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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem,-Oregon Wednesday Mornag. September II, 1929
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Stock and Jncome Taxes to
Hz Inquired Into by
t - U. S". Senate v
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! . ' By J. HAROLD OLIVER' ;
-, - :' Associated Press Writer
- WASHINGTON. Sent. 19.
"CAP) By a vote of almost two
to one, the senate today adopted
' the simmona resolution dlrecnns
.-. the finance committee to obtain
, om ine treasury data irom tn-
... tcsmv ua capiai biock tax returns
for use In consideration of the ta
riff MIL . t " ;
' The roll call voter the tint ta
ken oa tariff in the senate reveal-
.ed a wide e put in Republican
' ranks on the principle of publicity
- Involved, tl republican Joining
ISO democrats for- the-i resolution,
And 27 rennbllfana caitlnr their
,was not involved, however.
t wTL a . m.. a m m
tor Simmons of North Carolina;
ranking democrat on the finance
committee, and amended on the
' .floor calls for presentatloa of the
profits, losses, wages, "officers' sal
arias, cost of production, and other
(Related statistics contained in the
. las returns on domestic maauiae-
i t turers and importers. --
FaffeAf Committee
Uu Produce Data
. Existing law already provides
wat sucn iniormauoa may no oa-
tained by the finance- committee.
;. but the Simmons proposal would
produce the data on vote of the
tnapority or minority members act
ing ts groups, as well as the full
,' committee. !
, C Sponsors of the resolution as
. aorrxt Its annosMiti Ikit ha ahni
would be-made of the privilege
, thus accorded, such as broadcast
lag the information to the four
- earners of the country, but that it
worm ne utilised only when it was
deemed necessary to prove the
justification oc an -increase or de-
Crease in a tariff rate.
' f As originally framed, the reso
lution would have called for on
!y .the profits and losses of tax-
v payers whoso products might bene-
. fit by the tariff changes, but
Senator Simmons accepted an
amendment by Senator Blaine, re-
: publican Wisconsin, to call for nd-
: ditloaal figures, and another by
Senator Couzens, republican, Mich
igan, providing the financial status
,: of Importers as well 'as domestic
. manufacturers be produced.,
ftaoot Asks Tariff Bin
. Be Laid Aside .
. ' After Its adoption. Chairman
Sfinoot, who with Senator Reed, re
publican, Pennsylvania, were the
Only -speakers against the resolu
tion on the floor, moved that the
tariff bill be laid aside temporari-.
- . !y for argument on the priority -of
. the Norris resolution calUng tor an
- Immediate showdown in the long
pending Vare contest.
.. Upon settlement of precedence
i inis case seemea 10 aepena ina
next step in the tariff proceedings.
In proposing his amendment.
Senator Couzens said the senate
should be as much concerned
(about the profits of Importers as
it is about earnings of manutac-
- , turers. He cited examples where
importers had brought in cheap
foreign goods and marked up re
tail prices as high as 1,600 per
. cent, pocketing the profits and
giving consumers no opportunity
to bay the articles for -what they
were worth.
. Data on Taxes Is
Declared Needed
Statements of democrats raising
. .. a doubt as to the need of increased
duties prompted him to vote for
-Ha tarW A at. kMMnl itt a.lif
, Contending it was "absolutely
self-evident" that the tax statist
ics were relevant to the subject at
hand. Senator La Follette, repub
lican, Wisconsin, said he believed
. the returns would show wide dis
crepancies when compared with
"figures tarnished by corporations
- to financial publications.
He denied the contention of
! Senators Smoot and Reed that the
- information sought already, was
avallable-in business manuals, de-
f . elarlng. the Aluminium Company
'. of America, of. which Secretary
Helton was a director before to
entered the treasury department.
; wnm boi ubwi uoiv crapuwi
, providing these publicans with bal
ance sheets and jncome accounts.
IFOifflSTO
A Governor Patterson is not to be
dissuaded from his determination
to postpone the deer hunting sea
son until a general rainfall shall
have wiped out the tire hazards
resulting from the long draught
of the present season. , His de
termination to adhere to this po
sltion, Announced last week, was
1 reaffirmed by the governor Tues
day following a conference with
Harold Clifford, state game war-
den, and Ben Dorris, member of
; the state game commission,, who
'attempted to persuade the govern
or to recede from his positloa or
at .least, if still determined to
postpone the opening of the hunt
ing season to make the postpone
ment to a definite date so that
hunters . could make : their., ar
rangements accordingly.-
, "Unless we have a general rain
over the state I shall exercise my
authority and postpone the open
' tng ot the hunting season until
it does rain." the governor stated.
.. closing of the national forests
. to all comers except those whose
business requires their - presence
therein was expected by the gov
ernor to greatly simplify - the
- problem of state officials, since
practically all of the deer to the
state are found la these areas.
- As an added precaution against
fires la the timbered areas F. A.
Elliott, state forester, today noti
fied district wardens, field in
spectors and forest supervisors to
'revoke all outstanding burning
permits and issue so more until
further orders."
The situation In the forests of
PATIQISOrJ HOLDS
Senate Naval Committee
V otes. to Prohs Charges
Brought by Mr. Shearer
WASHINGTON. Sept. le
( AP Supported by President
Hoover, the senate naval commit
tee moved today, to tin to too bot
tom of reports and charge that
propagandists and American ship
building corporations had sought
to influence the trend of the un
successful 1827 Geneva naval lim
itations conference.
The decision of the committee
wjuu Brtts-At the White
House subsequently, the president
publicly announced that the use
of propaganda to obstruct the ad
ministrations' program for naval
limitation was "so ovblously evi
dent" as to necessitate an inquiry
into this matter. -- -
Borah Take Leading .
Part in Action ,
;. Senator .Borah; republican, Ida
ho, who first called attention of
the senate to a statement by Wil
liam h. snearer, self-styled aavajl
expert, that ' he had represented
American ahlp : builders at ' the
Geneva fiasco, took a leading part
in bringing about the committee
action.
Appearihr as a witness, he said
fthe activities of Shearer at Gen
eva in behalf of the ahlp builders
amounted to a "criminal conspir
acy agaiaBt the Interest of the peo
ple of the United States and the
governmenL' . -Itesolntioa
Introduced
Later In Day
Later, the Idaho senator Intro
duced a resolution to carry out the
committee's decision. This is ex
pected to be approved by the sen
ate prior to another- committee
meeting called for Monday,
The resolution was prefaced by
two declarations. One was that
Shearer . has . tiled suit against
"certain ship building eorpora-
the state at this time are the
worst in many years in the opin
ion OZ JSlllOtt.
A pumper and 1000 feet of hose
were rushed to the Scotts Mills
district today by the state forestry
department in .response to an ap
peal for help in eombatlnr fires
in that region which were threat
ening farm settlements. . .
Christian Pastor Taken Sud
denly After Lifetime
Of Good Health
MONMOUTH, Sept. 10. Fun
eral services were held at two
o'clock Sunday afternoon at the
Monmouth Christian church for
Rev. L, E. Hoskins. 9$, who died
Friday evening at his home here
after an illness of about' two
hours. He had enjoyed a lifetime
of singularly good health and was
active until a few hours before his
death in a grocery store which he
and Mrs. Hoskins have operated
in Monmouth since December.
1S7. ,
He was born April ie. 1861. at
North Eaton, Ohio, where he was
reared ana educated later attend
ing Hiram college. In 1885 he
was married to Miss Jane Dye at
North Eaton, and they moved to
Oregon la 1120. settling at Port
land. He served as pastor of the
uontavllla Christian church la
1021-22. Later charges were at
Lebanon aad Dallas. Oregon. In
1921 he retired from the minis
try, and opened a store in Falls
City; and nearly two years ago
established the family home at
Monmouth. During part of his res
idence time here he has filled the
pulpit of the Independence Chris
tian church.
Surviving are the widow; two
sons, Elbert, principal of the
George school in Portland; and
Leland, of Mineral Ridge. Ohio;
and five grandchildren, three of
whom lived here with their grand
parents. The remains were shipped
to Portland by Walter L. Smith for
burial In Riverriew cemetery. Eev.
victor p. Morris officiated.
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Uqse alleging serrieea rendered"
at Geneva, and the other said that
some of the .companies "have been
seeking', or have secured; contracts
with the government of the unit
ed States for building certain, year
... Chairman Bale and Borah both
expressed a belief that Shearer,
representatives of the ship build
ers, and American naval officials
would be called for testimony.
Trmascrtpc of Hoover's
Remarks Given Ons . ' - "
At the White House.' the pres
ident s comment bn. the situation
was made at the customary Tues
day press conference. Laler, a
transcript of Jtfs remarks was is
sued. It read: '
. The disclosure of Interference
with the propaganda against the
efforts of the government -la Its
negotiations et Inter n a tl 6 a a 1
agreement for redaction .of naval
armament art already so evident
aa to. require that these - matters
should be gone into to the very
bottom."
-Earlier the White. House made
public a letter from IL G. Grace,
president of the Bethlehem Steel
corporation, sarins; the company
had : severed connection - with
Shearer as soon as It had deter
mined that he was a propagan
dist. . t
Grace's communication was la
response to a recent statement by
Mr. Hoover that although he did
not believe directors of ship build
ing corporations had a direct part
In Shearer's activities, a statement
from them was desired. -
Shearer Was Here
X)bserveT" Is Claim
Shearer waa employed by the
Bethlehem company, Grace wrote;
to act as aa observer for a tee of
125,010, of which the Bethlehem
company was to pay one' third.
The connection with Shearer, he
added, was severed as soon aa
and Charles M. Schwab oa behalf
of the company, had ascertained
that Shearer for years Had been
"an active propagandist" regard
ing American naval and military
policies.
Grace - explained Shearer aad
been engaged by S. W. Wakeman.
in charge of the Bethlehem's east
ern shipbuilding operations, and
added Wakeman assured "us that
his understanding was . that Mr.
Shearer was employed only as an
observer to furnish information
and that his activities as a propa
gandist were solely on his own in
itiative and were in no way Inspir
ed or supported by the shipbuild
ing-industry.
At the naval committee meet
ing a move was made by Senator
Basterman, republican, Colorado,
to broaden the inquiry to Include
all kinds of naval propaganda.
This was turned down. '
Along this line, however, Rich
ard Washburn Child, former am
bassador to. Italy, made public a
letter addressed to Senator Borah,
urging that the Investigation in
clude wha) he described as the
disarmament lobbying of church
and Pacific organizations.
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10.--(AP)
-Colonel H. B. Horsey,
government meteorologist, com
menting upon - storm conditions
prevalent last. Tuesday when the
Transcontinental Air Transport's
City of San Francisco waa wreck
ed battling a gale over Mount
Taylor la New Mexico, said today
that a low pressure area extended
through northern Arlsona, and
New Mexico the day of the tra
gedy. ..
Referring to the. government
weather map of September 1, Col
onel Hersey declared .the chart
showed plainly that storms beset
the route of the ship, which went
down, killing Its tire passengers
and crew of three.
The low pressure area, ho said.
was extremely favorable for thua-
aersiotms.
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5 LOS ' ANGELES, ' Sept. 10.
(AP) Cyril T. Holmes, a ma
chinist, testified at the trial of
Mrs. Lois pantages. wife of the
wealthy theatre man, en second
degree, murder charges today that
the woman drove - into his auto
mobile and he gave chase, follow
ing her to jhe scene of the colli
sion between her car and one driv
en by Juro Rekumoto, a Japan
ese. The stete charged Mrs. Paa-
tagea waa intoxicated -aad her
driving caused Rokumoto'f death.
Holmes said "oa June is, a car
drlvea by a woman crowded into
my lender when I stopped at a
corner, x xoilowed the machine
onto Sunset boulevard. She was
driving craslly and. going 25 to
SS miles aa hour. As we approach
ed the next corner, she swerved
sharply to the left side of the
street and hit a small sedan al
most head oa. I saw Japanese
children thrown through the ton
ot the sedan. - . . .
"Do you see the womaa driver
la the eoi t roomf" Deputy Dis
trict Attorney James - Costello
asked.
"Tes," Holmes answered, "there
she is." He pointed-out Mrs. Pan
tages, who was sittisg aear her
husband, Alexander T. Pantages,
who faces trial September 22 oa
two statutory charge brought by
Eunice Prlsgle, 17 year old dan
cer. Costello announced Holmes'
wife aad two other- passeagera of
hia automobile during the ride he
described would be tailed as wit
nesses. Earlier la the day Dr. A. Fi
r iwagner,
"ffttifjed
Wagner, . county autopsy surgeon, ;
Rokumoto died from
shock; and Injuries he received
ia the collision. He denied that
anaesthetic - administered - during
a . subsequent operation caused
death.
William XX Taylor, a used ear
dealer, said he had seen Mrs. Pan
tages turn "oa two wheels' at a
corner a few blocks from the
wreck. He followed her he said,
but lost sight of her machine in
traffie and arrived after the crash.
Walter Cullis, 18. a delivery
boy, said he saw . Mrs. Pantages
car strike the rear fender of a
parked automobile in a-srfld drive
down the street where Taylor took
up the chase.
She aig-zagged on down the
street and almost hit a second
car," Cullls said.
Max Steuer, noted New Tork
lawyer heading the defense, en
gaged the prosecution in several
bitter debates during the day. Su
perior Judge Carlos 8. Hardy halt
ed the bickering, and once repri
manded Steuer when the latter
shouted at the court.
Harry J. Lederbrink, a contrac
tor, testified he drove up behind
Mrs. Pantages' ear at an Intersec
tion during the drive which ended
in the collision. Shefailed to start
at the traffic signal, he said, and
he stepped to the side of her auto
mobile. She swore at him, he tes
tified, and "was very drank.
SPAN FINISHED SOON
MARSHFIELD, Ore.. Sept 10.
(AP) Allowing 27 days tor
the last concrete to be poured ea
the Scottsburg state highway
bridge to set the bridge probably
will bo opened oa September 20,
it was said here today. The last
concrete was poured September 2,
aad approaches are . being con
structed. . . -
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Ve have several Fssex Demonstrators
and Courtesy Cars that we will sell at
a substantia) Discount All are 1 930
models and carry our regular new car
guarantee. Some of these .cars have
only run a few hundred miles and can
not be told from new.-;-: , ' -
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10
(AP) Major Clarence M. Toung,
head of the- department of "com
merce aeronautics bureau, said to
day that' the department's policy
et. secrecy regarding findings- of
its accident board likely would be
disregarded in connection with In
vestigation . ot the wrecking oa
Mount Taylor, N 1L, last week
of Transcontinental - Air -,- Trans
port's finer City of San Francisco.
The accident board, sitting in
Washington, probably- would be
gin delrinr Into the matter with
in the next seven days. Major
Toung said, acting upon reports
received from himself aad from
R. J. Hasen. aviation bureau in
vestigator, who is rounding up
facts of. the disaster . in New
Mexico.
PvovfcMss Policy - .
To Be Abaadoaed "
"Oar policy until this time In
eases where penalties are- asses
sod,, has -been to notify the pilots
or "companies concerned -of the
fines or other punishment given,
and to ear nothing to either the
aewspspera or the public, Major
Toung said. "I can see, however,
where this attitude on our part
might lead to a serious lack of
confidence oa the part ot the pub
lic la the efforts ot the depart
ment of commerce to better firing
conditions and to promote avia
tion ta general.
"Naturally the people read ot
airplane accidents la which ap
parently the pilot e the plane or,
someone else was at tauR, when i
they do' not hear that some ac
tion has been taken to remedy the
eonditole aad discipline the of.
fenders, the - logical, conclusion
ight bo that nothing had been
done. i"
Edward Howard
Heade Accident Board!
The accident board of the de
partment Is comprised of Edward
P. Howard, chief of the regula
tions division and chairman ;
Kenneth ' Lane, engineer; - Dr.
Louis H. Bauer, medical exam
iner; 0, G. Budwlg, chief ot In
spection, and Edward M. D. Klntx,
counsel.''
Hasen's findings -at the crash
scene and elsewhere in New
Mexico, probably will be brought
to Los Angeles by the investiga
tor within the next 24 hours.
Young said, and forwarded to
Washington from here. Hazen's
statement to the board was to in.
elude not only his own observa
tions, but those of all available
witnesses, including Lieutenant
George Rice, Western Air Express
pilot who discovered the wreck
age. Major Toung today completed
his semi-annual inspection of the
Los Angelea district, and expected
to leave tomorrow for San Treat
cisco, probably as his own pilot
in a commerce department plane.
Complaining that the act of
1927 constituting the state board
of control purchasing agent tor all
state departments and Institutions,
works a great inconvenience upon
their lnstituUoa, particularly In
the handling ot emergency pur
chases, representatives of the Uni
versity ot Oregon aad the State
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Agricultural college met,: with
members of the board ot control
aad the finest committee et the
state hoard at higher educatioa
here Tuesday ta an effort to lroa
out the difficulty. ..-." "
Carle AbrantSr secretary of the
board of control and state pur
chasing agent, was Instructed to
confer with officials ot the two in
stitutions relative to a plan for
hsjttfinsr the wurchasea aad the
plan arrived atUl be submitted
to the board of control aad board
of -higher -education at a later
meeting.
Those hero for the conference
were Governor Patterson and Sec
retary of State Hoss representing
the state board of control; F. E.
Cafiister of Albany. E. C Sam
mens aad C L. Starr of Portland,
members ot the finance commit
tee ot the state board of higher
educatioa; , Carlo Abrams, state
purchasing agent; E. M. Smith,
business manager of the state col
lege; L. V, Johsoa, registrar; Paul
Agar, assistant xegitsrar; Carl
Oataaak, executive secretary; and
Alexander McKensie, superintend-
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Reports received by their par-
eats fa. Salem Indicate that Curtis
Reld aad Kenneth McCormlck had
a cross-country trip that was any
thing but monotonous. The young
men - left Salem something over
two weeks ago for New Tork city,
where they eater school this fall.
Raid, who is holder ot a fellow
ship la. New Tork university, will
do graduate study Ja physics, and
Mccormick will study writing at
Columbia university.
Shortly before arrival at Oma
ha. Reid haa .the misfortune to
have aa Infection la his arm, and
was forced to spend, a tew days In
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several days. To meet aa appoint
ment la Detroit it was necessary'
to travel over 100 miles in about
SC. hours. McCormlck drove tor 22
hours with two short intermissions
for meals aad oae short nap; but
the appointment was met
To cap all this, .at Omaha, most
of .the men's cash was stolen, and
at another point someone made oft
with McCeraicfcta typewriter. At
Detroit the Chevrolet car which,
had bronrht them that far WSJ
sold tor f. and the remainder of
the trip was made by stage ana
boat. With the exception oi veiaa
Infected arm. both travelers en
joyed good health ' all the way,
they said, aad made no complaint
of dulled interest la their trip;
they agreed, however, that if they
had been "ordering an adventurous
Journey they wouldn't have ar
ranged a trtp quite like the one
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