The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 13, 1922, Page 7

SHOTS | FIRED AT MAN IN TONG WAR Bullets Fly Wild; Attacker Chased, | Seized and Held| in Jail. Firing three shots at close range in an attempt kit Jim a at Seventh ave. S, and King st. carly Tuesday, Wong Lue, alleged Hip Sing tong gun- an, fled when his bullets went wide of thelr mark, Patrolman B, H, Williams, hearing | the shots, chased the would-be @assin, engaging in a hot foot race for two blocks ‘before Wong Lue stopped when threatened with death Wong Lue is said to have been | imported here from another coast city for the purpose of killing a Bow | Leong tong member. Shortly after midnight Jim Kim had just stepped from his store at) ‘123 King st. when a gunman stand: | ing across the street approached him | and fired rapidly. The bullets whizzed | past Kim's ears and lodged in the | masonry behind him, Kim turned and ran, pursued by the gunman, un: | til the policeman interfered. | Wong Lue was held in the city) Jal) Tuesday on an open charge. Al charge of assault with intent to oad will probably be lodged against him, according to Williams. ‘The shooting followed the faflure ‘@f warring tongs to make a perma: Rent peace at San Pranctato | Sunday. STRIKERS AND COPS BATTLE! 15 Injured and Many Shot! When Mob Attacks Police NOGALES, Ariz, June 13.-—Fit- teen persons, including & woman, were injured in a street battle at Vera Cruz between striking street @weepers and police, according to advices received here today. Strikers attacked strike breakers put at work by the city, and when police called by Alderman Salome Cordoba, in charge of the work, the mob attacked them with stones and several shots were fired. Police returned the fire and dis persed the mob, suffering almost equal casualties. Some of those hurt received serious Injuries, WOMAN HELD FOR. Wife of Noted Circus Man Shot Husband, Charge MOUNT HOLLY, N. J., June 13.— Mrs. John Brunen, whose husband, “Honest John.” well known circus man, was killed under mysteriou: circumstances last April, was placed under arrest in the county jall here, charged with murder. It is alleged she was implicated in the killing of Brunen in Riverside, N. J. Brunen was killed by a charge from @ shotgun apparently fired thru a ‘window. The case created a sensa tion, following as it did on the heels of the murder of William Desmond ‘Taylor at Los Angeles. Brunen was s besa of winocnshesn SAYS CADETS INSULT JEWS WASHINGTON, June 13.—A scathing denunciation of all policies in the United States naval academy discipline which allowed discrimina- tions against midshipmen of Jewish | extraction was made in the senate today by Senator Sutherland, repub- | lcan, West Virginia. Sutherland announced he would make an Investigation to find out to what extent authorities at the acad. emy were responsible for mistreat- ment of Leonard Kapian, West Vir- ginla student, who said he was “in- wulted” tn the class year book. Senator Sutherland declared he would address a message to Prest- Gent Harding asking that the affair be investigated. In the year book of the academy the biographies of each student are given. There was no number on the Page where Kaplan’s picture was Placed and the page was perforated | near the binding #0 that it could be torn out, Sutherland said On the page following Kaplan's | Dlography appeared the number which should have been placed on his page, thus waving the motive clear that “the class of 1922 subject ed this young midshipman of high | standing to open orueky, "he added, | Buys 90 Miles of Timber for Paper | VANCOUVER, B. C., June 13,— Approximately 90 square miles of| timber of Skidegate inlet, Queen Charlotte isiand, has been purchased | by the Pacific Mills, Ltd., of San Francisco, from the North American timber holding company for a price of $1,500,000. The timber will be| logged and rafted to the paper plant | at Ocean Falis. The paper company next week Will award the contract for construe tion of @ great diversion dam near Ocean Falls that will cost about $500,000 when completea Community Seiten Will Give Banquet All Seattle people who wpe inter: | ented in music, either from the) standpoint of cultural, civic, or business, are urged to attend the! dinner to be given by the Seattle! Community Service Thursday eve-' ning at 6:20 p. m., at the Masonic! Club banquet hail | “This banquet will be part of the Washington Federated Music club's Program, General music topics will be discussed and an excellent pro. gran bs promised, “* | Ouenecdiiy Changes (Left) James S. McCandless, Honolulu, who will become the new imperial potentate during the conclave. (Right) "4 ic Joburn, illustrious potentate and imperial representative. one soot | THOUSANDS. SEE SHRINER PARADE Gorgeous Spectacle ha in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO, June 13.— Undaunted by a heavy mist, which bordered at times very elosely onto rain, 6,000 nobles of the Mystle Shring staged their great parade of the Shriners’ convention here today. Promptly at the appointed hour, the parade moved from the Embarcadero up Market st. while people counted In hundreds of thousands looked on, The spectacle was one seldom jequaied in brilliance of coloring. Reds, greens, gold—<all the colors of the spectrum and all their variations, were mingled in one long, radiant | stream of marching men. | Seventy-five bands, ranging from | Chicago's big brass band to Honolu- HERE’S MORE ABOUT LEGATE CASE STARTS ON PAGE ONE Legate, after leaving Walsh at 1 j& m., walked to the Main st. garage. rhe night was dark and he fumbled for his keys, Legate unlocked the door, leaving it ajar, and seated him- self in the Buick touring car, He sat on the right hand side, Legate was tired. He took off his cap, In which he kept several cigars, and laid it on the front seat. He settled himself to wait. Tn @ few minutes a man entered. He located Legate and went over to the auto. He did not enter the car, but stood on the left side during the) conversation. | quarreled. Legate probably had drawn his pistol. The stranger grappled with him and, after a struggle, the revolver downward upon Legate’s right cheek. The down upon ¢ jlu's orchestra, which played weird ‘The wound, then, did not cause Hiawaiian marches on Hawaiian Instant death, as ti | gourds, dotted the long column. ‘out at the inquest ind+ | Earnest A. Cutts, imperial poten- Legate struggied, which tate, escorted by the other officers | would account for the wide dis- jand imperial representativ a tribution of blood on the back, | with San Francisco Shriners « guard) seat and front of the auto, of honor, headed the parade, Fearing that Legate would re- } It was preliminary to the opening cover and spread the alarm, the | of the formal conclave seasons. murderer leaned inside the car During most of the night the “op and shot the directly continued to be one great out thea the WITH HIS [doors music hall. Bands played a4 OWN PISTOL. Legate’s gun had | every street corner. been discharged twice during the ‘The Dallas, Tex. band played the struggle, the other bullet having city to sleep about 2:30 a. m, and penetrated the floor outside the | Oxiahoma City woke it up before car, Ta m. og The wm fled as asthe! After.a rather futile attempt at i as Usual yesterday, stores Legate lay dead fn the auto. Blood | deciared a holiday today. ye hate dripped down upon the running |the Shriners developed of moving board. The murderer stepped on the | pand into a department store, hitting running board, leaned inside the car./ up some jazz and inviting everyone and, taking Legate's pistol from the/to dance—with the salengiria as floor of the car, stood it upright In| partners—had a demoralizing effect the hollow formed by the neck 44) upon commercial pursutta. right shoulder, His purpose was) rach minute seemed to bring out He was trying to make Lela new stunt. gate appear a auicide! Prohibition has been buried twice ni John Barleycorn once thus far. | Salina, Kans. buried John Harley. corn with the ghost of Carrie Nation as chief mourner, One Shriner won great popularity | in the lobby of a hotel with an atom. | iner. “Have you ® sore | anked the members of | crowd, one after another. | It didn’t take long for the crewa to learn the proper answer was “yes.” “Then open your mouth,” would come the Instructions. The atomizer would be Inserted The throat medicine was light brown HERE’S MORE ABOUT in color, and bed a« familiar aroma | which won It {natant popularity. STARTS ON PAGE ONE ]) Hotels reported they never in thetr | history were so busy “It's just an orgy of ham and! He stopped in my path three feet | eegs. commented a walter at break tact. the car, and, in groping his way, he had left the Imprint of his hand and a bloody finger on the back of the auto. throat?” he the lobby away. I had never seen such a face At five dining rooms 7,000 fried | before. | eggs wore served ‘to Shriners today. “WILD MAN” IS | —_— — | SEEN BY OTHERS | t was covered with beard, and under bushy eyebrows, bright, starry | eyes gleamed.” “Yes, those are the eyes,” he de clared, examining the picture of Grimes. “] stepped around him and kept on going. He made me fee! creepy “The man was about 6 feet 6 inches tall “If the man In this picture wore whiskers, I would be sure it was the same man.” H. FE. Clark, « real estate agent, also claimed he saw the “wild man.” Last reports that Grimes had been | seen in Missourt came from Joplin. | Engwall found the bodies of the Blomsters Sunday while walking| near the place where he sald he met the maniac All indications pointed to one of the most brutally carried out murders in police records here, Biomster’n pock ets had been rifled, but some money was found remaining in Mrs, Blom. ster’s drens. 60 KILLED IN N. Y. TORNADO 53 Bodies Recovered After Storm NEW YORK, June 13.—Sunday’s storm took a toll of 60 lives, accord. ing to figures compiled today by po lee. ‘ont of the victims were drowned, 52 bodies already having been recov. ered. . | Springfield, Illinois, | Is Swept by Storm | SPRY PIELY, June 13.— Property damage totaling thousands of dollars was done in and about | Springfield by a terrific rain and wind storm early today. Roofs were blown off, trees up: jrooted, barns overturned and trans- for Local Theater iris, ‘vires wen down, Changes in the proprietorship of| Wire communication with sur- the Palace Hip theater were an-| rounding towns was cut off and ite nounced Monday by Joneph Muller, | re-establishment ts expected to bring manager of the house, With several | reports of heavy damage to grain and other theaters of the Pacific coast ;fruit crops. Barly reports indicated jowned by Marcus Loew, the Palace! no deaths or hae, Hip has been turned over to Sam Harris and Irving C. Ackerman, |Disabled Schooner iTime . Extended for | Training Camp Quota) Is Rescued by Tug) 10 order that young — from After 24 hours of driffing about the|17 to 27 years of age may open Pacific, the disabled fishing |@¥ery opportunity for enrolling in schooner Texas was picked up Mon.|the citizens’ military training ‘camp, 4ay afternoon by the United States|to be held at Camp Lewis July 27 to life-saving tug Snohomish and towed|Aumust 25, the war department has into Port Angeles. The Texas broke |@xtended the period of registration her ptopelier shart, |for the camp indefinitely, according to word received at C, M. 'T. C. head quarters, 315 University st WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE There is room for approximately Water will be shut off on 42nd ||\79 more applicants from Seattle be- ave. 8. from Hudson at. to Alaska || fore the quota from this city for the st, and on 43rd ave, 8. from Fer-||camp is filled. Applicants are of. dinand st. to Snoqualmie st., on | {fered free transportation, tentage, |uniform clothing and food during the jcamp. Hmphasig will be laid on sports, hikes and athletica, June 14, from 8 a. m. Wednesday to 12 noon, have | THE SEATTLE STAR | LEADERS OF SHRINE MEETING AT SAN FRANCISCO The welcoming leaders, all past potentates: Above (left) | | George Filmer (right) John D. McGilvray. Below: (left) | | Francia V. Keesling, (right) Ernest c. Hueter. Many Mo Seattio motorists who leave here on the morning of June 17 for Longmire Springs to attend the cele bration at the opening of Rainier National Park, will all #it down to luncheon in the Tacoma Commercial | club after arrival in Tacoma, ut 240 o'clock. Spokane, Yakima,/ | Bellingham motorists, together with & delegation expected from Port land, will Join the King and Pierce county groups. Irvin W. Ziegaus, chairman of the Tacoma committees, wrote H. A Chadwick, manager of the Seattle Sroup organization that ts arranging for the trip, that arrangements have been made with the Tacoma Police department so that automo. Diles of visttors saa be a ay ned ‘ene eon- torists to ‘Attend Park Opening ventently and expeditiously near the Commercial Club butlding, The parade of decorated automo. Diles will rt in Tacoma at 2 o'clock. The auto caravan will head afterwards directly for the park. “The roads ¢ in splendid con dition,” writes Ziegaus, “and the average car ought to make the run in two hours. it will be very much better not to attempt to have the cars run in close formation, but to simply make their way to the moun- tain as fancy dictates, making sure only that all cars will be there by 6:30 p.m. The Park company will begin serving dinner at 5:30 wo that! the arriving guests may dine as noon as they arrive, The speaking program wit $ begin bad 4:30 p. m.* Give Tons of Clothes for Near East Relief “Bundle day” in Seattle yielded a varicolored harvest of old clothes for the suffering victims of war havoc | im Armenia and the Near Fast. A fleet of trucks was busy today collecting piles of cast-off garments) left at various receiving stations yes- Up to noon « generous assortment of garments from 180 stations had been checked, and the work was scarcely begun. It i estimated that |20 tons of unable garments will be| contributed during the campaign here Seattle's donation to unhappy hu mans abroad will be baled and ship ped on the American, a United-Amer jean ship, due to sail from here June 22, and it ie expected that the huge jAssortment of apparel, which | counted upon to protect thousand of | |men, women and little children from | the cold in the Near East countriea| during the coming winter, will reach | {ta destination In the interior of the! | famine zone by late Septem! The American in a pre on of the Nebraskan, which Sunday loaded almost a half-million pounds of Near | East “Fellef food supplies, valued at] NEED $3,000 IN TOURIST DRIVE Campaign to Quota in Three Days Lens than $3,000 remain to be raised of the $15,000 which it is/ necessary for Seattle to contribute to | |the fund for the continuance of the work of the Pacific Northwest Tour list association and a special effort to |complete the campaign ia to be made during the next three days by the! Progressive Business club | “in almost every instance where | committees have been able to | Complete | the difficulty in securing their quotas,” explained Ray Hodgdon, chairman ot the general committee. “In fact, wey eral of the team captains have ex jceeded their quotas and the bysiness |men of Seattle have been prompt to respond to this call as they realize the value to this city and to the entire Northwest of the work which this association has been doing. | “Right now, when other sections | are suffering from heat prostrations and violent storms, Is the time to| take advantage of the interest which |can be attracted to this section, “We axk that people who have not yet been solicited and who want to help in this work send thelr contri. | butions direct to the Pacific North- west Touris! association in the L. C. | Smith building, or be ready to re- spond promptly when the committee | visits them.” | | Prosecutor Drops Charge on Doctor Charges of manslaughter against Dr. L. Charles Neville, arising from |the death of Leona Utterbach at a) Jocal sanitarium, have been dismissed | {on motion of Deputy Prosecutor Ralph Hammer for lack of evidence: It was alleged that Miss Utterbach | died as the result of an egal opera. tion, but when the case came up for trial Monday, in Superior Judge Ev- erett Smith's court, Hammer moved | done tor | einity; | July, which | American Legion, | serve as “India | tion 1 |was asked by |perintendent of parks, Tuesday. approximately $35,000, at the jase re terminal docks for immedia ment to relief distributing vane hg on the Black sea. Included in the relief cargo of the Nebraskan are 3,000 cases of local sal- mon, purchased by the Seattle com- | mittee of the relief society with funds from Seattle's Community Chest. This alone weighs 210,000 pounds and im valued at about $16,500. Seventy-five barrels of powdered | milk, valued at $2,000, and donated | by the people of Bellingham and v1 1,023 cases of condensed milk from Lewis, Snohomish and Skagit counties, valued at about $4,200; 54° bags of flour contributed by Leth. bridge, Alberta, and vicinity, and val ued at $3,000; 635 bags of beans from | Troy, Idaho, and several cases ot 1s] soap from Sumner.and Puyallup are| *!4Y, included in the shipment. REALISM FOR 4TH PROGRAM (Red Men to Play Part of Early Indians In “The Rescue of an Emigrant Train,” the spectacular event on the stadium program on the Fourth of is being arranged by the the five tribes of the Improved Order of Red Men will “ They agreed to participate in response to an invita ued by Ralph H. Hall, com mittes chairman, and George FE Flood, executive secretary. The Pioneers of Washington have been invited to play the part of the| settlers, defending themselves against | the vengeful redskins behind thetr| prairie schooners. Blood-curdling| cries, the painted forms of the Indi ane, the smell of powder and the! crackle of rifles will add reality to the spectacle, which will be revealed canvass thelr lists they have had no|'© the spectators by special lighting|at this time because I understand tt effects. Historical tableaux, events in American history, presented in the stadium will be by Com. | munity Service, which has agreed to participate, The program tn the sta dium will begin at 7 p. m. with a oncert by the American Legion band, Earwigs i in Roses Is Warning Issued Be careful about sending Seattle roses to other parts of the count This is the warning being Issued | by botanical experts, who declare that there is grave danger of spread jing the earwig pest to other sections unless every blossom is carefully in spected, Earwigs frequently hide among the petals of a rose and might thus be carried to distant cittes to spread the nuisance, Seeks to Prevent Lake Contamination Action by the city counell to pre- vent contamination of Seattle lakes Jesse A. Jackson, su- Jackson quoted Health Commis sioner H, M. Read's opinion that the municipal bathing beaches would have to be closed if something is not to prevent sewage being inte the lpkan, _ Mlustrating | LABOR BOOSTS LA FOLLETTE Interesting Program May, Be Announced MARTIN GUARD Ohio, BY LAWRENC OHIO NATIONAL | MORY, CINCINNATI, 13. A movement make Senator Nobert M. Follette, the camy Art June Wisconsin, La ign spokesman for labor in the 1¥ mgressiona) fight, and its candidate for president in 1 may grow out of La! Follette's scheduled visit here tomorrow to ad |drems the American Federation of Labor convention, La Follette is coming to discuss child labor laws before the conven tion, but while he is here at least one prominent labor politician in tends to talk practical polities with La Follette. This labor leader is in & ponition to speak for a consider able group of those labor unionists who, in rapidly increasing numbers, are coming to believe that political action ts the only practical means of making their desires effective La Follette’s appearance here to- morrow will be his first before a representat! labor — assemblage | wince the war, His visit here may | be regarded as his reinstatement | Into the good graces of labor, from which he fell, to a degree, because of his attitude on certain war legis | lation, La Follette is himself a candidate | for reelection this year, While he hax opposition, it in not of the sort caiculated to prove troublesome, his friends say. Nevertheless, La Fol lette will be glad of organized labor's help, it im believed, and organized | labor—at least some sections of it— would be glad to have a veteran politician of La Follette’s skill di jrecting the aggressive campaign jwhich it has already been an-| nounced labor intends to make in the congressional contests, The Wisconsin senator Is now vir- [tually the only outspoken champton of labor in congress. | La Follette’s visit was being much | @iscussed today as the convention's second session opened. The day was! to be spent in further routine, the | Presentation of resolutions and the| organization of committees. The Federation of Labor conven. | tion today unanimously adopted a} resolution condemning the Harding administration's ship subsidy bill now before congress as “inimical to the public Interest and destructive of the nation’s hopes for sea power.” The resolution, presented by Vice | President James Duncan of the fed- tion, asserted that the bill ts a “cunningly devised acheme to enrich | certain classes of ship owners at the | expense of the taxpayers.” “May the Lord God look with | mercy on us and take the ships out | of government ownership—we don't care how, just so it is moon! sald Andrew Furuset, head of the Sea- men's union, declaring that the sub- sidy Dill was based on a falsehood Furuseth said enactment of the subsidy bill would “make polities the prime factor in the operation of the ships.” |ACTION URGE URGED ON SHIP BILL Congress May Be Recalled, FREDERICK & NE FIFTH AVENUE AND PINE STREET P. N. Back New Picture Frames 35c to $1.75 An Opportunity to Preserve Favorite Photographs 'ANDING, Swing and St this shipment. and $1.75. ) Pearl Buttons | Extensively Used as Trimming he SELF-SHANK COLORED PEARL BUTTONS navy, pink, yellow, gray, pu lavender and green, sizes 10 and 20, 12 on card, FRESH - WATER-PEARL BUTTONS, with shank, two- and four-hole styles, also Pearl Buttons in two-hole style, rose, red, sky-blue, 10c card. THE TRIMMING SECTION is prepared to prompt service on orders for button-cove | stitching, picoting and plaiting. Plain 10c yard; scalloped hemstitching, 1214c yard. T America. Purchased ad Yonkers Axminster Rugs to Consider Subsidy WASHINGTON, June 13.-—Prest- dent Harding today informed repub-! Mean leaders in flat terms that he| will call an extra session of congress | if summer adjournment is taken without enactment of the ship sub sidy bill In a letter to Chairman Campbell, | Kansas, of the house rules commit tee, urging speedy action on the sub: | Harding declared “so much Is involved, and such a difficult and dis couraging situation will follow if con- gress faila to sanction the merchant marine that I should myself be obliged to call congress immediately in extraordinary session to especially consider it, if it went over thru any neglect or delay beyond the present term.” 1 understand,” said the president's letter, “that in a very short time the merchant marine bili is to be favor- ably reported to the house. I am writing to express the hope that your | committee on rules will report early as the provision Is necessary for its early and final consideration. “I cannot convey to you how very earnestly I feel the necessity of| passing this act. So much fs in-| volved and such a difficult ahd dis couraging situation will follow if con [gress fails to sanction the merchant | jmarine bill that I should feel myself obligated to call congress immediate. | ly in extraordinary session to espe jclally consider ft {f it went over thru Jany neglect or delay beyond the | | | present term. “I should be more than glad to co: operate in any way that I can tn im: | |pressing the house with the urgent necessity of the favorable considera- }tion of this bill, I am writing an expression of my earnestness to you | is within the provines of the rules | committee to report a provision un: | der which there may be secured eart: and I hope favorable consideration. TWO JAILED ON JOINTIST CHARGE |W. Parent and J. J. Stack Get Heavy Sentences | William Parent and J. proprietors of the North End inn,| were found gullty of jointist charges and given jail sentences in Superior | Judge J. 'T. Ronald's court Tuesday. | Parent was given two to five years at Walla Walla, while Stack's sen- tence called for one to five years a the same prison. J. B. White, a waiter in the inn, | was given a suspended sentence of one to five years. The three men were arrested March 20, when hquor was sold at the inn to deputies from the sheriff's office. Deputy Prosecutors Chester A Batchelor end Bert C. Ross were giv- en notice immediately following the sentence that the case would be ap: 2 a J. Stack, |the Dutch Royal Shell, | committees will co-operate. Size Price | | 6x9 $25.00 7-6x9-0 31.00 8-3x10-6 40.00 9x12 45.00 (Third Floor) ‘lace Corset Special $2.50 novelty elastic bust sections and cut very low at the back. in many different sizes and tones are included Prices are 35c, 50c, 60c, 95¢c, Carpet-size Axminster Rugs — At Very Low Prices HE best grades of Axtuinster Sees: Sa the largest manufacturers of floor c pondingly low-priced as follows: LSON DAINTY model of pink brocade, trimmed with braid — eased with Superior _ boning throughout molds the figure gently into supple lines. Fitted with two heavy hooks and eyes be- low clasp. Sizes 24, 25, 26 and 27. Special, $2.50. —Second Floor at Small Cost Wall-style Picture b] cards of 3, 6 or —First vantageously, ‘and Carlton. Axminster Rugs Size 6x9 7-6x9-0 8-3x10-6 9x12 BATTLE LOOMS IN GAS PROBE Trickery in Price Raise Is Hinted BY FRANK J. TAYLOR WASHINGTON, June 13.—Head- ed by Senator La Follette, with bat- \tle in his eye, a senate committee | bs this week will began its probe into) the price of flivver juice—gasoline. A cent a gallon eacn time, four times within a few days of each other, the price of gasoline wi boosted, notwithstanding what the committee believes to be a provable fact that there were nearly a bil- lion gallons in storage—more than ever before in the history of the country. The committee will be alded by the scientific divisions of the gov- ernment. It was a question of getting all the traffic would bear, the senate committee believes. It is also sus- pects a scheme to make the Ame: gasoline consumer pay the of an extensive war being the Standard Oil in for- in competition with Rockefeli can costs waged by eign busine: only real rival. While La Follette and his com mittee are tackling the oil question from the end most closely touching the consumer, practices of the in |dustry at the producing end will be under inquiry in the committee of public lease of the government's remain: ing oil reserves by Secretary Fall. Fall's policy of turning thede re. serves over to New York promoters gives the oll trust absolute control of the ofl resources of any conse- quence in the United States. It) leaves the government without means of redress if the ol! trust! chooses to boost prices to a still higher level. To determine the danger of this policy to the public, both senate ities here predict that the delving} into the practices of the oil indus: try will be highly interesting, but their attitude is expressed by one official who said: think they ought to push this investigation, but I'll bet right here and now that the price of gasoline doesn't come down one cent.” Less than 18 per cent of the Fronch people earn more than 8500 lands, in connection with the} Author. | RATE VICTORY NEWS RECEIVE Shippers Doing | B Willamette Valley Gain News of a victory for Seattle Tacoma shippers who do business: the Willamette valley was the transportation depart |the Chamber of Commerce | morning when {t was informed by thi interstate commerce commission proportional class rates granted the territory last February have b upheld. Last December, when the rates Western Washington were inc the shippers of Seattle and |thru their chambers of contended for lower rates In order th they might continue to hold b which they had built up tn the lamette valley. The railroads | posed a scale beginning with 60 | per 100 Ibs. first class. The Portland Traffic and | tation association protested to the .|terstate commerce commission, | rates were suspended pending a jing held in Seattle several mo ago. Now that the rates have found to be justified, it Is expected, according to the Seattle chamber, that the carriers will soon put into effect. ‘ASK BANK TAX ‘TO PAY BO WASHINGTON, June 13. — An jamendment to the McCumber ‘ bonus bill calling for the ti department to issue $2,500,000,000 llegal tender notes to pay the ‘their compensation in cash was | ‘troduced today by Senator {North Dakota. | The Ladd proposal would |retirement for the treasury over a period of 25 years by: 1, Taxing all banks 50 per of their profits after allowing a }per cent deduction as a@ aon | profit, 2. Appropriating Interest on. foreign debt for the payment of additional funds needed if the tax proved insufficient, 3. Appropriating any additional funds needed from the treasury partment, “This is a way In which the sab diers can be paid with very Mttle em pense to the government, sala,