La Grande evening observer., November 10, 1925, Image 1

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VOLUME XXIV.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LA GRANDE, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1925.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
NUMBER 25
fa
SYSTEM IS
ALL WRONG
CLUB HEARS
Senator Stanfield Criti
cizes "Conservation
, Bureaucrats" - ,
"CONFISCATION" IS
WHAT HE CALLS IT
"Urges That People of the
,West Make Efforts to
Prevent - "Loot" by U.
b. Government ..
"Conl'lse-atlon under the guise of
conservation' of natural resources
In the west was attacked by Sen
ator Hubert N. Ktunfield' today at
noon in un uddress given before
the chamber of commerce.
Jn a spirited speech, the senator
urged that llic citizens of the il
western slates, including Oregon,
"rise with a voice of protest against
the system." "It is unfair and un
just and because we set passively
by and let" the exploitation con
tinue, 66 per ernt. of the. proceeds
from the west's natural resources
go into the CnUed States treasury
tor the use of the 4tt states.
Air. KtanDeld. in his opening re
marks, declared that he would
keep away from partisan politics,
but that politics, as "the science of
government," must come into his
remarks. Shortly alterward he j
launched into the public lands dis
cussion, speaking with authority
inasmuch as he is chairman of the
.senate public lands committee and
has been conducting hearings
throughout the west during the
past several months.
Mr. Stanfield reviewed the his
tory of the conservation system, as
it refers to forests and water sup
plies, pointing out how In some re
spects the individual states were
unable to properly Handle conser
vation. .
i Stales "IjooUitr '
t He expressed himself against
"confiscation" of the resources of
the. west, stating thai the natural
wealth of the west belongs to the
western stales and that the original
idea of t:oii.ervaion has been .twist
ed. He altaek'-d the bureaucrat
system whereby G5 per cent of the
' proceeds of the western forests
amounting to about JlCIy. 000,000
go into the federal treasury. That
amount, Mr. Stanfield said, would
pay for Oregon's highways, rivers
and harbors improvements, 1 sixes,
reclamation ami the. like. "Are we
going to stand by until we an: loot
ed by tlie federal government," he
ukcd.
In closing, Mr. Slunfield said
that if he could succeed in getting
the people of the west to "rise
against the sstcm of confiscation
In the guise of conservation, my
(Continued on Hupe FIvh.I
The ri'iiliin- event of tomorrow's
celebration, ut least for the younger
. gencralltm anil for roothull runs,
will be I hi' annual Knslcrn Uniiill
gridiron rlatwlr wilh I'l-nOli-lon anil
Iji (Iruii'l'-. ini'litioniil ini-nilc8.
Iiillii al III.- Iiich nrhool riilj.
Tin' Hunii'. whiih l.a prun''
liilist'wln In orcli r to n liuiln In the
ruiinintr ror tlu- Kiisli-rn OroKon
chanipIiinKlilp. will la-Kin at 2 p.
in. with Iwlll tlirowlPB tlulr stronK
f.st Hrvrn Into tip; rray.
J)opo nii-aiiM nothliiff wiu-n tin
Iluckaroos anil TiK' rH tnnirl". On
papr l.a Cininil'' Ihib tin -lr-. a"
IVndli-ton hasn't hail nmh u
i-.narul asnn lint In chooilnit a
winner, rollow your hiinih. mil
rolil-lilnoili'ij n usoninlf. Too many
limes the dope hail amounted to
(Continued on I'iiiti! Two.)
TIGERS READY
FOR 1 bit
Prize Stock Purchased
At Show
.Sloek pun haie il by t'nion coun
ty limners at the Pacific Interna
tional Livestock show, held in
Portland lust ei;k. arrived In l.a
tlninde last evening. Two Iterk-shin-
sows were unloaded for Tom
Johnson, which he III take to his
farm near Cove. The members of
the boys' club purehused a slx-
1.. ni.i ll..-..r..r.l sleer at the
show which they lll kill und
..r.V at a ban-.uel to be given at
I nion sometime for the members
of the clubs and their parents.
U on l-evy. or I nlon. bought two
rine Poland t hin, hogs and a rrg.
Islered heir. r J. K. .Mills or ove
bought a Jumy helftr. whlcli will
Style O.K.
I lit if
Slllf
Itelng behind the bars or the
county Jail luisn't cramped the
style of Alfivd I.liid.slcy, editor
of Jlui-eka, Cnl. Idndsley k(
into trouble lvllh the court on
a criminal libel - charge. and
l lien Into some inorei when the
Judge found him guilty of con
tempt on four counts, V Server
10im days, or pay, fciOuo." said
the . judge. Iiiudslcy went to
Jail, lending appeal, but In the
meant line has Lssmil Ills paper.
Tim News, regularly the cell
being Ills office now.
Almost every seat In the Star
theater was occupied last evening,
when Peter V. lloss, ('.' S. It. of
Han J'rancisro, California guvc o
lecture on Christian1 Sclencof Mr.
I toss' talk was interesting from
start to finish1 and he clearly
brought out the principals of the
Christian Science church.
The speaker is a member of I he
bourd of lectureship of the mother
church of Christ. Scientist, lit lios
ton, Massachusetts.
Budget Hearing Will
Be Held in December
- Vnlon county taximyiTs who
hllVe Objections lO Void." again!
the proposed budget" or county ex
penditures Just, completed by the
county comtrUHKIoners wnn n.ifun-
lunce of ti committee appointed for
thnt purpose will have hill oppor
Innity to make their remonstrances
nl the office or Judge r. O. ('ouch
hi Ihi' culli'l house. I-'riday, hcccni
bcr 4.
The rinul levy will lir tnurlv mime
lime alter remoniilr.ince day und
before the end of Ierciuber( the
judge stated this morning.
Boys, 11 and 14, Leave;
Officers Find No Trace
Seized with the wand'-rltist. Joel
and Kim rson Giiffey. 1 -HH M ave
nue, lr ft home yesterday morning
and have not yet been found, de
spite efforts by the police of I.a
(irande and nearby towns. one
theory Is that the two youngsters,
aged U and 14 yearn, are on their
way to Xyssa where a slsler lives.
Gaskell to Be Placed -In
Asylum at Pendleton
On his 'own request for volun
tary admission. Jess- K. (iaskHI
was this morning taken to th'
Kuslern Oregon state hospital,
where he will be placed under ob
servation aiifl treatment for a
month. Sherifr Jvkv lireshears
accompinied him.
Haskell has been I" county Jail
here since he gave himself up to
the offlei-rs about two months ago,
confessing a statutory crime.
Arrives Here
be uie-d by one of his children in
club work next par. I-;. II. Pe
ianey of t'ove brought home a n g-iKten-'l
Jerie y heifer: (i.-orge ll'-n-aon.
of t'nion. bought one of the
higheftt prleid Hereford bullB at
the show and O. . Hluekland. o'f
t'ovc, piirchai d a Jersey bull.
A train load of stock pawd
through I -ft tininde yesterday nt -
tcrnoon about o cio. k en rout. ,
the Kansas . Hy lloyal ,to. k show
and from th. re will go to C hlcugo
lleside. a large nuinlH-r of stock
car. the train also had a I Hitman
ear, dining ear and baggaga car
for the owner of tae sloch.
LARGE CROWD
HEARS ROSS
UfflUE
TO EXTEHO
Legion Ready to Wel
come Visitors Here
.' Armistice Day ,
BIG PROGHAM IS
NOW PERFECTED
Parade, Dinner, Football
Game, Wrestling Bout,
. Fireworks and Dancing
Will . Be Features; .
J.a- C. ran ile Is ready with the
erack of dawn to burst Into cele
bration. ,
And It's going to be a man
size occasion.
It's going to be a man's duy.
Christmas for the kiddles;
Thanksgiving to bring the fami
lies home: Memorial day for the
old folks, and fourth of July for
the nation. t
Hut Arniistice day belongs to
the ex-service men. They bought
it with a mighty price, and tin
world admits, their right to use
it.
If the weather ' continues as
crisply pleasant as It has been to
day, the American Legion offi
cers are convinced that a full
':t,Ji-0 visitors will partake of La
Orunde's hospitality.
'To i:tend "(lad Hand."
The 278 legionnaires of tha lo
cal post will be out bright and
early to extend the glad hand to
incoming delegations from nearly i
every unit In t'nion, Maker, Wal-1
Iowa and L'mutllla counties. !
i'endleton could not announce
the hoir of Its coming when word
last came Troni the commandcr
thcre, but with rf football teum.
a drum and bugle corps and Har
old Warner, the at tie vlou. coin-,
tnamler, on ''board,' the westerner
probably won't need an udvun.ee
agent. .
All of Adams, avenue .will; 1m
closed to parking until noon.' to
give the paiadc full right or way.
To the stirring measures of
martini alls, played by the I."
Grande municipal baud and punc
tuated by the drum and huge
corps of both Pendleton and the
local-legion posts, all the pat"i
otlc bodies will march to , tin
honor of the ex-service men am.
their day.
The line "f march will take
them from Znber hall up Wash
ington aven ie to Crecnwood
sheet, where they will cross to
Adams nvejuie. Impressively the
pa ru do will proceed the length of
the downlou n section, and I u ru
ing on Koiirth sheet, lead the
way to the high school grounds,
w here the Orcpon national guards
vvlll step from tin- procession to
a place In the center of tin
crowd, where they will execute
formal guard mount.
'laps at 1 1 A. M.
T;ps w HI be sounded on I he
main corners of Adams avenue
nd for a thioil-fiiinping moment
the crowds will forget all jollifi
cation lo tnkc solemn 'remem
brance of Hie boys who didn't
conn home.
Kvrry legionnaire in the ro:tr
counties even those who are
compelled to work during the rest
of the dny-are expected to gtith
cr at the old 1. O. O. K. hall.
ipstalrs oer The Hub Clothing
store, for a complimentary luneti
poll that will be ser ved them h
Mrs. Hugh K. Ibady and a com
mittee of l.a Orande auxiliary
members. The l.a Orande post.
assisted by the 1 nlon couniy
chamber of commerce, is furnish
ing the treat.
The I'endleton - l.a (Irande fool
ball game in the afternoon pre
cludes all thought of any other
ent rtainment.
I'fiidlcloiilmi.M Coining.
I'endleton Is bringinir a whole
tralnloiid of boosieis. not to men
tion hundreds that will come over
the Old Oregon Trail. Hut I hey
will not ' find the Ticers feclInK
lonesome. The Junior class worked
up a hotsy pep-rousing stunt and
presented It before the ImkIi school
at a special assembly this arte,--noon
with a spirit that left no
oouhts a ho it where the Itlue un I
Whites are going to stand al the
(Continued on I'sgs Five.)
Stoics Will Be Closed
Here on Armistice Uay
Hlor-a. In Iji (Irande will close
tomorrow in memory ot the sign
ing or tlu- armistice on November
I I a rew years back. The Observer
will Issue a morning pa'r tte-feod
or the usual afternoon publication.
The public library will lie closed
ul ,HV Wednesday' In honor of
announced ror cmniren s ween win
announced for children'!' week will
le postponed to Thursday after
noon school. At that time Miss
fiertrude Wug.-ner will superin
tend the organization of a reading
club Biusntf the boys and glrU
HID
Dr. Hockett
Injured In
Gar Accident
Wreck Last Nieht Sends
Medic to Hospital; Re
ports of Natality Are
Discredited.
KNTKIU'RISK (Special to The
Observer) Or. C. I. llocketl of
Knterprise, who wa reported to be
dying from injuries received In. a
highway -accident between 5 and 6
o'clock last night, had two ribs
broken and ills shoulder und
thumb dislocated, but surfered 0
injuries likely to prove fatal.
l)r. Hockett. accompanied by C
o. Knodell, was driving his road
ster about 25 miles out of Knter
prise on the road to Buckhorn
where the former expected to see
his brother-in-law, Clifford Wade,
on business.
The road was frozen, and as the
ear made, a short turn .il over
turned. Knodell was unhurt, hut
lr. Hockett suffered broken ribs
and dislocations of thumb and '
.shoulder. . Hf wiui taken to his
home rrom where II 1h reported
that liis condition is not serlouH.
Ho Ix heliiK treated by Dr. Thoinp-
.son or 1'hiterprlHO und lr. J. li.
Gregory of .Wallowa,
1 , .
E
If Kd 'James car had completed
its somersault In Catherine creek
Sunday night when it first went
over the bank instead of pulling a
slowed motion stunt through yes
terday and today, William Lee, the
driver, and Grace llarker, lit. and
Captain Walter Coles of the Salva
tion Army, who were riding In the
back seat, might never have crawl
ed out to the bank and to safety.
The accident happened at 6:45
u. m., nunaay. w ine party wa.ro- ,
i u i iuuk noin union wnei e uiry
na.l lrliin lo lnk. ('Ht nline jiltrt .
(m. . ! '. ui iii,. - i.ni.in frnm ihel.
Hjilvalion Annv Kun.lav aehool '
When they had reached a point on
the highway about two miles '
southeast of fftot Hake, the lights
went out. Hefore the brakes could
take eflect, the car shot over the
bank and landed nose downward
in Catherine creek... ,
Cdes Saved Girl '
The llarker girl fainted, but.
Cuh's managed to help her out
through the top of the cur.
Mr, and Mrs. George Meserve.
Mrs. Charles I'layle and Mrs. Otis
Veal, passing In Mrs. Veal's car,
stoppi-d to Kive ahl. They worked
for some time restoring Grace to
consciousness and rubbing her
TO WRECKED
NO ON
HURT
limbs so thai she might nol chill I ,
from exposure to the lev water.! UTTLKTUN. Colo. (Hy the As
1 .... ,rnWi,..i r.. ,.,.,1.. ih ,i...i sociated I'ress) The defense in
up to tho hack axle, where lie
stood In water up to his walnt until
some one reached him with a rope.
elgin pioneer
is laid to rest
this Afternoon
Jiiil-Kon l.evl. pioneer reNideul
or lutein, wtio died at the faintly
home He re Haliirday aflernooii.
mih laid to rest thla afternoon In
Hie Silmiiiorvllle cemetery iind-r
"lie amplcea of the W. II. ilnh
nenUiimp company, following fun
eral aervieea at the I'reahyterlan
chinch al r.lgiu at I p. m.
Tin- di'fi'dent. aged yean.
Keven uionthH and I r daya. Iiiih
been a rcHldenl of I'liion county
for tlie paat 3 yearH. He 1
a widow, aeveral daughtera, uud
one. Hon.
Covering
The
Market
Nel in (lie tpm-lbm if reader
lnteni wtihit aiirH alif'it
Ihm fur hi" niheriMfig mes
sage, a biiHliii-HH man I iiirr!
i-omi'i-tieil Kb covering Ills
market ai couipleiely an hi
wllde --gi'ltlng (SHitUfi With Hie
greatest tiuintsT uf M-lblc
in stonier.
atimlly 1 be fliMr.ir "mth-
l4t (riiiiile lioineH iaillrll
to tlie iliirati(iii piMiit. but M
I Jiint a grntlfbig t study
rural finiilalhMi figure. I 'or
(Maniple, Alhvl lian Tit Imc
on H- rural rtnite. tf tln-e
TIm Ob'ri-r irnches lr regu
larly. 7 be largest imiimIht of
farm render of mty newmi.-r
ciileHng I li I Irrnior) by
lar Is The Oli'Mcrs rit-onl.
"Obterrer Aihmlslng-
A AlvrviiauiliaUic bcrrlce."
IS HARD HIT
Court Martial Hears the
;Testimony of Mitch-
ell's Witnesses
CAPTAIN OLDYS
' TELLS OF PLOT
"Alien Interests" Started
to Establish Foothold
Near Canal Two Years
Ago, He bays.
WAHHIiVOTON' (By tho AHHoel-
ated Press) The KovernmiMifa ulr
policies, both at home and in far
off American possessions, were, as
sailed today in defense testimony
given before the Mitchell court
martial.
Captain Robert Oldya of tln air'
service, called to support Mitch
ell's charges against the nlr ser
vice, declared ho had a letter writ
ten by the American minister , to
Guatemala in 1923 warning of t
scheme of "alien interests" to a
lablish a foothold in Central Amer
tea near the Panama canal. Tho
minister, the witness said, unsuc
cessfully urged the Washington
government to establish an nlr mall
service to -Central Amerlcn,
WATER, WHISKEY,
OR WOMAN CAUSE
OF FATAL DUEL
KAN IIKHNAKIMNO. CuV (By
the Awoctaled I'resa) Wnter,
whinny, or a woman proliahly fig
ured prominently 'in tho "bad
lundH" ahootlns in which Bill Itoli-
liiuon and Mut Burr worn killed
Hitmluy ut Government Hole, an
iltoluj,,a,, wutws ,,mul,,: ur the
..J,? ,1..,. . ' t f
"
Jtobiiison wuH foreman of the
Kaek Springs Cattle company and
Hurls was a former employe of the
company a "two-gun man" Im
ported six years ago to neip wage
war on cattle rustlers. Two years
ago Hurts lost, his Job und since
then has been suspected of con
nection with Ibmor troubles.
Officers believe the two met to
settle a quarrel, possibly ovor
woman. A woman Is reported lo
have accompanied Hurts an a Hip
to Government Hole.
Blazer Defense Rests
Just Before Noon Today
the I rial of lir. Harold mawr,
churned wilh Hlayinit liln dauirhter
H11.1I. "ehlld woman" who never
Krew up. conipleled Un cone ahort
ly before noon today.
Attempt to Slay King ' .
Ferdinand Is Thwarted
VIKNNA
reHH) 'A
(liy the AKsocluled
ommuulsl attempt to
King Ferdinand of
awaiwlniitc
Ituiimanla has been ihwurted.
I.vlntr In wall at a country inn
for tho king to return from hunt
ing, a band of communists was
aptured by Iroops after repulsing
gendarnu-s with hand grnaieH
sterday. One soldier ami one
mlarme were wounded.
Painleve Government
Faces Grave Situation
P A 11 I H (Hy the Associated
press) Kfiorls to effect, a com
uromlse between ronMictlng ele
ments In the Palnb've iniijorlly
fnlle, today and left the bloc, now
thought to b" disrupieu, neyoun
ifiiiilr. A cabliKt 11 bg has
b"n calbd to consider the situa
lion.
The socialist leader demanded 1
vote of the riuanee committee of
the chamber of deputies nn tin
soelallxt proposal for a Capllal levy
The committee njeele.i the pro
posal. 1 to 2. He Ihen declared
that left the bloc dead. The pro
posal's defeat was 11 heavy reverse
for the government.
Revolution Hreaks
Out in Nicaragua
I WASHINGTON Hly th'- Assort.
'nbd Press) Private dvle rr-
! civi-d h'Te Indicate I hat revolu
tionary aetlHy has again broken
lout in McuniKiia.
j lr. Juan Uautisia Kacasa, vice
president of Mctraguu, liberal, and
!oppoHd to General Chamorro.
h-ader of u recent revolution, hiu
arrived ai U I nlon, Hulvudor.
I Other i-eprtj say tht conserva
tive trooirii Imw taken control of
l,on, liberal stronghold and rent
dcut.b ot bacow. i .
Seattle Girls Use Pipes 1 ?
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Ml 1 1 V fc--' i
V'l '' ' "- ' '
M r ....
' It liad lo coinp, sooner or
Ncalllc as elsewhere! tIkhikIK
.Noithwext llotiiititm, anil acted.
plHi iK ie kIhiuii, but kIic lias
Anil il(tn" riles? l.'gli, iwnsel
W1IITK 1M.AINH, N. Y. (Hy the
Aocii...i i reaa, ( ounBiM ror
WOMAN ADMITS
NEuRO BL000
;ir. Alien jone. Itmnemmier. now ,,.;W yOKK (AJ) Olio of llir
being iied ror an annulment of nmKt .,, rUllwkcM ot the
her niarllaBe to Leonard KlP i year wan rrled lotlay oil wis.
Uhlnelunder on the ground ormwrnpll Bt Konlliam HiilvonUv.
fraudulent representation of Iter , Tll ,.sttl,t .ustaiKfl could nol Ihi
racB. uilmllled In court today their .-I,,.,,, lt experts Hltlil It eenteml
client had some colored blood. I more than noon II. m.... New
The defense counsel, , outllnltig
what the defense expects to prove, I
said Hie "defense hereby -with-!
draws Its previous denial as to tlie'
blood of this defendant. : To Hhoyt
en the trial It admits the defen
dant bus some colored blood."
When the trial opened yesterday
before Judge Morehauser and il
Jury of married men, none or
whom has children, husband and
wife did not glance at each other.
Humming up the plaintiffs case,
x-Htiprenw Court Justice Mills or
ounsi-l for Ithinelander began bv
saying that In view of the hirlh
records of Mrs. Hhlm-lander's par
entage, "there Is no doubt that our
allegation that she Is of colored
blood Is true, und J challenge any
proof or uie contrary."
Hp asserted thai young Ithine
lander was suffering and had suf
fered from a physical infirmity
which uffected his speech and
mind.
He Is practically tongue-1 led,"
he said, "and there are times when
he can hardly get the words out.
His mental devices have been af
fected with his speech. "
Coolidgc Asks All to
Observe Armistice Day
WASHINGTON1 (My the Assort
ated Press) i 'essatton of govern
mental, tndustilal, commercial, and
business activities for a brief spae
1 1 a. m. tomorrow In observ
ance of Armistice day, Is recom
mended to the country today by
President Coolldge.
PCPOIIT ON lU.K.HT ISSI DO
.M MHMHtl i ire. The Hout h
ern Oregon experiment station at
Talent has Just published un m.
portatit bulletin entitled "Plight
Resistance in pears and Character
Istlc of Pear SpecicH and Stocks.'
which gives the results of the work
Professor Itc imer and his asso
ciates have beep doing during the
last ten years Ln an effort to find
varieties of pears and root anil
body storks more resistant to
hi i It t than I ho now grown in
southern Oregon. This bulletin can
be obtained free front the experi
ment stations at Talent or Cor'
vallls.
Head or leaf KHuniI IteslglH
HA I. KM. Ore. O, 1 Mrlntl re.
superintendent of the Oregon state
school for the def since early in
the fall of J 22, today resigned to
accept a similar position at Coun
cil lllnff, Iowa. The resignation
Is effective Novemoor 27. Mrs.
Melntlre, who has been matron of
the deaf school, will aecompuny
h'.T husbuu'l to Council Dluffs.
r3"
latrr, ho inMtlit a well olarl Ut
Helen Waiich, Hodtt Klrl of tho
Him iircfent the llltlu moerwhaiuu
Mnio stuildud willi Jewels, loo.
;
KKKICNHlVllKSTS .
NOItl.lOKVII.lJ), Ind. (Al') Tlie
ilefiTuso rcUtl today tai tho niurdiT
trial or I). ('. Mtculicwion, .Karl
(ivulry and J arl Kleiick.
sil() K IS Hl.tJISTIOItlin
York.
AVOI LIt WITH CHI item ;s
CHICAGO (AP) The Northern
Methodist church linn yotiil for
unification with Kin Southern
Methodist. The oli Iiiih Imk-i
pngresslng for mouths, und naa-
Hiigi' by the neecssary majority was
aiiiioniaiil Kslay. with tiio otc
IH.HIA for and HI 1 against,
TILAI'TIO Ol PICKIlb MKHT
HA MOM, Ore. Htntn traffic offi
cers from alt sections of Oregon
gathered here to discuss matters
relating lo the enforcement of
truffle regulations. Tho new mo
tor vehicle lighting law und motor
vehicle title registration act were
considered ut some length.
Keports rninj t the meeting to
day Indicated that approximately
7ti per cent of the lights have been
adjusted.
New Sawmill to Start.
f'AWADK l-OCKH, Ori'. I'liaun-
cy I'rlcir, a merchant of OirHon,
Wash., and Hovrral llHKorlati'M havi-
floai'd a di'al with tlio Wind ltivir
Lumber company for operation af
a mw sawmill at ramp 8 on Wind
river. Hi-vnriil million feet of Iiikh
have lieen purchaaed from thi
Wind river eompnny in llio uren
swept by fira lual summer.
United States Marine
Corps 150 Years Of Age
Pini.AHM.PniA (Hy the A.4-1
sociated Press), Tim Culled
States murine corps Is 100 years
old today.
Almost eight months before the
embattled colonists declared in
dependence from the ltrillsh
crown, th'- continental congress,
sitting In Philadelphia, authorised
"that two battalions of marines
be raised." Thus the Unite 1
Slates murine corps came Into
iK-tiig even lsfore the I nltcd
States government Itself.
Hai trie I Nicholas, a Phltadetph-
lan, was commissioned captain of
marines and was the first recruit
ing officer of tho corps, setting
up a recruiting rendezvous in Tun
Tavern, a famous hostelry of old
Philadelphia, situated on one of
the quaint cobble-paved streets
leading to the Delaware river
wharves. Cuptuln Nicholas sub-
TAXES CUT
T
House Ways and Means
Committee Votes to Re
peal Virtually All
AUTO DRIVERS AND
SMOKERS RELIEVED
Wiping Away; of Nuis
ance Taxes Will Re
duce Income $100,000,
000 Annually, ,
WASHINGTON" (By the Associ
ated Press) H eduction of automo
bile taxes and repeal of many ape
clal e.';rlse taxes were voted today -by
the housj ways and means com
mlttoe, i ; ;
Under a provision approved by
the committee, automobile pleasure
cars would be taxed three per cent
Instead of five per cent and the
levy on trucks, wagons, tires and
accessories will be abolished.
The tax on alt grades ot cigars
was reduced and the levy on al
cohol cut in half.
Other taxes the committee would
repeal included those on jewelry,
camera lenses, photograph films,
firearms, ammunition, smokers'
articles, works of. art, and mall
Jongg sets.
$100,000,000 Ilcvemie Lost.
The total amount of revenue tho
government would lost as tho re
sult of the changes would amount
to slightly more than $100,000,000
unnuully and Chairman Green said
this would wipe .the statute vlr
, tuully clean of ovory so-called nuls-
anco tax. . )';'
Many of tho levies which tho
co mi n It too voted to repeal yielded
less revenue annually than it cost
the government to, collect them.
Green suld ;. ,x v
WAHtllNGTON (By the Associ
ated Press) Substantial reduc
Hons in the automobile taxes and
repeal of many of tho miscellane
ous excise levies were tentatively
agreed upon later Monday by the
house ways and means committee,
in Its preparation of a tax reduc
tion bill. '(. ' 1 f
With only ' $100,000,000 of tho
prospective t36u,O0O,OO0 treasury
surplus left to apportion in reduc
tions among these tuxes, the com
mittee struck a snag in attempting
to comply with the numerous ap
peals for relief, and after an all
day discussion, put over until
Tuesday final decisions. -
CHICAOO (Uy llm Amocluled ,.
Tress) The' conclusion . of tlm.
Antl-Haloon league's "enforcemtnt
ciisis" convention were Hummed l'
Monday nliiht in resolutions which'
"InHlst that the peoplo of the coun
try have thB right to expect that
the secretary ot the treasury shall
manifest oqual concern to securo
efficient enforcement of the pro-
hlbltlon law as to secure the col
lection of Income and other taxes."
A number of Recommendations
for Hlrenalhcnlng- prohibition en
forcement legislation were an
nounced, liw.ludlnfr:
I'lacinn all prohibition appoint
ments under civil service.
Iteportation of aliens convlcto'd
or llciuor violations.
A luw divesting ail liquor, when
ever obtained, ot Ita leiral status.
A law making- It a felony to forgo
(Continued on Pag. Five.)
seiiuently beennin first command
ant of ilie corps.
l)n the slto ef the old tavern
long since eliminated by expand
ing commerce, the Thomas Hub.
eris Heath marine post of tho
American Legion will unveil to
day a bronse tablet, commemor
allng the si-siiul-eentennlal of tho
corps and marking Its birthplace.
A banquet and ball will bo held
tonight.
Ilaslng their claim lo senlorily
among branches ot the I'ntted
States' arms, on the commission
DRYS SEEKING
TO AMEND II
ing. I leeember II, 1776, or inn
rlrst American navy by congrCHH,
wherein tho establishment of tho
marine corps was officially ac
complished, the soldiers of Ihu sea,
are proud of their "first" in age.
as well as their service In many
(Continued on FaFrr. '