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Newspaper Page TextI'nivMsUj Library MailTrib MED The Weather Prediction Rain Maximum yesterday 37 Minimum today 32 Precipitation Traits FORD UNE Weather Year Ago Muxlmum .49 Minimum ; 38 Precipitation o Dally Eighteenth Tear. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY DECEMBER 28, 1923 NO. : 238 Weekly FU Fifty-Third Teu. uUPEBN TAX IAW IS RULED OUT State Supreme Court Holds Tax Supervision Law Void Because of Defects in Title Co. Courts Free to Tax As Desire Decision Is Unanimous. SALEM, Ore., Dec. 28. The supreme court today decided that the tax su pervision commission law passed by the 1923 session of the legislature is void because of defects In the title of the measure as enacted. The court did not pass upon the constitutionality of the act. The justices . were unanimous in their decision. .... Multnomah county is not affected by today's opinion, as the act providing for Its commission was passed in 19.il. . "The county courts," a statement Is sued by the supreme court states, "of the various counties are now free to make levies in accordance with their own judgment without reference to the recommendations of the tax con servation commission but subject to the provisions and limitations of the constitution and the statutes." The defect in the 1923 1ict, it was said, was that the legislators neglect ed to Include the entire state when they amended the 1921 act, which ap plies only to Multnomah county. "In the first place," the statement says, "this matter has come up at a very late date and this Is the last day oh which an opinion can be rendered." . The counties which attacked the con stitutionality of the.act thereby bring; lh it hofnmi Mm minromn court, were Yamhill, Umatilla, Klamath, Polk and Tillnmnolr ' -' ' ' - , llllumwJK. . U. S. PACT OK'ED MEXICO CITY, Dec. 27. (By the Associated Press) Tho Mexican sen ate todav ratified the Blieilnl United fctates-MexIran claims convention by. a vote of 42 to 6. The general claims convention was npprovod us a whole, 38 against one. The sennte then ad-1 journed, leaving tho discussions, article by article of the general con vention until another session. I TKA tfrnDlMl AnnnHif I, in niriiinRt the 1" O " ' - - - . I I - I onnventlons has been against article nine of the general convention which opponents claim discriminates In favor of citizens of the United States. WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. (By the Associated PressThe two claims to the senate by President Coolldge early in December and they nre pend- Ing before the foreign relations com hiittee. Action is expected soon after the holiday recess ends in January. Death Toll of the Automobile OYLMPIA, Wash., Dec. 28. Seattle I BY IX. SENATE l leads the fatality list in the number of dead. He was 91 years old. Tne Dixmude, a Zeppelin rigid nlr- automobile accidents In the state of j The Eiffel tower, the world's high- Bnip built in Germany during the war Washington during November, with est structure, was built in the Champs and turned over to France on repara elght killed according to a report de Mars, Paris, for the exposition of tion account, was considered to repre compiled by the department of ef f 1- 1889. It is now used not only a, a itleyln r'fhe Cency today. A total of 27 wa, run' point of , vantage for sightseers, buf-JJ nXTyrsW in t world6 up for the entire state, an increase of for meteorological and scientific ob- the Bnenandoan the American dlrig almost one hundred per cent over servations, and as a radio station. Uble, coming next. The Dixmude held November of last year. So far this1 Eiffel was widely known as a build- the world's record for distance and year 204 persons have died as a result er of great metal bridges. He also de- endurance, made last September with of accidents in which automobiles signed the . sluices for the Panama an "n'nterrupted piayeu a part, an uuinaineu wuu auu for the entire year 1922. SENATOR SPEEDS TO PREVENT SON SPOKANE., Dec. 28. State Senator Charles F. Meyers of Davenport, re publican candidate In a special elec tion last fall for congressman from the fifth Washington district, Is en route for San Diego today In an ef fort to dissuade his son, Phillip E. Meyers, from his announced plan of marrying on New Year's day Mrs. Marguerite Gilchrist Overman, who Sailstad & Sunshine Girl Plead Guilty,' Get 4 Years Each SUPERIOR, Wis., Dec. 28. Edward J. Sailstad and Dorothy Anderson of Eau Claire today pleaded guilty to a charge of 4 arson and were sentenced to four years imprisonment by - Judge Archibald McKay in superior court here. Sentence was pronounced after a .- ten minute court session. Sailstad must serve his sentence at the Men's . Reformatory In Clreen Bay, while his "sunshine girl" Is to be confined at the women's reformatory at Tay- cheedah. V The prisoners will not be elig- ible for parole until they have 4 4 served half of their sentence, ac- 4 4 cording to the Wisconsin stat- utes. 4 MELLON PUN OF TAX REDUCTION ADOPTED OtTIRE wabhinutub, uec. za. never- French naval attache In Rome an ing Its previous policy, the house ways nouncing that the body of Lieutenant and means committee today made Orenaden, commander of the missing . ,,, k. dirigible has been found in Sicilian public the new revenue bill in the waterH muma n noI)ea for tne form it was sent to the capital by of tno Dixmude to be abandonod. Secretary Mellon. I These hopes hud flared up last even- The text contains few changes from e " receipt of reports that the bnl- .... . , . . ,. loon had been seon floating helplessly the outline of the bill which has been oyor the g,,. publicly announced at tne treasury. The Rome advices convlnood offic- It follows Mr. Mellon's proposals for iaiB there could be no possible doubt a sweeping revision of administrative tts to the identity of the body picked provisions to prevent tax dodging, in- up as Lieutenant Grenaden had an eludes a provision for a bonrd of 28 identification tag on his wrist, tax appraisers to act as a court of Fishermen hauling In their nets appeals In disputed cases and makes brought the body to the surface last detailed provision for the tax reduc- night. tions advocated by the secretary. It was rushed to Glrgent!, a small A fight for publicity for the meas- cove near Sclacca, on the southwest- ure wus conducted in a sub-committee em shore of Sicily. None of the meeting yesterday by Representative flnhermen was able to read the identi- Qnrner of Texas, rankinu democratic ficatlon tag and the identity of the member. Chairman Green and other molarity member insisted then that the text should be held in confidence as a courtesy to Mr. Menon. imur- .., muen as tne iniiemi provision ui- ,nH t, , -nhii-hod hnwnvpr. Mr n.o rteni.ieH tnrf,i that there was no necessity for further wltlv hnMtn l,1i..nrlnn The sub-committee recessed after today's session until after the first of me ye-.. .-.. w.e again will take up consideration of the measure. LET CONTRACT FOR SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28. Con- , . .. t , ,!. . . tne ni. mi wiumnnjuiiu wuiiv uu third unit of the Southern Pacific com- pany's new main line In Oregon, be- tween Klamath Falls and Eugene have been lot to the Utah Construction com- any of Ogden and San Francisco. The provldes tor tne bnm. f 32 mlles ot roadbed and boring a 3700 foot tunnel under the summit of the Cascade range, according to the Southern Pacific announcement yes- ti.,ioi ' The Noted Dead PARIS, Dec. 28. Alexandre Gustave make for France across the Medlter Eitrel, the engineer who built the fa- ranean. however, as a gale was blow motis tower that bears his name, b , ,nB on n' h , nw w w.D dertook to dig the waterway. SAN. DIEGO TO MARRYING DIVORCEE Is being sued by her husband here for divorce. An interlocutory decree was Issued In superior court here Inst October 16 and under .the law of Washington final decree may not issue before next April 16. If Mrs. Overman should marry before the final decree is granted, it is explained by the prose cuting attorney here, the parties to the ceremony may be prosecuted for bigamy if they return to this state. FIND BODY OF AIRSHIP COMMANDER Paris Officially Announces Di rigible Dixmude Lost at Sea When Body of Lieut. Grena dan Is Hauled Ashore in Fisherman's Net On Coast of Sicily. PARIS, Deo. 28. (By Associated Prosa). An official announcement today said that the dirigible Dixmude hud been lost at sea. PARIS, Dec. 28. (By Associated Press). The body of Lieutenant Gre nadan, commander of the --missing dirigible Dixmude, has been found in Sicilian waters, it was officially an nounced this morning. The body was found by fishermen six miles from land off Sclncca, Sicily. Ita discovery was reported by the Itulian maritime authorities to the French naval at tache at Rome. The reeeint of a teleirram from the neaa man was only maue a certainty when the mayor and the school teach er of the village viewed tho body, - , . r.t-ripi-a were lmmeil ntelv teleirrauh- ---- ed to the naval base at Toulon to dispatch all available light speedy craft to Sicilian waters to continue the search for bodies from the 111- tuted airship, Scarch Continued The fact that no vestige of wreck- age from the airship or other bodies ? . , ., f. ,,, ,he j ministry of marine to refrain from giving oraers as yet to uibcoiiuiiu? the search of the African desert for traces of the dirigible. The combing of the Mediterranean however, be tween Sicily and the coast "of northern Africa, will be . tho foremost branch of tho search In the Immediate future It is surmised that Lieutenant Ore naden when he realized that the dirig ible was lost, may have instructed his men to Jump with their parachutes and that he decided to remain on board the ship, which might have stayed aloft several hours, the com- .1 ...Ill, ha,. n.Hlla some 0( tne crew may have descended n the wilds of northern Africa., SO Men on Board The Dixmude had fifty officers and men on hoard when she left the Guers-Plerrefeu "Irdrome n'ar Mar- uiaiiuvi fsu"ti " " ,ni ........ two nour8 crul)0 Bne f lew aBrom the Mediterranean and over Alglera and Tunis to the edge of the desert of Sahara and then turned toward home. She wbb last heard from directly on I Friday, December 21, at 8 p. m., when she was about ninety miles south of Biskra, Alglera, headed north toward the Atlas mountains. Intending to pans over Algiers on the Mediterranean. She was instructed not to attempt to much the same route that she traveling when she disappeared. The Daily Bank Robbery SPOKANE, Dec. 28. Four un masked men held up Cashier Burr Hughes of the First National bank at Medical Lake this county, shortly be- fore noon today, together with anoth er employe and two' customers and escaoed with about 11000 Tho roo DerR outdistanced in their automobile three cars which gavo chase. The bank was robbed In 1917. Die On 100th Birthday. UNIONTOWN, Pa., Dec. 26 Taken ill suddenly after celebrating her 100th birthday anniversary, Mrs. Har riet Ross Reed died today. Theda Bara Broke, Now That Vamping's Passe? Broadway Hears Denial MISS BARA AND HER HUSBAND, TO WHOM SHE CONFINES HER VAMPING ACTIVITIES NOW THAT THE SIREN TYPE. OF MOV IES HAS PASSED OUT. NEW YORKi Theda Bara "broke?" The famous original vamp of the silver screen lifted expressive eyebrows this week when told rumor was flitting up and down Broadway that she was out oi funds. "Miss Bara 19 under contract at $4,000 a week," denied licr attor ney. Her husband. Charles Brabin, is a director at $5,000 a week. Miss Bara hai-two big automobiles and two chauffeurs, and her h'tsband has two of Lis own. She owns a New York house, a California bungalow and supports her mother and sisters in an apart ment on-Riverside Drive. Now,.' is she broke?'' The rumor arose from the fact that the famous vamp's collection' of rugs, furniture and autiuue silks is on public auction here. PHILIPPINOS OUTRAGED BY WASHINGTON, Doc. 2. Be lieving that American coastwise shipping laws should bo extended to tho Philippines If American tonnugo Is arittiuatc for that trade. President Coolldge had tlo tcrmtnod to ask. tho war depart ment to make u Nurvty to soo If Amciicmi shliw can furnish suf ficient 'service WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. Exten sion of the eonstwiHe shipping laws to the Philippines, separation of the emergency fleet corporation from the shipping board, compulsory co-operation between American railroads and shipping and a survey of the needs for a permanent merchant ma rine were recommended to President Coolldge today by Chairman Jones of the senate commerce committee. Senator Jones submitted his recom- menatlons in response to a request from the president who nsked him for memorandums of his views on va rious shipping nnd nlliod problems. Extension of the coastwise laws may be accomplished by presidential proclamation whenever the chief executive is satisfied that there are adequate shipping facilities under the American flair for tho Philippines United States trade. Such extension has been advocated for nearly two years 'by Senator Jones and . by the shipping board, but heretofore has been blocked by advice from tho state department thut it would contravone several trade treaties to which the United states is a party. Manuel Roxan, speaker of the Phil ippine house of representatives nnd head of tho special Philippine inde pendence mission, Issued a stutcmcnt today declaring "tho undying opposi tion of our people to this measure." "The application of tho coastwise laws to tho Philippines," Speaker Roxns said, "would create an absolute monopoly of the carrying trade be tween the Islands and tho United States In favor of American bottoms, with all tho evils consequent upon special privileges of this kind. This arrangement is bound to Increase freight charges at the expense of the Filipino people, both producers and consumers. Such being' the cose, the attempt to enforce this plnn without the consent of the Philippine people Is tantamount to taxation without representation, which the American (Continued on Page Eight) SHIP PROGRAM i GOVERNMENf IN JAPAN RESIGNS, CRISIS LOOMS TOKIO,Dcc. 28. (By Associated Press). In viow of developments growing out of tho atlompted assas sination of Prince Regent Htrohlto yesterday, the latter has requested the members of tho cabinet to continue In offlco for the present, but they are expected to retire before the meeting of tho diet on January 20. The diet was In session all day to day considering the situation precipi tated by the attack on the prince regent, which has Increased greatly tile difficulties confronting tho minis ters. Home Minister Goto is snld to be Insistent upon tho acceptance of his resignation, presented yesterday Inas much as he Is compelled by custom to hold himself officially responsible for such untoward Incident as the at tempt to slay the heir to the throne. Many officials still are being care fully guarded, even the approaches to their residences being putrollod. The resignations of various police officials, following In tho wako of the attempted uHHassinutlon is merely a formality. TOKIO, Dec. 27. (By Associated Press). The critical situation pre vailing here as a result of the at tempted assassination of Prince Re gent lilrohito curlier today, resulted In an attempt, by a crowd of ruffians, to obtain entrance to the quarters of Premier Vamamoto and Baron Goto, both of whom resigned. i Huron Goto has been accused of having socialistic tendencies since he extended a private Invitation when he was mayor ot Toklo, to A. A.; Joffe, straclal envoy from tho Moscow soviet, to tho Far east, to visit Toklo. ; Investigation of tho attempted as sassination which occurred vhllo the prince regent was on his way; td con vene the diet In ordinary session this morning has indicated that Daisuke Numba, his assailant, attended Wase da university where a large radical element Is said to exist. SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. 28. R. O. Courtwrlght, football and basketball coach at the University ot Nevada, has made formal application for the position of coach at the University of Oregon, according to a letter received from Courtwrlght todny by the San Frnnclsco Call. In the letter Court wrlght points to tho fact that Nevada had won 24 ot the 22 gntnes that It played In the last tlve years. Chink Pirates Nab British Ship; Make Away With Money HONG KONO, Dee. 28. (By l Associated I'ress). The British steamer Hydrangla wns attacked by pirates last night while on her way from Hong Kong to Swatow. Upon a given signal, the pl- rates, who were distributed about the vessel in the guise of passengers, surprised tho guard of Indian troops the ship carried and rushed the saloon where the captain and officers wore dining. They soon controlled the steamer and their own pilot navl- gated her to Bias bay where she grounded. There tho pirates esenped. They had ransacked tho pas- sengers belongings and looted the vesnel of valuable articles. There were no casualties. CHANGE OF SEX SAYS SCIENTIST CINCINNATI, Ohio, Doc. 28. (By tho Associated Press) An extraordi nary story ot cgg-mying dove tnnt was completely cnongeu Into a mnlo through a tuborculosls infection, was told today to tho Amer- lean Society of Zoologists 'by. 'Dr. Oscar Uiddlo of the research staff of thA Pmneirio station for exncrlinentnl evolution at Cold Springs Hurbor, . ,,,, M v i.niiim i .i.. .,!.. .inu'niH n ,in ever..i .vears have nroved that sex can be chnngod In tho earliest or egg laying stage, of, the pigeon, but that a reversal of sex in a full grown bird or animal is an; exceedingly rare occurrence. no conciuneo, ' "'"" ,i....i... i ..i. whu-t probabte that nil horldliary -charac- teristlcs of cvory human being nnd of every organism are capable of ro - , versal and modification, and that the; accomplishment of this merely awaits tho definitely directed efforts of in- vest gators In this branch of science.' The bird concerned In the story told NO! IMPOSSIBLE by Dr. Rlddlo was a fomulo blond ring prmeeu-m ot wus anu . outer ant dove, like thousands of others studied, mnls," Clarke said. . :. .. She was laying eggs for a period and then the laying ccasod. Later the bird assumed sex bohuvlor of a male dove, still later, tne speagor nam. tne former female doveioped the crow ofi t, .,i., r.,. .in .1,1- n.rimi1 the body weight Increased so that lt came to be more nearly that of a male pigeon. . "Tho result clearly indicates," Dr. Riddle doclared, "that the hereditary basis or no bodily or mental cnarac - terlstlo may be considered as Irrevo cably fixed and uncontrollable." TO OPEN 177 LOS ANGELES, Dec. 28. The Fa mous Pluyers-Lusky studio In Holly wood, recently closed because of what compuny officials termed the exorbi tant cost of motion picture production today faced n year of activity aug mented by Its temporary suspension of film play making, according to an announcement last night by Jesse L. Lusky, first vice president of the company.- Declaring that the shutdown had accomplished its purpose tho crea tion of a "sane business attitude among producers nnd diroctors after u n, ' recK. eoi M.ei.fon resumed at the Hollywood studio Jan - nnrv 7 uilth three l.rnli.elnr enm. panlea and with tho number In - creuslng until twolvo companies are at work. Forty-five pictures will be made nt tho Lasky studio here In 1020, the producer udded, constitut- ing 76 per cent of the total Ldskyl output for the year. ' MOONSHINE FATAL PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28. Poison ous liquor was held responsible for the deaths of 875 persons herb this year, In a statement published by Deputy Coroner Frank Paul today, "This city Is wide open," he con tinued. "So called liquor Is being sold openly on the corners. You can buy all you want. But most of It is poison ous. You cannot buy the pre-war liquor for no one will sell it." To euard against ao old fashioned K. K. LETTER MOTIVE IS OUESTIONED Spokesman for President Saysj Klan Move By E. Y. Clarke t. Indicates Mere Desire forlflH Publicity Clarke Declares Klan Is Now a Lawless? A Organization. - WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. Action of B. Y. Clarke, former klan official. In making public a letter to the president prior to Its presentation at the' White Mouse was criticized today; by al sitokesman for President ' Coolldge, who asserted that such a course tend-l cd to indicate that the communication was written more for publicity pur poses than for consideration by the executive. ' t'S Washington. Dec. 28. Warfare, which will make the mountain feudal of Kentucky look like play will break out between factions ot the Ku Kluxl Klan unless present conditions are reJ move(i Euwar(i v0ung Clarke, former- iy imperial wizard of tho klan predlct-l ed here vesterdav in a statement. Aftor an open letter from Clarke had been left at the White House offices Clarke, in a sensational statement, I declared he was through with the klan; that a reign of lawlessness "al 0Bt beyond belief is attributable to Wan strength in Texas, Louisiana, Ar kansas and Oklahoma; that In Ohio, Mlchignn and parts of Illinois the klan 1b becoming a mastor political ma' ohme. Clarke said the licensed carrying ot guns by klansmen aboutd he pro 1 hlbited "as the Influence on the lndiv filial who carrleB the gun .Injurious ana serves to mane mm an unaesira - ole Citizen. - . t- . ,i- "in Pennsylvania and Indiana llcett igfi8 to CBrrv gunB have Been ana ar)) being obtained by klansmen under an ; . . . . . M, .,.,. . old unrepealed law with relation to the "I am Informed Ciaf wrthln the laiit few days about 150 such commissions nave Been sgHed at one time in In- dnna nnd oho .. he declared. , v . Ut i - . 4 Hols making himself a target, Clal" "'" 0,lt ot a feelln th " la , hI" dlltv to "make war on a condition and a process of development through which tho klan is passing and which. .unless checked, will mean either the .destruction of the klan or the devel opmont of an organization to a point where it will be a real menace to the nation. .; , Sets Great Animosity "The klan today, on the Inslda. Is a seething mass of animosity, Btrlfe and hatred and unless something Is done to change the situation there will be practical feudal warefare. 1 The far- famed mountain feuds of Kentucky are but play In comparison to the bitter ness and hatred now existing between the two factions and bloodshed Is as certain to come as night follows day.' Good men in the klan are afraid to speak out, he said. Legislators, sena tors and congressmen "are being whip ped into line," and for this reason, bo Bald, "It has become necessary tor me to declare myself or prove untrue to the allegiance to my country." Clarke Is head of the' faction which opposeB control of the klan under the , administration of Hiram Evans, pres- j ent Imperial wizard, The open letter presented by Fuller wag a violent attack on the preseot I conlr" ' K' K' K' ' , Call It Menace tO LW 1 A now operated, ' Clarke's letter said, the klan is "a real menace to law and order, Individual rights and demo-i cratio political government." He sad tliat ..tne thing which , ' (Continued on Pago Three) TO 875 PERSONS IS New Year celebration here with new fashioned liquors. Coroner William R. Knight will placard the city with post- , era showing photographs - of the bodies ot victims ot poisonous bever-j ages. ' ":i ' i NEW YORK, Dec. 28. The toll of deajths from holiday bootleg liquor was Increased to nineteen today when; three men and one woman fell ylz-i tlms to alcoholic poisoning.