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VOL. XXVI NO. SJ3 OF ROSEIURO REVIEW
ROSEBURa OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17. 1925.
VOL. XIII NO. tM OF THE EVENING KZ
I "X.
WITHOUT ME
TOUPHOLDARMY
Court Martial Prosecutor
Demand the Removal of
! . CoL MitchelL
SPEECH VERY BITTER
. Sarcastic Monikers Given
Witnesses for Defense
and Defendant Is
; ' Scored Deeply.
(AaneUttd Pnti Lrued Wire.)
, WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. Dis
missal of Colonel William Mitchell
from the army u asked today by
prosecution counsel In opening ar
gument before the genera court
martial, trying the air officer un
der the th article of war.
In asking the maximum sentence
prescribed for offrn.es triable un
der that article of war. Major Oul
llon. assistant trial Judge advocate,
declared Colonel Mitchell had been
proved guilty of prejudice to good
order and miliary discipline and of
conduct of a nature to bring, dis
credit to the military service.
The prosecution counsel bitterly
arraigned the defendant and sev
erely condemned many of the wit
nesses who had testified in his be
half, singling out, among others.
Rear Admiral William 8. Sims, re
tired, as a .particular target for
barbed thrusts. Representative
Prank R. Held, or Illinois, chief
counsel for the defense, also cajne
ht for repeated mention In this
connection. -
. Army Held Besmirched. '
" W ask the dismissal of the ac
cused." Major Oullon said, "for the
sake of the .army whose discipline
he haa endangered and whoso fair
name he baa attempted to dis
credit. "We ask his dismissal for the
sake of those young officers of the
army air service whose ideals he
has shadowed and whose loyalty
he has corrupted'. We ask his dis
missal in the name of truth under
whose aegis he has sought protec
tion out wnose race he does not
know. Finally we ask It In the
name of American people whose
fears he has played upon, whose
hysteria he has fomented, whose
confidence he has , beguiled and
whose faith he has betrayed."
Major Gulllon analyzled only the
- evidence which pertained to Colo
nel Mitchell's charges against the
navy department and which had
been offered the court by defense
witnesses. Some of these he re
ferred to by names and types.
They included:
Moniker For All.
Admiral Sims, characterized as
the "opionlated, narrow minded,
hobby riding, egomonlacat type;"
Major wuiiam N. Hensley, army
air service, "the smrty typo;" Lieu
tenant H. W. Sheridan, air service,
"the half truth type;" Lieutenant
Orvllle Anderson, air service, "the
pseudo-expert type;" Captain Rob
ert E. Oldys, air service, "the
vivlng memory type;" Lieutenant
Colonel William O. Schauffleri air
service reserve, "the flippant
type;" and Major Gerald ' Brant,
general starr, "the gay, gallant, lov
able type." Of Representative La
guardla, socialist, New York, Major
uuinon said:
"He is beyond my powers of de
scription. Thank heaven ha ia sul
generis." .
The prosecution c6unsel select
ed numerous quotations made dur
ing the trial by Representative
Retd In his role of defense attor
ney, attributing some to "Ignorant
malice" and terming others
"stunts' and "slurs." He asserted
Mr. Reld hsd made unfounded
claims as to the Illegality and Irre
gularity of the invasion In so
extravagant a way that It seemed
aa though counsel thought that the
preliminaries (of the trial) were an
"unholy thing." 1
Lies and Hypocrisy Charged. '
Referring again to Colonel Mit
chell, Major Bullion summed up
what he called "the Mitchell form
ula" In this wsy:
"first: Exaggeration of national
defense matter closely approaching
falsehood.
"Second: Untrue and misleading
statements for the deliberate pur
pose or discrediting army and navy
officers, thus: ...
"Third: Creating distrust In
minds of peiple as to war and
nav departments.
"Fourth: Egotlstte self-description
as to experience and qualifica
tions, coupled with: ,
"Fifth: Protestations of ab
sence of self interest and expres
sions of willingness to be. and ex
pecting of being, a martyr, all lead
ing to: ,
"Sixth: A unified air service,
with: .
"Seventh: William ' Mitchell as
' (Continued on Page I.) '
AUTOMOBILES KILL
AGED RESIDENTS OF
EUGENE AND DALLAS
(AsmUtMl ma Lsusd WlraJ '
VEIMJENB, Ore., Dec. 17.
2pM J. Rodgeri, 7. a re-
of Eugene for the
V .1 years, was struck 41
; by an automobile at
. A Avenue- West and Ma-
dlsoa street last evening and
died In a local hospital three
hours later a the result of
his injuries. u . 4
J. Haskell of Eugene, drl-
ver of the car, was not held
by the police.
DALLAS. Ore., Dec 17.
James C Hayter, ti, promt-
nent merchant of this city
and for 20 years prior to 1810
publisher of the Polk County
Observer, died here last mid-
night aa the result of being
struck by an automobile a tew
hours earlier. The car'waa
driven by Raymond Miller, a
17-year-old boy. Hayter waa a
brother of Oscar ilayter of
Eugene.
MILITARY BODY
FOR MITCHELL
Accused Flier Asserts Case
Proved, Further Talk
Unnecessary.
ATTORNEY. SILENCED
General Staff Charged With
Belittling . Air Service
to Prevent Rise Aa
. i . Separate Unit. ,'.J
1 1 . , i i .. : 4 , .
' ' fAanrbtea Pm. Laurd Win.)
WASHINGTON. Dec 17. A
step prescribed by regulations to
accompany a finding or "guilty",
was taken- late today . by the
court martial trying Colonel Wil
liam Mitchell. ... - .
Soon after the court closed to
consider a verdict it returned to
open session ask if the prosecution
had any further evidence to place
before it. ',,-.,,'
Under the law this question hss
to be asked when a verdict of
"gallty" haa been found and Is
not customarily asked when the
accused Is found to be Innocent.
This question Is asked so that
the prosecution can give the
court the record of any previous
conviction which would figure in
determining the sentence to be
Imposed.
The judge advocato replied to
the court that there was 'no rec
ord of a previous conviction.'
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17: Colo
nel William Mitchell told the army
court martial today that his trial
was 'the culmination of the ef
forts of the general staff of the
army and the general hoard of
the navy to deprecate the value
of air power.
The all crusader said he had
directed his counsel "to entirely
close out' pert of the proceedings
without arguments."
' Colonel Mitchell's statement to
the court follows:
"My trial before this court mar
tial Is the culmination of the ef
forts of the genersl staff of the
army and the general board of the
navy to deprecate the value of air
power and keep It In an auxiliary
position which absolutely compro
mises our whole system of na
tional defense.
"These efforts to keep down
our air power were begun aa soon
as the sound of the cannon had
ceased on the western front in
It-18. When we stink the battle
ships off the Virginia cape in
1921 and again in 123 and prov.
ed to the world that, air power
had revolutionised all schemes of
national r defense, these efforts
were redoubled and have continu
ed to this day. ...
Declares Charges Proved.
"Th truth of every statement
which I have made, has been
proved by good and sufficient evi
dence before th court, not by men
who gain their knowledge of avi
ation by ataying on the ground
and having their statements pre
pared by a numerous staff to
bolster up their predetermined
Idess by actual , fliers who
hsve gained their knowledge tint
hand In war and In peace. .
"I wish to Invite particular at
tention to the letter of Former-
Secretary Weeks to the President
of the United Stites asking that I
be not reappointed as asalstsnt
chief of the air service on account
of evidence given by me to a con
gressional committee.
"I testified that the air service
haa only It modern airplanes fit
for wsr and that sir other were
obsolete" snd many dangerons.
i (Continued en pare ( .
10 PLEA BEFORE
WORLD COURT IS
AGAIN TOPIC IN
SENATE BATTLE
Foes Hold U. S. Entrance
, Means Membership in
League of Nations.
DEMOCRATS FOR IT
Swanson Declares Work of
.Tribunal Ineffective
if America Fails .
to Participate. :
(Aasxlated Frew Ussni Wire.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. After
a delay of nearly two -years, the
senate today heeded th repeated
urglngs of the White House and be
gan debate on a resolution propos
ing American membership In the
world court. :
Even in Its beginnings, the uls
cussion took on many of the same
characteristic that vitalised the
Uenate's long struggle over the
Learue of Nations. Once more the
mantle -of leadership for favorable
senate action fell upon the shoul
ders of a- democratic spokesman.
In opposition stood a determined
nhalanx of Irreconcilable nnder
the captalncv of a republican
chairman of the committee. Hold
ing the balance was a groun whose
leaders hsd been ttw "mild reser
vationlsts" ot the tight over the
lesgue.
Desntte the assurance of the two
republican' presidents who have
recommended American member
shin In the court, the Irreconclf".
hles have aourht to convince their
republican colleague , lhaf (he
court fight Is only the league fight
over again.. An almost solid dem
ocratic membership bas accepted,
without question the contentions of
Presidents Hsrdlng and Coolldge
that although the court was organ
ised by' a commission of the
league, an American court member
ship need carry no implication ot
American participation . in the
league.
- . Swanson Takss Lead.
The resolution of adherence up
on which debate began wsa offer
ed by Senator Swanson of Virginia,
rsnklng -democrat on the foreign
relations committee, without the
approval of Chairman Borah. ' It
proposed' reservations, framed on
the basis of those originally sug
gested by President Harding In
February, 1923. and including a
stipulation that In entering the
court, the United Statea recognises
no legal relation to the league.
Senator Swanson himself began
the debate In open session, with a
prepared address arguing for
American . membership In the
court as the best present means by
which this country can contribute
to world peace. He spoke with
crowded galleries In whloh the w,o
men predominated, looking on and
with two-thirds of the senate rnem-
hershlp In their pieces on the floor,
following with an explanation
of the genesis and functions of
the court. Before the senate met
officials had visited the galleries
and warned against demonstratlona
of approval or disapproval under
threat that spectators would be ex
pelled. Today had been 'selected long In
advance for taking up the resolu
tion but It was Indicated that the
senate" would turn to other busi
ness after a short session of debate
jand would not sett'e down tn gen-
eral discussion until after the hoi'
ldays.
WASHINOTON. Dee. 17. Th
neople of this country should not
be misled by flattering appeals for
an American world court. Senator
Swanson of Virginia, ranking dem
ocrat on the foreign relations com
mltlee, declared today In opening
debate on his resolution for Amer
ican adherence - to the existing
court of International justice.
"The Issue eannnt he evaded,"
he declared. "It is this court or
none other. The nations which en
joy its benefits are pleased with It
beyond measure and - contemplate
making to It no amendments, no
modifications.
Descrtblng the existing court as
one of the shining lsnd marks of
recent years, promotive of world
peace and betterment, the Virginia
senator said It would be a deploi -
able day for the world If this court
could be destroyed, its, usefullnea
lessened or confidence in It Im
paired.
Artornativ For Wsr.
It discloses that In the interns-
tlonal field the greater people of
courts ran be effective," be
ed. "and can be- Instrumental In
uispiacinc war and settling dls-
nutes which otherwise would con- j
tinue. . . .
"1 am strongly persuaded from
every moral ronslderatlon, from
every material consideration snd,
irom .every political consideration
. I (Continued on nag .), Ti,
Wife's Part in Divorce Comedy
Scene Played in Real Life Drama
as She Sails With Another Actor
NEW YORK. Dae. 17. Lionel
Atwill and his wife, Elsie Mackey,
are now playing a scene In real
life that they often enacted on the
stage together.
Mr.. Atwill has brought suit for
divorce against his wife, charging
her with leaving him, despite his
pleaa and living with Max Monte
sole, an English actor. In an up
town apartment. It was in the
last act of "The Comedian", In
which the Atwllls starred that the
wire leaves her husband as h
seeks in vsln to win her "hack.
Montesole and Mrs. Atwill are
now aboard the liner Samaria,
which sailed from boston Satur
day for Liverpool, according to
Atwllls counsel. Mr. Atwill
sought to' prevent the couple's
leaving together by starting an
alienatioa suit against the actor,
but failed when Montesole left the
SKCEHJULHT..
0. A. C. SWEPT BY
Students Escape Injury - in
" Gas Explosion and right
Flames Till Firemen
Reach the Scene -
lw Whs.)
CORVALLIS. Ore., Dec. 17.
Fire, starting from a gas explo
sion, partially gutted Science Hall,
historic building on the campus of
Oregon Agricultural College, yes
terday afternoon, causing damage
estimated at nearly S100.000. Wal
ter Bark us, a fireman,- sustained
injuries to his eyes when struck
by flying chemicals.
Only a few students were In the
building when the explosion occur
red 'and they escaped without in
jury aa the chemical stock room
on the ' ground floor burst Into
building nearby turned In an alarm-'
rvnm - the
and put the fire' hose
building into ay until the city
fire department arrived. -
A few minutes later another ex-
plosion rocked the building, further
spresdln ' the flames. Firemen
teerfeH In nlnm .hh the
flames an hour later.
Class work for .toe term Was over
and examinations were being held.
President W. J. Kerr announced
that be planned to have repair
work started immediately. The
greatest damage was done to the
valuable chemicals And equipment
kept In the :' building, ' although
rooms and offices In the center of
the four story structure were gut
ted to the third floor. ' 1
Detailed Inventory of the losses
suffered In the fire was being made
today by college officials and re
presentatives of the state fire mar
shal's office. Early Indications
were that damage to the building
may not be as great as at first wss
expected, although heavy losses In
stock and equipment makes it un
certain If the early estimate will
College authorities are generous
in praise of the work of the Cor-
vallis . volunteer firemen who, in
plte of the constant danger of fur
ther chemical explosions, fought a
close-up battle with one of the
most stubborn fires in years, and
kept It from totally destroying the
interior of the building. "
NEWS-REVIEW FORCE
GIVEN TREAT BY MR
' AINU MK5, L A. BKAWU
; ..... i i the Irak even for the maintenance
The members of the News-Re-! of international order for its de
vlew force were given a delight-1 tense against external aggression,
fill treat -lnat nlvht aa tha auesls hut merelv tA Insure nup MAnn.
of Mr. and Mrs. C. A, Brand at.
,Hhe Iroadside stand near Win-
cheater. Mr. and Mrs. Brand in-
vlted the entire Ncws-Revlew
and they delicious bsrbecue sand
wiches which are being featured
at the stand.
A bsrbecue fireplace has been
Installed juicy cuts of meat, fowls.
etc.. may be roaster! on the alowly alarm by cutting their way thru
revolving spits. This method of Ithe store wsll and virtually clean
cooking affords a delicious foodjed out the stock of Pwenson and
which certainly' will become ex- jlnda, jewelers. The loss, running
ceedlngly popular.' no many thousand dollars, has not
Mr. Brand is very fortunate In (been estimated yet.
having the services . of Mr- and o .
'XV
ia a chef of remarkable ability,
and la ablyseconded by his chsrm-
i log wife. Together they add much
to the homelike atmosphere of the WINNIPEG, Man., Deo. 17.
stasd. , ' ! TWO armed men beat Thomas Nut-
t Mr. Brand has built one of the t, eashlrr in a warehouse of a
jmott attractive roadside stsnds to, Manitoba liquor commission,' on
'be found along the entire Pacific iihe head today, aa he was going
(highway. Its pleasing colors snd to a bank her. The assailants
wonderful displays cannot fail to
attract attention In. the daytime,
and at night, th varl-colored
lighs, the radiant glow of the
open fireplace, snd -trie apparent
add-!good cheer' are beckoning signals I
.to all who' pass. I
I I
o-.
Home For Holiday.
t Hsll Seely, whe
I attending
Yal 1,'nlverslty, will arrive home
'Sunder, to . spend th Christmas
holiday with hie-parents. Dr. nd
IMrs. A. C. Seely. , He will return
jabout December 30lb. ; -
jurisdiction of New York state.
"The trouble had been brew
ing a long time." Atwill said last
night as he charged he found his
wife and Montesole .living in an
apartment as - "Mr. and Mrs.
Mackey." He said, he begged her
to reconsider her action and to
.t-eturn to him, but that she had
refused.
! Mrs. Atwill. before she left for
Europe, denied the allegations of
; misconduct and said her husband
jbad refused to agree to a separa
tion and kept her ' at his home
I by threats of "disgraceful" char
fee. -
i She asks I3S0 a week alimony
and $7500 counsel fee,- asserting
that her husband has an Income
or 150,000 a year.' She said that
lines separating from Mr." Atwill
the had been forced to live on
the bounty of friends. .
1 - Lr M.s ' ' A.. I
I uaxuf oi iiauon nwuu
of Mosul Oil Region May
Lead to Hostilities
: ' as Last Chapter.
Wka.) '
GENEVA ,8wltsenand, Dec. IT.
"Our relatione with England will
continue to be friendly."
This was almost the last remark
made by Tewfik Rushdl Bey, Tur
kish foreign minister, before board
ing bis train last night to return
to Angora.
(AanrlsU Fna Vmmt Whs.)
LONDON. Deo. 17. -r- A most
hopeful view taken here regarding
the situation growing out of the
endorsement by the League ot Na
tions ot Great Britain's position
respecting the Mosul boundary in
'the kingdom Of Irak ia that out
Iportunity now ia to be given ne-
Slato to attempt to arrange
friendly understanding between
T'vka.',n.1 1." BrlL"'nL Atm:
I " hostilities between Turkey and
"real nriiam over me ier usr
Ing secured the mandate for the
rich oil and agricultural regions
am not considered probable,
either In London or in League of
Nations circles In Geneva. This
despite the fact that the chief
Turkish delegate In Geneva still
Is: filled .with wrath over the
award by the council of the Lea
gue and notwithstanding the re
port that Sabrl Bey, the Turkish
minister of agriculture, has gone
to Russia ostensibly to study agri
culture, but really to negotiate
Rusaisn support tor Turkey in the
event of war.
It Is reported that reassumlng
communications regsrdlng Mosul
already have passed between Lon
don and Angora, and It Is expect
ed that Premier Baldwin will
make a statement to parliament
on the situation at an early; date.
' rAsnelstes Tnm Uss-d WtrO
LONDON, Dec. 17. Prime Minis
ter Baldwin, In a statement In the
House of Commons today regard
ing the League's decision on Mosul,
said the government believed that
if Oreat Britain took the mandate
for Irak It would expire far short
of the maximum ot 25 years speci
fied. . . .' .
"The 'assumption of this respons
ibility," ' said the , premier, "does
not Involve the responsibility to
upend money or- to keep troop. In
Hon and advice in maintaining a
stable aystem of government." .
o .
! jixRY JHVES
CUT THROUGH WALL
' f Aaneutel Pma Um4 Wire.)
LOS ANGELES, Cel.. Dec. 17
Thieves Isst night dodged burglsr
"QVORCASHIER
VICTIM OF THUGS
rsanriitet mm LauaJ Wlra.1
'tied In a auto with $11,000 taken
from Nuttsl. The province sells
liquor through th commission.
rf17jp DU A DUirV
.,"... ,.v .,.
IS HOLD-UP VICTIM
EITGENE. Ore.rTee. IT. i A
Inn ana unmasked hanrilr laat
night held up-end robbed th
nlaht eUrk- nf a local nhirnin.
tsklng 3 la cash from th csib'lstlng
register and two-checks of oncer-
Italn amount from th sat. j
LID If! G OF m
BILL UNDER WAY
AT WASHINGTON
Proposed Amendments FaiL
Save One Affecting
. . . I Leaf Tobacco.
CIGAR LEVIES PRUNED
Socialist Member Prepares
Resolution. Asking tor
Soviet Government -Recognition.
IAam4atd rms UtmA Wire.)
WASHINGTON. Deo. 17. The
house refused, today to place a gift
tlou In th automobile passenger
car tax from five to three per cent
aa written In th revenue bill.
An amendment for repeal of the
tax waa rejected. 181 to 5 and ef
forts to make a greater reduction
tban recommended by the com
mittee were over-wbelmtngly de
feated after a sharp debate on th
provision.
Repeal of the excise levies on
auto trucks, tire and parts and
on camera, photographle dims.
n rearms and shells, smokers' arti
cles, coin operated machines and
mab jongg sets, as proposed by th
wsys and means committee was
approved without debate.
WASHINGTON. Dec. IT. The
house refused toda yto place a gift
tax In the revenue bill.
Representative Freer, republican.
Wisconsin, proposed eontlnuanoe
of the gift tax created two yean
ago with rates equal to tbe In-
heritance levlea but his amendment
i lejeviea wiuwui a nwra ww.
.'An amendment offered by Repre
sentative Green, democrat, Florida,
to kill tbe entire Inheritance tax
section of the bill was thrown out
on a point of order. .
Feduotions In all cigar levies as
written in the measure wei ac
cepted without debate. "
Approval was given an amend
ment proposed by the way and
means committee. Imposing a tax
of eight cent a pound upon lent
tobacco sold to consumer by local
dealers. Th tax would permit lo
cal dealers to trade wlthoi.t Impo
sition ot tbe 18 cents a pound tsi
nvled In manufacturers.
An amendment offered by Repre
sentative Huddlestone, demoemt.
Alabama, to cut the tax oh tobno
n.i from 18 to 12 cents a pound, wss
beaten, JO to 43. ,
Repeal of the ten per cent ad
mission tax. proposed In an amend
ment by Representative Griffin,
democrat. New York, was defeated
10B to .
, The proposal by Representative
Mi'Keowen, democrat, OHshi mil,
ti exempt admissions of 11.50 and
lera to Increase the tax to twenty
per cent also waa rejected.
Bill to Rseogrriz Soviet. '
. Recognition of the Sovle gov
eniment nf Russia waa ssked In a
resolution drawn up todav by Re
presentative Berger, socialist, Wis
consin, who said he would ask for
public hearings by a house com
mittee.
, In a statement Mr. Berger refer
red Indirectly to the recent ban
quet of American bankera and Rus
sian Industrialist in New York.
snd ssid the government may as
well recognise what the banker i
and business men hsve long since
recognized, namely, "that the. So
viet government Is here to stay for
a considerable time at least.
"Our policy with respect to Rus
sia haa been unsuccessful and stu
pid," be continued. "When it was
clesr to all the world the Russian
government waa aa solid aa any
government can be, our govern
ment still entertained the boo,
induced partly by the extensive
propsganda which pro-cxarlst
sgents conducted In the United
States, that the Soviet government
would be overthrown. ' -To
Extend Rural Mall.
Extension In the rural mail de
livery service to provide 431 new
routes Immedtstely were approved
today by President Coolldge. who
sent to congress a supplement of
ll.60A.A00 to the budget ot the
postofflce department.
The president requested thai
$30.000 be made available at once.
Postmaster General New report
ed pending apnllcations for ' 432
new routes, 2117 extensions of ex
isting mutes and 216 Increases in
freonencv of service.
"The demsnd for this service,'
ssid the postmaster general,-"la In
sistent and could not be properly
denied." .
Insurgents (1st Sympathy.
Relegstlon of the Insurgent mem
bers to minor committees by hnns
republicans wss described today
by Representative Freer of Wiscon
sin, ehslrmsn of the' Insurgent
group, as "petty, small and humll-
Mr. Freer replied In linos id
(Continued on page sli.)
RUDY VALENTINO
SUES FOR DIVORCER
IN FRENCH COURT
PARIS, Dee. 17. Intro-
durtlon of a demand for dl-
vorce by Rndolfo (lugltet : ., ,
which is Rudolph Valentino'
name in private life, caured
a flurry. In the. Paris law
courts this afternoon. There
waa torn question as to the
ideality of th plaintiff bow-
ever, when it wss found,' that
the wile name waa given
In th petition aa De Wolff.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17. Ru-
dolph Valentino, who today
filed suit for divorce In Pa-.
ris, was remarried to Winl-
fred De Wolff at Crown
Point, Indiana,. March tt,
1923. ' Their first marriage
occurred at Maxicall before
th expiration ot one,- year
from date of the Issuance ot
the lnterlcutory decree dl-
vordng Valentino from bis
first wife. Jean Acker, and
required the second ceremony
4 to make th marriage legal,-
w I'ntll th Indiana marriage,
they announced .they were
living apart.
' '
UrilDEIITIFIED
BANK CENTER OF
DDELL' QUIZ
Caught in Washington Bond
Debacle; Liquidation
, Would Mean Loci, i
ONE NOTE IS FORGERY
Expose .. Forced Incidental
- to Fight of Portland
Bank for Charter
' as Depository.' ,
(AanrlsM Pnal SMsaf Wire.) '
SALEM, Ore.. ' Dee. 17. The
precarious condition of a western
Oregon bank, unidentified In tbe
records - to avoid publicity that
might be ruinous, was aired before
the state banking board today
when Prank C. Bramwell. state su
perintendent of- banks,' went under
Investigation. Thr Investigation It
at the Instance of representatives
of the Portland National Bank, and
the unidentified, small-town bank
came into the cas first In an In
cidental way. but later as the crux
of the entire Inquiry. Irrigation
and local Improvement bonds of
the stste of Washington have hit
it hard.
At the outset ot th formal bear
ing todav the banking board and
the Portland National Bank repre
sentatives and attorneys disagreed
as to whst the Inquiry was to be
aoour... The board took the dosI
tlon that th bank representatives
st the Informal bearing last Fri
day had made, or at least Inferred
charge against the ability and In
tegrity of Bramwell relative to his
attitude toward the unidentified
bank. Today J. N. Hart, attorney
for The, Portland National, insist
ed that no charges had been made,
and that the whole question was
whether the Portland National
Rank was to be chartered by
Bramwell aa a reserve depository
for state banks. As the Inoulry
proceeded the testimony was along
the lines demanded by the board,
states Treasurer Ksy. a member
nf the banking board, declared that
the board already haa enouab testi
mony relative to whether the Port
land National Bank should be ac
corded authority to be a reserve
depository and is ready tn make
Its ruling on that point. What this
wll be was not Intimated.
Bramwell' Preneasl.
The Portland National repre
sentatives last Friday tntrodncwl a
letter written b Bramwell in No
vember tn officials in the uniden
tified bank In which he proposed
that an examiner nf the state
banking derailment take over the
management of the bank at a sal
ary of I2G0 a month with the op
tion of bnylng the bank within 12
months, the stock In the mrsntlme
to be plsred In escrow with the
sttperlntendent of hanks. 1'nder
the option ssie to snv other person
wss to he barred unless consent
of the person holding the ontlon
were riven. This nrrtno.al of
"rsmwell wss dorlsreil by Will P.
Hslnes, president of th Portend
Nstlonsl Bstik, to hsve been unduly
srhltrarv.
Bramwslf Justifies Action.
Defending his action Hramwell
trnlsr showed that the unidentified
bsnV hsd been nnder siirvelllsnce
f his department for four years.
Its precarious condition was attri
buted malnlv to the fact that It
holds Irrigation and local lmnve
ment bonds of the state of Wash
ington, which nf late have been un
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BStold
HELD JAH. 20
Gov. Pierce Issues Procla
mation Calling for Vote i
on Super District.
NOTICES PREPAm
County Clerk Busy Getting
Out Notices and Making .
; ! Arrangements for j ;,
. " Special Election. ? !
A special election In tb pro
posed Umpqua Improvement : dis
trict far th purpose of voting pa
tbe question of whether or not is
Improvement district Is to bet form
ed and' Incorporated has basra, Cal
led tor January 25 by Governor
Walter M. Pierce. A opy of tn
governor'' pralaaeailoa ft stag tfeas
day for the election together wU.
th certification of lb secretary
state, rags nil ag th petatioa filed
by tb voter of tb district, worst
received this morning . by Cosb.4;
Clerk L a Riddle.
Tb gowor order that taw
election be held npoa the ' daU o(
Monday, January zfi, aad tn
ty clerk I Instructed to msks
necessary arrangements.
The proposed Improvement Bn
trlct Includes all of road distrUt
7. . 10. S4, 4 snd (T sad portioaa
of district I and t. It take in alt
of east and west Reediport, Loea
Lake, Scottabarg and Elktoa voting
precincts and a portion of Dm
and Laona praclnct. A small part
of the Bmttb river prectnet 1 also
in th area affected bat aa tbero
are no residents living within tbo
portion embraced In tb . proposed,
district the Smith River lestloaj
board probably will at be esllad.
Not aU of tb vor of th Drain,
and Leona precincts will b prtvi
leged to vot a th boundary lias
Ues about on sail oast of Drain,
running northward for about six.
mile, boruerrng . the . railroad,
swinging west for about two miiaa,
then south again, tw nala Gwnter
and tb upper Saslth river country,
for a distance of about four mil,
then turning west again and ran.
nlng aloag section line to Smith!
river. Consequently only- a smalt
portion of tb voter of Drain and
Leona prclncts residing east of
tb towns will be affected by tbo
lection. ' '
L The election will be held under
th general election laws and tbo
same - polling place and board
will be used a served In tb last
lection. The county clerk I re
quired to give notic for thirty
days and is now preparing the de
scriptions ot th territory em
braced so that proper notice Mr,
be printed, mailed to the election
boards and posted a provided bf
law. .
This la th first election to M
called under th law passed by tbo
recent legislator providing ' far
these districts. ' -
Where any special section Is
benefitted by a particular road
which la tributary to a number of
road districts It I provided that
these districts may unit In a big
Improvement district for tbo pur.
pose of voting a apeclsl tax to bo
applied to tb construction of tbo
road.
Th situation In Douglas coun
ty Is unusual and the plan now be
ing adopted appears to be the only'
way In which necessary road work
can be carried out.
The residents of the lower Ump
qua territory, and, In fact, th n.
tire county, are interested In tbo
completion of the Draln-Reedsport
section of the Umpqua highway.
This road can be placed on tbo
forest highway map providing tna
state gives it approval. If It la
put on th forest highway map tbo
government will cooperate with
the county, bearing the larger per.
centage ot the construction coats .
Government official are in favor
of th completion of this coast sec
tion, but can do. nothing tow id
making an appropriation until the
state gives Its approval to tbe road
being designated a forest highway,
the state and government having
reached an 1 agreement whereby
they plan their highway 1 systems
together. ' ' '
The state Is endeavoring to eonv
nlete the Roosevelt blghwav front
Marshfleld to Reedsnort and la ask.
Ing the county for 1111.000 aa It
share on a cooperative be Is. Doug
las county Is "broke" so far st
money fnr road purposes Is con
ceraed. With no way of raising
money In sight1 th county ' court
hss refused to assume an obliga
tion, which It might be unable to
pay, and as a result tbe state hag
refused tb endorse the coast road
Project as a forest highway until
the cohnty make soma , arraag.
. : (Continued oa paga tn.f ,
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