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The Weather
Prediction ". Rain
Maximum yesterday 47
Minimum today 35.5
Weather Year Ago
Maximum
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Minimum 22
Oally Seventeenth Tear.
-eekly Fifty-Second Year.
. MEDFORD, ORIXIOX, TUKSDAY, .TANUAHY 9, 192:1
NO. 24G
TATE INCOfMBTAXUR
GEO. BY GOV
PIERCE
,
ECONOMY
INAUGURAL
Recommends No More Money
for Tourist Lures and Vete
ransWants Gasoline Tax
Increased Favors Drastic
Dry Enforcement Outlines
State Aid for Astoria
Olcott's Farewell Speech-
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 9. Emphasis
upon the need of economy in the ad
ministration of the state's public af
fairs, and suggested changes in the
state's tax laws, to be made with the
understanding. that any new taxes
should be created "solely as a means
of redistributing nnd equalizing the
present burden of taxation and not as
an excuse for increasing that burden
by new and addition expenditures of
state money" featured the inaugural
message of Governor Walter M. Pierce
to the thirty-second legislative assem
bly delivered today.
Governor Pierce advised that the
legislature "should provide means of
lifting at least one-half of the present
state tax from farms and homes" by
enacting an income tax modeled after
the federal income tax law. He recom
mended that no further appropriations
be made for tourist associations, for
state buildings, for the World War
Voterans State Aid commission.
He recommended consolidation of
state departments in the interest of
economy, and declared his opposition
to any salary increases.
"Deep concern" over the state high
way program was expressed in the
message, and recommendation is made
that a paid- highway commission be
provided for, so that the members
could devote their entire time to the
work. The governor recommended
that the old quarter mill road tax be
retained, that the tux on gasoline be
increased, and that any readjustment
in the present automobile law should
not reduce revenue.
After discussing ; at considerable
length the problem of the farmer in
obtaining sufficient return for pro
ducts Governor Pierce suggested the
creation of a state market agent to
work directly under the governor, and
that the grain inspection department
be removed from control of the public
service commission and be placed
under the state market agent
He suggested that constitutional
amendment be submitted to the people j
providing that tho governor and state
treasurer be members of the commis-j
. slon which guarantees interest on irri
gation district bonds. He nlso naked
for the appointment of a legislative
committee to investigate the Irrigation
and drainage bond situation.
Declaring he lias been "saddened
many times by finding prominent men
of this state behind closed doors break
ing the prohibition law" the governor
0t asked "for assistance in a continued
effort to enforce tho law" and recom
mended that one-half of all fines paid
by prohibition law and narcotics law
violators be turned Into a special fund
for enforcing the laws. A drastic law
against drug venders was asked.
A law prohibiting tho selling or leas
ing of land in the state to Mongolians
or Malays was asked.
Loss to the state from the operation
of the state bonus act was foreseen by
the governor, who called upon nil in
charge of the enforcement of the law
(Continued on Page Three!
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okln., Jan. 9
The "biggest feast" was served to
day to the multitude thnt came to
the stnte capital to uccbiiiii the new
executive of Oklasoma, J. C. Walton.
Over the coals of a milo of trenches
on the stnte fnlr around this morn
ing ment hy the ton was being brown
ed to a turn: braid In seeming end
less nunnflty wns being sliced, while
thousttnd of gallons of coffee were
being heated to bo served to . the
clfimnring crowd. Tho barbecue
rnninilttec prepared to feed nt least
Sflft. 000 persons nil they can eat
There wns meat for every taste
reindeer, buffalo, bear, untelopc,
Bill Would Make
Deaths From 'Moon
Subject to Noose
ALnAN'V, N. Y., Jan. 9. A bill
has been Introduced in tho legisla-
turo proposing to add to tho legal
definition of murder, in this state, !
the following:
"Any person who sells, gives !
away, or otherwise furnishes In-
toxieating liquor which cnuses
the death of a human being is
guilty of murder in tho first de-
gree and punishable accordingly." !
BURSUM FLAYS
TALKON BILL
President's Remarks Anent
Windfall to War Widows
"Erroneous" No Appeal
From Veto New Mexico
Senator Upholds Measure.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. President
Harding's recent veto of th6 Bursum
pension bill proposing among others,
increases of Civil and Mexican wars
veterans' pensions from $30 to $72
a month and of their widows from
?0 to $50, was deplored in an ad
dress to the senate today by Senator
Dursum, republican,' New Mexico,
chairman of the senate pensions com
mittee. Senator Bursum announced
he would not attempt to have the
bill passed over the veto because, he
said, it would "not result 'n any ac
complishment." The New Mexico senator declared
tho president had given the country
unwittingly, an erroneous Impression
of the bill and criticised provisions
which Senator Bursum said woro not
contained in it. "The , presidential
veto, he declared, would "disappoint
many aged veterans and widows who
undoubtedly are in distress and in
great need of the Increase which the
bill would have given them.
President Harding's alleged mis
representation of the bill, Senator
Bursum said, was in stating that it
proposed pension Increases for wid
ows who had "cohabited" for two
years with a veteran before his
death.
"This s a serious charge and un
fortunate," he declared, "if it were
true, certainly congress would merit
a severe censure for attempting to
encourge the loosening of the morals
of the country. No such provisions
as are quoted )n the message are
found in the bill."
Senator Bursum- also challenged
the president's statement that tho
bill's cost would he $108,000,000 ad
ditional on the pension rolls for the
next year. Tho increased cost, he
contended, would be only $72,608,
000, and considering the death rate
of veterans, ho added, within two
years the total additional cost would
have "vanished."
"Tho prediction of a $30,000,000,
000 outlay within the next fifty
years,'" Senator Bursum continued,
"would seem shooting too far from
the mark of reason. Fifty-eight
years have elapsed Blnce the Civil
war ended. If the veterans and
widows of other wars are required to
wait 68 years before obtaining simi
lar rates of pensions provided in the
bill, there can bo no justification to
(Continued on. page eight)
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beef, pork, mutton, chicken, goose,
ducks, oppossum, coon, rabbit and
squirrel. Tainted, blnnketed nnd
bonneted lndlnns. In numbers from
reservations: cowboys nnd former
range riders dressed up for the oc
casion. Following a parade headed
hy the new governor, seated on n
$10,000 saddle astride n flno horse,
the public Inauguration will be held
nt the state fnlr grounds.
Governor Walton was formnlly
Inaugurated yesterday, but went
through the ceremony again today.
A dnnce for everyone In the corri
dors of tho state capitol wns the
event of the night.
HARDING
FOR
PORTLAND'S
WAT'RFRONT
Heavy Damage On Lower
Streets Flood Worst in
30 Years Willamette Val
ley An Inland Sea Train
Service Resumed Crest of
Danger Passed.
PORTLAND, Jan. 9. The Burnside
bridge across the Willamette was dam
aged today hy a Jam of driftwood, part
of the draw reat being torn away
Dynamite charges were employed to
break a jam In the Hawthorne bridge
waters. Street cars were allowed to
cross tho Morrison street bridge which
was closed yesterday. Heavy trucks
were not allowed on the Morrison or
Hawthorne bridges.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 9. Flood
conditions throughout tho Willamette
and Hood River valleys which yes
terday turned most streams into
great torrents, were today reported
much Improved. Almost everywhere
the waters have begun to recede and
railroads, public service corporations.
highway bodies nnd residents had be
gun to repair the immense damage
done.
From tho Dalles enmo word that
tho danger In Wasco county had
passed, and tho Columbia tributary
streams -were receding." I no iygn
valley was again in communication
with the world.
The Southern Pacific repaired the
washout at Shedd and released seven
of its stalled trains, by way of Albany,
CorTOllis.nnd Gerllngor. . .
North and south of Eugene tho Pa
cific highway was practically impas
sable today. State highway engi
neers warned motorists not to use tho
road between Coi-vnllis and Eugene.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jnn. 9. Driving
with restless power the Willamette
river, nt Portland today had risen to
more than 25 feet above zero, flood
ing the docks and lower streets along
the city's water front nnd causing
great damage. Tho huge volume of
water, pouring down tho Willamette
valley and fed by a hundred tribu
tary streams running bank full and
over, boro immense quantities of logs
and drift of all kindB, which, lodg
ing against tho piers of the city's
bridges, rendered at least two of tnem
unsafo for traffic and forced them to
bo closed by city officials.
Reports from points southward
through the Willamette valley were
that ninny of the rivers tributary to
tho Willamette had begun to fall and
it was hoped that tho crest of he
flood, the worst experience in west
ern Oregon in thirty years, would be
reached here today.
Official weather forecast gave
promise of a -moderation of the flood
hero after today, but n continuation
of rain which begun last night with
warning from North (Head, at the Co
lumbia's entrance, of the nppronch of
n new southerly gale, gave rise to ap
prehension that the streams might be
flooded anew.
Tho upper Willamette valley yes
terdny presented the aspect of a great
Inland sen. Its waters lapped the
threshholds of hundreds of homes In
both city and country, far-flung
throughout the lovel valley lands.
Cities and hamlets between Eugene
and Portlnnd, 126 miles, reported suf
fering extensive damage as a result
of the rise of waters.
The railroad situation was simpli
fied today to tho extent that through
traffic oast nnd south, cut off by
damage . to - roads and bridge struc
tures,, was resumed, although the
route southward to Kugeno and
California points lay through a . do
tour over the electric lines on the
west side of tho Willamette.
llranch 'railway lines were still n
tangle of damnged tracks nnd washed
out bridges. It will bo days before
traffic can he resumed to mnny dis
tricts cut off by the yellow waters
that spread over the volley's depres
sions. .
lllghwnys nre reported Mocked
more effectively than ever. With the
high flood stage adjacent to this city,
more country wns floolcs and more
roads closed.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
HINTON, fitting Jnn. 9. Three
bnndlts held up tho "First Nntlonnl
bank of Hinton todny, locked three
persons In tho bnnk vnitlt nnd
escnped In a motor car with approxi
mately $10,000 In currency and
bonds.
NUNDATED
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NGLISH OMAN
AND HER LOVER
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Beauty and. Sex No Bar tQ
British Law Mrs. Thomp
son Unconscious, Carried to
Gallows-rBoth Send Part
ing Message.
LONDON. Jnn. !. (Hy the Asso
eiactd J'ress) Mrs. Ktlith Thomp
son and Kredorii-k Itywaters wore
executed today ior the murder of the
woman's hiiHliand. Percy Thompson,
on October 4. last.
Bywators -wan executed In Penton
ville at 0 o'clock. Mrs. Thompson
wuh hanged a few minutes later ih
Holtoway Jail. The executions took
place without demonstrations, but
women marched in a drizzling mln
before tho walls of llolloway jail
carrying placards Inscribed "if these
nre handed, the jmtae and Jury are
also guilty of murder," ami "murder
cannot abolish murder.
The executions brought to an end
one of England's most sensational
murder cases, and incidentally pro
vided the first instance of capital
punishment of a woman in England
for fifteen years.
Percy Thompson, former shipping
clerk, was stabbed to death in a dark
street near his home early in the
morning of October 4 last, while re
turning from a theater with his wife.
AVhen found, the body was propped
against tho wall nnd his beautiful
young wife was kneeling nearby In a
hysterical condition.
Upon the strength of her story to
tho police, By waters, 20-year-old
steamship steward, was arrested two
days ' later mid .aroused jointly with
Airs. Thompson' of murder. Tho po
lice submitted an alleged confession
in which lily waters appeared ns de
claring his love for -Mrs. : Thompson
had prompted the act.
It was shown during the trial thnt
By waters had been a close friend of
the Thompsons for some time. By
waters, himself, declared on the
stand ho had soen Thompson strike
his wife and he pleaded that in at
tacking tho husband ho did not In
tend to kill, but to chastise him. Jle
declared he was forced to slay In
pelf-defense.
The jury, which Included one
woman, returned a verdict of guilty
against both defendants on Decem
ber 1 1 after brief deliberation and
sentences of death were pronounced.
Appeals for clemency were curried to
the homo office, the last resort, but
without avail,
Tho Inst message between tho
lovers was entrusted last evening to
the Bishop of Htepney, who carried to
Mrs. Thompson from Bywaters some
word which she took to the scaffold
ns a secret.
' Shortly after her talk wfth the
bishop in which she protested her in
nocence, Mrs. - Thompson icollapscd.
Throughout the night she was under
tho core of a physician and at five
o'clock this morning she succumbed
to tho strain and sank Into uncon
sciousness. Hhe revived . somewhat,
but when tho hour of execution ar
rived she was only semi-conscious
nnd had to he carried to the place
where she was put to death.
In her moments nf Iticldness she
kept asking for Bywaters. Until
almost the lost moment the doctor
remained with her.
DAUGHERTY FALLS
FLAT UNDER TEST
WASHINGTON, .Ian. !). Attorney
Ocneral Daughorty was Riven a clean
bill of health today by tho houso Ju
diciary committee, which Investigat
ed tho impeachment charges brought
against him by Representative Kel
ler, republican, Minnesota. The res
olution also proposed thnt the Judi
ciary committee be discharged from
further consideration of tho Roller
charges nnd tho proposed impeach
ment of tho attorney general and
that tho Impeachment resolution In
troduced hy the Minnesota represen
tative bo Inld on tho table.
In a resolution which was adopted
by a vote of 12 to 2, tho committee
said that on the evidence obtained
It did not appear that there was any
ground to believe that Mr. Daughorty
had been guilty of any hlBh crime or
misdemeanor requiring the Interpo
sition of the Impeachment powers of
tho house. Representatives Thomas
of Kentucky, and Sumners of Texas,
domocrnts, voted agnlnst tho resolu
tion, proposing dlsmlssul of the Im
peachment charges.
DIE ON A
IS
SECRETS OF
KIM TOLD
Blf WITNESS
Wore Black Masks On Raids,
White Ones in Lodge
Former Member Talks
Cyclops' Word Supreme
Girl Witness Under Guard
Daniels, Sr, Asked Aid As
"Brother Mason."
BASTROP, Jan. 3. J. T. Norso
worthy, who declared himself a chaf
er member of the .Morehouse parish
organization of the Ku Kins Klan,
asserted on the witness stand at tho
opening hearing today of the mask
ed band depredations in Morehouse
that tho black mask was used by
members of tho Morehouse klan
when they went on marauding expo,
ditions at night.
"When tho klan wont on raldinc
trips they wore the black masks, but
when they met In tho lodge rooms
they woro the white ones," Norsc
worthy told Attorney General A. G.
Coco who was conducting the exam
ination. "Who was tho leader of the klan,
tho grand cyclops, or whatever they
culled him?" asked Mr. Coco.
"Captain Sklpworth; wo called
him tho president." .
"ile was the king of this commu
nity of this parish. His word was
final, was it not?" asked the attorney
general.
"Yes, sir. As a matter of fact.
Captain Sklpworth told us that if the
grand Jury which was In session,
failed to bring about indictments we
would, meaning tho klan. After I
got out of the . klan they sent' me
with a bunch of men to tho Arkan
sas llni. I had orders to flog these
men and tell them to cross the Uno
and stay there.
"They did not know you had Quit
them?"
"I reckoned not."
As to the inner workings of the
klan, thi witness claimed that he was
made a captain hv Sklpworlh nnd
Or. McKoln was "likewise honored."
But that Dr. McKoln was "my assist
ant." "Why did you quit tho klan? Was
It because they wore black masks?''
"Yes, sir, but I did not llko any
part of it."
"How about the committees"
"You mean tho vigilantes?"
"Yes."
"Oh, they went around In the
country and scouted up stuff and re
ported to u b what was going on."
"Weren't men ordered to leave their
homes; weren't others told to clean up
their household?"
"Yes, sir."
"Weren't these orders executed hy
direction of the president. Captain
Sklpworth?"
"Yes."
"Wasn't all this caused by parish
officials not enforcing the law?" .
"Yes, sir."
"As a mutter of fact, the sheriff and
other offlclalo of the parish are mem
bers of the klan?"
"Yes, sir."
"Even members of the grand Jury
then in session were members, were
they not?"
"Yes, sir."
"I think this Investigation hag tho
support of the better eloment of the
Ku Klux Klnn," said Mr, Coco. "I
would not hesitate to try this case by a
Jury com posed of this class of klan
members."
"Do you know anything about tho
kidnaping of Addle May Hamilton?"
"I do. She was taken from her
home, taken to Mer Rouge and put on
a train to Little Rock and told not
to come back."
"Tell us all about It."
"Well, I don't know, except W. P.
Klrkpatrlck, a klansman, told me that
he gave her money to make the trip.
Dr. McKoln said Klrkpatrlck was also
with him. He told mo sho did not have
any money 'so I (Klrkpatrlck) Just ran
my hand down In my pocket and gave
It to her.'"
MER IlOirOB, Ui Jan. 9. Act
ing on nn anonymous telephone mes
sage that nn attempt might be made
to kldnnp Addle May 1 1 n mill on, pros
pective witness In tho Investigation
now under way of masked band de
predations in Morehouse, parish, sev
eral men stood guard todny at the
Hamilton homo near Mer Kongo nnd
(Continued on page eight)
Oregon Bishop Weds
Heiress of Millions
At Quiet Ceremony
NEW YORK, Jan. 9. Dr. Rob
ert Lewis I'addock, former Pro
testant Episcopal bishop of the
eastern missionary district of
Oregon, nnd Miss Helen Altken,
heiress to half of a $2,500,000
estate, were married todny in St.
Columbus chapel, cathedral of St.
John tho Divine. Bishop Arthur
S. I.loyd conducted the ceremony.
Only a few friends wore present.
Dr. Paddock, who Is C3 years
old, resigned as bishop last Sep
tember, declaring his health
would not permit htm to carry on
his work. The bride, who is eight
yoars his Junior, is the daughter
of a drygoods merchant who died
In 1919.
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Concentration Finished, Noon
Today Strike Prospects
Met French Reds Agitat
ingGermany to File Pro
test Against Move.'
PTnr IV In n r n,, ihn Aunn,
elated Press) Thlrty-elffht trains
carrying r renen troops ten inayencc
yesierauy wun lessen as mo uuaunu
tlon of tho forces says tin Essen tele
gram today. Tho arrival of heavy
artillery and sappers Is reported from
the neiRhhorhood of N'ouhs, (3
mllea southwest of Duesseldorf.
PARIS, Jan. ft. (By the Associated
Press) Reports from Duesseldorf to
day wild nil troops necessary for tho
expected ' coheHivo movement of
France in' the Ruhr would be assem
hled at the point of concentration
near that city by noon. Reinforce
meats were being sent to take the
nlaco of the advancing units.
Anticipating a possible strike of
workers in tho Rhineland. Premier
Poincaro Ih reported to have hired
provisionally' a smnll army of strike
breakers, Including miners, railway
men, butchers and bakers, who could
bo sent into the region at short no
tice to replace German labor.
Tho French public Is taking the
situation In perfect calm and there
Is practically no opposition to the
government's move. Opponents of
the premier naturally express skep
ticism at tho success of tho undertak
ing and Indulge In the UHual criticism.
Tho communists alono are snowing a
certain agitation and have Indicated
that they arc trying to stir up trouble
both hero and in the Rhineland,
where Mnrcel Cochin nnd Gaston
Monmousson arn operating. The
government nttnehes no undue impor
tance to their nctlvitles.
LONDON, Jan. 9. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) The present French
movement Into tho Ruhr, Involving
Duesseldorf, will terminate at Essen,
according to Information received In
British official circles from tho ob
servers In tho Rhineland. The Brit
ish malntnln they nre without official
knowledgo of tho French plans.
Reuter's correspondent says that
the German government Is believed
to ho preparing a formal protest to
tho signatory powers of tho Versail
les treaty In regard to tho proposed
occupation of tho Ruhr.
PARIS, Jnn. 9. (By the Assoclnt-
(Contlmied on page eight)
FRENCH FORCES
IB LI EFOR
RUHR SEIZOR
VOTE ONE WAY. DRINK OTHER. PUBLIC
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Repre
sentative Upshaw, democrat of Goo
gla, in a speech In tho houso todny
declared that "bootleggers ply tlulr
devilish trado among too many pub
lic mdn In Washington," and thnt bej
has seen with his own eyes "sr.me of:
the highest officials in Washington,1
not members of either branch of
congress, lifting the devilish bottle
to their Hps." I
The Georgia .representative . lold I
tho houso he would not make public
the names of senators and ropreson-i
tallvo "who do not practice the pro-
ihbition which their votes profess,".
11 DUNN
CHAIRMAN
LECTIONS
Jackson Also Gets Place On
Roads and Mines Hall to
Head Highway Committee
" Smith of Josephine Is
Honored No House Selec
tions Yet
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 8. Senator
Dunn of Jnckson county was mado
chairman of tho elections nnd privi
leges committee nnd has a place In
ronds and highways, nnd education
and Irrigation, nnd mining and gtinio
committees.
The houso committee appointments
have not been nnnounced.
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 0. The state
senate held a brief session this morn
ing at which Senator Bruce Dennis.
I,a Orande presented the report of
tho state auditing committee, which
was ordered printed.
Jay H. Upton, who was elected
president of tho senate late yester
day, today announced his committee .
appointments. Henator O. B. Rob
ertson of the district comprising Gil
llnm, Sherman nnd Wheeler counties,
who engineered Upton's fight for tho
presidency, received Important as
signments. Senator B. L. Eddy of
KoHcburg, who opposed Upton In tho
presidency fight, received one chair
manship, tho committee on alcoholic
traffic. Senator Charles Hall of
Marchfleld liends tho.:commltreei on
roads and highways and J. C. Smith
of Grants. Pass, the ways .and means
committee.
Representative W. ,F. fWdodward
of Portland has introduced in the
houso eight bills relating to educa
tional subjects, two of which, report
ed to be endorsed, by the. Fedorated
Patriotic Societies, ore expected, a.c
cordlngto statements of house lend-'
ers, today, to bring the first test oft
strength of the house, organization..'
These bills provldo for free text books .
for primary schools and extend tho '
franchise to all voters in school bond,
elections.
The double counting board for elec
tions, authorized by the 1921 session
of the legislature Is the subject of
attack In a bill Introduced today by
Representative Blowers of Hood River.
The bill would repeal all of the election
laws relating to the double system.
Twenty bills were Introduced this
morning in the house and, two In the
senate. ...
FEDERAL AID TO
WASHINGTON, Jan. B.Appro
priation of $1,063,000 for recon
struction of the sewer and water
systems and other public improve-.
ments at Astoria, Ore., damaged in
tho recent fire was proposed - in a
resolution today by Senator McNary,
republican, Ore., introduced after
consultation with the Oregon con
gressional delegation and the war de
partment officials.
Fugitive Nabbed.
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 9. Frank
Znck, who nrrlved In Minneapolis
from Seattle with Jlis wife and threo
children, was arrested today at the
railroad station on n charge of being
a fugitive from Justice. He was nr
ralgned In police court and held
under $5000 ball. ' '
but would promptly turn over to fed
eral nnd local authorities all evidence
relating to liquor drinking by gov
ernment official placed In his hands.
Commenting on roports that liquor
Imported for embassies and legations
under diplomatic immunity was bo
Ing diverted into bootlegged chan
nels Mr. Upshaw said this problem
called "for delicate, but firm treat
ment." With this evidence, Mr. Upshaw
snld, ho will "turn In the name of
a high official, (not a diplomat) who
returned from abroad some time ago
wllh more than a scoro of cases of
foreign liquor marked 'diplomatic.' "
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