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v. J&dni&ir--Beiies Posse, of ZCZ I I, i GAPTUREOOYTRICK , HQ US SIEGE Ohio Man Emmies 20 Sh'Sts , into Prostrate Body of r CINCINNATI. Oblo. Aug., lV. (By jpLRSoelatd Pros.)- Sbonttn defiance from' the- windows 'of hia little farm hotise jiear.New. Rich mond. Ohid, Scott Workman; 42. ; a farmer, for two hours today ' pared back and forth across - the body ,f- his wife whonf he had slain !ef ore he. was raptured by Sheriff Fred Crosswell of Cleer montMcounty and a posse of 100 men. ' Wfth his $wo babies, youne of his brood of nine, clasped tight ly toils breast as a shield.-Worfc-- no an Tailed oat J ia vnts'nnd! 'Jibes to thai posse who dared not shoot. In the house, lay..- ftta .wlfe.r Mrs. Noraalk. Workman S V with 2 0 ballets 4 ber -body, fired by Worktnyiv Vrhft loaded5" and Re loaded Ma-'automatlfr pistol After each Tjclptra fraptyfnn of Uf cham bers into .bV prostrate fortn.s'H had stot hr" down as A she nursed h-t youngest child, a boy of seren "months. Insane, and " it is said, unwarranted 'Jealousy," had blazed forthHnto decontrolled fury, fired by drinks -ot moonshine. , '-. The drink-erased farmer finally was Wptured , through a rose in which Shtfff;rred- CrOsslelt Mar shal illa'rrylretpn "of New Rlcb mond, and Charles McAllister, a Trtend of Workman; riskedr their litest . f ; CrSsswell induced ilcAUister to talk ' to Workman 7IcAHlsted beggqd.; Workman to give :him..a drink. Finally.' Work man. calk a to McAllister to "come ahead and have ne." ' . ... ' S; McAllister walked ',up tq'.the . window ,) where J WbrEraan stood with 'pistol In ; band" and talked with': Workman . ."while' Workman seivedJlilaKdrlnka.' i? . . . DufiDg this' time herjff Cross well 4nd Marshal Ireton' had kone to-the rear of . the house. -Wlien Sheriff Crosswell saw his chance he leaped - upon Workman' and wrested the pistol from his hand. " Workman was charged i with mnrer and. is to be arraigned , in urr tonibrrjpw "-morning. ,j. l l. "SAiASlTAjUST?fv ; D ECLAR ESiSAil KOER 00 0,eo? 'jaijnuanT." ttbis -was Vliminated ifrom the .measure ' as finally .presented. At thef Instanco .f Iouia E. .Bean .neinber of the house, of jepreseptatlTes. a bill was brought beforh Oregon legislature in .1917. providing fi . tax of one cent on gasoline, benzine, naptha or distillate, but the bill failed to be reporjed farorably from the .-committee Ho' which it had been "re-Terrei- " .;' . ' ; vroponenta of the. gasoline tax inethad of raising rerenae "were firm iu- their belief and persistent n theiendeaYor to give the pja n fair trial." continues Mr. Kozer. "andon February 5,: 19 19,. a bill lo provide a tax on gasoline, dis tillate And other : motor , vehicle fuelswas introduced by. the Joint committee on roads, and highways. - passed by the legislature and ap prordj -by the. governor February 25 becoming effective ' immedl atciy, " - . This faw provided that gasoline should bo taxed one cent and dis tillate opo-halt cent, and that the f money -eef ved therefrom should "le us-d for tepalr of damage done to highways by the use of motor vehicles. . The Impost met such .popular favor that the rate sub ticqutintly. in 1921-was 'raised tc . 2 cnts on distillate and 3 rents on gasoline, at fwhlch it now ftaadft . The tax Is paid; by the ; dealet; uncfer a. careruUy'-devisod Fystenj of accounting I which In ; eludes refunding of vthe impost paid tn all fuel: not act uolly used 1 for operating, motor vehicles. ."Motor Vehicle f uel.sales for ex port some, other, states or na tion are specifically exempted from the, lax." it Is declared. . No other exemptions "are.' provided, , except ..that kerosene Is not classed as a tnotor vehicle fueL :. ;,. "... - It fs shown that the!"Orgon lawmakers wiseiy intended that thw responsibility f or ihe payment of the Vjl shoufd ' rest entirely -with the large dealer," and this Is declared ' to ha fnnifimcntoi administrative principle. Jn com modity taxation. ; The fact that . praeUcally all the states except Pennsylvania have; followed this plan ' i considered by Secretary KoserHo be eloquent evidence of Its economical and business sound ness, !t having the effect 'pf re- ducing. th nnmber of accounts of the state and also of Iheealtrs." ; Use to which the tax money re ceived.' from this source is put is . described at length by Mr. Kozer, - who says that , "the, Oregon Kgis-latprs-were Vf ry careful tb make clear le purposo of this tax bill." this being 'specifically to "raise revenue for, highway construction and !maiutenance.ir;' Only " four , stateaj' It is asserted,use any of , the revenue raised from this tax for purports other than the con- ' '.-T -l ? ' ' - - v' " ' : ' 1 ' : 1 ! - : . . - ., i. - Stars in Mid-air .- - - - - ..... 1 '.! f-f'. L Is there a young awoman in. Sa lem: who r. is willing ' prldarlng enough;o attempt! a double som ersault - from a Uyiag trapeze 30 feet in mid-air, .to be- caught by a companion . gymnast "on another, trapeze, and to make, this effort while blindfolded afid bound, in a gunny " sack? 7Z- 1 : " ;' v If there ; Is she may well - lay claim r to being -the : only rival of Mlsa Mamie; Ward-, who will be seen in' just, nuch a perforntance during ther(in of the program of the C Sells-Floto circus when it conres her Wed a esd ay. Aug. 25. Miss Ward is the only woman, so far as known, ; who has ever mastered' this thrilling bit of trap exe j work, bn t if there ; Is here a young woman who has ever at- tempted lt,7 Mlsa Ward; wiil giaa -wnen the snow vislts-heYe', to make the acquaintance, of the local gymnastfi v ;,.xA?S.t. -i . -. ' ' ' : ways, these -"being1 Georgia, llon- na. North Dakota and Texas, and these. use the major portion of ipe tax -money for bnildingand main tatoingtheir roadsiV S 1- "Twenty-ffve years "ago," . says Mr.. Kozer, "the most lively "imag ination could scarcely; have - con jured up a . picture of ..modern transportation methods: The horse and buggy have.ali. but fadad. into the shadows of obscurity :&nd -dtrt roads have berbrae.assocfatedwjth the quaint traditions oC the past". - Only- through 'taxation oVato moblle , fuels, iit is declared; could the half million miles of aqtomoV bile highways completed by Jan. T,. 1926, "Ti'ave . been paid for. "It is estimated' Continues th6. writ er, "that '.there were'. 3.602.916 miles of jcoada tri the United States on' Januajrr. i,;'19Sv pf rtbis :to tal jtere wer 19500. mjles of surfaced highways;;! .Na iatfcsnipt is made o psjimate the amount pf money which has been spent on the improvement and. maintenance .Vyil rB throughout.the nation since' the, advent; of; the j automo bile,. bu(. the. opinion is;hazaied that it exteada wei into the bil lions of dollars Total cost of. fed eral aid lvroad i projects - conipleted to . Decs 31, 1925, was vf 84 1 .4 $ 1 , 587.13, of which the govern mont paid ZlUMZiU. tUi?y::-. Commenting, on Jhe. am a ing .in crease in the use of the automobile Mr. Koser shows tfcat a recent "eur vey" of . 2 ftfi'S B 1" homes shows "the t ?0per cent of theui have niotcr carsr outstripping tlie telephone by nearly two per' ctnt. - A 1D24 ceqsus shows i an automobile . to every 6.5 persons i in the" United States. California lead with" one to every .3.2 persona, and Alabama is last wth one to every, j ".39; - Increased activity for very;nio tor vehicle, as well as in registra tion next is pointed but from the records of 1921 to J925. Inclus ive. 'The average apnnal increase in motor vehicle registrations was e . No.!l-r-7x9fitoll tent, regular ?580 : Sale Price JL.... :.. ... , No! X-SyiXlOy . ciaie xTice j..:. . ;.. Mattressi regular r Sale Price u...-.:.. - 7x9 Auto "tent, -Sale Price i Running board Lunch Box, regular $15.00 . Sale price ;,., - Stoll Camp bed, regular $16.50 Sale Frtce .Array Cots, regular $5.00 Sale Price ;. 2 gallon Water. Bags, regular $1J0 'Sale Price -zJjJJU'ZirL .;. "i No. 7 American Kamp- Kook Stoves, regular $9.00 - Sale PriceU:i0:.... ; , Na 3 American Kamp Kook Stove, regular $7.50 i j .. . Sale Price --..---" . Luggage Carriers, regular $25 y Sale Price : : . Camp Chairs regular $125 . Sale Price :. 1 Tent Pegs V V Sale: Price, each , ; Wear Ever Qamp . Sal Price , . ray L 16.58 ner. cent In the- United States and T5.75 per, cent in Ore gon.. The average annual increase in gal Ions of gasoline ' consumed was 1787 per cent in the United States and . 17.8 tf . per Uln'tm gon. . 'Thials "iurtHer 'borne out by a 4fo"mparis6n of the average number of gallons-o gasoline-consumed per vehicle. , In 1921 thia was 43 h for the Unlted Staus and 429 for Oregon, r ln 195 an aver age of 469 gallons was "consumed "per; vehicle In the United States 4hd "466 In ' Oregon;' ThIs com parison is presented to show the cnlformity of growth,: says Mr. Kozer, the. figures for Oregon be ing used because- they are : more readily available. : He adds: L "These, averages show that, the present-day motor vehicle is be ing, utilized to a greater extent (&ch year, yet should 'the' factor of the Increased efficiency qf the gasaline prodhct and motor en gine itself be considered. It would be found that' there r still fur t her Ind Ication of the ' increased activity ; of each vehicle.: It has been estimated that the total mo tor vehicle taxes,.; including fede rair state and : local : taxes regis tration , fees; gasoline taxes, per sonal -property taxes, etc.; paid during 1 9 2 5 amoun ted t to, 667, 000,000, or an average, of $33.42 per vehicle. , . . Discussion of the minimum , rate of gasoline taxation is taken, op In detail, it being Mr. Koser'a con tention that a tax, of ,3 or 4 cents per gallon "is not bnrdensomf ii Elaborating on this idea he con tinues: ; - :'L '"Hfghly organized - production and marketing, limited competi tion and unlimited demand in in dustry and recreation com bine xto make reasonable a rate of tax on gasoline which, applied to aimoat any other commodity, might seri ously endanger the life of the in dustry which produced it, and ' feat the' goal of '.Its application. These considerations throw the question of a maximum rate into the field of speculation." '. Mr. Kozer declares that ai? line of, reasoning brings one to the in evitable conclusion that "the tax should be limited to a rate which JII preserve, it as the very cs.en tlal factor It has proven to be in the financing of a sane, sensible. and conservative highway pro; gram " It must not, he , insist, be used in raising revenue beyot.fl Jegitiniate demands. Uniform 'y of rates throughout the nation is HIGH Furniture Auction Sate MONDAY 1:30 1740 N. Fifth St. - Five Rooms! COMPRISING . Upholstered 2 piece living room suite, davenport, 2 fireside chairs. to match, 1 9x12 Axminster rug, 1 velvet 8-3X10-6, (both like new), 1 mahogany stand reading lamp with' silk shade. 1 mahogany end table, 12 in. x 36 in. cut plate mirror injrame, 2 ivory steel beds with springs and4mat tress; 1 "iron bed and spring, -1 Ivory dressing table j with ' bench, 1 ivory chiffonier, 2 chairs, 1 stand, 1 folding .cedar . box couch. 1 round qak dining room table, 1 oak buffet, 6 oakdiners; 9x12 congoleum rug, window curtains, 1 enamel" Colonial range with coils (like new), floor linoleum, break fast table. 6x9 grass rug, power washing machine, 1 lady's , bicycle, lr 2? Tifie, dishes, tub. saw, all kitchen utensils, bflolntely o .Reserve Everrthing 8elu WATCH FOR SALE FIjAG . : MRS. DOAD KEIL, Owner -H.'F. : Woodry & SON ...Are thet-Auctldneers and Furniture Dealers 271 NORTH COMMERCIAL PHONE '75 Sales conducted anywhere. ! ...We buy. sell, and exchange furniture" .r. T - SOLE AGJC!ffTS FpRr LANG'S RANGES' Stoll Tent, regular f 64.50 , S10.00 ; regular $12.00 ' .. i U-i.: !: :Jl 1UC Cooking Set, regular $15.65' ! : &1 1 AC JLl.)1 1 .UO . ON SALE NOW M ; : , :Bnr:iR imnDvAHE co:.:p;.;iY CORNER COURT AND COMMERCIAL COBILTOB! I, Otitlot at Foot.-of iCenter IStreet 1b Get Immediate Attention Steps toward solving he prob lem presented by - the' oiienj sewer outlet at the foot of Center Street will be taken at the hext; city council meeting, accord jng to a statement made by Mayej: John B. Oiesy yesterday. A permanent so lution of the difficulty is being sought, said Mr. Giesy " Intermittent 1 repairs o'nj Ahls sewer have failed to accomplish results, it was stated. The lower ed of the pipe generally washes out I during the winter, leaving conditions as bad as before- Sew age from the whole southern p't of Salem floats away on the nur face .'of the water, as the opening is only a yard . or two ifrom I he water's edge. I ; The Union street sewer gives no trouble. It is said, as Jt was re paired with concrete about four years ago" and ' has remained :u good condition since. The Stale street sewer, Jn spite of recent re pairs, is said by resident near its opening, to be almost as bad as the Center street one. At present it reaches only to the waff's edge. CHILD PAGEANT PllAftiNEti PIjATGROUN d rkhkw to r'k STAGED ON WEDKESDAY - , - . - n A grand' review of the sum mer's work at the two Rotary club playgrounds 'will be held next Wednesday afternoon, tfben chil dren from the 13th street and Lincoln playgrounds take part in a pageant and athletic jgames at the 13th street grounds.;! The pageant is called "The Gipsy" and will give tbe children highly to be desired, ha declares, "so that the consumers in one state would not "be at i! a disad vantage in comparison with those of an adjoining state, jllso, each state should receive the! tax from. the .sales of fuels to be ised with in its boundaries." j GRADE P. M. MOND!AY copper boiler, wringer, (wash numerous other articles. J We guarantee satisfaction $39.00 $43.00 v ?7 rn LLO I .JU $8.75 i.SJ.OO 51U.UU $3.75 2S1.00 t 2 t $6.75 $4.25 $1.50 75c - - : i DSEWERRLEAS a : chance to exhibit much of the folk dancing they have? been taught. "It will be in charge pf Miss Florence Lake and Mrs. Mar jorie Merriott, supervisors at the playgrounds. ; ' . A serfes of games and swim ming, contests will be held before the pageant, and will be In charge of Louis Anderson. - The celebra tion Is free" to all friends and. rel atives and anyone interested in tbe playground, work. The Rotary club Is having - invitations pre-, pared and will' jdistribute - them through thjp city Z j Tbe' smea" and contests will last from 2 to 4 o'clockIn" thd aft ernoon, and the pageant will last from 4 until 5:30 or" '. i. AID 1S;RUSHED TO. SHIP GIANT RADIO FAILS TO iN , NECT AFTER SS CALL CORDOVA, Alaska. Aug. 13. (By Associated Press. )--A United States naval 'radio station at' St, Paul island, in the Bering sea, has received a general distress call from the Japanese merchant ves sel Unakai Maru No. 15, it ad vised naval headquarters here to tflght. ' .The vessel's position was lati tude a S. 5 4 north, longitude 163.24 east, early today. The St. Paul station unsuccess fully tried to communicate with the ship. United Stales coast guard cutters at Unalaska were notified. DEFIES JYNX IN JUMP LAWTON, Okla.. Aug. 13. (By Associated Press) Braving J the Jnk of Friday the 13th, Cor poral George W. Wehling. 4 4th observation squadron, Fost Field, leaped 3000 feet from an aero plane at 3:13 p. in. today and landed safely with his parachute 13u0 yards from his starting point. NOW IN PROGRESS TERMS ARRANGED Bigger and Better Than Ever . That's not our opinion -alone but the expressed opinion of many of our customers. People who have patronized other August, Furniture SalelU ' Arid it should be for never were such big purchases made, never such advantageous ones. - ppj ' Bedroom Suites: HAVE UNUSUAL PRICES ! Many combinations of every finish, including the new green with flower motifs.' - . .; v. :; . . . - J Piece Suite Green Enavtel.:: $780 5 Piece Suite Green Enameliv."-1.:... $67.50 ; 4 Piece Walnut Suite, rcg. $159.00, Sale.: ..-$1190 n SI; . r. litZL -4VD"- . ALL Some Patterns'-1; ongoieum. 59c National Airways, to Bind Country Together, Planned Witliin'Stx Months FuU Paissensrer, Express and Mail Service Will Be. in Operation on Transeontinenlal Routes ' t ".. v ' Says Hoover ; - .,- . t . . . . r- ' - ' " 1 . " sN' - . " I 1 T A PAUI SMITH'S, 'Auff, 13. (By Associated Pre..) Plans for blanketing the country with a network of commer cjal air ways were announced by Secretary Hoover, of the department of commerce today. during; a visit with President fjoolidge - " : . . -..'' '. At trie same time, the progress the department! is making in supervising the development of commercial aviation was indicated when Mr. Cdplidge approved two routes it recom mendedbe"laid down, one for a transcontinental airway from New York to the Pacyio ioasi and the other for a southwestern service from Chicago to Dallas and Tort Worth Texas. ;n announcing the action of the president, Mr. Hoover expressed the belief that' within six months full passenger, express1 and mall service will be in operation on the transcontinental route. ; . At the same time 'he announced arrangement will be made soon for other commercial airways. providing "general Mnes along the! OroviaiuK geoerat nun aiuus luo. Atlantic coast. In the Mississippi valley, the Great v Lakes region, the. Northwestern states and the Pacific coast including the far northwest. . , ; Government encouragement and assistance; in the development of commercial aviation has been made possible by legislation which grew out of. the recommendations of the president's air board ap pointed last winter. The national advisory commit tees are also to be appointed by President Coolidge to assist the commerce department in its work. One willaid in the establish ment of national air routes, and will co-operate with the assistant secretaries In charge of aviation for the army and the navy as well TL Y K GREA as with the commerce department in this work. ; j '.' . -' : The other will assist the depart ment in the formulation of rules for navigation, inspection" of planes and licensing of pilots on national airways. ' . ",- Both w ill be made up of repre sentatives of commericial aviation industries and of the army and navy flying services. j . Under the present plans Chi cago and Salt Lake City will be - , . t -. - important points for the net work jv an nucoi The trans-continental route will fo'llow the line of the air mail, passing from New York through Cleveland. Chicago, Iowa City, Des Moines, Omaha, North Platte and. Cheyenne to Salt Lake City from where It will proceed In two branches one to San Francisco and the other to Los Angeles from Salt Lake City. V Undoubtedly, It Is said, a branch -will- also run north to Portland, Seattle, and Tacoma, although a definite de cision on this route is yet to-be made. - - ' , The ; Southwestern route will run from Chicago through Moline, III., St. Joseph, Mb., Kansas City, Wichita, Kansas; Oklahoma' City, FOR iniiig. D. -Here a most remarkable chance to practice econ: omy.. Come and see these beautiful period motifs. Many suites to choose from. . -r ' .K 7 Piece Suites MARVELOUS - Wonders never cease in. this great sale. . Here are eJes oryalues that you can't afford to miss : 2 Suites, !MohaiiISL..$l523 , Jacquard Velour Bed Davenport and Chair. $183X3 Jacquard Velour Davenport and. Chair J:.;.:$iC3.50 'MEBUCEB- ' ' LU and Tulsa. Okla.: to Dallas aVid Fort Worth, Texas. Just how ' soon this line will be In operation was not indicated by Mr.. Hoover. Definite, announcement rrcon cernlpg other routes , will. t decisions-as to extensions. of private 1 hies a now In operition over parts of I tho territory; con cerned; a'Turther ro-ofdination of the broad- program being worked out In the commerce department. - The Atlantic Coast Line, how ever, It was said.; probably will run from a point north of Boston to Boston, New York, Philadelphia or Baltimore, ' Washington, Ra leigh, N; C.: Savannah or Atlanta, Ga.. Jacksonville, nd Miami, Fla. The Mississippi Valley line will ruVfrom Chicago to New Orleans by war of St; Louis, ' The Great c Lakes ; region will probably be. served by ' a route from, the : transcontinental Jlne at Cleveland to Detroit and Chicago. The Northwestern states will be reached from the transcontin ental line at ' Chicago by a route from Chicago to Minneapolis and St. Paul.; - s . : A line similar to that om the Atlantic coast Is contemplated tot the Pacific coast by a route from Southern California into Northern Washington state. WRITES SILVERTON FRIENDS SILVERTONr Aug. 13. (Spe cial to The Stftesman.) L. O. Goplernd of Silverton, who is spending the' summer in the mid dle east, writes Silverton friends that he is having' a very enjoyable visit. : While in Wisconsin he vis ited tbe state i historical associa tion building .where he viewed a grandfather's clock, made by one of his own ancestors in 1790. Erland Lfindsend. the maker . of the clock, was also the grandfath er of C. O. Brager, also of Silver ton. ' , ., r ' - - . ; ? THE j: Rooto Walnut; $11000 VALUES IN iRbomfSuitea: cclar 1 Chests For 1 ( I r 4 y i structioa and maintenance ct high X1 '