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It national thrift week.' Plaaa. are (Vnnfier t;zt
to make this -week that yoa will rent-st-- r
the big week of the year. i Watch for fax.- r
Announeements. - ' ,
o'hfv rain: moderate temner&turAiirnno .'.,..
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south winds and Increasing. Wednesday Max .'
45; Min. 37; River 12.9 rising; Rainfall .01;"
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fTEEQF
OIL EXPERTS
IS APPDltJtED
Program Formulated for Co
. operative lncurry Into Oil
Industry; Futuref Supply
WORK, VEfeKi, HOOVER,
AND WILCUR ARE NAMED
CoAerratiofi of - Supply Oc
. cupies Attention , of In-4
vestiatlns Eoard
r WASltlKGTON. Jan. " 7,kioln-
eident with the.designatton- of Sec
retary? Wort as chairman of Presi
dent Coolidge's new oil conserra-
tion board, a' rubcotemlttee of Oil
experts was appointed today and
set to work at once tcformulate a
promts - tot m cooperatlTe? inquiry
by. the board and. the oil industry
ioojisg toward- future - conserra-
tion ; of i oil - and , gas Tesenre re
sources jj.-t i-i,,? ! i '
The board also chose as its sec
retary Edward S.-Rochester, spe
cial assistant to Attorney General
Stone. ' I Secretaries Work. Weeks,
Wilbur and ifoorer are the- mem-
lers of the board, which was ap
pointed last week, and the sub
committee named today is com
posed of an-expert from each Off
the departments represented, j The
members are Director George Otis
Smith of. the geological surrey;
Guy C.f Riddel!, chief of the com
merce j department's" bureau of
minerals; Brig. Gen. Edgar Jadwin
andt Rear Admiral Harry Harwood
Roussean. . .., -, -, i
-... Immediately after organization
was effected. Secretary Work out-
uUi.ii.il
I lined the board's Objects to the
I , sob-Committee " emphasizing that
I the nation's prosperity and the oil
i Industry's welfare' are closely
L linked.,. '. - . ,
, . Announcing. teat it would send
a letter of inquiry to oil industry
Jeadera to open the way for, a free
I ichaose tf "Tiews-the'risub-com-
xnittee made it clear that- a got
emment - investigatidn was not
contemplated but rather a cooper-f
atlre study was planned In which
th6 .Industry must furnish T the
larger share of (facts, with sugges
tions .for remedial action to sare
the waning petroleum reserres.
As- the- elimination of waste,
which fs found chiefly in the pro
duction end of the Industry, is the
chief object of the inquiry, the
board J, will study that problem
first. .'Attention will be given later
to greater efficiency and economy
In the manufacture, transportation
and consmptuion of 'petroleum
products. - It was pointed out that
oyer-prpd action of crude oil is
s pplng the petroleum resources
and that oil pools are discovered
I too; frequently and drilled too fast.
I Responsibility Tor the derelop
1 ment of new oil pools far in excess
I of current needs, It was held, has
1 been fixed and a remedy sought. -
i j FAR3I AGEXT NAMED l:-P
I EUGENE, Ore., - Jan. 7. O. S.
Fletcher who for five years has
beni tqahty agricultural agent at
Moscow, Jldaho, today was appoint
ed to a similar post here.
SEISES
IRE DISCUSSED
Northwest Canners' Asso
ciation Hear Lectures By
Horticulturists
! ' : . 11
. PORTLAND., Or.. Jan. 7 Al
thoagh plant -diseases and insects
cause losses oi more than 300,
000 Cdi, Oregon fruit growers an
nually, damage in coast states was
light, compared witheastern dis
tricts, said J. T. Gardlne of Ore
gon Agricultural college in a lec
ture to members of the Northwest
, CannersV association? hu session
hero '.today. , . , ;
Two experts on plant diseases.
I Mr. Jardlne and E. C.' Johnson of
I Washington State college, describ-
i ed - Horticultural " Investigations
i and declared that extreme meas-
I tires would be needed to prevent
the spread of diseases and pests
t from east to west. - ' '
The meeting today was the third
f of the annual convention to which
more than 150 canners. from Ore
gon, Washington-, Idaho, British
Columbia andnorthern California
Are" delegates ,r Tomorrow, the f in
al session which, will consist of
the reports on the cutting demon
; etrations last addresses, and elec
tion of officers. " ------
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Spirit of Lasssiiesis
Meld
to
nxiyv YORK. Jan. 7. A niii
between the alleged activities of
ioreign' nationals.' especially !BrIt-
fsh. In cooperating with the Atneri
ean T bootleggers : in rtolatioit Hf
American prohibition laws and the
famous Zinoviev letter, whkhi pre
ceded the downfall - of the iiac-
Donald ministry in Great Britain
was drawn byt Senator WiiUap
BofaH of Idaho In a letter received
today by. Chairman .Smith of tne
committee of one thousand for law
enrorcement. ; The letter w$s to
have been read to the last meeting
last-' night; but arrived too late. -1 ,
"The most expensive, the simost
demoralizing element in our na
tional life at the resent time is
that persistent: spirit of lawless
ness," Senator .Borah . wrote. VIt
has come to' be In every sense a
great national problem; If! not
arreelfed, no thoughtful citizen can
be Indifferent to its appealing eon-
sequeaces. . ' - v , 5 -;- ! ,
.'The eighteenth; amendment de
clared a ' great " national policy. ' It
school
HfMIltS
Cduhty Superintendentsl Fa
. vor Churchill Plan and
3-Day Institutes jl
t
Unanimous endorsement of the
plan proposed by (ji A, Churchill,
state superintendent of publio in
struction, for increased : teacher-
training facilities in the state
through branch normal schools,
was made by the county school
superintendents of the state tief ore
they returned i home ?yeseray
after ' being fa i conference here
since January 2. ; Charles Mulkey,
Coos county school superintendent,
was elected nfesident of the' state
organization of county schoojj sip-
ertntendeBts,- while Miss - Pearl
Han, of Lake county, was elected
secretary-treasurer. .-5-5 ';.Mp-Hv
The county school supeTiBtend-
ents recommended that the jlegis
lature enntaerate by- law the dif
ferent Items- to be Included )n de
termining the per capita costs of
high school education in ': aj dis
trict and inchide t. among j those
items transportation, ' Interest on
bonds,- depreciation of buildings
and. equipment.: ; ..:Uf M -Sh"-'
Re-establishment of the jthree-
day annual institute Was favored
In a resolution adopted by the con
ference, At the daily conferences
many , matters of general interest
were considered - Snd definite ac
tion taken on several measures
propose'd for educational better
ment. -i. jl If 1
Because it was believed that the
supply of trained teachers lis Ore
gon is Insufficient to meet the de
mand and that the present jf acui
ties for training teachers are in
adequate, the conference in' advo
cating Superintendent Churchill's
plan of establishing branch: nor
mal schools, adopted the following
resolution:' I, "4 .'!,-
' "Be It resolved That the coun
ty school superintendents' of Ore
gon in convention assembled; favor
ample provisions for the develop
ment of the, present normal schpol
at Monmouth, Oregon, to Its capa
city, which capacity is to bej deter
mined by the opportunities : for
practice teaching that the locality
may offer. Ml.' 1 fi. & :
"Be It further resolvedf-That
we faror the establishmehtofone
normal school in southern Oregon,
, ' t (OocUaaed ea psg 2) ; -
Woa3sr Dofj9 1 Bobbie,! Gaining More Fame ;
Wild Flowers I Are RcEyiretl lbm3 Australia
One Charmer of Opposite' Sex Is .Not Canine1 Admirer Hat Beanti-
4 ful rorstan jpt, XJyln in AUaaUc City .
From the looks ef the icorres-;
pondence of Bobbie, "Ther Wonder;
Dog, congratulations will soon b
in order. Another victimf of the
charms of a beautiful female; But
perhaps the reporter should hotj
say victim, because Bobbie seems
very .happy about it and jeagerly,
watches for each f mall to! arrive j
in the hope ' that it may bring
word from his lady fair. iBobbief
is a very bashful dog, and refused;
to divulge his' real feelings; toward
the young lady with whom, he haaf
been corresponding so long. Nd
one might have been the wiser,
either, it fte had not carelessly
left one of his letters lying around
The secret id out now, however
and I mere taa one lot iSalem'i
Iady canines :are nursing 1 broken
hearts.-. ','.'-. : :
The lady -ia the case fs tons
other than that famous pefsonagc
Miftr Blackberry Prclss Ctatrieli
of Atlantic City New Jersey, i AnJ
'?! n . f - ii - - I-
PetMlizing
(National
gave notice' to all the world that
the" United States would undertake
the Stupendous task of putting an-
end 'to the1. . liqnor : traffic. We
were: entitled; and : are entitled; to
bJave this policy ; respected by all
other governments and entitled to
have them compel, their nationals
tp respect it. , -:.;r tl . - . ; ;. ,? ;i
I "When ; Mr. Chamberlain sent
his communication to the soviet
government relative to., the Zlno
yjer letter., he stated to that gov
ernment in substance" this correct
principle: 'You either have a gov
ernment, or you have jaotl -.You
cn either, controf your nationals
ii their effort to sow discord-and
violence among other peoples, or
you cannot,' and , so, forth.
f "Are we not entitled to ; say, to
tne British government: Yoii have
a?', government 6 ' you( nave' not,
tou can either - control your na
tionals lnc their effort to break
down the .policy and plant murder
and misery among other peoples or
yW cannot.
Democrat Senator Turned
prt By Own Party, Asks
! ' Record Be Expunged
I WASHINGTON; Jan. 7 --Bitter-ty
assailed in the openlsehaie by
leaders of his party, Senator.Dial,
democrat, South Carolina, tinally
withdrew today from the perman
ent record his address " f last
Saturday blaming1 democrat mem
bers of congress for the party's
defeat last November. '
Thus ; was' Closed one 'incident
the row which began- on the
democratic -side last month wfth
he delivery, by Senator Bruce,
democfat- Maryland, of an f ad
dress of import similar to that by
$enaor Dial. Thef Maryland sen
atOTtooTasther -object of as'
saults by the regularly constituted
Readers among the; democrats but
iis address still stands rn the re
ford.' ": ' - .- : -
Renewal of verbal r warfare to
day came with S; request 'from
Senator Dial to withdraw parts' of
the address in which he said the
democratic' party had Most Che
election' because tt deserve'd to
lose it and charged political sabotage-
by some party leaders, . .
j Interrupting- to say that if Sen
ator Dial, after reviewing what he
had said Saturday, desired to ex
press frank: apology to his demo
cratic colleagues they would' meet
lilm "with - pleasnre, Senator
Robinson,- Arkansas . the minority
leader, said the senator 'won Id
have to withdraw all Of the ad
dress ' " because . It i appeared - "to
have been a deliberate affront to
his colleagues and a. befouling of
his own nest, a discrediting of thef
constituency that honored hint by
electing him." r : ;
: "It is a pitiable thought," Sen
ator Robinson continued, piti
able bevond the Dower of the hu-
man' mind to conceive or the hu
man tongue to characterize, that
a man should be deemed worthy
of a seat in this body and should,
after several, days deliberation'
take the halfway course of volun
terln a half hearted apology for
an offense which he has neither
the courage to Justify nor the in
telligence ,to withdraw." ;
t Senator ' Dial replied that he
bad spoken "merely in general
here is the reai gurpTlscr erf the
affair; she is not a dog.. No, in
deed, she is a big" bhrck - Persian
cat. Will wpnders 'never cease t
After all, though, we" must' remem?
ber that it. is a case of love, and
love is such i a funny - th ing, you
never can teli what 4t may do -A
Thrifty Feline t
Miss Blackberry won distinction
several years ago by. doing; her
bit to help the United States win
the war. She purchased a .Liber
ty, bond, and as far as can be as
certained she is the only cat en
titled to credit for such an act of
patriotism. Her tame spread rap
idly, and it was not long '- before
she was figuring among the elite
society of Atlantic City and Wash
ington.
Upon ne dccasian-ltlisslBIaeTc-
berry wasj entertained r lit the
White House, by the late .Presi
dent Wilson's cat. Tt!3 v;s.3 ca;
SALE: j;pREG0N,
HOLDS HOUSE;
ITEOELilO
Consideration of ! War De
i partment Supply Bill 0c
; - cupies: House for. Another
' All-Day Session ; f
t t - ' v ; j j ; i . ,v I
MOTION FOR REbUCTIO?i
IN ARMY IS VOTED ON
,. t-.i-
4
House 4Voles $14,700,000 for
Aircraft Activities; IVIay;
: Change Field -; t
WASHiwuTON, jan.r 7. The
house 'today devoted another,
sion iotrconsiaerationkoi tne war
department supply bill I witholit
reaching a ; f inaU vote. t Those in
charge - of the measure., however
predicted it, would fee 'disposed . f
tomorrow; clearing vhe way - for
the McFaddea bahkfais"i biU. r ' tt:
The perennial: fight j over the
else i of -the .regular jarmy lasted
only; a ' few minutes today. Re'xh
resentatlve Kvale, independent.
Minnesota, prdbosed 1 a 1 reduction
of - 25,000 from the present auth
orised, maximum fof -25, 000 men.
His amendment was smothered by
a viva voce vote, without debate,
and sections providing: pay suffi
cient to maintain 12.;000 commis
sioned officers and 1IS.OO0 men!
exclusive of $ 00 Philippine
scouts were appravedl -The house:
also used expenditure! of $14,700,-
000: for army aircraft activities.
$500,000 of which would be avail
able for Initiating' the transfer of
the air service engineering plant
from McCook field to a site near
Dayton'-'Ohio; ! " Representatives
Laguardia, New fYpTj:,, and Reed,
Illinois, both republicans, offered
amendments' to ellmiiia'te the
transfer item . but tiey were .re
jected: !. ! j' i- -:v.
EAST IS HIT
Definite Earthquike Ii Bl
istered iri. Coastal filew
England S
ates
BOSTON, Jan! 7.-4Eastern Mas
sachusetts and New Hampshire to
day suffered a definite earth
tfuake; the fifth! in the three cen
turies ofthe recorded history' of
New England's earthj disturbances.
Today's disturbance! rocked many'
houses, office buildings and other
structures and1 caused panis ambng
thousands.' Thfr quake was most
pronoimced in the coastal district
from Portsmouth, N. II., to New
Bedford,' Mass. " . 1
The' shock was recorded on the
seismograph a tf Harvard nniversh
ity -Ail Cambridge, at 8:10 this
morning and was accompanied by
rnmblings that caused many5;: to
believe" a serious explosion had
dceurred in central Massachusetts.
Houses shook and windows were
broken in " Greater j ' Boston and
along the north shore wherei the
earth shook and many took refuge
la the open.- Citizens , further; in
land ' indicated Iby fealls to news
papers' their belief that a powder
mill had exploded, j The cause, of
the earthquake,' according to Prof.
Reginald A. Bally professor .of
geology at Harfard juniversity was
the sudden- eracklnk this morning
of a great strata of toct about
15 miles below1 the surface of the
earth and some tejas of miles' to
the ' north of this iity which for
millions of years has been bearing
the burden of the bmiona of tons
of eartlr and' rockf above? it. No
surface, evidence of the shock is
expected to tre totaidTe itated.
, .The failure of the seismographs
at Georgetown linivlersily in Wash
ington to register the; shock was
attributed by Professor Bally to
the viscosity of tb earth- between
Massachusetts ! an 4 . those ' poin,ts
which acted much in the -manner
of rubber pads in absorbing the
shocks. ' ' ;
GROWERS GET IRGE SUMS
: WENATCIIEE, Wash.. Jan. 7
--Pruit growersof ;the Wenatchee'
Okanogan country were paid $!,
894,703 by 5 the? Northwestern
Fruit Exchange last year,, figures
compiled here; tod iy showed. The
sum represented net sales returns
to shippers after 10 cents per box
for selling and - 2 cental per box
Xtir adver-Ualii' anI inspection bad
beeij dedflctedj I
BKTRMLOR
raOESDAYIORKlNG; JANUARY 81925 U A .U U
lfAStoK MeMs is n
BtliOKEN MAN; TO
W ANSWER CHARGES
i. ? - - - - - ;l t- j p S. -,.r
Pptnwtr DepaKmeiit of Justice
Agent Faces Federal Charges r
f:; - ; of jConvpiracy
NEW YORK, , Jan . : 7. Penni
less and- bearing traces of recent
illness, the once Jaunty Gaston B.
Means, former department of Jus
tice agent, today was taken before
Federal Judge! Llhdseyj by govern
ment agents who had arrested him
oh a bench' warrant in hig Con
cord, ' N. C- home, f : ; U - ...
On his plea that he was too poor
to retain an. attorney, to defend
him. Judge Lindley appointed Ab
raham A. Minin, who recently re
signed ' as . an assistant United
States attorney as his counsel and
Means agreed to go to trial tomor
row on charge of conspiracy to ob
struct Justice. ' The court continu
ed nis llO.OOa bond. . Judge Lind
ley did not declare it forfeited as
he threatened to do Monay when
Means faile to appear It or trial.
nouism
IJDLDS ALt POWER
i : .
Prernier's Cabinet sStrong-
ly Fascist; 1 Plans are
Made for Election v
ROME, Jan.- 7.-f-(By The Asso
ciated ; Press.) Benito Mussolini,
the fascist premier; apparently has
weathered another storm which
threatened to develop -into a crisis
of major proportions. With a cab
inet that now is thoroughly fascist.
Mussolini has begun ito plan- for
general elections, thui giving the
impression ' to thf f country again
that he is in powfr for some time
to come, j '. 1 4 I - : i i V
The political excitement seems
to have cooled considerably. What
the next move by he Aventine op
position may be is expected to be
revealed after its general meeting
tomorrow '-ih v I
Meanwhile the Fascist govern
ment is forging ahead with ener
getic measures., to nip1 in the bud
any plots agalnstvthej existing re-
gime, and in addition It is continu
ing to suppress , v the! opposition
press." Another' t cnaracte,ristlc
move along this line was-reported
today In, the gossip in the lobbies
of the senate and the chamber of
deputies that intends to solve Free
Masonry., ' . . ;i :
It i was klso said that a royal
commissioner would be appointed
to administer the press associa
tions which are i now under the
presidency of General Bencivenga,
one- of the leaders of the ovpdsI-
tion.s v::;ii:!;r .I'lni::'
Driver of VRoarina Road
iff
Married in Front of Jail
" - . !
SANTA ANA, Call, Jan. 7.
Cliff Bergere, automobile 4 track
racer, was married in front of the
county Jail here jtodajy shortly af
ter va ,10 day Jail
sentence was
imposed on him? for
speeding 55
miles an hour on Orange county
highways, j - Ramdna
Sharp, di-
vorcee-of Hollywood tras the bride
and r Henry Warner
captain of
county motorcycle
officers . who
arrested Betgere was the best
maa. - ' U'f .
4 i Bergere was 'granted freedom
until 8 o'clock' 'tonight . to take
his bride to" Hollywood upon a
greeing to return het& to: meditate
in "the county Jail lip days, j
BY WE SUIT
Cooperative .Farmers' Or
ganizations! Project $1,
: OOO.OOO Liabel Suit
;j;.,--r -.j-.- ; . j .-'.iM-
. CHICAGO, Jan. 7. Aaron ; Sa
pirp counsel tof seyeral farmers'
cooperative organizations, today
mailed to, Henry Ford a document
preliminary . to a .projected libel
suit for $l,000j000 against v Mr.
Ford.; B : vj i-z-.: -.-fi
The document in which. Saplro's
allegations appear is a formal de
mand for retraction required by
Michigan taws as a preliminary to
a libel action. - ..j U'-t.sv
The suit, MrTtlSaplro said on his
return from meetings of coopera-
UVes In Washington, will be fUed
In Detroit If, aTter, 30 days. Mr.
Ford do6s not. retract . certain
statements alleged jto have, been
made In his Journal, the Dearborn
Independent. In a series of arti
cles. Mr.' Saplro alleges; his name
was ; lfnked with those Of J uBus
Rosenwald, Otto Kahn, Bernard
Bafucti, Albert It).", tasker and, EL
Myer. Jr., lar chargin g" him with
fjartictDationr in an allegied Jewisb
consoiracy to control American
agriculture "or to ! organize 3. the
farmers of 'Atnertca1!:!
the inter -
i3 9i.cipunlsa,'
FORD IS FACED
Frui Haarrnan, Hanover Slayer o( ZO iYotilSs
j ; -; and Accoxnplice, ; Botn Senticed Tcf Die' by ;Arc
ml
& :.
- v" ' 1 4 x ,'4'
- Afte a trial that aroused all
Germany because of the revolting
nature' of the crimes, Haarman.
known as the arch-murderer 6f
Hanover, was sentenced to die by
the axe.1.: as was 1 Grantz, his ac
Formal Writ to? Be Filed WitH
; Coroner in Few Days, (
JustiOe Says "
; CHICAGO, Jan. 7. Chief . Jus
tice Harry Olson of the Municipal
court; who caused an Investigation
to be made' into the death a month
ago of .William N. McClintock,
"millionairs orphan", said tonight
that he expected to file formal
written application--with . the rcor
oner in a few days for eihuma
tlon and examination of the body
of Dr. Olson, his brother, and Mc
Clintock family physician who
died three yeirsf ago. -.i.-v;'.;.1. j :
j Judge Olson,' it the inquest in
to - McClintock's i death yesterday,
asked for exhumation of the body,
erpfesslng a Ibell ef that the, doc
tor's death inayfcavepccurted;
tfom otherr than natural causes.
Judge Olson Said he -would wait
to comply with the coroner's de-'
man d for a forhial application for
exhnmaUon until the return" to
Chicago from! Washington of Dr.
Ludwfg HektoenJ specialist in con
tagions diseases, who assisted in
the j! McClintock . autopsy and
whom Judge fOlson - wishes' to ex
amine his brother's body. f -Judge;
OTsbniT, who . yesterday
charged that f the state's attorney
and coroner were not pressing the
investigation into McClintock's
death since chemists and physi
cians had decided ; that ; typhoid
fever, caused ills death, said .he ex
pected to press his own inquiry
regardless of'actlon of the auth
orities. He Said .he -had rrecelted
letters containing information
about the case "from all over the
country.".
AoUVVlris
!. For
i
alls Officers
Year Ust Night
Officers for 1925 -were installed
at the regular meeting of the An
cient order of United Workmen at
McCornack hall . last night, with
Judge Peter H. D'Arcy,' grand past
master workman, in charge. Re
freshments Were served following
the? ceremonies.'- V i : . : -1 : - ; - i
i Officers insUlled last night were
Mrs. ' Nancy ! Burki past master
workman; U W. DuBois, master
workman; Roy; Gage, foreman ;:H."
R.' Burk overseer; D. P. Wright,
financier; Mrs. Lena Wright, re
corder; G. F. Mason, guard and
S. A. McFadden, watchman. ' ;
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fx''-
OLSdWJTO ASK !
fBODJliEO
Fate Play Trick (Jpoir Church Elder
1 : Is Pef ehce Offered Wheri Liquor JFouirid
Tmont lentil HouM Dnrinjr His
Explanation; Claims
Itobert I Glasgow elder of the
CThoreh , of God, has been caught
in the mesh 'of clfcumstances, fig
uratively ; speaking, according to
hi attorney Y,;f.: ';.v :':j';"t;;!""' !"""'
; Recently, jthe police descended
upon his . premises with a search
warrant and arrested him because
of liquor which was found n his
property.; The; jugs. were hid In
the depths of a latrine.i Officers
searched for the fluid with a long
handled pitchfork and brought to
light a quantity of liquor which
is now held is evidence against
the man Glasgow- says that he
has been unjustly accused and
that the forbidden I etulf Jwa
planted on his place by a former
tenant. '-: . : lJ '
I Glasgow, according to the story
told by his attorney, rented' his
house at'172fr Summer to a teri-
Utit last August. In the mean-
wbil? GJaj-ojt dled fr 112
: :
5
complice, in various of the mur
ders. Haarman, who calmly told
of the brutal mariner in which he
killed his victims is shown above
at the right, and Grantz at the
left.' ;:(.-.:.'.
0ISP0SEO
Post Office Bijf and Agricul
ture Appropriation Mea
sure are Passed
WASHINGTON
,' Jah.K 7. Driv
high speed, the
ing - forward at
senate today disposed of two more
of the routine supply .bills- bring-
ing.its calendar
practically up- to
' The combined
In .that respect
date. ' ;
treasury post of-
(fice bill, providing $763,00,00
for the two departments, was dis
posed of in IS minutes, being
taken up as sooi as the measure
appropriating fl5, 000,000 for the
agriculture : department had been
passed after one jhour and 25 min
utes of discussion.. ; ; i. ;;
.An. agreement for" . Vote to
morrow on Muscle Shoals which
broke I the f deadloelc oyer rthe
UnoTeVwood bill, j enabled the sen
ate to turn its j attention to the
supply, measures. - Administration
leadersrecently Served notice that
continuation of the Muscle Shoals
debate jwould necessitate repeated
night sessions and the senate was
held two hours last night to. pass
the interior department bill. After
today's;; record, however, there
were no suggestions, that another
extra' hour meeting would." be ne
cessary In. the Immediate j future.
In , the meantime senate commit
tees; have speeded their; gait to
match that of the parent body.
The naval bill and the first defi
ciency measure just passed by the
house were : reported to the senate
today and placed upon the calen
dar for consideration as soon as
the legislation situation, permits.
It appeared propable tonight that
at least one -and possibly both
would be out of the way before the
end of the week. ;.-..- , -
Items added to both bills passed
today aggregated less than 126 4,
000. fThose la charge blocked
new - items; , and cut debate by
points of order against many pro
posals which, were held to lack ap
proval. of the budget bureau. : -
The principal additions to the
treasury post office bill were In
creases of $48,060 for the public
health! service and of $58,000 in
allowances for public bindings al
ready authorized in a number of
cities., . . j :'.:-.-, -j;. . .-.
Forj expenses, of assessing and
collecting internal revenue taxes,
$31,750,000 wis allowed; for en
forcement of national prohibition
$1,000,000 and for I the . coast
guard $13,000,000
Aberac. Glaschr Tells Police in1
He Has Many Proofs
city to X4nn county for; the sum
mer and rent money wss forward
ed for, the moith of August and
September. ; However - no . rent
came to the elder in Linn county,
although' the ; contract stipulated
that for six months he was to be
paid, i - .-' j . , !: .U.'. i
; Glasgow : beeame worried and
returned to 8aem during last Oc
tober to care for his property. He
discovered that his tenant bad
hastily departed , for '. 'parts un
known, In thi house; was stored
4 box of household effects and i
used and scarred trunk. r ; ;
j Weeks passed by and. finally
there r came td Glasgow f a letter
asking that thd trunk and box bo
sent to Houston, Texas. lie, how
ever, didL not send the articles be
cause there was a light till and a
water, hill 1? ie pVld by the dig;
SUPPLY
?PRICE FIVE C
tllliLISH ULI! !
dllESllOiJiil
Differences Ovr
. of War Claims end C im
ages are Practically Ovcr
comear Meeting
BOTH COUNTRIES L! A!' H
several concEssio;;3
Extension of Time for - Pay
nrent ; of i From i 12 t&" 23
. Years Is Grantc j
PARIS, Jan. 7. (By the AP.)
-The Anglo-American differences
ever the payment to the United
States . of war damages and clai:..
were rirtually" settled on the first
day of the conference or the allied
finance ministers which met here
today in an inaugural session list
ing 40 minutes. Both coiintrki
made concessions frQm the viaw-points-tfiey;
had expressed ia an
excaange of dipfomafic notes and
a privalte informal conversation
between James A. Logan, Jr., the
American representative, and
Winston Speneer Churchillr British
chancellor of the-exchequer, har
morilied the respective' positions
which appeared" very f ar apart. If
not frreconcfllable, prior to the
conference. ; '
Time GraAied
The tTnifed States, by conceding
an exteisiori of time for the pay
ment of the costs of the American
army of occupation from 12 yesrs
to 25 yearsobtained the assent cf
Great Britain, to -her sharing ia
the Dawes plan of annuities by
being-allbtted certain percentar i
under The..Spa , agreement, prob
ably tlfre? per cent, which 13 like
ly, to come from. Belgium, y
. The "United. States maintained
her priority in the payiner.U
the:artay'c9it7:"hi!e 'she'oLtai . I
'coinmoh stock" Ji the Dauti te
nuities for her war damages tlli
in return for her concession as to
a two-fold extension of the echcJ--uJe
of payments. . j
- As.Mr. Logan, had ; previously
obtained the assent of Belgiun,
France and Italy to the Ameilcan
right. taT share in the Dawes annu
ities, Great Britain alone demur
ring, all countries represented in
the conference now have been wen'
over to the . Ainericah I viewpoint
and the work of the conference,
is expected to be "facilitated and
expedited." to quote the words of
the official communique issued by
committee accord by Chancellor
'Coatlna on 8)
WEDNitSDAY
IN WAJSHINGTOi:
The ' house approved appreci
ations fixing the size of the army
at 119,000 men..
- ..:
. Agreement was reported by tha
house leaders to vote nert week,
on the rivers and harbors bill.
, :
: , Railroad, consolidation Was tak
en uj at hearings before the s i
ate interstate commerce corar.ij
sion. ' . ! i '
.'.'.- i : i
Hearings were reopened on t'-a
Cramton bill concentrating all i ro
hibitlon work under one bureau.
i; .-., Ii
Secretary Hoover sketched to
the farm cooperative organizatica
his theory of an' agricultural pol
icy. -
I
President Coolldge! wfcs asked
by the sepate what protests 1 1"
been made against battleship gua
elevation, i . . i i
.... , .,,
, Secretary Weeks told a house
committee that aircraft funds were
insufficient for an adequate air
force.
The senate passed the treasury
postof fice bill carrying $763.0 C V
000 and the agricultural bill car
rying $125,000,000.'
' '
The . naval appropriation till
carrying $288,000,000, and X' i
deficiency bill, totaling $157,000.
000, were approved by the Benafj
appropriations committee.
V Senator PJal, democrat. Zz-rX.i
CaroIinS, witLirew from tfce tri
ate record his recent epecch LTa; -ing
democratic l emLera of co:j
grcas for thu NDv-?ciUr defeat. -
'."
The scaitc nul sprrorriat!
committca rer jrted that thecr -try
'.need r r.t Is .'alarmed si-. '
report 3 tl.nt f.-o Anieri-rna t
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