CLASSIFIED. GROW Thf re wr 202 inches, of classified ' advertisements ia.The Sunday Statesman. This is 'mora adi taanver carried - in any od- issuo of this paper. Those who . use. The Statesman class ads know what quick results they bring and are constantly recommending. their, use -to others. ORFtQQN-- f-f-CbJI&d: Unsettled and cool; preceded by local rains In the early morn ing; moderate northerly winds. Max, 48; MinJ 36; River-3.1," falling; Rainfall .01; Atmosphere partially cloudy; Wind southeast. - ! SyEJTOT-FQURTH YEAB SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1925 j f 1 9mm n n t i. i i , i i .i i i i - II ii! ! 1 ' i TirtfW rT1IXTrrC Wife of Governor Dies at Family 5 Residence Sunday Following; Illness of More Than Two Years STATE OFFICES WILL CLOSE FOR FUNERAL Remains Will be Laid at Rest . in Salem Cemetery in-Accordance. With Request. Funeral services for Mrs. Laura M. Pierce-, wife of Governor Wal ter TM. Pierce, ;will be held . from the .First Presbyterian church." at 3 o'clock this afternoon with Rev. Ward, Willis Ldngjofflclating. In compliance withOne!of her, wishes Mrs.; Pierce!-will b laid to rest in the, IOOF cemetery and not in La Grande, her' former home. All offices of the state house will be closed during the funeral services. Mrs. Pierce died at the family home at 9 o'clock, Sunday morn ing after an illness of more than two years. ' Since coming to Salem with her husband she has been confined to her home the greater portion of. the time in bed. Her only public appearance in the city was at the state house the - day that Governor Pierce was Inaugur ated, in January, 1923. Her death was expected many times in the last year. 1 Pall bearers this afternoon will be E- E. Bragg-, a member of the state industrial accident commis sion; Will Moore, state "Insurance Commissioner; Jefferson Myers, former state treasurer: Johnson S. Smith, former warden at the state penitentiary; Milton I. Mil ler, of Portland and R. J. Hend ricks, publisher of the Oregon Statesman. jnri iu I'lArMi wna nnrn in what is now Wheeler county,' near Monument, In central Oregon, May 30. 1871. Her parents were nlnnppra hpr father T"f er TJ.il fl in. crossing the plains in '49 to the coast. Her mother came in '52. In early girlhood she moved with her parents to Milton, Oregon, where Her parents movud to Walla Walla - In 1887. he graduated at Whit b taan college In the claes, of -'91, preparing herself then for a teach er, and graduated from'.ihe ' El lensburg State '- Normal school in the class of '92, i She was married to Walter M. Pierce in September, 1893, and moved to Pendleton, where her husband was then county clerk of Umatilla county.. She lived in Pendleton, where four of her chil dren were born" until 1907. mov ing then to the Grand Ronde val ley, where she and her husband lived until he was elected governor In November, 1S22, since which - time . she has .been a resident of Salem, Oregon; -; I She was the mother of five chil dren, LloydBi Pierce, aged, 30. the only son, who,' went as a volunteer and served nearly two years in the World war; her j oldest daughter, Mrs. Lucile Halh lives in Salem, and Is the wife', of Harold Hall. Her second daughter, Helen Wil- ( Continued on pC 3) HMFIin DFB1TE , SLATED MilGIIT New System of Judging Will 4 Be Tried Out 'at Willam : '. ctte University ' This evening d system of Judg ing debate that" is new to the Sa lem fans will be tried aytne Wil . lamette university chapel when ,' the Willamette woman's aff irrna. live team meets" the representa tives of Linfield college. The de bate will be decided by a ballot taken by the crowd on the merit of the question not in the merits pf the debate. The question will be. "Resolved That , the Japan ese should bo' admitted ; to this country on the same basis as those i.ti... nnw allowed a Quota." . IIKilUM! " This is one point ot tne irus- ,Ular debate between r HiiMnneuc T.tnfieiH Th Willam- Aioauj, ette representatives will be Miss .. lift.,.. ITo Trl Caroline iumia uu ..-n,hM.i!i - Tirana. Stallings and rr'"sJa5Sr-3E!l.,J!52lLf5r Postile Mother-in-law and: Passing of Buck Is Basis of Divorce Suit The. story of unhaDDV married l'fe, of matrimonial troubles and difficulties, of an alleged incident difficulties, of - an.alleged Indolent nusband. , and; an equally alleged unfriendly . mpther-in-law. . found Its way in the courts Mondav when Nelda R. Buck Instituted a suit for a divorce from Glenn A. Buck. Tie couple were married, in Al bany on February 2. 1919. when Mrs. Buck; wag' 18 years of -age. On the second day of their wed- aea lire, the complaint states. Buck slapped his wife in the face, because she did not favor, moving to ; Colorado, where they later made their.- home. 1 ' "During all the time the plain tiff lived ;- with ; them," the com plaint states . "the defendant's dear mother-in-law maintained a hostile and antagonistic attitude toward the plaintiff.? - "The plaintiff would rise early," the ; complaint continues, ; "build TMSIP1 Government Alleges Non payment of Income Tax on Two Million LOS ANGELES, March 9. Al leging the non-payment of income taxes due on more than $2,000, 000 In the year 1919, the United States government today' brought suit for $904, 551. 52. against E. L. Doheny, oil magnate, and his as sociates in two of the Doheny con cerns, "the Doheny Pacific Petro leum company and the Petroleum Securities company. The complaint, filed in federal conrt here, asserts that In 1919 the defendant's" report In connect ion" with the operation of -thotwo companies involved In the action showed a taxable", income of $11,- 664.23, whereas it should have been, $2,101,345. t 1 Those named . in the suit in clude the oil magnate, his wife. Carrie Eetelle Doheny; his son, E. L." Doheny, Jr., J.'D. Anderson and Olin Wellborn. - As a part j of the basis, for its claims the government cites the transfer of. 55,000 shares of capi tal stock from the Doheny Pacific Petroleum company to the Pan American Petroleum and - Trans port cJVnpany, a deal In which $4,425,032.29 in cash and prop erty ' was involved. The Doheny Pacific Petroleum company discontinued operations several years ago after a short existence, and, according to attor neys for the oil man, commenting on the suit tonight, earned but a small amount of money, probably,' they said, the $11,664.23 named in the income tax report. PIPE! FOR TJEWUSE HERE Portland Electric Power Company Gives Touches , to Steam Conductor Large pipes . for conducting steam from the power plant of the Portland Electric Power company to the building of the Northwest Fruit company has been completed and ready for use. : This unit of pipe will be used to conduct over 500 horsepower of steam to parts of the manufacturing and indus trial center of the city. ,; Special preparation of the pine, was given in order to. reduce the loss that would" necessarily come from the1 transportation of the steam. . iVtcr the pipe had been wrapped fh special fittings, - the whole was so laid that It Is pro tected toy, an air space, within a larger wooden pipe. This pipe in turn is buried in a gravel bed which allows a compelte dralnagg of tha water. . i V - :: : i The Phex company are to re- tain their boilers .in case of emerf gewcy and !to assist' the power company ln relay steam on th line. The boiler will be used in supplement work as well. . The nine. has been divided into varied sizes; which decrease In the distance from the main, plant, i na first unit is of an eight-inch sec tion to the PorUand Electric pow er station, a six-inah pipe into the Northwestern Fruit company and a four-inch, pipe Jntothe jew laundry 'buildingr " t ' the fires, get breakfast- for her dear mother-in-law, and husband, dress and go to her work, come home atlnoon, get luneh for; them apd herself, then go to workepme home at night, prepare and cook dinner.wash the dishes, clean up the house, do the family washing, bring In the coal for the nest day, and if there was nothing else to do, she would endeayor to "get a few hours sleep." J j . Buck, according to his wife, re fused to work, after she had se cured him a number of jobs. On one occasion, she obtained a posi tion for him, caring for horses at the State Agricultural College, at Fort Collins, Colo., - where they lived. Buck refused this Job, the complaint; says, declining to ac cept "nigger's work." "On one occasion," the papers declare, ""when the plaintiff was (Continued on pas 2) OIL iill IS Teapot Dome Affair Once More Flashes on Screen; Experts Appear CHEYENNE, Yyo., March 9. (By The Associated Press. Tea pot Dome which became. almost a household phrase during the sen ate oil committee investigation early in 1924, again today was flashed on the screen of public In terest. - ;"L-;' W ' In the second appearance how ever, it was1 stripped of much of the glamour and sensationalism which characterized the cenate investiga tion of a year ago. Today's setting was in federal court before Judge T. Blake Kennedy with the govern ment seeking to., annul the lease which was granted to the Mam moth Oil company, one of the Har ry F. Sinclair companies, i Owen J. Roberts and Atlee Pom- erene. special counsel for the gov ernment, led in the fight to have the lease annulled on the grounds that it was obtained through fraud and based on an alleged il legal transfer of the oil reserve from the navy department to the department of the interior. This transfer was made on an execu tive order by the late President Harding. HARTLEY: SENDS HIS CONDOLENCE Governor of Washington Sends Message on Death of Mrs, Pierce U : OLYMPIA. Wash., March 9.- Governor Roland H. Hartley; of Washington today sent the follow ing telegram- of - condolence ; to Governor Walter Mi Pierce jof Qrev gon, whose wife, Mrs. Laura M Pierce, died "yesterday; I , I "Your excellency: . ; "The people of this state , aro sorely grieved to learn of the death of Mrs. Pierce. Our hearts ache for you ; and the children. The untimely passing of your life partner is not only keenly felt throughout Oregon.' so richly, hon ored by her associations, but' by Washington as' well. "I cannot hope that any feeble word Of mine will lighten, your burden tot sor row but, I beg you to accept this message of the most profound sympathy for your, immeasurable loss. Samuel Hill of Seattle will represent me at the funeral." - GHE1AHT0 SET Blossom Day to be Consider ed by Cherrlans at Reg- . ular Meeting Tonight The Cherrians will meet tonight at the Chamber of Commerce at 6:13 o'clock. .The usual: routine of business matters will be con sidered. ; r - ' One of the outstanding ques tions to be considered will be the selection of "Blossom Day," which has become one of the features of the Salem district. The date Is selected after deliberation which will give an opportunity for all to see the orchards In the fullest of (OoaUod pa p 2) OFFICIAL DAY GOLLEGT QN OF TO BE PROBED S Internal Revenue jnvestiga- tion Featured by Flood of f Counter Charges; New Evidence Found CHAIRMAN C0UZENS IS ASKED ABOUT SHORTAGE Sale of Ford Motor Holdings Declare Not to be. Cov ered; in Tax WASHINGTON, March 9. Pub lic t disclosure ' of the testimony ' in the senate internal revenue bu reau investigation today led. to charges, counter, charges and a series of statements , emanating both from the capitol and the treasury!; ; Chairman Couzena of the inves tigating committee declared in the senate that because he had 'per- sisted in endeavoring to eliminate ruuenoKsa m govemmeni : aepari mentB, treasury officials have at tempted to 'discipline himr by re opening his 1919 income taxes and assessing against him an addition al 10 to 11 millions of dollars of taxes." ..." Written Notice Given ; . - The senator said Internal Reve nue Commissioner Blair had" per sonally presented to him a written notice that the treasury intended to re-examine the facts with re spect to the tax he had paid on his sale to Henry Ford of his mi nority holdings in the Ford Motor company, although the tax had been paid on the basis fixed by the treasury during the Wilson ad ministration and the matter bad been closed, for three or tour years. - , -;- Since -the period in wnfch action may be taken under the statute of limitation expires next Friday, the senator was asked to sign 4 waiver of limitation, but he an nounced he had declined to do so. Secretary Mellon subsequently an nounced that unless this waiver was signed before Friday, "it will probably be necessary to make an arbitrary assessment," which will serve to hold open the case. To Investigate Case The only question between the treasury and Senator Couzens with respect to his 1919 tax," the secretary said, "is whether the proper amount of tax has been collected. If the valuation used in determining his tax is proper. investigation will undoubtedly so disclose. If there is a tax due the United States, it should be col lected." ' 'v--'": ... : Accompanying the formal notice from Commissioner Blair was a memorandum, the source of which Senator Couzens said the commis sioner had refused to disclose. He added that aparently it had been prepared In the treasury and call ed attention that he was the only minority stockholder in the Ford company to whom reference was made in the' document. I - 'Secretary Mellon, in his state ment, said the memorandum had been received by mail last week from a "responsible person" whose identity was not disclosed, and added that waivers already had been obtained in the case from the other minority stockholders. CHURCH SESSION WILL OPEN TODAY Churches of Christ in County Are to Hold Big Mis sionary Rally Today the churches of -Christ in Marion county will meet at the Court Street church in Salem for an all-day county missionary ral ly. The meeting will be onef.of a series conducted ' in the interests of Oregon missions among the churches of Christ in the state. They , are being conducted by the Oregon Christian Missionary con vention under the leadership of C. F. S wander, corresponding sec retary. ;.;- The local conference will con vene at 10 a. m. The morning session will be given over to a consideration of the subjects. "County Fellowship" and "Pre Easter Campaign." At the noon hour the delegates will be asked to bring a basket dinner and cof fee will ,be furnished.- Tbpics at (Couttsflfi en S) suras to BE DEMOTED 1 HTERIKS Final and Formal Approval Given to Remove La Fol lette .: Group From High Committee Standings' DEMOCRATS RESOLVE TO KEEP CLEAR OF MATTER Senator Stanfield Elected as Chairman of A Public . Lands Committee. ) WASHINGTON, U. C. March 9. Formal ; approval of the demo tion of the LaFollette insurgents from their rank on the standing committees was given today by the senate. ' ' -- ; " " ' ' ' ' ' The vote was 64 to 11 ap.d came after, five,, hours debate, confined largely to the. republican side, democratic . leaders interrupted mppaclnnallv V malnlv in TfteT. ate their deBli& to keep clear of the row within . the " republican ranks. : . .. The real test as to whether the majority party, was to . complete organization of the senate accord ing to a program determined upon immediately after, the 1924 elec tions came on the proposal to re move Senator Ladd of North Da kota, one of the Insurgents, from the chairmanship of the public lands committee. - ; Stanfield Named : Senator Stanfield of Oregon, the majority candidate was elect- ted, receiving .2 6 1 votes to 1 3 for 'Ladd - and 3" for - Senator Jones, democrat, New. Mexico. . Senators - Wheeler, Montana, LaFollette's- running mate on the independent, i presidential ticket last November and Copeland, dem ocrat, New. York, supported Ladd, while - Senator Bruce, democrat, Maryland,: voted for Stanfield. Twenty-five ' democrats voted ppesent, as did Ladd and Stanfield. convinced Dy tms roll can that the fight -was a losing one, the republican .' insurgents made no further effort to upset- the organ ization program, bat some of them did vote their- protest at the selec- (Continued on -page 2) Problems in . Connection With Carbonated Drinks Dis cussed at Marion - The state meeting or the Ore gon Association of Bottlers of Car bonated Drinks to be held in Sa lem March 10 brings to public at tention the wonderful growth and development of this business - in the past few years. ; Bottled carbonated - beverages are no longer considered merely as pleasing confections. Scientific .research has demonstrated that .these drinks have a health value of high degree ' and that: every glass is an investment in better health. Physicians and hospitals are prescribing, them for their pa tients. Scientific research has al so discovered better methods of charging these drinks and largely increasing their health giving properties. Many eminent scientists, both in America and Europe," have' added their testimony as to the-benefi cial effects the dally , use of car bonated drinks have on the health. They assist -digestion, facilitate secretions- and- excretions from, the body and Invigorate the whole hu man system, exerting an especial ly beneficial Influence on the-cen tral organs - of .circulation and the nervous system generally. These are the.,, conclusions.; of . eminent scientists and physicians who have given the 'subject much careful at tention.- J ;;C,:'?T'";.V-'.'S ti " The coming convention , will havo presea t Junior . Owens of Washington," D. ' XT., secretary of tho Aineriean Bottlers of Carbo nated Beverages association. Also Mr, George w. Martiu of St. Louis, Mo., who ba been a ; great factor in. placing-the 'business in its present : Important position. 1 Mr. Owens! has Kad charge of the: ?work in Washington and Jis largely r responslblef 'for seeding the removal Of the federal tax r- drinks, syrup and cafbon gas,"' '-; i A large' number of manufac-? turers representing -the. atate "will be present at the coming; meeting. E kthebetL ':' ------- ' " "J' ' : -ri,.:i I I : - v Admiral Sims, Who AdrniU Aenal Warfare! Has. - Mad? Battleships Obsolete at Aircxjit Hearing t$ ' ' '-.r-S-'. ' f -V . i N .4 i ft - 'ii Rear Admiral WKHain S. Sims, who before his retirement vfas head of. tho.War College and dur7 ing the war wag n con-mand j pf the fleet in foreign watrs etplod- ed a. verbal bombBhell when he was testifying before the nous e Air craft committee ' in Washington. "If our combined fleets! at I the present' day were' to be attacked Coolidge Gives Arbitral . ' Award in Long Stand-1 i ingiTacna-Arica , i : j WASHINGTON,; M a r c h 9. President Coolidge today handed down: his arbitral award; In,: the long standing controversy between Chile and Peru over possession of Tacna and Arlca calling for a ple- biscitn by which these provinces shall determine their own nation ality and holding, that the town and province of Tarata shall re vert, to Peru.- " Jr ; V , 'Both governments, in signing the arbitration; protocol June 20, 1922 under which the award was made, agreed to abide by the pres ident' decision. Comment on its provisions was withheld tonight at the Peruvian legation,, but grati fication was expressed unofficial ly in Chilean circles. Robert Lan sing, former. secretary of state and counsel . for-Chile in the dispute, declared -that "from beginning to end, the award is a complete vin dication of r the - course - pursued" by that government during the last 30 years. , The decision set forth in a doc ument of about 22,000 words, was handed to the Chilean and Peru vian- ambassadors today, by Mr. Coolidge in the presence of Secre tary Kellogg at the same time un official summaries were being pre sented' to the foreign offices of the two governments by the Amer ican ministers at Santiago and Lima., - YMCA Officials Make Visit ; to Coast in Interest of I Summer Boys Camp i . - 1 Boh. Boardman. director of physical education of the YMCA, and Benjamin J. KimberMdirector of Marion county YMCA, have re turned from . a . week-end . visit , to the coast-where they were on an inspection: tour, for- the summer camp site of the Salem and Ma rion' county organization. . ; Using Newport as a center, the two men- inspected several s)tes, both, north and -south of the city; but could not, find a- desirable place i; Several places - were visit- ri, which were Very favorable,- but wing- to the . close proximity, to resort centers, the sites could not bo considered - : - -.' ---1 Another trip ,ia planned, and U is expected a place will be. chosen. It possible a site upon; the ocean will be selected and every effort made; to make-it one of the best places a YMCA camp . has -been held. . The previous -YMCA -camps have . proved successful and , f rpm all indications the coming one will excel ail others; . Applications are already on - handf and- plans are being, formulated-wbiqh will bring. the -summer camp i plans to a fin ish. vr - ; . . ? i . -'It i.li expected ' that the., camp wlU be; selected within- the-vicinity of Newport orwithin a radius of 15 Pf mHea aloo the coagt, CHILEI-PERU iOPFEBIDE CASE SETTLED : OHIO PASTOR liPEGTIlJlP MADE TO ROOT by an enemy fleet I with .n dozen iairplane carriers " equipped with fifty planes each." iaid the admi ral; f the best place for-them to go would be as far up the Mississippi riveil as "possible." Admiral Sims '(at feft) is shown ht tht- witness table- jWith i Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore! D. Robinson, who falsa testified. Easterner , Sougfiti for First it Qongreational pnurcn; I . Johnson tol Leave , The First Congregational church of Salem, at a meeting called for 8 o'clock s last night,1 which was wel attended, listened to the- re- por of the committee on pastor. ; The 1 1 recommendation of the committe was thai ' Rev, Charles E. Ward, now pastor, of the First Congregational: ctnjrch of Ashta bula, OblO, be Leaned. After , tenlng to the reallne. of corres- ponfience i and ' recommendations and1 thorough dis4uMon 11 waa unanimously voted? that a call be extended to Mr. (Wrfl.i In accord ance with! tb1 comynlttee's recom mendation. - " i'ifii:iWI,r" Dr. W. C. kantde'r,' present act Ing! pastor, having,, resigned his regular pastorate, ;was cnosen as moderator1 of the! meeting last night. , , i. ; , m " .-. The Ohio 'man is offered 1 3,000 a year ana the parsonage. It was 1 brought out , that i Rev. Ward was graduated Jfrom, Pacific university 2zk 1912 graduated , af terwards from Obrlin seminary. Thait some Of his people live near Kelso, Wash. Mrs. Ward Is a niece of I Bj Viniftg president of the Oregon State ij phamber of Commerce, I4nd - attended Pacific university and, graduated; In music from an eastern institution. Revi Ward Is aged 38 years. ! He 'was pastor at Marblehqadl and Toledo, Ohio, before' going to Ashtabula. The Wards jaave te small boys liter, jo tin son to ronianu 1 Rev. Harry. W. IfphnBdn, pastor of 1 the Central Congregational church of Salem, has been called as pastor of the Alameda Congre gational church, Portland, . with a salary of $2,500 and parsonage, and has accepted the; calf, ' to', take effect May 1 The Central Congre gational has been paying a salary of $2,000. j f ; 1 . 1'.- DIVOnCEGHO if1 E Cruel and Inhuman: Treat .1 H 'I''. ment Charged! to Ivan ' I. Farmer qf Salem , Mabel Farmer wis! granted divorce from Ivan L. Farmer j in Judge L. II. McMahan'a court yes terday, on grounds of cruel, and Intiuman treatmet ! j jThe 1 were were married in ;Sa3em, on . Jan uary 2. 1914. In the complaint' Farmer is said to have told his Wife that he had ceased to love her, and that he did not care to live; ! with.; her:1 any lodger. The fc pmplaint also charges that he balled her "vile names." 'Fifty dollars a was awarded the. month al'mony jiaitntirr. ,;: Astoria High V ins From - Rainier; Vili Play Here I - ', 1 1 1 8 i1 PORTLAND. Ore.! March 19 Astoria high., wont j the thampion-. ship of district Ni. of tio state association and tie Jright to par; ticipate In the Salem tournament thia week by defeating' Rainier high tonight, 25 t 7, in no gas UESBEfiT 0REG0O QUKiT OIIlill Final Score of 27 to 20 Gives - CprvalUs Hoopsters Kignv to Play. Caufornia.ior.ine. Championship FAILURE TO. CONVERT PROVES VERY COSTLT, Field Goal Necessary to 1 Tie In Last ID, Secortdg. ed;by Westergrcn Inability on the part of Wester- gren, to convert a foul In the final. 10 seconds of play and thus throw the contest Into an additional 5 mlnute period, cost, the University of Oregon the championship of the northern portion of the . Pacific Coast basketball- conference and won the third game of th,e series for the ! Oregon AKrlc,ltiral co1" lege by a score of 27- to 26. The game was fast and close throughout, neither team toeing able to run up a lead of over five points. .Westergretf, Oregon guard, started the scoring by converting: free throw in the first minute of play. Both teams scored about evenly in the " first ' halt the edge running first one way and- then, the -other. The half ended 13 to. 13. - - - Roy Okerberg .Oregon center. started the scoring in the second half by dropping In a field goal; He was closely followed by Rid- -tags,, OAC forward, who dropped In a basket and tied the score. .Westergren followed Ridings with . a field goal. OAC converted a foul. Okerberg followed with a,, basket. Gowans,' Oregon" forward, followed Okerberg with another basket. OAC 'called time 'out wlth" tia , score 20 to 16 in favor of Oregon. At the whistle. Steel, OAC, con verted a foul, Westergren follow ed with a basket. QAQ ran ua three ; points in quick succession and. Ridings tied the score at 24 to' 24 by converting, a field goal. . Referee Borleske. called time out and requested that. the crowd cease whistling as the players could not hear: the whistle . - OAC converted a ' foul and Di- . woky, substitute guard, shot a basket. . Oregon made a basket and the core stood 27 to 26 in favor of OAC. . Oregon made a desperate attempt to score and a foul was cajled on OAC when Oregon, had the ball under the OAC basket. Westergren started to shoot the ffre throw and the timer's.gun. announced the end of the .play. After a short period of ; lime out: Westergren tried for the. free throw, and- failed to convert leaving the final score 27 to 26 in favor of OAC. ... , . ,: V . - Gowans, Oregon- forward was . high point man of the game with (Continued a pag 3) The supreme court held the Na-! tional Motor Vehicle thett act valid.. President Coolidge handed down, the. award in the-Tacna-Arlca case, between" Chile and Peru; "calling for a plebiscite. ' - Action 'of the republican ma-, Jority, in, depriving. La Follette: senators of their, committee ranks was debated in the senate. ' "' . ' '.; The- nomination of ' Lieutenant Colonel James E." Fechet as as sistant chief of the army air service-was approved . by the senate military committee; . Corn on farm March I, was placed by the department of agri culture at 801,608.000 bushels. Wheat was 113,928,000 bush-, ejs. 1 - - - ( r Secretary , Mellon declared the treasury In settling the Atlantic: pulf and Weet Indies corporatiau taxes applied proper buslrc: 3 principles. - Evidence designed to show t government lost millions in tax through, waf amortization allow ances was-contained In transcr!-! j of the hearings cf the Couzezs ia Vtestigatlng committee. ' ! Senator Couzess of MicL! Chaxgedthe internal revenue : -reau had tried to "discipline" I : through assessment 'of s .! ' taxes because cf rpve:.n:.,. , ?fnate tax l3T? " - r B V