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VOLUME XXIX . MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS AND A. B. O.
LA GRANDE, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1931
EASTERN OREGON'S LEADING NEWSPAPER
NUMBER 145)
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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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.