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SENATE ISSUE
' Tppublican Members of For
j eign Relations Committee
: 5 Confer on Questipn-Dem-
, ; ocrats Threaten '
COOLIDQE STANDS FOR
' HARDING-HUGHES PLAN
Ledge to Formulate New
Plan in Conformity With
; President's Ideas
WASHINGTON, .May- 20. Be
publican members- of the senate
foreign relations, committee were
tp-.i by President CpoUgge, at the
iite house conference ' tonight
i' at his position, with reference to
t 9 world court question; was the
, .:ie as Indicated In his message
ca the subject and in Tarious
ntements since made. ..
The committee members who
vere headed by. Chairman Lodge,
it was said, would attempt to. for
mulate a plan, which would be In
t rmony with the president's posl
t:.a. . -. . ; j -: : V- ' -!
WASHNQTON, May 20-R.
p. Vlcan members of the ' senate
foreign relations; committee faced
with a democratic threat to- force
ate action on'" the world court
q: :tloa - before ' adjournment of
ct - gress ' gathered- at the white
1 rase: tonight to talk over, the
. ole matter with President Cool
i:.3.' .' ' ' ;!. .
v The committee meeting tomor
row '.-'was ; called" "by. Chairman
Lodge several days ago at the re
Quest ot Senator Swanson of Vir
ginia, ranking democratic member
wha. indicated In a public announce
t sat-unless soma action soon
taken he would dove to dis
t'.irge the cofcinilttea, thereby
bringing the world' court question
t the senate floor. .
The meeting was pr.ec.eded by. a
1 ""thy conference between the
tresident and; Secretary, Hughes.
The - yf orldi conrt , plana are ;be
f :ra the foreign relations commit
tc3 ahd Senator Peppier,, ot Penn?
tr'.vania,. a republican member
7 -3 understood to, hare, prepared
f :r discussion at. tonight's, confer
ence an outline of a compromise
froposal on which he has been at
work ; '.f'.--' -:'; ". ;
. The original Harding-Hughes
jlan, proViding" -tor' conditional
American' adher to "the per-
; : r snent court r inu 'atlonal jus
V tlce has lain c'-rrjnt il the com
i remittee for rorathan ayearvaj-
' though action e-. Jtwas recom
f mended,, by President Coolidge In
his message tocongress aqdjthe
executlTe; repeated, ' his . endorsed
mentjln his recent New York ad
dress, j- ',. .' :."-.:', "U- . "
, Genator . Lodged presented1 his
proposal about ip .days ago with
out consultation. : either with ' the
white house' or the state depart
ment It provides for creation of
an entirely new court through a
third Hague conference to be call
ed by( President Coolidge. . Senat
or Swanson, also has a plan, which
is a "combination !of the original
Harding-Hughes proposal and the
suggestion made by;' President
Harding j in his St.. Louis address
lastJune. for divorcement of the
exlstlngj jcourt from thfe league of
nations, j
SAXDE 8CSPEXDEl
'NEWj.VORK, May . 20. The
ruling of Bill Snyder, starter, of
the : Kentucky . derby, who . sus-
Dended Earle Sandrf fnr 10 davl
for misbehavior at the post, was
.wepietj iuaay oy tne aiewaras 01
Jamaica; race track, r
If the stewards, of Belmont
tark also approre the ruling, the
leading j Rancocas : stable jockey
will be Unable to rido in the Met
ropolitan handicap on Thursday
and wi bo out of the saddle' un
til awjek afterward. f
THE WEATHER
Oregon : . Pair Wednesday,
excepjr foggy or cloudy near
the, coast; moderate westerly
winds, i '
LOCAL WEATHER
" ! (Tuesday)
Maximum temperature, 81,
Minimum temperature, 45.1
Rainfall, none.
River, 0.S feet; falling;
Atmosphere, clear. :
V.'ind, north, . . ,i:"Tr,"rr.
MI1ML GUARD IS:
MREB WW
10 LlffiEY, CAL.
Governor Pierce Writes' Letter to White Qrder
vpig TtTTroos Be Taken tot Camp Lewis
Iristead Adjutant General Fears Federal
Funds May Nbt Apply For Camp in North.
; The Oregon j national guard will not take its summer
training in California. Because of the prevalence of the foot
and mouth disease in that state Governor Pierce yesterday
wrote Adjutant General White requesting that the guard
not go to Monterey, Calif., as planned several weeks ago, but
should go to Camp Lewis instead.
The" governor's decision is based largely on report re
ceived from , DrBT. Sims, head of the veterinary depart
ment of Oregon Agricultural college, whp is now. jn California
as J3iregon's representative in the foot and mouth . disease
situation. - i .
BOYCOTT DO
li
. THREE CAFES
Culinary VQrkers Threaten
to Statioji Pickets " on
Restaurants Here
; Announcement was made late
last night . by representatives of
the - newly organlzed; Culinary
Workers union that, ajycoit has!
been declared, on t breeze J t hig
geetreaUnf ants In em a?d!, that
pickets are - likely to be stationed
at these places; some- time today.
They refused, to name tl restaurr
ants referred to for-pubUcation at
this 'time.-;" ; z , ir r,- : .; ;
iThe three, restaurants, it ". was
said, Jref use. to .display.- the,-union jters: . ,
cardfaad aJso ft waa asserted that ' "It is my opinion, therefore,
the managers laYAeatenei to j that the national, guard of Ore
discharge all union employes., The on will do well to go to, Camp
union says.the attitude of the res-j Lewis if they, can get aa good
tauran owners amounts to a lock- training there as they can at Mon
out, : ,.''. i( , lV ! - jterey. While, tbe disease is v not
The culinarr workers say. they i in. the , Monterey district now we
haye, tried', in, every , way to enter
Into arrangements 'that would, be
satisfactory to the employers, but
that they insist, on. maintaining
the open shop . principle.
E pley' s. Yo u ngsters Win Ap
: proval'of; 615. Audience
; at Tabernacle
-Over f Iff ten; hundred, people en
joyed . the . concert, given" by. the
Salem boys' church last night , at
the tabernacle. Dr. H. CEpley
end; his- assistants deserve much
credit, as the 'entire program
went' through without, hitch. Ev
ery number was encored and to
make special mention of any one
number would be doing an injus
tice to others. ; -
Besides the numbers rendered
by the chorus the following as
sisted in the program: .The. Salem
high school orchestra, Wpodry
Brothers, vocals duet; Salem high
school quartet; violin solo by
"Tommle" .Llvesley. Jr;. vocal
solo by. Donald Bassfield; a harp
.olo . by Robert j Brown, age ; 6
years; vocal solo by Billy Utley,
age 4 yeare; piano duet by Cecil
Deacon and Robert . Alexander;
piano solo by Cecil Deacon; vocal
solo by Roger Moudy, and a short
address by . Mayor Giesy. i Cecil
Deacon . and, Robert Alexander
were at the pianos.
. Mayor Giesy said that he was
proud of this . bunch , of ..boys and
he thought that, everyone should
be proud of them. He said that
Dr. Epley had accomplished . won
ders, that, he v was loved by the
boys, anf that If there-were more
such men there would be no need
of a curfew law in Salem, that Sa
lem's future would be determined
by these . boys that any trouble
with boys was always traced to
the home. He said that the city
never had any trouble with Dr,
Epley's boys. 4 .
At the close of the, concert: a
hapdsome music roll was present
ed to Dr. Epleyby the boys of the
chorus.-: William McGllcrest made
the' presentation speech, v' -f.,.
i The money taken In last night
will go toward,- the salary of a
Boys'cinusis
! GIOTflMD
boys secretary at'tbe-YMCA . Ai
Adjutant General White, when
informed of the action of the gov
ernor, said the federal funds were
appropriated for the Monterey
trip and he didn't know, whether
they could be used for Camp
Lewis instead.
Situation Studied . , f ;
The governor issued a statement
in which he had given many hours
in the last few days to study of
the question,; Recently he (.wa
visited by about 50 of fleers of the
national guard who insisted that
there would be no danger in the
California trip." The governor al
so admitted, that be had received
many, telegrams from commercial
bodies expressing the opinion that
there would be no danger in the
California trip.' But because of
the extreme caution being taken
in California,' instances of which
are cited In one of . the SImms let
ters, the governor expresses fear
that the livestock contagion might
be brought into Oregon.
Letter; Quoted , '
'His statement quotes the followr
ing from one of . Dr SImms let-
have no means of knowing it will
not appear there before the sum
mer is over. If such a break
should occur I feel there . would
be some possible danger in haying
these 1500 men; return to our
state. ;. . t . - I
-. "I am taking the liberty to cite
the . following as - an example of
the, extreme caution which is be
ing practiced by the men in charge
down here. When the disease first
appeared in the state one of the
Veterinarians on the. staff at the
University of California left his
work- and went into. th,e .field, to
help. - For the past 10 weeks he
has not. been on the grounds. of
his department; at the university.
When he has been in Berkeley and
has had occasion to discuss affairs
of the department with the other
Teterinarians on the staff he; has
either talked by telephone - or
shouted, his instructions to . them
from a distance of 60 yards or so.
He told me today he believed
there, would be no danger in bis
going on. the premises bnt he was
not willing, to J take, any chances.
Encouragement Flitting ; .,
"The situation here, is not quite
so encouraging as it. seemed 10
days ago.. Orange, Tulare, Tuor
lumme, and Fresno counties have
all become infected in the last two
weeks.. It.'. was, rather; expected
that it would spread into. Orange
and Tuolumne, counties ; as it .was
at their borders and this could
hardly be called a spread into new
territory. But the other two
counties were far from any
trouble.- While some of the first
counties infected seem about out
of danger now the fact remains
that there are eight counties with
active infection at tne present.
HOLD ORATORY CONTEST
EUGENE. Or.. May 20.r The
annual trl-state oratorical con
test to, be participated , In by the
Universities of Wrashington. Ore
gon and Idaho will, he; held here
Thursday night. Last year Paul
Patterson of Oregon won the con
test at the University oMdaho.
BUILD HRESIERTON FUJR
SEATTLE, May 20. The house
of representatives today instructed
its conferees on tho navy appro
priation bill to : accept; the senate
amendment making an appropria
tion of $1,190,000 for a fitting
out pier at Bremerton, Wsh.t ac
cotdng.to a special dispatch re-
icolved by the Times,
HECKER SAVED
FBOIUI HANGING
. BY EXECUTIUE
Eleventh Hour ; Clemency of
Governor Saves Man Who
Killed Bovvker From the
Gallows Today
"NO .PREMEDITATIONS
THINKS THE GOVERNOR
Sentence of Youth, Commut
ed to Life Imprisonment
1 Statement Made
Governor Pierce yesterday com
muted to life t imprisonment the.
sentence of Russell. Hecker. who
. . ....... ' .
was sentenced to be. executed, at
the state prison at 10 o'clock' to-
day I for the killing of Frank'
Bowker of Portland. The gover-'
nor based his action on the belief
that the crime was not premedit
ated by Hecker and-occurred dur
ing a quarrel. Hecker, an Albany
Lman, killed Bowker April 1 16,
1922, on. the Pacific highway in
Clackamas county: Bowker was a
Portland musician. ;
i nave given many. long hours
of thought to the Russell Hecker
case, studying It from every angle,
trying to-judge the evidence and
facts submitted to me, - weighing.
the interview which I had with the
defendant,. Russell Hecker. and
others whonave. appeared, before
me, asking - for executive clem
ency.' .the governor said. VI have
also considefed carefully state
ments- made. by. those opposed to
any interference with the final
decision of the court. . . j
"Russell, Hecker was regularly
tried before a just judge He was
ably defended, by, brilliant coun
sel, found guilty of first degree!
murder, by a Jury 'of twelve, seven
men . and five - women, . and sen
tenced to be hanged , on the 21st
day of May A. D., 1924. .In order
to arrive at this decision the jury
was obliged to, find that the mur
der was premeditated. From affi
davits presented to me, which I
believe are true, giving new evi
dence, and a careful review, of all
the testimony , taken at the trial;
it is my judgment that the killing
Of Frank Bowker was not premed
itated by Russell v Hecker, there
fore, the extreme penalty of.death
by hanging should not be inflicted
on the defendant. j
"I, therefore,' commute his. sen
tence . from death by .hanging ; to
confinement in the Oregon state
penitentiary for life.
"After an interview of . more
than two- hours, with Russell
Hecker, I am firm in my belief
that he is. a young man of ordi
nary judgment, and not .a hard
ened criminal. I cannot believe
that a young man of twenty-four
years would premeditate, murder
as , carelessly agd. with as little
forelnought as the prosecution
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Nippon Steamship Company
Provides for ' the. Rush;
Before Exclusion i
TOKIO. May 19. (By Associ
ated Press.): In order to accom
modate the great numbers! of
Japanese residents of America who
wish to return to the United
States, before the exclusion j, law
becomes effective July I, the Nip
pon Yusen Kalsha Steamship com
pany has announced that it is di
verting one of its European .liners,
the MIshima Maru, from its .Suez
run and sending her on a special
trans-Pacific trip. - i
The Toyo Kisen Kaisba is! also
altering, the. schedule of the Korea
Maru to permit her to reach San
Francisco before July 1., It is be
lieved, these two steamships will
be sufficient to take care of the
surplus Japanese who have-; been
unable to obtain passage on the
regular liners,. j . i
. WASHINGTON, May 2 0.-
Chalrman Johnson of . the house
immigration committee asserted
in a statement today that fit must
be apparent to. all" that Japan is
violating the gentlemen's agree
ment ana mat congress should
have "all Japan in the barred
lone along with the rest ot Asia,"
EXTBA ure TO
H BRirm japs m
MILLER'S LEAD
BEING REDUCED
BYLATE COUNT
Strayer Now Qnly 212 Behind
. .- and Gaining as Missing
' Precincts Total Up
PORTLAND, Or.', May 20. The
lead of Milton A. Miller oyer W.
H. Strayer for the democratic nom
ination for United States senator
was cut to .212 by additional re
turns from. Fridayjg primary elec
tion tabulated late 3 today, Fig
ures from 1630 ! precincts out of
173 in the. state. gave Miller 10,
419; Strayer, 10,207.
Among the, counties which have
so. far not sent in complete official
or, "unofficial, returns, are Baker,
Clatsop. Coos, Crook, Curry, Gil
Ham, Grant, Jackson, Lane and
Morrow. Clatsop has 19 missing
precincts still to report. Coos 45
and Curry '16. '
ENS
EI.'D GOUFERK
Convention Closes With
Demonstration, of Fire
Fighting Apparatus
" .Yesterday morning's session of
the fire warden's conference, held
in; the. state house, was opened by
an address, by Shirley Buck of the
district 4 forester's office at Port
land, on "Portable Power Pumps."
X Deputy State Forester - Lynn F.
Cronemiller ; followed Mr. Buck
with a talk. on. ."Field' .Forms.
Their Use and .Importance." He
stated that it was Impossible for
thei state: forester , personally to
supervise the, work, and hia only
way to keep. in. touch with the
activities ' of the field , force was
through the, fields forms properly
made out. . He also covered the
matter of, , the Importance . of the
data secured in showing what has
been accomplished and as a guide
for future activities. He took up
the various reports separately, ex
plaining their use and the, proper
method, Jn filling them out.
. T. , T. , Munger, !ot the United
States. forest service at Portland,
gave a very interesting address on
"Reforestation." He covered the
Importance of the work and then
took up the methpds by which a
new., forest can be assured.
i "In the Douglas fir region,"
Mr. Munger stated, "this can he
done by proper burning following
logging:, before the seed in the
soil i germinates and then pro
venting future fires."
! ' In the yellow pine forests he
advocated keeping fires out before
logging, protection of the young
growth during logging, and by us
ing the least destructive method
of logging. i
Clay M. Allen of the United
States forest service, Portland,
opened the af ternpon meeting
with a talk on' telephones InHheir
application' to' the , work of the
forestry department. , ,
E. : T. Allen, economist of the
Western Forestry and Conserva
tion association, although not on
the program, consented to talk' to
the wardens and covered the mat
ter' of spring and fall fires.
The conference was closed by a
demonstration5 of portable fire
fighting pumps given" on the
Thomas Kay woollen mills prop
erty. At this time a Hauck torch
wag ' also shown. It is used in
starting " fires for. back-firing pur
poses. ; . f
VIOLENT DEATH MEANS LITTLE
TO ABE EVANS, SENTENCED TO
DIE; GOBLE MURDER RECALLED
Abe Evans,! who is under sen
tence to be hanged at the state
penitentiary Friday, June 6, for
the murder of Jamea Doraa in
Wasco county, is connected by
marriage with a prominent Ken
tucky family; and one in which
there have been .many tragedies.
Evans wife, however,, has divorced
hini since his '.. sentence, and '. Is
again married and living in cen
tral Oregon.
' A brother of Evans former wife,
Hays Green hy name, was married
to Rebecca Powers, sister of Caleb
Powers, who, - while secretary of
state of Ketntucky. was twice sen
tencec( to hang and later to serve
In the penitentiary on a charge of
being implicated in. the murder of
Governor Goble of that state in
1900. '-".A ;
, . Sentenced to Hang .
Powers was a republican and
Goble a, democrat.. But there was
a dispute whether- Goble or one
Taylor, a republican, had actually
been elected ; governor. . One day
Goble was, shot down and killed in
the state house park, the shot com
ing from the office of the secretary
of state Powers was cut the
IIRyfiILL
CLEAR FIELD
Republican Stearing Com
mittee Promises Rapid
Action on Farm Relief By
End of This Week
MEASURE HAS MAJORITY
OF AGRICULTURE GROUP
Creation of, Government
Marketing Corporation At
tacked and Defended
WASHINGTON, May 20. The
house took up formally, today the
McNary-Haugen farm relief bill
under a program calling for 15
hours general debate but made
little progress with it. It was late
in the day before the measure was
reached and. although brief de
bate was then, conducted, plans
for. a night session with three or
more hours devoted to the legis
lation went awry through, inabil
ity to muster a quorum until after
10 o'clock,
Points of quorum were made
frequently almost as soon as the
measure, came, under consider
ation. Recessing for dinner the
house met again at 8 o'clock, only
to face another, quorum call made
by Representative McNulty, demo
crat. New Jersey and at best could
muster only. 181 members, nearly
40 less than the required num
ber. '
Representative Kincheloe, dem
ocrat, Kentucky, a member ot the
agriculture committee which re
ported the bill, then moved to ad
journ but this was rejected, 115
to 12. .
Representative Longworth, the
republican leader finally, moved
that the sergeant at arms be or
dered to arrest the absentees and
bring them to the chamber, and
hia motion carried. ., ,
After a quorum had been ab-
tained at 10:20 o'clock, Repre-J
sentative WIngo, democrat, Arkan
sas, demanded that the names of
those "arrested" be printed in the
record. Representative Longworth
then charged some members were
attempting' to delay progress on
the bill. A chorus of "noes' -rose
from the democratic side of the
chamber.
WASHINGTON, May 20. The
plight of the American farmer to
day was before the house which
probably will decide before the
end of the week whether the McNary-Haugen
bill should be pass
ed as a relief measure, ,
! The bill would set up a govern
ment corporation to. market the
surplus farm products abroad.
House leaders, plan for it to reach
a vote by Saturday.
Supported by a majority of the
agriculture committee the meas
ure faced-a fight on the part of
many republicans and democrats
who think it unworkable.
In arranging to give the bill
right of way Representative Long-
worth made it clear that none of
the stearing committee was com
mitted to its support.
Declaring the bill to be "of
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city, but he was suspected of being
Implicated. After he had twice
been tried and sentenced to hang,
a third trial resulted in a peni
tentiary sentence and . he served
eight years. Two other men also
did time for the crime. Who fired
the shot was never actually de
termined., .
Evans talked freely of the case
in the Oregon prison yard Monday,
accurately recalling all dates. He
does, not hear from his Kentucky
acquaintances, but thinks Hays
and Rebecca Green are still living
there.
A young brother of Evans di
vorced, wife was involved in a. kill
Ing in 1901, when he was only 15
yearsrold. His name was Johnny
Green. The lad was attacked "by
a grown man named John-Mitch
ell. who shot young Green square
Iy through the abdomen.': Green
arose on his elbow, and fired at
Mitchell, blowing out his brains.
Green recovered. , 1
New Tragedy in 1905 ;.
In'1903 tragedy again stalked In
the family. One morning Pat
IB XConiinjjcji pjB ao 21' ' XT
OLE HANSON IS
HAULED UP FOR
A HORSE THIEF
'Charged With the Stealing
of My Own Horse," Says
Ex-Mayor, of Seattle
LOS ANGELES, May 20 Ole
Hanson, war-time mayor!, of Seat
tle, and now a Los Angeles real
estate, operator, tonight v made
ready to . defend himself against
a charge of horse,, stealing filed in
Pasadena justice court today , by
Clarence W. Batscn of Sierra
Madre, a suburb. .
"I am charged with stealing my
own horse," said Hanson. "When
i came nere irom seaiue l ship
ped five, ponies, " one of them a
strawberry, roan named "Golden."
Soon, afterward some one stole
Golden,, and for 1 8 ' months we
searched, for the animal in- vain.
Then, last Saturday,. I saw .the
horse in a vacant lot at Sierra
Madre, I called him by name and
he pulled up his stake and came
to me. . : . . -
"I sought Mr.- Basten, the pur
ported owner, and.he told me he
had bought Golden from a man in
Flintridge, who had purchased it
irom a Mexican, who said he got
It from J a boy. . He turned the
horse over to me. but asked my
aid. in recovering the money he
naa paiq ror it. . Jater, apparently,
he changed. his mind, for the next
thing I knew he had sworn to. a
complaint charging me with steal
ing the horse. .
"It is with sincere joy that I
learn the death penalty for this
offense is no; longer in existence."
Corvallis Chief of Police
Adds Another Laurel to
His Good Record
The Busick store in Corvallis
was robbed -' on the' evening of
April 12. ' A' local man "there hid
in the store till the clerks locked
up for the night. Then he found
and rifled the cash ' drawee:' tak
ing about $100 in money and $400
in checks. .
The chief of police at Corvallis,
Henry Robenson. was notified
and went to work on the case.
Yesterday he! cot his man and mp-
cured a written confession, and re
covered the checks. ,-. ! .
Mr. Robenson has been on the
police force of ! Corvallis for ten
years, for six years and seven
months on the night force, and
since that time as chief. During
that ten years every case of rob
bery or theft or swindling amount
ing tover $5, with only two ex
ception, has been run down and
in all cases the work has been ac
complished in less time than it
took to . run, down the robber of
the Busick store.
That surely makes up a very
good record. The. Busick stores
are members of the Burns detec
tive agency, but in this Corvallis
case, W. J. Busick turned the mat
ter over to Chief Robenson to
work out and run down the perpe
trator of the crime, and he feels
that the Corvallis chief, and his
men on the police froce of the col
lege city, are deserving of credit
for their work, and of commenda
tion for their work In the past,'-'...
TUESDAY IN
WASHINGTON
Plans for a recess -pt the
Daugherty committee were agreed
upon. " "
The cabinet considered steps for
carrying out provisions of the sol
dier bonus act;
The senate in debate reviewed
the charges against Senator
Wheeler; democrat. Montana.
The house took up the McNary-
Haugen farm aid bill with debate
limted to 15 hours1.'
. The resignation of Cyrus E.
Woods as ambassador to Japan
was accepted by President Cool
idge. "
The house shipping board com
mittee heard testimony ' bearing
upon the claim of the Atlantic cor
poration of Portsmouth, N. H.
,
Charges of heavy campaign ex
penditures in Texas by the Kn
Klux Klan were denied before the
senate Mayfield investlgatiag com
mittee. - - - -
".':'.;
Chairman Butler of the house
naval committee said $150,000,
000 was. needed to make the
American navy equal In strength
to that gr grjai firjlaia.
DIDBnOBBER
OF DliSICI! STORE
CI1GEIUTM
m to
Government Qepartments
and Legislators Hasten to
Prepare Estimates of Cost
of. Bonus Bill
CONGRESS' TO MODIFY i
PENDING LEGISLATION
Veto of Tax Measure Certain
If Returns Do Not Meet i
Added Expense
WASHINGTON, May 20. Offi
cial Washington joined hands to-
flow In a w rwA 4. aIImb, , V.
ernment to the Roldier bnnna bill.
' Congress, which forced the bill
into law over the president's veto,
showed a willingness to cooperate
In adjusting as far as passible the
pending tax reduction bill, to con
form, to added cost. of: the bonus,
i The . various executive depart
ments . charged with, administra
tion, of. the bonus law hurriedly
began to assemble their forces.
The adminl3trative Question was
taken up at the cabinet meeting,
and it was determined that up
ward of-3000 additional employes
would be required Immediately
tor the work of circulating appli-
vauuu uuoiii ana asaeiauiius
necessary-data.
; While President Coolidge's atti
tude as to the' possibility of tax re
duction, as proposed in the revenue
bill now in conference in congress
remained undefined, the conferees
after takig two tnree-hour ses
sions indicated every effort
Would V be made -to mould ' tta
measurse . on' as satisfactory a
basis as possible. r
' Both Chairman Smoot of the fi
nance ; commRteer j and Chairman
Green . of the house ways and
means committee, expressed t!..
belief that the conferees would da
cide on a hill by. tomorrow whicl '
would be acceptable to the adnin
istration. . t
; There is no chance, however.
Mr. Smoot said, of nrunlnir dowa
the proposed cuts in taxes to pre
vent a treasury deficit under
present estimates of revenue for
th next flsftil TMr. ,
While the estimated expenses of
$150,000,000 for the next fiscal
year on account of the bonus can
not be provided for. in the pend
ing tax bill, which experts, : sat
will more, than eliminate the esti
mated surplus over the necessary
government, expenditures,' admin
istration leaders In congress ex
pressed the opinion today that the
bill would be signed because of
the stimulus it - will afford to
business. !
- The American Red Cross join
ed the government department to
day In the work of distributing to
veterans application blanks and
full instructions on the provisions
of the bonus bill and it is planned
to have this well under way with
in a few days. .
The greatest burden of admin
istrative work will come during
the next year. Although none, of
the insurance certificates will be
issued before next June, and cash
payment will not be made before
next March 1 the task of checking
the approximately 4,000,000 ap
plications expected win be gotten
underway as quickly as possible.
, Th war department today ub
milted an estimate 'of $4,500,000
to the budget bureau as the
amount necessary to meet admin
istrative expenses during the next
fiscal year. This contemplates
the employment of more than
2500 additional clerks and the
certification of records of about
4,000,000 world war veterans.
Lost Fish Basket
Found by Lost Ad
i D. A. Dlnsmoor, of Port
land, lost a fish basket near
Aumsvillo." He placed a lit
tle ad in the classified cnl.
umns Tjf the Tuesday morn
ing Statesman and the bas
ket was returned. Having
been found by W. B, Daniels,
of 415 N. Cottage street,
Salem, who brought it to
the Statesman office before
8. o'clock Tuesday morning.
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something and you . really
want to find the owner or
finder just tell tho people
through the Statesman Clas
sified column.
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