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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON MONDAY, FEBRUARY. 21, 1921. 1 BITTER FIGHT ON BUNDS TAXATION L TO BE RESUMED 'State Houm, Salem, Feb. 21. -The - bitter fight which has raged through out the session over taxation of .bonds of other states and foreign 'countries, is due to be revived - through the Introduction of a reso :: lutlon which will leave the question to a vote of the people at the epe--ial election next June. The agitation for such a law origi nated with, Yamhill county bankers i'Snd fanners, its provisions being: . included In a bill Introduced by t Senators Vinton and Ryan. The bill .received the unanimous indorsement wol the committee "oh" assesment and taxation, and no doubt would have - passed both houses had It not been for the early appearance of the biggest opr . position lobby of the session, which 'has been constantly on the job. The bill was twice referred to the com ml t- t tee, and twice has been toefore the sen ate for final passage, but each time it , has failed to pass by one vote. Intense feeling, has developed and charges that t improper methods have been used to se cure Its defeat are freely made. Delegations of business men and farm ers from up state counties declare that t these securities are now taxable but assessors fall to place them on the roll .and bond houses falsely advertise them jss free from taxation. They demand a ... penalty for those who seek to evade -taxation on such property and argue .that if It was taxed then land taxes would be much lighter. ? They assert that millions of dollars are leaving- the state monthly; through -investment in this class of securities and -that funds for farm loans and local de velopment are vanishing. Country bank ers who, are heavily Indebted to Port land and San Francisco institutions in "timate that they have been coerced Into opposing the bill and are daily appear ing at the state house to ask that some . thing be done which will stop the drain .on their savings deposits through 'the , wholesale purchase of foreign bonds bearing higher rates of Interest than i they can afford to pay. Labor leaders are throwing their Strength with farm ers and country business men in an ef fort to stop this drain on the financial resources of the state and If the resolu tion to submit these Questions to the people is blocked by the bond house lobby they promise to assist in initiating such a measure. Business Men of Coos and Curry Criticize Portland Request of merchants and business men of Coos and Curry counties to trade, with "markets to the south (California) until Buch -time as this section of the state shall become linked to Portland by a system of adequate highways," is embodied in a series of resolutions 'adopted by the Gold Beach chamber of commerce which further censures "mem-, bers of the Portland press and the Ore gonlan in particular," for their adverse 1 attitude on the Roosevelt highway. -The attitude of .the Gold Beach cham ber, as set forth In the-resolutions, is -.that the southwest Section of the state has been consistently neglected by the state highway commission in the con struction, of good roads with the result 'that that section is more or less isolat ed from the rest of the state, .which -'-condition . would be overcome by the legislative appropriation for the Koose-f-velt highway. The resolutions further charge Port land Interests with being fearful of loss 1 of prestige as far as tourist traffic is ;. concerned should any such tourist high way be built In the state that does not : begin and end in Portland. " 0. A. C. Co-Eds Hold Their Annual Ball Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lis, Keb. 21. Far from the prying eyes, the coeds of the campus fro I Iced Satur day afternoon in their annual costume balL The coeds were divided into 'two groups, one of which bad the privilege of dressing up to represent male partners for the younger freshman women. Cos tumes were varied 'and original, repre "senttng everything from trim sailor "gobs" to blanketed Indians. Kdith Ba llff, Portland, was chairman of the en tertainment committee, and Ruth Rose brapgh. Salem, served as chairman of the social committee. Good "Ojegon Quality" SHIRTS Is Finest quality of shirtinjjs and workmanship, neat staple patterns in variety 6f latest de . ifns and weaves. Many are left unfinished - to be made up to your order. i We Guarantee Satisfaction Ail tae latest patters and novelty effects. Same grade of shirts retail at $11.0 SHIREK & SENATOR C. f . ' y . ... , m tf f '-- I -1 , , h . : S " i f T7T. v v. '-m i " -4 't ? ' ' I 1 if - "4 1 b . . " ! t .-. Hi , I 1 I' Senator Edwards represents the counties of Lincoln, Tillamook, Wash ington and Yamhill In the state senate. TENURE PROTEST ENTERS JOURNAL State House, Salem, Feb, 21. In spite of the objection of Senators Banks and Moser, upheld by a sub stantial majority of the upper house, a protest against the legality of the procedure by which house bill -349 the teachers' tenure bill was passed by the legislature, was en tered In the senate Journal this morning: by Senators , Hume and Thomas. ! t The protest of Hume and Thomas al leged that the bouse rules requiring that bills be printed and on the desks of the members for three days before taking final action had not been com plied with In the passage of the tenure bill, and that the measure was there fore Illegal. ' i ; MEETS OPPOSITION , To this protest Senator Banks ob jected on the ground that there was no provision for spreading such a protest on 'the records of the senate. Replying to this point of order, Hume read senate rule 34, referring to protests-and the manner of entering the same on the senate records. This rule. Banks insisted, applied only to protests entered in explanation of a vote. Senator Moser insisted that there was no occasion for entering the protest, de claring that the house record would speak for itself, and that if the bill in question was not legally passed tits' rec ords would so show without cluttering sp the records with protests. ASK FOB KOLL CALX When President RItner ruled that con sent of the senate would be necessary to enter the protest on the Journal over the objections raised Hume moved that the senate give its consent thereto. Only 11 members stood by Hume and Thomas, while 18 were opposed. Using the roll call as a pretext, both Hume and Thomas took occasion to read into the records' the protest in explanation of their vote. , Representatives Lynn and Richards Joined with Senators Hume and Thomas in the protest, copies of which have been sent to the governor for bis considera tion. Telephone Company Will Not Cat Its Help Before March Salem. Feb. 21.--Replylng to the re quest of the public service commission that no action be taken toward a re duction of their working1 force before March 1. by which time it is expected that the new rate Order will have been handed down, the Pacific Telephone company. In a letter received by the commission this 1 morning, gives assur ance that the wishes of the commission in this matter will be respected and that no final disposition of its forces .will be made until -before February 28. Buy at Factory and "Save 50,. News! SON ris?j Is the XimHcm Flteht tip. .95 1 KitM tnary 5A fceoadolatlia. , SSrK white La Oj?"S . Jr. satin : . Q-JlA and silk . Cgl 12 J. EDWARDS f TaTO C HOUSTON PASSES 'BUCK' TO M'ADOD By J. Bart Campbell Washington, Feb. 21. (I. N. S.) Full responsibility for loans, credits and advances made by the treasury department to European govern ments was placed on former Secre tary of the Treasury William G. Mc Adoo by Secretary of the Treasury David F. Houston, today when he reappeared before the senate judic iary commitfcSe. Houston declared McAdoo "must have been laboring under a misapprehension" when he stated recently he had opposed the establishment of further foreign loans or credits during his incumbency of the office of secretary of the treasury. SO LOAXS MADE No loans had been made for" any new purposes, ail advances having been for war purposes as defined by the law, ac cording to Houston. Recent utterances by McAdoo, Hous ton said, indicated the ex-secretary was under the impression that the United States had established new credits to the allies. . "This is not a reality," Houston said. "We have only paid out money on cred its already established." Houston and Senator Reed clashed on the question "when did the war end?" Houston said the war did not end so far as this country was concerned, until the president had issued a peace procla mation. He submitted a memorandum from the state department, received last Friday, declaring that the United States was still in a state of war. FRANCE GETS $S90,000,00 That France had asked and received an additional credit of $300,000,000 from J-ho treasury department in April, 1919, was aisctosea Derore tne committee today by Nicholas Kelley. assistant secretary of the 'treasury, in charge of foreign loans. France desired this sum, Kelley said, to-cover outstanding commitments to the United States and Great Britain. Kelley said France wanted J68.000.000 to cover British claims against the French government, but decided later that only 118,000,000 was necessary. The United States had advanced the $18,000, 000, leaving a credit of $50,000,000 from which France is seeking to obtain $21, 000,000. WHT DID TJ. s. PATT "Why did the United States pay France's debts after the fighting had ceased V Senator Reed questioned, open ing a controversy with Kelley and de claring Kelley'e testimony was unsatis factory. Kelley also stated the United States had financed return of Czecho slovak troops from Siberia. A million dollars had been set aside, he said, to pay the shipping board for the return df invalid Czech troops, but had not been paid as the Czech government and the shipping board had not been able to agree on their accounts. HOUSTON SAYS NO LOANS TO FOREIGNERS PLANNED Washington. Feb. 21. (I. N. S.) David F. Houston, secretary of the treasury, in his answer today to the suit filed by William Randolph Hearst to prevent further loans of r&oney by the United States to foreign govern ments, declares that there exists no rea son for an injunction against establish ment of further credits, as there has been no Intention to grant them. Sec retary Houston says he indicated that purpose in his report submitted to con gress last December. , No credits have been established since April 1, 1920, Houston stated. Counsel for Houston made this the basis of their argument today before the district su preme court against the granting of the injunction asked. William A. Deford, counsel for Wil liam Randolph Hearst, asked that the court exercise the same power it bad exercised In granting an Injunction, upon petition of Mr. Hearst, to prevent the sale of ships by the shipping board at a low value. "There Is no difference whatsoever In principle between that case and this," declared Deford, In referring to the sbiD- ping injunction. "There Is, however, one difference be tween them, namely, that the disposition of the public funds, which the secre tary admits he is about to make 'and which it- is asked that he be restrained from making, is more clearly a usurpa tion of authority than was the proposed disposition of ships of the United States which this court enjoined the shipping board from making. "I submit the issues of law in this case for the decision of this court in the full confidence that it will as fear lessly and Justly exercise its equitable powers in this case as it did in the case of the shipping board, alike in different to the prestige of officials and the pressure of public opinion.' Birthday mil Bo Subject f j -notary's Sixteenth Birthday" will be the subject of addresses before Rotari ans Tuesday noon at the Benson hotel by Nelson O. Pike, governor of the Northwest Rotary district. Charles K. Cochran and J. C English. W. Ar Ilobb Of .the WMtflrn lTnintr wirm., n OVERTURFF RAIL BILL IS PASSED BY LOWER HOUSE State House, , Salem, Feb. 21. Physical connection of existing and competing lines : of railroads, their construction, or the prevention of their construction by the public service commission dnder certifi cates of publio necessity and con venience, was indorsed by the house this morning1 when it passed the Overturff bill placing this subject under the jurisdiction of that com mission. The passage of the bill was opposed by Korell, Richards and Davey, who con tended that the bill placed unwarranted and dangerous power in the hands of the commission. " Korell Insisted that such a law would defeat the purpose intended for roads could not be forced to make large Investments of capital when the returns would not justify. Speaker Bean asked Korell If it was not a fact that had the law been in force, the two lines up the Deschutes, would never have been built but that both lines could have been constructed under order of the commission. Overturff showed that during the past year $1,300,000 freight on lumber had been paid on shipments out of Bend alone. He said that one line up the Deschutes had cost SS.OOO.OOO, the other $15,000,000, and that because of this vast expenditure the companies, as soon as they emerged from the Deschutes canyon, had entered into common track age agreements, and would not now make needed extensions, while the en tire Central Oregon country went with out transportation. The house also gigged back on its prior action, recon sidered and passed Senator Vinton's bill providing that insane patients, citi zens of other states, committed to the asylum, - could be trsnsported by the asylum authorities to their home states and turned over to the authorities there. - T PLAN IS AGREED ON State House, Salem, Feb. 21. Leg islative reapportionment in a form which Senator Jay Upton character izes as "the puny result of a mag nificent plan." will probably go through the houses withou much squabbling, if the warring factions come out of a noon conference to day with tempers unruffled. Balked in the senate by the refusal of Senator Smith to stand pat on the origi nal bill now on the calendar in the house and facing certain defeat should any attempt be made to change the senate classification President RItner, Representatives, Burdick. Gallagher and Senators Eddy and Thomas and Repre sentative Kay have Jeen shifting the map about ever Sunday. Apparently they have established a base for con- ference of the senate and-touse leaders to be held prior to 3 o'clock this after noon, when the reapportionment bill will be made a special order in the senate. WILL SOOTHE SET? ATOB.S v By this compromise there will be no changes attempted in the present status of the senatorial districts, which will hold Smith in line and at the same time assuage the anger of Senators Thomas. Eddy, Lachmund and Lafollette. It is planned to take one representa tive from Marion, one from Linn and to abolish the joint districts of Clackamas and Multnomah and of Douglas and Jackson. This will give four representa tives for transplanting. The Twenty-first district of Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Jefferson, Klamath and Lake, which now haatwo repre sentatives, will be given SK additional man, making its quota three. Malheur county will be given a rep resentative all Its own in addition, to being a joint district with Harney and Malheur. Multnomah will be given the repre sentative taken from the joint Clackamas and Multnomah district. Harney and Grant counties will be put in .a joint district. UPTOIf STANDS PAT Senator Eddy says this morning that if the elimination of the Douglas-Jackson representative district will bring har mony he will not fight the proposed plan. While Senator Upton, who wanted his senatorial district switched around so that he would not have to go down into Klamath county to wage war each elec tion time, says thaU maybe "half a loaf is better than none and he will stand pat. The reapportionment bill has been made a special order in the senate for 3 o'clock. In the meantime the leaders will get together and reach a definite agreement if possible. If they can the bill will go through. If they strike a Bnag some place along the line there will be no reapportionment. Bill to Aid Traders In China Called Up Washington, Feb. 2L (WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) The Dyer bill, to authorize incorporation, of companies- in the China trade, was called up In the house today. Its pur pose is to place American firms upon an equality with ethers operating in China and relieve them from th , ex cess profits tax. Passage by the house is expected. f r ,-, . . Qt 3 lagnt by eating food that will not is ideal for breakfast ' lull of real sustsin ing ncurishmsntesi - cas2y cigestiHs. v 'There's a Reason" for GrapeNuts REAPPOR ONMENT GrapeNuts Judge BeSan to Hear Argument on Suits -Againsthip Board Should Federal 'Judge R. S. Bean take the same stand this morning as Fed eral Judge' C. E. Wolverton did last Monday, four suits against the Emerg ency Fleet corporation will be lismissed. One suit, is brought by the Pacific' Ma rine Iron works and three by Supple- Ballin Shipbuilding corporation. Last Monday Judge Wolverton held that the fleet corporation' was an arm ! of the government, and therefore, could not be sued for, more than $10,000 in the regu lar courts. . Claims - exceeding $10,000 must be presented in the court of claims, he said. Following Judge Wolverton's decision effort was made to bring up one of the- cases -before Judge Bean,- but he would not hear it The attorney later t procured special permission .from Judge Bean to be heard Monday morning. Mrs. Peete Asserts She Will. Not Put Up Insanity Claim ' ' . '-! Los Angeles, Feb. 21. (L N. S".) Mrs. Louise Peete, sentenced to life impris onment for the murder of Jacob C. Den ton, maintained hef much-discussed stoi cal poise In the courtroom during her nerve-wracking trial because she was Indignant at "gross Jles" told by prose cution witnesses, according to her own statement today. , I; Mrs. Peete was quoted as asserting she will not permit, an insanity plea to be made la her behalf in event she is given a new trial by the district court of appeals. She said she Was against the Insanity plea principally because It would admit she killed Denton. It is iio greatest artists are AlDA BESANZONI BORI BRASLAU CALVE CARUSO CHASE CLEMENT CORTOT CULP DE GOGORZA DELUCA DESTINN EAMES ' ELMAN It is Victor HARDING N FAVOR PAYNETARIFF DILL Washington, Feb. 21. (U. P.) Virtual reenactment of the Payne Aldrich law as an emergency tariff early in the coming special session of congress has been approved ten tatively by President-elect Hardlngv Chairman .Fordney of the house waysand means committee said to day on his return from-a conference at- St. Augustine. , - "President-elect Harding was in per fect accord with the program I sug gested, said Fordney. Other points in the program which Fordney said .Hardmg tentatively ap proved are : Revftlon of revenue laws following enactment of the emergency tariff and then framing of a permanent tariff. The' plan is- to have the emergency tariff on the statute bookby May 15. a little more than a' month after the spe cial session of congress is scheduled to begin. Agreement between the Republican senate and bouse conferees on the Ford ney bill, providing for acceptance of sen ate : amendments by the house, was reached today. This means that the bill probably will be expedited and sent t the president in a few days. The agreement will be submitted to the full membership of the conference committee, including the Democrats, late today and ' Senator Penrose predicted that it would be finally adopted. mere coincidence iJiat the FARRAR GALLLCURCI GARRISON GIGLI v GLUCK HARROLD HEIFETZ HOMER JOHNSON JOURNET K1NDLER KREISLER KUBELIK MARHNELU McCORMACK because they want own home exactly as they are heard in opera and in concert that they have allied themselves with the Victor. Not only do they make Victor Records, but they have chosen the Victrola to play tljose records because it is the one instrument that reproduces their art in altits original beauty. The records made for the instniment. The instrument made for the records. j J ' New Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the 1st of each month. . Victrolas $25 to $1500. 1 u.9. par.orr Talking" Machine Co.,Camden,N.J. New Reductions ki -Prices of Crude Oil Are Just Announced - r - . r :.. ,,..--,,, . Pittsburg. Fa , Feb.; 21. (L N. S.) The Joseph Seep Purchasing agency announced further crude oil price re ductions, today. Pennsylvania la cut CO cents to $3.25. " The following three grades are cut 25 cents, the new prices being: - Cabell. $L9S ; Somerset heavy, $1.76 ; Somerset light, $ Ragland is cut 15 cents to $1. New prices are In ef fect immediately. CENSORSHIP BILL OIESJN SENATE State House, Salem, Feb. 21.--Patrons of movie, houses in Oregon will continue to receive their enter tainment straight without any dilu tion administered by a board of cen sors, j . The senate this morning indefinitely postponed house bill 172 by Childs and Fletcher, which would have created a board of movie censors, with only six senators Kberhard. Gill, Hall, Jones, Nickelsen and Upton protesting against the summary execution of the measure. The bill' came into the senate, on an committee. Senator Eddy, chairman of the adverse report by -the revision of laws committee, explained that the bill as drafted was not workable, although sev eral members of the committee approved of the general principles embodied In the measure. No one spoke in defense of the bill. , m MELBA PADEREWSKI RACHMANINOFF RUFFO SCHUMANN'HEINK SCOTTI SEMBRICH TETRAZZINI WERRENRATHb WHITEHILL AVITHERSPOON ZANELII ZEROLA ' ZIMBAUST you to hear them VHLS MASTERS QlCET aeauanszorF This trademark and the trademarked word" Victrol a" i d emiry all our products. Look under the lid 1 Look on the label I VICTOR TALKINO MACHINE CO. :. Camden, N. J.' WASHINGTON WILL BE PAID HONORS Washington's birthday anniver sary will be celebrated In Portland Tuesday as a legal holiday, the banks and government offices being closed for; the day. Schools will hold no regular class work, but in accordance with tho state law which provides that an hour and one-half shall be devoted to some jiai" rlotio observance of the. day, programs will be held in all schools from 9 to 10:10 a m., dealing with the life of George Washington. These programs have been planned by the- respective principals and consist of appropriate songs, plays and recitations. At Boau mont school.- walnuts will be planted that have descended from the original Mount Vernon walnut tree. There will be no postal deliveries "ex cept for perishable . parcel post matter. One parcel post window in the central and main postofficces will be open from 8 a. m. until noon. The regular holiday collections will be made. The library will be open for reading only from' 2 to 9:30 p. m. Portland council No. 678, Knights of Columbus, will hold a Washington pro gram In their assembly hall at 364 Tay lor street, Tuesday night. Hall S. Lusk, assistant United States attorney, will be the principal speaker, and Charles J-. Lair will preside.; The Knlghu of Co lumbus band, the Ceceliait.' Women's quartet. Miss Douglass O'Donneil, so prano, and Edward' Moschofsky, bari tone, .will furnish music. No admission will be charged. Legs operated by compressed air have been designed to quickly lift airplanes from the ground and enable them- to fly at once by the power of their rro pellers. w - artists V m your 4 C I speak on "Time and How to Get More Qc 38