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Newspaper Page TextVAV.-- -AV1 4) 9 3 0 0 0 Mntlinutn 38 Minimum .....i...'. a Medfoed' Mail Tribune Tbs Weathar Prediction:, Probable. (Wtuslon- ul rain. Maximum yti'rdny ...... . r4 Minimum odtiy . .'...liit.ri 0n Tumtlpth Tew. arVl rmtfuiirtli Yw. TWELVE PAGES MEDFORD, OliEOOX, TJIUlOAV, DECE.MBKIv 10. . W: NO. 224 Ex-Pastor Admits He Eats Dynamite To Tone Up System E 50 Men Killed in Mine Explosion at Birmingham, Ala , Finland Forces Women Into Army RED A 1 3b TAKEN OUT i Famous Football Star Suffers Torn Ligament and Broken Blood Vessel in Game Against Pittsburg All-Stars Is Hurried to Hotel for . Treatment. , PITTSBURG, Dec. 1 0. (A. P.) Harold Grange, the red headed star of the gridiron, met with injuries here thin afternoon during the Chicago UearH-Pittshurp All Stars battle at Knrbes field. In addition to the Ions of their drawing card, the visitors were overwhelmed by a team of form- , er college players 24 to 0. I After a thorough examination Dr. I Tlvrg announced that a mu.scle in j (JranKe'H riht arm was torn loose.and j that the broken blood vesnel was causing hemorrhages In the uiiper arm. He said Grange would be out of the come at least two weeks and possibly a month. The doctor added that .the results of the X-ray would determine whether Grange would leave Pittsburg with the Hears to night. PITTSBURO, Dec. 10. (A. P.) Red Orange was injured painfully during the first period of the Chi cago Bears-Plttsbui'K All-Stifrs foot- Viull e-nniA nt ITnrhPK flelfl tnilnv. Dr. ... ... .., (.iustav Herg, physician or trie i-iuh- burg club, said the former Illinois star had sustained a torn ligament and n broken blood vessel in his right arm. 1-ate in the period, the doctor said Orange had attempted to buck the Pittsburg line. ,It was on this play thnt he was hurt. A hasty exami nation disclosed the torn ligament nnd broken blood vessel. The doctor ordered the grid star . removed to his room at t lie ' Kchonley hotel and said on X-ftav examination ' would ho ninrte tonight to determlno if there were any fractures, f'llAMi'AlO.N'. 111., Dec. 10. A check f'r $300,000, mndo out to Harold (Red) Grange was received today by the Illinois Trust and Sav ings bank of this city. The check was signed by Dr. W. 12. Shnllen berger of the Arrow Pictures cor poration. 1 "The check 'Is to be held In escrow iiniii vuuilKC l wiUIMtTirM imh UOIllHHl, mild Harrow 12. McNevin. treasurer of the Illinois Trust and Savings bank. McNevin is a pnrtner of c. C. Pyle, Grange's manager In the ope- ration of theaters In Champaign and cities in the centrnl west. ."We nre receiving checks made out to Ornnge every day from the east." said McXcvIn today, times there are three or the mall." "Some- four In BIGGER TAX CUT! WASHINGTON. Deo. 10. (A. P.) The novelty of having in Its hand a $325,000.0(10 tax reduction bill had worn off somewhat today and' the house proceeded more perfunctorily to pass away the allotted time for de hate on the measure. republicans and democrats con tinued to endorse the measure as a whole, hut various expressions of in dividual disapproval over certain of Its phases were put into the record. Representative Watson of Pennsyl vania, republican member of the ways nnd means committee, supported the bill but deplored failure to provide for repenl of the inheritance tax. A revision of the Inheritance tnx rates would be provided an the bill stnnds. Representative Collier of Missis sippi, a democratic member of tho ways nnd means committee, told the house the measure should Include re peal of the tnxes on automobile pas senger cars and capital stock. TOKIO. Dee. 10. (A. P.) Two more Japanese destroyers sailed todnv from BADLY HUR Kure to Port Arthur to augment the of California recorded a fairly severe reorganization of the Japanese fleet earthquake beginning at 6:21 A. M. In waters contiguous to China for the and cotitinuln. for an hour and a half, protection of Japanese Interests In the The earthquake was believed to have enMlireatc11ngcnndltlons. I centered In Centrnl America. SMS 10 SPEND CHRISTMAS AT : SAN QUENTIN BUT IS SENT TO S. F. JAIL SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10, Joe Connors likes to spend Chrlstmna In Jail. He has spent the lost fifteen In the county Jail here. Joe heard that the food was better at San Qujntin nm ptanned to go there this year. He stole seven suits of clothes from a nilt.MINGHAM. AIn., Dec. 10. ( ( A. P.) rl-'ifteen miners are known lo bv dead, fifty-four fr missiiifc and 17 rescued, some badly hurt as a result of an ex- plosion In Overton mine- No. 2 of the Alabama Kuel and Iron eomnanv near here today. 4 Rescue workers expressed the belief that thirty or forty of the entombed men were killed. The cause of the explosion has not been determined. S At three o'clock Hi negro dead and two white men in- jured were brought out ?y res- f cue crews. A HUGTAX GIFT Senate Committee Makes Sen sational .Charge Against Secretary of Treasury j Claim Gulf Oil Company Given Huge Refund. H'Aanlvn.Tnv nan m t A "P .wii.n.u, w. That the Gulf Oil company escap- e(( $4,350,380 In federal taxes during tne years 191 6 to 1919 when Secre- ' tHry Aienon was u. uinei uw hci , is asserted by engineers employed by the senate committee investigating the internal revenue bureau. , The record in the Gulf Oil case as made before the committee - last March, was made public today upon its presentation .to ,tlu.'BeHate.r..Tbe4 engineers asserted Mint tiler revenue bureau made an erroneous refund of fa, mil;. (ISO to the company and failed to collect additional taxes ot J504,- 305, I ' a. II. ray. a. committee engineer, testified thnt the Oulf Oil company's case was rushed through the bureau CLAM MELLON COMPANY GOT and dbsed within seven working season 01 me niuugo uperu corn days because .Mr. .Mellon desired Vnny. She admitted she still enjoys to have all outside" Interests with sun baths In the altogether which ivhlch he was connected closed be- " 'st astonished the humble fishermen Le he took office In March, 1 "t" "caHo .a" B ' Open defiance of both the Intern,,. Z?" was asked, "that revenue SOIICUOT II mi V. Olllllliwaiuinri Hlnlr by division chiefs In the hnndl- Ing of theax case'of the Standard oil company of California also was J charged In ftestimony before 'he committee. ' The Standard Oil case Involves an over assessment or refund for the year tnis of $3,378,000. and hinges on whether the company should be allowed to change its methods of charging development costs from capital to expense. Commissioner ii,,ii- rnim thnt th nhnn rnniri not he made hut tho division chiefs I disagreed and Informed represents- I lives of the senate committee that they proposed to "stand pal." Wall Street Report NKW YORK. Bee. 10. (A. P.) Stork prices worked moderntely higher today as speculative Interest was heightened by favorable trade developments and another flood of Increased and extra dividends. An- nouncement of an increase of 472. .137 tons in unfilled orders of the United States Steel corporation created fresh demand for the steel shares. I'nlled States Steel common jumped more than a point to 135 and Sloss Sheffield soared almost six points. The closing was firm. Bnrnet leather Jumped seven1 points and gains of two to four points were registered by Remington Typewriter, Mathieson Alkali. American Chicle, Oeneral Petroleum and American Water Works. The pace of trading slackened noticeably, totnl sales ap proximating only 1.300,000 shares. Earthquake Shocks Registered. HKKKELKY. Cal.. Dec. 10. (A. P.) The Belsmograph of the University store and wan charged with burglary. Hut on unthinking prosecuting attor ney ruined evertythlng wtn he said: "I recommend, your honor. at the chiirge he reduced to peiy larceny and this poor old man be sent to the cnty Jail." Now Joe will spend ChrifltmagJit the same old place. Women now are required to enlist in tile national guard of Finland. They receive training in tjie use of firearms nnd all the implements of war, but in maneuvers they are required only to serve .the men warriors an cooks, nurses, etc. Photo shows some of Finland's women soldiers at maneuv ers near Helsingfors. ,! ' MAR GARDEN IIP ON BEAUTY AID . Cnn rfllTlOUS UIVS UGCIcLTGS oUll Baths On Riveria Secret' of Health and Vigor Crazy About Russia and Radio. Also, Lingerie. NOW YORK, nee.' 10. (A. P.) Mary Garden is buck, still slnglnK the pi-nlses of the sunshine of the Hlverin in' which she basks each summer. It gives her strength and health to go on with her musical work, she says. Miss Garden arrived yesterday for vnl. uniieoolf mi, ,n,n ,,a Kra mwl ' tlrol,gh tlesB ,.te8 alone?" gne i-jnghg "qan you imagine me letting any one help me? Of course I do it alone, Kverything In this life alone. Who would I be if I didn't?" In these brisk doys thafr suggest "woolens." Miss Garden says singers always wear thin clothing and heavy furs. "1 never change my lingerie the yenr around," she admitted, I mean the weight; nut I otien change the weight of my furs." 1 118 01 v nas eve, irunss ,i,,e.t " costumes, many oi uieu. iur u ,ienioit in c. c ". 7 IVllVllI, IIUIII IUIDIUIQ DIUIJ. Many of the dresses were fashioned by former subjects of the czar. In l'act, most of the trunks contained things Russiun. There are a dress by a princess, two gowns by a duchess, and a robe by a prince. Even the uppers of her boots, the bottoms of -.,,,h nff hormiHA thnv would not fR onCfi belppged to a general In the czar's army. Her latest thrill s the rndlo. Hoth hroaricastlnir nnd listening delight her. . "1 have a perfect radio voice." she said, adding she hoped to broadcast a again, having done so twice thus far. IB lilSltOX.Portugal, Dec. t0.--(A.P. President Telxelru Gomes resigned today. .. , ' . ' The president gave III henlth as the reason for hia withdrawal. HKISTNOFORS. Finland. Dec. 10. (A. P.) The Finnish government re ffigned today on account of parlia ment's refusal to vote the credits nec essary for building a fleet for coast defense. , Bryan's Monkey Issue Expressed in 12 Words WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (A. P.) The rtev. James Bhera Montgom ery, chaplain of the house, address ing the ronvenon of the American Grocery Specialty Manufacturers' as sociation here Interpreted the con troversy between modernists and fundamentalists in an even dozen words, lie fild: 'Modernist say "there ain't no hell.' Fundamentalists Bay Mho hell there ain't J'" :f I' INSIIRM E ARE EJECTED BY REGULARS Congressmen' Lampert and Nelson, La Follette. Sup-1 porters, Are Deprived ot i "" ComiffeeT5iirmanshipSr r iL r ir ' Both. Men From Wiscon - cln Cnrthoi. nnmntinno in oin rUIUier UemOUOnS ill ' . Congress Are Expected..: i i 1 j . . WASHINGTON, Mc. 10 (A. 1M House republicans' tnilny ejected two members of the republican Insurgent Krouti from chairmanships of com mit tees. In cojnpletlnf? organisation, the majority ejected Representative Lnm pert from the head of Its patents committee and deprived Hepresenta. tive Nelson of bis place as chairman of the elections committee, iloth are Wisconsin republicans. The committee on committees to day illsposed only of the chairman ships of the regular stnndiiiKcommlt tees. Iimpcrt nnd Nelson were the only members of the Insurgent group wnicn neut cnairmansnips In the last session. The "Daily' Bank Robbery TKOUTDALB, Ore.. Dec. 10 Three young men held up the Troutdale State bank this morning and escaped with $400 in currency, all the money in sight. A fourth man remained in tho automobile In which the robbers drove to Troutdale. H. E. Illoyd. cashier of the hank, was alone at the time of the robbery. After taking the money the men leis urely walked out the side door of the hank and stepping into the car drove away. The robbers disappeared townrd Portland and as they entered the city they were- seen by deputies. The men abandoned the car and took to their heels, eluding tho officers. The oldest man, accordjn'; to lllnyd, was about 26, while one of them appeared to be a lad of about 18. Pola Negri's Clock Reduced in Value To Petty Larceny 1,03 ANGEUCS, Dec. 10 (A. P.) The clock that formerly ticked In the home of Pola t iteKn, mm star, men ucKeri us r way into a pawn snop, ana was the cause of the arrest of Peter Koslan,. actor, on a charge of grnnd larceny, appeared again today In fourl here. Miss New! had valued It at $1000: the defense differed with her estimate. Today the court uphold the. defense contention that the timepiece was worth about $160 and reduced the charge to one nf petty larceny. Koslan then pleaded guilty to the 4 theft and will he sentenced on Monday. NTS I we ACTRESS SAVES n JEWELS BY SIIIION tl Amelia Bingham Has Thrilling Adventure When Two Ban , dits Bind Her to Bed Wrth Silk Stockings Mrs. Clark Loses Pearls. , -, ... -, NEW YOHK, Dec 10. (A. P,) numl wlill sllk Htn:klngs 0 her i.e,i '' biir'tfnrs, Amelia IHiiKhnni, famous nctress. saved most of her jewels by si tins on them. two youths uiso bound two mnids Willi sllk stockings in the home of the actress on Jtlverslda drive lust nisht. They missed $20,000 in jewolB because Mls9 Mnl,ham concealed them. They Rot $1200 In jewelry from a safe, how- ever. The Hlngham burglary enme few hours after Mrs. Cella Tohin Clark, divorced wife of Charles Clark, son of the late Senator William A. Clark, copper magnate, revealed that she had missed a $10,000 pearl necklace as she was leaving n tea at the home of Mrs. William K. Viindorhllt Jr. I She had left the Jewe's in a hand bag In a hollway nt the Vanderbllt home while she, Mrs, Vandnrbilt and two friends were on the floor above. I About the same time as Mrs. Clark's 'loss was disclosed, n mi, Id surprised 'B thief in the Payne Whitney home on lopg island and frightened him awav empty-handed. Mrs. Whitney nau Jewe's valued at $100,000 In the house. Miss Hlngham said the robbery at hep home was worthy of the footlights. She and her two molds were forced Into her room by two armed youths, who entered throt'.'!h a rear door. The maids were bound with sllk stockings, gagged, and laid on the floor. As one of the burglars nushed her on a bed and bound her with a night gown. Miss Ilingham, who is 56 and nretty. contrived to sit down on a beaded hag which contained several hundred dollars in rash, diamond brooches and other Jewelry. Angered because thev could find only il. the men forced Miss Ilingham to tell them of a safe In tho room which had been her husband's, the late Lloyd M. Hlngham. who died aboard the Ford "pence ship." The burglars found the safo and got about $1200 In odd Jewels. Ten min utes lar Miss Hln-TCham freed herself and taking a henvy Masonic sword from the wall sought the burglars. They had gone and po'lce were called. 9-YEAR-OLD HEN EGGS DON'T LOSE VII1IIS WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.-r-(A. P.) New applications of chumlstry lo problems Involved In growing, pre serving nnd utilizing form crops were described In the annual roport today of the bureau of chemistry. Woys to Increase the protein content In wheal were discovered last year, as were methods for utilizing waste oranges nd lemons in the manufacture of cltrlo acid, lemon oil nnd poctin. Nlne-yenrold hens' cgts were fchind to have lost none of their valuable vltamlnes through their long atorage. ' As Wlso As Clilokcns. LONDON Electric llgh have tricked Iguanas , In the zoo Into ending a week's hunger strike. They wool not eat because of fog and cold till artificial ' sunshine ntnde them wiggle fast 'to tl- feeding troughs. - STAMKOlil). Conn., Ufo. 10. (A.I'.) I'lnrence Clnmlmnn, who has Just left the mlnlMtry of tho church nf the Nusarenc to he an excavation contractor, cats dynamite, lie Rays It Is 4 good medicine. Firemen putting out a bhiy.e 111 lliH Ihiiiku founil 4 eight sticks of It nnd called him to court for not having (l stonigo permit. Then he told why he kept it In tho house. i He was fillet) 2'i. MITCHELL IS I Aircraft Committee Accuses Army and Navy of Not Giving Proper Recognition to Aviation $20,000,000 Expenditure Is Favored. ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (A. P.) Expenditure of $20,000,000 annually for five years to aid development of aircraft for the army and navy is recommended In the report of the 8)e cial house aircraft committee a,s agreed upon toduy. The recommeudallons, which con template a national defense program coveting sea, land and air, wore con curred in by all members. Representative Held of Illinois, court tuurtlul counsul for William Mitchell, will file u complete brief advocating a unified ulr service. The ...pnmoBuil. department .of nn. tlomil dofenso would supplant tho present war nnd navy departments, and would not necessarily lvo nvla tlon an equal stntus with land and sea arniiimcnts. Other comnilttoo recom mendations Include: A sepnrato budget for all aviation activities. A bureau of civil aeronautics in the department of commerce. One procurement agency for all air requirements. Representation for the air Bervice on the army gonerul staff and the navy board. Government aid In the establish ment of airways and airports. Survey of nil airplanes now In use and destruction of those found unsafe. Crehllun and maintenance of an adequate air reserve. Increased promotion opportunities for air officors and pay commensurate with the hazurds of their work. The roport also recommends that experimental and development work now done at the naval aircraft factory at Philadelphia and at McCook field, Dayton. Ohio, be transferred as far as possible to the bureau of standards. It does not, however, ask for the clos Ing of the factory or of McCook field work. Legislation Is asked to provide a .way for InventorB in the aircraft In dustry to Bocure redress for Infringed patents other than in the court ot claims. ' The army and navy are accused In the report of failure to give proper recognition to aviation as a factor In the national defense. The new secretary of national de fense would bo empowered to take such steps as necessary to bring nbottt complete co-ordination of all defense forces. A proposal 'to provido for three sub-secretaries, with authority over land, sea nnd air activities was not approved hy the committee. Commercial aviation Is hold In the report to bo of prime importance ns an adjunct to national dnfense and as the proposed bureau of civil aeronau tics' would be directed to take all steps necessury for commercial air develop ment. The $20,000,000 to he spent annually for new equipment would be divided equally bctweon the army and navy. V. K. Soldiers Guard Train PEKING, Dec. 18. (A. P.) A de tachment of Anterlcnn infantry as a special guard was almnrd the Inter national train operated under the di rection nf foreign officials when It left Peking for Tientsin at eight o'clock this morning. "RED" GRANGE SAYS FOOTBALL, GALLS IMOHTON. Miih.( Doc. 10. (A.P.) Red ClrunRO hnn added $14,000 to hln blind roll hy hln 11 onto n appenninta, hut nothlnff much to hln Rrldlron fpftttf. HeciiUHG, of tho lack of Henna tionn when th Providence Htfum ttoll ern downed Ked'a loam, D to 6 yester day, there wero a few hooeii nt Hed. lie rnrrled the tin 1 1 hut five times, nil on end rune, fnr n totnl of thirteen yard. Ho attempted three forward SUPPORTED HOUSE REPOR DISPUTE MP 10 C00UD6E President Must Decide in Con troversy Between Chile and General Pershing Latter Scores Chile for Bad Faith Chile Claims Pershing Unfair. ' . WASHINGTON, Dee. 10 (A. P.) The Tncna Arlcit controversy be tween chile nnd Peru has come hack to president Coolldge as a. eul-' mlmitlon of Chilean refusal to ac cept tho dates fixed by the plebis citary commission for the plebiscite to determine the sovereignty of the two provioces. Chile's decision to appeal to Mr, Coolldge as arbitrator In the dispute was formnlly announced at Aries, yesterday after the commission, set up In his award to carry out Its terms for the determination of sov ereignty, approved the motion- of General Pershing, Its head, for fix ing the dates for a plebiscite. , At tho same time the commission rejected the Chilean motion In the mutter and thus apparently left' an appeal by tbut nation to President Coolldge as the only course open' under terms of the award providing . for such an appeal. ' T'v As the logical stop' for Chile' In tho differences, which have per-, slsted and which has caused ' her delegates to absent themselves from tho sessions of the commission,"?! ihe move haa caused little surprise, in. Washington.' Naming -April 15 aa the date for voting in the plebiscite, General Pershing's motion fixes Jan-: uary J6 as the date for the presenr tatlon of the .IcctlM rttrw:-wWltitni: ' tervenlng dates for the period ot ' registration nnd for appeals. i ivO Requiring chile to give definite answer whether she will carry out unfulfilled demands of the commis sion and faithfully co-operate lb holding the plebiscite, General Per shing's motion charges In Its pre umblo that Chile has unlawfully ad ministered the territory in dispute, violated the award by refusing to carry out the commission's ruling and otherwise rendered Impossible tho holding of n free plebiscite. Before adoption of the motion con taining these charges, the Chilean delegation had voiced criticism. - of General Pershing's course which amount to charges of pnrtla llty , on his part in fovor of the Peruvian Interests in the plebiscite. , .- ut, 0. A. G. FIGHTS TO RETAIN BASEBALL AS MAJOR SPORT SEATTLE. Dec. 10 f A. P.)-rDel. gates ot the Universities ot Mou- tana and Oregon and of Oregon Agri-: , cultural college were here today for the annual meeting of the Pacific coast Intercollegiate athletic confer ence tomorrow nnd Saturday. Dr. J. w. Stewart of Montana was looking around for a new football conch. - . -. , The Aggie group came instructed to fight for retention ot baseball as a mnjor sport. The personnel was Dean A. Cordley, Coach Paul Settles ler, Graduate Manager Carl Lodell ' and physical Director R. A. Kearns. Formulation ot football schedules starts with a gathering of managers . In the morning nnd faculty repre sentatives assemble tomorrow after' noon. The University of Washington tenders a banquet tomorrow night. , Storm 1m Predicted PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10. (A.P.) Storm wnrnlngs were continued' at north const stations today, witty southerly gules expected to oontlnue from the Columbia river north during the next thirty hours, '.- ' ' HE'S TIRFD OF r!l INCOME STORIES WILD panne, nnd rnnde two tackle. ' gpec'tutom who had ituck to- tha neat denplte a temperature that hoy ered neur the thirty mark, booed the) . wearer of the famed '77" aa ha daelt ed from the field on hie lonffeit run of the ,Ufty a race for the Pitt (bur train. . ,, , , . ' Rod prof eased himself tired of toot hall nnd nalU the Htoiiea about hie Id . come were "wild."