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PORTLAXD, OREGOX, SUNDAY MORXIXG, FEBRUARY 13, 1921
PRICE FIVE CEXTS
BUSINESS TIES
HUMPTULIPS FLOOD
WASHES OUT TRACKS
'SENATOR THREATENS
BLOOD TEST BARES
BRITON FORESEES
WOMEN BATTLE MOB
AND DEFEND VILLARD
TO IMPEACH LANDIS
CHILD'S PARENTAGE
HEALTHY HUE
DEBTS HELD RUSEI
PERIL
WASHINGTON HIGHWAYS ALSO
DIAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA
ASKS REPORT ON STATEMENT.
SCIENCE DISPROVES MAN'S DE
NIAL OF: FATHERHOOD.
MAXY CUT BY FLYING GLASS
DURING WILD MELEE.
REPORTED UNDER WATER.
MUGH STILLTODO
WIPING OUT-WAR
JAPANESE
BEFORE SATURDAY
Portland Bankers Agree
Crisis Has Been Met.
LOCAL OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT
Deflation Is Accomplished
With No Disasters.
LIQUIDATION NEARS END
Ilnwn of .Normal Cond'tions Has
Appeared, Say Financiers, and
Pros-perity Lies in Wake.
With one accord, officials of sev-
' eral of the largest banks in Portland,
inclndine the manaser of the federal
reserve branch here declare thit
business is Improving and that they
look forward to the Xuture with full
confidence. Their statements neces
sarily are conservative, and, becaust
of this, may be tal-en by the public
as all the more valuable, setting forth,
as they do. not only the optirrlrtic
features, but also analysing some of
the troublesome phases with which
the country has been contending.
Conditions in Oregon, and the
northwi-st in general, have been ex
cellent throughout the entire critical
period in the financial and business
world, it Is agreed in banking circles,
and failures hers have been kept at a
minimum. Financiers are pointing to
the wonderful record of the federal
reserve system, to which la given
great credit for averting chaos and
disaster.
One of the -orst things this sec
tion is contending against, a thing
which is, declared to- be absolutely
and arbitrarily unfair, is the differ-j
emiai in lumoer mica aa uclwccu iiig
northwest and the southern pine -re
gion. This is playing havoc with the
lumber market, but notwithstanding
this fact there Is an improvement In
this great line of business.
A very great and beneficial feature,
viewed from the local standpoint, as
well as otherwise, is the organization
of the 1100.000.000 corporation to
finance foreign trade. This section
should reap vast benefits from this
and it should stimulate this big line
of endeavor immensely.
tVarnt of St.rm Has Panned.
According to Frederick Greenwood,
manager of the Portland branch of
the federal reserve bank, "the worst
vf the storm Is over and we are due
for fairer weather." His statement
is as follows:
"The business barometer shows un
mistakable signs that the worst of
the storm is over and that we are due
for fairer weather. One of the most
encouraging signs is the steady im
provement shown in the reserve ratio
of the combined statement of the 12
federal reserve banks. The last state
ment showed a gold reserve against
combined deposit and federal reserve
1 ote liabilities of approximately 49
per cent, as against about 43 per cent
a year ago. Another favorable sign
is the reduction that has been made
In the holdings of government bonds
and paper secured by government se
curities by the national banks.
"It is well understood that our era
of high prices was largely the result
of the inflation of bank credit made
necessary by the flotation of the lib
erty loans. During the year banks
in 100 selected cities show a reduc
tion in holdings of government bonds
of about 29 per cent of the amount
held in January, 1920. and about 27
per cent In paper collateral by gov
ernment securities.
Increased Loan. Offset Rednettona.
"These reductions have been offset
by an increase in loans made directly
for commercial and agricultural pur
pose, and the change has put the
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Pacific Beacb and Uoquiam Branch
of Northern Pacific Expected
to Resume Tomorrow.
HOQL'IAM, With., Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) Tne highest water in four
years in the Kumptullp? river today
washed the bed of the Northern Pa
cific railroad from underneath about
1000 feet of track.
P. L. Demmer, roadmaster, and Will-
U-m Nalty, yardmaster, made a boat
trip from a ranch half a mile distant
to inspect the damage. If no further
rain falls within the next 48 hours.
however, it waa expected the track
could be put in condition for service
. , i : i t r : n I.
"Mum..i "u
by Monday afternoon. Service to Pu-
get sound and Portland was not in
j i
terrupted.
Twenty-seven passengers from the
beach this mora'ng we-e moved on
flatcars over the flooded tracks.
Five to six feet ot water covered
the Olympic highway at Tulips sta
tion. Newton and the section between
Humptulips bridge and Copalis cross
ing. Elma Gate highway also was
reported to be under three to four
feet of water at the blockhouse. At
the Smith ranch, where the Chehalis
river was over Its banks, 2 inches
of rain fell- in the 24 hours between
Thursday and .Friday nights
SECRETARIESKEEP SEATS
Daniels and Meredith Retain Cab
inet Chairs as Souvenirs.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Sect
aries Daniels and Meredith are to
ritain their "'cabinet seats" perma
nently. They arranged today to pur
chase the chairs they have occupied
each Tuesda;- in the cabinet meeting
as souvernirs.
Formerly the chairs were sold for
$65, but these are days- of higher
prices, and the two officers are under
stood to have paid more than $100
each.
Secretary Baker has contented him
self with removing the brass name
plate from the back of his cabinet
chair. He paid $4.50 for that
FOUR MINERS tlMTOMBcD
Fifth Worker Trapped by Explo
sion Found in Dazed Condition..
OAK CREEK. Colo.. Feb. It Four
miners were trapped- in the No. 2
mine of the Moffat Coal company.
one and one hall miles from here, as
a result of an explosion late today.
Rercuers with oxygen helmets en
tered the mine at 7:20 o'clock to-
ir'ght.
Fatrick St. Patrick, a fifth miner
trapped by the explosion, was found
wandering around in a dazed con
dition at 7:30 o'clock near what is
known as stope M and X.
SCHOOL YEAR CONTINUOUS
Ohio Stale University to Operate
TL'ntier Quarterly Semester Plan.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 12. Ohio state
university will operate on the con
tiguous yearly plan after July, 1922.
as a result of action taken today by
the board of trustees.
The school year "will be divided into
four quarters, degrees being Issued
every quarter to those completing
tl:e work.
Under the plan the present four
year courses may be completed in
thiee years.
OCCASIONAL RAIN OOMINR
Week Will Be Cloudy but Tempera-
tures will lie Normal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Monday are:
Northern Rocky mountain and
plateau regions: Considerable cloudi
ness, occasional rains or snows,
temperature near or above normal.
Pacific states Normal temperature.
considerable cloudiness and occasional
rains except In southern California.
British Overtures Meant
Chiefly for Allies.
APPEAL TO AMERICA BLIND
Chamberlain Serves Notice
Loans Must Be Paid.
I iini-rrn n-rai-r-n . m
U IV II CU d I H I CO Id lLUD
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Diplomacy Takes Roundabout Way
of Telling Other Entente Powers
Obligations Will Stand.
BY MARK SULLIVAN, s
(Copyright by the New York Evening Post.
Inc. Published by arrangement.)
WASHINGTON. D. C ' Feb. 12.
(Special.) All this week . there has
been a flood of talk In congress, in
committee meetings and in the news
papers about the money owed to us
by our allies. The bulk of this talk
has been sadly lacking in under
standing. Mystery has been made of
the fact that a member of the British
cabinet, Austen Chamberlain, in a
public . speech, stated that Great
Britain had approached us with a
suggestion that we cancel these
debts. Mr. Chamberlain's action has
been the occasion of minority com'
ment in the American press. It has
been described as a diplomatic in
discretion, or something worse.
To anyone who knows all the facts,
there Is no mystery in It, and Mr.
Chamberlain had a perfectly good
motive for what he did. He must
be -smiling a good deal over the re
ception his remarks met in America.
Mr. Chamberlain's- public allusion
was not meant especially for the ears
of America, nor for the ears of Great
Britain. It was meant for the earl
of France, Italy and the other allies.
Britain I. Little Interested.
Mr. Chamberlain doesn't care and
Great Britain doesn't care so much
about our cancelling these loans. The
flood of talk here in America, which
has taken a color of resentment
against England, is wide of the mark.
It makes some difference to Great
Britain whether we cancel these
loans, but not so much as is univer
sally assumed. So far as Great Brl
tain is concerned, it would be largely
a bookkeeping transaction,
It is not Great Britain that is pri
marily interested in the cancellation
of our loans abroad; it is France,
Italy, Belgium, Siberia and the other
allies. The fact is. Great Britain is
largely in the same position as our
ves. We have lent, roughly, $9,500.
vvu,uuu o in ujues. uicai Diumu
has lent to the allies, roughly, $9,250,-
000,000. But in any all-round cancel
lation Great Britain would only bene
fit by the $1,500,000,000 she owes us.
and would lose to the extent of all the
allies owe her. This is, of course.
subject to much qualification.
Rn.alan Debt In Worthies.
For example, the debts due to Great
Britain are in the form af depreciated
currencies. Just what the net resuli
of cancellation all around would be
it is not possible to say with accuracy
without more minute figuring than Is
here possible. Great Britain's loan
to Russia were more than $2,500,000,
000. while our loans to Russia' wer
less than one-sixth as much about
lbu.uuu.uvu. UDviousiy. me aeot tnai
""8sla owes l reac amain is prext
i ue&i ly a. lutui tuoa ttticauj, ui ui ei
Britain to cancel that debt of $2,500.-
000,000 would be merely a gesture.
Great Britain would be cancelling
a Russian debt 'Which is largely a
total loss already, while she would be
the beneficiary of our cancellation of
tha perfectly good debt she owes us
The .accounts among the allies are
full of such intricacies as this, and
only an expert accountant could tell
Just what "the net result would be if
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CARTOONIST PERRY ILLUMINES IN PICTURES SOME CURRENT
judge Says Bank That Paid Clerk
'' $90 a Month Responsible
for Man s Theft.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 12. Sen
ator Dial of South Carolina announced
today In the senate that he would
bring impeachment proceedings
against-Federal Judge Landis of Chi
cago if he obtained confirmation of
statements credited in the press today
to Judg Landis in the case of Fran
cis J. Carey, a bank clerk charged
with embezzlement.
Carey, who pleaded guilty to em
bezzling $96,000 from the National
City bank of ,Otta"wa. III., was re
leased yesterday on his own recog
nizance by Judge Landis, who was
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because they paid Carey only $90 a
! month.
"Any man who utters that kind of
statements. eaid Senator Dial, "Is
not worthy of public confidence and
should be impeached."
Senator Dial said he had written to
Chicago to obtain confirmation of the
statements credited to Judge Landis.
DES MOINES, la., Feb. 12. Federal
Judge K. M. Landis of Chicago, in a
speech before the Iowa American
Legion here tonight, admitted making
statements similar to those Senator
Dial of South Carolina charged him
ith.
"I repeat that and send it to Sena
tor Dial with my compliments, he
asserted.'
Judge Landis sent his audience Into
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 30
degrees; minimum, 40 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; northeasterly winds.
Departments.
Editorial. Section 3, page 2.
Dramatic. Section 4, page 2.
Moving picture news. Section 4, page 4.
Real estate and building news. Section 4.
page S.
Music. Section 4, page 4.
Churches. Section 5, page 2.
Books. Section 5. page 3.
Schools. Section 3, page 6.
Automobiles. Section 6. ,
Women's Features.
Society. Section 8, page 2.
Women's activity. Section 4, page 6.
Fashions. Section 5, page 4.
Miss Tingle's column. Section i. page 8.
Auction bridge. Section 5, page 4.
Madame Richet's - column.- Section 5,
page 5.
Special Features.
Deadly weapons Whitney's hobby. Maga
zine section, page 1.
Intimate diary of Margot Asquith. Maga-
nns section, page -.
Full moon, a fiction feature. Magazine sec.
tion, page a.
News of the world as aeen by the camera.
-Magazine section, page 4.
Fashions "For Vamps Only." Magazine sec
tion, page ,.
Do co-eds make colleges effeminate TM'ag-
azine section, page 0.
Where you are compelled to vote or go
to Jail. Magazine section, page 7.
Hill's cartoons "Among Us Mortals." Mag
azine section, page 8.
Home arrangement and decoration. Sec
tion o. page J.
Girl 17 receives diploma of life extension
Institute. Section 5, page 3.
Dlng'a cartoons on topics of the day. Sec.
tion o. page i.
Beautiful shrubs suitable for Oregon trans
planting, section 0, page 8.
Foreign.
Delay reparations conference until after
March 4, plea of Harden. Section 1,
page 2.
Prance eagerly awaits Harding's attitude.
section 1. page 6.
Late John Reed power In soviet Russia,
declares San Francisco socialist. Sec
tion 1, page 2.
Hriton foresees Japanese peril. Section 1,
page 1.
France's ear deaf to German bargain.
Section 1, page 4.
France at end of rope in regard to repara
tions, says vivtanl. section 1, page 3
Nutional.
War claims reach total of billions. Sec
tion 2.. page fl.
Ships needed were e'eiivered, says E. X.
Hurley, defending shipping board. Sec
tion 1. page 4.
Great Britain uses United States to tell Its
allies war debts must be paid. Section
1, page 1.
American payrolls cut $6.OO0;OO0,00O. Sec
tion 1. page
Organized labor plans fight for life. Sec
tion 1, page 4.
Domestic.
Xw York parents seek for prodigies. Sec
tion 1. page 11.
Women battle mob and defend speaker.
alleged pacifist and opponent of draft
Section 1. page 1.
Senator Dial of South Carolina threatens
to try to Impeach Judge Landis. Sec
tion 1. page 1 -
As Result of Physician's Verdict
Judge Says Italian Musi Pay
for Baby's Support.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12. Medical
jurisprudence as practiced in San
Francisco has outdone Solomon's re
nowned test to establish the parent
age of a child.
Recently Mrs. Rose Vittori brought
an action to compel her former husband,-
Paul Vittori, to pay for the
maintenance of her child, Vittori de
nied his paternity. Counsel agreed
In court to subject the disputed mat
ter to science in the form of a blood
test of Vittori and of the child, and
Judge Thomas F. Graham announced
he would abide by the decision.
Dr. Albert Abrams was named to
make the tests. Today he announced
his investigation determined abso
lutely that Vittori was the father of
the child.
Blood vibrations of Vittori and the
baby conclusively proved parentage,
according to the scientist. They beat
in unison, he said.
"We have found," said Dr. Abrams,
that the blood of a child and its parent
vibrate with identical rhthym. The
blood of some one outside the family
would not be in unison."
Dr. Abrams further said that the
tests showed that Vittori was Italian,
of Italian parents; that Mrs. Vittori
was one part French and three parts
Spanish.
Judge Graham said tonight he would
enter an order that Vittori pay for
I Domestic.
I Puppies and colored silk divide honors In
big New York exhibitions. Section 1,
page 12.
Warships now under way for United States
will top world's best. Section 1, page 6.
Blood test establishes parentage of child
Section 1. page 1.
- Pacific Northwest.
Professor Dryden, college poultry head, to
Join stair of Country Gentleman. fcee
1 tion I, page 10.
Humptnlips flood washes out railroad
tracks. Section 1, page 1.
Coay's youngsters carry off Junior honors
in state swimming championships. Sec
tion 1, page 11.
Legislature.
Staples' tenure bill defeated by - senate.
. Section 1, page 8. .
Legislature has much still to do before
adjournment next Saturday. Section
1, page 1.
Budget and commission bills assure sys
tern in levying of taxes hereafter. Sec
tion 1. page 8.
Idaho state normal school wins victory.
bectlon J , page 9.
Big coa?t road district proposed to finance
Roosevelt highway. Section 1, page 0.
work - of Washington lawmakers stilt is
mainly ahead of them. Section 1
page 7.
Sports.
Willamette and Whitman quintets will
battle for honor place in northwest con
ference basketball standings. Section 2,
page IS.
international and intersections! sports
long step forward In collegiate life.
Section 2, page 2.
Good luck tokens grip league heads. Sec
tion 2, page 3.
Wrestling mrtoh- between Ted Thye and
Sam Ciapham promises good sport.
Sectlot 2, page 3.
Promoters shelve 'boxing game owing to
lack of patronage. Section 2, page t.
Senate to pass on horse racing bill. Sec
tion 2. page 2.
Gotham taking no chances with referees
In fights. Section 2, page 1.
Commercial and Marine.
Falling off in leather exports responsible
for hide market depression. Section 1,
page 21.
T-end of. market declared stable. Section
1, page 21.
Binger Hermann in forthcoming book
. tells of waterway improvement costs
' Section 1, page 20.
Three freight steamers In race to Pacific
.. northwest ports tos save their charters.
Section 1, page 20.
Portland and Vicinity.
Gang of 14 auto thieves In Jail. Section 1,
pase 10.
Portland railway to sell $1,000,000 issue of
gold notes to 2S00 employes. Section 1,
page 18.
Stcffens speech declared abusive. Section
1, page 14.
Companlei warned against Income tax er
rors. Section 1, page 14.
Famine In China held nation's ogre. Sec
tion 1, page 16.
Construction of first unit of huge wool
warehouse and scouring plant begins to
morrow at St. Johns. Section 2, page
20.
I'-irtland bankers regard business condi
tions as being excellent. Section . 1.
page 1.
Portland' music memory contest starts to
morrow. Section 1, page 18.
Drain for heights Is planned by city. Sec
tion 2, page- ZOr-
Oregon Republican club pays tribute to
Lincoln.' . Section 1. page 11.
Are We Drifting Into War?
Queries Mr. Barnes.
RACE OBJECTIONS ARE CITED
One Declared to Be Social
and Other Economic.
SOLUTION IS SOUGHT
Labor Clause of Peace Covenant Is
Believed Likely to Eliminate
Lower Labor Standards.
BY GEORGE M. BARNES
Ex-Member of the British Cabinet and
Member of the Peace Conference.
(Copyright, 1021, by The OeKonlan.)
LONDON. Feb. 12. (Special Cable.)
Things are drifting. Are we to drift
Into war? The yellow man looms
large and portentous on the inter
rational horizon. Australians, ap
parently; are determined that the yel-k-w
races must be barred from Aus
tralia cAmlnions. and what Austra
lians say regarding the south Pacific
may also be said with equal emphasis
by and for the west side of the north
American continent.
On th other hand teeming millions
c t Japanese are increasing at the rate
of a half million each year, and the
'imlted Japanese territory is already
peopled almost to capacity. Must
there be a war for racial privilege?
America and the Antipodes seem pre
pared to risk It, but isn't it warth
while to consider some way out?
Two Objections Noted.
There are two objections to the yel
tcw map one economic, the other so
cial. R-5-pectin ff the first, the labor
provisions in the peace treaty may, in
the not distant future, bring the Jap
anese more in line with the higher
standards observed in America and
Australia. Then the economic seclu
sion argument would lose weight.
Perhaps this would apply equally to
the second argument. The latter is a
women's problem, more than men's.
The mandate for the South Pacific
islands, which the Australian Sen
ator Millon is taking home as a tro
phy from the council of the league
ot nations, gives Australia a . free
hand, subject only to safeguarding
the native population.
Open Trade Door V nllkely.
An open trade door or social equal
ity are not stipulated and, considering
Australia's political temperament, it
can be predicted that neither will be
observed.
The mandate really involves dis
crimination as between members of
the league which is certainly not al
lowable under the letter of the cove
nant. But is such a policy in accordance
with the spirit which gave birth to
the league? This opens a momentous
question now confronting the world.
But meantime, if discrimination
continues, the position of those in
volved in forcing it may grow worse.
1 may even be found in an acute
crisis that white people will not rally
to the defense of privileges wherein
only a small fraction of the white
race Is practically concerned. Cannot
some way out of the present difficulty
be found? This suggestion is thrown
out to those who are sitting in the
stats of the mighty.
The British political barometer still
veers toward storms. Cries of econ
omy are now finding a ready ecno
from harassed taxpayers. The British
are the heaviest taxed people in the
world, and, although high taxation
has resulted in some reduction of
debt, nevertheless increasing num
bers think that debt reduction has
been purchased too dearly in stran
gled trade and widespread hardship.
Nordoes there seem any prospect
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NEWS EVENTS.
Police Quell Disorder, and Alleged
Pacifist and Draft Opponent
Continues Address.
CINCINNATI. O.. Feb. 12. Scenes
of turbulence that necessitated the
sending of a riot call to police head
quarters marked an address delivered
today by Oswald Garrison Villard.
editor of the Nation and formerly ed
itor of the New York Evening Post
The address was given under auspices
of the City club and the Woman's
City club.
During the week there had been
many resignations from both clubs
on the ground that Villard was an
admitted pacifist and that he opposed
the draft. Prominent women, mem
bers of the Woman's City club, cir
culated petitions protesting against
the meeting, and the use of several
halls was denied.
Villard was in the midst of his ad
dress when about 50 men rushed up
the stairs to the auditorium. A closed
door containing a glass panel opened
into an ante-room. , The glass was
broken and several invaders and de
fenders were slightly cut. The crowd
poured Into the ante-room and there
was a wild melee. Women member?
threw themselves against the mail
door to bar the Invaders, who were
yelling:
"Let's go! We demand to hear this
man:"
Blows were exchanged and the
noise attracted a throng. A riot call
was sent to the police. The stairway
and ante-room were soon cleared.
Villard halted as a result of the
noise, but continued when the police
had cleared the place.
Herbert Seal, who denied that he
was the leader of the attacking force,
was charged with attack and battery,
but was released on bond. Villard
was escorted from the hall to an auto
mobile -by the police after the streets
had been cleared for a block.
FARMERS HOPE TO SAVE
National Association "Will Adopt
Co-operative Selling Plan.
CHICAGO, Feb. 12. The National
Association of Wheat Growers today
decided to adopt a co-operative plan
of selling their product in an effort
to save approximately 55 cents
bushel through the elimination of the
middleman's profit.
-The growers plan to establish cen
tral receiving stations in each state
where the farmers may send their
wheat. Stations for receiving wheat
also will be established at all large
seaports to bundle export trade, it
was said.
Members of the board voted to
start work on the plan Immediately
so that quick results may be ob
tained.
GAS KILLS AGED COUPLE
Civil War Veteran and Wife Are
Found Dead in Bed.
EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 12. Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey L. Smith, aged "7 and 78
respectively, were found dead in bed
iti their home in this city this after
noon. The house was full of gas, and
neighbors who found the bodies say
It was issuing from an open valve in
the kitchen range. As neither one
had been seen by neighbors since
Thursday it is presumed that death
occurred that night.
Coroner Bransetter announced that
death was undoubtedly due to as
phyxiation. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were
parents of Fred E. Smith, an attor
ney. Mr. Smith was a lieutenant In
the civil war.
EGGS RETAIL AT 19 CENTS
Lowest Price Quoted In Years
Rules Roseburg Market.
ROSEEURG, Or., Feb. 12. (Spe
cial.) Fresh ranch eggs at 19 cents a
dozen, the lowest price quoted in this
city for many years, brought , this
product within the reach of the most
humble citizen in this city today.
Nineteen cents was the retail price.
producers receiving 17 cents for their
eggs
Hundreds of Bills Pend as
Session Nears End.
TENURE DEBATE IS SLATED
Other Matters Also Expected
to Take More Time.
BONUS IS NOT SETTLED
Some Vital Measures Putted by tine
House or Ollur and Some Are
Xot Yet Introduced.
STATE HOUSE, Salem, Or.. Feb. II.
(Special.) Comes now the sixth
and last week of the legislative ses
sion, with a multitude of work to be
disposed of in the few romain'ng
days. There are hundreds of bills
which must be killed or passed be
fore next Saturday night.
In order to bring the session to a
close at that time, the lawmakers
will be compelled to go Into nifrht
meetings and administer chloroform
to scores of bills.
Most of the measures which have
consumed time are now out of the
way, although the tenure bill has not
been finally disposed of and it will,
presumably, require a few more hours
of debate. The tax measures have
passed both houses and the port de
velopment bills are in the office of
the governor; the fish code has been
taken care of and sundry and divers
measures are disposed of. The Irrlsa
tion bills after a spectacular flare,
have gone to the cemetery of dead
bills.
Some Matter. Nerd Attention.
There yet remain, however, some
matters requiring attention. The
road bills have not been cleared
away. There Is no bond bill Intro
duced yet to provide further funds
for the state road programme. The
motor code has not been adopted nor
will it bo until the latter part of
next week. The bonus measure Is
still to be taken care of, one way
or another.
The ways and means committee
has not completed the appropriations
bills. Reapportionment of the legisla
tive districts is being held back until
the last few days of the seewlon.
Some of these matters of Importance
have been paused by one or the other
branch of the legislature; some have
not even been Introduced. This Is
particularly true of the scries ot high
way bills, for the proposed additional
2 cents a gallon on gasoline has not
been embodied in a measure, and there
is the bo'id bill which the commis
sioners will require to prosecute
highway work in the next two years.
Itoad Bill. Are In Hen.le.
Road bills which the house passed
have been assigned to the senate road
committee, although several aro pre
sumed to be sponsored by the joint
committee. Eventually the road
programme will gut under way, but
there are obstacles being erected here
and there. The bill authorizing the'
highway commission to locate routes
is certain to cause debate. While It
m'ght be advisable for the state high
way commission to on the ground
lu person during the remaining days
cf the session so that the members
can De consulted Dy legislators and
road committees, It is not known that
these officials propose being in the
slate house.
When the motor code comes up for
consideration on the floor. It will pre
c'pitate a debate which will probably
continue for several hours. This code
embraces such a multiplicity of sub
jects that a number can be calculated
on to cause comment.
New Bill, to Be Offered.
In addition to undisposed of bills.
there will be new ones offered next
(Concluded on Paar'e 0. Column
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