'EDMAN
Price Five Cents
Moro, Sherman County, (Tivgon, Friday, November 13, 19
Established 1887
ARMY COURT HEARS
FRESH ACCUSATIONS
COLONEL THOMPSON
Inal and Almost Treasonable”
Office Phone Main 93
Or CgOtl
IBA M. PETERSON
Coi. C. A. Thompson of Cleveland,
who was elected commander in chief
of the United Spanish War Veterans at
their convention in St- Petersburg,
Dr J. R. Morgan
DENTIST
and Surgeon
Office in McKee Building
182
Phone
Block Sooth
No. 183 4
WASCO. OREGON
Physician and Surgeon
Office and Residence
Hotel Moro
Physician and Surgeon
WASCO. OREGON
Phone No. 182
AND
THE DALLES, OREGON
Office at the Hamilton Hospital
Phone No. Hospital 487
De Larhue
Optical Co.
Eyeeight Specialists
. Manufacturing Opticians
Byes Examined Glasses Fitted
Exclusively Optical
Complete Lens Manufacturing
Plant in Connection
OREGON
15-16 Vogt Block.
JAMES STEWART
SHERMAN COUNTY
STOCK AND BRAND
INSPECTOR
Moro ■ - Orefoi
DEPUTIES: L. Schadewits, Kent,
Oregon; Dr. Joe. Saunders, Moro,
Ore.; W. H. Meyer, Wasco, Ore.
Gilliam aad Wkeeler Opuntie«
STOCK & WHEAT
RANCHES
FOR SALE
CONSPIRACY TO KU
' MUSSOLINI FAILS
Rome.—Many arrests snd detentions
were reported In vsrious parts of
Italy In ’ *cdnnectfon with the plot
against the life of Premier Mussolini.
The conspiracy, which was of wide
spread ramifications, is declared to
have been aimed at the overthrow of
the Savoy dynasty and the establish
ment of a republic.
Tito Zaniboni, former deputy of the
Unitarian Socialist party and trusted
political advisor of the king of Italy,
has confessed the plot to kill Premier
Mussolini and dethrone the Italian
monarchy, according to the police.
Under grilling, proceeding constant
ly since he was taken, rifle in hand,
from a hotel near the balcony where
Mussolini ppoke on the seventh anni
versary of the Armistice with Austria,
Zaaiboni shouldered the entire respon
slbillty for the plot himself, it is said,
and denied he had any accomplices
Meantime, however, active police
ferreting in several cities tended to
indicate that the plot had widespread
ramifications.
FARM
GROUP IS DISSOLVED
Means Com
on Vital
mittee Agrees
Points of New Bilk
Action Will be Proved.
Washington, D. C.—Another rever
berating cannonade of accusations was
turned loose Monday by Colonel Wil
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of the military and naval air services.
Through his counsel. Representative
Prank R. Reid, the colonel informed
the court-martial trying him because
of his previous utterances in the air
controversy, that he was fully prepar
Attorney-ai-L*aw .
ed to prove his etatrge of “erHstasi
and almost treasonable” negligence in
government Aviation.
Among the multitude of offenses
of which the defense counsel promised
Phone
Mem 541
to tarnish proof were these: .
BANK OF MORO BUILDING
That the Shenandoah went on her
fatal western trip unfit and against
the will of her commander, Zachary
Lansdowne.
That a naval officer sought to have
Lansdowne’s widow give false testi
mony.
That those who arranged the un
successful Hawaiian flight of the
PN-3, No. 1, Were "incompetent.”
That high army and navy offlLere
United Stites Dental Exam
had
testified falsely before commit
iner for this district.
tees of congress.
That Colonel Mitchell himself "was
demoted and transferred because he
Office at
told the truth ”
That government aviators are put
MORO, OREGON
to unnecessary haxards and many
killed as a result.
That the government has failed to
thwart a project to give a foreign
flight organisation a foothold near the
Panalms canal and to have provided
adequate air protection to Hawaii and
the Philippines.
Physician
MUHIN BENEFIT
BY TAT REVISION
House Ways and
Mitchell Counsel Says “Crim
THE DALLES
5ERVEfl
JAILING OF LIQUOR
PURCHASERS URGED
Chicago.—There are teeth in the
Volstead act, little used or not at all.
but whi&h would make prohibition en
force ment far more effective, An
drew J. Volstead, ex-repreeentative ijn
congress, father of the prohibition lav;
told the Anti-Saloon league's crisis
convention here. He recently return
ed to public life as legal adviser of the
prohibition director for Minnesota,
It is not generally known, Mr. Vol
stead said, but the purchaser of illicit
liquor is subject to 90 days’ imprison
ment and for a second offense not to
exceed two years.
"It would have a salutary effect,"
he went on, "to prosecute some oi
these purchasers, so that the country
the so-call -d
might know some
’good people’ are simply in the toot
leg class.
The federal government cannot
carry the burden of prohibition en
forcement—each community must pa
lice itself so far as local law viola
tions are concerned, Lincoln C. An
drewa. assistant secretary of the
treasury in charge of prohibition, de-
dared in an address before the con
vention.
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The federal government, Andrews
asserted, will have done its full duty
when it eliminates the sources of sup
ply and traffic in liquors from one
section of the country to another.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
A. Harry Moore, democrat and wet,
was elected governor of New Jersey j
In the New York city election with
Walker elected mayor there were
swept into office the entire democratic
borough and Judicial tickets.
There will be plenty of turkey for
Thanksgiving, the department of agri
culture stated, reporting the crop only (
four per cent smaller than last year
The Rt. Rev. John Patrick Carroll
of Helena. Mont., bishop for the j
western Montana diocese of the Cath
olic church, died at Fribourg. Switzer
land.
For the first time in 18 years, demo
cratic Boston elected a republican
mayor. Malcom E. Nichols defeated
hl* nearest democratic rival, Theo 1
dore A. Glynn, city fire commissioner, *
ty 22,100.
lames F. Jones, assistant prohibi- ;
tldn commissioner, who has served
under Haynes since 1921, has been
named prohibition director, and will
function as executive head of the dry
unit, next to Andrews, according to
the official announcement. .
Chairman Advises Coolidge Purposes
Have Been Achieved.
Washington, D. C.—The president’s
agricultural conference has been de
finitely dissolved. The department 01
agriculture said President Coolidge
had acted on the recommendation of
Robert D. Carey of Wyoming, chair
man of the conference.
no longer
conference
necessary, Carey told the president,
because most of its recommendations
had been put into effect and "a satis
factory solution of farm problems” ap
peared in prospect.
The recommendation of the confer
ence, dealing with co-operative mar
keting, which has not been acted upon
by congress, has been taken up by
Ambassador Dines German Chief.
Secretary Jardine with leaders in the
movement, and they have assured him
London.—The "Locarno spirit” has
of their assistance in efforts to im removed the social barrier between
prove conditions- and in supporting the French and German embassies.
legislation.
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Saturday evening the German em-
bassadof and Mrs. Sthamer were the
•on. Whooler Would Drop, Charge. guests -at dinner of the French am
Washington, D. C.—Dismissal of the bassador and Madame Fleuriau. This
Indictment returned against him here is the first time that a German has
charging Conspiracy to defraud the been entertained at the French em
government in connection wtih oil bassy since the outbreak of the World
prospecting permits in Montana was war. ? .
asked of the District of Columbia su
preme court by Senator Burton K.
Wheeler, democrat, of that state. The
If the depart-
Washington, D.
principal ground for the request was ment of agriculture has its way. kiss
acquittal by a jury in the federal ing opportunities under the Christmas
courts in Montana.
mistletoe will be abolished. The de
partment doesn’t object to kicking,
but to the mistletoe which IM regarded
Thomas W. Miller, an a dangerous forest pest. A drive
former alien property custodian, ac* has been started against mistletoe In
posed with several German and Swiss the national forest, and within ten
firms of conspiracy to defraud the gov years the depàrtment hopes to exterm
ernment in connection with the af- inate the plant.
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f^irs of the American Metals company,
pleaded not guilty when arraigned.
Athens.—The Greek goveriiment has
Naw Zealanders Reject Prohibition. notified the League of Nations that it
Wellington, N. Z.—Prohlibtion has would like to initiate negotiations for
been defeated in New Zealand, Incom* a Balkan security pact, similar to the
Locarno pacts, enforcing arbitration.
plete returns Indicated.
Washington. D. C, Practically uni-
ted supnort both In th<> house and sen-
ate cf the tax reduction bill now in
preparation by th«- house ways and
means ccmmiUep- an almost unpre
eedented prospect—M now confidently
expected by
hillot the vital and
With vlrtt
controversial points of tax reduction
already acted o* •& the committee,
Chairman Green Mid that a non-parti
san measure "Bearing almost unani
mo us support** seems certain.
Removal of more than 1,000,000 In
divlduals from the federal income tax
roll by Increasing exemptions and
widespread reductions in these levies
was voted by the committee.
The income tax exemption figures
agreed upon were |1500 for single per
sons and 13500 for heads of families
compared with |looo and 12500. re
spectively, in the present law.
Other changes decided upon includ
Reduction of the maximum surtai
rate from 40 to 30 per cent; reduction
of the normal rates from 2 to 1^ per
cent on the first $1000 of taxable in
come, from 4 to 3 per cent on the nexl
$4000. and from 6 to 5 per cent on the
remainder.
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increase in the age limit from the
$400 exemption allowance for depend
ents from 18 to 21 years In cac» ?
' here children are in school.
Retention of the present 25 per cent
reduction in the tax when applied tc
earned incomes of $10,000 or less, also
was decided upon by the committee.
Reduction of the inheritance tax rate
from a maximum of 40 to 20 per cent.
Repeal of the gift tax.
Retention of the present corporation
and capital stock taxes.
Substantial reductions In automo
bile taxes and repeal of many of the
miscellaneous exetae levies.
TURKEY RAFFLE
Tuesday and Wednesday
November 24 - 25
OME AND GET YOUR
ONLY
and Ducks
Wednesday
Fashioned Raffle
EEWELL APPOINTED
PROHIBITION DEPUTY
Seattle, Wash. Roy C. Lyle, federal
prohibition administrator for the 20tb
district, has arm .unced that Wilbur
K. Newell of Eugene had been recom
mended for deputy administrator foi
the state of Oregon.
Mr. Lyle also announced that Dr
Joseph A. Linville, for four years state
prohibition director for Oregon, had
beeh made assistant administrator in
charge of permits for the whole dis
trict and would hereafter be located
at administration headquarters in Se
attle.
These two appointments complete
the higher official personnel of the
district, previous announcement hav
ing been made of th? appointment ol
William M. Whitney as district legal
adviser, H. S. McClure as deputy ad
ministrator for eastern Washington and
E. O. Blrgfleld as deputy för Alaska
WASHINGTON SOLONS MEET
Lawmakers May Continue In Sessior
Until Business Is Cleaned
Olympia, Wash - The second stretch
of work for the 19th legislature of the
state of Washington opened at noon
Monday with one man’s guess as good
as another as to when the work will
be finished. .
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By the close vote of 49 to 4
Arthur W. Calder of Vancouver wa
elected chief clerk of the house ovei
Herbert H. Sieler of Chehalis.
Governor Hartley ( Bounded a noti
of economy in state ¡government and
advocated numerous changes in the
administration of state affairs, many
of them drastic in the light of exist
ing practices.
As a means of systematizing (he
educational program. Governor Hart
ley proposed the establishment of s
non-salaried board of educational ad
ministration, composed of nine mem
bers to be named by the governor and
to serve from one to nine years, one
member to retire each year. - This
would entail the abolishment of the
boards of regents of the' university
and of the state college and the boards
of trustees of the three state normal
schools.
A
Italy Seeks Apology for Flag Insult
Rome.—The Italian government has
asked "fitting 8HUHfactlon’’ from the
Jugo-Slavian government, tor Satur
day’s antl-Italian demonstrations and
th« defiling or destruction of Italian
flags in various cities of the Serb,
Croat and Slovene state. Announce
ment to this effect was made In an
official communique.
Washington, D. C,—President Cool
idge selected John Henry Walsh ol
New Orleans, ex naval officer,
new member of the United States
shipping board. ,
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Sayrs, Powell and Moore
OREGON NEWS ITEMS
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings of
the Week Collected for *
Our Readers.
Construction of a new $17,000 high
school building was begun at Cascade
Locks.
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So successful was the state fair at
Salem this year that there Is a cash
balance of $24,989.
Portland, with permits of $2,295,800,
took fourth place in construction on
the Pacific coast In October.
The Ed Douglass sawmill and plan
er, located between Sandy and Esta
cada, were destroyed by fire.
Earl Fisher, state tax commissioner
is in New Orleans to attend the an
nual meeting of state tax commission
ers.
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To date 1495 carloads of pears and
374 c.’.rs of apples have been shipped
to eastern market by Medford packing
houses.
The new Elks’ temple at Salem,
which was erected recently at a cost
of approximately 1175,000 was dedicat
ed Saturday night.
A movement is on foot at Ashland
to prevent the use of all Josephine
county grounds for commercial pur
poses on Sundays.
All but 12 of the 36 counties of Ore
gon were represented at the annual
meeting of the Oregon County Asses
sors’ association at Dallas.
A limited season for the killing of
adult bull elk was proposed by E. F.
Averill, state game warden, in a report
filed with Governor Pierce.
Ralls have been laid between the
Kitson creek and Salt creek water
sheds on the Eugdne-Klamath Falls
line of the Southern . Pacific.
, A 4 year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Kittson of Marshfield obtained
matches and set his clothes on fire.
He was so badly burned he died.
John Campbell, pioneer -Klamath
hardware merchant, died unexpectedly
at a natatorium in that eity when he
was stricken with heart disease.
Six Japanese steamers of the WOO-
ton class or greater sise will load on
Coos bay before the first of the vs**
and taie 10,000,000 feet of lumber to
the far east. ■ .
The immigration office at Portland
spent $1845 for tickets during the
month of October to return aliens un
lawfully in the United States to theft
native shores.
D. L. Bailey, 31, employed as clerk
at the Hammond Lumber company
store in Mill City, was killed, being
shot just over the heart with a 25 35
rifle he was carrying.
Ratios of assessed values to actual
values for the year 1925 were announc
ed by the state tax commission. It
was said that the ratios for 1925 show
a slight decrease when compared with
those of a year ago.
The Pacific'Telephone & Telegraph
company filed a petition Jointly with
the Tillamook County Mutual Tele
phone company, asking the permission
of the Interstate commerce commis
sion to acquire the property of the
smaller exchange.
The Coos Bay Water company an
nounces Improvements in its system
which Involves the expenditure of
$150.000 and Includes the latest filter
ing plant, capable of taking stain from
the water supply, which is the prin
ciple objection of consumers.
A total of 99,090 visitors called at
the Eagle creek camp and picnic
grounds on the Columbia highway dur
ing the season of May 15 to September
30, this year, according to a report
from Albert Wlesendanger, forest
ranger in charge of the camp.
The Douglas ebunty budget commit
tee has been appointed by the county
court. The members are G. R. Bates,
banker at Myrtle Creek; " Joseph
Lyons, banker and ex-county Judge,
Reedsport, and N. Rice, real estate
dealer and ex-mayor of Roseburg.
result of an outbreak of
smallpox among patients in the Ore
gon state hospital at Salem, it may be
necessary to quarantine at least two
wards in the institution.
Receipts of the state motor vehicle
department for the month of October
aggregated 156.632 29, according to a
report prepared by the secretary ol
state. Thus fir this year the receipts
have totaled $5.315,625.18.
A. J. Greeg, farm supervisor st the
state tuberculosis hospital at Salem,
is suffering from numerous injuries as
imported from Baker county.
The jury in the case of J. R. Helens,
tried in the Coos county circuit court
at Marshfield, returned a verdict of
not guilty after 45 minutes’ dellbera
tion. Haless killed George Holmes in
H alesa’ home in North Bend,
Tests of sugar beets grown by 1
Marton county farmers have proved
so satisfactory that the chambers of
commerce at Salem and Portland are
much interested in the possibility of
establishing refineries in that section.
H. F. Schillings, receiver of the
First National bank of Bandon, which
closed April 2, has announced that the
first dividend amounting to 30 per
cent would be paid depositors and
creditors the latter part of November.
< Continued dry weather, the hunt
ing season and the burning of brush
and slashings by logging operators
and settlers are combining to create
serious fire hazards In the national
forests of western Oregon, according
to the Portland office of the forest
service.
The Associated Stores, of Salem,
was incorporated with a capital stock
of $100.000. The enterprise now owns
12 stores, located In Salem. Dallas,
Newport, Toledo, Silverton, Monmouth
and Hebo, and has options that prob
ably will increase their stores to 40.
After running through the entire
fire season safely, with no fires ex
tending over more than one-fourth of
an acre, lightning set a fire which
spread to an area of between twsi and
Blowout
one half and five acres
creek, above Detroit, Supervisor C. C.
Hall of the Santlam national forest,
reports.
The final chapter in action brought
by Jefferson county against H. C. Top
ping, defaulting sheriff, under Amer
ican Surety company of New York,
his bondsmen, wks closed when the
surety company paid to. the county
clerk the sum of $2633.19. The county
court authorised the clerk to satisfy
the Judgment In full
Creamery robbers, believed to be
the same who have looted numerous
creameries all over the WiUasseUe
valley and at various places in. th?
state of Washttr.g.GUi took 700 pc and >
of butter from the creamery at Joi-
fereen. piled it on the creamery plat
form and left It th are, evidently h>v
Ing been scared away before they
could complete the Jab. Thousands of