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UTe Weather Highest temperature yesterday 81 Lowest temperature last night 47 Forecast for Interior southwest Oregon: Fair and warm tonight and Saturday. .SEBUM Editorials on the Day's News ( DOUGLAS COU NT V Congolidatlon of Ths Evening Newt and The Roseburg Review rt Published for t Interest of the Peopl IVOL. XXX NO. 54 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1929. VOU. XX NO. 134 OF THE EVENING NEWS SWSrfif ! v By FRANK JENKINS THESE words are written in Bend, after crossing the Mc Kenzfe pass In brllliunt sunshine. It is characteristic of this strange spring in Oregon that one should mention as unusual the fact that the sun is shining on the 20th of June. It is equally characteristic of Bt ranee weather conditions that over here In the high desert this is the first clear and sunny day in al most a month. pi IE summit Bectlon of the Mc- Kenzie highway is in fine condi tion, smooth and well maintained. In the occasional places where considerable snowdrifts remain near the road, the lane cut through by the plows Is amply wide. So if you want to cross the pus, don't hesitate on account of the road. If y. n want to experience the in teresting sensation of passing sud denly from midsummer to the 'load of winter, don't delay. The snow Is me'tlng rapidly at the eummlt end will soon be gone. AT the lower levels In Oregon summer is well advnnced, even If this has been an amazingly late spring. But on the mile-high sum mit of the pass winter is just be ginning to break and spring Is tim idly peeping forth. The snow is still deep In the jnckpines, and even out on the open lava the drifts are numerous. The great peaks that rise on every hand are unbelievably white and dazzling in their winter mantles. The vine maple Is just beginning to put forth lis leaves. But sum mer will come with a rush, and In a few days the snow beside the road will be gone. Then the grass will turn green and the buttercups will begin the bloom. llfE point to Longview, up in " Washington, as a city built from nothing In a few years, and speak of it as something unusual. We are apt to forget that here in Oregon we have a city that is quite similar. In 1910 the population of Bend was 536. By 1920, it had grown to 6,415. The present estimated pop ulation Is 10,000. Twenty years ago. Bend was only a sagebrush flat on the Deschutes river. Today it is one of Oregon's, prettiest and most progressive cities. That is quite a change to come about in a couple of decades. TJEND, like Longview, has been built by lumber. It has two great sawmills, each employing about 1400 men, and each cutting about 200 million feet of lumber per year. Their combined annual payroll is $4,000,000. Longview is built upon a founda tion of fir lumber; Bend upon a foundation of pine. There is tribu tary to it a total of IB billion feet of pine timber. It is estimated that with selec tive cutting and reforestation this timber supply will last Indefinitely. That is a reassuring statement. One would hate to think that a city as attractive and as busy as this might some day exhaust its princi pal resource and begin to slip back. AT the eastern limits of Bend " lies Pilot Butte, a volcanic cone that dominates the surrounding landscape. Pilot Butte is now a state park, Its summit reached by a spiral au tomobile road. From this summit there is a perfect view of the mar velous skyline of the Cascades, with Mount Hood glimmering in the north, and the tip of Mount Thtelsen just barely visible in the far south. Mount Jefferson, the Sisters and Bachelor Butte are so close that it seems one could reach out and touch them. OILOT Butte was a notable Iand " mark In the early days of emi gration to Oregon. From the mo ment when the ox wagons of the pioneers topped the Paulinas, far to the east, it was plainly vipib'e and they set their course by it. They were headed for the present site of Bend, because here the De Rchutes, which above and below runs through a narrow and steep canyon, wanders gently through wide and grassy meadows. In these meadows the tired oxen, after slak ing their thirst from the waters of the river, which here flows almost level with the banks, could graze their fill. After long and weary days on the desert, with water scarce and hard to find, these meadows must Indeed (Continued on page 4.) BABY FACED GOP HATER ADDS TO E "Wee Willie" Doody, Most Brutal Chicago Gunman, Shoots Restaurateur , and Policeman. Robbery Precedes Wounding of Officer, Fooled by Fugitive's Offer of Surrender. (Awoetited Presa Leased Wire) CHICAGO, June 21. "Wee Wil lie" Doody, cop hater and desper ado treading "h, trail paralleling the road the dashing, quick-firing "ter rible Tommy" O'Connor trod, had two more shootings to answer for today. They call him "Wee Willie" be cause of his stature; they call htm "Baby Face" because of his soft, clear complexion and the inno cence of his expression. But the po lice and federal authorities see be hind the child mask Chicago's most ruthless killer, most brutal gunman and an incorrigible foe of men in police uniform. Already hunted for the wounding of T. L. Jackson, nee of Chicago postal Inspectors, for the killing of Charles Levy, chief of police of Berwyn, and for the shooting dead last Tuesday night of Leon Ray mond, an Oak Park druggist, Doody today was sought for the shooting and serious wounding of a restaurant owner and policeman. Shoots, Speeds Away The latest outlawry attributed to "Babyt Face" started . last night when a gunman supposedly intend ing robbery entered the restaurant of Milton Valsouopolis on the south side. As Valsouopolis ap proached him, the desperado whipped out two pistols and fired. Valsouopolis, wounded, stumbled forward and grappled with his as sailant, as a customer seized him from the hack. When the customer went out to seek a policeman, the gunman wrenched himself free and fled, pausing In the doorway to fire several more shots at Valsou opolis. The latter may die, doctors said. Beaching the street, the gunman jumped into an automobile stopped by traffic lights, forced the driver to get out, and sped away. Robs, Shoots Again An hour later a man answering Doody 's description entered the drug store of George Denbo on th'j northwest side and stole $115. When Denbo ti led to parley witn the man, the latter replied, "No back talk. I just shot up a joint on the south side and I'm In a hurrv. I've killed a couple like you and (Continued on page 2) THREE DROWN WHEN PLANE HITS RIVER MONTREAL, June 21. The wat ers of the St. Lawrence river were being searched today for the body of C. S. Caldwell, chief pilot for Canadian Vickers, Ltd. Caldwell, Captain J. C. Jervls, former aid-de-camp to the governor-general of Canada, and Dr. William D. Morris, were killed yes terday when a seaplane, piloted by Caldwell, struck a span of high tension wires and plunged into the river. The bodies of Captain Jervls and Dr. Morris were recovered. JUDGE ADVOCATES DEPT. OF SPANKING (AwiorinttHl I'i-cm Laaoit Wire) ST. LOUIS, June 21. Federal Judge Charles B. Davis believes the government should have a "spanking department" for youth ful offenders. The court expressed this belief nfter hearing the cases of Michael Gill, and Charles Meyers, 15, both of Chicago, who pleaded guilty to unlawful interstate transporta tion of a stolen automobile from Kast St. Louis to Kt. Louis April 4. The judjre allowed the boys to go home after lecturing them to ihe two months and seventeen days (hey had served in jail, unable to give bond. THINKS GIRL SLAIN, FIANCE SUICIDES (AHalfH I'ret I.pswM Wire) CHICAGO, June 21 Julius Krlv la. -15, jumped to his death In the Chicago river last night several hours after he had choked his 16-year-old fiancee, Olea Kull, and left her for dead In Lincoln park. The girl said she was compelled by her parents to consent to marry Krfvda and that he attempted to kill her following a quarrel. Be lieving ber dead, be killed himself. REGORD Court Indites End of Writers' Domestic Tale (AwooUtctl Pre Leased Wire) SALINAS, Cal., June 21. Mrs. Lincoln Steffeus, who wrote a few months ago, 9 magazine article on "How It Feels to Be Married to An Old Man," won a divorce in su perior court here yesterday. She charged Joseph Lincoln Steffens, internationally known writer and lecturer of Carmel, with being "harsh and abusive" and said lie refused to speak to her, objected to her attending parties or dances and was jealous. The testimony was heard behind dosed doors. Steffens, born in San Francisco, attracted wide comment recently when he wrote a magazine article on "How It Feels to Be a Father at 60." Shortly after Mrs. Steffens' article philosophizing on her im pressions of an "old man" husband appeared. Mrs. Steffens, whose pen name is Ella Winters, is in her early thirties. They were married in Paris is 1924 and separated April 3 last. They have a son, Peter Stan ley Steffens, 4. Dr. John B. Horner, of the Ore gon State Agricultural college, a former resident of Boseburg, Is In Ihe city today collecting specimens from the North Umpqua river re gion for the college museum. Sev eral fine fossil specimens, he re ports, have been obtained from Tom Wharton, who secured them from the fossil bed on the North t'mpqua at the juncture with East L'mpqua or Little River. These are fossils of oyster shells, closely re sembling the eastern oyster, both in size and shape, indicating that the eastern oyster was first a western oyster. Accordiug to Professor Horner, Dr. Thomas Condon explored the North Umpqua fossil beds forty years ago, at which time the famed geologist of the University of Ore gon, collected many specimens Irom that locality for Smithsonian Institute, at Washington, D. C. The North Umpqua fossil bed. Dr. Horner states, is one of the most prolific In Oregon. While It has not been as thoroughly ex plored as the John Day bed, this is because the soft formation at the latter place permits easier work. The fossils on the North Umpqua are imbedded in a very hard forma tion, requiring difficult and careful work in recovery. The specimens, however, are better preserved as a result of this extremely hard for mation. Dr. Horner, who was accom panied by Mrs. Horner, returned to Corvallis this afternoon. SON OF HOOVER'S AIDE LOSES LEG IN BICYCLE ACCIDENT (.Wx-ialifl IT-mi tawtl Win-) WASHINGTON. June 21. Wal ter H. Newton, administrative as sistant to President Hoover, is speeding today to his home in Min neapolis to the bedside of his 6 y ear-old son, John Marshall, who Is in a critical condition as the result of a street car accident late yester day. Mr. Newton's son was run down while ho was riding a bicycle and the information here is that sur geons found It necessary to ampu tate one leg and that it may be necessary to remove the other. CHAMPION ORATOR OF U. S. COLLEGES MISSOURI JUNIOR (AmwoiatM ITmw I-wmeil Wire) LOS ANGELES. June 21 Lex King Souter. 25, a junior In William Jewell college. Liberty, Mo., last night won the college oratorical championship of the United States by defeating six other zone cham pions in the finals of the fifth na tional collegiate oratorical contest on the constitution. The new champion who repre sened the midwestern zone, made a plea that "we re-evaluate our re lations with the constitution." The contest Is fostered and supported by the 'Better American Federation. Robert G. Goodwin, Wabash col lege, Crawfordsville, lnd., represent ing the centroi zone, was awarded serend place and $l,0'U) by a group of seven judges, headed by Will Rogers, stage and screen come dian. Third place went to John Patrick McEnery, Santa Clara uni versity. Santa Clara, Calif., who was the Pacific zone champion. He received a prize of 1750. Other winners: Other winners: Fourth Milton 11. Williams, Wesleyan university. Connect irut. representing New England zone. J5r.f". Fifth Robert M. Sglth. St. James College, Brook 1) 11. repre senting the eastern zone, $450. DOCTOR SNOOK CONFESSES TO University Professor Says Hammer and Knife Used in Quarrel Over His Family. Sobbing Prisoner Declare He Will Plead Guilty to First Degree Charge, Expected Today. (AwopUtod Prp Leased Wire) COLUMBUS, O., Juno .21. The confession of Dr. James H. Snook, 49, dismissed Ohio Stat university professor, thut he killed 25-year-old Theora Hlx, his pupil-paramour, was ready for the county grand jury today. Just one week from the day the Rlrl was beaten and slash ed to dentil. He killed her, he said, because Bhe threatened the life of- bis wife and child. The confession, announced at midnight by County Prosecutor John J. Chester. Jr., was held for tile grand Jury, with Chester's pre diction that a first degree, murder indictment would be returned be fore evening. Hringfng to an end 23 hours of questioning. Snook lost bis iron nerve, sobbing like a child, told the prosecutor and police heads that he was ready to "tell everything." Hammer and Knife Used. The confession that followed de clared that he had struck the girl on the head with a hammer during a violent quarrel In his automobile parked at a lonely rifle range near here on the night of June 13. nni that, realizing her skull was frac tured, he took out his pen knife and slit her throat "to relieve her suffering." The quarrel, he said, followed the girl's protests against bis plan to leave Ihe city over the week-end with his family and ber thrent to kill bis wife and two-year-old daughter if he went. As the alter cation became more bitter, the confession said. Miss Hlx reached for her handbag In which at times she carried a small piHtol tbnt Dr. Snnok bad given her. Then follow ed the struggle In which Dr. Snook raid he snatched up the hammer in the car and struck her on the head. "She continued (to fight) desper ately and an increasing number of blows of increasing force were necessaiy to stop her" ho said. "Realizing then, no doubt, that her skull was fractured and to relieve her suffering, I severed her jugu lar vein Willi mv pocket knife." Girl Had No Gun. After lie was convinced the girl was dead, Dr. Snook said he "pro ceeded to pick up the things that bad been scattered during the struggle, leaving her body at that point." Dr. Snook said he then went home tossing the girl's handbag in the Scioto river as he drove over a bridge. The gun, he said, was not in the purse. The doctor expressed to Chester (Continued on page 8) CAR LEAVES GRADE AND MAN SUFFERS INJURIES TO SCALP R. T. Robinson, Southern Pa cl(ic engineer of this city, suffered severe scalp wounds, and Is con clned to the hospital as a result of running off the grade yesterday. Robinson was driving bis NhkIi se dan yesterday afternoon when the car ran oft the grade one mile south of town. He was removed to the hospital anil Is under the care of Dr. K. J. Wainscolt who reports his condition as not being seri ous. CALIFORNIA HEAT RANGES UP TO 112 SAM FRANCISCO. June 21 The United Slates weather bureau predicted that the highest tempera tare so far this season would he recorded here today. At 5 o'clock this morning. Ihe mercury hit 6 degrees, seven higher than that re corded at Ihe same time yesterday A temperature of 9(1 degrees here yesterday was the hottest day Ihif year. Cities throughout California were In the grip of Intense heal yesterday. Ihe highest tempera lure being recorded at. Drawley. where the maximum was 113. Oth er high spots were reported as fol lows: Imperial Valley. 112: Colusa. 102; Reillands, in; Paso Robles. 106; Riverside. HH; Kan Bernsr dlno, 110; Sarramento. 100; Ro mona, 100; Modesto, 100; San Jose. 96: I .os Angeles. 92; Fresno. 90; Santa llarbara, 98, and Santa Rosa 98. I K II Keep Up Cleanup, Mayor's Appeal PROCLAMATION Clean Up and Paint Up and Keep It Up! Know all Men, Women and Children by these presents: That, whereas the clean up and paint up campaign has re sulted in many advantages to community life where conduct ed In places throughout the United States In safeguarding HEALTH, In promoting THRIFT, In furthering FIRE PREVEN TION, In stimulating CIVIC PRIDE, and In making the HOME, CITY AND COUNTRY BEAUTIFUL. Now, therefore, be it known that plans have been perfected for a thorough clean up and paint up campaign In Roseburg, beginning June 20, 1929. This date is to mark the opening of a real campaign of persistent and constructive effort In cleaning up and keeping It up. In this worthy movement we urge each citizen to do his or her best part to make our community CLEAN, HEALTHY, THRIFTY, SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL. Signed: E. V. HOOVER, Mayor. CARAVAN DUE IN The Rod wood Highway Associa tion caravan, touring north from SHn Francisco to British Columbia, will arrive in lioseburg Sunday af ternoon at 1 o'clock, according to present arrangements, and will re main here for luncheon, leaving at 2:30 o'clock. The caravan will consist of some of the most prominent men and women of San Francisco, including personal representatives of (iover nor ('. C. Young and the mayor of San Francisco, together with su pervisors of the county and city, mayors, count-Union, chamber of commerce executives and numer ous others from the Redwood Km pi re. The Cultforninna will be met at the new llnutchl bridge by a large Oregon delegation, which will In clude Governor Patterson. The bridge, which crosses Smith river near Crescent City, will eliminate the present had road at that place, and will practically complete the Redwood highway. Dedication cere monies will be conducted nnd Ihe Callfnrnlans will then go to Omuls Pass for Ihe night. They will leave (here at 9 a. m., and will reach Roseburg at 1 p. in. A local delegation will meet tile visitors at the city limits, escort ing them into Ihe clly, and joining In a luncheon at the UiniKpin ho tel. There will be a short talk by a local speaker, and the visitors will provide the rest of the program. MASSACHUSETTS SEEKS TO REOPEN EXCISE TAX CASE ( Auutriiilrtl I'rt'm I-aixil Wire) WASHINGTON, June 21. Mas sachusetts today asked the su preme court to reconsider lis re cent nix-to three decision In the Macallen case In which the court set aside as Invalid excise taxes imposed on corporations. The petition declared the decis ion threatened seriously to disrupt the tax systems of California, New York, Oregon, Washington nnd other slates. California, Oregon and Washington have been permitted by the court to join Massachusetts in urging a rehearing. 26 CONVICTS YET UNCAUGHT IN TEXAS ( ApuwH-lalnl rrcm I.ra-! Wire) SWKKNKY, Tex., June 21. Twenty seven of the 4'I convicts who kidnaped three guards early Thursday and escaped from Clem ens prison farm near here were accounted for today. Seventeen wre captured by posses which formed all over Ibis section when the escape alarm was given and nine were taken in the vicinity of Retrieve farm. Mrs. W. M. llicknisn. wife of the captain of Clemens farm, said that Ihe body of fine con let had been seen floating in the Ilernard river below tlie farm. WESTERPACIFIC EXTENSION DENIED WASHINGTON. June 21.- The Western Pacific railroad today was denied permission by the Interstate Commerce commission to construct a branch line In San Joaquin coun ty, California. The line would have extended from Brock eastward to the west side of Boyce road for about three miles. The Southern Pacific company opposed the application SPANISH FLYER TRIES FOR U. S. IN THREE LAPS Franco, Who Spanned South Atlantic, Aiming for N. Y. Via Azores and Halifax. Charles W. Parkhurst and Viola Gentry Take Off on Attempt to Set Endurance Mark. (Auwlntftl I'rcM Uaal Wire) CAKTACiKNA, Spain, June 21. Major Ramon Franco, ci'U'bi'Hti'rt Siumlsh aviator, who flow across (lie south Atlantic In l'Jiti, look otf hero today at 4: GO p. in (10:50 n. m. K. s. T.) for tho Azores islands on tho first lap of a fllKht to New York. The plane has eleven gasoline tanks holding 4,110 liters (ahout !)00 gallons) and an uverage speed of loo miles an hour. The Itinerary, as given out hero, calls for the following stopping places: the Azores, Halifax, New York, Newfoundland and back again to northern Spain, the en tire trip taking about ten days. Advices from Cartagena said that the major might fly directly from the Azores to New York without stopping at Halifax, but this pre sumably depended upon the situa tion on reaching the North Ameri can coast. Major Franco took off from Al cazares air field, near Carlagenas, with three companions. The Span ish fliers are scheduled to make their first Btop at the Azores which they should much by K:!i0 a. m. SalunlHy, Madrid tltno (2:30 a. m. 10. S. T.). Major Franco will spend the day at the Azores. Ho plans to take off for New York at li p. in. Saturday (noon K. S. T.). New Record 8ought HOOKHVKI.T PIKMJ, N. V.. June 21. Viols (iitnlry, rornior holder of the women's solo endur ance fllsht record, and Charles V. Parkhurst, former Instructor at Roosevelt field flying school, look off at 11:22:15 o'clock, eastern daylight time, today on a refueling endurance flight. They were Hying a light biplane with a 1 10-llorsepower engine. The plane Is called "Tho Answer" and Ihe refueling ship Is called "The reclamation Point," names recall ing the title of the famous army endurance plane, "The (Question Mark". The Kxclamallon Point will be flown by lOmll lluruln and the 50 font hose will bo handled at Hie refueling ship end by Harold Wild' er. Tin? Answer had 114 gallons of fuel when it went aloft and It was not planned to refuel until this evening. The refueling endurance flight record is hold by Hog itobbllls and James Kelly who kept the plane "Fort Worth" in the air for 172 hours, 32 minutes and one second, beating the time of the army "Question Murk" by 21 hours 51 minutes and 10 seconds. Miss Gentry Renowned Miss (iolitry is known as "the (Continued on pago 7) STALLARD STARTS NEW PETITION TO REPEAL DRY LAW fAwlflc VtfM LraM'tl Wire) SALKM, Ore., June 21. Jnltla tlve petitiooH HeekhiK repeal of the hi ale prohibition amendment Unn been filed in the slate department here by II. II. Stallard of Portland. The petition ban liwn rorerrfd to Ihe attorney K''ii'ial for a ballot title. In cane Hiifflclent KignatureB are obtained the nu'HHtire will go on the ballot at the Keneral elec tion in November, 1930. A similar measure was Initiated by Mr. Stallard two years ayo, hut failed to nerure a HUfficient num ber of signal ures. COFFEE, BAKING POWDER AND YEAST MERGER PLANNED NKW YOKK. June 21. A plan for the merger of the KI'dKehmann eoinpany, the Itoyal llakinK Pow der mm party and R W. fllltetl Company, Ltd.. Into a lino.Q'to.ooo rorieern whs sent to stoek holders of the rompanies by J, I'. Morgan and company lodHy. AcrpiiHltlon hy separate purchase of the coffee firm of ('base and Sandborn Is aho part of the plan. 'i he new company will have one million shares of cumulative pre ferred stock without par value, to carry dividends at the rate of $7 per share a year. It also will have twenty million share of common stock without par value. Antwerp Draws Color Line On Haitien Envoy (AhKM'Iatr-d Pr LcsimhI Wire) PAH1S. June 21. Stephen Alex is, HaiMen charged' affuireH at Antwerp, Belgium, who was ex cluded from the Montpuruusse ball Tuesday evening because of bis color with the explanation that the presence of negroes was distaste ful to American customers, has written a letter of complaint to Premier Poincuire and Foreign Minister Hriand. In the letter he asked whether a citizen of the only country In the western hemisphere whose official language is French ought to be t rented that way in France. The French government is un able to take any official notice of the letter, however, because It was written in tho personal name of the complainant and the Haitien legation has announced that it will make no representations. In official circles it was held that the exclusion of Alexis because of bis color was Illegal and Involved grounds for personal court action since no color line Ib existent in France. Kven were tho Haitien le gation to take the matter up alt Ihe government could do would be to express regrets and bring to the attention of the establishment that it was liable to court action for damages if It continued to treat negroes that way. In bis letter Alexis complained that be was visiting the Montpar nasse establishment for dinner with a princess of the royal house of Kgypt when he was refused ad mittance to the ballroom. Seventy-flvo buHlness. mon,: and farmers of (Ifendale and the Cow creek valley gathered around the banquet table of the (ilendale Chamber of Commerce in Kaffer's restaurant in (Ilendale last night and organized a greater chamber of commerce for that district, with the result that some thirty new members were ndded to the al ready strong organization. The meeting was presided over hy President Kberle. A. C. Marstcrs, president of the Hoschurg Cham ber of Commerce, was the princi pal speaker of the evening. Reverend J. K. Howard respond ed to Mr. Marstern' address with an Inspirational talk on coopera tion, followed by a short lalk by Dr. A. J. Kawcelt. Dr. Fawcetl gave the facts about Chamber of Commerce membership and urged those present who were not. mem bers to sin up. The dues of the (tlendale Chamber are three dol lars annually and meetings are held tho third Monday of each month. As an Illustration of the actual practical value of such an organi zation as the Chamber of Com merce lo the community, C. A. Thomas told of the wood promo tion campaign of northwest lumber employes and urged the (ilendale Chamber to back the movement. It was decided to devote time at the next regular meeting for a definite action on this campaign. W. C. Harding, secretary of the Koseburg Chain ber of Commerce, (old of practical organization mat ters. Other Kosehui'g guests at the banquet were Maurice Newlaiid, La Verne Huwu and Harris Klls worlh. - -o- GODLY SPIRIT, NOT BLUE LAW, NEEDED, LUTHERANS AVER CHICAGO, Juno 21.-Over-slrlcl Sabbath observances and blue laws were condemned today at the 31th triennial convention of the Kvan gclical Lutheran synod as not faith fully interpreting Christianity and as causing barm. "The ChrlMiau religion is not a freed of morbid rest rlet Ions and dampening prohibitions." it was de clared In a statement of the church's code of belief. "The Luth eran church believes that I hone teachers In the outward Christian church who Imdst. upon the Old Testament spirit and legislation for a day and hkh when "old things are passed away" are not only misin terpreting the evident Intention of our lord, but are guilty of the more serious sin of keeping men away trom Christ.." In denouncing efforts to restore Puritanical Kahbalh obsei vances, the Lutheran confessions asserted that, the Sabbath era lias passed away. "Futher, legislation can only re strain,' 'the statement adds, "it can not reform. Uwh can remove temp tation to do wrong, but they can not make a man will to do right. They can close up baseball parks and movie houses, but (hey cannot make a man temperate. Only the spirit of Ond, working through the gospel, can produce real morality and righteousness," LI CREATING SINGLE SCHOOL! BOARD UPHELD State Supreme Court Says Legislative Act Only Revisory and Tax Not Increased. No Misleading Language iri Measure; Appointment of Regents Held Within Constitution. (. ior la tod I'reM Ihmh1 Wire) SALEM, Ore., June 21. The net of the 1929 legislature creating a slate board of higher education to have charge of tho affairs of the University of Oregon, Oregon State college and Btato normal schools, is constitutional, accord ing to an opinion of the state su preme court handed down here to day. ' The opinion was written by Jus tice Uelt In a suit brought by L, Smith and other taxpayers of Portland against Governor Patter son and other slate officials. All of Ihe justices concurred in the opin ion, with the exception of Justice Li row n. Who Is absent on account of Illness. "The 1J129 act Is a revisory stat ute," read the supreme court opin ion. "It 1h not a revenue producing measure. There Is merely a con tinuance of the tax levies previ ously authorized. No additional tax burden will bo Imposed. It will be observed that a tax levy of two and four hundredths mills equals In the aggregate tite several tax levies made prior la 199.. Wheth er this act Is held constitutional or unconstitutional, plaintiff, bt reason thereof, is obliged to pay tho same amount of taxes. We can see no way In which he has been Injured. Intent Held Clear "In construing the statute we look to what the legislature had. In mind to accomplish. Clearly, there was no intention to create additional funds. The allocation of the fundB was t,he problem which the legislature undertook to and did solve. "The provisions of the prior stat utes have been reenforced In the ainendalory act and. In addition thereto, there have been incorpor ated certain sections pertaining Lo the control and management of in stitutions of higher education, all of which are germane to the title. No legislator who read the title of the amendatory act could have been misled as to Its subject mut ter. The words 'to provide for tho . . .support , . . of the state insti tution of higher learning' are suf ficiently broad and comprehensive for the re-enactment of tho tax levies in question. "Assuming, hut not deciding, that the act of 1929 was one 'regulating taxation' and for that reason violates Article IX, Section 1A, of the Oregon constitution In that an emergency w as declared, it Is Immaterial In this proceeding as the time for Invoking the refer endum has elapsed. Kven though the emergency clause were const i (Contlnuco on page 8) ATHLETICS BEAT YANKS IN OPENER (AMUH-ialftt I'roM t .() Wirn) YANK KK STADIUM. New York. June 21. The Athletics pounded three Yankee pitchers, Including the once incomparable Pennock, for sixteen hits before fiR.OOO fans here today to win tite fut game of the doiibleheader II to 1. I Soli drove hung up his eleventh vlc iniy as Al Simmons hit It's fif teenth nnd sixteenth home runs. HitiM also hit for the circuit. Simmons pounded Yankee hurl ers for five hits in five limes at bat and drove in three runs. Miller batted in five markers. The vic tory Increased Ihe lead of the Mark men over the champions to el;.' tit and one half games. Itabe Ruth assumed hi custom ary place in right field. The rinal score: It. II. F. Philadelphia - 11 16 0 New York 1 7 3 -o- WILL H. HAYS DIVORCED Mw-lnti! IT-M I.m- Wire) SULLIVAN. Ind.. June 21. Will 11. Hays, former postmaster gener al, now president of the motion picture producers and distributors of America, was granted a divorce in the Sullivan county circuit court yesterday from Airs. Helen Hays. Hays was given custody of their young son, William Harrison Hnys, Jr. The action filed some time ago by Hays was not contested by Mrs. Hays,
