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Denby's Estimate Calls for
Reduction of ,10,000 in
Personnel and Junkina
100 Destroyers.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
VARY IN OPINIONS
Some Middle West Repres
entatives Would Cut Sea
Forces to Bone
; WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Sec
retary Denby, In asking congress
today for an appropriation of
$350,000,000 for tbe nary next
year, ran into the edge of a
threatened fight by advocates of
government economy to "scrap'
the naval establishment ratio fig
ure arranged by the arms con
ference. -
In a frank and detailed state-
tnent hoped to accomplish, Mr
Denby told the house naval com
mittee that his estimate called
for a reduction of 10,000 in en
lleterd personnel which was made
-Dosslble only by - putting about
1Q0. destroyers out of commission
and by sharp cuts, in shore sta
tion forces. Chairman Butler ln-
fietecreur co'nTarSirltf ll
aBoroDrtatfon'oTTfS for
the present fiscal year was high,
ta the view of reductions author-
izea oy me cooiercucv
Some Member Apprehensive
It was brought out in the dis
cussion .that some members or
concrress have been urging a na
raraunroDiiatlon bill carrying io
more than $175,000,000 or $200,-
000.000. but Mr. Denby . agreed
with the view expressed br mem
bers of the committee that sucu
a reduction would put the United
States actually below Great Brit
ain and Japan, while leaving the
tonnage ratio at 5-5-3, as agreed
to br the conference.
, Bllevlns; that with a smaller
fighting force the-navy should be
keot "on Its 'toes,'.', leaders stana
Ing behing Secretary Denby's es-
timates declared that to limit the
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abproprlatlon under $200,000,000
ould mean for the United States
. navy, tb"7
Ot japan, mey jubioicu m -
stead of five each for the unitea
RtatM and -Great Britain and
thr for Uaoan. the standing wfll
be with.. the: estimate so wweiy
slashed a ratio of Great Britain,
5: United States. 2: and Japan
, Navy Undermanned
Mr. Denby told the committee
tb navr today was under-man-
nrf and that while he had been
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giving the question c..'
t . v MatMT tn0 idea OC-
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eurtea to mm in
commend an enusiea sirens m
fiA flOO. or 10.000 DeiOW m auiu- 1
orlced mark, oy putung iuu -
stroyers out of commission. e i
stood firm on bis estimate, mem-
hers of the contmlttee declaring
afterward that they were inclined
to accept it. : .
a i.Ain nennbilcan. however.
pointed out that consiaerauon oi
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th- TMraonnei .Question uj m
naval committee "is more or less
academic", for the- reoson tnai
the appropriations committee act
ually will frame tne Din ana
the too f iure for the navy, cnair-
man Kelley ot the sub-committee
on naval appropriations, who is
out of the city, is known Ho be
lieve in the most drastic cut
sible and none of his colleagues
was prepared . to ' say how far . the
chairman would be willing to go
toward meeting Mr. Denby. Mem
ixra renerallv anneared to be
divided, however. Into two camps,
one etandinr out "for slashing
the Denby estimate in half," and
the other Insisting there should
be no extensive drop below the
naval treaty status.
V Members at Variance
In ' opposing any reduction In
the line of personnel,' the naval
secretary also recommended that
secretary also recommended that
the first Hass at the naval acad -
emy : ce graauaieu n comm-
sioned. leaving the status of the
other classes to be determined by
congress.
Most of the opposition in the
house to a "100 per cent navy
was reported to exist among mem
hers from j the .middle , west and
clalns states. Representative Mon
dell. Wyoming, A the Republican
leader. has been.. , listed, among
those ready to fight to cut the
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1VTISS NEVA BERBER, former vaudeville actress and now
-1 one of the stars with the Arrow Film Company, is said
to have been engaged to William Desmond Taylor, movie di-
rector, who was strangely murdered in his Los Angeles home.
DEMAND MADE FOR REDUCTION
OF ARMY TO ONLY 75,000 MEN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. De-
imand for a reduction in the size
of the army to 100,000 enlisted
men or even to a maximum of
75,000 will be made in the house
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tee which ,8 drartlng the mea8Ure
predicted today.
A formidable bloc of represen
tatives, the sub-committee mem
bers declared, was preparing to
wage a determined tight to limit
the army's size to 7o,000 men,
while others who favored reduc
tion had indicated they would be
satisfied if the maximum was
fixed at 100,000. Other factions
among the house membership
were said to favor a 125.000
maximum, or to oppose any re
duction in the present size, which,
auction in me present size, wnicn,
Under a-limitation for pay of en'
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listed men, approximates 13 , www.
New KMlmat Called
war , v department estimates
trnamlJol thrnnrh iht, hnAvt
bureau call for an appropriation
for-the fiscal year beginning July
m, sufficient for the pay ot 150,
1 000 men and approximately 14
I 000 officers. Chairman Anthony
o tne suo-commiuee in cnarge oi
I the bill announced today that
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Kaiem VVOIUdn Ul Lll
joying Lincoln's Company
At Baltimore Event
Amona? those, who have kindly
remembrances of Abraham Lin
coln la Mrs. W. P. Lord, who dur
ing the Civil war was a young girl
livinr in Baltimore.
Aittionrh aha met Lincoln a
number of times during those
tTAnhlMAme vears. her keenest
d mogt, piea8ant remembrance
" v.,vi. m is5 when
Llneoln cam to Baltimore to ai-
tend a reception given him by an
nncle of Mrs. lra. . sai was ia
lust enterinsr into the pleasures of
social life and, was ffeeniz inter
ested In the- military wot Id that
surrounded Washington. and Bal
timore. V "
Lincoln, accompanied by sever
al member of his cabinet; attend
ed the recentlon. and as tne niece
of the man who was giving the
Mont. Mm. Lord wad riven the
position of honor next to Lincoln
I In the receivins line. .
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social world ' of Baltimore, Intro-
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in in
three new estimates had been call
ed for from the, war department
to be computed on the basis of an
army of 75,000 of 100,000 and of
125.000 enlisted men.
Members of the sub-committee
were of the opinion that the ap
propriation bill would provide,
when reported, for an armv of
100.000 or 125.000 men. Efforts
to cut the number below 100,000,
it was said, were expected to be
made by Democratic members ot
the house and by some of the
members who believed the arma
ment conference had practically
removed the possibility' of war.
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The budget estimates call or a
tota appropriation of $154,266.
512 for pay of all persons con
nected with the army Including
field officers and officers on the
retired list. The total requested
in estimates for the war depart
ment is approximately $364,000,-
000.
Hearings on the appropriation
bill before the sub-committee pro
bacy will be concluded this week
with Secretary Weeks and General
Pershing as the last witnesses. It
probably will be several weeks.
members of tbe committee said.
before the bill is reported by the
appropriations committee.
ducing and bein lutraIucd to
many of the notiMe people of
that day.
Lincoln was in an especially
fine humor on that occasion. Mrs.
Lord said. Theri was evsry evi
dence that the Odd of the 'ong
four years of struggle was at
hand, and Lincoln was assuming
the gaiety of his former years
When asked for dance. Lincoln
would say that the young lady at
hi Side wouid not dance 'ntil he
had led her out on the floor.
But with so mauy pressing
around Lincoln, he did not dance
that evening and she passed the
evening with the president and h's
famous cabinet.
Six months after the Baltimore
reception, Lincoln was assassinat
ed. First Death in 94 Years
Occurs in Kentucky Family
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 14.
A family of seven children, the
oldest 04 and the youngest 72
years old, was broken by the first
death of a member when "Aunt
Jennie" Holbrook. the oldest one
died ' at her mountain home in
Letsher county recently. She was
a: member of the Webb .family
and was said to be a descendent of
Danile Boone, the Kentucky pio
neer. . Her three brothers are 92, 90
aand 15 yea rs old. The sisters
are younger.
President Expected to An
nounce Today Whether
He Prefers Additional Tax
or Treasury Bonds.
OPPOSITION GROWING
TO INCREASED LEVIES
Committees, Sum-committees
and Cabinet Mem
bers Work on Measure
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. The
position of the administration as
to how the funds for the soldiers'
bonus should be raised may be
known to congress tomorrow.
President Harding and Secretary
Mellon had a conference today and
were understood to have discussed
the question.
: Two plans have been suggested
by Republican members of ' the
house ways and means committee
contemplates special taxes, while
under the other put forward by
Chairman McCumber and Senator
Smoot of Utah, ranking Republi
can of the finance committee,
short time treasury notes or
bonds would be issued during tbe
time that the cash payments were
made to the former service men.
Tax Opposition Increaaes
After the White House confer
ence today it . was indicated in
some administration quarters
that the treasury secretary held
the same views with regard to the
issue of notes or bonds that he ex
pressed in his recent letter to
Chairman Fordney, of the ways
and means committee. On the
other hand, congressional leaders
said opposition to the levying of
additional taxes at this time was
increasing.
Harding Receives Proposals
It was understood that tbe tax
program drawn by the house sub
committee met with instant oppo
sition when it was presented to
majority members ot the senate
finance committee, sub-commit-tees.
Sub-committees were named to
thresh out the matter and after
a conference with Secretary Weeks
they were understood to have pre
sented the two rroposals to the
president.
President Replies Today
While the president was consid
ering the matter the sub-committees
marked time today.
Senator McCumber said he ex
pected to get tbe president's
views tomorrow, but added that
he was not advised as to how
they would be communicated.
Woman Opposed'
NEW YORK, Feb. 13. Alice
M. Robertson, representative in
congress from Oklahoma, de
clared today in an address to the
women's Republican club that she
was opposed to the soldier bonus.
Soldiers demanding a bonus,
she said, lacked the patriotism of
Americans who fought in the rev
olution, in the civil and the Span
ish-American wars.
"Those veterans." she said.
' did not put a price on their pat
riotism."
With Conclave Finished
Cardinals Leave for Homes
ROME, Feb. 13. (By The As
sociated Press) The conclave
ended, the cardinals already have
commenced to leave. Hardly had
the coronation concluded when
many of the members of the sa
cred college prepared to hasten to
their homes from Rome. All the
French Cardinals departed this
afternoon, while throughout the
day the Italians were dispersing
to their various dioceses through
out the kingdom.
The American cardinals are ex
pected to stay in Italy for two or
three weeks. The Spanish cardi
nals will depart during tbe pres
ent week.
Marriage Results in
Serious Street Riots
VIGO, Spain, Feb. 13. Eight
persons were wounded today, two
of them seriously as a result of a
protest by the vllagers of Bora
against the marriage of 70-year-
old. Juan Tenorlo Cortegosa to a
16iyear-oJd girl. The villagers
serenaded Cortegosa with kitchen
utensils, whereupon the bride
groom with his relatives and ser
vants attacked the protesters with
sticks. To this the villagers re
plied with revolvers and knives.
Cortegosa and a brother of the
bride were . seriously wounded.
STRANGE YOUNG WOMAN CALLS
VOLUNTARILY ON WOOLWINE TO
TALK ABOUT BIG MURDER CASE
LOGGER IS
VICTIM OF
RIFLE SHOT
Death of David Collins in
Camp Near Silverton Is
Believed Accidental
SILVERTON. Ore.. Feb. 13.
(Special to The Statesman)
David Collins was shot and In
stantly killed at camp this morn
ing at 6 o'clock. "The shot that
killed him, it is reported, was
fired accidently by a man by the
name of Nick Ridovich who was
cleaning his gun.
Because of the heavy snow fall
the camp had received orders to
close down. Some of the men
were preparing to leave for town.
Ridovich was in a bunk house, it
was accidentally discharged, the
bullet passing out through
the wall and entering another
hunk house where it grazed the
scalp of J. F. Davis and entered
the side of Mr. Collins immedi
ately below, the arm pit, entering
the heart and causing instant
death.
It is said Collins was about 25
years old and was a member of the
01st division of the A.E.F.
County Coroner Lloyd Rigdon,
Sheriff O. D. Bower, Deputy Sher
iff Sam Burkhart and District At
torney John Carson made the trip
to Camp 6 of the Silver Falls
Timber company, arriving there
shortly before noon to investigate
the case. While county officers
had no comment to make con
cerning their findings, it is
thought hers that the shooting
was purely accidental, there being
much evidence to corroborate first
reports of the affair. No arrests
were made.
The coroner's inquest will, bo
held in this city at 4 o'clock this
aiternoon. uoroner Kigdon an
nounced yesterday.
Two Fight With Marshal and
Watchman One in Jail,
Other Escapes
SILVERTON, Ore.. Feb. 13.
(Special to The Statesman) -
Considerable excitement was
caused here tonight when two
loggers, said to have been intoxi
cated, showed up in town. One is
now in tb& city Jail and the other
has disappeared after fistic en
counters with officers.
Grover Yates, night watchman,
attempted to arrest the pair and
one of them struck him in the face
and made his escape. City Mar
shal Yates, father or Grover Yates
came to the night watchman's aid
and arrested the second of the
two men and was on bis way to
the city Jail with him when the
man suddenly jenocked the mar
shal down. Marshal Yates' head
struck a sidewalk and he was ren
redered unconscious for severs)
minutes until revived at a drug
store. In the meantime the man
he had arrested escaped.
Grover Yates enlisted the aid ol
Mayor Eastman and they went in
search of the two. The one whe
had hit the night watchman in
the first encounter was found at
the Silverton hotel eating supper.
He was arrested and Jailed. He
gava his name as Lloyd James.
Judge Resigns When
Criticized by Public
OKMULGEE, Okla. Feb. 13.
Judge H. R. Christopher of the
Okmulgee county superior court,
has mailed his resignation to E. J
Dick, chairman o the Citizens' (
committee, which condemned his
action last Thursday in dissolving
the superior court grand jury
here in tbe midst of its inquiry in
to the defunct Bank of Com
merce of Okmulgee, according to
a telegram received by Mr. Dick,
ate today from the Judge at Coyle,
Okla.
Mayor Halvorsen Doing
Well After Operation
Enrmirarinr renorts are re
ceived from the ?em hospital
where Mayor George Halvorsen is
cald to be resting easily following
a major abdominal operation upon
Mr. Halvorsen, Friday morning.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13.
The investigation of the slay
ing of William Desmond Tay
lor, motion picture director,
reached a stage today which
was described by officials dii
recting the inquiry as one of
"waiting for the unexpected."
It was frankly admitted that
no progress had been made in
the direction of establishing
who fired the shot which
killed the director in his home
on the night of February 1.
The only action taken at the
district attorney's office,
where the inquiry has been
centralized, was the inter
viewing of a young Woman
late in the afternoon who
called with a request that she
might see some of the inves
tigators. She left about 15
minutes after having been
taken to the office of District
Attorney Thomas Lee Wool
wine, she declined to give her
name. Persons who saw her
said she Was no one connected
prominently with the motion
picture industry. No state
ment "was given out concern
ing her call by the district
attorney's office at the time.
Mr. Woolwine had previously
stated he expected to receive from
detectives and others handling the
official investigation which might
make it necessary for him to in
terview certain persons who might
have some statements to make
concerning the case.
The district attorney said ho
had checked up on "countless"
clues which had been brought to
his attention, without definite re
sult.
"For instance," he said. '1 was
out until 2 o'clock this morning
investigating what, on its face
appeared to be a promising lead
The result, however, was that a
certain person had what turn;
out to be nothing more than
vague suspicion. I am stating
this simply as an example of what
we have to contend with In this
case.' .
Herd of Forty-Three Pure
bred Animals Shipped
from This District
As evidence that this part of
the Willamette valley is becoming
nationally known as the greatest
purebred stock center in the west,
is the fact that just recently buy
ers of purebred stock, coming
from California, have purchased
36 registered Jersey bulls, six reg
istered Jersey females and one
registered Guernsy bull.
Among those who sold pure
bred stock to the Californians.
were the following:
G. G. Horning, Corvallis; Roy
Cox, Albany; Oregon Agricultural
college, Corvallis; E. A. Rhoten,
Salem; Frank .Loughary & Son,
Monmouthr J. L. Eowmamn. Port
land; F. E. Lynn, Perrydale; Ed.
Cary, Carlton; Chester L. Mulkey,
McMinnville; R. O. Dodson. Mon
mouth; Stanley Riches, Tatner;
H. S. Hadsell. Linnton; J. F. Fox,
Silverton; A. Malar. Boring; War
ren Gray, Jefferson; Oreglow
farm. Oswego; McArthur & Stauff,
Rickreail; W. O. Morrow, Inde
pendence; Thomas Williams, For
est Grove; G. W. Lawson, Mc
Minnville: August Kohle. Corne
lius; P. J- Krieger. McMinnville;
George F. Biersdorf, Cornelius.
Frank Lynn of Perrydale. sold
six heifers, all sired by St. Mawes
Golden Poppy. C. L. HawlCy &
Son. of McCoy, sold one Guernsey
purebred bull. All other stock was
purebred Jersey.
Missing Girls Found;
Returned to Parents
MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 13. Miss
Audrey Butler. 16 yeaJj old,
daughter of E. S. Butler, president
of the New Oreans Cotton Ex
change and Miss Dorothy Lewis.
18. of Galveston, .Texas, who dis
appeared from New Orleans Sat
urday, were found in Mobile to
night at the Louisville and Nash
ville railroad depot.
REGISTERED STOCK
GO TO CALIFORNIA
MINISTER IS
SURVIVED BY
17 CHILDREN
Rev. Herman Heusser, Port
land Evangelical Pastor,
Leaves Large Family
PORTLAND. Or.. Feb. 13.
Seventeen children survive Rev.
Herman Heusser, for three years
past pastor o the Second Reformed
Evangelical church here, who died
last Saturday, aged 69.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow.
Prior to coming here Mr, Heus
ser was for 22 years pastor of a
church at Alma, Wis.
CLH IS MADE
Swiss Mountaineers and Mo
tion Picture Cameramen
Perform Feat
TACOMA, Wash.. Feb. 13.
Mount Ranter was climbed today
for the first time In Us history
during midwinter. Jean and Jac
ques Landry and Jacques Ber-
ques, mountaineers, and Charles
It. Parryman, a motion picture
camera operator, accomplished the
feat heretofore considered Impos
sible. The quartet left on their
final dash from Anvil Rock, their
base, 10.000 feet high, a 4 o'clock
this morning. They returned 15
and one-half hours later, exhaust
ed by their arduous climb over ice
and, numbed by the chilling arctic
winds.
"We made it. We left our names
in a bottle on the summit. We are
too exhausted to talk."
This was the message receiv
ed from Perryman at 7:30 this
evening immediately after he had
stumbled into the camp at Anvil
Rock. Further details of . the
climb are expected tonight after
the mountaineers have refreshed
themselves. Newspapermnt are
posted at arnger telephonies on the
moountain to relay tbe message of
the climb as soon as it shall be
transmitted to them.
Indians Set Jail on Fire
and Make Their Escape
AUBURN, Wash., Feb. 13.
Two Indians ..members ot the
Muckleshoot tribe, who were In
jail here charged with being In
toxicated, started a fire under tbe
main door of the jail, a small
wooden structure, and walked out
of the burning structure whWe
firemen were uenching the blase,
disappearing in tha crowd.
California Highway is ,
Again Open .to Traffic
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 15. The
Pacific highway in nortcern Cali
fornia which has been reported In
:,ad thape on account )l storms
hi tbe vicinity of Shasta, is now
occn r nd in fair shape, according
to reports of tiTe Oregon state mo
tor association tolty.
Dallas is endeavoring to secure
the first plant to be established
by the Willamette Valley Flax and
Hemp Growers Cooperative as
sociation. At a meeting held yesterday af
ternoon with the directors and of
ficials of the association and N.
L. Guy, president of the Dallas
Commercial club, W. V. Fuller,
secretary, Tracy Staats and W. L.
SoSehren, directors; H. A. Joslln.
local manager of the Oregon
Power company, Dallas; A. R.
Brown, and W, H. McKee of Per
rydale, a proposal was put up to
the association as folows: ,
If tbe association will establish
its first plant at Dallas, tbe peo
ple of that city will furnish a
three-story mill in Dallas, 28 by
40 feet; a foundry building of two
stories, 28 by 40 feet; a ware
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DALLAS BUSINESS LEADERS
MAKE OFFER FDR FLUX PLANT
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IS JJO SECRET
Shooting -of .Ulster Consta
bles Greatly Aggravates
Situation, Declares f,!r.
Churchill.
FERMANAGH, TYRONE
FEARFUL OF INVASION
Week-end Rioting Continues
in Belfast With More
Added to Death Roll ,
LONDON, Feb. 13-The
Irish situation, since the raids
over the Ulster border, has
steadily become worse and no
secret is made of the grave
alarm with which it is viewed
in official circles in London,
Winston Spencer, Churchill,
secretary for the colonies, de
clared in the house of com
mons this afternoon that the
shooting of the Ulster con
stables at Clones had greatly
aggravated the situation.
The Evening Standard as
serts that Ireland Is on . thi
brink of civil war and quotes a
member of the government as
saying that while the" govern
ment hesitates to do anything
which the Sinn Feinere could
interpret as provocative, swift
military preparations have al
ready been mad to prevent an
armed invasion of Fermanagh
and Tyrone: , 4
In the light of the develop
ments of the last few days
much significance is attached
to the suspension today of the
evacuation of British troops
from southern Irish ports.
The Irish office explains that
the suspension was ordered
pending a decision regarding
the extent of the reiifcforce
merits to be sent to Ulster. Sir
James Craig, Ulster premier,
announced tonight that the
Ulster garrison of British
troops was to be increased
from 10 battalions, the pre
vious number, to 14.
The week-end rioting In Belfast
was continued todsy, the death
roll from, Sundoy being about IS
killed and 20 or more wounded.
The shooting affrays In Belfast
the last 24 hours occurred over a
widely extended area.
Gunmen Under Covet v .
The gunmen have kept well un
der cover and tbe police and sol
diers patrolling In armored cars
are having difficulty In locating
them. Sir James Craig, the Uls
ter premier, telegraphed the Brit
ish government tonight asking
what action "other than dispatch
ing messages to Dublin," tbe
government was taking or had
taken to secure the return of the
kidnapped loyalists. ,
Michael Collins, head of the
provisional government, in a mes
sage to tbe American Association
for tbe Recognition . of the Irish
Republic, charges that a - coup
d'etat is being planned against
the provisional government and
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house 30 by 60 feet, with 2t-foot
ceiling; water power with a 80
horse power wheel Installed; a .40
horsepower boiler engine and all
the water rights of the mill and It
equipment, and in addition to this
two acres of land, all for $6,000.
Besides this offer., the Dallas
men agreed to secure additional
acreage of. flax in the territory
adjacent to Dallas. ; ; ;
The officers and directors of the
association will go to Dallas Wed
nesday afternoon: to Investigate
and meet with the Dallas business
men. : ;- :":;;r. r
Those meeting" with the Dallas
representatives yesterday were G.
W. Eyre, president, of the associa
tion r D.; F. Eastbum . vice presi
dent; VT. J. Denham. director,
Robert Crawford, manager; A. C.
Bohrnstedt, secretary;' and Mrs.
W, J?. Lord, honorary director.