Jd tf J V Mi ' 1 " ' i 4 I WEATHER FORECAST: Woody over east 'i aad unsettled with probable rains in west : There Is always a bright side.' No Rat ter what ill befalls yon, there is somebody :to rejoice. Vancouver Sun. ; .Nothing can make a girl more unpopular than winning ! popularity . contest. -New York American. ' .' - J portlcm;5 moderate -temperature, i -Maximum yesterday, J&7; - minim am, 43; river, -0.4; rainfall,, none; atmosphere, , clear; - wind, .. northwest. ; - .EVENTX-SIXTH,YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1926 : PRICE FIVE CENTS .V5 V CONSIDERS RAISING EUIS Group to Make Investigation of California Tax Sys " tern at Once TAX ON INTANGIBLES Favoring Fixing Minimum Salary for Assessors 'at $1800 and . Maximum at $2700; Also ; Levy Time Changed The state tax .investigating committee met yesterday and dis cussed ways and .means for-raising money to carry on the state's various activities without Increas ing the direct property tax. This action of the committee created by the last legislature was made necessary when the people viewed with disfavor all of the revenue measures irf the 'November elec tion. The committee has under con sideration the introduction of several bills at the next session of the legislature. . One of the first bills to be introduced will brobably be for the taxing of intangibles. A committee consist ing of Earl Fisher, state tax com missioner, A. S. Smith of Baker and John Carkln of Medford will make an investigation of the Cali fornia system, following which an pregon law will be drafted. It is probable that the Intang ibles tax law to be drafted in Ore gon ; will ; be 'copied : in- part - from the intangibles aet now in effect In "Minnesota and- other eastern states.' In Minnesota where 'the x rate on. intangibles has been 4 ft at he. minimum the' law has pTed a success and the revenue derived from its enforcement has Increased ..annually. Reports re ceived .by the committee from "states where "the 'rate oh intang ibles is high- the law; has not been Successful.' "f t -I' v - v4 ' While Sa California. th investi gators also will gather data with relation to the general franchise tax . now in operation . there. Rev enues from corporations and in surance companies" operating in California also will' be investi gated. -" ' ' The committee went on record favoring Increases for many of the county assessors in Oregon, and such a bilK will be recom mended to the, legislature. The committee fixed the minimum sal ary for county, assessors at .11800 md the maximum salary at, 1 2700, with the exception of in Multno mah county. where the, assessor re ceives 14500. It. was contended that in Increasing the salaries of t hee officials better service would ' (Continue a page 4.) WOMAN VISITED 'RADIO OPERATOR GAR.1GR WORKERS DECLARE , . AIMEK j WAJ CAI.LIlK Evangelist Denies Implication and Says Dirict Attorney AH Wet" ,v ... . i, LO rANGELES, Not. 8.(AP) Ten days before the now fa mous disappearance of Almee Semple -'Mcpberson,."ia woman Idestifieds the evangelist "visited a Long lleach -hotel at which Kenneth ; G.; "QrjQiiston;' fugitive radio man was registered under an assumed name, district -,a.ttor-Jiey's investigators" said today in disclosing .new .evidence In the ' fane. The visit, according? to the tficers, probably lasted for more than three hoorg. 1 The evidence consists of a gar age claim check for the evangel ist's automobile -and the Identifi cation of Mrs. .Mcpherson by two garage men as the woman "Who Was driving a ear left in their ea- blishment. : Tht l hotels register reviously had been checked by district attorney's . investigators. showing that Ormiston was regis-, tered there May. -7. 8, and 9 as 1 Frank , Oibaon.- an alias used by i him., according to the testimony Clven during the preUminary 'hearing of the evangelist, her : toother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy and Mrs.- . Lor rai ne .Wise manSielaf f . " which resulted in their being held lor trial on cons piracy "charge. The story told . by Elton Cole, "driver and attendant at the "Vir ginia - hotel : garage, - and ' W. ' ; R. Thompson, owner and manager of jljlhe , establishment, is . that the 'Woman, -ho -hey say was -Mrs. TMIITTEE ... t - i- ".. . Indians of Amazon Wilds Wear Gold Explorer of Guinea Hinterland Brings Back Tale of Primitive Human Tribe Speaking With Grunts and Clucks : - InvTropieal Jungle ' BOSTON, Nov. 8. (AP)-A man who saw gold and dia monds, glistening in the hands of untutored Indians, but who sought the antecedents of their race rather than - of - their wealth told his story of a year of adventure in Amazonian wilds, in Boston today. ' v ' . - Dr. William Jo. McGovern, leader of the expedition backed by the British Museum emerged from the wilds of the jungle and, the. Peruvian deserts this summer and f landed in ,Boston yesterday. "Frankly, I did not see any of the deposits of gold or dia- . . " ' " . " 1 " - - monds in the Guinea hinterland ARMISTICE DAY PLANS FINISHED PATRIOTIC PARAnK AXD PRO GRAM FEATVRR MORKIXG Football, Shows. Dances, Music of All .Kinds to Provide Rri t r ta i n men t Salem's Armistice Day parade of splendor, led by Col. Carle Abrams and bis staff' from, the Officers Reserve Corps and com posed of patriotic, fraternal, and business floats representing all classes and all organizations, will start promptly at 10:30 o'clock Thursday morning. All organizations, who wish to enter a float or to take part in the parade, must be on hand at Marion square at 10 .o'clock to give .time for organizing the par ade. The Cbemawa Indian Band will be here for the whole day and will lead one section of the parade. They will be the guests of the Legion at dinner and will play on the street, in the afternoon. Featuring the exercises at the War . Mothers monument on the courthouse lawn, the new flag pole erected by the Boy .Scouts will be dedicated and the flag raised on the new pole for the first time. While the band plays, Miss! Hallie Parrish Hinges will sing the Star Spangled Banner. The flag will be lowered to half mast and the Capital Post drum corps will play taps. A squad of Company F, National Guard, will fire fa salute of three volleys in honor of the Unknown Soldier. All organizations will then be invited to deposit wreaths at the foot of the monument, with ap propriate remarks if desired. The point is, emphasized that it vjill not be in, order to place wreaths until they are. called for after the dedication ceremonies. The address of the occasion will be delivered by William S. Levens of Baker, state prohibition com missioner, who won an ovation when he spoke at the dedication of the Elks temple. LEAGUE OF CITIES MEET OFFICERS OF MUNICIPALITIES IX ORGAXIZATIOX The League of 'Oregon Cities, composed of the mayors and offi cers of most of the leading' cities and towns of the state, will hold a special meeting here December 3. ' Officers of the league are John B. Giesy, mayor of Salem, presi dent; A. iL. Barbur,-Portland city commissioner, 1st vice-president; E. U. Lee, mayor of Eugene, sec ond vice-president; Charles Cleve land of Gresham, treasurer, and R, R. Shaweross of i Portland, secre tary. v Regular meetings of the league are .held each year inJanuary. Committee appointments were made yesterday byMr.fCiesy fol lowing a conference in Portland with MrBarbnr. -The committee on legislation consists of the may ors, ot Portland, .Eugene, 'Astoria, Albany, Marshfield, Bend,, and Oregoh City. " ''' ' The committee on programs consists of Mr. Giesy, chairman by the'- law of the league, O. -Lanr-gaard of Portland, A. A. Hall of Tillamook, Mr. Kratt of Astoria, and J.-T. Brand of Marshfield.- A committee on by-laws was also appointed. C0NVJCT .GIVES SELF UP OXLr 1 OXE OTHER ' MISSING FOLLOWING PEN BREAK f COLUMBUS, Ohio. Kot. 8.- CAP-WIlliam, Smiths Cleveland, one of' the convicts who escaped from- the ' Ohio penitentiary this afternoon gave -himself up to po lice tonight and only ' one other of the ! 13 .prisoners involved in the outbreak, remained ' nncan tured. . -. . Smith' was ' apprehended at a restaurant a few miles from the prison. Approached by the propri etor who had . become suspicious. Smith admitted his Identity said he "was tired 'and v hungry rami l asked, Jo be xejurnedrjo -yrJaoB.' ; Diamonds but the Indians showed me sam ples and told me that was where they found them. "But in the depths of the jun gle I did see a race of primitive beings whom the more advanced Indians call Pogsa or animal folk; there was no mistaking them with their sharply- receding foreheads and chins, some very dark, like negroes except for their hair; some were light enough to give rise-to white, Indian legends, al though they had more color than the, white race. , ' 'These rude people, speaking a language of clucks and grunts, and several ancient long skulls : uncov ered in the same district are the remains, I believe, of an aborigi nal race .which antedated' the Asiatic invasion which peopled the Americas with our Indians. "The history of early America may be pushed back further in Peru. An expedition which could remain in one place could discover much. In spite of our great amount of traveling I . found one place where were three layers of earlier civilizations underlying the Inca ruins, which we once believed most ancient." The Amazon. Dr. McGovern de clared, is not the river of death (Continued on pge 2.) MEN KILLED BY TRAIN PBOMIXEXT ASTORIAX AXT COifPAXIOr" SUCCUMB . . -v ... - - ASTORIA, Or.. "Nov. 8. (AP) William McGregor, prominent Astoria husiness .man, president of the First National bank of this city; president of the Astoria Box company and the Altoona Packing, company, and a timberman well known all over the northwest, died here at 1 1 o'clock tonight from in juries sustained when a car he was driving was struck by an S. P. & .S. train at the intersection of Fortieth street with the railroad right-of-way here this afternoon Andrew Brlngdale, Astoria car penter, who was riding with Mc Gregor at the time, died at 7 p. m. from terrible injuries sustain ed in the crash. McGregor, one of the wealthiest men of thi3 community, had resided in Astoria tor the past SO years. MELLON P LAN REFIDTXES Congressional Leaders Ex press Varying Views on President's Idea CONGRESS TO GO SLOW Republicans and Democrats Ac cused of Playing Politics With Tax Question By Senator Xorris WASHINGTON. Nov. 8. (AP) President Coolidge and Secre tary Mellon ironed out the tax re fund proposal of the executive to day and agreed-that it should be accomplished through a credit to the tax payer of about 12) per cent on income taxes to be paid next year on this year's income. While the President was busy adjusting his tax saving 'plan with his secretary of the treasury, congressional leaders were ex pressing varying views. which in dicated clearly the' plan did not meet with full approval at the capitol. Mr. Mellon accepted the pro posal to take his surplus away from deot retirement, but he con vinced the president that the idea (Continued on pege 6.) RED CROSS WORK UNITES NATIONS $12,000,000 WORTH OF BUSI XKSS DUXE IX YEAR Dr., Green Calls Chamber of Com merce's Attention to Great Work Done ; The American Red Cross is not only one of the greatest organiza tions in the world tending toward cooperation among nations, but it is one of the greatest businesses in the world, Dr. Thomas. E. Green head of the speaker service of the National Red Cross, told members of the Salem Chamber ,of Com merce yesterday noon The Red Cross did $12,000,000 worth of business in the last 12 months, with an overhead expense of only 2 per cent, or 243.000. It can send 25,000 trained nurses to the scene of any big disaster with in 48 hours, he said. The Red Cross is the embodi-; ment of the idea of service and cooperation that grew out ot the ruin of the war, according to Mr. ' Continued on pge 4.) AFTER THE STORMS EMERGENCY BODY PLANS FOR FUNDS LARGE APPROPRLVriOX COX FROXTS LEGISLATURE Pierr to Cover Telephone Situ ation in January Farewell Message to Solons The Oregon state legislature will convene here in January, and one of the first big things to .at tract their attention will be a de ficiency appropriation of $421, 317.96. The emergency board was in session yesterday and ap proved an appropriation of $68, 391.46 of the above mentioned de ficiency. Of this amount thaOre gon state normal school 'St Mon mouth receives the most, namely, $31.7.91.46. Of this amount $16, 569.31 goes for laying a sewer and paving, while $8,259.99 will be used for salaries and current, expenses. F. A. Elliott, state forester, ex plained that the shortage of funds in his department was due to the disastrous fire season of 1926, which necessitated the employ ment of a large number of field operators. The board authorized an appro priation of $5,000 to cover the cost of deporting state charges and $1,000 to defray the expenses of the executive department until January 1. Considerable surprise was oc casioned at the meeting when Gov ernor Pierce failed to press his request for funds with which to file a complaint looking to a re duction of rates charged by the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company. The governor agreed with other members of the board that this appropriation should be considered by the next legislature, and not as an emergency. Governor Pierce said that from data he had gathered he believed the telephone corporation could reduce its rates 50 per cent, and still pay handsome operating prof Its. Other members of the board agreed with the governor that the telephone rates were high, but they were insistent that it was not within the authority of the board to authorize a deficiency appropri- ( Continued on page 2.) FORMER PASTOR BACK OXCE -3IINISTER OF TRINITY XOW COLLEGE FIELD MAX SILVERTON, Ore., Nov: 8. (Special.) The Rev. George Lllenricksen, former pastor of Trin ity church at Silverton, spent Mon day here. The Rev. Mr. Henrik sen is now field man for Pacific Luther college at Parkland, Wash., and was in the Willamette valley in interest of the college. The Rev. Mr. Henriksen re ports his -family all well at Park land. Miss Dora is preparing for her wedding which will be an event of early December, while Miss Louise is a student at the college. QUEEN SETTLES S G Oil SAYS RUMANIA Miss Fuller and Publicity Agent Will Leave Train Within Few Days DANCE SKIT CANCELLED Ford Motor Representative Will Be Denied Readmittance to Train at Denver, De , clares Carroll QUEEN MARIE'S TRAIN, at Great Falls, Mont., Nov. 8. (AP)-Queen Marie, took reluct ant action today to 'bring , to an end controversy and discord which marked her tour of the Pacific northwest during the last fewd days. A - member of her party an nounced that she had consented to an arrangement whereby Miss Lois Fuller, former dancer and friend of the queen,. and Miss Ful ler's press agent, Miss May Birk head, .will leave the train within a few days. The spokesman's understand ing was that Miss Fuller would quit the party when Chicago is reached and that Miss Birkhead would leave as soon as she Is able, in Denver on Wednesday or be fore. Miss Birkhead suffered a nervous collapse today following examination by Colonel John H. Carroll, in charge of the tour, con cerning her activities on the train. She was under the care of the queen's nurse as was Miss Fuller, whose health has been failing. Miss Fuller, whose war services to Rumania were warmly, praised (Continued on page 4.) PLANNING BODY MEETS TWO PETITIOXS FOR BTJtLD IXGS ACTED OX BY GROUP Two petitions for erection of buildings were considered at a meeting of the city zoning and planning commission last night, and one was turned down and the other approved. . t The petition o f A. A. Gueffroy for permission to erect a store building was unfavorably acted on because the building will come within a strictly residential zone when It .is-b.uilt. The petition of August Hilf icker to erect an addition to a business building at Mission and Commer cial streets, was approved because it is already in a business district. Louis Campbell, chairman of the commission, spent consider able time 'last week in Portland conferring with the head of the planning commission there and as a result of his conference work has already begun towards zoning Salem. KELLY SLATED FOR POST KLAMATH; MAX3IAT BE STATE HIGHWAY EXGIXEER A move was launched in Salem looking to the appointment of C. C, Kelly .of .Klamath county as state highway, engineer under the new administration which ' will assume control of state . affairs shortly after January 1. . s In event Mr. Kelly's friends are successful he would succeed Roy Klein, who has served as state highway engineer aince the resig nation of Herbert Nunn four years ago. ; Mr. Kelly , served as chief as sistant to Mr. Nunn for several years and was' closely identified with the construction of some of the most - important highways in this state. - Following the resignation of &F. ,Nunn . as state . highway en gineer. Mr. Kelly was transferred to Klamath county where he was made district engineer under, the highway department.. REGENTS INVESTIGATE NUMBER OF TOWNS APPLIED FOR NEW NORMAL SCHOOL Members . of the board Vol re gents of the, state normal schools .will leave here, early in December for eastern ; Oregon ; where they will investigate a. number of .pro posed sites ' lor, the ? new normal school authorized t by the voters at the recent general election. - The law provides" that tfce Bite" shall be selected within '90 days after the , election.. . Members -. of ; itbe board Cragenis said a .number of towns, and cities in eastern Ore gon already had filed applications for the'achooL;'" ' An Invitation All organizations, .military, patriotic, fraternal, religious and all others are .hereby .in vited and urged to march in the grand parade on Armistice Day. Do not wait for a writ ten Invitation, as none are be ing sent out.- This is your par ade and your celebration, Mr. Patriotic Citizen of Oregon. . All organizations, business - houses and manufacturers are urged to enter patriotic, frater nal or . business floats in the. big float, section. The Ameri can Legion silver trophy will be given for the float that, in the eyes of the judges, best carries out the idea intended. Help the Legion to make this the biggest and best Armistice Day observance in its history. CARLE ABRAMS, Chairman Parade Committee ' The American Legion, EASTERNERS PLAN RAISING POULTRY MEN . STUDIED BUSINESS, . NOW .BEADY TO START RANCH Induced to Come West After Reading Literature From This State George M. Moan' and W. H. Nunn arrived in Salem yesterday from New London, Connecticut. Mr. Moan was accompanied by his wife, and they made the trip in a Buick sedan. These young men have been making a study of the poultry business, and for two or three years have been planning to come to Oregon where the 300-egg hens are raised, to go Into the poultry business. They spent an hour at The Statesman office in talking over the prospects for the success of the beginner in the poultry busi ness in this district with the edi tor of the Northwest ' Poultry Journal, and expressed themselves as being greatly pleased with our climatic conditions, orchards, poultry and grain farms, and paved roads in particular. ' Salem District Appeals At present these young men are shipping hi Portland'and are tak ing daily, tours about the country to decide on the most -desirable location in the Willamette valley, and stated that the Salem district appealed to them stronger than any part of the valley they, had visited. It is their intention when they, find a location to start. in; the poultry business with about 2,000 laying pullets and become mem bers of j the State sPouUry Produc ers' association through which ,to; market their products. They have some-good, sound ideas about thi (Coa tinned. on pf 3.) SQUAW CREEK PROTEST TWO DISTRICTS DISPUTE OVER IRRIGATION WATER ' The state engineer has fixed November 3.0 as the date for hear ing the protest of the Squaw Creek Irrigation district which is seeking to obtain a supplemental supply of water from Blue lake and Lake creek. . This water is now being used by, the. Suttles Lake Irrigation 4is trict, which obtained. Its permits in the year 1915 with the under standing" that .the project' would .be co mple ted 'in 1 9 23 . The . Squaw Creek Irrigation district contends that the Suttles Lake .Irrigation district . has . failed to comply with its contracts with the state', and has received several, extensions of time in which to complete its pro ject. The Squaw Creek Irrigation dis trict has protested against grant ing, further time for the comple tion of the Suttles Lake Irrigation project, and asks that it be award ed . the waters of Blue Lake and Lake creek.. ' . The Sutyes Lake Irrigation dis trict is located In Jefferson coun ty while the Squaw Creek Irriga tion district . is in Deschutes county. '. , -;- :.' MAY RUM NORTHWESTERfJ SHIPPERS TO CONSIDER OPER ATION OF STEAMBOAT Proposition made . recently to nave a group of local shippers take over, the operation . of the steamboat "Northwestern" operat ing in the Willamette river be tween Salem and Portland, are ex pected . to develop .Into definite action of some kind at a . meeting to be held in the chamber of com merce building here ; Wednesday night.. ' . ;y;;In. ae nothing -is t done, -the boat may be .withdrawn as a com jnon carrier and used only for the Oregon Pulp and Paper company. C.F-. Beyerl . will '.speak at. the meeting A to te 11 Jhe ,yalue 'of': the boat In. saving money to local shippenT&ad :ask , if they want It continued. . ' " ', - - BUDGET HITS -SPECIAL FUi!B FDR CITV ii. 6 PerCentLlmitation iCaussV Drastic Cuts in Various Departments J: PROBLEM-. JUR JO PEOPLE Tctil Budget for 1027 'Is About ' SlG8.5S3.ftl, Final Approval . Bef ore Special Commit teo ; Comes on Nov. S3 " No hand concerts or comfort station daring 1927 Is the prob-' lem to be faced by the city ot Sa-j lem unless the tentative budget considered at an informal meetinr last night of the city council la changed.' Several other redactions were made In the appropriation's' for, various departments. j Reason for such'drastic econ omy is the 6 per cent limitation' which prevents the city from rais4 ing more money by taxation, tha' the amount raised last year' plus 6 'per cent. -' j "Last' year; the amount raised, was $130,000. and with 6 per cent snore this year it will be$l38,5834 Probable receipts from various small sources that will be raised In .19 27 are estimated at $30,00 dj making' a" total budget for 1927, of $168,583.51. i . , .The Jtentaive budget as consld-: erect , last night was presented hv the ways and' means committee.! Only one important f change ; was "made last night by decision tc hare one man. less on the police force next year. ' : - The money thus raised will ge partially, to r a isinr , the sala Ties at the police chief nd . fire chief, and 328 .will go for .baying nev books,' for the public library. Until this change was made, n nroTision had '-beea- made for money to buy such books. j The council . hopes . by thes drastic cuts in appropriations t; bring before the people the ne cessity of calling a special electioi soon after ; the -first tf the yea: to raise money by a special mil lage tax. In case this is done ' (Coatiind a jwff S.) METHODISTS PLAI ERA OF ECONOMY 3IISSIOXARY EDUCATION COAI OF COMING YEAR Concentration, of Study, of Evan gelism lias Place in Ad- j -: V" vance Program. ; DENVER, Colo,, Nov. 8. (AP) Confronted with the prob lem .of increasing church revenue; from, $97,000,000 to $300,000.00' this year for the purpose, of in creasing the scope of its activities the board ot . bishops ot th Methodist Episcopal church, toda? Instituted an era of economy. Th request for increased revenues t Increase and expand the worl service activities was presented t, the. board by the Rev. R. J. Wade secretary of ;.the general confer ence and executive secretary . o the world service . commission o the .churc.hJ 1 - In order to make this increas possible, the board decided to re train, from sending Bishop Ernes G. Richardson of Atlanta, Ga. With. Bishop Thomas Nicholson o Detroit to Copenhagen to condae the Inquiry 'asked by Bishop Anto Bast of Copenhagen. The plea f o economy was led by Bishop Jlici ardson, secretary ot the board, In presenting the report of it. world service commission the Re Mr. Made suggested a trebling o the number of tithers .of tl. church to make possible the in creasing to $300,000,000 the ben' ficienees of the church during C coming year. He also declare that the world service commits:: was planning to devote its entir energies during' the "coming jrc to the education " ot missions.'!, while for the year following t! program called for a concentratic of the study of evangellam. I; also declared that the eryin? r of the world today is for tzcz2 x liglous training in the home V: return to the reading of tts I : daily in the home,' rather thaa t: leaving of this work to the cl-r rc the schools , and other .placf? education. . Announcement of. the de-tli ( the Rev. D. D. Forsyth, seers r of the "board ; of , f orei a r! of -.the church n Chicago, on hli way to penver for the r ent conference was made fcy I pp J. 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