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Ser - erfely denouncing witnessea before the Chicago grand jury that indl ' cated him for ..conspiracy and brib ery la connection with his admin- , istration otithMe veterans' bureau h Char!ci ft; Ufyrbcs declared In two . ' 1 statemenlt Issued from his attor j iiey'a L ofRce todar that he was fa fs TlcUmof a! ajae-u" and that s he, was prepared to name a "high ; , Individual unofficially .connected . itb the government," ' who, lie 5 charged wlafd the plot."- ? I ' After an all-day conference with I his attorney, James : S. . Easby f Smith, it was announced that the ground work for Forbes defenso was being t laid and list of wlt ' uesses being considered. -1 : .Not' Served ; j ' x Papers should . have been re ceived on Forbes , late today, but It Was believed that arrangements bad been made for him to appear voluntarily: before a United States commissioner . here to arrange bondl 5 He' would go to Chicago voluntarily, it was Btated, and not 1 ' oppose extraditiorii T ; "If1 ver there was a cbntempt i ibio frameup," , Forbes said,' to newspapermen in the presence of , his attorney, 'I am the man thWt ! wag framed arid I know, the exact' ; '"7 flay the-plot'-was' Uld'and (he in- dividual, I unofficially connected with the government. ! '! Forbes. was particularly severe ; In his' atuclcs on Ellas H. Morti : ; mer. named as . the agent ot 1 Thompson and Black, contractors, and Brigadier1 Central Charles E. Sawyer. He attacked Mortimer's testimony before the senate inves M tlgatlng committee and asked in ( f one of his, statements why he had ; not been indicted with himself and ;J V J. W. Thorn pson t'i: In! his second statement in an- I swerf to Questions put to him by ! ! newspaper men, Forbes referred to j I the visit to Chicago by Attorney. ' V General Daugherty and questioned f r whether It was to. assist the grand j i jury in returnins indictments or ;J for other r reasons, j ;.; . ! ? 1 ,v Repiyirigto questions as to . an ' . alleged connection '.ot Mortimer j with . the department of justice t Forbes interrogated: " I : tl 'VYhy has he been on ball for nearly a year- for conspiracy to violate the i prohibition law re- turned, in thov United States : dis trict court io NeV , York, with no action taken in the case since' he jr) onel.Tom Felder, Daugherty's as :' " socia'te in the MorBe pardon caie, t- appearing as his counsel? ! ( "Why has not; the department K of justice taken action against hm feud certain of ticials for conspiracy ' to violate the - liquor laws, based ' on documentary evidence fur- . pished by me to the department of y justice eighteen months ago the discovery of which was the first j intimation I had' of Mortimer's I , fdal character " ; V i V ' Forbes charged that the "real I crooks" were being shielded. He i further charged " . that' General "l Charles Sawyer's.work In connew U tion with the bureau's activities - had "more to do with preventing i "proper administration'of the laws r for the relief of the ex-service man than ill, other causes combined." Sawyer Attacked ' Vi He made a sizzling attack' on the physician of, the, late President VrH Harding, his charges ring'ing with ? 'f invective and denunciation. - - ) ", ' . (Continued on "page 3.) THE WEATHER ; OREGON: Unsettled with showers. ; Sunday; moderate northeasterly wlnds ;. A-f UOGKUl WJSATHEU , , ; , ?(Saturday) Max im u m t em pcra t ure, 10. Minimum temperature, 38. j Rainfall, none. I 'RIvef, 4,7 Ieet abote a i -Atmosphere, clear. Wind, north. ELECTRIC CARS TO WEST SALEM ASKED; 300 SIGN FOR IT The people of West Salem and vicinity are negotiating with the Southern Pacific company for an extension of electric street car service between Salem and West Salem. While no definite assurance has been given by Southern Pacific officials that the extension will be made, the people on the west side have been told that there is a good chance for them to get the line. Mayor J. A. Gosser of West Salem said last night that he recently conferred with the traveling passenger agent of the Southern Pacific company relative to the. project and was told that there was some chance. He advised Mr. Gosser to get a signed list of all the people in that vicinity who would use the service. The list has been in circulation for some time and has been signed by about 300 persons. The electrification of the Southern Pacific track between Salem and West Salem across the Southern Pacific bridge would be necessary. It is said that no trackage would have to be built in West Salem and it is presumed that this would not be necessary in Salem. E Ways and Means Committee Plans to Hold Hearings and Report Bill WASHINGTON', March 1. The soldiers' bonus legislation was started on its way today, the house ways and means committee voting to begin consideration of such a measure immediately. Three days of hearing on propos als for payment of adjusted com pensation to world war veterans beginning Monday, were decided upon, after which. Chairman Green announced, a bill would be whipped. Into shape. He expects the committee to report a meas ure to the house by next Satur day. The program for the . bill, af ter, it Jiaa reached tuchousa has not been outlined. Several appro priation bills, the Muscle Shoals, and the immigration measures, al ready are on the calendar. Several bonus bills have been Introduced, including the McKen sie measure, similar to the one vetoed by President Harding. Re presentatives Fish of New York and Andrews of Massachusetts, re publicans, have submitted bills re cently both making paid up insur ance policies of 20 and 25 years, respectively, the principal feature. Payment of cash sums would be allowed where the veterans would not be entitled to more than $50. . The Audrew bill would allow compensation only to enlisted men while the Fish proposal would in clude officers up to the rank of captain in the army and lieuten ant in the navy, the same as pro vided by tbo McKenzie bill. Four options ot payments would be allowed under the McKenzie bill: Adjusted service pay, voca tional training aid; farm or home aid and adjusted service certifi cates. The latter plan would pro vide for insurance policies. i.( REVENUE MEASURE Finance Committee Will Consider Bill Early Dur ing Coming Week WASHINGTON, March 1. The revenue bill will be taken up by the Benate finance committee the latter part of next week under plans" announced today by Chair man (Smoot. The bill was formally reported to tbe senate from the house and referred to the finance committee, by which It will be" opened agaiii to revision. However, not more than a month is expected to be consumed in consideration of the bill in committee. .. During that time hearings will be held, but Senator Smoot is con sidering limiting each trade or in dustry to one spokesman. Pending study of the Longworth compromise income tax schedule wted iHto the bill by the house, senate feadcrs were reticent in ex pressing opinions of the plan which provides for" a maximum surtax rate of 37 per cent on the amount of incomes .in excess of $ 200,000. ; , PLAYGROUND IllinXEII - SAN BERNARDINO W Cal., March' l-Tlie mountain tire to day swept Into the municipal play ground and destroyed the pavilion. BONUS N XT ORDER OF HOUSE BUSES hie mm STOCK EPIDEMIC HE R 0L Foot and Mouth Disease Quarantine May Be Modi fied inlSCounties OAKLAND, Cal.. March 1. Executives of the federal bureau of animal industry here and in Washington, and state experts stationed here in the campaign against the foot and mouth epi demic in central California made simultaneous announcements to day that the epidemic is definitely controlled. Steps were taken to remove the provisional quarantine from 15 counties that adjoin the infection area. Developm'etts today were an or derr by army authorities barring all. but. federally inspected meats and pasteurized milk from army posts -in California and a small new outbreak in herds in Contra Costa and Alameda counties. George Radciirfe, chairman of the ' state board of control, con ferred with the state and govern ment experts today regarding the part the state is desired to play in the indemnification of the cat tle owners whose cattle must be destroyed. Radcliffe estimated that the cost to the state would be $500,000 in the event that there was no further spread of the epidemic. G. H. Hecicc, director of the state board of agriculture, and the other experts in charge of the campaign against the epidemic, renewed plans to Secretary of Ag riculture Wallace that he move to modify or remove many of the embargoes placed throughout the country on California livestock and other Hems. Some of these embargoes were undoubtedly prompted by hysteria, Hccko said, and applied to goods from which there was rfo possible danger of contagion. The veterinarians of the 13 pro visionally quarantined counties were directed to examine all live stock in their respective jurisdic tions as a first step toward the removal of the quarantine. Rail roads have already been notified that they may remove milk and cream from those counties. Slaughter of infected animals progressed today after having started two days ago. US Democratic State Central Committee Meeting Asks Withdrawal SAN FRANCISCO. March 1. A motion removing E. L. Doheny as second vico president of the organ isation was pledged today by the democratic state central commit tee, in meeting here. The motion also included a request to Doheny that he resign from the committee. 1 There was a loud chorus of "ayes" when the motion was put to a vote and also -many "noes" but the affirmative vote carried easily. ' Tho vote was taken after a de bate in which Doheny was charac terized as one of the ringleaders in the alleccd corruption now be ing uncarhed, in Washington" On the,-other hand . pleas were made Jy , certain committeemen that no action be taken by the committee "untlTDoheny-has had a chance to defend himself." . .. DOB S REMOVED OT in SENATE VOTES T T 1 OF DAUGHERTY Brookhart of Iowa Heads Group Jones of Wash ington One of Solons Named on Committee RESOLUTION CARRIES WITHOUT ROLL CALL Justice Bureau of Investiga tion to Be First Point of Attacks, Report WAKUINGTON, Jh.rch t. Headed by a republican insurgent of the La Follette group. Senator Brookhart of Iowa, a special sen ate committee will begin an Inves tigation Monday of Attorney Gen eral Daugherty and his adminis tration of the department of Jus tice. The inquiry, expected to rival the oil investigation in its ramifi cations, was ordered late today by the senate in adopting the resolu tion of Senator Wheeler, democrat. Montana. The vote was CC to 1. Senator Elkins, republican, West Virginia, standing alone in oppo sition. Jones is Xaniitl The choice of Senator Brook hart for chairman came in a spec tacular climax to two days of bit ter debate. He was nominated by Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, leader of tbe republican insurg ents, after having been selected originally by Senator Wheeler. The regular republican organiza tion, defeated in its effort to re tain control of tbe committee and contented itself with nominating Senator Moses, New Hampshire, and Jones. Washington, while Sen atoc Robinson of Arkansas, the democratic-leader, nominated &en ators Wheeler and Ashurst, Ari zona, as committeemen. Ho other nominations were forthcoming af ter a long and dramatic pause and the slate, as agreed upon-by Sena tor Wheeler, after conferences with Senators La Follette and Robinson; went through without a roll call. Privately, republican leaders said they regarded it wa useless to oppose the insurgent democratic coalition. Chamberlain Heard Upon the adoption of the Wheel er resolution, attorneys for the at torney general, Paul Howiand of Cleveland and former Senator G. E. Chamberlain of Oregon, sent formal letters to each member of the special committee requesting the privilege of being present at all hearings, of examining all wit nesses, of presenting independent evidence, of having processes is sued for witnesses and of present ing oral and written arguments. They gave assurances of the as sistance of every agency and facil ity of the department of justice. Chairman Brookhart said tonight that the committee would meet Monday to draw up a plan of -pro cedure and would proceed "as speedily as possible in its long task, which is expected to take weekB, if not months. There arc masses of papers io be wone over in a preliminary way," said Senator Hrookhart. "It is hoped to begin the liearinps in a few days, probably some time next week." While definite procedure is ypt to be determined, members indi cated there would bp no formal complaint, with etailod specifica tions drafted and filed, as in the house impeachment proceedings a year hko against Mr. Daujrherty. but that various eharRos and com plaints would be taken up as they developed with committee mem bers and in tbe hearings. Burns Is First The first field of inquiry is ex pected to be the department of justice hureiu of investigation, headed by Wiljiam J. Burns, hi connection with the activities of its agents in several parts of the country." Virtually unlimited jurisdiction to investigate affairs relating, to .Mr. Daugherty and the department of justice is given under the sen ate resolution. Before adoption of tho resolutions, its preambles objected to by several republicans. were eliminated by Senator Wheel er. The preambles had chareed failure of tho attorney general to act in Ihe federal trade commis sion, the oil lease, and the anti trust cascsJiut Senator Robinson and ,Senator Borah, ' republican, Idaho pointed out that, the reso lutions text was broader than the nttfl m4lltli w1ili.li mln-lif ..mietrfof I the inquiry. ... . . i SaTORDAYi IN WASHINGTON The soldiers bonus bill was tak en up by the house ways and meanvcommittee. v ' ' m Th'honse aDrw-bnriat! (ons com- of $153,696,567 to enable Various government departments to wind up the fiscal year without deficits. ; j-. -.. The tax revision bill was receiv ed in the senate from the house and It was said public! hearings would be held on it sobn by the finance committee Reports wre received at the state department indicating that the revolutionary situaticjn In Hon duras was serious," with lAmerican marines and steamers landed at Ceiba to protect American life and property. .. Charles R. Forbes, indicted by a Chicago grand jury, declared he would go to that city voluntarily as "the first step" in his complete vindication of charges concerning his administration of the veterans' bureau. The senate oil committee again considered secret messages Bent by confidential agents to E. B. Mc Lean in Florida and heard several McLean employes. Managers of telegraph compan ies at Three Rivers, N. MI. where Albert Ii. Fail's ranch is located, were subpoenaed by the senate oil committee. Tho Wbeejer resolution calling for an investigation of the admin istration of Attorney General Daugherty was adopted by the sen ate and Senator Brookhart, Iowa, was nominated president of the committee of inquiry. Th e senate oil committee de cided to summon William J. Burns chief of the bureau of investigation of the department of justice for examination as to whether code messages sent to E. B. McLean's employes iri Florida were In a cipher used by the department's secret agents. - j LETTEBS SENT BY T Portland Woman Charged With Sending Poisoned Candy to Rival PORTLAND. Or., March 1. - Mrs. Nettie K. Lindley, recent bride of a port engineer, was ar rested here today on a federal war rant based on grand jury indict ments charging her with having sent poison and improper letters through. the mail. The complaint charges that Mrs. Lindley. then Miss Nettie Clubine. mailed a box of candy containing poison to Miss Millie Wassenmil ler, who has since become the wife of Prof. Paul Hillman, a teacher in Zioh Lutheran school here. Miss Clubine and Hillman, it is charged, had been friehcTs prior to the profsessor's engagement to Miss Wras8enmiller. Jealousy is the motive ascribed to Miss Club ine in sending the poison and a number of objectionable letters to her alleged rival. A return ad dress on the box of candy which indicated that it should come from Hillman. aroused Miss Wassen millcr's suspicion because it was erroneous, according to officers who investigated the case. As a result Miss Wasscnmiller did not eat it. and subsequent examina tion or the contents of the pack age disclosed the poison. The alleged acts on 'which the indictments are based took place early last year. Sinco that time Miss Wassenniiller Iihb married Hillman and Miss Clubine has married Lindley. FINAL FLASHES B R CSS ELS, , Ma rrh 1. 'By the A P. ) Princess Iouise of Belgium died at Wiesbaden today from double pneumonia after an illne?3 of in days. MEXICO. M6.f March 1. The Rev. Asa Q.' Burnspleaded not guilty and waived reading of the Information charging him with having shot Howard Conger of Lincoln, Neb., ona street here this afternoon when arraigned late to day before a justice of the peace. VERA CRUZ, March 1 By the AP.) Press dispatches from Mex ico" City' nay that General Jose Domlngucz of the federal army has occupied Puerto, Mexico, and that the rebel generals, Torruco & Castillo, are embarking for Froutera. . 1 lis St. William J. Burns Department will Be Questioned Re garding Messages Sent By riviary C00LIDGE CHALLENGED TO GIVE EXPLANATION Quick and Easy Access to White House" By McLean Subject of Attack WASHINGTON. March 1. The lens, long trail of tho oil inquiry led today into the department of justice. ,. A cipher message signed "Mary" and found among the celebrated McLean telegrams, carried it there and the oil committee imme diately made plans to follow it wherever. iUniay go. From William J. Burns, chief of the department's bureau of inves tigation, Mrs. Mary Duckstein, a special agent of the department and others, . the oil investigators will seek to learn: The truth about reporjs that Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post,, and a cen tral figure in the inquiry, is him self a department of justice agent and in possession of the depart ment's code. Questions I'naiiswered Whether Burns dlrectld Mrs. Duckstein to send a message, to her husband, who is one ot the McLean employes, saying that the "McLean investigation is under way by special agents of the de partment of justice" and that he believed the "informatoin is im portant." ; How Duckstein and otner-repre-scntatives ot the publisher came into possession of a copy of the code. Whether all of the code mes sages found in the McLean file of telegrams are, like the "Mary" message, in cipher code once used by the bureau of investigation. Expressing his willingness to tell the oil committee all he knows. Burns said he understood the code employed in the "Mary" message was used at one time by agents of the justice department. "The departimcnt of justice," he said, "never had anything to do with the oil scandal or Teapot dome. I never gave any tips to McLean. The only telegram to McLean that I know about was ail right. It contained notips of any kind." Burns would not deny the re port that McLean was on the roll of special agents of the bureau of investigation at a nominal salary of $1 a month, and that he had been furnished with an official badge and a pistol. Atfer learning that the "Mary" message was in a one-time depart ment of justice cipher. Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, the dominapt figure of the oil investi gation sent to the department for an i official copy. At first his re quest was refused on the ground that his a.;ent was not sufficiently identified and the senator then wrote a formal letter to the de partment. A formal subpwena for Burns was withheld. Senator Walsh say ing th,at he would be "invited to appear in the course customarily followed in tho case of the gov ernment officials after the com mittee resumes its hearing next Tuesday. Dauslieriy Charged Adverting to the code mailer in tho senate, Senator Caraway, de mocrat, Arkansas, charged Attorney-General Daugherty with re sponsibility for use of a depart ment of justice cipher in telegrams sent, on behalf of McLean. "I would like to ask the presi dent himself." said Senator Cara way, 'whether be had any com munication with those people irtn Florida. He owes an explanation to one hundred million people as to why M-Lcan had any right to miick and easy access to the White House.' " The oil committee examined John F. Major, author of moKt of tho McLean telegrams, and John J. Spurgeon, managing editor of the Washington Post, as to Mc Lean's private wire to Florida, but got little additional information Closing the committee room doors the investigators examined a.Jiew batch of telegrams and records ot the Chesapeake and Potomac tele-t (Continued on page 2.). NIPPON PRINCE TWICE DEAD AGAIN LIVES Aged Japanese "Elder States man" Mourned by Nation Shows Signs of Life TOKIO. March 1. (By The As sociated Press) Prince Masyoshi Matsukata, whose death was an nounced yesterday and for whom the entire nation went Into mourn ing, is alive today and has a bare chance, ot recovery, according to statements made by his physicians this morning. The prince was pronounced dead at 11:15 o'clock yesterday morning when his heart and respiration stopped. Shortly thereafter however, he began to show faint signs of life. By what the physicians pro nounce a "miraculous recovery'' Matsukata who Is in his ninetieth year, slowly, came back to life. The astounded physicians worked over him separately and in, the af ternoon he had so far regained consciousness that he was able to acknowledge by the pressure., of his hand the presence of viscount Makino, the emperor's messenger. This morning he took some nour ishment and slept for a time. AH the Tokio newspapers but two carried stories of the prince's death, together with lengthy obitu aries. Matsukata, one of tbe two sur viving members of Japan's famed genro or "elder statesmen" offi cial advisers of the emperor was reported, to have been killed In the, earthquake of last September. Re cently he became seriously 111 and a Tokio dispatch to London, Feb ruary 27, announced his death. The demise of the prince was again announced in February. Released From Card Playing pliant Filed by Officer S. Crittenden, arrested with. two other men and three women late Friday night in a downtown hotel room, pleaded guilty to a charge of possessing liquor late yesterday in Justice court. He' was fined $100 by Justice Kuntz. His two companions, W. M. Clifton and M.. CJhenowIth. were also charged with possession of liquor in the complaint sworn to by Officer Ol sen, who made the arrest Friday night, and John H. Carson, dis trict attorney. Th9 other two men were re leased following the plea of guilty entered by Crittenden, who took the blame for ownership of the liquor. The party had just been released In police court, where they were tried under tbe new card room ordinance passed Dy the council. Immediately after they were re leased by Police Judge Poulscn Officer Olsen placed the men un der arrest and took them to the justice court for hearing. Groesbeck Is One of Those Being Considered for Denby's Position WASHINGTON March l.Uov trnor Groesbeck, of Michigan, was added today to tho list or those understood II be under considera tion by President Coolidge for ap pointment as secretary of the navy in succosoion to Edward Dcnby who will retire March 10. Governor Groesbeck has been mentionea several tmics in con nection with possible vacancies in the attorney generalship. Although it generally is be lieved in Washington that Mr. Daugherty will retire at the lon- ciusion of the benate investigation it Is not thought the president would desire to consider at this time the filing of a vacancy. to o-cur . at some indefinite future date In addition io Governor Groes beck, the names of former repre sentative Patrick It. Kelly and James E. Davidson, republican na tional committeeman,' have been mentioned as Michigan men pos- hibly under consnlcration to sue cccd Mr. Penby, himself a resident ot Michigan. RAIN NEEDED . DEL MQNXE. Cal., March 1. A heavy rainfall before March 10 is essential to prevent injury. ; ADMITS PQSSESSIDn OF UQUOR: FINED MEOTiMICn GOVERNOR FOR JOB FORTY DEAD: T.N.T Plant of Nixon Nitra. tion Works Utterly Blown Off GroundNoise Heard . for 60 Miles SOLDIERS MOBILIZED , TO ASSIST RESCUERS Uninjured Unable . to Tell Cause and Injured Unable to Answer Questions new Brunswick; j. March, j2rryirft which UH kl rvhcVn explosion wreck ed thn TNT plant' of the Nix on Nitrate ' company, killed upwards of a score of pet song, and dee&oyed the little' town f Nixon, raq , wider control at .1 :43. Vclock this morning. Tbo flames stopped spreading within 100 yards of buildings in which large quantities of celluloid , were stored. . : v;;.. A 2 . o'clock searchers abandoned , nntU dawn their ; - search for missltut bodies h. r;rnonlderlnt wreckage and 4jHt of the ouUor-town fire pinpaiiie dropped. for their home stations leaving stare troops and a small squad of firemen on gnard. At 2 o'clock this morning 18 bodies had. been' recover- , fd. . ' t The ., het information . w as that at least six men were missing Mi th the possibility that eight more . also - could not be accounted for. , , . I EW- BRUNSWICK, -Jf." 4 March l.Th(j bodies of . 18 . persons r recovered , from, t the ruins of the TNT : explosion .J and celluloid fire which, today destroyed I the plant of the Nixon nitrate . works, " the ammonite company and the town of Nixon,' had been iden- , . tified tonight.. Eight of the missing also had been named ' and 29 of the most scrioas injured identified. N . Reports of survivors that ; a score of victims of the blast ' . lay buried in the ruinspf the , wrecked buildings led author ities to believe the death list t wouM amount to40 when a final check was obtained. The 1 total number of injured," in cluding those , under , treat-1 -ment at four 'hospitals is ex pected to reach 100. ."'' ". NEW'- BRUNSWICK N. ' ' J".,' March ,1.: Forty persons: dead and a hundred or more, injured,, wa estimated tonight as the .toll of an explosion in the TNT," plant of tho Nixon Nitration - works. v;.'Flaines showered through 40 buildings, of an adjoining celluloid works. and demolished the little industrial town of Nixon. An accurate check on the number killed was impos sible. -( . ; . As many of the victims d'ead and dying, as could bo removed from the blazing ruins were taken to a half dozen hospitals and hast- ; ily equipped emergency morgues. Their bodies were so mutilated and burned that only a few.were identified. By nightfall 12 bodies were reported recovered and seven had been identified tentatively, Spurred by reports of survivors that a score still lay burled beq ueath the burning debris, soldiers joined firemen, state police and ' citizen volunteers in hoisting are lights and beginning an all night attack upon the twisted masses ot wreckage.- " .. - 'i . Plant Was Ieased f The explosion occurred at 11:30 a. m., in the ordnance salvaging plant The, nitration works had been leased to the Ammonite com-" pany for the treatment of army TNT to be used as' agricultural fertilizer. . , The building two stories high, 500 feet long and of hollow tile construction, literally was blown from the earth along . with the men believed to have been in it. Tho shock was felt fpr,60 miles, shattering windows, lifting roofs and toppling chimneys ' in many cities. On Staten island buildings rocked as if an earthquake. Tho slnglo destructive blast - crushed 40 buildings of tho '.Niton com pany's celluloid . novelties manu facturing works which surrounded the TNT. plant and razed as It hy shellfire the .encircling dwellings of 20 employes wpese lil'tla ct- 1