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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
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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.
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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
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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 .
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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.
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