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rafoi HliUrietl fii fuM, AiiKttrtum t Medford Mm Tribune The Weather Maximum yastsrday 48 Minimum today J J.1 Predictions Rain or mow. Rain ..02 (I1t Mint. .nth Tor. wkir nft-nrt Tir. MEDFOKD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECKMIiEK 27, 1921 NO. 237 THINKS 1925 FAIR PLAN WAS Representative Sheldon De clares Press Reports Mis- leading Failure to Secure 16 Votes In Senate Means Failure of Gas Tax Meas ure May Be Initiated. Tlml llio pre association report are quite ntt lo b misunderstood and thai, in nil probability, the icglalnture defeated the 1!2& fair tax proposition Instead or referring It to the people, It tliu ri'i"Vit 1) rant; hi buck from Hutc-m by Iteprrtentatlve lien Sheldon. 'Tim situation 1 unusual od1 easily misunderstood." said Mr. Sheldon. "On tho face of llilnitn It would aptieur tlmt the senate passed tho measure but that them wu some question a to lh legality of It act. A bolter alalc ment f whnt happened U that tho measure was defeated but that II ad' vocate took advantage of tho imciillur situation lo art up A technical 'peg' on seiitatlve of the coal. Meet and lum wblch they could hang an npcal to Imt Interest at a aecret meeting held tit supreme court asking that the mutter b considered ut legally put up tu tho people. Legal Qutstlon "The facta are a follow a: There U one vacancy In the stale senate duo tu the death of Senator llumo of Port land. Thla leiivea the senate oonlt lug if I wonty nine. It ha alw -,-. been thn understanding thai, lo paa a mat ter of legislation, a 'const lltKlnal ma jority' la required- which mean one more than half of either house; or 31 membera of thn house and lit member of the senate, f hope of ua w ho were at Halem know that it was the under standing on all aide that U would re quire 14 vote to pass the exposition tax meaaurn tbrouBh the senate. One 'of the liardeat fought battle In the hlkiory of tho ntate was waged for two and a half day trW to get Junt one more vote to make thl IS. It filled and only IS voted for the measure. "There are aeveral posslblo course for the advocatea of the exMlton. They may go to the supreme court asking that tho legislature's act be de clared equivalent tu referring the mea aure to tho people. They may Inltlute a measure which would not come up for a vote until tho November elec tion. They iimy go back to th" orlg (mil pliiu of Ita first promoters. and make It n modest $i,0iK),0t)Q or II.tiMi. WW rxixmllloii In the niituro of a ren ter rallying point round which Oregon could hinge an Invitation tu thq auto tourists of thn world to make Oregon their Mecca during tho year 19I'&. Or they may give up tho fair altogether. Fight Mark Turning Point "In my opinion," continued Mr. Shel don, "that fight III the legislature will uinik an lmiortant turning iilnt In tho hletory of Oregon' uuainona af fnlra. The I'XixwItlou tax tnoHKiirn wna not coualdered ait au exponllloii iiiiHtlon but a tax quoallon. And for the flrat time lncn I hnve been In the leglalutunt, wo managed to get a goodly number of tho member to Hit down nnd aoiinutdy tiiko stock of the atate'a fluiinciul affnli'. And uch a atudy made hoiiio of tlioHe iin-n guHp "I do not want to Rive tho Imprea hIoii tlmt tho attito In broko or any whore near it. It lim't. Hut tho actual hI tun lion i-PHpucting public debt and annual expenditure!!, CHpoclaily when conHldorod from tho ntundpolnl of the ularmlngly rapid Increnao In both, and more eapoclnlly Ntlll whon conaldered hide by aido witji the eurnlng power of uie lanua wnicii nave to pay the tuxon, inuiciiioa a nuiiit, a iiind, a paco which la not hunlthy uconoiulcaJly. It (Continued on nag alx.) 1 925 FAIR PROMOTERS PLAN TEST BY SUPREME COURT PORTLAND, Oro DiC. 37. Ilul Ing by tho stato supreme court on tho cotiMtlUiilonullty or the majority of 15 tto 14 by which tho statu aotiute Saturday punaod tho resolution pro viding u referendum on the 1025 I'oiilund fair commlHHiun and a tax on gftHollne to holp flnatieo tho pro ject wns oxpocted toduy to be anuftht by the fair promoter In vlow of tho icfuHul ot President Illtner of tho sen a to to sign tho moaaureH. Kltncr basod his refusal upon an opinion of Attorney Ooncral Van Wlnklo who hold that sixteen la the constitutional majority of tho nen- Prys Open Wrong Window to Retrieve His Dress Clothes SAN FRANCISCO, Iec. 27. Clydo (Jrlffln henceforth may pres lila own to avoid trouble. cirlffln, studding beside a young wimiuti find In an even ing gown mid hold In K a flush llght, wu buHy trying to pry open a rear window of a police court attin h' homo bore Hun day night when a squad of po liceman pounced upon lilm. lo developed that (irlffln wan bent mi retrieving hla dross ult from a cloned tullor chop so tin could attend a formal reception and In thn dark had selected the wrong window. It win Chrll inua night, to thn bluecloal turned their ba'ck while hn Jlmmjed thn right one. Cor r tly attired, hn and thn girl attended tliu function. E BOB LTOLLETTE WASHINGTON. 27. Senator LaKollette. republican. Wisconsin, lo formal statement Issued today charged that high railroad offlcluU and rcpre- In Wanblngton IiecniUr 9 attempted to obtain from reprcnentatlve'a of fur meni' orgnulxationa, an agreement to ceimo agitation for rex-al of the aec- Ition of the tranitKrtation art relating to railroad valuation and for restora tion of alate control over atate racn. Advlnlng the farmer of the country to beware of tho leadeiHhlp In any of their great farm organization repre Dented In Wanhlngton that would lihackle them In combination with railway executive and with the great combination and trust of tho coun try," lh Wltwonain aenalor further charged that the "great apertal Inter et at the December 9 meeting w-re Nuc-eHHful In obtaining the concnt of certain of the farm reprvaentatlvea to the agreement." In aupport of hla churge Senator tJkKollette made public what he de- arrlbcd a "a brief riixrt on the action of tho conference." and a lint of tlue allege to havo participated in the meeting. Me did not give tho source of hia Information but aaid he wa in formed the conferee Included reprc- Kcniatlvc of farmera' organizations a follow: J 11. Howard, Gray Silver. 3. C. MrKeiuie of New York, Ralph Snyder of Kumkuh. ami O. K. Ilradfuto of Chi cago, all of tho Aujeilcnu Harm Hureau Federation, and W. I. Dnmimond, prcHldent of the lnternntlonul Farm l'ongrpH and T. V. Atkeaon of tho Na tional Orange, CHICAGO, Doc, 27" have never entered Into an agreement with the railroad to cease agitating anything," the American Farm Hureau Fcdoatlon said today In reply to tho statement IsNiied by Senator Kolieit M. I .n Gil lette ai Wajililnglon. "Wo nro com mitted to ioM'iil of aiM-tlon lu A of the riillroud act and will c-outiniio to work for It, and we likewise nro committed lo restoration of mmm of tho jKiwem oi Ntnto rat Inn making commlasloua. E N. YEAR'S RECEPTION WASHINGTON. Dee. 27. Prenl dent null Mrs. Harding Monduy will revive tho White House Now Yenr'H reception which wu discontinued during tho Wllpon administration They will rvevlvo membera of the diplomatic! corps, cabinet members nml their fumllicH and the public ut lurge. Several thou.sund persona are cvpeetiMt to a'.iend. OF RITNER'S RULING Rto and that tho fact that tho Senate had at tho spociul bohbIoii only 29 momborg acting, owing to the rocont douth of Senator Huuio, did not make 15 a coiiHtUutloiiul majority. Tlmt what form tho legal action is to take to totit tho quoallon was under consldoratlon today by lawyers Inter oHted In tho success of tho movement for a stato tax to aid In tho full- fi nnnctng. Mandamus proceeding iigulnst Rltnor bus boon suggeBtod us u poaaible course. This must be In Htltutod before Saturday, tho time limit proscribed by law for tho men tires to Pencil the governor's office BEWAR FARM BUREAUS SAYS bind GOVT e C.OF DEPUTIES Opposition to Present Premier Fails to Materialize, Though Majority Is Reduced Feel ing Against France In creases in England. TAIUH, Ucc. 27. (Ily the Amo cluti-d I'rciM) The clmmlxir of d'-pu ;l,a today voted confidence In the guvertiioeiit of l'rcinltr llrland by a uiujorlty vt 177. I'AllIS. Iee. 27. Hy tho A ('luted rrerw) 1'reiiUer Hrlitnd an iiciuiicid bin Intention to Introduce a bill In the Wench purliumint thla afternoon itulhortxina; the govern uu nt, throUMh agroernent with China, to urn' the Uoxt-r Indenmlty for the re. cHtabllahtnent of the luduntrlat Hunk of C'hlnn, with a view to preaervlng Frame iiuili-rl.il und moral Inter ta In the Knr Eaat. I'AHIH, Dec. 2". tliy the Aseo cltitcd Irc) 1-raucu'a determina tion to have u powerful fleet and ob JmtloMH to tliu limitation efforts of the Washington conference were vig orously Vulccd In the senate toduy during a dlm-uiwlon of the marliio sue. Hun of the government's budgiit. LONDON, Dee. 2 7. (Ity tho Ao- luted l'rem) Kruiue'a t luiins for a large fleet of submarines, tnudo lie fore the Washington conference are agnln attacked ty the lxuidon newa piipeis. which resumed pubtlcullun toilny after the Chrlstuma holldsys. -, "loulllitg uny i Insa of nuvul ton niige Heeins on the face of It a strange pleiiuratlon to redttr armunients," ilfduics tho Dully Chronicle, adding "we cannot pretend ( to futhom the French move for aut-h an aggresalve altlludc." Impatience with tho French de mand bUo Is exprrssed ' by other liberal newspaper. Arthur J. llulfour. head of the Itrit. Inh delegation In WiimIiIiikIoii Is given warm praise by aeveml newspapers und the American auggestion for re duction of submarine tonnage 1 ex tolled us the next bent thing to com plete disarmament. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. (Ily tho iVrouxiutcd l'rrs) Failure of the French delegates to receive the for- nul decision of their government on tho American compromise proposal for limitation of submarine strength bus cuuned a postponement of the meeting of the arms conference naval committee scheduled for today until tomorrow. It wua hollcved that the Japanese ulso might lo awaiting fur ther instruction from their govern ment bearing on tho American pro posal. There was no Indication hero what ver that tliu French were prepured to cut their suggested figure of 0,- 000 tona in submarines for France to tho 11,000 ton figure under the Amerlcnn plan or that tho Japanese ntended to recede from their flat refusal to accept tho plan, and the chance that thn outlook for an agreement w-ouhl) undergo any im provement before tho meeting tumor low appeared slight. 1 COUPLE TAKE POISON PASSAIC, N. J., Doc. 27. Because they. wore too poor to marry, Thomas llrundH, 18, and his sweetheart, Matll da lUst, 17, t(Kk their lives by poison curly today. The boy told of tho shat tered romance In tho general hospital where ho died. no was a mm cierK and stio a stenographer. Because of their youth and his limited earnings thoy felt un able to unHunie the responsibilities of married life. Their despondency grow and they resolvod to die together, tho boy said. It was shortly after midnight that tho girl told her mother thoy had takon lHilsou, llollt died within two hours. MASTERPIECES TRADED MOSCOW, Dec. 27. The economic policy permitting freq trade within Kussla has brought from their hiding places a largo number of paintings, somo attributed to fnmous artists. Among those are works by William Hogni-th, Jean Huptisto Grouse, Christian Dietrich, Hosa di Tlvoll nnd .others, tio Italian and Dutch pre dominating. Paintings by wll known, Russian nrtlHts In some cases sell for tho price of n pnlr of shoes, MAY SUCCEED GENERAL DAWES AS BUDGET DIRECTOR L-S tv - . :4 DrlgadlorJeneral Herbert 11. Lord, finance officer of the war department, X i who, acwillng to reports from Waah-! Debs, freed from Atlanta Penitcn Itigton is slated to become; fedoral tlary by executive clemency on budget director when Charles G-lfhrlslmaa day. according to hla own Duwom renlgos. General Dawes will leave offlco on or Ixifore July 1. RESULT STORM BAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 27. The Christmas storm, wblch brought down 1.09 Inches of rain in San Francisco and precipitations ranging from .02 to I1.S2 in other parts of tho state during the past 24 hours. Is due to continue, according to the I forecast of the I'nlted States weather bureau here today. Rain throughout California, and rain or snow in Washington. Ore gon and Idaho tonight and tomorrow are predicted. SAN' FRANCISCO, Dec. 27. The seventh death traceable to the gala which ushered in Christmas in the San Francisco bay region occurred shortly before midnight last night when France Kocca, 5K, a bank em ploye, apparently blinded by wind and rain, was struck and killedby a cable car. The grlpman was arrested. PHOKNIX, Arlx., Dec. 27. Unless more rain falls in tho Cave creek water shed, north of Phoenix, flood water from that creek which last night broke through the Arizona canal, main artery of the Salt river valoy irrigation district, will not reach Polienix, according to an an nouncement made by tho Salt River Valley Wator Users association early today. The announcement said the Grand canal, three miles north of Phoenix, was carrying off all tho flood water at present. LOS ANGELES. Dec. 27. Railway and highway traffic has leen disor ganized by an almost constant rain which has rearhed Its tenth day In southern Callfornlu. No loss of life has resulted. Tho flood waters reached their highest stage in tho vicinity of San Diego. Tho highways In all direc tions from there are blocked and trains are not running. The only traffic today from Snn Diego was by steamer lines which were main taining their regular coastwise schedules. At Anaheim, near Santa Ana, water was running today through some ot tho streets, but the business district had not boon Invaded. There has been a break in the bunk of the Sunta Ana river. Tho rivers In northern California wcro reported rising but thoy had not, In any instance, reached flood stage. Seasonal rainfall in the north has not reached normal yet, whilo In the south it has been greatly exceeded. PORTLAND. Oro.. Dec. 27. The Oregon Dulrynion's leaguo waa in session here today counting ballots to determine whether tho proposal of tho directors thut tho organhsutlon be liquidated should bo accepted. This Is tho second referendum In which the members hnvo been called upon to vote, tho first having failed to de velop a voto considered rciSrescntU' tlvo of tho membership. In case the members decldo to liquidate, tho plants ot tho organiza tion will bo turned over to organiza tions to bo formed in the various dis tricts of tho state. Ballots hud been mailed in today by 120iy members and several hundred were here to cast their votes. Up to noon t) 00 votes had been counted and 700 ot those were for liquidation, Fi RAN OREGON DAIRYMEN FAVOR LIQUIDATION BBS TOM I RESTJF" LIFE Socialist Leader Announces t Plans for Future Competi tive World Must Be Trans . formed Into Co-operative World. WASHINGTON, Dec 27. War against wur I to occupy a great part of the future activities of Eugene V. announcement here today. The social ist leader wild ho could make no concrete plana for the future until he renchod hi home In Terre Haute Ind. Ho will leave Washington to night. Deb announced hla determination to obtain If possible, a vow from every man. woman and child in thla country, and every country which he might visit, that they refuse to take up arm and go to war. "There will bo war," he said, "In some form, and war growing progres sively more and more destructive until a competitive world has been transformed into a co-operative world. Every war for trade sooner or later and Inevitably becomes a war of blood." Mr. Dctm expressed the opinion that i'resldent Harding, at heart, was against oil war, but described the president aa a representative of a sys tem that made war possible. The arm conference, ne contended, was significant only in that it was a recog nition of the cost of warfare and an effort to reduce expense instead of eliminating the cause. Action in behalf of others still Im prisoned for violation of war laws. i Deb declared, would be undertaken an soon aa he has readjusted him self to circumstances. He began to day a aeriea of conference with friends and co-workers which was ex ported to last until he left the capi tal tonight for his home. Mr. Deba still wore the clothing .given him at the prison when he was released and declared his intention of returning home in them and wearipg them for some time. "Like tho wrinkles on my face," he said, "they have cost mo some thing." FOR OREGON 1 HONOLULU. Dec. 27. Tho Vnl verstty of Oregon football team eas ily defeated the University of Hawaii here Monday 47 to 0. Oregon's bril liant forward passing was the feature of the game. The visitors broke the Hawaii line at will and their goal nover was in danger. In the first period Chapman went over for a touchdown and Leslie kicked goal. King, Reinbart and Latham made touchdowns in thn second period, and Leslie failed to kick goal on King's scro.e Latham went over for a touchdown agaiu In the third period on a for ward pass and Leslie kicked goal. In the fourth period Relnhart scored two touchdowns, one on a for ward pass from Latham. Leslie fail ed to kick goal on the first touch down, but booted the pigskin over on the second try. Tho Oregon team is scheduled to moot a navy eleven from Pearl Har bor hero Monday, January 2. SAN DHSGO. Cal., Doc. 27. Centre college yesterday defeated Arizona University 3S to 0. Centre outclass ed the westerners in all depart ments. FORCED TO WALL NEW YORK, Dec. 27. An Involun tary petition in bankruptcy was filed in federal court today against Robert II. Iugorsoll and brother, manufactur ers of the Iugorsoll watchoa, of this city. Liabilities were sot forth as $3,000,000 and assets, exclusive of good will, as $2,000,000. SALEM, Ore., Dee. 27 Conviction of George Howard of Vale of first de gree murder of George R. Sweeney, was upheld today by the state su preme court, and it tho cpltal pun ishment law is uphold In a ponding case, this will mean tht Howard must hang. HAWAII IS EASY INGERSOLL WATCH Grandson of John Bigelow Arrested As Spy By BoUheviki LONDON, Dec. 27. (By the Associated Press.) Lieutenant 4 4 John Blgelow Dodge, stepson of 4 Lionel George Guest, fourth son of Lord Wlmbrone, was arrested by bolshevik authorities as an 4 aleged secret British agent as 4 be was about to embark on an 4 4 Italian steamship at Batum on 4 4 December 9, according to a 4 4 Times dispatch from Constan- 4 4 tlnople. 4 4 4 4 Lieutenant Dodge, a Rrand-44 4 son ot the late John Blgelow, 4 4 one time American ambassador 4 4 to France, was born In the t'nl- 4 4 ted State but Is a natural Brlt 4 lsh subject." He served in the 4 British army during the world 4 war. 4 Ills mother, now Mr. Guest, 4 waa formerly Mrs. Flora Bigs- 4 4 low Dodge, of New York City. 4 4 ENGI FAVOR $1,371 ,450 WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 7. Expen diture ot $1,371,450 for the im provement of Oakland harbor, San Vi on nlun 1.. v w m rwfnmtrAaA tn ARMY NEERS MAi HARBOR . - itivltles of the conference were con congress by army engineers. fin . ifai ,n.,.tf.tinn Major General Beach, chief ot the army engineers corps. In a letter for-: arded today by Secretary Weeks to Speaker Giilctt aald that "for econ- . ..a a T ,1 7, .1 , . $460 000 should first be approprlat- ed Unbalance to be provided aa needed to complete the project to f?r.Lean7n ,Aa nTl nMon of $60,000 for harbor maintenance also was recommended. " also affect the adjoining Berkeley and Albany harbors, the englaeers' report " . . . . The engineers contended that gov- , . ,. . . ernment work on the inner harbor . , . k should be made contingent on the willingness of local interests to con struct and maintain a dike across north channel in Brooklyn basin and In npnHa fpaa et f-nal In I ha ,nvom . . - ment any necessary right ot way for dredged channels and suitable dump ing grounds for material dredged dar ing construction and maintenance. FEVER IS II VERA CRUZ, Mexico, Dec. 27. (By Associated Press.) Dr. Howard B. Cross of the Rockefeller institute died here this morning, a victim ot the yel low fever. Dr. Cross came here early this month to open a laboratory for study of the yellow, fever and the marsh fever ' for the Rockefeller institute. Twelve days ago he went to Tuxtepec, center of the yellow fover district, and after spending two days there Inspect ing sanitary conditions, contracted the disease. He was immediately brought here and futile efforts were made to save his life. The funeral will take place tomor row attended by tho medical corps and representatives of tho authorities. Dr. Cross is the second American physician to die hero of yellow fever within a yoar, the first being Dr. Haed rlck, attached. to the American con STUDENT YELLOW WALL STREET REFUSES TO BE DISTURBED DY NEW YORK, Dec. 27. (By the Associated Press) Wall street was undisturbed today over pcrslstout re ports that a German scientist has suc ceeded in making synthetic gold. Cer taln chemists also were skeptical. "If the Germans wait for synthetic gold to make reparations puyments they will probably need a longer mor atorium than they now seek," said Dr. Horace Q. Byers, head of tho chemistry department of Cooper Union. "Of course," Dr. Bycrs added, "it would be a brave or an ignorant sci entist who would pronounce the syn thesis ot gold impossible. Theru is, however, no credible evidence that chemists are today any nearer real blng the dream of alchemists than they w'et-o In tho days when the Ger GERMAN DISCOVERY LEAVE SUB PR0BLFW1TO NEXT W1EET Washington . Expects Both U Boat and Disarmament On Land Will Be Left to Future Conference France and Japan Stand Pat Chinese Tariff Compromise. Washington, Dec. 27. (By the As sociated Press.) Suggestions that the whole submarine problem be left to a future world conference gained increasing prominence today while the delegates to the Washington arm' ament conference waited for formal replies from France and Japan to the American compromise proposal tor submarine limitation. Pending action by the French -cabinet at its meeting today, the French delegates here remained con fident that their refusal to accept the r.ew American figures would be up held by their government. The Jap anese too, expected Tokio to insist that the American plan was unac ceptable. There was no meeting today of the conference naval committee and ac- amoung various groups of delegates. The general impression that the ., nt ,ani, armamant , nnt aga,n come befQre con,erence tot 1 detailed consideration waa strength- d fc thJ d arture of the Itallin t m ltary sUff and b y announcement . tLat the British military experts also would leave on the last day of the The'French land armament advi. era auo are gradually withdrawing. WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-(By Asso- elated Press.) Prospects of a comjro- i Ta i-,i. ..riff mise agreement on the Chinese tarirr ., , . question were seen by the Chinese , . , . . i,,. ot the Far East committee of the Washington conference went into ses sion after a two weeks recess. The Chinese' tariff question haa been one ; . .,, .,. , of the troublesome questions ot the ar Eastern discussions. The prospective agreement, it was said, in Chinese circles, would permit China to levy an effective five per cent customs tariff in lieu of the present nominal five per cent or effective three arid a half per cent. This would in crease substantially the Chinese rev enues. . , WASHINGTON, Dec 27. (By Asso ciated Press.) In the effort to regu late the use of airplanes in warfare, the sub-committee ot the arms confer ence which is dealing with that sub ject today had before it, with pros pects of adoption, a resolution declar ing that all aircraft, airplanes and dirigibles aliko should be considered military weapons only when manned by aviators who have had at least two years practical experience as military aviators. BOSTON, Dec. 27. The supreme court today denied the motion of the trustees of the Christian Science Pub lishing society for an injunction to re strain the directors of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, from re moving the trustees. The court re cently held that the director had DOW- ler to remove trustees but the trustees in their petition for an injunction, asked the court to prevent the direc tors from taking removal action pond ing determination ot certain issues. - man kings were duped by the Kulghts) of the Black Art." Dr. Harrison Itowe, editor ot tho .Tiurnal nt TnHilatrlnl unil Krilrirt far ing Chemistry differed from Profes sor Irving Fisher of Yale university. who has gono to Germany to Investi gate the reported synthetic gold ac complishment, in statements attrib uted to Professor Fiahcr that syn thetic gold might bo worthless. "It ono should succeed , in what seems now to bo a very lmprobublo performance, tho product would bo far , from worthless, as professor Fisher is reported as fearing," aald Dr. Rowe. "For all that we know It might be more valuable. "Moisant of Farls, demonstrated It was possible to muke diamonds, but the small ones which he did make were more costly than ths genuine gems." SYNTHETIC GOLD
