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MODIFIES CORPORATION TAX
Brief Resume Most Important
Daily News Items.
COMPILED FOR Y0U
Levy on Telegraph and Phone Mes
sages Repealed by Senate.
Events or Noted People, Governments
and Pacific NorthweHt, and Other
Things Worth Knowing.
('locks of Chicago will bu turned
onu hour ahead next Saturday night
tu conform with tlio daylight saving
regulation.
Firo at C'ebu, tho oldest city of the
Philippines, Tuesday destroyed 200
houses and rendered more than 1000
persons homeless. Tho monetary loss
Is estimated at $100,000.
Immedlato revision of tho reclama
tion law along tho lines Indicated In
tho report of Secretary Work's fact
finding commission was recommend
ed to congress Monday by President
CoolidgQ.
Harry K. Thaw was declared sane
Tuesday night by tho jury that had
been hearing testimony to determine
Ills mental condition. The Jury de
clared him fully capable of looking
afler bis estate.
llenllo Mussolini, Italian premier,
was mailu a Human citizen Monday.
Tho ceremony was imposing and was
participated in by a distinguished ns
Hi'inblugu on tho anniversary of the
founding of tho clly of Homo.
A snowfall of 4.7 inches was re
corded at tho Fort Wayne, Ind
w eal her bureau Monday, breaking all
records for tills tlmo of year. The
previous record fall was on April 4
!i20, when 4.1 Inches was recorded.
Mario t'orelli, English novelist and
nulhor of a score of popular romantic
tales, died Monday from heart dls
caKO at ber homo Slrultord-upon-Avon.
She hail been ailing for some
weeks, but apparently was recovered
whi n thu fatal seizure occurred.
Allegations of liquor disappearance
at tho department of Justice, of de
faults in antitrust law prosecutions
and of privileges extended to "million
aire" convicts at Atlanla federal peni
tentiary wero inado Monday before
tho senato Dougherty investigating
Clllll in i I ( i o.
All tho Smiths In Spokane believ
ed to number 1000 or more have been
invited to meet next Tuesday for the
purpoKO of forming an association for
social purposes. A committed of
Smiths, Including n mlnlsler, an at
torney, a dentist and several others,
has been busy on tho proposal for
some time.
Ci lla t'ooney, 20 years old, smiled a
demure goodbye as she hoarded a
train in Jacksonville, Fht., Monday
for New York In custody of two ilc
teclives lo face charges of highway
robbery anil assault Willi luient to kill
In connection with a long Berles nt
daring holdup credited, to tho "bob
bed hair girl bandit."
A Joint resolution was adopted by
the senate Tuesday nulhori.lng cluing
Inc. the name of Mount Italnler, Wash.,
lo Mount Tucoinn, The resolution re
cileil Unit whereas It was "die mil
versal practice" to perpetuate Indian
mimes in tho geographical noiiioiieln
luro of the country, Mount llainlcr j
now boars tho name of "the nun
mander of a IIiIUhIi shli engaged in
depredations along die Atlantic
coast."
California Stock Lost Light.
Sacramento. t'al. - A very small per
ntage of tho livestock of California
s been alfecled by tho foot and
nioulh disease, naiil lr. I', li. llouck.
lulled States government chief In
hargn of the eraillcalion forces, Moll-
lav.
Ir. llouck further stated "the sue
ess in combating tlio malady by
onibined iiuarantlne, destruction of
Iniected and exposed animals, and dis
mt. eiion. as now carried on. deinoii-
t rat os in a shilling manner thu ef
ficacy of the present method."
The California crop report, special
bulletin No. 4;i. Issued hv tho I'nlted
Stales department of agriculture.
Material modification of tho land 1 l'u' s 'be following census of livestock
provisions of the McNary llaugeii agri
Washington, D. C Modification of
tha corporation tax and repeal of
tho tax ou telegraph and telephone
me.-isuges was voted Monday by the
senate In advancing consideration of
the revenuu bill. Notice was given,
however, that contests would be made
later on both of these levies.
Tho corporation tax was Increased
from li to 11 per cent with tlio
understanding that tho capital stock
tax would be eliminated. This lat
ter amendment is yet to be acted upon.
Senator Simmons of North Caro
lina, ranking democrat on tlio finance
commitleo, announced that minority
members wero drafting a substitute
amendment proposing to replace tho
present corporation tax with one carry
ing a graduated scale.
Pending the writing of this amend
ment, Senator Simmons said ho would
ask for postponement of considera
tion of income tax rato sections over
which tho main contest on tho bill will
center. These rates were reported
but were passed over at tho request of
tho North Carolinu senator.
In voting for tho repeal of tho tax
on telegraph and telephone messages,
I ho senate rejected the recomnieuda
tlon of the flnaneo committee. Hepcal
of this tax had been suggested by
Secretary Mellon and was voted by
tho house. Chairman Smoot of the
finance ooinmlltoo announced he
would ask for a record vote on It later.
Senator Smoot explained that tin
tax Involved revenue amounting to
$ri 1,000.000 annually and it had been
restored to tho bill by tho commit
tee because It was found necessary
to raise more revenuo than would be
u.
S. 601 FRAUD
IS TERMED MYTH
Sec'y Mellon Clears Engraving
Bureau of Charges.
REPORTS TO COOLIDGE
Losses by Theft in Seven Years De
clared to Amount to No More
Than $13,100.00.
fort hcoinlng under the
framed by the house.
measure as
EXPLOSION TRAPS
114 MEN IN MINE
Wheeling, W. Va. One hundred
and fourteen miners wero entombed
Monday by on explosion and fire in
tho Iienwood Mill mine of tho Wheel
ing Steel Corporation at Iienwood, a
few miles from here.
Hope has been practically abandon
ed Unit any of tho men would bo res
cued alive. The bodies of 14 miners
had been recovered but tho progress
of mine rescue) crews was madu diffi
cult by poisonous gases that filled
I ho workings. Two miners w ere alive
when found hut died a few minutes
later.
(Inly a faint hope was held out by
official)) of tho mine rescue car
Holmes for die other 100 men In the
mine at tlio time of thu explosion.
If liny of them escaped being killed
outright and had time to barricade
themselves in rooms filled with fresh
air, some of tho trapped miners may
lie found alive, they declared. I'pon
that possibility rescue crews in short
bids worked frantically throughout
the day and night but bad not reached
die scene of the explosion late Tues-
lay.
cultural export hill was agreed upon
Tuesday by the house agriculture com
millee. A substitute was approved
wliU h would give the president
authority lo declare embargoes on
any agricultural product or to Increase
tariff duties when importation result
in 1om.cs to the corporation to tie
created iin.b r the bill for the mar
ketin:; abroad of surplus f.iim com
m 'dttios.
Another attempt to bring back L'
per not beer by modification of die
Volstead act was made Tuesday be
fore tlio bouse Judiciary committee
Samuel (lompers. president, find other
representatives of the Amerlc- a Fed
oration of Labor, vigorously urged leg
Idatlon that would penult once more
tho Halo of boor with this alcoholic
content on the ground that It would
give the working man a "good, pala
table, nourishing drink" that had
"warmth" to It.
hi California as of January 1, 1K:
Milk lows, including hellers over
Is months, tit! 1,0011. All other cattle
1. 1 -t, mm, sheep. H.ir.iUnio, swine Ml,
eeo. goals U'd mm. Total 5.1X3.0(111 head.
To date approximately t'dl.Oim head
in the inrectej districts have boon
destroyed, per cent of which were
i in two counties, of tho number ex
j terminated, nearly half wore tattle.
Harvey B.crk nt Desk.
New York. Colonel Coorge Harvey,
'c x ambassador to Itreat Hritaiu, has
I r siiuied the editorship of the North
Ahhm-u an licucw, it was announced
; at the publication's office Monday.
J MM first article, on President Cool-
idge, will be published in tho June
j issue of tho nnigaiine.
Colonel Harvey's return to editorial
! work Just before the presidential cam-
paigu Is considered us of particular
Ignlfit ance
Washington, D, C Secretary Mel
lon advised President Coolidge Sun
day night that the treasury bad com
pleted its inquiry into charges of ir
regularities of tho bureau of engrav
ing and had found them baseless.
The charges, made by Charles It.
lirewer, department of Justice attorney,
and which were accompanied by
wholesale dismissals in the bureau by
President Harding, contained no ele
ment of fact, Mr. Mellon asserted, lie
Informed tho chief executive that he
was enabled, as a result of tho in
vestigation, to confirm the integrity
of tho government's securities.
Contained in the report to the presi
dent, a document of magazine size,
wera specific replies to every asser
lion inado by Prewer in his repeated
assaults on the treasury and by these,
Secretary Mellon said, the "utter fal
sity" of every charge was established.
In addition, the treasury chief vigor
ously assailed Ilrewer, personally, say
ing in concluding tho report:
"Ills report Indicates a conspicu
ous avoidance of fairness, and the
frequent adoption of artful and eva
slve methods. Where the facts are
susceptible of distortion, Mr.Urewer
resorts to misstatements, where ir
relevance will tend to obscure the
facts, Mr. Prewer resorts to Irrele
vance, nnd where neither .distortion,
omission, misstatement nor Irrele
vance will serve his purpose, Mr.
Brewer resorts to insinuations and in
nuendo.
"Iloforo concluding, I am tuklng this
opportunity to assure you that a most
exhaustive investigation clearly estab
lishes Mr. llrewor's charge to be ab
solutely without foundation.
There has been no fraudulent
duplication or overissue of the pub
lic debt, but on the other hnnd.'liy in
vestigating tho Ilrewer charges and
establishing the utter falsity thereof,
the treusury is enabled unresorvedly
to confirm the integrity both uf the
government's obligations and those
branches of the treasury service which
have been engaged In tho handling of
public: debt securities."
Mr. Mellon assured the president
there had been "no fraud or care
lessness on the part of officials or
employes responsible for tho safe
guarding of the retired securities."
He said Ilrewer had called attenlion
to losses "during a period of seven
years," and added that the total of
these was $13,100, "and were the re
sult of thefts committed. by subordin
ate clerks or messengers in the treasury."
"It lias been pointed out," tho letter
continued, "that the loss of (1:1,100
over a period of seven years, during
which time over 1100,000,000,000 in
securities wero handled by thousands
of employes. Is by no means a reflec
tion upon tho officials or entploKB
of tho treasury responsible for the
safeguarding of retired securities nor
upon tho treasury's system of controls
and audits. Incidentally, tho thefts of
securities lllitstrato tho danger of re
taining Indefinitely, and not destroy-
J STATE NEWS
I IN BRIEF.
Portland. Fire of undetermined
origin swept the plant of the St. Johns
Lumber company Sunday night, de
stroyed a greater part of the plant
and did damage estimated by com
pany officials at $400,000.
Portland. On the first 40,000 bal
lots counted in the city-wide referen
dum on the proposition of Saturday
half holidays for carriers and clerks
of the Portland postoffice from May
1 to October 1 tho patrons voted yes
39,994, no 6.
Eugene. The million dollar mark
In building permits was passed Satur
day In Eugene. The permits for tho
day totaled $119,750, making a total
for the first four months of $1,104,
900, ns compared with a total of $1,
l.'!7,919 during tho entire year 1923.
Pendleton. Prospects for a wheat
crop in Umatilla county this year are
far from bright, according to H. W.
Collins, local miller and buyer, and
If needed ruins do not fall soon the
yield in this section of the Inland
Empire will be materially less than
it was in 1923.
Scappoose. Prompt action on the
part of Scappoose citizens prevented
a robbery of the First National bank
here early Saturday. When the burg
lar alarm at the institution was set
off about 2 o'clock, heavily armed
forces took up positions covering the
bank as rapidly as possible.
Astoria. A fire supposed to have
started from a cigarette dropped from
a passing train, Sunday afternoon
burned a space about 100 feet square
in the Hammond Lumber company
wharf nnd destroyed tho side track.
As a result of tho fire the Western
Union Telegraph line to Portland was
put out of business. ' '
Dayton. "Mado In Yamhill county"
week will bo observed here, ns in all
other parts of tho county, April 26 to
May 3. Observance of tho week will
he followed by a mude-in-Yamhill coun
ty banquet given in the community
hull at Dundee May 9. Excepting the
coffeo everything served at this ban
quet will originate In Yamhill county.
Salem. A copy of a proposed
amendment to the constitution of the
stale of Oregon, abolishing the death
penalty for murder, was filed with the
secretary of state here Saturday. The
copy Is signed by many persons promi
nent In the affairs of tho state. The
secretary of state is asked to request
a ballot title from Attorney-General
Van Winkle,
lone Market
GEO. W. RITCHIE, . Prop.
Wholesale nd Retail Dealer in
FRESH and CURED MEATS
Your Patronage Solicited.
Under New Management
IONE HOTEL
IONE, ORE.
Refurnished and Strictly Up to date. Com
mercial Table First Class. A home away
from home, with best meals in Central
Oregon.
SAM GANGER, Proprietor.
Nice Rooms. Good Service
the dormant stocks of retir-d
securities."
Fruit Loss Is Heavy.
Walla Walla. Wash.-Higher ten p
eraiuros from Sunday on did nw.iy
n iih needs of smudging In the on h
ards where the blossoms bad escaped
tho freeze and orehardlsts felt re
lieved. Reports coining In from the
district show tho freeje, though al
most general, xvus somewhat spotty,
some trees escaping while cithers a
few feet away seem to have lost til
their fruit. Inspectors say there ill
be more fruit than first expected.
Long Railway Tunnel.
New Zealand Bird a Plague.
The kca, a parrot of New Zealand.
The longest railway tunnel 111 Great n large us a c hit ken hawk, has been
Pritaln is tho Severn tunnel. It has a ; known to kill thousands of sheep
length of four miles, SIO yards, und j yearly to satisfy a craving for kid
look over 13 years to construct. ney fat.
Lowell's Lois Million.
Lowell. Mass. -- One fireman .
killed, eight were Injured and a pi p
erty loss of approximately H.Oeu.ioO
was caused when fire, starting early
Sunday in the heart of Lowell's bad
ness district, swept through five bui'.d
(ngl destroying two of tho city's larg
est office buildings, a theater, tiie
Knights of Columbus building and a
large garage.
Watch Your Step.
"One big advantage In avoidln' l.id
company," said Undo Kben, "Is tint
you don't have to watch yoh step so
close to keep fuiu beln' cheated."
Hood River. While the freezing
weather of last Wednesday and Thurs
day nights will give them a set back,
mid-Columbia truck gardeners, be
cause of the embargo on garden truck
of California, due to the foot and
moulh disease, expect a profitable
year. Hardeners cif this section are
already marketing a varied assort
ment of produce.
Eugene. Notice to Lane county
farmers to comply with the stato law
to eradicate the gray squirrels and
other rodents of a similar nuture has
been sent by the Lane county court.
Members of the court Saturday stated
that It is desired to get tho campaign
well under way so that ns many of the
rodents as possible may bo destroyed
before the grain ripens.
Salem. Several pedigreed puppies
owned by Enest Flake were burned
to death hero Saturday night when
Flake's kennels on tho Portland road
about two miles north of Salem on
the Pacific highway caught fire and
were reduced to ashes. The origin of
the flro wns unknown. All of the
outbuildings on tho Flake place were
burned, but the houso was, suved. i
Cnrlbahll. A water committee com
posed of Harry E. Morgan, William !
McKlnluy, K. J. St. Ongo, J. E. Den- i
ning. It. 0. Loop, W. E. Kobblns, H.
J. Hitter and F. H. Wicker, appointed ,
at a recent meeting of the Garibaldi
commercial club for tho purpose of
formulating plans for obtaining an
adequate supply of pure water for the
town, already have dug up data of a
favorable nature.
Pendleton .Tentative plans calling
for the holding of a series of wool
sales In Umatilla county as a way of
selling this year's wool clip are being
made, according to Mac Hoke, secre
tary of the Oregon Wool Growers'
association. The first one probably
will be held nt Pilot Itock, May 31. he
said, and Indications are now that be
tween 300.000 nnd 500.000 pounds of
wool will be offered.
Seaside. W. A. Yiggers of the As
toria Marine Iron Works has announc
ed that ho expects to let a contract
iu the near future for a fine natator
lum. The new building, which wHl be
situated on the prom north of the
Hotel Seaside, will be 100 by 100 feet
in dimensions and will have a tnnk
50 by 80 feet. Mr. Yiggers said plans
had been prepared and that a 45dy
construction period would be required
to have the natatorlum ready for
operation.
Farm Implements
Vlilran anrl Oliwoi" Plsvura imArini" nriii.
Fairbanks Morse Engines, Myers Pumps,
Star and Aermotor Wind Mills,
Winona Wagons.
PAUL G. BALSIGER
IONE, OREGON
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