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SEVENTY-FIRST YEAR
Provision in Revision Bill
Adopted 'in Senate With-
;- out Record Vote Meas
ure is Substitute.
CONTRARY PROPOSALS
EASILY VOTED DOWN
Senator McNary and Others
Attempt to Retain Levy
on Excess Returns
WASHINGTON. OcV 26. Re
peal of the excess profits tax as
of nert January 1 was made cer
tain today with the adoption by
the senate without a record vote
If a provision In the tar revision
kill providing only for its collec
tion this calendar year. The pro
vision adopted Is a substitute for
the excess profits section of the
existing law. j
y Before accepting; .the original
provision, the senate' voted down,
42 to 31, an amendment by Sen
ator , Reed, proposing that for1
1921 and thereafter the excess
profits tax be 20 per cent on the
net Income ot corporations be
tween 15 per cent and 50 percent
qf the Invested capital . and 40
per cent on the net income In
ercessot 50 per cent. Six Repub
licans joined the. Democratic mi
nority in supporting the amend
ment. They ..were Borah, John
son, Kenyon, La Follette, Nor
beck and Norris. ,
v- Reed Amendment Killed.
. The senate also Voted down, 42
to 33, another Reed amendment
proposing that the excess profits
tax be 20 per cent of the net In
come in excess of 50 per cent of
the invested capital. Eight Re
publicans Borah, Capper,' John
son, . Kenyon, La" Follette, Mc
Nary, Norbeck and Norris sup
ported this amendment ' and one
Democrat, Glass, opposed it.
Having disposed of the excess
profits section, the senate pro
ceeded to consideration of the
: corporation income tax section un
der agreement that It would dis
pose of on the calendar day to-
' morrow, all . amendments except
that offered ' by . Senator Walsh.
Democrat, Massachusetts. The
Walsh amendment , proposes! . In
lieu of the 15 per cent' income
tax on corporations recommended
by the, finance committee, a grad
uated tax, as follows:
Graduated Scale Offered.
' "Twelve and one halt per cent
on the net income up to $100,
000: 15 per cent on the net In
come between $100,000 and $300-
000; 20 pet cent, between $300,
000 and $500.00, and 25 per cent
on the amount. In excess of $50,-
000.' ,:
A! committee amendment limit
ing.iafter January 1, the;$2000
exemntlon now allowed corpora
tions, to corporations having net
Incomes ot $23,000 or less, was
adopted without objection or
record vote.
As a result of the unanimous
S consent agreement the Republl
cans; held In abeyance their plan
to force a contnuous session and
the senate adjourned at 6:30 p
m. until 11a. m. tomrrow.
Brumfield Improving;
; Jo Be Sentenced Monday
I ROSEBURG, Or.. Oct. 26. Dr.
R. M. Brumfield continues to Im
prove. . The wounds in his neck
where he cut himself In at at
tempt to commit suicide are heal
ing rapidly.
On Monday officers expect to
take him to court to be sentenced
to die for the murder ot Dennis
H. Russell, of which he was con
Vlcted. - . - ' ' -
His nurse, Mrs. Fenton. said to
day that while anyone Is in his
cell Brumfield acU as If he were
in a stupor; when the guards
leave, or he is alone for a few
scconda, he rises from the couch
and acts as rational as a norma
person. One guard Is with him
nieht and dar. ,
His diet - consists - largely of
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liquid food.
TEACHES DIE,
ONE BADffi IJUM
AT GRADE CROSSING
PORTLAND, Ore., OctJ 26. L. A. Burlingame, 31, and
Miss Bertha Spencer, 21, were killed instantly and Miss Grace
Field house, 25, sustained injuries so serious that her life was
despaired of when an interurban electric train collided with
an automobile at a grade crossing 20 miles east of Portland
late today. i
All three of the victims were school teachers and were
riding home from school in a car'driven by Burlin&ame when
the accident occurred.
The automobile was thrown a distance of 100 feet and
was demolished. U
BIITTEHFAT BOOST IS ERROR
THAT INJURES
'Butter fat has gone up 3 cents
T-guess we'll buy a new auto or
take a trip to California on the
spoils. Ain't It wonderful to have
prices coming our way?"
A 3-cent gain that the farmer
didn't expect might look like! a
Christmas gift but in this case it
is proving to be almost a dead loss
to the cream producers. It prom
ises to cut their cream market so
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that It may not recover this winngan to'clamor for cheaper sub-
ter.
Safety line Exists !
Somewhere at about the 50-
cents-a-pound mark, there is the
dividing line between the use of
bntter and oleo. This 'wasn't true
during the war, when all food
products sold so high. But now,
the division is practically at the
half-dollar mark.
The butterfat markdt had been
running steadily just within the
limit of safety. A little flurry in
the San Franeisco and Portland
market, that should have merely
restored all butter sales to uni
formity,, was apparently misinter
preted by a down the valley
creamery to mean an increase of
the price to be paid for butterfat.
The quotations were posted by
this concern with the 3-cent ad;
vance.
The News Spreads
The news spread, by wire, by
phone, by grapevine, all up and
down the valley.' Other creameries
not knowing precisely what had
happened, had to meet these fig
ures, to get any cream. It looked
like a cream-growers' jubilee.
But there were other jubila-
tors to join in the good news. The
AT
"The action of the school board
in demanding tuition for non-resident
. pupils had no reference
whatever to certain attacks that
havo been made upon ' County
Judge Bushey and the Salem Dea
coness hospital," asserted George
Halvorsen, chairman of the school
board,- last ; night. j
Another member of the school
board said that the board's action
was merely a tuition collecting
effort and was not in any way
directed against the county or any
city Institution. The member ex
pressed resentment at the even
ing papers publishing the names
of the children who, are, wards. jf
tne county, wntie no mention was
imade of the fact that several oth
er children, also non-residents,
were also Included in the measure.
'- All Nbn-Rewident I jr. -
That all children from non-resident
families now attending Sa
lem public schools must pay tho
tuition fee was the sentiment ex-
pressed at a meeting of the Salem
school board Tuesday night. Mem
bers of the board estimate that
from 15 to 20 children are-report-
ed to be securing, free tuition at
local schools when their own;
school apportionment is drawn In
their district of residence. , : jj
One student from an eastern
Oregon town is said to be among
those for whom tuition must be
paid either by the parents or the
county of residence. Several chil
dren attending the Washington
and other schools, as well as five
children who are wardst' of the
countv will come, under .tthe'
board's ruling,' it Is said. -The' tu-i
mis
DAIRY
oleo makers, the cocoanut and
peanut and every other kind of
substitute butter manufacturers,
saw the price of butter soar up
over the dead-line.
Dairy Business Wounded
These near-butter-makers shot
the dairy business straight be
the eyes. Housekeepers, instantly
sensitive to the raise in price
which they felt rwas not Justified,
stitutes. The express and mall
and truck and freight service was
fairly congested with the ship
ments of near-butter, to points
even In the heart of the Oregon
dairy section. They wouldn't pay
the diffenential, vltamines or
home-patronage or neighborhood
pride or any other argument not
withstanding. Observing' creamerymen fear
that the dairy business has got a
permanent spot that it will take
alii winter to obliterate; like a
grease or ink spot in a dainty
party gown or broadcloth suit.
Once a household buyer has got
ten started to buying a substitute
because of the feeling that an un
fair price had been foisted on the
genuine article, it is not easy to
call the trade back. It will be a
matter of education and time.
Oram Production Not Heavy
At present, the cream produc
tion is not excessive; indeed, it
has done no more than meet reg
ular requirements. But to Jeopar
dize the whole market for the
months to come, by a little -excessive
price that on its face looks
(Continued on page 5)
T
Itlon required Is 230 yearly for
grades under the seventh and $40
annually for the seventh and
eighth grades. ,
ilMiysidan and Xnrse Wanted.
A school physician and school
nurse will be employed at once,
according to action taken Tues
day night. Directors H. H. din
ger and h. J. Simeral were named
as a committee to select a doctor
and nurse. ' The nurse will be
paid a salary of 2100 per month
whilo the doctor -will receive $50
.'monthly, for services, as called
upon.
Mrs. Bessie Middleman as an
instructor in-the. high school and
D. JC- Lu thy,: part-time instructor
in the junior high schools were
the two teachers hired Tuesday
night.
The annual meeting of taxpay
ers in school district No. 24, Sa
lem, will be held on Tuesday, No
vember 22. at 7:3 p. m.. and Wil-
Hiam Burghardt, Jr., was author
ized to publish notices or the as
sembly.
'"' i Bndget Adopted.
! The board adopted the budget
for! the coming year after joint
conference with Oscar Price, Taul
Hauser, G. Shipley and Otto
.Hartman. members of the budget
committee. T. M. Hicks, also a
member of the committee, was not
d resent. The budget will be dis
cussed by taxpayer patrons of the
district at thq meeting of Novem
ber" 22.
No action j was I taken by the
board with regard to permitting
the establishment of night sew
I ((Continued on page 6)
OWNERS
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY
RAGE VIEW IS
REVEALED IT
Social Equality Declared Im
possible, But President
Says Negro' Must Have
Increased Advantages.
WHITE AND COLORED
COMPRISE AUDIENCE
Effort Apparent to Mae
Policy One of Plainest
of Administration
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. Oct 26.
North and Booth, whites and J
blacks were aduioni3hed by Presl-,
dent Harding today to put aside,
old prejudices and pretenses andi
set the face of the nation cour-J
ageously toward a constructive!
and permanent
solution of the
race problem.
In a sweeping presentation of
his views, which was received
with varying manifestation of
emotion by a crowd of several
thousand whites and negroes, the
president declared social eqnal-
ity between the races must not
be considered a possibility, but
that the black man must have
an increased political, economic
and educational opportunity if
the American nation is to live
true to its traditions of demo
cracy. President Speaks Plainly.
The address, one of five de
livered by the president during
a day's visit to the Birmingham
semi-centennial celebration, was
driven home with vigorous ges
ture and deliberate utterance.
He spoke with a manifest deter
mination to make the pronounce
ment one of the most plain-spoken
of his administration.
Tho crowd was packed' in the
inadequate confines of Woodrow
Wilson park and many hundreds
on the outskirts, . apparently un
able to hear, kept up a hubub
which made his declarations in
audible to all but those close by.
Repeated cheering swept the seg
regated sections allotted to the
negroes as they caught portions
of the speech. In the white sec
tion there were occasional rip
ples of applause as the signifi
cance of a phrase was realized.
Harding Lays Cornerstone
In other parts of the city Mr.
Harding was received with a suc
cession of intense demonstrations.
For a mile he rode through the
crowds in a . parade, a roar of
cheering accompanying him. He
was cheered nearly a minute when
he appeared to speak at a lunch-
con and he received repeated ap-1
plaose at attired in cap and gown
he addressed students of Ilirming- I
ham ; Southern college and then ;
wearing a Masonic apron, he laid
the cornerstone of a new Ma
sonic temple.
Vnderwood With President
Throughout the day the presi
dent insisted that his visit was
wholly non-partisan, and every
where he was accompanied by
Senator Underwood to stand at
his side and shake hands with
each of those in line and in his
luncheon address he paid a warm
tribute to the statesmanship of
the senator. During the early
evening he paid a call on Mr.
Underwood's mother.
Tho speech on ;the race prob
lem was a carefully prepared de
liverance. The president appeal
ed to the Republican party to
desist from "demagogy" in mak
ing the black man a mere adjunct
of Republicanism j warned the
south that blacks should vote
"when fit to vote"; and Insisted
that there must be equal educa
tional opportunity. Against soc
ial equality he urged both races
to stand "uncompromisingly" and
suggested that, "natural segrega
tlons" might be the logical result
of a properly applied policy
Justice Demanded
He declared be was speaking
his sentiments in; the south be
cause he never wanted to say any
thing in one place he could not
say in another. Pointing a fore
fiuxer at the white section of the
audience he warned that "wheth
er you like, It or. Hot, .unless our
Continued on pace 4)
I
1G
MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1921
PRIEST
TO HIS
GOODWIN
STATE WORK
MANY YEARS
Today Marks 21th Anniver
sary of Secretary's Connec
tion With Institutions
R. B. Goodin, secretary of tho
state hoard of control, when ho
went home to dinner last nip'at,
completed 24 years in the employ
of the state of Oregon. He began
his work with the state October
27, 1897.
Mr. Goodin was first employed
as department supervisor for Iho
state hospital for the insane. He
became connected with that instl-
tutlon when Dr. D. A. Paine was
superintendent, and was with the
hospital for a period of 15 years.
During the superintendency of
Dr. J. F. Calbreath he was pro-
imiieu irom oeparnneni supervi
sor to bookkeeper, and held that
position until the state11 board of
control was organized in 1913.
when he became the board's sec
retary and has served In that ca
pacity since.
Mr. Goodin is rated as an ex
pert authority on the Oregon insti
tutions. At the hospital he served
under Superintendents Paine,
Calbreath and Steiner, and he has
served the state under the admin
istrations of Governors Lord.
Geer, Chamberlain, Benson, Bow
erman. West, Wlthycombe and
Olcott
Officers Unable to Find Ban
dit Who Shot Adams and
Took Mail Pouch
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 26.
The pouch of registered mail tak
en by the bandit who today, shot
and killed Frank B. Adams, guard
at the ferry postoffice, has been
recovered, postal authorities an
nounced. The pouch contained
120 pieces of registered mail,
Adams was shot as he was
about to aim a rifle at the bandit.
He died at an emergency hospital
before an ante-mortem statement
statement could be obtained from
him.
Two clerks, W. W. Needham
and Willard S. Fleming, were held
up also by the bandit and forced
them to enter a vault after the
shooting ef Adams. While they
were In the vault they saw the
bandit disappear with the pouch
of registered mall.
As far as is known the bandit
had no accomplices and U3ed no
conveyance in getting away from
the scene of the shooting.
Search for the bandit In room-
ine houses alone the waterfronf
and connecting streets jcontinned
throuchout the dav without any
clues .being found other than the
reported recovery of the mail
poucn.
The pouch, recovered this after
noon, two blocks west of the' ferry
building, bore the original pad
lock and no cut had been mauc n
It postal officials declared. Ex
amination of the registered matter
within proved the contents intact.
Postal authorities declared
their belief the bandit had lost his
nerve after he had fired at Adams.
TRAIX WRECKED
NAPLES. Oct. 26. The engine,
baggage and mail car of an ex
press train running between Rome
and Naples today plunged into the
river near Reggio, province of
Calabria. The engineer and four
trainmen are missing. It is
thought their bodies were washed
ayay by the current. No passen
gers were injured.
O'DOWD WINS
NEW YORK. Oct. 26. Phil
O'Dowd, Columbus. Ohio, tonight
was awarded the judges decision
3fter a slashing 12-round bout
with Joe Lynch, former " bantam
weight champion.
GUARD KILLED,
III! RECOVERED
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IS LURED
MISSION OF
LEAD, S D., Oct 26.-The i
rector of St. Patrick's Cf.the
dral here, was found early to
day on "Porirman's Gulch"
highway, just Outside the city
limits of Lead. A revolver
bullet had pierced his heart.
The. priest had been lured to
his death by a man who a fcwr
minutes before, had appealed
to Father Belknap to come
with him to administer the
last sacraments of the church
to a sick man.;
The authorities of Lead are
without a clud to the identity
of the slayer. Bloodhounds
were on the way tonight from
Mitchell, S. D.
It was about 3:15 o'clock
thi8 morning; when a mani
rang the bell at the door of
Bishop J. J.I Lawler's resi
dence, where Father Belknap
lived. The young priest an
swered the call himself. Fath
er Thomas Hobcn, assistant
to Father Belknap, heard the
man at the door and over
heard the mart at the door and
overheard part of the conver
sation, he said.
The priest's father and mother
Mr. and Mrs. El M. Belknap, who
lived at the residence, also heard
parts of the conversation. All said
they heard a man ask Father
Belknap to come with him to the
home of a sick friend who was
about to die and who desired the
sacrament of extreme unction ad
ministered. Body Found in Rtad
Father Belknap readily consent
ed, according to his parents and
Father Hoben, who said they
thought nothing1 of the call as "so
many requests ! of the kind had
been made before."
Father Belknap went to his ga
rage to get his automobile. His
visitor accompanied him. The
starter oh the car would not work
and after a little' delay the pair
leit tho garage; afoot.
That was the last that occu
pants of the bishop's residence
heard of the priest until his body
was found half ! an hour later. It
lay in the roadway, face down
ward. A large bruise on the back
of the priest's had indicated he
had been struck; from behind with
a blunt instrument.
' Shots Are Heard
Toney Berto40no,.vho lives near
where the crime was committed,
reported to the police he heard
several shots, probably five. Other
residents of the vicinity also said
they heard shots.
When the authorities reached
the scene, the road was closed off
and a guard was placed nearby so
that tracks and trails would not
be obscured, pending arrival of
bloodhounds.
Bishop Lawler declared tonight
Father Belknap had no enimies.
BishoD Lawler said the priest
rnever had received any threats.
'I can conceive" of no reason for
th murder ofjFathcr Belknap,"
he said.
Not Iiellgkras Prejudice
Bishop Lawlor tonight said he
believed Iho murder was the work
of a "mentally unbalanced" per
son, i
"Father ' Belknap," he said,
"was a favorite with all classes
of people, whether in the church
or out of it. iThe deed cannot
be attributed to religious preju
dices." u
It is expected the blood hounds
on their way by automobile from
Mitchell, will reach here about
2 o'clock in the morning. It is
planned to take! them to the scene
of the murder! at once to start
them on the trail.
Half Grown Wildcat to
Attend Legion Session
MILES CITY. Mont, Oct. 26.
A half crown wild cat, the official
mascot of the Montana delegation
to the American Legion conven
tion at Kansas; City, will accom
pany W. G. Ferguson, past state
commander, when he leaves here
tomorrow, i The, trip, to Kansas
City is to -be -wade by, airplane.'
'HON
MERCY
GUARDS WILL
WATCH LINES
IN OREGON
In Event of Strike Southern
Pacific Property Will be
Thoroughly Protected
RQSEBURG, Or., Oct. 26. Al
fred Stewart, Southern Pacific
special apent, announced today
that ho had received authority
to employ 46 guards to be sta
tioned at important points along
the Southern Pacific railroad be
tween Cottage Grove and Ash
land, tho district over which he
has supervision.
Thepe guards will protect the
company's property in the event
of a strike and will be given par
ticular instructions carefully to
guard tunnels, bridges, water
tanks, trestles, etc., where dam
age would cause delay to trains.
10 KILLED If!
FIGHT WITH GUNS
Fugitive Negro Kills Police
man, Wound Others, Be
fore He Is Slain
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Oct. 26.
A. M. Hall, a police desk clerk
was killed, Thomas Johnson, chief
of detectives, probably fatally
wounded and C. C. MacDonald
chief of police, and Edward Eads
a detective, slightly wounded, late
today in a gunfight' with Carlos
Henderson, a young negro who
barricaded himself In a house and
was later shot to death by police
and former service men. The ne
gro's body was riddled with bul
lets. . He was killed after the fire
department had fired the bouse
in which he was hiding
The shooting followed attempts
of Detective Eads and a compan
ion to atrest the negro, whom they
suspected of having committed a
robbery.
Barricading himself in the
house, Henderson opened fire,
wounding Detective Eads. Offi
cers surrounded the house and in
the exchange of shots Hall was
killed and Johnson and MacDon
ald wounded. In the groups that
gathered were many former serv
ice men who procured rifles or re
volvers and Joined the police.
The fire department was sum
moned and the building was soon
ablaze, i Henderson, revolver in
hand, appeared at a pecond story
window. He was shot dead, the
body toppling through the win
dow. WEATHER
Thursday rain; moderate south
westerly winds.
Here Are a Few Simple Questions
About Salem; Can Any of You Old
Timers Give the Correct Answers?,
Edison says that scarcely 2 per
cent of people understand what
they read and that everybody in
general te not very observing. He
has a series of questions to deter
mine the mental alertness of
prospective employes.
Taking up the matter of ob
servation, how many residents of
Salem who are, down town daily
could answer such questions as
these:
;1. There is a statue of Justice
on top of the court house. Is Bhe
holding scales in her left or right
hand? i
2. What la the name of the
store on; each side of the Capital
National; bank on North Commer
cial street? ..,-..?
: 3. What store is on each side
oy Hauser . Brothers - on State
street, between Commercial and
Liberty T
TWO SECTiOllS
PRICE; FIVE CENTS
Investigation i Instituted By
Labor ; Board Ends Ab
ruptly; Union Leaders
Make Announcement. .
HINT LEAKS OUT OF, '
PROPOSAL PREPARED
Interviews ! With Authorities
Throw Little Light on
I Situation
CHICAGO, Oct 26. (By
The Associated .Press) The
government will make its fi
nal attempt to prevent the
threatened! general railroad
strike tomorrow morning , at
9 o'clock j when presidents,
general chairmen and execu
tive committees the five
train service unions meet here
at 1 a conference reported to
have been arranged at the in
stigation of the United States
railroad labor board. . : i
, The. board's investigation of
the causes of the strike threat .
enrlnrl nVi-ltrlv of , P. ?lO
night when the five un
leaders , asked , permissior
make an , j announcemer
their men, and then calleu .
morrow's meeting. , .
Union leaders tonight said
that the, meeting tomorrow
had been called at the sugges
tion of- Ben W. ; Hooper, vice
chairman of the I board, : and
that they expected him per
sonally to present a final pro
posal from the board. Mr.
Hooper refused to confirm or
deny this. Judge R. M.. Bar
ton, chairman, said that its
decision on today's hearing
might be rendered tomorrow
and certainly would be forth
coming by jthe next day. . ; .j
Each of the presidents of
the five transportation group
unions said, however, that the
prospects for ; a settlement
"certainly were i no ; better
than they were this morning,"
while "two went farther de
claring that the clouds were
darker than ever." . , , J
It was understood that the
board would make the follow
ing proposals to the unions
tomorrow:'! . j . j
That the unions suspend or call
off the strike ordered by Sunday
and based on the wage cut made
last July, pending decisions by the
board on further wage cuta or on
any revision!! of rules which the
employes fear tho roads will ask.
The roads have already announced
their Intention of seeking, a 19
per, cent wag cut i for the train
service men. In addition to the 12
per cent slash of July. Many roads
have Indicated a desire to abro-
f ( Continued on page 5.) '
4. Is It a Silver of rold colored
ball that tops the steeple of the
firrt Method
st church?
5. Is the
State street
brown?
Gray bu Hiding, on
, painted gray or
B. Which street is wider
Commercial or State? I -
7.. Is the j national flag to be
seen every day over any build
ing;: in Salem in addition to the
state house and postoffice?
8. Where is , the Tioga build
ing? -."..- i '
9. What street car shall one
take to go to the penitentiary?:
- 10. Standing on the corner of
Court and Liberty streets. T how
would you direct a , traveller to
find the Pacific highway? h
As a final question can yon.
without look ing, remember , how
many buttons there are on your
overcoat? . i -? -
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ALL INTERESTS
j EARLY If DAY
t