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PAGE TWO IssB Committee Plans Settlement 1 of ! Cases Originating Before 1922 WASHINGTON. July 2--AP) Hope that settlement of cases or lginating before IS 22 would briag a sharp decrease in the aanaal ap propriatlons accessary for tax r 1 unds was held oat today In a Joint congressional committee on inter aal revenue taxation. Pointing to n average rat of settlement of $15,225,270 a month for the sevea months between Jnn 7. and December 31, 1928, the committee said that 42 per cent of these refunds was due to pro- vlsloas of law which hare not been applicable since 1922. Tax re fund claims totalling $1,000,040, are: still on file with the bureau of Internal revenns. Eighty-nine per cent of the re funds and credits reported to the committee which passes upon those above $75,000, were for the years preceding 1922, and it point ed to this as offering the "hope that with the final settlement of excess profits tax years, the an nual amount required for the pay ment of taxes erroneously collect ed will be Tery substantially re duced J The three provisIonswhIch the committee said accounted for 42 per cent of the refunds were taxes en invested capital, special assess ments and amortization These hate not been in force since 1321. 5 The report said "the most troub lesome provisions in our present revenue act are three necessitat ing the valuation of estates; the consolidation of returns for affili ated companies, the determination of depreciation, oboolenscene, and depletion; the- valuation of inven tories, and valuations for determ ining gain and loss." II i 10 IEKS (Continued from Page 1.) use of getting a record and losing it within ja few days or months? When we get through, the rest; won't eare to start." . ' The fliers now are earning 1 11 2 an' hour between . them ; by stay tag aloft Their earnings since breaking .the endurance record, had reached nearly 89,000 to night. I Among messages taken up to the fliers today was a ; telegram "of congratulation from Governor Henry 8.. Caulfield of Missouri, and a message j from Secretary Christopher of the contest com mittee of the National Aeronautic association from New York say ing: "Hope you stay up over 400 hours" I Jackson and O'Brine attribut ed some of their good spirits to their adherence to the rule not to "turn native" in the air. Water is lowered to them in cans from the refueling plane each day and they take sponge baths and always present shaven faces to their "call ers." Also they have quit coffee and drink large quantities of milk. Their meals, are carefully i re pared. ! Fifty-nine contacts have been made with the endurance plane by its refueling plane for fuel, food and other supplies. M)CAL AVIATOR IS (Continued from Page 1.) ered in front of the Hobi hangar. and it seems only miraculous that ao one but the aviator was Injur ed. Air derby officials at the time . were at various points on the field and. might have been hurt even though the plane did not fall Into the crowd. : ! Fall Sensational .thousands of spectators as the ' monoplane, one of Eyerlys own making, turned and flashed down ward with Its motor roaring at full speed. It was a moment be fore those witnessing the mishap realised they had. actually seen aa airplane accident and then there was a great movement toward .the demolished plane. Attendants at the air derby or dered the spectators back to their "seats, however, and .the Hood River band at a word from Its di rector struck up a march, and order. was restored. The crowd sat hushed as "Eyerly was taken 'from the wreck on a stretcher. and placed In an ambulance. The demolished plant was lifted from the field by a score, of men, and the air derby went on, but not with the spirit that had been man ifest prior to the accident. . j In the audience not far from the scene of the crash was Mrs. : Eyerley and their four children. I They were taken to the hospital tew minutes behind the ambu i lance, and It was stated that Mrs s Eyerly was bearing up wonder fully well In view of the circum stances. Is Veteran Filer . .Eyerly Is a veteran aviator, and before he took up aviation was 1. j Too Late To Classify J WANTED-.RdatkFflW .nit Affix i man with cannery experience prefer red. Must be competent Perm&aent position and chance for advancement i tor right man. Address In writing; sw ing references ana wage expected. Frank u. Madden, Marion. Hotel. GOOD Oat and watch fear tor Ml. & V. FDBtioua SJFJX , Box Hi B. 1 un Auoura roaa. . . ti'i EXCHANGE! New three room novae. Mod toe tkm. fSS eooltr will trad for closed it IfJJUBEO SB Veteran of Second Oregon infantry: .arid Silvertori Passes July 19 William 8. MeKialey, a resident of Silverton during the '90s. died July 19 In Castle Rock, Wash., friends here have received word. McKInley was a member of com pany K of the old second Oregon, enlisting in that regiment at Sa lem. William S. McKInley was horn on December S. 1879, in Norton county, Kansas. From Norton he moved, with his parents, to Smith county, Kansas, where they resid ed until 1891. when; they moved to Silverton. Here they remained ntn (the Spanish American War, In 1898. Upon enlistment he was sent to Camp Presidio, at San Francisco, and was put aboard the U. S. China transport for Manila, Philippine Islands. He landed on Thanksgiving Day, 1898. and then was attached to Second Oregon, regiment. Company K in which he was enlisted as a recruit, on the second call tor volunteers la which" he joined his brother Charles ia company K. and re mained la Manila on guard duty nntU February 4, 1899. when the Filipino . insurrection broke out. and he was called to the field. He one of the northwest's best known dirt trac,k racers. He is president of the Eyerly Aircraft corporation, hich has Its plant near Salem's iiew airport, and the plane In which he cracked up was the first built by his concern. Only a short time before the accident, Eyerly arrived at the airport from Portland o win- the race for planes witi OX-5 motors, 110 displacement. OF FIRM SUGGESTED (Continued from Fag 1.) ciations handling wheat at coun try ekvatorsk wheat pools oper ating on state lines, and terminal ooperative sales agencies operat ing in central markets. In the press statement It was pointed out that - upwards of 40 percent of all grain marketed in the country is marketed cooper- tively at country elevators. 'The federal farm board be lieves," the statement read, "that one of its jobs under the agricul tural marketing act is to develop and strengthen the farined-owned and farmer-controlled cooperative institutions for marketing the farmer's crops, and that it la the province of the board to use the funds and authority delegated to it for this purpose. The board there proposed to the representa tives of .the farmer-owned grain associations and pools: that, as part of a long time program for the development of agriculture, all of them join in the creation of a sales corporation with an "ulti mate paid! up capital of not less than $20,000,000. This corpora tion would operate for all grain cooperatives in all markets of the United States and foreign coun tries for the collective selling of such portion of the grain crops as are now, or may hereafter be mar keted cooperatively at country points." Today's meeting was the first the farm board "has held outside of Washington. The sessions will be continued tomorrow after which a few members of the board will return to the national capital. the remainder joining Secretary of Agriculture) Arthur M. Hyde, an et-officio mjpmber of the board, at Baton Rouge, La., where the American institute of cooperation holds its annual meeting next week. Those who will go to the Louis iana ' capital Include Chairman Alexander Legge; Carl Williams and C. C. Teague. - Grange to Meet In Salem Today For Big Session Salem grange No. IT will hold its regular meeting ia McCornack hall today, beginning at 10 o'clock. Miss Frances West will receive the first and second degrees and the third and fourth degrees will be conferred upon Mrs. Virginia C. Bacon, Frank M. McFarland. Mrs. Louise Wampler and Mr. and Mrs. E. O.-Buekley. Two applications for member ship are to be considered and oth er business transacted. A basket dinner will be served at noon. : Ia the afternoon L. H. Metxger of Wenatchee, Washington, will speak on cooperation as It con cerns the farmer. The subject of farm relief will mam Fine WWsh Cloth (TURKISH) With each $1 pish Purchase as a Special Friday & Saturday Only Domestic Lemon Castile Soap 20 ox. Bars - '. CANDY SPECIAL m Lb. SatiaFimlsa Hard Caady .. . ' .-V"!!'""' ' --A V Comer cf CoituidHii Senator tThe OREGON STATESMAN, Pioneer of participated in 22 battles and skirmishes, from the city water works north of Malabon, at the extreme north side of Luxoa Isl and. On Jane 17, 1899, he was ordered back te Manila to embark for San Francisco to be mastered out of service. His regiment was mastered oat Aagast 9, 1899. He then retained to his home at Sil verton. : In 1908 ho went to Castle Rock. Wash., where he lived until his death. After living- la Castle Rock a year, ha married Miss Grace Merrill. To this anion was bora two children. Mniiam Brie and Al ice Mae, Erie died nine years ago. He la survived by a wife. and daughter in Castle Rock, his fath er. Brie MeKialey, of Silverton, six brothers: Fred of Silverton, Charles of Salem. Ray of Wllla mlna, George of Richmond. Calif.. Richard of Oakland, Calif., and Otis of Myrtle Creek; also three sisters: Mrs. Margaret Robinson, of Portland, Mrs. Gertrude Bot tenburg. of McMinnvllle and Mrs. Minnie Pendergast of Chicago, Illi nois. He was a member of Roose velt Camp No. 82, U. S. W. V Kelso, Wash. be discussed by A. Slaughter, S. H. Van .Trump, A. Zimmerman and C. H. Taylor. CLIMB OP If. BIB I Gene Dahling of Portland will lead the Mt. Hood climb of the Salem Chemeketans August 3 and 4.;. 'The party of at least 30 per sons. Under present Indications, will leive the Y. M. C. A. at 2 o'clock,' August 3 to go to Gov ernment camp. j The limb will start from Tim berline at 2:30 or 3 o'clock the morning of August 4. The sum mit will be reached by noon and the return to Government camp made by mid-afternoon. After a dinner there the party will return to Salem. This will be the third climb to be made in as many years by par ties rom Salem. The two previ ous ones have been under the di rection, of the T. M. C. A. The Chemeketan club had its origin in -the 192 climb, charter mem bers of the club all being mem bers of the party. Plenty oof parking space for cars is available at Government camp and a watch Is maintained over cars left there by climbers. Beds and .breakfast will be avail able at Timberllne where tho par ty will have a bonfire and rest for several hours before beginning the ascent. F ED E PORTLAND, Ore., July 26. AP) Walter J. Flnke, 16. charged with slaying his rival la Jre, Herbert Beem, 17, high school youth, will be given a sup plementary hearing to satisfy cer tain legal requirements, previous ly overlooked, Tuesday afternoon. Judge Gilbert announced his in tention at a hearing three weeM ago demanding young Flnke to circult.court for trial on a murder charge. :J The order will be before him Tuesday for his signature. Immense Liquor Plant Is Found PORTLAND, Ore., July 26 ( AP) Aa elaborate liquor brew ing and distributing unit was un covered by police here today on First street Charles Heglund, al leged operator, was arrested and BOO gallons of moonshine, 1,000 quarts of beer sad large quanti ties of mash were confiscated. Eight officers beat dowa three doors with axes to get to the room. Chronic Escape Arrives Again John TueL who has escaped fire times from the Oregon state penitentiary, was "dressed In" at the institution Friday to serve a life term under the habitual crim inal act. He Was received from Malheur county. Tuel also served terms ia re formatories, and Is a deserter from the United States army. 29c Barrel of JA .1. .... ifC -f:' - ' I--'-' 'V. - TeL233 Hotel Wdg. - uMEKETfS lit EM D TIM REALTORS Ei Bellingham Man is Elected Head of Association for Next Year (Continued from rage 1.) tslation, the convention authoris ed that each atata executive of the group be requested to send the real estate commissioner to the legislative conference to be held in Treka, Calif., August -II. ;.; Resolutions adopted Included recommendation that committee be appointed to make surveys of the state license laws; that Phoenix, Aria., be given the vote for the mid-winter meeting; and that the three-way principle of Membership be adopted. Re gret at losing services of T. W. Ziameraman, ; executive secretary for the past seven years, and of William E. Herren of the nation al association was expressed in resolutions. B. L. Hopkins of Olympia was ; chairman of the committee on resolutions; La Grande Awarded - Attendance Prize Attendance award went to La Grande. H. D. Lassell of Aber deen, chairman of the attendance committee, reported at the last business session. Four of La Grand's seven active members traveled a total of 1360 miles tor a rating of slightly more than 194. LaGrande has won the at tendance trophy the past two years and now becomes perman ent possessor. Olympia placed second and LOngvlew third In at tendance, rated on distance trav eled and proportion of members at the meeting. The morning was devoted largely to conferences of the city, farm and industrial groups, lead ing realtors conducting discus sions of problems pertinent to di visions, and to the appraisal dem onstration conducted by Lee Marks of Portland. Glenn D. Wil laman of California gave the principal address of the morning, praising the hospitality of Salem, its fitness for a convention city and its attractions, both as a business city and home city. Tho crying need of the realty business is unity, he said. Appraisal Demonstration Creates Much: Interest The appraisal demonstration drew considerable interest, and particularly from Salemltes, aa the McGilchrlst building on Li berty and State was used for the consideration. Marks said the bufldlng should be replaced, in another seven years by a five story building for the owners to get the highest value. William McGilchrlst, Jr., who took part in the problems; said he did not be lieve the expenditure for a new building would bring sufficient returns and he figured the corner would still be a good business center in 1949. Program given at the banquet, over which J. F. Ulricb presided, included: numbers by Dr. Leon Barrick's male quartet; slight of hand. E. C. . Mclntyre; toast to women realtors, Mercla Leton; songs by American Legion aux iliary quartet; solo, Mildred Wy- att; Scotch novelty act. James Smart. Music was furnished by the Thomas Brothers orchestra. Builders of New Oiiice Building Visit In Salem Representatives of the Ross B, Hammond company, contractors for the new state office building, were in Salem Friday looking over the ground at the site of the building. The excavation for the new structure was completed some-) weeks ago. Work of throwing up a tool house for the contractors was started Friday oa the 12th HOLLYWOOD Home of the 25c Talkies Milton Sills in 'THE BARKER"! A First National ' ' Vltaphone Talking ! Picture Matinee 2:00 P.M. LAST TIMES TODAY Ea if a 6r uwa v I I ia:0 T . a -ii..wf yfc " :J f k j V Snnttoa vtu Mm COMTSOV, A i 7. AETHTra IAKB, SJXLY O'jrEXLX rj- jJOBOTSTOWaBd a ckaru f It Vi Oregon, SaAarday Morning, July 27, 1929 street side. Within a very short time materials will roll in and men start work- patting ap the building, which la to be a virtual duplicate of" the Supreme court building, except that it will have two additional stories. m FULL FORCE VOLCANO H0TJSE. Island of Hawaii. July 26 (AP) The sec ond major eruption la Haleaumau pit this i year continued in full force tonight with the bottom of the lSOf-foot dee crater already covered to aa average depth of 45 feet j ; While ; stressing as always his Inability i to say how long the ac tivity would contiane, Director Thomas A. Jaggar. Jr., of the Kil auea volcano observatory, said the eruption which, started yester day morning was comparable to the lava' apart of last February, and might end as suddenly. The February eraptioa lasted barely it hoars, Crowds continued to throng to the flrejpU- today, fascinated by the lapping of the restless lava, the smouldering spectacle of the fountains of molten rock which continued to play on the Kau (southwestern) side of the crater. Even larger crowds are expected tomorrow, a large shipload hav ing sailed this afternoon for Hilo from Honolulu, Island of Oahu. The eruption, which started yesterday, was not entirely anex pected. Lava has. been absent from Halemautaau since 1923. ex cept for very brief intervals, and under the cycle of activity record ed la Kilauea's past performances it should return BMn. L TOURS THIS STATE - PORTLAND. Ore., July 26. (AP) W, F. Murray, superin tendent of roads and local works of the Orange Free State, South Africa, will be met at Grants Pass, Ore., today by T. M. Davis, highway engineer of the bureau of public works, who will direct the South African official on a tour of Oregon roads. Murray is interested in the low cost of road construction. The macadam construction south of Grants Pass will be shown. From Grants Pass the party will go via Ashland to Klamath Fallto examine the oil and surface treat ment of The Dalles-California highway north of Klamath Falls. Husband Slayer Freed of First Degree Murder WEBB CITY, Mo., July 26 (AP) Mrs. Flora Wallace, who shot and killed her husband, Pi erre Wallace, at their home here July 15, today was freed of a first degree murder charge at a pre liminary hearing before Justice E. D. Allen. Justice Allen pronounced the shooting "justifiable homicide." Wallace, for many years head of the Ku Klux Klan organization at Joplin, Mo., and formerly man ager of the Joplin Tobacco com pany, was shot by his wife while ho was beating their 17 year old son. KOODOO LAST TIMES T-O-D-A-Y Phyllis Haver fa 'Shady Lady" A story of adventure In the fashionable circles and under world haunts of Havana, n With Talking and L. , gound Effects! . All Talking Comedy! I Yltapbone Acts II Movietone ws STARTS SUNDAY VOLCANIC WW mm n j' RE SESSIONS IRE Portland Selected as Place to Meet in 1930; 60 ; Members on H&nd i -: (Continued from Pas ! of St. Helens, great Junior Saga mere: Dr. Duane A, Fellows of Portland, rreat nroDhet: EJ M. rfreHs of Portland, great chief of j records: J. nana or rontana. great keeper of wampum; Er. T. ! Kertson of Salem, great sanaaj; Dr. J. L. Bouads of Portland, great guard of wigwam: Q A. Hubbard of Medford, great guard of forest. j The following committees were appointed by Great Sachem Hen ry Swift: j Credentials, Fred Pnrdln, G. C. Layzell, E. Hahn. Distribution. U. C. A: Pohl, G. A, Abbott. J. L. Morgan. State of Order, J. L. Bounds, O. A. Hubbard, C. Gardner. Legislation, E. Hahn, George Layzell, C E. Orr. Degree . of Pocahontas, Fred Purdln, J, Jessen, J. L. Bounds. Memorial, J. V. Lankin, O. A. Hubbard, ; $ Ways and Means, E. T. Kert son, J. L. Bounds, G. A. Abbott. Standing committees include that on finance, O. L. Dlekel. D. A. Fellows and C. E. Orr; the orphans' board, P. P. Fisher, Al vln Slevers and A. Johnson; board" of appeals, U. C. A. Pohl and L. L. Jacobs. SCREEN FLIPPER TO Opening today at the Elsinore and continuing for a four-day en gagement is that dynamic flapper of the Screen, Clara Bovr, in her latest all-talkie comedy sensation, "Dangerous Curves." Miss Bow has been figuring in extensive publicity recently, as a result of her marriage to that fa moar Broadway stage favorite, Harry Richman. In "Dangerous Curves" Miss Bow interprets a very versatile role that of a circus bare-back rider. Excellent support Is given her by that popular male screen star, Richard Arlen, whom Para mount has been featuring in many outstanding pictures such as "The Man I Love" and others. Kay Francis.. Anders Randolph and Jack Ludett are others In the cast. CQUTT TO COAST FLIGHT MID SPOKANE. Jul. 26,, (AP) Lieutenant N. B. Mamer today said he: would attempt a coast to coast non-stop refueling flight as soon as he could get two planes ready. Durmg the fllg!i. which Is to take him to St. Paul. Cleveland. New York, Washington, Omaha,! Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Portland, Ore., and back to Spo kane, a Ryan monoplane will fly Clara Frocks are Endorsed by Miss Clara ow Newi i Clara Bow Reg. $14.78 ' A new sleeveless frock that has IT lust Arrived J Kay's: Coat and Dress Shop 460 State St. T , , .:-x., r i ' V. r , L W with him. land and get gasoUne then refuel bis Buhl air sedan,, be declared. ' j Sack a. flight Mamer affirmed, would be more practical thaa en durance flights above airports, where unusual conditions, such as mountain ranges and climatic changes do not prevail. ' J "While it is always nice to break records,- said the pilot, "our first purpose in this coast to coast flight Is to show the prac ticability of refueling commercial planes actually engaged In rere nue'prodaclng flights. Mamer said lie would prepare the two planes for the flight as soon as possible. He had not de cided whether to try to fly the planned route and then try for the endurance record over Felts field here, or attempt to fly back to New . York and around the coarse a second time'. v 1 Lincoln Splits Ddubleheader J With 14th Nine Lincoln big boys tool the first game of a doubleheader from Fourteenth street 8 to 4 Friday on Olinger field. Fourteenth ev ened the score by taking the sec ond 7 to 6. The small boys post poned their game. Yew Park will meet Lincoln and .Fourteenth 'this afternoon In a donbleheader on the Park dia mond. The first game will begin at 1:30 o'clock. The small boys will play at Olinger field. Paul Action Is Back In Salem After Vacation Paul Acton, local representative rf tti Mnrfhireatprn Mutual T.ife I . Insurance company, returned Fri day from a two weeks' trip to the east, where he atteitded the company convention at St. Paul, Minnesota, which .began July 22, and lasted three days. One thou sand agents were present and each paid their own waywhich indi cates considerable interest on the part of the agents. Tacoma Youth Dies in Effort To See Aviator TACOMA, July 26. (AP) A fourteen year old Tacoma boy sa crificed his life this morning in a vain effort to see Lieutenant Har old Bromley make a test flight in the "City of Tacoma." Clinton "Honey" McCarthy, son jl , Starts Today 4 Big Days! p 1 &WQ&pUF M ct m Jt romantic drama of -je - " : I tuiw r 0 Also 1 . r-r Added; Attraction. f S JlJJCT "Our Gang" Comedy L irr4 "WIGGLE YOUR EARS K OIN PATHE SOUND NEWS ScM L. CARLOS MEIER P 5? A tiM Organ at Gome Along! Out of every hundred peo ple who die leaving enough money to pass on legally to' their heirs only fifty five per cent die failing to exercise their right to dis tribute their property, as they wish and failing to select an executor to han dle their estate. j 1 . j Have your attorney draw your will, and name this institution as your execu tor ' I Ladd& G)iripany HOOVER TAKES Presidential Party Arrives at Virginia Camp tor - -Week End MADISON, Va., July 26 (AP) President Hoover and his party , arrived early tonight at his fish- i ing camp near here to spend the'j week-end after an uneventful trip from Washington. WASHINGTON, July 26 (AP) President Hoover left lat to day for his camp ia the Virginia Blue Ridge mountains where over the week-end he will consider the :- personnel of the commission to be t created In the army general; staff to study what economies may be effected- in the military establish ment. He took with him Secretary Good and Assistant Secretaries Hurley and Davison, ttt the war department; General Charier P. Summerall, chief of staff of the army, and Colonel Campbell Hod ges, aide to the president, who also will participate In the confer ences, . Others In the party were Secre tary Wilbur, Lieutenant " Com mander Joel T. B6one, physician to the president, ind George Ak ergon, Mr. Hooverfs secretary. While selection of the general staff commission frill be the pri mary purpose of he conferences, there also1 will be a-general dis cussion of possible ways and means for reducing army expenses without impairing national de fense, o. Before the presidential party left the white house for the ninety miles' automobile ride, there were unofficial suggstions that Major Genral, Frank McCoy might be considered for the chairmanship of the commission. Genera Mc Coy is not a member of the gen eral staff, but is eligible for ap pointment and Is expected to com plete within a month his present special assignment as chairman of the Paraguay-Bolivia commission of conciliation. of Mr. and Mrs. S. D. McCarthy, was instantly killed at 9 a. sn., in the freight elevator of an apart ment building while helping Jack Fjetland, dairy driver, who had promised to tako him to Tacoma field to see the take oft, schedul ed for this morning. Read the Classified Ads. Bush Trust i. car up-to eo. 4 i See ST EGNER. til State St