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T1IK hliNDAV OKEGOMAX, POUTLASU, AUGUST 14, 1921 ACGIDEWT RETURNS SHOW STEM GAIN Receipts $4,000,000 in Ex cess of Disbursements. 1919 HELD1 BANNER YEAR Economy Programme Compels De partment to Decrease Ex penses $3000 Per Month. SALEM, Or., Aug:.' 13. (Special.)- Receipts of the state industrial acci dent commission for the period July 1. 1914. marking- the inception of the department, until June 30, 1921, (hawed an aggregate of approximate ly it. 867.178.92 more than the dis bursements for the same period, ac cording to a report prepared here to day by members of the commission. The report showed that during the eeven years there had been received by the commission a total of $12,909, 054.34, while the disbursements dur ing the same period aggregated 8,041,875.42. Receipts for the period July 1, 1914, ! to June 30, 1915, aggregated $570, 032.04, while the disbursements for the same 12 months totaled $244,884.52. During the period July 1, 1915, to June 30, 1916, the receipts of the de partment 'Increased to $572,666.91, while the disbursements during the year aggregated $361,652.32. The net gain in disbursements for the year totaled more than $100,000. Suhxrqurnt Record Shown. Receipts and disbursements of the department for the subsequent years ending June 30, 1921, follow: ' July 1, 1916, to June 30. 1917-Rccelpts. f 1,080.800.01; disbursements, Sfl06.H97.99. July 1. 1917, to June 30, 1D1S Receipts, $2.1'0. 774.89; disbursements. $997,276.75. July 1. 1U1S, to June 80, lai9 Receipts. $1,879,036.16; disbursements. $1, 373.773.14. July 1. 1D19, to Juno SO. 1020 Receipts, $3.1,U,a75.34; disbursements. $2,652,330.30. July 1, 1920, to June 30. 1921 Receipts. $3,150,308.88; disbursements. $2,052,386.30. Total for the seven years Aggregate re ceipts of $12.109,054.34 and disbursements of $8,041,875.42. Receipts for the year July 1, 1919, to June 30, 1920, were the largest in the history of the -commission. This was due, members of the department said, to the fact that all war indus tries were in operation and thousands of men now idle had employment. disbursements of the department were tne largest during the year July 1, 1920, to June 30, 1921. under the laws regulating the conduct of the state Industrial acci- aent commission only 10 per cent of the receipts may be used for ad ministrative expenses. As a result of this law, and the fact that many industries have been closed during the past year, an order was issued recently lopping off approximately 25 employes of the department. This curtailment in the expense of the commission will become effective faeptember 1 of this year. Commission Activities Varied. Besides providing what is known as straight compensation for persons injured in the industries, the Oregon commission places many of its crip ples in schools, while hospitals are maintained for the convenience of tnose needing medical treatment. There also has been added to th commission industry nurses and other departments which have tended to relieve the injured and provide for tneir financial comfort. Although conditions now are some- wnat uncertain. members of the commission said today that there was no indication that there would be any drastic decrease in the amount of business transacted by the de partment. .temporarily. It was agreed, the receipts of the depart ment would show a falling off, while the same will be true of the disburse ments. near the Eagle creek camp grounds, according to information from the forest service here. The report states that the berries are found to be the best between the four and five-mile posts, and they will be in season un til about the first of September. Directions on how to reach the berry territory are given in the re port as follows: "The trail is well posted and par ties coming by auto should park their car at the Eagle creek camp grounds, instead of on the highway near the entrance to the trail. Leaving the highway at an elevation of 60 feet one climbs on a 15 per cent grade until the height of 2250 feet is reached. The last water along the trail is found at the 2-mile post and parties planning on remaining on top of the ridge all day should pack water. "Owing to the dry condition of the forest everyone is urged to use. spe cial care with fire." ..; Crushed Skull arid Bloody Ax Point to Murder. CORPSE HIDDEN 3 WEEKS SOLONS REPLY TO LEGION peDG1E XOT BROKEN, SAYS McXARY AXB ST AX FIELD. . Salem Post's Accusation of . Un faithfulness Branded as False and Ill-Considered. SALEM, Or., Aug. 13. (Special.) In reply to charges that they had re pudiated their pledges by voting for recommitment of the McCumber sol diers" aid bill. Senators Charles E. McNary and Robert N. Stanfield have eent telegrams to Capitol post No. 9, American Legion, In wnich they brand the accusations made against them as false, ill-considered and uncalled for. - The telegrams charging the Oregon senators with unfaithfulness to their pledges were sent to Washington two weeks ago following a heated session of the local post. " Have Just received your very in temperate and unfair telegram ac cusing me of having broken my pledge and stating that you would not here after accept my promises," said the telegram received by the post Iron! Senator McNary. "I do not know to what matter you refer, but I do know that the state ment is false and uncalled for. No one has more loyally supported sol dier legislation than I have and many times I have said I would support soldier adjustment legislation and this I intend to do. 'Provisions for the ex-service men must be wisely made and land set tlement must be one of the features. I shall not vote for legislation simply because of its label. This is my op position to the alleged soldier bonus bill offered by Senator McCumber. Senator Stanfield replied: "Your probably illy-considered tele gram received. I am not aware of be ing committed to vote for legislation detrimental to the interests or the welfare of the American people, am in favor of and shall support en actment of a bill for soldiers' ad justed compensation, but the same must be logical and presented at a proper time. "Your telegram is the only one re ceived censuring my -vote to recom mit, while I have received hundreds of commendations on the stand that I took. 1 do not believe that you would have me do other than stand for what 1 believe to be Anverica's best Inter est and I believe that this was best served in the recommitment of the so-called bonus bill." The telegrams sent to Senators Mc Nary and Stanfield by Capitol post No. 9, American Legion, read: "Capitol post No. 9, in regular meet ing assembled, resents your repudi ation of your pledge to us. We will accept your actions but not your promisee hereafter. POLE HEARING IS SLATED OFFICIALS TO APPEAR S'AiLEM TUESDAY. IX Establishment of Second Line on Route of Columbia River Highway Opposed. SALEM. Or., Aug. 13. (Special.) Officials of the Postal Telegraph company and the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company have been cited to appear before the Oregon public service commission here Tuesday and show cause why both corporations should not use the same set of poles on the Columbia River highway in the vicinity of Goble. The Postal Telegraph company re cently started the construction of a new pole line along the Columbia River highway, with the result that J. M. Devers. attorney for the high way commission, threatened to insti tute injunction proceeding to halt the project. It was alleged by the attorney that the installation of an ether pole line would destroy the beauty of the highway and detract from the native scenery. A few days later the Postal com pany sent word to Salem that work on the line had been abandoned, pend ing an adjustment of the controversy. It was predicted here today that the Fostal Telegraph company and the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com pany would agree to the common usage of the latter's poles at Tues day's conference. GIRL ENDS LO.Mfi TRIP Walking and Chance Rides-Means of Crossing Continent. SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 13. (Spe cial.) After a trip of 3700 mile across the continent in 76 days, Miss Alice M. Stephens, 22, of. New York, arrived in Seattle today enthusiastic over her experience and determined to make the trip over again as soon as the opportunity arises. She was tanned and fairly bubbling over with vitality. "The finest vacation I've ever had in my life," she declared. "And I'v never met such fine folks in my life. Some asked me if I carried a pisto and if I wasn't scared. That's foolish I couldn't have been safer anywhere, All are so kind on the road thei courtesy is the sort that you'll fin only out of doors." Miss Stephens explained that she had actually walked only 600 miles, the balance having been done with th tourists who gave her a lift. "I didn't ask anybody for a ride,' she said, "but persons were alway stopping to ask me if I didn't want to join them. . ILL HOLDS BODY OF MISSING HERMIT Motive for Slaying Is 'Mystery, bat Tough Characters Said to Have Lived Xearby. PENDLETON. Or.. Aug. 13. (Spe cial.) Foul play is suspected in the case of the death of Matt Jepson, a bachelor hermit, whose lifeless body was "discovered this morning in an open well on his ranch near Little Meadows, in the mountains. 16 miles east of Milton. Jepson had been missing for some time, according to reports reaching here tonight. His body was found by Jim Dykes, a deputy sheriff, of Milton, who made an investigation acting on instruc- 10ns from the county sheriff s office. It is said that tough characters are known to be harbored in the timber near bis home. That Mr. Jepson was murdered was the opinion of Coroner Brady of Uma tilla county, who returned to Pendle ton tonight after investigating the case. The head on the body found in the well was smashed almost beyond re cognition, Mr. Brady discovered a bloody ax partly hidden in an out house on the ranch which he believes is the -instrument employed by the slayers. Jepson's body was badly emaciated and has been hidden in the well for at least three weeks, accord ing to Mr. Brady. Motive for the deed was a complete mystery. Jepson was a pioneer of that vicinity and was not thought to be wealthy. His house was found not to have .been ransacked and persorfal possessions had not been removed from his clothes. No residents of the sparsely populated district could give a clew, according to Brady. Coroner Brady and Deputy District Attorney Randel will visit the scene tomorrow morning to investigate the case further. of his life at Vancouver, Wash., coming directly fro-m Lorraine, France, to that city. He is survived by four sons and daughters, 14 grand children and seven great-grandchildren. The names of his children are Marx Remllnger. Mrs. Anna Schmidt, Mrs. Edward Houser and Louis Rem linger, all of Portland. Thomas T. Xotson. DALLAS, Or.. Aug. 13. (Special.) Thomas T. Notson. civil war veteran. 80 years old, died here Friday. He was never married and his only near relative is a. brother. 92 years old, who lives fn Iowa, . Mr. Notson was born in Iowa and served during the civil war in an infantry regiment from that state. In 1872 he came to Folk county, Oregon, and purchased a farm near Ballston, which he worked for 25- years, retiring then and moving to Dallas, where he had since resided. The funeral services will be conducted tomorrow at Sheri dan by the Masonic lodge, of which he was a member. , ' Charles Brill. . LA GRANDE, Or.. Aug. 13. Spe cial.) Charles Brill, aged 14, died this afternoon as the result of injuries sustained when he slid down a hay stack . and landed on a fork. The fork's prongs injured him internally. Henry Xeuens. SALEM, Or.. Aug. 13. (Special.) Henry Neuene, for 17 years a resident of -the Liberty district, died last night. Mr. Neuens is survived by three children. MURDER WARRANT ISSUED SLAYING OF ALABAMA PRIEST CHARGED TO BARBER. GREAT BASE PROJECTED TCX'XEIi'AXD BRIDGE PLAXXED TO EVACUATE 3IAXHAJTTAX. Catholic Bishop Says Death Is Cul mination of Propaganda by .Crooked Politician. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Aug. IS. A warrant charging murder was sworn out today by Coroner Russum against Edwin A. Stephenson, barber and preacher, who shot and killed Father James E. Coyle, rector of St. Paul's church, late Thursday. The coroner announced a verdict of "unlawful homicide." The priest was slain a few hours after he had performed the marriage ceremony which united Stephenson's daughter -and Pledro Mussman, a Catholic The girl has not returned to the parental roof since the Rili ng, it was stated, members of the amily declaring they believed she and Gussman had left the city. In the funeral sermon. Bishop Allen declared that. Father Coyle's death was the culmination of "propaganda carried on by a few unprincipled pol iticians, aided by nondescript mounte banks." "This Is the work," he continued, 'of those who are carrying on propa ganda of hatred against the Catholic church. These unprincipled politi cians are the responsible miscreants." Obituary. Mrs. Grace Crane. Funeral Bervices for Mrs. Grace Crane, wife of George M. Crane, who died August .7, in her home at 709 Fourth street, were ft.iiwiji.npnytyww.uV;.'ii held Tuesday after noon at St. Law rence cathedral. In terment was made in Lone Fir ceme tery. Mrs. Crane had been a resident of Oregon for many years. She was married to George M. Crane in Port land in 1S92. Be ' sides her widower sne 's survived by her mother, Mrs. M. g'aritt-.Mrvva Riedl. a sister. Mis Elizabeth Riedl, and two brothers, Pat and Otis Riedl. all of Portland, and another brother, Lee Riedl, of Olym- pla. Wash. . Mrs. Anna Lefker. ALBANY, Or., Aug. 13. (Special.) The funeral of Mrs. Anna Lefker, resident of Oregon for the last eight years, who died at her home at Shedd Thursday morning, was held this aft ernoon at the United Presbyterian church in Shedd. The services were conducted by Rev. W. "W. Reld, pastor of the church. The burial was at the Oakville cemetery. Remllnger Funeral Held. The funeral of Nicholas Remllnger, northwest pioneer, was held yester day from St. Andrew's church. In terment was -in the Vancouver Catho lic cemetery. Mr. Remlinger died at the home of his daugher, Mrs. Edward Houser, 1JS9 East Seventeenth street North, Projects Designed to Diminish Dense Population on Island Below Central Park. NEW YORK. Aug. 13. Projects for linking Manhattan with New Jersey by a vehicular tunnel and a bridge are expected to diminish the number of persons who- reside on the isiana below Central park. The resident population of lower Manhattan decreased by 260,000 In the decade from 1910 to 1920, and every time a new building Is erected it seems to shrink still more, rnis is because the motive for nearly an construction from Fifty-ninth street down to the Battery is business, not bedrooms. New means of communication with New Jersey are expected to result id further business demands upon lower Manhattan's lim.it ed. space. New Jersey and New York are now linked only by ferries, tube trains and one railroad tunneled beneath the Hudson. The vehicular tunnel built by pub lic funds of New York and New Jer sey is expected to be completed by 1924. Construction of the approaches to the tube was begun several months ago. It leaves Manhattan island downtown, at a point below Four teenth street. The proposed bridge, which private interests are promoting, would cost $200,000,000. A corporation has been organized and Is seeking capital. This bridge would rise from New iork near Fifty-ninth street and de scend into New Jersey at Weehawken. Most of the ferries and all the tubes are below this point, but the growth of business in New York already has driven out many dwellings as far north as Fifty-n-inth street and sub stituted office and loft structures, The bridge's lower dec would ac commodate 12 railroad tracks. While on the upper span there would be room for 16 vehicular pathways, four trolley 1 nes anT" two broad prome nades. Supporting towers on eithe end of the over-water span would b taller than the Woolworth building. In addition to these pathways be tween the two states, a third is pro posed in a bill introduced in con grass to give a private corporation permission to build a pontoon bridg across the Hudson at Yonkers, just above New York city. Promoters of this scheme point out that the ve hicular tunnel may not be ready fo five years, while it would take even longer to erect the proposed bridge at Fifty-ninth etreet, but pontoon could be strung across the wate Quickly. . Wife Desertion Charged. CHEHALIS, Wash . Aug. cial.) George W. Mack of Belling nam was returned to that city iuuy to answer a charge of wife desertion. OE30C ,, IQPOI 10001 3 I ; tiSTVi' 55 J'.K--i j We Just Wis 10 o n o LEGIONNAIRES IN PARIS American Delegates Are Cheered by Thousands. ' PARIS, Aug. IS, (By the Associ ated Press.) Two hundred and fifty representatives of the American Le gion, headed by Major John d. i.mery, national commander of that organ ization, arrived in Paris at 4:45 o'clock Friday afternoon. They were received with military honors and cheered by thousands of Parisians, who greeted them as vet erans returning in triumph. Young Woman Buried. ESTACADA, Or., Aug. 13. (Special.) -Mrs. Clyde Inglish of Garfield, who THIS 26-PIECE SET Ml f- ONLY 1 OV No War Tax Compare Our Prices During This Week Only FREE An Extra Half Dozen Tea Spoons Any Pattern. TO HAVE YOU ALL COME INTO OUR STORE AND SEE THE MANY EXQUISITE PATTERNS FEATURED IN 1 847 Rogers Bros . and Holmes & Edwards Silverware - Tableware That Will Gladden Your Heart HERALDIC OLD COLONY QUEEN ANNE LOUVAI N CROMWELL AMBASSADOR BETSY ROSS JAMESTOWN HOSTESS For 70 Years the Quality Has Been the Best the Designs the Most Attractive ALL UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED Girls, start your Hope Chests Mrs. Penniman Is with us. She will tell you how to arrange your table according to Fashion's latest dictates. MEET DAVIDS AND WEAR DIAMONDS D o a o a o Our Own Fac tory on the Premises. I0E30 JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS 343 WASHINGTON ST. AT BROADWAY Your Old Jew elry Made Into New n o a o (0E3O daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Wag ner of Estacuda, died yesterday morn ing after an illness of. two or three weeks. She had been married one day over 11 months, and her death oc curred on the 44th anniversary of her parents' marriage. The funeral was afternoon, the Rev. Walter Glvens of Montavilla officiating. Dallas Apartment House Prospers. DALLAS. Or.. Aug. 13. (Special.) E. V. Daltoo. manager of the Imperial formerly Miss Ida Wagner, held at the Christian church this apartment house in this city an- nounces that he will add another story to his building in the near fu ture to care for the increasing de mand for homes In this city. Deaths from snake bites are nutner out in Afghanistan. QBE on Wednesday, August 10. At the An ' -officer came from Whatcom time of his death he was 81 years and 1 county tnd took the prisoner home 6 months of age, and had lived most with hi mj'1- DRY SPELL UNBROKEN Drizzle Insufficient to Be Record ed by Weather Bureau. The home gardener who arose be fore breakfast yesterday morning was delighted to see and feel the begin ning of a drizzle and he hastened to bring in off the line the clothes that Mrs. Gardener had left out the night before. His joy was short lived, how ever, for the promised shower stopped almost as soon as it started and was insufficient even to lay the dust In the chicken yard. Incidentally the moisture that gath ered In the official umbrella-rack af fair that measures the rainfall for the weather bureau was not enough to be considered officially, so the dry spell of 41 days continues un broken to last night. PLANT OFJJTILITY SOLD Receiver Disposed of Oregon Gas & Electric Company's Property. MEDFORD, Or., Aug. -.13. (Spe cial.) At the receiver's sale of the Oregon Gas & Electric company's plant, held here today, the property was bought by the Anglo-California Trust company of San Francisco for $55,555.50. The bondholders were represented by Thomas D. Patch, re ceiver, and the trust company by its vice-president and cashier, Louis Sutter. There .were no other bids. The sale included the land and equipment of the gas company In this city, Grants Pass and Roseburg. This includes 42 acres just south of Medford. one and one-half acres each at Grants Pass and Roseburg. The company s affairs have been in litigation for a year, and the sale is expected to straighten them out. The future plans of the company will not be made public until after a conference, to be held at San Fran cisco this week. ' . HUCKLEBERRIES ARE RIPE Small Fruit In Large Quantities Is Ready for Picking. 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"The Lost Romance," with Jack Holt, Lois Wilson and Conrad Nagel is a splendid example of the perfect photoplay. fra'iGREENLAJMD NEWS, the home-grown news reel, is g31 full of pep and interest this week. You will be surprised at the number and oddity of events happening in and around Portland things you miss seeing in person, but on the "screen they are truly and snappily depicted. HE usual excellent music will be contributed by Knowles and the Columbia Picture Players. TODAY