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Medfoed Mail Tribune The Weather Prediction ..! Cloudy Mailmnni yMrdny &11.5 Minimum today as Weather Year Ago Maximum 53 Minimum Ill tMUj Rlnttemth Tu. W'- w 'MM Vmt fEDFORT). OlMXlOX, MON'DAV. J ANITAS Y 19, 192,') XO. .). )'. FLORIDA TAX PLAN URGED FOR OREGON Denton Burdick, Speaker of House Favors Elimination of gpk Income and Inheritance oweri's As Special Induce- S5.ro to Bond jnt to Secure New Settlers J1!' and Increase State Wealth 8ALBM, Ore,, Jan. 19. A plan whereby Oregon may Invite popula tion, capital and Industry by the re lieal of tho Inheritance tax and pre vention of another Income tax act was announced by Deliton Ct. Iluidlck. speaker of the house, in an address today before tho Salem chamber of commerce. By inference Mr. Burdick recom mended the plan which has been put Into el'foct in Florida, and which Is a constitutional amendment barring an Income or an Inheritance tax for 2.1 years. Burdlck's plan is based on the theory that the way to reduce taxes Is not to search out new sources for Uixation but to get more wealth intn tlie state and more people into the state among whom taxes iftay be distributed. More Ijiiwh Proposed. ' All monies collected under the pro hibition laws would be thrown to tho funds of the various counties under a bill Introduced today by Represen tative North, .Multnomah county. Only one spotlight would be pcr- niltled on a" automooue unuer nouw ... p . tnrl.. 1... Ht,rnlr o n i "': " -, . u""" , " i,,, .i would provide that such 1 ght would be fastened on mo icu sine "i lnachlno aim .iirocieu uiago .any tnc Portsmouth dockyard. Those Uon of tnB United States In the across to throw' Its beam on Hie l ight- under arrest, the Mail stated, were . Dawea annuities has already been pub hand side of the machine extremists connected with the Irish ijsheil m the newspapers. Tho full The law relative to liens on crops republican movement and the plot text of the agrenient in on Its way to for Irrigation water furnished wouiu be tightened up by a bill introduced today by Senator Davis. The bill provides that tho person or coneein furnishing the walcr must, within forty days after the water is furnished or within forty days after tho close of tho Irrigation season, file with the county clerk a claim con- tainine a true statement of the ac- count due after deducting all credits and offsets, the date when the water whs first sumilied. the name of the owner of the crops and the name of tho person to whom the water was furnished. Indigent widows and minor chil dren of soldiers, sailors, marines and volunteers who served in the Civil war, Spanish-American war, the Philippine insurrection and the In dian wars would be entitled to all the relict to which the husbands or . fathers are now entitled by a bill in troduced today hy Senators Dennis and Davis. Salaries of the Justices of the su premo court would be increased from K.250 to J7500 by a bill which was Introduced today by Senator Staples. ' Salaries of district court Judges would be increased from three thous- 0dcavorcd to give such powex, Jiut the wus m tako any course or action It and to four thousand dollars a year aut,m.V ,,H,.Pd in the hands' of the llmy think advisable." through a proposed bill brought to rnmiiiisslsnii was nullified by court de-1 "4 The agrenient at Paris neither Salem by Judge Ash by C. L' k"""-' cKion which held that the law was Nnrrendcrs nor modifies any treaty The measure with several others was t()n Cal,ncc am not specific. right of the United Stales." prepared on behalf of the mate bun captain Ilurghduff pointed out that . suggestions that the Paris agree assoclatlon. Judge Dickson is chair- nmnJ. fi,os might have been averted mCnt requires submission to congress man of the association's committee na( lnc commission been able to dc- arc ot regarded by administration to draft these measures. Iclnren closed deer hunting season last I loaders as valid. They take the view A bill Introduced in the house byjfHn. He also pointed out that on ac-1 tnat jt naa )Pen the Immemorial pol Fuller of Polk and Lincoln coun- count of extreme low water, many ' it.y af ti,c Washington government tics" would nlaco salaried peace offl- ccrs of the state under tho operations of the Oregon workmen's compensa tlon act. Dry Probo Starts. The investigation of the state pro hibition department opens with a hearing tonight at which at least, five witnesses will be called. These will bo Georgo L. Cleavor, state prohibition 'eomerissioncr; Governor Pierce, W. J. Itcrwig, superintendent of the Btato Anti-Saloon league: Joseph Hel gcrson of Dallas, president of the DIs . trlct Attorney's association and T. M. Hurlburt of Portland, president of the Sheriff's, association of the state. The meeting tonight may not take any actual testimony from these wn . . .m. Hisses, nut possioiy nicy win .-.. - given an opportunity to suggest to the committee the lines that should bo followed In tho probe. U. S. FLIERS LOST IN FLY TO SAFETY NEW YORK, Jan. 19. Walter Ulnton and Captain A. W. Stevens, aviators who had becn missing In the lilda of the Amazon river, in South America, for about ten days, have re turned safety In- their hydro-airplane to the advanced camp of the Rice ex- pedltion on the Parlna river, necord ltK to a radio message received here. Senate Committee Refuses to Raise . Elevation of Guns WASHINGTON'. Jnn. 19. Hy a vote of 45 to 22 lhe senate rc- question of the elevation of the r t puns on the thirteen American r equal raiiKe with ships of the rjritisn neet. . t Chairman Hale of tho navy committee told tho senato It would be unwise "to Mike . af- flrniatlve action while a protest of a foreign government In this matter Is pending." IRISH PLOT TO S LONDON, Jan. lit. (tty'tlic Asso elated Pichs) Two men', W. P- t'loary and J. D. MuUougli. were brou Kb t before the Row street poNrO eourt today In connection with an al lKcd plot to blow up Hiit.nl. battlo shipe and submarines. They wore re manded for week bail 'being rc- fuHed. They worn barged with an offense under the official secrets act. It was understood Scotland Yard dot0(.tivpl, ,,.lv0 8(1,m, mlllly (locu. I menls bearing on the case which are being examined. O'lx-ary is a shipwright and' Mc Oough is a civil servant. The detailed charges have O'Leary charged with having in his possession information concerning the llaslar dockyard at Portsmouth, which is a prohibited area and communicating this infor- iiinuiMl lo .ucwougn. 1I1C laner IS charged with receiving tho informa- ,ion- The anP:,t of fipo Irishmen . ... . . " one irisn woman concerned in '"e n"0,!CU llot wn" '"Poncd Dy mo Tj0mn Daily Mall this morning. Tho men W(,le s,,.li(1 t( p0 sub-officers at waa supposed to have been dolgncd to affect injuiitiusly the relations be- tween the Irish free state and Eng- iul)(i ,y creating feeling in the luttcr cum against the free state. it was said that the plot, the exls- tence of which had been suspected for sonic time, was regarded as an important affair over which officials 0f tnc home office and the chiefs of scotiand Yard had been In confer- ence. Intercepted letters led to the arrests which were made In different ,mrt8 0f London and In Portsmouth. , State Legislature Items for Today KTATK HOCSi:, SA1.KM. Jan. 19. Legislation to give the state game commission authority to declare clos ed seasons in times of emergencies will be sought at the present session. Captain A. E. liurgduff. state game warden. Is working on the measure which will be brought up shortly. The ltmt session of Die legislature streams in eastern Oregon should nave , ,nn closed last summer as a protcc- tion and conservation measure STATIC HOUSi:. SALKM. Jan. ID Residents of Umatilla county have wondered whence came tho custom among tho Umatilla Indians of nam ing their papooses after famous per sonages. The source Is a member of the, senate. In 1S87 Sam Garland, a young Virginian, was sent to Oregon by President Cleveland to be superin tendent of schools on the Umatilla res ervation. Sam Garland is now scna- . T.!i,n cnlinfv. "I got along fine with lhe Indians." he said, "although 1 had never seen in.iinn extent in a circus until sometimes I i,eliiie to Oregon. Hut - -, nf the I10VS had .0 change lh'nB'"r'', In school. I dn "rZL tone. I land, one Illsmarck, I another Disraeli, etc.' AMAZON WILOS IN REPAIRED PLANE The message was received by John F. Grlnan. wireless operator of tne Radio club of America. Their hydroplane disabled by land ing on rocks up the Parlna. In the wilderness, the aviators lived princi pally on fish until "7 friend y Indians, w plane was repaired sufficiently to re- turn to the camp. BRITAIN NSPS BLOW UP IP DEBT PACT LEAVES . FREETO ACT Secretary Hughes in Answer to Senator Johnson Makes Nature of Paris Agreement Plain U. S. Neither Modi ties Nor Surrenders Tradi tional Policy. WASHINGTON. Jan. 19. Secretary Hughes today Issued a formal state merit asserting that the agreement reached In Paris at the conference of tho allied finance minister Imposed no obligations,- "legally or morally." on tho United States and that this coun try remains ns free from commitments in European nintters as U ever was. The statement said the full text of the agreement signed by Asbassador Kellogg and tho other American rep rescntatives would be made public as jBoon as It was recelved-hcrc. j Mr. Hughes' statement was said by nuo "ousp nmeiais 10 nave me iuii w"'" ir, ..,... wa" sa,d' nnd hPvn "V' advised of all angles of the controversy. The resolution asking for a copy of the agreement, proposed by Senator Johnson, republican, California. Is pending In the senate with the ap proval of others of the Irreconcilable veterans of the Versailles treaty fight, From these and other quarters the suite department has heard charges that the Paris agreement signed by Ambassador Kellogg, the secretary of atate.doglKnatc, hnrt dl.awn lhe United h,,0 ffllll ltn Involvement aBIllmrt whlcn , had becn guarding It self ever since the close or the war. Tho Hughe statement said: ,rhe I)0rtlon 0 ,he agreement ,.oat.hod t thc rvrvt conference In Pttrta- whiclv relnt to the pnrtlclpn this country and wlll.be published as soon as received. In the meantime it may be said: "l Thoconferoncc of finance mln- Isters held at Paris was for the pur pose of reaching an agreement of the allocation of the pnynients expected through the operation of tho Dawes plan. In view of the Inclusive char actcr of these payments It was no necessary for the United States to take part in the conference In order to pro tcct its interests. "2 The conference at Paris was not a body, ugoncy or commission pro vided for either hy our treaty with Germany or by the treaty of Versailles. In taking part In this conference there was no violation of the resolution at tached by the senate to tho treaty of Uerlin. "3 The agrenient reached at Paris waa simply for tho allocation of the payments made under the Dawes plan. It does not provide for sanctions or deal with any questions that might nriso if the contemplated payments should not bo made. With respect to any such contingency the agreemont in Paris puts tho United states unuer no obligation legally or morally and ihB iritn,1 MiuiAn will he ns free ns It that executives deal with all matters relating to the collection ot claims against other nations. The state de partment today reiterated Its ueniai 01 tho agreement with a resolution ab solving tho United States specifical ly from any obligations or commit ments In connection with tho agree ment. It was explained at the depart ment that such a step was regarded as unnecessary. There appeared to he every desire at the department to re gard Parts negotiations aa a cloaod in- l,!,nt. The secretary w-as said at the White llnuxn to have obtained for nis siaio n.ent lhe complete sanction of the president before It was Issued. K-nnior Willis of Ohio, a republl can member of the foreign relations committee, discussed tho fans set tlement today with the president but declined to say what angle 01 me ouco titxn was considered. Senator Johnson, wnose resolution Is to come up Wednesday In the for eign relations committee declined to comment on Sesrctary Hughes' statc . .., ihor than to say that has reso- i..,i nf Innulry and that ho would seek all tho facts In tho case, Wall Street Report NEW YORK, Jan. 19 Stock prices iTfirtiiurlv todav under the weight of a moderate volume of profit taking and Bear selling, mi mmm-i - .. .. favorable. Including th. lower money rates, new high records of w heat and corn prices and nr KnainpHi rievelooments. Sales approximated 1,41)0,000 shares. Wellt One Ex-Wife of "Kid" Wouldn't Wed Him Again E "I'd never marry him again," say Mrs. J. Woodruff Wheelock of New- York City, one of tho numerous cx wives of "Kid" McCoy, who Is unde conviction for manslaughter In Los Angeles in connection with the death of Mrs. Theresa Mors. Mrs. Wheelock is seen strolling at Miami, Fla., where she Is spending the winter. U.S.GUNBOATS MANILA. Jan. HI. (By Associated Press.) Six United States destroyers, comprising division number 4.1 left hero lotlay for Shanghai, where fac ilonal leaders and military governors wero contesting for possession of Hint cltv. With the arrival of .the ships which cleared today, tho American navy will have twulvo destroyers off .Shanghai. , SHANGHAI. Jan. 19. ( Uy Assocl ttc-d Press. 1 The telegraph wires have icon cut and the Chinese telegraph companies aro not accepting mes sages. Twelve thousand of Chang 1 lien Ming's (roups, who hail been Interned in the foreign settlement here after Changs defeat at the hands of Chi llsieb-Vuan have embarked for the TSIngiio district where. tho will probably bo disbanded. t is feared that Chi llsleh-Vu.in who is a supporter of the ousted Pek ing government will shortly be beaten by the ' pacification commissioner. Lu Vung-Hsiang, leaving tho foreign settlement ugitln endangered by rout, cd troops. v 1'l, m-cwrmcn of a brigade Of KtlS' sinus with Lu Yung-Hslang Is' also expected to complicate tin situation Climb 7 Stories in View Police Station Rob Portland Safes PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 19. Safe robbers climbed seven sto- rles to the roof of a building here early today by scaling a superstructure, entered a trap door on the roof and later broke open the safo of the Kllhn Hta tloncry company, on the second floor, and the safe of tho Good year Rubber company on tho first floor, taking a total of ap proximately $700 In cash . and $800 In checks from tho two safes. The bulldlna Is two blocks from police headquar ters. Woman a Deputy Bhwrlff. TROUTDALE. Ore.. Jan. 19. Mrs. Laura D. Harlow, recently Inducted into the office of mayor of Troutdale. has been appointed a deputy sheriff of Multnomah county. Supremo Court. Decisions WASHINGTON. Jan. 19 Two cases attacking the soldier bonus law were thrown out todny by ,lh suprem court. BEING RUSHED TO SHANGHA HART WINS SUIT FROM Bill Winifred Westover Hart Is Given Right. to Return to the I Movies and Use Her Mar ried Name Also Allowed; to .Retain $103,000 and $100,000 for the Baby. WS ANOKl.KS, .latl. 1!!. Winifred Westover Hart, today won a victory over William S. 'Hill" Mart, motion picture actor, and obtained legal right to return to screen work under her full name until such time ns she should obtain a divorce by a decision In the superior court here. Judge Stephens held that a separa tion agreement entered Into notween the Harts was Illegal and In contra- vention of tho code. The case was a suit by Mrs. Hnrt lor cancellation oi the clause In the separation agreemont hy which she had agreed not to return to screen work. Hart, In combatting: tho suit, testi fied that It would work considerable damage to him should sho use the name of Hart on tho screen. The court held that a trust fund of $10,1,000 created for her and a trust hind of $100,000 for tho Hart baby would bo held Intact. Tho conrnlttec appointed by the 'raters club to study tnc quesuon 01 u new high school has worked for two weeks, sounding out the opinions of minus groups and Individuals. The esult ot a'll this study has led the committee to these conclusions: First, and mint Important, a vote or yes nt Wednesday's election meaira that tho board must at once procoeu with tho enlargement of tho present high school, on the present site. Socond: In case this election Is car ried favorably the board Itself will have no option In the matter, but must build on tho present site In tnc downtown district, buying tne adjoin ing land at $76(1(1. Third: Tho election I hen revolves about one main question Is or Is not be present location in the business district the proper site for a high school, to remain such for probably fiftv v?arsV Fourth: Tho board arrived at tins decision after manifestly long study, their final Judgment being that, ir vlew of bond limitations and other factors, this $165.00(1 proposed new fund can beat bo used as per this plan. Fifth: Tho biar l Itself has reiterat ed several lines, nt public meetings. bat they aro not satisfied with ibis location, but seo no oilier way 0111. Sixth: The opposition to the pro- posal is very widespread and very emphatic. This opposition Is million to no groups, and, fortunately, there has been no bitterness or controversy from any quarter. Seventh: It is particularly cviuuni that opposition Is very strong on the 1 i.art of mothers, who aro energetic, in nroicst against subjecting growing children to the temptations, ui. vi sions and traffic, dangers wrought by location of a school in tho heart of the business nrca. F.iohth: From nil sides thcro Is a demand for a high school worthy ot Medforri: located In some convenient lls.rlcl with proper environment, and capable of expansion to meet prospec tive growth nf the city. Ninth: While at tho outset more was a decided support for this pro posal, there Is. now a strong drift of opinion toward a noeper siuoy 01 m- wholo question beroro embarking on a permanent plan. Tenth: Sober thought on tne pari of Medford citizens has brought out number ot leasinio piaus inciumoK union high school. Many think these plans should be exhaustively studied before decision Is made. Eleventh: Influential groups am now seeking the defeat of this pro posal, und an Immediate study to be made by tho hoard, aided by a repre sentative committee, having In view tho submitting of two or mote alter native plans at an election to be called soon. It Is to he strongly em phasized that tho defeat of this pro posal Wednesday , dr.es not mean tho abandonment of high school plans, hut merely postponement for further study. Finally, and of utmost Importance the committee calls attention to the fact that a vote "yes" will compel the board to spend the money adding to the downtown school. A vote or no CRATERS REPORT ON PROPOSITION NEW HIGH SCHOOL means that money will not be spont into his abdomen, causing an Inter untll after further study of the sit- nnl hemorrhage Yrom which ho died uation. v , . ft tew moment later. . . 36 Below Zero in Vermont Today and 35 Below in Maine HUSTON, Jan. 19. Northern New England shivered today In temperatures reported from some 4 points to bo the lowest In L'7 yeirs. The official thermume ler at Gardiner, Maine, register- 4 ed 85 degrees below zero, the coldest weather recorded since 1S9S. In Itarre. Va.. the mercury sank to 36 degrees helnw zero, 4 while Montpelier thermometers 4 registered from 26 to 30 below, 10 SPEAK HERE 7:30 TONIGHT This evening at 7:30 o'clock, Oeorge C. .lewett, secretary of the federal land bnnk of Spokane, Wash., an(l (m0 of the executive committe of the Na tional Whoatgrowers' organization. win address a public meeting at tho public library, of especial Interest to .everyone Interested In solving tho ag ricllltllral problems of the day as out lined by President l.'oolidge's agricul tural commission. "National Cooperative Agricultural Marketing and Financing," will be his topic. Temporary olllcers oiecien uns morning are M. .1. Norrls of Phoenix. president: and Mrs. L. II. Ilaguo Klamath Falls, secretary. Thirty-flvo delegates representing tho counties of Douglas, Josephine, Klnmnth. Jackson, Coos and Curry aro In attendance. Committees will bo appointed this afternoon on permanent organization and resolutions. The morning sessslnn wns devoted to regular business and tho reading of reports. This afternoon tho central .feivturo will be an address by A. II. Thompso'n (of 8pok11.no and Geo. A. Mansfield of this city. Tomorrow tho district meeting will adjourn at noon, and bo driven over the valley1 In automobiles, ending at Grants Pass, where tho delegates will the the guests of the Grants Pass Chamber of Commerce at a banquet. Daily Report on the Crime Wave hl-A 1 1 1,11,. Jan. in. Aimeii . m mnsked bandits operating ln Seattle and Everett last night executed throo daring rohborles which netted thorn moro than $1700 lu cash, a woman's wrist watch and 'an nutomobllo. In each case the robbers' victim was a woman. ST. liOUIH, Jan. 19. As nil Incen tive lo the policemen to put forth he roic efforts to exterminate crlino and criminals from the city, a prominent St. Lotila businessman has publicly of fered to pay $100 to overy officer who shoots and captures a bandit and $500 to each offlcor who kills a robber. CHICAGO. Jan. 19. Twelve denths was the toll of moonshine liquor und motor car accidents hero over Sunday. Two persons, suspected In criminal ac tivities, were shot to death, 0110 by police and the other by comrades. Twelve persons nro In hospitals as the result of poison liquor drinking. A woman Is held hero charged with having sold poison liquor to sovoral youths, cuuslng tho death of 0110. MUNICH. Ilavari.l, Jan. 19. ( Hy the Associated Press.) Former Queen Maria Sophia Amelia of Naples, died here today. She was born nt Possen hnlf, on October 4, lull, tho daugh ter of Duke Carl Theodore of Havarla and wns married In 1S59 lo Francis II., last nf the llourhon kings of Naples. Francis was routed In IStiO by Garibaldi when the. latter conquered Sicily and- Naples In Ills triumphant expedition for tho unification of Itnly. Naples became united with Sardinia with one kingdom nnd tho royal pair fled, afterward leading a wandering life In Austria, France and Vavarla. FIGHT MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Jan. 19. A desperate duel between madmen at the hospital for the Insane at Wauwntosa, a suburb, In which heavy mops wore weapons, late yesterday was fought unknown to guards until one of the combatants fell, mortally wounded. Swung like a battlo axe, a mop struck John Kuehn. 67, a crushing blow on the head. Then thrust In the manner of a bayonet, a hole was sunk FARM BANKER I . m t r m r I I 1 1 i he notea ueaa WITH MOPS IN WISCONSIN ASYLUM FLOODS IN SOUTH TAKE DEATH TOll Five Lives Lost in Alabama and Georgia Due to Flood Waters Sweeping Country Side Greater Destruction Feared As Rains Continue to Fall. ATLANTA. Gn Jan. 19. (By the Associated Press.) With rains con tinuing to fall in a half dozen southern states today, rivers wero reported steadily rising with considerable property ilamago expected to follow over a wide area. The death list was three killed and two others probably lost. Two trainmen were killed wjien a passenger train broko through a weakened trestle near Selma, Ala., and one trainman was killed when a train struck a slide, six miles from Carters vllle, tin. Hope has been abandoned at Albany, (la., for safety of Asa and Will Tift, who failed to return Saturday from a canoe trip on Flint river. Georgia and Alabama bore the brunt of the flood force although al most unprecedented high. walcr Is also ,.,,,..,, ln 0,hpl. mates. 1 Ma(.nll snw nPW nmrks registered f.jv. tlio OcmulKfC when Oim river piitw- ed 27 feet. At Mllledgevillo tho Oco nee reached mor than 38 feet. Appre hension was felt concerning the pow- . . nd bridges to withstand a pressure not neretorore Known on the streams. Columbus touna tne unaiuinoocneo river nt a stngo of 45 foet. The city's gas supply was threatened as water entered the plnnt. EX-I CONFESSES CRIME TACOMA. Vash., Jan. 18. Dennis Larson, 20, and Konneth Powell, 17. inmates of the Oregon deaf and dumb instil uto at Snlcm, Ore., were arrested nnd IlccordlnK to tne pouco .,, c,i .hot ih mado a written confession that they committed several burglaries. Tho police said tho two youths con fessed that they stolo tho automobile of Superintendent Russell Wiilnscoat of the school and drove to Chehalis. Wash., where they. abandoned tho car and committed two burglaries. They then committed two burglaries at Olyinpla nnd two hero, they uro re ported to have admitted. Uolh arc deaf and dumb. Kenneth Powell Is tho son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Powell, former residents of Medford, where Mr. Powell for ninny years was pressman for the Mali Trlbunu. Tho young man escaped from Salem a fow nlcnths age in a stolen car and gave himself up at Central Point. FL VANCOUVER, Wash.. Jan. 19. Lieutenant Oakley Kelly and Lieu-. tenant Schuyler D. Priestley left Van couver Itiirracks in separate airplanes this iiiurninK for San Francisco. While In San Francisco recently Lieu tenant Kelly borrowed a plane from Lieutenant C. C. Moseley in which to return homo, whloh ho is now' return ing. On this trip Lieutenant Priestly is driving Lieutenant Kelly's plane. In' which both will return from San Fran Cisco. . Tho planes passed over Medford at 11:40 a.m. DUEL TO DEATH Over tho prostrato body In one of ten corridors. Albert, Joe, another In mate, exulted in his triumph when at tendants ran up to Investigate tho dis turbance. He was subdued and after his agitation had been quieted he told Incohercnetly of the encounter in the deserted hallway. They had becn directed to clean the corridor, he explained. Kuehn work ed near him and swinging his mop carelessly over the floor, he struck Joe on tho leg. After heated words both, begin to swing their mops. 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