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- with--- rai temperature; fresh to,
, strong southerly winds. Saturday Max. 50 r
Mill. 39; River 19.8 falling; Rainfall .11', At
. mosphere cloudy; Wind south.
SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
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HERS SI
Floyd Collins,, Explorer, Has
Been Imprisoned in Cave
for fIine;.OiaryS; Food Sup
: ply Cut Off .
SOME HOPE IS HELD
BY RESCUE WORKERS
Mine Shaft Being Dug; Fifty
or Sixty Feet to Be
' Penetrated Ik
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 7. (By
AP) . The predicament of . Floyd
Collins adventurous care exporer,
caught by the heet in Sand Cave
tonight was as follows:
i Imprisoned since 10 a. m. Fri
day, January 30, eight and a half
days.
Without . food of , water, as far
as known, since Wednesday even
ing.
Trapped by a boulder on his
foot at the- bottom of a torturous
channel about- 125 feet long,
which is now blocked by a cave-in
or squeeze about 10 feet from
Collins.
Thfe shaft being dug to rescue
him at 6 o'clock tonight had pene
trated only 25 feet of the fifty
to sixty feet estimated necessary
to reach the cave-in behind Col
lins. Drills have penetrated some
fifteen feet farther.
Lieutenant Governor H. H'
Denhardt, a brigadier general of
the Kentucky national guard l di
rects the work of rescue,-and fifty
state troopers maintain order.
CAVE CITY, Ky. Feb. 7. (By
The Associated Press.) ' The
stream of hope for reaching Floyd
Collins in his " Sand cave trap
flowed down two channels tonight
,, Searchers had explored another
' cave nearby to a point not here
tofore reached and. planned, an
other visit with more light and
some rope; and working down
ward from the surface, the mine
shaft begun Friday had attained
a depth of 2g feet.
Rescue workers conceded, how
ever, that whenever they penetrat
ed Sand Cave, they probably
would find a man. trapped be
neath a boulder who . no- longer
was ' alive. : .
ave Explored
Homer Collins, who wore him
self out the first three days after
his brother was discovered In the
cavern, took a small party Into a
crevice not, far from, the mouth of
Sand Cave and penetrated 70 feet
today, A black ; pit of unknown
depth blocked their passage there
and after dropping a rock to sat
isfy themselves the bottom was
edmer distance below, the little
band1 returned to daylight for
rope and better lights.
Meanwhile, another experiment
Was under way. Three- volunteers
bound themselves together with
rope and crawled into Sand Cave
for a survey under the direction
(Continued on page 7)
JE
New Lega Weapon Is Un-
.... sheathed Revenue -Law
Brings Heavy Penalty
TACOMA, Feb. 7. Discarding
the' Volstead act and using the
revenue laws in their' campaign
against bootlegging, federal offic
ials in this district unsheathed a
new weapon today.
Albert D." Robinson, found op
erating a stilt In Thurston county,
pleaded ' guilty' on three counts
under the revenue' laws for oper
ating1 an " unregistered still; carry
ing on the business of a distillery
without bond, and manufacturing
mash outside' of a distillery.
Judge E. E. Cushman. after
looking up the revenue statutes,
sentenced -Robinson to pay a fine
of ; ;i00,'a penalty, of '$500 and
one month in the Thurston county
Jail on'the frrsl countra'fme of
$1,000 and six months in jail on
the second count,- and a fine, of
$1,000 .and six months In jail on
the third cbunt. ?
Fedora! officers commented on
the fact that if Robinson ' had
bern' found guilty under the Vol
stead act he would probably have
received a Jail sentence of 30 days
aria fine of $500. the Usual pen
alty fpr.a first. cl!:c":". .
TE
iLSTEMCTi
PLACEDBY UN
Willamette Debate Team
Awarded1 Decision (Xver
West Virginia Visitors
' Willamette University Was given
the decision in a closely contended
debate-with the university of West
Virginia, in the Willamette chapel
last night; The decision was made
by an expert judge Professor Fred
G: Bales of Albany college. A
large crowd listened eagerly
throughout the discussion.
In a j brief resume of the
speeches ! delivered by the mem
bers of the teams. Professor Bales
made clear the reason for his de
cision, in: favor of Willamette. He
stated that technically debating,
the Willamette team won, but on
appeal and delivery he would have
to concede, the best of the argu
mentf to West Virginia. One of
the chief criticisms th&t he had of
the Willamette team was that they
did not meet successfully all of
the points brought up by their op
Two Weeks Remain of Ses
sion and fmporfant Mea
sures Not Yet Up
Preliminary scrimmages during
the first four weeks- of ' the 33rd
legislature ; have been .terminated
and the session will settle down
to a battle royal over several
measures which will come before
the body in the next and final two
weeks of the session.
. Fish and game measures are ex
pected to demand " attention, the
commercial fish commission meas
ure being a special order of busi
ness coming before the senate at
2:30 o'clock Monday - afternoon,
and, the game commission legis
lation later in the week.
Clashes are anticipated over sev
eral other,, measures,. Including
control, of ; the: penitentiary, the
grain inspection department, and
the office of - weights and meas
ures. " !
Several bills of importance are
yet. to come up for final action
in both the' house and senate. The
house has not received the Eddy
school bill, while the senate will
have a chance at the Mills prim
ary law measure, which was pass
ed in the house after considerable
discussion. In which it was pointed
out that this action might as well
be taken because it was felt prob
able that the senate would kill the
proposed ; legislation. Senator
Banks' bill, providing for an ap
peal from the loss of licenses
through municipal action; I yet
to be heard ' from, while the rati
fication or rejection of the 4 child
labor ' amendment to the constitu
tion has not yet appeared ' ab6ve
the horizon.
SALEM HlllG
Negative Teams Travel; De
cision Favors Locals .
Against Franklin
Salem high school won the dual
debate staged last night in Salem
and Portland by an overwhelming
score. Negative , teams traveled.
Avery Thompson and Margaret
Pro ' represented Salem high In
Portland when they appeared be
fore Franklin high affirmative
team. Homer Richards and
Thomas Chllds vepresented Salem
high here in debating the Frank
lin team, composed of two repre
sentatives, Lola Judd ' and Alice
Montgomery. '
Ih both cases Salem debaters
won by a two to one decision of
the judges. i - . .
EXPECT FIGHT
111 LEGISLATURE
IN DUAL DEBATES
Romance of-Marine Begins in Faroff Russia;
Seeks Help bFRed Cross to Brinsr Wife Here
Husband lrrwl to Leave Young Bride) in Manila Where Khe Waits
-' Money for Passage to San Francisco and on to Salem p .
A' romance ; which started in
Vladivostok. Russia, was brought
to light recently when an exserr
ice man appeared at the offices
of the-American Red Cross and
asked' for, information and' aid In
getting his wife Into the iUnited
States. The former soldier, a
marine ts now living In Salem,
while his wife, a well educated
Russian girl, whom he married
while in Russia, is at Manila, Fhil
lippine Islands, - separated from
her husband by the thousands of
miles-of .water. '
Affairs of the heart are -oft not
C'.ZzlS2cZ lZ.:io tCCvtwJ cfaiT In
ponents, and that they let several
golden opportunities to score a hit
slip by unnoticed. He went on to
say that it was impossible to split
his vote much as he would like to,
and that therefore he would give
the decision to Willamette, feeling
that it was the primal purpose in
thia debate to present the best
technical and tactical. debate that
either team could present.
The personnel of the two teams
was as follows: Willamette leader,
Charles Redding, . and I his team
mate. Joseph Berryman; - West
Virginia leader, Theodore . Bloom
enberg, and his teammate Harry
L. Snyder. Mr. Connely is with
the West Virginia team as alter
nate. The Virginia team left for
Palo Alto last night where- they
will . meet Stanford university in
the next debate on their schedule.
CflRRY SERUM
Diptheria Anti Toxin Will Be
Sent to Nome By Air;
Flights Taken .
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 7.
(By the Associated Press ) . A
trial flight is to be made tomorrow
in preparation for a 900 mile jour
ney Monday to "Nome, Lieutenant
Roy S. Darling and his mechani
cian, Ralph P. Mackie, announced
today. ;'
"We-will leave here early Mon
day with a consignment of dip
theria anti toxin for. Nome," .Lieu
tenant Darling said. ' "There is
about four feet, of snow on the
landing field which is being partly
cleared off.
"Dogs used for pulling sleighs
in this . district helped us pull - the
plane out of the hangar today.
We tuned up, the- engine and ex
perienced difficulty in making It
turn more; than 600 revolutions
without, the circulation - passages
in. the gasoline manifold freezing.
We. .are using a 150 horsepower
plane. , . .
"During the week ke worked on
a new cowl for covering the en
gine. The temperature this after
noon was 35 degrees below zero.
It was Impossible for any one to
stand in the backwash of the pro
peller without freezing. If the
temperature - remains the .same,
the engine holds up. and weather
conditions are favorable we will
leave Monday.-
COL li. E. BOSCH
Commander of; Grand Army,
and Member of Horticul
tural Board Is Dead
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 7.-Col-oxrel
Henry E. Dosch, 84; for many
years identified with horticultural
and business activities of Oregon,
died here today following injuries
which he received in a fall three
weeks ago.
Colonel Dosch was a native of
Mainz, Germany, coming to ; the
United States in 1860. He was a
civil war veteran and had resided
in Oregon since 1861. He was
secretary of the state board ; of
horticulture and commander of
the Grand Army of the Republic
department of Oregon. His wife
died about a year ago. Two sons,
Arno Dosch Fleurot, now corre
spondent in Paris fOT the New
York World and Ernest Dosch of
Portland, and a daughter, Mrs.
David B. Campbell of Hillsdale,
Ore., survive him. -
stitution, but in the Salem office
of the Red Cross there is a' sheaf
of letters, which disclose the story
in full detail. Letters dating from
threo years past are on file, while
the Red Cross offices at Manila
and Vladivostok, and San Fran
Cisco contain Bimilar records per
taining to the uaique case. ;
The last " bit' of information
came yesterday when a cablegram
from the Red .Cross., officials at
Manila" requested money for . the
subsistence jpt the woman: until
$he reached San Francisco. -There
DIES
Finn
IS CRITICIZED
By OFFICIALS
Recommendations .of Cool
idge's Agricultural Board
Hit By Interstate Com
merce Commission
SEC. MELLON DECLARES
REPORTS ARE NOT TROE
Farm-Loan Board Declared to
Have Placed Much Money
With Farmers .
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Flare-
backs on some of the recommen
dations oft the president's agrliul
tural commission emanated today
from the heads of two main
branches of the government - in
letters , forwarded to President
Cooildge. ..
Secretary Mellon, advising the
president that Commissioner Coop
er, executive officer of the farm
loan board, was leaving Washing
ton immediately to obtain first
hand information as to the credit
needs of livestock and other farm
producers, said he was not entire
ly clear as to what the commission
meant byrecommending that the
board "should take some aggres
sive steps to open up credit Chan
hels to agriculture."
Chairman Aitchlson of the in
terstate commerce commission,
thanking the president for for
warding him the agricultural com
mission's recent criticism of its
operations, said "we feel that
some of the seeming misapprehen
sions" of the commission's mem
bers "could have been cleared
away by inquiry from us thereon.
or by reference to our annual re
ports."
; Reports Denied
Both the letters of Secretary
Mellon l and Chairman i Aitchlson
set out in detail the commission's
criticisms and! denied their justi
fication. , The farm Joan board;
Mr. Mellon said, had always been
ready, to- meet legitimate demands
of agricultural cooperatives and
the intermediate credit banks had
loaned over. 144,000,000 to coop
erative marketing associations.
The internal , revenue- bureau, . he
added, was. prepared : to extend to
cooperatives - the fullest .benefits
of - tax exemption to which i they
are entitled by law and said he
had asked the bureau's law officer
to render an opinion as to whether
the- commission's proposal for
exempting cooperatives . would
meet the legal requirements.
, Regarding the commerce com
mission the i commission reported
to the president, that it had been
unfair to shippers and that its
methods - of procedure were dili
tary and exhaustive.
"We are charged with the duty
to administer definite acts of con
gress with equal impartiality to
both shippers and ; carriers," Mr.
Aitchison's letter said "with an
outlook as comprehensive as -the
whole country 'in coldest neu
trality. FLOOD RUINS CROPS
SPOKANE Feb. 7. Several
houses were wiped out and winter
sown, crops were ruined when
Moses Lake dam, 20 milesnorth of
here in Grant county burst short
ly before noon today.
Trio Escape With $5,000;
Manager of Tacoma Bank
Fatally Wounded
TACOMA. Feb. 7 No trace had
been found tonight 'of the trio of
holdup' men .who shot and fatally
wounded Harry H. Schmidt, man
ager of an agency branch of the
National v Bank of Tacoma, this
morning and escaped with cash
estimated by bank 7 officials at
slightly under S5.O0&. i
; With Schmidt at the time 'of
the holdup was Ray West, 20,
bank messenger, who escaped in
jury by dropping to the ground
during the shooting. Schmidt and
West had just arrived at the bank
with funds for the day and were
about to open the door of the
agency when " they were held up
by. two meav Schmidt was shot
down without warning. The ban
dits seized- the money bags drop-
ped by the two. men and fled in a
car left running at' the curb in
BBBIDITSKOT :
FOIflfill DIES
WEEKS STATES
Ul llllUitUiiTU
-. . t
tarv of AVer Brents SII-
enc6; Brigadier, ..General'
Subjectto "Supercilious
Criticisfn ,
AIR SERVICE PROSE
WILL BE CONTINUED
Captain Johnson States Mit
chell Should Be Court
Martialed for Act
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, The
outpouring of official criticisms of
Brigadier General Mitchell, assist
ant chief of the army air service,
for recent statements on aircraft,
continued today. Secretary Weeks
broke his long silence on the con
troversy by issuing, a statement
which, although not . mentioning
General Mitchell by name, declar
ed those charged with drafting
army ; policies, including General J
Pershing,' and who differed with
the Mitchell air program,' had
been the targets for "supercilious
criticism." . i !
The house aircraft committee
also continued its inquiry into the
row. and drew from Capt. A. W,
iohnson, assistant naval air cheif,
the statement that he would have
court martialed General Mitchell
if he had been under his command
and empowered to do, for disobey
ing orders in bombing tests off
the Virginia Capes In 1921. j l
Charges Made 1
j Captain Johnson charged Gene
ral Mitchell with a failure to carry
out instructions and a lack of co
operation in the tests, and said
the arms planes commanded by
Mitchell continued to bomb in de
fiance of written orders' and sig
nals .trm ships. v Sljj ii-1 4i;pi
'i The "naval captafnTthen fiCIre
ply to questioning made the flat
statement: "I would hare court
martialed any aviator In my force
if he had don this.V I !
i Secretary Weeks brought out in
his statement that the army poli
cies were formed . by. General
Pershing,! recently rretired; Gene
ral. Harbqrd,! chief of staff of the
American!, Expeditionary j force;
General Jones, the present chief
of staff, and; their subordinates,
i . Mejn Defended
' Vlt is incredible," the war secre
tary said, , vthat , these . j of ficers
should wish to tace any course re
lating to ;thd development oi tne
air . service which , would! not ' be
for the best interest of the future
defense Of the United States."
I The nairy department also made
public a statement today by Cap
tain Johnson; only a part of which
was read to the committee, declar
ing there had been "a great deal
of bunk'f presented during the
nearings ana, asserting mac as a
naval ffijceri he' "deplored and at
the same time resented the slurs
and attacks which have been made
on the service of' which I am a
member."!
Four- Dangerously Injured
;Many Kurt When Passen-.
ger and Freight Meet
Kansas biTir, Kans., Feb. 7-
-(By The Associated Press.)
Five persons were killed and sev
eral others injured, four danger
ously,1 when' V the locomotive of
Missouri Pacific passenger train
No.t 104 i eastbound from. Omaha
to Kansas City left the rails and
crashed J into ;ja. standing- freight
trains atj Niearman, Kans., three
miles west of here today. The ex
act1 cause of the $ wreck had not
been determined tonight.
' W. J Neeley 0 Falls CMy. Neb.,
brakeman of the freight train who
witnessed the accident,, declared
he saw Jthrf passenger train leap
from the. rails of the mala line as
tho front trucks of the locomotive
hit the switch.
He said the pas
swung into 1 the
scnger '. engine
freight . train , on the side track,
then rebounded and rolled down
a 10 root embanitment,
HOT LOSES LIFE
BELLINGHAM, Wash.. 'Feb. 7.
Stanley Knutsen, 12, was crush
ed to death thi&' evening? whim a
truck load ofj lumber gell upon
'him.' His brother Irving',' 10, bare-
ly ,eBC3jed:;
Seere1
FIVE K KILLED
: I EfJ TRAIN WRECK
i
Hmile Daesclmer, KeW Anfihassador from. France, .
To United States, Photographed on His Arritd
;b
-!
L
i M..paecriner. who baa come to
(Succeed '. Jules Jusserandi 1 deab of
the diplomatic! corps in j Washing
ton, posed with Gn. GJ A. Lj
Du-
mont; uunarr u Aiucaq ox
th
ITeneh Embasiry, when! ie arrived
lack
Demosev and Estetle
Taylor Wedded in San
Diego; Few Present
SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Feb. i 7.
Jack . pempsey, world's I champion
heavyjweight pugilist and Ida Ea
telle jTaylor, motion, picture act
ress, who obtained a license to be
married here today, were married
this evening, j . ' : I;
Pejnpsey and Miss Taylor af
ter, obtaining! their license from
the cjounty clerk's, office shortly
before noon. J went down to the
race track at Tijuana for the af
ternoon. Soon after their return
to thfe city this evening! they went
to thleflfst" Presbyterian - cfiurch.
wnere iney were , marriea uy ine
Rev. Wallace M. Hamilton.
On his return to the hotel,
Dempsey announced that those
present at the ceremony were Joe
Benjamin, lightweight: pugilist
who U a protege of Dempsey; Ed
die Conners, and Miss Helen Tay
lor, sister of the bride. Benjamin
was best man, Dempsey said.
Dempsey had told to his friends
this afternoon that he would be
married this evening if Miss Tay
lor would consent, and ; they had
planned a celebration at the hotel
where he registered.
Dempsey laughingly said that
lie Would be glad to be among
those; present.
Discussing his plans earlier in
the day Dempsey said that he and
Mrs. Dempsey would have to post-
pone j their honeymoon trip for a
while because of business in Los
Angeles.' When that was finished
he said they hoped to go oil a long
trip which might take 1 them, to
Europe- and might possibly take
them around the world. .
HIGH WATER SUBSIDES
PORTLAND,' Feb. 7. The crest
of flood ' conditions was reached
today In most parts of the Wil
lamette valley although the Wil
lamette -river in Portland was still
rising tonight- Other rivers and
smaller streams had subsided
somewhat. Waters which had
spread across highways and rail
road tracks had receded Water
throughout western Oregon was
less Inconvenient to travelers.
ROBBERS SHOOT WOMAN
TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 7. Mrs.
William Case shot by a robber
last night was near .death this af
ternoon according to her physi
cians. Two suspects both colored,
were arrested and held for further
Investigation. - 1 -
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T-nnr-Tinrwnm m ttn iTniri ri iiiii Mil nf rtt-T--r-,p"-r1' n iiWBUiMB',ju"JI',tfjmrWo c i a nun n i 'fl 1 nt rT"1""1
In K Tai-ic i wit ri hlA i wife una
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i 1RIED FDDTiTUBDI
Golf. Daddy Buritin' Goes a-Huntin';
Gets Rabbit Skin to Wrap Baby In
G P. KKarl-ey. Gold" Professional at lllihee Country Clab Finds
New Way of Obtaining Fur Coat for His Offspring
Golf hunting Is the latest sport
to ceme to light, in Salem, with G.
p.- Sharkey professional, at the
lllihee Country club as the origin
ator of the j newest outdoor pas
time. .-!.. ,
Sharkejt was ruminating tpon
the tyast i numbers of - rabbits that
abound ' at -i the country, club be
fore starting . for a round of the
course to keep in practice. .
. -Placing, the small white sphere
in the props? position on the home
tee, Sharkey,. swung his club. arid
started a powerful, drive f i
Just before he swung the stick
Jrj sptieeS a Jog; chasing a raiit
two - dangltters. ruris his t evty
yearw in the grovernraent service
XL.Daeschner has served In Lon
don. Madrid, Lisbon, Bucharest
and Copenhagen. Then he was. for
many years in the Foreign Offlcs
In Paris.
Flood Crest of Willamette
Passed at Salem; Weath
- er Turns Colder
The crest of the high water on
the Willamette river has passed,
without any serious damage re
sulting to industry" in this' city
The highest point was reached
Saturday morning when the' water
stood- at 20.7 feet, but lowered
steadily all day and at 10 o'clock
last night the river stood at 19.8
feet. ."
The high water will -canse the
Spanldlng mill to be closed down
for a few days' and operations are
not expected to be resumed until
Tuesday morning. Officials' of the
company are keeping fires under
the boilers to keep the steam- from
dying down. Some time will have
to elapse, however, before the log
gers can get 'logs down thar rtver.
It is stated that a drop- of. five
feet will be necessary before- the
sawmill can resume operations at
the present time.
The 'Northwestern," whichr1 is
tied up at the foot of the ourt
street dock will probably make a
trip to Portland during . the . first
of the week. It is necessary that
the river fall two and one-half feet
at the Oregon ICty locks in order
that, the steamer ca nget through".
Two and One-half feet tnere would
mean a drop of five feet' at SaJ
lem. ' - " " ,
A drop In the temperature In
the Willamette valley was noted
last night and that will mean a
considerable colder drop in the
mountain regions. Consequently
the water wlirbe frozen and ca
ot creep to the streams so rapidly.
Jury Declares O'Shea Not
: Guilty of Murder Charges
i KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb.
7 John O'Shea. indicted as one
of the gambling house outlaws
who shot and killed Oscar E rick
son during a robbery earlr list
moirthv was found not guilty, by
the jury at 9 o'clock tonight. The
Jurors - deliberated ; a little less
than three hours, After the ac
quittal verdict circuit court Judge
Thomas placed O'Shea's bond at
$2,500 on a robbery charge which
still pends against him. O'Shea
offered an alibi for the night of
the . gambling . house crime and
more than two dozen witnesses
testified for him. The youthful
defendant is a prominent sheep
man of this-country.
out across tho greens.'-but other
than mutter bad words- pertaining
to the quantities of the small fur
bearing animals, he paid, little
heed to the incident. .
Sharkey proceeded about his
business. Taking new grasp upon
the stick, he brought it down with
a crash against the side of the
ball, which started out across the
course that is, untfl it was
brought, to a sudden halt against
tho rabbit. Sharkey investigated
and found the bunny dead.
What happened to the dog ' 13
no$ kr.owt , ,
EEOEIiii ST.7
DmiTr wwa;
nLru;iiiu!i:.:iuL
LlED'tuJ!!"
Careful Audit of Adjutant
GeneraPs Books Comp!:t-
; ed Saturday;, No Irregu
larities Arc Discovered
RECOMMEND GJED3TED
BE HELD FOR TRIAL
Sworn Statements Mtia E
Former Emfloye Is Bl3
i proven By Investigation
Complete repudiation of charge j
made by Charles EL Gjedsted, dia
charged employee of the adjutant
general's office, that there were
petty li regularities Ih the office,
resulted Saturday at the end of a
special intestigation lasting sev
eral days, and Gjedsted came in
tor a scathing rebuke for present
ing such allegations against Bri
gadier General White "in revenge
for his discharge'
: "It ia: our opinion from an- In
quiry Into all of the facts," reads
the report of the general staff
upon Its investigation made in
conjunction with a firm of certi
fied public, accountants represent
ing Governor, Pierce, "that Major
Gjedsted's affidavit is inspired, by
a spirit of revenge for his dis
charge from the office; that said
affidavit and the efforts of Major
Gjedsted! to secure publicity tor
same show him to be undepend
afele; that he has by his conduct
outraged all the principles of sol
dierly conduct, trustworthiness
and other manly qualities."
Books Are Audited
Arch J.Tourtellotte, certified
public accountant named by Gov
ernor Pierce- for the audit, gives
General White, an unequivocal
clearance and clean bill of health.
"There is no indication of anj
irregularity of any nature la th
adjutant general's office or its ad
ministration;" says the - TourteK
Iotte report, filed yesterday.
; Commenting upon the GJedstei
affidavit as filed with. the gover
nor to the effect that small mile
age vouchers dating back to .1921
were Irregular, Mf. Tourtellotte'a
report says:
' "At the time of my audit and
examination during July, 1924,
covering the affairs of the office
of. the adjutant general, . I-was ia
consultation"-, with Major Gjedsted
frequently concerning details of
the audit. No indication whatso
ever was made to me by Major
Gjedsted concerning Irregularities
of, any nature In the administra
tion' of the department. In fact
his assurances were entirely to
the effect that scrupulous care
and honesty were exercised in the
handling of all administrative 6$
tails of the office.."
In addition to finding no basis
(CooUaued oa 2)
SATURDAY
INWASHIL'GTCn
The conference report of tie
Underwood Muscle Shoals bill
was presented to the house and
senate.
m .
Represenatve Sherwood ci
Ohio, the oldest member of ths
house, entertained that body with
reminisences of 50 years ago.
Investigation of the office , of
United States Marshal at Chics;;
was Instituted by the department
of justice.
Return , of alien property was
proposed ' fn a bill introduced tj
Chairman Borah of the senate for
eign relations committee.
-. ..
A resolution to bring the Kelly
postal pay and rate increase l-.l
to a vote next Tuesday was rei: vi
ed by the house rules concUU..
..
Recommendations of Presi'f t
Cooildge'a agricultural cor:: -sfon
drew1 fffe ffo:s Secretary :
ion and the interstate coqec.j
commission.
,
The senate judiciary conn!. ?
approved the Cramton bill to t
centrate : prohibition enforcer l
in a separate treasury depart:
unit.
t v"- .
Secretary Weeks issued fclj
statement in-tte aircraft to
Claris" . orr c-s-ts cf t:.a r-'
of Ertgai.r G;rrz! :I4 .: -
eluded Gesfrr;! lf
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many ctLer l:xZ73 ct V
wcr " ;