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MEDFORD, OKEGOX, MONDAY, DIX'EMBKR 19, l'l'Jl
NO. 231
RE
19 5
FAIR BILL
Opponents to State Tax Claim
30 Votes in House and 16 in
Senate Multnomah Re
fuses to Concede Defeat
Old Clerks and Officials Are
Duly Elected.
POP GATKS OX PliOOK,
K. V. C.VHTICH IX ACTIOX
SALEM, -Ore., Dec. 19.
v Speaker Uoan of the house In-
: troduced a bill providing for fl-
nancing of the entire exposi-
lion by taxation of incomes over
the Btate nnd placing power of
directing tho fah- in the hands of
t a commission of 15 members to
t be selected by the governor, five
from each of the three emigres-
sionnl districts. The bill was
read for the first time and fol-
lowing second reading will go
direct to tho house for consul-
eratlon.
, '. House joint memorial resolu-
tion No. 1 asking congress to
pass the McNary-Smlth reclama-
tion bill was adopted.
C. E. Gates, mayor of lied-
- ford, was given tho privileges of
the floor.
B. V. Carter of Ashland an-
nounced in tho house that 33
members had signed a round
robin to confine the activities of
the session to the highways leg-
islation and the exposition mens-
ure and to submt all other pro-
posed legislation to the ways
and means committee. . ,
. iSALUM, Ore., Bee. 19. Upstate
members of the state legislature,
which convened here this morning in
special session to consider enactment
of a bill submitting to the voters a
proposal to levy a S3, 000, 000 tax in
mipport of the proposed 1 tt 2 o world's
fair In I'ortlantl and highway preser
vation measures, were freely assert
ing that tho fair tax proposal would
never pass the legislature and would
never go before the voters.
Opponents to the. fair tax this
morning claimed Hint they alieady
have the votes of .10 mt-mbei-s of the
house and; 16 senators pledged to
vute against any plan to levy a slate
tax In support of the fair.
Triends of the tax bill, especially
members of the llultnomali county
delegation, wcro etiually conlldcnt
that the bill would bo passed.
Oerlvs Aro Named.
SALK.M, Ore., Dee. l!i.--The ten
ate actually swung into action at
10:43 a. m. Colonel W. (i. D. Mer
cer, sprgeant at arms an:l chaplain,
delivered the invocation. Kcnntor
Mcispi- introduced a resolution which
iva.s passed, continuing the ersamza
en of officers who served at the
last session, with tho exception of
Miss Itoslna L. .Miller of McMinnvilie.
assistant chief clerk, who recently
was married and is living at Olynipi-i.
tn nomination of Senator Hanks.
Kllzabcth llrown, who served as h's
clerk last session was elected assist
ant chief clerk.
(leorge Willet of Marion county
was elected mailing clerk in place of
Leland M. P.rown.
The Moscr resolution noted the va
cancy caused by the dea'h of n.itor
Wilson T. Hume.
Speaker Hean called the house of
representatives to order at 1.0:1.1 a.
in.
ltepresentative Gallagher of Onta
rio moved thnt the employes cf the
last session hold over. This resolu
tion was unanimously carried. .
(Contlnued on page six.)
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ADRIAN. Mich.. Dec.
! -'
INT PASS
WOMAN TEMPERANCE LEADER
IS CONVICTED OF KILLING BABY
Mnttic Kirby, prominent state tem
perance worker, accused of man
daughter, in connection with the dis
al'pearancc of her nameless grand
thild. was convicted in circuit court
here today. Theury reached its ver
!"lct early Saturday evening, but upon
instruction of Judge Murton L. Hart,
'"e finding was filed and withheld
"atil court opened this morning.
Counsel for .Mrs. Kirby inimediate
'' moved for a now trial and she was
eleased on her old bond of $3,000.
Mrs. Kirhy left tho court room pro-
Bandits Rob Aide
Of Santa Claus;
Uon't Believe in Him
CHICAGO. Dee. Ill T !.
Jits robbed an emissary of Santa
Claus last. night of $I9U designed
aid poor families.
P. II Mnvnih ... ,..,!.. ...
v Illinois commerce commission
coming up after taking a collec-
tion at public meetings to buv
loud and fuel for the ior of tho
' tmcago mill district was held up.
ni want this money," ho
v argued, "it's for Santa Clause io
k""' c.iro oi mo poor kids. '
"8 don't believe in Santa
Clnus, the robbers jeered, as
tney took the money.
N. Y. Financial District Closely
Guarded Following Threat
Sent to Broker Police Are
Sceptical, But Refuse to
Take Any Chances.
NKN" YOHK, Dec. 19. Wall atreot a
principal financial institutions were
being guarded today by reinforced de
tails of police nnd private detectives
in anticipation of another bomb exp'o
sion warning of which was sent to a
broker' lu the district advising him to
leave town or the vlcinitv of the Stock '
Exchange. The police, however, were
inclined to treat the anonymous pre-
diction with skepticism but extra pre
cautions wcro taken in view of tho dis
closures expected today in tho state
ment of Wolfe Lindenfeld arrested in
Warsaw in connection witli the Wall
street catastropho of September, I'.uo.
WARSAW, Dec. 19. (Uy Associated
Press.) Wolfe Lindenfold, alias Wil
liam Linde, arrested lie re at the in
stance of tho American secret service
for nlleeed connection witll the Wall
Street bomb explosion of September,!
1920, has made three written state-
ments to the police, one of which, in I
Knglish. covers his activities for tho
last Bixtoen years.
Sylvester Cosgrovo. the operative.
who brought about Lindenfeld's arrest
yesterday cabled the American depart
ment of justice, tho name of a black
smith, who, according to Lindenfold,
made the bomb and engineered tho do
tails of the explosion. Cosgrovo de
clares that Lindenfeld's confession'
corroborates his previous statements
that the plot was financed in Moscow
and that tho motive was to kill J. 1
.Morgan, striking terror into America
and showing tho world that Wall
Street was not beyond defiance
(At the time of tho explosion Sir.
.Morgan was in Kngland).
The Polish authorities aro particu
larly Interested in Lindenfeld's Rus
sian connections in 19UC. They claim
that he was then active in the Polish
social democratic party opposing Kus
sian rule, but that he turned traitor to
the Poles, joining the Kusslan secret
service.
Lindenfeld's statement regardin;
his movements since Marcu ot tins
year, now in the nanus ot me i-onsa
iKilitiral oolicc. is said to snow inai
he has been working against the Poles
again, this time in co-operation with
the Russian communists.
On behalf of Lindenfold his friends
say ho lived humbly with ins rauier
while in this city, and they discount
the Polish accusation that he was in
volved in espionage plots.
t.tinr her innocence. "It i3 an un
... ..Al, If
iust verdict, sue saiu. u, n
truth could only be known."
The Jury, it became known with Its
dismissal took ten ballots, the first
oi which stood seven to five for ac
quittal. Under the -Michigan law the maxi
mum sentence for manslaughter U
1" years' imprisonment. Mrs. Kirby
originally was accused of murder, nr.t
the charse was reduced to man
slaughter hist before the case went
to the Jury, upon motion of the de
fense attorney, who claimed the state
h-.d not proved the child was" d"r.il.
4
srssr
PREPARED FOR
BOMB ATTACK
a
CIVIL WAR
THREATENED
IN IRELAND
Ulster's Opposition to Peace
Treaty Threatens to Bring
Armed Conflict. Declares
the Westminster Gazette
North Ireland Beady to
Fight for Boundary.
LONDON, Dec. 19. (tty tho As
sociated Press) Civil war in Ireland.
;irining from Ulster's opposition to
tho proponed revision of her boun
daries under tho Irish peace treaty,
is seriously threatened, according to
tho political correspond ent of tho
Westminster Gazette. Ulster is de
termined that "not ono loyalist shall
lie n nri HH nwiln ut It In will trt t ho
(Ulster) will certainly not appoint a
representative to the boundary com
mission, and if the commission ope
rates without her consent and alio
rates any part of her territory to tho
south, there will bo civil war bofore
she parts with it."
TleValcrn Offers Program,
ni lU.IN, Dec. 19. (I!jt the Asso
ciated l'ress) The Dail Eireann,
which met shortly before noon today
and began consideration of motions
for and against ratification of the
Anglo-Irish treaty, adjourned at one
o'clock until 3:30 p, m. Thero was
every indication that the speech mak
ing .would continue through tomor
row. An interesting feature of tho first
session was tho disclosure that
iainonn ueaiern, me repuoncan;
president, had submitted to last I
nicht's nrivate moetinc of the Dail an I
alternative proposal to the agreement I 1110 sensational Bales mado by Pa- Harvey, Uio American ambassador, ut
signed In London. He explained ho j cific Coast clubs to teams in the big' their meeting last night. Io 'author
had done this in an effort to socuro I circuits aro believed by followors ofliaed Uio ambassador to notify tho
unanimity in tho Dail.
DUBLIN, Dec. 19. (Ily tho Asso
elated l'ress) The Dail Eireann be
gan at 11:27 o'clock this morning its
iscssion for consideration of the
I Anglo-Irish treaty. Kvery seat in tho
hall was taken when the speuker,
Professor John MacNill, called tho
meeting to order.
Adoption of the treaty was moved
by Arthur Griffith, foreign minister
in the Dail cabinet nnd signer of the
London airroenient.
Commandant McKeon of County
Longford, one of the best known of
the Irish republican army lenders,
seconded tho Griffith motion, saying:
"The Irish people want substance,
not shadows.
Immediately nfter tiio meeting be
gan argument arose as to whether the
document introduced by Kunionn Do
Valcra, the republican president, at
tho private meeting of the Dail last
week should be introduced at the
public session., It transpired that
the document in ducstion una an al-
ternativu proposed peace agreement,
drawn up by DeValera.
.Speaker MacNill said Mr. DeVa
lera bad requested that tho docu
ment bo regarded as confidential
until he put forward his own pro
posal In the public session.
Action Is Protewtetl.
Arthur Griffith and Michael Col
lins protested, but tho speaker said he
could not allow debate on this point
and -Mr. Griffith then moved tho rati
fication of tho treaty.
Speaking on his motion Mr. Grif
fith said this was not a question of
the lives and fortunes of tho people
of Ireland and lie wus not going to
hide from the Irish people what
"President DoVnlera's alternative
'proposal would mean."
".Not once did we demand recogni
tion of the Irish republic, knowiiik
It would have been impossible to se
cure It," he said, referring to the
London agreement.
He read a letter which had been
revived from Prime Minister Lloyd
George early In the negotiations, say
ing the government proposed making
Ireland co-equal with the other lirit
ish dominions und to secure for Ire
land a place in the League of Na
tions. Tile letter also promised the
withdrawal of tho naval and military
forces from Ireland when the agree
ment was ratified.
Griffith Is Applauded.
Mr. Griffith said the oath of alle
giance agreed upon was ono "which
any Irishman can tako with honor."
Hearty applause was given him as
lie resumed his scat.
President DeValera then arose to
move tho rejection of the treaty.
"I am against this treaty because
that will not end the conflict between
Great britain and Ireland," ho said.
"I am against the treaty because I
am for peace, not war."
Mr. DeValera vigorously denounced
the treaty as "subverting the public."
He dwelt at length upon the allegi
ance feature of the document. in
voinhing In Impassioned tones ngalnst
what he declared would be the igno
miny of the Irish people taking the
onth of allegiance to tho Uritish king.
(Continued on rKo Bit.)
MRS. LEONARD WOOD, FIRST
LADY OF THE PHILIPPINES
K7T " ZiflKmeaftHBoct-tasKiffiJpaf" wm fin
f ji.w.'W- r
Mrs. Loonard M'ood, wife of Gen
eral Leonard Wood, Governor-Gene
ral of tho Philippines, photographed
as she sailed from San l-Yanciseo for
her new home in Manila,
ISIS
WORRYING GOB
NEW YOItlf, Dec. 19. Haseball en
thusiasts seeking a reason for the
dearth of trading of players between
major league clubs which marked last
week's gathoring of the clans, attrib
ute it to tho high prices paid for
minors which has thrown tho market
4 j
K 1 113 Kiven me ciuu
owners something to think about
tho gaiuo to be responsible for the lack
of dealing.
Only ono deal sending one player
from ono major leaguo club to another !
occurred during tho week.
An illustration of tho sentlmont in
regard to tho doclino hi player trading
was given by Ty Cobb when he re
marked that if u man like Jimmy
O'Connell, who has heon in minor
leaguo baseball only two years, was
worth $76,000, what was liob Veach, a
proven .350 hitter, and a bail hawk.
worth on the open market? O'Connell
was bought by the Giants.
OREGON MAN IS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. IClnier
Dover of Tacotua, "Wash., was nomi
nated to tho senate today by Presi
dent Harding to be assistant secre
tary of tho treasury. Mr. Dover was
for many years associated witli the
republican national committee and
during the last presidential campaign
acted as western manager.
Commissioners Hall of Colorado
ind Atchison of Oregon were ro-nom-
inated for new terms on tho inter
state commerce commission today by
President Harding. Hoth men are
serving for terms which expire De
cember 31, 1921.
5 GIRLS HELD FOR
IIUXTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 19. Will
Rlcketts, proprietor of a local cafe, Is
dead: l'red Mauterer, son of a local
merchant, is in a dying condition and
five girls arc in jail charged with mur
der and assault with intent to murder,
as tho result of a fight hero last night!
I
SPITE OF IRELAND
LONDON. Dec." 19. f Ily the Asso
ciated Press) The ihitish parlia
ment will be prorogued this afternoon
until January 31, it was announced by
Austen Chamberlain. government
leader in the hoese of commons. Tile
original understanding was that pro
rogation would not occur until the
Dail Klreann had acted on the Anglo
Irish treaty.
4 v
FRANCE WILL
ACCEPT U. S.
NAVY PLAN
Premier Briand Informs Am
bassador Harvey That 1.70
Ratio Will Be Accepted Re
garding Capital Ships -Submarine
and Cruiser Quo
tas Still to Be Decided.
AocoptniH'O Deemed.
WASHINGTON', Doc. 13.
(Ily tho Associated Tress.)
Premier Briand has advised tho
French delegation to go as far
toward accepting tho American
naval limitation proposed as can
bo done without sncrlfico of cs-
oontlnl interests of tho French
government. As described in
French circles tho now Instruc-
Hons do not direct definite ac
ceptance of tho ratio proposed by
: the Amorlcnn government.
Tho first Impression of tho
French delegates after studying
! the premier's messago was that
it was far short of a formal ac
: ceptance. It was indicated that
tho discussions hero would go
! on with tho French still oppoa-
Ing tho American program.
LONDON, Dec. 19. (Py Associated
Press.) Franco will accept tho orig
inal naval ratio laid down by Secro
uuj -ungues ni uio wasumgion conior-
vuce, i reiuier nnuuu iniormeu uoorgo
American government to that effect.
'.Although Pretnlor Itiiand's author
ization, which has already boon con
veyed to the Kronen,
delegation in
u.,.1.,,,,,,,,,, ,, ,,, a....i.. (iiiiiei-ous elasiies occurreu uoiwcun
department, makes no mention of sub
marines, there is reason to bellovo
that the French proposals regarding
undersea craft were discussed by M.
Hiiand and Ambassador Harvey. Ills
hinted thnt tho French may have nioro
to say on this subject.
Hughes Sin-prises lYenrh
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. In Borne
quarters it is regarded as probable
that tho messago from M. llrlnnd,
which lu of considerable length makes
I ho capital ship arrangement con-:
tingent on a Buttlement regarding aux
iliary craft which will glvo Franco
what she wants In submarines and
crulsors.
tJoino surprise Is folt at French
headquarters over what Is rcgardod
as the unusual courpo taken by Chair
man Hughes in bringing to tho at
tention of the Fronch government
tho situallon which hud arisen
through other channels thau I lie head
of I ho delegation in Washington
Likewise thero is somo astonishment
that whatever may have taken place
in London between Premier Briand
and Ambassador llarvoy, the resultR
of tho conversation should have been
announced thero before the delega
tion hero had been advised officially
of thnt discussion.
Minor members of tho delegation
have some misgivings as to what
might be the consequences III tho
French parliament If a misunder
standing should really arise between'
Albert Surraut, now heud ot the
French delegation here, and Premier
liriand.
M. tiarratit, besidus being French
colonial minister, is ono of the pro
prietors of La DePecho do Toulouse,
reported to bo tho most powerful pro
vincial newspaper in France, influ
encing, it is said, the eloction ot sonic
10 members of the chamber ot depu
ties. M. Marraud, an assistant editor
and part owner of LaDePeche, Is min
ister pf tho interior, which bus more
to do with French elections than any
other department.
Ratio Is Accepted
PAKIS, Doc. 19. A dispatch from
Loudon to tho semi-official Havas
agency today said that Premier briand
had informed Ambassador Harvey in
Umdon France has accepted Secretary
Hughes' proposals concerning capital
ship tonnage as follows: United States
5; England 5; Japan 3; Franco 1.70;
Italy 1.08.
The interpretation put upon Premier
Hriund's Interview with Ambassador
Harvey In official circles hero was
that France's acceptance of the Amer
ican vlow as to naval tonnago was an
acceptance "In principle" only so far
as capital ships wero concerned and
that it did not alter the French Insls-
(Continued on page nix.)
English Star Gazers
See a War 'Against
Anglo-Saxons, 1926
LONDON', Doc. 19 Tho year
192t! is deatincit to slinko tho
world to its foundiitiim, both
physically and politically. It is
to he a succession of plagues,
famine, floods, shipwrecks, riou
iiiK and revolution. So says the
Uritlsh Journal of Astrology,
which has drawn the horoscopo
for that year, when the planets
Mars and Mercury will bo in con-
junction.
Six years later tho great Ar-
mageddon is to take place. It
will be a final conilict between
Mohammedanism, allied with bol-
shovlsm, against tho united
Anglo-Saxon world. It will end in
a "universal peace in 1932, but
"there will bo so fow of us' loft
and wo shall all be so tired that
poaco should happen anyhow,"
tho horoscopo says.
IN SIOUX CITY
STiyiOIS
Son of Sheriff and Strike Sym
pathizer Fatally Shot in
Early Morning Fight Many
Wounded in Chicago Pack
ing District.
OMAHA, Neb'., Dee. 19. DlBordors
In which a number ot persons wero
hurt marked the opening of the third
wuelt o(, thu triko In the packing
houses here according to the police,
who ' described the trollblu' as ' the
worst that 'liiis 'occurri'd slnco the
strike began.1 ' ' "
Police Captain Allen said that nu
i mnKU syniiiiiiinavi m uiiu iiiv-h .win,,,,.
.In tho packing pluuts and that a few
had been hurt.
Kxtra pulico wero, called .upon to
restore order and many arrests, somo
for carrying concealed weapons wero
. made.
SIOUX CITY, la., Dec. 19. Deputy
Sheriff Lewis It. Jones, aged 22, Hon
of Sheriff V. II. Jones, and llessen
Kalod, a strike sympathizer, both
wore fatally wounded in a gun fight
which took place eurly today. Doth'
died in tho hospital.
Tho fight followed an altercation
between Killed und Deputy Sheriff
Ed Uatman.
itatmnn who is one of
moro than fifty deputy sheriffs sta
tioned at Leech nvcuuo nnd Cham
bers streets Willi orders to stop and
search all pedestrians for firearms,
halted Knled. "When questioned by
Hatman, Kaled drew a blackjack
from his pocket and struck Jiatmun,
it is said.
Datinaii grasped Kaled as lie
started to run and succeeded In pull
ing him to the ground. Kaled. drew
a gun und started to fire. Young
Jones gavo chase when Kaled started
to run and was directly behind the
pair when Kaled started to fire. Seve
ral bullets struck Jones and lu the
excitement Kaled regained Ills feet
and started to run again.
Sheriff Jones and Deputy Frank
Jlpp, who wero following eloso in
pursuit, soon overtook Kuled. Jlpp
.grasped him around tho body and
according to tho story told by Deputy
Sheriff llatniuu, Kaled began firing
from underneath his arm. Sheriff
Junes then opened flru and Kaled fell
with several bullets in his body.
Ono Kill, K. V. Wreck.
ANNISTO.V, Alu., Doc. 19. A rail
way fireman was killed and a num
ber of persons wero reported Injured
when "The Kansas City Special,"
bound west, was derailed near here
a I noon today.
P
DEPUTY KILLED
OF SNOW AT
FREEZING WEATHER IN THE ROCKIES
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 1 9. Saleinites
awoko this morning to find tho city
blanketed In four Inches of snow, two
inches moro than the average for the
entiro month of December in this
part of the state.
No Interference with street car or
railway traffic had been reported up
to 1 1 o'clock.
Tho minimum temperature lust
night was !!:! abovo zero.
HELENA, Mont., Dec. 19. Ex
treme old Is registered In Montana
LEGISLATURE
10
R
Senate and House Agree to
Waste No Time at Salem
Governor's Message Only
Covers Issues Previously
Outlned Routine of Open
ing Day Progresses.
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 19. Tho fol
lowing bills wero Introduced in Uio
senate today:
S. 11. 1 Py Upton. To prevent
money received by ex-soldiers under
the bonus act from being applied to
debts contracted prior to receipt of
the bonus.
S. It. 2 lly Kyan. Corrective meas
ures relating to road districts.
S. H. 3 lly Joseph. Providing that
nil of that portion of gasoline taxes
received In 1925 lu excess of tho
amount for 1924 bo turned over to
the general fund of tho stato for gen
eral state purposes to counteract tho
proposod levy for world fair purposes.
SALEM, Oro., Dec. 19. -With ap
proximately 95 per cent of the senate
nicnibors and more than half of tho
lower house favoring an adjournment
sino dio by tho end of this week, a
special session ot tho stato legislature,
called by Governor Olcott, convened
hero this morning. Momuers generally
doclnrod tho session would bo confined
to tho very brief program outlined by
Governor Olcott in his proclamation
plus cortnln romodlal measures grow
ing out of errors of the rogu'ar session
of a year ago and porhaps mo or two
other bills.
Tho gftvernor's program covered
only tho proiwsed referendum of a
000,000 tux measure M'su'pport' the
proposod Atlantlc-PaclfJc highways
ntldi'Elo6trIcaI exposition in" Portland
lu 1925 and a trio of bills to protect
the stato highway system.' Tho1 lattbr
tnreo measures propqso to placotha
pollco' power relntivo to highways trat-'
(1c In Uio hands of the stato highway
commission rather than into the hands
of thq state department where it now.
is; to put Btago lines and motor sys
tems under tho regulation of tho pub
lic servico commission; nnd to rogu
Into further tho speed and weights of
loads on tho highways.
Tho governor's message follows:
Members of tho Oregon Legislature:
The legislature has been called into
special session to cotiBldor matters
which I deem of such sotious urgoncy
and importance as to warrant your
most caroful and undivided attention.
I will endeavor to outline thorn briefly
for your consideration so I may cause..
you no unnecessary delay lu turning
to activo work.' -' '"'
As you know, tho pooplo of Portland;
representing one-third of tho popula
tion and taxablo wealth of the stato,''
voted by an overwhelming majority to .
tax. themselves lu thu sum of $-',000,000 j
for tho puriB0 ot assisting in Clnanc- .',
Ing an International exposition to bo -
held in Oregon in 1925. As I under-: .,
stand It, it Is Uio desire ot thoso inter
ested that an additional $1,000,000 bo
raised for this purpose, ot which
$1,000,000 is to bo raised by private
subscription und the bulunco by a tax
against tho people of the state ut largo
Including Multnomah county.
It Is necessary to submit a question
Involving such an amount ot revenue
to tho iieoplo, for them to determine
by their ballots whether they deslro
to share in bearing tho burden ot fi
nancing such un exposition through
revenuo derived from taxation. Tho
question of such submission to tho
people Is to come beforo you. I pre
sume, lu submitting such matters to u
special election, that tho timo of tho
election would be mado coincident
(Continued on page six.)
and the northwest in geueral with
steadily falling temperatures toduy.
The lowest temperature reported
from any Montana points for the 24
hours ending at 0 o'clock this morn
ing from Hillings, IS bulow. Helena
counted 12 below at 8 o'clock this
morning, the lowest for tho 24 hours
ending at that time. Havro reported
12 below, Kallspell 4 below, Miles
CHy (! below and Missoula i below.
Light snow is reported at nearly
all points in the northwest.
Tho forocase Is colder weather to
night and continued cold Tuesday,
ADJOURN
ON AT
A