Morning Oregonian., July 26, 1921, Image 1

VOL.. L.X NO. 18.932 Entered at Po rt 1 a n d OreKon
PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. JULY 2G, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THREE-CENT STAMP
REVENUE PROPOSAL
INVENTOR GRILLED
MAURETANIA BURNS
' DESPITE HARD FIGHT
DR. BRUMFIELD SEEN,
' SAY ROSEBURG MEN
JURY IS OBTAINED 1
TO TRY MRS. AGEE
POINDEXTER MAY BE
CONFERENCE ADVISER
SPEED LIMIT SIGNS
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PIAXS FOR REBtlLDIXG TAX
LAW ARE CBYSTALLIZIXG.
FLAMES, rXCOXTROLLED, EAT
WAY IX TO EXTERIOR.
ALLEGED SLAYER REPORTED
GOING SOUTH IX AUTO. .
PACIFISTS -NOT AVAXTED AT
DISARMAMENT SESSION.
iKOIfJGTO ASK
PHONE
HEARIN
WANTED
V
FDR CREDIT POOL
Message Expected to Go
to Congress Today.
BROADER POWERS WANTED
Railroads, Farmers and Ex
porters Would Be Helped.
HOOVER SUGGESTS IDEA
War Finance Corporation Would
lie Relied Upon to Adjust Dif
ficulties Sow Faced.
WASHINGTON',' D. C, July 25.
Broadening? of the powers of the war
finance corporation, making it the
great governmental agency for bring
ing about the necessary economic re
adjustments, will be suggested by
I'resident Harding tomorrow in a spe
cial communication to congress, ac
cording to forecasts tonight.
The special letter, it has been an
nounced, will deal primarily with the
proposed financial settlement between
. the government and railroads. But,
according to statements by adminis
tration leaders, it probably will go
further and recommend not only that
the war finance corporation take
charge of the railroad settlement, but
also that it be placed in direct and
practically sole charge of farm credits
and export financing.
Hoover Suggest Idea.
Secretaire Hoover said today that he
had recommended such a plan and
that his recommendation had been
approved by Secretary Mellon and Eu
gene Meyer Jr., managing director of
the war finance corporation.
Investigation, he said, had con
vinced him that the broadening of
the finance corporation's powers
through legislation permitting it to
handle adequately the triple problem
was the proper course to pursue.
Funds for speeding up business, he
asserted, could be made available by
the corporation without a great drain
on the treasury. The corporation is
empowered to issue bonds up .to six
times its capitalisation of $500,000,000.
Ilonda JVot Needed.
However, according to finance cor
poration officials, that organization
has an account with the treasury of
more than $300,000,000, so that a bond
issue will not be necessary until that
sum is exhausted. .Payments to the
roads, however, are expected, to clean
out quickly the account with' the
treasury.
In connection with the necessary
government financing to meet the
first call for funds for the railroads
it was indicated at the treasury that
an issue of treasury certificates Would
probably be made August 1. It was
not thought, however, that the next
issue of the treasury's new short
term notes would be floated until Sep
tember. Brparate mil Advined.
President Harding is understood to
have been advised today by prominent
republican leaders to recommend sep
arate bills and not to complicate the
subject of railroad refunding with ag
ricultural credits. The new bill,
drafted by Secretary Hoover and
Chairman Meyer of the war finance
corporation, was said to have been
completed today. It was to be intro
duced as a substitute for the Norris
bill, pending before the senate, pro
posing a new farm financing corpora
tion. A substitute for the Norris bill was
introduced by Senator King, democrat,
Utah. It would increase the war fi
nance corporation's revolving fund to
$1,000,000,000 and authorize loans for
agricultural exporting. Such loans
also under the substitute bill might
be made to bankers upon secured col
lateral. Greater Loan Powers Proposed.
Another substitute for the Norris
bill by Senator Sterling, republican,
South Dakota, designed o broaden
simUarly the war finance corpora'
t ion's powers to make agricultural fi
nancing loans, also Is pending and
discussion ot substitute legislation is
expected to develop tomorrow .in the
senate.
A senate bill authorizing issuance
after June, 1923, of farm loan bank
bonds bearing per cent interest
was favorably reported today by the
house banking committee. The pres
ent maximum interest is 5 per cent.
23y2-P0UND TROUT TAKEN
California Angler Mikes Record
Catch in Pelican Hay.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. July 25.
(Special.) All records were broken
Saturday when Lr. A. K. Sykes of
Oakland, Cal., landed a 23ti-pound
rainbow trout near Crystal creek, in
Pelican bay, at the head of tupper
Klamath lake. The nearest approaches
In size were a 32-pound rainbow
taken by Mrs. McKay, in 1909, and a
I2-pounder caught by William Bald
win ot Oroville. in 1914.
Dr. Sykes' catch was 36 inches long
and Zt inches in girth. He will take
it to San Francisco for'mountlng and
exhibition.
It wis generally conceded by sports
men that upper Klamath lake pro
duced the largest rainbow trout in
America, and in the absence of any
contrary showing Dr. Sykes made the
worlda record catch.
Excess Profits Ivjr to Be Dropped,
but Secretary Mellon Opposes
Impost From Sales.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July io.
Plans for building a new tax law
took more definite form today as
preparations were completed for the
actual beginning tomorrow of revision
of the revenue laws by the house
ways and means committee. .
President Harding heard details of
what house leaders proposed to do
from Chairman Fordney of the com
mittee and information leaked out
indicating .that the 3-cent-postage
stamp might be resorted to as a
revenue producer.
The return to the 3-cent stamp was
understood to have been discussed at
a conference Saturday between Secre
tary Mellon and Mr. Fordney and
other republican members of the ways
and means committee. The sugges
tion will be taken up with the post
ofiee department before any further
moves are made, however, it was
stated.
In the search for methods of rais
ing $4,000,000,000 a year, members of
the committee were declared Xo have
talked also of a stamp'taxon bank
checks, but that suggestion was un
derstood to have been frowned upon
by the treasury. Other stamp tax
proposals may get some consideration
in the committee, but members said
they feared the reaction from them.
Mr. Mellon, it was said, had told the
committee that he was opposed to the
use of a sales tax to supplant tlte ex
cess profits levy, which, it was con
ceded, would be abandoned. He was
represented as being favorable to a
flat tax on corporations.
Committee leaders declared they be
lieved the corporation tax would take
the form of a 15 per cent levy On in
comes "with the exemption of $2000,
now in effect, abolished.
MOTORCYCLIST IS KILLED
Machine W ith Two ' in Side Car
Plunges Over. Embankment.
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TILLAMOOK. Or., July 25. (Spe
cial ) The body of John Affolter of
Eagle Creek was brought to this city
this afterjioov from the southern part
of Tillamook county. He had met
instant death yesterday when return
ing from a danee at Pacific City.
The young man was visiting his
uncle, Fred Affolter, and wife of Slab
creek. All three went to the dance
yesterday with John Affolter driving
a motorcycle, ana Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Affdlter rrding in a side car. It was
when returning to their home that
the accident occurred. ' When round
ing a curve in the road the motor
cycle swerved and ran into the bank.
This caused the machine to head to
ward the opposite side of the road,
when the motorcycle and side car
went over the embankment with the
occupants. in the wreck that fol
lowed John Affolter was killed and
Mrs. Fred Affolter was seriously in
jured, while her husband was bruised.
John Affolter was 27 years of age
and unmarried. His mother resides
in Portland.
PURDUE HEAD IS MISSING
University President and Wife Be
lieved in Mountain Accident.
BANFF. Alberta, July 25. Dr. W.
B. Stone, president of Purdue uni
versity of Lafayette, Ind., and his
wife today were reported missing
from the Walking Tour camp at
Mount Assiniboine and were believed
to have met with some serious ac
cident. ,
Dr. and Mrs. Stone are both en
thusiastic Alpinists and experienced
mountain climbers and w-ere attend
ing the Walking Tour in order to
be in fit condition for the big Al
pine club meet at Lake O'Hara this
week.
The missing couple left the Mount
Assiniboine club Sunday, July 17, to
traverse the surrounding country and
took enough food with them for
about four days' outing. Nothing
has been heard from them since.
On Sunday the toilet articles be
longing to Dr. and Mrs. Stone were
found at the base of Mount Eanon,
the unsealed peak close to Mount
Assiniboine wood.
ROAD ARGUMENT IS SET,
Saloni Judge to- Hear West Side
Pacific Highway Case.
SALEM, Or.. July 25. (Special.)
Hearing of a motion to make more
specific a complaint filed by residents
of Independence who seek to halt
work on unimproved sections of the
West Side Pacific highway, will be
heard by Judge Kelley, in the Marion
county circuit court here, Wednes
day The motion was prepared by
attorneys for the state highway de
partment. Judge Belt originally was assigned
to hear the motion, but he declined
to serve because of prejudice. Judge
Skipworth of Eugene then was draft
ed to sit for Judge Belt, but upon
learning that his brother-in-law was
chief counsel for the plaintiffs, he
also declined to hear the motion. The
supreme court then assigned Judge
Kelly to preside at the arguments.
HARDING GREETS FATIMA
Afghanistan Princess Formally Re
ceived at White House.
WASHINGTON. D. C. - July 25.
Princess Fatima, sultana of Afghan
istan, was received at the White
House today by President Harding.
The ceremony was carried out with
all the formality customarily attend
ing the visit here of distinguished
foreijjners,
Babcock Withstands On
slaught of Queries. .
TRIFLING SUBJECTS COVERED
Lawyer's Reference tp 'Ding
bat' Rouses Tomlinson.
CLASHES ARE FREQUENT
Witness for Portland Testifies
Many Wage Earners Unable
to Afford Service.
SALEM, Or., July 25. (Special.)
Under a severe and gruelling cross
examination conducted by James T.
Shaw, attorney for the Pacafic Tele
phone & Telegraph company. Major
Garrison Babcock, star witness for
the city of Portland In the telephone
rate rehearing, spent a most uncom
fortable afternoon on the witness
stand. . ,
Several times Attorney Shaw .had
Major Babcock in awkward positions,
but in each case the subject was not
of great importance. Whether the
attorney conducting the cross-examination
will be able to ehake the sub
stantial testimony given to the com
mission by the city's witness last
Friday remains to be seen.
The moment that Major Babcock
was turned over to him for cross
examination. Attorney Shaw cast aside
his cloak of geniality and chivalry
which he wore last week as he in
terrogated the farmers who were
called. He cast aside also his modu
lated manner of speech employed
when Mrs. Agnes Johnson was on the
stand last week. ,
Interrogation Is Severe.
In an instant the attorney became
a harsh, cynical interrogator of the
criminal lawyer type. And he over
looked not an opportunity in which
to cause the expert witness embar
rassment. The attitude of the'at
torney was shown at the outset when
he referred to a telechronometer, in
vented by Major Babcock and how
manufactured in Seattle by a com
pany, in which the witness has finan
cial interest, as a "dingbat."
Clashes -between attorneys In the
case were frequent throughout the
day, and often Attorney Tomlinson
came to the rescue of the witness by
objecting to certain lines of testi
mony, winning a ruling from Chair
man Williams in practically every in
stance. The first time that Major Babcock
lost his bearings during the hearing
was when Attorney Shaw, referring to
the major's testimony in reference, to
toll rates In effect in Washington,
which are 40 per cent higher than the
rates in Oregon, asked Major Babcock
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So Much Water Is Poured Into
Liner That Dangerous List to
Starboard Is Taken.
SOUTHAMPTON. July 25. (By the
Associated Press.) . Fire broke out
today in the first cabin of the Maure
tania of the Cunard line, sister s.hip
of the old Lusitania and, spreading
rapidly, developed into a 'most serious
conflagration. At t o'clock tonight,
many hours after the outbreak, the
flames were still eating, into the in
terior. -
The fire was supposed to have
originated from a lighted cigarette
dropped upon the carpet in the main
saloon, and it had made much bead
way before discovered.
In addition to the fire brigades,
tugs assisted in the efforts to save
the vessel. The firemen worked
under great difficulties from stag
ings slung over the side.
So great was the volume of water
poured into her that the liner took
a dangerous list to starboard. Time'
ly action of the pumps, however,
enabled her to right herself.
Thus far the first-class dining
saloon and all of the state rooms en
the E. and. D. decks .have been, burned
out. The damage is estimated at
many thousands of pounds and it Is
said it will take months to repair
the vessel.
The Mauretania is one of the big
gest and finest passenger liners ply
ing the Atlantic. She displaces 30,700
tons. She was built in Newcastle in
1907. She is 762 feet long and 88
feet wide.
JAPANESE KILL AND LOOT
Englishman Murdered; Americans
Attacked; Colonics Roused.
YOKOHAMA, Japan, July 7. Crimes
of violence in Japan which are in
creasing, probably as a sequence of
the growth of unemployment, were
marked yesterday by the murder of
Konald Hill, a young Englishman'
while he was attempting to subdue a
1 Japanese burglar. Hill was the son
of F. W. Hill, a British resident, rep
resentative of a Canadian Insurance
company and prominent in the British
colony here. ' -
The murder, which followed sev
eral attacks on Americans, has
aroused the entire foreign communi
ties of Japan and it is likely that the
authorities will be asked to furnish
more adequate protection to for
eigners, BIG INCOMES HARDEST HIT
People Making Million Yearly Are
Taxed About Two-Thirds.
WASHINGTON, D. C. July 25. Peo
ple who are making $1,000,000 or more
net income are paying the government
practically two-thirds of it in taxes,
according to preliminary statistics of
income .for 1919. issued today by the
internal revenue bureau. There were
65 of these taxpayers, paying an aver
age of $1,523,492 each, the average
rate of tax being 64.87 per, cent.
The preliminary statistics do not
show the taxes in classes above $1,
000,000, but the net income of indi
viduals in the class from $1,000,000 to
$1,500,000 is given as $41,668,483.
HARDING LET HENRY FORD SOLVE
Driver of Car Xear Crater Lake
Park Declared to Have Been
Positively Identified.
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ROSEBURG, Or.. July 25. (Special.)
Roseburg officers onight warned
police-authorities throughout north
eastern California to be on the look
out for Dr. R. M. Brumf ield, alleged
murderer tif Dennis Russell, who was
believed to" be headed in that direc
tion. A man positively identified by
Dr. R. B. Shoemaker, a local physi
cian, and his father, M. J. Shoema
ker, was seen by them Saturday af
ternoon at 1:30 o'clock about nine
miles from the bpundary of Crater
lake park. He was reported seen
again yesterday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock speeding soilth through Al
turas. Cal.
Dr. Shoemaker and his father were
returning home by way of Crater lake
after spending a couple of weeks in
the vicinity of Yellowstone park.
Both are intimately acquainted with
Dr. Brumfield, Dr. Shoemaker having
offices in the same building as that
of the" missing dentist.
They were on their way from Bend
to the lake when they noticed a car
a short distance ahead of them, go
ing in the same direction. As they
approached the other machine, which
was traveling at a leisurely gait, the
driver drew his automobile out beside
the road, giving the Roseburg tour
ists ample room in which to pass. As
they drew near they noticed the man
start when he saw the Roseburg pen
nant on their car. He dropped his
hand to his Bide, but they thought
nothing of the action until they came
abreast of him. As they reached the
car they recognized the driver as Dr.
Brumfield. they said. He was dressed
in a dark suit of clothes and was
wearing a pair of yellow goggles and
his face was covered by a heavy
growth of beard.
As they had no firearms -within
reach they drove on to the ranger
station at the Crater lake boundary,
where they reported to the authori
ties at Klamath Falls. The sheriff of
Klamath Falls, however, told Sheriff
Starmcr in a telephone message to
day that he believed the report to be
only another rumor and that he did
not investigate.
Both Roseburg men were positive
in their identification and, a they
were within a very few feet of the
man as their cars passed the officers
here thought that there was little
chance for a mistake.
The car in which the man was
traveling carried a "license applied
for" tag.
The car and the description an
swered completely that' given by the
officers at Redmond, Bend and La
pine; where Brumfield was reported
to have been seen on July 19 and 20.
It was believed that Brumfield had
been hiding out there, causing- the
officers to think he had slipped by.
Dr. Shoemaker and his father came
on to Roseburg. expecting- that the
Klamath Falls officers had taken up
th chase. They were greatly sur
prised when they heard that nothing
had been done. They reported to
Sheriff Starmer at once and he quick
ly got in touch with police officers in
towns along the main roads.
Late this afternoon he received a
message from Alturas, Cal., that a
man whose description tallied exactly
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THE RAILROAD PROBLEM?
Alleged Husband -Slayer
Is Calm in Court.
STATE SEEKS DEATH PENALTY
Defense to Center Attack on
Circumstantial Net:
HEARING STARTS TODAY
Wide. Public Interest In . Case Is
Demonstrated by Large
Crowd in Courtroom.
As the hands of the courtroom
clock reached 6 yesterday afternoon,
counsel for defense and prosecution
announced that they were satisfied
with the panel of Jurors selected to
try Mrs. Louise Agee for the murder
of her husband on the night ot June
11. Twenty-four jurors were exam
ined during the day, five bei.ag chal
lenged for cause and seven "excused
peremptorily.
A jirv willing to decree the death
penalty in case of conviction of mur
der in the first degree was sought by
the prosecution and all prospective
jurors having scruples against hang
ig a woman were dismissed from
further consideration by the state.
Evidence Is Circumstantial.
Questions propounded in the course
of the examination of veniremen dis
closed that the state conceded that its
case was based on circumstantial evi
dence. Considerable stress was laid
on the willingness of jurors to accept
circumstantial evidence as a basis for
a verdict of guilt. The defense did
not disclose its position in the ques
tioning except that it will claim abso
lute innocence of the crime and not
rely on any claim of insanity, self-defense
or the like.
Opening statements will .be made
by Joseph L. Hammersly. deputy dis
trict attorney, and John A. "Collier,
counsel for the defense, directly after
the opening of court at 9 o'clock this
morning. The trial will be well under
way by noon.
Jury la Announced.
The Jury as finally accepted r com
posed, of the following: .August H.
Ackerman, 91 Thurman street real
estate man; Henry C Rigley, 1188
Kast Salem -street, -carpenter; Wesley
D. Hill, 1126 Minnesota avenue, farm
er; William Is'. Akers, 4528 Wood
stock avenue, grocer; George Ellis,
831 Halsey street, retired justice of
the peace and farmer; Chester W.
Hopkins. 37 West Church street, tint
ber man; G. W. Whitcomb. 425 East
Fifty-seventh street, carpenter; E. B.
White, 609 Elliott avenue, building
contractor; Wilson D. Hoskins, 527
Bigelow street, carpenter; Albert E
Holcomb, 575 Hawthorne avenue
drayman; Charles Rayburn, 912 Gan-
tenbein avenue, carpenter; B. W.
Thomas, Gresham, retired hardware
merchant.
Throughout tne rather tedious
process of selecting the jurors, Mrs.
Agee eat almost motionless, her black
gloves folded in her lap, her eyes
boring into the prospective jurors as
they appeared for examination. Ab
solutely void of expression was her
face, but the intensity of her gaze
seldom relaxed.
Kervotlane.. "ot Showa,
If the woman who was on trial for
her life, charged with a most brutal
murder of the man she had promised
to honor and cherish, was nervous,
she did not show it- Occasionally she
would moisten her lips with the tip
of her tongue. Her , chest rose and
fell with rapid breathing. But these
were the only indications that she
was under a strain.
Her black sailor hat and veil and
dark garb were relieved only by the
white collar and cuffs of her waist.
The veil was thrown back over the
hat. At her left sat Miss A. Williams,
special deputy sheriff, appointed to
guard the woman during the trial at
the request of the Prisoners' Aid so
ciety. At Mrs. Agee's right sat her
father, D. J. Swing, who cama to
Portland from' Missouri to be present
at the trial. He is a large man. with
broad, powerful shoulders. His hair is
gray. He took a keen interest in the
proceedings and occasionally laughed
appreciatively at a quip by judge or
attorneys.
Judge Quizzes Veniremen-
Judge Morrow occupied a ahair be
tween opposing counsel during the
examination of Jurors and frequently
interrupted to ask questions of the
man being examined or to explain in
tricate legal distinctions. With John
A. Collier, former chief deputy prose
cuting attorney for Multnomah coun
ty, there appears for the defense his
brother. Henry Collier, 'and T. Walter
Gillard. Chief Deputy District Attor
ney Hammersly is being assisted by
Deputy Pierce.
The peremptory challenges by the
defense were against August Marin,
Conrad Emig, W. H. Hamilton, Thomas
E. Anderson and Charles Mason. The
prosecution challenged W. G. Love
and W. L. Page. Jurors excused for
cause on challenges were Samuel Ra-
dow, Arthur View, James Brown, Al
fred G. Holmes and L. A. West- Most
of the latter were excused because of
scruples against capital punishment.
Public interest In the case runs
high, if the attendance at the trial is
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President Considers Appointing)
Senator Who Knows Naval and
Military Requirements.
THE OREGONIAN" NEWS BtREAU.
Washington, D. C, July 25. Develop
ment' of the last few days have In
dicated that Senator Poindexter of
Washington is under consideration by
the president as one of the senators
to be chosen to slt.in at the forth
coming disarmament conference. It
has been said that the president feels
that this conference will need, at
least as advisers, men who are ex
perts on naval or military subjects.
As acting chairman of the senate
committee on naval affairs. Senator
Poindexter is now the outstanding
authority of the senate on naval mat
ters. He has been, a student of naval
defenses for many years and was on
hand at at every one St the recent
air bombing tests, held off Hampton
roads.
But what is more important, Sena
tor Polndeiten is not a pacifist and
it is far from the purpose of the
president to make the disarmament
gathering a mere meeting of peace
theorists. It has been pointed out
that the president is seeking a solu
tion through the minds of practical
men who recognize the strn fact
that no nation is forever immune
from attacks. In Senator iindexter's
behalf attention has been called to the
fact that he was for preparedness
before the war and that he has sought
since the armistice to prevent a too
rapid curtailment of the national de
fense, especially in naval prepared
ness. HONOR FOR LANE URGED
Proposal Made to Change Name of
Park Feature.
TACOMA, Wash., July 23. Clyde
B. Aitchison, interstate commerce
commissioner, after a visit to Rainier
national park, said today that he
would appear before the national
geographic board soon and urge that
the name of Pinnacle peak in the
park be changed to Lane Peak for
the late Franklin K. Lane. Pinnacle
Peak is one of the highest in the
park and 'is readily seen by visitors.
Mr. Aitchison said it was to be pre
ferred for the peak to bear the name
of Mr. .Lane rather than a smaller
mountain that has been suggested.
"AH the majestic mountains in the
Pacific northwest should be renamed,"
Mr. Aitchison said. "Mount Rainier,
Mount St. Helens and Mount Hood and
Mount Baker should bear the names
of former presidents."
POOL HELD INADEQUATE
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Cattle Raisers Think $50,000,000
for Loans Not Sufficient.
FORT WORTH. Tex., July 25. Be
lief that the $50,000,000 bankers pool
for loans to the cattle industry would
prove -inadequate to meet the needs
of the stockmen was voiced by mem
bers of the executive committee of
the Southwestern Cattle Raisers' as
sociation, meeting here late today.
Earlier in the day the committee
tabled- a motion presented by south
Texas livestock interests that the
committee request Governor Pat M
Neff to submit to the legislature, now
in session, a request that the tick
eradication law in zone three be sus
pended for one year.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 70
degrees; minimum, 57 defrreea,
TODAY'S Fair; moderate westerly winds.
Foreign.
Masked bandits raid Paris-Nice express.
Page 2.
Sinn Fein Inflexible on national inde
pendence. Page 6. r
National.
Merging- of all loans under war finance cor-
portion proposed. Pare 1.
Senator Poindexter may be disarmament
advisor. Page I.
Relief for farmers without hazard to irov
ernment President Harding's aim.
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Japan expected to yield oa armament con
ference point. Pace 3.
Borah suggests using allied debts as club
in arms conference. Page 2.
Details of Henry Ford's bid for Mussel
Shoals nitrate plant announced. Paxe 4.
Bergdoll Inquiry ends without fixing re
sponsibility for evader's escape. Page A.
Three-cent postage stamp considered ae
revenue-raisins medium. Page 1.
Domentie.
Mauritania burns despite hard tight.
Page 1.
Lisuor-smufrsting; problem baffles authorl
' tiea Page 3.
Business conditions on Pacific coast Im
prove.' Page 5.
Would-be suicides foiled by new anridote
for bichloride of mercury. Page 11.
Pacific Northwest.
Roseburg; men report seeing; Dr. Brum
field. Page 1.
Major Babcock severely grilled at phone
bearing. Page 1.
4&tate ""treasurer proud of record in office.
rage .
Sports.
Milwaukle boxing card postponed. Page 12.
Ball confessions admitted aa trial evi
dence. Page 4
Jimmy Murphy. American, 'lns French
Grand Prix road race. Page 13.
Beavers win only 1 of 21 Seal games this
season. Page 12.
pete Herman outfights Champion Joe
Lynch- Page 12.
Commercial and Marine.
Wheat advances slightly at Portland.
Page 19.
Clone of wheat market at Chicago is firm.
PagelS.
Steels show activity at New York, Page 10.
Portland-Astoria steamer fare cut to ti.
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Portland and Vicinity.
Jury to try Mrs. Agee on charge of hus
band's murder is obtained. Page 1.
Turkey defended before members forum
of Chamber of Commerce. Page 0.
Spesd conference calls for uniform highway
signs. Page L
Dark horses loom for four big federal Joba
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Church faithful fo leader accused ot mine
stock dealings. Pags
Conference Denounces
Taking of, Cash Bail.
MORE POLICE SUGGESTED
Legislature May Be Asked to
Increase Highway Patrol.
SESSION OFTEN BITTER
Columbia County Authorities De
fend Officers Wbo Are Chief
Cause of Complaints.
That the state highway commission
be petitioned at once to install
suitable, and uniform speed signs
throughout the state in much the
same manner as is now done on the
state highways in California and that
the requirement of cash bail - from
speeding motorists when arrested on
the Lower Columbia River highway
be frowned upon, and when absolutely
necessary to take bail a duplicate re
ceipt be made out and the books
audited at regular intervals, was the
si.bstance of the two resolutions
which grew out of the meeting at
the Chamber of Commerce yesterday
afternoon between the representa
tives of the lower Columbia district
and the committee from the Chamber.
Following a discussion lasting for
two hours and during which time the
citlnsf of personal cases and griev
ances did much to delay the amicable
settling of a definite plan of action,
the resolutions were adopted unani
mously. 'A vote of thanks was also
given to the representatives of the
various communities on the lower
Columbia and the Columbia county
representatives for'' their consider
ation of the subject, and in addition
a vote that the traffic situation. 1
through the town of Scappoose was
at the present time ideal, was re
corded. More Police Favored.
At the close of the meeting Cap
tain Lewis of the Portland police
bureau proposed a resolution that the
meeting go on record as favoring the
increase of state highway police to
enforce speed laws throughout the
state and especially to relieve local
police outside of municipalities. This
plan will be proposed at the next
session of the legislature and it is
probable that it will be -prepared In
; the form of a bill to be presented at
that time.
yesterday's meeting was called by
the Oregon State Motor association,
the Oregon tourist information bureau
and the Chamber of Commerce with
invitations sent to representatives of
all the communities on the lower Co
lumbia highway to discuss the safety
of the traveling public on the lower
Columbia highway. Complaints from,
various individuals and organizations
as to the method of law enforcement
prompted the call, which was respond
ed to by 50 representative men1 from
communities from Portland to Sea
side. .,-
H. J. Ottcnhelmer Presides.
H. J. Ottenheimer, who was elected
chairman of the meeting, opened the
discussion by calling upon County
Commissioner Holman, asking him to
give his idea as to the maximum speed
law which should be in effect on the
Linnton road. Mr. Holman said: "I
can see no reason, personally, for lim-
hiting to 20 miles an hour the traffic
on the Linnton road. I believe that
30 miles is slow enough."
"There is nothing that will make
the Columbia river highway more un
popular than the abuse of this arrest
privilege, and the speed regulatiors'
continued Mr. Holman. He cited the
case of a woman who was fined $15
for stopping near Hood River recently
with two wheels of her car still on
the paved highway, as an example of
this abuse. She had etopped to view
the scenery and was not aware of an
ordinance forbidding her to park aa
she did. Mr. Holman urged that more
discretion in the matter of making
arrests be used and that more warn
ings and fewer arrests be given out
Captain Opposes Increase.
Captain Lewis took exception to the
arguments advanced by Commissioner
Holman for the increase of the max
imum speed limit on the Linnton road,
stating that there were 126 accidents
on this stretch of road last year,
which were due to speeders, and that
it would only be possible to increase
this maximum for a stretch of about
two miles.
"The policy of warning people has
been carried out by the police to the
extent that 32,000 motorists were
warned in" the city of Portland last
year, and this in view of the fact
that there are only 28.000" drivers of
cars in the city, said Captain Lewis.
"This means that we have warned
and repeatedly warned the drivers,
all to no avail."
Captain Lewis stated the policy of
the Portland police In filing the
warnings when theyr were made, and
when a driver had been warned a
certain number of times he was
brought into court. "The matter of
warning can be handled all right in
the rural communities and - the
counties if they can afford to go to
the expense of keeping an accurate
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