Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1924)
t i l y .. . , i V -? . i Rich. ManPoor. Alan Beg PrnThief'In fa,ct? they, all read the Statesman Classified Ads.; They cost little and do Sunday's paper . will" carry .many , ads Be sure, to see the OWN 'YOUR. HOME , Cfclurnn ; on the Classified Page. ; v j mucn. . i.'-ij . ; , . SEVENTYOTRI3 , YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING; FEBRUARY 9, 1024 PRICE FIVE CENTS i i r t V r i I 3 i Hi It II MP . i A. . A ! 1 I 5, U1 4 1 K i I. r i 111. SIX - House. Defeats., Resolution Proposing Constitutional Amendment Hitting Tax- i . ' "win iiiiiui f Exempt Securities ) i'ARTY l inpq i ncT ' Vote Thought to Have Killed . Measure for Present Ses sion at Least WASHINGTON, Fb. 8. The bouse today defeated a resolution proposing a constitutional amend ment to prevent Issuance of., tax exempt securities. The vote, which came after two debates, was 247 to 133, or seven less than the re quired two-thirds. '.", J. Republicans with 17 exceptions "voted for the' resolution as did 69 democrats. Before the final vote the house rejected 208 to 167 a motion by Representative Steagal, democrat, Alabama, to recommit the measure for an amendment which would have deprived states of the rights to tax bonds Issued by the federal farm loan board. .Ratification Timed t I The only amendment adopted was one by Representative Nero, democrat, Virginia, to require; rat ification by states within seven years, ,y h- w4 Although the ' amendment was asked . by . President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon it was not taken Into consideration of. the tax re vision program recommended by the treasury and its' defeat ! will have no effect on the tax bill al ready reported by the. ways and means committee.- Mr. Mellon had estimated there Was approximately $1 1,009,000,000 outstanding in exempt securities?-- r 1 ! ; 't Opposition Strong The measure was attacked in debate by many republican leaders and supported by some democrats. Representative Bacharach of , Ne Jersey, a member of the ways and means committee and Representa Uye Begg of Ohio and Graham . of Pennsylvania were among the re publicans who. spoke against the amendment. Representative Crisp of Georgia led the democratic fight for the resolution. j Representative Longworth of Ohio, republican- floor -leader, charged in the,- debate .however, that opposition to the-amendment was political, pointing out It had passed, the 'jhovse last year toy a substantial majority. - Amendment Believed Killed !The vote today" In the 'opinion of leaders, officially kills ! the amendment, so far as this session is concerned. 1 .'- ' s 1 The; break among republican members of two ways and means committee on the maximum surtax of 25 per cent reported by the committee was emphasized today by the criticisms' of those who sup ported the rate inthe majority re port on the bill! ffi 1 ' Ml ElEGTiDH rJ .3. S , People to Vote on Special Jaxes for Public lm : provements Feb, 25 SILVERTON. Or., Feb. 8. (Special to The . Statesman ) A 'special electlo.il, will be held at Silterton on February 25 to vote or the following proposed amend ments of thd city charter: Provid ing, for a l mm tax. for. the fire department; a 2-mlll tax for light ing slrects; for tho construction of public toilets and comfortt sta tions; for the changing, of ' the method of assessment for the ex tension and maintenance of the city sewer, system. ' . ', I UTHE WEATHER OREGON: Fair Saturday, cx 4 cept probably ;raia near tlo '.i coast; ' moderate ."'north ; to .ci fast winds. ' . - LOCAL WEATHER : T 14 j -X Friday) (::'"'V j Maximum temperature, 4 3.' ' 'Minimum temperature; 30. Rainfall, none, v v : ; Rircr, 11.3 feet above ? ; ' ; Atmosphere, clear. Wind, northwest.' v . 'frtw PAN-AMERICAN: GOES OUT OF BUSINESS DOHENY ANNOUNCES Attack on Validity of Leases in Senate Investi gation is Cause Company Formed to De velop California Naval Oil Leases $12, 000,000,lssue of Bonds is Cancelled. NEW YORK, Feb. 8. Dissolution of the Pan-American VVestern Petroleum company, formed to develop the Cali fornia naval oil reserves, was announced tonight by Edward L. Doheny, chairman of the Pan-American Petroleum & Transport company. The action, he said, resulted from the attack on the validity of the leases in the senate's investiga tion. In a letter to stockholders of Pan-American petroleum, Mr. Doheny announced the withdrawal of an offer to sub scribe for 525,000 shares of the western subsidiary at $20 a share and cancellation of a $12,000,000 bond issue which sold last fall. ; ; ' , rr " At the same time Mr. Doheny CMB1 WELL ATTENDED Nearly 350 Persons Observe Honors to Late Presi . dent Last Night Nearly 350 people attended the Salem Boy Scout memorial .serv ices for the late ex-President Wood row Wilson, their honorary president, at the Congregational church last night. Features of the program were the administra tion of the Scout oath, and law to Mayor J. B. Giesy by K. L. Haga, deputy regional scout executive, of Spokane, and a special film, "Knights of the Square Table." f America: with. Mrs. Frank Zinn at the pipe organ, opened the program. , The purpose of the meeting was explained by Elmo S. White, chairman.- . This was followed by "Onward Christian Soldlersi' the late ex-presidaot'B favorite song." Rev. II. D. Cham bers gave the invocation. Four two-minute talks were giv en, s "Time, place , and birth . of Woodrow Wilson." was .the sub ject of Winston Williams. Earl Pemberton spoke on "His ideals and, efforts toward world peace," followed by a talk on "His inter est in the Boy Scout movement," by Tom Childs. The "Chief facts of his illness, death and funeral" was the topic of Robert Shattuc. With bowed heads the audience stood while Frank Muston sang "Nearer My God To Thee," fol lowed by a short prayer. The court of honor then held session prior to tho showing of the spe cial film. "I believe that the people of the west are just beginning to realize the worth of the Boy Scout move ment and its importance through out the state and nation," Mayor J. B. Giesy said, in speaking of the honor bestowed upon him. "Wc who are interested here know and hope that the community will give its whole-hearted support to the movement." . Frank G rover, with 12 merit badges to his credit, received the greatest number of awards in the court of honor, Willamette coun cil, Boy Scouts of America, He re ceived badges for first " aid, per sonal health, athletics, fireman ship, biking, pioneering, civics', bird study, camping, forestry, con servation and scholarship. Hugh Shattuc was second man with sevn merit badges to his credit. He received these for excelling in civics, forestry, bugling, painting, pathflnding, life saving and bird study. Winston Williams received three, for camping, swimming and bird study. Tristrum Kdniundson received two, for athletics and civics. Robert Shattuc received a merit badge for bird study. The following qualified for the rank of second class Scouts; Glenn Gaar, Tom Childa and Frederick Edmundson. Hugh Shattuc and Tristrura Edmundson have qualified for the rank; of Eagle Scout, the highest award that can beawarded. These awards will be given at a future court of honor when the creden tials arrive from the national court of honor in New York. Frank Grover qualified for Star Scout, the second highest honor in scouting. The first two boys named are the first in this dig trict to merit this honor. ... y Prrxidcnt Notified 5 WASHINGTON'. Feb. 8. Notice of an investigation of the causes for, increasing gasoline prices, in South Dakota' was sent to Presi dent Coolidge. today by the trade commission: .l-..- declared to Pan-American stock holders that the leases and con tracts were not procured or ob tained by fraud, corruption or il legal acts on the part of the com pany's officers or representatives. Asserting that the leases pro moted the national defense, he said that instead of being harm ful to the United States they were fair and beneficial to the country. The efficiency of the United States fleet in the Pacific has been doubled, he declared, as a re sult of the contracts with the de partment of the interior. DEATH OF ACTRESS Robbery Thought to Have" Been Motive Tor Crime in New York City NEW YORK, Feb. 8. Miss Louise Lawson, former motion picture actress, was found strangl ed to death in her fashionable studio apartment on west 77th street, facing Central park, today. and police have divided their time in a search for two men who en tered her rooms early this morn ing and in questioning these be lieved to have known details of the girl's life and her friends MYSTERY SHROUDS along Broadway. The theory has been advanced by the -police that the murderers were bootleggers who had visited the apartment before and had-been attracted by jewels Miss Lawson wore and others they had seen in her room. A quantity of liquor was found in tho ice box of the apartment. Police cast aside all motives other than robbery, for a platinum bracelet, caid to be worth $8,000, and other valuable jewels were, gom All jewel boxes were open and tho entire apartment was in dis order, indicating that tho girl had fought hard to save her life and her valuables. In their prob of Miss Lawson'B life, police learned she was the daughter of a promi nent merchant af Walnut Springs. Texas, and that she had played small parts in motion pictures, but for two years or more , had been unemployed. They learned she had been a member of the gay party that ended in tho death of E. B. Duke, wealthy tobacco man ufacturer at Greenwich, Conn., last September. Gehard M. Dahl, chairman of the executive board 6t the Brooklyn Manhattan Tran sit company, vice president of the Chase National bank, and a mem ber of the brokerage f irm of Hay den. Stone & Co., according to Warner Jours, a New York busi ness "man and a member of the party at . which Duke met hia death, took a friendly interest in Miss Lawson. He said that on Wednesday evening of this week, with Dahl and a girl whose first name was Edna, but. whose last name he refused to divulge, be had visited the apartment of Miss Law son. "We'played Mah Jong all eve ning." he aid. Dahl. sray-haired and about R0 years old. answered, the descrip tion furnished by Thomas Kane, elevator operator at tho apart ment bouse, as the one who fre quently visited Miss Lawson's apartment. ' - Kane said two men entered the apartment about 8 o'clock this morning carrying a bundle which they eaid was consigned to Miss Lawson from the American Rail way express. Kane said they went directly to Mis Lawson's apart nient and were admitted by the (Continued on page 5)" FIRST PENALTY OF DEATH PI BY GAS ROUTE Chinese Tong Murderer Be lieved to Have Died In. stantly, Though Officers Fear to Open Cell FUMES FROM DEADLY SPRAY MENACE OTHERS Army Medical Doctor Loses Chance to Experiment in Interest of Science CARSON CITY, Nov., Feb. 8.- (By the Associated Press) In the first lethal gas execution of rec ord in the United States at the state prison here today, Gee Jon, tong murderer, was officially pro nounced dead two hours and 4 5 minutes after a spray of liquid hydro-cyanic acid was turned into the stone death chamber in the prison yard. Official physicians estimated that the Chinese lapsed into, un consciousness after his breath of the vaporized acid. Death, they said, came virtually instantly, al though the condemned man's head continued to move up and down for six minutes. The movement of the head, they explained, probably was muscular reaction, which of ten occurs after death. Three doc tors who officiated were agreed that the condemned man did not suffer. Chamber Stays Sealed Warden Denver S. Dickerson, taking every precaution to guard others from the effect of the dead ly gas, held the death chamber sealed from 9:40 a. m. the mo ment the acid was admitted, un til 12:23 p. m., When guards, physicians and newspapermen en tered the chamber, the odor of the gas was still pronounced. The physicians warned the knot of men to. step back, saying that it was not yet safe to enter. A few minutes later, guards went in and removed the body to the prison building, where physi cians" made an examination. Experiment Useless Major D. A. Turner, USA med ical reserve corps, who was one of the official physicians had an nounced before the execution that he would, in the interest of sci ence, attempt to revive Gee Jon af ter the death chamber had been opened. Warden Dickerson had offered no objection to this, but the gas was left in the chamber so long, Major Turner explained that rigor mortis had set in and it was useless to attempt to restore life. Revival Held Possible The major still contended, how ever, that if he had been able to enter the chamber within 15 or 20 minutes after the gas was turned on, there would have been an ' even chance" of restoring life. Such resuscitations had been ac complished often in cases of men exposed to the same and other forms of gas. E Surrenders to Oregon City Sheriff; Says He Robbed Moiser Bank OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 8. C. It. Willlama, 30, surrendered to Sheriff .Wilson here tonight with the, statement that he par ticipated in the robbery of the Mo sicr Valley bank' at Mosier, Or.. November 27 and that he had now decided to pay tho penalty and reform after no had served his Kente'ncc, the sheriff said. Accordlngto the' sheriff, Wil liams said that he and. two other men ha dtaken part in the rob bery, which netted $900. Two of them, he" said, bad entered the bank and held up G. B. Kellogg, the cashier, while the third waited outside in an automobile. After the robbery thej drove to The Dalles and were in that city when the sheriff there left to invests gate the robbery. Willianis declines to name bis confederates. 21 CITIES ItKACllKD " SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. X. San Francisco' was., in communication with 2 1 cities in the United Stales and Havana, Cuba, bl long dis tance telephone and. radio relay tonight. BflnlK HDLDUP IS in DHl SPOKANE MAN FINISHES HIS 26-DAY FAST Edwin L. Johnson Declares Rheumatic-Trouble and Cig arette Habit are Cured SPOKANE, Feb. 8, Edwin L. Johnson, 30, of this city, com pleted a 26-day. fast today and declared that rheumatism trouble of long, standing apparently has been cured. For two. weeks, he said, he will remain oha light diet' of milk and fruit juices. For two weeks prior to his t fast hie lived on two bowls of soup daily. - Although he lost 20 pounds in weight, Mj JohnSon.;said he felt no ill effects and realized many benefits, including the loss of all desire for' cigarettes. After the first week, he said, the absence of food was not even uncomfort- MASS MEETING IS CALLED TONIGHT Adjusted; Compensation Is Topic Governor Pierce Principal Speaker Adjusted compensation will be the keynote, of a mass meeting at the armory tonight, for which Governor Walter M, Pierce will be the principal speaker. Gover nor Pierce: has expressed himself as being in favor of some sort of adjusted compensation forUhe sx service mep and it is expected he will have much of importance to say upon the, subject, having giv en his time to the problem of the returned soldier. L General George A. White will also speak while short talks will be given by Harley O. White. president of the Chamber of Com merce, and C. P. Bishop. George Griffith, vice commander, state de partment, 6f the American legion, will preside. . : In' Mevtj o iaucb, propaganda against adjusted " compensation pd the statements of Secretary Mellon regarding a cash bonus, meetings similar to that schedul ed for -Salem tonight are . being held throughout the" entire na tion. These ' were originally call ed for next week, but because Gov ernor Pierpe would not be able to speak at a tim.e the armory was available, tme date of the Sa lem raeet(ng was advanced.. The meeting tonight will be a district affair and delegates from, Silverton, Dallas,. Monmouth, Independence, Woodburn and oth er nearby points are expected to attend. ; . C, J, Hogue of Portland As tonished at Timber Re sources in Orient SEATTLE, Feb. 8. American lumbermen vho think of Japan as a country, where the forests aro almost gonf and where virtually aU timber used must be imported are greatly in error, C. J. Hogue of Portland said here today, after returning from Japan this week where he went three months ago as a member of a commission ap pointed by the Douglas Fir Ex ploitation & Export company to oDiain information concerning Japan's needs for lumber to be used in rebuilding cities and towns destroyed by earthquake and fire last September.. 'Members of our commission were astonished," Hogue said, "to find that wbile Japan is smaller than the state of California and densely populated, two-thirds of her total area is forest land, giv ing her eleven'hundred billion feet of standing timber or about one half as much as, the entire United States .now has. ; 'A still more astonishing fact is that thej Japanese' are cutting nearly "as much lumber annually. in proportion to the total amount of standing timber as is the United States. j ; "N'evertbejlesB. there will be a large . and constantly increasing market for, Pacific northwest lum ber in Japan for the next fivo or 10 years because , Of 'rebuilding that must be done as a result, of the earthquake disaster. "Japan's cultivated fprcst3 con sist of red cedar that, resembles Washington j state red cedar less than ft does California redwood. a. white, cedar much lkc the Port Orford. codar of. Oregdn. and; fir, spruce! and ,,plno that are some what similar to Pacific .northwest white fir and the spruce and, white iSlFIL pine of the east states.- Treasury Off icials Ask Court to Compel Deposrtiny Sec urities Which He Holds With Judge MELLON SAYS PROOF IS NOT AT ALL ADEQUATE Numbers Different During War Because of Machines Used Says Secretary WASHINGTON, f Feb. 8. Treasury officials went into court today to compel Charles B. Brew er, a department of justice attor ney, to make accessible to them the securities he holds and oh which he has based charges of du plication in government bonds. The action took the form of a motion in Brewer's case now pending in the District of Colum bia supreme courrt in which he has asked that the treasury be re strained from interfering with his possession of the securities loaned to him by the treasury for the pur pose of his investigation of alleged irregularities in the engraving bureau. Securities Demanded Brewer's move in court follow ed 'a request by the treasury yiat he return the securities to the treasury agents who were examin ing, a, report made by him upon bureau affairs. Treasury agents declared they could proceed no further with their check up on Brewer's charges of duplication without examination of the secur ities he held. United States dis trict Attorney Gordon, in filing the motion in the district court, restated the treasury's difficulties in obtaining tU esecurities and re quired the court to direct Brewer to deposit thetn with the court," In that way treasury agents will have access to them and their in vestigation can proceed, Mr. Gor don . said.-: Affidavits by Under Secretary of the Treasury Winston and Assistant Attorney General Holland, accompanying the motion declared, that until access was had to the securities the investigation of conditions by the treasury would be held up. , While Mr. Gordon was pressing his motion on which a. decision is expected soon, word came from the White House that President Coolidge failed to understand what purpose Brewer had in re fusing to permit examination of the securities by the treasury. Mellon Explains Secretary Mellon, earlier in the day, had declared claims by Brew er that the style and font of type used in 'numbering some of the bonds was proof of irregularities could not bo substantiated in his belief. The treasury chief said that (he press of work during the war had compelled the engraving bureau to buy numbering ma chines in the open market and that these differed from tho reg ular bureau type numbers and he therefore, believed the indicated forgeries could be traced to that cause. But until the treasury can examine the bonds now in Brew er's possession, the secretary said the facts could not be ascertained Affidavits filed today carried also a letter from Secretary Mel lon to the attorney general re questing return of the securities. High treasury officials reiterated today that they bad found nothing of a serious or alarming character in their checkup on Brewer's charges, which have been under investigation since early in Jan uary. They, nevertheless, pro pose to examine all of the accu sations in order that the treasury as well as the country may know whether any wrong has been done. Two Stayton Teams Win From Mill City Quints STAYTON. Or., Feb. S. (Spe cial to The Statesman.) Stayton continued its winning., streak by takiug a double-header from Mill City here tonight. The. hoys won 23 to 13 and the girls 2t to 10. Both games were played before h large crowd.- Philips , was high man for Stayton with 14 points, while Smith of Mill City was high point, man for . the. visitors with four points. For tho , girls Miss Haworth took first honors for Stayton with. ,14. points, and. JMiss Rowles 'of aiill City was, high point woman. with 6; points. Fol lowing the games all members of the teams were feted at a ban BOOK OF JOB WELL RECEIVED, BY SALEM FOLK Outstanding Bible Character Presented By Stuart Walk er Players Last Night A good many Salem people heard the Bible recited last night for the. first, time in a long while. The occasion was the presentation of :The Book of . Job" by. the Stuart Walker players. The 'pre sentation' was solemn and sincere, and throughout the entire evening. there was a spiritual effect which reached the, audience. . There, was, notbingi irreverent, but everything was In closest harmony with the sacredness of the presentation. "f here. were two narrators, Miss Genevieve Addleman, the red and Miss Judity tiowry, the blue. Of course the central figure was Job, a part most: excellently, taken by George Sommes. Mr. Sommes en tered thoroughly, into the work of impersonating' this great character and displayed the charactersitjes of an actor with strength and in telligence. Job was the central figure, always, and even the pleas of ms. three friends failed to. shift the center of interest. ' Elihn;'the strong voice of youth, was,, taken by Wayne Huff, who has promise of being, a' remarkable actor some day. The ,voice of thewhilrwind was solemn, and earnest. Such parts are easily made; travesties, but last night from beginning1 -to end there was a sincerity that rang true from, start to finish This Is the first time Salem peo ple had ever seen such a presenta tion. They received it in reverent spirit and when the lights came on it was some time before the audience moved. The lighting ef fects, were Buperb and illustrated the various phases of denouement of human intelligence. The Business, and Professional Women's club are deserving of thanks for. giving the people of Salem the opportunity of seeing this wonderfully Illuminating part of the sacred word. Railroad Companies Attempt To Quash Commission Reduction Order . A fight to defeat the public scr vice, commission in the reduced freight raes on bay shipments, re cently, ordered by the commission was begun in the Marion county circuit court yesterday by the Southern Pacific company and eight other railroad companies op erating in Oregon. ' The rates were recently ordered reduced, largely for the benefit of dairymen and other consumers on the coast in the shipping of hay from points east in the state. The reductions were made on a mile age basis, benefitting all western Oregon points proportionately to those in the eastern part of the state. All farmer's organizations, in eluding the Grange, the Farmers' Union, the State Farm Bureau, Che Tillamook Dairymen's associa tion and others joined in the plea that, the commission reduce the rates. Notwithstanding: this con siderable sentiment was worked up shortly before the order be came effective in which western Oregon feed dealers and commer cial organizations charged that the order was a . discrimination against western Oregon and in fa vor of eastern Oregon. The public service commission declared this, was the result of propaganda by the Southern Pa cific company, Members of the commission said yesterday that they wiJl "fight the case to a fin ish." Sudden Delirium Seizes Seattle Business Men SEATTLE. Feb. 8. An appeal has been made by thi publicity committee of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce to its mejnbcrs and to citizens of Washington state, business men and commercial or ganizations to drop the use of "Wash" and "Wn" in letters and to "write it WasbinRlon." The committee said that it be lieved that tfce use of tho full name of the state would be more distinctive and of greater publicity value. Landslide in Cow Creek Canyon Holds Up Trains ROSEBCBG. Or., Feb 8. All northbound traffic over the South era Pacific railroad was held " up late today by a landslide In Cow Creek canyon , t - t . Siiii' Bonfils of Denver Post Says-; Sinclair tmerea inio.uon tract to-Pay $1,000,000, for Claims - . f STORIES IN HIS PAPER REASON FOR AGREEMENT- President; Sighs; Oil Lease . Annulment Resolution i . Exception Taken . - ,- . WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. A new turn, was. taken today, in . the sen ate oil investigation with the uk- timony of Frederick Q. Bonfik publisher of the Denver Post,. tht Harry Fi Sinclair had entered In to a contract to pay him and tifs associates $1,000,000 in" ; settle ment of claims growing oat of re ports asserted in the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve; v Senator Walsn,' Democrat, Montana, has told the senate that every vintage of theije reports ' had been denied ; by tho -federal government. I - Contract Signed. . ,1 i According to Mr. BonfilsV tes timony, the contract was entered into in Kansas City after he' bail -sent a reporter of his paper to thje home - of Albert t BV Fall in Ne fr Mexico to . investigate rumors re- '. garding ; the i leasing ' of L Teapot Dome to Mr. Sinclair by Mr. Fall as Secretary of the interior and. af ter: publication of one article in th Denver sPost attacking' tbp lease by 'analysis" and ? theory;. ' The contract was 'signed, he said, after two conferences between Mfy Sinclair r and Mr,- - Bontilv bts partner,, H.! rf." Tammen, John. Leo Stack, "a Denver: oil man'. and H. H. Schwartz, Jheir attorney, i ' The. opening up: of, tbia"unex pec ted line of investigation made it necessary: for the' committee to defer until next Monday, the hear ing, of William G. McAdoo former secretary of the treasury , whlcin Mr. McAdoo has requested In a lej ter sent to Chairman Lenroot last night and read into the committee , record today.: The field of the oft investigation was further broaden ed today by the adoption of thj senate of a resolution by Senato) La Follette, Republican. Wisconf ; sin, . directing . the oil ' committed ' to Inquire into, and report upoi the claims of the Honolulu cont solldated oil company, to oil landjl situated within naval reserve' No 2 in California, . . ! y jj Dill Asks Proba i f - Senator Dill, Democrat, Wasbr ington, a member of the oil com mlttee ' proposed that the senate go even further by inquiring into wbat part Mr. Fall had in efforts to obtain, oil fields, in Columbia, Mesopotamia, Palestine and Per sia and other foreign countries! President Coolidge; signed th$ Walsh oil lease . annulment rcso ., lution but he attached a memo raqdum in-which be took excep tion to language. in the preamble, which declares the leases, were made In violation or the law and under circumstances indicating . fraud and corruption. - The president ' also sent to thg senate the nominations of Silas H . Strawn and Atlee Pomerene, a$ ' special government council In th oil" lease cases. They 'were refer red to the oil commissions where; a fight on. them was forecast. ? - Borah Opposed Rcfcrehce'of "the nominations! was made, at the., conclusion of; an all , day debate in the senate; . on the Den by resignation resolu- ' tion In wfeich addresses were dej. liverei' by Senators Walsh of Montana' and Heflin of Alabama ' Democrats, in support of the xneas4 ure and 1y .Senator Borah, Repub lican, Idaho, in opposition to itj i Another ; of i the., many develop ments of .the day was the issuance! of subpoenas by the oil commls-t ion for a number of, witnesses in cluding John C. Shaffer of Chi-l cago, publisher of newspapers In al number , of cities; Robert McCa-f giie, :of. the pioneer oil company 3 and . Frank, K I stler. president o f : th producers and refiners oil com pany of Now York. . " ' . i ' ' ' An echo of the oil Industry wasf beard in the house "here Repre-1 sentativen Jeffers, ; Alabama, and Brown, r TcnnesBeer Democrats, j Jointly introduced' a resolution calling for an investigation of theP income tax returns of Harry T.i Sinclair, Edward I. Dokeny and f Edward li. Doheny, ' Jt during j the period' from "191$ " through v