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Lowest Latt Night .
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DOUG LAST COUNTY J Aa Indapandant Nr,
Published far tha part Mtteraata at th Paapla.
Coiwolldatton ot Hit Evening Newa and Tha Rsaaturg
VOL. XXVII NO. 89 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW TUESDAY. MARCH 3, 1725.
VOL. XIL NO. 300 Of THE EVENING KEWt
I 1
IIJflUGUdlPi I Will See Son
OF PRESIDEKi
TO BE SIMPLE
Setting Only Dimly Re
flect Showy Splendor of
Former Ceremonies.
COOLIDGE ON THE JOB
Executive, Confers With
Dawes but Goes About"
His Daily Routine
Work.
(Aanrlated Pm, tati Win.)
WASHINGTON. Mar. S.-In aet
. tings that reflected only dimly the
showy splendor that has shone up
on Inaugural history . for cen
tury and more, the American gov
ernment brought to completion to-
day Its plan to install a new na
tional administration at noon to
morrow. Everything considered It was
thp quietest March 3 of an inaug
uration year that Washington has
seen In many a decade. The cere
monies tomorrow will be aome
what more extended than those of
four yeara ago, when President
Harding ordered that the whole In
auguration be attended by utter
simplicity but on that occasion the
Impending change of government
stirred the capltai to a high pitch
of expectation and brought here a
tiememlous crowd of spectators.
Today the wide avenues of the
capital were almost barren of pro
Inaugural crowds and only a few
, scattered reviewing stands and a
. profusion of red. white and - bine
which draped almost every build
ing along the line of tomorrow's
parade provldenced the near ap
proach of another inauguration
day.
" At the White House President
Coolldge was a little busier than
ordinarily, receiving distinguished
visitors and keeping pace with the
fevered activities of the dying con
gress. But he went about "doing
the day's work." according to the
motto he long ago adopted as bis
watch word of public service,
without apparent thought of to
morrow. One of those who called on the
president was Charles O. Dawes,
of Chicago, the soldier-statesman,
who In another 24 hours will be
come the natlon'a second in com
mand. Following his celebrate!
' dipper pipe on a trip about the
city to renew old acquaintances
the vice-president elect dropped In
for an hour's chat with his chief
and regaled senators-whom he met
in the executive offices with quips
about staid parliamentary decorum
he foraeea for himself as presiding
officer of the senate. ,
Delegations from a score or so
of states, headed in most cases by
a governor, either called to pay
their respecta or sent greetings to
the president upon their arrival for
tomorrow's ceremonies. There was
a short cabinet meeting as Is cus
tomary on Tuesday's and In all the
rush of his duties, Mr. Coolldge
found time to witness the conclu
sion of a marathon ' race In the
mall and award a prize to the win-
ner.
As the pre-lnaugural period en
tered Its last 24 hours a -bright
sun tempered hourly the crisp air
of
blustery March day. and the!crease effective March 1, 1925. In-
weather forecasters predicted that
tomorrow would be warm enough
for comfort In the outdoor stands,
but the sky overcast with perhaps
some rain In the afternoon. If the.
ceremonies can be carried through
on schedule, however, they should
be over baXore the showers begin.
Under the plan of brevity and
economy laid down by . Mr. Cool
ldge, himself, the entire official
program ahould be concluded by
mid-afternoon. It la the psssing of
tha inaugural parade that usually
drags out the ceremony until ev
ening, but this time there will be
places In the pageant only for the
governors of atatea and thelr'staft
and less.
About 9,000 people will be seated
to the standa of the capltol plaza Mrs. Duval was.ientenced on
to see Mr. Coolldge take the oath January 1 and had served 45 of
of office on his grandmother's bl- !, ,Xtr daT, lenience. A-fine of
hie. and aeal hla obligation byj1300 wa, pirt of tne aentence.
pressing hla lips to the first. ehap- Her husband, Alex Duval, arrested
terof St. John which described the at tne ramA tme wla fined 1300.
baptism t Jesus by John the Bap-lm health waa given as the reason
tlat. Another 4.000 will have place for lne governor releasing Mrs.
In the reviewing stand at tha Duval at this time;
White House out along rennayi
vanla avenue there will be stand
ing room only for the thousands
who will gather there to cheer the
state and national dignitaries and
fighting men as they pass along in
the footsteps of the great inaugur
al pageanta of the past.
Excepting the opening scenes, It
Is Impossible to measure by the'aenate today by Senator Howell,
clock ha eoure of tomorrow's j republican, Nebraska In proposing
repetition of the quadrennial dra-lhe modified McNary-Hsugen bill
ma of tnauturatlon. If everything 'aa an amendment to the national
- (ConUnued on pate 8.) - 'omnibua measure.
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2 i
3
lev
C C a?.. ,i V
Colonel John Coolldge, father of the President, win max a twslve-
tnlla trip by sleigh from his noma at Plymouth, VL, to Ludlow, Vt,
where the nearest railroad station ta located, to be present In Waih
jetton on March 4 for tha Inauguration of Calvin Coolidga.
a .
MARSTERS TAKING
, NEUNER'S OFFICE
Attorney R. W. Marstera. form
erly county judge of this county,
but until recently of the 'firm . of
Marstera. and Pope, of Salem, is
taking over the law office of At
torney George Neuner, who is leav
ing for Portland this week to as-
sume the du'les of U. S. district
attorney. Mr. Neuner- will retain tween the University of Ore- '
his connections here, and a law! gon and the Oregon Agrlcul-
firm will probably be establish! tural college basketball
between himself and Mr. Marstera. !w teams. ., -
Mr. Neuner has built up an excel- According to the latest
lent practice, and Is closely -assoct-
ated with several Important organ -
izatlons, and does not expect to
sever his connections with his
work here entirely.
Mr. Marstera who Is taking over
the active conduct of the office, is
well known here, and Is an expert -
enced. and thoroughly competent
attorney.
He was admitted to practice in
1904 and was engaged in the law
business here until 19) 5 when he
was elected to the office of county
Judge, a position which he held un
til August of 1919 when- he re
signed and moved to Salem, where
he was a pardner in the firm ot
Marstera and Pope.
His family will not move here
until June, as his daughter Vivian
is an instructor in borne economics
In the Salem high school, and his
younger daughter is a student
there, and Mrs. Marstera wllV re
main with them in Salem until the
school term is finished.
CAN COLLECT BACK
SALARY FOR ERROR
AmcUtl mm Uei Wii.)
SALEM. Ore., Mar. 3. Kathleen
Mills, county treasurer ot Tilla
mook county, through what is
doubtless an error In house bill
318, has a right to colect from her
county nearly $1800 In back sal
ary. The bill which was Introduced
by Representative Winslowe. In
creases the salary of the Tilla
mook treasurer from $1200 to $1.
600. Evidently the act, which is
an amendment to an existing sta-
title. Intenrtpit in mnlrn tha In.
stead the year in the amended act
was not changed ao the Increase
datea .from March 1. 1919. The bill
was aigned by the governor. .
GRANT A REPRIEVE
TO WOMAN PRISONER
(Aanetated Trnm Lewd Win.)
BEND, Ore., Mar. 8. Mrs. Lols
vlne Duval, serving sixty days in
the Deschutes county Jail follow
ing conviction on a possession of
liquor charge, haa been granted a
reprieve by Governor Walter M.
Pierce. Authority to release Mrs.
Duval was received In a telegram
to Sheriff S. E. Roberts this morn-
in
MAKE ATTEMPT TO
PASS FARM MEASURE
fAaxrtetxl Prra Lffnnl Win-.)
WASHINGTON. Mar. 8 an
eleventh hour attempt to pasa
i farm leglalatlon waa made In the
Inaugurated
wJ I--. &s a
'
FIRST GAME THURSDAY
tAaanclated Pna Uurd Win.)
EUGENE. Ore., Mar. 8
Another change was made
this afternoon in the schedule
for the championship series
of the northern section ot
the North Pacific Coast in-
tercolleglate conference, be-
agreement reached between
i s the athletic officials of the
two schools, the first game of
, the series will be played In
U Eugene on Thursday after-
noon at 5 o'clock. The sec-
i ond game will be played at
1 Corvallls, Saturday evening,
and the third game, should a
third game be necessary will
be played either In Salem or
Portland. .
House aircraft
hearing is ended
(Aianclated Pma Win.)
WASHINGTON, March 3. The
house aircraft committee has
closed its Investigation amid a
new tangle ot contradictions in
the room between Brigadier-General
Mitchell, assistant air chief
and the war department.
Major General Patrick, chief ot
the army air service waa drawn
into the controversy In thetwlnd
up yesterday alter General Mit
chell in a letter to Chairman Lam
pert of the committee defended
his action in publishing a series
of recent magazine articles on
aircraft by saying General Patrick
had given him permission to do
so.
The letter contradicted testi
mony by Secretary Weeks that
General Mirhell had published the
articles without the approval of
the war department as ordered by
President Coolldge.
When Informed of General Mit
chell's letter. General Patrick said
he had never given the assistant
chief authority to publish the ar
ticles, had not aeen them before
publication and had not been ad
vised that the presldent'had or
dered Mitchell to submit them to
the war department for approval.
Representative Reld, . republi
can, Illinois, a committee mem
ber attempted to have General
Mitchell recalled today for quest
ioning on the magazine articles,
hut the committee rejected the
proposal and immediately after
wards voted to end the Investiga
tion . the next act In the atlr-up
Is now awaited in the war depart
ment. General Mitchell's present
term ss assistant air chief expires
this month and Secretary Weeks,
when last before the committee
declined to comment on the pro
spects of the general's reappoint
ment, saying the matter was en
tirely in the hands of the. presi
dent. KKIM CITI.KNH JAII.KD.
( AMnriated PrcM bMMl WW)
"KELSO, Wash.. March 8 Nine
of 14 Kelso citizens-who signed
a petition seeking the recall of
J. E. Stone, city attorney, spent
last nlghPin the eounty Jail. They
were arrested on warrants alleg
ing criminal libel, growing out of
chargea aralnst Btone contained
!n the recall petition.
One of the 14 gave bond of
$750. Four others had not been
.nnr.lii.nii.ri at nnnn tnAmr.
Ball
has been set at $750 for each of
the signers of tha petition at least
one of the men arrested refused
an offer of ball, staying In jail
"for tha cause."
Denver Doctor . Charged With
Slaying Crippled Daughter Is
Pleading Insanity; Tried Suicide
(Associated rnaa Lasted Win.)
DENVER. Colo., March 3,
First degree murder chargea were
riled against Dr.. Harold E. Dia
ler, retired phyalclanat Littleton,
near here today. In connection
with the death of hla Invalid
daughter Hazel Blazer, 32 years
old.
Blazer la alleged to have ended
hla daughters lite by chloroform
ing her, while Roy E. Blahop his
son-in-law and Mrs. Bishop, an
other daughter with whom they
lived, were absent from the house.
DENVER. Cok.. Mar. 8. "If I
killed my daughter I did wrong,".
from the lips of Dr. Harold Elmer
Blazer last night In the first ex
tended statement he has made
since his daughter Hazel was
found dead in the family home one
week ago today.
His next sentence was:
"If I Bid kill her I have no recol
lection ot It."
Hazel was "82 years old. one
was deformed and neighbors knew
her as "Hazel, the little child wo
man," who had never grown up. ,
Authorities said ahe naa neen
suffocated by chloroform. District
Attorney Stone ot Engiewooa, a
suburb, where the Blazers Uvea.
said that a warrant charging iu
father with first degree murder
would be served today.
When he greeted newspaper men
late last nlxht. Dr. Btor waa ly
ing In a hospital bed, apparently
COOS COUNTY CAN
NOT ISSUE BONDS
(AnUid fnm luI Win.)
' SALEM, Ore., Mar. S.-Coos
county is permanently enjoined
from Issuing $280,000 in road
bonds by an . opinion of the su
preme court today In the case of
J. E. Norton against Coos county
appellant. The declsloti was writ
ten by Justice Burnett and affirms
a decree of Judge John C. Kendall
of the lower court for Cooa coun
ty. '-.'.-
the suit against the county was
based on the statute wnicn anowa
only one special etectlon In a
single year and the question to de
termine was whether an election
on the road bond Issue held May
16. 1924, the date of the general
primary election, was a special
election. The supreme court holds
that it was and therefore holds
that an election called the follow
ing August was Illegal.
On April 5.. 1924, the Coos coun
ty court on Its own motion called
an election for May 16 on the ques
tion ot issuing $376X100 bonds. The
people -voted adverse to the bond
issue. Following thlB, the county
court on petition of voters called
an election for August 28 on the
question of Issuing $280.00 in
bond. The people voted for this,
h. the legality of the county
court's action was attacked. The
county demurrer to the complaint
and the demurrer was overruled
by Judge Kendall; who also grant.
cd the injunction.
DILLARD WOMEN HIT
BY UNKNOWN MAN
Mrs. D. J. Noah and Mrs. Mary
Burkman, both of Dlllard. were
attacked and beaten last night by
an unknown assailant, who after
atriktng both of the women with
a heavy stick of wood, escaped
Into the darkness. Mrs. Noah
and Mrs. Burkman, who were at
the former'a home, stepped out of
the bouse, and toward the wood
shed, only a few feet distant, last
night about 9:30. Just aa they left
the house a man dashed out of the
woodshed, and struck, Mrs. Noah
a violent blow over the head, us-
Ing aa a weapon a stick of wood.
She screamed just before ahe was
hit, and Mrs. Burkmafi turned.
Her quick move evidently saved
her from being badly injured also,
aa the blow aimed at her head,
grazed the aide of her face and
atruck her shouldet. Mrs. Noah's
son, ran out of the house, but
the assailant of the two women
had fled Into tha darkness. Men
ot the neighborhood promptly re
sponded to aa alarm, and a search
waa made, resulting in the man's
tracks being found lesdlng to
where a car had been parked, he
evidently having made hla escape
by automobile.
The motive for the attack waa
not ascertained, and the officers
have no clue as to the Identity
of the assailant.
Mrs. Noah was badly dazed by
the blow, and both women were
quite badly bruited, but not aer
lously hurt.
CONTINUE OIL INQUIRY
(Awyl.l-f rnm lH WU..
WASHINGTON. Mar. 3. Au
thority "was sought today by Sen
ator Walsh, democrst, Montana,
for a continuance of the nil In
quiry during the recess of con
gress to permit Investigation of
the lease of naval reserve number
2, 'California, to the Honolulu Oil
company. Hla esolutlon was re
ferred to committee.
O. W. Kennet was an arrival
from Eugene Monday and apent
the day here transacting business
matters.
recovering rapidly from what his
brother-in-law. Hoy E. Bishop said
were efforts to end his own life.
Twice he had taken poison. Bishop
told the authorities and the third
attempt waa made by slashing his
throat. Bishop and his wife lived
in the Blazer home.
-The details of that afternoon,"
said the physician, "when my
daughter was found dead In bed
beside me are not clear. I cannot
seem' to recall any ot the happen
ings of that day.
'I lovaw tha girl dearly and had
no reason tor taking her life and
it I am responsible for her death
1, murdered her In a fit of tempor
ary Insanity."
Dr. Blazer aald he had been aub
Ject recently to temporary memory
lapses and tor that reason bad giv
en up his practice. He said that
during hla professional career he
had known patients who would
have been better off had they died
In their Infancy but disclaimed
that he had ever felt that way
about hla child-woman daughter.
"She enjoyed herself, enjoyed
her food and while she could
neither walk nor help herself she
knew almost all that was going on
and I believe ahe enjoyed life."
When Intimated that he might
be shamming loss ot memory and
that he might be shrewd enough to
baffle authorities, he said: "I am
not shrewd nor am I clever. I
will have to abide by a decision of
a jury."
. .
MOUND CITY BANK
ROBBED OF $30,000,.
-
(AaurUttd ho Uuad WlfO
ST. LOUIS. Mar.. 3. Five
men entered the Mound City
4 Trust company today, held 20
employes and patrons at bay
and escaped with approxi-
mately ' $30,000 In cash. One
shot waa fired by a robber
but no one was wounded.
NO CHAMCE FOR SfTtS.
nKltt'H to HEOOVER
' .
fAranelaM rrm IM Win.)
8ALKM. Ore.. March 3.
The condition of Mrs. Walter
M. Pierce, wife of the gover-
nor of Oregon, haa remained
unchanged throughout the
morning. Physiclana have
given up all hopes of her re-
covery. -
GEN. MITCHELL
TO BE SHELVED
(Am-latM Pxms lewd Wln.)
WASHINGTON, Mar. 3. A nom
ination for a successor to Brigadier-General
Mitchell, assistant
chief of the army air serdce will
be sent to the senste by President
Coolidge for confirmation at the
special session convened by him to
consider nominations tomorrow.
Recretarv Weeks will make a
final decision for recommendation
of a succeasor to General Mitchell
tonight or early tomorrow. He de
clined today to say what namea
were under conalderatlon or evpn
to.reveal whether General Mitchell
would be named to succeed him
self. 1 70,000 A CR VH OF"
WIIKAT LAM) nKSr'.EDKO.
PENDLETON, March 3. A
large portion, of the ito.ouu
arrea of wheat that waa killed In
th heavy freeue of December, has
already been resecded, according
to reports received here from all.
parte of Umatilla county. i
business of reseedlng Is going on
at full sneed In all of the coun
ty's wheat areas snd It has pra
tlcally been completed 11 Ihe
northwest, west nnd southwest
portions of the county. ' m
, East of Pendleton on the re
servation and around Athena, He
lix and Weston, the work Is going
forward rapidly.
The loss waa one of tne neavieai
ever experienced by wheat far
tnerj In thla county according to
county agent Fred nennlon. Ap
proximately alxty percent of the
170.000 acres being reseeded win
be sown to Hnrd Federation, a new
hut. high yielding Australian var
iety. The cost of the extra seen pur-
chased at Inflated prices due to
the general freeze la approxim
ately 1500,000. while It la estim
ated that It costs at lesst that
much to nut the seed In the
ground while It Is estimated that
all over Ihe county the yield will
be approximately 25 percent less
for spring than for fall sown
wheat or a potential loss of nearly
$2,000,000 in addition to tha ac
tual costs.
On the favorable aide of the
ledger, according to farm authori
ties. Is the fart that Ihe soil con
ditions are almost Idral al preent
with warm days and ample mola- I
lure content.
o .
W. E. Ot, of the Ott's Music
store, left this morning for Port
land, where he-will spend a day or
BO op dusiupb mantra. j
CONGRESS WILL
BE RUSHED AT
CLOSING HOURS
Leisurely Manner in Which
Work Is Done Means
Night Session. -
FARM BILL BLOCKED
Deadlock Over Farm Meas
ures and Neither Dick
inson or Capper-Hau-gen
Bill .Will Pass.
(AmoeUUi Tkm Letsrd Win.)
WASHINGTON. Ma. 3. After
a fairly peaceful day, spent In
cleaning up odds and ends ot legis
lation well-developed signs of a
senate filibuster began to appear
later today to trouble tha dying
hours of the outgoing congress. '
After Senator Howell, republi
can, Nebraska, had been speaking
for three hours on a farm relief
amendment to the naval omnibus
bill, republican leaders were noti
fied by Senator Robinson of Ar
kansas, the democratic floor lead
er, that the second deficiency ap
propriation bill also would en
counter prolonged opposition If
they attempted to bring It up for
passage.
The deficiency bill the last of
the supply measures carries,
funds for many miscellaneous pur
noses, when Chairman Warren of
the appropriations committees
sought to call It up, Senator Robin
son declared that It undoubtedly
would lead to debate that would
last until the session ends at noen
tomorrow.
WASHINGTON, March 3. The
somewhat leisurely fashion in
which congress has neared the ad
journment hour at noon tomor
row is promised to giveaway to
day to sessions extenairg wen
Into the night for both houses In
the last minute crnsh to clear the
calendar of all billa having any
chance of enactment.
With all of the regular appro
priation bllla aafely beared of the
legislative Jam, the senate and
house set whht Is declared to be
a precedent- by adjourning with
out night sessions yesterday with
only Iiours remaining before sine
die adjournment the senate called
It a day shortly, after seven o'
clock.5 after Senator Pepper re
publican. Pennsylvania, had called
up the house branch banking bill
aa the unfinished business.
The house fixed "s convening
hour today at 10 o'clock, when It
adjourned yesterday at 6:30 p. m.
after completing a round day's
work In which a dozen measures
were passed under suspension of
rules. In addition to acceptance
of aennte amendments ta the riv
ers and harbora hill and adoption
of the conference report on the
interior department supply meas
ure. The otrly one of the Important
money' bllla atill held up is the
final deficiency measure.
Legislation In the'aenate to
Tarry out the co-operative market
ing reccommendatlon'a of tha
presidents agricultural conference
now faces practically certain
allure.'
The house in passing the Dick
inson co-operative marketing hill
already haa one rejected the Cap-per-llaugen
measure, reported
yesterday hy the senate agricul
ture committee and there appears
no chance of either bill becoming
law.
CAHK M COSTIM'ED.
IAnHill Ptm lvH Wlt.)
CHICAGO. March 8. Counsel
for William D. Shepherd today
won a continuance until March
23, of the Inquest Into Ihe death
of William N. McCllntock.
Ll'MUKR MILL ROIIRKD. .
f AarwUtfH rmi Lean) Win.)
CLATSKANIE, Ore., March 3.
Three burglars about midnight
last night cracked the safe in the
office of the Kerry Lumber com
pany at Kerry, about eight miles
from here and escaped with
$167.47 In cash, and two checks
totalling $666.50.
4 PICKH ALI-HTAR TRAM.
rAonrlaM lnn Ine4 Wtn.)
SPOKANE. March 8. William
Mulligan, who has officiated aa
referee In 102 Pacific and North
west conference basketball nmci
this season, 4ay announced his
selections for a mythical an
northwestern basketball team.
Mulligan picks Ridings of O. A. C.
and Ingrsm of Gonraga for Ihe
forward positions; Ilman of Mon
tana for center, and Westergren
of Oregon and Hale of Washing
ton for guards.
X TREMORS IV EAST t
WEKK OUTB KEYF.IIE
(AanKtettd Trtm Leased Win.) '
OTTAWA, Ont March 3.
Eastern Canada today waa
endeavoring to aacertaln the
extent of the damage caused
by the earthquake of Satur-
day, Sunday and yeaterday,
some polnta were still Isolat-
ed. telegraph wires being put
out ot commission by the
tremors.
The latest quake, recorded
at ten a. m., Monday, waa
slight and caused little dam-
age. v
Reports trom all sections w
of the province of Quebec
show that In addition to thu
heavy loss and numerous In-
juries to residents, seiren
deaths were recorded, a ma-
jority being caused by stock.
The property loss was excen-
tionall heavy In the valley
ot the Otttawa river and the
St. Lawrence and that Sague-
nay basins.
The town of Tadouaac, 25
miles from Murray Hay in the
quake region, haa not been
heard from since the first
shock rocked the district.
Telegraph and telephone com-
munlcation to the settlement
was crippled.
'
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
PROJECT IS KNOCKED
OUT BY GOV. PIERCE
(AaoeUted Trtm Lnurd Win.) '
SALEM, Ore., Mar. 8 The Dorn
berbor memorial hospital project
in Portland is knocked out by
Governor Pierce's veto today of
house bill 467 which provided for
appropriations for salaries, wages,
and operating expenses of the In
stitution when It shall have been
built. j
"' The governor also vetoed today
bouse bill 199, which provided an
appropriation of $16,000 for the
state land settlement commission
to clean up Its debts, and get back
on an operating baala. The gover
nor recommenda that the commit
tee aell one ot its model farm
projects to acquire ecessarr
funds. .
Relative -to tha Dornbecher hos
pital bill the governor says in hla
veto message:
"Th.i bill appropriates $32,040
for wages and salarlea in connec
tion with the Ilornbecher memorial
hospital iii Portland, and $20,020
for operating expenses In connec
tion wth the Dornbecher memorial
lal hospital. This hospital Is not
yet constructed. I do not believe
that money should be appropriated
from the general fund for the,
maintenance and support of a hos-
Sltal In the city of Portland at
lia time." , ,
The bill provided that the sums
In the opproprlatlon ahould not be
available until the building for the
hospital alMtild have been complet
ed and accepted by the board of re
gents of the University of Oregon.
The hos-'tnl was to be under the
supervision of the state univer
sity medical school.
In his veto message on the land
settlement commliftlongblll the
governor intimates that he will ve
to appropriation bllla totalling
about $500,000. He says:
'This bill approprlatea $15,000
from the general fund for the use
of the Vind settlementc?qmmlsslon
to buy stock, equipment and pay
outstanding obligations. It Is nec
essary at this time to veto appro
priations amounting approximately
$500,000 and I believe this Is one
place whre we can retrench with
out serious loss. I recommenU
that the commission sell one of the
three farms they now have and
use the money to Improve the re
maining two."
OREGON TO 8TART
BA8EBALL 8EA80N
(Aam-l.ted Prm Uuti Win.)
EUGENE, Ore.. Mar. 3. Daae-
ball men of the University of Ore
gon, who were to have turned out
In full force thla week, hare been
delayed In their scheduled practice
by th'rf basketball tie between Ore
gon and O. A. C. for the champion
ship of the northern division ot
the Pacific Coast eonierence.
Coach llllly Relnhart is mentor
of both basketball and baseball
and the basketball aeries will keep
him from bis diamond activities
for the time.
Ttaseball batteries have been out
for two weeks, however, and the
pitching staff Ionics promising.
Six lettermen will be back tw try
for the baseball squad Sam Cook,
catcher and outfielder; Howard
Hohson, third baseman; Douglas
Wright, outfielder: Jack Wise,
catcher: Ray Williams and Her
bert Dronka, pitchers.
With the addition of last year's
second string men and a number
of the members of the frnsh team
of 1924, the tesm will bid fair to
make a good showing In the con
ference standing, It Is believed.
ACCUSERS liOOHINO ROUD.
fAnnrtaten Pnn Uand Wln.
WASHINGTON. March 8.
Secretary Mellon In a letter to
President Coolldge today Inform
ed the executive that the treas
ury's "accusers" charging Irregul
arities In the handling of federal
securities remain as far now from
proving their charges as they
were In 1920."
SED. HRDDnDi
OFIOWIIOyCE
Contest of Election lias
Been Started by G. O. P.
Committee of Iowm,
BROOKHART IS RILED
Says He Will Return to
State and Make a
Contest Against ,.
; "That Gang."
(AsnHind rnas Lauad Win.)
WASHINGTON, March 8. A
contest ot the election ot Senator
Smith W. Brookhart, republican,
Iowa, was filed with the aenata
today by offlclala of the republi
can central committee of Iowa. .
At the same time a copy of th
papers were personally served an
the senator by B. B. Burnqulst ot
Fort Dodge, chairman and H. E.
Spangler of Cedar Rapids, counael
for the committee. Sena
Brookhart htd asaesnced earlier
that when the senate adjourned
he would go '.o Iowa to make .
contest against "that gang" with
"no quarter" asked.
Senator Brookhart, who aires-'
dy has been read out ot tha part
councils by the republican senate
organisation previously and do- -cllned
to accept service unless by
a United States Marahal. .Juat as
he waa leaving hla office for tha
senate chamber today, however,
Burnqulst and Spangler handed
him the formal notice ot tha con
teat halt an hoar before Senator
Brookhart had announced that
he would take his fight against
the state committee to tha people
of Iowa by campaigning. Ha said
later In reply to the charge that
he had been elected through fraud
and deceltrby representing himself
to be a republican, that the peo
ple of Iowa had paased upon his
republlcanlam at the pons.
The chargea brought agalnat
Brookhart are those outlined In
a formal resolution adopted I by
the state committee at Des Molnea
last January". Burnqulst aasei'a
that the meeting of tha commit
tee waa a duly constituted one but
the senator asserts that a number
0fothe committee have already
Informed him of their repudlattoa)
of the action.
AN8WEJI CHARflEA
OF PLOT TO KIUi.
fAanrbt) Trtm Umari Win.)
SAN FRANCISCO. March 3.
Richard M. Hotallnr. wealthy
clubman and land owner, went be
fore tha county grand jury -last
night and denied In detail 'tha
charges made by Ralph King, an
acquaintance that he had conspir
ed to kill hla aiater-ln-law, Mrs.
Krnd Hotallng. because of a griev
ance against her. .-.
Asked to explain hla acquaint
ance with King, who la a for
mer Hlo, T. H jail keeper, Hotal
lng said: -
"I am a bachelor without any
family to support and I have "fre
quently befriended young men In
whom I have taken an Interest.
King was a delightful companion,
full of weird stories. I liked him.
He interested me very much and
so I aided him with small sums ot
money when ha needed aid."
Hotallng said that he once gave
King $260 for a trip to Hawaii.
The grand jury after hearing
TIntallng'a story continued its
deliberations for one week.
King testifed that he receved
$3500 from Hotallng as his prlc
for killing Mrs. Fred Hotallng
and that he gave $3,100 of thla
to two gnnmen. Louis Madison,
one of the gunmen corroborated
the story of King, but aald that
he took his share of the money
without any Intention ot killing
Mrs. Hotallt.g.
iAerch IHFA AXTI
OV ANOTHER RILL.
I Aanrtatn! fnm bane Wtn.) '
SALEM, Or.. M-trch $. Gov
ernor Pierce today vetoed houaa
bill 332. introduced by Represen
tative Shelton, which proposed ta
ranch holders of wster rights cer
tificate, the right to hold such
rights Indefinitely beyond the 49
year prelod provided by the pres
ent statute.
"The present law gives lo ap
proprlntors of water and Invest
ors In hvdro-eleetrlc power plants
sll the right, power and prlvllegea
the! It seems to me ahould be
granted, except a few minor
changea to make the present law
conform exactly to tha federal
statutes," cays the veto measasra.
"This proposed measure, honsa
hill 232. goes farther and hy ear
tain provisions and limitations,
will. I fear, create a condition
detrimental to the Interests of tha
people." ;
ORCED TQ QUIT