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VOIj. XI-i NO. M4- EntmJitPorlUnJ (Oregon
- Pontoffic- as Second -CI Matter
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1921
IRICE FIVE CENTS
HEARING WAIVED
BY DR. BRUMF1ELD
Roseburg Dentist Held for
Murder Trial.
ALASKA WRECK WINS
HUNGRY
RATE WAR WELCOME
TO TOWNS OF COAST
SHERIFF IS KILLED;
SLAYER SHOOTS SELF
MEXICAN WOODS DEPUTY
IX BATTLE.
EUROPE FINANCES
PORTLAND MAN SHOT
BY BOY HUNTING BEAR
TAX BILL PASSED ;
WIFE FOR PORTLANDER
TO GET F
BY HOUSED TO t
GIRL, ALSO OF PORTLAND, DE
CROWDS THAT GO TO BEACHES
IMPROVE BUSEVESS.
GILBERT LAWRENCE CARTUED
5 6 MILES TO HOSPITAL.
CIDES AITBB DISASTER.
RUSSIANS
000
SOON
HIT DISARMAMENT
BAIL IS NOT PERMITTED
Wife Visits Alleged Slayer
and Takes Fruit.
CRIME NOT MENTIONED
Neither Prisoner Xor Mrs. Brum
field Mention Charge Since
Return of Fugitive.
ROSEBURG. Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
Dr. R. M. Brumf ield. waiving pre
liminary examination this afternoon,
was ordered held without ball for the
grand jury, upon his arraignment be
fore Justice of the Peace. Jones.
Brumfield appeared in the Justice
court shortly after 2:30 this" afternoon.
He was guarded by Sheriff Starmer
and Deputy Sheriff Webb, but was not
shackled. He was accompanied by At
torneys Rice and Orcutt who have
been retained for his defense and fol
lowing the reading of the charge At
torney Rice, speaking for the prisoner,
waived the right of further hearing.
Justice of the Peace Jones im
mediately ordered him placed in jail
and denied admittance to bail. As
soon as the hearing was completed
Brumfield was hurried back to his
cell.
Wife Malta Brumfield.
He was alone practically all day.
His wife arrived at the jail at about
8 o'clock this morning and gave him
some fresh oranges and other fruit
and a few breakfast dainties. She
remained with him for about an hour.
The conference was purely personal
and the crime was not mentioned.
In fact, it has not been spoken of by
either Dr. Brumfield or his wife since
his return to this city.
Shortly after 1 o'clock h's attor
neys appeared at the jail and passed
an hour and a haif talking with him
regarding financial affairs and also
regarding his defense. As Boon as
they had completed this conference
Dr. Brumfield was removed to the
office of the justice of the peace,
where arraignment took place.
Brumfield In Stronger.
He was much stronger physically
today than at any time since hi
arrest. He slept well last night and
this morning told the officers he was
feeling 'Tine." .
. Dr. Brumfield in an interview to
night appeared calmer than usual and.
though he was willing to discuss the
murder, he still maintained that his
mind was an absolute blank from the
Sunday preceding the crime.
When asked if he was in the vlcin
ity of the wreck at the time the body
was removed from the flames, he
smilingly replied that "he didn't re
member," and said that he guessed
he caused "much excitement in this
town." He smiles frequently and ap
pears to be enjoying the sensation.
ATTORNEY LOOKS FOR WOMAN
Dr. Brumfield's Alleged Compan
ion Sought at Salem,
SALEM. Or., Aug. 20. (Special.)
restrict Attorney George Neuner of
Douglas county, after a day passed
in Salem investigating a report that
& woman intimate with Dr. R. M
Brumfield of Roseburg had visited
here for several weeks just prior to
the murder of Dennis Russell, left
for his home.
The district attorney had two con
ferences with Chief of Police Moffitt
here today. Neither official would
comment on the conference other
than to state that the investigation
started some time ago by Chief Mot
fitt might assist In establishing th
Identity of the woman.
Tvffiyl . : ' f 7 T t '--eJU YUfr ViANtN-S. -st T-Uf t5rr"T"
Laurence Hickam, ex-Lieutenant,
Weds Miss Florence O'Brien
After Two-Year Courtship.
SAX FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. Miss
Florence Helen O'Brien, said to have
been the last woman to leave the
steamer Alaska, as the vessel was
sinking off Blunts reef recently, was
married here today to Laurence
Hickam, ex-lieutenant in the aviation
service. Both are from Portland, Or.
Hickam had been courting Miss
O'Brien for two years, he said. She
could not quite "make up" her mind,
she said, until the wreck.
The wreck told her the will of her
heart.
Hickam arrived here Thursday and
within 15 minutes an engagement
ring was on Miss O'Brien's finger.
Today A. T. Burnett, Justice of the
peace, sealed their vows.
Miss Florence O'Brien resided at
394 Tillamook street, and was among
the first survivors of the Alaska, dis
aster to be picked up from a lifeboat
by the rescue ship Anyox. She tele
graphed her mother, Mrs. Jewel
O'Brien, Sunday morning following
the wreck, the telegram with the one
word "Saved," and signed by her. be-
ng the first "word that her mother
received following the disaster.
Mr. Hickam is widely known in
Portland and the northwest as an en
thusiastic aviation man. He is one
of the leaders in the organization of
the first provisional aero squadron,
which has for its object the training
of men for the Oregon national guard
n the rudiments of aviation. He
served in France as an aviator dur-
ng the war.
CRUTCHES AVERT ROBBERY
Outlaw Too Considerate to Take
Money From Cripple.
LA GRANDE, Or., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Because an outlaw was too
considerate to take money from a
man on crutches an intended daylight
robbery failed here this morning.
Robert Ludwig, a meat-market pro
prietor, was alone inhis shop when a
masked man entered and thrust a gun
into his face, demanding his money.
Ludwig was on crutches because of
a recent accident and the robber, see
ing this, said: "Are you crippled?"
Upon receiving an affirmative reply
the robber said, "I wouldn't rob
cripple," and departed.
MRS. HENRY LAID TO REST
Funeral Services Held for Mother
of Mrs. Hoover.
PALO ALTO, Cal., Aug. 20. Fu
neral services were held today for
Mrs. Charles D. Henry, mother of
Mrs. Herbert Hoover, whose death
occurred yesterday at the Hoover
home at Stanford university. Mrs.
Hoover arrived last night from
Washington.
Mrs. Henry, was taken ill in May,
shortly after moving from Monterey
to the home of the Hoovers here.
BANDITS' VICTIM ESCAPES
American Held for Ransom by
Mexicans Reported Safe.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 20.
Eric Clarke, official of the .Interna
tional Land & Livestock company, has
escaped from Mexican bandits who
kidnaped him at a ranch near Rio
Primero. and is now cafe In Jiminez,
state of Chihuahua.
Clarke reported his kidnaping and
escape today in personal telegrams
to friends here. The bandits were
holding him for $7500 ransom.
CHILDREN GO TO MOTHER
First Wife of John D. Spreckels
Jr. Appointed Guardian.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. Mr
Edith Huntington Wakefield, first
wife of the late John D. Spreckels
Jr., today was appointed by Superior
Judge Troutt as guardian of their
three minor children.
The appointment was made as a
precaution in the legal fight over
the Spreckels" estate.
Famine Relief Agreement
Formally Signed.
ORTLAND BOYS HEAD WORK
'hilip Carroll and John P.
Gregg to Go to Moscow.
SOVIET WILL CO-OPERATE
Orders Already Placed for Load
ing Ships With Supplies for
Starving Thousands.
RIGA, Aug, 20. (By the Associated
Press.) The agreement between the
United States and Russia providing
for American relief for the famine
stricken district was signed et 11:30
o'clock this morning by Walter
Lyman Brown, European representa
tive of the American reWef adminis
tration, and Maxim Litvinoff, repre
sentative of the Russian famine com
mittee.
Philip Carroll of Portland. Or., will
at least temporarily head the work of
feeding the starving people of Rus
sia, a task the American relief admin
istration considers the greatest it
has yet faced. Walter L Brown.
European director of the administra
tion, announced today that Mr. Car
roll would lead the first party of
relief workers, which probably will'
leave here for Moscow next Thurs
day. Mr. Carroll, who' has been with
the administration two years, made
an excellent record by his work in
Germany, South Russia and Serbia.
Carroll's Aides Named.
The other members of the first
party will include John P. Gregg of
Portland, who has had experience with
the relief administration in Poland
and Lithuania; K. G. Neurland of
California, who comes from a post in
Austria; Carlton G. Bowel, a Rhodes
scholar who was with the first
American relief workers in Belgium
and who later was in Hungary, and
Will Gr Shaffrons. Denver, who has
worked for the relief administration
in Poland and Czecho-Slovakia.
Hope that the signing of the agree
ment today would lead to further
relations between Russia and Amer
ica was expressed in speeches made
by M. Litvinoff and. M. Melrovitz. the
Letvlan premier.
Russia is, by the terms of the con
tract, made the beneficiary of a far-
reaching programme, which includes
not only providing food for the peo
ple of the famine-stricken Volga
region, but the combatting of epi
demics. Relief to Begin Soon.
It is understood that orders already
have gone to Hamburg, Danzig and
New York directing that relief ships
be loaded with food and medicines
for Russia. Actual work in Russia
possibly may commence in a little
more than a week.
Political and commercial activities
will be outside the realm of the work
ers' duties and any violation of this
clause of the agreement may be
cause for expulsion from Russia, upon
proofs being submitted to the direc
tors of the relief work. All Amer
leans engaged in feeding and caring
for the famine sufferers will enjoy
diplomatic rights.
All relief shipments urill be trans
ported free of charge to points &e
lected by the Americans, who will
have absolute control of distribution.
It is the plan to restrict relief meas
ures to those people who are in ac
tual distress and to prevent govern
ment employes and men in the army
and navy irom coming into posses
sion of supplies. ,
Co-operation la Promised.
The Russian famine committee will
co-operate with the American relief
administration and the Americans
will not operate in districts where
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Railroad Officials Jubilant Be
cause of Greatly Increased
Travel on Trains.
The first real test In the rate war
started by the Spokane. Portland &
Seattle railway against the river
boats and the automobile stages
plying between Portland and Sea
side, came yesterday and, although
all parties expressed optimism at the
results, it was evident that the rail
road won the first skirmish, as trains
to the seashore carried larger crowds
than at any other time during the
season.
More than 600 persons left at 6
o'clock last night for Astoria and Sea
side, thus taking advantage of the
$1 and $1.60 rates tha.t now apply
to those points. The 1:45 P. M. train
had carried 800 pleasure seekers and
the morning train naa an estimated
human cargo of 700. These trains
throughout the season' have been
carrying an average of about 175
passengers, so even with rates re
duced to bedrock the company i's not
losing any more money that it has
been all summer. The afternoon
train carried 11 coaches three more
than has been necessary at any time
this summer and, while there was
no difficulty in gaining a seat the
coaches were comfortably filled.
Extra coaches were also carried on
the morning and evening trains.
"I have no complaint to make."
remarked L. H. Holman, owner of
the Iralda, when he saw his steamer
pull out from the Alder-street dock
with a load that he said numbered
128 passengers, but that the checkers
for the railroad numbered at 90. "1
knew what I was doing when I re
duced my rates to 55 cents for As
toria and $1.10 for Seaside. . The
Iralda is the greatest boat on the
river, despite what the opposing com-
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Highest temperature 70
degrees; lowest, 58; clear.
TODAY'S Fair, northwesterly winds.
Departments.
Editorial. Section 3. page 6. .
Dramatic. Sections 4, page 3.
Motion pictures. Section 4. page 2.
Real estate and building news. Section 4,
page S.
Music. Section 3, . page 8.
Churches. Section &. page 2.
Books. Section 5, page 3.
Automobiles. Section tW - "
Beaches and summer resorts. Section 4,
page 4. ...
Women's Features.
Women's activities. Section 3, page 8.
Society. Section 3. pages 2, 3, 4, S and 8. :
Fashions. Section 5. pages 4 and 5.
Mi6 Tingle's column. Section 5, page 4.
Madame Richet's column. Section 3,
page 5.
Business girls column. Section 5, page 5.
Special Features,
Lost River, a mountain mystery. Magazine
section, page 1.
We're All Getting Married. Magazine sec
tion, page 2.
The Cyclone, fiction feature. . Magazine sec
tion, page 3.
News of the world as seen by the camera.
Magazine section, page 4.
The movie camera, the schoolmaster of to
morrow. Magazine section, page 3.
The 24,000-mile adventure of a lady hobo.
Magazine section, page 6.
All women ahould work, says Mary Ander
son. Magazine section, page 7.
Hill's cartoons "Among Us Mortals." Mag
azine section, page 8.
Redmond, live and prosperous Oregon City,
now sporting metropolitan airs. Section
4, page 6.
First of Oregon birds series art id lea. Sec
tion 3, page 8.
Darling's cartoons on topics of the dav.
Section 5, page 7.
Many Oregonians are encountered In trav
els In South American countries. Sec
tion 5, page 6.
Foreign.
Peace in Ireland declared remote. Sec
tion 1, page 4.
Europe declared unable to disband armies
. even if it desires to do bo. Section 1,
page 1.
Turks are curious about Bolsheviks. Sec
tion 1, page 3-
Agreement providing American relief for
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famine-stricken Russia signed. Sec
tion 1, page 1.
Boycott rumor upsets Belfast. Section
page 1.
National,
Tax measure passes
4 to 125 In house.
Section 1. pase 1.
Home exempt from search without war
rant by anti-beer bill reported. Section
1, pase 10.
Railroad workers expect new rules of la
. bor board to be unsatisfactory. Sec-
tion 1, pase 3.
Mark Sullivan sees chance for democrats
to make issue out of senate seniority
system. Section 1. page 4.
Oklahoma representative . introduces bill
to prohibit beauty contests. Section,
page 6.
NEWS EVENTS OF WEEK ARE PORTRAYED BY CARTOONIST PERRY.
Shots Are Fired Through Door
When orricers Attempt Arrest
of Two Murder Suspects.
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Aug. 20. A
Mexican partially identified as Pedro
Romirez, wanted in connection with
a slaying last week at Oxnard. CaL.
shot and killed E. G. McMartin,
sheriff of Ventura county, and fatally
wounded William E. Kelly, under
sheriff of Oxnard, at Owensmouth,
Los Angeles county, today. The Mex
ican killed himself when surrounded
by pursuers. Kelly died about two
hours after he was shot.
McMartin and Kelly went to Owens-
mouth this morning in search of
Romirez and Juan Durando, said to
have been concerned in the slaying
ot Justo Garcia at Oxnard. They said
they had been informed the men were
boarding at the home of Mrs. Valen
tine Valade in Owensmouth. Mrs.
Valade told them two men answering
the descriptions of Romirez and
Durando had a room ir her house,
but she did not know if they were in.
rne- oriicers went to the room
indicated and found the door locked.
When they attempted to force their
way in several shots were fired
through the door and both fell.
Sheriff McMartin was Instantly killed
by a bullet through the head, an
other ball passing through Kelly's
body near the heart.
FAIR WEATHER PREDICTED
Xormal Temperature Forecast for
Coast States This Week.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Aug. 20.
Weather predictions for the week
beginning Monday are:
- Northern Rocky mountain and pla
teau regions and Pacific states, gen
erally fair, normal temperature.
National.
$1:50.000, 000 waste land bill favorably re
ported in both houses. Section 1, page 6.
Domestic,
Mexican kills sheriff, wounds deputy and
then kills himself. Section 1, pase 1.
Nebraskans to. get grand Jury probe. Sec
tion 5, page 8.
Alaska wreck wins bride for Portland man.
Section 1, page 1.
Alleged murderer of California priest ap
pears low-spirited. Section 1, page 2.
Coal miners mobilize for invasion of Mingo
fields." Section A, page lL
Pacific Northwest.
Portland man shot by boy hunting bear.
Section 1. page 1.
Farmers desert Idaho nonpartisan league
and start new party. Section 1, page 9.
Portland bidder gets Chinese order. Sec
tion 1, page 7.
Portland Klk band wins first prise at
state convention. Section 1, page 5.
Judge McCourt accepts offer of Justice of
supreme court. Section 1.- page 15.
Phone company's witness commended by
opponents. Section 1, page 8.
Sports.
Pacific' Coast league' results: Portland
10-1'. Salt Lake 3-3; Los Angeles 8-7.
Oakland 7-1; Sacramento 13, Seattle 3;
San Francisco 6, Vernon 1. Section 2,
Page 4.
State golf tournament may be postponed
till next year. Section 2, page 4.
'Gearhart golf tournament draws many
link experts. Section 2. page 1.
Annual playground tennis tournament
starts tomorrow. Section 2, page 2.
Eyes of tennis world on American cham
pionship singles. Section 1, page 1.
Huntington plans for two elevens at Ore
gon. Section 2, page 3.
Washington state counting on veteran
eleven. Section 2, page 3.
Fly caster breaks world's record, but gets
only second prize. Section 2, page 2.
. - Commercial and Marine.
Wheat receipts for week at Portland break
all records. Section 1. page 17.
Chicago wheat slump continues with heavy
selling. Section 1, page 17.,
Motors weakest feature of stock list. Sec
tion 1. page 17.
Number of steamers booked to load wheat
in Portland raised to 23. Section L,
page 16.
Bond market shows upward trend and
money rates decline. Section 1, page 16.
Portland and Vicinity. ,
Armenians saved by American flag from
Turks. Section 1. page 13.
Ir. W. B. Holllngshead says Christianity
is vital need of orientals. Section 1,
page 14.
Crowds take advantage of rate war to
- visit Oregon beaches. Section 1, page 1.
Depression in lumber business Is blamed
on unequal wage scales. Section 2,
page 20.
Grand Jury scores paroling of convicts. Sec
tion 1. page 12.
Seiners' Injunction upheld In ruling by
Judge Coke. Section 1, page 0.
Boy is born within hour after woman ll
hurt in ambulance wreck. Section 1,
page 13.
Nonpartisans' call attracts 40 persona. Sec
tion 1, page 10.
Land Forces Declared Giv
ing Millions Work.
NATIONS' COLLAPSE FEARED
Whole Problem to Be Put
Squarely Up to America.
LABOR IS BIG FACTOR
Xo Purely. Military Reason- Exists
for Large Forces In France,
Italy, Poland and Belgium.
BY WILLIAM BIRD,
(Copyright. 1921. by The Oregonian.)
PARIS, Aug. 20. (Special Cable.)
Europe finds Itself In the strange po
sition today that even . if the "Wash
ington conference should agree to the
general principles of land disarma
ment it cannot disband Its armies.
Four million men are enrolled in
the standing armies of England and
the continent, excluding Russia. The
civilian labor of at least 4,000.000
others is employed in keeping the
soldflers supplied with food, shelter
uniforms, equipment, munitions, and
in providing them with transporta
tion.
To reduce Europe's armies one-half
would at once add 2,000,000 dis
charged soldiers to the swelling
ranks of the unemployment and also
according tocareful estimates, would
throw at least 2.000,000 industrial
workers out of Jobs.
Aspect Not Much Dlcned.
This aspect of disarmament has
not been much discussed. Outside of
the very highest political circles in
the various capitals it is hardly
thought of. But responsible officials
In each country's realize that this is
the final and unanswerable argument
against the elimination of land
forces, though it will not be brought
into play until all other arguments
fail. ,
Those responsible realize that such
an adddtion to the unemployed and
such a shutting down of the military
industries, even, gradual, would pro
voke grave social disturbances, the
like of which Europe has not seen
since the wave of revolutionary sen
timent which swept across the world
immediately after the armistice.
Military Reasons Lacking.
Unquestionably this is more than
anything else the reason for the
maintenance of large armies. No
purely military reason exists for an
army of 800.000 men in France, for
600.000 in Poland,-for 300,000 In Italy,
nor for 105,000 in Little Belgium. In
addition there are half a dozen other
armies in Europe larger than the
force maintained by the United
States.
The difficulty is that Europe has
not progressed toward normal life
since the war and the, governing re
gime everywhere, in the face of Its
economic failure, is, obliged to fall
back upon armed self protection.
Of course there is but one cure for
this condition, namely the revival o
world trade. With healthy industrial
cond'itlons it is practically certain
uch armaments could not be main
tained.
Germany Is Discussed.
The example of Germany, forced to
disarm and forced to produce at un
heard of prices to keep alive, would
result in a widespread demand from
the capitalistic class in other- coun
tries for equally favorable industria
conditions.
But with things as they are
would be idle for the United States
to say to fcurope disarm and get to
work" because Europe has little cap
ital and no markets. The answe
would be "give us capital and th
markets." but it is felt that th
United States not- only possess th
capital resources but is the only na
tion in position on its own initiativ
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George Hughes "Wounds Miner In
Leg and Will Work Claim
Until Injury Is Healed.
ALBANY, Or, Aug. 20. (Special.)
After a bullet from a high-powered
rifle had shattered a bone in his left
leg, Gilbert Lawrence, 49, of Port
land, was carried out of the moun
tains over a 12-mile trail, and then
brought 44 miles to Albany. He
reached the hospital here at 1 o'clock
this afternoon, 29 hours after the ac
cident occurred. Lawrence was shot
y George Hughes, an Albany boy.
who mistook him for a bear.
The accident occurred beyond the
Quartzville mining district, so far
back in the mountains that Dr. Riggs
f Albany, who was summoned, had
o walk 12 miles after going as far
a possible with his car. Lawrence
was shot before 8 o'clock yesterday
morning, and the physician reached
the scene at 6 o'clock last night.
The injured man was placed on
tretcher and was carried all night.
It required ten hours to negotiate the
rough 12-mile trail to the doctors
auto.
Lawrence and his son, Preston
Lawrence, were working a mining
claim in that vicinity. Three Albany
youths went in Sunday on a pros
pecting trip anil camped at a ranger's
cabin.
They had seen bear tracks, and
when Lawrence, dressed in dark
clothes, was observed in the under
brush below them, the boys mistook
him for a bear. The boys will stay in
the mountains and work Lawrence's
claim for him while he is in the
hospital.
GIRL WIFE IS DEMANDED
Husband Asks Court to Give Bride
of Two Weeks to Him.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Aug. 20
(Special.) Chauncey Doty wants to
know why he cannot have his 15-year-old
wife and has interested the supe
rior court in the matter to the extent
of getting E. C. Mills, circuit Judge, to
sign an order directing that the wife
be produced in court Monday. The
order was secured on a writ of habeas
corpus in which it is charged that
H. L. Barton and his wife Flora, the
parents of Capitola Doty, are restrain-
ing the girl.
Doty and the girl were married two
weeks ago and the girl's parents im
mediately had Doty and his father
arrested, charged with perjury In
falsely swearing that the girl was 18
The Dotys are out on bonds and the
writ obtained today is their answer
to the perjury charge. Doty says that
he has not been able to see his wife
since they were forcibly separated.
CAPTAIN KILLED BY COOK
Galley Boss ls n Turn Slain by
Officers of Schooner at Sea.
SAX, FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. Cap
tain McCarron of the schooner Sophie
Christensen was killed at sea in a
fight with his Japanese cook and the
cook in turn killed by officers of the
vessel, which put in here today in a
leaking condition, members of the
crew said tonight. The schooner was
en route from Grays harbor to Callao.
The Christensen left Grays harbor
May 5 last and was long overdue at
Callao. Fears had been entertained
regarding her safety. She was turned
back to San Francisco in latitude 20
degrees south, longitude 127 degrees
west. The vessel made port under
command of Charles Ferris of Seat
tle, first officer. The vessel is owned
by the Seaborn company of Seattle.
Officers of the vessel said a report
of the fight would be made to federal
officials.
BISHOP LEWIS IS DYING
Prelate Suffers Relapse Prom In
fection Caused by Carbuncles.
. SIOUX CITT, la., Aug. 20. Bishop
W. S. Lewis, Methodist bishop of
China, was near death tonight at the
Methodist Episcopal hospital, where
he has been confined for the last
three weeks suffering from infection
caused by carbuncles.
Shortly after noon he suffered a re
lapse. AS the: srass NOPPtR
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Democrats Try to BIocH
Measure, but Fail.
BALLOT IS ON PARTY LINES
Republicans Break Away
and Oppose Majority.
U. S. PENSIONS EXEMPTED
Repeal of Income Surtax Rates
Above 3 2 Per Cent Is Cause
of Opposition.
WASHINGTON. D. C Aug. 20. Th
tax revision bill of 1921. estimated to
cut tS18.000.000 from the nation's tax
burden by 1923, was passed late today
by the house, 274 to 125, on almost
straight party vote.
Three democrats voted for the bill;
while nine republicans voted agalnct
It. Democrats voting for were Camp
bell, Pennsylvania, and Duprie and
Lazaro, both of Louisiana. '
Republicans voting against the bill
were Beck, Wisconsin; Clague. Min
nc-sota; Keller, Minnesota; Lambert,
Wisconsin; Michaelson, Illinois; John
M. Nelson, Wisconsin; Sinclair, North
Dakota; Voigt, Wisconsin; Woodruff,
Michigan. t
Representative London, socialist, of
New York, voted against the bill.
Compared with this number of re
publicans were SO who voted for a
democratic motion to recommit the
bill for elimination of the provision
repealing th" income surtax rates
above 32 per cent. This motion was
lost, 169 to 230, with one democrat.
Campbell of Pennsyl vani.i, voting
against it.
The republicans supporting it were:
Andrews, Nebraska; Barbour. Califor
nia; Beck, Wisconsin; Brown, Wisconsin;
Burke, Pennsylvania; Burtness, North Da
kota; Cable. Ohio; Christopherson. South
Dakota; Clague. Minnesota; Cooper, Wis-,
consin; Davis, Minnesota; Dowell. Iowa;
Frear, Wisconsin; Uahn, Ohio; Gorman.
Illinois; Hoch, Kansas; Hull, Iowa; Keller,
Minnesota; Kelly, Pennsylvania; Ketcbam,
Michigan; King, Illinois; Kleczka. Wis
consin; Knight, Ohio; 1-lopp, Iowa; Lam
pert, Wisconsin; Little, Kansas; Luce,
Massachusetts; Michaelson, Illinois; Mur
phy. Ohio; A. H. Nelson. Wisconsin; John
M. Nelson, Wisconsin; Nolan, California;
Perlman. New York; Ramseyer. Iowa;
Robison. Kentucky; Rosenbloom. West Vir
ginia; Ryan, New Tork; Schall, Minnesota';
Sinclair, North Dakota; Speaks, Ohio;
Stafford. Wisconsin; Steenerson, Minne
sota; Strong. Kansas ; Swing;. California;
Voigt. Wisconsin; Volk, New Tork; Vol
stead. Minnesota: Woodruff. Michigan;
Toung, North Dakota; Zihlman. Maryland.
The bill will be sent Monday to the
senate, where it will be taken up
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EXPERT TO REPORT OX
AMERICAN" BUSINESS
CONDITIONS.
Richard Spillane, widely
known as an expert analyst of
business conditions, will make a
ten weeks" tour of the 'United
States and Canadian cities for
The Oregonian for the purpose
of studying and reporting on
the business situation as it ex
ists throughout the country. Mr.
Splllane's . articles giving the
results of his investigations will
be published in The Oregonian
starting within a few days.
The series of articles by Mr.
Spillane will embrace conditions
in the world of manufacturing,
agriculture, finance, transporta
tion and merchandising. He will
study labor, the housing prob
lem, hydro-electric develop
ments, road building, shipping
prospects; in fact, every condi
tion which In the major sense
affects America's business prosperity.