r ' - f ' " f ' f -i- ; .'.v " ' ' I : : "PART ONE - I . TWO PARTS 'I'll.. t -w ' ? '"V-: " k I-' v ... , , - SEVENTY-TIIIRD YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1924 "PRICE FIVE CENTS V : : f -'X FALL REFUSES TO TESTIFY II OlflfFEISE , . .... ! Former Secretary Challenges . Authority.! Committee to Hold Investigations in Matter ' READS LONG DOCUMENT STATING HIS REASONS Committee Directs Him to "' Appear TuesdayCon- tempt Charge Hinted WASIHXOTOPeb:2Albert II. Fall declined today ! to testify further before the senate oil com miltee which.' seeks more light on the unpaid loans.';- aggregating 1123,000 made to; himJby E. L. Doheny and Harry F. r Sinclair, whose oil companies 'obtained leaftes. of naval oil reserves from him while he was secretary o tho Interior, Vf :' Haled to the capitol ; over the protests of his ; physicians and counsel, Mr. Fall, in . a prepared statement; challenged, tho author ity' of the committee to continue the , Investigation, and refused to answox questions on the . further ground; that his responses might tend to incriminate him In court proceedings authorized by con gress in the Walsh annulment res- olation. .Want of authority h by ' the committee to proceed further . with, the Inquiry was based upon two grounds that the ? original resolutions of the senate provided for ; the -folding--or hearings only uoui (ue cuuicuius oi lata con- Kress and that conn-ess in adont- ing the Walsh resolution had takr en the matter out of the hands of the committee and placed It In' the - courts. ' 1 " ' Called forTuesday 4 : .Voting to obtain a .new grant ot authority, from, ;hg jsenatejext Monday the committee directed Mr. Fall to appear "again , next Tuesday, should he persist In his refusal to testify at that time, sen- ators said the issue o? contempt -would be clearly drawn. Under the law and .precedents he could bo held In contempt and the.. fact certified - to 4he president of the senate who would submit the mat ter to the district attorney of -the ' District' of Columbia whose duty It would! vb6 to bring the matter berore tne grand jury roi its ac S. Hon. :. v'. ,:'Vv-;: ' ; i -Upon indictment and conviction, Mr. Fall would be, iiablo to impris z onment in "a common Jail" for. not - less than ; one month nor more . than 12 months and a fina of not ; less than 2200 and not more; than - ii.ooo. , . . . , ' cStill another course would : be open, that of impeachment by the house and "trial, by the senate on - the basis of his official acts. ; - In the case pf W. W. Belknap, secre- ; tary of war la the Grant adminis- . tration both the house and senate held that' Impeachment - proceed Jngs would lie even after a ,; cabinet, f officer had retired from office. Impeachment p'ro- ' ceedings ( were not prosecuted ; in , the Belknap case, however. . - : Coming by automobile from the '.' home of iJ. W. Zevely, personal at torney to! Harry F. Sinclair, where ' he has ' been confined to his ' bed r since his arrival here from New Orleans,! 10 days ago, Mr. Fall - reached . the committee I room promptry 'at 10 a. . m., the hour , named in the new snbpoena isued : for him lyesterday after the com mlttee's medical commission had - reported he was able to appear for examination. DIVORCE ATTACKED? ATLANTA, ' Ca.t Feb. 2. The divorce decree which Mrs. Onezi- mi ae woucuei ooiainea , iroxu Adolph i. Rocquet of New Orleans, in Reno, ! September 21, 1921, was attacked and defended today be fore Judge S. Hlbley in the Unit ed States' district court here in the breach of promise suit for $500, 000 brought against Asa G. Cand ler, Sr., by the New Orleans socie ty leader, ; " THE WEATHER . OREGON: Sunday rain west. fair east portion; moderate 'southwesterly winds. ' I- : -m;;;:. IJOCAL , WEATHER i (Saturday) ; ; H Maximum teroperarure,;52.1 Minimum temperature, 40. Rainfall, .35.. ;.V River.. 12.4. .; ' . . . Atmosphere, cloudf -Wind; southeast. f ! PIONEER WAY NOT FAVORED IN WASHINGTON Change in 'Name - of Oregon Trail Called "Unfriendly . .. .Act to Oregon' MONTESANO, Wash., Feb. . The, Montesano Chamber ot Com merce announced today that it was opposed to changing the name of the Oregon Trail to Pioneer Way, as snggentetl by United States Sen ator Wesley L. Jones, recently. Tho rnsons Assigned were the antiquity of the present name, its use by pioneers and in history and literature, and that a change now would be considered s unfriendly act to the people of Oregon. PAYING MES Statement to Set Public Right Is Made By State Commission.- . Many errors in the computatioa of, income taxes are beinb made. and . for that reason the state tax commission yesterday issued a statement to set the public right with ; regard to some of the pro visions of the act. .The following prepared statement was given out: '-The tax is graduated. . The first $ 1 0 00 of taxable income, or fraction thereof, is taxable at the rtte of I per cent: " Ofl the next $1000 or fraction thereof the rate is .1 per cent. The third $1000 fates at . a '.. rate of 1 per cent. Tha rate on taxable incomes in ex cess of ; $3000 graduate in steps of $1000 up to 6 per cent, as follows: 1 94 per cent 2 per cent, 2 per cent, 3 per cent, 3 per cent. 4 per cent,; 4 per cent, 5 per, cent, 5 percent, 6 per cent. .The rate of 6 per cent applies to all. taxable Income in excess of $12,000. ' . : "If the taxable income, lor ex ample, is $450, the tax -would be $4.50.-; If the taxable- income is $24S0t the iax on the iirst $1000 at 1 per cent would be $10, on the second . $1000 at I'M per cent, the tax'wonId.$20A. tn&jMjJMii balance "of f$ 4 S C ilt-'i W, per cent the tax 'would be $6.75, or a total tak"df $25.-23 on the taxable in come of $2450. ;" "By taxable income twe mean the net Income after the personal exemptions have been deducted. ; "The remittance must . accom pany, the return to the state tax commission, but the checks or drafts, should be made payable to the state treasurer. "A single person having a net income of $1000 or less Is not re quired to make a return. "A married person living with husband or wife and having a net income or less is not required to make a' return." Newhouse Is Elected to Succeed Robert C. Paulus M. J'. Newhouse, assistant gen eral' . manager v of -the Oregon Growers association, has been se lected by the board of v directors to succeed R. C. Paulus,' who re cently tendered his resignation, tv be effective April 1. II 1-GAEMG BILL SIGNE01Y vMayor John B. Giesy signed the new anti-gambling ordi nance at 11:30 o'clock last night. i 'The new ordinance," strengthens the weak places in copy of the Portland ordinance. t Ward Irvine Denies That . His Resignation Pends Ward A. Irvine, private secre tary to Governor Pierce, follow ing the publication yesterday of an article to the effect that fid probably would retire from his of fice February 1?, denied that his resignation is pending. Sit was reported that a. series of disagreements between Irvine and the governor had come to a head at. the time, of the governor' re cent, address, to the district attcV neys In Portland. . ' - - PROGRESS MADE A i LUXOR, " Egypt, , Feb. 2. (By Associated Press.) -With ; steady strides.' considering the bewilder ing difficulty of the work: the ex cavators in the tomb of . Tutenk hamon are approaching the crown ing stage of their labors - the opening of . the great pink stone coffinr :i ": NORWAY FIRST AT GHAMONIX; U. S. ISIFOURTH Finland Stands Second, and Austria Third in Olympic Race in France CHAMONIX, Febv 2. Norway made a tremendous leap forward in. the race for first place among the 17 nations competing in the Olympics winter sports here bjf earning 20 points out of the 25 alloted for the 18 kilometer ski race today. '. r "The Norwegians now have a to tal of 9l. points to 76 held by Finland, their nearest competitors. Austria is third with' 25, .the United SUtes fourth with 21 and the 'other standingsxare: Sweden. 20; Great Britain. 19; France, 15: Switzerland.-'' 14 ; Czecho-Slovakia. 6; -Belgian 2, and Canada 1. v With only four events left to be decided and 100 points remain ing to be distributed. Norway's victory , is regarded as practically certain. In today's ski race. Hang of Norway was first, covering, the IS kilometers in one hour, 14 r min utes and 3 seconds. Norway an nexed 20 points in this event. Fin land 4 and Sweden 1. The United States, was unable to win a place. Switzerland's team came in first in the bobsleighs . today. Major Drocme's British etntry Was sec ond. There was no American en try. The British defeated the Swedes 4 to 3 at. hockey, winning third place in the standings for this sport and relegating Sweden to fourth place. First and second places will be decided by the game between the United - States and Canada tomorrow. The Americans are now conceded to have a better chance against the Canadians and the odds against them -dropped from 2 xto 1 today to 7 to 5. . State Treasurer Might Swing and Vote Withh Kozer on Frank Sever, deputy state treas urer, will go to Portland today to confer with State Treasurer O. P, Hoff at the hospital relative to the ' deadlock that exists in the state board of control over the selection of a Bite for the state training school for boys. - Governor Pierce favors a' site of 444 acres east of the state peni tentiary and Secretary of State Kozer favors a site on the Silver- ton; road about eight and a half miles from Salem. They are dead locked since there is no third vote on the board because of Hoff's ill ness However, Mr. Hoff stated in Portland yesterday that he fa vors the Eldridge farm north of Salem, which further complicates matters. Should Mr. Hoff swing from his own choice it is understood he is more likely to go with Kozer than with Pierce for the reason that : Hoff objects to a site that will .necessitate the boys passing the state penitentiary. This was fine of the objections made by Ko zer to the site favored by Pierce said Mayor Giesy, "merely the old one, and it is an exact That the old city gambling or dinance was entirely Inadequate and the new one much more com plete was the statement made yes terday by Ray ti. Smith, city at torney. f The new ordinance has one fundamental difference," Attorney Smith said. "Under the old ordi nance only the owner, proprietor or employe of an establishment could be held, but under the new ordinance anyone in the room will be s iheld to account.; Another clause ' prohibits gaming behind locked or barred doors. An invi tation to participate in - a gambl ing game is also rnlawful under the new ordinance. f ;? The old ordinance was passed January 2, 1906, and approved two days later, V 2 : f r "No one whose, feet are where they are supposed to- be will have their toes stepped on,' was -Attorney Smith's comment upon the ordinance. His opinion was that officers would use common sense in enforcing - the , ordinance, and that no attempt would be made to "split hairs." ' . ;. - . ELDKEF1M LIFE'S TIDE War Time President Lives Through Another Day But Steadily Loses Grip i n Final Battle i 1 REFUSES NOURISHMENT THROUGHOUT 36 HOURS Calls for Mrs. Wilson and Dr. Grayson Hardly Able to Speak (By Tba Associated Presf) 'WASHINGTON. Feb. 2. An other day's battle with death found former1 President Wilson still, clinging tenaciously to life- but steadily losing his grip. As each moment passed, the grim destroyer moved a little nearer; the faint spark of lifje ilickered and fluttered, burning lower after every futile gust which blew to extinguish it. Resigned to the ineyitable and quite ready, Mr. Wilson waited patiently and fought and struggled throiiph the early hours between last midnight and today's dawn the hours when life reaches its low ebb how he did it was a marvel - to his physicians. They feared his soul would float out on the great ilde before today's day light. - Sleeps Lightly v But sleeping lightly, breathing steadily .and . almost normally, ; Mr. Wilson weathered the dangerous hours and the light of a' new blight February day streaming in through the windows of his bed Chamber found the stricken war president still fighting. ' When he awoke from a fiifui slumber an attempt was made t; have him take, some light liquid nourishment. The , dying , man of disapproval and when pressed. breathed an almost inaudible "No." ' Likewise he rejected an attempt to have him take a few sips of water. Finally he indicated he wanted an old negro servant to rearrange his pillows and to be eased about in his bed. Apparent ly more comfortable he indicated he wanted his wife. Mrs. Wilson, coming to the bedside, took the sufferer's hand in her's and held it silently until he , drifted off into a rot iter snatch of sleep. AskH for Graysott When Mr. Wilson roused again he thought of another friend and breathed faintly ' Where's Gray son?" The friend and physician who was now conducting the last and losing round of a battle with death, which actually began be fore Woodrow Wilson's first term in the White House was ended, came to the bedside. Thai seemed to satisfy the former president and he lapsed, into quiet again. Apparently the sick man's first thought on wakening was to satis fy himself that he bad near hitn the only three persons whose presence he wants to feel in his last moments. Except for the broken, fast- passing figure on the bed, the room hardly looked like a cham ber of death. Cheerful chintzes draped the windows which look to the south, toward the Potamac and an indigo ridge of Virginia hills where he used to play. , On the walls are some pictures, that of .the first Mrs. Wilson, one of them. Photographs of his grand children look down upon him. Jn a corner stands a desk, a personal one, devoted wholly to personal affairs. Upon it person al papers and books are arranged with the orderly precision which marked his nature. Everything lies just as he left it when Dr. Grayson ordered him to bed. Always on Watch Someone was always on watch in the sick chamber. Either Mrs. -Wilson .or Dr. Grayson was there. Two white capped nurses, the same who' attended the former president during the critical days of his illness in the White House, moved noiselessly about with th professional air of efficiently per forming their' ministrations. Downstairs a few close rela tives waited and went about with conversations. In subdued tones. Telegrams : and letters poured in by the hundreds and were listed and- Acknowledged- by volunteer secretaries from among lbe family or friends. Calling cards by the dozen.: many hearing , names . of national note, .were silently left at the door in person by those who Continued oa jage J) ' ' ' 11 .,.,,.., ... WILSON AS HE APPEARED AFTER STRENUOUS DAYS OF PRESIDENCY - ' i i s r r 4 t1 I,- - r - , , ' if TV - r t v ' " t - I V V I ; , J - - j S- " t J. i I it if H 1 I i- 1 . : i ' 1 if r i' t f pi", M ? - I t 1 l-'-x I ,!,...,;. I S -w-lr.-JUaJ.ll'-l' "I '""III l"'-ll'n' " )JIH'J 1 ' Jtf'MU y.'..-lT..v.J-.M..-y. .-.v.-.-..- -jr--- H-1 CODDIuB HEADS -DEIOKH VT - - --.. ... ... Assistant Corporation Com missioner Elected Chair-', man! of Committee George A. Codding, former Med ford attorney and at present con nected with the state corporation commission, was named chairman of the Marion county Democratic committee 1 at an organization meeting held at the court house Saturday afternoon; Kenneih Bayne was elected secretary of the courity organization. Mobiliza tion of the Democratic - forces found nearly 30 of the prominent party men present. ' f Tribute to ex-President Wood row Wilson was paid, the gather ing standing with bowed heads Tor a full .niinute. The tribute was made upon motion" of; Warden A. M. Dalrymple, of the state prison. Justice Q. P. Coshow, -of the Ore gon supreme court, made a short talk. A Mr. Webb announced his can didacy announced his candidacy for justice of the peace. Mr. Webb has been a resident of the Salem district for a number pf years. Plans for a banquet to be given in the near future were outlined at the meeting. A subscription, to defray postage and other inciden tal expenses, was taken. Two Gilstrap Men From Near Junction City Found Guil ty in Eugene ! EUGEXK. br., Feb. 2. Joe Gilstrap and his nephew, "Kid" Gilstrap, mountain ranchers living Lwest of Junction City, tonight were convicted by a jury in the circuit court on a charge of setting jup and operating a distillery. Deputy sheriffs made a raid upon, the Gil ctrap place November 2, It was claimed by the 'defense that ari agent p? ,the district at torney had "planted the still there! "Kid" Gilstrap was' shot and wdunded'by'th'e officers and the defense claimed that they shot him. while this hands .were np in the air and that he fired no shots at .them as claimed by the depo- ities.f;Sj;;fefn- -'- : i ,.;..., :. I FINAL FLASHES t I ' V '. 1 ' " (By Th Aoclatd. Tnu) , MOSCOW," Feb. 2 Alexis 1 Iv anovitch Rykoff has been chosen tot succeedjhe late Nikolai Inine as Eeid of, tne Cduficll of cotniil sioners.;; Leonine Trotzky is re tained as commisisoner of war. (By Th AocUtd Frsi) - ATHENS, Feb. 2.H. Kafan daris, former -minister of the , in terior, has been requested byithe regent to form a cabinet to suc ceed the Venizelos government. ASTORIA, Ore,, Feb. 2.The tank steamer W. B. Porter, en route for Portland from Califor nia, was brought into harbor to night in tow of the lighthouse tender Rose. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 2. An explosion that shook the en tire downtown district here : as thousands of office workers were hurrying to their employment to day cansed two deaths, the injury of seven persons and property damage estimated at between $100,000 and $150,000. CHICAGO,.Feb. 2. One person was killed w tonight when New York Central train No. 28 from Chicago to New York was derailed at Porter, Ind. , LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 2. The Arkansas penitentiary com mission tonight' announced the dismissal of Warden Hamp Mar tin, who was kidnaped yesterday by three condemned murderers confined la the death house at the penitentiary and forced to drive the prisoners from. the prison' in his automobile. ("Br Tba AsaocUMd Preti) ROME, Feb. 2. The Russian' government will be recognized by Italy within 48 hours, according to foreign office circles. Recogni tion will be simultaneous with the signing of a commercial treaty which has been pending for some months. FORTVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 2. Tho death toll of the wreck ot two Indiana Union Traction com pany trains, which collided head on near here, late today, will prob- ablv reach 17, rescue worgers said tonight. . NEW YORK. Feb. 2. Merritt nnirtirlri." cretarv to Harry -F. Sinclair, called on the Majestic to day, closely guarding ; a heavy padlocked brief case. He refused to make any statenient. vi - (By Th AoclaterrtM) .' SAN SALVADOR, Republic of San Salvador, Feb. 2. Advices from Honduras report that Gen eral Cartas one ot the three nn successful aspfrants for the presi dency of Honduras, has proclaim ed a new government '. atf El- paraiso; FDBB3E t. .... , mm I Former Wartime Leader 'jFVee "From Pftln cr. i , , Fully '.M Resigned t in' " SpiritStout. Hcrt .Which Has Astonished Physicians -at -Lczi Begins to Fail and GrbwFaint-rFlt ;Thit End is Near.at Hand. ; , -. , - V" -r WASHINGTON, Feb. &-(By Associated rPresa.) Hie situation at the Wilson home Remains unchanged at 4:05 m., and there waa jwthinp; to indicate any change tin the coO dition of the former, presidents yr. "s,-r"A t WASHINGTON;. Feb. .3.(By Associated .Press.) At 3:25 a. m. no material change had bee,n indicated, in the; con dition of former President Wilsonv ; 5 ; - , . , WASHINGTON, 'Feb.' 3--(By Associated Press.)-Aa the night wore along no word came to indicate-any change in the conidtion of former; President Wilson's condition. 'At 2:30 a. ra. the house yas dark th ho sign of acti vity within. . vFor a time around 1 ai m, several rooms were seen to ha lighted but hefoer Jong these were extinguished and not even a faint glow was discernible from the sick room. . - . ' . There had been no word from the physicians since 'llr; Grayson at 10 o'clock in the evening stated ,that the patient was sleeping-and that there vas nothing new: to-report ccn cerpingr his condition: ; ; . 'W; t 3t : ..WASHINGTON, Feb. (By)Associated Press.)--Sof t- , ly but with increasing swiftness the falling tide of Woodrow Wilson's life flowed outward tonight toward the great deep, : srSteadjly through the: day and into ?the inscrutable JiQtirs of darkness it. kept its .inexorable, way,' beyond-the power cf human-will -or human ingenuity to stay it.-'-; ".''' ? v Tonight the war president paiii, and -fully resigned in pirit,.as if ihe.-were -preparins to fall into a natural sleep in the circle at his bedside.;1,; r'.hMr?: '-!;5v' ? ' ; His stout heart; which had with a strength that astonished to falter and grow faint. ; There .were grave tears mat end-was almostaf Jband.-..; J-'i-sr. i'-.,. .-,- ' Only 0n of Three Convicted of Assisti ng-Robbers Re- leased to Sheriff : EUGENE, Or., Feb. 2. Charlea P. Blazier, western Lane county rancher, who is the 6nIy;onevf the three convicted in court-here this week ot aiding the Florence bank robbers, today was paroled to the Bherlff by Judge Skipworth of the circuit court, after he had been sentenced to serve six months in jail. ' . ' The judge said it .was unfair to compel this man to go to jail when it was apparent, assuming that all three were, guilty, that Blatter was the least guilty of all. Teaoot Dome Scandal Too Deep, for Words Says Dill CLEVELAND, p. Feb. 2. (By the Associated Press) The Tea pot Dome scandal is "so big .that we can hardly discuss it in words' and it is difficult to for tell what other inquiry .will be divulged, Senator C, Cr Dill of Washington, a member of the senatorial com mittee probing oil leases declared at the,, closing sessipnTOf,; the wo men's school .of Democracy today. "We have - been trying ; to i nn- jOver all the , rascality we , can," (Senator Dill said la reference : to the committee's work, "and thus for all of the rascality, and crim inality uncovered hag been .perpe trated by Republicans. - H any Democrats are found to ! be con cerned, : however,' i - snail pe tne first to demand their proaecutibn. We mussave these oil -lands and send the guilty men lo -the peni tentiary." 4 Referring to testimony before the committee that William G. McAdoo had been in the employ of oil concerns, Mr. Dill declared "that there Is a vast difference between accepting. a case as law yer and selling your nation's re sources while serving as a public official.", Attacking the Republican party directly, Mr. Dill characterized the last three years as "a period of special privileges never equal ed." .The same, period, he- said, was marked by a number of "acan. dals," any one of which was "big enough to discredit the adminis tration." :-A, vm-?;!"-: .'-. ( i Farmers of the,- northwest are In bad financial condition and al ready have shown their fpirtt; of revolt by the election.' i I ISfALIFSf Jayf barely, conscious, freecf presence of -the 4ittle xaithlul -performed its labored duties his physicians began at last r Throughout the 3 6 : honra that he has lain between Ufa and deatb, the Tegular and almost normal beating r-fcl? .J licart ViV" -those about him glimmering hope that eoraehow .be might con. j through hit : Bupreme (battle i tic, lorious ft . - :f . But even 4hat feeble hone flick- ered and all but: went out whea an-evening i consultation -of bis . doctors revealed a declining pulse a sign that his heart had begun to feel desperately the gradual weakening1 o his declining jTlul- , During the evening the sick man alternately plept and stirred weak ly, at if attempting to atrnggle (Continued on page i.) SATURDAY iN; WASHINGTON lMiMlHl Albert. Jl. Fall decUned to testir fy before the senate oil commit-" tee and challenged its authority, - . :: President Coolidge , - appointed Atlee Pomereae, former ; senator . from' Ohio, as the ; Democratic member of the oil lease prosecut ing counsel. . L: -- ;. - - - '-'".;;;. .'. ' ,4 r Rear Admiral .Robinson, engin eer In chief of the -.navy, testified befpre the house. - naval commit tee ' in -regard to the const ruction of the fuel tanks at Pearl, Harbor. -- ' ' - . - -.'. i - - "The federal trade .commission . di.miissed the Madiera-Hill case, involving, charges of .conspiracy to control the anthracite prices. T---"r.-V " ;'':."'.---:.-V.'ij'- t A; bUl appropriating $$7,000,- . 000 for naval ; construction pro gram was introduced by Chairman Butler of the house naval commit tee, t : r v : ,; President Coplldge forwarded to congress the treasury proposal for $13,853,989 for t the .coast guard to enable It to fight ram banning. H. V: .;---,;; -V;' y ' Railroad labor unions snbrnlt ted to President Coolldge a pro test against the appointment -of George B. Christian Jr.. as a mem ber ot the federal trade commis sion. OWN your : :HOME SEE ADS UNDER TTIT3 HEADING ON ;THI3 I CLASSIFIED P A a D '1; TODAY C-1- - t ? : -' I - ... , i - ,