T3TE MORNING OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1921 CONGRESS MAYTAKE RECESS NEXT WEEK Tax Revision Bill Will Be Set tled First. VACATION TO LAST MONTH After Passage of Measure tiy House, Senate Finance Committee Will Get to "Work. "WASHINGTON, D. C. Augr. 9. Con gress, in the light of today's devel opments, hopes to begin a month's recess about the end of next week. After a conference with President Harding' republican leaders of the senate and house indicated that both would remain continuously in session until the house has passed the tax revision bill, which Chairman Ford Tiey of the ways and means committee told the. president would be reported Monday. In that event. Representative Mon tell of Wyoming, the republican lead er, announced that It could be put through the house by August 20 or possibly a day or two later. Senate Recesn Opponed. The president at the conference tori-ay with Senators Lodge and Curtis Is understood to have opposed a sen ate recess before passage of the tax measure by the house, and the plan urged by many senators for a three day recess beginning Monday is said to have been abandoned. "Very soon after the passage of the tax bill by the house," said Mr. Mon dell, "I believe we cart stand in re cess for at least SO days while the senate finance 'committee is working on the tax and tariff bills. This will be expediting the public business, for In that way the finance committee car work uninterruptedly and make greater headway." . Rail Bill Obstacle. Complete enactment of the farm ers relief programme prior to the proposed adjournment, passage by the house of the tax revision bill and if a measure to extend the emergency tariff bill until the permanent meas ure is enacted, were said to have been Insisted upon by the president in his conferences. He also was said to have expressed the desire for passage of the administration bill to fund the railroads debts to the government, but was represented as reluctantly willing to let the railroad legislation go over until after the recess, if as surances were given of Its enactment by early fall. The railroad bill was said to be an obstacle in the adjournment pro gramme, but senate republican lead ers gave the president little hope for Its early enactment, saying that pro tracted opposition was assured. The president, however, expressed hope that the bill at least might be re ported to the senate and its consider ation be given before congress takes a vacation. Work on BUI Beenn. Work on the bill was begun today by the senate interstate commerce committee, which heard Director Meyer of the war finance corporation, who advocated the measure as a means of general economic restora tion. He is. to conclude his state ment tomorrow and be followed by Director-General Davis of the rail road administration. Agricultural relief measures which the president desires enacted before the proposed adjournment are the agricultural credit bill, the Capper Tinoher bill to stop grain gambling, the packer control bill and a new measure to extend the emergency tariff law, which would expire No vember 10. The agricultural credits measure has yet to pass the house and extension of the emergency tar iff law would have to pass both bod ies. Representative Fordney was satd to have a resolution prepared for the latter purpose and democratic lead ers were said to have given assur ances of co-operation in its quick adoption. The Capper-Tincher and packer bills are in conference with enactment before the week end re garded as assured. Anti-Beer Bill Scheduled. Other bills whose enactment before the recess are planned include the Willis-Campbell anti-beer bill and the deficiency measure for the shipping board. The latter, reduced from $125,000,000 to $48. 500, 000, is sched uled for passage by the house In a few days, and by the senate early next week. Settlements with the railroads. It was said today, were continuing at the rate of $25,000,000 or $30,000,000 a month, but they could not be con tinued indefinitely without congres sional action to enable the payment to be met. For this reason. It was exDlalned. President Harding was desirous that the war finance corporation's powers should be broadened in order that the organization might proceed with the liquidation of railroad paper held by the railroad administration and pro vide the funds for final settlement with, the carriers. Waiver to Be Demanded. In connection with the controverted claims for "inefficiency of labor," it was made plain today at the White House that the government would de mand absolute waiver of this item in making settlements with the rail roads. President Harding, it was ex plained, in his negotiations with the railway executives, had reached an agreement that the roads, in pre senting their claims, would waive ''in efficiency of labor" In order to make a final settlement. Chairman Cummins of the senate Interstate commerce committee re ceived today a protest against delay in the legislation from Alba B. John son, president of the Railway Busi ness association. "A voluntary vacation for congress without this enactment would mean an involuntary vacation without pay for hundreds of thousands of indus trial employes." said Mr. Johnson, announcing that his organization, to expedite the measure, would refrain from testifying at the hearings. , Mr. Johnson also urged that the question of reducing railroad rates be not involved in the credit legisla ton. Congress, he argued, had re ceived no mandate to reduce rates, which, he contended, should be left witn the interstate commerce com mission. BOY THIEVES SENTENCED Judge Dcich Lectures George Abdie Before Setting Penalty. "Tour mother would be far better off and freed from continual worry if you were in Jail from now on." District Judge Deich told George ADdle, naDitual onenaer. when he appeared yesterday to plead guilty to a larceny charge. Abdie has but recently been graduated from th juvenile court stage, but has been, a constant offender In forgery and larceny lines. "I have believed in the past that there was some good in you and re fused to send you to Jail when others told me you were incorrigible," con tinued Judge Deidh. "But you have never shown any appreciation of leni ency. Even now I dislike to impose a jail sentence, but I will give you what shall amount to a jail sentence, for I will fine you $99. which sum you may serve out in jail at the rate of $2 per day." - Russell Amundsen, partner of Abdle, was fined $89. Both pleaded guilty to the theft of blank checks from the Blue Point Oyster company, owned by Abdie's uncle, Sara Mackln, though forgery of a $2$ check was the original charge on which they were arrested. LUMBER MEN HAVE ROW WESTERN PIXE ASSOCIA.TTOX IS ALMOST DISRUPTED. Independents Favor Removing Of fice From Portland to Spokane. v - SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 9. (Spe cial.) In a wordy fight between rep resentatives of the Weyerhauser lum ber interests of the inland empire and Independent lumber manufacturers, the Western Pine Manufacturers' as sociation was threatened with dis ruption today at a meeting of the or ganization. The battle was the climax of a five year dispute . over standard lumber measurements. The question of re moving the head offices of the associ ation from Portland to Spokane, for mer home of the organization, was injected into the dispute as a side issue, with the independents appear ing to favor the change. At a point in the discussion a physi cal encounter between two dis putants was averted only by the ef forts of other members of the asso ciation. The Weyerhausers charged that the independents had not been living up to the standard measurement re quirements, cutting their lumber wider than the rules provided and thus offering unfair competition. The independents charged that the Weyer hausers undersold their competitors and it was necessary to violate the standard requirements in order to'get business. The independents indicated that they might adopt a raised price scale for thefr one-fourth inch scant lum ber if the Weyerhauser officials would promise to protect the regulations in their own mills. NOTED ITALIAN COMING GEXERAIi PIETRO BADOGLIO IS TO VISIT .PORTLAND. Chamber of Commerce and Civic Organizations to Join in En tertainment Programme. Civic organizations, the Portland Chamber of Commerce and leading Italians of the city are making prepa rations for the entertainment of Gen eral Pletro Badoglio of the Italian army, who will arrive here on the morning of Wednesday, August 17, and remain until' the evening of the following day. The general Is the most distin guished visitor to come to 'Portland from Italy in many years. He entered the war a major of artillery and be came a general through merit on the field of battle. Among his military exploits was the direction of the at tack on Mt. Sabatino, which resulted in the fall of Gorizia. In the victory of Vittorio Veneto, which caused the Austro-Hungarian empire to seek an armistice General Diaz had the co operation of General Badoglio. The general is now a member of the su preme council of the Italian army. His visit to this country is official and is conducted by the state depart ment. The general will be accom panied by his "chief of staff, Colonel Sicilanl, who also has a military rec ord of distinction. The Chamber of Commerce with the assistance rl Albert B. Ferrera, Ital ian consul in Portland, will have charge of the entertainment of the general. The exposition committee will have a part in the programme. S LADEN . IS .REASSIGNED Brigadier-General to Take Com mand of Fort Sheridan. THE OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, JX C, Aug. 9 Brigadier General Frederick W. Sladen, former ly in command at Vancouver Bar racks, Wash., and later commanding the officers' training camp at the Presidio at the outbreak of the war. has been assigned to command of the post at Fort Sheridan, 111. General Sladen has been attached to the American expeditionary force in Germany for some time, but is understood now to be on his way back to this country. Brieradier-General Ulysses G. Mc- Alexander, ex-Oregon Agricultural college officer, who especially dis tinguished himself in France and was acclaimed the "rock of the Marne,-" has been assigned to the command of the Sixth infantry brigade with head quarters at Camp Travis, Texas. FLOWER SHOW PLANNED Northern Curry County Community Club Sponsors Event. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Aug. 9. The Northern Curry County Community club will give a sweet pea and dahlia show and bazaar at Langlois August 13. and following the show will pre-, sent William Lille, a Royal High land Scotch entertainer. He will be assisted by local music and home talent. Mr. Lille has entertained from one ocean to the other throughout the United States and Canada and is said to have the largest display of high land garments of any man on this continent. He composed a song for the shipbuilders during the war and has made records of a number of his compositions. The funds wh'ch are received by the club will be'snent for the good of the entire community. Highway Unit Completed. McMINNVILLE. Or., Aug. 9. (Spe cial.) The construction work on the Three Mile lane and the highway be tween McMinnville and Dayton has been completed. It is thought that the road will be opened for travel in th'e latter part of August. The La fayette bridge, on the Portland-Mc-Minnville highway, is under construc tion. This bridge is to be made with steel girders and concrete spans. The paving on this road has been com pleted from Portland to Dundee and from McMinnville to St. Joseph. Phone your want ads to The Ore gonlan. Mala 7070. Automatic 5C0-S5. AUTO TAX LOOMS AS MEiCETOIMG Unpopular Measure Likely to Be Put Up to President. CONGRESS SCENTS DANGER Political Shoals Threaten Passage of BUI Requiring Trucks to . Keep Up . Road Beds. BT MARK SULLIVAN. (Copyright by the New York Evening Post, Inc. Published by Arrangement. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 9. (Special.) If President Harding were a man of less equable temperament he might readily have sighed as he bent his back into the mass of things and men that clamored for his attention on his return from liis brief vacation. Chief among the many things, which would all seem big if they were not overshadowed by one, is taxation. That subject now has the right of way and there is little doubt that sooner or later congress will pass the responsibility from it to the admin istration, just as it has- already turned over to Harding other things that were difficult and politically dangerous. In fact, congress has al ready made Harding take on his shoulders responsibility for the de feat of the bonus act and that was wholly a matter of taxation. From the point of view of congress, the difficulty about taxation is that what is sound is also unpopular. One of the principal protests that has arisen over Secretary Meilon's pro posal has been directed against the suggestion that automobiles should be taxed $10 each. That would be a di rect and not inconsiderable tax on several millions of persons who, by their standing in their various com munities, compose as substantial a body or voters as there is. Courage Required by Mellon. It took no little courage for Sec retary Mellon to propose that tax and it will take more courage for the administration to stick to it, but the immense volume of public and private automobile transportation that has grown up in recent years -ought to bear its burden of the expense that has been put or will be put into road construction. One of the several dif ficulties that beset the railroads is the fact that the automobile truck to a certain extent has been subsl dlzed in competition against them. When a railroad makes a freight rate it must include an allowance for the upkeep of the roadbed, all of which the railroad pays, but when the competing automobile trucks make a freight rate they do not need to include an allowance for the up keep of the roadbed. The roadbed of the automobiles is maintained by gen eral public taxation. It is quite true that the automobile has been taxed with increasing heaviness in recent years by local, state and city author ities. In some sections, in fact, the automobile has been made to bear the full cost of local road construction The theory that the automobile should at least bear the burden of road con struction both local and national is reasonable enough, although there is a difficulty in apportioning the tax equitably among automobile and truck owners who use the roads in greatly - varying - numbers and with different degrees of wear and tear. Danger in Measure. Within theadministration the sug gestion has been made that if it were practicable the automobile makes de sirable a restoration of some varia tion of the old toll gate system by which automobiles and trucks could pay on a mileage basis for their use of the road. One. thing that the administration is determined on is that there shall be no further federal aid for road con structions unless the local authori ties make adequate provision for maintaining the roads after they are built. The automobile levy is but one of many difficulties inherent in the big job that the administration has of putting through a sound tax measure. On this subject there are possibilities of party splits in congress and popu lar resentment at the polls beyond anything else that the administra tion must do. More School Room Needed. MYRTLE CREEK, Or., Aug. 9. (Special.) The school board of the Myrtle Creek school district have in mind the calling of a special election during the prese'nt month for the pur pose of voting bonds for building n addition to the present school. The growth of the Myrtle Creek school has gained such proportions that ad ditional room is imperative, and the board sees no way of meeting the issue other than by bonding the dis trict and building more room, which will, if undertaken, consist of two upper and two lower rooms and a basement. Losses Will Be Equalized. KELSO. Wash.. Aug. 9. (Special.! To determine the amount of loss by property owners within the Wood land diking district, the Cowlitz county board of equalization will make a trip of inspection there to morrow. Property owners have pe titioned for a reduction in their as sessed valuation on the grounds that the valuation was placed on the sup position that the land was protected from flooding, and the dikes broke, resulting in loss of the crops as though no dikes existed. Permanent Hair Health Promoted by Cuticura Frequent shampoos with Cuticura Soap, assisted when necessary by gentle anointings with Cuticura Ointment, afford the purest, sweet est and most economical method of freeing- the scalp of itchings and acalings and of establishing a hair growing condition. ItailMtrmVrllill. Aildrn.: "OitrarL.b HiUriM, Dapt. MS. Mtltfea tSJItu." Sold .vcrj. wttgre. aomp Zbc. uincmcnt and buc. 1 alcum Zbc Cvticurm oomp shav. without mas. IT'S COLD right off the ice. And it's fre.i for it's milked early in the morn . ing, delivered to us a few hours later and served to you the same day in a ten-ounce bottle. (The average bottle elsewhere con tains but eight ounces.) You can always count on strictly fresh milk at the Imperial Lunchrooms. Try it today. Three Locations WASHINGTON STREET at WEST PARK (Next to Rivoli Theater) 291 WASHINGTON STREET near FIFTH (A Few Doors From the Perkins Hotel). LIBERTY THEATER BUILDING For your convenience we never close. TAX ROLLS SHOW 4 MILLION INCREASE IX YEAR! Real Property Assessed at $3 85,- 120,803 Vtility Companies to Fight Assessments. BOISE. Idaho, Aug. 9. (Special.) The total valuations for the state of Idaho as reported by the county auditors and placed before the state board of equalization in session here today shows an increase of $4,621,583 over the total valuation a year ago. The total assessed valuation for 1921 as reported shows real property for the 44 counties is valued at $358, 120.803. Agricultural land values of the state, as shown by the combined rolls, are $76,945,383, of which irrigated lands represent $52,185,284, and dry farms $22,871,338. Timber land is valued at $19,811,360. It is admitted that valuations the state over must be raised this year. Governor Davis said: "With taxing bodie9 hard pressed to secure ade quate income "for running expenses within the legal limit for levies, there is but one thing to do to equalize the valuations upward. There . is some gain shown in the abstract total, but some counties which we have raised year after year are com ing again with the same old low figures. They must come up. Other counties are very high because they 8c -9c -10c 15c -18c -20c -25c 29c -35c 50c 75c $1.00 $1.25 Army Retail Store Fifth Street at Pine with a cream line that is two inches deep and more. local revenue. For their own good must be high to provide sufficient rather than to meet the state's needs the low ones must be raised." It is evident that the railroads and other utilities corporations will make a strong fight for their conception of equal assessments. They are pre pared to make verbal arguments supported by voluminous tables of figures to show that in many coun ties of the state they have been asked to bear much more than their share of the tax burden. GUILT DENIED1 IN COURT Spokane Man Charged With First Degree Murder Arraigned. SPOKANE. WasS.. Aug. 9. Loui Adams, charged with slaying Joseph Gunasclo here last Thursday, entered a plea of not guilty to first-degree murder charges when arraigned in superior court here today. The shooting of Gurascio is said to have grown out of a feud of six years' standing between the two men. J. D. SHARP, AGED 90, DIES Former Portland Resident Passes Away at Pendleton. PENDLETON, Or., Aug. 9. (Spe cial.) J. D. Sharp, 90 years old, died at the home of his son. Dr. J. E. Sharp, here this afternoon. Death v. as ascribed to old age. 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