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T1TE 3TORNTNG OREGOSTCAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1DI5. 7 E SCHOOL IS STARTED ROB OF WORK Legislature at Olympia to In vestigate Charges Over ; Cheney State Normal. "SKIMPING" ON JOB PLAINT before the result was announced by tho Speak i. Representative Davey lumped tip and asked that bis afflrma ttvo vote ba changed to -no." This started a stampede to the negative side and four votes were changed. Representative Davey explained that he changed his vote only to secure reconsideration if the bill was defeated. As it turned out. the measure had 28 votes in its favor, only three short of the number required to pass it. Had Representative Davey not changed his vote and started a stampede it is probable that it would have passed. IXSCKAXCK BILL INTRODUCED Measure Protecting Agents Advocat ed by New Commissioner. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or, Jan. 29. -A bill for the protection of local in surance agents was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Bingham at the request of State Insurance Cora' missioner Wells. It requires the com panies to transact business only Architect s Keport Said to Allege throusn agents, who must be licensed Shortage of $35,000 Site for Home for Defectives Involved. Senate- Spoils House Plans. before soliciting business. Under the I operation of the law agents from head I quarters will be prevented from taking business that should go to the local agents. The measure prohibits rebating ot premiums, twisting of policies, misrep resentation in their sale and the sale Senator Nichols, of King County, and c Representative Hart, of Pacific, tonight left for Spokane, as instructed by Joint resolution rushed through both bouses of the Washington Legislature today, to conduct an Investigation of alleged irregularities in connection with h cnndtriiptlnn nf th f hpTlPV Normal V,ll,ll.r. onl th ctrnr-tiirra SMA'rvH SS1TU rnurvsns new erected for the institution for feeble-1 -vAY OF PICKING DELEGATES, minded near Medical Lane. Since the Legislature convened the proposal to investigate the Cheney 1 Majority Rnle With Eliminatloa of SlOy- iMorroai tscnool nas been in tne air. at ELECTION CHANGE IS AIM cbitect Julius ZitteL who supervised construction, came here two weeks ago, expressing bis willingness to be inves-I tlgated. but could find no one willing I to undertake the probe. Last Monday. however. State Auditor Clausen refused 000 Eipnn to State Is Advo- , catcd la Senate. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Jan. 29. -(Special.) A return to majority rule payment on a $10,000 estimate of the and the elimination of an unnecessary contractor, saying that, until satisfied expense to the state of $10,300 every by an investigation, he would Issue no four, years are the principal provisions warrants for the $96,000 remaining m of a bill introduced in the Senate today the treasury for completion of the by Senator Smith, representing Coos $.100,000 building, and this brought the and Curry counties, relating to the elec. matter to a crisis. I tlon of delegates to party national con , . . . - ventions ana me nominations oi t-resi. "skimping" en Contract Alleged. L,nrii ,,.,. nf th(. various nnlitical any further warrants was based on a report by H. L. Copeland. a local architect sent by Mr. Clausen to make a special Investigation. While the Copeland report has not been made public, it is said to contain the allega lion that the state has been mulcted of between $35,000 and $40,000 by "skimping" of the contractor on con traction work. The investigation of the Medical Lake buildings deals largely with the question ox wnetner tne exact loca tion of a state institution is a pre rogative of the Legislature or the Board of Control. House leaders today discovered harp trick had been turned upon them by the Senate, as a result of which the House plan of reducing the perma Bent highway levy, now 1 mills, to 1 mill cannot be carried out at this session. , Killing of Bills Spoils Plans. Two bills probably never intended for passage were introduced by Sen- parties. According to the author it Is a law urgently needed. It repeals sections of one prepared by W. S. U'Ren and passed in 1910. which provides a proportional scheme for election of delegates and electors, making it possible for each elector to vote for only one nominee and providing that the state pay the expenses of the delegates to . the con vention. The proposed law, which is a sub stitute for a bill introduced by Senator Smith earlier in the session, repeals chapter five of the present law, under which associations of electors could combine on one nominee and elect him. It also provides for the election of two delegates by each party in each Con gressional district and the remainder as allotted to the state by each party from the state at large. That will give each of the dominant parties six dele gates from the districts and probably tour from the state at large. Senator Smith, who has served as delegate to conventions, says there is tor Plm.r rlir In tho .ln , reason wny ins siaie suomu ucu Doslnsr reduction of tho nermnnont o nrt I lbe expense. publio highway levies to one-half mill each. The real fight was that under taken by house leaders to reduce the permanent highway levy to one mill and to leave the public highway levy unchanged. A poll of the house showed that branch strongly in favor of the reduction, which would mean a savin; ex $500.000 . annually in taxes, and it was also claimed by house leaders that In spite of the opposition of the Senate roads committee, sufficient votes had been obtained in the Senate to insure reduction. When the Palmer bills came up yes terday their indefinite was moved and carried, the vote recon sidered and the bills again formally killed. Not until today did the pro ponents of the reduced tax levy dis cover that, under the Senate rules, the killing of the Palmer measures meant SENATE BILLS XTJMBER 153 14 More Measures Are Introduced by Eight Members. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Jan. 29. (Special.) The following bills were introduced in the Senate today: S. B. 139. by Vinton To authorize tha County Court of Yamhill County to issue bonds lor tne construction oz a Driage. S. B. UO. by Bingham (by request of In surance Commissioner) To provide addi tional reculations for the transaction of in- nnatnnomont I surance business by agents and companies. surance Commissioner) To provide addi tional requirements for fire Insurance rate- maki ne ts, a. dv .uingnam Autnorizmff o per cent differential in favor of Oregon concerns in the lettiuK of contracts for public work and the purchase of material and supplies DR.SB IS FOILED Idaho House Defeats Plan to Abolish Albion Normal. REED MAN HAS FIGHT ON Faction in Legislature Seems to Be Opposed to Proposal for Junior Colleges Ex-Governor and Others Are Censured. that no other measure proposing re- ior nubile use. auctions ot any aina couia oe consid ered. j New Health Officer Named. Under the levies as now established the State of Washington will raise dur ing the coming blennlutn a total of $5,000,000 for road construction, of which $3,000,000 will be expended by the counties from the permanent highway fund and $3,000,000 by the state from the public highway fund. The total amount raised will be greater by $300.. 000 than the amount raised during the present biennlum. which thus far has held high record for road expenditures. Ir. T. P. Tuttle. superintendent of tho I alontana iState Tuberculosis Sanitarium S. B. 143, by Cusick To make the ap pointment of county fruit inspectors op tional wuh County Courts. K. B. 144. by Cusick Repeals law provid ing for appointment of road viewers and im poses duty upon County Court. S. B. 145. by Smith (Coos and Curry) To abolish Board of Portage Railroad Com missioners and turn property over to the State Board ot Control to be sold. S. B. 146. by La Follette To prohibit use of any boat in bunting wild fowl in Ketarts Bay, TUlamook county. s. B. 147. by Hawley Amends section 673o, eliminating provision regulating the leasing of property ia the state by foreign railroad corporations. s. B. 14S, by Hawley To amend section 66b6. relating to the leasing of one railroad line by another railroad company. and for 10 years Montana State Healthl B. s;." authorizing county courts to build Officer, today was selected by the Washington Board of Health as State Health Commissioner to succeed Dr. Eugene K. Kelly, who has filled the position six years. Dr. Kelly has re signed to accept appointment in charge of the communicable of the Massachusetts Health Depart merit at an Increased salary. The State Board of Health elected Dr. F. E. Hedges, of Everett, president, succeed ing Dr. Wilson Johnston, of Spokane. STATE ASKED TO PAY SETTLERS bridges by day labor, if all bids are rejected. o. B. i0, by smitn fcoos and curry). changing the name of the Railroad Commis sion of oreegon to public service commis sion of Oregon. S. B. lol. by Smith (Coos and Curry). (substitute for S. B. 2). nrovidlnit for the disease division election of presidential electors and dele gates to National party conventions. b. is. o2t by committee on penal Institu tions (substitute for S. B. 112). providing that only youths between the ages of 10 and IS years may be admitted to the Oregon State Training School and appropriating ooto tor rearranging buildings permit segregation of older boys and younger boys. Carries an emergency clause. BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 29. (Special.) The first blow at the new educational syBtem that for the past year and half, since Dr. Edward O. Sisson, for merly of Reed College, took charge of the schools of this state as Commis sioner of Education, has been in ex istence, was delivered in Legislature today, when the House killed the Board of Education bill to abandon the State Normal School at Albion. The action is taken to be but the forerunner of programme by ' the anti-board of edu cation faction in the Legislature to block the board's plan and bring about its abolishment and that of the office of Commissioner of Education. The board some time ago announced its plans to carry out its educational system. This plan included aoonsn ment of the Albion Normal and turn ing its work over to the Academy of Idaho, at Poctello. The ooara also planned to bring about the installation of Junior colleges in various towns and cities, as well as enlarge the scope of the Pocatello institution. .Representa tive Thrailkill. of Ada Conuty, intro duced the bill to abolish the AlDion Normal on behalf of the board. Vote Against Board Heavy. Today, when the measure came up In the House, it was indefinitely post noned almost by unanimous vote. The board also has pending a resolution to abolish the office of State Superin tendent of Public Instruction. It is now certain it will not pass. There is a bitter fight on to prevent the estab lishment of anv Junior colleges. The antagonism to boards and extra offices again showed itself in tne House. That body today passed tne mark bill to abolish the offices of Water Commissioner. It adopted the Shattuck resolution to amend the con stitution to Increase the sale of state ands from 25 to 100 sections a year. A bill was introduced to permit County Commissioners to lend money to farm ers for Durchase of seeds. The SenaU passed a peddler bill. Board of F-iaminrrs Censured. Censure is given John M. Haines, ex Governor: W. L. Glfford, ex-Secretary of State, and Joseph H. Peterson, At torney-General, as members of the State Board of 'Examiners, in a report submitted to the House today by the special committee appointed to make an Investigation of state affairs. The re port declares that the Board of Exam triors nnnroved bonds given as security for state deposits in the Bank of Nampa which were of insuriicient value. The renort concludes: The deposits in this bank ana in many others were so excessive as to warrant the statement that the State Treasurer gave the benefit of deposits excessive amounts of state money to certain favored banks. "Tour committee holds that ex-GOv- ernor John M. Haines, ex-Secretary of State W. L. Gifford and Attorney-General Joseph H. Peterson failed to ap preciate the serious nature of their duty as approvers or rejectors of such bonds; that their methods were care less and lax: and that they are accord ingly subject to censure therefor." EASTERN OREGON WINS BILL TO REORGANIZE! RAILROAD COMMISSION REPORTED. ' Bill Seeks $15,000 for Buyers of Itivcr Land Afterwards Lost. OLYMPIA. Wash- Jan. 29. (Special.) Reviving the history of the old fight between Oregon and Washington for possession of Sand Island and other fishing lands in the Lower Columbia Itiver, Senator Kleeb. of ractfic County, has introduced in the Senate a bill ap propriating $15.J00 for reimbursement f purchasers of these lands, whose titles were afterwards found invalid. The shifting of the Columbia River gave Sand Island to Oregon, but not until after the case had been carried to the Supreme Court of the United States. The1 enabling act established the north channel ot the Columbia River as the northern boundary of Oregon. SCHOOL- BOXTS TO BE REVISED Hill nt Olympia Would Cut Down j Money Keceived by Cities. ' OLTMPU, Wash, Jan. 29. (Special.) a To return to the original provisions of Governor Rogers' "barefoot boy school law, enacted nearly 20 years ago. by eliminating special bonuses amount ing to approximately $1,000,000 annual. ly. given to schools, redistributing this money on the basis of common school attendance, is the proposal of a bill in troduced yesterday, at the request of educators, by Kepresentatlve Timblin, of hpokana- The Timblin bill would reduce the amount of state and county money re ceived by city school districts, to the corresponding benetit of the country districts. BILL FOR VETERANS LOSES Bleasuro Granting Tax Exemption Beaten by Advocates. STATE CAFITOU Salem. Or.. Jan. S!. (Special.) Representative Fin wlck's bill, granting veterans of the Jlexican and Civil War $1000 exemp tion from taxation, failed to pass the House this afternoon, but is to be re considered. The vote was close, but HOME GOODS TO BE FAVORED Emergency Clause Attached to Bill Permitting TTse of State Products. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Jan. 29. (Special.) A bill making it discre tionary with County Courts, School Boards, City Councils and public offi cers, boards and commissions in gen eral having the letting of contracts for public works to purchase materials from persons having plants in Oregon was introduced by Senator Bingham today. The contracts with Oregon con cerns, however, cannot be made If their bids exceed by more than 5 per cent those of persons having plants outside of the state. The bill says: "In view of the present business con ditions and the lack of employment for labor this law is necessary for the immediate preservation of peace, health and safety." An emergency clause is attached to the measure. Senator Bingham intro duced the bill by request. Astoria May Build Supply Depot. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or.. Jan. 29. ( Special. )--A bill giving the City of Astoria the right to operate a sup ply depot for ocean-going vessels was passed by the House this afternoon. It also enables that city to operate a belt-line railroad to connect with its new municipal docks. Representative Jeffries declared that this law will enable tho City of Astoria to sell coal, oil and other supplies to vessels that now go to Puget Sound. It will bring lot of revenue to the Columbia River, he said. Mr. Scnnebel's Tax Bills Lose. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or. Jan. . (Special.) Representative Schue- bel's bills providing a 3 per cent gross revenue tax on exore-ss companies, tele phone, telegraph, sleeping-car, refrig erator car and oil companies were re jected by the House today. Mr. Schue- bel offered no resistance, but predicted that the state eventually will be re quired to levy such taxes, Measure as It Stands Conforms to One Introduced In House by Representa tive Ritner, of Pendleton. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Jan. 29. (Special.) Eastern Oregon won the first round in the light over the reor ganization of the Railroad Commls sioner districts this morning. The House voted to adopt the trans portation committee majority report nroviding for three separate Commis sioner districts to conform, geographi cally, with the present Congressional districts. - This is in accordance with the origi nal provisions of the bill Introduced in the House last week by. Kepresentatlve Ritner, of Pendleton. This measure, however, was referred to the committee on elections, and that committee reported back a substitute bill providing that the Railroad Commissioners be elected all three of them from the state at large. The present law gives one Commis sioner to a district comprising Eastern Oregon, Multnomah, Columbia and Clat sop counties, one to western Oregon and one to the state at large. But as it happens one Commissioner lives in Portland, one in Albany and the other in Cottage Grove, Eastern Oregon com plains that it has no representation. When the election committee's sub stitute bill came into the House, Repre sentative Ritner asked that it be sent to the railroad and transportation com mlttee. That committee reported in favor of the Ritner plan, but Represen tative Wentworth, chairman of the committee, submitted a minority report providing election of all Commission ers from the state at large. The House rejected the Wentworth report. The bill may be up on third reading tomorrow. ECGEXTC ACT CPHELD AGAIN House Refuses to Repeal Lavr Re quiring Physical Tests. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or- Jan. 29. (Special.) For the second time in three days the House voted this morn ing not to repeal the physical exam lnation marriage law, passed at the 1913 session. The repeal bill came up a few days ago and was decisively beaten. John B. Coffey, County Clerk of Multnomah County, came up to- Salem yesterday, however, and became active in an effort to procure a reconsideration. He point' ed out that Multnomah County annu ally is losing a large sum in marriage license fees because young men go to Vancouver, Wash., to escape taking the physical examination required under the Oregon law. Representative Allen asked for a re consideration and the bill to repeal the statute was brought over from the Sen ate. It only mustered 23 votes in its favor. The Multnomah delegation was split on it House Would Let Governor Appoint. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Jan. 29. (Special.) The House today passed Representative Huston's bill empowering the Governor to fill va cancies in tne office of United States Begin it TOMOR Hi OWin the Sunday Oregonian Of ELAINE'S troubles, her victories, the budding of her love you are to be told beginning tomorrow. Of the Clutching Hand's awful persecution of the beautiful millionaire girl, you will be told beginning tomorrow. Of the Scientific Detective, Craig Kennedy, and how he hunts the criminal, you will be told beginning tomorrow. ftufuiJtimuuti.i;.iii.MNiiiiita;ii;'lJ.i Arthur B. Reeve Is the author of the "Exploits of Elaine," and this fact alone is suffi cient to make 1,000,000 readers of the "Cosmopolitan" Magazine eager with expectation 1,000,000 readers who for two years have demanded more more more of his great detective stories. Thus will 250,000 readers of "Hearst's" Magazine who have enjoyed his gripping style, rejoice at this further treat. And, no doubt, so will the 2,000,000 readers of the Saturday Evening Post, to whom Mr. Reeve is so familiar. In the "Exploits of Elaine," Mr. Reeve has woven a powerful set of adventures about his greatest creation, the renowned detective, Prof. CRAIG KENNEDY i..r'...T.-.-..v,.i m ro.v.v.v-ri. w r,- a. r v ?.2t;x"-if; ,rf:i.--u-n3-S: 4Utrii-f Charles W. Goddard is best known to the American public for his masterful story, "The Perils of Pauline," which held them enthralled for so many months. But Mr. Goddard is one of our greatest of the younger dramatists. His "Misleading Lady," and the "Ghost -Breaker" were among the cleverest productions of years. Mr. Goddard as collaborator on the "Exploits of Elaine" has declared that Elaine is a thousand times greater than Pauline, and what mors could be said by such a man ? THE? R5? Senator pending a regular election. This act is necessary owing to the recent adoption of the amendment to the United States Constitution, making Senators elective by direct vote of the people. Under the old law the Gov ernor had power to fill vacancies, but he does not have the power under the amended constitution Senate Bill Recalled From House. STATE CAPITOI-. Salem. Or Jan. 29. (Special.) Because of the inconven ience it would cause millers and re tailers tne; Simlck bill, passed by the Senate Thursday, which provides that sacks of shorts shall weigh 80 pounds, was recalled from the House today and evidently will be defeated. It is de clared it would be impossible because of leakage to standardize the weight of shorts so far as sacks are concerned. SEVERAL SENATE BILLS PASS House Bill Allowing Catching and Sale of Crabs Finds Favor. . STATE CAPITOI Salem, Or., Jan, S3, lac ersea t catch ii salt waltr crabs Uilr (SpeciaL) Tho following bills wore passed by the Senate today: S. B. 16, by Kiddle Relates to appeals. S. B. 95. by Vinton Amends laws ralatlnr to partition suits. S. B. 9. by Vinton Reduces mileage, fees of witnesses. E. B. 117. by Kiddle Enables Judge! to discharge Juries on Sunday and Irsal holi days. S. B. 54, by Von der Hellen Increases aal ary of County Treasurer ot Jackson County from $1-00 to ll&OO and empowers County Court to name deputy treaaurera. Ii. b. 47, by Barrow Amends law allow- and to sell them outside of county in which caught. Japan produces 10.080 tons of ainmouia. FOR A BAD COLO The RureAt way to stop a cold U (o liven tho liver and cloanno tho bowel, and the nicest cathartic to do thin 1m 10 -cent box of Caacareta. Tuko one or two Cascareta tonight and your cold may be font by morning". Adv,