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Highest temperature yesterday.... 50
Lowest temperature last night. ..33
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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 . ' -
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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.
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