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MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1923
NO. 221
eekly Fifty-Third Ymlt.
BEATEN BY
Although i Returned to Power,
Baldwin Government Meets
Political Defeat in English
Elections, Losing Its Major
ity Lloyd George and As-,
quith Re-elected. -
LONDON, Dec.' 7. (By Associated
PresB.) With 601 seats out of 616 ac
counted for up to 9 p. m., the standing
of the parties was:
Conservatives 258.
t! Labor party 185.
Liberals 148
Other parties 10.
The situation now is one of the roost
complex that has ever occurred In
British politics. It Is generally beliov
ed Premier Baldwin will continue to
conduct - the government - until he
meets with defeat in the commons.
Since It will be Impossible for him to
put through the protection measures
which formed the only purpose of his
campaign, he probably will' Invite de
feat as the most graceful way out of
his position by proposing any motion
In the house which the laborites and
radicals oppose.
The government would thus be over
thrown, and the king, according to
custom, would, summon J. Ramsay
MacDonald, as leader of the' official
opposition party, to form a cabinet.
LONDON, Dec. 7. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The conservative ma
jority over all the parties In the houae
of commons, was definitely wiped out
at yesterday's general election
With , 584 seats of the total of 615
accounted for at 4 o'clock thin' after
noon, the following could be definitely
stated: s'
The conservatives will have a ma
jority over any other party In the
house of commons but will lack a ma
jority over all the other parties.
Therefore Prime Minister Baldwin's
government stands practically de
feated, because It would be Impotent
In the face of the combined opposition.
The standing of the parties this af
ternoon at 3:30 o'clock with 518 of the
total of 615 seats accounted for was:
Conservatives 222.
Labor 158.
Liberals 128.
Independents 9.
, Nationalists f.
' ThiB showed a continued relatively
greater growth In the number of la
borites and liberals returned than of
conservatives.
Labor Beats Liberals .
' The laborites were definitely assur
ed tonight of being returned as the
opposition In the commons as the lib
erals could not overtake them even If
they won all the remaining seats.
The greatest number of seats the
laborites ever held before was 144.
The Countess of Warwick was badly
defeated for parliament in the War
wick and Leamington division of War
wick where she had made a pictures
que campaign as the .labor party on
tiu'ate. The conni'ts was at the bot
tom of the poil with 4015 votes o.ily
. against the successful candidate. Op
tain -A. Edln,1 conservative, with lo.
SS7, and George Nichols, liberal, with
-1134.:
Mrs. Maw-el Phlllpson, conserva
tive, retained her seat for the Ujt
9 wick oil-Tweed oivlstoni of Derwic't-
0 i Tweed but by a smaller mJjo:i'.y
than at the last election.
Liberals Gain
the first rrftrrs recet.e'1 fnm the
Sng'lah counes, which generally
'Vuoaking ara roi.se vatlvo, gav? the
In---:. Is tfurthe- hopes, as the rfr
.ortca a llberd gain In the Basing
Bt'ike division of Hampshire ovir the
conservatives Lo had held the seat
1 lev.tenant Commander R. T. 11.
Watcher. llbei.il. defeated Sir Ai-Mtir
li.Mook, conwnatlve, by a majority
of 548. .
iTHER OVERJOYED
SON EVEN THO HE COMMITTED CRIME
: 8UPERIOR, Wis.. Deo. 7. (Br the
Associated Press.) Despite the fact
that her sen, Edward J. Sailstad, Is
held In a Napa, Cal., Jail, pending his
Teturn here on a charge of arson, com
mitted three years ago, Mrs. Augusta
Sailstad is glad that he has been
found and will Boon be borne. -
Since the discovery of charred hu
man bones In a cottage near Lake
Nebagaraon, Douglas county, three
Oregon Constable
Found Guilty of
Taking Wet Bribe
ROSEBURO, Ore., Dec. 7.
Fred C. Schulte, former consta-
ble and deputy sheriff at Reeds-
port. Ore., was found guilty yes-
terday of accepting a bride from
B. C. Roberts, confessed bootleg-
ger, who entered a plea of guilty
to a charge of giving a bribe and
who was the Btate's main wit-
ness la the case. "
L'Echo de Paris Thinks Cool
idge Sounds More Like Pas
tor Than Statesman Lon
don Times Sees Po'icy of
Greater Aloofness.
PARIS, Dec. 7. President Cool
ldge's mesBage is described by Portl
nax in L'Echo de Paris as "an out
line of American policy exclusively di
rected toward attaining her own par
ticular ends, In spite of the fine
sounding ihraH()n which to our ears
smack rather of the pulpit than the
rostrum." . .
"America, as It natural," Pertinax
addB, "intends to defend her own In
terests exclusively, indeed she dis
avows other preoccupation. If she
concedes us the same right, our pol
icy In reparations and national secu
rity can be followed out without en
countering any obstacle from her."
' ' LONDON, Dec, 7. President Cool
tdge's message tho- Times says. Is
marked by a clearness or statement
on many Important subjects that has
not always distinguished the com
munications of his predecessors.
"It is an emphatic, profession of
the family creed of the president's
party," says the Times, "chiefly re
markable for the precision where
with It re-n'fflrms the dogma of aloof
ness from tne cniei questions mat ais-
tract the 'old world.
Referring to Mr. Coolldge'a remarks
I about tho League of Nations, the
haps come when the league will find
full favor In American eyes with the
permanent court."
Hard Fight Foreseen.
WASHINGTON, Dei. 7. President
Coulidge's first annual message to
congress has served to clear the at
mosphere tit the capltol so far as the
administration's legislative program is
concerned.
The president and congress appear
to he us one on the desirability of tax
reduction, hut the administration's
program as embodied In a preliminary
draft hill, sent to the house yesterday
by Secretary Mellon differs in mate
rial aspects from the proposals In this
direction announced recently by the
republican Insurgents in the house.
Other subjects treated by Mr. Cool
ldge which leaders generally say will
furnish stubborn contests In con
gress Include the soldiers' bonus:
American adherence to the world
court with reservations; amendments
to the transportation act; relief for
agriculture in general and the wheat
growers in particular and the unti
lynching ' legislation.'
Bills embodying several of the rec.
ommendutlons of president Coolidge
already have been Introduced and
others will be presented luter.
Congress was in recess today until
next Monday out ' of respect to the
memory of President Harding.'
Democrats of the house were called
in a party caucus to select their mem
bers of the ways and means commit
tee, who In turn will make assign
ments of democrats to other commit
tees. Representative Oreen of Iowa,
prospective chairman of the " house
ways and means committee,-hopes to
have that committee organized early
next week so as to take up tax re
vision promptly. He said the prelim,
inary draft bill furnished by Secre
tary Mellon would be used as a basis
for discussion.
AT
years ago, said to have been those of
Sailstad, who had occupied the cot
tage, the mother refused to believe he
had died.
During the Intervening years Bite
says she bad maintained a constant
search for ber son, without success.
1n her telegram to him after his ar
rest she pledged her allegiance to him,
regardless of what he-Is said to have
confessed to Napa police.
U. S. MESSAGE
RIDICULED BY
PAttiS JOURNAL
REVOLUTION
IN 'MEXICO
BREAKS OUT
Serious Uprising vin Vera Cruz
Spreads Over the Country
President Obregon Called
Back From Retreat De
clared Rebellion Will
Crushed By Iron Hand.
Be
VERA CRUZ, Dec. 7. (By the
Associated Press) Troops in the en
tire maritime zone have joined the in
surgent movement against President
Obregon and General Culles, accord
ing to reports received at an early
hour this morning. The rebellion Is
now said to embraco the whole of the
Huastloa nil region.
Loyal troops from Mexico City It Is
reported were in contact last night
with insurgent forces. The railway
lines between the capitul and this city
have been cut.
Leaders of the movement, includ
ing Adnlfo de la Huerta, General
Guadaloupe Sanchez, chief of mill
tary operations in this district and
Jorge Prloto Laurens, are preparing
to set up a provisional government
here and plnn to elect one of their
number ns provisional president. Ha
fael Suburan Capmany Is reported to
be slated for the post.
Tho leaders of the revolt have of
fered guarantees and employment to
the people und have given assurances
that trade will be protected.
Many land owners, It was announc
ed,' have Joined the rebels, hoping
thereby to regain the properties they
lost under the law compelling land
holders to share their estates with
their tenants.
Plans Carefully Iiald,
Plans for the movement, it up
.... ,,..a ni-vHtnlll?ari nt ft meetlne
1 held late Wednesday night at the
! home of Gonoral Sanchez. This meet-
' Ing was attended by Severn! generals
and naval chiefs who after tele-
I graphing President Obregon that
they had resolved "to assume the de
fense of the Institutions offended so
seriously" by the federal government,
ousted all federal office holders, re-
' nlactmr them with sympathizers. They
also named General Edunrdo Loyo as
I provisional governor of Vera Cruz.
. Throughout yesterday und last
night came news of similar move
ments nt Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, Ban
Luis Potosl, Mlchoacan, Jalisco, 81-
naloa. Sonora and Tolucu.
Manifestos have been Issued by
both De La Huerta and Prleto Lau
rens, setting forth their reasons for
renudlatlne the Obregon regime.
. General Berlanga Is said to be the
only commander in the . maritime
zone who refused to join tne move
metlt.
From the message sent to Presi
dent Obregon by the instigators of
the movement here on Wednesday
night, l't appears that, the purpose of
the movement is to prevent federal
Interference with the affairs of the
stuteTl.
The message mentioned "the anar
chy and lack of discipline fomented
in the army from the highest official
ranks."
"Rebels Will Bo Crushed."
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 7. (By the
Associated Press) The country will
be pacified; the rebellion will be put
down with an iron hand, said Presl-
rlnnt llrcanrt iinnn firrlnlnE last
evening from Celaya, where he has
been convalescing rrom his recent in
ness. This was the only comment the
nmdilaiii urnnlri mnlcm in rpnnrtu that
General Sanchez and Adolfo de la
Huerta had undertaken a movement
against his government.
Vpfiernl nfflf-ials anted DrOmptfy
last evening upon receipt of advices
that tne movement was spreading.
Three long columns of federal troops
under General Amaro were ordered
from Tamplco to meet General San
chez, while other government forces
were instructed to converge at Esper
anza in order to assist in' attacking
Sanchez. Other troops were concen
trated in the state of Tlaxcala.
Official quarters deny that there
hnct tnen en outbreak In the state of
Ooxaca. They also profess to have
received nff wor dot revoim in am-'i-aoacan.
Chihuahua or San Luis Po-
Advices from Puebla state that
fighting occurred at Cordova when a
part of the garrison there refused to
join the Banchez-Huerta movement.
Death Toll of
the Automobile
WALLA WALLA. Dec. 7. Hymen
Cohn, treasurer of the Elks lodge of
Spokane, is dead and his wife Is in a
hoRttttnl horn rrlOUHlv Inlured BH a
result of an automobile accident near
Dixie shortly after noon today. De
tails of how the accident occurred
ar. tint kunwn. Passersbv 'saw the
overturned ear and brought Mr. and
Mrs. Cohn to this city, the former
dying on the way here.
Pretty, 21, And Heiress
To $500,000, Schoolma'am
Will Go Right On .Teaching!
V w- - :W'X.
' MISS ELIZABETH WURTHMAN.NV
JERSEY" CITY -Twenty-one, an only child, ' alid heiress ,i
$soo,ooo! : . '
This is the dazzling position ih which Miss Elizabeth Rosalie
Wurthmaim a week ago tt quiet, unpretentious little, schoolma'am
finds herself today.
"I'm just lucky, that's, all," was her comment ' when informed
that Louis Lehmeyer, hermit, who died in pauper's ward on Wei
' fare Island, left her a fortune.
She will finish teaching school this vear. then travel around
the world. Will she marry? "Oh, no I" said Miss Wurthmann, hut
..,Hhe winj.ed. ;,'f, h,-.v ' '-:-''i. 4.,.,. .'- - : ' i w
FRIGHTFUL TALE
OF CAE -TOLD
BY
Two Pasadena Lads, H Years
Old, Tell of Barbarous Slay
ing of Five Year Old Play
mate Will Be Examined
As to Sanity.
PASADENA, Cal., Deo. 7. Two
14 year old boys were held In the city
Jail today In connection with the
slaying of a five year old playmate,
whom, according to an alleged confes
sion obVlned by the police Inst night,
they wounded with a .22 caliber pis
tol, beat Into Insensibility with a brick
and then left to die In an abandoned
factory.
The alleged' slayers, Wllllum For
rester and Paul Dadcler. both pupils
In a school for abnormal children, ex
plained the death of five year old Ar
thur Martinez substantially as 'fol
lows, police said:
' They were enacting "wild west"
scenes In the abandoned factory,
flourishing in their ploy a .22 caliber
pistol. The pistol went off; Arthur
was wounded. In their panic the boys
beat him into Insensibility to still his
cries, then tied him to a post with bits
of wire. Late yesterday they return
ed to release hlrt) with a threat not
to tell anyone how-he had been treat
ed. They found him dead.
Once more they fled the scene, this
time they encountered a man near the
factory und to him they said they had
Just found a boy's body within. In
the Investigation which followed they
at first denied knowledge of the slay"
Ing then ended- by relating all of the
details calmly and frankly, according
to officers.
Pending examination by alienists,
no formal charges were fiied against
the boys.
Wire Report On
Foreign Money
NEW YORK, Dec 7- Foreign ex
changes broke sharply at the open
ing of today's market' on British elec
tion, returns. Demnnd sterling broke
nearly four cents to $4.36 end French
francs slumped 10 Vt points to 6.32
cent's. Other continental exchanges
yielded In sympathy.
LONDON, Dec. 7. (By the Aaso-
MERE
NOVEMBER SHORT
Y
I
The offlciul report for tho month
of November in Medford and y'dnlty
shows that that month In comparison
with Novembers of recent years wus
a comparatively nice one, with a
marked Bhorlago of rain. Usually this
lis a rainy month with much disagree
able weather, hut this year the most
of that sort of weather came In Sep
tember and October.
The November rainfall Was .87 of an
inch, .42 of which fell on the 14th.
There were eight days with .01. Inch
or moro of precipitation, 11 days were
clear, four partly cloudy and 16
cloudy. Nine duyB had fog,' and there
were frosts on seven mornings, but
there were no so-called killing frosts.
For five years post other Novem
bers have had the following rainfalls!
1922, 1.36 tn.; H2 1, .3.54 In.; 1920,
4.27 in.; 1911), 1.87 in.; 1918, 2.89 tn.
There were no thunder stormB, hall
or'slect during that month.
The monthly summary of tempera
tures follows:
Mean maximum, B6.86; mean mini
mum, 33.70; mean, 46.28; maximum,
08 on the 4th, and 10th; minimum 20,
on the 18th and 27th; greatest dally
range, 38.
The official government Bummary
Is, In part, as follows: ,
Date Max. Min. Pro."
1 48 81 . . . Clear
2 68 39 .08 Cloudy
3 60 . 30 ., Clear
4. . . '. 68 81 . . Clear
6 67 30 .... Clear
C 66 28 .. Clear
7 .63 28 . . Clear
8 61 29 ..' Pt. Cldy
9 62 29 .. Clear
10 61-. 27 .'. Clear
11 64 32 T Cloudy
12 69 36 . . Cloudy
13. ....66 44 .02 Cloudy
14 .63 43 .42 Cloudy
15... . 63 40 . . Pt. Cldy
16 68 33 .. Pt. Cldy
17 62 27 .. Clear
18...' 65 30 .. Cloudy
19 64 -84 . . Cloudy
20 58 40 .. Cloudy
21 55 24 .. Cloudy
22 61 34 - .01 Cloudy
23 60 41 .01 Cloudy
24 60 48 .03 Cloudy
26 63 29 . .. . ' Cloudy
26 60 27 . . Clear
27 .63 ' 26 .. Pt. Cldy
28. 46 29 T Cloudy
29 48 41 .26 Cloudy
30 48 39 .04 Cloudy
elated Press) The stock.exchange to.
day Indicated that It was disappointed
with the election. Home rails sold
off 1 to 2 points and corresponding
declines were noted in Industrials, oil
shares, mining stocks and foreign se
curities. .
Bergdoll Kidnaper
Gets Light Sentencel
Accomplice Freed
MOSBACH. Baden, Dec. 7. 4
(By thil Associated Press.) A i
sentence of eighteen months' im- 4
prlsonment was Imposed upon 4
4 Corliss Hooven Orlffls of Hainll- 4
4 ton, Ohio, for the part he played 4
4 In the attempted kidnapping of 4
4 Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Anier- 4
4 lean draft evador at Eberbach 4
4 last August. Karl Sperber of 4
4 Paris was sentonced to fifteen 4
4 months and the Russian pilnce, 4
4 Faust Gagarin, to five months. 4
4 Eugene Victor Nelson of Chicago, 4
4 the fourth defendant, was set 4
4 free. 4
4
TAX REDUCTION
Secy, of Treasury in Annual
Report Shows How Federal
Taxes Can Be Reduced and
, Prosperity Be Given Im
petus. WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Secretary
Mellon, In his annual report trans
mitted to congress today, described
treasury operations under which the
nation's debt had been reduced $613,
674,343 In the fiscal year 1923, and
again urged a sharp reduction in tax
ation based on rigid eoonotny . and
barring "authorisations for new and
unexpected expenditures." The report
contained a copy of Mr. Motion's let
ter to Acting Chairman Oreen. of the
house ways, and means committee, In
which the secretary said "a soldiers'
bonus would postpone tux reduction
pot for one but for many years to
come."
To the usual review of official
activities under his direction, Mr. Mel
lon attached additional argument for
the general reduction In Income taxes
which he has urgod. He particularly
stressed the adyantago which he has
predicted would come from cutting
the surtax ratoa upon large incomes
to a maximum of 25 percent, on tho
ground that It would actually increase
I government Income, as well as indi
rectly benefit the public at large by
reducing. burdens on productive oper
ation. , Debt Reduced 4 nillloii
The government, "firmly establish
ed on tho baslB of balancing Its budget
each year," Mr. Mellon said, brought
the national debt, once at a figure of
over $26,000,000,000, down to a total
of $22,082,209,000 on October 81. The
record, he said, was one - brought
about "only by the most rigid econ
omy and the. application of business
principles to the government's fi
nance." On the present basis of taxa
tion and expenditure, he cited an
estimated treasury surplus next July
of about $329,000,000, and a possible
surplus In the year after of $396,000,
000. i
; "High taxation," the report contin
ued, "even If levied upon an economic
basis, affects the prosperity of . the
countrq, because In Its ultimate anal
ysls the burden of all taxes rests only
In part upon the Individual or propar
j ty taxed. It Is borne by the ultimato
j consumer. High taxation means a
I high price level and high cost of liv
ing. It can safely be said that reduc
tion in the Income tax reduces ex
penses hot only of the 7,000,000 In
come tax payers but of the entire
1110,000,000 people of the United
States."
Increase Tax Income
As to the reduction in the surtax
rate, Mr. Mellon said Unit the history
of taxation thruout the world Indicat
ed that "moans have always been
found by tho Ingenuity of the citizen
to to avoid taxes Inherently' exces
sive." It was significant, he said, that
the largo Incomes reported for taxa
tion were decreasing In number each
year, those over $300,000 being 246, In
11921 as compared with 895 the year
' before. The estates of the wealthy.
he pointed out, were flowing Into tax
exemnt securities. The treasury act-
'unrv Inn fntitlnnnri. eHl Imntefl fhRt the
FEAR "MISSING GIRL"
SUBJECTED TO
SEATTLE, Dec. 7. Fear Is felt for
the lire of Miss Nell Austin, Seattle
school teacher, who Is In a hospital In
Vancouver, B.. C, where she was
found after vanishing here November
26, according to advices received to
day from Vancouver. ,
Dr. II. C. Powell, under whose care
Miss Austin Is, was quoted as saying
that further questioning of her to un
ravel the mystery created by her dec-
MELLON
V
DETAILS OF HIS
DEATH LIST
COAST GALE
16
Steamer Sinks in Rosario
Strait With Loss of 15 Lives
Other Casualties Along
Sound Storm Continues in
Portland and . Along the
Coast of Oregon.
SEATTLE, Dec. 7. One of fifteen
men who lost their lives wheij the
Puget Bound steameV T. W. Lake was
wrecked in a storm in Rosario strait
botween the San Juan Islands and
Anacortcs, Wash., yesterday and who
wore a medal indicating that he "Had
rendered heroic service tn the World
War, was Joseph I. Larsen of Seattle,
chief engineer of the vessel, It was be
lieved here today.
The list of the dead as completed
today was:.
Captain E. E. Mason, master of the
Lake, Tacoma. - ' ;
Swen O. Uddenberg, Seattle, first
officer.
Joseph I. Larsen, Seattle, chief en
gineer. E. E. Fields, Tacoma, purser.
Lars Drupplng, Seattle, assistant
engineer.
E. V. Abbott, Tacoma, cook.
Al Mason, Tacoma, quartermaster.
W. Bunks, Tacoma, quartermaster.
Charles Pearson, Ueorge Ehrt, and
William Carson, ull of Tacoma, steve
dores. A. Skinner, J. Dunn, H. Sklllam and
Oeorge Corblnn, all of Tacoma, deck
hands. , ,, . . , , . . ,' :
The storm which destroyed the
Lake and her crew was declared tne
worst In tv.enty, years In . the San
Juims. Theories of what caused the
disaster,, dlff-nrcd, among marine men
here. . Some held that a eargo q'f lime
which the Lake had taken aboard at
Roche Harbor, Wash., had beoome,
wet and burned the boat or caused her
seams to rip. Wreckage found show
ed no Indication of burning. , , , .
. Tlnwkoope'r Killed.
The other death was that of Thos.
E. Phlppa, 32, timekeeper at the
Whatcom Falls Mill company, Bel
lingham. He was repairing the en
trance gate when It suddenly opened ,
and struck him on the head, Instantly
Killing mm.
Hundreds of telephones Were re
ported hut of commission In Belling
ham, Evorett, Aberdeen and Hoqulam.
Street car service was held up a Short
time In Seattle early yesterday. At
Everett the high tension electrio Wires
leading into the city were blown down
and 'the city had to depend on the
aiixtlifry steam plant for light and
eleflt,rlc power yesterday. "
Three feet of snow was reported to '
have fallen In the Cascades.
; 'With the exception of . the ' one
Shipwreck, coastal navigation was unhampered.
.PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 7. Dam
age wrought by the , storm yesterday, .
which swept tho north Pacific coast .
and the western portions of Oregon
and Washington continued .to grow
today as further reports were being
received from the districts visited.
Towns near the coast.: had their
streets .flooded with tidewaters, wire
communication, with - many districts
was Interrupted and ramshackle
buildings were blown down. Warren
ton, Oregon, and Aberdeen and Ho
qulam reported tidal floods and other
Oregon, towns also were believed to
have suffered. Trains were being re
ported behind time at several points.
While, the wind had abated early
today, rain was continuing to fall and
more Was f orecast. ' "
reduction' of the surtax to the 26 per
cent maximum., agalnts a present
maximum ranging up to 50 per cent,
would actually Increase by 1916 the
amounts the government receives, the
lesser rate being more than compen
sated tor by the additional volume of
tax paid. ..
Mr. Mellon advocated also the re
duction of federal taxation on estates
after death on the ground that this
tax, was taken "not out of Income but
out of capital," with cumulative con
fiscatory effect. '
WILL DIE IF
laratlon that Bhe was kidnapped, while
the Seattle police have taken the
stand that she went away after dlssenr
slon with her sister, would probably
prove fatal. The patient was put In
a quiet ward and all visitors barred. '
Dr. Powell expressed the hope that
Miss Austin, who he said was suffer
ing from something like shell shock,
might never recall In detail her exper
iences from the time she disappeared.
MORE QUESTIONING