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Newspaper Page TextSHARP CUTS IN INCOME TAX RATES VOTED CIRCULATION FAIR TONIGHT and Friday with freezing temperature In east portion. Frosts in weBt portion. Light variable winds. Local: Max., 42, mln.k 33, ruin, none, river, 2,1, atmos., cloudy wind north. Dally averaRo net paid circulation for monui ending October 31, 1926 7352 Ave I'd eo dully distribution 7753. Member Audit Huron u of Circulation. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 264 SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1925 PRIPT? THRTTP PPMTC ON TRAINS AND NbJWS JrKlUill IHtlCjEl ljJNlb STANDS FIVB CENTS 1 1 1 0 r. nil iyjiAjiiivji $3001010 House Ways And Means Committee Accepts Es timate Of Treasury As To Possible Reduction. Washington, Nov. 5. (A. P.) Widespread reduction Jn income tax rates were voied today by the house ways and means committee. The committea, which is draft ins a new revenue bill, decided to recommend reduction or the max mum surtax rate from 40 to 20 per cent. Person ul exemptions were increased from $1000 to $1500 for single persons and from $2500 to 3&oq for married per tons. The normal ralcB were reduced from 2 per to 1 per cent on the first $4000 of taxable income, from 4 per cent to 3 per cent on the next $4003 and from t per cent to 5 per cent on taxable in come in excess of ?i000. The committee also voted to ex tend the $400 exemption for de pendents to apply to children who aro in school up to 21 years of age. Million Escape Tax. The increase in personal exemp tions was estimated to remove nvjre than one million persons from the income tax rolls. The total reduction approved in those rates was placed nt $200 000,000 annually. Secretary Mel lon had recommended a reduction of about $140,000,000 in the reve nues iron income laxcs. The 40 per cent maximum stir tax rate now aoplies on incomes i extras o! $200,000 but the 20 per cent maximum set by the commit tea would apply over $100,000 The graduated scnle of surtax rates applying on incomes under this amount is yet to be work: out. The committee also voted to r. tain the present 25 per cent re duction for earned incomes up to $10,000. Washington. Nov. 5 (AP) A tentative limit of $J00,0UO,000 as the total amount of the forth coming tax reduction was deter mined upon today by the house ways and means committee. This is the figure set by Sec rotary Mellon. It was agreed to by the committee after It had gone over estimates of govern ment expenses for tho next fiscal year with Director Lord of the budget. . Although some members favor ed a greater reduction, Director Lord warned there was little like lihood of a treasury surplus ex ceeding $300,000,000 at the end of the fiscal year. Chairman Green, announcing the committee's decision, -said it was not absolutely binding nnd Indicated the limit might be ex ceeded slightly If necessary to ac complish the widespread tax re vision desired bv the committee. HB IllllS SELLING TALK Joseph King, ndtfirli-sing man ager for Kafouiy Bros., addressed thy Salem Ad tilth at its noon luncheon today. "Advertising is a great medium for epre:ulin truthful knowledge of merchan dise," Mr. King scid in part. "Mod era advertising presents to the shopping public Ideas about the stock carried, a medium where by contact may be established be tween merchant and customer so must necessarily be conservative, not exaggerated or m Cleaning. Good honed advjrfising has a tre mendous pulling powrr, so mer chant and newspaper mnt and in Salem are co-operating in holding tho public's confidence in adver tisements." Mr. King related how he bad stancd In the ndvrtisaig bu-oinc.v years ago by ritging a bell on:, calling cut bis wars much lilf the old town crjer of the seventies 10 BE Lll Of TAX CUTS GOOD EVENING WORDS and MUSIC By Stoddard King PILGIUM'S PHOfSRRSS Once, when the world wns very young, And full of twin ii nml pride, This phrase adorned Hie sage's tongue'; JiOt consoM'iice bo your guide." Wild oats or wheat a person sowed Depending on Ills private code, Whether that was the proper gait Is neither here nor mere Hut think of what n dreadful weight One's conscience lind to Iwar; Always deciding, late and lonir, If this or that were right or wrong It's rather less uncertain now, When neither I nor you - Need sit up late with furrowed urow Deciding what to do. For 1) lore's u law, In terms exact, l'o cover eaeli nnd every aet. The world do move; where once each mun Ills own opinion took. Now everything m'ot'eeris by plan According to the book: And some men fall, while others soni- Which was, I think,- the ensc be lore. Earlier this month it was an nounced that the world's popula tion is 1,404. 187,031. As a loyal chamber of commerce member, we instinctively demand a recount. In figuring the population of the world, how does one count the peo pie who are leading double lives :ind those with dual personalities The New York hospital that is Usui ir radio concerts to nut its pa tients to sleep will accelerate the demand for readings of their own works by minor poets. (Copyright 132S) SALEM AS CITY OF 150,000 IN 15 YEARS VISIONED "Tbe Pacific northwest is the talk of the east from one end to the other," Frank N. Derby, re cently returned from an extensive tour of the country, told the Marion-Polk county realtors' asso ciation at its weekly luncheon this noon. People throughout the east are nt present more interest ed in Oregon and the northwest than in any other section, even Florida, he said. The Florida boom s'1 . 1 to break on Oct. and ha:- . n breaking ever since, Mr. Derby claimed. "Fifter.!i years from today Sa lorn will be a city of 150.000 peo pie without a question. You can't stop it. Within the next 10 years I am convinced that there will be half a dozen or more new factor ies here." The growth of this oection, Mr Derby stated, will be due in largo measure to the increased travel due to the advent of tho automobile and good roads. "Peo pie are just beginning to find ou about this country," he said. Conditions in the middle west are prosperous so far as the eft ies are concerned, the speaker In dieatcd. but for the most par very poor in the way of farming conditions. In northern Indian "there isn't a farm that one . of vou would live on." Iowa, he de clared, is nearly as bad, and Ohio is little better. Chicago Heiress Who Left M'Cormick at Altar, Now Engaged Chicago. Nov. 6. I A. P.) Mary Lundon Uaker, the Chicago girl who twico left Allister Mc cormick waiting at the church ann who several times since has been reported about to ho wed. figures again in an engi-feement story. Thig one cornea from London, where the Daily Graphic says shr has plighted her troth to Captain Ilalph Peto, 4S-year-old World war veteran, divorced two years nrjo by cousin cT the Duch'ea of Itutland. N.'pptntn Peto and Mi-s Raker n"e in Venice, from where she has sent word that she will sail to: home November 17. She did not mention pny engagement and rela tive rou'd nnt bo reached. Mrs. Alfred L. Baker, hor mother, ie SORHUSASKS GUN AND IP BE RETURNED Man Held For Alleged At tempt To Plant Pistol ..On Prison Grounds Says Seizure Unlawful. Nagel Sorhue, under arrest for endeavoring to place a revolver on the penitentiary grounds during the trial of Tom Murray in circuit court here, has filed with tbe county clerk a petition asking the court to direct the district attor ney, sheriff and clerk to return to Sorhus, the revolver and a letter and map taken from his rooms in Portland, on the grounds that Sorhus and hie room were search ed and the article taken without wairant or authority of law. Sorhus declare that in taking the articles in question he was de prived of his constitutional rights. Ha asserts that the district attor ney threatens io use the revolver, letter and map against Sorhus and thut consequently me rignta unuer the constitution ere threatened. Sorhus declares in his affidavit that on October 10, this year, and for n long time prior thereto he re sided at the Ohio hotel in Port land. He ctates that on October 10, while in Salem certain officers o Marion county, without warrant or authority of law took from his person and against his will and defense, a revolver. He declares that afterward offi cers of Marion county and Port land entered the defendant s home in the Ohio hotel in Portland and without warrant r.nd authority of law took a letter addressed and signed by .Frank Fallen and a cer tain map. The letter in question was on from Fallen, a convict, in regard to Sorhus placinr a gun on the penitentiary grounds and the map indicated-where it should bo left Soihus Is being held to the grand jury here to answer to the charge of attempting to leave the weapon on the prison grounds. Itome, Nov. .5. (A. P.) An nouncement of the frustration of an attempt against the life of Pre mier Mussolini, which was to have ben made yesterday while Rome was celebrating the seventh nlvcrsary of the Armistice "with Austria created a political sensa lion throughout the country to day. In Rome the former socialist deputy, Zanibonl, was arrested, just at the moment, police said, when he was leaving his hotel to make the attempt. At Turin the retired general, Louie Capello, prominent Mason was arrested on a train leaving the country. Zanl boni's secretary ateo Is held. with Mary. Captain Peto at one time was in the British diplomatic service. In the World wnr be served first with the cavalry and later with the air forces. It was in 1922 that society gath ered in the fashionable Fourth Presbyterian church for the pro posed McCormick-Iiaker wedding. w is sta-tled by Mary's decision call ft off. Her parents called In the invitation and said their daughter was suffering a nervnu collapse. Later she fled from Chicago with the jilted hrdegroom-elect in hot pursuit. His further plan for a marriage were futile and later. In England he married an other. AERONAUTICS REGULATION AO A ED Creation Of Control Bur eau In Department Of Commerce Advocated By Probers. Washington, Nov. 6. A.P.) Creation of a bureau of civil arco natics in the department of com merce with broad powers to reg uluto and promote all civil and commercial flying fu the United States forms the central recommen datlon of the committee on civil aviation which was appointed by the department and the American council last June to -make an ex haustive study of the question. Possibilities Great The committee, of which J. Wal l Drake, assistant secretary of commerce Is chairman, declares In Its report, made available for pub lication today, that tho possibilities which it sees for the development of commercial aviation in the Un ited States can be realized only through a continuing program of government assistance for the in dustry. The lack of this of a def inite legal status and government control for the Industry it found, have been the chief causes for He failure to keep pace with the de velopment In Europe.' In addition to its function of regulating air navigation, includ ing licensing of pilots and inspec- (Continued on Page Ten) Following on the heels of n smnllpox scare that had been thought to be subsided, ft general vaccination of pupils of Rich mond grnde school was staged yesterday. Approximately 200 of the 300 pupils in the school were vaccinnteu. It was found on Tuesday that the school had been exposed to the disease. Pntllinc llerron, who up until that day was thought to have chicken pox, was on Tues day pronounced by her physician to have smallpox. The name of Etta Vickers, a pupil at Rich mond school, was also reported to the city health officer as having smallpox, but no report of the fact was made to Richmond ochool authorities, H was stated at the school this morning. Clar ence Wolfe also came down with smallpox. He is a Richmond pu pil. O. L. Mclntyre, who has been superintendent of the state school for the deaf since October, 1922, today presented his resignation to the stato board of control, and it tbm accepted, to be effective No ember 87. Mr. Mclntyre resigns to accept the s-.iperintendency of the Iowa School for the Deaf at Council Bluffs, where he will re ceive a salary of $4000 a year, juBt twice what he receives In Ore gon. Also he has received Indica tions that there may be an Increapc In the salary In Iowa in the near future. Mclntyre came here from Okla homa to succeed E. S. Tilllnghast, former superintendent of the Ore gon school. The state board has not yet de cided on a sucreasor to Mr Mcln tyre and no applications have been received. The resignation was ex npi'i.t'! s"me months no, but after the school year opened it was be lieved he would remain here. Washington nf f i:al.4 hopf-fi'l nf outcome of Peking customj confer ence If clivl war dots not interfere. FORDEAFQUITSTWOWRACTS f You Were a City Councilman? NOTE For the best letters of 300 words or less, submitted during November the Capital Journal will give three prizes of $10, $G and $2.50. The letters must be on "What You Would Do If -You Were A Councilman" and should be addressed to the Contest Editor, Tho letters must be signed by the name and address of the sender, but the letters will be published by num ber only, nnd the judges will judge them before learning the names of the writers. Number Four Contest Editor: A safety zone so that all traffic would not be blocked while a few people are getting on or off a street car. A municipal auditorium so that a decent sized crowd could meet at Salem on a cold or rainy day Eugene investing in a $500,000 one. Issue $20 twenty year bonds at six per cent and sell them to the resident taxpayers in $100 to $1000 denominations. Abolish the city council. Havo three commissioners just as the county has, nnd pay them no more as they handle less business for less people. Make motor cars stop whore cross streetB cross a main high way. Prohibit newspapers reporting minor or major operations on men or women. LOVE TANGLE IS Newark, N. J., Nov. 6. (A. P.) William J. Clark's best friend is In jail at Hillside, N. J., on suspicion- of murdering him with a hammer, and Clark's pretty young widOf has admitted, police say. that hoc nnd the friend hud a $2000 'elopement fund" on deposit in a Newark savings bank. Clark, a gold beater, died early yesterday after being beaten on the bend at his garage with a stone mason's hammer. A few hours be fore the nttack, according to Mrs. Clark's signed statement as given out by police, she had promised the friend, an unemployed, hand some young iron worker named Joseph II, Cowen to follow him next week to Florida. "He begged me to run away," police say Mrs. Clark told them. "But I refused. Mondny he begged me to go to Miami with him that night. To stop his nagging, 1 half way promised to follow him next week." She Sfild, according to Hillside police, that Cowen had given her $500 of the $2,000. "I did give her money," Coven Is quoted as saying, "but only to save for mo." Cowen has been a Jewelry sales man and Insurance agent. He was arrested four years ago charged with abandoning his wife and four yearold daughter nnd Is under bond to give $8 a week. Under New Jersey -law he can be held on sus plclon until 5 p. m. tomorrow. Po lice expect little from an examina tion of finger prints on the ham mer as It had been handled by sev eral persons. Clark was attacked when he got out of his automobile to open hi garage door after spend ing Monday evening with friend. LEI ON THEATER Indicating the steady progress being made on construction of the now B sinore theater on South High street for George Guthrie tho contracts for tbe plastering and the seats In the new house were let vesterday. The plastering contract, which includes all of the plain and orna mental plastering as well as tbe stucco work on the front of the building, was let to David L. Hog ean of Portland, who expects to be able to commence work in about three weeks. The 1410 seats are to be sup plied end installed by the Hey-wood-Wakefield company. The sats will be of three types for the main floor. Mezzanine, balcony and main balcony, and all will be up holstered, the colors harmonizing with the interior decoration scheme. Mr. Guthrie announres that he expects to have the structure roof t-d over m about two weeks. liv Number Five Contest Editor: Vice-President Marshall once interrupted a pro found discussion of our country's basic needs, as propounded In the United States senate, with this statement: "What this country really needs is a good five cent cigar." It might be well to take heed of tho thought that must have in spired the late Mr. Marshal! to make his statement. Perhaps In the ense of Salem something seem iugly more less useless and out of place In a serious discussion of the city's needs, might prove in the end to be of real benefit. Now upbn every hand we hear the plea that the Willamette vnl- tey, of which Salem is the heart, needs more advertising. "What we (Continued on Page Nine) TO SILVER CREEK FALLS IS ASKED Sum Matheuy. well known strawberry raiaer of the Silver Falls country, rud others have filed a petition with the county court asking for a change in the routing of the road to bilvei Cresk falls from the Union Hill school house to the falls. The petitioners c Utim that under their proposed route they can se cure a 5 per cent grade to the lal's, while under Die route now used there are heavy grades and there is one stceo. hill, which has a 20 nor cent gruue or butler. Ilio petilioiiero urge- that me road follow In a general way the old south road which is more or less neglected and they outline a change whereby three miles of new road would be put in on the old south route which they declare would perfect a highway Willi maximum grade of 5 per cent required on market rouds by tbe highway commission. The proposed new route would follow Drift creek a considerable distance of the way and furnish a water grade down from the foils, the petitioners Bay Because of the difficulties and expense which would be involved cuttinr: down the steep grade on tho present route and changing it over o as to mt'.ko a moderate grade, It Is understood that county officials will cimlully look into the proposal luioro tho road Is finally permanently improved Into the falls. LEAVES $40,000 The estate of Andrew Fletcher Lockwood, who died near hero re cently, is valued at $40,000, ac cording to a petition for letters testamentary filed in probate. Ap parcntly from the document, the property being admitted to pro bate Includes shares of stock in the W. and A. Fletcher Co., marine engino manufacturing com pany of Hoboken, New Jersey, founded by tbe grandfather of An drew Fletrher Lockwood. In a will disposing of the shares the deceased provides that they shall be held In trust for his wife, Huth Lockwood, the Security Sav ings & Trust company of Port land being denominated trustee, and (be trust company also being nnmed as coexrrutor under the will with his wife, Ruth Lock wood. The will provides that In the event of the death of Huth Lock wood, the shares are to he trans ferred to the children of the de-ci-iisi'd's uncle, Andrew Fletcher. Should these children die before his wife dies thrn the shares arc to go unconditionally to his widow. William S. Walton. O. H. Grab enhorst and L. P. Aldrich are named as npprahcrs. roii i mm BUDGET GUT TO OUTLINE TO VERY BONE Excess Item of $9,600 For Increase In Salaries Of Teachers Next Year Is Eliminated. With the announcement this morniiiff by George Hug, superin tendent of schools, that the school budget in thia city would be cut sufficiently to eliminate the $9600 deficit originally carried in tho budget, little likelihood was seen that the expected special election would be held thin year. The bud get, ns presented to the special tax committee tonight, will provide for expenditures to come within the 6 per cent increase In revenue as provided by state law, Mr. Hug says. Sacrifice Made. in eliminating the extra n mount I havo cut tho budget to tho quick," declared Mr. Hug this morning. "Things have been elim inated that are really needed and doing without them will mean re ducing the efficiency of our school system to a considerable degree." Reason for his decision to cut th budget was his belief that in case of a special election there would be strong probability that the budget would not be sanctioned by the voters, Mr. Hug stated. In which case we would be left with out any budget nt all." With the probability that Ibr- special election will not be held. the chuncc of city school teachers to secure their Increase in salaries, us requested bv them, is considered o hav'j gone glimmering. Insurance Reduced. A cut has been made at every possible point where contracts for xpeudilures have not been made, Mr. Hug stated today. In his esti male he reduc.i the amount to hi: expended for insurance on school buildings in the ciiy, from $lfiuO $1000. Fivn hundred dollars has been cut from the estimate Tor personal service, which will be felt when extra work of repairing is to be done. The samp sum ha.- been cut from the amount allowed for fuel. "Wo'll Just have to tet .iome of four oil tanks get empty and not fill them until next sum mer," says Mr. Hug. The sum nl lowed for grading the athlcti:: field east of tho Parrish junior high S'jhr.ol haj been eliminated. The bill will be paid out of n small 'linn left over from last year's ex penditures, tho superintendent elates. The total unt'jtint expend ed on the field has been nearly $2000. The sum allowed in the now budget for library supplies nnd educational equipment has been practically eliminated. Whatever new honks nnd other curn-nt sup plies are needed this year, the sys tem will have to do without, Mr. ( I iter Indicates. Wh-'ther or not a special elec tion will have to he c-uled ncxi year rannol b" d"t rmlned. Itcve (Continue;) on Page Nine) Teacher In County's Smallest School Has Two Pupils Enrolled County Ru pel iiilt tulf lit 1'ulker nn yoiderdiiy visited M.aion coun ty's sum I lest school that Is with tho smallest enrollment at Oiik dale nrnr Taylor's grove In the.San tlnm country. The Oak dale ftr-hool thia your h;iA two pupils, one In I ho eighth' itrade nnd the other In the fifth. They aro both boyn, nnd cousins. MlflS Fern Andrown, the teacher. Is Just as bury an though she bad a full quota of 35 student", which the school building will handle. Uhllo tho ebrhth gradn pnpll !n reciting the fifth grade pup1) Is .studying and vice versa, t'nder this nysttm the lyncher has no diffi culty In keeping one eye on one class and the other on tbe othe which tends toward dl'ripUr.e aii.l urdc-r In tho school room. .Mies Anrcws has her ! 'y I1 CITY PLANS Board given Wide Powers Under Ordinance Full filling: Provisions Of Legislative Act. Appointment of the seven citi zens who, with the mayor, city at torney and city engineer aro U comprise the city planning and zoning commission created by the council under an ordinance passed July was announced by Mayor John B. Giesy this morning. . The comuiisisoners selected are; Seven Appointed. George 11. GruLeuhorut, real es tate broker; C. B. McCullough, state highway department bridge engineer; Cornelia Marvin, state librarian; Harry N. Cruin, manag ing editor Capital Journal; Will ium Bell, insurance agent; Cuyler Van Patten, contractor and build er, and William Hamilton, local manager for tho Portland Electric Power company. The delay In the appointment of tho commissioners, authorized more than three months ago, was occasioned by litigation pending In tho state -supremo court over iha constitutionality of tho Portland ctiy zoning ordinance which was declared legal in an opHnon hand- cd down this week. The loul ordinance follows closely in form the Portland ordinance, both be ing enacted under tho provisions of n legislative no. of 1919 giving to incorporated cities control ovei city zoning, planning and build ing. Powers Ave Wide. The powers conferred upon the commission by the ordinance in conformity with the state statute, while principally of an advisory and consulting nature, urn wide, and practically gives to the com- mislson control over "tho laying out widening, extending, parking and locating of streets, sidawnllttj (Continued on Page Nine) MITCHELL LETS Washington, Nov. B. (A. P.) Further compromise in the matter of witnesses and documentary evi dence were made today between the prosecution and defense coun sels of the court martial trial of Colonel William Mitchell, accused of conduct dnrinrr tho air. contro versy prejudicial to good order and military discipline. Colonel Mitchel agreed to with draw requostfl for subpoenas for Major General Hobert C. Davis ad jutant g?n:ral cf tho army. Hear Admiral Hilary Jones, president of the Shenandoah Inquiry court, nnd M:jor A. N. Krif:it;;ff of l.nko Field, Honolulu. t gram for each claAH map pod out on the blackboard and declares that the daily tasks are its heavy ii nd or tho conditions which she tenches as with full sen is In the school room. t'nder the Inw a district le to be maintained where there aro nix or more children on the census rolls. The ecnmiB Include nil children from 4 to 20, but It happens that there nre only two In tho district of nice to attend grade school. Mr. Fulkerunn also visited the Mehanm school yesterday and found tbp enrol'ino-H then serious ly curt a. led because of tho closing down of t lie Fllverton lumber com pany's ramp, rhildren of fiimilici connected w i:h the en nip having figured l ii cHy In the enrollment in the pi-t. The Howell school :il,.ivr S- Mtun nh!-h rhi also vld'. ed ii.r but ti--!U pupils enrolled.