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MEDFORD. OREGON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24. 19fl.'
0. 280
' FORNDRW
Ashland measure "Passes Sen
ate and Is Now Up to Gov
ernor for Signature Dunn
0 Leads in Fight Only Three
Votes . Opposed Pierce
Wins Fish Battle. . :
8TATE HOUSE, SALRM, Ore,., Feb.
24. The attempt ofa tyoup -in the
house to shear the governor of ip
7MlnUve power on the Uuh commis
sion ended In failare yesterday after
noon when the house by a vote of 31
to'27 adopted tfie minority reporf ot
the, judiciary committue cnllftig for
Indefinite postponement of the Mil.
" 'The governor will veto-the bill and
there 1h nothing to be 'gained .hy cdn
tlpuhig this wrangle, declared Rep
resentative Graham, of Forest Grove,
Oyer the protest of tobacco dealers
who 'wre heard by the ways and
means committee last might the com
mittee reported out favorably a bill to
tax tobacco in aU forlfns. .
0 fees 'paid by .motor busses operat
ing on the Oregon highways tire In
creased from about. $27, M l to $197.
211 and fees paid by' trucks from
928,721 to 9147,330 under the bus
bill, a houw -measure that passed the
senate late yesterday. ' ,
With .only threV negative votes)
house bill number 87, which provides,
tor the re-establishment ..of whe Ash
land normal schoo.1," passed the senate
lute yesterday. Those voting against
the bill WeVe Strayer, Taylor and Zlni
411 er man. . . .
The bill ws pnert 'after several
members, led byRltner, had made' a
. determined effort, to have it re-committed
so that the referendum olause
mif))t Im attached.. t
Dnnn MfPm ffcMtle
'
. Senator Dunn led off with a rfeech
In favor of the" bifl, pointing tit the.
need for, an Additional normal school
both geographically ami education
ally. . " ' "
A 'fight put" up by.Renators Joseph
and Eddy Monday, caused bouse Mllt
. 405, by .Representative Pierce, to be
rfe-referred to the fisheries committee
.of the senate when it came up for
final passage. The measure is a code
bill and a mo jig tnher .things author-
izes the employment tiird licensing of
alien 'fishermen at the jnouth of the
Columbia i-iver and changes the fish
ing seuson in various streanis. ,
J . Shoemaker Assailed
JSdtly discovered that a changewas
made In the Umpnua river season. He
assailed the committee for not con
sulting litm -about that feature of the
bill and charged .that the 'cornmittee
had listened to one voice, that of Carl
p. Bljoomakei'j asserting that Shoe
maker was a czar who "insisted that
bis voice should btf the law. o
Senator1 Staples, chairman-of the
committee, said the Umpqua fisher
men had been heard and .that Shoe
maker did not appear. y ' A
Senator RItner moved that the bill
be re-referred so that Kddy might be
heard.
The senate passed fcho duckbill 259,
I which increases the. salaries of the
I secretary of state, the, state treasurer
and the attorney general. The two
former ore Increased "from 4fH0 to
I64U0 eaehtmd tho hitter from $4500
to $ffl00. ' . . . v o .
POSTAL PAY BILL
IS AGREED UPON
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24. A postn!
pay and Pate increase bill in substan
tially the form as that passed by the
houseo was agreed to today by con
ferees on the senate apd house meas
ures. 0
5 The only important modification In
the house pleasure was made in the
second class rates, the conferees ac
mpptlng some of the lower rates in
this class carried in the senate bill.
In the form agreed to by the con
ferees, the bill would increase poaftul
salaries as of January 1 this year, and
the orate increases would become ef-I
fectlve nfttt April IS.
13 YEAR OLD SCHOOL BOf AIM
' SILVER-TONGUED
NEW YORK, Feb. 24. A thirteen
year old patriotic boy orator has come,'
forth to nnswer a nilver tonBierilo'i
l.othik who recently thrJln-iT' a
I.iln memorial meeting in .Mndlaon
Bifjare Oarden. -
At a flag rally Tn arneftie hall last
nicht lieiram Htern. son of a Mount
Vernon school teacher, won applause
by denouncing Morris Bpector as "a
O .
Rogue &9v
to B Built; C. antL O.
o Road Will Opmnt
.
GRANTS PASS, Ore.. Feb. 24.
-Arrangements hov been com-
pleted for ttie building of 0 the
California and Oregon Coast rail-
road trestle over Rogue ftver,
H. D. Norton and O. S. Blanchard
annqunceck today upon itlieir re-
turn from .Portland.
The wntk is being, done undtn
the receivershin annointed last 4
week by Judje C. M. Thomas. W
The financing has ugen arranged.
Thereto to.be a general revi-
slon of rates Intended to put the
road on a layig basis."
FEE RATE
TRUCKSPASSED
In Face of Opposition By Rood
and Highways Committee,
House Passes' Bill Raising
Bus Tax Power Bill (s
Killed. .
STATE HOUSE, SAIJBM,.''Ore., Feb.
84.-Jn the face ,of opponitioa' from
the houne roads and highways com
mittee, -the .Jouse today 'by a vote of
34 .to 23, voted to concur, in senate
amsndnlert.ts to bouse- bill 413 'levy
ing n high fee rata, on busses and
trucks operated as common carriers.
Tho stnute raised the "millnge i-ate
of -three einhths of a oent a mile perl
passenger sent on busses and per ton
enpucfty on .trucks to three-iunrters
ef a- mjll on busses and one jnlli on
Ttvucts: rh senate also amende tho
law so as to exclude, all peddlers
trucks, oil truckH, grocery and bakery
trucks and Others vanning butside of
corporate citie from provisions 'of
houne bill 413 raising their 'Vates.
Senator Joseph's joint resolution
number 5. proposing a constitutional
amendment, authorizing the state to
engage in hyH'o-elef ttical develop
ment, was killed in the senate today.
1 Joseph's joint resolution Mtfnber
10, providing for a change In the re
call provision of the- state" constitu
tion was adopfted. The Jofeeph
amendment provides that lit recall
elections no candidates for the office
shall .be voted oh and in event the
official ht recalled his successor
would be appointed, by the appoin
tive power. Only Senutors Dunn and
Tftylor voted against the resolution.
. Carfchi'Bill KHk-fl.
Representative HurlburtV Jolflt
resolution' providing for a, constitu
tional aniendment whereby the legis
lature could curb the pover, of the
governor to grant paroJe and pardons
wiw Indefinitely postponed. :
. Oregon i nof to, get a divided ses
sion of the -legislature or Increased
pay fof members of, the legislature,
the senate today killing by,, indefi
nite postponement house Joint reso
lutions 18 end K, providing respec
tively, for those nWndment's to the
constitution n
House joint resolution sixteen pra
0vfding for consolidation in state gov
ernment was indefinitely postponed.
' Other measures killed "by indefi
nite postponement in theBehato in
cluded: m i
H. B. 355. Carkln Avowing np
jienl to board of control from tax
levies mide by counties and munici
pal corporations.
S. B. 252, (substitute for S. B. 62)
Regulating automobile mechanics.
The house today passed house "bill
filO permitting railways to acquire
water rights fop necessary operating
purposes, 'she bill Is a substitute for
house bill 152. passed but vetoed by
the governor as he deemed it Inimi
cal to the. interests o land and water
owners of the state. The former bitf
gave the railroads wtde water nowers.
The amenrfU bill, which is said to
be satisfactory to thegoveror. .spe"cl-
fiqs that n more than 10 cubic feet
of water'per second may Wj acquired
ly condemnatfonoproccedlngs.
(House bill 41C providing for a clas
sification of denuded lands for refor
estation was passed yesterday after
noon by the house with 16 dissenting
votes. The measure was voted down
last week, but ordered reconsidered
BOY BOLSHEVIK
traitor,'
.his advocacy of commit-
nlsm at tire Ienine meeting. The
boys are the same age.
Itetram recited an American creed
whbh the ntidlenr-'e repeated after
htm with fervQ.
After he had concluded his speech
messages f praise from radio listen-j(
ers arrived at the station from which
the flag program was broadcast.
HIGH
BUSSES AND
YGUTJG WOOD
IS ACCUSED
OF FORGERY
Son of General Wood BobSoUfi
' at Biarritz Undor Clouj!-
Warrant for Arrest to Be
Sworn ' Out Friends Will
Come tooRescue.Says Ex
Stock Broker,
PAR1H, Feb. 24. A dispatch to the
Ilavas News nen(V. from lllarrltz
this evening states that a formal oom-
platnt had been lodged" with the Riar
ritz police anlnst Osborne C. Wood,.!
nn- fif Governor General Wood of the
Philippines, in connection with the
alleged Issuance of a worthless check.
It was adAed that tho complaint
would be transmitted to police depart
mental headquarters at Bayonne to
night and that it was expected a war
rant would, be: issued there tomorrow
or Thursday.
BIARRITZ, France, Fb. !4. Os
bornti C. Wood, who turned up at San
Sebastian Spain, recently nttor a stop
here on his way from, Paris where his
unexplained departure last week had
mystified his friends for h, time, is
making tin effort frvm San Sebastian
to arm n kg some flnanoiul matters
which -his friends hereay have given
him temporary annoyance but which
they report' the ex-army officer as
hoping to adjust shortly.
Air. Wood, they sajd. came 'to the j
frontier near here Saturday and had a
talk with a person who went there
from Uiarrltz and whom he asked to 1
tell those Interested that he was ex
pecting funds from America to sfet
himself solidly on his feet again
CRESCENT CITY
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Feb. 24. A
path thirty feet wide through the bus
iness district in Crescent City, Cal.,
was swept yesterday when a small
cyclone hit the town, according to de
tails recVWed here today. Seven
buildings were damaged with a total
loss pluced today at about $110,000.
The cyclone came in off -Battery
Point at ten o'clock nnd ripped off
roofs of business houses "as it went
along, also taking some residences off
their foundations. The air was full
of falling shingles and debris. "
Residents of the city state that the
shupe of the twister wax plainly
visible. 1 u o
After passing over the city t start
ed up Into the mountains and upiHar-
td to be golng'-up into the air. It did
not strike the ground at all during
its rapid trip through the coast city.
moving aLnng at a height soma feet
above the-enrthp
The0 buildings suffering (the worst
rlnmuge0 were the warehouse of the
tlocK company, me Aiasonic nan, trie
Alpine restaurant, Cutting's carpenter
shop, the llobba Wall tore? Endert's
Aheattr, the 'grain warehouse. Several
residences were damaged. 0 The roof
was taken off the theater building.
No person wns Injured.
'Oregon Supreme
Court Decfsions
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 24. Eleven de
cisions were hancted down today by
the . supreme court. Most of them
were aujieals from. Multnomah and
Clackamas counties. Among cases
from otheP counties were:
) State of Oregon ex ! .1. E. Johnson
kversus Circuit cout or uescnutes
county; original proceeding In cman
damiif to compel court to ftill in Judg
from jiome other court; petition and
writ dismissed in opinion by Justice
Burnett. .
KOior V. Anderson et al, appellant
versus N. E. Harjt et al, appeal from
Clatsop county; appeal froM an order
dissolving a temporary Injunction, ap
peal dismissed in opinion by Justift
Ilean.
U O. Mills, appellant, versus O.
Williams, appeal from Klamath
county; suit to cancel deed; opinion
by Justice Coshftv; Judge D. V. Kuy
kendall reversed.
TheNoted Dea
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 24. HJnlmar
Tlrnating. former premier, did Hhort
Iv after noon tmluv. Ilr.ujtlng was
one of the most promlnenr socialists
Kurone and held his Dost durirf
'the critical period of war and recoil
structlon. tf 9
STORm DAMAGE
TOTALS $20,000
Nebraska Exhibits Mrs. Ross Home;
Q.aiffls Wyoming Governor as Own
ieif. ui jp; If
k&3$ "... f f; w f .-x
$r-s ), s Nil p-LZ i
Although Wonmif; considers its jrovenior, Mrs. Nellie Taylor:
Rossas completely its own, Nebraska rjnims tier, toot' She "lived
in this house in Omaha for IS, years, and it wns here in 1!02, Hint
she wns married to her late husband. Mrs, Ross is shown as sjie
appeared in I'.IOO and as she is today.
BEER HALL
Night Riders Accused of Hurl
ing Bomb in Saloon H. P.
Clark Has Narrow-Escape
r From Death Letters Sign-
ed K. (. K. Received
Sheet Found On Ground. .
TACOMA, Wash.i Feb. 24. A ter
rific explosion, set off at 2:30 o'clock
this morning by a number? of men be
lieved to have been member ,pf a vig
ilance co i-nm.it tee organized to combat
liquor soiling Jn Huston, wrecked0 the
building occupledby H. -P. Clark ugd
ciidan;red the life of Clark. , a
Flames brok out Immediately af
ter the explosion nnd destroyed Ac
house. Clark, was trapped fr a few
tVibmehls by th flre.obut made his exe
capo from the burning building by
crawling ovrQthn wVeckage. 0
The charge, which exploded with a
sound similar to that of black powder
but Without the usual fumes, was plac
ed under Clark's two story frame
building m Huston, directly beneath
the phiee where Clark 4ay In lft-do o
The entire front part of the build
ing was wrecked. While large patPhei,
of plaster and similiters , of twinted
lumber showered about hn, Clark
rushed toward the rear door to make
nls escape, but he was cut off by the
flames resulting from the blast. Pick
ing up & revolver which was In the
room ho then made his way over tho
wreckage to tie front of the building.
"When he reached the open air, he
saw several men running about 100
feet awfcy. He fired one bullet at them
I before they disappeared around the
Icorner of a building. f
f AVhin standing outside the building,
nir where the explosives had been
placed, Clark saw a large white sheet
lying on the ground. He believes that
the sheet Rid i been lout by one of the
men in tho flight, and ho thinks that
all the dynamiters wore white cover
ings to cereal their features.
Clark told the police that he had
been running what was known as a
"beer Joint." He said however, that he
had received no warning to stop and
ha0rio known eneOes tt"d has heard
of no threats against him.
Police were attempting to connect
the bombing of Clark's building to a
warning note received Sunday even
ing by It. J. O'Connor, tfho operates a
pool h.UJ a short distance from the
place wTflch
Clark ran.
Agree on Ule of Pme Treaty.
WAS tfji' ( T ON , Feb. 21. A tenta
tive agi cement was reached In the
senate to dispose of the Isle of Pines
treaty wltb Cuba in the special senate
session to be held after March 4.
BLOWN UP
1 TACOMA
MILLIONAIRE'S
SON BLINDED
BY IRATE WIFE
HOLLYVOpb, Cal.. Feb. 24. Mrs.
Darby, Day today was unconscious t
the Hollywood hospital from tho ef
fects of poitton self-administered, her
sister said,' following the throwing of
acid on the face of her husband,
Dar4y Day; Jr... at Ueverly Hills yes
terday. Her chances for rocovery are
very poor, hospital nurses said.' o
Day. son of the president of the
Underwriters of America', today was
at the home of his mother in Beverly
IIIUs with his face scared with acid,
but his condition ws decky-ed'ty Jilfl
mother to bo "satisfactory."'
The acid throwing jind poison dose
yesterday followed a meeting of he
couple which Mrs. Day's sister sutd
she believed wall for the purpose '
affecting a reconciliation.
CHICAOO, Feb. 4. Uarby A. Day,
Sr., father of Dafby Day, who 1b
threatened wfth blindness at Holly
wood, fal., as th result of " his wife
having throwtv, rfcltf in his taco, has
called an airplane. Into service In his
rush to Je at his son bedside.
He wj(ll go fcy airplane tooKansas
Cily, Mo., where he hopes to1 connect
with a fust western train and con
tinue bis journey o thfl criaJft by rail.
BIG BUTTE BILL-
FOR CITY WATER
RALEM. tvh. 24. Tho scn.llo hOB
:iNsfd tneHO blllH:
di. B. 264, rt'KulntlnK use of spot
IlKhis and heudlightH on motor veh
icles. . ' ,
Jl. B! 459, by Douglas delegation
Providing for cloning of certuin
estuary known as Rainbow bay.
II. II. 80, (Tiordon Appropriating
mney for W. C T. U. furm home
near.Corvallls.
Among bills signed by . Governor
I'lerce are:
JI. B. 300. by committee on Judic
iary Granting to the city of JMftlford
authsVIty to uso the wutcrs of the
i)lg Hutto creek. ( .
K. B. 92. by Kltner-To permit Irri
gation districts .under contract
the United Htates to cancel assesjt
menls levied to pay charges.
8. B. 778, by Upton To require nd
juslment of water claims under the
Carey act.
BOISE, Idaho, Fob. 24. By the
narrow margin of ono vote the .house
of representatives of tho legislature
today failed to pass tho antl-ullen
land bill designed, according to its
framers, to prohibit the leasing of
land to Japanese farmers up to De
cenibvr 31, lirjx. The vole was 29
for pntwie an(ftO agninnt.
There was mllli debate on the
measure, parttrfa.'' a to what pos
sible effect passage would have on
Japanese-American relations.
GOVERNOR SIGNS
Woman Elected As
a Director of 22
Railroad in U. S. A.
o
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. Ae
woman 'today was given permlH- jfr
(don by the lnter-stato commerce ,
commlNslon id act as a director 4
on the board of 24 ratliads.
She Is Hefen Luetic Welsh? nft-
slfltant secretary of tho El Paso f
and Southwestern. The commis-
I filori held it would not be against f
the public Interest if she ebould
be at the same time aUlrcctor of
the Southern Pacific, Oregon and
Callfornal. the Central Pacific
and whole series of subsidiary f
f corporations of. the Southern Pa--
f el fie. system.
This In the first time the cm- 4
mlsHlon has passed on any Rlml-
lr application from a woman.
SEVERE QUAKE
CABLEJBROKEN
Worst Earthquake in History
of Territory Does Extensive
Damage, But No Lives Lost
Seward End of U. S.
Cable to Yaldez Severed.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 24.
(By the Asso6iated Press) Towns
along 468 (mlles of the Alaska rail
road were rocked yesterday by one
of the most severe earthquakes ever
ROCKS
ALASKA
experienced by Aiaswin ionpera. c-evennB to hnve exhibited marked Im
cording to reports received last night provoment The physicians In nttond
and toilay. chhnfteys were wreched, ance ,ieW a conference nt loVclack
water pipes were ronen an a
ward-to-Valdez cable cut In two by
(he tremors. , ' ,
Two distinct shocks Wfre lei t here,
the second being tljo hardest. They
were' accotnp'ftnleA by deep rumble!.
Dishes were broktm is .homes and pa
tiets in the locl hipltuj thrown,
from- tholr beds. .Tho public school
was dlsmlvsed.
Clocks woro stopped at Curry, near
here. . . o ,
At Seward,, 114 miles southeast of
Anchoruge, at ne terminus of the
Alaska railroad, chltimeys of resi
cleccB were Wrecked and wator ft'lpes
were broken. . Residents scurried Into
the streets for safety.
The largest damage was' the "break-,
ing of the Baward end 'of the Unit
ed Staten signal corps' cubic tfcr Valaes,
200 miles noitheest of Seward, ur the
northorn end of 1'rlnce Willoini'sound.
Midway between Seward "and
Anchorage the Alaska railroad's
waer tanks at Mwrrulne wore'damagod
by tho tremors.
At tho other termlnurt of the rall
,road, Fairbanks, no damago was re-'
ported, although offfce bullding nd
bomes woro rocked. . . - . ;
The .tremors laBted from a halH
minute at Beward to a minute at
Fairbanks.
PANTAGES MN'GR
HELD UP, BANDIT
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 24. John
J. Johnson, manager of Vantages
theater hero- was held up and
"sapped" by a man when Johnson
entered flie theater office shortly he-
Uore noon today with asu.ck contain
ing 9tuuu ip cash.
Johnson was accosted ns ho was
leaving his office for tho bank. - The
robhif had concealed himself ' in the
darkened theater. When Johnson at
tempted to protest he was struck on
the head. He cried to the Janitor,
who ran to a cigar stand and inform
ed Johnson's sn and two other Ttnen
of ehe holdup. Seizing a revolver
Claude Johnson ruHhed into the thea
tet and wlthrfhe aid of tho two others
held the robber until the police ar
rived. The rofiber gave the name of
Jack Brown, and said ho came from
.Seattle. '
COUPLE ARRESTED FOB DESEGRATINS
MAR1PORA, Cal., eb. 24. Ray,
mond D.OIIkwood ajd his wife, Jes
sie, approached tho superior court
here today to go on trial on a charge
of dcnQratlng humat graves.
. The charges are the result of a raid
y deputy sheriffs on tho Mountain
view road house near here, said to be
operated by Hllkwood. A sack, con
taining charred bones, beads, arrow
heads and other articles was seized,
the charg-i said.
DEATH OF
FILM STAR
o
IS HEME
Reported Death of Gloria
Swanson in Paris Is Oe-
dared False Star Still Sa-
.'.riously 111 -However Re
port of Death' Made By N. Y.
. Film Official.
PAWS, Pnb. 24. Tile 'condition ot
(Hoi-la. Swnuson, American moviiiB
liiutuio uctrtms, who lias beefi 111 Jii
couseiiuence of un opuratlon por
forined lust week, was declareil tliw
1 nnrt announced they, would not again
visit thefr patient uatll U o'clock to-
morrayf tnornlag. . r.,-
'.PARfS, Fb. 24, :40' p.'.''m,(B ,
Assojclated Press.) Gloria Swansea, '
the? film star, .who underwent an op-'.
I oration .here 4at week, passed a bet-
tor ;iilght, her husband told fvlends
this, afternoon. He' added, hnwevei
that the doctors did not vet consider
her out of danger. Her hbsjand, th ,
Afarquls De Lji Falah? Do fjaCouuray, ,
i in conjfttint attendance tAt bed- .
side. ,. ' '"'
iloria Swurtsoii .
NEW YORK. Feb. 24. As erron5
eotis report that Gloria Hwanson, mo
tion piojtureactreus, had dlod in Paris
today, was uncreAitcd in NeAv Yrk
this morning. .
A nlap je-enting h4mlf as sec
retary" of Adofph Zukor, president of
tMe Famous Players Lasky corpora
tloji Informed tjie Associated. Press
that a cablegram had bien received
announcing, her death, ftt noon.
ugne Zukor, "treasurer of the cor
poration, however, Jlatly 'denied the
story, and satd that the actrfrss was
Improving. , ,
The supported secretary said he had -been
Instructed by AUIph Zukor.
whomc ho represetfted11 as being with0
him In' the offices of tlJe Famoua '
IMayer's Lossy corporarfloq to laform
,lho Xssoofatcd Pxess andoth0 news-
papers of the death of tho actress.
The cablegram, oh said, Mated Miss
Swanson hadt died at noon and was '
signed uy.tneppnysj.eianmttttenop.nce.
He promlsHl to furnish tli text of tj?e
cablegram, but when tho Zukor' of
fices were called a few moments later
and this wns requested, It wastiiscov-
ered that tbe srorJwas false, s
Zukor wus abroad and that no aable
gram had been , received at the. cor
poration's offices announcing t the
death. A cablegram p wan received
from Paris, however, saying that Miss 9
Swanson was Improving and tjiat it
was hoped ?-he would sail for Amerlan
March 18. e
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave.
'LOS ANGWLES, Feb. 24. The sher
iffa office today announced tha it
was reported from the offices ot the
Julian Oil & Petroleum conuiany tliat
its Cashier. Ben Wetmoro. liad been
yield up and robbed of $14,00 onlhe
xiuriHJr uouievuru, ueiweou uaruunu
and LiOR Angeles. -
, CALIF.
The material (Alleged to have boon
tfgfen from thu Mariposa Indian bur
ial grounds near tho Mountalnvlew
resort.
Chief Joe Howard of the Mariposa
Indian tribe, brought the charges. He
believes that rewards olfered by mu
seum and numismatists for old Hpan
Ish und 'nllfnrnla coins, said to bo
burled with some ot the later chief
tains was the motive, A