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S5 THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON SATURDAY. AUGUST . 13. 1821. VITNESS TELLS HOW PHONE CO, i . For receivers, tranamittars'and Indue Hon colls which tne America Telephon ., Telegraph eompkny supplies the Pa ' clflc and ther associated companies the American company pays the "Western Electrlo company 28 per cent above the manufacturing cost This fact waa f brought out in the telephone rate T re hearing case today In the cross examlna - tion of F. H. Leggeu, generirt manager of distribution for the Western Electric ' Concerning: desk stand -which the as ; sociated companies bar outrirht from: the Western Electric. Leggett said dur- mi 19ZO U Faolnc company purchased , 41,611 of one type and 13S9 of another, , for which was paid a total of approxi matelv tizt.ooo. ADJOTJRyJIEXT TAXE9 LegfKett further said that the Western Electric only filled orders and did not attempt to softest to - the associated companies what they should buy. He anew nothing of the details of telephone V equipment him only business wef" tn r When the hearing was concluded at noon loaay adjournment was taken till l:H o'clock Monday moraine, when the hearing: will be resumed at. Salem. ? - Tbe peculiar reiaUonahip f the West rn Electric company to the Pacific Telephone Telegraph ajyl associated - companies of the Bell system- was ex r plained at the Friday hearing by Lerrett According to the testimony Of Leggett nm company h ine manufacturer of tele-- tbone equipment and electric supplies as "wen as a manufacturer Jobber. Origln- awy n was organized manufacture ' -aiectricel exjulpment for the Western " Union Telegraph company before the day of the telephone. i , ", SYSTEM EXPLAINED w, jn 1182 when the telegraph company went out of the telephone business the 'Western Electric was acquired, by the , Bell interests. Out of this haa evolved a system wherein the Western Electric to the material and equipment supply tor the associated companies of the Bell tya- tern. If it does oSt manufacture the ar ticle wanted it goes out and' buys it from .other manufacturers. It also serves a ,. a sort of clearing bouse for the associ- , ated companies. . . The advantages to the associated com' panics claimed for It are its combined purchasing power in the hands of spe- v cialists and the preferred service which j accompanies tus power, its economical inspection of materials, its laboratory C tests, its auditing of all freight accounts and its handling of returned and reissued Instruments and material.. ; , : BITTS TO BEST ADVANTAGE farther advantage is that the asso- '. elated companies can at the end of the " ' year send in their requirements for the t coming season. This enables the West ' ' era' Electric as a centralised purchasing T agency to boy to the best advantage. Under "the contract which Is entered 4 Into between the Western Electric and an V associated company of the Bell system, .' the Westers Electric agrees to purchase . and deliver to the associated company supplies not of its own f manufacture which are sold in the open-market or can be secured. The associated company K agrees to pay the cost of the article and i. in addition a small per cent for services . as purchasing agent. According to Leg- gett this charge is almost nominal and intended to cover interest en the money . involved. v- While it is expected that the associ ated company will buy all .its supplies from the Western Electric ItTs not obli gated to do so. In case it shall decide , to purchase through or from others, it is required only to give the Western Elec tric company reasonable notice and agree to reimburse the Western Electric for sny loss on account of any reasonable amount et stocks carried by or ordered by the Western Electric prior to the re ; ceipt of notice of purchase elsewhere in anticipation of the associated company's f, requirements. ADYASCE M PEE CEST From 1914 to 1920 the average advance v la prices, said Leggett, for telephone ap paratus has been 62 per cent. In 1920 the Pacific Telephone Tele . raph company purchased from the West , era Electric, according to Liggett, equip- nent to the value of jj,Z3S,doo. as com pared with the prices it would have paid J" te a competitor, Deggett claimed that there was a saving of ss per cent. ' Figures .introduced by Leggett showed that the return on investment . of the Western Electric company for 1920 was . per cent on toUl sales of 114,920,000. ' In 1919 the return was 8.9 per cent on a i business of J81.4S9.00ft. He compared this . return with that of the General Electric - ; company for 1920 which he said was 10.2 per cent and 13.1 per cent In 1919. The ' return on sales contract companies was ' S.2 per sent in 1920. he said. ' Comparing prices paid by associated or eon tract companies with those obtained from non-contract companies for cable, liCgKett said that in 191 his company sold to non-oontraet companies t2,OOo,0O0 . an to contract companies 9,sss,Qoa. The con-contract compa nies paid 27 per cent more than the contract companies. In 1920 the figures were i Non-contraot companies, $934,000 contract companies, -114,158,000. The benefit derived by the contract compa nies was IT per cent. - , The purpose et these figures Was to show that it was to the interest ef . the associated companies of the Bell sys tem to buy through and from the West- - ern Electric. CHAPLAIK BROSSOX TO I.EATE , Vancouver, wash Aug TJ. At the Sunday morning service at Vancouver Barracks. Chaplain Berton P. Bronson wiU speak of "Life as a Loom" in service club No. 1 at 10 o'clock. - The chaplain , leaves the last of (the month for the next term of the ohaplalns service, held in ue Aiiaaie west. ' ROSEBURG DENTIST IS . : ARRESTED IN CANADA L - - " " . - V i- f 'T-.! V iljPim ef wind: " jiiiit.li Cy Dr. R. M. Brumflfld , THB BBUXFIELB CABB - July 1J Headless body found under burning automobile of Pr. . B- M. Brumberg, Roseburg dentist, near Roseburg. Body variously identified as Brumfleld's, and as that of Dennis Russell, hermit. July 15 Mrs. Brumfleld says body is that of her husband. , Russell's brothers declare it is that of the hermit. - ' . July li Brum field reported In Port land. " I July IT Brumfleld reported In Red mond.. BertUlon - expert ., convinced body Is Russell's. i. July 19 Inquest held over body. Witnesses disagree on identity. Rose burg divided on inquest. Brumfleld reported in La pine. July 20 Coroner's jury finds body that of Russell, . July 22. Brumfleld reported near Fort! Klamath. I August 1 Brumfleld reported near .Bend. s August f Russell . alive tn Lake . hUlsj says Acquaintance, August 12 Brumfield captured near Calgary. Alberta. BRUMFELD WEAKENS, S EAGER TO RETURN (Con tinned Froca Pate Oat) ' - doe, driving awfully fast at the time and being without lights, ran off road. Tou know the rest 1 have killed several men but they were all in war and all greasers but one, but this has worried me sick. There is no use to hunt me. I am going away from here today (evidently refer ring to Banff) to place I know they can not Cnd me." j . . - - ANOTHER LETTER. FOUJfD - Dispatches from Roseburg revealed another, incident of the search which shewed' thai the letter-writing habit was not a new one with the fleeing dentist On July 22, It developed, a bottle con taining a note from the physician had been found In the Willamette river at Portland. The discovery was kept secret at the time, aadwas not made public until yesterday, following Brumfleld's capture.' Colncidentally. It was stated that the handwriting had been compared with ' that of the missing dentist, and been found Identical. . The letter follows: -Portland, Or.. July IS, 192L Whoever discovers this bottle will do me a great favor if they will notify my friends that I was not in Redmond at all. and, fin thermore, that I was hot the hobo that rode on the blind baggage, as the news papers have it X am a slicker, and those guys will never get me. because they are too damned alow to catch cold. I will be in St Paul at the Hotel Ryan on the 21st of July, and from there I am going to Buenos Aires. - - i "St, M. BRUMSTELD." OKE OF MAST CLUES " The report which the letter- in the bottle denied was one of the many eon- fusing eraes which followed Brumfleld's flight .identifying him one day as man in woman's clothing and -the next as a member of a holdup gang. I Where he actually was while the po lice of the entire country were search ing'for him! will not be known -until the dentist himself, tells the story of his escape Into Canada. So far, Calgary dispatches say. he has tola only that he worked-his wsy from Roseburg to . the border, crossed the boundary and proceeded to Calgary "by way or Lake Louise and Banff. PLIGHT CAREFCILT TLAJTJTED" I There-Is enough' evidence, however, at this end of the trail to show that the flight was carefully planned. . One striking example of this Is the fact that when Brumfield 'was found he was using the same name Norman Whit neywhich he had written on the tell tale parcel ef lingerie when he expressed It from Myrtle Creek to Seattle, The sole difference was that the 2)arcel was expressed to '."Mrs. Norman. Whitney." It waa under-this feminine name., inci dentally, that Brumfleld directed that the parcel be sent to his Csftadian re- treat SUfFLE ACTIOS' PUZZLES ' By what process of mind Brumfield reasoned that he eouid safely send for the package. Is one of the pussies of the case. -The fact that the parcel had IT AD CLUB CARAVAN VMiY RECEIVED OH SOUTHERN TRIP By P. Hj MeMahea (Jeamal Heichaadiiias Baream). ' Roseburg. Or. Aug. The CO Port land Ad clubbers, with their wives, who reached here on schedule time Friday night were tendered one of the finest re ceptions this organisation has ever re ceived on any of its ours. - Met at the edge of the city by a band, the vanguard of the caravan was escorted to the Ump aua hotel and serenaded during the short Interval between arrival and the banquet and reception tendered by the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce and prominent citisens. . u ' '. The Ad clubbers and their ladies were welcomed to Roseburg by Judge J. W. Hamilton, who presided, and by A. C Marsters, who acted as toastmaster. Responses were made for the Pomand ers by Julius L. Meier. Erie Hauser, F. P. Tebbetts. George Rauch and others, who all Impressed upon the citisens of Roseburg the necessity of unity among the people of Oregon to insure the suc cess of the 1925 exposition. Following the banquet .an Invitation was extended to the business men ef Roseburg to be the guests of the Portland Ad club in the near future and at least 60 ef the Roseburg citizens accepted the Invita tion. . - A ' The trip from Portland to Roseburg was made without accident to any car tn the caravan. Road conditions were found better than expected and the splendid cordiality of tbe people en countered on the way made a lasting impression upon the Portlanders. Ar Cottage Grove the caravan halted for a short while to be met by the mayor and prominent citisens. Lemonade and ice cream were served to everyone by a number of Cottage Grove's charming young women. Today's run will carry the caravan to Medford. with a stop for-lunch at the new irrigation dam, south of Grants Pass, where the Portlanders will be the guests of the Grants Pass Chamber ot commerce. been found and. shipped back to Rose burg had been widely published. The presumption of the authorities is that the dentist got out of the reach of American newspapers and failed te read this detail of the search. Another Interesting revelation of the care with which Brumfield laid his plans is now seen in the fact discovered some time ago, that three weeks before Rus sell's murder, the dentist had written to a Canadian-Australasian steamship line in Vancouver for information regarding suing aatee, Brumfield displayed another of his peculiar mental twists when he chose the alias of "Norman Whitney." The name is that ef a brother-in-law of L. It. Burchard, a Roseburg merchant at whose store the dentist bought the box or xemwine attire. . SETEBAL ENTITLED TO SHARK IX fftM BRUM FIX LB REWARD Who gets the reward? " This is one of the questions which probably will create ocntroversy In con nection with the arrest at Calgary ot ur. n. . JsrumQeia, A 11000 reward for the caotura of the fugitive dentist has been offered by the eounty court of Douglas county and an other, for the same amount, by Gov ernor oicott .. Among those who may claim a "share in the $2000 are the clerk la the express office at Seattle who reported Brum fleld's inquiry regarding the package of lingerie, the mounted police officer and the Seattle detective who made the actual arrest and the Roseburg polios who telegraphed them where Brumfield was to-be found. w. ' - In fact if the person who had the most to do with the dentist's capture were to receive the amount it would probably go to Brumfield himselfr POLICB PUZZLED AS TO HOW - BBtrHFIELD PAS8EB i THROUGH How Dr. R. M. Brumfield manaared to slip through the cordon of police which was supposed to be waiting for him from Roseburg to the Canadian border was a question which puzzled local author Ities today. One theory is that the nhysician. fol lowing the same peculiar mental urge which brought about his arrest, had dis guised himself in woman's clothing. Dr. Brumfleld himself told the Calrarv police today that he,had spent Several nours In Portland on his way to Canada. He said he came here directly from Oakland. Or., and boarded a train out of the union station here for Seattle. - In view of the dentist's statement new Importance is attached to an - incident reported to the police July 18 by Mrs. Austen Nokomis, proprietor of a rooming bouse at 243 North Seventeenth street On that day, Mrs. . Nokomis telephoned headquarters that - a woman she be lieved to be Dr. -Brumfleld had 'passed the night at her home. The roomer, she said, had -a coarse masculine voice, con sumed many cigarettes and Wore "her" hair exceptionally short . , The roomer had been gone about an hour when Mrs. Nokomis called. In spec tor Scbulpius went to the address. but was unable to find any trace ot tbe suspected individual, man or woman. The clew also acquires Import now that the Roseburg police have divulged the finding of a bottle in the Willam ette river at Portland which contained a defiant note from Dr. Brumfleld to his pursuers. BBtrXFlELD-g OBJECT SAID TO HATS BEEX ISgCRABXE Roseburg, ' Aug. IS. Brumfield, Rose burg dentist has been: sought since the finding of a charred body under a burned . automobile near Roseburg. Some : claimed that the body, was that of Dennis Russell. . murdered by Brumfield. Others said the body was that of Brumfleld,. Brumfleld's wife among them. Authorities say Brumfleld was after Insurance money and hoped to be listed as dead when the body was found tinder the car. ... , Woman it Jail for Failing to Report Smallpox Case City Health Officer Farrtah today dis covered that through the carelessness ot Mrs, Clara Corcoran, 60t Davis street who tailed to report smaQpox la her home and who took tat bar home board ers after the disease had developed there. a new case ot smallpox has been devel oped. This morning he took to the iso lation hospital Mrs. C. J. demons, aa expectant mother, who waa one of the boarders, but who had been assured be fore she went there, he says, that there waa bq danger from infection. ' Mrs; Corcoran- is now serving a 14-day sen - tence In Jail for failure to report small - Receiver Named : . ; For Sheridan, Or., i Milling Company Walter E. Critchlow of Portland was appointed by Federal Jadge Charles K. Wolverton this eoorning as receiver for the .Yamhill Milling Co, at Sheridan. The petition for bankruptcy was filed by S. L. Seroggin of the First National Bank at Sheridan Friday afternoon. -In the petition it is alleged the firm has assets amounting to $4,000 and that the First National Bank holds 'Promis sory notes for $20,000. In filing the peti tion W. E. Street is named as operator of the njUL -- According to the complaint set forth Street gave a chattel mortgage on an automobile to L & Matuach for 11.000 and later allowed Matuach and Matt Mouas to' start suit and attach the ac counts of the firm which the petitioner claims Is showing preference to credi tors.' ' , . The assets as listed are real property. mm machinery, stock on hand, both man ufactured and raw, trucks, automobiles and other milling equipment ALLIES CLASH IN AT tConthnwd From Pace One) summon parliament if be conceded too much to Great Britain, is not passed. BRITAOC IX COXTBOL ; Colonel George Harvey, United States ambassador, the American "observer" at the council, considers as highly signifl cant the fact that the supreme council has decided to abide ty whatever dec! sion the League of Nations nay reach on the Upper Sileslan question. But old and seasoned political observers laugh, for Great Britain controls the league council. Harvey Indicates that before the deci sion was reached to leave it to the league, he was approached with the pro posal that the United States mediate. Ha refuses to discuss the matter, bow ever, saying that it is settled. The am bassador is likely to go to London today. At present he does not know who is to represent the United States on the Rus sia famine commission, but this is to be ounuHca ioay, in au prvosDuixy. DEADLOCK MAT KEEP TWO PREMIE B8 FROM WASHIXGTOX I By Newton C. Psrke Paris., Aug. IS. L N. S.) Viscount Ishii, Japanese ambassador to France and president' of the council of the League : of Nations, today called an extraordinary meeting of the league council tor August 20 to discuss the Upper 8ilesian issue. The council adopted a resolution urr lnr the United States. Serbia and Ron mania to give their early consent to postv ponement ef the collection of the Aus trian Indemnity in order to help Aus trian rehabilitation. , Premier Briand of France has agreed to waive the unanimity rule and will ac cept the rule of the majority In the league council. The supreme council meet virtually ended yesterday, but the remaining members arranged for Informal conver sations today upon the German custom penalties and other secondary matters. It is felt in some quarters that the action et .Premier Lloyd George in turning the important Upper SUestnn Is sue over to the League of Nations has given fresh life to that organization. The deadlock In the supreme council may result in the refusal of both Pre mier Lloyd George and Premier Briand to go to Washington for the Far, East and disarmament conference, The Brit ish premier described the French premier as hopelessly obstinate and M. Briand's characterisation ot the British premier was equaUy severe. In diplomatic quar ters ine proaicuon was made that the supreme council will never meet again ana that in the future business of such international importance as the upper Sileslan dispute would be handled by the League of Nations. Uader such circumstances, America would be shut out completely from allied councils. IS CALLED ABNORMAL (0 M """vl pwumseo) it would even throw further light upon the killing of Dennis Russell Dr. Koha called attention to the oc casion on which Brumfield appeared at a masquerade ball in Roseburg dressed i a woman, -and impressed all those present with the perfection of his dis guise. - "Here we have another exhibition ot Brumfleld's passion tor feminine ap parel," he said. "Not only that but the reports are that he carried oft his part perfectly. Plenty of young fellows could do this, but it would be Impossible to 19 out of a hundred normal men of Dr. Brumfleld's age. T would, not care to pass an absolute opinion without interviewing Brumfield himself, but the indications of abnormal tendencies are very , strong." Attempt to Eecall ' Commissioners of f Umpqna Port Fails Roseburg, Or. Aug. IS. The Umpqua port recall election held ' tn the lower Umpqua county Friday, failed when the solid vote of Reedsport for Commission era Joseph Batter and J. R. Brown over came the heavy vote of the outside dis trict, which : sought to have these two men recalled from their office. Reeds port voters voted as one for the two men, while the Gardiner and Soottsburg overshadow the lead. - The official returns received at the sheriffs office today are as follows : J. R. Brown, StS Joseph Butter. S92; J. P. Christie, 36S ; John Henderer. SS9. The precincts in which the vote was taken were Reedsport Gardiner. Ash, Scottsburg.and Elkton. Body of Sea Wreck Victim Arrives ljere The body of EUswood Pickett Jr. of Hubbard, Or., victim of the wreck ot the steamer Alaska, arrived . this morning sad was received by the boys parents. L Arrangements are being made for burial oi xne eooy in jaeuni ootx cemetery. Sunday.- The body of Ruth Hart an other victim, will arrive this evening and will be received by Mrs, G. W. Phelps ot Pendleton. The body -will leave Portland for Pendleton at 11 I' O'clock this eveninr." Arrurmmfi 1 the handling of the bodies to Portland 1 were made by the O-W. R. A .N. com- DEADLOCK PARIS BRUM E D CONCRETE BEING POURED ONDAM AT BULL RUN WORKS Pouring of concrete on thJ dam at the new Bull Run head works la'totororresa. and two shifts are working1 on the Job. jrrea . Ranaiet. chief engineer of the bureau ot water works, reports that the general project Is making i good head way. The contractor has a.10 men on the ' Job, and from this time forward every effort will be - made to advance tbe. work with all possible speed, aa the low stage of the Bull Run river is at hand and it is desired to utilise this advantage.- - The river flow Is approximately 13, 006.000 gallsna. Good progress Is being made on the removal and reeonstmctlonl of the old Vernon stand pipe to its sew location In St Johns. The contractors. LeDoux st LeDoux. have completed (the -concrete foundation at a location formerly used by the old water company near Wil lamette boulevard and Erie! Street; the stand pipe has been dismantled - and most ot it removed to the new location. and the reconstruction wlU begin during the coming week. This standpipe has a capacity of 180, 000 rallons and welzhs 100 tons. The contract price for its removal and re emoval CITY construction is $10,477. XA3tIATIOXS FOR - . JOBS AUUIST ! For the purpose of filling a number ot vacancies in thrcity service, examina tions for operatives in the woman's pro tective division of the police department and for stenoerapher will ! be held in the city council chamber by the mu nicipal civil service board August It and 2S. Applicants for examination tor stenographer must have had. at least two years' experience. Tables, and type writers for this examination will be provided. Applications for examination for operative must be filed not later than August 1(, and for stenographer August 20. Blanks may .be obtained at the office ot the board. 409 city halt These examinations are limited to resi dents of Portland. CITY HALL BRIEFS , The city la calling tor proposals for grading and other work on East Fifty sixth street between Siskiyou and Klick itat streets, and on Garfield avenue, be tween Portland boulevard and Dekum avenue. Bids will be opened at next Wednesday's session of the city council. Assistant City Purchasing Agent Hooper is asking for new proposals to furnish the police station building two steel rolling doors. Offers will be re ceived up to t o'clock of August It. In a recent call for bids objection waa made by some of the bidders that although their offers were lower than the one recommended they had not been given consideration. . This caused the rejection of all bids and a call tor new offers. The city is in the market for a five- passenger automobile ror use or tne bureau of 'health. Bids will be'openee. at 2 o clock, August It. The city council has declared its In tentlon to change the grade of Phelps street at five points. Remonstrances must be filed by August 30. EQUALITY OF TAX IS (Oaatinmd Frm Pace One) to pay a proportionately much greater share." . WILL PRODUCE MORE As sn example, it Is pointed out that in the opinion of tax experts, the reduction to IX per cent of the highest Income and surtax brackets will produce actually more revenue than do the present rates. because the present rstes prevent transac tions which would Involve application ot the high rates, thus keeping taxes from the government and which also drive money Into tax free securities and lead to fraud and evasions. 1 It has been calculated, says the White House statement ' "that aside from cus toms, half the treasury personnel is en gaged in the collection of these taxes and that their readjustment will permit the reduction of this force by several thousand." - EXCESS TAX BLAMES i Responsibility for the waste that fol lowed the war is largely placed by the White House on the operation of the present excess tax, with its pyramiding and consequent multiplication of' the burden on the consumer. It is also held to be an unsatisfactory tax on "which to base revenue estimates because its prod uct of revenue is so extremely variable "and in the present epoch of reduced earnings, it would utterly tall to produce the amount required.' Aa aa alterna tive the administration believes the in crease of the direct tax on all corpora nons earning now ig, izvt or II per cent would produce f22.M0.000 more revenue, even with the exemption ot the 100,000 corporations doing business of less than I20O0 a year. The administration believes the reduc tion and ultimate wiping out of the transportation tax will bring relief to both producer and consumer, as will also the doing away with the so-called nul sance taxes.' The administration s sub stitution for these taxes is an Increase in the' Imposition "through a taxation mechanism already established, funo- uonmg erxeeuveiy and sure te produce wnat is demanded.' BASIS IS ECOXOMT The basis of the administration hope to reueve tbe taxpayer is economy. : The tax burden is to be reduced t5SO.000.000 by cutting that amount oft the government's requirements.' de clares the statement In conclusion the administration's statement says: Tt is believed that as the proposal Is studied and la increasingly realised to what extant they are-adapted to thea ends, they will be recognised as a long step toward restoration of Improved con ditions of general business." be Vised "tax bill lifts BCRDEX FBOX SMALL IXCOMES Washington. Aug, IS. (L N. & Fin ishing touches were put to the tan re vision bill today by Republican members of the house ways and means . c.- mmee. The completed draft of the legislation will be seat to the public printer tonight Monday afternoon It Will be In the heads of the Republics n members of the house, convened la special conference to ap prove It or U vote changes in It : Important late changes made tn exist ing taxes by the committee were in creases from S20O0 to (2100 of the Income exemption for hesda of families with total income ot 15000 or lsa. . This Increase In exemption, together with In crease from 1200 to 400 for each de pendent Is expected to popularise the tax revision presented by the committee. ' It Is expected that these proposed changes will result tn a loss ot revenue i&UUs. la of which S3V BURDENS AM Old Painting of Mt.' Hood Desired For Fair in 1925 During the centennial exposition at Philadelphia in 1ST I there waa dis played a large painting of Mount Hood as seen from the Columbia river which drew much attention. Since then the picture, which was painted by Albert Blare tadt famous artist who died In 1902, has com pletely disappeared. - Perhaps the picture Is In seme private or publlo collection of the nation, but numerous inquiries have failed te locate it The fair board officials are eager to dia plsjr the picture at the X92S fair. 000,000 Is charged to Increase ot ex emption from the normal income tax." The committee decided to reduce the tax on furs from 10 to S per cent and en candy from S to S per cent All of the so-eelled luxury taxes are repealed. dux tne committee is seeking a way to substitute for them a X per cent tax on the manufacturers of articles em braced In the luxury schedule of the ex isting law. Such a tax would yield about su.uoo.wo. . . - Disregarding the recommendation Of Secretary Mellon the committee failed to provide for reduction January 1, 1922. of surtaxes on large incomes to a maxi mum of 23 per cent . The bill carries a maximum surtax rata of 32 per cent wnica is a reaucuon ox existing1 rates and effective January L 192L PREPAREDNESS AS WAR CORE FADES (Osattaeae One) peace of the world rather than an as surance of Its preserve tIon-la really a sequel to the latest tests whereby bombing from airplanes was plainly shown to be a danger to the capita- ship, which might In the future prove conclu sively the waste in the enormous burden of naval armaments. Some hint of this Is given In Mr. Hughes further declara tion that "it may also be found to be advisable to form proposals by which In the interest Ot humanity the use of new agencies of warfare may be suitably eontroiied." aXlT AGREE OX RULES In ether words, the use of the airplane and airship in dropping bombs has revo lutionised warfare and the next war. unless absolutely governed by rules be tween the powers Involved, will mean an era ot unparalleled destruction. The lmpossibiity of getting respect for es tablished rules ot warfare was demon strated la the last war and rather than face the discouraging prospect ot trying to regulate a war while It is in progress, the American government at least be lieves that the imperative course is te take such steps as will prevent a colos sal conflict It is admitted that the whits race cannot stand another war like that which began la 1114. The Unit ed States government has not limited the invitations to a discussion et naval armament but has asked that all man ner of armament be reduced and that all sources of - misunderstanding be re moved not merely in the Far East but throughout the world. The significance ot this broad statement la Just dawning oa official Washington, for it means that the Harding administration has em-1 barked again on the seas of interna tional diplomacy la an effort to accom plish what waa left Incomplete under the last administration, a definite - agree ment te end wars. Mr.-Hughes pointedly wrote that It la quite clear there can be no- final assurance ot peace and the prospect of reduced armaments Is not a hopeful one unless this desire finds ex pression In a practical effort to remove causes of misunderstanding and to seek ground for agreement aa to principles and their application." OUTLET FOR HARD IX G FLAX While if Is stoutly denied that the United States Intends to set up a rival to the League of Nations, the expecta tion here is that the disarmament con ference will soon develop tne necessity of a broad understanding oa the sub ject of preserving peace and that Mr. Hardiner's ideaa for an association with the other nations of the world will fmd a natural outlet at the November con ference. Meanwhile. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. as sistant secretary oftghe navy, who has been preaching lately the doctrines lot his distinguished father to the effect that the surest way to preserve peace was to be prepared for war, finds' a different theory expounded by the secretary lot state. Indeed, the Hughes note Is balled as a vindication of those Republicans and Democrats who all along have main tained that preparedness for war with any of the major powers was'the surest wsy te excite suspicion and provoke bloodshed over controversies that would otherwise smoulder and in time be ex tinguiahed by mutual consent Boy Snsband Faces Charge of Kidnapin P WalU Walla. Wash, Aug. IS. Capitols Barton Doty, 15 years old. husband Jot Chancey Doty, the same age, and his father. A. I Doty, wlU be formally charged with kidnaping, according to Prosecuting Attorney Earl W. Benson, as a result of the recent marriage tot the two juveniles. Efforts are be frig made to have the marriage annulled. Prosecutor Benson said that parents tot the bride .or bridegroom, as the case may be, become tender hearted after rouaing county attorneys out ot bed late at night -a hen the elopements occur to make a complaint against the offending parties. Then they abed salty tears and forgive them, - We are put to a great deal of trouble at unseemly hours, which la nee- less when the parents of the couple get together, he said. Penning Bakery Beste-Xade Bread and Pastry ' Fratta a a Caadles Lsaekes Served Paeae Weedlawg 46. - Corner KIlBsr worth sad Bortswtek Broach Baser? sJI Jlisalsslypt Ave. HAWTKOHXE YULCXl;LZE3 YiW$ L gASSXaABSt i 40 MOiwiie Ave. gste TVs I Ti We Sag AS i TIRES i TUBCa. G.H. TEMPLE j Sheet Metal Worker 9 j : ' Furnace Work a Specialty, i ' Let Ua Remodel Tour Furnace j. Roofing and General Repaar Work , 414 E. gterrisoa, Car. sth Zatt 241 1 FACE OF BURCH 1 ' l t . PALES AT SIGHT OFNEWWIESS ; ' ; Los Angeles, CaL, Aug. lS.-rNer- voas and worn from a week's con finement In Jan,- Arthur C Burch of Evanston, UL. charged with the murder of. J. Bel ton Kennedy, today was be lieved by officers to be near the point ot breaking the haughty silence which he has maintained with uncanny fortitude since his arrest Late yesterday for the first Urns Burch winced, turned pale and apparently tried to "shield his -face when confronted by Charles Summer, the state's latest witness, whose testimony so far , ot fidala have guarded with extreme care. The Identity ef this "mystery wit ness." whose visit to the county JaU caused such a change la the stoical demeanor of Burch. iolntlv indicated with Mrs Madalynne Obenchala In the Kennedy case, was learned early today. PART OF GTJX FOCXB , in a statement made public today Wool wine announced his belief that the stock of a It-gauge double barreled ahetrun faund in ti c.n.. Monica was part ot the weapon with wnicn .ennay waa slain. A positive statement was made by an other officer working on the ease. "It's the right gun." be said, ."that stock Is part of the weapon that ended tne uie or Kennedy.- The district attorney Is known to be In possession of a deposition made by Mrs. James M. Warren" wjfe of a Santa Barbara banker, who was a paseenger on the train that brought Burch to Los Angeles. The deposition charges that surcn aaia: -Tm going out to Los Anreles to see that a certain party treats a friend of mine right If he doesn't I'm going to S nun SAW 8H0TGCX CASE v sen surcn left Evanston on the morning of July 21. presumably to catch a train for Los Angeles, among his baa- gage was a shotgun carrying case, it was reveaiee. neretoaay oy tL. M. Bartlett rormer Justice of the peace ot Evanston. Bartlett sat behind Burch on the train that brought him from Evanston to Chicago and took particular note, he says, of Burch's baggage. Efforts to raise a 150,000 defense fund will be made by relatives and friends of Burch and Mrs. Obenchain lr Los Angeles. Chicago and Evanston, lit, it was learned today when prelim inary arrangements being made for the trial of the two .became known. Secrecy today guarded the meeting late yesterday between Mrs. Obenchain and Deputy Sheriff J. B. Fox. who rushed to Los Angeles from Flagstaff. Aris in response to a message that Mrs. Obenchain waa ready to tell him "everything." Mrs. Obenchain, however, denied that she had made a confession to Fox or that she had told him anything which she had not already said to ether officers. Am coming st once. Keep strength." j.ius was we simple message of prom ise and encouragement received h, alynne Obenchain early today from her rormer ausoaaa. Ralph R.- Obenchain, ww aimuif wesiwara on a transconti nental limited. . ( Meoaiynne vteibrr rMvfw v.. spirits and poise on receipt et this tele gram. BLOWS BODY TO PIECES Wenatchee. Wash- An, n i-k of Oscar Auguson, bridge carpenter of Seattle, employed by Contractor Hill Oi the Manson . Irrigation extension work near- Chelan, mlaatatr or. was louna aoont 15 miles up a can - r RingI ers uancing ocno Moved to Broadway and Main St. SUMMER TERM OPEN DAILY j Class Monday Ere Private Lessons All Hours Professional Teachers Onjy Low Rates PORTLAND'S LEADING SCHOOL Phono for Appointment Aut. 513-39 GEO. H. 8 E CHRIST, Reddisg's ExclsalTS . bseo btore i Universal Tire Filler Co., Portland. Ore. j Gentlemen Wish to advise you that we have! Just returned rfHJ6 .ftr grand trip through California and Oregon of over 1040 miles, and rendered all tbe more comfortable and satisfactory from the tact that we rode oa Universal Tire Killers. The only ' unpleasant features of the entire trip were those awfully rough detours, and know we would have had all kinds of trouble with runctures and blowouts had we been riding on air as formerly. We could not help but pity those poor fellows we would pass on the road who had to stop ia the deep dust and In the hot sun to . repair or change Urea. We "have been there," and know what it . n6". appreciated all the more the satisfaction . of ridtng on th Universal Fillers. Wife and I were so delighted with the Oregon scenery that we are going to make another, trip up that way soon again. , I We cannot help but recommend, the Universal Fillers to aU our friends and automobile drivers, snd claim that they paid for them selves en this one trip alone. .We find that InsteadTof getting a sharp, hard bump aa on the air filled tires, there hi but a soft springy bound and we feel should be easier on both tires and machine aa well as those who occupy the machine. . Shall "look forward to another visit to your beautiful city." , Most respectfully. i - i. t j , (Signed) MR.' AND MRS. GEO. H. 8ECHRIST. XOTEt This is onlT one of rnn- rtir-H ittmwm k... ti- - UNIVERSAL TIRE FILLER CO. SETEBTH ad Keep Cool! Keep Glean! The New' Sytem: Wet Wash Solves All Your Wash Trouble Phone BECOME ONE OF OUR HUNDREDS OF SATISFIED CUSTOMERS New System Wet Wash yon Friday night Auguson had ended his life by lying down on lighted sticks Ff of dynamite, which blew his Jody to v Pieces. He had a membership card In the Northern Pacific Bridge Carpenters - union. . Homes Ransacked; r Small Loot ;Taken; Bobbers Thriving , Numerous burglarlea and small bouse robberies were reported to the police Frl day by householders -who contribute several hundred dollars worth ot loot stolen tn most cases while the families a were away from home. Using a pass key. burglars loots the home of R, B. Lee.' Its Et Irving street while the family was en a -camping trip. watch and jewelry were taken, -. Charles Jennings. 511 Wasco street reported a suitcase, clothing and two guns and ahells enough to start a Mex ican revolution stolen from his home. F. H. Cox, 744 East Waaco street north, returned home about t :S0 this morning . and frightened away two burglars who had just succeeded In breaking open his back door. -A. H. AveriU, S5S East Tenth street reported the loss ot a watch, ehlrts. a suitcase sad three suits ot clothing. The Burglars nmmien a side window. While Mrs. R. Haddox was telephoning la the hallway at her apartment la the -' Jackson apartments, prowlers entered - her rooms and stole a string ot pearls valued at 340 and other articles ot Jewelry. H. Engle. 4S5 Saratoga street H reported that a burglar stole a watch and Jewelry from his home Friday ." night v Neighbors saw the burglar Jump . from a window on the first floor. Engle was awakened by the burglar. Tbe neighbors called the police. While F. W. Wascher. 410 East Four teenth street north, and his family were away from home burglars broke the glass in a basement door and. entered the house. With a brace and bit they . bored S3 holes tn the door leading from the basement Into the house and broke , open the door. The. house was com pletely ransacked. A list of missing articles will be supplied the police later. Members of Old Second Oregon to Meet j at Dinner la celebration et the anniversary et the capture of Manila, a group of former members of the old Second Oregon will hold a get-together dinner at the Waeh ingtoa street Haselwoed at T o'clock to night Manila tell before the American forces August IS, tSSS. Among those In the party will be: Colonel Percy Willis, Colonel W. C , North,. Judge Richard Delcb, Lieuten ant W. A. Huntley, Judge James Camp bell of Oregon City. Captain Henry Hockeayoa, Lieutenant James McKJn non. Lieutenant Oeorge Martin. Lieuten ant E. W. Moore, Captain Charles A. Murphy, Lieutenant F. 8. Kelly. Cor poral Harvey Wells, W. K. Finxer,and David Hasan. . Relief Proposed for T" Stricken, in Volga - . Jo relieve the Inhabitants et the fJer- r man speaking colonies In the Volga dis trict pending the time .the government reaches an agreement with the-soviet authorities, a group of Portland citisens have organised what is known as the Volga Relief society. A mass meeting will be held In the Second German Con gregational church Thursday night The s officers of the society are: John'W. Miller, president; David Hildennan, vice president; George Repp, secretary, and Joha H. Krelger, treasurer. ' . Beddlnr. !llformla Jntv Sftt lev- HAWTBOK3R East 883 .