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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY- 23, 1923
NO. 285
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PASSFD BY
FARM BLOC
Legislature Adjourned at 1.35
This Morning After Killing
Consolidation Measure
Income Tax Rate From One
to Six Per Cent Lieut. Gov.
Up to People.
SALEM, 'Ore., Feb. 2 3. The Ore
gon legislature adjourned at 1:3-1
o'clock this morning, Its flnaJ act be
ing the defeat of the consolidation
measure which was caught in a dead
lock between the two houses. The
senate refused to concur in the house
amendments and the house refused
to recede.
With the farm bloc and its allied
elements In complete control, the
house concurred in all the senate
amendments to the income tax bill,
refused to add any more of its own,
and passed the measure 39 to lo and
sent it on its way to the governor.
Provisions of the income tax as
passed by the legislature are:
Exemptions, $1,000 for sin
gle persons and $2,000 for mar
ried person's, and $100 exemp
tion for each dependent. The
tax rato Is from one to six per
cent. On the first $1,000 net in
come the tax is ono per cent and
with each additional $1,000 tho
rate Increases one-fourth of ono
- per cent up to . six - per cent, ,
which is applied on $12,000 and
above. . '
Corporations are treated as indiv
iduals. Operative Next Year
Unless tho law is held up by ref
erendum, it will become operative
next year and incomes of this year,
1923, will be subject to the tax. In
making up tho Income return, all
taxes paid except inheritance, Income
and local improvements can bo de
ducted from the gross income. It
Is estimated that tho tax will yield
between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000
and will fall largely on the salaried
and wage earning class. '
The house yesterday adopted a
joint resolution referring to the poo
plo a mcusuro which would provide
that a lieutenant governor shall be
elected at the same time that the gov
ernor Is elected, to serve In the ab
sence of the governor and to bo presi
dent of the senate As president of
tho senate he would havo no vote ex
cept in case of a tlo and would draw
SHlHiy oniy.'WIH'll Ui:iuii.v n.- u,
governor or when serving as pres
ident of tho sonnto.
Tho houso reconsidered senate bill
"1, providing for the addition of a
circuit judge in Multnomah county
which It defeated Wednesday and
passed the bill.
What Governor Scoured.
Must linportnnt of the things the
- governor asked for nnd received were
nn Income tax law, n state market
scent, nnti-nllen land law and a re
volving fund of $100,000 to develop
Industries at the state penitentiary.
Among the things tho governor
wanted, hut failed to get were con
solldntlon, a paid highway commis
sion, severance tax on natural re
sources. Increased tax on corporations
and a tax on motion picture films.
The senato killed tho motion picture
tax Mil In tho closing hours.
All Astorin relief measures failed
except the hill to remit taxes at As
toria for seven years, the amount to
(Continued on Pago Three!
A1B PEOPLE, MOSTLY
10 OEATH IN KANSAS CITY TENEMENT
KANSAS CITV. Kas., Feb. 2.1.
(lly the Associated Press) Thirteen
persons were burned to death and
three others were reported missing
In a fire hers early today which de
stroyed a two story frame rooming
house at 951-7 Kansas nvenue.
The dead and unaccounted for are:
Mrs. Kllsha Colston. I".. and chil
dren, Violet 6, and John Vernon 2.
Leo Brnwn. .12. wife, Bessie, and
children. Catherine S; Arthur li: Mar
garet 4, and Leo, Jr.. 2-
Alonzo Bradford, wife, Lillian, 20,
nnd Infant child.
Kdgar Munyon. 12. and grand
mother. Mis. Munyon. 80.
Dying Husband Kept
Word to Write Wife
Only Cheery Letters
ASHTABULA, Ohio, Feb. 23.
Becauso of uu agreement enter
ed into last October between
Dr. JI. Milton Brown and his
wife, when the latter started on
a tour around tho world, to
writo each other only cheerful
letters Mrs. Brown Is unaware
that her husband Is dead and
burled. News of the agreement
was disclosed by his friends to
day. Dr. Brown was sick for ten
days, but ho never broko his
promise. "1 cannot writo be
causo it would ruin her trip,"
he said.
Several days ago a lottcr was
received addressed to him in
which Mrs. Brown Implores him
to "forget that foolish prom
ise," as she is "sick with anx
iety." But Dr. Brown never saw tho
letter. Ho died on January 23,
calling for his wife, who is
somewhere on the Indian ocean.
E
I INTOLERANCE
N LLS.A SCORED
'Hell Maria' Dawes Tells the
Union League Club of Chi
cago That America Needs a
J New Bill of Rights Klan
Activities Condemned.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25. (By tho As
sociated 1'ress) A current era of In
creased congressional demngoguery In
utterance, flaunting of re.dieal doc
trines, pardoning of men convicted of
treason Inciting of lawless action by
the Ku Klux Klan und abuse of
power of certuln labor leaders," was
Mr. Average Citizen's panoramic as
pictured by Charles Ci. Dawes, former
director of tho national budget, in
an address before tho Union League
club last nlghl.
Mentioning no names, savo a trib
ute to "our great, strong and deter
mined President Harding," Mr.
Dawes said:
"Tho average American citizen has
witnessed tho pardoning of men con
victed of treason against their gov
ernment in tlmo of war,1 dono with
tho apparent purposo o carrying Po
litical favor with tho disreputablo
elements of our population.
Klnn Is Condemned.
Secret organizations spring up to
meet force Willi force. A condition
of this kind which we find in this
country ut the present timo is a logi
cal consequence of the weak enforce
ment of law and tho American citi
zen knows it. Already organizations
have been formed claiming tho right
to take into their own hands tho en
forcement of Jaws which tho politic
ians in office havo neglected to en
force. These organizations, starting
professedly in the causo of right,
using mob psychology and acquiring
power thereby. In time must sink,
and do sink, to tho wicked lawless
ness, to contend with which they
have bunded together. The pages of
our press are filled with accounts of
the Ku Klux Klan and in times of
strikes with tho inflammatory pro
nunciainentos of labor and other mi
nority organizations.
Political Cowards.
The patriotic American citizen dc-
( Continued nn Page Three)
CHILDREN, BURNED
Mrs. Anna Sargent, -1.1. and grand
son. Donald. 5.
Thirteen bodies had been recovered
this morning. Six were adults and
seven were children.
The crackling wood did not warn
those sleeping In tho building, sur
vlvors declared today. They said
that It seemed as though the entire
structure was enveloped in flames
without notice.
Unusual construction of the stair
way Is believed by firemen to have
trantied many persons. Tho "stairs
lead to a center corridor on tin-
second floor, which branches out In
four directions.
W1IN0RITY
RUL
IS
Missing Banker Writes Father-in-Law
He Will Shuffle Off
So Creditors May Get His'
Life Insurance Second
Ponzi Episode Revealed.
CHICAGO, Feft. 23. White offi
cers in various pnrta of tho United
States tdoay continued checking tip
tho operations of Joseph M. Marcino,
alias .Joseph lUata, who rose from a
barber to a buyer of banks nnd whose
financial deals wero reported to have
caused losses approximating $391,000,
reports here indicated that he might
havo committed suicide.
A letter written by Marcino from
some point in Texas or Mexico to
Abraham Goldman of Chicago, his
father-in-law, and who, according to
in vest iga tors, supplied the missing
man with funds in a greater or lesser
amount, was reported to Indicate that
Marcino might end his life so that
creditors could realize on life insur
ance policies totaling $100,000.
"Tho only thing that remains for
me to do," he was reported to have
written, "is to disappear from the
face of this earth into oblivion, or
endure a life of suffering. I only
hopo. within a few years, through the
proceeds of my insurance to repay
my creditors."
Started In California.
Today Frank U. Taylor, a former
railroad firomun, finally- advanced to
president of the? First National bank
of Wttrron. t MaBS., by ; the fugitive, at
a- 8alfrywf5,0;.a waek. faced arraign
ment in tho federal court here, fol
lowing tho reported discovery of n
$213,000 shortago in accounts of tho
Warden institution.
In Buffalo, N. T., Marcino ex
tended his holdings subsequently
buying tho controlling interest in the
Merchants and Mechanics bank of
Philadelphia, which failed last week
and tho First National bank of "War
ren, where the discovery of an al
leged shortage of $213,000 caused of
ficers to start a search for Marcino.
and brought about tho arrest of Tay
lor here.'
Some years ago tho bank of Ter
Hh,. Cal., near I-os Angeles, failed and
Marcfno's namo waa mentioned in
connection with tho collapse. After
that ho disappeared with his wife,
going first to South America and
thonco to Italy.
Of his return, Mr. Goldman said:
"They returned to this country
abount IS months ago and ramo to
my home. Then I discovered about
this California trouble. Ho begged
mo to help him und for my daughter's
sake I did. Mrs. Goldman, 'my wife,
went to California, Sho pa;d $ri000
in cash and took notes for $6000
more to get hfm out of trouble.
On tho Pacific coast Marcino was
reported to havo been connected with
banking institutions In San Pedro,
Beaumont, Banning, Venice and Fer
ris. L.ater he was mentioned in con
nection with banks In tho middle
west.
TO HAUL U. S. MAIL
It will cost Cncle Sam $265 leas to
have tho malls transported between
tho depot nnd tho post office this year
than It did last year, for Postmaster
Warner has just received notifica
tion from the post office department
at Washington that tho successful
bidder for the contract for transport
ing the malls between these two
points, is Wm. Bradley of this city,
and that this bid hag been accepted.
Tho change was made necessary
because of the recent resignation of
Tom NorrlB, who has held tho con
tract for several years past. Mr.
Bradley's bid was $875, which was
the lowest among It bidders who
some timo ago submitted their fig
ures and qualifications. Mr. Norrls'
contract last year for the same work
was $1140. The new contract be
comes effective March 1st.
Sin. Bradley who has been oper
ating a Bmall furniture factory for
some time past will continue that
business, as the mull messenger con
tract only requires the hauling of the
malls from the trains to the post
office and vice versa, thus giving the
contractor a lot of spare time be
tween the mail carrying trains.
SUICIDE
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17-Year-Old Sisters
Sue "House of David"
For Forced Marriages
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'PAW "PAW. Mich Sevcntecn-ycar-old Ruth Bamford Seed)
who wilh licr sister. Mrs. Cladvs Bamford Rubcl. has brought suit
against the Israelite "House of David" lor $800,000. charges they
were the victims ol immoral practices under th; guise of religion and
that both were married to members ol the colony against their will
Benjamin Purncll. "high priest" ol the order, is. alleged to havs,
taken over property belonging to the girls' parents.!
ST. 'JOSEPH, Mich., Feb. 23. A
rebellion against the rulo of Benja
min Purncll of tho House of David,
the Denton Harbor religious colony;
the looting of the Shlluh building,
headquarters- of the sect. after a
'gas" attack; seiuro of $1100,000 sup
posed to be In the building npd tbel
setting up of a new colony, to be
known ns "tho league of nations,"
and over whieb n wninan wjih to rule
GERMAN
MINISTER
RESISTANCE MEANS RUIN
BKUI-l.V, Keb. 2H (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Tho communists In
the reachstag suffored a complete
routo yesterday when Minister of Do
fenso dossier effectively disposed of
a chargo made by tho "reds'" that tho
government was winking at the alleg
ed octlvtiea of secret nationalist or
ganizations suspected of arranging
armed opposition against tho French
In tho It u h r.
After branding tho accusations of
tho communists as inventions, Hcrr
Gcsslcr told the deputies that the
Internal political situation of Ger
many nevertheless was ono of the
utmost gravity. Ho uddod that thcro
were "enough crazy pooplo In Ger
many who believed armed resistance
I
Tunlalit Is a big night nt the .Inek
lon selmol. Mr. Killson Marshall will
entertain the daddies with "hunting
vnrns" and a recital of his trnvelinK
experiences. Mrs. dipt M trdy and
Mrs. Itawles Moore are In charge of
the music. Miss ItiKlsun'n fifth grade
will put on a calisthenle exorcise to
music and give a demonstration of
folk dances. Sandwiches, cake and
coffee will be served during the so
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as "ciueen" ivero being planned 111
1!I20 when John V. Hansel of Nash
ville, Tenn., was cxpullcd from till:
sect, according to the bill of particu
lars in a Buit filed in court hero by
I'urnell.
The head of tho colony socks to re
cover $200,000 damages from lhinsol
and ciht other former members, of
the cult who are alleged to havo boon
parties to the. reputed conspiracy to
wreck the organisation.
still possible," and Raid that such a
condition was bound to continiio fur
a long time.
"Thn flermnn nnnnln Inn havn n
soul", said llurr Ccsslor, "and It is
unrensonablo to cxpoct that a nation
which dally Is subjected to brutali
ties and bullyragging can remain
calm and reasonable in all Its compo
nnnl nnrtH."
lint.. ClnuMlni Itrnnrtnrt na ll-in ilinn.
est folly tho muro suggestion that
Germany could undertuko physically
to oppose tho French or any othor
power, as the Incvitaiiie result would
tin Hint thn most nrmnnrniin ttnrtlnn
of ficrm'uny would bo convortnd Into
a threaler of war which would throw
back German development a hundred
years.
cial hour. Fathers, mothers, and
friends of the school are cordially 111
vited.
SHIP BILL 13 LOST
FILIBUSTERING OVER
WASHINGTON, Fob. 23. Tho un
animous consent agreement to discon
tinue senato night sessions wns reach
ed, republican leaders said, to -avoid
further hardships In behalf of a hope
less cause.
Democratic leaders acceplod tho re
publican proimsnl, they stated, nnd
agreed to allow minor bills to come
up only with the understanding that
tho fight for the shipping bill was
virtually over.
DECLARES
Find Roseburg Wife
In Reno, Nev., She
Still Fears Hubby
nii.NO, Nov., Keb. 23. Mrs.
llortha liland, triicod to Bono yes-
toiilay aftor Sacramento author-
Hies had Boarchod lor hor body
on tho banks of tho Sacramento
rlvor near where thoy found'
clothing idontifiod by hor litis-
band, Kd Ulaiid, us that of his !
wlfo, left Bono late last night
and her attorney, II. C. Bawllngs
today doclinod to state whoro she
had gone.
Mrs. Bland fears her husband
may coma to Bono und ndminiK-
tor further beatings to her, Mr.
Bawllngs Raid today. Ho advised 4
hor, ho said, to leavo this city.
According to hor attornoy, Mrs.
Bland says the finding of hor
clothing In a boat in tho river
was a "framoup" on the part of
her husband, ho hoping In that
manner to locato hor.
,
Ex-service Men Finance Move
to Bring Pothier Case Be
fore U. S. Supreme Court
Man Is Held in Providence
Jail. .
WASHINGTON, Fob. 23. Pro
ceedings wero instituted today In the
supremo court In an effort to obtain
a final decision as to the jurisdiction
of the fedoral court to try the alleged
murdorer of Major Alo:.andor P.
Cronkhlto, who died of a gunshot
wound received at Camp Lewis,
Wash., In 1918.
Tho court was asltod to grant a pe
tition tor habeas corpus to bring be
fore it tho docislon of Judge Brown
of I ho United States district court
for Ithodo Island which hold Roland
It. Pothier without bail on his alleg
ed confession of having fired the Bhot
which killed Major Cronkhlto. .
Judge Brown, deciding that tho
shooting took placo on a government
reservation over which the fodoral
courts had jurisdiction, refused lo
relouso Pothier on bail. Sinco that
decision the United Statos commis
sioner in Now York City and tho wnr
and justice departments havo held
that tho federal govornmont was
without jurisdiction becauso tho res
ervation had not passed Into tho full
control of the government at tho
tlmo of the shooting.
Davis; G. Arnold, an attorney of
Providence, R. I., acting as counsel for
Pothier, begun today's proceedings.
Potlilor Is without funds, Arnold said
in an application to tho court to con
sider the caso under rules which
would relieve Pothier from certain
filing nnd other charges to direct the
release of his client on ball.
In orally presenting lo tho court his
motion, Mr. Arnold said ho had been
retained by tho American Legion,
which wnB paying nil oxpensos Inci
dent to bringing tho caso up to the
Bupronio court. Special Assistant At
tornoy General James Fowler told the
court that the department of justice
had no objection to filing a habeas
corpus petition In favor of Potlilor btit
3000 INDIANS MEET
SBATTLE, Feb. 23. Once' the
pround and undisputed owners of nil
tho land of tho nortliwoat, 3,000 In
dians arc seeking from Undo Sam,
80 acres each or tho equivalent there
of. To attain this, a meeting of tho
Northwest Federation of American
Indians will bo held In Seuttlo to
morrow morning.
Under tho treaty of Mullketo.
which was negotiated between the
ludlnns und the United States gov
ernment In 1 858, oach Indian was
supposed tu got 80 acres of land. Tho
Indians assert that tho terms ot tho
treaty wen never fairly carried out.
Some of the signers of the pact, they
LEGION ENTERS
CRONKHITECASE
FOR DEFENDANT
BLOOD AGAIN
SHED IN TOE
RUHR VALLEY
One Killed, 2 Wounded When
French Troops Fire On Ger
man Crowd at Bochum
Martial Law Declared
French Take Over Customs
Offices.
P.EHI.IN. Feb. 23. .Martial law
has been declared In Boelium, says a
dlHpateh to tho Central Nows, In con
sequence of yesterday's disturbances
In which French soldiers fired on a
crowd with fatal results.
nUKSSKI.DOKF. Feb. 23. (By
the Associated Press) Blood lias
again been shed In tho Kuhr In tho
course of a French "dlKRlng In" pro
cess. One German civilian was killed
and two others seriously wounded at
liocliuin yesterday, when two French
soldiers fired upon a crowd that had
gathered to .watch tho occupation of.'
tho law courts building. Observers
said that tho shooting was dons by
pollus who wero obviously irritated by
the jeers of tho -bystanders.
Tho decision of Premiers Polncaro
and Thcunla to administer tho rail
roads through an alllod civilian ad
ministration la designed to iihprovo
transportation conditions athough
General Payot said the railroads
already operating under French and
Helginn supervision are . doing their
work. - .;"'.',.""--; v
Details' of the new plan will bo.
worked out In conferences among
General DoCloutlo, General Payot, of
ficials of the Fronch ministry ot pub
lic works representatives of tho rail
roads and Paul Tlorard, president of
thu International IMitncland commis
sion. Tho functioning of tho allied cus
toms ring Is threatened with diffi
culties In conscuucnco ot Berlin's
older that no taxes bo paid to the oc
cupiers. Such puynients, tho fodoral
minister of finance has decreed, will
not bo recognized by tho German gov
ernment. Gorman customs officials
hnvc bocn reminded of their responsi
bility to tho relch and of tho govern
ment's confidence that they will ro
slsl selzuro of their offlcoa with as
much firmness as has been sjiown by
industrial workers.
Tho Fronch maintain that their
customs barrier la secure and that tho
courso of Gcrmnny's economic llfo
blood has boon diverted. '
Tho Germans, on their part, do
elnro through tho press that they aro
adamant In their determination not
to yield nnd point out thut such pen
alties as tho expulsion of German
functionaries ' only strengthen tho
German position. .
Expulsions of Ruhr nnd Hhincland .
officials already total 470, tho Gcr
mans ullego. '
KSSKN, Fob. 23. (By tho Asso
ciated Press) Tho French havo de
elded to replace tho Gorman customs
officials by Fronch throughout tho
Ituhr.
bollovcd on tho contrary that It was
highly desirable to havo the jurisdic
tion ot tho federal courts in tho mat
ter passed liimn by tho supreme court.
Chief Jtistlco Taft announced that
tho court would pormlt Mr. Arnold to
file his, petition and would at a lator
dato announco Its decision as to whe
ther It would puss upon the question
of whothor tho federal courts havo
jurisdiction.
IN SEATTLE TO
U.S.
clulm, wero not allotcd and their de
scendants aro without a heritage.
Tho number of theso claims against
tho government Is about 3,000, The
Indians havo presented their claims
to congress and tho senate has twice
passed a bill for tholr rollef but the
legislation was defeated In tho houso.
Many ot tho Indians are willing to
trust) tholr claims to congress and
the court ot clulms. while others
want their cases hnndlod by the In
dian agent. This will bo tho bone
ot contention nt the mooting tomor
row, according to Wilfred Steve, sec
rotary of tho federation, who Is a
Tulallp and engnged In the garage
business at MurysvlUe, Wast). ; r
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