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1 dlpISTMAS SlIOPPERS NUMBER I SECTION FOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS NUMBER FOUR SECTIONS THIRTY PAGES ' , PAGES 1 TO 8 SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1925 ; ' - . X -8 t 1 r I PIERCE SEES TJX LUSi W Governor Believes Receipts Will Pass Estimate by Half Million INCOME ; FIGURES LOW Surplus of S7980 More Likelv He Declares CitJnsr Illustrations o Support Contention Instead of having a deficit of approximately, $S0;000 on Janu ary 1, 192", as estimated by Sain A. Kozer, secretary off state, at hte time of adopting the tax levy for the year,-192 6, there will be a surplus of $7980.82. according to a statement issued here yes terday by Governor Pierce. "I agree with the other mem bers of the state tax commission, read the governor's statement, "that the amount of revenue to be raised.'; for state purposes for the year 1926, within the six per cent limitation amendment, should be fixed at $2,038,341.27, which is a six per cent increase in this item over the amount raised for the year 1925. "I object, however, to the es timated receipts from all sources' during 1926 being estimated at $1,450,000. I believe that this estimate will be exceeded by more SIP Jrf ing the past five years the receipts ifj have . been .under-estimated, often by many thousands of dollars. 'One year ago the state tax commission estimated the re ceipts for 1925 at $1,900,000. The state actually collected $2, 299,675,49. It is fair to assume that "with the increase In popula tion and business-wlthin the state, there will be an increase over the amount collected in 1925 of! 10 per eent, except in income tax, from which source during 1925 hte state derived-$753, 194.51. It is safe to estimate that there will be collected in 1926 from this source approximately $100,000. "From fees for regulating pub lic utilities htere was collected in 1925 hte amouift of $36,330. The law has been in operation only about six montbSi..,U'- .will cfoi lect from. :his source in; 192 the amount of s7Zjco-j. - - - fV"reafJJuns, 3 Receipts - estimated" by the gov kernor in his 'statement follow 1 During 1925 - the-! total flec tions from all sources jjci'Jclnd ing income tax or fee for regu lating 'public utilities $1,510, 130.98. During 1925 the to tal collections from all source, not in cluding tax or fees . for regulating pub lic utilities S1.S01.130.9S Ten per 5 cent in crease for 1926 151,013.09 Delinquent income tax .. t 100.000.00 Additional funds from public utili ties 72.700.00 Estimated receipts from tithing tax and tobacco, tax which I expect hte people to sustain at the 1926 election 125.000.00 Total estimated re ceipts $1,958,844.07 'This would leave a balance in the state treasury on January 1, 1927. of '$7980.81." continued the statement. "Instead of a de ficit there will be a surplus of the latter amount if the people at the election In 1926 vote in favor of the tobacco tax and the so-called tithing tan, which will take 10 per cent from all self sustaining com missions. -.. " : "These laws would go into ef fect immediately after the election and the estimate of $125,000 from these courses is decidedly low. "In this connection it should be remembered that there was a de ficit of almost $500,000 in the state treasury when I became gov ernor." ' " I '. - MEN CHAINED TO DECKS . - - - -' - FOUR OX GUARD CUTTER - HELD FOR ESCAPE NEW YORK, Dec. 12. (By Associated Press. ) Four mem bers of the coast guard cutter Se neca.! who bad been chained ne decks all week were re leased today bs the cutter steamed out of the.harbor for patrol duty off Rum Row. Tn, hA been chained after . J - h eacaoe. Sunday of John Lor in, who "Vith the. four men and another member of the crew had . in arrested In connection with ? the WilliantV D. Dwyer S2,00O,- 't nan limnr eonsniracy. , , vvv - - ar.rch MAV DROWNS KETTLE FALLS. 'Wash;. Dec 11 (AP.) Frank Day. 75, was drowned when he drove his auto mobile off the ferry into m SAFETY TESTIS FATAL DEMON'S TRATION' OF BANK DEVICE EXDS IX DEATH.. .TRIBUNE,. Kans., Dec. 12. (By Assotiated Press.) One man is dead and another wounded- as the result of a demonstration to citizens here last night of a new device for bank vaults. William Liggett, cashier of the First 'National bank, had just shown how the device would enable him to get out of a vault if robbers locked him inside, when the pistol he carried to make the demon stration realistic was dis charged. !. Benjamin F. Brown, vice president of the First National bank was fatally wounded by one shot and Clement L. Wil son, president of the Kansas State bank of Tribune, was wounded in the leg. Brown died today. REDUCTION OF SHIPS ON COAST BRINGS PROTESTS PLAN OF GOVERNMENT TO REMOVE VESSELS HIT Progress f Northwest Shipping Would Be Greatly Hapipcrcd By Change WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. (By Associated Press. ) Protests were made today to President Coolidge and Chairman O'Connor of the shipping board by Senator Jones, republican, Washington, against the war department plan to take over as army transports two of the five passenger cargo ships op erated by the Admiral Oriental line from Seattle to the Far East. Inhis letter to the president the chairman of the senate com mittee said it had been brought to his attention that Colonel H.' C. Smither, chief coordinator for the government property under the budget, had made a preeniptory demand upon the shipping board to turn over the two ships to the war department jwithin four days. , "I cannot conceive of any action that would be more disastrous or cause more apprehension upon the part of the Deople of the north-' rrnrao tbi action." Senator Jones wrote. "These ships are on developing commes- cial'.usiness "between the north west and the orient. To take two of them .off diminishes the ser vice by almost half. "The building up of our com merce in time of peace, it seems to me is of far greater importance than furnishing exceptional trans portation service for the army. There are many merchant ships tied up in the harbors of this country that could soon be fitted up for transports for the army and serve it-well in time of peace. I want to appeal to you as earnestly as I possibly can in the interest of the northwest, in the interest of the development of commerce, and in the interest of an American merchant marine to see that this request is with drawn." 1 Writing to chairman O'Connor Senator Jones expressed earnest hope that the shipping board would take the same course on this request that it did in refus ing a war department request some time ago that two ships from the Tan-America line he turned over to it for use as, trans ports. Colonel Smither in a letter to the board made public today re ferred to the proposed sale of the Admiral Oriental line and said he believed two of its ships should be transferred to the war depart ment rather than turned over to private citizens- , TWO ROBBED AT TURNER ARMED THUG ESCAPES ' UN HURT, ROOTY IS SMALL A lone gunman, identity un known, yesterday held up R. C. Harris, of Turner, a section fore man, as he sat in the section house writing. At gun point he forced Mr. Harris" to look on while he ransacked "the premises and fled with $18.30. mostly in Mexican money, according to report3. At 4:30 o'clock that night, Dor- ris Barnett was held up on her way home from work and-robbed of 75; cents. The thefts are be lieved- to have been made by the same man, later said to have been teen slinking ot, of tiwn. ENTIRE. FAMILY t SLAIN MAN. WIFE AND 6-YEAR-OLD SON MURDERED IN HOME GENEVA. 111.. Dec. 12.-(By Associated Press.) - Henry W. Jesker 35-, teller in the Batavia National bank, his wife, Eva, and their six-year-old son Ralph, were found apparently - murdered at their . farm-home here tonight. . TftX BILL EXPECTED TO PASS IKED Nor Radical Amendments Will Be Necessary, House, Sponsors Believe WORK STARTS MONDAY More Than 20 Hours of Debate Places Matter Firmly Before House; General Endorse ment Given WASHINGTON', Dec. 12. (By Associated Press.) The $323,- 000,000 tax reduction bill reached the test stage in the house today and on Monday some of its major provisions v. ill be taken up for approval. - More than 20 hours of debate on the measure this week develop- ed general endorsement trom both democrats and republicans but the bill faces at least a dozen amend ments, which will be offered next week on vial points. Sponsors of the measure, which was framed by the ways and means committee, predicted today, how ever, that it would be approved by the house before the end of next week and practically without change. The non-partisan character of the bill has won support for it during the long debate from both sides of the chamber. Scattering opposition appeared to be proposed from 50 per cent reductions in the maximum sur tax and inheritance tax rates. Fights against these two and the tax board provisions are expected j to constitute the most serious op position when the bill is taken up Monday for amendments. The opposition apparently isj not organized on pary lines against any of the provisions and repre sentative Green, republican. Iowa, chairman of the ways and means committee, and Representative Garner of Texas, ranking demo crat on the committee were pre pare:! tonight to lead the fight for complete approval of the com promise measure. Debate was efltlveriga today by another attack on the -movement instituted , by the Texas and Iowa ta?, clubs' tot repeal of the federal inheritance tax" levy. Representative Coually, demo crat, Texas, charged that the clubs had been organized In the two states by the American Bankers' league, which he Bald had been repudiated by the American Rankers' association "for the pur pose of intimidating the heads of. the ways ami means committee. Chairman Green of.Iowa and Rep resentative Garner of Texas." The league hoped, he declared, eventually, to destroy all inheri ance tax laws, both federal and (Continued ni pg 4.) "THEf 1 iiIIp SKULL INJURY, DRY ' RAID INQUIRY ASKED CLUBOWNER IS BEATE OR STRUCK RV AUTOMOBILE Complete Investigation of In juries Received By Klamath Falls Man Is Ordered f Governor Pierce has sent tele grams to Klamath Falls demand ing a complete investigation by the grand jury there of the cir cumstances attending the injury of Frank . Peeholt, proprietor of a cointryclub, who either was set upon and beaten by state pro hibition agents or was run down by an automobile driven by some unidentified person. Mrs. Peeholt, wife of the vic tim, has indicated that her hus band was beaten by prohibition officers. She has also com coru plained that following her husband's injuries he was thrown in jail, and did not receive prop er medical treatment. Reports received at the capitol indicated that Mr. Pecholt's condition as slightly improved 'and that he has a chance of recovery. KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Dec. 12. William Cole, one of the state prohibition officers who is alleged to have been one of the trio implicated in" the arrest of Peeholt, in which the latter sus tained a fractured skull, returned to Klamath Falls today and an nounced his desire' to appear be fore the grand jury which con venes Monday. Cole was relieved of his star following the Peeholt incident and left the county shortly after. The three officers still insist they did not hit Peeholt over the head, but that his injury resulted from running in front of a heavy auto mobile when they were atempt ing to arrest him. LEWIS IS AGAIN VICTOR SALEM WELTER W EIGHT WINS FROM KTOLZ AT BEND BEN'D, Or.. Dec. t2. Frankie Lewis-of Salem, welterweight, won from Earl Stolz of Bend in a 10 round main event tonight. Fred Greenlee of Bend and and Frankie Doyle of Pendleton went six rounds to a draw, as did George Dugan and Jack Donnelly, both of Bend, in. four rounds. Spot ty Cruikshank.i Bend, i won 'dri a technical knockout in the second round Of his four round go with Knockout Brown, Prineyilie. . s! ; DRIVER IS ACQUITTED BELLLGHAM, Wash., Dec. 12. A jury in superior court tonight acquitted Earl Gadbois, Seattle postal clerk, ot a charge of driv ing an automobile while intoxi cated. Gadbois lost control of his car while rounding a curve north of Bellingham October 18 and struck R. B. Beadreau, who was seriously injured. RAIL OF'THE LONESOME (IN SIX CHAPTERS) KELLEY AND WILL0S TO SEEK WRIT FOR APPEAL COUNSEL FOR TWO CONVICTS ANNOUNCES NEXT MOVE Supreme Court Will be Petitioned j on same Grounds as in ! Murray Case Will R. King, Portland attor ney, announced Saturday that he would appear before members of the statp supreme court within the next two weeks and request a certificate of probable cause for appeal to the high court in the cases of Ellsworth Kelley and j James Wulos, who are under death sentence for the part they played in the break at the Oregon state penitentiary here on August 12. The court yesterday issued a certificate of probable cause in the case 'of Tom Murray, who also was involved in the prison break. Un der the decree of the lower court Murray was to have been hanged December 18. The executions of Kolley and Willos were fixed by the circuit court for January 8. In requesting a certificate of pr ohable cause in the Kelley and Willos eases Attorney King will allege errors of law in the lower court, and will contend that they cannot be legally hanged until they have served out their pres ent terms in the state penitenti ary. The transcript of evidence, bill of exceptoins and exhibits in the case of Tom . Murray, convict, who is under death sentence for the murder of John Sweeney, prison Kuard, were filed in the state su preme -ourt here Saturday. A certificate of probable cause for appeal of the Murray case to the supreme court was signed Fri day by Chief Justice McBride and Justices Bean and Rand. It prob ably will be several months be fore the issues in the case are made up and the arguments are set by the court. In the meantime Murray will remain in the state penitentiary where ho is serving a term of 20 years for bank robbery committed in Lane countv. RICH ORE VEIN FOUND HIGH LEAD STRIKE IS MADE IN MINE NEAR BOISE BOISE. Idaho, Dec. 12. (By Associated Press.) A strike of Jhightrade lead ore. assaying $203 to the ton at the. old Mc- Carthy mine, located eight miles northeast of Boise on Shaw moun tain was reported here today. Old time miners of Boise and vicinity are jubilant over the strike which has revealed a sSx fo6t vein of high grade ore. McCarthy mine was owned by Mrs. McCarthy, and in the early days of southern Idaho, mining wa3 one of the heaviest gold pro ducers of the state. The property is now owned by Scott Anderson of Boise. The strike was made within, two feet of. the spot where gold mining operations had been abandoned years ago. PINE" MliSTIOT MUEETIi Large Company of Notables Attends Convention of Grid Club Members PUBLIC MEN 'GRILLED' Washington, D. C. Newspaper Cor respondents "Pan" National diameters and Affairs at Gathering WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. ( By Associated press.) The Gridiron club of Washington newspaper corresponents, givine their reg ular dinner tonight "grilled"' public men and affairs at home and abroad for the amusement of a large company of notables headed by President Coolidge. The entertainment had distinct ly a congressional flavor, designed to fit in with the reassembling of. congress, but in addition to dom estic affairs, the Gridironers found time to have some fun with the foreign debt situation, the Kar olyi case and other topics of the day's news. The usual distinguished com pany of officials, diplomats, busi ness and industrial captains, men of affairs, newspaper correspond ents and authors enjoyed the fun. Vice president Dawes found himself likened to Macbeth. He made the boast that the senators opposed the revision of the sen ate rules would'"squak and gibber in their leathern seats" ere he was done. The vice president as well. To Jhe air of "AH Alone," he was pictured as leading the fight to put an end to all senate "bunk." One of the picturesque events' I was uie nevou oi me .Tianuiienes. Four in number, they entered the hall to the cadence of "The March of the Toys." Beginning a discus- i sion of ventriloquism, they de clared Colonel William Mitchell was no ventriloquist, because he could not control his voice.- Sen ator Borah of Idaho, on the other hand, was described as a ventril oquist, because "he speaks with many voices'." One marionette re called that during the French war debt negotiations Senator Reed j Smoot of JJtah was inclined to put his feet on the conference table "Why didn't the French leave some cash in onr counting table?" asked one marionette. "Itecause," came the prompt re sponse, "the senator's feet were in the way."" Recognlnzing criticisms Of Sec retary Wilbur. three' members dressed as sailors, declared as drums rumbled that bed-time stories never made the navy great, but urged their guests not to di vulge the confidence to the Sec retary or he would send them to far-off Guam. A new method was employed by the club in introducing distin quished guests. Two members, one in a "hick" costume and car rying a carpet bag. posing as a new congressman, and the other in a cutaway and high silk fiat as a new senator, asked permission to see the leaders in public life and guests were asked to stand when theif irames were called. The congressman evidenced '.sur-. prised when advised that Senator William M. Butler and Frank W. Stearns, personal friends of the president, c were carpenters and had carried tools Into the, execu tive offices. His inquiries result ed in Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce, being asked to arise also. Then he was told, that Sen ator Butler and Mr. Stearns saw Mr: Hoover grab the patent office and the bureau of mines and that they decided to nail down the White House for Mr. Coolidge be fore he. got that too. , Attention also was given to the supposed presidential aspirations of other distinguished guests, ia eluding Nicholas Longworth, the new speaker of the house, wha. with Vice President Dawes. Owen D- Yoong and George Ade. was one of the speakers of the "evening. The Mitchell court . martial snowed ; immediate , .juncertainty whether the Colonel or the war department was on trial. ; Jt de veloped that the Colonel - was charged with -"parking overtime in the newspapers." , WOMAN, 47, SUICIDES ASTORIA, Ore., , Dec. 12. Mrs. Ella Lentz. 47. of this city committed suicide tonight at her home at third and Duane -'streets, by : slashing her throat with a razor; 111. health is given as the cause for the act. She is survived ty her widower and a, 10-y ear-old daughter by a former marriage. roerce. : :-' 3 - ; ' - vv PRESIDENP .ELECTED v?-' BONNERS FERRY, Idaho. Dee. 12.- (AP.) J. C, WTiite of Coeur d'Alene was elected president of the North- Idaho- chamber -oi com PUSSY WILLOWS SEEN THE DALLES. Ore.. Dec. 12. (By Associated Press.) Pussy, willows, harbinger of spring have burst from their buds in The Dalles, despite the fact that the official arrival of winter i - still jnore than a week away. Thousands of these furry buds aTe reported out by -Mill Creek residents. Lilac-buds' are said to be near the bursting point. Garden peas planted two weeks ago have sprouted and tulip bulbs, supposed to hibernate through the winter, are pushing through the ground. An ap ple tree in the yard pi a resi dent here has blossoms on it. Unusually balmy weather has brought about this unique re versal of seasons. . LIQUOR SHIP SAID TO HAVE EVADED CUTTERS LARGE SHIPMENTS OF HOLI DAY BOOZE SAID LANDED Speed Boats Declared to Have Been Used to Break Coast Guard Blockade BALTIMORE. Md.. Dec. 12. (By Associated Press.) Liquor from the Atlantic rum fleet report ed to be shifting its position from the New Jersey coast to a point 1 2 miles off Ocean City, Md., was be lieved by newspaper investigators to have been landed at two points along Maryland's ocean and bay coast line last night and early to aay. . " The Baltimore Evening News quoted wfcat .ft considered' reliable information to the effect that a cargo of holiday liquor had been landed during the night on Millej; Island. 10 miles from the city lim its of. Baltimore, from a speed boat which slipped around Cape Charles and up the more than 200 mile stretch, of Chesapeake Bay. At Miller Island, the evening news related representatives of 14 boot leggers met the rum craft and pur chased its cargo .in less than an hour, the boat being under way on the return, trip to the fleet be fore dawn. At a point near Ocean City, the Salisbury (Maryland) Evening Times said its investigators had determined that six truckloads of liquor had been landed, apparent ly destined for Pihladelphia. A messenger had been sent post haste after the truck fleet, the Evening Times said, to divert its return route when it was discover ed that a prohibition enforcement patrol had been along the Mary land coast. Prohibition agents. of the Bal timore unit denied, that a success ful landing had been made near this city. HUSBAND TRAILS PAIR MONT MILLER CHARGED WITH TRX NSIORTING WOMAN Revelation- of t"he tragi ; cross ing of human paths led to the priest last night" of Mont 'Miller, 2063 State street,-who is said to have transported a woman from Saskatchewan? Canada - to sUle,ra. Oscar Haacox, husband of the woman in the case arrived In Sa lem hut night alter having trailed the couple 1 800 tailes; from Sas ketchewap. Last night he pat up as a, sleeper ,at the city Jail. To night he trailed the couple to an apartment they are. said to have occupied" together. Bat the- woman fainted, it la said, and in looking after her. Mil ler got away. . Hancox rushed to the station; his . wife "was left there in care of Mtb. Shanks, po lice matron, and a warrant was issued for Miller's arrest. He was apprehended, at. his .home Imme diately by Of fleers-W. O. Edwards and Smart. Miller was put duly away In the city, bsstile,, but before he was es corted 'to the door, Hancox, flew at him... and it was onry with in terference., from the police that he twas able. to be stopped. The wom an,-with her three-year-old son, was left in the care of Mrs. Shank. Hancox ' was locked up for.- the night: with the sleepers. . . A -tragic story is half" unveiled ia. .the incident." , The tale of a marriage In England. . A Journey to Canada wher friends were trot known.. ; A life of hardship ofl a Canadian ranch. -Martial difficul ties. ' . , - 'J . -. All .bound tip in the report-- Mont Miller, 2093- State street. arrested and held for-investiga tion. - - . CHINESE MUST HANG BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 1 2.-Loule Wong, 20 year 'old Chinese today wa& sentenced" to .be 'hanged Feb ruary 5, 1926, for the murder of Pefe - Pavh ic . . rooming ' house HEIK American Press Representa tlves Are Barred From -Thursday Conference SIGNIFICANCE IS SEEN Gathering.. Ita First . Outspoke Recognition by American ! Finance of Importance of Soviet Trade "NEW YORK. Dec. 12 (By As sociated Press.) American bank ers and Russian Industrialists, gathered at a. banquet at tha Bankers' club in New Rork on Thursday and, in view of the com-, mercial crisis of Russia, the meet ing of bankers and Russian' busi ness men took on unwonted "Sig nificance. : ' . , , . Absolute secrecy,' however sur rounded the progress "so far as American newspaper , representa tives rtvere concerned but the Rus sian semi- official news agency -was able to" obatin some of the de tails which were forwarded' to Moscow and published there. Though information, was refus ed to the American represents,- -tives, as the banquet was declared to be of a private nature. The As sociated Press instructed Its Mos cow bureau to send back to the United States the account of the dinner as made public la Russia, -and is thus able to present an out line of the proceedings. . . "The most significant. Indica tion of the increasing Importance of Soviet American trade,", says the cabled account from Moscow, "was a. banquet today (Thursday) at which Reeve Schley, Tice pres ident of the Chase National bank -entertained officials of the most important American financial and industrial concerns. "Nominally the banquet cele brated the awarding of prizes' to American manufacturers .whose automobiles successfully partici pated in the soviet road endur ance tests last summer. i ' "Actually, the real significance of today's events greatly, exceeded this incidental circumstance; The banquet was the first outspoken recognition by American finance and industry of the importance ol Soviet trade and the stability ti the soviet government. "The Chase National i bank; which showed the earliest. Tnltla tive in financing the soviet tex. tile syndicate's purchases of Am erican cotton and.' which,' largely andn profitably ' participated , in these and other: soviet:. commerce in the laBt two years, took this oc casion to express confldencflKXJf -American manufactuters, famhla, w&y promotins; - Inereaied trad with the. soviet anfon . . "Mr. Schley, who presided; spoke of the economic progress, of the soviet union In the last tw6 ! years in overcoming the effects of war, blockade and famine.. He,. described a visit which he made to the soviet .union Jast jumniejv when he was, greatly.' impressed with the general ordee and espe cially the excellent conditions of the railways. , "Charlea-.M.. Schwab, chMrmsji or tthe boards of directors ot -tfcjs Bethlehem ,Stcel corporation, ex. pressed" satisfaction oVer the fact, tha Riiasta was again trading with America.; ? Mr: Schwab si!4 . that thu Bethlehem Steel corpor ation, had sold much steel In Rub sia Ijefpre "the war, and hoped iti" sell more in the. future. AmericaS manufacturers, he declare, wefr. corned business with the aovtot. trading organizations and be ex pressed confidence, that -the eeo nomic and eommerciaL relatiopa between the .United SUtes aid Russia would develop jgreatly. de- j spite -all obstacles; VL , i ' , "PauV Zleve, president.- of Use Amforg; Trading corporation "(t be soviet purchasing agency nt S'ew York) spoke with reference to the recent. development of Soviet-American .commerce, and described the fature poss'ibllltfos "of inertsjv-' ed frade; : - "Prizes were awarded to eeven manufacturert 'whose automobiles NEW-FEATURE STARTS FIRST STORY OP IL jflffl lERIFFS AFPEAT.3 V Tn eection jt,page " of this morning's Statesman will be found the first story ot the 'se ries. "The Arizona EheriffT These-. stories, each one com Pleto in fteelf. are written fcy Major, G rover, P. Sexton, others wise known as "the deputy trora Tavapai county" : The stories are Veil written' brla futt of humor;. And por tray the "west," not. as it was, but as It is today. One ot those articles will , appear in The Statesman ach.-iay? 7 umbia river. v v. . - ., v ' . . , - . i
