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MEDFOUT), OREOON, FRIDAY, MAY 2!), 1925
NO. 59.
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TOURISTS
THREATEN
T
Gold Hill War On Speeders Is
Given As Cause Highway
Board Takes No Action On
Sidetracking Await More
Data.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 29 The
state highway commission today indi
cated It is opposed to toll roaus in
Oregon. This was brought out in dis
cussing the proposed franchise asked
for a toll section on a new road be
tween Tillamook and Forest Grove, the
promoters of the franchise being
Senator A. G. Heals of Tillamook and
kE. M Chandler of Olympla. The pro
posed road would shorten the distune"
between Portland and Tillamook 30
miles. Baid Chandler.
'Returning to toll roads would be a
Btep backward." declared Highway
Commissioner H. II. Van Duzer. "It
would overturn the highway system
of the state and if we approved tlis
one, we would have a swarm of appli
cants for toll bits of road in every
section of the state. I know- of one
member of this commission who very
much disapproves of the granting of
a toll road franchise."
Judge William Dpby, chairman of
the commission, was almost as out
Bpoken against the franchise as Van
Duster. CommiHSlonor W. H. Mnlono
of Corvallis is likewise aealnat "sum
ming up the highway program," Van
Duzer said.
The county courts of Washington
and Tillamook wro present. Wash
ington county offices declared they
do not want the toll road, that the
county can build Its own roads with
what help the state may give.
Representatives of the Oregon State
Motor association yosterday afternoon
asked the - state'diishway enmm'Kslon
to order a new highway built to cut
Gold Hill off the Pacific highway so
motorists may escape a speed trap
which the association charged was
maintained in that town. They said
California motnr'sts were threatening
to boycott southern Oregon because
of the alleged speed trao.
William Duhy. cha'rman of the com
mission, declared that if the action
was demanded merely because of
arrests for exceeding the speed limit
he saw no reason for throwing away
a bridge which cost $50,000 and 2 38
miles of pavement, which cost 2u,000
a mile.
The association promised to have its
own engirteor do some surveying and
present data to the commission next
month. ( r.
An order was issued for a survey
of several miles from Lakevlew south
to the California line to make an In
terstate connection. The commission
Is also cons'dering the apolicntion for
building a tew mi'os of the Klamath
Falls Lnkcvicw highway in QuartK
valley.
Awards on highway and brideo
work were let today as follows:
Gold Beach-Hunter creek section
of Roosevelt highway in Curry coun--ty,
2.5 miles of grading and surfacing
to D. B. Plymale. Unndon, S70 4 15.
Approaches to Oakland bridge and
overhead crossing on Pacific highway
in Douglas county, to Washburn and
Hall, Portland, $1 7.31 2.S0.
Hendricks bridge section of Mo
Kcnzie highway in Ijano county, .78
miles of grading and surfacing, U. I'
Thomson, Eugene, $12,674.
Otter Rock-Newport section of
Roosevelt highway. S.5 miles surfac
ing in Lincoln county. Joslyn nnd
McAllister, Epokane, $04,900.
Slletji bay section of Roosevelt
highway. .07 miles of embankment
construction In Lincoln county, S. II.
Newell, Portland, $17,420.
The east unit of Benm creek-Cow
valley section of John Day highway
in Malheur county, H. C. Boyer. On
tario, $35,SS7.60. All bids for the
west unit rejected.
Hobsonvlllo-Wilson river section of
Roosevelt highway in Tillamook
county, held for consideration. IHd
for grading on Boy City section
throw out.
iNIno concrete box culverts, four
small concrete bridges and one 180
fPnntlnned nn Pftra F.hrhtl
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HARRY LEAVES BROADWAY LIGHTS TO GO
BACK 10 101 WERE HE'S CONSTABLE
NEW YORK. May 29 (By the As
sociated Press.) Harry K. Thaw was
on his way today from the bright
lights on Broadway to the peaceful
town of Winchester, Va., where he
himself enforces the law.
Proudlv opening his coat lo display
the badge of a constable and deputy
sheriff. Thaw hefore he left yesterday
took pains to explain he hair chosen
Nthe life of a "quiet fellow" in a place
where newspapers leave him alone.
All night cabarets at which he was
recently seen with Pawn Gray, a
dancer, and to whom he Is said to
Secy. Jar dine Visits
This City, June 25,
New Itinerary Plan
CHICAGO, May 29. (By the
Associated Press.) The western
tour of Secretary of Agrlculttiro
Jardlne on an inspection trip of
national parks and department
experiment stations, as announced
last night, included:
June 25, Medfonl, Ore.; June
20, automobile trip to Corvallis!
June 27, automob.le trip to Salem
and Portland.
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OF FEE
SPLITTINGCLA1IVI
Affidavits Charge Proposition
Made 'Can't Pay Me a
Damn Cent,' Ex-Official Re
plies Bank Case Settle
ment Quite Costly.
OLiMPIA, Wash., May 29. Break
ing the silence which he has rigidly
maintained since it first .became
known that Forbes P. Haskell Jr. and
Guy E. Kelly had made affidavits
charging him with an attempt at fee
splitting in the liquidations of the
Scandinavian-American bank of Ta
coma, former Governor lxmls F. Hart
made public a formal statement this
morning.
In his statement former Governor
Hart declared that Mr Kelly expressed
the belief that "they ought to have"
about 6 per cent of all the money
handled, which would have amounted
to over $200,000 to be divided between
the attorneys and the liquidator. The
former governor said that he opposed
stioit' a1 sum" and had told them 'you
can't'pay me a damn cent," when he
charged they had reported to him that
they understood he desired a part of
the fees.
The statement follows:
"For several months I had been
endeavoring to have the liquidation
of the hank expedited, in order that
the depositors might get their money
and that the matter might be closed
during my administration and not left
ovor for my successor.
"Some t1"i dnrine the earlv pr-t of
October, 1924, 1 called on Mr. Kelly
and we had talked but a few minute
when he brought up the matter of
fees. Mr. Kelly said he thought they
ought to have 0 per cent of all the
money handled, including several hun
dreds of thousands of dollars paid
banks nnd hankers to release collat
eral security for money loaned the
hark. This would he about $210,000
to be divided between the liquidator
and his lawyer.
"To this I Immediately protested
and said. 'My God! Kelly, with that a
man could live lor years and wouldn't
have to hunt a job.' He proceeded to
tell me of the amount of work he had
done and that another attorney had
received nearly $100,000 fees In other
lines of litigation.
"I called his attention to the object
of the law to prevent the dissipation
of assets of defunct Institutions by
way of exorbitant fees for receivers
and attorneys.
"Some days later Mr. Haskell and
Mr. Kellv called at the governor's
orrice to have me change my attitude
regarding their fees and Mr. Haske'l
said: 'Mr. Kelly tells me that you
want tho bank's affairs closed up and
that you desire a part of the fees '
To which I replied: 'I want the busi
ness closed up, hut you can't pay me
a damn cent.' Afterward In the same
Interview Mr. Haskell started to refer
to the matter and I interrupted him
and said: 'No more of that! You
can't pay me a cent. Forret it!' "
Medal for Dirigible.
LAKEHURST. N. J Mny 29. (By
the Associated Press.) The crew of
the dirigible Shenandoah which piloted
her to the Pacific coast and hack last
October, will be presented with a
bronze tablet by Edwin Kemmer, sec
retary of the chamber of commerce
of Tacoma, Wash., commemorating
their successful transcontinental
cruise.
have given a $5000 diamond bracelet,
still attracts him. But the fast lite,
he said, is nothing compared to that
in a village of 1000 souls.
"Whv I am a baseball magnate
down there." he boasted, feferring to
his support of the town baseball team.
I "I was here on business, he added,
"but I had a darned good time. And
that eoes desnlte some of the foolish
stories that have been printed. But
it's wonderful down there. Why, 1
lean arrest folks 'n everything."
I Thnw dined in Newark last night
with a companion, said to have been
Miss Gray.
-GOVERNOR
DENIAL
A new chaytter in the history of
aviation is being written by Captain
Ronld Amundsen, famous explorer,
nnd his aides in the thrilling air
plane dasli to the North Pole. Honors
of the exploit belong to six men,
the crews of tho two planes; In the
first: Roald Amundsen, comman
der in chief nnd navigator; Lieut.
H. Rilsor-Lnrson. pilot, Carl Fought,
mechanic. In the second plane:
Lieutenant L. IMtrichson, pilot; Lin
coln Ellsworth, tho only American
navigator; Lieut. Carl Oscar Omdul,
mechanic.
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II
GEFSJESULTS
Coolidge Policy to Standardize
' All Federal Purchases, Soon
to Be in Effect Budget
Buying for Next Fiscal Year
WASHINGTON, May 29. (By the
Associated Press ) Not only tho war
department, but several other agencies
of the government have been asked
by President Coolidge to advise hiin
of the effect of a suggested policy of
progressive reduction or the federal
budget over a period of years.
' WASHINGTON, Mny 29. (By As
sociated Press.) President CoolidKc's
program of "economy and more econ
omy," is expected by the White House
not only to bring about substantial
cuts in tho ordinary expenses of all
government departments , but a re
organization as well of the whole sys
tem of government buying.
Director Lord said the budget to
day received Mr. Coolldge's approval
of a plan to put all purchases under
the supervision of one central author
ity with a view to standardization and
consequent reduction of the total cost
of government supplies. Such an of
ficial, Mr. Lord said, probably will be
named soon.
Although the war department os
tensibly at the direction of the White
House is inquiring what can be done
to reduce Its expenditures progres
sively over a period of years, officials
of other departments Insisted today
that they had received no Instructions
to attempt to carry their figuring be
yond the end of the. next fiscal year.
Budget bureau officials likewise de
clared they ;woro not yet ready to
undertake computations extending be
yond that period.
FOR NEXT WEEK
SAN FRANCISCO, May 29. The
weather outlook for the week begin
ning May 31 was announced here today
by the United States weather bureau
as follows:
California Generally fair weather
and normal temperature, hut with
occasional Rhowers on the extreme
north coast.
Washington and Oregon Consider
able cloudiness and normal tempera
ture with occasional rains.
EMU DRAGON
WANTS LIBERTY
NOBLESVILLK. Ind., May 28.
(' lly Associated Press.) A motion
asking the rlense of D. C. Stenhen
son, Earl Klinck and Karl Gentry
who are under Indictment on -the
charge of fiurrierfng Miss Madge
Oberholtzer of Indianapolis, was filed
in circuit court totfty by KphMnmnn.
rnunsH for the fclo. StepiVnson is
nn 'X-f!r:i nd Drnirnn n" the Ku Klux
K I nil In Indiana.
ECONOMY UNTI
HURTS
AN
Amun.dsen and Aides inPolar Flight
OSCP05. OMDAU
FORTNIGHT
OF FLYERS
Fears for Safety of Amundsen
Party Allayed Dr. Nansen
Predicts Safe Return Out
line ' Relief End . of Next
Week, if No Word.
BERLIN. May 29. (A. P.) Dr.
Frjcltjof Nansen, the Arctic explorer
who is visiting hero expressed his be
lief today that Amundsen would re
turn safely frombis flying expedition
to tho north pole.
NEW YORK, May 23. (A. P.)
Fear for the safety of Captain Roald
Amundsen and his five fellow explor
ers has been somewhat allayed by tho
revelation that he alloted two weeks
for completion of the expedition to
the north pole and return.
Today marks the beginning of the
second week Blnco the 'two airplanes,
one commanded by Amundsen and the
other by the American, Lincoln Ells
worth, left King's Hay, Spitsbergen,
for the north.
Tho Norwegian Aeronaurtle asso
ciation through Its headquarters at
Oslo, made known last night that
Amundsen's final instructions to his
supporting section nboard the steam
ers Fram and Hobby were that these
ships Bhould patrol the edge of the Ice
field In event the planes did. not re
turn within a fortnight.
The association hfis asked the Nor
wegian government to provide two
naval planes to nil In the task of
watching for the homecomers. It also
requested permission for the govern
ment loan of the Fram which is a
government transport.
Donald MacMlllan, head of the all
American expedition soon to leave tor
tho Arctic, is being requested to be on
the lookout around Capo Columbia,
this being one of tho points for which
Amundsen and his comrades probably
wnulA have .mode in the event their
planes were disabled.
Orettlr Algnrsson. who has been
preparing In England for a polnr
flight, In nn airship. Is sn convinced
that Amundsen Is in difficulty that
he Is considering abandonment of his
own plans. He announced at Liver
pool last night he was negotiating for
the purchase of an airplane to be used
in a possible rescue attempt.
The Maud lies otr the northern
coast of Russia near Hear Island, a
long distance from Alaska, and as she
was frozen Into the Ice In November
It is impossible for her to navigate.
Her silence through the winter has
indicated she did not have enough
fuel left to operate her wireless.
StavangeV Norway, was the only
station able to communicate with the
tiaud last Jail.
NOME. Alaska, May 29. (A. P.)
Slight chance of getting news of
Ronld Amundsen, discoverer of the
south pole, who with five compan
ions nnd two airplanes has teen
missing over the Arctic ocean eiaht
d:tys, throtJKh bis stenmer Maud w:is
Hffii here tmlny.
STAY PLAN
-Captain ftoAix Amundsen SZ.j
PITTSHUIKi, May 29. (A. P.)
Rogers HornMby, yt. Louis sluggor, hit
his tenth home run of the season to
day in the fifth Inning of the game
with Pittsburg. Ill ados was on base
at tho time, I
National.
At Hoston R. H. E.
Brooklyn 11 14 2
Ronton 5 10 1
Ehrhardt and Taylor; Marq,uard
Ryan and Gibson. .
At Tlttsburg R. IT. E.
St. Louis 5 8 0
Pittsburg 6 9 1
Dickerman and O'Farrell, Schmidt;
Adams, Kremer and Smith.
Philadelphia-New York postponed
rain.
At Cincinnati R. H. E.
Chicago 10 13 0
Cincinnati C 14 1
Alexander, Bush, Jones and Hart
nett; Shoohan, J. May, Benton, Bio
miller and Bruggy, Douglas.
American.
At Philadelphia
First game: R. H. E.
New York 4 10 1
Philadelphia 6 10 1
Hoyt and Schung; Rommel and
Cochrane.
At Philadelphia: Hocond Rftmo,
New York-Philadelphia postponed,
rain. -
At Washington R. II. E.
Boston 3 10 3
Washington 7 12 0
Zahnizer, Ross and Plclnioh; Mo
grldge and Ruel.
At Chicago R. H. E.
Detroit 12 22 1
Chicago 14 1
Drums, Johnson, Cool and Bassler,
Woodall; Thurston, Mangum, Mack
and Schalk, Btshoff.
LOCAL CHERRIES
SACRAMKNTO. ' Cal., Mny 2I
Shipment of cherries into California
from all but six Oregon counties ' Is
barred Indefinitely, under the forms
pf an embargo declared late yesterday
by Ooorgo H. Hecke, director of tho
state department of agriculture. The
embargo was declared following the
discovery of the so-called cherry fruit
fly on a shipment recently received
here. Tho counties exempt from the
quarantine ruling are Hood River,
Wasco, Umatilla, Curry, Josephine and
Jackson counties of Oregon.
FILM ACTOR GETS
' DIVORCE AT LAST
LOH AXOKI-KS. May 9. Prank
Mayo, film actor, today whs granted
a final decree of divorce from Joyce
Eleanor Mayo after a throe yar legal
battle for the decision. This action
by the superior court here, according
to Mayo's attorney. legalizes the
actor's marriage two years ago with
Dngmar !odowsky., screen actress
nnd daughter of Leopold Godowsky.
musician.
Dick Price Resigns;
Booze Charges Mixed
In State Game Row
.
PORTLAND, Ore.. May 29. In
4 a letter to Governor Pierce,
Hicliard W. Price lias sent his
resignation hb a member of the
stnte game commission.
Mr. Prico referred in his state-
ment to his belief that the state
game warden was engaging in
private business closely nsso-
dated with that of his own nnd
to the activities of a "person"
who is said to have made efforts
to procure evidence against "the
principal employe of the game
commission in the matter of vio-
hit ion by him of tho prohibition
laws of the state, apparently with
t tile object in view of dismissing
this employe upon grounds en-
tirely foreign to those having to
4 do with his duties."
UP MINISTRY
IN RIFF. WAR
Willing to Talk Peace Tribal
Forces Good Shots, and
Losses Compare With the
World War Fighting . Per
sistent and Costly.
TAIUS, May 29. I liy Aiwoclntvd
PrcHH.) 'ho Kroneh rhumher of
deputlea.'with the exception of ini-i
muniat mombera, unanlmoualy stood
behind tho KOVernmeiu'K Moroccan
policy today and Rave' Prcmlor I'aln
Icvc and hin nnHoclatcs in the cabinet
a vote of confidence of G37 agalimt
,25'. '.' , , .
. This wan obtained nfter ft was relt-
purely defenalvo and that' tho Fronch'
government wuh willing to entertain
peace overtures, ,
PARIS, May 29. (By Associated
Press.) An accord regarding the
French policy In Morocco was reach
Jed today by the government and
socialist bloc of the chamber of depu
ties, when tho government ml opted
the socialists' order of the day for
today's chambor consideration of tho
Moroccan question.
This agreement formally averted
the previously threatened political
crisis.
Meanwhile Ahd-Kl-Krlm, according
to the latest official advices. Is con
tinuing his strenuous efforts at rein
forcement nnd Is losing no opportu
nity of attacking tho French. Tho
fighting, while on a small scalo, is
continuous and costly.
Military experts point out that the
proportion of killed or wounded to
the number of troops engaged works
out at about the same ratio as In tho
World war. Many of .the French
losses are duo to tho expert sniping of
the Kifflans, who nro equipped with
the best rifles and know how to use
them. '
The socialist order of the day said:
"The chamber of deputies is faithful
to the policy of peace previously af
firmed so clearly by France. It Is
resolved to Insure the security of
French troops and of the native
tribes in territories placed under our
protectorate by Internntlonnl treaties.
It sternly opposes all colonial policy
of conquest and adventure but ap
proves tho government's declaration
and has confidence that the govern
ment after the tibove conditions have
boon fulfilled will achieve success."
GETS LONG TERM
PORTLAND, Ore., May 29. Dr.
Prank C. Hart, Portland physician, was
today sentenced to McNeil Island
penitentiary for five years and fined
$5001 by Federal Judge Henn follow
ing Hart's recent conviction of viola
tion of the Mann act. Hart's attorney
said ho would appeal. Hart's convic
tion resulted from charges made by
Miss Bertha Keller, a former patient.
fTameIaIs
HOT AFTER VETERAN MAIL CLFRK. CHARGED
WITH STEALING IE STALKS OF RHUBARB
KANSAS CITY. Mo., May 29. (By
Associated Press.) The full power of
the United States district attorney's
office and tho postal department was
asserphled In federnl urt today bent
upon convicting a forty year old inil
clerk oi a charge of stealing nftic
stalks of rhubarb from the malls. Tl
Villue of the rh uh;i i b v;is est I unit ed
'URGE SUIT
; TO QUASH
COPCO PACT
1 .
Klamath Irrigation District
Would Develop Power, and
Regulate Water Reclama
tion Hearing Excites Law
yer Power Company to
Give Side-
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., May 29.
The federal board of survey and
adjustment In session here investigat
ing conditions on government recla
mation projects was today consider
ing the request of the Klamath Irriga
tion district for n recommendation io
the interior department to bring suit
against the California Oregon Power
company to annul a contract entered
Into in 1916 by which tho power com
pany secured concessions at Klamath
lake.
The board, composed of ox-Governor
Thomas E. Campbell, of Arizona,
bchalrman, and Francis M. Goodwin,
began hearings here this week, of
pleas of settlers on projects in this
W. A. Dolzell, of Salem, is .sotting
with tho board. - .
Late yesterday Attorney J. H. Car
nnhnn, representing the Klamath
Irrigation. district, presented the claim
'of tho district In connection with the
i powor contract.- The power company
Iwns to present Its side of ' the caso
today.
. sfctturney Carnalmn claimed that If
tho power concession were returned
to tho district it could carry oii power
development, -and gain an income. of
$70,000 a year, : almost, enough ; to
run the dlatrlot. v o
Indicative of the fact that tho Cali
fornia Oregon I'ower company will
mako no appearance irt' the hearing Is
a statement made last . night by "ex
Governor T. C. Campbell of Arizona,
chairman of the board which' is con
ducting tho .investigation. Campbell
' wuh requested by A. H. Lamm, attor
j ney for tho Klamath Irrigation dls
' trlct,1 to require the powor company
to allow certain of its records to be
produced at the-hearing, "to determine
the amount of damage done to lands
on upper Klamath lake by reason of
tho manner in which the water level
In the lake had been controlled by the
power company dam at the lake out
let. v
I Attorney Carnnhan was telling the '
board how recovery of' power rights
would benefit the district and wantod
to know by what authority or cofl
trnct the Irrigation district could util
ize the outflow of Klamath lake fr
power development. The district At
torney produced the original contract
by which' the district was oeded th
I waters of Klamath lake for the uio
of Irrigation purposes, from which he
read a clause that stated that tho
district could utlllzo the waters of
Klamath lake for power develop
ment. I A. II. Lamm, consulting engineer
of Portland, submitted a long report
on water supply and present and po
tential irrigated land. According to
'his findings. If there were two dry
yenrs in succession similar to 1924,
tho Irrigation district would find It
self short of water, due to the fact .
that one-half of the outflow was be
ing used by the California 'Power
company for power purposes.
His findings were based upon ostl
matcs of total acreage which Is tidw
Irrigated and that which will, be irri
gated In the years to come.-
H. D.' Newell, project mannger of
the reclamation service, took . IssUft
with Lamm on his estimate of acre
age Over his exceptions to the re
port arose one of the. dramatic mo
ments in the hearing. '
"Why are you refusing to Include
approximately 60.000 acres of, the
same kelnd of land that Ilea just
across tho state line In California, all
in the same body and which would be
Irrigated by the same body of wAter?"
Mr. Carnnhan wanted to know. .
"You don't contemplate irrigating
that larfd because the water is needud
to turn over the turbines of the Cali
fornia 'Oregon , Powor company,'.' Car
nahan charged. ...
Ex-Governor Campbell took Issue
wiuh Mr. Carnnhan at this point staff
ing that Carnuhan was drawing upon
his imfigtnntlon in 1 making, such
charges against tho' reclamation ser
vice. , , . ' . . . ; t
f Continued on Page WtghO
at 25 cents. Conviction may mean a
mnximum sentence of flvo years In
thV federal penitentiary at Leaven
worth,' a fine of $5000 or both. .
The dependant. Max Rope, had
been in the postal service for 21 years
and would have been eligible for. re
tirement on a pension in nine years.
liope denied be stole the rhubarb.
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