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WEST'S VETO TOTAL ) ME M K n County Salary Bills' Score Is 15 Alone. EXECUTIVE WAXES SARCASTIC Legislature Scored for Inac tion on Measures. BREAK WITH OLCOTT SEEN Governor Says Legislation of "Meri torious Xature Quietly Put to Sleep" and Insists Action Be Taken Before Adjourning. ' lCISLA1TRB ADJOURNS TO MEET TIES DAY. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Feb. 28. (Special.) With clock stopped before 10 o'clock, the two houses did their last actual work of the session tonight as far as new legislation Is concerned, and adjourned to meet at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning. March 4. to pass on the veto messages of the Governor. There will be no other business to come up when the legislators return next Tuesday than the question of vetoed bills. This has been stated frequently by those who have agreed to remain. Legislators Insist that It Is the contemplation and the spirit of the constitution that when a bill Is pissed and sent to the Governor It should thereafter be for the Legisla ture to determine whether that bill should be passed notwithstanding the veto of the Governor or whether the. Governor's veto should be sustained. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or, Feb. 27. 4 3:43 A. M.) The Senate adjourned at ti-tO A. M. to an ret Tuesday at 11 A. M. The 1 loose adjouraed a few nilaotea later. STATK CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. 26. (Special.) One of the surprises of the legislative session came tonight when Governor West vetoed one ' of Secretary Olcott'a bills, which he had Jrawn up, had fathered and advocated throughout the latter part of the ses sion, to amend the emergency board bill of Wood, which was vetoed two years ago and passed over the veto early in this session, making a total of 10 vetoes in a single day. A grist of veto messages was shot at the Legislature during the day, 15 of them being vetoes of county salary bills and four more related to various sub jects, one as to the question of minors In saloons, another as to logging roads being made common "carriers, a third being a bill to reimburse Emma Groves Cor cancellation of a land purchase from the state, and still another in relation to a reward for Information leading up to the conviction of the Humphrys brothers. Relative to the Wood bill Secretary Olcott two weeks ago asserted that the government of the state would be tied up, and personally interviewed Sen ators and Representatives asking for this amendment- Senator Wood, the father of the original bill, am", others agreed to the proposed amendment, and the bill was put In at the request of Olcott and passed. Break With Olcott Seem. Now the Governor comes into the Senate with a veto of the bilL It would Indicate a decided split between Olcott and West, who originally appointed Olcott to the secretaryship. If a word lng can be seen between the lines. The veto message in which the Governor mauls the Olcott bill follows: "With the united wisdom and thoughtful consideration of two ses sions to uphold them. I deem it hasty legislation to amend them now. This bill opens the door and tears down the barriers which have been bullded by the bills of 1911 between the public treasury and those who should spend from it, and I, therefore, return Sen ate bill 335 with my veto. "This Is a bill which, in the last days of this session, has been rushed through for the purpose of amending the emergency board act of the ses sion of 1911. If it becomes a law it will undo the serious and thoughtful deliberation of the Legislature of 1911 and will bring to naught the earnest and careful effort of 40 days of the present session. 1911 History Recalled. "During the time that the emergency board measures were before the Legis lature two years ago, I called the at tentlon of the members of the Legisla ture to the fact, that in my opinion. they were unworkable, unwieldy and Inharmonious. The members of the Legislature at that time Insisted that i was wrong. I vetoed the bills and they were given most careful consider atlon during the early session of this Legislature, not only by the members thereof but by the state officials, who had presumably investigated them most carefully. "It was the opinion then expressed oy your votes as well as by the votes of the session two years ago, that they were most meritorious measures. It was stated then and It has been stated at this session that these bills were necessary to prevent careless officials from alowlng the dissipation of the noney of the taxpayers of this state, it was stated by the author of the bill that he had gone into the matter most Ihoroughly. that similar laws were in (.Concluded on 'Faga S.) SENATE AGREES TO POSTOFFICE FUND $1,000,000 BVILDIXG. Bitter Opposition Develops to Heavy Expenditure Democrats Head Campaign for Economy. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. The Senate, after a long aad turbulent session, passed the public buildings bill at SiSO A. M. thla morning and adjourned un til 10 o'clock today. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 26. Portland won In Its fight in the Senate for a new Post office building, despite Democratic op position to big expenditures for build ings and, after a lively debate, the Senate agreed to an amendment put Into the public buildings appropria tion bill, providing for a 11,000.000 Postofflce in Portland on the site here tofore acquired. Favorable action was taken by the Senate upon all other Ore gon, Washington and Idaho amend ments to the bill. Provision was also made for a $3,000,000 Courthouse site in New York City. The opposition to heavy expenditures developed soon after the measure was taken up for passage. Senators Smith and O'Qorman led the opposition and demanded that the appropriations be reduced in many particulars. "We already have gone on recora as spending more money than any other Congress In history," said Senator Smith, "and I do not see any reason for passing many of these big items." "If the Senate is prepared to use public funds In this Indiscriminate manner," said Senator O'Gorman. "I cannot join with it. although my atti tude may imperil some items of vital Importance to the State of New York." Postofflce buildings to be authorized In small cities aroused the criticism of the opponents of the bill. 500 CORPORATIONS REPORT If Statements Are "ot Filed With Collector Tenalty Will Be Exacted. Ttoniizlne that only a narrow margin rmoin until thev are declared delin quents, about 500 representatives of corporations filed their annual state ment In the office of Colonel David M, Dunne. United States Internal Rev enue Collector, yesterday. TTnder an interpretation of the fed eral law by that offlae the companies have until Saturday to make returns and pay the prescribed tax. with three days remaining it Is be lieved by attaches of the office that all companies will be heard from. There were no delinquents last year. In the present case no leeway will be shown and corporations which have not com plied with the law by March l win De penalized W. D. HAYWOOD RECALLED Socialist Party Ousts Agitator From National Executive Committee. NEW YORK. Feb. 26. In a Nation wide vote of all the dues-paying mem bers of the party, William D. Haywood, head of the Industrial Workers of the World, has been recalled from the Na tional executive committee of the So cialist party. The result of the vote was announced tonight by John N. Work, National secretary of the party. He said that the count showed 22,500 votes against Haywood and 1000 for him. - Utterances made by Haywood In fa vor of direct action, the general strike and sabotage led to the movement. It was said, to oust him from the execu tive committee. LIME EATS LIFE'S SAVINGS Bills Worth. $1200 Dropped Into Bucket of Strong Chloride. STOCKTON. Cal.. Feb. 26. Sobbing as she approached the window of a Stockton hank today. Mrs. Gruesky handed the cashier' a bundle of rolled paper dripping wet and bleached while. which she explained was all that Is left of her life savings of J1200. The woman explained that she had the money In a bag and that her little child dropped It Into a bucket of chlo ride of lime, where it lay two days before being discovered. There Is nothing on the bills to In dicate their denomination and the local bankers fear there Is no chance of be ing reimbursed by tho Government. SPRING FLOWERS BLOOM Despits Frosty Nights Recently, Hood River Gorges Gorgeous. HOOD RIVER. Or, Feb. 26. (Spe cial.) Despite the recent frosty nights, when the ground has frozen to a depth of over an inch, the earlier species of wild flowers are- blooming in the gorges and canyons of this county. William J. Enschede. who was driv ing to this city from Mosier today, brought to town several specimens of full-blown buttercups.' Within a few weeks all of the protected, sunny can yons will be filled with vari-colored blossoms. SEAMEN'S BILL IS FAVORED Measure Would Abolish Involuntary Restraint In Foreign Ports. WASHINGTON. Feb. 26. The sea men's involuntary servitude bill, abol ishing the Involuntary restraint now Imposed upon American seamen in for eign ports, and to require more ade quate manning of merchant vessels with skilled seamen, was reported fa vorably today to the Senate from the committee on commerce HOUSE VOTES ONE mm mi Naval Appropriation Is Cut Heavily. DISORDER RULES AT DEBATE Amendment Halving Number of Battleships Finally Passed. $138,000,000 IS ALLOWED Vote Is Close and "Big Xavy" Men, Headed by Hobson, Think .They Will Win Until End Senate Xot to Concur Is Forecast. WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. After four days of debate, accompanied at times by scenes of disorder seldom witnessed at the Capitol, the House passed tonight the naval appropriation bill, carrying approximately 1138,000,000 and authoriz ing the construction of one battleship, six torpedo-boat destroyers and four submarines. An amendment to provide for one battleship, instead of two, as recommended by the committee, was carried by a vote of 174 to 166. An amendment offered by Represen tative Calder, of New York, and adopted, requires that the battleship shall be constructed in a Government Navy-yard. Transport and Supply Ship Out. As reported by the committee the bill carried appropriations aggregating $146,000,000 and providing for two bat tleships, a transport and a supply ship. Points of order by Representative Sis son, In the committee of the whole, struck out the transport and supply ship appropriation, Representative Alexander, of Missouri, the chairman, holding there Is no authority for the appropriation because no vessels of this type ever have been authorized. Until today the "big Navy" men headed by Representative Hobson, of Alabama, and Representative Ayers, of New York, had been confident that the two-battleship programme would go through and. the result was by no means certain until the final rollcall on the amendment. Underwood for One Battleship. Democratic Leader Underwood spoke for one battleship and when the vote on the amendment came, 140 Democrats voted for the amendment and 64 against it. Of the Republicans 102 voted against the amendment and 28 for It. There was no rollcall on the passage of the bill as amended, but Represen tative Roddenbery, of Georgia, held up the vote long enough to predict that (Concluded on Page 2.) t OFF FOR WASHINGTON. l Z ..................... eeeeeeeeee.i INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. , TESTBRDArS Maximum temperature, SI degreea; minimum, 34 degrees. (TODAY'S Probably lair; northerty -wn4s. lglmlmtum. West's vetoes total 18 in one day. PW I. i Senate -passes couvprot&tee nVgH-WM commis sion bill Page 6. Montague and McN'ary like candidates for Justices of Superior Court. Page 6. Blue sky legislation due If West approves Mitchell bill. Page 4. West's uniform salary bill loses in Senate. Page 8. Olympla Rouse expunges record of vote sustaining highway bill veto. Page T. Colonel Bush, prominent citizen and tax payer of Bull Bun, calls on Governor who sends House special message. Page 7. Mexico. Seven regiments will guard Texas border. Page 6. Foreign. Mrs. Pankhurst, committed without ball. threatens hunger strike. Page 3. Turks In Adrlanople succeed In getting fresh supplies. Page 5. National. Senate agrees to give Portland $1,000,000 Postofflce building. Page 1. House provides for only one battleship In naval appropriation bill. Page 1. President Taft urges Congress to provide for payment of National debt. Page 2. Plana made to avoid delays In Inaugural parade. Page 8. Domestic. Snow falls from New York to California Page 1. Canada finances Stefansson's voyage to Arctic. Page 1. , Wilson to wear "official" scarf pin while President. Page 1. Sweeping changes proposed as result of New York police inquiries. Page 3. Mrs. Darrow testifies in husband's behalf. Page 2. .- Some of men Wilson seeks for Cabinet de cline places. Page 2. 8port, Pacific Northwest boxing and wrestling bouts to be at Seattle May 9 and 10. Page 18. - Beavers off for California training camp. Pago 16. Revival of horseraclng in New York re garded as probable. Page 16. Harry Krause, Portland's new southpaw addition, declared high favorite. Page 16. Jesse I. Garrett chosen to coach "Aggie" baseball team. Page 16. Commercial and Marine. Upward tendency of Northwestern wheat market. Page 17. Export sales strengthen wheat prices at Chicago. Page 17. Decline in stock market baited and gains scored. Page 17. Bids for floating Mlml range from S14.000 to 148,000. Page 12. Portland and Vicinity. Common meeting place urged for various commercial organizations. Page 10. Council to act today on special election for commission charter. Page 9. Councilman Watkins has ordinance to curb "fly-by-nlght" dealers. Page 10. Fossil extension to O.-W. R. & N. line nsked at meeting with road's heads. Page 10. Mrs. Fred P. Morey, of "Glenmorrle." en tertains for San Francisco guest. Page 11. Apple sale set for next week. Page 11. Jury "loading" Is hinted at by Judge Mc Ginn in BUlt involving street railway. Page 4. Meteorological summary and forecast, page 13. BRIBERY CHARGE PROBED New Hampshire and Illinois Still Deadlocked in Fleeting Senators. CONCORD, N. H.. Feb. 26. The Leg islature unanimously agreed today to appoint a committee to investigate the charges of bribery In connection with the vote for United States Senator. To day's ballot for Senator resulted In no choice. SPRINGFIELD. "Til., Feb. 26. The sixth joint ballot on the long and short- term Senatorshlps resulted In no choice. EAST IN WINTER'S GRIP ONCE Snow Falls From New - York to California. MERCURY RAPIDLY DROPPING North Dakota Coldest State - With 22 Below Zero. RAILROADS FEAR BLOCKADE Weather Bureau Predicts Shift In Wind, W hich Will Lower Temper ature lu Middle West Wheat Tarmers Welcome Snow. CHICAGO, Feb. 26. (Special.) Snow fell in nearly every state north of the Mason and Dixon line today, and In the South general rains were reported. From Albany, N. T.. in the east, to points In California came re ports of a heavy fall of the "beautiful." In Chicago snow began falling Tues day night, and "Wednesday at midnight was still coming down briskly. With the exception of the Northwestern states, however, no frigid weather was reported. In Chicago the mercury re mained well above the freezing point all day, making the ' streets wet ana slushy. . : . The weather bureau tonight, how ever, reported that the wind, which was farther south today, would shift around to the northeast tonight and probably bring with it a sample of the cold weather now prevailing in the Dakotas, Montana and Canada. Repetition of Blockade Feared. The snow storm is scheduled to last until some time tomorrow, and If the weather turns cold tonight railroad men fear a repetition of the blockade of about a year ago. when thousands of dollars was paid out for labor In an endeavor to clear the tracks of snowdrifts. So far this month the weather bu reau reports an excess of temperature of 170 degrees. This will be cut down greatly in the next two days; how ever, and March is scheduled to come in like a lion. Snow was reported today from the states of New York, Michigan .Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kan sas, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Utah and all Canadian points. Coldest I S3 Below. ' The coldest.spot in the United States was Devil's Lake. N. D., where the .nercury fell to 22 below. Hower, Montana took second honors, with a (Concluded on Page 2.) 11 WILSON TO WEAR "OFFICIAL" BADGE SEAL, OF U.VITED STATES TO A.DOIV5 SEW PRESIDENT:. Ex-Maot ol Trenton Makes Gilt That Will Enable Fulfilment or Private Tradition. TRENTON, N. J.. Feb. 26. As Presi dent of the United States, Woodrow Wilson will continue to wear an "of ficial scarfpln," Ex-Mayor Bech'tel, of Trenton, presented the Governor today with a miniature of the United States seal to take the place of a similar pin bearing the seal of the State ot Nw Jersey that he has worn since occupy ing the Executive chair here. Previous to his election as Governor and while he was president of the Princeton Uni versity, he wore a pin bearing the seal of the university the coat of arms of the Duke of Nassau. Governor Wilson spent the day clean ing up state business preparatory to turning over the Governor's office to Ills successor on Saturday. Judge Bomas P. Riley, chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee, visited Governor Wilson to day. "He came to object against a possi bility for my Cabinet," explained the Governor. When It was suggested that Louis D. Brandeis was the object of the pro test, the Governor smiled. "I don't think I had better mention names," he said. From other sources It was learned that Governor Foss. of Massachusetts; Mayor Fitzgerald, of Boston, and others have registered their opposition to Mr. Brandeis. CANAL EMPLOYES INSURED Government to Compensate Men. In jured While at Work. WASHINGTON. Feb. 26. A carefully-drawn system of compensation for personal Injuries of Panama Canal em ployes is embodied in an executive or der promulgated today by President Taft, to take effect after Match I. The Panama Canal act, passed last August, "directed the President to provide the method for adjusting the claims of employes. Every canal employe and family de pendent upon him Is Insured against the result of injuries received in the course of his work, without reference to questions of contributory negli gence or any of the other restrictive rules of the common law limiting the liability of the employer in such cases. Every injury received while at work and death resulting from such injury is compensated for, except Injuries caused by the employe's wilful Inten tion or his Intoxication. SHOE DRESSING BLOWS UP. Cottage Grove Man Cannot Account for Explosion Which Wrecks Stove. COTTAGE GROVE. Or.. Feb. 26. George Miller reports that while he was preparing a dressing for his boots Saturday the mixture exploded, blow ing the pan in which it was held to pieces and making seven holes in a tea kettle standing on the stove. As the mixture was In an open pan Mr. Miller is at a loss to understand why the force went to one side Instead of straight up. The teakettle was struck around the lower edge, the charge fol lowing the top of the stove. The griddle of the stove was completely demolished. Mr. Miller had Just walked away when the explosion occurred. The mixture was composed of bees' wax. tallow and resin. It had not be come warm when the explosion oc curred and Mr. Miller Is of the opinion that something else must have been put In by mistake. NORTH IDAHO MAY SECEDE New State Suggested by Joining Panhandle With Washington. BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 26. (Special.) North Idaho, that section of the Pan handle portion of the state including eight counties, wishes to secede from the southwestern and southern part and, by taking in a portion ot Eastern Washington, form a new state. Members of the Legislature from the northern counties are busily engaged here framing a resolution to be intro duced during the present session of the Legislature to permit the north to se cede. There is wide speculation In legislative circles as to its probable success. A similar resolution Is said to have been presented before the Washington Legislature, now in session. MEDICAL STANDARD RAISED Association Requires Additional Year's Work; at College. CHICAGO, Feb. 26. Hereafter stu dents In schools belonging to the Asso ciation of American Medical Colleges will be forced to take a five-year Instead of a four-year course as at present, a resolution to this effect be ing adopted at the closing session of the association here today. A resolution adopted today raised the entrance standard for all colleges In the association after January 1, 1914. to Include a year In college work In physics, chemistry, animal biology and a modern language. Special standards for clinical work also were adopted at the meeting today. Chicago was selected as the place for the 1914 meeting. German Aviator Killed. HELHAUSEN, Germany, Feb. 26. A German military aviator, Sergeant Hel fersnlder, was killed and his compan ion. Lieutenant Linke, seriously in jured here today. ' CANADA FINANCES POLAR EXPEDITION Stefansson to Fly Flag of Britain. FILMS AND WIRELESS TAKEN Blonde Eskimo to Be Caught in Moving Pictures. EXPLORATION CHIEF AIM Picked Men of Sclcnco to Make lp Party Bent on Wiping Out as Much as Possible of White Space on World's Map. NEW YORK. Feb. 26. Vilhjalmar Stefansson. discoverer of the blonde Eskimo, made public today his plans for the expedition he expects to lead next May to the Arctic. He hopes lo wipe off the map much of the while space Indicating unexplored regions ot the Far North. . Stefansson and his companions eight or ten picxed men of Bclence will sail out of Esquimau, B. C, near Victoria, the latter part of May or In early June on the 247-ton steam whaler Karluck, purchased for the ex pedition by the Canadian government. British Flag to Be Flown. The Karluck now lies In San Fran cisco harbor. During the next 10 days she will be overhauled and sent to Esqulmalt. She will fly the British flag, as the entire cost of. the expedi tion is to be borne by the Canadiun government, and will carry a crew of 14. The barkentine will carry the party as far north as ice-filled seas will per mit. Under favorable conditions they expect In September to reach land somewhere In the Beaufort Sea, now unexplored. There they will establish a base, sending the vessel back and re maining for the Wintor. If this plan falls, the expedition prob ably will land at Herschel Island, re main there a week to establish a pri mary base, return to Prince Patrlrlc Land and spend the Winter either there or at Herschel Island. Itetnrn Scheduled in 1016. In the Spring they will go north. They will return to civilization in Sep tember, 1916. Dr. R. M. Anderson, who was with Stefansson on his last trip, will lie second In command. The others of the party have not been Belected. A pow erful wireless apparatus designed to carry messages 1000 miles will keep tho explorers In touch with the world. Thla apparatus will bo erected wherever they establish their base. A million square miles of snow and ice north of the North American conti nent and Siberia will be explored, as far as possible. The party is not searching for the Pole; if they find it. It will be by accident, Mr. Stefansson said. What they want to do is to open the locked lands and seas of the North. Blonde Eskimos to Be Pictured. Stefansson will visit the blonde Es kimos again and bring them hack to America in moving-pictures. To bring them back in the flesh, he says, would be murder; they could not survive the "germs of civilization." He also ex pects to explore the Interior of Vic toria Land and define the extent of what he believes to be the largest and one of the richest copper countries un der the sun. In connection wltn other work, the explorer expects to chart a network ot magnetic stations over Victoria. Land. This will bo done for the Car negie Institute In Washington. To purchase the Instruments neces sary for the expedition Stefansson will leave next Saturday for Europe. LADYBUGS TO SAVE CROPS California Insectary Cages 36,000, 000 for Melon and Hop Men. SACRAMENTO. Feb. 26. Thirty-six million ladybugs have been captured and caged for shipment by the Califor nia State Insectary and will be sent to various sections of the state within the next few weeks to save the melon crops. The ladybugs prey on the melon aphis, devastating insects that destroy the new vines. Hopgrowers will get ;iome of the in sects this year, as well as melongrow ers. Field Agent Branlgan, of the In sectary, is catching ladybugs now near Colfax. Collections have been made In Napa and Placer Counties. 18 AUTO BANDITS GUILTY AH Except Pour on Trial for Terror izing Paris Convicted. PARIS. Feb. 27. All but four of the 22 prisoners who have been on trial as the alleged automobile bandits who terrorised Paris and its environs in 1911-12 were found guilty by a Jury In the assize court early today. The exceptions were Rodriguez and the three women, Maltrejean, Behoofs and. Leclerch. .