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Newspaper Page Text';';' ;'.'' , ' , - ' . ! ' ' . ' . X ' V' ' . y-;:'Xl. : I IB EUGENE BMIY CTMEl)iSi! fi& :i j EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1924. . . - : - NO. G-tt - ..B5. ffi m -SS Si ' ffi gj- gg. j, , gi SB., gii 15 SS .' 'E3i SS'SHf - iincar Will Follow FaBLead, Refusing To Testify nunrii n n K KFfl UUIILIIU U W I. r- x'- ONGHiUa ISpoir Senatorial Invcsiafion (jrers Impcrus In Discovery Of 200 Million Tax Refund 'el For Oil Magnate Are ti To Challenge Probe jtoaittee's - Right To In puptte Their ' Client. LiMtoB. March 21. Harry F. Sin-Hplti-millionairo oil magnate who li Trafcot Dome from Albert B. ( at on the witness stand betore tnc Vail investigating committee for .tan today and twiddled his thumbs L li, Uvryere wrangled with the JJm on the committee over whether rtW to testify. " . . ' Vclusioa hud been reached at Cal of two hours' legal give and kH noon Sinclair stepred down , tb tnd and the committee ad until tomorrow when a decision 1 1 forthcoming as to the comniit 5i(ottm to compel Sinclair to tea I, , , ... SINCLAIR ONLY SMILES f KENTNKTH CIABK' ' ft. If. S. Staff Correspondent) r-U.An firi.lv Ol- Cnllnsri for F. Sinclair challenged the right of mile oil investigators today to in ih the oil magnate concerning the ITeipnt Dome which he accured ttAIbtrt B. Fnll ns secretary of the Mr himself smilingly occupied the m stand while bin array of counsel, fUag Martin W. Littleton of New & Colonel J. W. Zevely and G. T. lief, general counsel for the Sin- Jterests argued that, the eommit iri without power to- compel Sin itttwtify. ' - ' ll Sixth Appearance. ; ' Itai fhe.oil magnate's sixth nppe-ir-th stand in-nho' oir )nyestlgn k tat the first time since liis return tt Europe. It was during his absence Irchie Roosevelt and other wlt W "pried the lid off Teapot Dome, ife oil man was apparently, in good an- ud agrewbly posed for a bat kilnories while waiting to resume N( u a witness. - iUttlrton challenged the whole power I1 jiritdHioa' of the senate public oaralltre. tnittoa aid that the Walsh rcsolu- Mtini annulment. of the naval re al km "wns a complete, divesti ( powers of the committee end of HI -. tll tltt be true," Utrleton added, toe ascertained .what you were M to incertain, for you found Uiat jiti and equities of the United J the naval reserves are uiain- I. OioUres Leaaet Void. n resohttion declared "the leases ad void. . . . . . , . ' 'wrting this right hi the gov. Jlto the reserves you have nil jtleicope of the resolution, liwiaj remains for this committee, ."W. to investigate, 1 fcViT "'ready passed on the 1 Wn fR"ea ,hrou8l1 tbe AVl8n IJiHomething you Beck to do has ill JZSr onp l)y congress."" f Mid tlmt- naTin iono its w"8 nn jiistifiontion for con eianunatinn of Sinclair. V2u".by ll'iHi"t"on already fixed government in regard K ""I" "iat is, to keep the oil "pound as a future reserve." J Adams of Colorado, -Inter-, . ,nnt congress wanted to Z lepsliitive policy that would CrlMwiimcnt officers' in the fu ivi .1""! ""ervo hinds. i "ny government office kit nn- more reserves Vin, reslutionV" interjected . PECE reirns mini L'IKon, March M.-ThirtvAnftr- Pfire ih" K'rding the radio sta fru. , IT'" .fr"m Tegin-ignlpa, Wir y ueB"rtJiient was ad- P Sikh '?''' ,l,at trnnouility had WiIj .f .i "!,lhr '-"I'ital following 1 7 . uic OlUCJHCUctS. PBJMAKTINI cwmtj.g.r , y .... 1 S vr,lm.., b-w.'i . r ucmvui aim attack upon the refunding of federal tax es by the treasury department was launched in the senate this afternoon when Senator King, democrat of Utah, and McKellar, . democrat of Tennessee, demanded a publio Investigation of all tax claims before their settlement. MAKE NAMES PUBLIC Washington, March 21. Fresh im petus was giveu the senatorial investi gation ot toe intern-.il revenue bureau to day when evidence was turned over to tlie speciid Oouzens committee showing that $200,CKX),000 had been paid out by the treasury department in the last turee years on rotunds ot federal taxes. Topping a long list of persons and cor porations benefiting by the refunds were found the names of .Mrs. Adelaide C. Hlair, wife of Internal Uevenue Commis sioner Duvid 11. Blair, several members of her family, secretary of War John W. Weeks and the G-ulf Itcfuiing company, of which Secretary of the Treasury An drew W. Mellon was a principal stock holder. Demand Thorough Probe. The refund records gave no indication of wrongdoing, but the l-.irge totals and the identity of beneficiaries led to a demand by democratic senators fur a thorough investigation of the eutirc ad ministration of the bureau. The list of refunds wns gathered from official sources by Senator McKellar. democrat of Tennessee and turned wer to the C'ouzens committee for investiga tion. The list included only those , re funds in excess of $"J0.0OO but several of repayments ranged above .$1,000,000. In addition, McKellar informed Internation al News Service, he had positive evi dence showing that $:i,S00,000 wns re paid to the Gulf liefining company and its subsidiaries in 1W22. While reporting the total of refunds for each, of the last three yours. McKel lar gave the. committee the names of in dividuals and corporations which, bene fited only during the years 1022 and 1(121. Tho annual total repayments were $28,655,357 for 1021; $18.1:14,127 for 1022 and $123,000,000 for 1023. . One Family Profits Much. The official records', McKclbir saloy ahntvn that Mrs. Blair, wife of the com missioner, received u refund of $31,703 in 1022. Her home wns given as Winstom Salem, N. C, aud the account carried under her name as Adelaide C. Blair. Four other members of her family in cluding brothers and sisters, find cor poration owned by the family, were also given refunds in excess of $20,000. Two refunds were paid to Secrctauy of War Weeks during the same year, ac cording to McKellar's figures. The amounts were $21,151 and $0,300 or a mini ot i,iui. - . , , The unrest individual hf.ncfh.inrv nn der the 1022 tar refunds wns WSIllnri Rockefeller, who wat. reitnid a tntnl of $1,451,044 by the treasury. A close see- w.d was William D. Hunt of Boston, who received refunds totaling $1,007,774. Cudahy Packing Leads AIL The largest single amount refunded to H corporation was $2,038,32(1 turned oacK to tne l:uduhy racking company ot Chicago. Three other refunds to the Cudahy company gave them au addition al return of $147,510. Nationally known republican leaders were found among the beneficiaries. An outstanding example was Kdwin II. Vare. lute republican leader in Pennsylvania, who wns given the refund for the amounts of $173,4!I0, $00,120 and $22, 212 a total of $204,822. Another was tho refund of $50,220 to rroctoY and Gumbln of Cincinnati, headed by Colonel William C. Proctor. Other individuals given big refunds were E. G. Stilunan of New York, re paid $264,387; the estate of Zcnas Crane of New York, $306,448; Hodman Wnna maker II of Philadelphia $25,500; th estate of Hichard J. Iteynolds, Salem. N. C tobacco king, $410,001, and Adolphus Forstrann of Passaic, N. J., $34,714. . Ilefunds to. corporations Included $104, 300 to Sears Hoebuck company of Chi cago: $841,842 to tho Northwest Steel company of Portland, Ore.; $80,001 to the E. I. Dupont Do Nemours company; $522,477 to the Kast Coast Car Ferry ' company of St. Augustine, Flu. ; $75,000 to the Singer Manufacturing coninanv: 1453,306 to Mans and Waldstein of New York: o total of $.'MJ8,840 to the South ern Pacifio company; $152,105 to the liocomobile company of Bridgeport; $210.540.to the Carnegie Steel company nnd $308,477 to UurtlsB Slid company of Wellstou, Mo. - S. P. FILES FOR FARE INCREASE ON STREET LINE New Rate Of 7 Cents Will Be In Force April 22, If Road Demand Upheld; Springfield Fare To Be Increased, Also. Salem, Ore., Mnrch 21. (I. N. S.) Increase in street .railway fares in Eu gene nd Salem from, six to seven coins is provided for in a new tariff schedule filed with tbe public service commission toduy by the Boutuern racme company. - Tho increases wilt become effective Anril 22 unless susuended by the com mission to pernut an investigation into their reasonableness, strips of tour ticK- ets for 25 cents nnd books o. 50 tickets for $3.10 are nrovided.- . . Hates nctween raigene ami nprmg field will be increased- to -14 cents. Pro vision wilt be made for sale of books of 100 tickets to bonafide students for $3. two coupons to be pulled for. uach trip between the two points. CORVPiLUS WOMAN ADDRESSES WE WILLAMETTE PRESBYTERIAL HERE m ..... .r n.n hM.nM, fltirl nf the IMJfiunn wi . . ..... ... - 11 secretaries of the Willamette I'rcs bvterial society, coupled with ' tlie ad dress of Mi s. A. W. Blackburn of Cor-, vallis, president of the organization, fea tured the session of he society at the Central Presbyterian church this -morning. Roll call of societies, messages from : I Pnt.n fni 4h mis- missiounr'cB. m " - : Bionaries completed tlio worj. -of the morning. - . . 1I11S OllCrilOOU ur.uiivun n i ir. ti- n Mall nf P!itffonA. And leo u ' ' v- - -- ' . the meeting went into further reports ana recomnipnuimiuiiM. touhiiu ...... ... nrocrnm of entertainment and several addresses. More than 50 delegates to the orgon Ization attended the opening session on mi i n nuintu, nmra tirrived today to join thein. The meeting will last through -toflny. ann wnii cio- onimuaj. worxer iwnninwi nm. , , r..nnn.. . fontiircrl the meeting Thursday afternoon. Jlrs. 11. n. Husten of Corvnllis led the conferences of the literature secretaries, and others in attendance were Mrs. W. C. Hall of Eugene, Mrs. H. Crowell of Albany, and Mrs. J. J. Nnnn of Salem. The confer eiiv on missionary education wns at tended bv Mrs. Bruce J. Giffen of Eu gene Mrs. If. Seeley of Portland and Mrs.' II. Ileicher of Corvullis. Mrs. Chas. Wiilllams of Portland was leader of the conference on bettor methods In women's societies. - 1 ' Summer conference nnd normal train ing centers were talked over, and plans were laid for tbe extension of the acti vities of these phases of the work of the organization, at tho missionary education conference session. Interdenominational classes and a program nf work for secc retaries were also brought beforo tbe conference. " - . Diaoiat Training of Offloera. The conference on better methods in women's societies took up the training of officers through x)erjutite committees and discussed the, results attained by these methods. Membership plans went also taken up, and means to be employ ed In increasing the Interest in the mis sionary program wero talked over. luring the evening session addresses wero heard, Miss Roberta ' Hall, secre tary of the national missionary society, giving the principal talk of the evening. She emphasized the need of the home service missionary program, and told f her 'experiences nnd 4lie various methods necessary for success In this line of church work. A dinner wns given for the visitors nt the church Thursday 'even.ng by the women of the Fairmount Presbyterian church. Eugene Street; Railway Said tTo Lose Money Sulein, March 21. While the South ern Pacific comtrmv was losing money lust year in its street railway operations in Eugene it was making good money in Salem and West Linn,, according to the annual report filed yesterday with the public service .commission. - . - - - In West Wun the compan? reports as a result of its street railway service op erating revenue of $6,557.54, operating expenses of $35,208:17, ami. net operat ing revenue of $30,25l.il7j - . ' In. Salem the operating revenue was J 08,010.70, operating expense, 042.30. nnd not oiiemting Vevofiue. $20. 337.40. The - Intter figure- was $(1846.23 less tlion in-1022. , . - In -Engeno the company's --operating revenue wus $i:,107..n, operating ex wine. $77.1170.02. and its loss $5802.(16. The operating revenue was $11,421.50 ices tliun liM0.'2. SPRINGFIELD HIGH BUILDING ENTERED Olive Thomas, 13, E.B.U. Student, Dies As Result of Burns Received mive Thomas. 13. a student of the Girls' Junior college of the Eugene Bible .... .!.,! ,.f tlin HuronO hosilitlll .1.:.. tf tin. n.Miilt of burns received on February 28, when her clothing caught fire at bc dormitory of the college. The girl hod been standing by the fur nace in the basement of the dormitory on the morning of February 28, when her clothing became inflamed from the ftre ... unn ah fpsrovered th:it the dress was on fire, she ran to the wosbroom. tearing on me arcs ran. The blaze cnught in her other rto- .twi .hi. rl.hed no three iiMiiK. uuvin ..... ...w - flights of stairs to a bathroom, where rugs, she wrnppen iicm nuuui un , and the fire was finally put out. The matron on the second floor of the u..:t.i;nn -. Hip sirl running tin the stairway, nnd followed ner. Catching up rags, she wrapper incm uuoul inc ti.n, and the fire was finelly put out. The girl wns badly burncfl about the body, though for ,n time it was believed that her injuries .would not prove ser ious, r It was her second year nt the junior college. She runic to Eugene from As toria. Her father was nt the bedside" for the past ten days.' She is survived by her parents, Mr, and Mrs. John 1. Thomas, of Los An geles, Cal.: three brothers, Hale Thom as of Los Angeles, Julian D. Thomas of Killings, Mont., and Lynch Thomas of Turner, and three sisters, Kuth. and Frances Thomas of I Angeles, nd Mr. Denwsrd of Astoria. Her sister, Mrs, Tenwnrd. hail come down from Astori' ! :f returned t her home la4or when i- fer' seemed hettcr. Funeral serv' b held at lite Yratch chapel S':' !.v sttera.Ti nt 2r30 oVloi4t. Uev i'. ' . r.tvt o1 tf-? First Christian vfistg. IH.rlnl will be in the. .f.-imtiic cercetery. Tells Of Plan To" ' Blow Up Housewife - Us Anieles. Cal.. Man n 21. .lose- Y I r.nit. accused of attempting to r .ir- ider his wife, her mother nnd brott V Idvnsmiting the building In whi' iv- Wercnimrtered. snickered "fit' ' O ; ..j.. ..i... Vrd Tt. his ai t, n f'snadinn war veteran, luiii an overpowering la hive Led usmi ia vi enm . T..t.-. - I i 'i, '.J ! t -M. . 1 vurr, Aid not. go through ot t" jgreement and the . ifa to be planted t's ;- me. he informed both I in the district attorney's TMVt. O ' i. -,E CALLED OFF o hin Cuba., Jlnrch 21 The special , e between Mountain Idssie and tf scheduled for today, has .lecl.ired off on account of bad cotditiopa, . . . . . FOR SECOND TIME For (lie scrond time within a week nnd a hulf, the Spi-lngticld Hrhool mnidinir was entPred niurmmy niRuti HeKkrt rnnstiokfHi hut nolliing tnUen. A marauder, tmrnriHed by II. W. Smith, junltor, who threw a giin on the man. got away. Hraitli wns not fleet enoirgh of foot o rtitrb him. and forcborc sliootina him. Deputies Hodney Itoaeh and Van Svarverud-are workinc on the cane, which litis nsRiimed the npectH of quite a minor myHtery. WJillc It ia evident, bhvh Jmncipal j, K, Torhet. that rer ords art heintr sought aa no auhHtnnthil loot may be taken from the building, it Hur prises m-hool aiithoritfen that tbe marauder, or marauders, ' aa fur RH known are not boyn. The perwon "caught in the act" Thurndny nignt 1h detH-ribed by Hinith ok being heavy act, about fivn feet, eight inches . high, nnd of heavy voi The Htartled grunt 4hnt enme frotn the peraon wna not that of a youth, Smith believes. Three or four desk" of teftrhera were rnn sacked, especially In the acience and domestic science department. Kntrance wan mnde through tbe same window as formerly, nnd nt nhoiw I n ciock in thfi morning. Hmilb has been slfi-ping in the building of lute, protecUJig the prop erty. , Attorneys Ask For , Vanderlip In .Trial Of H. M. Daugherty H. M. DAUGHERTY AIDE ACCEPTED BRIBE. CLAIMS Trail Of Corruption,' Graft Again Leads .To Attorney General's Door, v But He Is Not Directly Implicated. Washington, -March 21. A fresh sen- action was sprunjr in the senate's inves- titrnllrin nf Attiirnnv l.eni.i'nl llnrrv M. Itougiierty today wlien John ioroni, a New York wholesale druggist, testified that David It. IKsperance a special as sistant attorney genera' ot tlie united Mates, received a cut in on tlie money that was paid for the illegal withdrawal of liquor in New York. IEsperance is on duty in the district attorney's office in New York. Thus another trail of bribery and cor ruption, plentifully sprinkled' with $1000 bills was blazed into tbe circle of At torney General Harry M. Dnugherty's friends tiy tlie sonata committee. But, as on other days, the trail never led directly to the attorney general only to those who said they were "close" to, him. ' , . John Gorohl, vice-president of the Elks Drug company. New York, testi fied ho paid William A. Orr, who repre sented himself as being "clqso" to Daugherty, fifty thousand ' dollars'- in thousand dollar bills to effect the with drawal of BOO cases of whiskey,' lifter Goroni had been turned- down by tbe prohibition bureau. - Goront said he handled the money for John Lynn, who Inter hung himself. He identified I.ynn ns handler of the with drawals for five drug firms in ' New York. Orr and his friends, Howard Manning- ton, and Jesse W. Mmilh, according to Goroni,- divided , profits in tbe whiskey wjthdrawals. .1. r - They wore a part of the Columbus crowd,' Goioni said, and in reply to n question of ' Senator Wheeler ns to whether they were a "tough crowd," Go roni naively remarked they wero nnd thit he wished he hnd "broken his arm before ho- over signed a paper with them." - "Is L.Kspei-unce connected with the de partiiieut now?" ;'. Henntor Jones asked Ilowjund, attorney for Daugherty. "Yes," said Howhind, "We'll have him here." - - ' "Well, If Jills Btory about Iiiin is true, he' should be disconnected at once." - The "committee then adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow. ' - More fireworks rtime ' wl'hln a few minutes after the first witness took tho stand William II. Hayes, a Cleveland broker. Before his death. Jesse Smith, Intc close friend of Attorney General Daugherty, had established with Hayes' film, a secret account for his divorced wife. Whh Roxie Htinson. Hayes said, Itnyes said he turned this account over to MM Dougherty, brother of the attorney general, after Smith's death. "That was Miss Htinson's account nnd you gave it to Mel.Iaiighcrty?" Henntor Ashurst. democrat of Arizona charged. "i can't pass on that," snld Hayes. Ashurst Waxes Warm. "Well, I think you are an unfaithful trustee and I wouldn't trust, you with ten cents," Ashurst shouted. "I think you ought to be prosecuted for unlawful conversion." Hayes said Attorney General Dough erty had no arx-ount with his firm. The Smith-Htinson account, which to taled $11,400, Is now being litigated In Ohio courts and the . probate court at Columbus has ruled tho money belonged to Smith's estate. -, Hayes wns closely questioned about Hoxic Htinson's testimony that he told her he once saw Jesse Hmlth with $75, 000 in thousand dollar bills. Hayes de nied tbe statement. - Huntington, Maneruds In New Fuel Co. "Shy" Huntington, football coash at the University of Oregon since 1018, has bought in with Iwrence and Clifford Mattered, operating as aiuncrud Brothers Fuel company, and a new company lias been formed to be known ns Munerud, Huntington Fuel company, luc. With Uic company Is consolidated the Sugene Fuel corporation, purchased by Hunt ington as his third interest In the firm. This new concern is to be capitalized at $10,000. . ' Plans for areatlv increased facilities are also announced. Munerud brothers will retain their Franklin boulevard yard. and the High street yurd of the Eugene vnni fNirimrntton win also ne rctameu tor the present, but plans include a new and larger yard on tne west siue wnere iuo ennvpvnr svstpin will be installed to faci litate the bundling of larger quantities of fuel. . Ndw- iintnwii .offices ara. now Doing negotiated for," that niore room may be had. Increased equipment will also bo iirnvtilf.il nnd nil vehicles of the com panies involved put into ono floet. Tlicse win oe painted reu. Olio now company will dispose of the outout of the Fischer -Lumber company. tvmi Tjiinber coninanv. Coast Range Lumber company and Jonnson anil jouu- son Lumber comnnnv. - Huntiueton will become nctlvo with tho firm upon the closn of spring term at the University of Oregon, when his con tract with that institution closes. This new company Is composed of three-who have made reputations here as excep tional athletes. Huntington played qimr- tnrhnf!c nn vnrsitv tennis tin to the. time lie took over the coaching job. Clifford, (Skrot) Munerud gained national fame in the Oregon-Harvard game at Pnsodena In New Year s day, wnen ne re- nlnoed "Hin Hill" Htoers at Quarter. Law rence (l'ink) Slonorud was a star bane hnll nlaver at Kucene high school sev eral yoars ago. All ure ex-University of Oregon men. - - W. C. Anderson, who owned the An derson; .Kucl Corporation. ,- has been in business here for the past several years, Washington. Msirh 2I.Tlie Dai'gh erty investigation started off ri a bhue of fireworks todnr when counsel for At tcinrr Genersl Daugherty dein.inded at the outset of the hearing that the In ''stigation committee Immediately issue a Btibpoens for Frank A. Vanderup, New Yorlf financier, and "hold him hern" until they have had an opportunity to examine him on the wltuesn stnnd. Vanderlip recently came to Washing ton and volunteered his nervines to the eonimitfee nnd during his stay issue.l ru mi roup, statements, implying grae nrjin dflN (n the government. The eommi'tce Indicated Vniiderlip wouhl be rjmmoncd. ATTORNEY MAKES DENIAL New York, March 1. An emphatic de nial that be hnd ever accepted money an a bribe in connection with withdrawal nf llounr as testified today in W.-nlilimlon before a senatorial investigating commit tee by John G.ironl. wns mnde tbs aft ernoon by Major Ihivld L'lisperniire. a special United States attorney general. L. A. Dry Chief Is" Notified To Quit San Kraih-lsio, Mhrrh 21. Suspension of Harold II. Dollcr. chief field prohibi tion director in California, ordered by Commissioner Blair, bend of the bureau of internal revenue, Washington, was re voked torhiy In a telegram to Director Samuel F. Hutier here. TO HEAR WILL H. HAYS New York. Mnrch 21. -Will H. Hays. formerly thnlrmnn of the republican na tional committee lert ,ew iork tuts morning to testify before the senate oil lease invest lacti ting committee at Wash ington. He declined to m:ike any statement. STUVKS QI IT HKH IIdTAO Berlin. March 21. Hnao Htlnnea, fler inany's foremost Industrial and finan cial mairnnte, resigned bis retchslns seat this afternoon. He was a mem ber of the fjcrriinn 'People's psrtv. fltlnnes Is 111 and his physician advised htm to ptlve op business and political affairs. He baa just hen suecawfnll-r operated on tor trail stcies. ORDERED SUSPENDED Los Angeles, Cal., March 21. Harold If. Dolley chief stnte prohibition agent, was to be informed today that he has been temporarily suspended by Com missioner Blair of the internal revenue department, Dolley, who Is alleged to hnva tanned telephone wires !ti securing evidence on liinior violators .and accus ed of other Irregularities in office, hss been under Investigation by the grand jury here for some time, but his suspen sion came ns a surprise. IRISH TROUBLE ENDING Dublin. March 21. Troubles over the attempted mutiny of the free state army which threatened to disrupt the govern ment began to simmer down today, FEAR TRAFFIC STRIKE London, Mnrch 21. findnn'n trnffic system Is threatened with complete psrn lysis an n result of threats of 40.000 street rnilwny and automobile' bus em ployes to strike for higher wngen. The government is attempting to avert the walkout. ; K TO : CROSS SEA STRETCH Seattle. Wash.. March 21: The Unl ted States army round-the-world filers, who landed here' naifelv yesterday after noon, completing the first-leg of their iobe tour, were at Band I'oint Held to ay insnectlni their planes and eoulu ment in preparation for the hop to Trlnce Rupert, II. C, on April 1. and thenpa nernsn the Pnnlfle. ' ; ' . Roclnl invitations have been declined with thanks, not because the fliers aren't desirous of partaking of Seattle's hospi tality, but because they are anxious 'to pat their planes ia shupe and keep them selves fit. The great pontoons, which will add 750 pounds to the weight of each of the four machines, will be fitted on here for tbe ocean journey across tbe Bacifta. Tired, but cheerful, the eight men wno will maka tlie epochal flight, got to jbed early Inst night, after spending the Aft ernoon at the field where they were -welcomed by thousands of citisens. Karly this morning, curhms visitors f were streaming to the field noxious to net a peep at tlie giant planes that will make history. . ; ' i . : Says Slain Doctor Lived In Constant Fear Before Death AS L STARTS FIGHT; Department Auditor Declare , It Means Hia Jod al ; , Tells Too Much; Does Not ; Commend Fellow Dry Meiv ( ' ' . "- .. nf C..Aattn1in' ' Washington, Jinrcn "V .,- that there is a move f gT ternal revenue bureau to balk an. tuvw tin ion of its nctivltlon w mad t ll afternoon when a senate .hwwWWv committee called A. J. Bradley, .dor , '"JJl.ES S .e-nhere"' ask-' cd Senator Couicns, republi'-aa pt ?Cc.h-, y ig,,n'. Testimony Mwm PMtttaR. .4L J5,',.) - "I'm not nfniid of an thing. BrnOIfT respbiided, .J'But my testimony inay. meaa . mf"ltw yoa iny objection to thin inan , tellina-af onv iiWtoomliigK of the bit reauor W making nugireHtlons for .Im-. nrovcnientr" asked Senator Couen iot Asshtnnt Cammissioner Cbns. It- asu.. "None" Nash said. - - 1 "If the 'committee elicits, information ,. from me detrimental to the department. v , Bradley asked, "I might, be framed. In fact I've, had an intimation. i Seasrtor Wiitsonv chairman, demand -; the' source of the intimation. ."I niimt ask to 1e fXcused.fronj.H ing the Mim," said Bradley,, t, - WaSTtiero any siioiv im v'"'1"" . "Soy ' ' ... j. ' " ,' Launches Bureau Attack. v - Bradley ilaunehcd t once into an- at tack on cbureau of ficials. i i "Never . had I come in contact -wlt . greater pinhendK,"- he said. . , , Himator Watson asked . just. wliat. d(fi , nartipcnt hends he meant. ... . "All of them,"-Biudley anidv with.',,-.. sweep of his arm. '. ' - "They are riot looking for ability, , ha continued, "nor for constructive aotwn. They're merely job holders with tlio.otoa , aim of porpctuntlnc their Jobs: - - Bradler admitted to Watson that ha had "kicked right, along" because be duf not get salary iucrcasea bo expected . "Have vou itskcd for Increases or pyr motions?" . "No." ; " -Watsori asked liim to define "a. piojr head" and Bradley Bald: . ' "A pinhend In one without the .Intel loctiml capacity to hold down his job,". J Bradley aald his record for work, wap "splendid" but lie had not' been; prdt 't . motid. ...-.-'.' . ( . "To what do you attributo that?" Watv son asked. - . : i, . f "Well, senator, I have a personality, . temperament, that falls to wln.. T.i ' Bradley aald he bad been quite sue. , ccssf ill ana business man before the vm r, . but continued to hold a $2,000 -Job -with..: the bureau for the last three and a hulf -yearn. , . i "Why?" asked Watson. " W f ' "Well,-. I came to Washington, during -, the war. I hesitated to return M, bnal- neas because this work has robbed me of - initiative." - - W. f , i Knows of ComiptfM. ' '' ' A. V. Adams, a mechanical, engineer, -who with 21 other engineers, was ili- i missed for "Inefficiency and to ut ex-' penses," took the stnnd, snyiug he could tell of graft and corruption, Adams said he worked ill the amorti- zatlon unit of the 4ureau. One company v would fllo an amortimtlon claim and get a 3 per cent reduction in assessment, he said, -and another , with equal vinitus ' might get-, an 80 per cent cut.- rkj, " ; ::.t - Kansas (sly. Mo., March.' 21. Dr.' Zeo Zoo Wllkins, pretty divorcee, who was slain in her "mystery home!' here, lived the Inst, few weeks nf her. life in constant fear that one of two men would murder her, Jesse James Jr., her r.ttor ney, told a coroner's inquest here today, - James wns tho first witness to be cull ed. He nomes Chnrles Wllkins, a bro ther of tho slain woman, as one of the men his i-licnt ssid she feared. Wilklnn is held by police aud was to testify at the Inquent later. James refused to name the other Innn, snylng he hnd told L. D.. Wnlatnn, chief of detectives, of his Identity. The other man is not -under .arrest, the witness saitl. Dr. Wilkin feared the ' men be cause she hnd refused to comnly with certain requests they had made. : ISLAND COIWEmTIOIJ i MOVES FOR FREED!?" I - 1 1 i ii , r : i-- 1 i Killing Frost Is , Promised Tonight Tl .. 1 , . ' . r , .. . s uruniMl, .1 rre., .1:ircn 1,-11, .i. IS. A killing frost tonight in the WUIam elte valley nnd noitthern Oregon wns predicted today by E. L. Wells, I'nltcd lln,ne n- n.. . I. n h n. ...1.1 . L. - ....... v i.t nn,.., . nillll lllc frost might nip peaches and apricots in tho valley and pears in the Itogtie Hlver country, A temperature of 80 degrees was bis forecast for Portland tonight. CAR GROUND; DRIVER SAFE i f.'hlcago. March 21. Kdwnrd A. l'olkn. official of the Valentine Seavers Furni ture company, escaped unscathed when his automobile was around to tills l,n. ween two "L" trains enrly tmhiy. ' I ' ll timrt n.aa alwi.1 1. u .1 f . " -o n.,u.n u, an rnniuouil.l train, which burled it in tbe path of one westbound, s oianua, .iinrcn 1 -i.-rnie. .- vmertna- r . iii'iuiiivitit iprriioniii convcniioii aqe- -r, ed resolution toddy; culling ,frai T li'nited Stntcs for tha ado'prldt' tt tb4 . LiiiiowiiiK iiiucpcnuence uroaTaraS' ' f ( ..VIW.. ... IH.KHUUH. IU IflMIMW - American forces. ' . Hecognltinn of rhlllppine Independ'ntca ' when constitiirinttil convention ndtapta- constitution which in the preaideatyi opinion "can maintain government and ' adequately protect personal und natm i erty ' rights.'1 -, i - . s Thla HAnn nee.e,llt.a (a K t treaties would bo drawn up (nverninir the future relations and glvjof thf C'-ol-" ted Htntes power through, dtplomatid ' yearn to suspend Philippine Itrftntoetoa r .... .en,.. i-uirriiL-r oriiacrenae W posies, rtebt and also the conduct of - fnrnin re - also estnbUHhinent of naval basM od - tliA itltin .... - . , ..T. . ... 1 ? TWO MORE Fltl' " ' " Chnrles JI'iH of Msrshfield and Bruce Dijnnln of Ii Grande, repiibllcsna, want -to return to the statq senate, Ther file J '. ' thele dnelnenf Inn. e. : e'',VVv. , " ..-.,.e mn . iiu.iifiaien lor TH l nomination with Secretary cl Htafe Ko-i jer today. Dennis represents Y'nlnaV ami : T fnntllld AAltn.l n-4 ll.lli. -a:... i . , ;.. . ........... ...,...,. .. n 'liavifiav - icludes Coos and Cui-ry conntlea,,. f ' " CALIFORNIA CSTS RaVn ' ' ' . .... ....... .,,,, reven in ches of anew at Summit, a good fall ef 1 rain in Fresno and vicinity and -llaira ! showers in southern. California- falUna veaterdiiv anl laB .k, i it Sk. . . " f !. i - . . ' . , '"n"1' ia an inai mav - be expected of the . .California ..lorm ' which ushered In spring-, beyond lew snnoklea (his nfteruwn,