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G TITE MORNING OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1922 mm REALLY MAYBESHOWDOWN Harding Leaves Capital to Let Congress Run Things. ADVICE OFTEN IGNORED President Weary of Bickerings and Is Resentful of Way Leader ship Is Being Considered. BT MARK SULLIVAN. Copyr!eht by the New Torlc Evening Post. Inc. .fuDllsnea Dy Arrangflmouu; WASmXGTON. D. C. March 14.' (Special.) Differences between Hard in b- and the republican leaaera in con Kress are nearing a conclusion, what ever that conclusion may turn out w be. This was shown by an Incident -that occurred In connection with the bonus, although it does not alter the ultimate fate of the bllL The present bonus bill will never reach the statute books, it Is now clear, and has been tnr mora than a week, that either Harding will veto or else thebill will die In the senate In anticipation of an inevitable veto. But If the bonus situation Itself Is not any nearer solution, the auier ..noun hntween Harding and the re publican leaders In congress are dally more clear. It Is the diirerences mat mav nrove more interesting in the future than the bonus itself. Some thins- came out of Harding's imme diate entourage the other day. which was either an unintended and spon taneous expression of his real feel ing, or else a deliberate step on ma part toward bringing the situation to a head. Responsibility Passed On. Tn ana of the "Washington news Dapers there was -printed a dispatch -which read In Dart as follows: "Members of the president's party seemed convinced that bonus legisla tion If It eventually goes through con gress In its present basis will be dis approved at the White House. Little doubt in this question is entertained by those who seem to nave tne presi pnt'i confidence. "Ob leaving Washington at this time, with the fate of the four-power treatv in the balance, with soldier bonus leerislat'on a matter of tighten ing deadlock between the White House and the capitol, and a nation vide coal strike threatening,. to omit mention of minor issues, President Harding has sought to pass straight to the house and senate tun respon sibility for what is to come. "This was the real purpose of the executive In temporarily withdraw ing from the situation, it is well un derstood by every member of his official party In Florida. His friends want It understood that he is not running away from a fight, or hoping to escape from any obligation that rests upon him. Bickering Tires President. "But It can be stated that he Is weary of bickering that has proceed ed from congress, that he is weary of legislators dashing daily to the White House to seek his views, only to ig nore them, and that he Is weary of making pronouncements' that are dis counted by the groups that might be expected to take them at face value. Those who have talked these matters over with the president and reflest. what he feels make the point that he has stated his position with force and candor upon every pending Issue of any real importance. "They say that congress knows exactly where he stands and that It Is squarely up to the house and sea ate to take hisadtvice or to disregard it as the case may be. "This is especially true of bonus legislation, which at the moment is the most harassing question with which the party in power has to deal. Al though he considered this proposition for many' months, as did practically everybody else who had to face it, "an although he has regarded his pro bonus pledge as binding- upon him. and upon his party. President Harding has at last laid down a for mula for dealing with the question. Harding Is Resentful. "Totally disregarding this, the president's party associates in the house have ventured upon a policy radically at variance with that to which he committed himself. He is willing to approve a postponement of oldiier compensation legislation if congress will agree, but if not then he will approve the levy of a sales tax as a means of raising the money. He has stated firmly that he will approve nothing else. "And yet the house, has gone ahead with a makeshift bill which fails 'n ail respects to meet his views, the au thors apparently proceeding upon the "assumption that he will amiably re cede when the time comes and take whatever may be handed to him. He does not regard this as flattering to ms leadership and every official ac companying him knows that in his heart he Is resentful." This description of President Har ding's personal point of view would be unusual under any circumstances, but the facts that give It extraordi nary emphasis are that it was printed In a Washington newspaper, which every congressman and every person in Washington knew that on the same day this dispatch was sent from Flor ida the president was a guest aboard the houseboat, of the senator who owns the newspaper. It would be hard to imagine circumstances more adapted to give authenticity and sig nificance to the dispatch. Matter lTp to Lenders. What is now boiling in congress about the bonus bill has less to do with the fate of that measure than with what the republican leaders will do in the way of response to this clear expression of the president's state of mind about the republican leaders. So far as can be judged to day it seems to be the disposition to go ahead and pass the bill anyhow. .Some though not all of the republican members of the ways and means com mittee feel that they have as much cause for resentment against Harding as he apparently feels he has against some of the republican leaders. They claim that he has not acted with the unequivocal decision that a party party leader should show. They feel that Harding ought either to lead ilmself or else be willing to be led. Their plea Is that somebody has to accept the responsibility of party leadership and if Harding hesitates to co that he ought then to co-operate with those leaders in congress who (are willing to take the responsibility of leadership. Leaders Blay Be Ignored. Whether the republican leaders in the house now defer to Harding's wishes, or whether they ignore his position and go ahead with the pres ent bonus bill, in either event the Jarger question of leadership is not decided. If the republican leaders should now try to abandon the bonus bill, - it is easily possible that the membership of the house may take the situation into their own hands j charge the committee, and may drag the whole question on to the floor of I the house and thresh it out in a way j that may turn out to be sensational, j One interesting possibility is that ! on Harding's part this may be one ' step in a larger plan. . . " Harding is an astute and patient politician. He may be preparing the ground for a definite public Issue between himself and the leaders of his party in congress with a view to taking control of things himself later. He always has seemed to shrink from seeming to impress his will on con gress, but having tried the role of aloofness for a year and found that It doesn't work well, he may now feel forced to accept the responsibility for personal party leadership. If Hard ing has in mind a contest to a finish between himself and the party leaders in congress, the general belief is that the bulk of the public will line up with the president. The public generally thinks of Harding and his cabinet as having managed their part of the government rather more suc cessfully than congress has managed Its part. 1R FILM IS SLATED "I ACCUSE" TO BE SHOWS BT IiEGIOX POST. EUGENE - DAY'S WILL FILED FDR PROBATE No Value Placed on Estate of Wallace Mine Owner.. EX-WIFE NOT MENTIONED Brothers" and Sisters Cet" Fourth of AH Property; Controlling In terest Held In Silver Mine. Picture Reported Most Interesting of Any Produced on Conflict; All Tickets Sold at Door. "I Accuse," famous war film,, has been obtained by Portland post of the American Legion for presentation at the Star theater In this city the week beginning April 8, according to the announcement of Byron J. Beat tie, chairman of the post entertain ment committee, made at a meeting of the executive officers yesterday. The picture is reported to be one of the most Intensely interesting and realistic produced, dealing with the great conflict. At a private viewing, given by the post executive com mittee, the film was Indorsed. "A portion of it is grim and terribly realistic," commented James J. Cross ley, post commander, yesteTday, "but It is war." There will be no solicitation of tickets, decided the legion, all admis sions being sold at the door of the theater. Special orchestral . arrange ments will be mads for interpretation of the film. Delegates to the state convention of the American Legion to be held in The Dalles the latter part of July will be nominated at the post meeting the first Monday In June. The election will be held the first" Monday in July. Progress in the membership cam paign of the local post was reported by the . executive committee. The nitiation fee of tZ, which has been discontinued temporarily, will be placed back on April 1, it was decided. William M. Beveridge, chairman of the house committee, declared that the new clubrooms of the post at Fourth and Washington streets are being well patronized, numerous unchepn organizations having made arrangements for noonday meetings there. MURDER SUSPECT SILENT CHARLES VONDERAHE REFERS EVERYONE TO LAWYERS. ; Prisoner Charged With Killing of Recluse Complains Only of Pains In His Stomach. PENDLETON", Or.. March 13. (Spe cial.) Although complaining of se vere pains in the stomach, Charles Vonderahe, charged with first-degree murder In connection with the mys terious death of Matt Jepson, aged recluse of Government mountain, in the Milton-Freewater country, whose body was found in the bottom of a well near his hermitage last July, was ilent regarding his arrest and his nly remark today was: "Talk to my lawyer." Vonderahe has retained two local law firms and one Walla Walla at torney for his defense, and his three brothers of the Freewater country. who were with him at the jail today. declared that they would stand by im, believing him Innocent. No confession has been obtained by District Attorney Keator, but the pre liminary hearing will come tomorrow. Vonderahe is 39 years of age, and is the father of four children. He has een living in Walla Walla for sev- ral months and his arrest came after he had been enticed over to the Ore gon side of the state line. The brothers declared while here today that they had all known Matt Jepson for 30 years before his death and that they were neighbors, Jepson often coming to visit the Vonderahes. The circumstantial evidence upon which the state will build its case is apparently strong. WALLACE, Idaho, March 13. (Spe clal.) The will of Eugene R. Day of Wallace, late managing owner of the Hercules mine at Burke, who died at the Sacred Heart hospital at Spokane February 11, 1922, was filed for pro bate here today. The instrument, executed when he was 35 'years old on June 28. 1910, leaves to his broth ers and sisters, Harry L. Day, Jerome J. Day, Eleanor Bernice Boyce and Blanche Eloise Ellis, each a fourth interest in all his separate, real and personal property and an equal share in all his community property. No mention was made in the will of his wife, from whom he had been separated several years prior to his death, but under the Idaho law she Is entitled to one-half, of all commu nity property. It is generally believed here that a property settlement had been effected with Mrs. Day, who is living in California. . Other Interests Held. Aside from the Hercules mine, re garded as one of the most valuable known silver mines, in which the Day family held a controlling inter est, the other principal owners being L. W. Hutton and Frank M. Roth rock, Spokane, Mr. Day was inter ested in the Northport Smelting and Refining company, which has a lead smeltery at Northport, Wash.; the Tamarack & Custer Consolidated Min ing company, with a valuable lead- silver group in the Nine Mile district of the Coeur d'Alene, together with other lesser mineral holdings in this region and Important gold bearing properties In the Republic region in Washington. Air. Day's estate also consisted of a share in realty holdings in Wallace and the hotel Portland at Portland, and extensive land holdings in Sho shone county. The will names as ex ecutors Harry L. Day, former presi dent and general manager of the Federal Mining and Smelting com pany, now retired from active work because of Illness and "living in Cali fornia, and Jerome J. .Day, president and general manager of the North port Smelting and Refining company and the Tamarack & Custer Mining company. Witnesses to the document were John H. Wourms and Gary C Burke, Wallace. The will contained no list of the holdings in which Mr. Day was In terested nor was any approximate value placed upon his estate. ROAD TESTS DISCUSSED Engineers From . Oregon, Idaho, " Washington, Montana Meet. ' SALEM, Or., March 13. (Special.) Testing engineers representing the highway departments of Oregon, Ida ho, Washington and Montana held a conference in Salem today with re .ation to uniform tests on road build ing materials. The sessions will con tinue throughout tomorrow. Among those attending the confer ence are K. S. Hall, representing the Oregon highway commission; E. R. Hoffman, engineer of materials for the Washington highway commission; S. A. McDougall, employed as testing engineer by the Idaho highway com mission, and S. Mason, representing the Montana commission. In case the suggestions of the en gineers are carried out road materials in the four states probably will be made uniform. a capital stock of $100,000 and head- quarters in Portland, has been incor porated by J. W. Browne, Alfred S. j Rix . and H. F. Sturdevant. Articles were filed in the state corporation . department here today. I The Carlton Investment company, with a capital stock of $20,000, has been incorporated by W. A. Howe," J. E. Burdett and Warren E. Kidder. ; Headquarters will be" at Carlton. The department of Oregon, Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, has been incorporated by Grace Wor den of Portland, Ida Wallace and Eva Barkite of Eugene. Headquar ters are in Eugene. Mrs. Barkite l president of the organization. Kappa Alpha Theta with a capital stock of $1000 and headquarters in Corvallis, has been Incorporated by Eleanor Woodward, Edith Anderson and Bernice Bright. Gleeda . Kiwor. Anna G. Archibald. (and Julia Fortmiller havs Incorpo rated American Legion auxiliary of "Alfred E. Babcock post. No. 10. Head quarters will be at Albany. Assets of the corporation are $400. THERE'S KO MONKEY IH Hi, SAYS BRYI Evolutionists and Darwinian Theorists Flayed. , RELIGION HELD NEEDED EDICT KILLS HIMSELF ARCHIE McCOY, TBOUTDALE BANK ROBBER, PORTLAXDEB. Although Only 30 Tears of Age, Young Man's Record of Crime : Covered Several Years. SALEM, Or., March 13. (Special.) Archie McCoy, 30 years of age, who was brought to the penitentiary last summer from Portlana in connection with the robbery of a bank at Trout dale, today committed suicide by hanging himself with a sheet in his cell in the institution. McCoy's body was found late this afternoon and ap parently he had been dead for sev eral hours. McCoy had a long prison record and prior to being sentenced to the Oregon penitentiary he had served terms at Stillwater, Minn. He was first received at the Oregon prison September 15, 19l4, from Portland, for larceny from the person. . He was paroled. September 15, 1916, but again was returned to the prison April 2, -1917. After serving three years of the latter sentence he was paroled and left for Portland. Last summer McCoy was found in semiconscious condition a short distance from Troutdale after an at tempt had been made to rob the bank there, was accused of attempting to dynamite the bank safe, and was re turned to the prison in September. George W. McCoy, father of the convict, lives at 2183 East Stark street, Portland, according to the reo ords at the penitentiary. His mother also is a resident of Portland. Her present name is Shaver. A few years ago McCoy s parents asked that he be examined for In sanity, but he was never found to be insane. The body was held here tonight pending word from McCoy's father. BUS MEETING SCHEDULED Operators of Commercial Vehicles to Confer at Salem. SALEM, Or., March 13. (Special.) Automobile owners and truck and stage line operators from all sections of the state will confer here Thursday with members of the Oregon public service commission with relation to the .enforcement of the transportation act enacted at the last session, of the legislature. " Under the transportation act per sons or corporations desiring to op erate commercial trucks or passenger automobiles must first obtain a per mit. j When You Think j 4 CROSSINGS CONSIDERED Railroad Opposes Application of State Highway Department. SALEM, Or., March 13. (Special.) Establishment of four separation grade crossings involving the tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad com pany at Oakland, Sutherlin, Wilbur and Shady Point, Douglas county, was considered at a conference held in the offices of the public service commis sion here today. The hearing prob ably will continue until tomorrow night or Wednesday. The application for the separation crossings was filed by the state high way department. The crossings are being opposed by the railroad. EXAMINATIONS ARE NEAR Second Term at Agricultural Col' lege Ends This Week. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallis, March 13. (Special.) Final examinations the end of this week will end the second term's work and students will be allowed to leave the Institution for a weeki Registration for the third term will begin Monday, March 26, and will end Tuesday evening, March 27. An in creased registration is expected, as several prospective students have sent in credentials. All social events were cancelled during last week-end and a- chance given for everyone to study for the "finals." $100,000 FIRM FORMED General Products Company Has Headquarters in Portland. SALEM, Or.. March 13. (Special.) The General Products company,' with CO-ED EDITOR IS NAMED Hazel Burscll to Get Out Edition of Barometer at Corvallis. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallis. March 13. (Special.) Hazel Bursell of Monmouth will be editor of the "Co-ed Barometer," in stead of Alice Feike of Portland, who defeated Miss Bursell by a scant ma jority In a vote of the women's league. Miss Feike, after considering the large number of student activities in which she was already taking part and the practical experience in news paper work that Miss Bursell had had, resigned. School Meeting Postponed. CANBY, Or., March 13. (Special.) The meeting of the union high school committee whicih was to be held- to morrow night at Brown's has been postponed until Friday, March 17, due to the d-eath of Tom Englts. school clerk of the Brown's district. The committee has under consideration the organization plans for- a union high school at Canby. which will em brace 17 districts. A series of prelim inary meetings is beine held through out the territory. 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Speaking in the Academy of Music, under the auspices of the Philadephia Forum, he flayed evo lutionists In general and believers in the Darwinian theory In particular. "The scientists talk," Mr. Bryan began, "about a little animal several million years ago who crawled on his belly. If he had crawled on his back the whole history of the world would have been changed. But he didn't. He wiggled along on his belly. "He wiggled so much that he grew a wart. Then he wiggled the wart and it helped him to move along. He turned over on the other side and wiggled until he grew another wart By and by the warts grew into legs so say scientists. Eye Theory la Discussed. ' "Eyes for the little animals? He stretched out in the sun for so many thousands of centuries that the sun picked out the most sensitive part of his hide and made a freckle there. The freckles got worse and worse until it became an eye. Then he turned up the other side, grew an other freckle and got another eye. "A Presbyterian preacher has writ ten all this stuff. He must believe It- He could Just as easily believe in Jonah and say that he played in and out of whales every three days from early childhood. "Once a man refused to eat lunch because I tried to take the monkey head off his family crest. I wish the evolutionists would stop with their own ancestors and ieave mine alone. They can't make a monkey out of me. "Tou know they tell us we had hairy ancestors. But do you know how we got rid of the hair? The males fought fo-r the females. After the battle was Indigestion or Sour, Gassy Stomach 'Tape's Diapepsin" gives Relief in Five Minutes "Pape's Diapepsin'" relieves stomach distress In five minutes. You don't want a slow remedy when your stom ach Is bad or an uncertain one or a harmful one your stomach Is too valuable; you mustn't injure it with drastic drugs. 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"The next holiday to be introduced, which will take precedence over Thanksgiving and the Fourth of July, is water-poppy day- A scientist has said that the greatest day in the world's history was when a water poppy crawled out of the water onto the land and stayed there. - It really ought to be celebrated." Then, In serious vein, Mr. Bryan concluded: "Take from man his belief In God and link him with the jujngle and you have changed his philosophy. Every thing In a human life depends upon a belief in God. On that belief rests a. responsibility to self, to others and to God, The time is coming when we are going to get back to a real belief In God and to a belief in his word." E REPORT CURRENT OF WORK MEN DISCLOSING GOLD. Experiments made by a London sci entlst, indicate that bats are directed in their flight by a special sense of hearing and by sound waves. Foreman In Charge of Razing of Building at Sixth and Burn side Makes Denial. Wild rumors that a treasure-trove had been found by workmen at the northeast corner of Sixth and Burn side streets while razing an old building, formerly used as a saloon, were promptly refuted yesterday by the foreman in- charge of the work and others connected with the im provements now under way. The report was spread broadcast that one of the workmen had un earthed a tin can containing $8000 In gold. This workman. the report stated, was a member of the Apos tolic Faith mission, and not wanting to keep the money himself, had turned It over to Mrs. Florence Craw ford, head of the sect. Mrs. Crawford yeBterday made an Indignant denial of the report and asserted it was absolutely without foundation. The same report had reached her ears previously, she said, and had caused her considerable an noyance. As a matter of fact, the workmen, all of whom are members of tha Apostolic Faith mission, have found small sums of money in the debris, but a M-cent piece was the largest single find. One workman found a gold watch of standard manufacture, which was found to be In running condition. He reported his find to Mrs. Crawford. The finding of the gold watch was responsible for a wild rumor of the gold cache. Mrs. Crawford believes. w w hat Does Your Boy Do With a Nickel? "HAT does the nickel your little boy holds in his hand signify to him? Does it always stand for candy, an ice cream cone or a package of gum? Or does it mean an other step toward filling that little bank on the mantel, another step toward what he wants to have when he grows up? While he is teasing for "just another nickel," guide the steps of your future "president" on the path of thrift, the road to your heart's desire for him. Show him how much fun it is to put coins into the bright and shiny First National home sav ings bank. Show him how he can see through the holes and tell how much he has saved. Bring him with you when you come to have the bank emptied. As he grows older he'll be eager to learn all about his pass book. As small a deposit as one dollar will entitle you to one of these little banks for him. Come to the First National, at the corner of Fifth and Stark. The savings department is on the first floor, right hand as you enter. At the "new account" window you will be courteously received and the account of your future "busi ness man" or "college girl" will be started. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORTLAND OREGON THE FIRST 'NATIONAL' BANK WEST OF- THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS The Tire with the Wider and Thicker Tread To Be Perfectly Frank We are often asked if the greater mileage delivered by Gates Tires is not due to our using better rubber, fabric and cord. Frankly We use only the best materials. So do many others, we believe. , The difference between Gates Super-Tread Tires and others is more vital. The Super-Tread is wider and thicker has more rubber in it protects the fabric better. Naturally it delivers more miles.