Medford mail tribune., December 23, 1928, Page 1, Image 1

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Ihi i It Twenty. tl.lnj Yw
Wfkly Kitty -fccventh Var
TodayiFEAR "FLU"
By Arthur Brisbane
Churches Should Be Big
Spending and Prosperity.
"Children and Influenza.
Autos and Airplanes.
(Copyright 1988. by Star Co.)
Signal, At Last.
Final Figures.
What Law CAN'T Do.
Mr. Ford's Plan Aglee.
The big news is I his:
PliKSliO.KNT COOI.IDOK
1TAS SIONKD. THE lSOl'L
DKIi DAM mi.l., PUOViniNO
FOR liKJI.AM.ATION FLOOD
CONTROL AND
AVATFR
l'OWF.K AND rsK OF TDK
COIIRADO HIV K 11.
f. One hundred and sixty-five
millions will l)P snout ns a i
, . lip 1 Miib' th'.-ir program Tor thi.
sturtor; not mneli for a coun-, was , eomplele.l, lotleral author
try so rit'll. ! itins indicated (hey would seek lo
,r . , . I uilcl to their knowleilHe of the dl:-
Move important than money j eae ti:!U11Rn laboratory and
is the faot, now cstahlislied, flel'l "ladies. Tbe.ie studies would
..... , , . , . . I ue eaiiieu on uy piinnc neimn o-'
that the people liave a njrlit tOjnm.s , Revi.,.al represeniative :
use thoir own water power i areas in various parts of the!
. , , . . . i count ry. j
wiinont nfKini; permission ol
"liijr men in the business."
... , ,
II was a liaril lipilt and
needed plenty of publicity.
.Mr. Hoovers 'unrnlitv is i
fixed at 6.42:i,(i12. Ills total
vote was 21,4l'!l,10!l. flovernor
Smith's vote was 1.",IHI"i,4!7.
Mr. Hoover's plurality about
equals that for Ilnrdini; and
Coolidte. Anil, like their plu
ralities, it represents til
vot.!
for prosperity and ii;ainHt con
trol of the United States by
Kyrnpean meddling. . J.
The Trnited States tried to
make the people of the United
States dry by law. Thai hasn't
worked very well, although
many have hopes.
Oermans propose to make
(iermany innoeent of war puilt
by law. That probably won't
work either, hut it is an inter
est inp; attempt.
. ... ,
1 lie (lermans do not like to
be called responsible for tin? j outbreuk was impossible, of-'
,, . .. fleers said hut added It was their
(,'roat war and nationalists ,)pinml t,0 mis outbreak was con-r,,-,,Un
lie (o mil in inil n n v ! slilerably longer.
(ieriiiim blaming fiermany for
the war or any foreigner blam
ing (iermany while on (ierman
soil.
Life would be pleasant if we
COI'IiO make ourselves sober
ortinnorent merely by passinj
a law.
f
Henry Ford proposed, and
Wall Street disposed. Mr. Ford
started a Urilisli company, to
manufacture and sell his ears
all over Kurope. He wanted
Britishers in the Ford eoneern.j
as sharers in the profits, and I
sold tliem 40 per rent of the
company, keeping HO per eent
for himself.
Xobody in Amerieit eottld
buy any slock from Mr. Ford.
He wanted liritisliers to have
it.
"Wall Street had it different
idea Friday. Wall Street bough!
41.8000 shares . of the new
Itritislt Ford stock, putting the
l.riec up to $::li. Mr. Ford
sold it to the liritislt for $5 a
share.
; They were satisfied, appar
ently, 1o make 200 per cent
prutit, in a weeK, 1 ney n" ;
be sorrv biter. It's foolish toi
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sell anything good, 111 America.
Meanwhile, Mr. Ford's well
' . .
meant plan to let Ihe British j
O.nn. in Kiirntieiui tinifi i !
for all time, has gone astray as,!
well laid plans will tin.
The Senate asks ItseK. "Shall
we consider first the hill to glvx
this country fast cruisers that It
neelr. or take up first, the amiable
pad that will make everything
pepceful, until somebody starts n
war?"
The right thing Is to vote, first.
(Continued on !' Four.)
EPI1C
IN OFFING
Federal Bureau of Health
Moves To Prevent Sec
ond Outbreak No Cause'
r
For Public Alarm Pres-j
ent Wave Mild But Great I
As In 1920.
i
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. --(P)-
rlle Ijfl it - o!' a second ami j
. mure severe wave oi intitienzu roi-,
lowing iIir present outbreak, wusj'
1 discussed toilnv by public health
j officials who began considering '
I plans for studying Iho .situation at
jurat hanil with a view oi prevent-
'"R oceunenc
nv p,.rceuta;e of canes in the
U'nited stales for the week endi'is
! Ueceiniier ltt," it was said, "was
as sieat as il was i.l the peak:
t of the epidemic: of 1920."
! At th! same time ihey noted th-ii
1 the most seveve epidemic of recent !
! years, that oi Mils, caine. in two!
j waves, the first mild and Ihe Her-.
! o:ul one of st veve cases. W'bil-.'
'they anv no reason for public
1 alarm Ihey said the second wave
was "always to b-: considered."
7!le studies under consideration '
would lie undertaken, lliey explain ;
ed, in the hope that 1 lie Informa-;
i.liou ai:n,'d would prove helpl'.il in i
coiubaiinit a second wave.
Data collected by tuderai and :
local health authorities and by j
Bclentlsls diirtiiK the 1SI18 epidemic
in the United Slates eollstltute the i
most complete study of influenza
outbreaks avuiluhle. The studlei
eonlemiilated would serve to round
out this and olher Information on
the subject.
HtalistlcianH of the public health
service completed a chart today
showing that if the number of i
cases for the week ending Decern-
her 15 two hundred per hundred '
thousand population continued
throughout the year, the annual
percentage of cases would he lu,
Odd per loo.uoo population. They 1
had no Indication, however, that
the late would continue to in
crease. i
l OUII'Ul (SON UfinWTIl KlU lIMllli'I
r hlf, veai. !m.i uurlm; the j
the great number of cases In this
ouibreuk. und the relatively ne;ll
tilble mortalllv. Reports from 7s ,
large cities showed 11-15 deaths
from Influenza and TuiilS from pneu
monia during the period between
October 28 and December 15. Thera
were 500,000 deats from Influenza
and nneunionla, it was stated, dur
ing the IMS epidemic.
PASADENA, Col.. Dec. 22. W)
Tragedy came all at once today
for Pasadena's Sanla Clans just oi
he completed one mission of good
cheer for a throne of children nnd
prepared for another.
Henry L. Dickson, 57 year old
club man and. wealthy furniture
dealer, played Santa Clans at a
Masonic celebration last lll'ht.
This moining as he drove his car
from his garage, n 74-year old wo
man, Mrs. Klizabeth Hyan, ylepped
ncross the driveway and was
knocked down.
Mrs. Dickson happened to be
standing at a window of her home
and fainted when she saw the ac
cident. The husband discovered
his wife prostrated when lie ran
1 .1... l....,u,. r.ull f,.r on untlilll.
nnco.
After telephoning for aid for the
Injured woman, Dickson attempted
,0 reviV(. his wile. Several hours
passed and a sonlu law called the
house. He became alarmed when
tMe telephone failed to answer und
went to the home where, he found
Hie husband and wife, aopsreutly
asphvxlated. mid he called for aid.
An tabulator S'uad attenuHed to
save their lives, but they died dur
ln the treatment.
Dickson was to have played ;
"Santa Clans" again on Christmas j
eve. . I
The money value ot a cover crop
should not be measured solely by j
the Increased yield obtained thej
first year. Crops may be largrl
for several years nf!r n pren mn-j
nuic crop lias been tumid under.'
PRINCE GEORGE
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Prince Georae, youngest son
Berengana In New York. He is
Stockmen Guard Herds
Thieve;. Hoist A Steer
Into Truck and Speed
Away High Price of
Beef Makes Crime Prof
itable. ' -
ItEXI), Ore., Dfjc. 22. (--Operating
with trucks equipimn wiih
mininture derrickH, entile rust Icrs (
are inflictir-;; heavy losBea on cen-'.
tral Oregon stocknien. Informs-'
proup of countlH. Indicate lh !
thieves are in.rlieu1i.rly uetive this i
winter.
The niHlloiH, modern nietii
ods of transportation lii penetrat
ing to the center of cattle ran
lands, are said
On the I hewaucau rnnge, one
of the large cattle raising commun
ities of ihe .Northwest, stocknii-n
have been forced to put on exlnl
riders to guard against Ihe rustlers.
These guards are using horses anil
automobiles In protectin.r the hi';
herds.
The motorized rustlers operate
at nighi. -Willi their trucks they
strike into the heart of the callle
country, kill some of the choice
steers, remove lite head and feet,
and using a hoist evidently similar,
lo thai used on garage wrecking
cars, load the butcnered animals
into their trucks and make off.
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am-ibuted to the high price of
beef. A good animal will bring
sion. making a night's work prof-
liable even though onlv one steer.
Is stolen j
In neorlv all cases Ihe rustlers :
operate on large ranches where
iboiisands of head of cattle are ,
scattered over isolated ian-,'0 coun-
!
laai-r-rt nnrn mi nm nn nirnirrti
iA KV mVK AVhWA !
nuiu uulu ui uuLi u uniTiLitn
nnui niiPTi mo amh niinm nr
I buvv wmilm Hurnuiuur
IN MID-STATE STOMACH MADE
It Is suspected that the beef nr.! 1 em ,of 'e name type and size as
hauled long distances to market. "'e bottom one. nen Hie plunger
perhaps, in some instances, being i H Pressed the wire flares, a flood DOS ANCKLKS, Dec. 22. (1--tnken
out of Ihe stale. :"Rl't illumluules Ihe stomach and ! Hcporls that the underworld hud
1 (the picture is snapped. The tune threatened to take District Atlor-
Is then withdrawn through thn!i,v iti,-,,n f,-ntu "r,, rob." o.
AWAY FINAL DAY
The cameras are so constructed, u Angeles underworld char- chilly Is predicted by the Culled ; )nr,.B , to his gang wero Hiiihi 427,804. 77. Millngo taxes au
WASHIXOTOX, Dec. (IPt it was said, thai If they ever -ot Ucters met In n suburban town last ! States wealber bureau. The tem-t,i- the I 1'lerponl Morgan 1'orcy 'horlzed by the people nnd to
The senate and house might have loose, which whs considered m- j nlnlit and agreed that the new ills-! pcraturu will hover near or below A jtockefellcr and ,1 1'. Theycr which the 6 per cent limitation
been large classrooms on the evo likely. Ihey would pass through e 1 1 - ;,.t i.itor-ey was "entirely too the freezing point in I lie early ,,',mnH u, .New York. I'1'"'" not "PP1" 3,220,777.!I7.
of the s-asonal holiday today for. body without difficulty. acllve" and would have to he "put j morning, Hie forecast said. Although admitting his Identllv, .Those two figures totul 6 648,-
ihe mile work done and the pro-j The operation, the doctors said. aWay." j The rain storm which was tu'nnllco said Kane did not say hcl-m, which Is properly tho In
fusion of greetings ex banged. : Is only b little more difficult than , nm ikes, a special detective was come today has shifted westward j wtts connected with the gang. He "'"to levy.
With the routine sessions quick -! swallowing a slomacb pump, anil nKlg:ui-il today as a bodyguard tojto the coast. T'.o barometer here locogiilzeil Ihe detectlvo hut only I Total estimated requirements to'
lv ov.-r. the few members who
! were on IimihI got
soon
for liirlslinas
miinv going home
not, to return ti
thidr desks un-
I til .liinuury ft.
In the senate, lleflln of Ala-ib.-ima
u-ilil trlbule to Justice Oli
iver ?!i,lell Holmes, and senator
Warren of Wyoming. After that
t be recited on how great It was
to lie il boy. Ilroiikheiirt of Iowa
dwelt on the merits of cooperative
marketing: and Christmas bells
whs the tuple of n poem rend by
Krazler of North Dakota.
Curtis (Joes Home
WASIIIVIITON, Dec. 22. (VT'l
SenOr Curtis of Kaunas, vice
pri-klil'-lll-elect. is prenrinir n re
turn to Topeka. for the holidays.
ll probably will announce there
whether he wlU hold bis senator
ship unlll March 4. when he be
comes the t Ice president.
MEDFOUD, OKEOON,
HURRIES HOME
v V
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v
of King George, as be boarded the
hurrying home from Bermuda.
statutes. In some cases, he Bald.
I fines as high us $Looo are being!
Silig Sing COnVICtS Used Incensed lor failure to pay dealer s
.taxes.
Testing Latest Wonder i ,J'h" JttTZ u 'T.1 f"ro1'1''!"
a jment officials In the state Is good,
Df Morlirnl ripnro iu- llazaltlne said. Only lu three in-
Uf IVieUICai Science IVO' stances could sherlirs he suspect
,,, TU nj:., Cl' of "eRlect or lack ot Interest
vvurse uidii uiuinaiy
MOmaCh KLimOS breat;ikln "' money." liuzcmne
Airi In Pannoi tnHu "
OHSIXIiVU, N. Y.( Dec.
AAi
em" winch t,f.,u ,o,.t.-,.j
stoma from tne insme was m.iu
before 1011 pnysicdans aiut siu gei)U3
at Sing Sing prison tonight with
ie laooraiory.
n tj"e ot the M:' n ttmilifjnd
:rVr. . 111 ino
! vention was exiiected lo be of great
cancer and Stomach liters.
1 lie cumera is the invention of
7. (iera.d of ViVni 'i A s ri
of Ossimng, was in cnaue of tin"
demonstration. Alexander Vollero,
a Id-year old prisoner iroin Hronk
lyn serving 0 sentence of 20 -enrs
lo Hie swallowed the camera. He
was selected because ho recently
had been operated on for a gastric
ulcer 11-1,1 Hie doctors wished to
see how the' wounds had heated.
The apparatus used consists of
a ruober tube about 25 inches long
und about live-eights of an Inch
in diameter. About two Inches
Iroin .ihe end of Hie hollow tube.
w inch la shoved down the throat, i
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ilw" ''"'' lnK "" half mi
inch In dtnmeier, euulpped with
"V lens and liny UlnisMust uliove
"IH eaimirn a short section of Hie
lul,c , ' l'riorated and Ihroitgh It
"' ,l,ls lioint inclosed In inuirtz
glass, runs a fine wire. This wlie.
when the camera Is operated, lights
"I' llk,! "ie wire, in an ordinary
electric lamp only more brilliantly,
Just 11 ",v,! perforated part
of the rubber tube, is another cam-
Alu'oal. ,
i There are etaht films in each
camera which, combined, would not
be larger loan a postage slump.:
With the one "shot" sixteen dll-
ferent sections of the stomach are 1
I photographed on the sectional divulge the source of the Informn
llllms. Tho films are enlarged ! Hon or Us nature. Humors which
many fold for Inspection
i it wus oeiietea mono nave no in
effect on the pal lent.
GETS FULL PARDON
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22. (')
President Coolldgo has granted n
lull pardon to former represents
tlve John W. tangley of Kentucky,
rtorlr r him to citizenship.
Langlev was convicted of con-
siilracy to violate thovprohlbltliin
lawB, and served a term in tne i
federal penitentiary at Atlanta. His
wife, Kathorine Datigley, was elect
ed fo his rcH In the house.
The president's action was taken
a recommendation from Altor
ncy General Sargcut.
Sl'NHAY, DKCK.M l!KR ;!
ASK BOOST rifgyCIMIIil IS
FOR STATE fMl FAX FID
Increase In Enforcers To
Increase Revenues Hop-
.Oregon Third In Rigi
dity and Popular Support
of Volstead Act High
Praise Paid.
I l'OltTI.ANI), Dec
i I-. A. Huzcltlne, special govern- j
: meat operative In the prohibition j
i depni ttuent, Is author ity for the i
statement that the prohibition law
: is enroi red in (.Ireitou as well us!
I Ihe laws asainst namhliim' and;
olher crimes. i
I This was his conclusion, express-!
eu nere ninny, alter a lour of west- I
era mid central Oregon counties.,
nnzeitnie said Orenon has Ihe best I
jset of prohibition laws of any slate i
m ine i uiou; that It ranks wlt'i
Idaho and Kansas lor the strer.ith
he sl.MC rll,
of the popular support given the i
law, and that enioreenient here :i i
j "outstandingly effective."
; lluzeltliie made the trip In con-'
inec.tlon with bis special work of'
; looking up convicted violators of l
.the stale prohibition law with al
view' to assessing against them I
: severe pcnalltes under old revenue
In the prohibition law,
If hoolleggera lu Oregon are
!Hild,,,tht- iuvesllHiiUon of thuir
1 tl.ai.taVrfHr.mdtiiK with a view to
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well known to Ket evidence.
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!" 'I V eUlZ m"".'P'' ot UK,'"tli' wl,
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for enforceineiit and al Ihe. same
lime relieve the handful of fed.,
eral prohibition agents or the nee-
esslty of giving uny aid to local
oincers 111 ordinary bootlegging
cases, and leave them true' to do
the work for which Ihey are in -
leiidod. This work is lo handle
Ihe lurger cases of consulrncy,
abatements, diversion of lndust'lal
alcohol, smuggling and manufai
lure.
OF LOS ANGELES
1 day resulted in exlru safeguard"
; being thrown around the new or-
ficial.
I.uclen C. Wheeler, chief of the
bureau of Invesll oillon of District
viiurnev Fills' office, refused to
could not be confirmed shIiI tbutler weather for Portland nnd vl.
nils. Wheeler said, and the guard
placed nt the district attorney's
tiouse when be look office, succeed -
lag Asa Keycs, now under Indict-j bureau said.
ru nt lor bribery, has been There was a rise lu temperature
strengthened. 'all over II'q statu today.
Wheeler said Information thai: At llakciflt was two dcirocii
gangsters were plnnnlix lo take nhove, at wolf Creek 15 degrees
the new young district attorney 1 above, and at Kugeiie 2d degrees
"for a ride," If be utlempted to above.
: carry nut tho "clean up" which he
imH Parted, hud reached him two
I weeks nun, and Hint there were
I "new developments" today.
I .Nfcmnwhlle, . Kills, accompanied.
,y his bodyguard, was reported to
, at H friend's house, nnd could
not ho located.
The Weather
Ore Ron: Genet ally unwilled
e' rn'"- In Vnrhwe, iiortlon:
slowly rising temperature; fresh
- ,io strong southerly wmua on ine
i const,
, 19-JS. No. 274.
The J. C. Penney home at Belle Isle In Biscayne bay, Miami, Fla.,
It being prepared to recelv President elect Hoovw during hit f ro
posed Florida visit.
BOND REFUNDS CORNELIUS JR
BY CITIES OF
Tenooiiroec WomiH
1 1 moui CI O Q I II u u
Withdrawal From Market
If Eastern Proposal Ac
ceptedLosses of Prem-;
iums to Trust Funds Rea
son for Drastic Action.
KAI.KM. Ore., Dec. 22.(P) j
City governments of Oregon are j
warned, In a loiter Bent their (reus-1
iirers by the suite bond comtnls
.1 .. . u . ,., ., ....
sion, tnai 11 ine attempt lo re-
' fund their Dnncroft bonds accord -
,t,, n iMoeuntii inane oy aiieasi.,
STATE OPPOSED FOR CHRISTMAS
ein bonding house Jho statu wlllleral and the other $500,00 by MVh.
withdraw' from tho ' market In ho
im nn ijiuhiuu ijumis nit) eoiiceni'
ed.
The matter rnme to the atten
tion of the bond commission iiftnr
ti iikcol oi ine eiisiern concern
had mudu his pronotnl to tho city
; o( lM "rande.
1 1,0 K"lle col"il!ioii ileclaros
, u"" " """ 1'roponon reiunuing
i'""" """'nsiniy ror tne benefit
' cl y- " rt'"' mo,lvo ""hind
' promote 111010 bond
niNiies 101- suiu ill a troill 10 lll'l
- l..molr of the plan."
1 no slate owns over Sl.ooo.oon
Hnncroft IioihIh, and the letter
'"- ""-" " ' 11, ; iua cunt-,1
"'"'u(l estunaled dales the stale;
will demand that the vendors ro -
" '"" """" uuexiireu
premiums.
in threiiienlnir 1,1 ulilidi-nw from
',,, marKt,t ,,. um.roft bonds If
m,,. proposal Is accepted Ihe com-
; mission declares II "cannot urfnr.l
, , i,ivesl Ihe trust riinds of the
j industrial accident and Iho- World
iw,. veleiiina' commissions In se-
! curlllos In which there Is a nos-
sibiluy of future loss.
Refunding Ihe bonds before uin-
turlly is an Injustice to (he per
son or firm thai purchased the
bonds and lo the ultimate pur
chaser, the letter says, "for Ihe
reason dial calling of Ihe bonds
! In advance of esllmnled mnlurltv
'dates will result in a loss of mi-
nniorllzed premlunis either to tho
holder of the bonds or lo the sell-
nr, wno will be milieu 10 compeii -
tl,. li..l.ln I',,., Il.l.. I. .111. "
sale the holder for thin Iohh."
1'OUTI.AM), Dec. 22. (Ii-Cold.
I was nigh but iSive no Indication
, of iiiln or wet snow, All danger
iof nn Ice storm Is over, the Weiithei
Honda in westurn Washington!
are slippery and motorists need J
chains, the Oregon Slate Motor as-:
social iiin reported today. Rami
has been spread on (he upper Col
umbia Rrlver highway to lesson
the (I. Uigur from skidding.
I'OKTDAND, Oro., Dec. 22. -(1
Ouorga Howard, 19, was taken
to the county hospital this after
noon with possible fracture of the
skull. The sheriffs office received
is report tnai no nau ueen nit over
tne ncau with a buck ot wood.
GIVEN MILLION
Christmas Gift To Be Paid,
Losers In Vanclerbilt's i win produce approximately $1,-
j 0110,0(10 In net revenue, to tho end
JOllmalistiC Venture ,llmt taxation on tangible proper
ty may be reduced."
GOeS tO Nevada. tO Join! ,Th0 'eeoniinondntlon was adopt
j ed over strenuous opposition by
Wife During Holidays.
MOW YOltK, Dec. ((f) Tho
Dally N'ewa tomorrow will say that
Cornelius Vauderhlll, Jr., who re
cently was reconciled with Ills
father, Clenoral CornolliiM Vandor
hilt, lifter a four-year oxllo from
i"" mmiiy, "HH noun given u 91,
.,,. ,.i,i.
nit n Clii'littninu nn.
1 BI,t.
line- inir was alvi'li hv ine iroli-
vaiidurhllt, Iho News will say.
Cornelius, Jr., loft tonight for Ills
in mill near Iteno, Nev., to Join Ills
wife for tho holidays.
Ho Is quoted by Iho News as
sa.vlng that he would place the
(money lu n Hunt fund to be added
U) ,, $1,57,000 ot his herltnuco
1 which his lather had consented to
rolonse and would be used to puy
1 if the iu-edllora of his ill-nlurred
newspaper enterprises, the Blurting
f which led lo Ihe breach with
1 nmi v sn il tlH4 e lock
would become offecilve Christinas
nVB ,,1 i. citizens Trust and Sav-
lnKH r
ompauy in lis Ar-Aeles and
1 inill I
hecks would be sent from
there to .those who losl money on
, pp0rs In San I'-ranclsco, l.os
Angeles and M am .
,
!
TH1EFT1PPED OFF
BY WIFE'S TALK
1 1
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KKNOSHA, V Is., Dec. 22. ()
A trip cast to see Ills wlfo, and
her Indiscreet remark to a private
1 ,,,tecllve, Unlay had resulted in
I '
jtho arrest of Iftlwurd Kane, houkU
,two yeara iih a niemher of the not
oii(iuK "l.oHlon Hilly" nann of Jewel
thieves to whom robberies tolallltK
imoro than ;2,SO0,MO0
have been
jcbarged. ;
tCinii, lirritulnd nl mldnltfht on i
the reiiuest of Kdward Shlrton, prl
I vale detective who trailed him
here, wus said lo be the lest of
the gang. The leader, James V.
Monohan, now Is survlng a sen
tence In Sing Slug prison.
Kane faces seven Indictments for
murder and also Is charged with
! ..n..IO.Iull,,n li, ,-,.l,lrl,,U Which '
' police said, include theft of tlie,'"r "; I'urpose, within the
I ,. i i. i.ivermore iienrls P, r eent tax limitation amend-
, .. n,.,,? ... v v....i, it,.,n r.,..
i.l,l- "Well von know. Sherllou.
it won't do inn any good lo tulk
IIIOND, Ore., Dec. 22. ffll How
ard "Wright was suffering from n
serious knife wound at Hedmond,
and William llrown was In the
Deschutes counly Jnll today ns a
result of a stabbing affray nt the
Pleasant Kldge community hall,
betwoen llend and Hedmond. The
fight was reported to have started
jour attention lo soino girls.
Judge-Elect Norton and As
sessor Coleman Vote for
Income Tax With Offset
Jackson Legislator
Strives for Unity In Rec
ommendations Lux
ury and Gas Tax Hinted.
i I'OUTl.ANl), Ore., Dec. 22.
:.(P) The property tnx relief com
I mU-Uon, iiuttiorizod by the la.at
ilcKlshuure to invoHtiKuto the tax
situntion in Oreson and to mnko
j reeuniniendiitloiiH to tho January
j strain a of ttie IcKlHluture, decided
today ttiat tin Income 'tax Id the
'solution to tho state tax puzzle,
i My a majority of five votes, tho
commission today adopted a reao
, lution rueomniendiiifr "enactment
by the h-Kii'lature ot an income
tax on individual income at rate
representatives of the state grange
and tho Greater Oregon assoclU'
linn.
Those voting to liavo tho logla
biture enact an Inoonio tax with
offset were Lawronce H. T. Har
ris, II. 1). Norton, C. E. Ingalls,
10. K. llrodle, Ham Thompson, A,
C. Hponcer, J. It. Coleman and J.
If. Hooth. . '
Voting against tho reaolutlo't
wero A. U. Bhumway, I. K. Smith
and t:. C, Chapman. : John II.
Carklu did not vote.
In tho role of conciliator,' Car-
kin, uhulruuin of the commission,
sought to bring, tiuout narmony
und unity of opinion in the way of
a compromise.- ,Ho pointed . out
the danger of going to the lgl-
laluru with tho commission dlvld-
ed In sentiment, an attitude which
might wreck all of the taxation
prugrani which tho committee has
been laboring on for two yearn.
The state grange has agreed
not to submit nn income tax pro-
posal to the legislature, and
Shumway, representing that or-
loin -yji itn. nil cnlcl tlm ffrnnufl
was willing. In wait developments
on the excise tax and the contem-
plated Income lax In California.
The work of drnftlng a hill for
the Income tax wan assigned to
the 'fourth suh-commlttee' which
will meet Friday, Dec. i!8, In" u
hoarinK with . Thomaa II. Kay,
state treasurer, nnd other state of-
fielals.
The object of tho hearing will
he to determine what rnte can
hn levied und how much offset
can lie allowed If the Income tax
Is to yield approximately to the
whole commission.
The Income tax Ik one of the
ten Hubjeots whh-h the commlH
sion .will recommend to tho leg
islature, nnd theso ten subjectn
represent fourteen points, or bills.
What tho legislature will do
with the recommendations Is not
even remotely determined. AmonR
the suftRestlonn are topics frauRht
with as much trouble as the in
come tax for Instaneo, the pro
posal to add a ono-cent gasoline
tax as a substitute tor the mill
age for stnto mnrket roads, and
the substitution of a luxury tax
f fo'" of tl,p two ior ole"
,ininry education.
HA MOM, Or.v Ioc. 22. ,
rrl1'' ' '"W tor 1920 was
! promulgated today by tho Btnto
t,lx commission, and totals f 7,893.-..
217 Including tho S-mlll olemen
tary school tax of 12,244,664.36
which Is property not a state
levy.
The totnl amount to he raised '
nient of the state constitution is
I which the stnto will lie sunjecten
tntnl f I, salt, 7 12. US. Tolal reven-
lies, Including the tax and mis
cellaneous revenues aggregate $4,
f.!i,r,;i:l.78, within the 6 per cent
limitation.
The total for t2l, Including
the elementary school tux. Is nil
Increase of J1H3.142.80 over last
year. "
LONDON, Dec. 22. W) Th
Afghan legation hero announced
this afternoon that the rebels ot
that country had been driven from
the heights nenr Kabul and that all
roads leading to King Anianullah's
capital had been cleared. The state
ment suld that the loyal troops had
pursued the malcontents some 35
miles north of Kabul.
Airplane service was resumed
yesterday when n machine left Ka
bul for Tashkent,