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MEDFORD, OREO ON, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 92J.
No. 31.
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Today
By Arthur Brisbane
California's Schools.
Capital Gain Taxes.
Their Excellent Majesties.
Princely Power.
(Copyright by King Featuna
Syndicate, Inc.)
In California "Public Suhool
week" sets a Rood example to
the rest of -the country.
' :, CaliforniaiM, talking about
better scIiooIk, mean what they
say, and BULP better schools.
The public school system of
New York, richest city in the
world, is disgracefully back
ward compared with Califor
nia's public schools. .
The reason is that the gov
ernment of New York City does
not sympathize with public
schools, and does ' reluctantly
and grudgingly for the public
school children only as mnch
as public opinion compels. And
public opinion is feeble in New
York.
In California, when you see
a magnificent building with a
beautiful big park around it, on
a wide street, THAT USU
ALLY A . PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Public schools have gardens
and Orchards attached, for the
education of the children.
Charles E. Mitchell, of the
National City, biggest bank in
America, urges repeal of in
come tax on capital gain.
...Taking a large part of profit
on sales of property, stocks or
real estate, the,' tax hampers
business. Owners with a profit
hold on to avoid the tax, tieing
tip gigantic sums, complicating
the credit "siiuatioh; '
; Canada has no such tax, and
meets expenses, largely by a
sales tax. - '
. Any tax discouraging active
business, causing stagnation in
loans, is a harmful tax. '
' . '
The government gains noth
ing by a tax that is offset by
deductions for losses. Specu
lators take losses, charging
them against profits, often buy
ing 'back immediately what
they have sold, to obtain in
come tax deductions. Taxes ou
capital gains are evaded easily.
Tn jibnliKh tar fin cunitnt
gain, abolishing ut the same
tittle allowances for corre
sponding losses, would increase
government income and help
business.
Statements by President
Hoover indicate disapproval of
a plan to pay farmers a bounty
on exports. It is an old bounty.
Alexander R. Smith, of Koso
bnnk, Staten Island, calls atten
tion to a law -under William
and Mary, called "An act for
the encouraging the exporta
tion of com."
By that act ".The king's and
queen's most excellent majes
ties" advis;d "by the lord
spiritual and temporal and the
commons," auuounced "It hatlt
been found by experience that
exportation of corn and grain
into foreign parts, when the
price thereof is at a low rate
in this kingdom, hath been a
great advantage to owners of
land and the trade of thisking
dom in general."
The bounty was paid only
when grain dropped to a cer
tain price, and when exported
"in English shipping, the mas
ter and two-thirds of his
mariners at least being their
majesty's .subjects."
. .
Until lately the "reddest"
radical in Britain was Arthur
J. Cook, leader ofminers. lie
was a republican, determined
to get rid of kings and queens,
(Continued on Tic Four).
RESPECT OF
LAW FADING
IN COUNTRY
President Makes Earnest
Appeal for Observance of
Law in First Address
Foundation of Country
Crumbling Is Assertion
Prohibition Only Part of
Problem.
NEW YORK, April 22. (P)
President Hooved departed tor
Washington at 2:54 o'clock this
afternoon after addreRBtng the an
nual luncheon of the Associated
Press at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
NEW YORK, April 22. VP)
President Hoover, In an earnest
appeal to his follow citizens to
observe the law, declared hero
today that life and property In
tile United States '"are relatively
moro unsafe than in any other
civilized country in the world."
In his first address since his In
auguration, delivered at the- an
nual luncheon of tile Associated
Press, the chief executive said
ho waa confronted with a national
necessity of the first degree, that
wo are not suffering from an
ephemeral crimo wave but from
a subsidence of our foundations."
"In order to dispel certain il
lusions In the public mind on this
subject," Mr. iloover said, "let
ni say at once that while vio
lations of law have been Increased
by Inclusion of crimes under the
,18th amendment and by the vast
sums that' are poured Into the
hands - of -criminal classes by the
patronage of illicit liquor by
otherwise responsible citizens, yet
this is :but one segment of our
problem."
lie explained that he cited tho
extent of murder, burglary, rob
bery, . forgory, and embezzlement
because, only.. .a small percentage
of these could bo attributed to
the 18th amendment, and lie as
serted that of tho total number
of convictions for felony last year
Iosh than eight per cent camo
from the source of tho dry law.
Face Big Issue. j
"What we are facing today is
something far larger and more
fundamental tho possibility that
respect for law as law is fading
from the sensibilities of our peo- i
pie," he continued. j
"No individual has a right to
dolermlno what law shall be obey- j
cd and what law. shall not be,
enforced. If a law Is wrong, lis;
rigid enforcement Is tho surett ,
guaranty of its repeal. If It la
right, Its enforcement is the quick
est method of compelling respect
for It."
Mr. Hoover said there wero two
Immediate problems before tho
government to Investigate the ex-
isting agencies of enforcement ana
to reorganize the system of en
forcement in such manner as to
eliminate its weaknesses.
"If Is the purpose of tho ad
ministration." ho added, "to
strengthen Us law enforcement
agencies week by week, month
by month, year by year, not by
dramatic displays and violent at
tacks In order to make headlines,
not by violating tho law itself
through misuses of the law In
Its enforcement, but by steady
pressure, steady weeding out of
(Continued on Page Eight.)
POLICE SEEKING
OF
CHICAGO, April 22. (P) Search
for Frank Thompson of Klrkland.
III., who In BlInKod to have, pur
chased six machine guns from a
sporting goods dealer here, just be
fore the massacre of seven Morati
gangHlers, was Intensified tonight
following tho arrest of Thompson's
wife, Vera, who, police-Mid, threw
additional light on the case.
Following the -stimony last
week of Peter von Frantzluw, the
sporting goods dealer, ueforo tho
coroner's Jury Investigating IUp .
massacre, that he sold the guns Tu ;
Thompson, police were dispatched
to Klrkland In search of the man.
Unable to find TInpson, the offi
cers questioned his wife, who told
that her husband was employed by
a university In enrollment work.
Iast hlght Mrs. Thomimon and a
male companion were arrested here
when they attempted to obtain an
automobile from a garage owned
by Thompson. Taken to headquar
ters, Mr. Thompson waa said to
have confessed knowledge that her
husband purchased the gtiip,from
tun riuuiAius.
BUYER
GUNS
MASSACRE
Approve bill to aid farm
ass, - k J
The house agriculture committee approved a bill to create a federal, board to aid farm marketing.
The measure will be Introduced at special session of congress. Left to right: Representatives Thomas
F. Williams, Illinois; James B. Aswell, Louisiana; David H. Klncheloo, Kentucky: Fred S. Purnell,
Indiana, and Gilbert N. Haugen, Iowa, chairman. Picture was taken after sub-committee members
presentee draft of bill to President Hoover,
0. S. DISPOSED
ACCEPT FRENCH
NAVY CUT PLAN
American Delegate at Gen
eva Conference An:
nounces Favorable Atti
tudeBritish Spokesman
Expresses Agreement,
fSKNEVA, April 2''. UP) Hugh
S. Gibson, A merlean detenu to to
the preparatory disarmament con
ference in session here, announced
today the United Staten was dis
poned to accept France's proposal
of limitation of naval tonnage by
categories. .The offer, he said, was
made In the hope of facilitating a
general agreement on naval re
duction, .
. GKNKVA, April 22. R) Lord
Cushendun, Hrittsh disarmament
delegate, hardly awaited fur the
speech of Hugh H. Gibson, present
ing American views of naval dis
armament, to be translated Into
French before he took tho floor to
answer It. He said while ho was
unable (o comment on Its specific
proposals and as far as any gen
eral principle whs concerned there
waa nothing In It with which he
could not express agreement.
The French proposa I Is that
which provides for assignment of a
total tonnage to each nation. This
total Is to bo divided among cate
gories of ships by specified ton
nages as a basis of discussion.
Lord 'ushendun was followed
by N". Sato, of Japan, who an
nounced Tokyo hail also been
studying the question of categories
of warships and was likely to have
some proposals to make. Jle
stressed J a pa n 's welcom o of the
cordial friendly spirit of the Amer
ican declaration.
Count Massigll spoke for France.
JIo characterized the American's
statement as one of conciliation
and realization. Ho said the con
troversy as to the best method of
limiting navies had waged for two
years and he emphasized that
France always preferred tho flex
ible method of combining total
tonnage with tonnage by categories
of warships.
WASHINGTON. Apii l .-(I")
Farni relief claimed overwhelm
ingly predominating attention on
bolh sides of tho capilol today us
congress entered the second week
of Its special session.
Not only had President Hoover's
declaration against the export de
benture plils focused interest on
this subjecr? but the house had
reached tho last day of Its gen
oral debate on a farm relief bill
which meets his views, and the
senate was at tho &;liinliiK of a
discussion of Its measure.
As the principal piece of legis
lation recommended by President
oHover. both chambers are Riving
farm relief right of way.
A marriage license w as hfoff ri
thin forenoon at the county clerk'a
office to Chester Edson. 21, and
Marlon Mercer, 18, both of Wil
lows, Cal.
Magyars Warned
Race Fading Fast
Birth Rate Low
nUDAPKST. (JP) Vrofes-
nor Wilhelm Taufer, a leading
gnyecologist of Hungary, has
at allied society by declaring
that, the Magyar race will be
extin . in SO (years, if the
present rate of decline In tho
national birth rato is con- 4
tinned.
"Hungarian homes today
are cradleless," the doctor
lamented. "Society seeks by 4
every possible means to re 4
main childless. The birth rate
of last year was the lowest in 4
the history of the, country.""
Dr. Taufer especially at- 4
tacked one-child marriages. , 4
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HINES TO PROBE
AIR CRASH AT
SAN DIEGO, CAL
WASHINGTON, April 22. (IP)
F. Trufoee Davison, UHsistant secre
tary of war for aviation, announc
ed, today that orders had been sent
to Major General .lohn L. Minos,
corns area commander at Hat)
Ki-HiiclHcit. to make ati Inve.stlBu
tion, additional to Unit required liy
army regulations, of the airplane
collision between army and civilian
planes yesterday at San IJIog-o.
SAN lltt;u, ')., April 22. (TP)
The colliHion of mi army pursuit
phi no and an air liner cost six lives
here yesterday. It was the second
air tragedy of Its kind In San Diego
in three days and the worst in the
flying history of the city.
Tho larger plane, belonging to
the Aluddux Air JlneH, Inc., and
carrying five persons, had Just
taken off for Phoenix, Ariz. The
army 'plane, piloted by Lieut. How
ard Keefcr. was a much swifter
ship than the air llnor and hail
been following the big transport.
Ground observers salil the army
pilot had in Ih judged his distance
and his ship had crashed Into one
wing of tho air liner. The two
planes were seen to lurch simul
taneously. Tho army plane rolled
over a few times and then fell Into
a canyon. The air liner held Its
course for a few minutes or so
but loose parts began to break
away, and It fell to the earth in a
heap.
CAMIOKUN, Texas, Airll T3.
fPl A (lotallfI rnpnrt of licnisy
cliarKos on which their paHtor, die
Itflv. It. I). Kfinney, whh nxnitlleil
lKHt Tliitrmlay hy thn Centntl Toxhk
I'leHhylcry, will ho nimln In mem
horn of Cameron PreHliytorlun
church tliiH aflornoim.
Mr. KimiH'y whh notified of th'
governing hoard's action hy lotlnr
Saturday and hln pulpit was occu
pied ycitcrday by Dr. W. 8. Heed
of AiiHtln.
The charnea KKlnM Mr. Konnny
have resulted In a division of the
ihurih.
marketing
ELECTRICITY FOR
BLUE LEDGE IS
Estimate Prepared Furnish
ing Power at Big Copper
Workings Syndicate
Member and Engineer
Due This
I The Caltfornia-Oreiziin V o w e r
company - has prepared an esti
mate for tho furnishing of power
to the Blue ledgo mine, and sub
mitted the snnie to J. H. ' Hoof
and associates of Ios Angeles,
who recently took un option from
tho Uuggenhelms for tho opera-tf-on
of the mine. J. C. Thomp
son, district malinger of C'opco,
yesterday journeyed to tho mine,
on a trip of Inspection.'
It la figured that the Installa
tion of the power lino would cost
In tho neighborhood of $140,000.
Consideration Is also given to
a plan to build a power line from
Hilt, Cal., to Jhn mine, a shorter
distance than from this city.
J. U. Murphy, Jr., a member of
the; Los Angeles syndicate, and a
mining engineer by the name of
Henford, a copper expert, are duo
this -week for a visit to the mine.
Walter Robinson, former superin
tendent of the mine, who has been
act lug In a similar capacity fn
an upstate quicksilver mine. Is In
tho city and will be employed as
a technical expert, in connection
with the operation of the Hluo
Ledgn. Uoblnsnu knows every foot
of the diggings.
The county court, us soon an the
wcu titer den i-H. will make a trip
to tho state line, to find out what
is needed In I he way of road Im
provements. They have been re
quested to appropriate $1500 and
have It under advisement.
According to people who have
visited the mine the past week,
the weather and the wood rats
have ployed haven; with the build
ings, wilh tho roofs of all struc
tures caved In.
BEDE TO PREPARE
KAI,KM. Ore. April 22. t'l
nihert llodo. editor of t lie Cotlane
llrove Hcntlncl ami rcadliiK clerk
of the Oroiron house of repreHentn
tlvcH, Ih here to tu-epfire the copy
for Hie journal of the llti!! IcplHla
lure. This Ih the first time Kedo
hart lieen employed for this work,
lie estimates the work will require
three or four weeks.
NINE THOUSAND SIGN
I'dltTI.ANI). April 22. lift r.co.
llylHiider, In chsiKe of the local
campaign lo olitalu signers to the
oersonal Income lax referendum
petitions eiretllslerl liy the fli-eiiler
Oregon association, sold toilsrilne
thousand signatures hsd been ob
tained In Portland. The Portland
circulators have been dismissed.
Of the names on the petitions so
far cbei-ked by the county clerk's
office. 85 per cent have been regis
tered voters.
COPCO PROJECT
E
:
Ml
IS
Senate Committee Votes to
Override Hoover Opposi
tion in Drafting Farm Re
lief Bill McNary Sides
With Executive Letter
to Oregon Senator Op
poses Plan.
WASHINGTON, April 22. (A)
In spite, of the emphatic opposi
tion of President Hoover, tho sen
ate agriculture committee voted
today to rota in tho export deben
ture plan In its farm relief bill.
The vote to retain the deben
ture plan was 8 to ti. Thoso vot
ing for retention wero Senators
Norris of Nebraska; Frazier of
North Dakota and Nor bock of
South Dakota. Kepnhllcans and
Whaeler of Montana, Heflln of
Alabama, Thomas of Oklahoma
and Caraway of Arkansas, Demo
crats and HlVpsted (by proxy)
farmer-labor, Minnesota.
' Those voting to eliminate the
plan were Chairman McNary and
Senators Capper of Kansas, Gould
of Malno and Thomas of Idaho,
Republicans and Hansdell of Lou
isiana. Kendrlclc of Wyoming,
DemorratHy
Senator Hmlth, Democrat, South
Carolina, was not recorded.
WASHINGTON, April 2 2. (P)
President Hoover stood today,
definitely and emphatically ranged
in opposition to the export deben
ture plan of farm relief.
' I am convinced that It would
bring disaster to tho American
farmer," ho said In a letter to
Chairman McNary of tho senate
agriculture committee, which
ui-nto n ilplmntiirfl nrnvlston into
the tentative bill It introduced
last week. ,
The chibf fcxeoutlve's IcUmv Wis
In responso to a request from tho
committee for Hhr 'oplnion on tho
proposal, which did not figure in
tho d'seusslon of farm relief dur
ing the presidential campaign, and
was forwarded with statements
analyzing the plan by Secretaries
Mellon and Hyde and the com
merce department.
The committee, to which tho
senate referred tho bill for formal
action and a report today, was
promptly called by Chairpian Mc
Nary to meet this morning for
consideration of the communica
tions from tho White House, prior
to this meeting, its membership
was represented as being oloHcly
divided on tho question whether
to leave the debenture provision
in tho bill or report the measure
back to. tho senate with the plan
eliminated.
FLEE IN DISORDER
OUKKOO, ShantutiK, China, April
22. '(P) (Innural Un Ohon-NInn
Inrlicted a serious defeat durlnn
tho nlKht at NltiRlialcliow on rorces
of Marshal Chans Thiiiik Chiing,
who retreated In great disorder
through Cltofoo.
It was reported that Chant! whh
fleeing to IJaiion, Japanese terri
tory, leaving 20,000 ieadorless
liandlt-soldlers In north Uhantung.
Itesldcnts and merchants here
wero apprehensive.
Uu gained his victory nndor
cover of darkness, making ropentod
sorties from tho walled city, where
ho has been hosloged for weeks.
Tho attacks produced the greatest
conTuslon among Chang's forces,
who fell ujion each other In I he
darkness and killed many of their
own men.
As the retreating Iroops of
Chang rushed pell mell and In tho
greatest dlsordor through Chefon,
repreHentutlvoH of Hie former war
lord demanded $'.'.1)110,000 Mexican
of the Chefoo merchants.
Many of Chang'H soldiers wore
discarding their uniforms to escape
the vengeance of the nationalists,
who wero believed to bo Just be
hind them.
FOR BOARD OF TRADE
M)N1K)N, April 22. (p) A
searchtnK Inquiry into the slnklm
of the Hrltlsh sf efimnlil) Vestrls
off the United Htutes coast IhhI
November with the 1dh of '116
lives was opened In Ixmdon today
ut the reojieHt of the board ofyrade.
UPHELD
iFORCES OF CHANG
LIU ARMY GIBSON
.
. j
Sentc " Upheld
Harry l Sinclair. .
WASHINGTON, April 22.(flV
Tho supreme court ruled today
that Harry 1 Sinclair, unless par
doned, must servo throe months
In Jail for refusal to answer ques
tions before the senato Teapot
Dome committee.
Sinclair had appealed from a
recent decision of the court, which
upheld the sent once of three
months In Jail imposed upon him,
but the highest court today re
fused to reconsider (bat opinion.
FOR MEDFORD
The budget of the California i
Oregon . Power company for. the I
year 1!ri!, in the territory it aervea j
li..)pi'tlorn, California; and nouth; j
eru Oreftort'nnd entullinft un ex
penditure of over $1,300,000 f or
Improvements In service and new;
construction, haa been approved by.
the general offices of tho Hyllesby :
Engineering and Managing Cor-j
poratlon of Chicago, 111. Word to;
thla effect wuh received by Ferry !
O. Crawford, general manager and i
vice president, and unnounced to- j
day. i
Allotlng of the sums to various
projects will be made at . once. 1
Work will Htart at once, and haa I
been underway in a ( preliminary i
manner for Home time. j
Tho principal Item for this .city j
Ih the construction of a new. mod-i
em-equipped sub-station ' at an '
Initial cost of nn.ro than $100,000 !
and additiona to present transmlM- j
Hlon and distribution lines.
The budget provldeH for exten
sive Improvements In the Rogue
River, Klamath, Umpqua and HIm
klyou divisions, ' affecting over a
Mcore of cltlcH. It also provided for
new power lines to servo new
areaa. 1
It was a I ho announced that In
tho carrying- out of the budget
plans, homo labor would be em
ployed ua far as possible.
ARMSPARLEY
(iKNIiVA, April Hugh
S. dihson,' American ambassador to
Belgium, presenting an oagorly
awaited American thesis before the
preparatory disarmament commlH
Hlon today, appealed Tor a fresh
examination of Mm cntlrn problem
based nti Iho Idoa that h1) naliona
are going lo bo Mends and aettln
t h e I r dlfficultloH by peaceful
rneatiH,
Through Mx. (llhsou's uddreaM.
I'roNldeiiL Hoover la generally
deemed In (Jenova lo h u v
launched un Important niovo to
place the rclatfona between tho
United States and Great llritaln on
a firm f'oiiudatlou of collaboration
and rrlcmlllncMH.
. DESJROYED BY BLAZE
8AN IMtANCIHCO, April 22.-P
Kulus of tho Lincoln hotel.
Third Ktrcet rooming houso, were
being xcarehed today for possible
victim following a bhrzo shortly
after midnight which spread and
destroyed three adjoining hulld
4rt:. The building was condemned
1 years ago as a fire trap, but
remained In uc during subsequent
litigation over the property.
Whether anyone perished in tho
fir has not been determined.
NEW SI 00,000
SUB STATION
URGES
m
A A S
TOTAL 26
I
Midwest and South Suffer
Visitation Over Week-End
13 Killed in Arkansas
Flood Waters Threaten in
Three States Colorado
and Wyoming Piled With
Snow.
(Ilylho Associated Preas, April 22)
Outbursts of the elementa
floods, tornadoes, and wind, hall
and rain storms took 2ti Uvea In :
tho midwest, southwest and soutn
over the weekend; Injured two
score persons or more, and did
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of damage.
Arkansas tornadoes killed 1 3
persons, 1 1 of them negroes work
ing on a plantation at Tillar, Pro
perty damage was reported from
other sections of that state. Ar
kansas also waa fighting, against
the rising waters of tho Mississippi
river. 500 workmon reinforcing'
tho levee at Knowlton's Landing
near Snow lake. After many hours
work, engineers believed that the
danger of a break at that point
had boon averted.
A Jfi-minute storm at Louisville
and ut New Albany, Ind., across
the Ohio river, cost two lives and
did property damago of approxi
mately a quarter of- a million dol
lars. Wind and hail shattered win
dows in many buildings. At Wal
ton, Ky., two boyB were killed
when lightning struck u barn on
which they had perched to watch
a ball game.
Three negroes were killed and
25 persona were Injured when an
other of the series of tornadoes
that caromed about the south and
southwest struck, Dahomey, Miss.
A twister alBO ' descended upon.
Wham, Ila., but no loss of life waa
toported, there. ,
-.Colorado.- and" Wyoming .were
plied with snow In some sections
while Oklahoma, Kansas and Mis
souri were having flood and torna
do worries. V .- ,
Three Indiana wero killed- In
Oklahoma tornadoes. A man waa
kilted In a storm at Reece, Kas. A
baby was crushed to death in a
Texas storm; and a boy drowned
at Wyandotte, Okla. ' Reece, and
Bolivar, Mo., wero particularly
hard hit by the midwest storms.
There was renewed alarm along
the Mississippi river near Qulncy.t
III., and Canton, Mo., with gov
ernment observers predicting the
highest stage in 75 years. There
was no known loss of life when the
levee crumbled at Canton, but 200
wero homeless and many other
families were moved from their
homes as a precaution against
other levee breaks. A break in tho
levee of the Fablus rlver, emptying5
Into the Mississippi, preceded the
Canton break, flooding 4000 acres
of farm land.
IN REDWOOD CITY
REDWOOD CITV, Calif., April .
2 2,-7-P) Ono mun was killed and
eight persons. Including a year old
baby, wero Injured In a collision
between two automobiles un tho
highway near liclmont today.
Tho dead: ,
Jack Cardtn. i
driver of one car.
0, of Jun Jose,
Tho injured:-
R. E. Cullen, K-iamath l'alKf
Ore., lacerations and bruises, .
Richard Cullen, 7, his son, shock
and possible spinal Injury, r
Mrs. R. K. Cullen, his wife,
bruises and shock. '
Frank Vogel, San Francisco, dri
ver of tho second car, back Injur
ies, cuts and bruises.
Mrs. Frank Vogel, his wife, head
Injuries, lacerations.
Paul KauKsele, Kan Francisco,
shock and euta on face.
Mrs, Paul Hausscic, his wife.'"
deep cuts on head and faeo, V
Helen tiausscle, their year old
daughter, bruises und cuts,
Tho Cullen were riding in Car
din's machine while tho othors
woro occupants of Vogol's car, i i
IS
WASHINGTON, April 22. fP)l.
Nomination of Irvine I Lien root,
former Republican senator from
WlKcomdn, to be a .ludgo of tho
court of customs and patent ap
peals waa resubmitted tn tho
senate today by Proaldont Hooveft
INS