hero last night
and an officer at ' IMela, 13 miles
south of hero ibis morning, was kit
od by a poS(i today. : lio wis sur
rounded in the woods but fought off
his pursuer until he fell with four
bullets through his body.
1 CLASS BUSINESS:
i- -l'-- ' . C '?.-'" .,
X "fc . . Mr.V
14 1
, f MAE MURRAY.
probable loss of my little boy and tho
sight of piy murdered buslmud I go
nind. ' A storm. Is raging outside, and
n n filmy negligee I run through the
wind and the driving rain." It took us
five days to take that, and I was soak
ing wet all the Uiuv. The men nround
the studio were so concerned about It
that my maid had only n chunco to
lurfc Ju the background. At every in
terval they would snatch mo into hot
blankets ami feed mo hot drinks before
I changed into another dry negllgfo,
preparatory to golpg jout and getting
wet all (rver again. I hnd three cos
tumes exactly tho sniue, torn In the
snnie place, and ail three were busy lift
tho time. .....
But apart from that, with the nolso
of the wind machine pud tho Icy cold
water,- there is' the greater strain of
playing emotional parts. I did so much
professional crying during, "The ISIglit
io Love" thai I lost several pounds,
ind Instead of going to Europe to mnlto,
(i picture, as I had planned, tbnso who
know better have decreed I am hero
looking for that lost weight In perfect
Idleness. oi'HWTiwlftlilirwtiw i
'When I come back It will hnvo been
decided which one of the threo' scena
rios wo are considering now Is going
to bo my next picture. But let mo tell1
you a secret In nil tlireo scenarios;
there Is not tho slightest suspicion of:
an Ingenue rolo for me. 4, t'JyS
iJIAEJUURflAS.lj
FED BY AMERICANS
: CONSTA.KTlNOrj.J5,. Jnn. G. (By
Ujo AsHOdlatccl J'roHH) Melvlllu Olm
tcr,' ot Now S'ork, w)io 1b nttiirthbd to
tho rtuff of tho. Noar KiiMt rollul', Ihih
arrived aftor a throo-nionths trip In
Anatolia, during: .which ho wltne83cil
ifo!rooHivp lnpasiirtH uert hy tho
Tgrklsli nationallHtH to rcBtnro ordor.
, fsqt a day laHod, ho Hald, without
uuuita 01 uio jjriKanuH uejiiH seen
danfTlInK in tho puhlic sniian-B. Tho
blttoroKt of fettling' prevailH aKalmit
tho allien In nntkmnlint territory.'
b Tho linlJonallHtH, ho Maid, hayo
taken ovur ull Kroneli proporty and
turned ivHt of it into, ,inphanattoH,
run lai'K(Jy by Americano. Kronen
priHoneia of war numbering 7&0 are
confined at Cewirea. Many uro woar-
iiir their summer .uui)dm'wcar. The
niert havo no trousers and am sleep
ing on tbo ground. , Their food con
sists of stalo black, .bread and sour
milk. ' ' - ' . - 1
T" Near East relief sont aut)Iirn
to tho prisoners anl furnisb(d thuni
f'ith bjauketu us vell as aCiirihCuaii
dinner. , .,- ,
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WA 81 1 1 NflTDN, Jan. 7.-"SiiHpenslon
of Irenofr. Kichnrdson, a clork In the
permit division 'of tho prohibition en
forcement office here, pending Investi
gation of charges of irregularity In
Issuing permits for tho withdrawal of
liquor was announced- today by Intor
nnl Rovenuo Commissioner 'Williams.
Tbo commissioner refused lo discuss
reports from Now York thut Miss
Richardson had been chnrgod In a confession-
by William F. McCoy, former
auditor in the offico of Prohibition
Commissioner Itramer, with a part In
an alleged "whisky ring," conspiracy
which involved tho basic permits at a
standard price of J3000 each. .
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ANATOLIA
FEED
Prof. IS. Ji. KittH of tho dairy de
partment of O. A. (., addressed a
largo number of Jacksnn county
dairymen at the public library this
mornliiK on tho feeding and rare of
cows,- dairy and family. . I'rof. Fttts
is recognised as ouo of tho leading
dairy experts of tho Pacific coant,
and urged tho placing of the dairy
business- of southern Oregon oi. a
iHiying and scientific basis.
"Jialanced rations' for tho cow was
urged by Prof, Kitts, and gave a pre
scription therefore, lie said proper
feeding kept tho cow contented, and
ineroaned tho milk production."
Some farmers will tell you that it
does not make any difference what
you feed u cow, ho will give milk.
A cow that Is Btarvcd to death will
give milk up to the time she dies, but
that is ;ot profitable."
Cotton seed oil was recommended
as a food, mixed with others, that
niadu tlie cow happy and contented,
and ImproVed tho looks of her -hide
and hair.
Prof, Fltta answered a h&rrugo of
questions, and ono listener sought ex
pert advice on how to make the fam
ily Jersey glvo milk efficiently.
At tho ThuVsday afternoon session,
Profs. Allen and Iitulgron eontinued
thoir talks on tho u3 and raising of
sheep and .hogs, hihI tho establish
ment of Boy's and QIvVh g and Calf
cubs,
in tho woman's section this morn
ing NIhr Poole talked upon "Child
Welfare." '
Tho Farmer's Week will clowe to
morrow with, tho annual nieeting of
the Farm liirroau, when tho projects
for the year will bo discussed.
A. F. A M
' Special Communication Mcd-
ford Lodge 103, Fridnyteven
Intt. Jan. 7th. 7:30 n. m Wnrk
in 10. A. degree. By order W. 'M.
M U B. WILLIAMS, Secy.
d SUNDAY PAGE
C0t7ETEI?y "n ';" JSBBVJ0E
. We'll Send It '
Parcels Tost
with no, clinrgo for postage
AVe givo tclopltonc and pinil
onjijrs prompt ' 'attention.
All artioles carefully pack
ed and Undo Sum is ciiro
i'ul in handling.1 s
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Pharmacy
Prescription'
Druggists
Main and Contra! Sts
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AUTO-GIDVES
We are cutting the prices jn
on . our1 complete stock of
Auto Driving
quick
Busy Gorner
Motor Go.
The Store Where Your pollar Does Its Dyty "
"They WORK
,1'
while you sleep'
A Dependable Phyite'
when Biliou, Headcby
Constipated and Uptet- . ,
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ADMINISTRATOR'S
.. SALE
I ivlll sell nt Public 'Auction tlie
I u noiiH ui - -
MiMrr, decpiiHco, nt ii.MUir Rncb;
threc-quiirtoiti mile nor 1 11 or wiunu
1'oint. mid one-quni'ter niH Kast jot
lllHliway, on ' 'i;
Wednesday, Jan. 12
At 10 o'clock,
1 nix-foot- Peering Binder f J. '
1 Ave foot Milwaukee Jldwor 'i.
1 seven foot Imperial Oralnprl1 ;t'
1 throe section Iron . Hai ann)
1 8-lncli Iron tMim Ornliard 'Plow 'i
w it
m
1 Ul-lnc i Wood Itcnm WalK
I ('iiiiper Fannlnir MID ' . '
l Ktuilcliaker Wagon, !IM' lnrti 'wt1
Ki'iiln bed ' V ..',';.' f;)
1 Studebnker WiiKl.' IJ irif with
' l.n.l --' 1 :
Hny Ituckn . ; ;
Hlmlelmkcr Hack " ': -Kiiifrlo
Hnlilicr Tlml liuVBT
Hay Iluko " ., :i .
1 1 set MtlUiards (400 lbs.) .
( 1 Hnlliy Plow and lOvienew ''-'
1 1 sot if Hlock and Tacklo ' ' :; . -I
WnKon Shoot
I ljiiddera . :
1 Wheelbarrow r ' . "'' v ' f
2 sets of HouWo Harness" v,. .'
1 SIiirIo Harness . ' ,
1 iiy Mare (weiRlit 1200)- 'i f '
t ircy Ocl(UnB (weiRlvt 1200: "-)
,1 llhukHiiiltli Outfit, completa -cy
I tirlndsUino 1 ' 4
1 J I ay .Derrick, complete wltb caM
and pulleys . v, ,,
1 Hlcklo Urinder ' . T , i v
1 Klip Kcrupor . '; I
1 5 foot JuckHon Fork-.
4 Ul'dntCMdu vit) Springs ' : .
B Hockinjj Chuira ! '
1 12x11 Tent, U foot walls . v: ' '
1 HxlO Tent, Mi Inch wa)J . ."(
1 Hinder Canvas ; : r
1 KnusiiKe Grinder . V;
IxiR t'hnlnn, Slioycis, Forks Crow
' bars, mid many other uiieful ar
I tlclm- '' !, :
AlKTIONKKH'S NOTE VoU wl
find nt this' sale an Qxcoptionaily JJpe
lot ' of farm iaiplemenU - vroftty pf
your attention. ' (
TKIOIS CASK, ' :
J'UEB UINOK AT.NOUV "V
This Mule will be made ltaln or
filllllO" '...'-V
WM. I;i MIM.RK, AdjuJiittrtor
t Geo. L. Neal,
Auctioneer
. Lots of old papen 100 tk klUlt
at this office. tl
Qlpves to the J
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