MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1922 1
Xnn OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON.
,
HOTEL S25O.00D
rroora la tl fitn old and the bride CS.
Added romance was riven u courtsnip
by ths failure of ths marriage license to
arrlvs br stag mail ; from . Maker In
tin for ths wedding, to b Jwrformed
on th date orisrinaUy set.
On account or tns brias not oetng
knows at Halfway or Baker, the license
clerk would not Issue the permit and the
wsddlnc u postponed until the - legal
requlremsnts could be met. The. couple
will reside 'en ranch owned by the
bridegroom la the Halfway vicinity.
(Br Valvem! terrVse)
Washington. April 4. Fife, 'which
knalnated In the banquet ball of the
fNew WUlard hotel, rendeivous of of
flclal and social Ufa In Washington,
esrly Sunday morning caused a property
lose conasrvatlvsly estimated at 1250,000.
The entire tenth floor of the hotel,
with lt costly fixture, work of art
and draperies, wae devastated j by the
flame I, while the elf hth and nlatn floors,
under' a. delnsa of water, which
ooured Into the roarlnsT furnace above
for four solid hours, were rendered un-
liffiablubla.
flsventv-flv auests were asleep on the
itlnta floor wbea tbe fire wae discovered
and about the same number on the
ela-hth floor. None was Injured and the
personal losses sustained were caused
by water.
.There were no casualties and only one
person a fireman suffered Injury.
FresidcBt Harding;, vice . President
C'oolldge. General Pershing. . John D.
Itockefsller Jr. and. a notable company
of Invited guests assembled from all
parts of the United Stales had attended
tne spring banquet of the Gridiron dub
held in the banquet room- only 1 a few
hours before the fire was discovered. ,
FlftE MABD fought . ,!
All the fire equipment In the city was
Called Into action to fight tbe flames.
The hotel la at Hth 'street and Penn
ylvanta , avenue, one' block from-' the
treasury and - two squares from tne
White House.
When the extent of tbe fire was es
tablished, guests were , aroused oit the
Seventh, eight and ninth floors, and In
a few rriinutes the hotel lobby and Pea
cock alley; famous as a promenade lor
the great and near great of the national
capital, were crowded with scantily clad
men and women.
Among the guests who made their
permanent home at the New Wlllard ace
Vies President and Mrs. Cool Id go. Sena
tor and Mrs.' Prance ef Mary rand, Hena-
ior ana Mrs. tjaiuer or Mew Torn, juage
V.'C. McChord. chairman of the Inter
national Commerce Commission,, and
Irs. McChord; Senator McNary of. Ore
gon. Representative and Mrs. T. B. Dunn
of Rochester. N. T. ; Representative 'and
Mrs, Homer Syndsr. Of New York. Sena'
tor Charles B. Rawson of' Iowa. Senator
T. Coleman Dupont of Delaware, (gen
eral Fswyer, personal physlolan to Presi
dent Harding,' and Mrs. .Sawyer, Pap
Mulvane. Republican national committee
man from Kansas, and his wife.
MASH COOLIDGE DOOR .
The firemen battered down the door
ef Vice President rooltds.es suite on the
depositor
plan is rdected
IS IB BE SQIT
TO
RADIO FANS
Scenic Preservation
Enthusiasts to Meet
,0n Tuesday - at Noon
? The- Scenic Preservation . association
will, meet with the Kiwanis club Tues
day boob In the Arcadian grill of the
Multnomah hotel, when Governor Ben
W. Oteott, president and founder of the
association, will announce tee names i
j the county directors chosen in response
to plane) m&de last summer, ana wut put
line the tentative plans of the statewide
movement for saving Intact the beauty
spots of Oregon. '
:, At the conclusion of the regular lunch
eon Governor Olcott will call together
representatives of local organizations for
a short business session.
Temporary organization of the Scenic
Preservation - association . was ..effected
rwiarin tha nronoaed nlan submitted I Tuesday night, however, the air via 1
by the depositors' committee of the de- fUled with something nearly ail ey q,. olcott president; Harold C.
. ...'? - ln- Shortly after The Journal radio I jones, secretary ; George CecE. S. Col-
funct Stata Bank of Portland for the re- Mw j, emne wniard P. Hawley Jr. iina,-W. C Bulhertaon. Henry Fries, I
orgatuxatlon cr a new bans is iraprac-i wui begin broadcasting one oi-ue most lAXNelson, Fred Klser and J. H. Ran
ileal and that would not work out for I pretentious concerts thai ,aas yet Deen I kin of Portland, and T. E. McCrositey of
. I be selected fron? the staff of employes executive committee
fTana t. eramweu, state upennieuueui i 0 he Pacific Telephone et Telegraph
ef banks today notified the committee of J company, -.which, possesses soma of the
The tact that Northwestern , Badlo
Manufacturing company's tranamUtipg
set is shut down for the next fortnight
leaves little time for local entertainment
after The Journal's radio news bulletins
are concluded tonights at 7 -.SO o'clock
by the Hal lock Watson Radio Service
j broadcasting sttloiu ,'s:t A
his rejection of .the plan.
best musical talent in Portland.
Bramwell eorfenda that the plan pro- PKOGBXM AJrjfOTjrCED
posed U ont only impractical, but should The entertainment will consist of both
T w --.r .A .rC ,ni,tihi. I to and Instrumental music, included
a charter be granted to such an lnstltu- . ... ,h(1 M..hnn,
tlon, which would take over the assets of I pony's splendid Jass band of five pieces,
the bank. It could not be conducted at aj The following will be the program:
m, i r.rrv on the process Selection of latest jass music.
profit nor could It carry on me procw -VoclLl .ejections by Mlss Evelyn Drew-
of llquldaotton as efficiently or as cheap- ery, lyric soprano : a) "An Old Fash-
rv as can the state department of bank- loned Garden." (b) "The Lilac Tree."
ry as can " x Baritone solo by Markt Daniels : a)
" ' -Love Is. Mine," b Tne liapjo Song,"
C08T AT MI5IMTJM , (c) "Tommy Lad."
minimum cost. Wwut fear or 'avoiv Eva -somewhere a Voice Is Calling."
said Bramwell. "The net loss is p- selections of jazs and dance music
Proximately 800.000. from which can be f Miss ' AUce Lloyd will act as the ac-
deducted 2,w in cap". companlst tfor all the singeraj r -.-surplua
There -will be about Iioe.ow re-1 jrba y;orthwestern Radio Manufactur
tmm ttia 1M oer cent assessment I gFZ. i.m.HMinr . i...
en stockholders, and at."?11 been shut down while Its transmission
sire lo pick
SHE FOR HOSPITAL
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Choice of a site for the Shrinera hos
pital for crippled children will be "de
termined today following an inspection
of properties offered for the purpose
In various sections of the city by Jehn
D McGilvray ' of San Franciscan and
Bishop Frederick Wi Keator. members
of the - national . board of . trustees , in
charge of the project. McGilvray ar
rived from the south Sunday night, ac
comDanied by J. S. McCandles of Hon
olulu, denutv imperial sotentate. and
estimate, and Income of J50.WH) ht ces set Is being moved to its new quarters Ernest C. Heuter, past potentate of
Of the COSt OI liquiuauuii. nu.vu
. AtMt of about 1323,000 or a net
loss of la per cent u ra ,
wt.u.M win rereive 17 cents en the dol
lar,' which amount. I believe, is consld-
th.11 CflUia lo.nu
ths liquidation were carrier yn
another, institution.
DOYLE'S SPIRITISM
ncEjuopiiii
OF liRIWl POET
Tailor .SnopJBunco -
; w s " , a !' :' ' a ". J
men ijusy Again ai; ;
Oia ,Time' Swindle
Tailor shop bunco eperators are busy
I again In . Portland. -The Swiss Tailors,
1 235 Main street, .are the latest victims
of the -old trick that has been worked
i many, time here. . , j. . " ,v .
A man who has not yet been found
walked into the shop Saturday and asked
In the enlarged plant. When completed J Islam shrine of San Francisco, ar.a
this plant will possess three times the I Bishop Keator arrived at 7 a. m. today
ground space that it formerly did. I from Tacoma.
The Improvement is well under way, I The Inspection party, consisting 01 tne
and Charles L. Austin, president of the I visitors, George L. Baker, chairman, and
comoanv. believes that the transmission lotber members of the local site corn-
set will be in operation- by 1 the .end of I mittee together with Harrison A. Whlt
win receive no consideration.! It is my
third floor, wnere. they were asleep, and. opinion that tha movement to organize
Without ceremony, rushed a line f hose I . new bank has been sponsored by cer-
consider granting a char-1
ter to the proposed new banlrij88 I either the Hawley station or by the Hal-
there waa a capital sioca o. '.". - i lock & watson Kadto service.
itoo.ooo and a guarantee tnna
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of 1200.000 to absoro me con o
tlon, and I wouitr require m vbi-
nitne aimed the agreement. And,.:
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v. renulremems snoum oo.
with I would demana iiui ue m
would have the management of the bank
be practical bankers and men of finan
cial standing.
CHAHCE STILL OPE5
The committee-still has until May 1
(a submit any new Wan. Any new pan
nreeentad. however will have to have
more merit than the' one passed on or it
1,u mi i n
tlon, and 1 would" require that every;de- I nirLeen UaS6S 0111 ,
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Pendleton Docket
through the apartment - to the1 small
balcony overlooking F street. . Mrs.
fcawyer. wife of ; General Sawyer, be
came agitated when the firemen rushed
through the hall on the sixth 'floor and
Was hurriedly escorted to the office floor
by her hunband. He hastily slipped his
vereoat over his pajamas, and together
tney went to tbe White "House, where
quarters were placed at their disposal.
I Vtre r resident end Mrs. Coolldke also
sought refuge In the White House,
Ths hotel was crowded, every room
being occupied end cots had been placed
wherever possible. The congress, of. the
daughters of the American "Re vol of ton.
which ended last night, taxed Washing
ton no-eis o capacity, ana hand reds of
gusets st the New Wlllard ' were dele
gates to the congress.
lTomment among tne women guests
was Mrs. T. DeWItt Talmsdge, widow
f the famous preacher, and Mrs.
Charles W. Whitman, wife of the former
jcovernor ef New fork. Mrs. Whitman
eved her wardrobe In a pillow slip.-
farmer Menator Ramuel r Tllea . f
Seattle, minister designate to the re
rubllo ef Colombia, was also a guest.
t ABt WOMAN 0T i ' ' "
One women, who hsd been 111 for sev-
eal days, waa carried from her room
i a strtrhr snd taken to a hospital.
There, was little hysteria among the
guests, tmt much worry concerning their
trcmiq nelnngtngs snd' the hallways on
the seventh, eighth and ninth floors were
fluttered with passage. Including
trunks. Klevator service was not in
terrupted, which enabled many of the
guest to carry their hand bags down
to the lobby, where many of them com
pleted dressing In the reception rooms
ef Peacock Alley.
I The direct cause of the fire has not
been determined, nor is It likely to be.
inai it was noi oi inrnaiiry onim
tain officers of. the bannk who are anx
ious to take the liquidation out of the
hands of the state banking department.
1 will endeavor to the best of my ability
to conduct the bank's business so as to
get the largest return possible .for the
depositors." " ! " " -
So as to reduce the cost of liquidation
In the State bank and French Co. of
The Dalles, Bramwell - announced this
morning he had placed O. B. Robertson
In charge of both Institutions. "
DEPOSITOR BRINGS SUIT
The tfforta to-reorganise the -6tate
Bank of Portland were complicated fur-,
ther this morning when i J. W. Coughlln,
a stockholder, filed suit In the otrcult
court against Leroy t. Walker, former
president, rand Anthon ! Kckern. former
vice president, charging them with w sat
in the capital stock of the bank and
With high finance methods In careless
ness and fraudi Coughlln demands re
fund of 911,000,1 which he says He waa
Induced to pay for shares of capital
stock, and the '.cancellation of a $4000
note now held by the Columbia Trust 4
Savings . bank, which he had given In
navment for other stock.,
Coughlln recites aeveral Instances of
allegedvtohUlon of the state banking
laws In the making of j loans. The Pe
tersburg Lumber company was allowed
a loan of 175.000. although Kckern Is a
director Of the lumber company. Cough
lln alleges. Another loan of Jl 3.000 was
made to the Bond tt SceorHles company,
of which Walker waa president. It is set
forth. i ' . . .
Coughlln alleges that, talker and Kck
ern stepped out Just before the crash
came. Selling their stock by mlsreprsen
tetlon to plaintiff and others.
, Walker and Eckern made a certain
statement of the bank's condition to In
fluence prospective purchasers, according-
to the complaint, and Coughlln was
Of Supreme Court
Salem,' April. 24. Thirteen cases , con
stitute the docket for the May term of
the supreme court for Eastern Oregon.
which convenes, in Pendleton next Mon
day. Members of the court will leave
Saturday for the Eastern Oregon city
and expect to complete the docket In
two or three days. Cases listed on' the
docket arej
Ira J. Mahon vs. Harney County Na
tional bank; appeal from. Harney
county.
W. li. uooiittie vs. Anarew HODinson;
appeal from Malheur county.
Mary C. Harvey and S. S. Wheeler vs.
Floyd J. Campbell and Sparta Irrigation
company ; appeal from Baker county.
Bank of Jordan Valley vs. P. O. Pun-
can ; appeal from Malheur county,
Dubv A Caul vs. Krrett Hicks;, appeal
from Harney county. :
H. E. Currey and L. IP. Currey vs. W.
L. Smith ; appeal from; Baker county.
Edythe Beem vs. 'Jonathan Beemt
appeal from Union county..,. j, -
A. M. Runnella vs. W. E. Leffel; ap
peal from Union county.
Moses Taylor vs. Iley Winn ; : appeal
from Umatilla county.
F. B. Rathke vs. Moses Taylor s ap
peal from Umatilla county.
umatuia county et ai. vs. j. i. jyic-
ney send Albert outton, . ercnu.ocu
chosen to handle the. erection of the
proposed hospital, left the Imperial ho
tel at 9:30 a. m. and returned! at noon
for lunch at the Chamber of Commerce.
MAST SITES VISITED
The. first site visited was the one ad
joining the-Multnomah county hospital
it on Marouam hill, offered free of
cost by the University of Oregon rMed-
school. '
The Marquam hill site consists of two
acres located, on the hillside between
the university medical school and the
county hospital. Another tract adjoin
ing the medical school property on the
.a nvnMi bv the Union Pacific
system, also was presented by Richard
Dillehunt, dean of the medical school,
as available at a nominal consideration
as a site for the Shrlners- hospital. The
Union Pacific officials had offered to
donate as much land as would be needed
fof the crippled jchuaren noapium
k it. 17 nrnnniiMl sltefl. ranging m
are, from one to 10 acres and in price
from free title to $25,000. were inspected
by the visiting members of the national
wl. tnMiM durine tho day.. Ten
of these sties were Inspected during $he
forenoon.
WILL ACCOMMODATE
Following luncheon' at the Chamber of
Commerce the work of inspecttcwas
continued and a decision probably would
v.. .nniB-Vit after careful consld-
,.i merits of the various
CIUVIII VI w.w
MnnvraT stated.
rr. cti,i.ri Shriners' hospital lor
crippled children will cost approxtoately
1250.000. whtcn sum na oee ' -
Chicago, April 24. (L N.-S.) Sir
Arthur Co nan Doyle's spirituallsae
seances and stories before . audiences In
this 'country of his communication with
the departed souls were branded today
by Edwin Maxkham, famous American
poet-philosopher, author of' the. Man
With. th Hoe, as a. menaca . to our
people and a "gospel thatis in contra
vention with the gospel ' preached by
Jesus. ' 'Vrf '
hfo'arood and much, harm can. come
of the propaganda, according to, Mark-
ham, who will celebrate his sevenueta
birthday today. Markham was born in
Orecon Cltv. April Z3. re wiu oe-
gtven a recepUon by the Book Lovers'
club of Chicago, i -
Sir - Arthur's : spiritualistic teachings
and the teachings of Christ do not line
up, Ir. Markham said, and he "believes
in Jesus." ,
s ' havo' investigated spiritualism,"
said,' the .gray-bearded, gray-headed
philosopher,, "and X am convinced it Is
one of the best things in the world to
let alone. s-s-,--
' It tends to queer all people who go
Into it. It sends them to the insane
asylums, f Several of my frlehds have
dabbled in it and all of hen became
unsettled mentally. They became de
tached from the practical. - They - took
on a. weird ,look in the eye. v Ther be
came abnormal.
"Now, anything that detaches as from
practical affairs had better be shunned.
. "There is, of course, some fraud In
the doings of the eeance and yet there
may be again of reauty : under tne
tawdry show of the so-called spirit com
munication. - .: ; ;
"It Is : possible,' I ' admit, thai some
discarnate spirits communicate. But the
communication Is always commonplace.
mere exegies of the obvious, a rable
words about things, of no conse-
for a suit that belonged to ''Jack, who
'Ives upstairs." The tailor said he did
not have a suit belonging to '"Jack"
and. he did not know who he wa..,
A little later another man entered the
establishment and asked for suit be
longing to -a .man named Fadia. He
described the suit, which was -handed
him on payment of 75 cents for its clean
ing and pressing. ; ... - , . -
The tailor apparently had mentioned
Fadis name 'in. connection with some
cult tn sight when the first bunco man
entered, as ths second man, believed to
be a partner of the first, gave an ac
curate description - ' i " t "r,U s ;
I As-A. result W. 'Fadis, room S25, Row
land hotel, is out-of a stdt of clothee
and the confidence jnen are-one suit to
tha good at -accost of only 75-cents."
. WILL TOCK HAWAIIAX ITHStH "
Cottar Grove. April JC-WXtM. Shlnn
and wife left by auto Saturday morning,
for Oakland, and 3 Centro. Cal, where
they will visit relatives. . Returning to
San Francisco, they will -Ul for Hono
lulu May U- They will shin their auta
and9 will tour .th Islands r
, SCHOOL DIRECTORS ELECTED r
Scio, April tt At a chool 1 nee ting
Saturday. Frank Bartu was elected di
rector la plac f J.' S. SUcha, who U
now- postmaster.' E. : C Saelton. was
elected director to. fUlthe vacancy
caused by the death et Bert HoIUs.'
of
quenco a waste of time.
Sir Arthur, sends out to us a weak.
flabby optimism a teaching that la In
direct denjal of, the -heroic philosophy
of Jesus; for Jesus' philosophy, is that
life is a battle and a march. Sir
Arthur says that the way to life is
not; narrow, and hard as Christ said
it Is, but that it ; is broad and easy.
This reduces life to a mere mardi'gras.
The . genial , author, whom William
Dean Howells termed itha greatest of
Americans." appears to be- in ithe best
of health. . He said he felt as energetic
as when he was 25.
'At the brink' of 70 I feel none of
the "pessimism and despair of the average
man," fie confessed.
The supreme need of the world today.
he said, is a practical application of the
principles of Jesus. Only the spirit of
unriaw ne aeciarea, can save civilization
from its present crisis and that applies
to tne uenoa economic conference as
well as the national coal strike in the
United States. The"- Sermon on the
Mount, he saM. should be substituted
for the artifices and intrigues of state
craft." and Its teachings applied in the
every aay industrial world. -
Flappers, with their extremely short
skirts, he said, are "unsightly object
to oenoia." tie saia tney miss the verv
things they are striving for beauty and
auracciveness.
Lachlin; appeal rrom umauiia county, i ev.vv, .,H.n4i nonltal
SUte of Oregon vs. R. R. Turner ; j by the trustees on , ,nn" "P1
.u... 1 ee TirellAMi. ueeP lMAAn- An Mflfkll lUIld-l BUU V -
George J. Geanakapulas vs. George I has been donated by El Kader Shrine ror
Mrs. Hearst Is to
Be Honored as One
Mh opinion of General Manager HlghU " iharWat $150 and giving his
nviv I u iiiwiwi ii. ... -
Walker.' and Eckernl are alleged to
have maintained that the bank was in
prosperous and flourishing condition.
ock eamlngiio per cent, and
oniy Because, oi sicKness
that they were-wllllng to part with their
holdings. ' '!'
' The defendants In the suit are the
State bank; Frank C- Bramwell. super
intendent of banks V. Leroy f I. Walker.
Anthon "Eokern, Conrad P. Olson. . pre
sent president of the bank, -and the Co
lumbia; Trust A Savings bank. ' i-
14-Year Courtship r
By Mail Is Ended by m
V-if . o that-It w.
Marriage oi uoupie
llalnee, April 24. A courtship by mall
ef 1 4 years' 'duration culminated in the
manias, of W. A. Flower of Hal way.
this county, and Mlae Linda Free of
Milwaukee, Wis.. Saturday. The brlde-
v
appeal from Wallowa county.
Zographos ; appeal from Umatilla county the purchase of a site and if one of tne
fre sites is aeceptea
be used for hospital equipment, it was
Appointment of Sutton1 & Whitney as
architects came from the national com
, The niana for the local hospital
f n - . XT Iwould be similar 10 ui"
Of Great Women U'-p
Shrinera' orranlzaUon. All preliminary
r TTnimui nmirr). ! I vmiM be completed ana construe-
Wxnhlnrtnii Anrll 24. The name! Of 1 twvn work beKUn by Juno 1, n'""'J
tne late airs, rnoeoe earsi oi v.n- , ii.,. , firA.
i. v.w v. i ...I v, .w. I The hospital building will be oi lire
, . i nmAf ronatruction andwtu nave accom
committee oi tne imermuonu ioubbh- - .-i- , tarvr nt the
.. . . . . , mnnHI IUEIH LUI D J ub.V...vu .-v. -
lion as one ot uib, srai women ui
America whose deeds are to be commem
orated, together with those i of great
women from every country of the? world,
in the acropolis to be built In Washing
ton by that organisation. , : -J -
. Announcement vof the f formation ' of
the International foundation, a. society
whose aim is to bind together In ties of
cooperation and good will the women
of the world,: was made here last night.
National headquarters have been estab
lished at 811 Vermont avenue,
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Oregon City, April 2.--Marrlage li
censes were issued Saturday to Carl W.
Fisher. 21. and Pearl V. Howenstlne, 17 ;
Louis Charrlere. 21, and Henrietta' Mar
t .neau. 10 r Harry L. VanMeter. 30, and I
Mabel Baara, 24. All but Miss Black. I
hose home is Beaver Creek; gave Ore-1
gon City addresses.
mu4dtlona tnr SO DatientS.
institution will be offered free to chll
dren whose parents are unable to finance
their treatmenC- " ; .
LASKER FIRES AUDITOR
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(Continued From Pase Fourteen)
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MEN!- -The Greatest Suirt Sale
m the Year M)W fc)N!
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Your imrestiicted choices
of: any ' ' ' " . ' ;
$2.50 $3.00 $350 $4.00
z shirts in this sale
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3 Shirts for
t $5.00)
Tremendous Values! is hut'a very mild way of express-,
ing the wonderful quality of these really fine shirts.
You are actually, getting: them at less than- today's
wholesale prices! Men who have bought -shirts here
in the past KNOW that my values dominate' anything
at any price shown elsewhere. And. this sale climaxes
any of the shirt sales held in my store during the last
few years. -' !' ,v- : ' :. ; . "' "V V-
Spectacular! is this assortment.- Fiber silk stripes, fiber silk
checks, Russian cord Lorraine cords in finely-woven madras
shirts, in a wonderful array of colorings and patterns. ' The .
sizes are complete.' Thousands of shirts ; for' business wear,' i
sport wear and ' dress wear. Come to Shirtdom today and
come early! v . ; - ; ;. v . r-.
he
asked to take over the contract and did
so. thus securinfc the -vessels at 165 oe
ton, which it had originally agreed, 'to
purchase at $265.- ,-.
STASDIFER CLAIMS SAT1SG
Out of this grows much of 'the con-
troversv. Standifer claims credit for
savine the shippinir board 150 a ton on
these ships, and on the- other hand there
is creticlsm of the sale of materials
to Standifer at 50 per : cent value.
v Standifer claims approximately $10,
000.000. but on May 21. last year.
accepted a settlement for 12.791.000 as
a maximum, subject to controller's audit.
Chairman Benson signed for the ship
ping ooaro. Benson : wsas men me soie
member of the board, f
. During the hearings bofore the claims
commission attorneys for the govern
ment alleged the Benson settlement was
Illegal, one contention being that Ben
son had no authority to act-- The claims
commission upheld Benson's authority
and the settlement stands. -The govern
ment' makes a further contention that
the controller's audit has not revealed
all the .facts necessary to final settle
ment, and that a construction audit
should "be ordered. V i . -i. .-s.
Standifer declares1' construction audit
is not now possible. -
j It Is understood the controller audit
Indicates that the government - owes
Standifer ; 41.600,000. The dispute -fs.
therefore,' 'between that rg'ure and the
$2,791,006 of the-Benson settlement, i'v ..
Standifer was paid $500,000 on account
on- June 7, 13IL -
Indications Are
That Geo. L. Davis
Oominitted Suicide
(By United Se)
San - Francisco.April 24. George l.
Davis, 61, whose body was found on
Mussel Rock beach, , and who, it was
feared, had been murdered, committed
suicide, it was learned late Sunday.
Constable Landinl of Colma discovered
Davis' coat' under a railway trestle a
short distance from the spot where the
body .was found. , .
Davis left a note in the coat declaring
that the continued strain of trying to
finance the .building of the Idaho Cen
tral railroad had wrecked his health and
that he' was despondent over the death
of his wife and baby in 1919.
Davis was-a resident of this city and
lived at the Minster hotel. He was en
gaged to be married in June to Mrs.
Anna Mann, a resident of . the same
hOteL i . '
Identification was1 made through a
small knife on the body bearing the in
scription "George I Davis." .with the
words "To Se Chief on the reverse
side,- '
r Mrs. 7Mannwas prostrated with grief
When Informed of the finding of the
body, v..,; , .- x . :
. Davis, at the time ef his death, was
promoting the , Idaho Central . railroad.
which was to run between Wells, Nev.,
and Rogerson, Idaho. He helped build
the' Seaboard "Airline In Florida, the
Louisville' & Nashville, and25 years ago
constructed the Grand. Rapids, Mich.,
water system.. . . n
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Gunfire Test of
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Washington, April 24.(L X. S.) Gun
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