THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, JUXE 2, 1922
TATUS OF BONUS
BILL IS IdiGED
Support for Sales Tax Plan
.Found Inadequate
DELAY SEEMS CERTAIN
EX-WIFE OF HARRY THAW SMILES AGAIN BUT DENIES ALL
ENGAGEMENT REPORTS.
"ondition of Treasury and Hard
ng's Desire to Give Veterans Real
Aid Still Leading Factors.
BT MARK SULLIVAN. .
Copyright, by the New York Evening
Post, Inc. Published by Arrangement. )
WASHINGTON. D. C. June 1.
'.Special.) There Is renewed activity
!out the bonus bill, but there isn't
' ny sign that its real status has
changed. Persons who are a little
cynical about an legislation that
comes up at the moment when rep
resentatives and senators are before
their constituents tor renominatlon
nd re-election are likely to assume
iiat the bonus bill now presents a
-illation affected more by politics
. ,'ian by consideration of merit or
conviction. '
It has been made clear that there
-:-e about as many political liabilities
. i political assets in the bill. In sev
1 1 al congressional primaries and elec
ions where the bonus bill was an
iysue or where men were up for re
Homraatlon who had voted in favor
i f the bonus bill, it has been demon
strated that it is not a convincing
issue one way or the other.
Two Factors Found.
There are two fundamental factors
r. ffecting the bonus bill. One is the
.slate of treasury and the other is the
Position that has been taken by Presi
'iont Hardin?, which in turn is de
termined by the state of the treasury.
."'resident Harding has said that any
bonus bill which is put on the statute
books should be in good faith to the
soldiers and should provide them with
substance rather than with mere ap
pearance. This stand disposes of those
oonus suggestions which postpone
Mubstantlally all of the benefit to the
indefinite future.
President Harding has further taken
the position that any bonus bill put
into law should carry with it as a
part of the bill some means of raising
the money necessary to pay the
oonus. This latter condition is un
alterable. The large amount of cash
necessarily Involved in any bonus bill
or good faith cannot be taken out of
revenues the government now has. In
fact, the government's present revenue
lacks enough to pay the present
claims on it.
The rate of taxation that Is now
Imposed on tho country is barely suf
ficient to pay the country's present
expenses, and well-informed persons
who look the facts in the face know
that this present rate of taxation can
not be substantially reduced for many
years to come, even though there
should be no bonus bill passed. If
there is to be a genuine bonus bill,
there must be further taxation.
Sales Tax Support Inadequate.
President Harding has said that the
only new and additional form of taxa
tion which seems practicable to pro
vide for the bonus would be the sales
tax. This brings the case again to
where it has always been, namely,
the bonus bill, plus the sales tax, or
no bonus bill at all. The proposal
for a sales tax gains gradual etrentrth.
but this strength is far short of
enougn to Justify any expectation
that it could be passed by the present
house and senate.
It is possible that, as Senator Wat
son of Indiana has said, some kind of
a bonus bill may be passed by the
present congress. On the other hand,
when theTionus bill comes up for de
bate in the senate the time consumed
In that debate la going to be consid
erable. There is a large groun of
senators who are determined, when
the situation arises, to debate the
issue thoroughly on principle. Con
sidering that a good deal of the een
ate'a time Is already mortgaged to
debate on the tariff bill, it Is not
certain that the bonus bill will come
to a vote before election. If It should
come to & vote, it would probably be
passed, but if it 1s not the sort of
bonus bill that President Harding has
described as the only proper one, he
may be expected to veto it
Whether the bill could command
the two-thirds voto necessary to pass
it over bio veto is doubtful. In any
event, that process would involve eo
muoh delay as tomtiKB it most doubt
ful whether it could be done during
the present session of congress.
VALENTINO GETS CROWD
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Conflicting Stories Alleged
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EVIDENCE HELD HIDDEN
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v' ' " " EVELYS NESBIT.
NETW YORK, June I. Two months at Atlantic City have done wonders
In restoring the nerves of Evelyn Nesblt. Many hours have been spent on
the sando with her Japanese poodle. She. insists that rumors and press
agents are in some way connected and keeps on smiling because she is feeling
so much more like her old jolly sell.
and his wife at breakfast, attired in
pajamas.
Carroll Lynch, a deputy sheriff at
Palm Springs, testified that his at
tention was attracted to the couple
one morning as they were leaving
the cottage in an automobile because
they were both wearing purple pa-1
jamas.
Other witnesses testified to seeing
Valentino and his wife on the streets
of Palm Springs and around the cot
tage from May 13 to 16, inclusive.
Hearing la Adjonrned.
The hearing was adjourned when
the prosecution announced that it h.ad
received word from deputy sheriffs
that two witnesses had been sub
penaed at Big Bear lake, In San Ber
nardino county, and they could not
reach Los Angeles today. These wit
nesses are Dr. Floretta White, a
woman physician of Palm Springs,
and J. E. Harti superintendent of the
water system at Palm Springs. -. .
A continuance was granted until
3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, with
the understanding that if defense
attorneys were then engaged in an
other case, as they believed they
would be, the Valentino hearing
would go over until Saturday morning.
TERMINAL RATE QTJESTIOX IS
BEFORE COMMISSION.
SENATE FIGHT AVERTED
SESSION IS CLOSED IN CONSID-
EBABLE DISORDER." ;
McCumber and Robinson Almost
Come to Blows on Tariff, but
Others Intervene.
Long and Short Haul Controversy
' May Have to Go Before Su
preme Tribunal.
WASHINGTON, t. C, June !.--
Running 45 minutea beyond the time
set for quitting, the senate . brought
its night session to a close tonight
in considerable disorder. Much of
the after dinner session was devoted
to heated debate on the various
phases of the dye schedule which, as
had been predicted, developed into
one of the bitterest fights on, the
tariff measure.
The interchange between senators
holding opposing views on proposed
imports on dyes became more pointed
as the night session progressed and
in the last minutes a personal en
counter between Senator McCumber,
republican. North Dakota, in charge
of the tariff bill, and Senator Robin
son, democrat, Arkansas, apparently
was narrowly averted.
Advancing to the center of the alele
to meet each other, the senators
found Senator King, democrat, Utah;
standing between them. Then Sena
tor Polndexter, republican, Washing
ton, moved across the chamber 'and
took i- Senator McCumber . by .. the
shoulders. The North Dakota senator
resisted and for a moment they were
clinched. ' : -
Meantime there was a general hub
bub on the floor. Finally an agree
ment to recess until tomorrow1 was
reached, Senator Robinson agreeing
at the reauest of Senator Curtis, re
publicans-Kansas, to withdraw his
motion for adjournment ; so that a
recess might be taken. .-. -
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, June 1. If the in
terstate commerce commission up
holds the tentative report of Examiner
William A. Jpisque, which would deny
the application of the transcontinental
railroads for authority to meet water
competition at Pacific coast terminals.
the supreme court will be called upon
to settle long-and-short-haul - con
troversy for all time, Seth Mann, ap
pearing fpr' San Francisco, told .the
commission today. ;
He said that everybody was tired
of "these fourth-section cases." and
said he imagined the commission also'
was getting tired of them. The com
mission, however, found the cases
were of such importance that it was
decided today to continue the hear
ings for two days longer. The argu
ment was opened by B. A. Scandret
for the Northern Pacific railroad. This
Was followed by arguments by Fred
H. Wood of the Southern Pacific and
Mr. Mann.
John E. Benton, general counsel for
the National Association of Railway
Commissions, representing the state
commissions of six intermountain
states, Bpoke tor one hour upholding
Examiner Disque 8 conclusions.
Representatives of the intermoun
tain country said that Mr. Benton's
argument was one of the strongest
of the legal aspects of their side of
the case that, in their opinion, had
ever been made before the commis
sion. i j
Joseph N. Teal, representing the
Portland Traffic and Transportation
association, will speak tomorrow
morning.
PRINEVlLLE HAS BIG FIRE
fContlhued From First Page.)
Jean Acker-Valentino-Gugllelmi. She
told of meeting Valentino three years
ago ana or ineir marrige November S,
1918, The marriage has never been
annulled, she said, .
After a deputy county clerk had
read the pleadings in the Valentino
Acker divorce case, a certified copy
of the Valentino-De Wolf marrige
record at Mexican was Introduced in
evidence over the defense's objec
tion, xnis snowed that Rodolfo.V.
Gugllelmi, 26, and Miss Winifred del
Wolf were married May IS at the
home of Otto Moller, mayor of Mex
ican. TW record also recited that
the briae was the daughter of the
te Michael Shaunnessy of Salt Lake
city, and Winifred Shaunnessy, the
latter now being Mrs. Richard Hud
nut of New York. Valentino's father,
according to the record, was Dr. Ge
ovanl Gugllelmi.
Ceremony Is Described.
In contrast with the legal recital
of the marriage as shown by the rec
ord, was the testimony of William
Clay Sliver, a newspaper man of Cal
exico, the California town across the
border from Mexican, who told of the
wedding ceremony and party at the
mayor's home. It Was attended by
more than 15 persons. Including sev
eral Mexican officials and was fol
lowed by a banquet given by the
mayor. The mayor's Ice box was full
ct wine which was freely distributed
to the guests. Silver testified, and
that official hired an eight-piece or
chestra in addition to calling out the
government band. Mexican officials,
unable to attend, sent their greet
ings. Just prior to the wedding the bride
showed some reluctance In going
ahead with the wedding. Silver testi
fied, and asked the witness If he
thought Valentino was violating the
laws of California. The ceremony was
finally performed after Sliver and
Valentino had assured her that the
marriage was perfectly Valid, ths wit
ness said.
The prosecution then called several
witnesses who testified that Valen
tino and.his wife returned to the Call
fornla side of the boundary, going to
a cottage at Palm Springs, Riverside
county, at the northern end of the
Imperial valley. The cottage was de
scribed by .Mrs. Ramalda Lugo, house
maid, as containing a living room and
two bedrooms. On at least one oc
casion, aha said, she saw Valentino
DRAINAGE BODYr EN TOUR
Reclamation Projects in Willamette
Valley Inspected.
EUGENE, Or, June. 1 (Special.)
Members , of the'State Drainage as
sociatlon on a toiir of the valley
today expressed satisfaction with the
results of the drainage noted on their
first day out. The party started
from Salem this morning and drove
to the Lake Labiah drainage project,
which they say 'is being carried Out
very- satisfactorily. ,
They also visited the Salem drain
tile manufacturing plant, then viewed
dttca-digging demonstration at
Gervais. On Percy Stearns farm
near Lebanon, declare the members
of the party, the results of thorough
tiling of the land were more ap
parent than, at any other place vis
ited during tne aay. vetcn on iana
that was tiled was waist high, while
on land that had been drained it is
but a foot high. ,
MKESS ARRESTED
wore a brown suit and a gray cap. )
Peters spoke to him. he said, and i
again showed him the revolver, and
said, "I will get him unless he gets
me first"
Phillips said he saw Peters walk to
meet'a very well-dressed young man.
who came across the street. They
talked for a few seconds and then
started for aa automobile.
When Phillips was reminded that
Peters' body was found on May 16 he
expressed the opinion that he might
have been killed near by and his body
carried to where It was found.
COUNTY LOSES ROAD SUIT
Prosecutor Declares Prisoner
'Knows More of Shooting Than
He Has Told so Far.
WHITE PLAINS, N. T., June 1.
James J. Cunningham of New York
tonight was arrested and held in Jail
here as a material witness in ine
case of Walter S. -. Ward, wealthy
banker's Son, confessed slayer of Clar
ence Peters, ex-sailor of Haverhill,
Mass. ' -
Cunningham,1" whose name has not
before figured in the case, was ar
rested In: New York and Immediately
brought here. His is the first arrest
in the case which has attracted nation-wide
attention since Peters' body
was found 'at a lonely spot near the
Kensico reservoir on May 16.
Prosecutor Issues Statement.
District Attorney Weeks issued the
following statement concerning the
arrest:
Cunningham is held as a material
witness. He was dug up by the New
York American as the result of an
anonymous letter. He" had been
trailed for three days. -
"He has told the American one
story and when- confronted by the
sheriff and myself he told another
story. He said that the man, said to
have been wounded by Ward, was
brought down to his mother's home
In the Bronx in a touring car and was
later driven away."
Knowledge Held Concealed.
Mention of the wounded man was in
reference to one of the many tales
investigated by local officials to the
effect that Peters was not the only
victim of the gun battle which Ward
claims to have engaged in with three
supposed blackmailers at the time
Peters was killed,
Mr. Weeks said the man in custody
Is a race track employe, formerly at
tached to the stables of Commander
K. Ross, Canadian horseman,
Cuningham, he eaid, does not claim
to have been a witness to the shoot
ing of Peters and the man he de
clares to have" been wounded at the
same time, but asserts that he knew
of the scheduled meeting between
Ward and the supposed blackmailers
several days before its occurrence
May 15.
Surety Company Gets Judgment in
Fight Over Contract.
OLYMPIA, Wash..; June" 1. The
Aetna Casualty & Surety company
was awarded Judgment against Skagit
county today in a case involving a
contract to build the Cook county
road. Grand & Ervig took the con
tract and. when the Job was completed
there was approximately 20 per cent
of the money due still In the. hands of
the county.
Claims were filed against the con
tractors for several thousand dollars,
which should have been paid from
this 20 per cent reserve, the court
held today, but which were invalidat
ed when $9000 In the reserve was
paid to a banking concern financing
the contractors. The claimants then
brought suit against the bonding
company for recovery. The case was
tried before Judge Brawley of Snoho
mish county, who decided in favor Of
the county.
The opinion today reversed the low
er court on the ground that tire coun
ty had exceeded its. authority in turn
ing over the reserve funds to the
bank.
YARDMEN MERGER DENIED
International Rail Order Oleld in
dependent of Brotherhood.
CHICAGO, June 1. Denial that his
organization had beeti me iced with
the International Brotherhood of Rail
way Yardmasters and Turd Employes.
as announced May 23, was issued here
today by F. w. helan, president of
the International Order of Railway
Yardmasters.
"The information concerning the
merger is absolutely without founda
tion, so far as this organisation U
concerned." said Mr. Whelan. "Posi
tive assurances may be given that this
order has not been and will not be a
party to any such consolidation."
Snow Palls in Wyoming. '
CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 1. Snow
fell generally in central and south
em Wyoming yesterday and today.
Cheyenne is having the first "white'
June within the memory of the oldest
inhabitants. The temperature Is mod
erate.
second building to go, and from there
the flames spread to the new 50-room
hotel building. Rapidly the flames
ran on to the Hamilton stables, and
sparks caught on the roof of tb
Pastime pool hall, which was dyn
mited, saving the Elkins Motor Sales
company building. J. A. Stein and his
son, owners of the store bearing their
name, were in Portland at the bed
side of Mrs. Stein at the time that
the flames leveled their building and
destroyed their entire stock of goods.
The Prineville bakery, the Cornett
building and the Schee real estate
office carried the flames to the post
office. The OchocO national forest of
tlce and its records are included in
the less of the Cornett building.
Other buildings caught fire in rapid
succession.
Investigations to substantiate the
theory that the fire was of incendiary
origin are being pushed by Sheriff
Olson of Crook county and Tom Carl
tion, fire chief of Bend, acting in his
capacity as deputy state fire marshal
Fire Fourth of Series.
The fire is the fourth of a series
of fires in Prineville . which have
started recently in empty buildings.
Seventeen buildings were destroyed.
Estimated losses other than indi
cated above were: Michel grocery,
$10,000; Cyrus Jewelry store, 110,000,
Cornett & Co., general merchandise
store, $50,000; postoffice, $25,000; H. R.
Lakin Hardware . company,.- $50,000;
Deschutes Power company, $26,000;
telephone office, $15,000; Mlnger
Plumbing shop, $15,000; City Meat
Market, $15,000, and Prineville bakery,
$15,000; 10-room frame school build
ing, condemned April 1, loss not esti
mated; old Prineville hotel, $1000; cen
tral Oregon hardware store, $8000;
Hamilton livery stables, $8000; Seg
gling pool hall, $3000; R. L. Scheeh
real estate office, $5500; old Call
building, $1000; blacksmith shop,
$5000; Mrs. Cyrus' notion store, $5000;
Electric shoe shop, $5000; Old Cream
ery building, $5000; Gerardo meat
market, $8000; D. P. Adamson resi
dence, $5000; J. A. Stein & Son, cloth
ing store, $15,000.
Mayor Baker Offers Aid.
Mayor Baker yesterday offered any
aid possible to Prineville where a con
flagration wiped out the greater part
of the business district yesterdav
morning. M.e telegraphed to D. F.
Stewart, mayor of Prineville, at fol
lows: "Press dispatches indicate your
city has suffered from serious con
flagration. Portland stands ready to
assist you. Having only meager infor
matlon, advire wl at we can do." -
Cunningham evidently knows
great deal more than he has told
about the case," Mr. Weeks continued.
"He says that the shooting came out
of an effort to trap Walter S. 'Ward.
VICTIM IS DECLARED ARMED
Peters Said to Have Been Prepared
to Fight With Ward.
PHILADELPHIA. June 1. Guy
Phillips, world war veteran, reiterated
here today that he saw Clarence re
ters lain bv Walter S. Ward in PhUa
delphla at noon May 16, and at 8:30
A. M., May 16 Peters' body was founo
near New Rochelle, N. Y.
It was while on his way to a rail
road station on May 16. he said, he
fell in with Peters, who accosted him
because he wore a service button,
Peters appeared to be nervous, Phil-
IIds said
"The -younef man said he was In
trouble with a married man and
girl. This man, he said, had a pretty
wife and was trying to win his girl
from him. He showed me a revolver
he carried In his inside pocket. Then
he Said a man was in the city looking
for him. Fondling the revolver, h
RATES HELD UNLAWFUL
Interstate Commission Passes on
Paper-Making Machinery.
THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, D. C, June 1. Rates
charged by the New York Central and
connecting lines on pulp and paper
making machinery, shipped from east
ern points to the plants of the Crown
Willamette Paper company at West
Linn, Or., and Camas, Wash., were
found unlawful by the interstate
commerce commission today and
reparation was ordered.
In an opinion written by Commis
sioner Campbell, the commission de
clared unreasonable the rates charged
on lumber and forest products in car
loads from points In westsrn Wash
ington on the Willapa harbor branches
of the Northern Pacific and Chicago
Milwaukee railroads to points In
Idaho, Utah and Colorado.
BANK , PROBE FORECAST
Grand Jury at Seattle to Investi
gate, Says Prosecutor.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 1. (Spe
cial.) That the failure on June 30,
1921, of the Scandinavian-American
bank of Seattle will be Investigated
bv the county grand jury, now in ses
sion, was definitely announced' today
by Prosecuting Attorney Douglas. The
prosecuting attorney's office is said
to have found evidence indicating the
possibility of criminal liability.
Experts in the employ of the prose
cutor have been at work for some
time on the bank's affairs. The grand
jury was said to be about at the end
of its inquiry into the leasing of the
county ferry system.
Clarke Jury Term Extended.
VANCOUVER, Wash., June 1.
(Special-.) George B. Simpson, judge
of the superior court of Clarke coun
ty, today issued an order extending
the Jury term to June 17. The term
began May 22, but so much business
has arisen -that this additional time
will be necessary. Mrs. Frances Bie-
secker is to be tried June 7.
Light Liquors Favored. .
LOS ANGELES, Cal., June 1. The
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
has gone on record as favoring
nnt it- mi,t 1 h.ln him tn trof (h. .Yiatl
aiu t. ...... e,- fcu .
... . ,,...in ,n ir.l htm 1 oto. h R
asked me where he could get a train
for Elisabeth, N. Y. I told him to
go to the information window, which
he did."
Phillips then related how hs saw
the mah next morning at the entrance
to the Bellevue-Stratford hotel. He
S. & H. green stamps for cash. Bob
man Fuel Co., coal and wood, Broad
way 6353. 660-21. Adv.
Bead The Oregouian classified ads.
AMUNDSEN IS READY
(Continued From First frage.)
brought by the great blizzards that
sweep the Arctic seas.
So that along with discoveries of
a scientific nature the Amundsen ex
peditton may make others that will
throw light upon the manner in which
the jieroic mariners of northern
waters l.ave embarked upon .their last
great cruise.
TILTS ENLIVEN WOMEN
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at luncheon at the Tillamook hotel.
The Oregon Agricultural College Ly
ceum -club gave a recital tonight for
the visitors.
The delegates'Wlll leave Tillamook
tomorrow afternoon at 1:15 o'clock by
special train,
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