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Consolidation of Th Evening. News and
Tha RoMburf Review
In pendant Newspaper, IHbllehea) far
Mi Eeei Interest 4 Ik PMal.
FAIR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY
ROSEBURG. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1923.
VOU XIII NO. ItS OF THE EVENING Nf "
VOL. XXVI
NO. 2S4 OF ROSEBUJtQ REVIEW
GREECE SENDS
BULGARIA TIME!
LIMIT DEMAND)
, i
Indemnity and Apology Are
. Wanted for Attack on
Frontier Post
48 HOURS FOR "REPLY
Raid Alleged Conducted by
Irregular Bands, With
i Help of Bulgarian
V Army Officers.
fAanrUted Prrti Leuad Win.)
ATHENS, Oct 21. The Greek
government has sent an ultimatum
. with a 48-hour time limit to Bul
garia in connection with the fron
tier fighting near Demlrhlssar, de
- mandlng an Indemnity of 2,000.000
French franca, an official expres
sion of regret and the punishment
. of responsible Bulgarian officers.
ATHENS. Oct 21 A note couch
ed In severe terms was forwarded
'tmlay to Sofia, the Bulgarian cap
ital, demanding full satisfaction
for Monday's unwarranted attack
on a Greek frontier post near De
mlrhlasar. The note demands sat
' Isfactlon for the violation of Greek
territory, punishment of thou re
snonsible and compensation for the
families of officers and soldiers
kl"H
In the event the Greek demands
re not promptly accepted, an ul
timatum probably will be sent to
the Rulgarlan government.
Althonah the attack, which was
followed b nearly 24 hours fight
' In, seemed to h"ve been engineer
ed by ComlUdMs. or Irregular
bands, tt Is reported here td have
been carried out by regular Bul
garian troops.
The Sofia government. It la un
derstood, has proposed the forma
tion of n mixed commission of
Greek and Bulgarian officers to In-
vestltste the Incident on the spot.
White Flaq Bearer 8taln.
Greek troons have been ordered
to take up stragetlc points along
the Orcco-Bulgar frontier In the
Demlrhlssar reslon In Macedonia,
northwest of Salonlki, to ascertain
the strength and the Intentions of
( the Bulgarian forces, which on
Monday fired upon the Greek post
near Demlrhlssar. . ;
Following the attack, at the be
ginning of which a Greek official
was killed and a Greek captain
was shot as he went out with a
white flag, severe fls-htlng raged
for nearly 24 hours. It finally cul
minated In the Bulgarians hoisting
a white flag and -tendering of ex
pressions of regret by the Bulgar
ian commander, who explained that
the firing on the Greek .post was
due to a misunderstanding.
It Is reported here, however, that
Greere Is determined to In
vestigate fully the reasons for Ihe
action of the Bulgarians In the De
mlrhlssar region, where a tense sit
nation has existed for months due
,u ui v-.i.u "
u.uisatn. uuna.s..
firtvk Tropr, More.
LONDON, Oct. 21. The Ex-
change Telegraph reports that
ter a ministerial conference last Noble Pierce, pastor 'of the pre- Knrther Indications thst the
night in Athens, the Greek gov- rsldent'S church requested the i administration Is scrutinizing all
ernment decided to order troops membership to "take In" their proposals for private loans to
to advance by way of the Rupelinuota or delegatea to the congre- prinre by American flnanclera
Valley inlo Bulgarian territory Igatlonallst convention, the Presl- 'developed todsv after a confer
and occupy Petrlsh. whl,ch Is the I dent and Mrs. Coolidge declined ien(., between President Coolidge
headquarters of the Macedonia- to be left out, announcing they ,an(1 charlea E. Mitchell, president
Bulgarian committee. had room for nine persons. The jof tne National City Hank 'of . New
Orerk HoWler Blamed. nine include two former pastors York.
SOFIA, Bulgaria. Oct. 21.. 'and a present pastor of the Ed- Mr Mitehell declined to disclose
The .Unitarian version version oflwarda church of North Ampton, n...n, ol ... ..ii, wtth the pre-
the incident on the Greek fron-
tier was given today by the Bul
garian Telegraphic Agency.
According to thla account, a
Greek soldier entered Bulgarian
territory near Demirkapou on
Monday and wounded a Bulgarian
sentinet. who In return fired and
killed 1ils assailant.
A long f mils de across the bor
der followed. The firing contlnn
ed until last night, when a Bul
garian officer gained contact with
(Continued on page 2.)
Wife Releases Teacher-Husband
and Manages His Elonement With
16-Year-OId PupU Whom He Weds
(Anrtsbd rn Leued
CHICAGO Oct 21 Back In
0,:ML'',;PlnrickTr:
o to be married. Frederick Har-
lung, high school teacher, and
Ruth Smith Hartung. his former
pupil, revealed last night that Mrs.
Wllma Hartung. Hartung'a dlvorc-
ed wife, had engineered the elope-
ment. automobile. Hartung said he will ure fnr Philadelphia at 1M. The
Hartung said that he told , hi. fight the charge of contributing to next highest in the list waa Ot la
wife that he loved hi lt-year-old the delinquency of his new wife wa, Canada, with HTi, while the
pupil laat summer and ahe agreed and his bride announced she will lowest. 42. was-reported for Lis
to obtain a divorce which she did fight her mother's move to have ,bon. London, wllh 100, waa used
In August, At that time ha said the marriage annulled. . aa the index base.
WOlV V 'LLS BIG
COS WITH .22
f. -iWRE RIFLE
tn -.
Whll 1 tay back with
her hua yti- m bunting
trip In J' C C i county. Mrs.
George L C 5 'yrtlo Creek.
this niorn g huge coy-
ote cross! r Mil ahead
of the car .-machine was s
slopped and Mrs. Dyer seixed
a small .22 calibre rifle from
the machine and running out
to a nearby clearing saw the
animal crossing an open
place and shot It twice, kill-
Ing It with the second shot.
The animal proved , to be an
exceptionally large one. She
brought the pelt into Roseburg
4 and secured the bounty. The
coyote was killed near the
summit of Canyon moutaln.
KLAMATH RIVER TO
Prevented From Building
Dams, Promoter Will
Tunnel Twice to
Divert Water.
lUoctM tnm LeueJ Win.)
SACRAMENTO, Oct 21. Thom-
gs M. Park of San Francisco hasjtlons for a final agreement -vlth
applied to the state division ' of
water rlghta for permission to di
vert waters of the Klamath river
In Slxkiyou county for utilization
in mining and bydro-fleetric power
producing project estimated tocost
110.000.000. Detaila of the project
disclosed at the office of the divi
sion of water rights shows the pro-
Jert to be one of the most unique
on record. -
Balked by a state law prohibiting
the construction of damn on certain
stretches of the Klamath river, the
applicant plans to divert part of
7r j:;; " ,. ' . ..iFrenrh cblneCa apparent relec -
ting across two bends In the river.
His plans call for the taklng'nf the
water at the two point, opening '
from the river bed whence it would
be carried thrnurb tunnels down
ward underground.
Mouths of the tunnels would Tie !
In the river beds, the water being ;
carried downward and emptied In -
to the river again at lower eleva
tion. The natural fall would permit
.I....1.. ... - .nn I .kk-a-.! M
m.telv SR nr.0 theoretlcsl hnr.e.
power, according to-Park s estlm-
i" .in. .v vw!ury' Information J.
electric project, the applicant
seeks permission to cut down the
flow nf the river around the bends
cut off by the tunnels to about one
half the normal flow In order to
facilitate gold mining in the drle-I
portions of the bed.
Fk. ...... .1I.1.1.
used in the recovery of sold. Parks
says. would be sold to unnamed
public utility corporations.
7 MINISTERS SLEEP
' AT WHITE HOUSE AS
DrnCAM A ff PltrCTC
rtKOUrNAL.
MMnrtHtM Ptm INiivd Wire.)
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. The
oin practice oi - aumnu up me
I pastor for the night," Is being en- j
""". . I
i ... .
Kregauonai miniixers. iwo i
ministers.
them with their wives.
arc nouse
af-'guests. When the Rev. Jason,.,.
Mass., Mr. Coolldge's home'town.
White House officials said the
visitors were guests, not of he
nation, bnt of Mr. and Mrs. Cal-
vln Coolidge. congregatlonallsts.
Attend Or1lnat!nn
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mlller-and
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Morgan, (motor
ed to Riddle today, to attend the
ordination service at the Baptist
church In that town. Pastor R.
R. Mulholland being ordlnated to
the ministry.
It had been agreed that he" would
marry Ruth Smith when she waa
""X,dnowever. Mr Harry
Bmn ,,,,,. obtained a
warrant fnr the teacher'a arrest
and the divorced wife went with
them to Valparaiso to see them
married and drove the haonv bride
and groom bark to Chicago In her
DEBT PROPOSAL
E
PLEASE FRANCE
Provisional Plan
l ;
v'BIT,ea I
Back by Caillaux Not
Accepted at Home.
FINALITY IS LACKING
Will Renew Negotiations
Looking to Agreement
for a Complete"
Settlement.
T"
'AaocUttd Tnm LmbH Win.)
PARIS. Oct 21. The French
government Is preparing a counter
proposal on the ' debt question
which will probably - be sent to
Washington next week.
The provisional accord brought
back from Washington by Finance
Minister Caillaux and his delega
tion was so unfavorably received
In parliamentary circles that It la
felt preferable to renew negot la
the United States, rather than sub
mit tlu? provisional plan to the
senate and chamber.
The, Amerlcffl counter-proposal
which M. Caillaux took bark wllh
him to Paris called for payment of
annual Installment of J40.000.000
for the next five years as full cur-
I""' Intercut during that period on
ln consolidated debt of about $4.-
ziHi.u'W.uop owed 10 tne I'mtea
States government by France.
America May Cain.
!lo ot .A""rlc" d,fbt VTTl
li ' .
l 7 I
inne" 6!Lw!f." Jnf-.twoJ '!.Z I
oipnin lit sin iui u in mm m new
formuU sallcfactory lo both, . .
, " )hV,,l,7;,, dTflnH "lv i
" AZ,ca flvXar ar
""d 'h9 fiTl " eoViTn? delay
It slil. imliiv ,nt the.
.. Mn. n f.vnnMc. Itiiollnn
lur uir I uncu riit-B. i u miic-i
cn policy, has been
In Ins at on
sareeraents based on the capacity
of the debtor to pay, and the'treaa-
that . Frencn
economic structure Is .maklnv Im
Voider i
suunuri
portant aleps toward
basis. . . i ,
German Debt Problem Looms. -NEW
YORK. Oct. 21. Today's
Tribune eaya that the visit of T)r.
Hialmar Schacht. head of the
'Reichsbank. to this country la not
only Intended to atlmulate Amerl-
can Industrial credits to Germany,
but has for Its purpose the paving
of the road for revision of the
Dawes plan.
He Intends to- discuss the ques
tion Infnrmnllv with various ner-
ons. among them Vice-President
Dawes, in preparation for more
tanglble steps to he taken when
some of the problem. Involved In
Iha nnnriillnn nf the Dawes nlan
become acute.
There is a growing realization,
'"ou"" "; ""
l V"i .v-B ui U"na"' ' " ' I
aitons account at low net price
NOT
... -Hnnqlv Inlurinc a iled inter-!.h
,)(.pnt but as he left the White
-!,,... h, until France
,nad ,ettert her war debt, she
lnee(j expect little sympathy from
Un,erran hankers in the way of
nrlvote Insns. Banking officials.
'he declared, are solidly behind
the position taken by tne govern
ment. He asserted that any Am
erican banker who attempta to
float a private French loan un
der the present circumstances,
wonld hsve only a "faith, "hope
and charity" proposition to offer
the public. .
AMERICAN WAGES
BEST IN THE WORLD
( AmwIi'mI frrm liM Wir I
WASHINGTON; Oct. 21 Wagea,
aa measured both hy their amount
and what thev will purchase, are
higher In the United Slates than In
any of 1 other countries covered
In a monthly Index compiled by the
International labor office.
I The Index, based on wsgea fnr
.various lines nf skilled and unskill
ed labor and on food and rent costs
in a principal city fnr each nf the
countries on July 1. places the fig
REMEDY FOR UU.lESffiS
' IS (Ml DIEfiCE,
POLICE
(Aanrlatnl Pna Usxd Win.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. Pre?
sldent Coolidge believes a pulilk
conscience enlightened by religion!
rather! than the police powers of
government, must be looked to,
to remedy a condition of lawless
ness which he warns is "altoge
ther too nrevalent.' . ?
"A lack of respect for govern ,
ment and conventions of enllgh- j highest applications."
tened society Is altogether too.; "The almost Ingenuity upon the
apparent." Ihe president declared part of the police powers." he
In an address here last night be- said, "will be aubstantlally all
fore the annual council of congre- wasted In an effort to enforce the
gational churches. I law If there doea not exist a
Asserting that "If there are any strong and vigoroua determine
general failures In the enforce- tkw upon the part of the pepople
ment of the law, It is because to observe the law. Such a de
there have first been general , termination cannot be produced
failures In the disposition to ob-i liy the government. My own opln-
l serve the law." '
The president saw In the "In-
VICTIM REFUSES TO ASK PARDON
(Aanciatre Fras Lrurd win.) ,
OAKLAND. Cal.. Oct. 21. Miss
rhaHnu Ann. xi-himev rinh wo-
mai and civic leader, who Is await-
Ing commitment to San Quentln'jw and whose guilt may be less
prison to serve a aentence of fromllhan mine. He could more closely
'one to 14 years for a violation of approximate Justice by pardoning
the state syndicalism act, saio :
here today that she would not ap
ply for a pardon.
H.-...J. .i,. tvthLA ih. .vniiu
City Attorney w. j. j.orKe oi
callsm act In the lower house of I
the legislature, while serving as a
member of that body, caaracterlted
i"" - conviction ot Mrs. v. mine, a.
" The bill
waa not designed ioJ
'nrneen( thn.e who would effect
governmental changes by peaceful
means Locke said. Ml. waa Intro-
-- . , . ,
jduced Into thejcgislatare after 'an
tres--'"''ril,t "Trr"
"'' governor mansion InSa-
"ramento and was directed solely
against anarchy and other force
aimed at the peace and well being
It
... ... , . ir.
.vmmuuu in 1110 wuiu r......
of this law to convict Mlsa Whlt-
ney." '
Mlta Whitney.
announced that
JITIB WiuviiT-y - tiiiis'uaaa-v-n - , . . .
.ko .... ti AnfAfi tnAv with hfr'wl br the secretary in cnaricA that
attorney, John Frencli Neylan. of
i ..v.. nAV
an r rancwcu w w um nci m. t
step would be. Discussing - the
widesnresd agitation for a pardon,
she said- '
"I am hot going to ask for a pan :
ELECTION DAY AT
JUAREZ ATTENDED
DV DiriT. HURT
BY K1U1, nuni
Gtwnrtates rtMf Lewd Wire.)
EL, PASO, Tex.. Oct. 21. Twen-
'ty - five Mexicans were Injured, four
of their seriously, In Ihe msyorsl-
;tv election ngnt at juarea lasi
night.
Th lah Innlr nlaee after sneak-
era fnr th twn fnctlnns hsd beea
'heard and some one threw a rock.
nome au Mexicans n.u juio .
llirr II T" ll'l nil lifui.( "uno
vniVM ftnfl atones were wielded
ihmn
i -
Police and soldier, from the ,
Ju-
SPICE OF
(Associated Pres. Leased Wire.)
NO. S ISN'T A BIT SORE.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass Edna Wallace Hopper, third wife of Di
Wolf Hopper, has sent hsr congratulations about hie elxth brlds, Lillian
Glazer, concert singer ana wiaow 01 an wamano, .., .
a better o'rl than I am," Edna wirsd.
JERRY USES GOOD JUDGMENT. '
BOSTON Summer Whit. House romsnee: Jeremiah Sh.s, ear.-;los
taker of the Steam
-
for the Coolidges.
Birr ueniriNI
M E LI LL A Colonel Mitchell
aircraft defense. Sevsrsl rows of them lie on their Dacas ano put up
barrage with rrf las. Thsy hsve destroyed at least one French plsna.
' .
AMEN. BAY THE REST OF US.
LONDON Austen Chamb.rlsln la praying ' that the sunshine of
- ' " ' "
ABLE TO See HIS FINISH.
NE,W YORK Arnold Daly is back from gay Para, broke and
..1.. . i
. "."""
ue riiAH
WARSAW Poland has a "Dreyfus case." A Zionlat student la ae -
cused of throwing a bomb at the
.... ... ...
2.Z"
siiniDcTi......n. km
11-1...1 a... n.. .1 mrliamant threo another over his head
out Into th. lobby.
'
. ZLrr Hl,f
kn.ihi.i-ks are an xriw. and 20cent ahinea are threatened.
. new Turk ine suirerinq IB
HAD S MILLION RIAL ESTATE HAS S00
' CHICAGO Mrs. Grace A. Lasts) la In bankruptcy, having only S400
of the H.MW.000 her husband left her. She lost money In realty, which
built up his fortune.
FORCE-COOLIDGE
fluence of religion" the only ade
quate remedy for the evil."
The governments part in the
repression on crime and wrong
doing must be buttressed by an
enlightened, conscience and a de
termined public sentiment in fa
vor of law enforcement. Mr. Cool-
Idge said, before it "reaches
US
lion is that It la furnished by re-
llglon". .
ilon. If the governor hi disposed
to pardon anyone let him liberate
tne poor men who are now imprl-
.soned for a violation of this same
- - "i "-'r""1"" -
to me, a woman of money and in
fluence."
As Mlsa Whitney was admitted
to ball on the testimony of physl-
that Incarceration In a prl-
son would be fatal to her, a group
ot her friends here contemplate
asking the governor for a pardon
on that basis. Otherwise any other
pardon appeal weuld have, to be
eiaucu yj inn ii i.uii'i .
LOS ANGKI.E8, Oct 21. A del
egation from the American Civil
Liberties Union marched to Gov-
ernor Richardson's office here to-
day to protest against the Imprt-1
'"nment lor syndicalism of Mis.
Charlotte Anita Whitney, suffra
gist and social worker, and march
ed out breathing wrath without
seeing the executive. .
t On arrival at the governor', an
te-room, the delegation was Inform-
- parole application form- were to
iha hnil fnr the asklnr. and that.
- .. - --. - -
when properly filled out. these
'forma should be sent through the
.regular channels to the parole
board.
area garrison were half an hour on
the quelling the rioters. ,
Alberto B.' Aimeiaa, one-oi mo
candidate, for mayor. .!, a brother
nf Jesu, A. Aimelda of
Chihuahua. , .
DAILY DIAMOND
ROBBERY $50,0C0
,
f .MM Piv- I d Wire.)
.... ,i .
NEW YORK. Oct. 21-The police
"dead line" waa violated today
by a gang who entered the Nassau
RIreet e,laDiisnmeu in
UIHII1UI1U UfBiri, uuuuu ' --
-nfi ,iriPri th aafe of the firm a
.tw.ir iwu V rat estimate! or !
" -
the loss were 50.000.
THE NEWS
She la
. has tnarr ad Maroaret carr, wno waa e
-
ini rLIFRS
may be Intertst.d In the Riffs' anti-
nir uiDTvnnnu
president upon a deposition of a bal.,wav mil or ine rront gte.
...... Th. J reaard him ILK Said They Eapected to Mans.
: -
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all ihe wraatlare have left for the
'
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.Wlllina in n.. ......
STATEMENTS OF
KELLEV 'AFTER
CAPT
Convict Denied Using Gun,
But Bored Hole in Roof
. of the Cell House.
WILLOS AIDED HIM
Say Shotgun Carried Off
by Him Was One Used
by Jones When He
Killed Guard. " ''
(AMorUlnl !1a Uunl Win.)
SALEM. Ore., Oct. 21. The first
intimation as to where Tom Mur
ray, Ellsworth Kelley and Jsmea
Wllloa, convict., .pent the three
daya elapsing between tbelr escape
from the state prison on the night
ol August 12 and the time they
kidnaped the four men at Monitor
waa given In the trial of Wllloa
and Kelley here this morning.
hen statementa made bv them tn
rHstrlet-Attorney John Carson,
Sheriff Oscar Bower and others fol
lowing tneir return to the prison,
were Introduced hy the testimony
of Mis. Blanche F. Barrett, court
reporter.
The atatementa. taken bv Mini
Barrett at the prison, were admit
ted hv the court over the protest
of Will n. King, defense attorney,
who contended that the defendants
had not been given an bpnorunily
to secure counsel, and that they
were not advised that they need
not make any atatementa until
thev so desired. In his statement
Keller declared that the three davs
In question were spent In , the
woods ahont three miles north and
east of Hllverton. and that the
posses were all sconrlng Ihe woods
tn the south of them while they
were In hiding.- He said that on
the night nf the earane they travel-
moM
f rom tn,
rommnai
of the night, going north
e point where they left the
mandeered taxi near Pratnm
and thence north and east around
Sflverton.
Kelley said, according tn Miss
Barrett, that he was Ihe Ihlrd one
nf Ihe convicts to descend Ihe rone
from the roof .and that while he
iixiill in- Intl .fllin 1HT Willi? nf
.nH win,. rl v.ij . k-. v-
0uard PptB Wnit( (h(i
- i.l . j ..
pit-uiiia wim me guarus on tne
!,ow,r no, , hnot hp w,,i
wbo had their hands In the air.
Kelley Denlea Firing Shot
1 Kelley denied that ho had a gun
at any time during the battle be
tween the guards and the convlcta.
He said that the other three went
ahead, Murray and Jones doing the
shooting, and that he .Imply fol
lowed them.
"My only Idea wa to get out.
and I did." Kelley said, according
to Miss Barrett, who also ounted
Kelley aa aaylng that he waa the
iii.ni iiii mi a1' uimiiKIl mwrr tmi.
nd that he fnund Ilert "Oregon"
Jones wounded on the outside of
OWBr M ne
mt)
..,,, nA Mn ,. ,not ,n
iRelley was qunled as saving. "He
turned around and fired at Guard
Hnlman who was sitting on the
. . .
arrminri. aavina; -miss
mv last
,hn(. ,h,n na )hr,w ih
the shotgun
down and I picked It up."
Kelley Insisted thrnorhont, Miss
Barrett said, that he did not have
a gun until be picked up the emp
ty ahntgun onlaide the walls. This
gun he said he hid under a log In
the woods near Pratum.
Cut Hole In Roof.
Kelley'a atatement brought nut
the fact that It waa he and Wllloa
who cut the hole Hi the roof or the
north cell house through which
hey made their escape, and Wll-
i confirmed this. The hole waa
-... .".... ... ..." 7
:tbey msde their escspe while the
I V, A
1 prisoner, were bringing their com-
Imlasary auppllea into their cells.
II took about two 1 houra to cut the
- ."- -
jtised. he himself sin e from near
the old Incinerator plant.
I The, stslements of both Kelley
and Wlllos quoted them aa aaylng
jfnr'Um. X To"luI"enen;qd
"' ""h dented that there
iwaa any Idea of killing anyone.
They said that the .plan waa to
(aK (n, lumity an() whatever
guard, they could get hold of wllh
them as hnalagea and force their
SALEM. Ore.. Oct. 21-Knlh
i Ellsworth Kelley and James WH
llos. convicts on trial for Ihe murder
of Onard John Sweeney In the prl
eon break of August 12, admitted
i' "lm ,lm' ,'n'lr
II II pa tKslt th. arafarf tit htltlsf frtr
itW-l. u. I- (I.. aaffeala. Ikssataf
iland told the Ju' from the witness
" .-.
latand yesterday afternoon. Chris-
tofersen waa one of Ihe four Mull
nomah county officer, td capture
, Wlllos and Kellejr In the woods
(Continued from psge 2.)
GIVEN
MITCHELL TURNS
$1000 PRIZE OVER
' TO FLIERS' WIDOWS
.
4 (Awrland IT Laaard Win.) 4
WASHINGTON, Oct 21.
On thousand dollars, award-
ed to Colonel William Mitchell
by the magaxlne "Liberty"
for "Courage." was turned ov-
er by Mrs. Mitchell today to
Mrs. Zachary Lanadowne. wl-
dow of the commander of the
Shenandoah, to be divided
among the women whose bus-
bands were killed In the
wreck of the airship.
The award to the air serv-
ice officer waa made as a re-
suit of bis criticism of war
and navy department officials,
for which he now faces court
martial. '
1 BILL OUTLINE
Municipal Salaries, Auto
Accessories, Capital
Stock Interests He
Speaks For.
WASHINGTON. Oct. tL Varied
TAXEXEMPTIOi'llS
ASKED BY HAWLEY
forma of tax relief were sought by(CDmMny n ,. provided that-be
a number of organized Interest. abooid be paid the dV
through representatives appeaMg t iUent taxea and Ihia was done,
at today a aesslon pf hearinga be-1 A urne,,,!,, from ,, H of the
fore the house waya and means , ,anil , , aiyMttd between the
committer on a new revenue bill. nvPrnI,,Hn,, H,e ,nd counties.
Nine organizations were allotted but no payments are to be made
time today by the committee, uml, tnp railro,d connany has
which will hear all parties interest-1 reimbursed at the rate of
measure, before start ig work
week from Monday on the drafting
of the bill.
Exemption of ealaties of employ
ee of municipal owned systems waa
urged by Representative Johnson.
republican of Washington, who
spoke tor the municipal employea
of Tacoma.
: B. CU'IK of Rochester, N. V..
sneaking for Ihe American Water
Works association, pointed ont that
receni inierpreiai una or me pre -
wni in w uitii mailt, nniarit-s ni em
ployes of municipal owned water
systems subject to the tax. and he
Insisted thla waa discrimination
alnce alate and other municipal
employea are exempt, ,
. Representative Hawley, republi
can. Oregon, pointed nut there wa.
a difference between employea ' on
city payroll, and water work, pay
rolls. i Petitions for the repeal nf the
capital stock tax on corporatlona
and the automobile accessories lev
e. were prvsemcu ,. ,
conslluents by RepreeentatlVee
Hawley
. -. , " ' .....
Georgia.
Abolishment of the relroacllve j
features of provisions of the taw I
relating to gain or loss Involved in
transfers of property in connection '
with business re-organlzallona waa
asked by MrKlnley W.-Reight or I
the American mining congress. He I
suggested that the retroactive date.
If retained be set at !eember SI.
1924, Instead of December 31, 1917.
NEGRO MUST HANG
FOR WIFE MURDER
t tMtitiati-il frrm Lesird Wn.)
KEI.HO, Wash., Oct. 21. Oliver
Jones, negro, was found guilty of
eennit rtevree murder here Istn
last night after Ihe Jury had dellb-
ersted two and one-hair houra.
Jones killed his wife with an axe
here last aummer.
K. Mochlzurkl. Japanese, went on
trial here this morning on a charge
of the killing of a Japanese work
er at Ixingvlew.
"Ma" Ferguson Invites Critics of
Her Pet Highway Department to
Tell Their Woes to Grand Jury
AI'STIN, Tex.. Oi l. 21. A pe. ilng conducted by Altorney-Den-clal
aesslon of Ihe Texas leglsla- erul Dan Moody, who is checklnir
ture may be called to Investigate up the highway department'.
charges of reckless expenditures
In Ihe state highway department IntlinHtrn mat ins penal ses-ion
tinder the reign nf Governor "Ma'1 1 would await the altoniev-geiier-Kergii'nn
'al's report, which Is expected In
In a statement rrom Washing-
ton laat nlaht. where he is on
a tax reduction mission. I.ee Rat-
terwhlte. speaker r the Texas 1 session wiinoni gnuernsioriai con
k.. nl renresenlutlvea. lie. I a red ! riirrenie. however, will be flying
that If Ihe aovernor did not rail
a special seaslnn fnr an Itireil -i-
tlon nf the slate admlnKtriitmn ne
would.
In liresklng a Iwo month's offi
cial silenrn laat Humliiy, (iovor-
nnv V.iviiinii rieelsreil acsiliat a
.,i.i seaalnn and rhallenaed the
inn i. tn take their "whls-
perluga" before a grand Jnrv. Ilnis
af)ng the laxpsyers the ennrm -
mis expi'n'e of
special icgiHia-
The woman executive, wlf
I fnrmaaa flnVmrnAT JaattlPH K Fff-
- ...mn rnilr rhartert wltn fin-
,
1 mlnatlng tne state mgnwav n j
n.nmeiit derlared that she would
anmmsrlly remove any Btate olfl
lal declared In default of dutv
Meanwhile, the alate la awalll:ig
the result of a probe already ot-
CONGRESS lu
HEAR DILL Oil
0. AND C. GRfallT
Proposal Made to Include
Timber Land in Na
tional Forests. ,
BENEFITCOUNYiEi
Would Enable Government
to Hasten Payments to :
Counties Under Plan
. Adopted. ' ;
A bill which Is of vital Interest
to Douglas county Is to be pre
sented to tne coming session oi
congress, and If the bill Is pasaed
it wilt enable itbe ceunty to secure i
government funds, from the revest
ing ol the O. and C. grant lands, at
a much earlier dale than nnder the
present arrangement. !' "M '
I A . . W.. II iK. nm-nl ln-1
wi .h. the vailnoJ
12.50 per acre and the government '
repaid Ihe amount advanced conn-'
ties for tax delinquencies.
A bill is now brought forward to
transfer all of the O. and C, tim
ber lands within the national for
est boundaries to the forest service.
The forest service will pay for the
lands ao acquired, which will en
able the government - to meet the
railroad companies' claims and ise-
linburoe Itself for the delinquent
(HXP, pal,!. lnj ,,0 leave loiae-
iihlna fnr Uie counties.
. The bill has been given the en
dorsement of Ihe county Judge aa.
aocfation'Of Oregon. 1 - . .1.
. At the present time- the timber
lands are rtivhted on 4 sort ol
checkerboard arrangement, the- na
tional forests ami ). and C. land,
occupying alternate sections, sa
that - administration l difficult.
The. proposed bill would 'do away
wllh 'thie confusion, r
The Iloseburg Chamber of Com
merce Is considering The support
to be given the measure, and a re-
m,rrt.w, madB of f, 8upervu,.
Neallhat Ihe propose,!
k. fullu .vi.Ir ln.il .nil t
following memorandum waa sub
mitted by the supervisor at .yes
terday's meeting of the board- of
directors:
The art June 9116 reveslefl lii
the United States the title to ap
proximately 2K2.S74.00fl acres- tit
land previously comprising parts'of
Ihe O. It C. grant. Thla art I !Ir
vliled the land into three classes
follows :
Clsss 1- Lands chiefly valuable
for water power development. .
Class 2 Ijimls containing not
less than Jim M. ft. II. M. of flnl
ber on each 4(1 acre aubdlvlsion.
Class 3 All lands nol falling ,
within Ihe other Iwo classes..
The act provided for the lands).
being disposed of as follows:
Titles lo class 1 land to remain
In the government. 1'he timber on
Ihe clans 2 land to he snld for cash
by tho secretary nf Interior at s"eh
limes, in such quantities and nnder
such plan of competitive bid , a
(Continued on page two).-
transactions. Speaker Hatiemhlte
inree weess.
MpeeKer natieiwnnes awoveo
Jdetnrmlnailon to call a special
1 In. the face of a majority ol Ihe
members of Ihe legislature. A
poll conducted hy The Associated
Press stmnig nieinliers to determ
ine their sentiments on, the pro
posed call hss shown thus far 42
again! the proposition, 1ft for
and 10 nndecided
In reaponae In the query. Slate
Ilepreaeniatlve Hen V. Kosler ex-
; preseil the opinion that "only
the governor can call a special
'. session of the legislature except
nf In rase of Impeachment proceed-
i t)Kn fKHlnt
her.'
There h ben no hint of poa
slide Impeachment proceedings
iaiiil It Is a matter of conjecture
- .here whether Hpesker 8atter-
- wnne a w aaninaion siairmeni wii
,made In cognisance of that poa-
.1010 interpretation
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