"ill
to.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SEVENTY-FIFTII YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MORNING, JUNE 23, 1925
TODD WILL SH OP
MOUNTAIN IS MADE OF -POLICE
STATION CASE
SIIEPIIEI1D TO TIE
VJITTJESS BOX TODAY
WORTHY FAMILY LOSES DEATH TAKES SENATOR
GUILTY SPEEDERS
GANGMEN KILL OFFICER
AND ESCAPE WITH CASH
COKETOH'
FURTIiER W, CUT
HOME AND BELONGINGS
LADD OF NOFTH DAKOTA
ONCE PROMINENT MEMBER OF
INSURGENT BLOC, PASSES '
Oil CITY COUIIL
WASHINGTON RESIDENT HELD
FOR IDENTIFICATION
F IRE DEMOLISHES SMALL
HOUSE IN SOUTH ALEM S
CHICAGO PATROLMAN FALLS
TCTIM,TO BANK HAM) ITS
It
UUSTSLEM
f
Jit in
aho
Murder of Editor Brings De
posed Kelso Mayor Back
' to Regain Power
DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED
i
Another Distinct City Government
To Re Established; Present .
Mayor Refuses To Give
Up Position
KELSO. Wash.. June . 22. A.
Ruric Todd, recalled mayor of
kelso, returned to this city early
today, announced that he is still
Celso's legal mayor, issued an ul
imatum to the present city ad
ministration ordering' it to tarn
the 1 reins of government oyer to
lira, and meeting no reply from
he present mayor, Nat R. Smith,
nnoonced hl$ intention of setting
p his own government tomorrow.'
Before nightfall tomorrow,': acc
ording to present indications.
kelso ' will hare two mayors, two
iets pt councjlmen, two police de
partments, two fire departments.
wo separate and distinct city gov-
rnments.
The murder, last Friday night,
f Thomas J. Dovery, editor of the
owjitz County News and spbkes-
aq for the Todd faction,, was- the
tamta for the ex-mayor's return.
JTodd, in statements today, de
clared that Dovery was murdered
for political reasons, and that" his
principal reason Tor returning to
E:elo to claim control of the city
as. to seeHh'at a police force was
p pointed that ' won Id run the
overy murder to earth. . From
resent . indications j. the i existing
overnment elected at the.: recall
lection of three weeks ago, will
efuse to recognize Todd or listen
his ultimatum that the city
alt be turned over to him. i
Meanwhile Luke May, Seattle
riminologist who was employed
y Sheriff , Studebaker and the
wlitz county commissioners to
hunt for the Dovery murderer.
as . been hard at work I on the
ase. Though Mr. May refused to
isciiss his progress In the case, it
as learned that the detective has
iscovered that the : editor was
lugged, 'knocked to the ground,
hen shot to death as he was at
empting to regain his. feet, j This,
ocal officials say, shows that the
iller was moved by hatred and
bat the killing was not committed
the course of an attempted
s u noiaup. An autopsy on uovery s
a l Wv 9
body.t performed at Mr. May's di
rection, snowed tnat tne editor
'had been badly mauled before he
vas Bhot.
VETS ELECT DELEGATlES
SPANISH WAR MEN' GOING TO
: STATE CONVENTION '
Delegates to the state conven
tion at Port Orford, July 23 to 25,
Were named last night at a meet
ing of Hal Hibbard Camp No. S,
(Spanish "War Veterans. These are
en Walcher, Frank Gard. Arthur
"Mrpd. Hal Patton. A. Estes,
ercy Pugh and Clarence Miller,
ith Johnr Bertelson, LeRoy Hew-
ett; G. T, HegVit. Arthur Weleh,
harles -Huddelston, Henry
chroeder, Joseph lliff and II. G.
ammens as alternates. Comman
er F. M. Alleyr-Charles J. Lisle,
enior vice commander, A. M. Han-
en, Junior vice commander, aTe
elegates by virtue of their ot-
ice.' .'. ' '
Other credentialed delegates ln-
lude A. T. Woolpert, past depart-
ental commander and the follow
ing' past commanders of the camp:
JColi Carle Abrams, J. JI. Arnold,
Arthur Artus, C. W. Brant, O. J.
Hull, C. A. Murphy, N. L. Mastin,
jE. J. Raymond, John Seymour,
Al Southwick and Harry W.
Ross.
LAMBERT iPRICE QUOTED
VOUXG & WELLS HAVE LINED
I UP 40 TONS OF FRUIT
Young & Wells, a Spokane fruit
firm, have entered the local cherry
fnarket and are, now offering 8
tents a pound for shipping Lam
berts.' I About 40 tons of shipping fruit
have already been lined up by Mr.
Wells, who will operate the Sa
lem' warehouse during the cherry
season. The firm's, receiving
Quarters will be selected later in
the week; and it is quite probable
that they will locate at the Ore
gon' Electric freight depot or the
Old Salem Fruit Union building,
f No BIngs will be purchased by
the company,' but they will be in
the market for prunes, apples and
;ears. . 'dim
i i : : r -:
K. F. WHlett Blamea Illmsolf for
I Lack of Necessary Papers
of Yakima
IE..F. Willett, an. employee of
the Yakima Fruit Growers' asso
ciation, .'was apprehended , on the
streets of Salem by Night Traffic
Officer Edwards on Sunday even
ing, because he was driving a car
with a Washington name plate
and had not registered In Oregon.
Then it was found that he had no
driver's license; never had had
one. He was detained at the .po
lice station till he could be identi
fied, and was obliged to take out
a driver's license. This is required
hy the laws of Washington, of Ore
gon and of California. That is all.
But the evening, paper ; played
up the case. ; Said the grip of Mr.
Willett was searched, and that his
10-year-old son was I given the
third degree by the police. Police
man ' Louis Olson was the , desk
man at the police station Sunday
evening. He says the grip of Mr.
Willett was not searched; that
Willett opened it himself, trying
to find something by , which he
could be identified. : lie had Ab
solutely nothing by wnich he could
be identified. He .was identified
by Edward S. Biehn, alem fruit
buyer. The boy was not given the
third degree, Mr. Olson says, nor
treated in any way but kindly
and Mr01son8 word is good.;
; Mr. Willett wanted to go on his
way' without , getting a! driver's li
cense. But suppose this had been
allowed, and he had - gone down
the highway a few miles and run
over and" killed some one? It
would have been said; that the
Salem police let him go without a
license,'' p T :: v: :; :,i " -'"! "
The inference Is that in Salem
outsiders must not , be bothered ;
even : men who have stolen cars;
bootleggers; moonshiners. lis that
what the people of Salem want of
their police officers? It certainly
is not-' I 4"::;i: -:"-': ;' "'f. :;!':'' " ' ,
; Though they expect of them
conrtesy and consideration. It was
unfortunate that it too a couple
of hours or so for Mr. Willett to
be identified, i - But he did not
blame the Salem police, f He
blamed himself, for f not having
something with him by which he
could be identified, i I !
US SHIPS SUFFER LOSS
GOVERNMENT "ESSELS LOSE
$17,000 OX EACIf TRIP
- SAN FRANCISCO; June 22.
(By The Associated Press). The
3S0 government owned ships en
gaged In foreign trade sustained
an . average loss of 17,000 a
voyage in the present fiscal year,
former Admiral' Leigh C. Palmer,
chairman of the emergency j fleet
corporation, was advised today in
a telegram from Washington. .
.Admiral Palmer said that the
government had in contemplation
conversion of -fifty of the ships
into the Diesel type at a cost of
42i.000.000. J: ri ! H
The government now has one
of the Diesel Teasels operating be
tween; New York and the Dutch
East Indies with great success, he
said, -i . i , . - , i i . :;: )
.The president type boats re
cently sold by the government to
the Robert Dollar Steamship com
pany of San Francisco give prom
ise of being operated at a good
profit, the admiral said. .
COOLIDGE DESK CLEAR
PRESIDENT jND WIFE LEAVE
TODAY FOR SUMMER TTID?
li
i WASHINGTON, June 22. (By
The . Associated Press). th
presidential desk was cleared to
day" and Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge
were ready : for their, departure to
morrow afternoon for the summer
White House at Swampscott, Mass.
Although .expecting; to be gone
for two months, the president had
a relatively light day, -having pre
viously disposed of practically all
urgent business. . His time j was
devoted chiefly to receiving j gov
ernment officers, saying goodbye,
and cleaning up urgent business.
Tonight he addressed ' the - semi
annual government business meet
ing. s.r.:-:.-.:; :- A ;-U : I
" Everett Sanders, secretary to
the. president, . and Edward T.
Clark, his personal secretary will
accompany Mr. Coolidge to his
summer retreat,, with a corps of
White House employes sufficient
to carry on such business as the
president finds necessary, i f - .
President Coolldge'a : only , en
gagement tomorrow is with! the
cabinet which meets then lh its
only regular session probably un
Man Charged With Poison
; ing Millionaire Ward Will
Offer Testimony
CLIMAa IS EXPECTED
Cross Examination Will Be Severe,
State Promises; Testimony
of I sa belle Pope Is
Scored
CHICAGO, June 22. (By, The
Associated Press). William Darl
ing Shepherd will have his Iay in
court tomorrow. He will take the
Witness Bt" ul and deny that he
used typhoid germs to slay his
millionaire foster son, William
Nelson McClintock, or that he
ever delt . with his chief accuser,
Charles C. Faiman. I Such was the
positive statement tonight of his
counsel, William Scott Stewart
cud W. W. O'Brien.
"This is no ordinary murder
case," said Stewart. "If it was
we never would consider putting
our client on the witness stand."
Cross examination of Shepherd
will not be limited, and Robert E.
Crowe, state's attorney, has ex
pressed the intention to interro
gate the defendant on 'every phase
of his life since his cradle days.
In. his opening statement' the
prosecutor termed Shepherd a
constitutionally ' lazy man and
connecting Mrs. Shepherd, called
them, "'panhandlers' w h o had
lived for 16 years off the rich
youth Shepherd is accused of hav
ing slain. Before 'climaxing its
case by offering Shepherd's testi
mony, the defense "win offer two
or three witnesses tomorrow
morning. ' .
' Stewart would not give their
names, nor say what testimony
they would give.
Seven witnesses, . four of them
medical men, were heard today.
Parts of the testimony of two
witnesses. was used to combat. Fa
man's statement that the" germs
he says he gave Shepherd were
obtained from the city health
department; laboratory by merely
walking in, telling the boy at the
information desk that he wanted
the baccili, obtaining them imme
diately and walking out.
i Presence of Miss Isabelle Pope,
McClintock's fiancee, in? Billy's
sick room was not objected to be
cause she read the charts and in
formed the patient of his condi
tion, but because she was a school
teacher and it .was believed at
first Billy had influenza, testified
Miss Mabel A. ' McClaiiahan, a
nurse who attended the youth.; ,
: The nurse also said she had
seen Miss Pope and Mrs. Shepherd
praying together and embracing
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- 1 ' , : ( VOU POOR . SAP Y VMH '
JjS Voii'LLfFALll IM, r Yl I ly
. j THifeE IF 1 VOU ?V TM
Fonr Children Are in Need . of
' Clotldng; Furniture Li Alao :
Badly Wanted ?
- It was Jtiot a shack of a home
but it was cozy and snug, and
clean, j , -. .. .
: Yesterday afternoon, this home,
located in the Salem Heights dis
trict nOar the Salem Heights com
munity hall, was burned to the
ground. . v . t y,u;rM .
i The burned dwelling housed (a
nard-working father andi mother
and four small children, three hoys
ages 18 .months, 'four years and
10 years and a girl 11 years.
AH of their clothing and house
hold goads were lost in the flames.
i Clothing for the children espe
cially is needed. Also any old fur
niture, stoves or other furnishings
to aid in establishing a new home.
Bundles can be left at TbeStates
man office or phone your address
to The Statesman and any- bulkier
articles will he called for and de
livered to this family. - .
I Investigation has eh own that
the father has been ill and out of
employment for sev-ial months,
but six weeks ago secured work
and is trying to lift the burden of
the winter's hard times. The moth
er has been working at canneries
in the effort to aid.
CHURCH LEADER RESIGNS
BOSTON, June 22 Lewis C.
Strang, former assistant of Mary
Baker Eddy, founder' of the
Christian Science movennent, has
resigned from the mother church,
the First Church of Christ, Scien
tist, Boston. ' Tt became known
here today. " ' '
ELKS' REQUEST DENIED
JULY TO WILL W3T BE LEGAL
HOLIDAY IN OREGON
Holding that the declaration or
a legal holiday is a serious matter
to the business interests of the
statej Governor Pierce yesterday
advised , Ben Fisher, Marshf ield,
president of mer oregon Elkss
sociation, that he would not prcn
claim. July 16 as a legal holiday
in the state.
I "There are numerous conven
tions, some of them ' national in
scope, to be held in Portland this
season," the letter read. "Other
lodges have national conventions
and doubtless in attendance and'
Importance will equal the Elks'
convention. If a holiday is de
clared for the Elks, I Imust also
grant the same privilege to other
lodges and organizations wbich
will hold their conventions later.
I urge, however, that all business
men .who are Elks, or whose em
ployees are members of the order,
will endeavor to so arrange their
affairs that they may attend the
convention." ;
WATCH YOUR STEP!
Complications t Resulting From
Neurit is Cause; Funeral to
' Re Held Thursday
BALTIMORE, Md., June 22.
(By Associated Press.) Senator
Edwin Fremont Ladd, senior sen
ator from North Dakota, died tiere
at 10:29 a. m. today from kid
ney trouble, which developed as
a complication of neuritis. . con?
tracted a year ago in his - home
state of North Dakota.
Plans tonight were for the re
moval of the body to Washington
tomorrow where funeral, services
will foe held : probably Thursday
and Interment made in a vault
until Mrs. Ladd, who was serious
ly affected by her husband's
death, is able to make the trip to
North Dakota. She and two of
the family of eight children were
at the bedside when death occur
red, as also was Douglas H: Mc
Atthor, "Senator Ladd's secretary.
The j affliction which indirectly
caused Sfehator Ladd's death fast
ened upon him a year ago while
he was visiting in North Dakota.
With, .his .clothing wet from pas
sage through a rain storm, the
senator traveled all day in that
condition, s The wetting: resulted
In en attack f neuritis in his left
shoulder, which went later to (his
wrists and hands. . '.
Physicians ' at Johns Hopkins
hospital here, where he came for
examination in March Of this year,
found his condition not serious,
but advised against over exertion.
The senator, who showed tre
mendous interest in his work, was
said by his secretary to have been,
impatient at restraints of. the doc
tors, started on a trip to North
Dakota. The trip ended at Cleve
land "where Senator Ladd went to
visit i his son, yernon. He re
turned; to Washington with a re
newed attack of neuritis and
rheumatism and two weeks ago
was admitted to the sBaltlmore
church home and infirmary." ,
Within a few days kidney trou
ble developed and his condition
became serious, but was not con
sidered critical until two" days be
fore his death. Senator Ladd was
in his 66th year and had been sue-:
cessively,1 chemist, prqfessor, col
lector, writer and United States
senator. His high honors in North
Dakota came to him by 'adoption.
He was a natives so. "falne. Ills
death, following that of Senator
La Follette, was the second over
whelming loss to be suffered by
the late insurgent bloc within four
days. .j'
TURKS MAY ENTER ;
GENEVA, June 22 League of
nations officials stated today that
Turkey will aply for membership
in the league at : the meeting of
the assembly in September. Tur
key would make the fifty Aslxth
state to join the league.
Tourist$, Exceeding Limit,
Spread Propaganda When
Arrested Here
OTHER HIGHWAY URGED
Salem Pol ice-Court Declared Fair;
Fines Assessed Only for Flag
rant Disobedience of
Law . ; 'l
Insidious ; progapanda tb the
north and south of Salem is being
spread and as a' result tourists are
being warned to keep away from
Salem and to make their route
across the state follow the West
side Pacific Instead of the East
Side Pacific highway. . The pro
paganda is not this' season's vin
tage alone but has been spread
for the last year,' gaining momen
tum but gradually,! until it is now
general, j
A prominent Portlander was
arrested recently for traveling -50
miles an hour. He was , brought
to Salem and fined, as is any other
violator of state and city traffic
rules.
"Keep away from Salem," he
advises all his friends and business
associates.
Last - year several automobiles
bearing University of Washington
students to a football game fur
ther up the valley were stopped
Ibr speeding in the city. The Uni
versity of 1 Washington Daily ifook
up the matter, which was in turn
broadcast by a Seattle daily."
"Keep away from Salem," was
the cry. .
. Disgruntled violators, possessed
of a. knowledge of their guilt, paj
their fines and then spread the
word tb "keep away from Salem."
"Recently several students from
a state Institution of higher edu
cation were stopped for speeding.
They had liquor in their possess
ion. They were each fined ?15Q.
Rather hard on a student, perhaps,
but under the law far 'more severe
punishment could have been
meted. Their home towns Joined
in the hue and cry for Salem's
bcalp. V '
Recently several prominent Sa
lem business men had occasion to
drive to Eugene and back.
'We are. from the south,", they
would tell attendants at various
service stations along the highway.
"What is the best way to get to
Portland?" ' ;
"Follow the west side," was ths
Invariable reply. . "it is shorter
and the road is smoother. Better
keep away from Salem and Al
bany.:' . , ;
Cities along, the west side route
are banded together and are or
ganized into a solid front to boost
traffic along " their side of the
river.
Word is passed that the ferry
between Harrisbnrg and Junction
City ia unsafe; that they "pinch
you in Salem"; to watch oot ior
Albany .and various other forms
of warnings.-v .. .
S-ilem has no speed trap. Salem
does not rob out of town residents
or tourists as is insinuated.
Salem HAS a traffic officer on
duty day and night Whenever the
officer, on duty-finds motorist
speeding, he is brought into court
regardless of hla home clty.Molor
lsts are not arrested lor traveling
UNDER 27 or. 28 miles an hour.
Sometimes they are,., warned but
generally ignored.. Those travel
ing MORE than 27 or 28 miles an
hour are arrested if found speed
ing, and brought into court. The
speedometer on the police car is
tested and is accurate. Motorists
are often brought into court with
the minimum epeed charged if
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DISABLED VETS GATHER
IDZROISS OF WORLD CONFLICT.
MEET IN FIFTH CONVENTION
I OMAHA, Neb., June 22. (By
The Associated Press). -Prayer
and tribute to their fallen com
rades Interspersed by the swap
ping of stories tf the late world
war and reminiscences oZ experi
ences which; left many with scars
of; that great conflict, comprised
the main activity of the initial
session of the 'fifth annual con
vention of disabled -American ' vet
erans of the world war here today.
i The tribute o thesoldier dead
was in the form of a moment of
silence during which time wreaths
were placed on the tombs of the
f Unknown Soldier" tArllngton,
London, Paris, Rome, and Brus
sels. . ' i - t ,
T j With this tribute came the sing
ing the "Taps" and "The -Star
Spangled Banner" by Mme. Ernes
tine Schumann-Helnk, famous
prima donna, . herself a gold fetar
mother. - ,
Eleven Policemen Are Killed This
Year, and Six Jn Last Two
- ; Weeks .' .V' "
CHICAGO, June 22. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Gunmen came out
of hiding today and murdered Par
trolman Patrick McGovern in the
most brutal and daring street rob
bery in. police history: , r,
McGovern was the eleventh po
liceman shot down by gang des
peradoes since January 1 and the
sixthUo fall In the last two weeks.
Hia assailants escaped with 5,0t)U
In casb wrested from the messen
ger he was escorting to a bank.
t McGovern and George Haney,
the messenger, were walking to
gether in a busy section of uptown
Chicago when a large touring cat
drew up at the curb. Before the
car stopped the three occupants
opened fire on McGovern. Three
bullets pierced his chest,'. He.
dropped -: to the sidewalk, feebly,
reaching for his gun, but died be
fore he could remove the weapon
from its holster. ' Two hoars after
the north side holdup, four men
held up a jewelry firm in a down
town1 office building,: bound 'and
gagged the proprietor and a clerk,
and escaped with diamonds and
bracelets', valued, at $1, 00,0.
An hour' before the McGovern
shooting thirty shots were L ex
changed In a running revolver bat
tle bn the West Side between three
bandits, and four policemen. None
was injured. The bandits escaped.
Bernard Grant, sentenced to hang
In August for the murder of
policeman Ralph Souders In 1922,
died this morning in the Bride
well hospital of wounds received
Saturday at the hands of his ac
complice and jail mate,' Walter
Krauser, 19, who attacked Grant
with a knife. Krauser will be in
dicted immediately for the murder
of Grant, state's Attorney Crowe
said.
1
TWO TRUSTIES ESCAPE
I. ' j l : '.
ESCAPE IS MADE FROM FLAX
1 SHED 3IONDAY AFTERNOON
Two trusty convicts, working at
the prison flax shed, disappeared
ahout 3:30 o'clock Monday after
noon. The pair was C. E. Shel
don, 23, received from Lane coun
ty December 3, 1924, .to serve two
years for larceny, and Ira McKen
sie, 24, of Polk county, received
January 22, 1925, to serve three
years for rape. r
: Sheldon Is 5 feet 10 inches tall,
weighs 170 pounds, has light com
plexion, blue eyes and dark hair.
He Is a laborer. Two scars are
noticeable, one on his forearm and
a slanting scar near the top of his
forehead. . McKenzie is 6 feet tall
and weighs 167 pounds, and is a
logger, t He has a large V-shaped
scar at the left corner of "his
mouth and a ragged scar on the
left side of his chin. A third scar
is tq be seen at the center of his
forehead near the hair line.
!, Reports from Midway park, be
tween Salem and Jefferson, early
last night; indicated that the two
men ; were seen - in that vicinity,
wearing the prison clothing, and,
going south. ' .-
MOROCCAN SEA BARRED
FRANCE AND SPAIN SIGN
AGREEMENT FOR BLOCKADE
' MADRID, June 22 (By Asso
ciated Press.) A Spanish official
statement issued ; tonight an
nounced the signature by Spain
and France of an agreement, for
the blockade by sea of the Moroc
can coast.
The agreement was signed by
General Gomez Jordana and Senor
Aguirre for Spain, and Ambassa
dor ICounty Peretti de la Roca
and M. Sorbler f or Trance. 4 ;
T.he blockade agreement covers
the ' Moroccan , seacoast along
French, and Spanish territory. The
blockade will "be enforced by war
ships of both T5pain and France,
but each squadron will preserve
complete 'independence and com
mand inconf ormity with the gen
eral rules laid down by their re
spective authorities. . - y
; The blockade Is intended to pre
vent the landing of arms, ammuni
tion and other war materials in
Morocco In. accordance with Inter?
national ; conventions, which pro
hibit vessels from securing -access
to the Moroccan coast,' except at
commercial ports. ;
DEFENDANT FREED "
A MILWAUKEE. Wis., June 22
John iS. Davenport parged with
being leader of , the .bandit gang
which held .up the northwestern
national bank 'here last December
was found not guilty by a jury in
municipal court tonight.. The
jury reported at 8:50 after havine
the case under advisement for 40
minutes, :
Large Surplus at End of Fis
cal Year Denotes Another.
Large Reduction :
BOARD IS ADDRESSED
Surplus of $300,000,000 l Is on
Hand Over Expected Re
f Qnirements of Govern , t t ,
mental Expenses
f-
WASHINGTON, June 22. (By
the Associated Press.)- A promise
that Tie, will recommend further
reduction of taxes to congress at
the December' session was made
tonight by President Coolidge in
an address at the semi-annual
budget meeting.
. .-He predicted a surplus of 200,
000,000 at the end of the fiscal
year June 20, and estimated that
theurplus for the coming fiscal
year would approximate $290,000-
000. , '
; Admitting there was little pros
pect, for several years at least, of
cutting government expenditures
below three billion dollars annu
ally, TVlr. Coolidge said the outlay
for the current fiscal year would
total $3,035,000,000, exclusive of
money applied to reduction of the
public debt and operation of the
postal service. . C
It Is his desire, lie added, to '
hold expenditures for the coming
year, including the amount ap-;
Plied on debt reduction, hut ex
cluding the postal service, within
$3,375,000,000, or $125,000,000,
he said, less than estimated com
parable expenditures for this year.
Mr.-Coolidge also declared be
would attempt to hold estimates
for, the fiscal- year beginning 'July ;
1, 1926; to $3,080,000,000, ex
clusive of the postal service. Na
estimates were' given of thi
amount needed for reducing" ths
debt and operating the postal ser
vice.,.:..,; '.,"-:. '';V- '
The president told his audience, .
made up cf cabinet officials and
departmental executives, that they -must
continue their efforts to de
crease the cost of government.
He gave congress credit for sup
porting the budget, and declared
that while the tax burden had
been materially lightened, it "ia
still With the people.
"Back of the tireless, persistent
and drastic campaign for con
structive economy in federal ex
penditure," declared Mr.. Coolidge,
"has been the relief of the people
of this nation from a great burden
of taxation. It has been success
ful. Taxes have been rednced.
The burden of the people has been
materially lightened.
"But the reduction has not yet
reached the point where taxes
have ceased to be a burden. It
is to the reaching of this point
that our efforts must be directed. .
The way has been prepared for
further tax reduction. This I will
recommend to the congress in the
next budget message.
Economy in the cost of gov
ernment is Inseparable from re
duction in taxes. We cannot have
the 4 latter without the former.
From some sources the statement
has been made that this continue
Ing drive for economy in federal
expenditures is hurting business. ,
"I have been unable to determ- 1
ine how reduction fn taxes is In
jurious; to business. Each tax re-
f
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FUNERAL RITES f SOLE
ROBERT M. LA 'FOLLETTC 13
I ,'BURIED BY 3IASSIVE OAIC " ;
MADISON, Wi., June 22. (By
The Associated Press). In an un
marked plot on a verdant hillside,
the body - -Robert Marion- La
Follette today found rest eternal.
A sturdy oak i stands sentinel at
hi grave. 't:.? '",:'' '
' The tender handa of friends
laid tit there after funeral services
in (the state house that were sim
ple is the life he had led. A plea
that that life, should not have been -in
vain formed the text of the fu
neral oration, delivered, by Dr. A.
E. I Hayden uf 'Chicago; fcrrmer
pastor of . the First Unitarian
church at Madison.
V Picturing Mr. La tFollette as
"the embattled prophet of a new
democracy, Dr. Hayden said that
to remember him- thus , would be
"tO Jbe trua to the vision of that
democracy as he was true." - '.
"And-herein 4ia presence sf III."
he; added, "we may Tiedicata our-
selves to that task." ,
Again -at the grave Dr. Ilajclc ii
renewed his plea and promised in
the final prayer that tlie nenator's
people would carry forward the
fight of which Le hai in datli"
ltrtat oft. -
til fall ' S -