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Newspaper Page TextROSF.BURG NEWS-REVIEW THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1925. SIX t 1 t nrm wiito r , bt . V bHL'L irrinnnn nnun mum nam nil nn nrrri nr A H H-rrKHr UII fill. ULI LltUL Is Not Punished by Coolidge j . For Attitude Despite Rumors to That Effect. PLANES ARE OBSOLETE p. , T , . . Ueclares Japan Could lake Hawaiian Islands Willi Little Effort Need More Planes. ft . t I 1 VT' 1 (AuoclataJ PrrM Ltwr4 Wirt.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. In stead or going to the While House today for his much advertised "reprimand" from President Cool idge, Dricadler General Mitchell appeared onro more before the house aircraft committee and re affirmed his opposition to the ad ministration's aircraft policies. ilefore he took the stand, the general disclaimed all connectlou with the report of a White House summons which broke up yester day's committee meeting. Com mittee members who received that I report py telephone yesterday re- ,,aB B 50 50 chance to survive t.ic fused to say who had been their In- bullet wounds In his lungs, receiv formant, but Indicated that their ,.u Tuesday when he was attempt source of Information was some nK j0 arrest a couple of alleged interested person at tho executive bootleggers, said hospital altend tnd of Pennsylvania Avenue. !nE!l) today. A fear that pneumon- lloth the While House and the ja miht diAelop was expressed, offices of the secretary of war j- widespread Interest In the bat have denied flatly that (hey pas- ()(, , tliut "Handsome Hans " Is mak sed any such iiiformalion along to (()P nf was evidi'nced today, the committee. White House of- j .c'lilly in underworld circles flcials would go no further t'ly where his operations have been in their discussion of the Incident, ,1... rKI, f considerable constorn- but said the general's name was on Mr. Coolldge's nppoliilment list. For his part, the general Insisted today that he not only had not spread the report that ho was to be. called on the green carpet by the president today nnd informed a reappointment had been denied him aB assistant chief of the air service, but he added that he had not received such a summons, and had no Idea where the atory orig inated. When he took the stand before the committee today, Representa tive lU'M, republican, Ulluois, ask ed : "Is this Generall Mitchell, or ex general?" The assistant ifrmy air chief I Broadcasts on i I ft:?" .Ir ti.. - i t.i Ni.i.cit, AsRtntiint Chlrt of the Army !Al; Service, vortea oi a foiurVfiy nminic in t'oiiKreoH over America'! aerial defen5e, 8joke over the radio from a New York station while Mr. Mitchell tat boldo him. Mitchell told hi Invisible audience that Nw York City would be defensHesa attaint an aerinl attack '"because tl!ed titittes has not taken aviilion t riouslv ' Merchants Association Elect Officers and Select Eugene as Their 1925 Convention City KrOKNK. Ore., Feb. 19. Ku gene waa chosen late yentenlay f tirnoon h (tit- J!:'G convention oily of the Oregon Iteiail ,Mer ch;inla AHoclat ion. The convMithn dtdepates r elwtetl thefr firt-Hiafi-iit . I. t. Thomas of Marhfieh nnd O. K. Tate, of INirthiud. icretry. Oth er officers are: V. K. Kennedy ot Corvallls, flrwt vice pn ident ; J. i Mitnn of Mtdford. neennd vlce proaldrnt nd M. J.. i'rout of Tort Jand, treasurer. Twelve directors werff chosen, four for three year term, four for two year Itihh and four for a (tlnnle term. The new directors are: Three year term K. F. lunu la of Torllflnd; H. K. HUnon of S;i lem, W. I. Onhnrno of McMfnn- vllle and V. 11. Norton of Bandon ml1ed, bur did not reply. Aftr hear!::.; Oneral Mitchell !the commllt unanimously adopt ed a resolution li recall Keeretary Weeka for furih r questioning on lithe adequacy of :V national de fense against an air attack. General Mitchell in h!a testi mony apain assailed tne inaue Iqnary of the nation's air wower snd asserted the defenses of the i Hawaiian Islands were as obsolete as "bows and arrows." Japan 'ronld rapture both the 1'hllipplncs iand Hawaii, he said, adding that the latter could not hold out otalnst Japan for two weeks. Imrlng discussion of the propo sal to recall Secretary weeks. Representative Heed, republican. Illinois, said he thought the war I secretary should be recalled as I "he doesn't seem to know any- I thing about lata department." The resolution was offered by Representative O'Sulllvan. domo icrat. Conned Icutt after Jiepre- Isentatlve Perkins, republican. New I Jersey, the committee examiner I had presented a report which he 'said he understood was a "authen- 1 1 io war department reiense. Tills report quoted Mr. Weeks as itakln? exceptions to recent stato mienis by General Mitchell, and as 'saving the army had approximate ly 'j20 planes ready for flight I service. This, Mr. Perkins said I was In direct conflict with testl jmony the committee hail received . from several sources. (AMncliti-d Trem Lrowd WlrM rOIlTLANI), Ore.. Feb. 19.- Funerlle. "Handsome Ham m Ion in recent months. E EST NIGHT OF 1925 (AMorlatrd I'reM IikhI Wirt.) KURKKK, Ore., Feb. 19 Eu gene's coldest night ot 1925 was recorded, last night when the mer cury dropped to 30 degrees above zero. Today Is clear, bright and .eonsldcrnhly warmer. Air Defense ! Two year term-Clint Vnn Tlci t of Ia (Jmnde; tI-ore It. Schacf- j em of Kuseiie; A. (1, lloffmnn of Foreat (.rove and Charles Fnitrr i of Martthfleld. 1 One year term J. II. Carrett of HfllsNmi. Mr. Schoenfeldt of I'orlhtnd, A. A. Hull of rnrvalli and W. W. I,ovelace of Keedspoit. The delegate adopted a reaoln- ' tion 'that (he atiiie uro now I14 ursHlnn kill all paiemiillMiic bills requiring fMltsh nuliitien of government bunlni l'rovU Intc for atato inopector!, pul-lu oKner.hlp of school ti xt IxHtV' state htnh school lnsp" '!nra and the creation of olhT irun-rous ad ditional Job holder luxe ontv function Is to spy on tuislne and snoop Into prlvala affittrr., create, I more Jobs, increase taxes and di.v jcouraKO private lnitiutivc," t TODAY AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE I'riiilile Low Tavatlnn. (AMnrutrd Pre I.! Wire.) PTATKHOrSE, Palem, Oregon. Feb. 19. House bill 4 1 provid ing for special low taxation on denuded lands held for reforesta tion purposes was voted down by the house laJe yesterday .s.' to .-. Itepresentatfve Mott, who intro duced the nirastire. made a single handed fight: for It. Representative Cnrkln, and Woodward, UJid Hamilton led the fltht acalnst the bill. Woodward lebarged that It would make "a resevolr Into which speculators could dump Innd for speculation." Carkln declared the question too big to be handled In such a short space ot time or In a our page bill. Senate bill No. 419, the flnr-land-McKlnney 1 cigarette bill, which was dlgned to prohibit the advertising of cigarettes on hill boards and along public high ways, was defrwted In the senate late yesterday after a spirited do- hate. Considerable lcbnte was reqnlr cd before the Hates house bill nrovldlng to submit to the people the proposal to establish a normal school at ScasLdo went to vote, and the measure carried. No longer will candidates have lllieir pictures and arguments printed at state expense ir houss I hill 309. passed by tho house yes t rdav afternoon, becomes a law. "he bill does away with the can Idldato'H pamphlet which Is distri buted prior to oleetlon. I Representative Carkin. Jackson . emintv. explained the measure -minting out that the state's ex i pense totalled around $25,000 for publishing and delivering the I booklet. The measure In no way I affects the pamphlet carrying the arguments for and against meas ures. Among Senate hills passed by the house was 14! authorizing the 1'nlverslty of Oregon board of regents to convey title of certain land to the city of Eugene on which the latter Municipality Is to build an auditorium. House bills passed by senate Included: If. II. 1t4. Hnrlhurt: Increas ing penalty for operating stills. If. It. 10, Swan: placing more stringent regulation on licensing dance halls. ('oiler Vnpitlfl Tnvoa. rAwwUtM Prm t-wwd Wir.) flTATKITOrSK, Salem. Oregon, Feb. 19. House bill 440 provid ing for tho collection of unpaid 1923 laxpn wax paused unanim ously bv the house this morning. The Mil was Introduced bv the oommltlop on nssessment nnd tax- nation. ' It Is virtually a re-enact ment of the repented Mate Income tax law. but will annlv only on the unpaid taxes of 1023 and then co out of existence. The bill will be hurried over to the senate for action. Tn n financial Snarl. RTATKI IOUSK. Salem, Oregon. Feb. 19. The legislature has not yet extricated Itself from the slate's rinanrlnl snarl, nit hough tomorrow Is normally the last day of the session. To meet the finnm-tul emerpon cv the presiding oTflcers of the two houses nnd other leaders have prncllcally decided that the ses sion must levy upon the people an additional on mill tax levy nbove tho 1.9 mill lew hv the tax mm mlHClon last December. The ways nnd menus committee nnd the governor nre still slick ing in their plan for n cfcarette tnx, and mav extend It to include cigars. A 20 percent instead of a 10 percent tax on cigarettes Is now talked. The rennn for thN Is to set nwaf from the proposed Increase In tb insurance tax. A deteiratiitn of Insurance men nt penred before the committee last night and protested ncalnst the Increase In a way that swayed the committee. Also the committee will stand for n cosmetic tax and an addi tional corporation tnx. The normal school question was again threshed over ami Senator lMinti's bill to rehabilitate the Ashland Normal Is still hanging in t he batance. The ways and menus committee reported favorably S. B. L'Oti, puy tnent of $iiM for capture of I)r. It. M Brumfield. Amended to cut In two fl.ooo provided In bill. II. B. ?41. to reimburse I.ouls Cerber of Klamath county. Prln clpnl of $7S;t allowed, but no In terest. I liMleeent Movlet lepbri1. I STATKHOt'SK, Salem, Oregon. I Feb. 1 !. A brisk discussion of motion pictures occurred in tho house today, when a hill for state censorship waa under considera tion. Churees (hat censorship a It now exists In Fortland meant nothluir were made by Represent ative Woodward. "Pictures have, gotten by thoo 1'0 or more viewers as approved that had to be Jerked off by the police." declared Representative Tucker. Tucker rharced that reports were current In the lobby t hat certain lohhyisls had told Port land picture interests that they rouid kill the censorship hill for K.oho. Rep resen tat) ve V ood vj r d d e clared that pictures so indecent were shown on Portland screen that mothers had to hold hand kerchlels over their ihlMrons eyes. "These films leave nothing to the imagination In sex matters." he maintained. "Cigarette smoking and drink ins by women half-clad are shown, They stir up passions in boys and pirls that lead to ruin. "These filthy pictures are de stroying the morals of our young peoplu. Passage of this censor- ship bill will be a step In the right direction, we can put more teeth In It later. A second, set of molars will he forthcoming by the time of the next session. " Representative Bennett pointed out that the legislature had pau sed bilM protecting livestock and there was no reason why the chil dren! welfare should not beivtn consideration. Unite Iej;lliitor8 Vay, STATK1IOU.SK, Salem, Oregon, Feb. 1J. The house this morning adapted house joint resolution 17 j railing for a raise In pay of legis lator) from $.1 to $5 a day. y The charge is proposed In a I constitutional amendment to be submitted to the people, I It in a companion resolution to : No. l X scheduled for third read ing early this anrnoon. The lat ter would provide for a divided session of the legislature a 20-day session starting on the first Mon day of Iiecember a 20-day interim and then a closing day session of 20 days. Tho house also passed bouse resolution No. 1, calling for a constitutional amendment consoli dating Mate departments. Only ten divisions would be authorized under the resolution. The house this morning rocked to sleep Senator Garland's school bible, reading hill by indefinite postponment. Senate Joint resolution 17 by Johnson, providing for a commis sion of legislators and citizens at largo to investigate indirect me thods of taxation, with a view to el i mi nut ing direct taxation, pas bed the senate today. The Shelton usuary bill H. n. 371, which was defeated In the senalo yesterday, was today, re considered and re-referred to the revision of laws committee. The Joseph bill, providing for revision of the state blue sky laws, backed by State Corporation Commis sioner Crewe, was killed by Inde finite postponment today. Tho committee Staples bill for annexation of port of Clackamas county to Multnomah county was killed by indefinite postponment Id the senate today. Senate bill 210, which provides that the narcotic law enforcement be removed from the prohibition department nnd returned to the state board of pharmacy, passed the senate today. When you buy a spray outfit, get one for which you can always get parts. This may mean much to you during a busy spraying season. We sell the Hurdle, and Myers lines. Wharton Bros, PRESBYTERIAN, j MINISTERS ASK FOR FREEDOM (Continued from page 1 ) brethren In tbe Presbyteries to stand firmly for tho maintenance of our historic liberties, to dis courage unbrotlierly judgements, to cherish the ideal of an Inclu sive Christian church, and to unlto the whole strength of our communion in forwarding the work to which our master h.is called us." The sirners Included Robert Freeman. 1'asadena church, I'a-a-denn, California: Stanley Arm strong Hunter. Sr. John's church, Berkeley, Calif. : Rasmus Thom se. Central Church, Amarillo. Texas; and Kdward W. Wfeher. professor in San Francisco theo logical seminary, San Ansel mo, California. JUDGE WILL BAR ORAL EVIDENCE IN STOKES CASE Contlnuert from png one) former passenger, Ptokes sought to encouniK" him by saying the affidavit wauld probably necr be used In evidence any way. Uruner told or extensive investi gations for Stokes and of oMiiin- I lug pictures and uif:diiils iim j various persons. liruner said Assistant States j Attorney Y. v. Smith, and W. c. Hanuenberg. detective empU.v.d by Mrs. Helen Flwooa Stokes, an.) ia policeman, were present itt t!i. .conference which bd to the "mis I understanding." The court ov. r- ruled objections to Mr. llenlx's j line of (luestionhitf. "I warn you, Mr. Witney." warned Judge . N Cetninni, I w hen liruner showed reluctance lti answering, ' that if you den t i tell the whole truth, you'll be in worse trouble than ou are new. ! MKFtUI. Ore. Feb UThe tedtimony of Kuv I,. Pace, cf s. ti Frane. sco. widow ef Arthur P.u-. reputed hootleecer Im plunged to hin death November 2. , while driving an automebile th.it ; plunged over an etnh;tnkim n; m ,the Hlttklyoux, was heard bv Cir cuit Judte C. M. Thomas in,. ' tet-day. Mrs. Page Is seeking j.s sirwion of the car nnd cont-! the confiscatory artion of t! ( stat of trei:on, under the tra-t. lHr(ailon clause nf the Volt. i ; Act. T. C. Jacks of San KrancUro. 'ticket neller of the Colutntv ; Transortation lompanv also test, ifiod. WIDOW OF REPUTED i R RJiiiJEfl l.Iiil?. TO REeilR HIS d EXONERATEBUHKE WASHINGTON. February 19. Charles II. Burke, commissioner of Indian affairs, was exonerated by a house sub-commit tee today of charges of mal-admtnUtration preferred against him by Hugh .Murphy, former judge of Okmul-gt-e county, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma courts were vin dicated of charges brought against them by the Indian rights asso ciation of I'hlfadelphia. j The sub-committee, appointed by the Indian affairs comhilttee, presented the tjrt to the full committee. The case of Jackson Burnet, wealthy creek Indian, about the management of whose I estate much of the testimony in a ; long Investigation centered, was I held by the report to be a ques tion that should e left for the i courts to decide. The Barnet case formed the major basis for the Murphy char ges, the Oklahoma jude asaert j log that the commissioner of In dian affairs had permitted distri bution of a $Gt$,$ gift to liar- nett's wife nnd a similar sum to Bacone college, Oklahoma, illeg ally. o SPEAKER EULOGIZES Th speaker at Rotary noon to day was Melvln G. Wlnstock, of Cortland, Oregon. Mr. Wlnstock Is tnot only the author of a successful 'book. "Making a Nation," but he ; knows how to talk in an entertain ing and interesting manner. He ! spoke today on "America's Pa triotic Month." He said that any ination that could give to the sons and daughters of all humankind jtwo such divinely marked men as I Washington and AbrahamO Lincoln I In one month w as entitled to the J gratitude of the world. I The speaker bowever, devoted : his main theme to Lincoln and proved that the martyred president was entitled to an enuunng place in the eternal hall of fame. He painted reverently Lincoln's moral charac ter, his constant and definite pur pose relentlessly pursued, .his un canny wisdom, his tremendous big pulsating human hart, his wise ex ercise of power, the untiring serv ice and the crowning glory of sacri fice, tremulously telling the story of how Lincoln was not permitted to see the full fruition of all that gitrantic labor and sacrifice. "I am sorry to say." thundered the speaker, "that I have been in towns in this very state where they permitted Lincoln's birthday to go by absolutely unnoticed. If we have all jazs. if we have disrespect for law and authority. If we have legis latures that do not respond to pub lic sentiim-nt it is because we do not fully appreciate the great men who have made history for this na tion. And it is because we refuse to jUIHlK (II Ul1 lOUMlitlll Ml llllltt- I tion so that we might dedicate our l selves anew to the great work of upb lilding a higher and nobler citi zenship." COAST MEN CONFER I . ABOUT BROCCOLI i John CIrosR, Ous Adelsperer, W". J. Conrad, lumber dealers of Marshffeld. nnd John C. Hill and J. C. Rassett, guents of Mr. Con rad ami Mr. Adolsporger, motored frftm the coast this morning and spent the day here conferring with Foster Hutner, in regard to broccoli possibilities at the coast. Mr. Conrad states that they have some good bottom land lying idle at the coast ami would like to d veiop It in a broccoli crop. Mr. Hill and Mr. Rassett are Interest ed in the lumber husinos.i and are spending some time in tile vicin ity of Marshfit Id looking over their land holding. Mr. Hill is in the wholesale hi in In-r business nt St. Paul, and Mr. I tassel t is one of the directors of the Ahertjeerf Na tional Rank at Aberdeen, South Dakota. Mr. Hill states that he and -Mr. Rassett are very much pleased with roads in this part of Oregon and with the country they have traveled this far. They ex pect to go as far as ( -iliiornia during their stay in the western states. 1 MKII'ORn. Ore., Feb. Rob ert Duff, Roland Kaslwood and Steve J. Flak, who pleaded guilty to robbing the Cnion Oil station at A.shlnad last mouth. w re pen-! tenced to long prison terms late yesterday, afternoon by Circuit judge C. M. Thomas. Fast wood, accused of being the man behind the pistol In the hold up, was given Ki years; Flak, who j superintended the crime, received a lo-year sentence, and Huff, a boy in hia early twenties, and who ad ; mil ted he took the money from I the station till, as sentenced to t five years. j Hunger mr given by the trio as 'the motive for the crime, and all p told the court that their first move ! following the robbery was to eat. The men. on a pretext of buying ; gasoline, entered the station ami 1 at the point of a gun held up the operator. and rifled the rash regis i ter of between $1 and $". I Mrs. .1. ir. Csmphell, who was "taken seriously HI a fortnight ao. is reported Improvinft rapidly. She Is rallying from the stroko much I faster than was at first hoped. tudccdiTdpiTdc II S ISIlWRRiY i in 1 1 i im ir. u ii. i ui ui ivi Lin vjiin-i t GET LONG TERfVlS SAYS TOiVl MAeSHALL I New Washington 4 ?i -I V- Ifjh v George Washington has been carved scores of times as a General aud as President, but it has re mained for Pompeo Copplnt, New York sculptor, to complete a ten foot bronze of the President as "Washington the Gentleman." The I statue will be dedicated in Port- j land, Ore., on February 22, llri't), as the gift of Dr. Henry Waldo i Coe, of that city. Made Death Ray f 3 KG. ItATTH EVff j Hurry Grindwll Matthews. .Eng. Ilsh Inventor of the "Death Bay." I In In New York for conferences I with American scientists. As no disposition has yet bwu made of j Matthews' invention, which ts sup- posed to kill all that Is suhjected I to its light, it Is possible that tests : looking to Its utilization may grow ' out of the conferences. I (AMorlatfd Tret j waited Win.) j MFDFOlin. Ore., Feb. 10 Sv J eral hundred dollars in cash nnd stamps were taken from the post office at Ruch. 1- miles outhwst i of Medford last night by unknown p-r.-ons who broke into the Intild ' inir by prying the front door open with an ice pick. The theft was ! discovered early this morning by Postmaster C. M. Ruch, who lin- mediately notified the sheriff's nf 1 fice in Jacksonville and postoffice j authorities in Medford. Sheriff Jennings and a post office inspec tor are now at Ruch but their in ! vestlgation is said to be proceed ; ing slowly because In spite of the j muddy conditions surrounding the building no foot tracks were b ft either on the floor or the porch of the post office. PAHIXAW, Mich.. Feb. 19. "The Vnited State is law crazy", said Thomas R. Marshall, former vice-president in address here last night. "Documents are not the found ation of the government of this nation," said Mr. Marshall. "It is the consrienee of the American people that lies behind everything that is done or attempted. We cannot legislate a change in men s hearts. Reformers cannot attain their purposes by passing more laws. It is the wi'l to accomplish anything that finally results in its fruition." To Eugen Pr A. C. Secly and Karl Rurr , will motor to Kugene tomorrow, nnd will attend the game between r. of O. and O. A. C. to be held i there the following day. They will : be accompanied by Rill Purr, who , Is attendtiix O. A. C. on their ro turn home. For quirk results use News Review classified ids. t'aos n Tse News Review Classified Ad vertislng for results. 3 I ff. ii t f 1 i The Seventy-five Per Cent Better Shoe The Edmonds Shoe 75 better in comfort and wear than any Shoe at its price. The new Spring Oxfords are here new leather and lasts. $7.50 and $8.50 Spending a few hours in this city today was Jack Parrott. Mr. Parrott resides at Camas Valley, and was here attending to busl- ness affairs. Prosecutes ftlillionaire Husband r 1 f , ( , 7 Mrs. Ilelen Elwoorl Stokes, of trnthnr 'Mrs. Arthur Scott Miller, , Chicago to prosecute her aged niillio:4kre husband. W. E D. Stokfs. ; New York sportsman. Mrs. Stoki s hai him Indicted for alleged con lulracj to defame Ler name and liiraaer In divorce proccediuss. Rush Inaugural Grandstand Ml1 1 !.3.res are hurrylr.c th wo.k on t!'. i My r.iynrl-tr.t R.nd stsn.l In front of the Capitol at WaluriKii n iiere P.-csider.t c MlMge will be Inaacnrated on Marh 4. On the to? of the s;and will be a series ot amplifiers which will r-rry th. rre.lileni's Inaucnral addresa to the thoui'ands expected to witness the ceremonies, and to millions who will "listen In on the radio. From Days Creek Among those here from eoulhern points in tne county today tran- sacting business, was V. N. Cole, Mr. Cole resides at Days Creek. k 1 1 i ft f2 :7T'. :f it ': wJ New York and Denror, and hor were pictured on their arrival In r i