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Last Effort Made by Opponents Is
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Legislation Is Enacted.
OL.YMPIA. Wash., Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) Against the most powerful per
sonal and political combination In tbe
House, that of Mark E. Reed, floor
leader, and J. H. Davis, chairman of
the appropriation committee, support
ed by Spokane and East Side Repre
sentatives generally, the Southwest,
under the leadership of Representative
J. E. Lease, of Lewis, fought House
bill 24. to establish a new Normal
School at Centralis, through second
reading undamaged.
King County supported the South
west solidly throughout, thus bringing
out into the open rumors and surmises
that a deal had been made to support
King in the recent university fight In
return for support In obtaining au
thorization for a fourth normal at Cen
tralla. Reed hurled this accusation at Lease
In the form of a direct question as to
whether such a deal was made, espe
cially between Representatives of
Lewis and King Counties. Lease de
nied knowledge of any deal and ham
mered steadily away at getting the
bill past perils of the amending period.
In succession the Southwest defeated
a motion to postpone indefinitely by a
vote of 4 to 31, and finally triumphed
over a second unfriendly motion to re
commit to the appropriations commit
tee by 48 to 38. Both motions were
made by Reed, and the House leader
cracked the whip on the last hostile
effort by demanding a rollcall.
Mlllage Is Provided.
As it now goes to the calendar for
third reading and final action, the bill
provides for the establishment of a
fourth normal school at Centralia and
levies one-tenth of a mill tax for Its
construction and maintenance.
Through amendments proposed by
supporters of the new school, the Cen
tralia school district proposes to ac
commodate the normal in its high
school building until the mlllage tax
accumulates sufficient funds to cover
costs of a new normal building. With
this object the state ' expenditure for a
site and operation of the proposed
normal Is held in abeyance for two
years. If the bill passes both houses
and is approved, the additional levy,
which will yield $100,000 annually, will
be made next year. The millage pro
posed is divided equally between con
struction and maintenance of the Cen
tralla Institution.
Economy Used by Opposition.
Opposition to the normal was based
upon pleas of economy and argument
that the three normal schools now op
erating In the state are sufficient for
all purposes. Representative Lease re
futed this argument with population
figures for Southwest "Washington as
compared to the geographical location
of the three existing normals at Bel
llngham, Ellensburg and in Spokane
County. He also made a showing that
Southwest Washington has helped to
pay for the established normals when
it was deeply in debt and was now be
ing denied needed educational aid when
CTke state was in good financial condi
tion. In return for establishment of the
new institution at Centralla Represen
tative Lease promised the state the
benefits of additional training for teach
ers, now badly needed, he argued, with
out cost to the state until the next
Legislature met. He intimated that
Centralla would be willing to furnish
quarters for the new school four years
If necessary to accumulate a building
fund. The last stand was made by the
Southwest in defeating a motion to lo
cate the school In that part of the state
without definite selection of the city.
By this vote Centralia gets the school
if it is finally authorized and approved.
Fish legislation Enwrtcd,
Without material amendment the
Senate today passed Senate bill 2X1,
which enacts Into law the recent agree
ment made by Oregon and Washington
legislative commissions as to changes
desired In the Interstate treaty govern
ing fishing regulations on the Columbia
River. No opposition to the bill is ex
pected In the House or from the Gov
ernor. In brief, amendments to the state flsh
code and the Interstate code, as adopt
ed today, provide a closed season, ex
cept to gillnets, on all streams be
tween Grays Harbor and Cape Flattery
from 6 A. M. Saturday to 6 P. M. Sun
day, and make It unlawful to fish for
salmon, except with hook and line, on
any tributary of the Columbia, except
the Snake River and Cowlitz River, nor
In the Columbia below monuments to
be established one mile below the
mouths of the Kalama, Lewis, Wind,
Little and Big White Salmon, Wenat
chee. Methow, Little Spokane, Colville
and Takima rivers. Purse seining for
salmon and sturgeon Is prohibited in
the Columbia River, under Washington
jurisdictions, east of a line drawn from
the Inside end of the north Jetty to the
knuckle of the south Jetty, four miles
west of the Government dock at Fort
Stevens. The amended agreement also
prohibits having In possession for com
mercial purposes or offering for sale
salmon caught outside the three-mile
limit at the mouth of the Columbia.
Transferable Licenses Proposed.
Fishing licenses are made transfer
able on payment of $1, andj hook and
line license fees for commercial fish
ing with hook and line in all waters,
including Grays and Wlllapa Harbors,
are set at $2.
Hotels and restaurants serving trout
and other food fish are placed under a
1 license, when supplied by private
hatcheries. A license of $5 is fixed on
cod fish canning and curing establish
ments: fish fertilizer product plants
pay 25: wholesale halibut dealers S5;
fish brokers, except in halibut, $10;
canneries are increased to 5 cents a
case on chlnook salmon caught In the
Columbia prior to August 28 each year
and to 4 cents after that date, with a
4-cent tax for each case on all other
varieties.
On Wlllapa, Grays Harbor and Pu
get Sound wholesalers are charged fl
a ton on fish handled for the four
months preceding July 31 and March 31.
This tax, as applied to Columbia River
fishing. Is $1.25 a ton for pound nets
and fish traps, collectible July 31, No
vember 30 and March 31. The rate on
river purse seining is $1 a ton.
Openlnara In Nets Required.
Pound nets and fish traps on the Co
lumbia must bo equipped with V-shaped
openings In leads next to the heart and
immediately adjacent to aprons, at
least 10 feet In width at the top and
extending four feet below the water,
to be left open for the full period of
each closed season.
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Fish Commissioner to private hatch
eries in amounts not to exceed 6,000.000
egg's is authorized at a limit maximum
price of 75 cents per thousand. The
only debate of consequence on the bill
was made by Morthland in trying- to
exclude Yakima County from placing
nets in Irrigation ditches to prevent
young fish from leaving the main
streams. The attempted amendment
was defeated. A closed season for
clams from June 1 to March 1, the suc
ceeding year, is Included In the code.
M'LEAN MAY BE TRIED
California Paroled Convict Faces
Lewis Forgery Charge.
CENTRALIA. 'Waah., Feb. 28. (Spe
cial.) R. T. McLean, a paroled convict
from the San Quentln. Cal.. peniten
tiary, who was arrested a week ago by
the local police on a charge of forgery,
will be turned over to the Lewis County
authorities for prosecution unless a
parole offioer from San Quentln ar
rives here by tonight.
Chief of Police McGrail received a
telegram from the warden at San
Quentln early In the week instructing
him to hold McLean until the arrival
of the officer. A woman posing as
McLean's wife, and arrested with him.
is being held by the police as a witness
In case the county prosecutes.
Soccer Champions Entertained.
CENTRALIA. "Wash., Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) The soccer team of the Lincoln
school, which won the championship of
the Centralla Grammar School Soccer
League, was entertained Wednesday
night by the seventh and eighth grade
pupils of the school. Out of 10 games
played during the season the Lincoln
team woi eight.
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VANCOUVER BILL PASSED
RECORD MADB FOR QUICK ACTION
IN APPROVING CARLI.VK UXK,
Senate FaTors Spokane Blemanre to
Permit Car Companies Combin
ing If Stockholders Agree.
OLTMPIA. Waslu. Feb. 23. (Special.)
The Washington legislative session's
short-order record was established to
day in passing a. bill Introduced by
Senator French Wednesday to legalize
action by the City of Vancouver In
building a street railway extension of
a block and a half up Main street to
Third street, in order to lengthen the
loop made by cars running across the
bridge to Portland. Tbe Senate also
passed bills to legalize amalgamation
of the two streetcar companies of Spo
kane upon consent of a majority of the
stockholders, to establish private right-of-way
for logging companies and a
white slave act which is applicable
within the state. On request of the
House the Senate consented to replac
ing the emergency clause upon House
bill 136, which is designed to permit
the drawing of two extra Jurors for
the long trials In prospect of I. W. W.
rioters arrested at Everett. The House
refused to accept a Senate amendment
to House bill 111, by which the' statu
tory rate of tax valuation waa reduced
from SO to 40 per cent. It Is under
stood that the Senate will agree to
having the higher figure restored to
prevent mlllage from being raised and
confusion ensuing over estimates al
ready made of state expenditure for
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roads and other purposes on a higher
general valuation.
On second reading the House passed
Senate bill 42; which regulates drug
less healers of all kinds, with the ex
ception of osteopaths, who are pro
vided for in a separate bill, and Sen
ate bill 34, regulating chiropody or corn
doctoring. A long fight ensued over
House bill 73, which seeks to establish
a code of ethics for horse doctors and
authorizes cancellation of their licenses
for immoral conduct. The bill finally
went to third reading. Senate bill 89.
which puts Jitneys under regulation by
the Public Service Commission, resist
ed all efforts for amendment In the
House and went to third reading.
For the first time this session both
Houses adjourned Friday night to re
convene Saturday, fixing the hour af
10 o'clock.
FOUR BROTHERS IN NAVY
Youngest Son of Jaooma Family
Joins Others In Service.
TACOMA, Wash.. Feb. 28 (Special.)
With the enlistment in the Navy to
day of Paul Shine, youngest son of
Patrick M. Shine, this city, the family
has four boys in the United States
Naval service. Recruiting officers say
this is a fine proof of the -value of
the service as the first sons to enlist
have made encouraging reports that
led their brothers to Join.
The following telegram has been re
ceived by the Tacoma Naval recruiting
station:
"Keep open day and night as late as
necessary, redouble exertions recruit
ing." There is a Catholic daily newspaper pub
lished ia Tien-tsin, China.
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Evenings and Sundays..25
Loge Seats 50
Manager's Note:
The increased price of admis
sion ia made necessary because
of the heavy cost of securing this
exceptional production for my
patrons, and these popular prices
are made possible only by the
large capacity of the Broadway.
EDWIN F." JAMES.
Zoo Comedy
ARREST HELD "STAGED"
WOULD-BE BALLARD BANK ROB
BERS GET OFF LIGHTLY.
Seattle Jndje Says Spectacular Fea
tures Don't Look God Mea Get
Five Months la J mil.
SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) Th presence of a motion pic
ture camera near the Ballard State
Bank. January 23, with an ambulance
and a posse of concealed armed depu
ties and detectives, probably saved
Floyd Matthews and Floyd Morgan
long prison terms. They were arrest
ed while they were considering hold
ing up the bank. Friday, after pre
siding Judge Smith had decried the
"spectacular features" of this arrest,
the defendants were sentenced to five
months in the County Jail.
Matthews and Morgan were appre
hended following a sensational chase
that lasted three days. In a room at
a hotel, a Burns detective overheard a
chance remark about "a safe," and by
means of a dictagraph learned of the
plan to hold up the North Coast Lim
ited of the Northern Pacific
Special agents and a score of detec
tives boarded the threatened train,
but the fact that tbe train was 12 hours
late prevented the holdup. The next
day the men d.ecided to hold up the
Ballard bank. At the doors of the
bank they lost their nerve, and were
wandering aimlessly near by when 20
or 3D armed men swooped down on
them.
Attorneys George B. Cols and John
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CONCERTS
Broadway Symphony Orchestra
Afternoons and Evenings
Selections from Puccini's Opera
"IME. BUTTERFLY"
Cello Solo,
"Loves Old Sweet Song,"
MR. C. D. RAFF.
Patlie News
J. Sullivan pleaded for leniency In the
case.
"I happened to know that these men
were egged on by a man connected
with the dry squad," said Attorney Sul
livan. "So he could make a name for
himself."
"The spectacular feature of this case
doesn't look very good to the court,"
said Judge Smith. "It was staged in a
way so carefully as to call into ques
tion th good faltb of It."
Lewis to Pave Highway Strip.
CENTRALIA, Wash, Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) Plans and specifications will be
prepared immediately for the paving
of another one and three-quarter miles
It Cured
'Last December I
and was nearly down sick in bed," says
O. J. Metcalf, Weatherby, Mo. "I bought
two bottles of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy and it was only a few days until I
was completely restored to health."
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of paving this Summer on the Paclflo
Highway In Lewis County, negotiations
having been closed this week by the
County Commissioners for the last of
the right-of-way. The paving will ex
tend from tbe terminus of the present
paving at Forest to the point where
the railway crosses the highway.
Missouri Pacific Kansas Lines Sold.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Feb. 23. The Mis
souri Pacific lines in Kansas, formerly
known as the Kansas & Colorado Pa
cific, were sold at public auction here
today for $9,800,000 to R. H. Neilaon
and D. A. Holmes, representing the
reorganization committee and Kuhn.
Loeb & Co., New York.
His Cold
had a very severe cold
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