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CIRCULATION
Dally average net pala circulation for
month ending June SO, 1926
6729
Average daily distribution 70S9.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FAIR AND MILD
Tonight and Friday, Gentle north to
east winds.
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Local: Max., 79; min., 49; rain, none;
river, -.4; atmos., clear; wind, north.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 157
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1925
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Federal Tax Receipts For
Year Ending On July 1
Exceed Disbursements
By $250,000,000.
Washington, July 2. With
final figures in hand showing a
$250,000,000 surplus for the fis
cal year ended Tuesday, treasury
attention was turned today to re
vision of estimates of receipts for
the year now beginning. O rile re
to review all of the figures in de
tail were horned by Under Secre
tary Winston.
The re-vamping of calculations
wae made necessary by the fact
that practically all items of ro
ceipt for the past year exceeded
expectations. Much of the excess
thus resulting came in receipts
from taxes paid in March and
Juno and furnishes what is re
garded as definite indications of
the trend to be developed in the
fiscal year now started.
Income tax receipts, amount
ing to $1,700,000,000 were $100,-
000,000 greater than had been
estimated. The belief prevails at
the treasury that receipts from
this source in the coming fiscal
year are likely therefore to go
abovo $1,710,000,000, which was
the figure calculated when the
last budget was sent to congress.
Customs revenue and miscellan
eous tax receipts also were un
usually high and officials are con
vinced the surplus when the cur
rent year ends next June, will bo
materially higher than the pre
Tious estimate of $21)0,000,000.
It is on this surplus that tax re
duction must be based.
The close of the fiscal year
found a surplus of $250,505,2.18.33
after expenditure of $3.35 f, 4 46.09
of the ordinary receipts, which to
talled $3,780,148,684.42.
The surplus, nearly four time
the amount forecast last October
la not available for tax reduction
(Continued on Page Seven)
Portland, Ore., July 2. Bruce
Wolverton was elected president
of the Oregon Pioneer association
at the business session In the re
union Wednesday night.
Other officers are: Mrs. Mary
Barlow Wilkin vice
president; George H. Himes
(1853), re-elected secretary; Wil
liam Ladd (1855), treasurer.
Directors named are Charles T.
Dickinson of Oswego (1S54); John
Morrison Crawford of Dayton
(1853), and J. O. Stearns of Port,
land (1853.)
President Wolverton, who was
born while his parents were crow
ing the plains in 1853 announced
that during his term of office he
would make an effort to collect all
the writings of early Oregonians
possible and asks any one having
material available for surh a col.
lection to get in touch with him.
Bergdoll Declares
He Buried $240,000
In Maryland Hills
Philedlphln, i"a July 2
Orover Cleveland Bergdoll save
that the pot of gold he buried '.n
the Mnrylan.l hills contains m.-re
than $240,000.
This was revealed yesterday 'n
sworn statement by him submit
ted at a hearing of counter suits
filed by Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll.
his mother, and Thomas W. Miller,
alien property custodian. T'i
tatement, witnessed by a notary
public in Baden. Germany, was
ent to Mrs. Bergdoll to aid in nor
contention that she had turned
ver her son's property to the
alien property custodian.
Bergdoll has been living In
Baden since a spectacular escape
In 1920.
An Intimation that bis mother
also had burled a large turn of
money alio was contained In '.be
(tatement.
Baptists Row
Overissue of
Modernism
Seattle, Wash., July 2. (AP)
Modernist defeated fundamen
tally 912 to 3G4, here today,
seating In the Northern Baptist
convention a delegation of the
Park Avenue church, New York
city.
Seattle, Wash., July 2. Staved
off for two daya, tho battle be-
twen modernists and fundamental
ists broke on tho floor of the 19th
annual meeting of the Northern
Baptist convention here today
The question was whether to seat
four delegates from the Park Ave
nue church, New York city.
This Question came to a debate
when a fundamentalist moved
against a ruling of the chair. The
ruling was that the Park Avenue
church having met its financial
obligations and co-operated in tlu
work of the church, that congre
gation chosen representatives
could not be barred.
WVSASKSTO
Losses on Mt. Angel SerV
ice from Oregon City
Back of Request To
Cancel Electric Trains.
Because of a continuous law fi
naucinlly since U began operation
in lata, tile Willamette Valley
Southern Railway company, a sub
sidiary of the 1'ortland Electric
t'ower company, today petitioned
tlte puliuc service commission for
authority to suspend operation on
that portion of ita line from Ka;'
lor ctalion, Clackamas county, to
lit. Angel. Marion county, a dis
tance of 11.4 miles. A hearing le
nsk;d prior to August 1, for the
reason, It Is claimed, that opera
tion on the line cannot be con
ducted Bafely after wet weathc.
begins.
The Willcmettc Valley Southern
operates an electric line from Ore
gon City to ait. Angel, a diatnuce
of 31.9 mllcj. The operation was
begun In 1915, but tho company
avers that it never has made n
profit. Total losses since that
date are placed at $928,453.52.
The lightest loss was in 1916,
when the deficit was $01, 291. S.I,
and the heaviest was $144,502.25
(Continued on Page Pour)
AIRPLANE GETS LAUNDRY
IN SMALL CAL. TOWN
Yreka, Cal., July 2. Tbe little
-settlement of Jerome, Siskiyou
county, may be entirely innocent
of union passenger tormina's.
million dollar libraries and sky
high business blocks, but it hus
one feature of modern progress
that the biggest cities lack. That
is airptane laundry service.
fcvery few days an aircrr.f;
wings out of Klamath Falls, picks
up the week's wash at Jerome, 45
miles away, and takes It to be
si rubbed and maneled in an up-to-dat
Klamath Fails laundry. Dc-
Iwver.es are made the same way.
The "winged wah" is getting 10
be a big future in Jerome countv.
"The $103,000 which my moth
er claims to have buried Is abso
lutely her own," said the ata:e
ment. "The iw 000 which I
concealed (the gold burled in the
ground), and the gold notes I took
along to Europe were my own
property. No person living out
side of myself has the slightest
idea as to where r took the gold
after I loaded It In my car in
Philadelphia."
Bergdoll escaped from army
guards at his mother's home here
while on a trip to dig up 'he
treasure af'.nr he- had been aen
teneed to serve five years In prison
for evading the draft. A maat2r
in chancery recommended that tbe
cutsodlan he ordered to return to
Mr. Bergdoll $140,01)0 In cash
and securities worth several hun
dred tbousand dollar,.
ABANDON LIME
TWO BANDITS
ARE KILLED IN
RUNNINGDUEL
Bank Robbers At Buckley,
Washington, Shot Down
In Chase; Two Citizens
Are Wounded.
Tacoma, Wash. July 2. Will
lam Hose, a Buckley cigar dealer,
who was shot in the abdomen yes
terday by on o the two haul;
bandits who were slain after a
holdup of the Buckley tSato bank,
died from nis wounds in the Au
burn. Wash., hospital, at 9:30
o clock this morning.
Tacoma, Wash., July 2. The
little city of Buckley, 24 miles east
of hero has had the first bank
robbery in its history and the-af
fair ended in bloody failure yestei
day afternoon when two unmasked
desperadoes, like the bad men ot
the old west, died with their boots
on. One of the bandits was shot
from the running hoard of an au
tomobile speeding away with the
loot. The other was killed who.j
he drove back into the rifle fire
to rescue the body of his dead pal
Neither of the bandits had besu
identified this morning.
William Rose, a cigar store
man, lies seriously wounded In the
Auburn hospital, a victim of the
banoitu, return fire. Another citl
zen, tv. o blocks away was hit by a
striy bullet while be was paint
ing the home of C. O. Steberg
president of the robbed bank.
It was ten minutes before 3
o'clock when the bandits entered
the Buckley State bank and drew
their guns. At 3 o'clock both
were dead ard the loot of $2000
had been recovered. The first
bandit was shot by Aaron Hayden
(Continued on Page Ten)
CALL TULLY 10
LOCAL PULPIT
Dr. Norman K. Tully, present
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Racine, Michigan, and
formerly associate pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Port
land, hat been chosen by a special
committee of the First Presbyter
ian church here for the position
of pastor of the local church. Dr.
Tully has accepted the position.
and will be officially employed as
soon as the formality of ratifica
tion by the church congregation
has been compiled with. Notice of
the committee's action will be read
at the services' next Sunday and
the following Sunday. It Is ex
pected that an official church meet
fng will be held on the Monday
evening following the second read
ing of tho notice, Tho formality
of two rending of the notice, and
election by the congregation, is re
quired by Presbyterian regulations.
The committee Is unanimous in it?
choice.
Dr. Tully will assume his duties
as pastor of the local church on
September 1.
The new minister is a classmate
of Dr. Hnwman of First church.
Portland, with whom he was as
sociated during the years 19-0 and
1921. Since leaving Portland hi
entire time has been spent at Ita
clne. He Is a graduate of MeCnl-
Ilster Theological seminary
He is nt present president of the
Rotary club of Racine, and was
selected as delegate to the nation
al Rotary convention held the last
of June. His age la stated at
slightly under 40 years.
Ve consider ourselves very for
tunate In securing Dr. Tully," said
Jos. Albert, secretary of the com
mittee on pulpit supply, this morn
ing. "We have seen scores of peo
ple who know htm, particularly In
Portland, and all are enthusiastic
over him."
The new minister Is described as
i high class public speaker, strong
with young people, and very de
vout religiously." He has two
young children of his own, of a gen
5 and .
Dr. Tully take the place of Ward
Willis Long, who had occupied the
local pulpit for 4 years, leaving
here on Jnntf IB for Stockton, Cal
ifornia, wherj he was- chosen pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
church.
QUAKE LEAVES WHOLE
' f HI 1 BM-J ?UI K -Vv -r:
( nllfornhm hotel nflrr Miiiln llnrhurn enriliiiuake. ivhleli tvns I lip severest cnit hdlsliirbmiuc un Paelflc Coast ilnrc 1000 rtls
aster III hail Franelsco. Coiiyriglit, 1025, by International Newsrecl.
WRECKAGE OF
TREMOR GONE
Tottering Walls Razed
And Most of Debris Al
ready Carled Away;
Marines Take Control.
Santa Barbara, Cal., July 2
(AP) With 250 of Uncle Sam's
leatherneckK" patrolling the earth
rpjake torn section of Santa Bar
bara today to preserve order, the
city was expected to assume nor
mality In manyrespeete.
Practically all of the dangerous
overhanging walla were demolish
ed by firemen yesterday and dur
ing the night trucks hauled the
debris away and cleared the sec
tion until there was little left this
morning ot wreckage of any char
acter save on the site of the San
Marcos building and In tho park
surrounding Hotel Arlington.
Sheriff Jnmes Ross was In com
mand of the law and order force
of the city. Including the marines.
and prominent citizens, jointly with
the city council took charge of the
city as a public safety committee
holding their first meeting at 0:30.
A board of California engineers
under the chairmanship of C. K.
Marx, head of the College of En
gineering of Stanford University,
resumed its inspection of buildings
throughout the city, designating
those to come down nnd those
safe or that will be safe if repair-:
cd. The committee on public safe-1
ty has announced that the findings j
of the committee are to be final;
and will be followed in detail.
Almost unnnimous Is the decision i
of business men to reconstruct thei
city along lines of Spanish archi
tecture, following recomtnenda-,
tlon of the Santa Barbara Art So
ciety and the new State street, U
these plans are followed will be a
replica of old Spnin when It rises
again.
With telephone service restored
and prospects of tight and gas ser
vice within 24 hours, the citizens
looked forward for the next few
hours to bring normal conditions
to their homes and the closing of
Red Cross relief stations where
rich and poor alike have elbowed
each other at meal times since tin
disaster Monday morning snrly.
WALES' . GOLF STROKES
TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED
Ruluwayo, Southern Tthodesin,
South Africa, July 2 (AP) The
Prince of Wales, In his ever grow
ing enthusiasm for golf, has In
augurated a new scheme for 1m
dered his official photographer to
proveihent of hl game. He has or
tnko special pictures of his stike
before and after.
The Idea to have a critic
study the photographs and point
out the prlnce'a mistakes.
Low Water Likely
To Force Steamer
With the level of the Willamette
river C inches below normal today,
and falling at the rate of an Inch
a day, indications were that the
Salem Navigating company, which
has operated a river si earner be
tween Portland and Salem since
the first of the year, would be fore
ed to discontinue business until
fall. Government cmplnyes, dredg
ing through the bars along the
route, and blasting stumps from
the river bottom, have been unable
to get the channel Into condition
fr navigation at Inw water.
The Northwestern started on Its
ASSERTS HUBBY
SUPPLIED ONLY
Gladys Wlltfong, who used to
ho Gladys Koberts and wants hor
maiden name hack, declares that
during her married life with
Charles A. Wlltfong since Mar.li.
1924, he provided her with only
one pair o;; Hhoei, one pair of hod;;
ind ?.J in money, she says.
And at that, she goes on to rt-
lat?, one time sne was without
food for three days nnd brramy no
hungry she went out and sold the
sh oes to get he rse 1 1 m o n ey w K h
which to buy food.
She further nworts thnt at -ine
time in Ilellingham, Wash., h-r
husbnnd burglarized a Btore.
bringing home some money, candy
and tobacco, hul she makes no
statement thnt -she received any :f
the loot.
HiiI.ert Work, secretary of th.
interior, who was scheduled to
visit Halem. July 7, nnd rcmnin
here until the following day, to
day canceled his trip tn a tekgram
from Yakima to the chamber .f
commerce here, in which he stated
othr nniftf"t had made It Impov
Hiblt! for h i in to include Salem on
hid Itinerary an originally planned.
The chamber of commerce hat)
plr. .med to give him a little bati
qu t on the evening of July 7. !n
the morning he was to have vlslt
cd tl; Indian school and the aft
ernoon and evening he planned to
.pcnd with C. A. Park of Salem,
an old time friend.
SIDE OF HOTEL EXPOSED
trip down the river, thought by
many rivermen to be Itn last until
fall, nt 3 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing. nnd nt 3 oVlmk Wednesday
afternoon was seen passing Wheat
land Ferry, a point some 12 miles
down tho river. Tho boat carried
only a lljriit tonnage, nnd it Is be
lieved that considerable more dif
ficulty will bo experienced coming
up than in goini; down tbe stream.
Tbe Northwestern took more
than a week to come up the river
on Us previous trip, docking at Sa-
(Con'.lnucd on Page Six)
PLEA OF BUSSES
Alleging that the Northern Pa
cific Terminal company in Port
land Is discriminating In favor of
the Tyrrell Trips company, to the
exclusion of other sightseeing trip
concerns, a complaint was filed
against the terminal company to
day by the Circle Tours Sightsee
ing company, Inc.. This discrimina
tion, it Is asserted, works to the
detriment of Portland and Ore
gon for the reason that many
seen Ic routes are not covered by
the Tyrrell Trips company, but are
covered by others that are exclud
ed from the terminal partlcnlnrly
the Circle Tours company. Tbe
Mount Hond Loop U mentioned ns
one of these, and It Is asserted thai
as a result of tho discrimination
tourists are prevented from view
ing scenic routes and Industrial
centers of tho etate.
Tbe complaint says that tbe
Northern Pacific Terminal com
pany allows the Tyrrell Trips com
pany access nt the union station,
and Its representatives to mingle
freely with travelers nnd solicit
their patronage, while this priv
ilege is not granted others. Also It
Is asserted that the terminal com
pany in Its printed literature car
ries advertising matter for the
Tyrrell Trips company ad fur
nishes It telephone service.
The Circle Tours company de
mands the privilege of keeping
a representative nt the union sta
tion, offering to pay tho terminal
for this privilege whatever amount
is fixed by the public service com
mlfslon. Unless this Is granted
tho complaint demands that the
Tyrrell Trips company bo oxchid
ed from tho terminal, which would
have tho effect of throwing nn ad
justment of the trip companies'
privilege upon the Portland olty
oouncil.
Facts Do Not Bear Out
Patriotic Inspiration
For Oil Lease Declare
Attorneys In Case.
Svw York, July 2 In answer to
statements uf I-Jdward L. nheny
that representations of danger of
war in the Pacific prompted his
part in the naval oil leases, tbe New
York Times today publishes com
ments of government counsel in the
oil leafo prosecutions and of other
officials connected with the cases.
Mr. Uoheny said the war danger
was kept secret because of they
weio airald of wrecking the Wash
ington arms conference, lint both
Alice Ponierene and Owen J. Hub
erts said that the main treaties re
sulting from ibe conference were
signed and ratified by the senate
before tbe first contract with Mr.
Uoheny was signed.
Dates imn'l ,?IIm
Mr. Pumereno recalled that the
arms conference assembled Noveni
her 12, JS21. that the delegates be
gan signing the articles in Decem
ber, that tho senate ratified tho
(Conlinuoil on I'nuo Ten)
PAINLEVE'S MOROCCAN
POLICYJS APPROVED
Paris. July 2. fAP) Tbe
French senate unanimously voted
confidence today ln tho Palnteve
government's Moroccan policy.
Ford Stock Swindle
Again Offered Here;
Fine for Promoters
Once nturo tlie lu-uplc of Sulem
aro Udng givwi tho opportunity
ot liuylriK a auuro o( stock In tho
ford Motor company ot Canada,
Ltd., lor 75l) a share, when, ac
cording to prevailing prices it can
no nought now on tho Now York
curb market for J1D0.
tho in a I Is Into Salem have been
flooded tho past few days with this
orfer. This Is the second onslaught
ot tho kind made directly against
pocket Dnoks ot Salem people, who
may have the gullible ileslro to get
crack nt something olso with tho
nnmo Ford attached to It.
Tho United Investment com
pany, now of Minneapolis, former
ly of New York, la again putting
out tho proposition and It Is prob
ablo the ontlro country Is being
flooded, tho eame as Salem la being
flooded, with this offer.
Tbe offer Is simply bused on tho
fnct that the t'nltcd Investment
BY PRODUCTS
PAPER MILL
PROJECTED
Factory To Manufacture
Boxes, Wrappers And
Like Articles May
Rise On Front Street,
That a new manufacturing In
dustry, to be known as the West
ern Paper Converting company,
manufacturers of paper products,
will probably establish a factory in
Salem, with a capitalization of
$200,000, and a plant necessitating
the employment of from 150 to 200
persons, became known here to
day. The choice of locations lies,
it Is said, between Salem and Van
couver, Washington, but Salem
has ln Its favor certain advantages
for the company, one of which la
that the Oregon Pulp & Paper
company offers to give the new
concern outright the north power
site on Front street near Division
if tho factory la located here. The
alto comprises two and one-halC
acres.
. Phut lluildhig Soon
Immediate construction of build
lugs and bringing ln of machinery
la on the program, and tho articles
of incorporation. It Is understood,
are ready to file. Mainly Interest
ed In the project aro 13. J. Mose
ley of Los Angeles, A. D. Alpine of
Seattlo and 13. A. O'Neill, for somo
time with the Oregon Pulp & Pap
er company. Mr. Moseley is' to
transfer to the new factory the
machinery which he now has In a
plant at I.os Angeles, and the same
will bo done by Mr. Alpine with
machinery now in Seattle.
The new factory will be the most
onmplete of its kind west of tho
Mis.siMdppt river, nnd more com
plete than those that Mr. Mnseley
and Mr. Alpine have, operated In
Los Angeles and Seattle. The ad
vantage offered by Sah-m over
either Los Angeles or Seattle in
obtaining thu paper necessary In
tho manufacturing of tho articles
that the new mill will turn out
has been the main Influence rul
ing the promoters In their desire to
locate here.
Near Itnu Mutcrlul
At the Los Angeles plant It was
necessary to ship the paper from
the mate of Washington, and at
Seattle It was also necessary to
ship It a long distance. In Salem
this can be received directly from
the big factory of the Oregon Pulp
& Paper company, nnd It is out of
consideration of tbe fact thnt tho
new concern will be a large con
sumer of paper that the pulp nnd
paper camps ny offers to provide
the site.
Art 1c ten manufactured by tho
mill will Include envelopes, paper
boxes and wrappers, as for ex
ample the wrappers In which pack
ed meals are contained, and num
erous other articles made of pap
er. Printing machinery for .tho
printing of labels and designs on
tho manufactured articles will bo
Installed, this part of the Industry
being nn important part of the op
era tlon and requiring machinery
not found elsewhere in the west.
Members of tbe organization nro
now Investigating the condition of
the Willamette river nnd the pus-
(Continued on Page Seven
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company bought up a big block ot
r'ord of Canada stock. It Is sell
ing "United mates Units" nt $7.50
apiece, one unit representing
1.100 of a share of Ford stock. In
other words 1750 worth of units
represent one sharo of Ford stork.
The Ford of Cnnada stock yester
day sold for $490 on tho New
York curb. Thus an Investor In
the "units" by paving $7fi0 geta
a sharo nt stock worth $490. The
United Investment company gets
the rest.
"If Salem people wont to buy
Ford of Canada stock they would
do hotter to have It bnrntht
through bankers on the New Yor
curb at tho prevailing price. They
would then own the alock, n;t pay
a profit of $200 to the United
Investment company for buying It
for them, and when receiving
dividends would receive them
direct,'' alated Salem banXeg
today.