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Newspaper Page TextMedford Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction .'. Rain Maximum yesterday ,6 Minimum today., 28 Weather Year 'Ago Maximum 41 Minimum ...25 Precipitation 30 Daily Seventeenth Tear. A'eokly Ftfty-iiecond Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUATvY 17, 1921 NO. 280 DUNN S BILL IS PASSED IN 1 SENATE Measure Designed to Override Governor's Veto Introduced . By Jackson Co. Solon Is Endorsed 2 Bills By Carkin 3 Now Before' the Governor for Signature.' SALEM. Ore., Fob. 17. After fail ure of efforts to override the veto of Governor W. M. Pierce of the bill Intended to exempt from Inheritance taxes tho million dollar Drily estate set fislilo for education of needy Lake county students, the senate has passed a bill by Senator Oeorgo W. Dunn of Ashland to exempt from inheritance. taxes bequests for charitable pur poses. Two bills by Representative John Tt, Carkin of Medford havo passed through the legislative mill and were before the governor today, one re lating to tho sale of land acquired by counties for taxes and the other re lating to cancellation of warrants not presented for payment. Tho bill by Representative L. IT. Graham of Forest Grove, extending the. authority of tho state land settle ment commission to borrow money, passed the senate. : ; Tho house hill sponsored by the state audit commission, providing for creation of a state finance commis sion, providing for creation of a state fln'ance commission, pnssed tho sen ate late yesterday after a hard fight. . The senate defeated the Hall sen ate, bill giving people of a locality privilege of organizing for tho pur pose of building railroads and voting bonds after obtaining from the pub lic service Commission a certificate of conveneince and necessity. A group of three house bills con ferring added, authority on the state highway commission, including the authority to designate highway routes through incorporated towns, passed tho senate. E SALEM, Ore., Feb. 17. Gover or W, M. Pierce today addressed tt letter to W. E, Crews, state cor poration eommlsslontw rormer Medford man, stating that he had received information that since "Crewa went into office he had in creased the salaries of certain' member of his staff, and demand ing that he Immediately lower them to the point where they were when he took office. Crews replied, giving a detailed statement of his payroll. The monthly payroll now Is $1125 against $1000 prior to Crews' ap . pointment. Crews explained cer- , tain Increases granted to clerks and stated he will conform strict- ' ly to the governor's policy of : economy. County Taxes Increase. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 17. Reports to the state tax commission from 27 of the 36 counties of tho state on tax levies show a total of tU. 005. 407.37, compared with $,15,071,230.83 for the samo counties last year, it was an nounced today at tho commission's offices. A special school tax of $1, 000,000 In Multnomah county helped to swell the totnl for this year. DEATH LIST FROM TOTAL MAY ST. PAUL, Minn., Fob. 17. At least seventeen persons lost their lives in tho northwest ns a result of Tuesday's blizzard and the following cold spell, according to figures compiled here to day, Six perished In Minnesota, three In South Dakota, three In North Dakota and five In Saskatchewan, Canada, SEATTLE, Fob. 17. Scanning to day of newspaper files disclosed only six deaths in BrltlRh Columbia nnd in western Washington attributed to a record-broalting storm. that raged from BOOSTS SALARIES Senator Eddy's High School Measure Is Killed in the House SALEM, Ore., Feb. 17. The Eddy senate bill to change the high school course li) the state failed to pass in the house yes- terday, mustering only 26 votes with 2S, against It and six nb- sent. . . The senate, by a vote o 24 to 7. passed a bill introduced by tho committee on military nf- fairs authorizing un appro- prlatlon of $15,000 annually for tho maintenance of tho bat- tleslilp Oregon in the Portland harbor. BRITISH DEBT BILL IS PASSED 1 WASHINGTON, Voh. 17. The ad ministration shipping bill again hold privileged status in tho semito today after the passu go last night of the nritiHh debt funding bill, which now goes to conference. The shipping measure was restored to its position as tho unfinished busi ness of the sennte on motion of Sena tor Jones, republican, Washington, who hits it in charge after a move for adjournment by Senator Robin son, democrat, Arkansas, had been defeated, 38 to 30. The debt bill was passed shortly after seven o'clock last night by a vote of 70 to la. I,ittlo difficulty is expected in conference, the senate's action being regarded as virtually completing congressional approval of the settlement of the $4,003,000,000 liritish, debt, which was not affected by tho amendments adopted. Only two .(Important amendments arc in dispute between tho senate and house, both having been adopted yes terday without a record vote, one, by Senator . Iloblnson, provides hnt funding ngroements negotiated with other debtor nations be subject to the approval of congress instead of the president. The other amendment, by Senator Harris, democrat, Georgia, enlarges tho funding commission to eight members and stipulates that not more than four be members of one political party. This in effect will plae three democrats on tho com mission which at present includes Secretary Mellon of the treasury as ex-officio chairman and four repub licans. D.C. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 7. roliee nnd prohibition enforcement officers today launched their second clty-wido liquor cleanup since tho beginning of February. Armed with fifty warrants, they began before noon a series of raids which reached into every section of tho capital and Which filled up rap Idly all available detention space at several station houses. As in the series of sixty raids con ducted February 2, evidence wns given the revenue agents and police by J. I j. Asher, revenue ngent from Kentucky. Asher traveled "tho rounds of the capital underworld this time In -the guise of a wandering minstrel, playing his way Into the hearts of his victims on a violin. Tho police have feared for Asher's safety since announcement wns made of his activities In the previous raids nnd they summoned a harp player on the detective force, to accompany him on his rounds Part of the ttlme tho pair assumed the roles of hucksters, making it con venient to enrt their bottles and demi johns of evidence to headquarters. At other times they went about as organ grinders with monkeys. FH 7 Sunday to Wednosdny. These six deaths occurred In Seattle, all being adult men. Four men collapsed whilo shoveling snow or walking: one died soon nfter boarding a street car In an exhausted condition from trudging several blocks and one was suffocated by smoke while trying to thaw out a frozen pipe. CHICAGO, Feb. 17. Deaths of at least five persons In Chicago were at tributed to the cold wave that swept over this city from the northwest ac cording to figures today. SENATE POLICE LOOKING FOR WOMAN IN L. ANGELES CASE Stiletto Wound in Heart Found to Be Cause of Earle Rem ington's Death Wife Hys terical Admits She Dis cussed Divorce. . LOS ANfiELES, Feb. 17. A stl lotto wound in the heart determined an the causo of death and police sacrch for a woman In connection with tho slaying, were the develop ments disclosed today In tho probe Into the death Thursday night of Enrlo Remington, electrical engineer. Ills body was found yesterday morn ing In the driveway of Ills residence In a fashionable home district Here. LOS ANOELES, Feb. 17. The po lice said today, they were trying to determine whether a woman was In volved In tho slaying lute Thursday night of Earle Hcmington, nationally known electrical engineer, whose body, mangled by a charge from a shotgun nnd a bullet from a revolver, was found on tho lawn near the door way of his residence In a fashionable district early yesterday. Tho offi cers said they believed he was killed by two persons. The officers said "they had been told that a. woman, alone In a coupe, was seen 'watching tho Remington residence about eight o'clock Thurs day night and that about 11:30 two men and two women were seen lurk ing in tho shadows nearby." and that tho latter party apparently travelled In an automobile, which at that time was parked with llghls out, across; the street. f Mrs. Remington, who before her' marringo In 1010, was Miss Virglnia Lola Stone, socially prominent, has been hysterical much of. tho timo since, she learned of her husband's death and has been unable to give tile notice n. ntntement. but relatives I said she was awakened at about tho time fixed for the killing but could not state by what. Two attorneya told tho officers Mrs. Remington recently hnd dis cussed "domestic troubles" with them, with a view to effecting a prop erty settlement, but had taken no deflnlto steps toward filing a suit for divorce. One sold sho had spoken of "gay parties." her clubman husband had attended nnd hnd told of employ ing detectives to shadow him and thnt ho accused ' her of having him wntched. Remington was born in Philadel phia and wus 38 years old. FIST FIGHT IN E BY P. NI'ARTrlUR WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Con sideration of farm credits legislation In the house began today amid stormy scenes. Representative Wlngo, Ar kansas and Jones of Texas, demo crats, almost came to blows over tho division of time allowed for debate, several members Intervening to pre vent a fight. Objections to the remarks of Rep resentative Jones, who criticised Mr. Wlngo's allotment of time on the democratic side, the Arkansas mem bers, rushed the aisle and grasped tho collar of tho Texan. Other mem bers separated them whilo a' call went up for tho seargeant at arms. Tho houBo had under consideration the Strong bill, designed to facili tate and strengthen the operations of the federal farm loan system. iIQPresftit!airYvo McArthur, republi can, Oregon, occupying tho chair, had recognized Mr. Wlngo, who Is ranking democratic member of tho banking committee, when Represen tative Jones objected to the time al lotment and the argument rapidly reached a high point of bitterness. Mr. Wlngo -left the chamber im mediately after tho Incident and Mr. Jones withdrew his remarks, declar ing thnt If ho found they were ob jectionable to anyono, ho would ask that they be stricken from the rec ord. Rltner Is Criticized PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 17. Criti cism of the actions of the state parole board by Roy W. Rltner, Who acted as governor during the absence from the state last November and December of Governor Olcott, In granting 31 pnr dons and 36 paroles of state peniten tiary convicts during that time Is con tained in a report of a committee nf tho State liar association headed by John Teal, published today. Chicago Banker Is Found Guilty of Big Fraud Scheme CHICAGO, Feb. 1". Tohn V. Worthlngton, former private bank er, whoso financial flights havo sev eral times been under scrutiny of state and federal authorities today wus found guilty by a jury In fed eral court of using tho malls In n scheme to' defraud. Worthlngton was head of the Mercantile Security nnd Investment company und wus tried for dealings In tho operation of that defunct con cern. After a trial in which It was alleged ho was the head and dicta tor of tho company's affairs and that many persons lost savings and con siderable, sums entrusted to him, the jury was locked up last night and reached a sealed verdict which was opened today. Worthlngton was found guilty on two counts. Under the verdict ho is liable to ft maximum sentence of ten years In prison and to pay a fine of $20,000 or both. His counsel has en tered a motion for a' new trial and until that Is disposed of formal sen tence will not b pronounced. Worthlngton, OS yours old, served a term in Sing Sing prison thirty years ago for fraudulent operations In New York but since then hns suc cessfully evaded all efforts to send him to prison. t NE WYORK, Feb. 17. (Ily Associ ated Press). Tho tomb of Pharaoh Tutenkhamun, opened by explorers yesterday in tho valley of the kings near Luxor Is by far the richest trea sure trove ever uncovered In the necropolis of ancient Thebes, and In all likelihood is the richest that ever will be discovered, Ambrose Lansing, acting curator of the Metropolitan museum of art, asserted today. Tombs of virtually all tho early rulers of Egypt have been accounted for, most of thorn thoroughly looted by native grave robbers, said Mr. Lan sing. He has spent much timo him self with Metroolitan expeditions, delving in the old burial places. "There are only two or three royal tombs left to look for," he said, "and they are those of losRer kings for Instance, those of Semonkhare, who n,r, aiojoq sinuoiu AtOJ it joj pouKj tonlihamun and Ay who reigned for an equally short timo nftor Tntcnkha muh's death. "All the others have boen opened, a few by archaeologists, but the most of them by vanadals, who loll nothing of Importance behind them. "Royal furniture, garments, chariots ornaments and works of art of rare beauty and exquisite workmanship al ready have ly;cn found in unprece dented quantities In the outer cham ber of Tutenkhamun's tomb. Tho funerary equipment, much of it heav ily encrusted with gold and semi precious stones, is valued at millions of dollars. "lint treasures of greater valuo in the' eyes of the Egyptologists bits of historical data of the era antedating Christ by thirteen nnd a half centur ies are hoped for when tho hiero glyphic Inscriptions, within the tomb itself have been translated. "One of the most fascinating theor ies the records In tho tomb may con firm or explore is that advanced by Arthur Welgal, former Inspector gen eral of antiquities to the Egyptian government and one of tho best known Egyptologists, thnt Tutenkha mun wns the Pharoah who oppressed tho children of Israel and whose army pursuing the Israelites at the time of tho exodus, is declared In biblical ac-countB-to havo been swallowed up In the Red sea. 'Tutenkhamun, previously discov ered records show, took tho name 'Tutenkhuton' when he first ascended to tho throne, thus Indicating his sym pathy with tho socallcd 'heretical' monotheistic worship of Alon, tho 'all loving father of nil creation,' which had tlccn Introduced Into Egypt under (Continued on Page Six) PHARAOH TOMB TREASURES 1 1 25 SAILORS ON 4 WRECKED SHIPS SAFELY RESCUED Wreck of Tuscan Prince Found On Vancouver Island Coast Guard Cutter Snoho mish Rescues 100 Men Property Loss Huge. SEATTLE. Feb. 17. All members of the crew of the wrecked steamer Tuscan Prince were aboard tho coast guard cutter Snohomish at 9 o'clock this morning, said a wireless dispatch from the Snohomish, received here, Lieutenant 11. !. Hemingway, com manding the cutter, said the vessel would leave for Port Angeles, Wash shorlty. SEATTLE. Feb. 17. Under the open sky on a rock In Itarclay sound. opposite Cape Flattery, across the mouth of tho strait of Juan de Fuca, Hjinoii, the last of 125 to be snatched scathless from the deep in four wrecks, were waiting to ho taken oft to aafety nnd comfort this morning. The four wrecks Involved losses of hulls nnd cargoes that carried $3,- Iioo.liuo of insurance. h ,,n.l,..i.l nt III,, in: l-ftlWIIftrH were expected to go to the credit of the coast guard cutter Snohomish. She was waiting this morning for the !!l men marooned from the steamship Tuscan Prince when sho went ashore after midnight Thursday on tho rock Already aboard the cutter were the 14 men who completed the Tuscnn's crew when sho got lost in a driving snowstorm nnd struck the rock lying off-Vlllago Point, Vancouver, though her officers thought sho was south of Cape Flattery. The Snohomish Thursday night landed at Port Angeles tho 34 men of the steamer Nika, which burned to the water's edge after reporting her self rudderless off Umatilla root Wed nesday .afternoon. And on, nor way back to Port Angeles today from tho wreck of the Tuscan Prince, the Sno homish was expecting to take from the beach at-Carmanah Point, east of Barclay Sound, tho 23 men of the crew of the steamship Santa Rita, which struck tho rocks there early Thursday whilo sho was trying to re spond to an S. O. S. call from tho Nika. The 25 men cnrrlcd by tho motor ship Coolcha, wrecked enrly Wodncs dny on Albert Head near Victoria, n. C, were saved by tho Canadian sal vage ship Algerlne. AT SALEM UP IN AIR MAY BE TABLED SALEM, Ore., Fob. 17. As a ro cult of activity of a group of thir teen senators, led by Senntor 0. W. Joseph of Portland,, who opposed provisions In house bill 167 creating a stato finance control commission, the bill which passed tho senate yes terday was taken np for re-consltl-eration today and sent to committee for amendment. Senator Joseph contended the hill gave the commission powers to over ride tho wishes of every community In tho slate and to control tho Invest ment of public funds. Following the defeat In tho house late yesterday of the sennte compro mise, "State government consolidation bill, the fate of consolidation legisla tion wa sin doubt today. The Carkin bill is the only measure left pending, and Representative Carkin said ho would leave It on the table. ' Tho senate today passed tho houRO hill providing for a state loan of $25(1,000 to Astorln. The house today voted down a hill to provldo for a singlo highway com missioner nt a snlary of $10,000 a yenr. Earlier In tho session a bill to provldo three paid highway commis sioners at 13,600 each had boen killed. Tho senate today adopted house Joint resolution number seven which would havo the stato constitution amended to extend tho benefits of the bonus law to Spanish war vete rans, women who served In tho signal service during tho world war nnd to regular army men whoso enlistment expired during tho world war and who ro-cnllsted,- The Daily Bank Robbery NEW YORK, Feb. 17. Two elderly bank messengers, Robert Johnson, 62 and William Buck, 6s, were wounded today In a pistol fight with three ban dits who held them up and escaped with a valise containing n $!i0,400 payroll, British Agree to Permit France to Operate Railroads PARIS, Feb. 17. (By tho Associated Press.) Tho Ilrlt- Ish have agreed to permit tho French to operato tho railroads between Neuss, southwest of Duossoldorff and Duron, twen- ty miles duo west of Cologne, in the llrltlsh zone, for tho pur- pose of assuring tho operation of tho supply services for tho army of occupation in tho Ruhr, tho French cabinet was offi cially informed today by M. Ln Trocquer, minister of public works. ND1CTED POR SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 7. Dr. LouIb L. Jacobs, physician at Camp Kearny was arrested by county offlcerB this morning under an indictment returned yesterday afternoon by the grand jury charging him with having murdered Frltzl Mann, pretty Snn Diego dancer, whose body was found on the bench at Torrey Pines, four weeks ago. Dr. Jacobs had been held In custody for a time, following discovery of the body nnd evidences of murder, but was released on habeas corpus pro ceedings with tho district attorney's office admitting thnt insufficient evi dence was had at that time to hold him longor. Now cvtdonco Is said to havo been proHentod before the grand jury re sulting in return of an Indictment lute yoBterday. Tho nnture of this evi dence was not revealed by the author ities today. The arrest of Dr. Jacobs took place at the Camp Kearny hospital this fore noon and was made by County Detec tive Frank Wislcr and Deputy Sheriff Oliver Sexton. Major Harry Colin, In charge at the hospital, received the civil officers at headquarters and rondlly agreed to removal of the phy sician under tho grand jury indict ment Dr. Jacobs declined to make .a Btate nicnt regarding his connection with tho case but stated one probably would be lBsued after a conference with his attorney. Dr. Jacobs' first entrance Into Hie mystery of Frltzl Mann's death came when bo voluntarily appeared at the office of tho chief of police and told Chief Patrick that he had known Miss Mann for some time and that he had boen with her on an automobile ride a few nights before her death. He said that on that account she-confided to him sho was in a delicate condition and asked him to assist her but he de clined. Subsequent Investigations, ns re vealed by tho authorities, disclosed much correspondence with tho doctor who It was declared, had been aware of her condition for some time and had made plans with her regarding an operation. It has boen established in the Inves tigations of tho death niyBtery that Miss Munn nnd a male companion oc cupied one of the lllue Sea cottngoB at La Jolln i'or a time on Sunday night January, U. Her body was found on tho bench ten or more miles north of Ln Jolln the following day. Tho theory evolved by tho author ities Ib that the mnn who was with Miss Mann at the nine Sea cottageB was responsible for her body being on the beach and alao responsible for, or nt least cognizant of, the manner of her death. Their Investigations have BatlBtlod them the visit to the lllue Sea cottages followed arrangements for nn operation, hut they have report- (Continued on Pago Six) ARMY DOCTOR S DANCER S DEATH RYE CLUB MAN IDENTIFIED AS YEGG NEW YORK, Feb. 17. Tho man under arrest In Albany ns the alleged ring londor of the three who on Now Year's eve robbed Mrs. Irono Schoell kopf of Buffalo of 1500,000 worth of JowolB, oarly today wbb Identified by his photograph as tho occupant of tho West 52nd streot apartment In which tho daring robbery occurred. "That's the man who had the npart ment nndor mine," Cnrman said on being shown n photograph of the Al bany prisoner, whose real name local pollco declared to bo Matthew Bid dulph, member of a well known family of Rye, Ni Y. lie was arrested aftor a C00O mile ONLY SPARK NEEDED FOR WARINRMHR Bomb Throwing and Sniping By Germans Threaten Crisis 1 French Soldier Killed, Three Wounded French Headquarters in Essen Is Bombed Strikes Called. DUESSELDORF, Feb. 17 (Ity the Associated Press) ltomb throwing and serious cases of sabotage oc curred in tho Ruhr valley during tho night. A bomb was thrown In n Btreet in l-'ssen near tho Kaiserhof hotel, the French engineers' headqunrters, whero Chief Engineer Coste und thirty or forty other civil engineers are lodgedv No injuries resulted. Tho windows of tho hotel were broken by the explosion. This hotel is guarded dny and night by French soldiers, but tho bomb thrower, escaped. It is thought pos sible the bomb waa thrown from the root of one of tho neighboring build ings. Considerable additional difficulty in effecting transportation Is being caused the French by the act of tho Oormnns, recently reported, in sink ing two loaded barges in the chan nel of tho Rhine-Hern canal, which Is ono of the main arteries of water communication in the Ruhr. It will bo several days before tho occupying forces are ablo to get the barges out of tho wny. Meanwhile, the cnnal re mains completely blocked. Another strike hns occurred among tho miners of tho Krupp pita art Bo chum, 10.000 men going out. They struck becnuso the mine , officials were arrested by the French for re fusing to obey orders and obstruct ing the work of tho French, commis sion r-. ,-? 1 1 Soldier Killed; BERLIN, Fob. 17. (By tho Asso ciated Press); Advices received from Essen today said that ono French soldier was shot dead and two others wounded, one seriously, ln the- res taurant battle Thursday night bo und Essen policemen. The fighting nnd esscn pollcejmcn. The fighting started when guests summoned the police after tho soldiers had beeri re fused service nnd ono Of tho Belgians hnd drawn his revolver. , BERLIN, Feb. 17. (By, tho Asso ciated Press) Reports from Paris that Franco Is showing n readiness to begin negotiations looking to a set tlement of tho Ruhr Impasse meet with a rather sceptical reception in tho Berlin presB. Tho commentators see llttlo likeli hood of Franco entering upon any de parture of policy which would In volve evacuation of the territory. Turn Off Klectrlolly. ESSEN, Feb. 17 (By tho Asbo clated Press) Tho .employes of the municipal electric works havo decided to cut off Essen's supply of electricity as a result of tho imposition of the flno of 5,000,000 marks of .Director Bussemnnn of tho local, plant, '. ESSEN, Feb. 17. (By the Asso ciated Press) Tho French hold on Essen wns tighter In consequence of tho shooting of two soldiers yester day. Infantrymen occupied tho po lice barrncka throughout the ' night and members of tho force were de firlved of their weapons. Tho chief of police Is under nrrest. Obcr Bur gomastor Havonsteln of Oberhausen, vico Lord Mayor Schaefor of Essen nnd Heir Bussemnnn, director of the Essen electric light plnnt, havo been punished by court martial for violat ing French orders. Havonsteln, sentenced to three years' Imprisonment on a charge of cutting oft tho supplies of gas and (Continued on pom sir.; L chase that extended to the Pacltla coast and return, to Canada and end-, ed at Albany, , ,'' ,. "I knew him as 'Marshall,' " Carman continued. "He is the man who came to the party uninvited, Joining our card table after bringing In some liquor. It was In lite apartment that Mrs. Schoellkopf was robbed." Local police said today that the ar rest would serve to clear up the rob bory and that the prisoner's two com panions the night of the robbery, iden tified with him under the names of "J7F. McOowan" nnd "Lewis," would soon be ln custody, The supposed Blddulph, the pollco' say, has a long criminal record.