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Medfo Tke Weailfo Forecast: Tonight and Friilay cloudy with valley tue In morn ins-. No cliange In tempera tun. TemperaWrc IHj'heM yesterday 00 I.owonI tills morning- tt-ft Precipitation- , To ."i j, in. yesterday 00 To ." . in. Iinlny . IMI Twenty-Fifth Year MEDFORI OUKUOX. TIH'KSDAY No. P. Hi. 3 Todav By Arthur Brisbane France Gets An Island. Joe, the Baker, Leaves. Gandhi's Sky-Writing. A Wise German. Copyright King Feiturti 8ynd., Inc. A (lision, rendered liy the Italian kin?, Ktnanuel, in favor of Franco, against Mexieo, may promote better talian-Fr.wcli fooling;. Lost in the Paeific ocean, S7u mi'S west of the Meie.'in eoast, is a little island, tailed b.v the Knfrlish, Clippei'ton Uncle, and b.v the Mexicans, LA 1SLA DK LA PASION "the Isle of the Passion." France and Mexico claimed it, and agreed to let Kins Victor Emanuel arbitrate. Now, years later, F.mannel gives the island to France, ordering Mexicans to withdraw their little body of soldiers. It is a low rock, not able to support human life. Hut it has n lagoon in the center, and IN WAK, IT MKillT UK IMPORT ANT AS A P.AS1-: I-'OK SKA PLANES. Franee knows what flyiim will mean in the next war, and neglects nothing connected with it. That is more than yon can say for the F'nited States, which doesn't know what fly ing will mean, and neglects many things connected with it. ".Joe the Baker." known to bis mother and early friends as Joseph Catania, ,is dead,. With Ms mouth shut tight, refusing to tell who shot him, he strug gled against a flock of machine gun bullets and succumbed, iliiuinaled because he inter I'ored with bootlegging in the territory of "Dutch" Schultz, the "Itronx bear baron." Thus far. not one of many gangsters shot down has told police who killed him, altbousrb a majority of them knew. Per haps they thought they would not die. v ".loe the Baker" was one of the New York gangsters that bad the honor of entertaining a distinguished New York .judge at a welcome home din ner. (iaudhi tells 100,000 listen ers thaf vi'tory for his "Holy Crusade" to free India, is written in the skies if we fol low the path of truth and non violence." Few victories have been won Jiy non-violence. In fact, no action ever won freedom except by fighting for it. In the opinion ' of at least 200.000.000 Hindus, a success fill "Holy Crusade" would in clude the right to restore child marriage, without restriction. rrnntlnn.it nn Pftffp KlehO A be Martin It Ik SiliV Mn.Qlio started with; Oregon WwiIIht. j nollilu' an', iarwd t th fnmt. Is Oem-nlty cloudy tonisht nnl iHtiitr on inmli, I'tilk tluii nt Kr.day; valley foirx tonichf; no, oiiIihW allu eiil t' le oiMeptikeii. (ch.it'i:e In temperattire. Moderate' (Copyright John Y. Dille Co. northerly winds offshore. TAXPAYERS OREGON N REVOLT Solons Reveal Willamette Valley Residents Planning Move Against Payment of Property Taxes State Wide Move looms. PA I. KM. Felt. U, ltV With agreements being !gncd ind meet ings called in central Willamette valley counties, Oregon taxpayers aav in rebellion against the pay ment of properly taxes. Hnring a wavt and means com mittee hearing on the intangible tax question last night. Senator W. i;. liurke. chairman of the senate wine f 'he committee, and Senator Isaac K. Staples of Multnomah county, startled other committee, memhers and a pood-sized audience with the statement that the peo ple aro in actual revolt against the levy of taxed on property. In meet ings of the committees on assess- j ment and taxation rumblings hint- ing of witch a move h;ive been heard for wveral days, hut it was; not until last night that the acute1 seriousness of the situation was re-, vealed. I Circulate Petitions. I 'Things are going on in Oregon that you may not he aware of." Senator liurke said to a group of attorneys who were discussing in tangibles taxevi." The people are agreeing among themselves that they will refuse to pay taxes on property. The petitions have been circulated In Yamhill county and they are now in Marion county. The movement is to he siale-wide." liurke and Staples said they had seen a Marion county agreement that was signed by about 140 per sons, and told of a meeting held at Stay ton a few nights ago when the hall was so crowded that many could not get inside. (roup Starts Talk. The "'argument started over the appearance of Ileprcsoniativc Al lan Hynon of Multnomah county, Chris Bell, representing the Port land chamber of commerce; ex Senator Hobert S. Parrel I of Port land; L. 15. Smith of the Greater Oregon association; Se'nator .1. O. Pulley and others who Insisted that the committee should approve the liynon bill for a refund of the nearly Sltflfl. 000 collected under the intangible tax act that was de clared unconstitutional by the m premp court. Several of them said they favored the intangibles tax. some expressing the opinion that the supreme court was incorrect In Its opinion, but they insisted that the state should refund the money and start anew. Should Keep Faith. Pynon insisted that it was im perative that the tnte keep good faith with the people who paid. "If It U not done," he said, "I pre dict that it will cost the .state many bun d red s of t ho u a n ds of d o 1 la rs in evasions of other taxes." Bell said the Portland chamber of commerce had "adopted a reso lution that the tax should be re funded, declaring that "it is not a -legal question, but a question of every-day honesty and decency." Smith exhibited clipping. from Oregon newspapers in an attempt to prove that the state tax com mission had actually promised a refund of the money If the law we re h eld i n va lid, and criticized the commission for what he said was a change of front. Bills Questioned. Bailey said he did not think either of the new intangibles tax hills that have been introduced were constitutional, and that he would not vote for either until as sured that the refund on the old act would be made. Speaker Krunk J. I.onergan of the house was of the opinion that the supreme court was wrong in holding the old act unconstitutional and urged that someone Ik named to cany the case to the I'nlted States supreme court. If the opinon that it l invalid stands he said the state cnnlil not escape the refund. An argument aroe over the dis pf - It Ion that has been made of the money collected. C. l Chap man said It was held "in suspense" by t lie state treasurer, hut Senator B. I.. I'.ddy declared it had gone to pay state expense!, and that If the money were refunded It would be necessary for the Mate to Issue nearly t:mflftft0 worth of Interest bearing warrants that would com the Mate 1'tft a day Interest, No I.oglr III Art (nn. He could see no logic In "hand ing the mon y back with one hand by refunding and then taking it back with the other hand by pass ing the pending retroactive. In tangibles hill. Later Eddy sug gested that the legislature might drop the retroactive bill and insert n the proposed permanent hill a clause providing for tratvdVrrnble certificate which, in the payment of other tax, would give the ludder e red it for jaynvni made under the Invalid act. Earthquake Razes New Zealand City mm .As Napier Inoketl from the hills before It was struck by an earthquake. The town of more than 11, (MM) inliabilanls was h.eated on the east coast tt( N'orih Nlatul. N ew ealanil. Ivaiiy reports estl iihiKmI the dead at. more than KM) and the injured above 1mmi. Nelson Park Is shown In the center and llawke's Buy In Hie background. mcu mrynnoocniniio uinrAT nnnnnuT'o nmn ihiifif iiLmurooLmuuo incHi;uiuuuni oumr pad terror failure looms grows tighter In quake zonesayschairman in large area Evacuation of New Zealand; Towns Hastened As Temblors Topple Remain ing Buildings. X A PUCK. New Zealand. Teh. G. (P) Frightened by new tremors which toppled standing; buildings nhom the heads of. ivscufr mtun.is, - ,r,U)-rh;in.mahr said voiulliiiinsTn authorities today speeded up rnnt-phe main were serious and that in plete evacuation of this once beau- ,'he far west, where the wheat up tjful seaport. - patently is in the (best condition An appeal was sent to railroad 'at present, harm was threatened by officials at Wellington to provide i lark of Miowfall in the mountain the rolling stock necessary to take country. refugees from this city nnd the surrounding country to camps, where they can he eared for until sanitary conditions can be restored With every hour the death to!l has mounted and tonight lied ' Cross officials said the number of! dead in Napier, Hastings and sur- 1 rounding villages stricken ny i ues dny's qua kes, would mount well past 1000. Thousands are Injured and virtually everyone is homeless. SENATE DEBATES J MEA SALKM. Ore.. Feb. 5. (A) The Port of Portland measure again today provided controversial ma terial for the Oregon legislature, this time in the senate, where dis cussion nn the majority and mi nority reports of the nenato Mult nomah delegation was in progress. No new bills were Introduced in the house or senate during the morning session, the first time proposals have not appeared since the legislature got under way. The house passed five of the X,eague Cities measures during the morn ing. POItTLANO, Teh. 5. 0V Dr. It. fiiesy, prominent Aurora phy sician and banker, today designat ed as hokum" the fraud charges brought by Andrew C. Snyder against the Willamette Valley Mortgage Loan company, Dr. tilery lis Its president cmo Hchwuh, sec. retary, and William O. Phoenix, niannger. Snyder, retired f armor of Aurora complains the defendants defraud ed him of Jifi.L'OO. WE ENJOY AIR M SAI.K.M. Feb. .V 0?N In lusb n of the cities of Hftb-m. Kugene, lbe-elurtf and .Med ford on the reg. ular air mall route between Port land and San Kroiiclseo Is re-itue-tetl of the poimnrter (teneral In a Joint m'minnl Introduced In the senate today by Senator Charle Hall of Cif;s and 'uny counties. WASHINGTON, tVb. 5. UP) . ( Mm I rm:i n l.i'tn'p tt tho f:i rill hn:il'il j today declared a ahortane of I wheat was "entirely possible" If ! j th" drought contlnucH. i Lenjic cited last year's carry - j I over as only per cent of nor- mal as a contributing factor. ', The drought has affected wheat , seriously in the middle west, hut Ih s:i ill it v:is lm -:u'i.v lo pri'd ivi how fr raii'hlns Hip ipsuIIb would be. CITY TOURER HI TinO fl J r I T fl I I III! LLrUVj Sl3 I, A -,M I'M. (JliANDK, Ore.. V Knilliii l''owlei. fii . city treasurer, who was ' appeared In circuit court todav to plead guilty to a charge of lar - ceny of public funds to the extent ' showers In n western portions. ) on the natural beach speedway of J I 1 2,000. obtained a postpone-', While it was an unusually fa- here, ment of her pha until Monday. forable week Tor warm work. In two tremendothi hursts f In the meantime, city ofricialsj much of the winter wheat belt! sliced, the 40-year-old driver flnsh sa'd, tlhe woman will make "an I was without a protecting over of ' eil twice over the measured mllo effort" to return the money. She! snow. Y' t, the department held, at an average speed of lfi.7:t:i refused to tell officers where the! winter wheat was holding up re- miles nn hour. This exceeded by mlss im funds are located. ' markuHv weP " H.:i7 miles an hour the previous Buster Keaton Beaten Up By Former Screen Beauty In Fuss Over Hush Money i.os aN(;ki.i:s. ivb. r. v ! Duster Keaton, clown of the screen j knew today, by scratches, bruises a nd other disfig- j urements of bis p h y s I o g nomy ; that there is nothing so wrathful as an angry womnn. j The marks on his face, he said, . were put there , by the hands of 0 M Ink Kathleen , Key. former film 1 beauty, when he refused to help A S , , m - km , ; A K&Aib ,lrt V. i.i. up yesterday In liust(T Keaton his dressing room on a studio lot. , Miss Key simply said : "Call up Mr. Keaton and see what ho has to say about It." . On the telephone, Keaton said- "Yes. she completely wrecked my dressing room. She clawed me ami scratched ami tore my clothes.". Miss Key, it. developed, subne njient ly wax overpowered by two studio policemen and taken to the Culver City bastlle, whTft hhe was, released without any charges bMng filed against her. . Keaton who Is married to Nata lie I'.ilmadge. Hlster of the famous Not ma and Constance, said he had known Miss Key for many yarH and that when she returned from' Kurope about a year ago, she came : to him to learn If she might be : able to return to pictures. ' I told Iwr she (J as getting too stout she welched 131 pound . WW-M mm Past Driest and Warmest On Record for Season - Farmers Haul 'Water in Ohio Vallev. , WAMHIXiiTON. IVI. ; , Thp (th'fl'it'tiH: u'Hl impf' , ret dioiiKhl til' liiiio hi 1 1 1 piMMitH. Kl'limls of thp il Piinnifnt uf iijsri.! i.il thp wppli t-iulipi .p.-tpi (lay g yp.-lei day as on. or tlip , ih ipsl mill m :u iiipkI in' riH iii il lor I lip Rolulloii for thp poiili iivpi'Hy, : this spiiini. , j wlilrh Ik throiitpnluff tin pxtra hph- "'I'hp link of niolfturp hi l;uui':sliin of Hip iipw ponKi'PH.s in llip iiipas,' thp ilppnrlnipiit rtMorlPil. spriiiK. wjih proiiotint-pil arcpptiililp : "pippi-Inlly us ii'litti's lo tlip mill- '' holh rpptilillPiin and ili'iimi'i-nllp i Milt, i-iintiniip.-' Pi-y iiriiU'. t-siit'o-' ipadi'i'H in thp BPiiatP. (ally from the Mississippi vulby east ward over the Ohio and Po tomac drainage hasius. ,I a n y complaints of water shortage con-j tinue from some of these sections, -espee ally from the upper Ohio i valley, where w.lls, cisteriiH, tunny) springs, and mi At small streams are dry In places, nnd farmers are forced to haul wn:er ii'oin M considerable distances," In Arkansas reports of ' no rain- Ji. (Af- fall of cons, .uience" continued. DAYTONA HKAf'If. Kin . l-'eb. former In Oklah.,ma. an Important whuit G- (Pj Captain Malculm Otnip ( have, Mate, there was no rain and noil bell, veteran Uritlsh race car moisture was short. Tennessee lwns drv and Kentuekv had light and that If she could get her welght down, she would become a big bet In talking pict u.res," Kea ton related. Me said she wagered 'i'ia with him she could take off L'H pounds In ten days but she tost only six. "I told her 'you've tried hard enough. You've won the bet.' " "And I gave her n check for $.r00. She had a photostat copy made Immediately, cashed the check and spent it holding the photugra phed copy over my head to collect more money. She talked so much that vague reports reach ed th" st ltd to and I was called upon to explain the gossip. "Then Miss Key came to see me ngin. She said she needed Mono to pay the debts she owed. I fin ally agreed to loan her 4in(i ami UiOa on top or that for her to buy n ticket to China or any other place just so the gossip would be slopped. "She called yesterday for the .Kill ft. I had the check already prepared. Sh came to my diess mg room, cliff IMwnids (Ckelele. Ike and Clarence Logan, a friend were with me. I offered the check 1 1 ut she lie ma nded )L'lj.(ifiO more. I resolved not to give her a cent and tore tip the check. "Then the fight started. She manhandled me something awful, breaking nil the windows In my drcsHng room in the struggle. Kd wai ds and Logan left the scene but viy negto boy, Willy, came lo my rescue. He ran for the police and came back with the rdudlo police chief and mini her officer, who put her In an automobile and look her to the f'ulxcr Cit police station. She rvi still vei eamirig as the car went out of the studio. AGREE UP I RELIEF Compromise Suggestion Ac ceptable to Leaders Both Parties Sent to Hoover Quick Action Expected . As Session Wanes. Ity lYancIs M, Steplieiivon WASH INC TON, Fvh, f.-(,V) An agreement on the relief con troversy acceptable to both repuh ' beau and deiiiitcrailc leaders in i the senate was fin-warded today to ' President Hoover, j Senators Watson of Indiana and 1 McN'aiy, of Oregon, the republican chieftains. prompt ly despatched the compromise suggestion to the j While House, urging acceptance, j The house leadership st ill must be ciinsulleil but the compromise waa expected at the capltol to re sult In MiilcU action, with the March -I adjournment of this ses sion drawing closer. Attitude Mystery What attitude the president will , take remains to be sen. He has i taken an adamant position against : making federal funds available to I the lied Cross for relief purposes. I The proposal calls for an addi tion of $3.(ioo,oou to the drought loan fund already appropriated by congress to take the place of the disputed yi'.'i. OHO. 000 added by the Is senate to the Interior department 1X',h"",;ri:" j Unv 0,""MW" The democratic forces have sponsored the H!5.u 0,0 on fund. I t'nder today's suggested com pi o ! mise. there would be some liber j nidation of the terms under which ,!, Hie additional $&,(l00.000 could be ,,,m- loaned to the drought stricken far- nioi-M. TIip onct Iiiiikuiikc (if thp nurpp- nipnt wjih vHli!n!l ppntliny tlip ""lu iniie ui i. iiniiii,iiiuis. driver, today established a new world s automobile speed record record of 231, established here in I ltL'!i by the late Kir Henrv Se- grave, also of Knuland. COWGiLL DENIES t SALKM. Feb. r. (IV llepresen latlves of the mining and the pa per mill industries and of the Lea gue of Oregon Cities appeared be fore the senate game committee I late today and emphatically polnt , cd out objections to thetream pol lution section of senate bill 17, le , vising the tate game code, j iMIph Cowgill of Medford, rep- resenting the game commission, said the speaker had "stirred up a tempest In a teapot," and that there was no inclination by the coin mission to Interfere with in , diisuy. .- na'd the hill struck at ithe operation of dredges In Hogue river. Pi Lru SALKM. Ore., Feb. f. Pt A public hearing on Senator Jay t'p , ton's bill referring the repeal of the Oregon dry law and subHiltut- lug the Volstead Act, to a vote of I the people, will be held In the houve chamber Monday night, It was announced today. Schmelino Under Bond NKWAItK. N. Feb. 5 j Max Hrhmellng, world 'k heavy i weight boxing champion, was order ( cd placed under I'liMtO bond today , hv Supremo Court t'oinnilMsloner Milton rimer on Hie complaint or I .lames Haiti, n piocess mm ver, v. ho charged Hie champion with assault and bitter). Marntr.g eating For Wife Proves A Costly Custom ; tAt ruir.:o. i',-b. r.. 'I'i i Mrs. I'auline Diuzaii'-r. niar- ried Inr -HI yean. as granted ! half cif her husband's $75. noil I cstale and a divorce by Judge ' ! Pudnlph l e sort yesterday I after she had testified that he fell into the habit of heating i ! her every morning before breakfast, tWIiug Mier it was I the praetiee to ibi this "in the , ! old ctiiiimy.-' Stalin Sees Completion of Five - Year Industrializa tion Plan in Four Years Communist System Balks Depression. MOSCOW, Feb. a. lP Joseph Stalin, making one of his infre quent speeches, today told the na tional Industrial congress that the five year plan of Industrialization certainly will be completed In four years and that If Russia's technic ians could take advantage of all the national resources It could be completed in three. The Soviet union soon will be the greatest agricultural nation on earth, he said, and the communist system has been demonstrated he lore the world as the only one In which an economic crisis such as has laid low the' (mi pita list Ic na tions Is Impossihle. Not All Perfect Jlc was frank In criticizing some executives under the five year plan as "chair warmers" and "signers of pa tiers,'' but he predicted that with Ihe support of nil Hie workers the Soviet union was destined to achieve epochal victories, both In dustrial and social. "We have everything," he said, "Iron , coal, oil, grain, cotton everything but rubber, nnd we will have that In a year or so. No ot her country In Ihe world hns such possibilities of development as we have. "Put we have still more Impor tant obligations those to the world proletariat. We have won not only through our own workers but with Ihe support of the work ers of the world, without which we would have been crushed long ago." AT ALBUQUERQUE ALPI'QrKP.QCK. N. M., Feb. H. 'I'l- An earth tremor that shook A llni'piei quo last night was prob ably caused by a slipping of tnouu. tain rock at the point of frac tures. Prof. Ii. W. Kills, of the 1'nlverslty of New Mexico geology department said today. KH'H paid the slightest shift ing of rock might cause an earth jar which would be felt for miles, No serious damage from last nig Ill's :t0 -second shock was i ported today. SALKM. Feb. IvT) VaTd Ity ' of the proposed common user measure by which private utilities wou!d be compelled to grant use of lines nnd systems to inuntd-j pally owned utilities, was tuo'-, tlotn-d hv Oswald West, former Oregon governor, before the Joint utilities meeting today. I The second public hearing on t he hydro-electric commission hill was set for Monday morning, by the committee. ! PORTLAND. Feb. 5 p) A statement suggesting The Dalles as the place to try the Howies I murder case was IsMictl hy tin: (lit.-1 trlct iilttiriiey's nfllce today, uc-J cninpuiiylns the tinnounreinent Hint the slate will pet npiou' the do-' disc motion for u tlutne of vcmto. . 14- : RUSSIA TO TOP WORLD; JN FARMING: PICK JURY rnn thiai m IKIAL !: OF SLAYER K:ngsley's Fate Wili Be Set tled By Men Mostly Past Middle Age Opening Statements Begun -Ryn-ning First Witness. Selection of n jury to decide the f.i:e of .lames K. Klng.-ley, alias . Adanw, charged with first d( give murder, for the alleged kill ling of Sam Prescott, Ashland po liceman, was completed tn the cir cuit court this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The final juror, selected after a day of rigid iuest inning, was Tom Si a nicy of Mm to Falls. The personnel of the jury ia ns follows: t '. K. II ohnes, fa rm er, Con t ra I Point: F"ank Denzer. laborer. Medford: j N. K. Itond. retired. Medford; l. A. l-tndon, farmer. Central I l-oiiu: 1 Cordon Stout, mechanic, Med ford; C. L. Cutnmons, farmer. Central - Point ; I K. F. J a co Ik, fanner, Central j Point: Delbert Ooddard, farmer. Talent; D. L. Nutting, lumberman, Med : ford ; .':: t Jerome Fitzgerald, laborer. Gold ! Hill: I Tom Stanley, stockman, Butte Falls. The jury for thi most part i composed of gray-hnlred men past (middle age, with two In their 30b i It was not deemed necessary by ( the court to draw a 13th juror, n. j suggested by the state, owing" to ; the shortness of the Kiel,-which ' Is expected to bo completed ( to morrow afternoon, j The court ruled that th jurora should be held together until tho 'conclusion of the trial, nnd prant ,ed a ten-iplnute, recoup, so they ion in ii u vise uieir. ioik. ana ma so any other necessary arrangements, 0ieiiliur Statements, Opening statements to the jury were made by both stale nnd de fense. Deputy PVtrlct Attorney flnnrge W. Neilsen acting for th state and Attorney K. IS. Kelly for the defence. The first witness colled by the state waa Paul Hynnlng, county engineer, who testified to meas urements and Identified a map of the scene of the killing. Three eye-witnesses to the crime will be called by the state. They are Burl Kemington, wandering1 Wenatehee, Wash., lad who accept ed a ride from the defendant nnd was seated In the stolen enr when the fatal shots were fired; Mrs. Ij. F. Itntchelor nnd son Johnny, aged 10 years, of Ashland, who paw the murder. Other w 1 1 n est-jes for th e state will he Dr. F. (1. Hwedenbern of Ashland, who performed the nn topyy, H. ('.Stock, Ashland under taker, Charles (.'la us, Ashland chief of police, Herbert Moore, traffic officer und Paul Jennings, deputy sheriff, Mrs. Uoss THte of l he Shady Springs uuto enmp In tho RlslUyotp. where Klngslcy loitored in bin flight, nnd I). J. Farlow, Ashland service station attendant where Klngslcy stopped anil made impifrles shortly before the tragedy. , The only witness celled by thtv defense, will- he King-dcy, who wilt testify In-his own behalf. - The signed statement Kingsley made after the -crime rnny play 'an important .role In the proceed- Ings. j The defendant nppeared In court t (continued on page t, atory one) WILL ROGERS Soys: AliiniOltK, Olila., Fob. 5 Kroin nil llif pivturos . in tho , papers of tht1 admiral tliut nro to be ut tin Siucdlcy HtitltH trial in full drt'ss. wh.vit's not a Irunl pioctMlmv, it's a social ti 'mmpli. When you sec an n l m i nil voiux along Uic street with those vMt pobi-braided, tasselli'd sprinv; hoards ou his slutiibler, why we didn't know if hp is tfoiiift to a wedding ov a htmuing. Poor old Smodley, he just seems to hove a mania for get ting in had in peace times. But you let a war start and there don't ever seem to he any kick about what he does. UN HtlUwtl l ' - II f
