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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION -.- Full Associated Press Leased Wire Service 12 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER SEE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER OP THIS PAGE. . VOLUME XXIX . MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O. LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1931 EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER NUMBER 145) fcttPttttW TAXPROGRAM IS PREPARED FOR OREGON Four or Five Prospective Bills May Wipe Out State Tax on Property. 'CALL MEMBERS OF TAX COMMISSION House Bill 174 May be Dropped, But This Does Not Mean Immediate Return of Money. SALEM, Feb. 13 (?) Out ot a series of conferences by legislative leaders during the post two years has grown what is considered the well-defined tax program ot the present session. It embraces a group of four or five prospective bills calculated to wipe cut completely the state tax on prop- criy next year and thereafter by in creasing the rate of the present ex cise tax law from 6 to 8 per cent, .4 re-enacting the intangibles tax act "with an 8 instead, of a 6 per cent rate, and possibly Increasing the range of the Income tax rate from 1 . to 8 per cent Instead of from 1 to 5 per cent as at present. The assessment and taxation com mittees of the two houses have formulated this program after call ing into conference the members of the state tax commission, one of the conferences being In the office of Governor Julius L. Meier yesterday. Muy Drop 11. 11, 17-1 If this group of measures is launch ed the committee will drop houso bill 174. which provides for enactment of a retroactive intangibles tax law. at the 5 per cent rate to cover Incomes lor 1929, and which was deolgned to jnake unnecessary - a refund of the tax collected for that year under the old act that -was held unconstitu tional by the supreme court. This does not mean, however, that the tax committees will surrender immediately to the demand for a re fund. It is planned to Include an other bill :n the new group which would authorize a refund of collec tions under any tax act that might be invalidated by the courts. An ef- fort will be made to appyj the in- tangibles case to tiia Unrl States supreme courts Shouid tt.e court refuse to accept the case, or sjjould it affirm the'stRto adprnft:JOiL(iv then the general act authorizing a refuud vould be applied to the Intangibles collections of 1029. After a study of authorities tax leaders think there is no doubt that the case is appeal able, since the state court's decision hinged on the interpretation of a provision of the iednval constitu tion. It Ik pointed out, however, that should the tax commission make the refund now, or should the house bill providing for a refund be pi.ssed by the legislature, the In tangibles tax cose In which the state supreme court made its decree would remain simply a moot case and prob ably not bo accepted in the court at Washington. No Higher Than Average In defense of the proposal to en act a new Intangibles law with an 8 per cent rate it is said that this is not as high as that in many states and no higher than the average. In their calculations looking to elimination of the state tax on prop erty the legislative leaders are not considering the -2 mill elementary school tax, which Is not considered a state lax although it is adminls . tered by the state tax commission. . t Assuming that the excise and pcr f sonal income taxes were not changed and the intangibles tax not re-enacted it is estimated that the levy on property in, 1932 would be $4, 428,240. By increasing the rate of (Continued on Page Five) WALTER HALL GETS YEAR IN COUNTY JAIL In circuit court this morning Wal ter Hall, recently convicted on a charge of illegal possession of a still, was fined $50 and sentenced to servo one year in the county Jail. Victor Seaborg, convicted on a forgery charge Wednesday, was given tho maximum sentence of two years In the state penitentiary. The court adjourned until nine o'clock Monday morning, when the ense of the State of Oregon vs. Charles L. Poffenberger will be tried. Poffenberger is charged with illegal possession of a still. Auditors Begin On County Books Charles R. Logan, of Portland and The Dalles, today began the work of auditing all the county treasurer's records, which will probably require several weeks' time, for all records will be carefully checked, as usual. Mr. Logan and one assistant arc here today, and additional assistants will arrive in a few days. Mr. Logan has audited the county records three times ln previous years, and is therefore familiar with the local sit uation. wr.Tin;it fokkcast Oregon: Increasing cloudiness to- a night and Saturday, unsettled in " the west portion. No changes In temperature. 0 Moderate southeast winds off- shore. WEATHER TODAY 7:30 a. m. 20 above. 6 Minimum: 20 above. " Condition: clear. WEATHER YESTERDAY Maximum 44. minimum 22 above. Condition: clear. WEATHER FEB. 13. I!30 Maximum 43. minimum 32 above. Condition: cloudy, rain .43 of on Inch. Birth Control Bill Hearing On In Washington Scores of Advocates Pack .Senate Judiciary Sub committee Room Dur ing the Day. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 m Scores of advocates of birth control packed the committee room today as hear ings on the Giliett bill to. legalize dissemination of contraceptive in formation opened before a senate Judiciary sub -committee. The day was to be devoted to hear ing proponents of the bill, with to morrow given over to Its opponents. The bill of Senator Gillett, Repub lican, Massachusetts, was described "as the most important piece of social legislation to come before you at this time or any other time," by Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn, of Hartford, Connecticut. She declared the ques tion or birth control is at the bottom of all prevailing social Ills, including poverty and unemployment. . Traces Its History Mrs. Margaret Sanger, of New York, the country's foremost birth control advocate, was introduced by Mrs. Hep burn. A woman of middle age. quietly dressed in brown, Mrs. Sanger traced the history of the birth control In the United States. ' Speaking in an earnest voice, she contended the federal law now in force "interferes with laws in 47 states that permit a physician to give his patient scientific contra ceptive information." (Continued on Page Five) Evangelists To Be Speakers At Baptist Church Albert and Daniel Rosoff, father and son, recognized as the greatest evangelists to the Jews in America, will occupy the pulpit of the Baptist church here Sunday at 11 o'clock and again at the evening service at 7:30. The father Is a singer of International reputation, and has appeared in this country and abroad on the concert platform and in grand opera with the world's greatest voices, including Caruso and Melba. He will sing at both services. Daniel, the son. is a powerful and dramatic speaker, having been a practicing attorney in Detroit pre vious to his conversion. At one of the services he probably will tell how he. a Jew, was converted to Christianity, and also his wife and his father. Daniel' also has musical ability, and father and son sing, duets as' well as solos' He is a graduate of the Detroit college of Law and of the University of Michigan, and has been heard in over 400 churches in the South, and in 76 churches In Texas. Both men are members of Baptist churches, and are acmlatmcd and en dorsed by the leaders of their own denomination, such as Dr. George W. Truett, of Dallas, Texas, and also by prominent men of practically every denonunatlon in the country. Their unusual power and appeal has brought great crowds to hear them wherever they have spoken, and in many towns there were no audi toriums large enough to care for those who wished to hear the mes sages. The Rosoffs wish to give a special invitation to people of the Jewish faith to attend the services here. Everyone is welcome. Organize Union County For Red Cross Campaign WU-s, Charles Graham, of La Grande, who is chairman for the Red Cross campaign tit the territory outside of La Grande, has been busy with her coterie of helpers organizing differ ent centers in Union county, in the effort to complete the raising of the county's quota of 81000 for the re lief of the drouth sufferers. The committee has met splendid coopera tion and will soon have someone re sponsible in each of the centers to receive any contributions. It is hoped that the work of organization may be completed by Saturday. The committee announces that any amount will be acceptable, and the small gifts as well as the larger ones will all be necessary to secure the total needed. If ot the close of the drive a list of contributors Is pub lished, this committee assured all county contributors that no amounts will be released for publication. All gifts are equally acceptable, they state. An arrangement has been made with the Blue Mountain creamery of La Grande, the committee also an nounces, whereby those who wish to assist in this movement, and who have no cosh contribution to make, may bring in contributions of wheat and this will be converted Into cash. Baker Not Selling Butter Substitute baker, ore. Feb 12 (snecuu, n. Ann,!t of i hp H'.ker county butter commit- ct- nil b-.a one of the food merchants have oijreed not to sell butter substitutes The commit tee called on . racers Weovesday af ternoon and five ow cn-'ns nanus the words, "we ao not sell butter sub- Grocers In the small towns win also be asked to co-ope.-a:e in the movement to eliminate (lie use of butter substitutes. ... Phil T. Fonner u'ns f:l'Cted com mittee chalrmsn ana Mi J Dorothy Parkins was e.ected m-:r ary. Tax Mee ting Will Be Held Feb. 21 Following two mrei.ng held here yesterday, the ciooing day of the Economics conference, it is an nounced todoy that the Trix Equal. z ation league has called a public meeting to be held nt iht Sacajawea Inn ballroom on P?b- 21 at 2:30 p. m. 1 All who are m'.'-rf id in taxation ! problems are to intend. This ; subject is ol majfr Importance to property owners. NOMINATIONS ACCEPTED BY 24 MEMBERS Slate Cleared for Election of 12 Chamber of Commerce Directors GIVE PREFERENCE FOR PRESIDENT M embers May Signify Their Choice Ballots , to be R e t u r n e d Not Later Than Feb. 21. Twenty-four members of the Union county riv.mber of commerce have been nominated and have accepted their nominations, it was announced today at noon. Ballots with the 24 names and a space wherein one may write his preference for president will be mailed soon and must be marked and returned to the chamber of com merce office not later than Saturday Feb. 21. ' . The nominations follow: H. E. Coolldge, Le3ter Bramwell, R. J. Green, Charles Reynolds, George H. Currey, F. A. Epling, H. E. Brady, A. W. Nelson. Harry McKlnlay. P. R. Flnlay, Fred Henning. Dr. Ray Murphy, Gene Walker, J. T. Long fellow, Chet Thompson, K. J. Mc Wil liams. Charles Playle, Max Sarvls. George Birnle, J. S. Jenkins. Hugh Leonard, Oscar Warnock, H. G. Avery and Ernest DcLong. TIGERS TO MEET BAKER QUINTET Close, Exciting Game Anticipated Baker to Send Fans to Contest La Grande High, school will make Its fourth attempt to break Into the winning column of the "Big Four" of Eastern Oregon tonight at the Rec reational hall when It plays the Ba ker High basketball team. The Tigers have been defeated one game eaoh by Baker,, Pendleton and. Mac-Hl, and hope to reverse tho count,; ft least against Baker .this evening. At Baker, ln a narrow hall, the Tigers were defeated by a compara tively small score, and there is hope that the Bulldogs may be bested In La Grande. The contest is scheduled for 8 o'clock and the largest crowd of the season is expected. Tomorrow night the Tigers go to Union. . IlAKi:it TO PLAY TWO CI AM US BAKER. Ore., Feb. 13 . (Special) Tho Baker Bulldogs will play two of their most exciting games Fri day and Saturday evenings with La Grande and Wallowa. Tho Baker La Grande game on Friday evening will probably be the best game of the season. The Bulldogs havo de feated them once this season by a , very small score. If the Baker play 1 ers have any breaks at all they will ' nrobably win the contest. Since Ba ker has already beaten them once this will moke La Grande more anx ious and determined to win this game, and the score will no doubt be a close one; The Wallowa team will play the Bulldogs Saturday night in Wal lowa. This will probably be the toughest game of tho two because the Wallowa team is tougher than over on its own floor, but the Bull dogs defeated them also ln a re cent game. All the teams in Eastern Oregon (Continued on Page Six) WILL IMPROVE MARKET ROAD NEAR SUMMIT In accordance with the request of a committee from Medical Springs which last week visited the county court session asking that work bo provided for the unemployed of that vicinity, the county surveyors are now laying out a 1 mile project of straightening and Improvement on the Catherine Creek-Medical Springs I market road on the summit about i six miles this side of Medical Springs. ; The surveying work is being delayed somewhat because the ground In that ' locality is still covered with 10 to 18 ! Inches of snow. However, the work i will probably be completed by the middle of next week, and a number ! of men will then be given employ j merit ln clearing, grading, and , straightening this section of road. ' All of Oregon Counties Placed In "Drouth" List Are Not Pleased Offer of the secretary of agrlcul- ; ture to provide relief from the drouth ! j fund to ten Oregon counties has not met with approval from Oregon, ac i tordine to a news dispatch sent the Orcgonlan last night from its Wash ington bureau. The Btory continues: At least not all of the ten counties desire relief and some, particularly Union county, has token occasion to I resent the Imputation that it has ; ; had crop failure or is in financial difficulties. Everyone thought Ore-j ; gon did not belong ln the drouth . class until farmers from Gilliam : county met and sent a request for ; , loans to finance their summer fol- l , lowing. This request was directed i ( to Senator Stelwer, who submitted , . It to Secretary Hyde. i Secretary Hyde communicated with ; i Paul Marias, of the extension service i of Oregon State college, inquiring ; j about Oregon conditions. On the ad-: ; vlco of Mr. Marias, the secretary an- t j nounced that ten counties were ellgi-i ! ble. He named the counties and the first protest came immediately from VANDERBILT TELLS STORY OF MUSSOLINI His Version of Hit-Kun Affair is Made Pub lic in Los Angeles BUTLER TWISTED YARN, HE CLAIMS Hints at Other Issues Threatens Suit if But ler Makes Only "One Overt Act." LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 (P) Cor nells Vanderbllt Jr., today told his version of the Mussolinln hit-run story for which Major General Smedley D. Butler was ordered to face court martial, and asserted the anecdote would have "proved merely a squib compared to Issues which testimony taking would have made public" hod tho court martial not been called off. Vanderbllt said General Butler "took tv story of mine, twisted It around to score a point for himself, and made me the goat." "Testimony I would have given at Butler's court marital," Vanderbllt said, "would have brought out state ments made by the general at a gath ering of members of the American affiliated lecture bureau last Novem ber. "These statements," he said, con cerned "failure of a foreign power to live up to the terms of the naval pact entered into last year between tho United States, Great Britain and Japan.' Vanderbllt said the third speaker at the November meeting of the lec turo bureau in New York, at which he and Butler spoke, was "an official or a loreign government." i Vamlerbllt'H story-- I : - Vanderbilt's story of the" Mussolini I incident was as follows: I "I was riding with Mussolini, who drove. A small child ran in front of tho machine at a sharp turn in the road and was hit. I looked bock to see If the child was hurt. Mussolini placed his -bond on my knee and sold 'never look back, Vanderbllt, al ways look ahead In life'." Butler heard the story in a con fidential meeting, Vanderbllt said. :j.-v'If 'I had beon-called, to the- sbnnttv I should have been prepared wi'ii 40 affidvalts from persons bearing me out in my contention that Gencrnl Butler misquoted mc. I should have been forced to tell what the other two speakers. Including General But ler. Bald ln November. "One overt act on the part of Gen eral Butler will result in my filing a legal action that will bring all these fact to light. I will not sue to collect monetary damages. The suit will ijo for the purpose of disclosing the manifold angles arising out of the Mussolini Incident, and the other issues." WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (JP) Major General Smedley D. Butler of the marines could not be reached today at his Quanttco. Va., post but his counsel. Major Henry Leonard, said he had heard nothing of Cornelious Vanderbilt's reported plans to sue (Continued on Pago Five) DEADLY GAS OVERCOMES 48 FIRE FIGHTERS ROCHESTER. N, Y., Feb. 13 P) j With 40 firemen, including three but- talion chiefs, In hospitals, and many i more recovering from smoke and gas poisoning after receiving first aid. a ! five hour flro was extinguished this ! morning, putting an end to a sltua- ! tion which overcame entire com- panics. , Smoke and carbon monoxide gas ' formed when water came ln contact i i with burning fuel oil in the base-, ment of a retail store building, and j ! dropped firemen by the scores. Even ! ! those with gas masks were overcome t almost as rapidly as those without, ; J More than 100 firemen were affected. ' i Emergency first aid stations were set up near the fire by nurses and j Internes and ambulances kept up steady runs to and from hospitals, i Spectators aided surviving fire- men to rescue those who were over- come. Queen Helen May Wed Col. Skeletti L LONDON, Feb. 13 UP) Bucharest society reports that Queen Helen, un able to hold the love of her hand some prince, now King Carol, plans to marry a Rumanian officer. Colonel Skeletti, were published here today. Union. That county considers Its in clusion a reflection and did not hesi tate to say so. No such resentment, however, has come from counties in Eastern Washington, in whose behalf Senator Jones and Representative Summer have asked for 91,000.000. l ew Likely to Nlgn . If the blank forms for loans that are used ln the drouth section are sent to farmers in Oregon not many are likely to sign. It Is almost, like taking the pauper's oath. Right at the top of the form is a warning that the farmer is subject to a fine of 61000 or six months ln Jail if he violates the provisions of the applica tion. He must specify that he will buy only seed. feed, fertilizer or fuel oil for tractors. He must tell how many children he has and their ages: how much he planted ln 1B29 and 1930: how many years he has not paid his taxes or interest. He must Itemize Just what he will buy with the money (Continued on Pago Four) SCOTLAND YARD UNDER FIRE Tltls Is the entrance to Scot la ml Yard, London's famous detective headquarters, now under fire. The yard ami the cltv's police force are iimler command or Lord B.vng (Inset), whimc resignation 1ms I mth demanded on grounds of age ami Inefficiency. Report show 24 unsolved murders within three years, three of them occurring In January of this year. - Present Day Is Tm WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 m Through a microphone placed upon tho tnble at which Abraham Lincoln signed the emancipation proclama tion, President Hoover told the American people last night that tlie present furnishes a critical test for tho principles and ideals of his great predecessor. Today as In Lincoln's day, he told his radio audience, states' rights, the relationship of federal, stote and lo cal government ' rosntylbUltie, fprnv tho dominant problem " "Victory over this depression and over our other difficulties," he sold, '..'will bo won by the resolution of our people to fight thoir own bot tle In their own communities, by stimulating their ingenuity to solve their own problems, by taking now courage to bo masters of their own destiny In tho Htrugglo of life. This is not the easy way, but it is the (Continued on Tngo Four) , It's Friday The Thirteenth So -J Watch YourStcZH CHICAGO, 'Feb. 13 P Don;for todoy: Avoid falling out of ten. twei Ty or even thirty story buildings. Keep out of the way of tr flon trucks. . ' Don't strike matches near pen cans filled with gasoline. M It's Friday the 13th. chtei' -lny of them nil to the BUjjiJK v.Mfmt it can't bo helped. Look at the calendai v ' . TimtTKKNTII CHIC: .ORN MARION, O., Feb. l jflv-Friday tho thirteenth brought tl; thirteenth daughter to tho homc'tyr K and Mrs. Chauncey ChandlerV whe J Mde on a furm near here. 'The i -lMier is 41 years of age and .the J SUlcst daughter is 20. Ten of the 13 V v. all tors ore living and reside will ., eir parents. r Spinal Meningitis Epidemic "Raging" SHANGHAI, Feb. 13 Kuo Mln, news agency of tho notional govern ment skid today a spinal meningitis epidemic was "raging" ln Click lung province. A Hangchow dispatch wild that out of 812 cases at Hainlng, 75 miles southwest of Shanghai, 610 died. Provincial authorities were said to be responding to "widespread urgent calls irom various areas asking help." Korelgn health authorities here Ih'.ucd a warning urging the adoption of preventive measures locally. Snake Business Is Becoming a Racket BOSCOBEL, Wis., Feb. 13 fTi This snake business has become a rufket. At least Hint's what Rome of the citizens around here allege. Several snake hunters, they charge, get the rattles from rattle snakes, collect a bounty and then turn the creatures loose to propagate' More Quakes Hit In New Zealand WELLINGTON. New Zealand. Feb. 13 uV) A large section of New Zea land was rocked today by severe earthquakes. In the Hawkes Bay re ft Ion of North Island the tremors were much more intense than those which devastated the district last wefk. Shocks of varying Intensity wore recorded also throughout the Otago province of South Island. Chimneys fell at Qiieenstowu and household goods were dislodged In Dunedln. Communications with Napier and Hawkes Bay area were disrupted, but later re -established. TRAIL SUSPECTS ACROSS NATION ! G e o r g i a Men Arrested, One at Helix, Or'e. And The Other at Centralia PENDLETON, Ore., Feb. 13 (P) Trolled across the continent for two months by a Tennessee sheriff, two olloged murderers were under arrest ln the Pacific Northwest today1. They , arotJohn Eddlugton, and HiiKh Bowen., ; chmged wlth'Hiayih W. R. Kington near Chlckamauga, Ga., December 13 last. Eddlnglon was captured at I Helix, Ore., near here last night and I Bowen was arrested at Centralia. I Wash. ) Under the personal direction of ; Sheriff Charles C. Taylor, of Chat tanooga, Tenn., local sheriff's of j ficers watched Eddington for several i days. When he was arrested last night lotters found on him revealed , Bowen's whereabouts and 'he was ' arrested at Centralia. Sheriff Taylor j left a short time later to take him into custody. Eddington was held here. Eddington and Bowen allegedly ; killed Kington to collect $10,000 ln , surance money carried by Bowen, j Sheriff Taylor said. He said that . after assorted ly murdering Kington mo two mutilated nis lace with shot gun flro in order to destroy his Idenf'ty. Then they allegedly dressed tho l sjiy In Bowen's clothes, placed Bowei 's Insurance papers in tho pockets and left the body on a road- : sine n,lor cuicxomouga. j Tho two disappeared, Taylor said, find Ivppd to collect tho insurance thrpugli Bowen's brother, Frank, who (Continued on Pago Five) STOLEN BILLS ARE FOUND IN ALLEY TODAY WAS. INOTON, Feb. 13 (P) The mutilated 'currency stolen by thugs early yes lord ny in the Union station was dlscovired by police today in an up-town alley. Tho throe registered mall pouches In which tho worthless pieces of money wera being shipped from the federal reKjrvo bank in New York j to the treohury here were not located. i ue uiun, wuriu voui.uuu iiau mey been 'whole, were wrapped In II bundles and found near 14th and T streets, N. W. In another alley nearby police found several packages of shotgun shells, from which the shot had been extracted and steel slugs Inserted. They continued tho search for the three or four robbers believed In volved In the crime, hoping to con nect the abandoned money and the shells. President Signs Sunnyvale Bill j WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (A-i Presl f dent Hoover has signed tho bill creating a dirigible base at Hunny- vole, Ciil., and has recommended to congress that appropriations be made available to stint work immediately. i House of Commons Defeats Dry Bill lONDON. Feb. 13 (A't The Houso i of Commons, by a vote of 137 to 18. todny rejected tile bill which would have prohibited the use of ulcohollc liquors as beverages throughout the United Kingdom. AREA OK HAMIISCiTON ONCK ('OVKICKII BY RE A I WASHINOTON M Six times wlth 1 In a million years much of what Is now the nation's cupltal Is believed I to have been at the bottom of the , Atlantic ocear.. C. Wythe Cook, of the United States Beologlcal surey. has reported that i cntK.iiiujnn to tlie Washington Acn- ! demy of Sciences alter n geological study of tins Im-uiny "luce the era ol big Bic"" Compromise Plan Wins Support Of House Committee $700,000,000 Veterans Compensation Measure Opens Way For Loans Twice as Large. WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 (P) Clinlr iiuiii lluwley of the house nays and means committee today announced the treasury was preparing a state ment to present administration views on the bill to Increase loans, to vet erans. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (A) The house wnys and means committee today ordered a fnvoiable report to tho house on the $700,000,000 vet erans' compensation compromise plan. Tho vote was 17 to 4. Tho four committee members re corded against Uu. Bachara'h com promise were: Chairman Hawley, Rep resentatives Treudway, Massachusetts; Chlndblom, Illinois, and Ramseyer. Iowa, Republicans. Hawley said those ' opposing tho compromise "want time for further investigation to see .whether addi tional legislation Is required to raise revenue to meet the payments." The committee yesterday adopted a modified Bacharach proposal to ln creuse the loan value of veterans cer tificates to 50 per cent. The original plan was sponsored by Representative Bacharach, Repub lican, New Jersey. ,,Tho plan is estimated to cost be tween $000,000,000 and $700,000,000, Representative Ramseyer, Republican, Iowa; said. Would Reduce Interest Hate Tho measure also would reduco the interest rate on loans to 4 per cent. Tho Increase is from 22 to 60 per cent of the face value of the .vet erans' certificates. As approved by the committee, tho measuro would enable- veterans to borrow more than twice as much money as under the existing law., (Continued' on Pago Four) Marines To Be Withdrawn From Nicaragua Soon WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 fP) The United States is to withdraw ma rines from Nicaragua. Acceptance by President Moncada of Nicaragua of a definite plan to substantially reduco marine forces ln Nicaragua by Juno and pave the way for complete withdrawal after the electttihs of 1033 was announced to day by Boc rotary stimson. Tho;.mrrlnoa to be withdrawn by Jurifvj))ana for which will become Immediately effective, are thoso on combat duty against the Insurgent forces and total about 600; The re maining marine force will be sta tlonod In Managua, tho capital, and will dovote their attention solely to training purposes and as on aviation unit required In some sections due to lack of 'roads. All marines under the plan will bo out of Nicaragua following the 1033 election. The withdrawal plan Is linked with a plan to increase Immediately by 500 the Nlcarnguan national guard which will wage a vigorous cam paign against baud It forces, most prominent among whoso loaders was the elusive "General" Bandlno. Tho augmenting of tho national guard will lncroaso Its strength to about 2000. Grain Embargo To Be Taken Up Soon WASHINOTON. Fob. 13 p Chair man Hay ley said today tho house ways and means committee will be gin consideration of the proposed temporary grain embargo as soon as hearing on proposals to restrict oil imports are complotcd. Representative Burtncss. Republi can, North Dakota, has Introduced a bill for a Vi months embargo on wheat, feed groins and butter. Chair man Leg (to has given his approval to It. , Nude Doukhobors In Demonstration NELSON. B. C Feb. 13 Police wore Investigating reports or a nude demonstration at Glade, near here, by Doukhobors yesterday. They said tho elders or the Russian religious sect Wednesday decreed n general disrobing and when the young peo ple refused, force was used to ro movflr their clothing-. - A several hours struggle ensued which ended with 160 Doukhobors of both sexes being engaged in a dem onstration. Reason for the decree was not mode clear to police. Strange Game Is Fatal To Child DETROIT, Feb. 13 (P Playing a strange game of her own devising, Eleanor Gongler, 11, strangled her self accidentally In the kitchen of her home yesterduy with a roller towel. Her sister, Irene, 8, said Eleanor placed one end of the towel about her neck, then swung around. As sho turned, the towel, It's other end attached to the wall drew tighter around her neck. Irene finally becamo frighted and called her mother from an adjoin ing room. When sho arrived. Eleanor was dead. Meyer Nomination Approved Today Washington, Feb. 13 m The nomination of Kugenr Meyer, to be governor of the ft-deral renerve board was approved today by the senate banking committee. The vote was 12 to .1. Senators Brook hnrt. Iowa, and Blaine, Wisconsin, UepubllcSns, and Fletcher. Democrat, Florida, voted against a favorable report. Brook hurt and Fletcher also op posed Meyer In the Bub-committeo which approved the nomination Wed nesday, 3 to 3. Blaine was not on tho sub. committee. AHRiriTITIIRF l( BILL AGAIN IN fllMMITTPF Ul VVIIUIil A SUM Measure Re-Referred o Committee on Agricul ture Foi Amendment . OLD-AGE PENSION BILL IS DEFEATED E c k 1 e y and Allen For Measure Kiddle, Eber- HnvH-Vnte rUffewmfclv ; on Train- Measure. SALEM, Feb. IS (IP) Forenoon ses sions of the legislature may be' cut out during the remainder of the pres ent legislative period. If a concurrent resolution Introduced today by Sena tor J. E. Bennett la adopted by both houses. - TnsteAri tnn t mii wnnlri lw . given to committee meetings. April 31 of each year would be des ignated as "muster day1' and Bet apart; as a lecal hollrlav hv : a. ennmirnmli reftnlltt.lnn Int.roHneerl hv Rennfnm .lav . H. upton turn Joel c. sooth. It : would be In honor of Spanish War . veterans. .;.'...,. , The baslo sciences bill,, which 'Is causing muon. . controversy t in the legislature .between the medical .doc- tors and -the .ilrugless healing profes sions was sot as a special order of - business Jn-tlle senate for 11 o'clock next Monday;. , , - Agriculture lilll Withdrawn . Another highly controversial meas- ure, the bill to create a state depart- drawn from' the ways and means committeo and ro-referred to; the , committee on agriculture ln the sen-, ate for amendment, . It will .then1, iisain be .turned over . tn thn main and means committee. ' ' . . . ,-' Mii-ilc was the main toplo of dis cussion' ln the senate. An extended debate resulted In defeat for senate bill 101, Introduced by Senators, and Representatives Keasey,. McAl lister, Anderson' and Norton, author izing Incorporated cities and towns to levy a 4-mlll tax for the malnte- nnnnn nf hnnrta Tha" hill nr.. a - flrat-. Vlllnrl In th um.I - Ikl. tiiuu otner. man-Dy indeiinite post ponement.' The vote was 14 to 15. Senator Eberhard attacked the meas uro aB did one or two others. ... -The .:vote- .was:-or --.BUllngsley, Hall. Klckllo, Mann, Miller, Moser, Stables. UDton. Woodward. MArka Against Bailey, Bennett, Brown, Burke, Carsnor, , Crawford, Dunn, Eb- . erhnrrl .Inhnun .Tnnaa v..ul. D.k-.i morlch, Spauldlng, Straycr, ,Wheelr. Absent Eddy. iwuh fu" urer vuusiueration of the measure providing for payment of a portion .of insurance fees to a firemen's and policemen's relief and pension fund, until the afternoon session. Tho act affects Multnomah county only. In addition seven bills wero withdrawn, Including the pro- vmiuii ui uuonsning cne county judge on tho board of commissioners. Three others woro Indefinitely postponed. The measure Introduced by Repre- (Continued on Pago Three)-..' CONGRESSMAN m? a rn iitdv INDIANAPOLIS, Fob. 13 (P) Harry E. Bowbottom, Republican represent ative ln congress from the first In diana district, was Indicted today by a fedoral grand Jury on charge ot accepting bribes for using his lnflu- nlien tn nh.nln nra. nfflcA nnnnlnf. mcnts for persons ln his district. Tho Indictment listed several counts against the congressman, whose home Is at Evansvllle, Ind.' Rowbottom, a Republican, was ar rested a few weeks ago on an affi davit specifically charging the acceptance of 760 for recommend ing tho appointment of a rural let ter carrier. Bowles Trial To Be At Hillsboro , , PORTLAND, Feb. 13 Definite , and positive assurance "was had today that the Bowles murder case will be held In Hillsboro. An announcement from the district attorney s oince saitt tne state will not Beek a chango ot venue from WashliiKton county, reports of which had been in general circulation, The, case was brought to Hillsboro on a defense motion for a change of venue. ritisoNKits is imxsnoito ; HILLSBORO, Ore.. Feb. 13 UV) Possibility that Nelson C. Bowles and Irma Louckn may go to trial within ten days for the murder of Mrs. . Leone Bowles In Portland, was seen today In the announcement of Cir cuit Judge Ocorge Bugley that his calendar Is clear and ho can hear the case at any time the state and de- Wheat Today CHICAOO, Feb. 13 (h General selling broke grain prices abruptly to day, and rallies failed to last. Heavy reports of wheat from the southern hemisphere and from Russia acted as a weight on values, and so too did beneficial rains over the United States winter wheat belt. Piling up of domestic wheat supplies was also a bearish factor. Chicago today re ceiving wheat from a section of Illinois that previously was believed to have disposed of all wheat on hand. Wheat closed unsettled cents down, corn lf.Tli off, oats fti lower, and provisions varying" from 10 cents decline to 6 cents ad- vance.