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• l 1—Unveiling of the Kilenyi bust of Woodrow w'nsun in Devoe park, ¿New York city. 2 — Members of the Sixteenth Infantry, U. S. A., giving lessons in modern warfare methods to National Guard officers on Governor’s Island. 3—Mrs. Virginia White Speel, president of League of Republican Women, at opening of women’s political training school in Washington. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Senate Changes Tax Bill to Accord With the Views of the Democrats. By EDWARD W. PICKARD I r LOOKS as if the Republicans must go before the country in the Presidential campaign with a tax re duction law mainly of Democratic fashioning. This if the changes in the house measure made by the senate are sustained in conference and if the bill is not vetoed by Mr. Coolidge. The Democrats then would have gained one of the big pollticnl advantages for which they have been striving. With the aid of the radical Re publican senators and the two Parmer- Laborites, the Democrats in the sen ate last week forced the acceptance of the Simmons substitute tax bill by the committee of the whole, in place of the Mellon plan. It fixes the surtax maximum at 40 per cent, and the nor mal tnx rates at 2 per cent on net in come up to §4,000, 4 per cent between §4,000 and §8,000, and 0 per cent above SS.000. Under the Simmons surtax schedule n rate of 1 per cent applies on Income between $10,000 and §14,000, instead of 1 per cent between $10,000 and $12,- 000, as In the Mellon plan, and 1 per cent between $0,000 and §10,000, as in the present law. The rates then ad vance by 1 per cent in Intervals of $2,000 and §4,000 until 30 per cent Is reached on Income in excess of §90,000 and not in excess of §100,000. A rate of 37 per cent applies between $100,- 000 and §200,000, 38 per cent between $200,000 and §300,000, 39 per cent be tween $300,000 and §500,000, and 40 per cent on that portion of income in excess of §500,000. Next the Democratic-radical Repub lican combination put into the bill the Democratic graduated corporation tax and the Democratic substitute for the estate tax. The former provides that corporation earnings be subject to a normal tnx of 9 per cent, nnd undi vided earnings In excess of specified exemptions would be subject to sur taxes ranging from a fourth of 1 per cent to 40 per cent. This would be a substitute for the 14 per cent flat tnx already approved by the senate in lieu of the present tax of 12^ per cent on corporation earnings, nnd the present capital stock tax, which is to be re pealed. The estate tax is changed to an in heritance tnx, nnd provides that on a transfer to a husband, wife, child, adopted child, parent, o- grandchild of the decedent a tax of : per cent up to §25,000 shall app’.v ~.'.a a graduated tnx on larger am- \r.-» to a maxi mum of 30 per amount in excess of $5,000.0'»* f-c. rates shall be Increased by 25 [ *-r ¡n the case of a trnnsfer to a brother, sister, nephew, or niece of the decedent. The rates are increased by 50 per cent in the case of a trnnsfer to any other person. Exemptions are $25 000 for husband or wife, §10.000 for n parent, child, adopted child or grandchild, and $5,000 for others. It is said In Washington thnt while President Coolidge strongly disap proves of the changes in the bill made by the senate, he is not likely to veto it. He hopes some of the objectionable features will be removed in confer ence, especially the corporation tnx substitute and the amendment provid ing for full publicity of tax returns. O E N A T E nnd house conferees on the immigration bill agreed upon the j feature providing complete exclusion of Japanese Immigration after July 1 next, and then, yielding to the earnest arguments of President Coolidge, changed their minds and decided to recommend postponement of exclusion until March 1, 1925. This would give the State department time to negotiate with Japan for exclusion by treaty, •which would mollify the citizens of the Island empire considerably. The provision for exclusion as agreed on iis In the following language: “This subdivision shall not take ef fect as to exclusion until March 1, 1925, before which time the President is requested to negotiate with the Jap anese government in relation to the abrogation of the present agreement on this subject.\ Senator Shortridge of California de clared his Intention of raising a point of order against the conference report when it comes to the senate on the ground that the senate conferees had exceeded their authority. O ENATO R NORRIS’ expressed in ten- ^ tion of continlng his efforts to save Muscle Shoals and other vuluable resources of the country for the peo ple will win wide approval, but it isn’t likely he is doing the cause any good by his vicious attacks on Presi dent Coolidge in that connection. The senate agriculture committee heard James Martin Miller, correspondent, declare again thnt he correctly quoted the President, in his telegram to Ford’s secretary, ns snying he was “trying to deliver\ the Muscle Shoals project to Ford—which Mr. Coolidge has specifically denied. Norris tlien said some very nasty things about the Chief Executive. -pR E S ID E N T COOLIDGE vetoed the Bursum bill Increasing the pen sions of veterans and widows of the Civil war, on the ground of economy, but it is asserted It will be repassed by both houses. Secretary Mellon is said to have recommended that the President veto the soldiers’ bonus measure. S ENATOR COUZENS and Governor Pinchot gained a big point in their fight on Secretary Mellon when the senate passed the Jones resolution em powering its committee to go ahead with paid counsel in the Investigation of Mellon and the bureau of Internal revenue. Presumably Francis J. Heney will get the job, and the inquiry will be broadened to Include the conduct of the bureau in prohibition enforcement. Operations of the Department of Justice in connection with liquor cases in Chicago were detailed to the Daugherty committee. These included the notorious Grommes & Ullrich liquor “split\ nnd more about the con viction nnd pardon of Grossman. For mer Judge Landis had testified vigor ously concerning the Grossman mat ter, nnd last week C. W. Middleknuff, assistant attorney general, appeared before the committee and said Landis had told lies. This may develop Inter estingly later. C ALIFORNIA Republicans In their primary election deserted Hiram Johnson and gave their preference to Coolidge by a mnjorlty of something like 50.000. Johnson bore up under the blow bravely, declaring the result was not a tragedy. In the Democratic primaries McAdoo ran against un un instructed slate and won an Impressive victory. Indiana Republicans also decided for Coolidge as against Johnson by n huge majority. The chief interest there was in the race of Ed Jackson for the gubernatorial nomination. He was backed by the ICu Klux Klan nnd obtained a clear majority over all Ills five opponents combined. The Demo crats were solid for Ralston, nnd Dr. Carleton McCulloch wns in the lead for the gubernatorial nomination. Mr. Coolidge has now defeated Sen ator Johnson in nil the direct primary states except South Dakota, and vet eran politicians believe the Californian is eliminated for all time ns a Presi dential possibility. The President and his close advisers are now formulating a platform for presentation to the Cleveland convention, devoting them selves at present especially to planks dealing with international mntters. Ac cording to one veracious correspondent the tentative program embodies these features: 1. The United States shall join the World court If It is divorced from the League of Nations. 2. The court shall be maintained In connection with The Hague tribunal, ns originally advocated by the United States. 3. An international conference on land and further naval armament limi tation shall be called by President Coolidge, contingent upon the accept ance of the Dawes reparations settle ment by the European powers. Senator Lodge, in a resolution In troduced In the senate, has proposed that the President be asked to call a third Hague conference of all nations for the purpose of divorcing the world court from the Lengue of Nutions, and that the United States join the court on that condition. ■VTEARLY a dozen political parties or groups were active In the re cent elections In Germany, and the re sults are thnt in the next reichstng certain groups favoring the acceptance of the Dawes committee report prob ably will be able to combine and con trol the vote of that body. Their majority, however, will not be large, and unless some of the groups-change their views, the necessary two-thirds vote cannot be mustered for a change of the constitution so that the Dawes railroad plan can be accepted. The Nationalists claim 105 seats in the relchstag, making them the largest single party, and they assert the gov ernment of Chancellor Marx must re sign nnd the chancellorship must be given a Nationalist. The Communists will play n big part in German poli tics, for they polled almost four mil lion votes nnd have GO members In the reichstng. They have revived their threat of a Red revolution and already have Incited numerous strikes, both I d the Ruhr nnd in unoccupied Germany. The Nationalists are said to be com bining with the People’s party nnd with some of the Catholics, Fascists nnd Bavarian People’s party members to form a monarchist bloc with a total of 234 votes, which is a mnjorlty. It is believed this bloc will gradually work townrd a restoration of the mon archy. Its success depends on the stand taken by the Catholics, who may prefer a coalition with the Socialists. /T'ERMAN police not long ago raided the Berlin office of the soviet Rus sian commercial delegation in search for some suspect, and seized a lot of documents. Russia protested strongly against what It asserted was a viola tion of her extraterritorial rights and demanded satisfaction, which Berlin re fused to grant. All trade relations be tween the two countries were suspend ed and Krestlnsky, soviet ambassador, was summoned to Moscow. As was predicted some time ago, the negotiations in London between the British nnd Russian government are not getting along well. The soviet del egates presented an extraordinary list of damage claims to offset the old debts to the British. If allowed, they would leave Britain largely In the debt of Russia. But there Is no chnnee thnt the English will allow them. A RGENTINA’S extraordinary old nge pension Inw will be enforced with great difficulty. Both employers and workers are fighting it and last week there was a combined strike and lockout throughout the country. The workers refuse to pay their part of the pension fund, and the employers refuse to collect from their employees. However, the government is deter mined and the opposition Is gradually weakening, nnd the federation of labor ordered the strike discontinued. f^O A S T guard cutters, trappers, fish- ermen nnd Indinns are continuing the search for Major Martin nnd Ser- gennt Harvey, the lost aviators of the army’s globe-circling squadron, and an offer of reward has spurred the Aleu tian Islanders to renewed effort. Vari ous reports Indicated that the missing plane flew to the north const of the Islands. The other three planes of the squadron proceeded to Atka island nnd were awaiting favorable weather for the flight to Attu island and thence to Jnpnn. T HE general conference of the Meth- od’e- Episcopal church In Spring- field V.-i^s., by a vote of S02 to 13. ac cepted in full the plan of unification with the Methodist Episcopal Church South. The union cannot be formally consummated for two years, but appar ently the breach which has existed since 1844 Is now healed. The bishops of the Church South will vote for the unification nnd the question will then he submitted to all annual conferences of both church organizations. \OSACE In Honduras was sepmlngly assured when on Monday the war ring factions and representatives of the other Central American govern ments signed a treaty on board a United States cruiser. A temporary president of Honduras was selected pending new elections. IMPROVED TRAILS IN THE BEARTOOTH FOREST Approximately $30,000 Will Be Spent the Coming Summer on Roads and Trails ■ Roads nnd; trails in the Beartooth national forest are to be improved to the extent of approximately $30,000 during the coming summer, according to the statement of L. F. Jefferson, deputy supervisor, 'who is spending several days at the Rock creek station looking over the projects with Ranger W. W. Larsen. The road work will include about nine miles of construction on Crooked creek in the Pryor district; four miles of road between Luther and the Red Lodge creek ranger station; three- miles on Lodge Pole creek; one mile on the main fork of Rock creek and a similar length on the west fork of the. same stream. This is a total of about 18 miles of road construction. The program culls for the construc tion of approximately 27 miles of trail. This will include additions to the Tim berline trail, the west fork trail to Sundance lake, the Lake fork trail, Stillwater to Sioux Charley lake, and several short pieces. The plan is toi spend about a fifth of the appropria tion on trails, according to Mr. Jeffer son. Actual work was begun last week on the main fork road. OLD TIMER COMING TO VISIT OLD SCENES IN MONTANA That he may have the pleasure of visiting scenes known to him more than half a century ago during the early days of the territory, M. M. Man ner, who, with John Buchannan, in 1SG4 brought the printing plant which issued the first edition of the Montann Post at Virginia City, will come to Montana next month from his home at Lebanon, Indiana. In a letter received by David Hilger, secretary o\ the Montana Historical society, Mr. Manner says that he will arrive June 10 or 12. with the idea of remaining two or three months. He states that he will come via Chicago, St. Paul, Fort Benton, Great Falls and adds : “I want to see the old fort at Ben ton, if it is still standing. I was there GO years ago when there was nothing but the fort, a few white people and plenty of Indians.” Mr. Manning came to Montana in 1S64, traveling up the Missouri river by boat, and arriving at Fort Benton with a printing outfit purchased at St. Louis. The outfit was hauled overland from Fort Ben ton to Virginia City, where he, as the mechanical end of the concern, and John Buchanan as editor, brought out the first editions of the Montana Post in July and August o f that year. The plant was soon sold and he and Bu chanan returned overland traveling by horseback about 1,000 miles into Iowa and reached Ohio nbout the middle of November, 1SG4. Since that time Mr. Manner hns never been as far west as Montann. State’s Chief Oil Strike The Hepp well on the Big Lake structure of the Lake Basin area, scene of Montana's latest and probably most important oil strike, on Slay 13, despite the curb imposed during the day, was gushing a stream of oil 30 or 40 feet into the air at half-hour in tervals. through a two-inch pipe set atop the reducing nipple used in lieu of a control head, hurried call for which was sent to Cat Creek. The gusher, which is 30 miles north west of Billings in Stillwater county, was placed under control May 13, by- use of the reducing nipple, but not until it had gushed over the top of the 84-foot derrick in a series of erup tions timed about three hours apart until the whole rig and a good pari of the ground immediately adjacent to the well were saturated through and through with the oil. While officials of the Mid-Northern Oil company, Midwest Refining com pany subsidiary, which drilled the well for the latter, would hazard no guess as to flush production in the Hepp, flow of 1.500 barrels a day seems con servative from the rapidity with which oil rose in the casing after each erup tion on Monday night. Killed By Falling Tree Oreo Malinak, a rancher near Le- onla, was killed by a falling tree in a most unusual manner. He had cut a tree nnd this in f- ' ‘ng struck another, which it knocked down. The second tree knocked a third .and the third toppled over a fourth, which struck Malinak and killed him, the position of the four trees forming roughly a square. Malinak was 21 years old. Rider's Leg Broken Bert Wilson, who lives near Broadus, was brought to the Holy Rosary hos pital at Miles City, suffering with a broken right leg nnd other Injuries as the result of being crushed under a falling horse. Plan Graduation Exercises The higher educational institutions of the state will hold their gradua tion exercises next month from June 4 to 12. The dates are: School of Mines at Butte, June 4; State college, Bozeman, June 7 ; State University, Missoula, June 9; State Normal at Dillon, June 12, Reports of the number of graduates at each Institution has not as yet been received at the office of Chancellor Brannon, but It is thought that they will be slightly fewer in numbers in each Instance than last year. News of Mentana B rief N o tes Concerning the -> -Ï- Treasure State Officer Sleeps With Prisoner.— When Ross Ricks was appointed as constable in the Tindall district of Garfield county, not long ago, one of the locally notorious “bad men” of the district which is under his jurisdiction, exclaimed, \H u h ! I ’d like to see that little shrimp arrest me and take me to jail.” Constable Ricks was called upon to serve a warrant on this man recently. The constable, who is a man of gentie voice, slight physique and unassuming manners rode up alone to the cabin at nightfall, arrested his man, ate supper and slept In the same bed with his prisoner, and next day delivered him safely to the county sheriff at Jordau, 40 miles away. Residents of the western part of Garfield county state that they are enjoying the unusual quietitude of a law-abiding community ever since Mr. Ricks has been in office. Sixty New Park Autos.— Sixty stan dard 11-passenger automobile stages for the Yellowstone Park Transporta tion company and eight other cars and trucks for the same company will ar rive at Yellowstone park June 1, to add to the equipment that will handle the enormous Influx of visitors that is expected this year. The shipment, occupying some 45 or 50 freight cars, will be the biggest single movement of freight cars in the history of the park. It will leave Cleveland May 20 and reach Gardiner June 1. The new equipment brings the fleet of passenger stages up to 239 cars operated in the park, and as sures the comfortable handling of park visitors. With the heavy increase in private motor travel the busiest season in the history of Yellowstone is pre dicted by park officials. Thousands of Cattle.—According to Charles Quist, Wisdom druggist and stockman, the Big Hole basin ranchers are busy these days dehorning and branding their cattle. “The entile came through the winter In fine shape,” said Mr. Quist. “ and there were somewhere between 15,000 and 20,000 of them for fattening pur poses. We have a goodly number of them yet awaiting the June market. “The ranges are in pretty good shape for this season of the year, but we could stand some more rain. Ranchers are all looking forward to a good summer nnd early indications are that the hay and other crops will be large.\ War Souvenirs Arrive. — Charles Holmberg and several of his friends at Melstone have recently enjoyed a lot of souvenirs he sent back from France in the early days -of the World war. A t that time Mr. Holmberg sent the things to a friend at Thompson Falls and had not again seen them until a few days ago when the friend forwnrded them to Melstone. The as sortment consistes of personal letters from members of the French nobility who entertained the soldier boys of this country and various objects of interest. Ringling’s New Hotel. —Plans are being prepared for a new hotel at White Sulphur Springs that will cost approximately §125,000, according to J. V. Potter, manager of the Richard T. Ringling ranch near that town. Mr. Potter states he had received tele graphic information from Mr. Ring- ling to have the plans completed as soon as possible. Over the Great Divide Pioneer» of ago, or rr ore, who have come to the eW of the trail STILLINGER.— C. A. Stillinger, a resident of Montana since 1883. died at his home at Iron Mountain nfter an illness of two months. He placed the first passenger boat on the Flat- head lnke. He wns 64 years of age. CASHMERE. — Mrs. Cashmere, a pioneer of the Dillon section, is dend at the age of 75. Sirs. Cashmere was born in Lexington. Ky.. in 1850. In 18S0 the family migrated westward with a wagon train and took up a ranch in the Beaverhead valley. Three years Inter the daughter was married to Isinh Cashmere and the couple have made their home at Dillon since. QUOTATIONS OF INTEREST TO MONTANANS. Week Ending May 17. Minneapolis Grain Prices Station basis at points in Montana taking a 31H£c freight rate. Wheat. No. 1 dark northern, 93c; No. 1 northern. S9c; dark hard winter, S5e; hard winter. S3c; corn, No. 2 yel low, 72c; flax. No. 1. §2.10. Chicago Livestock Cattle, top. §11.75; average, §11.00; hogs, top, §7.50; average. §7.40; sheep, fat clipped lambs. §14.50. New York Metals Bar silver, ounce, CS^c; copper, lb., 13%c; lead. 7%c. Progress On New Power Line.— Sat isfactory progress is being made on the power line of the Montana Power com pany from Billings to Coalstrip via Hardin. A carload each of wire, posts nnd cross-arms were unloaded last week. Several miles of poles are set from Hardin west and the poles are distributed ns far ns Snrpy on the east and some distance west of Toluca on the west. The surveying crew has finished the survey between Hardlr nnd Billings and is moving camp to Sarpy to complete the survey east, which wiU he finished soon. NBW GOAL FIELD FAIL LINE ISJLREADY BUST 34 Carloads of Coal in One Week Is Handled Over New ¿ranch Road of N. P. With the shipment of 34 carloads of coal In one \\;eek, and a total of 250 . to date over the »new line of tlie- Northern Pacific to the coal fields at the head of Armen’s creek southeast of Forsyth, a^ distance of about 30* miles, the prospects are that the new line will he one of the busiest in the northwest, according to James Regan' of Miles City, who has returned from a visit to the metropolis of Rosebud county. Two hundred men are employed in- the Horton sand pit nnd on the new roadbed, ballasting and preparing the extended line for heavy traffic during- the season, says Mr. Regan. Forty- men are employed in the coal mines proper, which are producing a coat declared to be equal, if not superior, to the coal produced at Red Lodge and which the Northern Pacific is using orr its own lines. Steam shovels are being used at present, but the company will have two eight-yard electrically operated shovels in operation within a month, It is stated, in connection with which poles will be set from Billings to Coalstrip, the new town at the mines, to supply the power. The coal beds are said to be the most extensive in the country with a varying overburden which is readily cleared away for the shovels employed. The veins run In thickness from five to- 30 feet and afford a practically limit less supply, and the building of the branch pipe line by the Northern Pa cific is taken to indicate that further development of the fields as commer cial producers is not a remote consid eration. $125,000 BUILDING DESIGNED FOR DILLON NORMAL SCHOOL Plans for the §125,000 Dillon state- normal college library will be com pleted by the first of the week, said Chandler C. Cohagen, of the firm o f Mclver & Cohagen of Billings, May 12, This is the second large library build ing in the state to be designed by this^ firm, the first being the university li brary at Missoula. The library at Dillon is one of a. group o f three buildings that are to be- erected there soon. The other two- are the gymnasium, costing $85,000, and the heating plant, a §05,000 struc ture. The library will he o f red rug faced brick with terra cotta trimmings,. and granite base. The building wilt be fireproof, and will have a washetl- air ventilating system that passes all of the Incoming air through a spray of water to purify and freshen it. A thermostatically controlled heating- system Is to be installed. The building is being arranged into the main reading room, which has. ample accommodations for 300 stu dents; ithe '“ stack” ¡room! that will eventually accommodate 05,000 vol umes; the necessary offices; work rooms for cataloging, binding, and labeling; the class rooms, and semi nars. The reading room will be cork carpeted to reduce all sound to the- minimum. Mr. Cohagen hns just received word of his election to the office of presi dent of the state board of architectur al examiners. He was formerly secre tary of the board. New Church Is Assured The Catholic church which has been planned by members at Ekalaka fo r years is an assured fact, preliminary work having commenced. The stone- for the edifice will be quarried on George Thompson’s farm three miles-, south of the town. The cost of the- structure, exclusive of the furnishings, is estimated at $5.000. The new church. Is to be named for St. Joan of Arc. Makes Record Trip Attorney Oliver Phillips claims to hold the record for the fastest time made between Lambert and Glendive, having made the trip in a little less than 33 minutes, the distance being- a little more than 54 miles by auto road. This is at the rate of 100 miles an hour and was made by Earl Vance and Oliver Phillips in the former’s plane. ______________1 _____________ Hogs Overheated In taking a truck load of hogs to Miles City, Albert Jesse of Powder River discovered that two of them were dead and despite relief efforts, five more succumbed soon afterward. The extreme heat that prevailed that day caused the hogs to suffocate when in close quarters. Victim of Hotel Fire Mrs. Charles F. Riebe, wife of the- proprietor of the hotel at Perma, died at a Missoula hospital as the result o f burns nnd injuries received when the hotel was destroyed by fire May 10. --------------------------1 -------------------------- Plan $50,000 Church Edifice Plans for a $50,000 church edifice- to be erected at Havre for St. Jude Thaddeus Catholic church have been completed by Shnnley & Baker o f Great Falls and bids for the construc tion will be opened May 24. The new cliurch will be 43 feet wide and 10G feet long, of brick and tile construc tion, with cement stucco finish, with two large towers in front, surmounted by crosses. The seating capacity will be 700, of which 200 will be In a bal cony. It is expected'that the structure- will be occupied by November.
