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Medford Mail Tribune Iff The Weather ' Prediction Rain or snow Maximum yesterday 48 Minimum today..... 23 Weather Year Ago Maximum 54 Minimum 37 Oallv Seventeenth Year, 'wily Kitty-Second tear. MEDFORD, OREGOX, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 192; NO. 278 yips ED AT SEA SCORE OF An WRECK I i raw li t DEATH LIST IN PACIFIC Number of Lives Believed Lost .' in Terrific Storm Which r, Strews Wreckage Along Coast Five Vessels in Dis tress Near Puget Sound Italian Boat Sinks in Atlan t tic Rescues Attempted. SEATTLE, Feb. 15. Fiye fillips met disaster In a storm that raged yesterday and last night In the Ta ctile ocean off the coasts of Wash ington, Oregon and British Colum bia, according to reports received up to noon today. J VICTORIA, B. C, Feb. 15. With a life line about his body. Seaman .Victor Hautopp, a member of the crew of the steamer Santa Rita ashore one a reef ono mile east of Clo Oose, on the west coaBt of Vancouver Island, leaped into the heavy sea and , made shore after a heart 'breaking flghtwltli the waves.. A breeches bony was rigged and all members of the crew saved. The Santa Rita is total wreck. Captain Rolstad of tho Santa Rita thought be was ashore on Tatoosli inland and so reported by wireless to' the Estevan radio; station. " ; This afternoon the ship was high tin a rocky ledge with a list to star--i board.- Thero were several holes in " her hull and tho" engine room was 'flooded. Schooner Is Sinking NORFOLK, Va, Feb. 15. The schooner Friendship is sinking five miles off Oregon Inlet, about 90 miles south of Virginia Beach, ac cording to advices received this af ternoon by the coast guiftd here. The cutler Modoc from Wilmington, N. C, has been sent to her aid. The entire crew of the Friendship Is understood to be still on board and fears are being held for their safety. Advices to the coast guard headquarters said the condition of the vessel was hopeless. She is own ed by tho .Lawrenco corporation of Rockland, Maine. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 13. The freighter Georglna Rolph bound from San Francisco to Portland was 30 hours overdue at Astoria, Ore., nt .noon today, according to tho opera v tors l)ere. They express the belief that Bhe may bo "laying off" Astoria waiting for the weather to calm be foro entering the harbor. The Gcorgiana Rolph Is owned by Mayor James Rolph of San Francisco and is operated by the MjCormlck Steamship company. SEATTLE, Feb. 1 5. A number of lives were believed to have been lost early today when the British freight er Tuscan Prince went ashore near Estevan, Vancouver Island, accord ing to a message received here from the tug Seo Monarch. The Sea Monarch, at the time the message was sent, was rushing to the! aid of the vessel, which was said to bo a total loss. The message gave no details and did not state the source of the Information. i "Ship breaking up, we are going to drown," was the lust message from Tuscan Prince, which came through' the air and waa picked up by the ra dio station of the Seattle harbor de partment. Another message, from ! (Continued on Page Six) I LLOYD-GEORGE JOINS E LONDON, Feb. 15. (By Associated Press). The Asquithlan and Lloyd George liberals urge that the League of Nations appoint a commission on which the United States would bo asked to have a representative to Rludy Germany's capacity to meet her reparation obligations. This proposal is to come before the house of commons uext Mondny In the form of ajoint amendment t (he ad dress In reply to the speech from the 5. P. Will Construct Natrdn Cut Off When Decision Legalized PORTLAND, Ore., Fob. 15. .Virtual acknowledgement that tho Southern Pacific railroad will undertake construction of tho Natron cut-off as soon as the courts authenticate the recent inter-state commerce commission order regarding Its right to the Central Pacific was contained in a telegram to the Oregonlan from Julius Kruttschnltt, chair- man of tho board of the company. He said: "Flnnl decision by tho court in our favor will satisfy condi- Hons set forth In my telegram of last July wherein the Southern Pacific was pledged to construct the Natron cut-off whenever and as soon as Its title to the Central Pacific was sure." , F DUESSELDORF. Feb. 15 (By As sociated J?ross). Ten thousand Ger man security police throughout the occupied region are to be disarmed by order of General Degoutte. I It was explained at French hcad ' quarters today that this action was deemed advlsablo because of the gen 1 oral attitude token Jiy tho police j toward tho forces. of occupation. Here aftor tho Schutz Polizel are to be con sidered by the French as the protec : tors of the Ruhr communities, with out connection with Berlin. In addition to the recent incident at Gelsenklrchen, the French consider that the police are Inclined to use their arms too freely, especially when they get into disputes with French soldiers. Headquarters here has on record 12 incidents where the police used firearms against the military. It Is nlso charged that in another Instance a member of the force was discovered in the act of setting on fire a house which soldiers were billeted In. I The Germans are boasting that since February C, unoccupied Germany has been receiving more Ruhr coal than Franco and Belgium. They point proudly to the statement that during the past week sixty tralnloads have been shipped out. Occupation' authorities say that actually the Germans managed to get through only forty coal trains which went into the. interior over private lines leading from the mines nnd by other routes which the allfes had not controlled properly. The French an nounce that all such gateways into the Interior now are guarded closely and that the customs ring which aims to shut off from the unoccupied region all supplies of coal, coke and metniB now Is welded tightly. Hawley Proposes Loan to Astoria Instead of Gift WASHINGTON, Feb.' 15. A bill proposing a government loan of $1, 003,000 to the city of Astoria, Ore., to assist in the reconstruction of tho flre-svept area there, wns Inro ducod todny by Representative Haw lcy,, republican, Oregon. It Is a sub stitute for n measure proposing a federal gift of that amount which Is now before the house -military com mittee. ".. J . ' Senator MoNary. republican, Ore gon introduced n similar bill In the sennte. ASQUITH FOR 10 PAY throne. The amendment which has i been agreed ujion by both liberal groups, requests the government to seek tho assistance of the league In the present Europan situation and ad vocates that the proposed commission not only Investigate Germany's capa city to'pay but also consider how tho payments may be best made, j In parliamentary circles the agree ment Is looked uKin ns n step toward a liberal fusion. RFNCH ORDER HAN POLICE RUHR DISARMED STORM KING SWEEPS U.S. LOSS GROWS Death and Destruction Follow in Wake of Blizzard Which Sweeps Country, Coast to Coast 30 Below in Minne sota Trains Tied Up -Canada Suffers. CHICAGO, Fob. 15 Death tolls and damage from tho coldest wave of the season were increased today and the only relief predicted in the storm area extending from the Canadian north west to the northern portion of Flor ida and from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific coast, was abatement of abnormally high winds in some sec tions. The worst blizzard in five years was sweeping over Ontario today with no indications of abating. It was accom panied by sub-zero weather, snow and a sixty mile an hour wind. Transpor tation was demoralized. . A Canadian National railway pas senger train which deported from Re gina, Sask., for Winnipeg Tuesday still was stalled in snowdrifts near Cromer, Manitoba, late last night with fifty passengers aboard. A snow plow was snowed in ahead of. the train. Railroad officials said the passengers were supplied with provisions and coal. - - .' ' ' "'"'m, The flrsf death in Manitoba since the beginning of the storm occurred lost night at Starbuck, Eli Lavallie, a mute, being found dead a half mile from his home. Heavy property damage was caused nnd many lives endangered in the Pittsburg district by a sixty mile an hour gale. Business ' and travel was reported suspended in certain sections of Mich igan as a result of the storm. . St. Paul, Minn., reported that high winds since Tuesday had- abated somewhat and railroads planned to resume service on tho main lines west and branch lines. . The first trains on the Northern Pacific railway nnd the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail road Tor 24 hours started from there last night for tho west. The Great Northorn railway was to rfend out its first coast train in morn than 48 hours. Temperatures In St. Paul and Minneapolis virtually were down as far ns 30 degrees below zero. Tem perature In Chicago nt 2 a", m. today was one below zero but tho high wind that ushered in the zero weather of yesterday had abated somewhat The district weather forecaster here offered no relief, predicting that the cold wave would continue tor the remainder of the week. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb. IS. A blizzard was sweeping western New York today. The biting gale drove the mercury below the zero mark and added loose snow to the huge drifts remaining from halt a dozen blizzards last month. ' Two railroad shop employes were killed nt FalrKrt when they became confused In the snowBtorm and were struck by a locomotive. 7 Dead in Seattle SEATTLE," Feb. 15. Seattle todny began shaking olt the grip of the worst snowstorm In seven years. Milder temperatures prevailed last night and this morning nnd the "silver thaw" that at first assumed threaten ing proportions, was less menacing today. ....... ' The" death of Charles Ross, a direc tor of tihe Seaboard National bank here and president of the Miners and Merchants bank of Idltarod, Alaskn, brought the total list of deaths result ing Indirectly from the storm to seven. "; Mr. Ross dropped dead while shov eling snow In Tront of hid residence. Street car service was being rapidly restored todny, although tracks nnd trolley wires were still covered heav ily with Ice nt many places. Hundreds of businessmen spent the night in downtown hotels, unablo to reach their home. The University or ash Ington and city schools remained closed today. Snowfall during the two day bliz zard which ended late yesterday, was officially recorded at "16 inches down town. This is the greatest depth of snow recorded in Seattle since Febru ary 1, 1916, when a fall of 27 inches covered the city. (Continued on Page Four) Notables Sail for World's Tour' "INF H I A ZA (Loft) New lork'8 only wonnn mnglMrnto.' .TimIko Jonn Norrip. wixo sailed on the K. S. Sitmarin for n lour of tho world. Shfi Ih to miiko a par ticular Htudy of condition in various countries pertaintnK to tho treat ment nnd trial of woman viola torn of tho. law. (Kihl) Mm. Frank C, Henderson, society- matron of V-onlyn, Ni Y. Mil INCLINED TO AID FRANCE LONDON, Feb. 15. (As Associated Press). Rrltlsh and French cabinet' mombcrs mot hero today In a confer ence which, if it faTls to evolve a pro gram for British co-operation with the French and Belgians in solving the Ruhr transportation problems, Is con sidered likely to rosult In tho early withdrawal of tho British troops from the Cologne urea. The British ministers nt the meet ing in Downing street were Prlmo Minister Bonar Law, Lord Curzon, the secretary of foreign affairs nnd the Earl of Derby, tho secretary of war. Tho French cabinet was represented by M. LeTroquer, tho minister of pub lic works. , It wns understood that the French request for additional transport facil ities through tho British zono wns be ing considered sympathetically. The French have a serious problem in the transporting of supplies from France Into tlie occupied territory. Tho question may be settled tem porarily by the transfer to the French of a sixth military division. BRUSSELS, Fob. 15. (By Associat ed Press).' German treasury bills Is sued in connection with Germany's agreement to pay Belgian reparations were met when they fell due today. ESSEN, Feb. 15. (By Associated Press). In the opinion of the Ruhr industrialists, unemployment may soon be a problem confronting French and Germans alike. The directors of the various brandies of the Krupps works say that there is enough repair work on hand to keep the plants run ning a while longer but that the out look for tho future Is dark in view of tho tightened customs rfng. Desplto the success of the French in maintaining a limited railroad ser vice and thus gaining cdntrol of the industrial centers, It is believed the Germans' passlvo resistance will checkmate the allies. Both Bides admit that economic con ditions In many centers are becoming worse as the smaller Industries clone. Yesterday the Iron and wire factories near Duesseldorf, employing 3000 wor kers wore compelled to shut down he cause of tho coal shortage. In Dort mund the Frenrh have opened food kitchens where they are feeding near ly a thousand civilians dally. In tho Essen district the hostlllty taward tho French nnd Belgians Is ad mittedly increasing as the national ists have taken a stand against com promise of any kind. Two- pnmphlets printed in French asking tho soldiers to revolt and leave (iormanylo her self are being distributed through the barracks of the military in the Ruhr. The French say this is plainly a German trick to Incite the soldiers. Intelligence officers are searching' for the printing plant but suspect It Is In Berlin. St .i -1 . Lnr v m immff.miM-. j BiiiniG SALEM. Ore., Feb. IB. The sen nte has adopted tho house resolution proposing to refer to thu people the question of nmending the constitution so benefits or iho soldiers' bonus nnd loan act will be open to Oregon sol dlers In the world war who went Into the, army prior t'o those who bene fitted by the act, and nlso opening it to signal service women, who here tofore have been held to hnvo beon civilian employes. Tho senate adopted tho houfio reso lotion providing that a commission be nanind to confer with a llko com mission from tho state of "Vash4nBtnn to Investigate tho feasibility of build ing an lntor-state bridge across tho tower Koiummii river. Tho house passed Ilepresentallve D. o. Lowis' bill abolishing Catholic and Protestant chaplains nt tho stato penitentiary and tbo boys' training school. The house pnssed the substitute Astoria house relief bill providing that the statcshuy $250,000 Astoria municipal bonds to run 20 years, ln forest of four per cent for tho first six years to bo deferred. . Tho houso hill Introduced by Mrs, C. B. Himinons, Portland representa tive requiring physicnl examination of both men nnd women applying for mnrrlugn licenses, pnssed the bouse, If approved by tho senate nnd tho governor, it would bo referred to the people before becoming effective. A provision calling for n mchtttl test of nil applicants wns sticken from the bill In committee. Governor Pierce has signed the bill providing a penalty for law enforce ment officers who approprlulo, sell or-glvo away Intoxicating liquors. The sennte todny refused to accept an ndverso report of tho Joint ways nnd menus committee on tho bill ap propriating S 15,000 for bringing tho historic bnttleship Oregon to Port' hind, nnd the measure will go to the third reading. passageTfu.Xdebt ' , BILL IS POSTPONED . WASHINGTON, Fob. ID Objection by 'Senator Heed, democrat, Missouri, blocked efforts today of sennto repub lican' and democratic leadors to ar range for a vote tomorrow on the Brit ish debt funding bill. . . , . . WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The sennto went fnrwnrd with conside ration of the British debt funding bill today with n general expectation of reufhlng a vote tnmorrow. - Rfforls to bring about an agree ment to vote on the measure Friday, w-liich developed In yesterday's da bate, were regarded as having been nldcd by the acceptance of an amend ment by Henalor Itnblnsnn, democrat. Arkansas, limiting the present legis lation to the agreement with Orent Britain. The amendment nlno pro vided ffr approval of other funding arrangements by congress Instead of PN CHAPLAINS PASSES HOUSE the president, ' ' 1 Brazil Agrees to Make Homes for 500,000 Japanese NEW YORK. Feb. 15. Agree- ment has been reached between Brazil and Japan for tho mlgra- Hon to Brazil of 500,000 Jap- aneso for purposes of colonl.a- 4- Hon, tho Brooklyn Daily Kaglo ' said today It had learned on good authority. Under tho terms of tho pact It is understood that the Japanese government In to pny the cost of immigration, about $8 a head and tho Brazilian government Is nskod to tako caro of the Jnii- anese whon they arrive, dlstrlb-" utlng (hem to agricultural sec- tlons where they nre needed. . BE TRIED FIRS! It has been ' ngreed betwoen the court, tho prosecuting attorney In de. fenso counsel, that tho .Inckson coun ty nightriding cases will be called for trial, at the next term of tho circuit court, beginning Monday, February 211, tho first caso to be a minor civil action. Tho court calendar will not be formally arranged, until tho first duy of the term. The first of the so-called nightrid ing cases scheduled for trial Is that of Dr. Jouett P. Bray. Howard A. Hill, and J. F. Hlttson, under three sepa- riito indictments, alleging. riot, nssnult With a dangerous weapon and extor tion. District Attorney Rawles Moore announced Wednesday that the In dictments would be tried, In the order named nbove. This is in connection with the J. F. lisle ense. The second of tho cases will be that of Howard A. Hill nnd Bert A. Moses, under Indictment for alleged riot, as sault with n deadly weapon, nnd ex tortion. This is In connection with the case of Arthur Burr, colored boot black. The third case Is that, of Thomas E.E. Goodie and Alexzander Norrls, Under indictment for alleged riot, In tho case of Henry Johnson of Jack sonville. It Is expected that ench of hto caseB will last three or four days. The state iwlll bo represented by Assist ant Attorney General Llljeqvlst and District Attorney Rnwles Moore, and the defenso by Attorneys O. C. Hoggs and H. A. Cannday. Tho grand Jliry for tho February term of court will convene next Mon day, February 19th, and will probably no in session nil next week. Circuit Judgo C. M. Tbnnins has been In Josephine county this week disposing of equity cases In that Ju dicial district. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 15. An increaso of $1 to 18.85 per hundred pounds In tho price of refined cane sugar effective today, was announced today by tho Canlfomla-Hawallan Sugar refineries. Simultaneously a drop of 25 cents was announced by the Western Sugar refineries, so the quotation of both firms Is now the same. The Sprecktes Sugar company an nounced a reduction In refined beet sugar of 25 cents, effective today. The new price Is $8.45. , RIOT CHARGE TO IN KLAN CASES REFUSES TO READ SECY. HUGHES WIRE CHINESE BANQUET CONDEMNING CHIfJA NF.W YORK, Feb. 15. --Professor Robert McKlroy of Princctna (univer sity, who ns tonstninatcr nt tho annual dinner of the China society last night, omitted rending pnrt of a telegram from Hccrctary of fttato Hughes criti cizing China, todny explained his reasons. He said he thought It wise not to Intrude upon a social uffnlr the stern language of the secretary's telegram, which expressed regret that tbo pleasant relations between the two countries "nre nt the present moment disturbed hy the killing of on Ameri can rltlicn and tho firing upon nn American consul by C'hlneso soldiers 10 II AX PASSED IN THE HOUSE By 45 to 14 Lower House of Legislature Puts Important Tax Measure On Its Way Alien Land Bill Up to the Governor Fair Measure Is Adopted. SALEM, Ore., Feb. ID. The lower house of tho Oregon legislature yes terday passed a stato Income tax bill, 45 to 14. Tho measure now goes to the senate. ' , Tho senato .voted indefinitely to postpone Senator Zimmerman' bill providing for a reduction Intone sal ary of the adjutant general of the state froni 13000 to (2400 a year. Representative Herbert Gordon's concurrent resolution authorizing a corporation to be formed to put on a world fair In Portland in 1927 was adopted in the senate. The resolu tlon would mnko tho governor, the secretary of stato and stato treasurer members of tho corporation.! I , i V Speaker Kubli opened tho Income tnx debato by declaring his Idea of an income tux wss to ranch those people who were enjoying a largo Income nnd paying no tax. that the 'bill in question did not meet his Idea of hit ting such class of peoplo and, exempt ing the property owner up to the amount of his property tax. -;"ThU bill compels a large number of people - ' who aro now paying taxes to pay a great deal more taxes. That' in not my Idea at all of a Just Income tax nnd I nsk that my namo be-wlth-drawn from tho measure." Me was al lowed to remove his namo., .. "The great multltudo of people are In favor of an lncomo tnx," said Mc Mnban of Linn. "Not for the pur pose of raising more taxes but to equnlize and lessen tho tnxeg of those already bearing tho burden.. I think If any lncomo tnx bill comes out of this house It Is going to bo this bill or this bill with some unison amend ments. I bellevo- this bill will bring about tho desired results, namely the raising of somo (4,000,000." Bennett said that in passing an ln como tax law tho legislature was try ing to shift the burden of taxation from those now onrrylng it to the shoulders of those mora cnpdblo of carrying It. Ho declared that now four per cent of the wealth of Ore gon Is now bearing eighty per cent of the tax burden. Bennett asserted ho believed somo of tho men who were opposing the bill were, he was positive, endeavoring to get features Injected Into It that It would be so dlsagroenblo to tho people It would be brought before them and defeated by tho referendum. "Let us seo," he wild, "when this bill Is amended that It bo amended by the friends and not tho enemies of tho lncomo tax." "I disagree with Mr. Kubll." he added, "that because a man already pays a largo direct proporty tax he should bo relieved of an income tax. I bellevo wo should tax the ability to pay and It makes no difference whether ho received his money from a big building In Portland or from other sources, the man Who has the ability to pay must carry tho bur den. The successful man must bear tho cost of government." . . SALEM, Ore., Feb. 15. Acquire ment of land by ownership or lease of aliens not ellglhlo for cltljenshlp in lorniauen hy a hill passed by both houses of tho Oregon legislature and Is today beforo Gov. W. M. pierce. (Continued on page and by tho failure of the Chinese gov ernment to make any adequate re sponse to the representations which this government has found It neces sary to mnko with a view to the set tlement of this very grnvo Incident." Professor McKlroy .said after the dinner ho expected tho Chlneio gov ernment would act In the matters complained of, do the right thing as n nntlonnl characteristic of the Chi nese people. . Consul General Chang semed much perturbed when he was shown the parts nt tho telegram not read. "If any wrong hns been committed upon Anierlcnns, chlnn will make full reparation," ho sold. iajami;r.i
