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UAa Weather Highest temperature yesterday.... 50 Lowest temperature last night. ..33 Local rains tonight and probably Wednesday. . .... Douglas County's Greatest SEBUM EVEBW xfcjftfaikt. Newspaper ' VDAY'S NEWS TODAY Consolidation of The Evening News The Roseburg Review D O U 3 I S rC O U N T Y An Independent Newspaper, Put"; 'AoMV , Otett the Best Interest, of the Pi Jvctty,0Vy VOL. XXVII ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1926. NO. 220 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW VOL. XVII NO. 292 OF THE EVENING NEWS PLIES HOP OFF EY TO Great Flight Intended to Convey Spirit of Good Will and Peace. TO VISIT 20 NATIONS Start From Kelly Field Is Auspicious; Mexico Is First Country on Itinerary. (Associated Press Leased Wirr.) KELLY FIELD, SAN ANTONIO. " Texas, Dec. 21. Kissed by "wives and mothers and carrying the be nediction of the nation, pilots of the army's Pan-American air ar gosy departed today from Kelly Field to blaze a trail of friend ship into the hearts of twenty na tionalities. Major Herbert A Dargue, flight commander, piloting the New York, took the air at 10:52 a. m., followed by the other four planes at one minute intervals. ; The first mile of the many thousand mile Journey, the path of which laid over tortuous moun tains, across desert wastes and over boundless seas, was perhaps an augury of smooth and happy sailing to the journey's end. Inspiring Spectacle. The great yellow winged,, bird like flying boats skimmed along the mile strotoh of the field con crete runway with what officers railed "sweet speed", their glisten ing, bodies giving something of a pipeful adieu to the Texas-flmud-which yesterday held them fast in their earthbound tracks. : The beak-like prows of the ships carry the names of five American cities ta at least eighty sister cities of the southern continent, and the planes' quivering sides are em blazoned with the American eagle, whose spreading wings- bear this republic's colors and emblem to the republics of the south, weld ing the two halves' of the western hemisphere in the Christmas spirit of good will, peace to men. . Personnel of Party. In the New York with Major Dnrgue; commander, was Lieute nant P. C. Whitehead. The San Antonio was second to take off with Captain A. B. McDanlel at the wheel, and Lieutenant C. McK. Robinson in the cockpit with ..him. The San Antonio skidded off the runway slightly and rose just above the heads of .the men tak ing pictures. One of the men had to duck to save himself from be ing hit. Then followed the other ma chines at minute intervals, the San Francisco with Captain Ira C. Eaker and Lieutenant Muir S. Fairshlld; the Detroit with Cap- 1 tain Clinton F. Woolsey and Lieu tenant John W. Benton, and the St. Louis with Lieutenant B. S Thompson and L. D. Weddlngton. . The ships circled about the field, each awaiting until the one following had caught up. When they Mere all bunched they spread out in V formation and headed to ward San Antonio. They circled the Alamo city and were then off to the south for the Mpxican border.which they expect ed to reach before 2 p. m. Route of the Flight. The route of the flight which will consume more than four months and Include more than 20 nations ' nnd 80 cities, lies to Brownsville, as the first stop. The west coast of South Ameri ca will form the land mark for the flyers until they reach France Field In the Cannl Zone. From that field they will cross the con tinental divide to visit Cartenegana (Continued on page 8.) GASOLINE TAKES ADVANCE OF ONE CENT IN PRICE Gasoline advanced one cent In price here today, selling at 23 instead of 22 cents. The no- tlce of the increase was re- ceived last night bv some of the companies, while others did not receive their instruc- Hons until this morning. By noon today, however, all sta- .tions were Belling at the new price. No reason for the change was given, the managers of the local concerns merely re- celvlng Instructions to ad- vance the price 1 cent. The same increase is made on Ethvl gasoline which Is now selling for 26 cents Instead of 25 as in the past. j n li r r ' SOUTH fli Historic Flights by Army and Navy ARMY - - V 1 9 1 9 Round the rim of.- the United States; covering v 9,823 miles in I 14 hours, 25 minutes flying time. 1920 Alaskan Flying Expedition. Mitchell Field, N. Y. to Nome and return, 4,345 miles in 1 12 hours. 1924 Dawn to dusk flight from New York to San Fran- i cisco, 2,670 miles in 21 hours and 48 minutes.s 1924 Round the World, from Seattle, Wash.. 27,553 miles in 371 hours and 1 1 minutes. NAVY ' "rr" 1919 Lieutenant Commander A. C. Read and crew , ' flew from Trepassy, ' Newfoundland to Lisbon, Portugal, 2150 miles in 26 hours and 45 minutes, . with a stop at the Azores. 1924 Dirigible Shenandoah, on cruise from Lakehurst, N. J., to Pacific Coast and return, flew 9,31 7 , miles in 19 days and 19 hours, 1925 Dirigible Los Angeles flew from Lakehurst to Bermuda and return without mooring, covering 1,700 miles in 33 hours. 1925 Comander John Rodgers and crew flew JN-9 from San Pablo Bay, Cal., 1,841 miles in non-stop Hawaiian attempt, establishing a non-stop record for seaplanes. ' . ' ' 1926 PN-10 No. I and 2 planes attempted non-stop flight from Hampton Roads, Va., to Colon but were forced down because of fuel and mechani-. cal troubles in Carribbean waters. T HALF OF MOTOR LICENSE MONEY Resolution Is Before the Convention of Judges at Portland. , GET ONLY 4TH " $ ' " NOW Committee of, Fiye ito'- fa': ' Named to Plan Defend . in Contention Over ? .! TaxiRefundl'lfB1 PORTLAND,, " Ore., Dec. 21. A proposal to amend tle motor ve-, hlclo' laV 'sd that ' the counties; of the -state would receive one-half instead of brte-fburtli of the.Siuto mobile license, fees ' collected , by the state, except that no county would receive more than $1,000,000 in any one year, was submitted to the state association . of- county judges and commissioners here' to day in annual convention. The proposal was submitted in the form of a resolution without recommendation by -the commis; slon. . . . , ' ,. Under the present law three fourths of the money received by the state from the sale of license fees goes into the state highway fund, while the counties get one fourth. It is the contention of those favoring the change that the voting of special taxes to meet I he state in the building of state high ways is extremely burden.some and that the counties could be partly relieved it they received a larger proportion of the fees. A more equitable division, it is contended, would not cripple the state high way work. Resist State Claim. It was announced that judges and commissioners of the 18 land grant counties at a meeting Mon day night unanimously authorized appointment of a committee of five with authority to .take such legal action as may be necessary to pro tect and defend the 18 counties against any claim of the state to a portion of the funds received by the counties under provisions of the Oregon-California land grant refund. Any expense incurred is to be prorated among the 18 boun ties according to the acreage of the grant land In each county. Judge R. H. Mast of Coos coun ty proposed an amendment to the market roads law which would re lieve the state highway commis sion of all authority in the desig nating of market loads and place the supreme authority in the bands of the county courts. ' County Clerks Elect. PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 21. County clerks of Oregon in annual session here today elected R. S. Bryson, Eugene, president; Kent Shoemaker, Hood River, vice presi dent: Carl Gildersleeve, Lincoln kounty, secretary; Delila Stevens, Jackson county, was re-elected treasurer. The clerks also took action fav oring the closing of all county offices- at 1 p. m. on Saturdays. The clerks and the county treas urers went into Joint sessibn with the county judges and commission ers. Treasurers from 15 counties are attending the meeting which Is the first the treasuftrs have held )n six years. COUNTIES I DRY OFFICER USES GUN TO HALT CAR: . FINDS NO LIQUOR . (Associated Press Leased Wire.) DALLAS, Ore., Dec. 21. A shot from a state prohibition officer's gun, fired through the windshield or the car in which he was riding. and according to his story, with out. .warning of any kind, narrowly missea Killing unnries (iosso, of Dallas last night. The right side of bis face and bis right eye were fil led with glass and bits of lead. Gosso, his brother; Hoy Gosso, and Floyd Miller, all of Dallas, were returning from Cold Springs on the Falls Oity-Valsetz road above Falls City in a small car. On the' side of the road were State Prohibition Officer Wilbur Lewis of West Salem, and T. F. Brown of Dallas, employed as a prohibi tion officer under .the district at torney of Polk county. , The Dallas men claim that two or, three, shots were urea wunout any warning. Only one shot struck the' car and by the' fraction of an! Inch, missed the head of Charles Gbsso, who was driving. The shot was fired bv Lewis. The Gosos and Miller got! our or tneir car, took their guns with them because the Cold Springs trio was a hunting exnedl- tion, and compelled the officers, to search their car. No' liquor, or evidences- of any, was found. They then came oh to' Dallas where a doctor dressed Gbsso's wounds. ,' The community. Is considerably ncensed. over the. affair. Gossn ims secured' the. services! of a lawyer, and threatens tb.jsuei the officers. ' ' -i-L&'i 1 - ' ' ' GDI ;TD BE W.J -.V V - ' - Umpqua Chiefs Arrange for Entertainment and Treat for Kiddies 1 at Big Tree,. ..'' The community Christmas pro gram sponsored by the Umpn.ua Chiefs will be presented ' Thurs day evening, December 23, at 7 ociock, and the Chiefs urge all residents of the city to be present iur huh event, rne program will be given at the community irea at Cass and Jackson streets, pro vided the weather will permit, and in the event of a storm the pro gram will be held ' In the Llks' gymnasium. The Douglas Countv Band. L'mn- qua Chiefs, Umpqua Squawk Camp uro gins, choral society and high school glee clubs will participate in the program. The band, chiefs and souaws will form at the office of the Lawrence realty company, and will parade to the corner, where the band will play a short concert This will be followed by the sing ing of carols. In which the choral society, camp fire girls and high school glee clubs will sing under the leadership of Mrs. Fred L. Strang, who has charge of that part of the program. All persons present will be asked to Join In the singing. . Candy and oranges will lie dis tributed to all children prerrnt following the music. ' The Chiefs urge that the parents of the city brine their children to the tree on Thursday night. In order that all of the youngsters may be treated. The program was arranged for Thursday night as all of the churches are giving programs on Friday night, and It was not de sired to have a conflict. On Friday night, at 8 o'clock the Camp Fire. Girls will sing carols at the community Jreo. C0MM1TMAS I'-.- 4 . ' - M ROSEBURG GETS SNOW FDR FIRST TO WI'GRAW IN TIME IN 2 YEARS BASEBALL SWAP Was Warmest Spot in State. Yesterday According to i Official Report. STORM PASSING AWAY Clearing Weather Looked for San Francisco Head quarters of Weather Bureau Declares. i After a lapse of almost two years without snow, Roseburg to day experienced a light snowfall. The last previous snow was on December 24, 1924, and since that time there was not a snowfall suf ficient to be recorded until this morning. Snow and rain : mixed started falling shortly after , mid night, and at . daylight this morn lug the' hills were mantled in white, while the -roofs were splotch ed with snow. , The snow was not sufficient to cover the ground With white. ; .-,.!..'.:,' A light snowfall occurred short ly after 8 o'clock, while overcast skies threatened niore snow throughout the day. ;. Yesterday Roseburg, with 1 a maximum'- temperature of 50 der grecs, was the warmest spot In the state, while Baker with a mini mum of 14 was the coldest. The lowest temperature In Roseburg last night was 33 degrees. ..' . Storm Warnings Down. ' SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 21.'" The Btorm which vUlted Caltfor-. nis, and the northwest states, last night . was central . over eastern British Columbia today and clear ing .weather was looked for gen erally, alongj'the . coast tomorrow. The heaviest California rainfall was in the upper San Joaquin val ley and along the- northern coast Hue.- ' . Storm warnings along the' coast were 'taken down today.. ' ' The heaviest precipitation in the state : last night was at - Eureka, where ,64 inches fell. '' ' -;. Eugene . Has Snow.-. EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 21. A light blanket of snow- mantled the .hills surrounding Eugene this morning, though a trace of snow which fell !in the city ,,mplted immediately.'-' ' ' ' 1 Mtuly.um temperature last night was 34 dogrees. Low hanging clouds and a chill, wind this morning brought hope of snow fall during the day to the breasts of school children, whoso vacation will start Tbursday af ternoon. Snow at Medford. MEDFORD. Ore., Dec. 21. Flur ries of snow that melted as they fell, occurred over the Rogue Ri ver valley this morning, with the surrounding foothills, blanketed In white. , , Rogue Valley White. GRANTS PASS, Ore., Dec. 21.-r The Rogue River valley was cov ered with snow this morning for the first time in two years. For several hours . this morning the snow, fell heavily but melted as soon as the clouds cleared a little. The mountains . surrounding the valley received a heavy fall of snow last night. - S. Marksbury visited here over night Monday en route to his home in Bandon. Frank L. Smith Braves Contest in Senate by Accepting Appointment (Associated Tress Leased Wire. CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Colonel Frank L. Smith has accepted the senatorial appointment of Gover nor Len Small to the seat made va cant by the death of Senator Wil liam B. McKinley, and will go to Washington soon after New Year's day to present his credentials to the senate. Governor Small an nounced today. Smith, already senator-elect to succeed McKinley, made known his acceptance, the governor said, on receipt of his certificate , of ap pointment. 'No man ever refuses an ap pointment for the United States senate by the governor of Illi nois," the governor was quoted as adding. , "Nothing can deter an acceptance lo such a high office." The remarks were called forth. by query as to whether the accep tance was not contrary to tne ad vice of some of Colonel Smith's friends and advisers that he de cline rather than force, at this time, a battle upon his admittance because of slush fund charges, said the Journal. Senator Ashuret of Arizona, dem ocrat, last Thursday offered a reso- HORNSBY GOES Cardinals Take Frisch and Ring in Exchange for Great Leader. MONEY NOT INVOLVED St. Louis Refused Pennant Bringer. Wage Boost to $50,000 Yearly on : 3-Year Contract. (Associated Press Leased Wire.) 8T. LOUIS, Dec. 21. Declaring1 the proposed trading of Rogers Hornsby,' manager of. the world's champion St. Louis Cardinals a "terrible blow," the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce today tele graphed K. M. Landls, baseball commissioner, urging him to pre vent the trade and attempt to. set tle the difficulties between Home by and the Cardinal management. NEW YORK, Dec. 21. The big gest deal in modern baseball his-1 tory, involving players whoBe dia mond worth is estimated at more than half a million dollars, brings Rogers Hornsby of the world's champion Cardinals to share the metropolitan spotlight ' with Babe Ruth. , ' -4 , The transaction was completed last night over the telephone after Hornsby and President Sam Bread on of the St. Louis team had fall-: ed to bridge a gap resulting from Rogers' demand for a three year, contract. Although rumblings of ne gotiations for Hornsby 'b services by Manager. John.. McGraw had. Tbaohed baseball- roW ninny- ob servers' believed that' Breadon would be unwllllng to part with his brilliant second baseman," the : first manager to bring St. Louis a pen nant In 38 years. .-. '.i..; No Money Involved1 '-'' '' Baseball men today insisted: that Hornsby was worth more to; the Giants than the two ' players McGraw gave- In. exchange dnfiold er Frankie Frisch- and Pitcher Jimmy Ring. They maintained that a cash payment of atr least $100,000 in addition to , Frisch and . Ring, would be required to satisfy the Cardinals. Presidents Brendon and Charles A. Stonehum of the Giants denied,, however, that any money payment had been Involved. Horns- by's value is estimated at $350,000. For several years McGraw has cast longing eyes on Hornsby, six times national league batting cham pion. A few years ago the Giant manager offered $250,000 and sev eral players for the great Cardial second-sucker. 1 Frisch accented the deal as one of the breaks of the game. One of baseballs fastest and best hitting intleiilers, he indicated that he would not balk at the shift to St. Louis. "It's pretty hot there, but I suppose I'll play," he said. Hfrnsby Asked Big Raise Minus the service of Rogers Hornsby, second baseman and playing manager, and with two New York Giant players added to his roster, Sam Breadon, president of the world champion Cardinals, today turned in search of a mana ger. As to the new manager Breadon says: "I will give the matter , much thought. I do not Intend to rush in to the mutter hurriedly." Among those liked In gossip as (Continued on page 3.) lutlon demanding that Colonel Smith be denied a Beat becauso he financed his primary campaign In part with money received from public utilities while still chair man of the Illinois commerce commission. Cyrus Woods Under Fire WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Hear ings were ordered today by the senate Interstate commerce com mittee on the nomination of Cyrus Kj. woods of Pennsylvania, former ambassador to Spain and Japan, to be a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The nomination was sent to the senate yenterday by President Coolldge and aroused opposition from friends of Commissioner Frederick I. Cox, whom Mr. Woods would succeed, The hearings will beeln January 8. They were ordered after a brief oiscusslon in which several sena tors expressed the opinion that in formation should be obtained to determine 14 Mr." Woods bad anv interest in cases' now pending be fore the commission. Spnulnr Ileprt republican, Pennsylvania, recoi mended Mr. Woods declaring that an inquiry would show Mr. Woods' record to be above reproach. Finger of Scandal in Major League Baseball Pointing to 1 Two of Its Greatest Stars, Cobb and Speaker (Associated Press Leased Wire.) ' CHICAGO, Dec. 21. Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker were linked to day in an investigation conducted by BaHeball Commissioner Landls Involving an alleged Irregularity of a game between Detroit and Cleveland played in Detroit Sep tember 25, 1919. Dutch Leonard, once pitcher with the Detroit club, and Joe Wood, another American league pltoher, also were named in the investiga tion which Commissioner. Landls indicated involved betting on the result of the game. Commissioner Landls, without making any decision, made public more than one hundred pages of testimony taken in connection with tho case. Cobb nnd Speaker recently re signed as managers of the Detroit and Cleveland clubs respectlbely. Today's scandal was the third to be exploded on the American baseball public within the last six years, and on the surface appeared to be as startling as the famous crooked world's series of 1919.-af- ter which eight stars of the Chi cago White Sox were forever bar red from organised baseball. , The volume of testimony Com mlssloner Landls made public in cluded letters Cobb is purported to have written to Leonard, the Tiger pitcher. , ,. Fred C. West, who Is not Imme diately Identified in connection with the investigation, also was named In the testimony. Cobb, hero with Speaker, for a hearing granted by Judge Landls, declared today that he did not know of the hot until long after wards and that the box score of the contest which. Detroit won, 9 to 6, would show that neither ho nor Speaker could have been Im plicated, in throwing the -game. Cobb related that "Dutch" Leon ard, Detroit pitcher, and Joe Wood, Cleveland pitcher, had bet $600 aginst $420 that Detroit, then in CITY NOT LIABLE f FOR GRASS FIRE ' SET BY FIREMAN SALEM. Ore.,1 Deo. 2l.-Tho .city, of Grants Pass Is not liable for damages paused by tire on the pre mises of 1. S. -Johnston', says ab opinion of 'the, supreme court to day in the ense of Johnston against Grants Pass,, reversing Judge C. M. Thomas' of 1 itlie 'lower, court for Joaephliio , county, where Johnston won. , '(ho, damage,' amounting only to $700, wAs, caused by a grass fire set by a. city, fireman. The opinion holds that, the fact that a fireman set the fire does not make the city liable..;. .. ;,' ' V IVER IS UNACGOUNTED FOR Bodies', of, 30 Job-Seeking Men Recovered! Captain of Ill-Fated Boat,, Under Arrest. ( Associated Press . Leased Wire.) . NEW YORK,. Dec 21. Police and firemen today ' continued grappling among the Ice floes of the Hudson river fot' the ' 'bodies of. ten men bolleved -missing from among more than two score work men' in search of Jobs.-w ho wer.s drowned yesterday when the launch Linseed King capsized. Thirty bodies had been recover ed. Relatives who visited ' the morgue failed to find at least ten other they sought. Thlrtvscven of mora than six ty men who crowilo.i the 42-foit ciaft In Its perlloj.) trip ac.oss the river from 'JM11, street, few York, to Eugewater, N. J., were rescued afler clliifileg to, Ice cakes and the sides ot the, ship for almost nn hour. Captain John Rohwoldcr, , tho 29-year-old skipper of the craft, who swam -more than a mile to wards tho JorHey shore before he was picked up, was under police guard at tho Knickerbocker hos pital today suffering from shock and exposure nnd threatened with pneumonia. lie was under tech nlcal charges of negligence and homlcld'j.- - -. The launch was owned by Spen cer Kellogg and Sons, linseed nil manufacturers. Morn than 100 men, most of them answering an advertisement, gathered at dawn at tho company's Manhattan pier for the trip to the plant across, the river. , Captain Rohwoldcr says only sixty men, less than the boat's estimated capacity, . crowded aboard for tho first trip but some of the fcQrvivors place the figure close to 100. More than 25 men were trapped In the small cabin of the boat. Those on deck leaped overboard and clung to the Ice floes and to the ship's side, although many, their fingers number by the cold, lost their grips and slipped be neath the water. .third place, WOUld win from second place Cleveland club the September 25, 1919. Wood did not play In, the game, Cobb said. Speaker, accused of ; having knowledge of the plan: for Cleve land to lose, made three hits, two of which were doubles, while Cobb, charged with knowledge of a pre arranged Detroit victory, got but one hit in five times at bat. Bo land pitched for Detroit.. That- ought to show," Cobb de clared, "that neither Speaker nor I were in on It." Cobb did not bet on the ball game, he said. Cobb said that Leonard, now in California, came east last Septem ber and sold to American league officials for $20,000 a letter from Wood and one from Cobb, written, the latter declared, "in all inno cence." Speaker and I have tried re peatedly to get Leonard to faco us at a hearing and Landls has tried any number of (tlmes to get Leon ard hore from the coast, but he would not' come." ; j FRESNO, Calif., Dec. 21. Hu bert B. (Dutch) Leonard, veteran southpaw pitcher, who is reported to have, furnished Information to Judge K. M. Landls in connection with a new scandal In i organised tiaueball. centering in a -game be tween Detroit and Cleveland on September, 26, 1919, today declined to deny or confirm that he had giv en ' Landls such Information, when the commissioner visited him Jiere uciooer zu. CLEVELAND, Ohio'., !Dec. Si. Cleveland . sports writers divulged fodayi that' the resignation of Tris Speaker as manager of the Cleve land Indians, was due to the im pending scandal, surrounding the game- between Cleveland r and De troit -In, Detroit,;-September' 25; 1919, and not on account of salary oiv friction in tho management of the club. ;i Oregon .TrunkU President . Says Accord Vith S. P. " Terms Impossible. - OWN OFFER REJECTED Sproule 8 Statement Said Misleading; Interstate . Body to Try Again : for Agreement. '(Aflftoclntcd Press Leased Wire.) ' PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 21. Railroad interests here watching negotiations' .between the Great Northern, Northern Pacific group and tho Southern Pacific company for use by the Oregon .Trunk of the Soutliorn Pnclfio's tracks In the proposed extension from Bond to Klamath Falls, were looking for some development when the Interstate Commerce Commission agalu takes up the problem. The commission is expected to consi der the matter tomorrow at Wash ington. Officials of the Oregon Trunk, subsidiary of the northern lines, believe Unit If the commission does not order the Southern Paci fic to grant, joint use of its tracks between Pnunlna and Klamath Kalis on terms satisfactory to tho northorn lines tho latter will, seek entry Jnlo Klamath Falls on a new lino to be built on the east erly border ot the great plno belt which Jles north of Klamath Fals. The distance from Bend to Pau nlnn Is 70 miles, and the section of the. Soul horn Pacific's line from I'aunlua to Klamath Falls Is 7ft miles. This would make the Bcnd Klamalh Falls line via tho South ern Pacific 14S miles. Tho survey of a Independent of tho Southern Pacific calls for con struction of 178 miles. 8. P. Terms Dissatisfy. Replying to the statement pub lished, yeHt(rday from William Sproule, .president of the South ern Pacific, that hlB company had offered tho Oregon Trunk use of the new Cascade line from I'au nlua to Klamath Falls on terms which It deeniB just and reason able and in conformity with the Interstate Commerce Commission's directions, President W. F. Turner of the Oregon Trunk Line said to day that Sproule's statement is somewhat misleading. According to Turner, tho Oregon Trunk made a fair proposition to the Southern (Continued on pagei.) TO E GRUISERS HITS OBSTACLE President Thinks Present Building Program of , Navy Sufficient. ITEM IS 105 MILLIONS Opposes Increase in Money, Outlay at This Time; ; . Bill Introduced . ; for Veterans. . .1 (Associated Press Leased Wire.) ,. WASHINGTON, 'Dec. 21. Presi dent Coolldge does not believe it ' is necessary-to begin immediately the. construction of the ten new light cruisers which were suthor- ized under the Butler bill, intro duced in the house Saturday l 1 - it was said at the' White House. that with the cruisers already un der construction' the United States has an ample building program for the present time. Building of air plnne carriers ' and submarines.' now being carried on, he bolleves; has given the nation , a sufficient . naval bill.- " . ' When the airplane carriors aro completed, however, the' President 1 feels it twill be possible to entor 1 upon construction of tho .new cruisers without- appreciably In creasing the yearly naval approprl- nitons. ..'.;'. ,. The President's views were - made .public . coincident with a move in congress to obtain right of way for the Butler bill after tho holidays. The measure, 1 which would authorize an " appropriation Of- $105,000,000j . contained no "Minn ... limitation' as to . when the -vessels should be built. . in'f.'--. : . Decision to ask- for, 1 authoriza tion of the ten cruisers was reach-, ed after the President had con- . suited with Socr.eta.ry .Wilbur and the cabinet bad come to tho con clusion that such additions would 1 round but the fleef'as an offlclout , fighting unit. ' . "Reasbsa'bly Careful." ' : Tbd White House , disclosed to day that Comptroller General Mc Carl's much discussed report on-. the alien property situation shows that all nllon property solzcd by the government has been account ed for, and that it has been admin istered in a - reasonably careful manner. ' '' The report' was not made public, but It probably will bo given out within a day or so. . .. Some published reports bnvo de scribed It as revealing gross irre gularities.. : . 1 - The .comptroller general has not yet completed his inquiry into a few of the cases of seized proper, ty; tho report so far as comploted Is in the hands of the justice de- . pnrtmont for "examination." - New Pension Measure. , Pensions ranging from $20 to $72 for soldiers and sailors. Who served In the war with Spain; tho rmiippino , insurrection, the Chin ese idler expedition or, the const guard artillery service, would , be provided in 11 bill introduced by Representative Kirk, Republican, Kentucky. Soldiers discharged from the. army during the Spanish war and Boxer uprising for having mis represented, their ages would bo considered honorably discharged. . under a senate bill passed by tho house. Money Flow Halted. Consideration ot a bill proposing that tho federal government pay for, municipal improvements on western reclamation nroiects has . been blocked for the time being ill (Continued on page 8.) EX-OREGONIANS DROWN WHEN AUTO DROPS INTO RIVER (Auneluhil Tress LeaMd Wire.) REDDING. Calif.. Dec. 21. The h.'idles ot Mr. and Mrs W. J. West, believed to be from Falls City, Ore., a-erc found last nicht in ch. Raei-a- nionto Illver near Ca .tolla. Their nutm.oblle had pIutik- ed from the bank Into lite river. (Awuieiated I'ress Leased Wire.) t . FALLS CITY. Ore., Dec. St. Mr. and Mru. W. J. West, formerly of FnllB City, left hero about six months ago to go to California. West had been bookkeeper for a year and a halt for the Falls City Lumber company. He ,had been employed recently at . Burney, Calif., fjjonds here reported. .Mr. 'St went to 1 visit relatives near Los An- geles when her husband took up his new work at Burney. ' '. . PLAN 0 in t
