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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
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SCORE OF
An
WRECK
I
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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 !
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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.
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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.
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