?he Weather
In Interior and cloudy oear the coast;: frost" In
terior; -fresh northwet winds. Saturday Max;
65; MIn. 1; River 3.5 falling; Rain fa U none;
nimusiiucm cicar, wina norm.
SEVENTY-FOUHTH YEAR
PaiWndeoii ' ":--Vf'T iF Ia' ' (ft I T ?! . Twentv-Two Pases
m: - v- M : :;?;!n;a'; -" ?' 'SAI.EM, OREGON, SU.N'DAY MOHNWG. MABCH 8. 1925 - - PRICE FIVE CEIff3 .
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ILSH STJ1RTS
FIGHT ABAINST
COIMITI
Senate Fails to Take Action
on Nomination of . Charles
B. Warren for Attorney
General 1 ,
THREE HOUR DEBATE JS
CLOSED VITHOUT VOTE
Favorable Action Expected
Before End of Week;
' Leaders Protest
WASHINGTON, March 7. Pro
ceeding in executive session over
the protest of administration lead
ers, the senate took up today the
nomination of Charles B. Warren
of Michigan, to be' attorney gene
ral, but failed to reachj a vote 'af
ter three hours discussion. The
fight against confirmation ' was
launched by Senator Walsh of
Montana, democrat, on the judic
iary committee "which has twice
approved the nomination and wilt
be continued next week 4y Sen
ator Reed of Missouri and pos
sibly others.. 4 Friends .of"? Mr.
Warren . expect favorable action,
however, before the , end - ot the
week. . TV
- Executive Session Called
Mr. Warren's ; nomination was
railed up in executive, session as
required under" senate rules' and
Senator, Reed f moved " that the
doors be opened - ? Senator, Moses,
republican, New, Hampshire, pres
ident pro tempore, held that since
this in effect constituted a change
in senate procedure a two-thirds
majority would be necessary to
carry the motion. c
Senator Reed appealed from . the
decision and the .chair was. over
ruled, "39 to 3 8l V ' ' "
The Reed motion thenpxvailed
46 to 39, with administration re
publicans voting almost solidly
against it. x Thirty-three demo
crats. 12 republicans and .the one
farmer-labor" Ships tead, Minne
sota) supporting the motion. .
, SfcXary Supports Motion,
The 'republicans - were ' Borah,
Idaho; Brookhart, Iowa; Cappet,
Kansas; Couzens, Michigan; Fra
iler and Ladd. North Dakota4,
Howell and Norris, Nebraska;
Johnson, California; McLean. Con
necticut; McMaster. South Dako
ta; and McNary, Oregon. ' ' "
Practically all of the three
hours ot debate today was taken
tip by Senator Walsh in presenting
his argument against confirmation
and in Its course he had read to
the senate long abstracts from the
testimony of Mr. Warren in the
sugar trust investigation a decade
ago. ' . ' - . :' .
Summing up his argument, the
Benator from Montana "declared
that it the senate consented to the
nomination of Mr. Warren there
would fee left only one consistent'
thing for congressr-the repeal of,
the Sherman ant-trust act, .
Construction ot Wfiw. Homt
A a
Hear Woodburn txpectea
. to Start in. May:
.
. v ' -i -
Advertisements for bids for the
construction of the new boys'
training school near Woodburn,
will be placed at once and con
struction will be started by May',
it was announced yesterday, f
Changes in 'the building plans
were adyoiate by Thomas , Kay,
state treasurer, and were agreed
upon by Governor Pierce. During
the discussion of the plans, Kay
suggested that the state would
have saved seTeral thouaand dol
lars by leaving the school at Tur
ner; andby building nei dormi
tories and other nouses. He did
not strenuously; disapprove of the
present program,, however.
Changes will be made In the
general layout of the grounds, in
order r to' provide centralization,
and (o reduce construction costs:
The Seating Plant will be moved
tMr- tn the buildings that was
first proposed, with a resultant
. - i(..aI T Turn meB:
gKAl lUbi ""V"-" . - "T '
' masked' and armed.; held up Hans
Evers as he was ascending the
ctairs of his piac o iu.7-
bl . i nis here today.
Attorneys for Gelia
. BoJIman File Notice
I of Their Withdrawal
Attorneys for I Celia Bollmn,
former secretary to Governor
Pierce, and defendant in the sen
sational alienation suit brought by
Mrs. Alice Bozell, have announced
their withdrawal; from the. case,
according to papers filed fith the
county, clerk.
Miss Boliman was represented
by the law firm of Carson, Carson,
& Hayter, and the case .was ex
pected to come up during the
Marph session of, the grand jury,
although as, yet,, it has no place
on the prospective calendar. , r
; The suit has created state-wide
attention due to the fact that the
principals are well known, and al
so that the charges are of a v$ry
sensational nature. , A few months
ago it came up fr the first heir
ing but was dismissed from court
on , a technicality. . An amended
complaint was then filed, and
since-then, both sides have rested.
FRESlEli!
Decisive Victory Won By
Willamette; Students on -All
Four Points
The freshman class of Willam
ette university won the annual
freshman glee held at the armory
last f night by a decisive , percent
age.- The freshmen received first
place In all four i points music,
words, adaptability and rendition.
The class ot 28 are the first fresh
man class to win this honor for a
number of years. ! The four classes
ranked as - follows: i Freshmen . 1,
juniors. 2, seniors 3, and sopho
mores 4. . " i 11
rThlg-yeari 'treifhmattlaM Is
perhaps the largest that has ever
entered Willamette nniverslty an
nas nearly as many memoers as
as any-other two' classes. i
The glee was well attended tnis
year,and was generally considered
to- be one of, the:- best ever, given.
All details were' well attended to
and the glee as a . whole can be
considered to be a real credit to
the freshman class and to Ken
neth McCormick, glee manager, i
The glee' opened" wlthT the "entry
of: the senior class wearing, their
official caps and gowns.' 'Charles
Redding, freshman, class.president,
then 'made the. formal ; present
tion, giving some of the history of
the freshman ' glee and formally
welcoming those present. Miss
Helen Selig gave a violin solo.
The : four songs then followed In
the regular, order with an inter
mission between' the second and
third, during which the audience
were favored by; a ; short reading
by Miss Sadie Jo Read.
-The winning freshmen received
the freshman glee . award from
Professor Matthews and gave their
song a Second time. -Each of the
four classes held a party after the
affair. '
SEUEHEBY
BlttlSPUlHO
University of Oregon and
Stanford Will Engage in
Air Forensics
KTTnENE. Or.. March 7. The
second intercollegiate radio debate
in the west will be aUfed wnen
tiA TTniversitT oit Oregon team;
composed of Joe Frazer ot Port
land nd Ivan Houston ot i-ugei,
meets Stanford university, the
night ot March 25. Stanfprd will
debate from station KLX, Oak
land, Cal., while the Oregon team
will. broadcast its, argument from
station KGW," Portland, approxi
mately 8 0 a miles away. !
Oregon has the affirmative of
the question: "Resolted: That the
present immigration law should
be amended to permit the entrance
to Jananese on the auota basis.'
. Decision in. the rdeba.te win be
by mail, the radio listeners north
ot the California line sending
their ballots to station KG W and
south of the boundary to station
KLX. , - ; -' ' -----Last,
year Oregon debated Uni
versity of California in this same
manner on the; Bpk peace plan.
The teams Bnoke from "th same
stations that, will broadcast ' the
March 2S& debate, and Oregon
won. 1 :
GLEE WINNERS
.
Mrs. Bozell instituted the action
against Celia Boliman, asking
damages of f 20,000, for, he alleg
ed alienation ot t$e affection, of.
her husband. Fred ' Bozell, q well
known' Salem' man. As the action,
grew, other charges were made by
both'side's, "until J as "a" f inaf strokp,
attorneys - for' MrsJ BoxelU In' an
amended complaint, charged that
Celia" Boliman and Fred Epzell
had ' registered in a Washington
hotel as husband and wife. , '
Much, speculation has beep evi
denced, as to "the outcome oC the
case, and as. to whether or. not, it
will ever be settled. The announce
ment of tl)e- withdrawal, ot attorr
neys came as a complete surprise.
The wording of. the,' paper, states
that the firm .'hereby withdraws
its appearance as attorneys for .the
defendant (Celia. Boliman) in said
action, and will! not further ap
pear therein."
HERS II
. , -
IGBE
Greatest poncentration of
Sea Power Ever Assem-;
bled Open Attack
ABOARD. U. SI S. SEATTLE, off
LCoast Lower California. March 7.
-(By The Associated. Press.)
The eve of battle draws nigh off
the coast of Lower California in
the greatest concentration . ot sea
power the Pacific has ever seen.
. One hundred and nine vessels ot
the United States navy are cleared
for, action, as. the hour of contact
approaches in the great, stragetic
problem of defense against a su
perior enemy forcedthe 5 7. ves-
ge3Toj. Lhe-Jia tile. fleeC Including
nine ' dredanftughts, 'moving- upon
the Invasion- of the Pacific coast
as the black; fleet. T i
-The fastest striking arm of the
American navyi the' scouting fleet
Is closing; its scouting , net' upon
the enemy. Twelve ofrthe largest
type, submarines in the navy form
ing an important striking force for
the defensive blue fleet, are ready
for action. ; ' h .' - ,
Known as the "S" type, these
undersea craft are 300 feet long
and. are armed with torpedoes ef
fective at. a five-mile, range.
Today they went through bat
tle practice. In surface forma
tion their speed is 10.5 knots an
hour, and under, the sea seven
knots. ' They - maneuvered in di
visions, all diving simultaneously,
and lajter coming to the surface
with the same precision of forma
tion. ' - ' .
-"' Able, In action, to see large war
craft long before they can be spot
ted, they dive and as the approach
to the; enemy is made for an In
stant a small periscope is erected
above the 'water. Thus they are
able to locate, their prey and then
submerge for the attack. The "S"
type, submarines have a cruising
radius of. several thousand miles. '
Direction finders make it possi
ble for the underseas, craft to de
tect the approach of enemy ships
at three miles' distant, while sub
merged For I Inter-commnnica-Uon.
while under the sea, the boats
use oscillators for telegraphy and
tiey - can communicate while be
neath the waves over a radius of
ten miles. . ?1 " :
nira has
ftlED. CHARGES
University Increases Tuition
From' $100 to $160;
Fees Are Included
J The tuition at Willamette uni
versity "wjlll be raised from 1 100
dollars to f 160 as a result of a
meeting of the executive commit
tee. of the Willamette, board '.ot
trustees held here yesterday morn
ing. This raise In tuition also cov
ers a raise of $10 student body
fees for the financing of the Wal
iulah, official 'yearbook,"; and a
specified sum for class dues. The
other. $0.wULgo to the unit erslty
to "help finance the purchase ' of
some necessary equipment. t
. According to Dean Alden, acting
president; of the university, the
members ' of the" committee gave
as their, reason, for the action that
the ofher"collegesof"the""coast had
tuition fees of 20 or over and
that Willamette, wa fa? .IjeInd., in
that matter, '
U
in e mm
IE1II1
DEBfi"
British, Foreign Secretary
and Premier Herriott At
tempt Settlement of Se
; curity Problern
WISH TO ACCORD. WITH
ALLIES IS EXPRESSED
Chamberlain Announces Ad
herence to German Plan;
: French Surprised ; ,J
PARIS, March 7 (By the AP.)
Austen Chamberlain, British for
eign secretary, and Premier Her
riott, in their talks last night and
today, reached the determination
to settle the security question "in
accord with all the allies." That
was the raost, important result of
the; British statesman's visit here
according to an official communi
que Issued after this afternoon's
conversation. . " ' ' ; '
This was more than was expect
ed, In French circles after Mr.
Chamberlain's recent speech In the
house of commons indicating how
much' he favored the German se
curity plan. "The coolness Of ' the
British toward the Danzig corri
dor 'which was accorded, Poland
on the late President; Wilson's In
sistence that that eountry be given
an access to the sea, was remem
bered in connection with the com
mons debate, and the conclusion
Was drawn that England was in
clined to induce Poland to relin
quish'this corridor in order to ob
tain - a general -security, pact.
- I The original communique waS
interpreted In French' circles ai
setting all doubts on the Danzis
question at rest and indlcatln
pialljLiat? secw!riyrpapt"itil
receive the full agreement of all
the Allies, incluaing; ?&iv;&::'-?-2
Germany's, admission. ' to the.
league was the principal detail of
the security problem discussed by
Mr. Chamberlain, ani M. Herriott.
This was believed to indicate that
the allies would look more to the
league of. nations tor the applica
tion of whatever security meas
ures are finally: adopted. ?
STRIKE onDEdirt
Shaft Deserted; 12,000 Men
Walk Out m South Car
I. olina Cbal Mines
SYDNEY, N. S.t March 7. Not
a wheel was turning above or be
low, ground ' tonight in the Cape
Breton area where 1-2,000 employ
es at the. cnaJL mines. oLUifi. British
Empire, Steel corporation left the
pits last night in conformity with
' (Contlanad on par 2)
TOPI
PciVXrees Are Npy in Blpsspji? '
1 in Low Lands; Frosts Are Heavy
' ("Early peaches are in bloom in
tle MJssIoa. bottoms a. fftw mjles.
north, of Salem along the ' River
road' and i along the sheltered
places near the Willamette river,"
was the statement made by S. II.
Vian Trump, county fruit inspec
tor,' after completing a tour of
that district. : "Despite the two
heavy frosts that hare visited this
locality during the past few dajs,
1 1 do not think the blooms have
been injured.' " The' apricots and
the "early peaches7"asweTras a
few almond trees, are already in
blossom. The. apricots baye, been
ont about a wjeek,'.., :
U "If we, have two or three, ifood
stff frosts there will not be much
chance for the fruit,' was the dec
laration of. the: fruit expert yefc
terday, "There will not be much
chance for the fruit now coming
out to get a strong; hold. From
npw-to the 10th of April we-will
be contending; with frost, - and not
untfl after that time will - it be
site' for the early' blooms," he
said; -:
f In different parts of the city
tie s early, peaches and, the apricots
are in bloonv TiesJ that are on
he EhelteredlBide of "many xf" Sa
lem's, residences have burst their
buds and have turned- to a beautiful-
pink colon-. . - - - - - - -
i Especially In, the. sheltered, re;
cesr3lns the Willamette rivv
hare the' early "Tudscommenced
IflSllSS
iJQT APPROVED
Attempt of BepubJipan, Ma
jority to Oust La Follette
. Group. Meets With. Some
Displeasure
FLATTER IS POSTPONED;
TWO SENATORS OBJECT
Immediate Action Not Fav
oredj Ylll Be, Consjijered
on Monday V
WASHINGTON, March 7. Ef
forts of the republican majority tc
completf. reorganization of the senr
ate today , were frustrated by , two
senators from their ranks who arc
opposed to the program to relegate
the La Follette insurgents to min
or places on the standing, commit
tees. S$oon after the majority's slate
of committee assignments was pre
sented by Senator - Watson, Indi
ana,3 Senators Borah,' Idaho, and
Norris, Nebraska, objected to .im
mediate action, thus automatically
forcing: over until Monday consid
eration of the matter J' - .
. While more or less extended de
bate is in prospect, administration
leaders are confident their pro;
gram will be approved by the sen;
ate since the democrats have de
cided in party conference against
making any . fight with., respect to
selection on the standing commit
tees. VV: .
The majority's program waa ap
proved, before the senate met . by
a party conference which Senators
Borah and Norris d id - not attend.
There was some discussion of the
TP.
proposition senators said, but no
real',: tlgBrgaJhsarrIn v It
through.,4 Zi t v-r.. ' 7- , -'
- At the same time, the democratic
steering committee made up the
slates of democratic committee as
signtnents and was ready, to" pre
sent it in the senate after, the re
publican slate ha brought before
the body., . ,. v y- -.
Senator Watson in preseiting
the, majority slat as chajlrman of
the republican committee on com
mittees, explained" that the Insur
gents had been removed from their
former committee ranks . by. rea
son of the action of the party con
ference last November in excluding
them from party councils and de
ciding that they should no longer
be assigned to fill republican va
cancies on the committees,
Asserting- that ecojite.mplaj'ed
action not only was unfair to the
.senators themselves", but'' also to
their constituents, Senator. Borah
said that within tjie two years. hie
republican colleagues ''will regret
thjs. action, and will look back on
it, as a.. m.ista.ke." '
"You may demote these men,"
he added, "but they have the same
influence in the I senate they al
ways had. If these men stood alone
it-would be different. 'But t see'
men sitting inr this chamber to
day whose seats will, da impexJJed
If this program goes through'
to bloom.; From all indications
tja. prpsije.ct, tor a safe early
spring are in the balance." 7
; In commenting upon the gene
ral conditions of loganberries in
this " dislrlcfran Trump stated
that- many.' farmers were putting
up. vines which, woul4be realized
upon. 'Tewjnter freeze was too
much forrnTany of the vines." The
exact damage cannot be 'estimated
at this time; but as spring ad
vances, more and more of the dam
age can. be ascertained. .
"I do not. look: for a big: crop
of . berries this year," was, the
comment" of lir. Van Trump yes
terday. " "In; some off the 4 fruits
damage has ' been " done - by the
f reftzft, afld. aa. a result the. fruit
product will. be. cut down. All of
the winter ' Injury has not been
shown. " : ' i .:: - '
Pear blooms have suffered this
winter and' 'many' of 'them are
black at the 'base-of the 1 bud.
They have: been injured, and pos
sibly will, fall when the fruit" be
gins to rinen.- Some of the buds
are ' rery black and it wllt .be
come . time beiore the extern or
the Injuries can be definitely de-'
termfned. The best prospects, for
the fr&it-men-are' in prunes. They
fared better than any of the other
trultg and., it ii expected that the
J ItlU T AAA ' W lilu ..'
Railroads
Their
on Beets
Editor Statesman: I have been
asked to advise you concerning the
establishment of freight rates on
sugar, beets from Willamette. val
ley, points to Belliagham.
. Considerable delay was experi
enced in obtaining these rates on
account of two different liaea be
ing, involved, but a few days ago
I received the following letter
from Mr, J. H. Mulchay;1
"Referring to question of rates
on. sugar beets from 3 Willamette
valley points to Belliagham:
"After careful sonsideration and
bearing in mind the purposes for
which the rates are desired, car
riers tind it impossible to. comply
with your request for through rate
of $2:25 per ton, as the figure is
lower, than the out-of-pocket cost
of handling the traffic, consider
ing the terminal expense involved
at Portland and Seattle, and
Both Sides Ready for Open
ing of Teapot Dome Liti
gation in Court
CHEYENNE, Wyo., TAatq 7.
(By T,he Associated Press.) Af
ter a series of . conferences, that
lasted, throughout , the day, attor
neys representing . both : the gov
ernment and the defense an
nounced tonight they were ready
for. the opening in, federal court
here Moday of, the government's
civil suit, suing for annulment of
the lease ot the Teapot Dome nav
al oil reserve tQ the Mammoth
OH company Th Mammoth 4s
one oi ne rxj p piutia.it cum
panies. """''. -y..
. Atleepomtene,- who with Own
D. Roberts, is' special government
counsel, 1 probably " wlir o'pen"the
trial for. the. government in a state,
ment In " which, hq will outline the
high spots of the government's
case. ' These are expected to in
clude the legality of the late
Presid.ejit HardJnx-'s executlxe oxr
der, issued, in May, 1921, trans
ferring' the oil reserve from the
navy. department, to the depart-
rment of the interior, and the alle
gation, of fraud in execution of
the lease, as charged by: the gov
ernment in, the. conduct, of. tjift ne
gbtiations by Albert B. Fall, for
mer secretary of the Interior.
Mr, Fall,. is en route . to. Chey
enne from his home in El Paso,
Texas. According to present-plans
of . the government Mr. Fall will,
not be called as a witness until
March 14. Mr. Sinclair," who ar
rived here Friday night, has
brought together, a targe force of
legal, counsel, for. the Mammoth
company to resist the fight to re
store the .Teapot Dome oil fields
to the government." "
Enrollment of Salem Schools
Shows Increase of - One.
. ; Third in Past Period
. , Four- thousand-' fire hundred
and, twenty-nine students are en
rolled in the public schools of Sa
lem., an, increase of, over 1000 dur
ing the past five years, according
to" the report of George Hug, su
perintendent "of schooisVAt "the
first of March 192q, the en roll
Men t was 34.3 3 and the increase
is virtually -one-third. '
During the increase the elemen
tary; grades- have gained 25.4 per
cent, and "the"'enio'r "high" school
has increased in enrollment by 54
per cent, ' which Weans that- the,
number' of students has risen from
-70Tlol 0i emie sfuJeh'u Yn the"
junior, high school have increased
in" number from 763 to 1105 dur
iagcth same time, 4 : . ,
The Highland-Grant district has
shown the greatest' increase of any
one distrlcrduring the "lIme:,"
. This, report is to be presented
to ' the school board "at It next
meeUng,, . ; . y ,
- PERSHIXG 3IUCH BETTER
- HAVANA March - 7Af ter a
brief,. Isitl to President Zayaa to
day. Gen. John 1. Pershing, who
has been, 111 for several, days, re
turned to tjs hotel and rested dur
ing the afterpoon 4 7
Reply
0ILCISE1LL
SlBTMflll
SGHOOtSBFSItM
on Rates
to Bellinghani
Which, of course, must be. taken.
Into account.
' "We have reluctantly however,
concluded to name the following
rates' as a temporary and experi
mental matter only, via the. Great
Northern - from Portland to Bel
lingham: "From Salem. Marion, West
Stayton Independence, Dallas and
intermediate points, $2.78 per ton
of 2,0,00 pounds, carloads, mini
mum weight 60,000 pounds.
"From Albany, Lebanon, Cor
vallis, Halsey, Brownsville and
points north and south of Marion.
West Stayton. Independence and
Dallas, $2.8 8 per ton of 2,00.0.
pounds, carloads, minimum weight
60.000 pounds. ' ,
"From Eugene, Springfield and
points -south of Halsey and
Brownsville, $3.03 per ton' of 2,
000 pounds, carloads, minimum
(Continued on pI 8)
ROAD PROGRAM
IS
New Line, Though Turner
Proposed; New Bill Forces'
Delay in Actioft"
Plans to link Turner' with the
Pacific highway ' by a paved road
have been announced by County
Judge J. T. Hunt. It has not as
yet ' been definitely decided, where
the road will be made, however,
although a Turner delegation Was
assured' yesterday that the prp
gram calls for a traffic artery, in
4helr district. ' ''
The exact schedule for the coun
ty highways cannot be determined
until approximately; 90 daysuhav
ejapsedj-when HB No. 4 wni go
into effect, the - county, cpurtde
ciaf ed. bour lt2X'miles, of; road
Improvements have beeq tenta
tively outlined, of-which, between
15. and 20 miles will be paved.
These Improvements will come out
of the.market'road fund. "
, The Turner, district, In previous
years, has ' always been more or
less disturbed by dissention, but
according to their delegation, are
now completely solidified into one
group,' and, arq working for a new
road Program. There are. twp
proposed routes on which the new
Turner road5 may be built. One
is by wax of Cloverdale, while the
other would go' through ' Battle
Creek, tit Sunnyside. ' ' 1
yipj 1.EPO8I ia
1 19 Registrations for Em-
ployment Made While 60
Workers Put' on Jobs
For the first time during this
year the'reportiT of r thelpcal labor
employment' office, conducted here
by thej United. States department
qf Iftbpr, int conjunction with the
Saleni'YMCA, are favorable to the
job hupter. ; puring" the week end?
Ing March; 7, a total of 1,19 regis
trations were 'received from male
workers and 30 from female work
era, making a total to 149regjs-
tratIon,sT'bf this number, 60
workers were; put on jobs, mak
ing th? highest number, fox, the. lOf
cal employmejit office for some
time.
Common, labor, tpoi, the, leadJ
with 48 applications bging filed
and 22 being placed at work, agri
culture wjorXejra and. labor era. were
second, 35r asking; for work, and
22 being put on jobs. In addition
three wppdaJaborexs were: sent, out,
from the Salem office.
' Thej female employment situa
tion remina.abouL the. same.. How
ever, the demand tor agricultural
workef s lias been felt here, too,
and as a. snlt four were: put. on
fobs. , In addition to the four ho
tel and, restaurant workers employed-
A. to ta.Lof35. women : made
applicatioQ.tfq.r work under this
beadiqg. 1 -. " -.'
Witli.'thcLQPenins- of. the. spring
weather and the, consequent de
mand for farm and agricultural
workers, the, labor. sitnatJoa; will
be relieved here and the pendalnm
will swing to the other extreme
before theu yean fa., over. During
the, sqmmer, it la with difficulty
that spme' of . the workers can be
secured." ' - " '""
GOrJSlDEREQ
HLhLl
mmt
TAX RECEP I S
DECLARED TO
SHOW UIXKESS
Additional Evidence Found
Indicating Sriortage ; of
Government Collections
From Large Firms
ASSETS CONCEALED If i
MANY CASES, IS CHAUGE
Big Tax Payers Sai4 to Havf
Been Allowed to Escape
Assessments
WASHINGTON, .March 7.
'ETidence. in two additional cases
designed to, show laxness in the
treasury -department-In protecting
the interest of the government. in
collections from the big tax pay
ers has been presented to the sen
ate by its special investigating
committee.. . '
One case is that, of the Atlantic.
Gulf and West Indies steamship,
company and' its subsidiaries who.
were permitted to satisfy an as
sessment T)C 9.9 13,841 for ?2.
600.Q00 "despite attempts which,
it was' charged before the com
mittee bad beta made to conceal
assets In an effort to evade tax,
payments over a "period of fonrj
years fronj;1917- through; 1920. t
No, Return Made
The other is that of William
Boyce Thompson of New York,
former chairman of the finance
committee' of the republican na
tional committee and his associate
O. J.-McConnell, who are alleged,
to have failed to make returns ba
a profit of; 1600,000 in the aalft
of mineral lands in Kansas, Mls
soutI and Oklahoma, in 1917 and,
1918. ' '- " ' -
.The committee, was told that,
Secretary MeUon- had approved
the; settlement with; theAtJantici
Gulf ahd Wejst- Indies Steamship
company, but'apedrding tq'the. erl-:
dence npr even, the, soHpitorof tiia;
internal revenue bureau passed on
the "Thompson case in which . it'
involved, also nis claim for loesetj
on the sales of stocks and bonds,
aggregating. $597,479.- " ' '
- Chairman Couzens "directed ln
ternal revenue brrenu offfcialso
bring this case to the Immediate1
attention of Secretary Mellon, ad-
ding- that it bad- exposed-a "moat
astounding condition. I
"I think." he said.4 "that, the,
members "of the" bureau here must,
he impressed: witli the power ' of,
an. individual. so as to route a case
as-to "obtain 'anything he dfilres,
and yet t the head of' the bureau
or the solicitor - would know noth
ing about If." " ' i ,
Whatever supplemental, reply
officials of . the bureau. may have'
made in these cases. in the secret
session sot the committee is not
,k".?wJL.; Publicly ; snce none " of
inose connected, with the wl!t
transpires even after It has' beei
ubmitted. to thL senate! j
. Chairman Cquzens has express-?
ed his' doubt aa' to 'whether ,pub
HcatlO.n Of. the details of, ihe tea-
iimony Is authorized, under the
law since it has to do with Income
tax. matters and is a- general' stat
ute which would, seem to prohibit
their publication. .. . , ;
- Internal revenue bureau offici
als ! told, thfti committee that In the
settlement with the Atlanta ant
and West indies eomDinrtiia
trolling factor was' how inuch the
company would. pay. without being
forced into bankruptcy .7 '
BELiLINOHAXf. ' Wmh .-iT.t.
. V w auil til
Arnold Frlckman, a student of
eiiingnam . normal- Bcbool - from
Preston, Wash., waa ; held here, to
day for Tacoma anthnritl oa
inspected- slayer of K. O. Sunday..
a iacom,a. nejro. who. was, killea
Feb. 11 by an "automobile.
SATimDAY
INWASHGTOil
PresTJenV "Cooide was ' ur 1
to call a' world 'currency conference-
. ' " '. .
" ' ''
Objection from its own rants
prevented-.the;; republicaps fro ii
completing organization of t
new' senate." "
The senate, in open session con
sidered without; action the tr- !-
.iPiWoa. of, Charles . B.t'arreii
be attorney general. " .
The. sena.ta internal revenua i
vestigating comciltipe sf' - ,1 ,t
treasury to 'look into allei f
'11' A ' A . ' 1 . i' ' i ' -
uo iu Acrt ceriaiu taxt3.