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IO|L OR|LLER FAVORED
BY FEDERAL TAX LAWS
EXPERIMENTS IN WILDCAT TER.
RITORY ENCOURAGED By
UNCLE SAM.

Don't worry about excess profit
taxes. II you find petroleum in Wild
cat territory the government will see
to 1t that you are not deprived of the
increment from your gamble
This, In effect, is the advice given
by internal revenue officials to scores
of Westerners who are contemplating
ia little flyer in oil-drilling ventures
situated in Washington, Alaska and
other wildcat territory.
Under the recently enacted mineral
land leasing law millions of acres of
potential petroleum producing land
was thrown open to development.
Money expended in boring this land
cannot be regarded otherwise than a
most desperate form of gamblin. The
odds against finding oil are thousands
to one. but the prizes are in proper
tion. Naturally nobdy would be silly
enough to invest in oil drilling in an
improved field if after oil Is discov-
cred the government would step in
and take 60 or 20 per cent of the
winnings under the excess profit tax.
So the Westerners have been max
ing many inquiries. They intend to
be careful that they will not repeat
the experience of the inventor of a
well-known machine gun, who sold
his patents to the government for
81 100000, only to find that more
than 100000 was deducted from the
sum when payment was made as ex-
cess profit tax.
The government needed that ma,
chine gun, and it is in somewhat
analogous position with relation to
petroleum. The shipping board and
navy department are much worried
about the oil supply. There appears
to be a very serious shortage. a recent
call for bids bringing offers of only a
third of the amount required. The
supply is not keeping pace with con-
sumption, and the know nresources
seem inadequate to the requirements
of the future Thus the government,
whether it wanted to or not. was
compelled to encourage gambling in
oil drilling. Obviously nobody will
gamble If the government is to take
most of the winnings. so special
ruling known as treasury decision
1856 has been made to take care of
the situation.
Under this decision a discovery OF
mineral which adds greatly to the
value Of the property is not subject
to the excess profit tax. In other
words. If a lease to a piece of land is
worth $4,000 and 100000 is ex-
pended upon it in drilling and oil is
discovered which makes the property
worth $1.0OO.000. the owners of the
property are not charged an excess
profit tax until they have earned the
allowed return on $1.O00,000. The
property is regarded as a s1,000,00o
investment.
The oil driller also is given soma
special privileges in the payment OF
income tax, as distinguished from the
excess profit tax. He is allowed to
charge off liberal depreciation in
which the flow and probable life OF
| Continued on Page Five.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-04-02

The state public service commits
sion issued an order making effective
on and after April the increase in
gas rates OF the Seattle Lighting com
pany. The new order increases the
gas rates in Seattle approximately 25
per cent. The commissioners stat"
that they do not believe that 191 per
cent earned by the company under
its old rates IN 1919 is sufficient
return. and that 5.34 per cent the re-
turn possible by the new rates, is not
too high.
---------------
have not been able TO supply the de-
mand for the past IL years ana that
ar the present time there are some
23Q.ooN untitled orders on file.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-04-02
Ashley Baby Dies.

Earl Douglas Ashley, 20-months-
oid son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Ashley
passed away at the family residence
on Eastside Tuesday of last week,
Following an attack of pneumonia
me funeral was held Thursday from
the Jesse T. Mills chapel.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-04-02

Continued on Page Five.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-04-02

A. G. Furness, citizen of this city
for the past 20 years. leaves next
week for Vancouver B. c. About
May 1st he will go back to Eastern
Canada and Maine to his relatives and
future. His many friends here are
sorry to have him leave.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
Women to Determine
Fate o( National Party
Washington Convention May De-
eide to Do Away With Old
Organization Entirely


WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.--At the
forthcoming woman's political conven-
ton, to be held in Washington, all the
differences of opinion as to the future
function of the National Woman's Party
will be ironed out, it was announced
here to-day.
Members of the executive committee
of the party Will meet in New York
early this week to decide upon a date
and arrange program for the forth
coming convention. Mrs. Abby Scott
Baker, political chairman Of the organi-
zation, left Washington tonight for
New York to join Miss Alice Paul,
chairman of the party, and other Of
ficialS, who will arrange for the meet
ing.
The future of the Woman's Party or
eanization is now uncertain. Some
groups among the membership advo-
cate the formation of a separate party
with candidates and a platform. Other
groups urge working for the elimina-
ton of determinations against women
by political methods such as those used
by the Woman's Party in the suffrage
fight. Still other groups suggest that
the party, having accomplished its pur-
pose of obtaining Federal suffrage
amendment, is no longer needed as a
separate organization. The decision of
the majority of the members at the
convention will determine the question
tentative convention program to be
discussed at the committee meeting
this week proposes a four days meet
ING.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30

to-day with kilograms from ali parts OK
the country congratuIating him upon
his speech on foreign relations yester,
day. Among the messages Of approval
were these:
Frank B. Brandegee, Senator from
Connecticut: GLORY Halleiujah! God
reigns and the government at Washing
ton still lives"
Raymond Robins. Boston: Your
great, clear and satisfying statement
made to-day is "A clarion call for
fighting support for the Republican
ticket from genuine Americans
throughout the land. For every inter-
nationalist voter we lose by it we will
gain four American first voters be-.
cause of it, Congratulations.
Jacob Gould Schurman, Ithaca, N.
y: Cordial congratulations on your
substance is extraordinarily good, the
style is very fine and the presentation
is mastery and convincing. Your posi-
tion will win the country
Charles Dick, ex-senator Of Ohio:
Sincere congratulations on that
speech of yours to-day. Best wishes"
Republican League of Massachusetts,
Louis K. Liggett, president: Fifteen
thousand men and women gathered in
paign send their good wishes and con-
gratulations on your powerful message
that has been read them, which they
have received with tremendous ap-
plause. Our first shot hit bulls
eye"
Former Senator George Sutherland,
from Utah, who is visiting Senator
League of Nations speech on Saturday,
said to-day:
"Thc opposition has been attempting
to cultivate the impression that Sena-
tor Harding is not very positive in his
opinions or aggressive in his methods.
That effort must hopelessly fail with
those who are familiar with his record
IN the Senate and elsewhere during his
public career, but if anybody has been
disposed to accept such an erroneous
view he must have been convinced by
the Senator's League OF Nations speech
that the Senator is decidedly an af-
firmativc and an aggressive person
alitY
A Fighting Speech
"This speech puts him in the posture
of the fighting man. It is a fighting
speech, a challenge and a defiance 1t
makes the issues squarely, unqualified
ly. in terms that can be neither mis-
understood nor misrepresented.
'The American people love a fighter
and they know they have a fighting
leader in Senator Harding. I listened
to the speech and closely observed the
great audience. | can fairly sa- that
1 never saw such close attention and
sympathetic interest in the develop
nent of theme. The spontaneity Of
applause and the profound earnestness
of the congra ratulatory expressions
demonstrated the deep impression upon
those who heard"
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
Roosevelt Reports
Majority in West
Strong for League
Gov. Cox's Running Mate
Says People Will Insist
on Candidates Appearing
in Person to Talk Issues

CHICAGO, Aug 29.-FrankNn D.
Roosevelt reviewed the results of his
ninoteen-day tour through the West
on his arrival from Omaha to-day on
his way to indianapolis, where he
speaks tomorrow night.
Everywhere l found the keenest in
terest manifested in the League of
Nations" he declared There is no
question but what the citizenship of
the states | have visited is ovcrwhelm-
inely in favor of the league. Many
told me that the interest to-day is
deeper than six months ago. Particu-
larly is this true Of the attitude Of the
women.
"The West and Northwest demand
recognition from those for whom they
will cast their vote in November. They
feel they are entitled to hear the issues
between the two parties as the parties
leaders view them. In other words.
they demand that Governor Cox and
Senator Harding come TO them and let
them choose for themselves what their
votes shall be after they have listened
to the candidates and had an oppor
tunity Of sizing up the issues involved.
The anxiety to see the candidates
was evidenced by large and enthusiastic
receptions received wherever | went.
At several places in the Northwest
mountains | was greeted by men and
women who had driven fifty miles and
more to hear something in regard to
the plan of the Democratic party.
THE West is alert and progressive.
The people are thinking They will
not ermit their minds to be befuddleo
on the question at issue between the
two l4r1ies. We can ask no more and
4'e leady to abide by their aecision
IT, EoveFnDer"
Mr. Roosevelt said that imme ediately
after his indianapolis speech he will
go to Columbus for q conference with
Governor Cox and to give him first
hand information Of conditions affect
ing the sentiment OF the people as l
foupd II -
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
Finds Nebraska for
Harding by 100000
States Survey Indicates Major
ity for Republicans Unless
Conditions Are Changed

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 29.-The first po-
Nt!cal survey OF Nebraska in the in
terest of Harding and Coolidge has
just been completed by Franklin A.
Shotwell, of Omaha, chairman of the
executive committee of the Harding
Coolidge Club of Nebraska, the or
ganization that has charge of the Re-
publican campaign in this state.
"All Harding!" is the terse statement
of Mr.. shotwell in summing up the
situation.
His survey took him into every
county in the state and ne has sound
ed sentiment among both leaders and
laymen in all sections.
"All Harding overwhelmingly Har-
ding; 100000 for Harding if the cleo
tion was to-day" he says.
In making his report to the national
organization, Mr.. Shotwell says:
81 have just completed a thorough
canvass of Nebraska by counties. This
canvass has touched all classes of our
citizens and political faith, and it
shows that Harding will carry Ne
braska by a large majority unless con-
ditions change"
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
175,OO0 Hard
Coal Miners
Threaten Strike
Continued from page ono)

men was reported to have arrived to-
night at Williamson, the county seat.
score of anonymous letters, threat
en'ng life and property. addressed to
many prominent residents Of the Mingo
region, prompted the Governor to ask
for troops, he said The Federal troops,
he added, would take the place of state
constabulary, who will be transferred
to other parts of the state.
Inc Governors statement follows:
Il had a detachment of Federal
troops sent into the Williamson coal
fields for two reasons:
Disorders Are Described
First disorders and threatened dis
orders there are too numerous and too
widely scattered in that mountainous
country for the state to deal with them
with the small police force, even were
we able to send all of the police over
there. That we have not been able to
do, however, because of the trouble at
Willis Branch and threatened trouble
elsewhere
81 have seen more than a score of
letters received within the last day or
two by residents in the Williamson
field. especially in the Matewan section.
IN which the recipients were warned
that they were shortly to share the fate
OF Anse Hatfield, who was shot from
ambush in the town of Matewan a few
days ago.
"Obviously, it is not prudent for me
to give the names of the people who
received these letters, except | will say
that one of them was the superin-
tendent of the high school at Matewan,
who promptly left the county with his
family, and that most of the persons
were not officers or employees of any
coal company. From these and from
private information Of plans that were
in existence for the commission of
imperative, if lives and property were
to be protected.
State Police Inadequate
"Second-Thc serious trouble at
Willis branch and threatened trouble
elsewhere make it inadvlsable to con-
centrate all of the state police in one
mote section. By sending Federal
troops into the Norfolk and Western
territory the state police there can be
withdrawn and used where needed.
am determined that violence and dis
order shall cease. We are not getting
proper cooperation from some of the
county authorities"
During the coal strike last fall Gov
ernor Ccrnwell, advised that lawless-
ness in the Kanawha field was in con-
temptation, asked the Governor for
troops and General Leonard Wood,
commander of the Central Depart
ment, sent force into the state. Head
quarters was established at Charles
ton and the situation was covered from
there the weeks the troops were on
duty.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
Phone Girls Pledge Service
Promise They Will Be at Work
To-day DESPITE Strike

Brooklyn telephone girls assured j.
that the B. R. I. strike would not pre-
vent them from being at work to-day,
and that service would be 100 per cent
normal.
Mr.. McCulloh asked the newspapers
to issue friendly warning to the pub
lie to use the telephone as little as
possible while the transit strike con-
tinued, explaining that with thousands
of persons unable to reach their desti-
nation and places of business they
would turn to the telephone.
All unnecessary calls, he said, should
be avoided
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30

favorable to Governor Cox. His pro-
gresslve and constructive viewpoint
holds throughout his declaration Of
public questions, though he slips at
times into that ambiguity which un-
fortunately has marked to a greater OF
less degree the platforms of both par
ties and the utterances of bot. can
dldates.
Both Platforms Criticized
ut must be exasperating to the
whole American public that political
parties bidding for the suffrage of the
whole citizenship cannot state in def
mite terms what are their proposals
and what are their pledges. The same
evaporation must be felt regarding
many of the utterancess of candidates
However, tie viewpoint of Governor
Cox is, VIC find, more clearly expressed
and less open tS the criticism Of lack
OF clarity
Moreover, and as an argument that
admits of no qualifying or denial, there
or Ohio during which he acted upon
tifty-nine measures OF interest to labor
without acting on single one adverse
ly to labor.
"This is record OF fidelity to hu-
manity, of understanding of the needs
of the great masses of the people that
has few equals in American political
life.
The American labor movement asks
from no man or woman p'edge of
political conduct. 1t seeks to dictate
to none. Its field is limited, and prop
erly so, to furnishing to the rank and
file the information upon which it may
base conclusions.
There is no intention to depart
here from that rule which binds The
officers individually as we'll as collect
ively in serving the great labor move
ment But it would be sad 4nd un-
forgivabe remissness Of duty in this
crucial hour were the facts not pre-
sented with the utmost freedom and
completeness.
with the workers of America rests
the right of deciding for which candi-
date they shall vote. AS they vote,
whether it be we'll and wisely, or with
a disregard for the facts of life as they
are, they will determine to a large de-
gree the welfare and progress of the
working people Of our republic in the
years just ahead"
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
Policeman Shoots
And Kills Man Who
Acted Suspiciously
Victim, a Brooklyn Plumber,
Said to Have Felled De-
tective Who Questioned
Him and Then Fled

William Lawrence Law. twentv.
seven, plumber of 543 Eighty-fourth
Street, Brooklyn, was shot and killed
by Patrolman John O'Gara, of the
Fourth Avenue station, YESTERDAY v
afternoon. The shooting took place at
Fifty fourth Street and Third Ave
nue., Brooklyn. Law, the police say,
was fleeing when he was shot. The
bullet entered near the base of the
spine and passed through the abdomen.
tie died in Norwegian Hospital.
O'Gara, in plain clothes, was with
Detectives Michael Ward, James Tub
man and Edward Fitzgerald at Third
Avenue and Fifty-second Street when
their suspicious were aroused by q
taxlcab going west on Fifty-second
Street. Three men got out of the car
at Second Avenue, the police say, and
the machine continued on it's wav
Fitzgerald accosted one of the trio
who afterward proved to be Law. as
ne stood in the doorway of a grocery
at 52l7 Second Avenue
Law, according 20 the police, aimed
a blow at Fitzgerald and missed him.
but hit Detective Ward, who fell. Law
then ran, the police say, with O'Gara
and the others in pursuit. The police
declare they commanded him to stop.
U Cara says he intended to fire in the
air. Fitzgerald also shot at the flee
ing man, but the bullet that wounded
him was from O'Garas revolver.
Laws two companions were not CAP
tured. John Ruhlind, of 5215 Second
Avenue, with whom the two men were
talking when detectives approached Law
SAID the men had come to his house
under che impression that he was hav-
ing a celebration as the aftermath of
his wedding, which took place last
week.
O'Gara is thirty years old. He is
married and has been a member of the
police force for three wears.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
Bailey 72,65l Behind
I'm Latest Texas Count
Returns From Run-Of Primary
Give Neff 237, los TO l61,-
I08 for Ex-senator

DALLAS, Tex, Aug. 29.-Pat NJ.
Nef, of Waco, continued to gain en-
Joseph w Bailey, former Senator from
Texas, in the race for the Guberna-
torial nomination, according to returns
tabulated to-day by the Texas election
bureau from Saturdays Democratic
run-off primary. With 401,673 votes
accounted for, the election bureau an
nounced these figures: Netf, 237, ,l65;
Bailey, 164,508.
Most of the missing returns are
from small voting communities and
are not expected to make much change
in the result.
Lynch Davidson, of Houston, was
still leading LieutenantGovernor w.
A. johnson in the race for nomination
to that office. Supreme Court Justice
William Z. Hawkins was running be-
hind William Pierson Of Greenville,
for denomination.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
White Slayer Is Lynched

TULSA Okla, Aug. ga mob OF
about 500 men invaded the Tulsa
County Jail late last night, battered its
way past the guards and seized Tom
Owens, nineteen years old, white
youth, confessed murderer of Homer
Nida, taxicab driver. Owens was
charged with having shot Nida last
Saturday night. Nida died early yes
terday from his wounds.
Owens's arms were bound and he was
taken in an automobile to the outskirts
of the city and hanged to a tree. His
body was riddled with bullets. The
mob dispersed
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
Claims 223 Miles an Hour

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. Aug. %
S. (. j. Cox, who has entered two
planes in the international air races
to be held in France, September 27,
for the Gordon Bennett Cup, said here
to-day that one of his models, the
Texas Wild Cat" registered speed
of 223 miles an hour in secret test
flights at Mineola last week.
The record of the Cox machine, ac-
cording to the owner, was sixty-one
miles faster than the previous worlds
speed record, which stood at l62 miles
an hour.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
Republicans Ready
For Fund Inquiry
''We Viii Cruelty Coz on,
His O,Un Cross,'' Pre-
dict Leaders at CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-Leaders in the
Republican party passed to-day and to-
night preparing mass of documentary
evidence to be presented to the Sen
ate camtaign investigating committee
when it reconvenes here tomorrow to
look into methods used in conducting
the Presidential campaigns.
This evidence, they declared, would
prove untrue the charges of Governor
Cox, Democratic nominee, that "a S15.-
100000 corruption fund" was being
raised by the Republicans, and would
"crucify Cox on his own cross"
Will H. Hays, chairman Of the Re-
publican national committee, arrived
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
Racing Auto Jumps
Track, Explodes, Kills 3
Pilot and Mechanician Rnrnea
to Death Under Car; Boy,
of Seven Dies

SANTA ROSA, Calf, Aug. 2e.-Two
automobile racers burned to death
beneath their overturned car and n
seven-year-old spectator was killed
when light car in the Sonoma County
Fair races to-day blew out rear tire.
lett the track and crashed into a tree.
The dead were: Arlo Beatt;e n;lot :.
Delbert Walker, mechanician. and Clar.
ence Pregge.
Beattie was leading in the fifty-mile
free for all event when one of his tires
exploded on the nineteenth lap. Tho
car swerved off the track into a tree
The gasoline tank exploded in burst
OF flame. Pregge, who had been
standing at the foot of the tree, was
nearly decapitated
Gilbert Wells had gone off the traci
and struck a tree. Wells escaped with
a slight shaking up. va
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
Combination Packages for
Poland Accepted in Mails

Postmaster Patten yesterday an
nounced that combination packages for
delivery in Poland will be accepted
hereafter. Mail so directed must be in
two parts, firmly attached together, and
both must be addressed to the same ad l.
dressee. One parcel may be sealed
envelope, containing communication,
the other an unsealed container with
merchandise or printed matter enclosed.
The regular postage rates must be pre-
paid on both parcels.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
Battalion Leaves Illinois

CAMP SHERMAN, ILL.,, Aug. 29.-An
emergenc battalion of sixteen officers
and 453 enlisted men, under command
of Colonel Samuel Burkhart jr and
Major Roy Ashbrook left here shortly
after midnight last night for William
son, W. Va. Colonel Burkhart carried
sealed orders, but it was understood
the troops, selected from the Cd and
10th Infantry regiments, would be dis
tributed around Williamson and Mate
wan
The troops were armed with regula-
tion riot equipment, including machine
guns, rifles and one-pound cannon
Five motor trucks, one ambulance and
several motorcycles were also loaded
on fiat cars and taken with the troops
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
German Labor Strikes
In First Tax Protest
Copyright 1920. New York rribuna 1no

Copyright 1920. New York Tribune Inc.
BERLIN, Aug. 29.-The first great
strike of German workers against pov.
ernment taxes has been called in Stntt-
CART and Is now in full swing. Fifteen
thousand factory employees who OBJ
Jected to the deduction by their en-
ployers of 10 per cent tax on their
wages to be turned over to the national
government according to law, declared
a walk-out and their movements voc
quickly Joined by others until tie
strike became general.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30

When the attendants in the tuber-
cular ward of the Metropolitan Hos
pital on Blackwell's island counted
heads after visiting hours yesterday
afternoon Mary Julian, eleven years
old sent from 165 East 123d Street,
Manhattan, ten days ago, was reported
missing The child's hospital dress
was found near her bed, and while it is
the presumption that relatives took the
girl home with them the hospital au-
thorities sent out general alarm.
New-York tribune., 1920-08-30
ALASKA

In 1867 the United States
bought Alaska from Russia
for $7,2oo,ooo.
And the public criticised the
purchase as a shameful waste
of money.
Now, in one year Alaskan
salmon alone bring more than
the sum paid for the whole
country.
And the public praises the
Government for its tolY &c.
wnile enjoying the delicious
salmon served at CHILDS.