44 to 14,. Was thbifVoie Acainst ZVitQnri pt; to . Repeal rFfch Wheel Law:;,Wov-lWako a'RniGhccJ Job - ofAlt;- Pig utrem HaverAccomplIces When Going Thrpugh Solpm ? Sise What Salem ppj?QQTipri 3qir A 3f1 Tl I .WEATHER FORECAST: Rains in -west jnd n la east -portion; normar temper-' I ature; fresh, and-strong OBtberiylwlntis on ' Five Italfans J have shot at Mussolini without hitttnx him and yet the Due talks of conquerins' the world with such marks men- " ; . - - - !, Some scientists can do humanity a lot of ' good, by inventing an. automatl .-windshield wirer for horn rimmed spectacles. . , ', .A foat. -Maximum yesterday, 45;-minimum, I 5; riyer.3.7.; ramfall, .01; atmosphere, cloudy; 'wind,' vest. . mm. T. SEVENTX-SIXTH -YEAE SltOPJ SEES DIFFICULTIES F IMllIti i : - -. ----- . ;rJcNaryHaiigen Measure Woufd Be Hard to Enforce cretarySays ADMINISTRATION COSTLY rWlrrtlon of Eqnallwitkm P Is ltld TroubloHOiw; Iirise Force of A crnmtat Tlioult nVASIIIN'flTON; Feb. 14 (AP) As the house-drew nearer, today to a vote on theMcNary-lUugan farm bill. Secretary Mellon out lined, in a letter "made public at tne capitol, the dUfciUios he be lieves would be encountered in en forcing such, a measure. . v " : trpnfining himaelf tp an, analysis of tjhe bill's administrative pro visions, the treasury secretary esti mated that its administration alorie would cpst ahout $800,000 a'yar. not including the cost of rasris returns and collectlna: the I equalization fee' and said that a 1 ars lurce 01 avi-uuauiuis, iciaiui- cal and legal experts, and investi gating a.gents would be needed. ' "The collection of the equaliza tion! fee." he said., "will be diffi lt." s 'Thn secretary's Tlews were set forth in a letter to Representative Chindblom, republican, Illinois, viho had asked. for his opinion. It p-was! inserted in the congressional record as the house was conclud ing general debate on the bill and clearing the way for a test of strength through a move to sub stitute the bill passed by the sen ate for that before the house. By this means friends of the i bill hope to prevent the possibility .- a filibuster against it in the lg days of. congress. Should efljflhouse accept 4 th -senate bill un-amended, the likelihood of par liamentary mores against it in conference between the senate and house would be removed and the measure would go dirctly to President Cooiidge for his approv al or disapproval. V ' Acting under a recommendation from the house rules committee, Chairman Haugen of the agricul ture committed tomorrow will move for the' substitution, and the .vote, on his motion, while not ex- f pected to be coHClusive of the (Continued on page S.) b NEGRO GRILLED ONSKjULLIND JAM ES ViiYSUXi, REUSES TO li t I.K ABOUtC DISJCOVRRY Will Ito Shown Trunk and Grue some Contrnjts In Jffort to Find Facts MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Feb. 14. ( A P ) Sullen and defiant, James Coyner, giant negro serv ins a prison sentence here tor grave robbing, today withstood hours of questioning regarding four women's skulls found in his trunk at Ferndale. Mich., De troit suburb, last week, without giving any information .to clear up the mystery.. Tomorrow he will be confront ed wit h the trunk and its gruer Home contents. In this ' manner, Michigan authorities expect to break down his churlish silence. Clyde Underwood; prosecuting attorney of Oakland county, Michi gan, and George W. Smith, Fern dale chief of police, tonight sent for the trunk." Tomorrow Coyner s,y last week In a house In the Michi gan city, where he is believed to have resided several months.. . Coyner today told his question ers that be could tell ."about a lot of murders and murderers." and then declared he ""would, rathr er die than tell what he knew.. The convict said he had been married two or-three times and Is the father of three children, but said he did ot know where any or his children or wives are today. Coyner denied that he had a sister in Chliap-rt olthnnffh Emms fs. Robinson, claiming to be his sis- jt, received ; letters Xrom mm vukiogner to. get nis irunn. si letroit and explaining that it I might involve him In -further n trouble if she did not get it. He denied writing these letters. .r POSTAL RATES TO FALL Senate Votes for Reduction -of One Cent on Pjoajtal Cards WASHINGTON,-Feb.' 14 (AP) General revision of the postal rates was voted tonight by the senate In adding ' A .: 'series of amendments to the honse bill pro posing a reduction from two cents Jo one cent la.tjerat$'a.p8tal FJRANCE GAWST COOJLIDGE PLAN REPORT HAYS CARINKT WILL. TCKX IMV. PQPOSAJ RIIy KxpctC4l to Coafino Itself to ifculon of Proced ure Only . PARIS, Feb. 14. (AP) Presi dent .Coolidge's proposal for com plementary ' naval disarmament distinct from the general scheme under consideration by the League of Nations virtually will be reject ed -by the French reply, which the cabinet will; take up tomorrow, it is understood on the highest authority. The French government's reply -will avoid discussion of the merits of the question as raised by the Cooiidge note, will confine itself to discussion of procedure and will, conclude by stating that it is impossible to take the question out of the hands of the league. Fullest sympathy with the ob ject of the president's initiative will be expressed with the promise of hearty cooperation in any prac tical? plan, but It will be pointed out that France, having cooperat ed in the preparation of a scheme for general disarmament in the league commission cannot separ ate herself from that effort. . : . , PORTUGAL TO BE BETTER General Carmona Sees Improved Times Ahead of Nation LISBON, Feb. 14 (AP) Gen eral Carmona, the Portuguese dlo tator, who put down rigorously ,the recent revolts in Lisbon and Opor to, is convinced that better days await Portugal if all the more con servative elements united and ral lied around the government to aid in .the difficult work of reforma tlon of the country. General Car mona has his quarters in the gen eral barracks installed in the Ne cessidades palace, where today he received the correspondent of the Associated Press. Pacification of Portugal, he ex plained, would be an extremely trying task, owing to the social and administrative disorders caus ed by 16 years of misgovernment by political parties, who, he said. 'nnfnrtimaBlY thnight, r,0Ta lja their own interest than that of the good of the country." MRS. 0RMIST0N FREED Wife of Almee's Operator Gets Interlocutory Divorce LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14 (AP) Mrs. Ruth Peters Ormiston was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce in superior court today from Kenneth G. -Ormiston, radio man and a co-defendant in the recent Aimee Semple McPherson conspiracy case. Mrs. Ormiston testified briefly in court today that her husband had deserted her on January 22, 1926, and this was corroborated by two witnesses. H. H. Owens, a friend of the Ormiston family, de clared he knew the radio man had left his wife without her consent. H. G, Davis, employed with Orm iston1 by a publishing company, testified that the farmer Angelus Temple wirelews operator told him recently there was no chance for a reconciliation with his wife. EXTENb TIME ON BONUS Representative , MeCourt's Bill Passes Senate Monday . The senate Mondav nasd i?t resentative McCourfa hill TtnH. ing the time in , which exservice men may make applications for cash bonus until June 30, 1930. The bill also provided that In cases where service men had ac cepted a cash bonus thev mav re turn the bonus, together with in terest, and receive the benefits of the loan. This transfer mar h made under the law anytime prior iu me year ; Further provision -was made In the bill that loans mav be naid tn as provided under the existing installments rather than anarterlv law. All loans must be paid by June i, i9a8. YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON O 't , n asioclawa Fnu . - The Ford tax hearings were re sumed. - . " The senate delayed' action oh the McFadden branch banking bill. ' General debate in the house on the McNary-Haugen farm bill was concluded. ' - ' - : . ' T Earl ; Carroll, convicted New York theatrical, manager, asked the supreme court to review' his triaL 1 j Representative Lowry of Miss issippi introdnced a new bill for operation of Muscle Shoals -- . , . - ,' . . - The house ways and means com mittee reported a bill to license medicinal liquor manufacturers. : i Witnesses l ,whO . refrised to tes tify; fully in Ihe Illlnois-Pennsyl Vania primary investigations were recalled by the senate campaign SE1T0RS VOTE FOR fflFJGEflGr BOARD CLOSli Only Two Members "Stand for Continuation of Fund Voting Group HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL Organization Spends Mnru Un necessary Money, Says Sen. Hell; Dunne and Moser Friend of Body A bill providing for abolishment of the s.tate emergency board -a . . . - i. l.ml m passea tne senate yesieraay ny a vote of 27 to 2, President' Corbett being absent. Senators .Dunne and Moser were'the twoopponents. The law creating the state em ergency board is unconstitutional, Senator Bell declared, .and has been expensive to the state. "I am satjsfied." lie continued, "that much unnecessary money has been spent by superintendents of various institutions and de partments, thinking that" the em ergency board would make up de ficiencies Created after their bud gets "hd run out. It is ray opin ion that the state would; save a large amount of money if. the board is abolished." Senator Moser said he could not agree with Senator Bell's .state ment that the operations: of the emergency board had resulted in extravagance "I can see cases where an ap propriation of $100,000 author ized in lieu of the emergency board would not cover legitimate emergencies," said Senator Moser. "I view this bill as a move in the direction of extravagance' rather than economy. It places an ap propriation of 5100,000 in the hands of a more disinterested "If this bill Is approved it may result in special sessions of the legislature at a heavy cost to the taxpayers. I think we may safe ly trust the emergency board as it (Continued on page 2.) HAMMER SLAYER HELD Japanese Woman Faces Murder Trial for Death of Okada PORTLAND, Feb. 14. (AP) Charges of first degree murder were filed tonight against Mrs Mary Hiraga, 25, Japanese kinder garten teacher, who last night killed Masao Okada, insurance agent. Mrs. Hiraga declared to police tonight that she killed the man when he attempted to attack her in her apartment. When she re fused the man admittance to her room, she said, he broke the door in an grabbed her. ' Jlp SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY SIX ENTOMBED MINERS RESCUED TWO MKX STILL PRISOXKRS IX PK.VXSYLVAXIT. SHAFT One Roily Recovered;.- Rescuers WorkInKHeroically; Ovy- gen Pumped POTTSVILLE, Pa,, Feb. 11 (AP) Six of the nine men caught behind a fall of coal and rock to day in the gangway of the Reven Run mine, 16 miles from here, were rescued unhurt, one body was recovered, and. two men were still entombed tonight.. A large -squad of men worked heroically to reach the entombed miners. Oxygen was pumped through pipes into the pocket where they were cut off, but no communication had been estab lished with them. Ambulances awaited at the mouth of the mine and doctors and nurses were ready to give Jirst aid should the en tombed men be found alive. Every official of the mine and all. available miners and laborers were engaged in the rescue work They wielded picks and shqvels In cutting away at the fallen breast of coal and worked in short shifts. A little group of women and childreu, families of the trapped miners, clung to the sides of. the hill around the mine in suspense. Rescuers were unable to esti mate how long It would take to reach the entombed men. SALEM ATTORNEY DEAD Former Canadian Spent 22 Years in Successful Practice" Thomas M. Brown, prominent Salem attorney since 1904, will be burled tomorrow In St. Barbara cemetery. He died In Portland Sunday afternoon, suffering from a tumor on the brain. Mr. Brown was born in Ontario, Canada, of a distinguished family of barristers, one of whom is" a member of parliament In Ottawa. After a brilliant record he came to Oregon in 1903 and settled in. Woodburn, but came a year later to this city where he had since lived, carrying on his law practice. Mr. Brown is survived by his yite.- iwo sonjs, one. ..daughter, three brothers, three sisters,' be sides many friends, both in busi ness and club circles. He was a member of BPOB 336, WOW, Catholic Foresters, Knights of Co lumbus and Illlhee country club. VoULD SIMPLIFY ELECTION Senator Joseph has Introduced a resolution In the senate provid ing in cases where candidates for a public office at a primary elec tion receive, a majority of all the votes cast they would be declared elected and be relieved of making the race at the general election. DR. S. M. BARBEE DIES PORTLAND, Feb. 14 (AP) Dr. S. M. Bar bee, .member and former president of the state board of health, died suddenly; at his home here last night. Death is said to have been caused by heart disease. MODERN METHODS MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1927 , UBERGiVlAN ARREST REPORT DENIED CXiXFLICTlXG STORIKW COME ', OS . KLORE.NCK ROBBERY President and Cashier of Bank .Reported Held in Hafford, Arizona SAFFORD, Arizona, Feb. 14. (AP) If two residents ot Flor ence, Ore., wanted in connection kith the closing of a bank there Are in these parts, it is news to (iraham county authorities. The Sheriff's off jce disclaimed all knowledge of the whereabouts ot llenry Bergman and Harriett Weatherson and tonight M. T. Stinsou, night watchman, said quite candidly that the county jail )vas empty. Stinson had - never heard of Bergman and Miss Weatherson but said he would hunt up the sheriff again and see if he had received a telegraphic for their arrest. Sheriff H. M. Tate had not been located 'at an early hour tonight. EUGENE.' Ore , Feb 14. (AP) Henry Bergman and Miss Harriett Weatherson, president and cash ier, respectively, of the Lane Coun ty State Bank at Florence, were trrested at Safford, Arizona, to ay on a charge of embezzlement, according to word received by Sheriff Taylor. They will be brought back here for trial, it was stated at the sheriff's office. f Bergman and Miss Weatherson are charged with embezzling funds of the-bank, which was alleged by Miss Weatherson to have been rob bed a few weeks ago. She said that she was held up by a lone bandit and locked up in the vault, the robber taking more than 120, f 00 in cash and travelers' checks. A week afterward she and Berg man disappeared in a borrowed Automobile which was located at Fresno, Cal., a day or so after ward. The couple abandoned it there and took the train for Ariz ona, it was learned at the sher iffs office. GAME LAWS CHANGED Measure Aims To Protect China Pheasants Until Next Term House bill 3.62, changing .the season on china pheasants, was passed in the night se.sion of the house last Jiight with only 15 dis senting votes.. The new law would read, the season shall be open each Wed nesday and each Sunday of inter vening weeks from October 15 to November 15. The bag limit for each day remains at four, al though the clause governing the season total has been changed to rule that not more than eight be in the bag for seven ' consecutive days, of which only two shall be females. There will be no open season in Lincoln, Tillamook, Clatsop and Curry counties, nor in game dis trict 2, except in Union, Umatilla, Baker, Grant, Malheur, Morrow, Klamath, Hood River, Wasco, and Wallowa counties. BRITIIUIS TROOPS; CD CEASES PARLEY Agreement Between U tions Concerhing Concessions - Clow Ended NO STATEMENTS GIVEN ForelKa Minister Clien and Owen 0Malley ; Refuse to. tloin ment; Negotiations Will Not Be ReHuniel HANKOW, Feb. 14. (AP) Great Britain landed troops at Shanghai today and simultaneous ly it was announced at the nation alist (Cantonese) foreign office here that the agreement between the two governments concerning the British concessions at Han kow and Kiukiang remained un signed. While the negotiators," Foreign Minister Chen of the nationalist government and Owen O'Malley, British charge d'affaires, refused to make- a statement - concerning their -conference, it was reported that their negotiations would not he resumed. i These conferences were first suspended several days ago jwhen Foreign Minister Chen insisted that Great Britain give assurances that she would not land troops at Shanghai before he would sign the agreement regarding the British concessions. - The , agreement would have yielded administrative control of the; concessions to the nationalist government, Great Britain retaining certain privileges calculated to safeguard the in terests of her nationals. The agreement as . to the concessions was thought to have been a pre liminary precedent to the negotiat ing' of a treaty that would! have carried Great Britain's recogni tion of the .nationalist govern ment, hntthis was not stated of ficially. : . As a result-of the breaking of negotiations, the British cqnees sions at Hankow and Kiukiang remain in the administrative con trol of the nationalist government, with the British residents doing some business. The concessions were, overrun early in January by coolie crowds in anti-foreign Idem onstrations. British residents were forced out of their districts, and many departed to other cities for. safety. The nationalist thorittes then took oyer control of the concessions. LIBERAL ARMY ADVANCES Important City Of Matagalpa Cap tured; March On Managua MANAGUA, Feb. 14. (AP) The main body of the liberal forc es has reached Matagalpa, a) city of strategic importance and rank ed second in importance only to the Nicaraguan capital. 1 General Moncada, having de feated the conservatives at Perlas, ascended the -Grande and Escondido river alleys toward Matagalpa, with Managua as his final objective. - I .The exact number, of soldiers engaged on each- side is in doubt. Praiou estimates seemed to in dicate that the conservatives numbered the liberals. Now it ap pears that ihe opposite is trtte. ?v - 1 1 1 v " i ; PLAY CAST FACES TRIAL -The- Virghs Man"- CaUed Inde cent; JtKht Hejd In Case( - ' I ' ' NT3W VfflfK J?fth 1 4 .f APli4 The manager and' the entire least of5"Tho Virgin JkIan,"one of three plays which was ' raided in last week's stage cleanup campaign. Were held for trial in "special, ses sions today "ou- charge, of violat ing laws against indecent stage prodootlons. Bail ot ihe eight fendants. was. continued. J Those ( arrairiged were WHIIana Duga, co-author and manager,! and Dorothy Hall, .Virginia Smith, iDon Dillaway. , Betty-,. Alden, , Joseph Dalrd, Paul CJare and Charles Horn. i ' BLAST ROCKS VILLAGE ?-::-sx .... . . " ?. - .--if,-. One Killed, Several , Injured, In . Explosion, at 7'exas Tqwxi t -BORGER, Tex., Feb. 14.-r ( AP ) A terrific explosion here about 11 o'clock, tonight wounded several persons and jarred sleep ers from their ; beds, besides de molishing practically every plate glass window in town.; It waa be lieved that the-explosion waa at nitroglycerine depot. . - 4 One unidentified white man was killed.; by ; a boulder, cast . a senile and a halX Xrom the nitrogJycertne magazine' two ,mile west ot here, B:ia body -.was practically severed; f .The blast tore, & hole two , hun dred; feet deep and.' wiped - away a section of; the hill on which It took place." i . -iK; POL1GE PENSION .- BILL PEFEATED VOTE FOB- PASSAGE 1 SHORT OF- NEEDED NUMBER, Senator ITpton jlakes Stronjc Fight for- Measure; JWpuld Tax t Premiums' The so-called firemen and " p- 1 Icemen's pension bill introduced by Senator Dunne was lost in the senate yesterday by one Vote, in spite of a fight by Senator Upton to have it passed over an adverse report of the insurance committee. Fifteen, senators,- one less than the constitutional majority, voted tor it.' . . ';. .. ' " .. The bill provided a small tax on premiums of insurance com-, panies operating in Oregon, and would apportion the money there from among .cities having the fire-; men and policemen pension sys tem In operation'. "This bill should pass, said Senator Upton; "ir only because of fast work from some Multnomah county delegates. The Adverse re port was returned lor the sole pur pose of killing the bill. The fire men and policemen of Oregon are doing a great1 public service and they should have some considera tion." , Senator Klepper took exception to the remarks of Senator Upton. "It appears to me," said Sena tor Klepper, "that Senator Upton is attempting to grab some glory at the expense of the Insurance committee." Senator Klepper then explained that the insurance committee had held several hearings on the bill and that it had been given care ful consideration, lie said tne at torney general had held that the proposed law. : if passed, would be unconstitutional. Senators Bailey, Bell1 and, Bntt objected to the bill on the grounds that any tax that might be levied 5 (Canthmed on p 4.J ANCIENT PLOT ALLEGED Suit Filed to Break Will of Wil liam Nelson McCUntodc ' CHICAGO, Feb; 14 :AP)A plot formed 18 years ago which involved his slaying of two per sons who stood in the' way of his possession of their $1,000,000 es tate- waa 1 attriDuted to -Wiinam rinrltne- fihnnherd in a SUlt filed today to hr,eak the'w 111 of William Nelson: aicClintock, tne "million- flirA nrnjian.'1 i . 1 Shepherd was acquitted of the murder ot tne youtn, wnose oeaw ho. vna sllos'nd. tn hflVA caused bV administering typhoid germs, hut the ghost of jthat long criminal court battle arose today to stais him nnnneeted with the allegation that in 1900 he fed the - boy's mother, Mrs. jsmma catnerine aic- CMrttno'U. n. fatal dose Of OOlsOn. The suit was filed in behalf of eight cousins; and, in addition,- to Shepherd, ..named as ; defendants the two cousins who ma not par tlcinate. Mrs. t Julie M. Shepherd. and Miss Isabelle Pope, who was fffaneAl tn ;"RUlv" McClintock and who was willed ail annuity of 8000. L0NGVIEW HEARING SET : !r-' . 4 '-- Mt Army Engineer Will Probe rra posed Span In Portland joon PORTLAND, Feb. 14 (AP) A hearing on the Long view bridge, recently authorized by congress. will he held, in Portland March 15 before MajoriR. T, Coiner, United States army engineer, , and repre sentative ot the 'secretaries of commerce and agriculture. Spec! flcatIon8 f or thebrldge which will be a steel structure between Long' view,.; Wash., and Rainier, Ore., will be .discussed at the meeting. Portland interests, which opposed the bridge, insist that it shall "be ot sufficient" height and clearance between piers I to" prevent It from obstructing navigation on the Co lumbia river between Portland and the Pacific 'ocean. r - - Major (joiner said that presuma bly the rfcecretarieS ' of !' war, com merce and' .agriculture would pass finally upon the plans and speclfi-j cations, as the bin passed: by, con gress provides that they shall' ap- MAN MAY BE STRANGLE Domfnlck Boycr field by San Fran- - , Cisco Police mm SospecC SAN-. FRANCISCO; ; Feb.' ; 14. (AP)-Domlnick Boyer was ar rested here tonight for Investiga tion, In connection with the "dark strangler" vmnrdersi' He denied knowledge of the inurders which have terrorized Paclfio coast wom en for months, but was held on a Charge of vagrancy with bail set at 91000, while police; checked his activities. : -".'vl:f " HEW RyvilLL BtOCKEJCI Senator - Edwards Oppoao Jleor gandzatiOB g.ProhttItloM ,-y1 ' Passage M the house prohibition reorganization bill was blocked in the senate tonight by .Senator Ed wards .democrat. New 'Jersey,, al though other wet senators relent' ed to .their opposition and: agreed to let It pass. 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS ROBERTS LOSES HOUSE BfiTI FISH IE Measure to License Vheefs Defeated in Vote Yester day Af ternoofi ' EE DEBATE LASTS:. 3 HOURSf . Sponsor, Of Proposal . " tempts -T Jrovc Mislead: . .cip- itnda XTsel At t Uit.i ..1 j Election .Of lOUti . s 4 The house yesterday by trHs of 44 ! to 14 kUled ' the JRobert bUl tor licensing fish wheels Ih the .Columbia,-thus closing alight whieh has lasted during most of the present session. 'After the bill' had been made- in. . special order of business for $1 o'clock in the afternoon a three honr argument ensued. . ! " ' Representative Roberts', who In-'-troduced the blU, ' aUentpte'd -to prove that misleading propaganda was .spread ' that resulted In ' pas- ; sage- of the act. prohibiting -flsh-i Wheels at the last general elections A compact between Oregon and) Washington fpr bringinr peace 'out the Columbia - river was. .entered , into years ago, Mr. Roberta said; and hlam.ed. the hill for prohibitlnje purse seine in 1921 to agitators who wished for turmoil. Agitator also originated the 192 6 measure far ' abolishing flshwheels, be claimed. . . ? V - A fraction oyer 0 per cent bf the fish , taken, in the Columbia river are caught by jfishwheels, ho said. Those who wish fi&hwheels al lowed have contended all throng the session that the fishermen themselves, who pay a ponndago tee .of ne half, a 'cent. a. pound which goes to the propogationc fnndil are the people who pay for the fish In the streams. : , ".On. the joiher .hand those, op posed ; to commercial' fishing ' in streams ,ln Oregon say abey Wish t9 pcotect and save one of ..the greatest natural resources Oregon, has. " ' - ' ..-. Itepresentative Allen objected to 1 what he termed ' lobbying against the bill yesterday In thei form 'of cards- which were distric ted ' every member relating ,.the (Cootlsaed sa pass 8.) ' - TALKING MOVIE . WAR PREDICTED FOUR COMPANIES' pSVOLVEB ,IN PAXEX DISPUTK California. Firm. Announces Acqui sition of Banlc Patent on Machino NEW YORK, Feb. 14. (AP) Imminent possibility of a "talklnfe movie war" was? forecast In state ments to the Associated Press' to day. ' .: : - ".- f ' 5 ?:. There are apparently four com panies Involved in patent disputes, with another company using a de vice based on a different theory, on ' neutral territory. : : The Radio Corporation of Am erica' in association with4 the Gen eral Electric company' and Weat Inghonse Electric and Manufactur ing company. Is sponsor of : the latest" talking movie" apparatus. The Deforest phonpfilms, the-Fox-Chase company, "and ' the Federal Telegraph' company, of California, ' each sponsor of other devices oper ated On 6. more- or less, similar principled The Vltaph6ne" company uses a record- for the talking' part of its talking 1 movie instead ot photographing sdund on 'the movie film as the others do, and so is out of-the controversy. ; - , . , -'" The 5 California company recent ly announced that it had obtained basic patents which " gave It ex clusive rights to certain features of the filming of pictures and sonnd.? ?Thev' Radio Corporation, group promptly announced that-it. is ''proceeding energetically' with ita plans for commercial installa tion of its' system. - - - ' t - "Today officials ot the Deforest' company announced that! it held basis patents antedating all others and that it would "sue anybody: anywhere who7 raises his head" to Infringe those patents; ' - v Two sults W. E7. Waddell, man ager of the' Deforest company, said already had been filed and others would follow The suits already begun are against , the Fox-Chaao' company; and action, it was stated will Inevitably be started against.; the General Electric group. . ; Officials ", of the compnai against which-' action Is threaten-, ed' decline' to make any statement ' beyond""" their previous . remarks thaf they were going ahead, each with' Its own1 device. ) -Officers here of tho California' company, whlcht has Issued two ; statements In . the past 10 days -about basic patents, would not pay ; whether: they too, plan restrain-f Ing" actions against the other com- -' panies pending consultation Willi . their attorneys. ' - f