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Newspaper Page TextH The Weather L TRIBU Weather Year A$o Maximum 46 Minimum 30 Prediction ..Rain 'Maximum yesterday 3tt Minimum tmlay 30 ft .lly Eighteenth Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1923 NO. 229 eekly Fifty-Third Yar. LOST COAS MEBFORB NE i ill A WRECK OFF Oregon I 4 I 4( nnni inr mm m LOST IN SEA Steamer Schooner C. A. Smith Piled On Rocks Near Marsh - field 14 of Crew Rescued, .While. Ten Are Drowned- Heroism Is Blamed for Loss of Lives. MARSHPIELD, Ore., Dec. 17 Ten men were lost yesterday as a result ot the wreckof the steamship C. A. Smith, which went on the rocks In side thenorth jetty of Coos Bay when she became disabled by being hit by breakers while attempting to leave the harbor. - The missing: H. Borabl, third mate; A. Leland, wireless operator; T. Chalmers, chief engineer; A. Rajalin, seaman; C. Sampson, seaman; H. An derson, oiler; A. Granfelt, oiler. In addition to these members of the vessel's crew, who were drowned when a lifeboat was swamped yester day, C. N. Prescott, deck hand of the tug Oregon was washed away yester day while engaged in rescue work. Seven men who remained with the wreck oveYnlght wero landed this morning when they launched a life boat and were taken aboard the tug Oregon. They were Captain T. Blom burg, First Mate M.A. Sumlell; Sec , oud Mate G. Ecklund; Third Assistant Engineer H. Flamming Vand Seamen H. H. Jerline, O. Nlkolason nnd E. Hu berts. Seven men who were rescued by tlio. coast guard yesterday are;. Fred Baubel, seaman;. II. Fridge and E. Calvey, firemen; ,- W.i A. Shields, cook; John Bertha, cabin boy; K. Klrcholl, Moss bo ynnd Albert Klaus, galley man. . Bled to Save Cripple Heroism on the part of members of the crew of the C. A. Smith In their efforts to save A. Iceland, crippled wireless operator, cauped the Ioms of at least some of the men, according to survivors, who have been brought Mo Marshfield. Sunday when the coastguard lifeboat wns nt the wreck, It was not thoroughly under nnnd why all the crew did not take advan tage of the opportunity and leave at once. Today it developed that the men did not want to go until the wireless boy had been saved. Leland was only twenty years old and Is the son of :i college professor at Berkeley. He wore artificial feet and wns not ublo to take care of himself. The survivors said today that they all wanted to see the hoy tuken off first. They intended to get a line around him and lower hlin to the roast guard' lifeboat. Some realized that this would take some minutes and went back to their cabins to get some of their possessions. The efforts to save Leland caused the delay which prevented all of the men leaving with the coast guard. - When Cnptain Blomberg was taken aboard the tug Oregon this morning with other survivors who hud passed the night on the wreck he fell into ih nrm of William Denman, chair man of the board of directors of the Coos Bay Lumber company who was on the tug. vThe captain wept, expressing grief for the loss of nine of his men. The lifeboat was lowered from the wreck this morning at a fortunate time for the heavy seas had subsided for a time and after the boat was launched the survivors were taken aboard the tug. the seas again became rough. . MAHSHFIKLD. Ore.. Dec. 17. Seven men who clung last night to the (Continued on Page Elght) nm A PUR' M Ml) raltflL AdnLd ..munuLncu m ilu, f . Af irti ia i inrn rnn t " ni i ii li i in mmm TOKIO, Dec. 17. (By Associated a .., aitnntion prevails here as a result of .theft of the ashes :of the b.dy of the late Sakaye OsugK socialist leader, who was slain, with lhis wife and child, after being arrest ed by Captain Amakasu, gendarmerie offJcer: over the desecra- tion " "remains of their leader have threatened reprisals '""" iinti-socialist league anu ' " . . ni-pnniKatlon are te,rSose.y guarded again.t.tacK. Make People Vote By Taxing Those Who Fail to Do So CHICAGO, Dec. 17. A plan to 4- tax voters who fall to cast bnl-4- lots was presented by Judge F. 4 M. McKInley at a Joint meeting of University of Michigan and University of Iowa alumni nt the Hamilton club today. Judge Mc- Kinley advocated passage of a bill "to be presented to our next legislature in the nature of a vol- or's tax, based on the same prln- ciplo as tho poll tax with a pro- vision that 'thore shall be levied, say 15 to 25 dollars or 50 dollars against every voter, man or wo- man, with specific nnd stringent provisions for collection." Dr. Leighton Parks of St. Bar tholomew's Challenges Doc trine of Virgin Birth and Welcomes Trial On Charge of Heresy. NEW YORK, Doc. 17. An issue has been raised between the modern ist and fumlanjentallst .factions of tho J'roteHlant Episcopal church which some churchmen fear will develop into one of tho greatest theological controversies of recent years. ' Tho storm center is. tho Rev. Leo W. Heaton, rector of Trinity church, Fort Worth, Texas, who will bo tried for heresy soon after January 1 for his denial of the virgin birth as a physical fact. The Rev. Stuart Tyson, Vice presi dent of the Churchmen's union lias characterized the development as the most Important matter in tho genera tion, lie quotes Ulshop Moore of Texas as considering it the beginning of a concerted movement to cleanse the church of modernism. K Supporters of tho Rev. Mr. Heaton say the modernists will not stop at defense but will push a vigorous counter-attack to tho next general conven tion of the church. Organization of a defense committee and subscriptions of a defense, fund have been under taken. Dr. Leighton Parks, rector, of St. Bartholomew's church, during ser vices at his church yesterduy, doffed surplice and stole, , symbols of his priesthood and announced his rejec tion of the recent pastoral letter of the Episcopal house of bibhups, which ndjured the ministry to-stuud behind "the Catholic traditions" of the church and the "Nicene creed." He challenged both the doctrines of the virgin birth nnd the bodily resurrec tion and welcomed a trial for heresy. The Rev. Dr. Percy Stick ncy Grant, rector of the Church of the Ascension, . who last winter engaged In a contro versy with Bishop Manning, said In his sermon yesterday: ' "There are many In the church. English and American, who still beT lieve In an nuthorlty almost papal nnd .wish practically to return to medieval jways. They have little sympathy with Protestantism." I The5 Rev. Dr. Norman Guthrie ex I plained to churchgowers at St. Marks i that his critics have misunderstood ' the symbolic Greek dances which par ' ish girls .have given .at church festi vals and which have led Bishop Man ning to admonish Dr. Guthrie. NEW YORK. Announcement wns made of the formation of a new or ganization designed to crush ".the principle of censorship" to be known as the "National Council to Protect j the Freedom of Art, Literature aiui the Press.'.' ' ' LUL II MU UL . ii iii-i ii iiii One man suspected of being Impli cated in the theft of the urn contain ing Osugi's ashes has been arrested. The theft was committed shortly before funeral services were held for Osugi, the ashes having been taken from the headquarters of an organi zation of socialist sympathisers where they were lying In state. Three men participated in the robbery and escaped in an automobile. The fu neral was held with a photograph of Osugl replacing hut ashes. N. YORK RECTOR OOFFS SURPLICE DEFIES CHURCH innnpr UotU bunroL DEADLOCK IN SENATE Senator Cummins Fails to Get Place and Another Day Is Wasted Couzens Gets Only 11 Votes Farm Bloc Threatens to Join With Dem ocrats Tomorrow. WASHINGTON, Deo. 17. Tho re publican Insurgent bloc whoso, revolt against tho republican party loaders lias delayed for two weeks complete organization ot the 6Stli congress, stood their ground today in the sen ate and consolidated the gains alfeudy made In the house. A four day truce in the deadlock over eloctlon of a chairman of the sen ate inter-state commerce committee ended with tho insurgent group still holding out against the return of Chairman Cummins, the regular re publican; choice and threatening to throw their entire strength-tomorrow to Senator Smith of South Carolina, democrat, in the belief that it would elect him. In tho house 'formal approval was given at last to the amended republi can committee slate on which the lead er of tho house Insurgents, Represen tative NelHon of Wisconsin, had been given a place, at tho last minute under a tlirnalenod coalition between the dmnocrnts nnd Insurgents.. Mr. Nelson will serve as a member of the rules committee which shapes tho loglslatlve program. Cummins Stumbling Block llefore It resumed balloting for nn intor-stnto commerce committee chairman, the senate re-elected all its piosert officers with tho exception of president pro tempore nn office now held by Senator Cummins aud over which another scrap Is threatened la ter In asking that the Benate pro ceed to the election of Its officers, Senator Lodge of Masslchiisetts. re publican lender, snld the republicans considered the office of president pro tern already filled by Senator Cum mins, holdover from last sosslon. On the first ballot for the commit tqe chnlrninnBhlp, Senator Cummins received 43 votes, two less than the necessary majority against , 39 for Senator Smith, six for Senntor How nil, Nebraska, and one for Senator Couzens, republican, Michigan. Four ot the republican Insurgents Mrookhait, Iowa; Frazler and Ladd, North Dakota, and Norris, Nebraska, and the two farmer-labor senators from Mlnnesotn, Slilpstead and John son, voted for Senntor Howell, whose own vote was cast for Senntor Cou zens. Senator Bruce, democrat, Mary land, again voted fon Senator Cum mins, but the other democrats sup ported Senator Smith. Senator Cummins maintained his lend on the second ballot, but fell five votes short of the necessary majority. HIb vole was 41 to 39 for Smith, 9 for Couzens and 1 for Howell. AH of tho insurgents except Senator Norris vot ed for Couzens. In addition, the Michigan senator was supported by Senator Cummins and 8enator Good lug, republican. Idaho and Jones, re publican, Washington. Senator CouzenB continued to sup port Cummins nnd Senator Norris cast tho one vote for Howell. Shift to Couzens ' The first announcement of a shift In the ranks of the regular republicans came from Senator Jones who read a statement after the first ballot an nouncing hl! Intention to vote for Senator Couzens. "It is clear that Mr. Cummins can not be elected," he said, "and the com mittee, should be organized in order that this matter may be cleared away. No one will dispute that the republi cans have both the right and respon sibility for the chairmanship. If the senior republican member cannot be elected there are other republicans upon whom we certainly should agree. On the next ballot I shall vote for the senior senator from Michigan." The deadlock remained unbroken on tho third ballot. Couzens picked up two additional votes, Senators Norris and Horah. republican, Idaho, switched to him. Cummins received 39 votes Six less than a necessary majority (Continued on Page Eight) CONTINUES ;F6llies.BeautyVro'Wedv Owner, of "In Memoriarn,,f Named For ' Another Girl NEW.YORK Allvn King is going to bc""marricd, and she will '' ;rJOT give ud the slagc.fcThis much has 'been determined after nine, Vears.of wrangling ,betwcen the former "Follies" beauty and. herj i fiance,' Carl WicdenWn owner of. In Memoriam, famous Kentucky! j-acehprsc which beat Zev. t JH jfct. Jr H t , vf ( y. Mr. Wiedemann wanted his-wife to""g!ve"up the stage"'' "Lovel .inc. love my footliglits.'said Miss King, and now he has given in.! j Miss 'King is , "just; terribly proud"- of In Memoriam, despite' the fact that the horse was named for a former sweetheart of Mr.J Wiedemann's, who died!,' "" '" . LOVE OF GUILTY COUPLE ENDURES IN SPILE OF ALL SUPERIOR, Wis., Dec. 17. (By the Associated preim) In Superior toduy are three, groups of persons, bound together In u tragic comedy of fate. Ross Richardson and Mrs. Leon a SaHstad-Rlchardsonrwho married be lieving the woman's husband, Edward J. Sallatad, to be dead, nnd SailHtad's two children, form one group. Their whereabouts In the city are unknown, but It Is believed they are here. Mrs. Augusta KaHritnd. filled mother of tho former Kau Claire manufac turer, who mourned her son dead, nits In the home past which 4o was driven on his way to jail last night. Edward J. Sallstad and his "sun shine Kirl," Dorothy Anderson, one time Chicago cabaret performer, are, In the Douglas county jail awaiting arraignment on a charge of arson in the case of the man and of being an accomplice in the case of the girl. Dorothy is suffering from Incipient tuberculosis and Sallstad appeared greatly harrassed when brought to the Jail last night from Napa, Cat., by Sheriff nnd Mrs. William A. Hagreen. Koth 'prisoners- appeared dejected when interviewed on their way to the jail last night and expressed undying love for each other. Sallstad Is charged with burning a cottage at Ijike Nebagamon, Wis., in August, 1920, to create the impreaslon that he had died, so he could elope with Dorothy Anderson. A sensational trial was held, in which his supposed widow sued eight insurance companies for $80,000 in surance on life insurance policies held by Sallstad and after bones of a hu man body burned In the cottage" were produced, a compromise was effect ed. It has later transpired that Kails, tad placed the body of Allan McPhee, a friend, in the cottage before firing It. The prisoners will be held Incom municado pending the arrlvnl here of District Attorney Robert K. Kennedy. The date of their arraignment has not been set. , , Milk War In Taroma TACOMA. Dec. 17. The milk war here between the Pierce County Dairymen's association and Indepen dent distributors came to a head this afternoon with the announcement of the association that It would begin selling milk at eight cents a quart tomorrow. ROASTED, FACTS PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 17. Recent statements of William G. McAdoo, former director general of railroads made In a Loa Angeles address were challenged by George G. Bonn! man, socrntary of the western rnllways com mittee on public relations In an ad dress before the chamber of com merce hero today. "I challenge Mr. McAdoo io show wherein the transportation act of 1920 restored every uneconomical and wasteful practice which federal con trol had abolished," said Roardman. "Section 15-A of tho transportation act specifically provides for the hon est, efficlfint and economical opera tion of tho roads, and the inter-state commerce commission, in fixing the rato of Talr return, Is required to sat isfy Itself that the roads have been honestly, efficiently and economically managed. "Moreover, tho inter state commerce commission In a recent report said that transportation history during the current year had been marked by 'unequalled performance' of railroad service. It Is unfortunate to say the least that any man who has held ex ceptionally responsible positions In the service of the people should make, statement regarding the roads and tholr management which even a casual examination of the railroadB would have shown him to be not supported by the facts." D'AUTREIVIONTSARE PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 17. The federal grand Jury today returned an indictment against the D'Autremont brothers, Roy, liny and Hugh, charg ing "Interference with a postofflce employe In discharge of his duty," In connection with the holdup of a Houthrrn Pacific train In southern Oregon October 11. . Value Farm Crops 1923 Over 8 Billion; .Greatest in Years . WASIIIGTON, Dec.' 17. Value ot the country's principal farm crops this year was placed at $8,- 32,696,000 today by the depart- mcnt of agriculture In Its final es- timatos ot the year. Revised fig- ures of last year's crops place their value at $7,449,904,000 and the 1921 crops at $0,629,648,000. The acreage of the lmortnnt crops this year is placed at 360,- 698,100 acres, compared with $360,094,470 In 1922 and $3-18,431,- 600 In 1921. OE KING TUT IS MARVEL OF ART All Expectations Surpassed When Coffin of Ancient Pharoah Is Revealed to Human Gaze Effect De clared to Be Uncanny- LUXOR, Deo. 17. (By Associated Press). All preconceived ideas of. Tutenkhamun's golden shrine . were upset by tho sight of this impressive coffin, for the first time disclosed In. almost Us full proportions by the r? nioval of tho partition wall when the correspondent visited the tomb toduy. The first lmprenHion of this glgantlu rcceptable for the doad, Its sides re splendent with decorations of blue and gold, set against a background of brightly colored paintings on yellow, was almost overwhelming. The fool ing was of something incredibly bi zarre something that seemed tem porarily to banish tho presence of death In this casket of wonderful artistry. One of tho first details to catch the eye was the fact that the golden ltd of the canopy does not, as one imag ined, from the vlows obtained from the opening in the wall, slope down from one end to the other. It rises again at the other end, gaining a graceful curved effect which Is declared by competent authority to be unique In Egyptology. The Ud Is not solid, but hollowed out, extending ovor a space of about four foot between the first and second shrines. . Hemarkable Wood Rack. In this space tho correspondent was able tq see for the doors of the first shrine had beon removed a remark able species of wooden rack, erected to carry the immense golden spangled linen pall resting over the second shrine. ' It Is very like open cagework and is painted a glistening black with gilded curved feet. In. tho front where the removal of the doors of the first shrine renders tt clearly visible, It Is seen to be made of two parts rather awkwardly bolted together with two largo bolts, prob ably wooden. From tho top hangs tho ragged edgo of tho pall, turned black ish brown by age, showing where the part which concealed the doors of the second shrine had broken away. This part of tho pall hns already beon re moved to tho. nearby laboratory. The golden rosettes, about the size of a half dollar, with which the pall Is spangled, still sparkle In the rays of the arc lights. These rosettes are certainly metal, but probably not gold more likely glided copper. v Behind tho ruck the golden doors of the . second shrine glisten dully, the two bolts, one above and one below, yet sternly guarding the Becret tomb. DoorM Are KiigravtNl. - In the middle, set In either bat ten of the doors, are two metal rings, let into the- wood side by side, to which were attached seals which Howard Curler, directing the work. (Continued on Page Eight) GOLDEN SHRINE M. CLEMENCEAU BADLV HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT. JOKES WITH HIS DOCTORS PAIU8, Dec. 17. M. Clemcnceau was resting comfortably today in his Viottia nfter venterdav's automobile ' n .., .1 nn Y Vnn(aa.pnPt. rnn In which he was painfully cut about the face by flying glass. His doctors state thai he requires a week's complete rout' The stitches will be removed j from his face and Hp next Saturday. Ills joked today with members of his PRESIDENT W READY FOR BATHE Reports Indicate Obregon Has Completed Arrangements to , Start Offensive Quick Vic tory Claimed Rebel' Press Agents Continue to Report Rebellion Won. (By the Associated Press) President Obregon, according to the meager dispatches received from Mexico, has completed the organiza tion of his western forces in their drive against the rebel stronghold of Guadalajara and hus turned his atten tion to the east, where the rebel . thrust from Vera Cruz is apparently threatening the'capital. Advices from the government side as to its military movements are al most completely lacking, but the rebel liBuHminrtflrs nt Vont Cms rrmttminrt actively to claim results. The rebels suy they hold Pueblo, City and Cuatla, the two points of a triangle which has Mexico City as its apex. Cuatla Is only 46 miles south eu&t of the capital. The robels also claim further defections from govern ment forces In Guonoro and Tabasco. in a message received at the Mexican border, says the president Is confident his troops will remain loyal and that the uprising will quickly be quelled. He is encouraged, the message says, not only by expressions of ' .loyalty. - from the farmers and' work ars, but byv l uifuna in uiiiQi uncos tiiiiuim mo . rebel loaders, some of whom are- do- . of Do La Huerta. ; 1 EL PASO, Texas, Dec. 17. The outstanding development of the revo lutionary movement, as far as that section of Mexico bordering the Texas line is concerned, was the arrest here late last mgnt or a man giving me name of Carlos Lopez, said to be a revolutionary leader. Krnnclsco Torreblanco, private see- retary to President Obregon has wired the 121 Paso Times that "the first formal fighting probably will occur .Sunday or . Monday" and he added that all probabilities indicate the rebel forces will be completely routed. Reports from Vera Cruz early today of the capture of the elty of Catla, in the state of Morelos, by rebel forces, indicate that there may be some real activity in the vicinity ot the section In which the revolutionists are operating. A report from Fabens stated that V revolutionary force of forty men at tacked federal troops at Ouadalupe and three men were killed. Federals drove the revolutionists Into the hB, the report said. There has been no revolutionary activity near the Mexico-United States border. v VERA CRUZ, Dec. 17. With the reported capturo of Puebla and Cuat la, revolutionary headquarters here tnttiiv rlntmad thev held the two low er points of a triangle which has Mexico City, their goul, as its apex, Cuatla, which was taken yesterday, according to an insurgent commu nique, is within sixty miles of the : capital. -I Generals in command of the occu 'pylng forces In the two cities are In close communication, it was stated at headquarters here. General Vlllareal Is reported in command at Puebla. ' General Ambrosia Flgueroa In the state of Guerrero and General Jose LuGunes, operating in the border states of Yucatan and Tabasco, have broken with the Obregon government the statement asserted. - - . j General Flgueroa claims complete control of Guerrero except for the town of Chllpanzlngo, which, accord ing to the rebel leaders, he plans to take today, attacking with his com mand of 2000 men. j General Lagunes Is reported 00 j operating with the Insurgent forces In .nn attack upon Villa Hermlso. I. family despite doctors' orders to the contrary. He Is finding great diffi culty In speaking, owing to his deeply cut lip and a plate which has been placed In his mouth. "I cannot eat and that is a misfor tune." the "Tiger" said, "but neither can I talk, and that is a terrible blow." , All he could take was liquid food; administered through a straw,