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1 SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR TUDCAT nnnnr ir - OF TAX FIGHT Republican Insurgents Offer h to Compromise With Or. , ganization on 40 Per Cent ouriax maximum ; DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT i5 UNLY ALTERNATIVE Garner Plan in Line for Ma. I jority if Proposal Is Not Accepted ' I WAsillNGTOlV, Feb. 16. Re publican Insurgents who hold the balance of power la the house tax tight, offered today compro mise with organization leaders on a 40 per cent qu-tax minimum pro Tided nonriajjltctome tax rates are cut in hajr.ljij!: : ' r- J The offeBwliteh remained un accepted aerjjjlwo confereaces, was accombaited by a threat that If turned down the Insurgent bloo would support the. Democratic plat form for a 44 per cent surtax max imum. ' V ' i This, leaders agreed, would Eiv the Garner plan a majority when a "Vote comes next week on the income tax provisions of the Mellon bill. OompromUie Hoped i Efforts of the Republican or ganization io reac ha compromise with the Insurgents will be resum ed' Monday. ; The stumbling block appears 'to be the insistence of the insurgents that the J resent normal income tax Tate of 8 and 4 per cent be cut In Jialf , a provision also carried In the Garner plan. - J . Representative Longworth, the Republican leader, declared he was 'flatly opposed to such a decrease. He contended it . would alter fun daraental principles of the Mellon H whkh-calls-for avS-per cent reduction In normal rates and a maximum surtax of 25 per" cenU: House 6U1I Argues The house devoted a third daj to general debate on the revenue bill.: After seven hours a discus sion the house plunged into a night meeting, the first of the session. ' . Decision of the Republican lead ers to "bid for' insurgent aid was prompted by a . realization that without' such' assistance enough' .votes might be mustered to Insure success : of the 35 -per cent surtax i comprmoise agreetf npon by a sub stitute for the Mellon figures :wliich, it is senerajly beHeved, would have no chance In a house wdte. ; : , , Vs' Frrar Makes Stotesment 1 At the first or today's confer ence, Representative Frear of Wis consin, an insurgent on the waa and means committee who has pro posed a tax plan of his own which provides, for no. reduction in sur taxes, was not present. He attended-the second meeting, how ever, and I advanced the offer of his group, which several weeks ag was! rejected' by, the Republi can members of the . Ways and means committee. i . Tonight Mr. ' Frear Jssued this statement: "'V ' V i "Mr. Longworth invited to an Informal conference several mem- bers of the Republican group that compelled modification of ' the rules which will now enable us to amend the. tax bill reported by the committee. ,h . Small Taxpayers In Mind "Notwithstanding the last con gress repealed the excess . profits tax and reduced' the high surtaxes -Jrom 65 per?ent to 60 per cent with an annual tcducUon of $500, SOO.000 largely to favored intcr w Atidnavored to effect a compromise in tax rates when the bill was before the committee. . A proposal to cut normal taxes one- half and to lfeauce Buric CO per cent to 40 per cent was it. bv me as a plan that would help smalt tax payers far hn ihe - Meuon pi Jj T aniPta the treasury i... Bi to create a deficit S offer was summarily refused . (Continued. on page )' THE -WEATHER OREGON: Rain Sunday; fresh to stroufij; southerly gales. LOCAL WKATHTR ' : I (Satnrday) Maximum tiBmpcraturc, ,4 . : Minimum temperature, 3 z. Rainfall. .3 Inch. River, 4.8 feet. . Atmosphere, cloudy. Wind, soutnwest. Builders of Oregon "-x-. vJi S' Mill hty CetsouT iht tAE stptc looking ilfiV . . - ;; : Jf1 OVpR VINOUS VC02ECTS Pffl.- Aff . 'V-ff j GffTiKic in ppRSOML Touch v -'-TVj- a3 "fo-WTUE SftME PC if I 91&oFooTel. AA I I ALTHOUGH RHEA LUPER, Oregon state en gineer, was born in western Oregon, it was antirely proper that he moved to eastern Ore gon. when quite young, for Mr. Lu per. both by physique and inclination, belongs to the great distances of the wheat field? and the cattle or sheep ranges. To be real .honest, and perhaps rather brutally frank with Rhea, he looks like the dickens behind a desk.' He Is big of bone and muscle and his face has absorbed a perm--anent tan from the rays' of the Morrow coun ty sun. Tog him out in a flannel shirt, a hat like Governor Pierce wears, and a pair of chaps with a six-gun harnessed around his waist and Rhea would fit perfectly into Owen Wister's classic perfectly and properly, for he knows the life that novelist depicts. He is quick on the draw, too. He can draw a cigar from his pocket and hand it to a reporter a little faster than anyone else in the state house. ' This name Rhea is pronounced exactly as if it were spelled R-a-y. Kind of a funny name for one of Mr. Luper's attributes. If his folks had called him William, or Luther, or Isaac, which could, have been reduced to Bill, or Lute, or Ike. it would have been much better, lends itself to no nickname whatever. Rhea Luper is still a youth. FREE OFBULLET Operation on Vermont Sen. r . i a it iii a. ator, wno was Acciden tally Shot, Success WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. The condition or Senator Greene of Vermont was said by attending physicians to night to be "very serious" af ,ter a consultation shortly be fore midnight tonight. Some unfavorable symp toms had developed during the evening. It was stated, y but at the same time the phy sicians declared they were optimistic, although it was impossible to make any defin ite forecast of developments in the ease. Physicians participating in the consultation were Drs. -Thomas Llnville, Daniel h. Borden and Charlcn S. White. They issued uo formal bul letin. WASHINGTON. Feb. ltJ.-rAn operation described an ttuccessfnl was performed late today upon Senator Frank L. CJmcne of Ver mont, who was wounded in the head by a pistol bullet last night during , a battle between alleged bootleggers and prohibition agents and police almost within the shad ow of the capirol. ' Splinters of bono driven into his head by the bullet were removed, about one and one-half square inches. of bono being taken out. Afterward attending surgeons said the senator was "resting as com fortably. as possible, and that the prognosis was good, provided no com plications set In." The opera- V ;,( Continued on page .4), 6DE'Sn RHEA LUPER in Lane county as recently as 1888 aud was raised on a farm near Irving. He got his early education in the schools of Lane county and later completed an engineering course at Ore gon Agricultural college. After his graduation he went to work as a rod man. In his early boyhood, as has been intimated above, Mr. Luper's folks moved to, eastern Ore gon where he worked on wheat and stocn lams Ber Heppner He is keenly interested in the development of irrigation and hydro-electric power throughouC the state and has charge of all Irrigation projects in the state. All must have his approval along with that of the stile irrigation and drlnge securities commission of which he is a member. As state engineer he, by virtue of his office, gets out and into contact with many of the farmers of the state, particu larly those on the irrigation projects. In 1911 Mr. Luper was married to Miss Gladys Potter. They have two children, Jim and Eleanor, 9 and 11 years old. i Politically Mr. Luper is a Republican, al though h was appointed state engineer by the present Democratic governor. His fraternal affiliations are with the Masons and the Elks. He claims all out-door sports ag his hobby. Rhea He was born POWERS FARM URGED FOR TRAINING SITE SATURDAY IN WASHINGTON The prohibition enforcement si tuation in Washington auain became a matter, of controversy an a result of the shooting of Senator Greene of Vermont. f The house adopted the Walsh resolution directins the beginning' of proceedings to recover sections 16 and 36 within navel oil reserve No. 1 in California. .The senate confirmed the no mination of Atlen Tomerene of Ohio as special government coun sel in the oil leasing canes but deferred until Monday a vote on Owen J. Roberts of Pennsylvania. The senate adopted a resolu tion directing th? federal trade commission to conduct a nation wide inquiry into the milling and baking industries. Objection to confirmation of the nomination of George B. Christian. Jr to be a member of the federal trade commission was raised by Senator I.a Follette of Wisconsin. . The organization and insurgent republicans of the house at two conferences failed to report a compromise, agreement on the pending surtax schedule in bc xcytaiijn.jililfc. , SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1924 Opposition to the purchase of any sit for the tjoys' training school at present unless the Pow ers site is purchased, an assertion that the Powers' farm is the best suited to the desired purposes was contained in a resolution adopted by, the Salem Grange at its all-day meeting Saturday This recommendation of the Pow ers' farm was returned by a special committee appointed by Pamona Grange to investigate and report upon a site from the viewpoint of the taxpayers. The members of the committee were S. II. Van Trump, F. F. Town rend and Dr. A. Slaughter. Coopf ration, supply and demand were the chief topics discussed by the grangers. It was the general sentiment of several of the speak ers that there is never an over production but a lack of proper distribution of farm products Talks were 'given on cooperation by Mr. Ilallhcrs, A. Zimmerman and others. S. ii. Van Trump, lecturer, presided at the meeting. The session was iivcly .and had a good representative crowd presept The resolution adopted by the Grange follows: "Whereas, an appropriation of 5 .",.000 has been made by the legislative assembly for the pur pose of buying land for a site for ihe Oregon state training school; and "Whereas., the Marion County Pomona Grange appointed a com mittee to investigate the advisa bility of moving the said school and to investigate the proposed farms for sites and report to the Grange: and "Whereas, the governor invited (Continued on page 3 BIBLE CLASS Men's Organization Opens at Bligh Theatre This Morn- , ing With Rev. J. J. Evans Leader PLAYHOUSE DONATED BY MANAGER BLIGH Christianity of Christ Gen- eral Theme to Be Fol lowed in Discussions A Bible class1 thai is uninim in r--.,..VJ ... the northwest has been organized in Salem and will hold its first session in the Bligh theater on State street this morning. It will ho conducted by Rev. J. J. Evans, pastor of the First Christian church, and will be known as the John Evans Meii's Bible class.. The use of the theater is beinc civen without cost by Frank Bligh, man ager of tne playhouse. Creed Xci Difference The Bible class is a distinct or ganization having no connection with the Sunday school of the First Christian church. It is non- sectarian and is designed to reach the man down town, regardless of whether he is a church goer of has any inclination to go to church. Men of all creeds or of no creeds are invited to attend. The hope is that those who attend and be come interested will bring in oth ers of their acquaintance, i Question Box Suggested Mr. Evans says the class, wilt be conducted according to a syste matic method. The general theme of the discussions will be "The Christianity of Christ." The lec ture method will be used, and he has in mind a questlonbox through which those who wish may pro pound such questions as they de sire answered or discussed. The leader believes the questionbox more effective than the promis cuous asking of questions during the class period. Music Opens Session The class will meet at 9? 45 o'clock and bo in session an hour. The first 30 minutes will be de voted to song service and special numbers by an instrumental quar tet. Particular emphasis will be placed on music of a patriotic character each Sunday. The ,oath of allegiance to the flag will be repeated, the salute to the flag given and slecial recognition ac corded the Grand Army of tfee-Re public, the Spanish War veier ans and the veterans of the World war. The last 25 or SO minutes of the period will be given to the lecture by the class leader., Committees Named The class will work largely through committees. Thcro-is an executive committee composed of O. J. Hull, Frank Carnett. Ben Walcher, Jesse Campbell and W M. McMorris. The music com mittee is composed of Dr. H. C. Epley. S. E. Wolfe and Frank Zinn. There will be a lookout committee H enlist new members, a committee to procure employ ment for men who need it and a charity committee whose work will bo jn secret. The instrumen tal quartet members are Ivan C. Martin, Frank Zinn and the; Mills Brothers. For All Good Things ; It is announced that th?; class will promote and back up any civ ic improvement or any movement for the betterment of the commun ity. ; 3IAT AGREK JACKSONVILLE. Fla.'. Feb. 16. (By the Associated' Tress). Prospect of an agreement "n a three year waj;o contract for bitu minous coal mineTs of the central competitive field early next week was bright tonight. mm DIVERSITY EDITION Annual of the Oregon Statesman" THE FIRST PAGE of the Statesman's Annual; which will b kmiwrr as the Diversity Edition will be a work qf, art. The drawing has been made by Y. Ray Folker, local artist, and carries' out the idea of the edition in an illustrative way. ... ;. , The Salem Engraving Company is makiug Uie cut from . Mr. Felker's drawing. One sectioa f this edition weut to press; yesterday and other sections arc nearly ready now. It is expected $hat the. entire edition will be released some time during the ;week. 4t :. Advertising , copy will be accepted for :a ' few days and good positions are yet available. If jou are not already represented! In this annual order a space at once and be sure to place an order for a few extra copies to send to your friends. . , f IS INSTRUCTOR OF BIBLE CLASS RET. J. J. EVANS IS Cummings Avers That Not One Democrat Is Be . smirched By Scandal CHICAGO, Feb. 16. Not one Democratic official and not one person mentioned in connectln with the Demeratic presidential nomination has been touched by the senate committee's oil invest! gation, Homer S. Cummings, for mer chairman of the Democratic national committee and present member of the committee from Connecticut declared in a state ment issued today from campaign headquarters of William G. Mc Adoo. It .is a "reflection upon the intel ligence of the public to assume that' the slanderous attacks-upon Mr. McAdoo will either deceive the people- or impair his availa bility as a candidate," Mr. Cum mings' statement said. "Bringing Mr. McAdoo's name into the inquiry," the statement said, was an attempt by Republi cans "to divert the attention from their own derelictions." J Candidate for President Pre. pares to Get His Name on Oregon Ballot Hiram TV. Joimson, aspirant for the Republican presidential nom ination and whose name will ap pear on the Oregon primary bal lot in May, yesterday filed his declaration at the office of Sam lA. Kozer, secretary of slate. The filing was made by Sanfield Mac Donald of Portland, Oregon cam paign manager for .Johnson. The address of the candidate is given as S57 Green street, San Francis co. No slogan and no platform ap pear with the declaration. .1. W. Allen of The Dalhes filed his declaration as a candidate for the Republican nomination for district attorney for Wasco coun ty. Lumber Cut in Northwest Is Bigger This Season SEATTLE. Feb. 16. According to a report today by the West Coast Lumbermen's association, lumber cut by mills in Washing ton and Oregon the first six weeks of this year was 11.16 per cent greater than the first six "weeks of 1923. The report gave 571, 125, 86 feet of lumber; 592,128.776 feet.sold and 66?vM?..43.0fcet. shipped this year. ' 4 MI HELD e sifiifi 1 n IIES 1 SALEM GREAT STRIKE IN ENGLAND IS IMMINENT Walk-Out of 120,000 Dockmen Started Yesterday Mac donald May Give Help (Bt The Associated Press) LONDON. Feb. 1. A strike involving 120,000 well organized dockmen, which started automat ically at noon today, will arrest the port work of the-whole nation, and if It considers for any consid erable time may also make idle another million or more men con cerned in auxiliary waterside work and dependent trades aud Indus tries. This dockers walkout Is likely to prove much more inconvenient to the public than the recent rail way strige, in that any prolonged cessation of work at the docks would prevent the unloading of Incoming food and raw materials a matter almost impossible for even the most willing government to remedy. . Premier Macdonald is spending the week-end in the country, but it is hoped that next week he may take some step in an endeavor to find a way out of the difficulty Having ample notice of the strike, the authorities have been able to speed up the unloading of vessels and make other ar rangements to meet the situation, but inevitably there will be heavy losses from perishable goods and should the strike last long thero is certain to be a speedy rise in the necesaries of life. I FINAL FLASHES k ANN ARBOR, Mich.. Feb. 16. Four Americans are the outstand ing men of the1 20th century in the opinion of President M. L. Burton of the University of Michigan. His selections are Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Orville Wright. NEW YORK, Feb. 16. Dr, Charles H. Levermore, author of the peace plan that won the Bok price of $50,000, told the Foreign Policy association today that his aim had been the construction of "a sort of temporary constitution containing only a statement of principles and an outline of pro cedure." NEW YORK, Feb. 16. Bain bridge Colby, former secretary of state, and law partner of former President Woodrow Wilson, re jected a retainer offered by Henry F. Sinclair to obtain the services of the law firm in the Teapot dome oil lease investigation, it was revealed today in a "Washington dispatch to the Evening World which obtained, confirmation of the story from Mr. Colby. MEDFORDL Or.. Feb. 16. The Ashland Higl school basketball team showeda complete reversal of form tonight and defeated the University of Oregon freshmen basketball team, on a tour of southern Oregon, by a score of 33 to 21, at Ashland. PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 16 Oer trude Fouts, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl II. Fouts, was drownod in the Willamette river here today. She was playing with her dog on her houseboat home when the animal accidentally pushed her into the river. The body was recovered a short time later by the parents. WASHINGTON. Feb. 16. Rep resentative Rogers, Republican, Massachusetts, announced tonight he bad dropped his plan to have congress go on record in favor of having tho dirigible Shenan doah make a flight this summer into the Arctic region. FRESNO, Cal., Feb. 16.' Roy Vincent, 21, of Tipton. Tulare county, wanted at Tho Dalles. Or., for a bank robbery, died of wounds in the office of a Tipton physician today, after he had been Shot by Sheriff Robert L. Hill of Tulare county, when he attempted to evade arrest, according to word received hero. Noted Lumberman Dies - ' At His Home in Seattle SEATTLE. Feb. 16. Daniel JT. Relchert. S5. who has been a pro minent figure in the lumber In dustry of the state of Washington for 35 years, died In a local hos pital today. He is credited -.with building the first mill at Ballard, part of the city of Seattle. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. J. A. Ritchie of Seattle, and five to n s, Charles D. ofl Seattle, Ed ward S. of Anacortes. William K of Ferndale,; .Sylvester, L. vof Du- luth, and Harry .W. of roryana., ! V ' " BODY FOVXD pENtER, Colo.. Feb. 16. The decomposed body of a woman about 25 years old was found In the Big Lake at city park here this afternoon. : PRICE FIVE CENTS HASSZ00.0BQ JEWEL THEFT i , i wart - Diamonds, Liberty Bonds, Watches and Gems Taken in Hold-up From Provi dent Loan . Association STORY IS WITHHELD UNTIL ADS APPEAR Quick Wit of Appraiser Pre vents Robbery of Much Greater Magnitude ; LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16.- -Dia- monds, liberty bonds, watches and' Jewelry valued at $200,000 were stolen from the Provident Loan association, 4 OA Chapman ' build ing, this city, pa February 9, in addition to $20,000 in cash and checks, it became known here to day,' when a private detective . agency posted a $5,000 reward for the return of the property . The extent of the robbery Is borneont by a list describing more than 400 articles, made, up for the most of diamonds and diamond set jewelry. Advertisements Tell, Story ,, The issuance, of the bulletin, to gether with newspaper advertis ing Offering the rewards, was the first intimation that, other than cash and checks had been taken in the daylight holdup, the police say. Records at the police depart ment show that shortly after noon on February 9, a eall was received from the Provident Loan Associa tion that a holdup had occurred. Investigating ' officers fonnd, ac cording to the report, that three unmasked robbers had entered the offices, covered. .Theodora Welk, the manager, with, a, gun and asked for the gems f rbnr tho safe- in the office at the time were . two diamond appraisers and a eitstom0ri2eIla:Frme"-t: r , Robbers Are vFpoled! ; ' According to the police report, Joseph Morin, one of the apprais ers, went to the safe and handed over' what he told the thieves wa the jewel box. Instead he stated the box contained 15000' in cask, and $15,000 in checks-The report further stated that the thieves had overlooked a , tray containing $300,000 worth of diamonds. .The holdup trio also took $500, in cash from Mrs. Frame, bound her along with the three store em ploye and fled. . - . HOTEL MEN ARE Historical Addresses Given By Sam A, Kozer and , John Gill Nearly 75 members of the Ore gon Hotel Men's association and their wives were guests of A. N. Pierce, manager pf the Marion ho tel, at luncheon Saturday after noon. This was one of the bi monthly meetings of the organiza tion, the next one to be held in Astoria. Sam A. Koser, secretary of state, was the principal speak er, with a talk by John Gill of Portland on Indians, illustrated by a chart. Phil Metschen of Port land gave a short talk. Mr? Pierce presided at the meeting. , Early history of the Oregon ter ritory leading np to the final set tlement of the location of the Cap itol -at Salem In 1864 was outlined by Mr. ''Kozer.. 'Competition and legislative acts 'which tended to locate, the capitol at various places were told in detail. Official rec ords that, Eola lost the location by one vote are lacking, Mr. Ko zer said. 'though this hag been the subject' of much speculation and discussion bjr old pioneers. i , Excavation for the state houao was begun In May. 1873, Mr. Ko zer said. Brick was used from the penitentiary and the labor cost but little in comparison to other costs. . The estimated cost of tho building was 500,000, and it la said that; the. Oregon capitol build ing is the' only one in the United States; that was " built with the original plans within-the Appropri ation allowed. Alternations were mad a by the legislature of .1876 1878, -iBIudiagthe "enstrtictIou of the ftema. w Photogxapha-Jot the laying of the cornerstone and ef the completed building, minus then dome, were exhibited. Mr: Kozer gave the visitors a detailed de- (, Continued on agj peers GUESTS ' 4