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ASSOCIATED PRESS f LEASED WIRE SERVICE t GATHER MEW LEASEO WIRE SERVICE Provide Our Patron with j th Big Events of thai World Far In Advance of Othr Publication. . :-: DOUGLAS CPU NTY "t.r-.'-V . ..I.. Nn an KMaovr. neview. An lndpndnt Nw(SaM Publlhd for th Bt lnUrt of th Poopl. tea i' . ; I , 1 ! IMn 'A n. L . g ROSEBUROV R08EBURQ. OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 24. 1924. VOL. XII., NO. 16, OF THE EVENINQ NEWS. IH JUDGES ENDUnSE BILL IAGING OREGON GRAN! L F ANN S NATIONAL ORESTS PM Tlt aTll L County WUI Receive More man wvumuaum in Clears if Bill Introduced by Senator McNary in Congress is uiven "ff1""" Judges to Take Vote. - n..i nr:ui nmvlited for the ourchaae of both It JodP Oeow of ,and and llmberi and payment in ten k wunir. pollock of years, but ibe forest service recom- county and" iw meadei , change to five year period fenWe arguments to I and the holding of the timber for Ki Xr wunty court, of twenty-five years, a. this will rive reference to Senator! the stales and counties an opportun r JU. for the ln-!ity to realise upon any development ri diu n.vinf the timber resource which mav oe- c(0. anil Yrr. ,t.',r nnrlnif that nerlod of time. HMd grant waa. "u.u bm L wn i. nasaed by congress. ! would receive each year fifty per P h" " receive more cent of one-fifth of the assessed val- nsuy notion nt the rrant lands taken over a period of they would will n.Dw.wi Thihv the eovernment for hd r.",n,"f atvlfive ye."rs. In addition f. :"- . .opp of : also receive a like share of the money P".,w. ...II. ..!. raralvnH from timber sales, water d adopted power leases, etc. As there la little M rworim. in,m,niH of ih roiinttea heft n nnv. Lode for tne paynieni ui im " - - --- --- ; U, annual Installments. J thing in return for the grant lands f j ihe" withdrawn from taxatlpn for a nura- Lnst lands covered b tne oresent nlan. fcrted to the government ., bei,eTed that the county courts lot yean ago ongmany ' , lve approral t0 the bill now te la, to the Oregon and Call- ' The lands nQW kuwo company, owner. .uft nn,lonal forests would be the last right of way. ana ioini . returns. and would i Wsgon Road company. It kid that these companies k ijom of the lands at tne Cj per acre. Tne companies Ljd. failed to follow out bsmcti, demanding higher fete lands, and the govern- Mttem back, the companies ril holding their equity in 12.50 per acre.' - The gov- ViM to the counties of Ore- back taws en the lands. Ing in all to (bout 11.300.000. , nglng for the administration 0. and C. grant land fund the ient adopted a bill which pro it all receipts from sale of leases, homestead filings, etc.. to to the fund, and should be it: first, to reimburse the for the money expended In' the delinquent taxes: second. off the equity of the railroad m road: and third, to states amies and federal government, Wire per cent going to the rredacible school fund, twenty ircent to the counties for road. nd port purposef, forty per lo the national reclamation ad ten per cent to Uie U. 8 IT- - hack taxes advanced bv the T amount to about 11.300.000. irani due the railroad cora I now being litigated m the and will be somewhere be lo and a half and five million At the lowest possible tie outstanding amounts whicn reference in payment approxi ur million dollars. Pirn It has been seven years "i reverted In the government r one-half million fol- r -en received, so that It P "lnlT seen that It will still I my money Is received by the t COOntlM Skim ,ki. ...-j F01 lands In Ornn . rnlxitely two and nnh.if screi. of H.k t-c iif.rt k,. Tig.u7v acres fa th. exterior boundaries of V0M acre, within" Z be held for many years before 'any money could be realized from them. The argument 1 also advanced that under forest service control the lands would be most efficiently managed in such a way that the timber would be cut off under a plan of perpetuation, preventing the destruction of the tim ber of the state, and that the grwing and water rights would alto be prop erly handled. ' Fir protection would, also be provided b tbe government. . In vtvw of these facts the three1 judges of Douglas, Jackson and Jose phine counties have ' given their en-' dorsement to the , bill and are pre paring suitable arguments and reso lutions to be forwarded to the other County Judges and county comnils-' sloners, urging them also to act on tbe bill In a favorable manner. All of the county courts of the state are to take a vote on tbe bill, in the near future, and the committee was ap pointed to present the matter in its clearest light Jackson, Josephine and Douglas counties contain the bulk of the lands affected and would be the most benefitted. Lane and Coos counties also have considerable grant lands within their boundaries. -In- forests. F" McNary has lntmrfii..aii . U . "r 111 lands 7' "uunciaries, and' Rr lands as ire .hnm " 'sumated F "ou one and nn.,,i. ;, 7 ' thi. biii riarv e .t. m""sure that (Associated Press Leased WlreA WASHINGTON, Harch 24, vestlgatlon of the shipping board and emergency fleet corporation was resumed today bv a arterial hnnae plan; committee with several members of tne board and the corporation on hand to answer questions relative to pending steps affecting the govern ment's merchant fleet. When tbe committee adjourned. Its first formal meeting Saturday, the testimony of President Palmer of the fleet corporation had not been concluded, but he waa absent from the city and other officials were called. "f nrricuit.iil -vr. . n? I "BATTLE. March X .p..., nplet, appraisal 'on'"! ,,he ,our cmlser. for the T (Amoolated rs teased Wire.) erne. rerotnf. .ik ----- v-.uk T,iftiiuii una oesr 'w not ere where ther landed last Th w for the., u.j. "l""7-. ' the planes will be fullv .'""on in (i.. Jl at i h.-ir I overhauled and repaired .nrl fitt.H '" o throtuh th. h ,!t-, po,oon "y Thursday. Their ""U. p,?d,r. f ""v1 wlll.tne' b'Kln and will con- -.n- . V'lHIir.S fir Ik. i llr.nn until c. , L or m. ,,, ... . " - "mraay wnen tney will L'W cUln. flV to,crM .Parl..lI, n lr clrc P1"" WyU't . Ilr,t M a benefit Inr ih. .u. ftoarrIpHDeXtWeek the' wl" hP " lnce RuPert, D. C. a 650 mile ' . JE" t.n,ber mto it,, 'wet.tvlito ume'."4 'nf !? ,lr8t ,,me ln the history nrwi U " "rov'J -n.I th or in a aiist where no true course Is not shown by any of the many Instruments on the con trol board. To Lieutenant Erik Nelson, flight engineer of the world flight squad ron belonga the credit for solving this aerial navigation problem, ac cording to his officers of the fleet. The drift lines are marked on the tail wings in degrees. Smoke bombs are dropped from the speeding plane. The light gas having no mo tion other than that given It by mov ing air currents is sighted from the cockpit of the mechanic along the drift lines. He reads the airplane's lateral movements on the gyrations of. the tall wings and the compass Is boxed to correct any deviation from the court. From Seattle the water trip begins and his inventtion will be put to use for the first time. TO E (Associated Press Kaed Wire.) SALEM, March 24. The state budget commission, composed of the governor, secretary of state, and state treasurer, probably will meet within the next two or three weeks for tbe purpose of electing a secre tary and getting the work started preparatory for the meeting of the next legislative assembly. Tbe com mission was created by the legisla ture of 1921 and functioned first for the session of 1923. Frank Mer edith of Salem was the first secre tary, and compiler of data for the commission and he probably will be elected again. Tbe commission, prior to the session of 1923, lopped about 17,000,000 from the estimated bud get needs of the state institutions, thereby saving much work tor the way and means committees of the legislature. Tbe ways and means committee made some objections to the form In which the data was pre sented them, and a similar form may be worked out this year. , o iTIlS DESK TODAY fAKsoclated Press Leased Wtrd) WASHINGTON, March 24. Cur tis D. Wilbur of California, the new secretary of the navy arrived in Washington today, conferred with President Coolidge and then was in stalled at his desk at the navy de partment. Secretary and Mrs. Wilbur were met at the station by two naval aides in one of the White House automo biles. Mr. Wilbur went direct to tbe White House and spent' fifteen minutes with the President. "I have no preconceived Idea as to naval policies," the secretary said. "I am taking it for granted that the naval establishment is well organiz ed and will be able to run along while I pick up the threads." , Asked if he could be considered a "big navy man" he said: "Well I am for a pretty good siz ed navy." -. .. o . OFFERS FOR FIGHTS (Associated Press Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, March 24. Jack Kearns, manager pf heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey announced today he was considering a million dollar motion picture offer and two Rlckard and the other from James J. proposals for title fight, one from Coffroth, California promoter. . The motion picture offer came from Carl Laemmle, head of a large producing concern, declared Kearns. who also disclosed that Coffroth had renwed a previous bid fo ra title battle at Tijuana between Dempsey and Harry Wills, while Klckard had offered terms for a match with the best available contender here In September. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) OMAHA, March 24. With the Nebraska presidential primary only ; two weeks away, senator iiiram Johnson of California, candidate : for the republican presidential nom ination opened bis second campaign tour of the state today at Norfolk, (with an address at a mass meeting land by radio. Muth dealth almost wholly with the oil lease contro- i veraev. the senator aecianng ioai F aa4ia v.,'. ."0B "f tim-i ' . a?ar' aypear below for euldea "If President Coolidpe wanted to Planet as Vk.lH" 1ti'lsed I .J ... Measured "by drift lines" on I 'clean up the Teapot Dome situation ovemB,t " w" T' i u... i! w,n" hen the four planes he could do It In 48 hours v sue, Senator Johnson went on to Free- ii '"u iiro-i. " "i weea. tierptoror t Bate. M ,he vaiu j , nw had been perfected forjmont this afternoon and Is to speak as orw i, ulana . I 8 motion of an air- at Omaha tonlgnt ort"nr prwent. ; ?ept the lateral drift ln air, tomorrow and We ini deviation from the stat He will spend ednesday In the LOWER RATE FOR PHONES IS URGED Member of Public Service Corrunission Makes Minor ity Report on Ruling. STRESSES DEPRECIATION per cent since December 31, 1915. "This study of the telephone devel opment In Oregon," says the opinion, "ahow that the hlnh rates prescrib ed by order 6S9 produced a permanent Jaet in the telephone development In Oregon, which will remain until I rates are reduced, ln other words. over 6000 subscribers were lost and will not come back until rates are re duced. To this number must be add ed probably several thousand who will not take the service for the same reason. "The amount of revenue that has been lost to the telephone company through these excessive rates is an important element to consider in making rates at this time and my as sociates thoroughly ignored this ele ment In determining what shouM go into the present order." TEAPOT DOME HEARING IS BEING RUSHED BY GOMMITTEE TODAY AND TESTIMONYJS OF AVARIED itfATURE McCoy Contends a Return of 6 Per cent of Company's Investment Would Fair to All. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) SALEM, March Taking sharp Issue with his two associates on the public service commission, Newton McCoy, the third member of the com mission who dissented from the order Issued by the commission Friday in F WASHINGTON, March 24. Further hearings ln the senate in vestigation of Attorney-General Daugherty today were postponed un til Wednesday. The postponement was due to the illness of Senator Wheeler, demo crat. Montana, and to conflicting the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph j engagement by other committee rate case, today issued his dissenting opinion. McCoy starts out by saying that he concurs with his associates in the re lief given fanners and patron of the Oswego exchange, also In the order ing of a measured service for tbe bus iness phones of the city of Portland. He contends, however, that the ma jority order does not give the full relief warranted by the law and by evidence in the case, and avers that a reduction of at least 25 cents a month Bhould be made on all resi dence phones la the state. The minority opinlonplaces much emphasis on tbe question of deprecia tion. The telephone company, says Mr. McCoy, has figured depreciation at from Si to 6 per cent. A correct rate. as figured by the -engineering force of the commission, he says. Is 3.8 per cent. aicioy contends that the company should be prosecuted for not follow ing the order of the commission In 1919 by segregating its depreciation. He declares that no depreciation should be allowed out of the opera ling expense until the reserve has been brought down to what it should be. Relative' to the 41 per cent tribute paid by the Pacific company to the parent American Telephone and Tele graph company, McCoy declares that this should be eliminated. He points out that Independent companies ln Oregon are furnishing service as good as that of the "Pacific company at an' average of $7.50 per station per year less cost to the pa trons. . McCoy contends that a return of 6 per cent of the company's Investment would be fair and reasonable. The following observation about depreciation Is made, "Tbe depreciable ' property of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company In Oregon on December 31, 1922, waa valued at $15,421,169. "The depreciation reserve at that time, which had been piled up on the entire depreciable property of the Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph com pany, was $29,258,060.77, which Is 29 per cent of the value of the deprecia ble property of the company (on the Pacific coast.) "Twenty nine per cent of the de preciable property of the Pacific company ln Oregon. $15,421,169. is $4,472,139.01. A depreciation reserve in excess of 18.45 per cent of the de preclable property Is unreasonable and unjust and should not be permit ted. And 18.45 per cent of $15 421.169 Is $2,845,205.68. Subtracting this sum from $4 472.139.01 leaves the sum or $1,166.-33.33." The order declared further that no service commission has ever been able to ascertain the cost of manufac turing equipment of telephone com panies and that Justice will never be done until this can be found out and the unreasonable portion of ihe' se cret profits eliminated. The McCoy opinion strll.es hard at the overhead cost of the company, re members. Senator Wheeler Is confined to his bed with a severe cold. Another member, Senator Moses, republican, New Hampshire, was engaged with the opening of a new .investigating into Rio Grande land 'transartlons. Senator Jones, republican, Washing ton, was called out of the city. Chairman Brookhart said that the inquiry would proceed on Wednes day, even if Senator Wheeler, had been unable to return. When the committee resumes on Wednesday, It hopes to conclude with the testl' mony and cross-examination of Miss Roxie Stinson, divorced wife of Jess Smith LIVESTOCK ARE HIGH Are Perfecting Plans to Hale Harry Sinclair into Court Because of His Refusal to Give Testimony at Inquiry Campaign Manager of Coolidge Gives Testimony. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) PORTLAND, March 24. Freight rates on cattle, sheep and hogs from points in eastern Oregon and Wash ington and Southern Idaho to Port land and Puget sound are higher than for comparable distances east ward and higher also than com modity and class applicable north and south through California. Ore gon, Washington, It was contended today at the bearing before Warren H. Wagner, examiner of the Inter state commerce commission, who 1b taking testimony upon the complaint of livestock producing associations against the Oregon-Washington and navigation company and other rail ways serving the Pacific northwest. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON. March 24. The law officers of the government were asked today by the senate to bring contempt proceedings against Ilnrry r Sinclair, wnoBe lease of Teapot Dome started tbe rolling snowball of the Inquiry. By a vote of 72 to 1. the senate adopted a resolution by its oil com mittee certifying Sinclair to the dis trict attorney on a contempt charge because of hla refusal to testily further In the committee hearings. An hour before, another witness. C. C. Chase, son-in-law of Albert U. Fall had refused to answer the committee's questions on the ground that it might incriminate him. Ills case will be taken up later. (Associated Press Leased Wire. WASHINGTON, March 24. Odds and ends of testimony bearing on widely separated aspects of Its In quiry went into the record of the oil committee today while Its mem bers were perfecting plans to hail Harry F. Sinclair Into court because of bis refusal to submit himself to further questioning. As if the committee men had de termined to push their task of In vestigation to a quick conclusion, witnesses succeeded each other rap Idly and most of them were dismis sed with only a scant semblance of cross-examination. Carmia Thompson of Cleveland, one of President Coolidge' cam paign managers and a close friend of the late President Harding, testi fied that he had no knowledge of an "oil deal" at the republican na tional convention In 1920. Harold Vivian, a report told the committee IT E ' WASHINGTON. March 24. The house naval committee today ap proved plans of the navy -to estab lish an aviation base at Sand Point, Washington. The committee also sanctioned proposals for purchase at a cost of $330,000 of a site for a naval sup ply depot ln South Brooklyn, N.Y.. and for acquirement of a tract on Puget Sound, Washington, to be us ed for a rifle range. II ( 4ornt.d Prest Leased Wire.) WASHINGTON, Li arch 24. The' senate today pushed forward anoth er step In Its contempt case against Harry F. Sinclair by voting to certi fy to the I'nlted States Attorney the ferrlng to It as the cost and expense' facts In connection with his refua of supporting a hord of officials and al to answer questions before the employes, consisting of officials of j oil committee, the American Telephone and Tele-! graph company, the Western Electric! WASHINGTON. March 24. company and two sets of offices andiwlen the senate began voting on nmniiwM nf tin I'nelflr enmnmi, nno Senator Walsh's resolution, sena- set in San Francisco and another in 'r Walsh's resolution, Portland." The opinion flay the telephone senators company for its alleged methods used 'n breaking competition by giving Iree service at times until the com petitors could be frozen out and for its alleged arroeant attitude toward Ihe service commission and the peo ple of the state. The effect of this conduct, says the opinion has been o reduce Its patronage and therefore jioning its rates or remm iur wnicn it is to blame, and not the people." stat istics are furnish-d to show that the per centage of increase In the num ber of the company's telephone ex changes for three year periods have decreased from 23.5 per cent lo 11.8 other matters at the 1920 republi can national convention held ln Chicago. "If Mr. Oilmore was quoted cor rectly In the newspapers, he said that the conversation he was alleg el to have had with me was upon a Pennsylvania train leaving Chicago about 8 o'clock Sunday evening, im mediately after the convention, for Washington. "I did not go to Washington from the convention. I took the New York Central train known as the Twentieth Century Limited on Sun day Immediately following the con vention, direct to Cleveland. l do not recall seeing Mr. Oil more on the train and I did not have a conversation with him on the subject referred to by him at any place or time. Mr. Gilmore roust have been confused In this matter. "I became acquainted with Mr. Jake Hamon after he arrived In Chicago for the convention. I did not hear him make a proposition of any kind to Senator Harding or hi associates for the delivery of the Oklahoma delegation. He certainly made no such proposittlon to me. "As to tbe oil lands that Mr. Gil more suggested that I was interest ed In, perhaps ln southern Californ ia. I desire to say that I have never owned or been interested ln any real estate outside the state ot Ohio and Minnesota, I have not at any tlma owned an Interest ln an oil lease or lands purporting to contain oil. I have never bought, either directly or Indirectly, sold or owned a share of oil stock." Senator Walsh commented that the committee understood from Mr. Gllmore's testimony that Mr. had received Information from the, Thompson was not Interested in any New York office of Will H. Hays 'oil land personally. wnen did you first learn that Mr. Harding would be nominated?" "I learned along late ln the ev enlng prior to the nomination," Mr. Thompson began. "That the dead lock was hopeless between tbe three leading candidates and that Mr. Harding would be given additional votes next day, with tbe object of seeing whether he could develop strength." The witness was excused and Chairman Ladd read a telegram from Joseph J. O'Neill of Will H. Hays' office in New York, denying that ho had ever authorized a news paper statement to the effect that Harry F. Sinclair had given the re publican national committee $75,000 shares of Sinclair oil stock. O'Nell said he had absolutely no knowledge of such a circumstance. Harold Vivian, a reporter of the New York Times who wrote the story referred to, saying that It' was understood Hays would testify that oil stock was Involved In tbe Sin clair contribution then was called to the witness stand. He testified that O'Neill had told him Hays would testify that Sinclair had given 75,000 shares of Btock to wipe out the party deficit. Vivian told of being Instructed to Bee Hays, to learn about tbe latter' . appearance before the committee. On the search for Hays, he said, he found O'Neill, whom he describ ed as "assistant to Mr. Hays in charge of the publicity." "Hays la going to tell the commit tee he got the stock," Vivian quot ed O'Neill as saying. "I suppose he got It from Harry Sinclair. The two have been friends for years." ONelll conveyed the Impression that he was thoroughly in Hays' con fidence, the witness said, and talked about his principal recolvlng "an in- rome or $40,000 a year, from bis Indiana law firm." Vivian said that later he had a telephone conversation with O'Neill before the story was published, con firming the stock transaction, but arranging for Its publication without quoting Hays. Senator Htanfleld asked what 75, 000 shares of Sinclair Btock was worth at the time of the alleged gift and Vivian put the figure at "somewhere about $1,600,000." In his discussion with O'Neill, however, he said the figure of $500. 000 had "come up." 'Mr. O'Neill didn't submit any that Hays would testify to a stock transaction by which Sinclair help ed wipe out the republican national committee deficit after the 1920 campaign. Vlvlnn said such a story was told to him by Joseph J. O'Neill, Hays' publicity director, but O'Neill ln a telegram, read to tho commit tee, denied It. . Martin J. Powers of Philadelphia denounced a story that bo was Inter ested ln any way In Teapot Dome and branded as Ignominious lies, various stories he said had been cir culated about him. Michael Cirelll or Philadelphia de nied some or the testimony given by Powers. WASHINGTON, March 24. Car mi A. Thompson or Cleveland, man ager or President Coolldge's cam paign in Ohio, was the first witness today In the oil Inquiry. In Its examination of the witness turned again to stories or an oil "deal" at the Chicago convention which nominated President Harding. Before the questioning or Thomp son began, there was a brief excur sion Into the mavter or Sinclair's contribution to the republican na tional convention to help make up the deficit resulting from tbe 1920 campaign. Senator Spencer, republican, Mis souri, remarked that he had noticed that a subpoena was out for Fred W. I'pham, the republican national treasurer. "I now ask that we subpoena the chairman and secrotary of the demo cratic national convention," said Senator Spencer. "I noticed that Mr. K. L. Deheny testified that he gave $75,000 to the democratic con vention while Its records ahow, as published, only $8,000 from him. Since we are going Into these mat tors, we ought to get both sides." Sonator Walsh, democrat, Mon tana, suggested that the republican funds had been Investigated only so far as they were Involved ln the oil leases and Senator 1)111. democrat. Washington, suid the republican ad ministration had been elected and this made the inquiry luto republi can funds pertinent. At the suggestion or Senator Walsh, the committee deferred a dn ctaion and began the questioning of answered "eye" without regard to Thompson, who was at the t.hlrago party, until Senator Klklns wts call- convention as a Harding supporter, ed. He voted no. The witness said he did not hear The vote was 27 to 1, Senator Jake Hamon. oil operator and repnb- j proof did he. to verify this story?" Klklns. republican. West Virginia llean national committeeman for i nuked Senator Hursum, republican casting the negative vole. Oklahoma, "make a proposition or ,,w Mexico. I any kind to Senator Harding or nis WASHINGTON. March 24 Har-iassoclates for the delivery or the ry F. Sinclair was formally cited jwklahoma delegation." the senate today for contempt for "He certainly made no suih pro- refusal to submit to further ques-1 position to me." he added. Reading from a prepared state- immeoiaieiy arier i.nairman ian meni inompion sum: submitted the committee report' "I have been called before you lo making the citation. Senator Walsh, i t"l about a statement which one the committee prosecutor, recom- j Tiffin Gllmorer deputy serrotary of mended that the rase be certified '.o, state of Ohio) testified before you the District of Columbia courts for that I was alleged to have made to grand Jury proceedings. hlm concerning political deals and wouldn't ask him for that. tOmMi'icd on page eight.) DO YOU KNOW THAT Mnsebtirg will ship between 4 and 500 carloads of broccoli this spring to the eastern mar- ket? , Hi; ' , : t i r , ; I H ' 4- I '. j i . ft : t. ' 'V, I I 6