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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY- 14. 1919. DLYMP1ASEAT T DT ACTING GOVERNORi Washington Government Es tablished for Emergency. BILLS WILL BE RETURNED Lister's Condition Improved Since Removal to Hospital; Indefinte . Ieave ol Absence Granted. " OI..YMPIA, "Wash., Feb. 13. (Special.) i Governor Lister already is showing elgns of improvement as a result of his removal to the state hospital at Fort Steilacoom yesterday, according to reports received at the capitol to day. He stood the trip without notice able loss of strength and responded encouragingly to relief from official duties. The senate was reorganized with Senator H. Carlyon as presiding of ficer and Senator Howard D. Taylor as acting president pro tem. A. con current resolution adopted today gives the governor an indefinite leave of ab sence, which is legislative Indorsement of his yielding to medical care. Bills to Be Returned. On further agreement as to the status of legislation already passed by both houses and not acted upon by the erovernor. an agreement was reached to return the 16 bills so classified to the houses in which they originated, where they will be re-enrolled, re signed and delivered to acting Gov ernor . Hart for executive considera tion. Acting Governor Hart today addressed formal notice of his assumption or ex ecutive duties to the senate. With these preliminaries settled the change in state government is apparently smoothly established on the constitu tional emergency basis pending Gov ernor Lister's recovery. An official announcement came from . the executive offices today of the for mation of the veterans' welfare com mission which met in the governor's private office and elected John H. Powell of Seattle president. Miller Freeman, also of Seattle, is secretary and the commission will establish ,its headquarters in that city. ? 500,000 to Be ' DinbnTsed. At another meeting Saturday in Se attle the commission probably will be ready to decide upon its policy of dis bursing $500,000 appropriated for its use in extending whatever aid may be needed to returned soldiers. Joint legislative investigation of the hoys' training school at Chehalis today was authorized by the house in adopt ing a modified resolution originally of fered by Representative W. N. Ander son of Whitman following a visit by Mr. Anderson and other members to the institution Saturday. Mr. Anderson charged that conditions at the school were deplorable and that the boys were poorly clothed and on a starvation diet. He excepted the present superintendent, Thomas P. Horn, from criticism, but de manded that the board of control man agement be made the subject of in quiry. Management In Defended. In reply Representative J. Howard Shattuck read a statement showing that 17D boys in the school had been furnished $20,619 worth of food in the past '20 months", including $983 for eggs and $3652 for beef, in addition to $11,000 worth of produce raised on the insti tutional farm. Representative James II. Davis of Pierce, chairman of the house appropriations committee, de fended the school management, de claring that it needed and would re ceive thi3 session larger appropria tions. Pavis heretofore had opposed liberal allowance .for the Chehalis in stitution. He stated that the board of control would welcome a legislative in vestigation of the school. Foreign Ship Contracts Opposed. Representative W. P. Sawyer of Ya kima, one of the Saturday visitors, de clared Representative Anderson's reso lution to be misleading. It was modi ' fied before adoption to eliminate im plied censure of the state board. A resolution memorializing Congress to request that the emergency fleet corporation immediately remove the emergency restrictions against accept ance by American shipyards of con tracts for foreign account was intro duced in the Washington state senate today by Senator Fred vV. Hastings, chairman or the senate committee on commerce and manufactures. the bill would tie the hands of the com-, mission and furthermore that oe im portant section was unworkable, as he was informed by the highway engineer. He took a fling at the senators who questioned anyone voting against pat ented pavements and said that the man who proclaims his honesty is the man to be suspected. Hitullthic Fight Recalled. The time taken by Senator Norblad was a discussion of the patents, but mainly he dealt with his personal ex periences with the bitulithic people. He said he fought them for six years as city attorney of Astoria and they never tried to bribe him, for if they had, he would have taken the story to the grand jury and not to the legislature, this being a dig at Senator Lachmund's statement that he was offered an $18,000 bribe. To sum up. Senator Norblad said he wants patented pavement because it is the best: the paving people have not been able to corrupt the commission in the two years it has been in existence. Senator Jones of Lane championed the commission and Mr. Gill said he would favor the minority report, as he had received a telephone message from a man who knows more about paving than any other in the state and this man had recommended the four words as essential. Everyone in the senate is thankful that the wordy war is over and they do not envy the experience the house is to have. HOUSE APPROVES FIVE BILLS Six Months Residence Required Be fore Filing Divorce Action. STATE" CAPITOL. Salem, Or., Feb. 13 (Special.) Out of 23 bills set down on the calendar for third reading the house passed the following today: H. B. 412, by Kubli Allowing students and traveling salesmen to vote away from home. H. B. 50, by Cross Requiring six months' residence in county before filing divorce complaint. H. B. 78, by Smith (Baker) Empowering school boards in districts of the first class to levy taxes. H. B. 125, by Coffey Regulating the prac tice of optometry. H. B. 2i2, by committee on revision of laws Relating to advertising the Bale of school district bonds. Meat Inspection Bill Passed. . STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or- Feb. 13. (Special.) A bill by Representative Thrift, providing for county meat in spection, which was killed tor the time being in the house yesterday, was re considered and passed by that body today on motion of Representative Richardson, who stated a number of the members voting against it did not understand its purport. Legislative Sidelights. OREGON'S HEW YORK EH! WELCOM Committee Members Obliged to Pay Own Expenses. MANY SOLDIERS ARRIVING Message Describing Situation Says Xo Funds Are on Hand for Work Vital 2feed Is Shown. ATE CAPITOL, Salem, Feb. 13, Special.) .Representative Roman recently introduced a bill to prohibit shooting game birds from an aeroplane. The game committee took it seriously and brought in a favorable report to day, amending it to prohibit the catch ing of clams, crabs and trout by use of submarine. Chairman McFarland of the committee secured adoption of the report and the bill will go on the calendar. When the house and senate joined In joint session today to eelect a port commissioner for Portland, Senator Handley and Mrs. Hurley, Senator Hur ley's bride, headed the senate proces sion, followed by Senator Hurley and Mrs. Gallagher, wife of Representative Gallagher. "Here comes the bride," shouted Borne member. 'Now, who was entitled to the ap plause?' queried Senator Handley. "It surely wasn't Hurley." , . Senator Orton and Representatives Bean and Lewis had all thrown some flowers at Lieutenant-Colonel Kelly when he was being nominated for Port of Portland commissioner today. T want to get my name in the pa per, too," chimed In "Gene Smith. 'And I also second his nomination." Though Oregon was the second state to inaugurate an organized welcome and reception committee for troops of the home state arriving in New York it has failed utterly to redeem its prom ise and its New York committee is now without funds, according to a message received last night by The Oregonian. .Mayor Baker, when asked for infor mation regarding the matter, said that jurisdiction had been removed from his hands, and that he was Informed that O. C. Leiter, chairman of the Oregon reception committee in New York, was to have taken the matter up some time ago with Governor Withycombe, advis ing him that at least $2500 would be needed to meet the monthly expense. Prior to this Mayor Baker had sent $600 from the emergency fund, realizing that at best it was but a stop-gap. Reports from New York are that Mr. Leiter has recently been seriously ill. During a recent visit of Mayor Baker to Salem he was informed by Governor Withycombe that the need of an ap propriation would be taken up in con ference with the chairman of the ways and means committees of both houses. "If the legislature fails to meet this emergency," said Mayor Baker, "I may be able to raise some money locally. Certainly this matter is one that we cannot afford to neglect. . But, inas much as it has been practically re moved from my hands, I do not feel like taking action until Governor Withycombe has demonstrated what will or will not be done at Salem. I believe that a budget of expense should be forwarded by Mr. Leiter." 'The Oregon committee here is al most without funds," telegraphed Miss Curtis. "We will be unable to do any thing for the Oregon boys who are steadily arriving but say 'hello.' The press of Oregon should know that members of the committee here are paying all their personal expenses Every cent expended has been actually for the work. "It is of vital importance. No other orgahiation here fills this need. Ore gon men are in New York and in near by camps and hospitals. Oregon was the second state in the union to begin work here. It. is the only state not coming through with funds. Cannot something be done to wake them up out there? It is Oregon's opportunity to do something. Ours is the only state with no place to take its men." . The message relating the condition of affairs was sent from New York yesterday by Miss Peggy Curtis, a member of the Oregon reception com mittee and" formerly of The Oregonian staff, who has been keenly interested in the work of receiving the Oregon boys from overseas. Advice's from Salem last night, fol lowing inquiry as to the status of the required appropriation, state that the matter has not been brought up in either house. Representative Gordon of the ways and means committee said that if the proposal is presented in some official way he will be glaa to help 'out action on it.- He made the tentative suggestion of a monthly appropriation of $1000. on fisheries of which Representative Hurd is chairman in the house and Sen ator Norblad in the senate, and allow ing only citizens to be granted lienses. The bill will eliminate that provis ion of the present act relative to grant ing licenses to persons who have de clared their intention of becoming cit izens and will allow the Issuance of licenses to citizens, or to minors or Indians over 18 years who have the qualifications for becoming citizens. In addition the bill will provide that "for a period of two years after the passage of this act, gill and troll licenses may be granted to applicants who have declared their, intention to become citizens of the United States prior to January 1, 1919, and who have otherwise complied w. h the require ments of residence. "That applicants for gill and troll licenses under the preceedlng clause must not have gained exemption from military service on the grounds of alien birth." In addition, provision is made. In event the federal government enacts more stringent laws than those em bodied in the quoted paragraphs, such federal laws shall govern. The proposed act also carries an emergency clause. ACTUAL KILLING IS DENIED DEFENSE ADMITS IDEXTITV MCRDER VICTIMS. OF Attorney for X. E. Burnett Attempts to Block Evidence After Mak ing Important Admission. OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. IS. (Special.) On behalf of N. E. Burnett, on trial in the Thurston county superior court on the charge of murdering his wife and two children. Attorney George F. Yanis today admitted to the jury every allegation of the prosecution except the actual act of committing the mur ders. He admitted that the bodies found in shallow grades on Hawks Prairie to be those of Mrs. Burnett and children; that Burnett took them to the place where the bodies were found on the date fixed by the prosecution, together with the rope, child s wagon, shovel and other evidence discovered later. He also admitted that Burnett's wife and children did not return with him to Olympia from his trip; that Burnett forged a farewell note from her and ater used her diamonds in a specula- on. - Officers and others identified cloth- ng, the shovel, hats and other articles found with the bodies, and neighbors testified to the Burnetts' family life Olympia. Mrs. Nina Behr, sister of the dead woman, testified to Bur- ett's marriage at San Francisco. Dr. W. L. Bridgeford testified that the woman and children naa Deen Kinea y blows upon the head that crushed their skulls. rA mm i! litis. t urn i? v - t v; If'.ISf-t-- mm 7 ' --. v Pi 1 r. ; v ' r. .t . i r . s s . .t Dehydrated Products- to Be Shipped. THE DALLES, Or.. Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) Completing a contract for sup- Representative Hare is somewhat quick with the trigger. A bill was being debated in which alleged rotten ness of the system of picking Jurymen by the sheriff, particularly in Mult nomah county, was being freely aired and Hare had assured the house that no such rottenness existed in Wash ington county.. Didn t a sheriff of your county get pinched for bootlegging?" asked Smith of Multnomah. 'Yes, and he-was convicted by a Jury picked under the present system," shot back Hare. DnvA TWnrrisnn. editorial writer for the Telegram, is looking for the guy who pegged him wrong today. During the heat of the paving debate Dave eased into the senate chamber and, slipping by the watchful doorkeeper, sat down at the press table. A min ute later some stranger whispered to the doorkeeper that Dave was a lob byist for the naving crowd. Highly FNATF PAF Rflfln RII I indignant, the doorkeeper. sidled up to Ofcl.Hlli fHOOLO nUHD DIUI the pj.esa tab)e and Bougnt to escort Dave from without the senate bar. "We don't allow lobbyists inside the railing." he whispered, and Dave had hard job explaining that he was simply a member of the Fourth Estate. RELIEF FUXD IS AVAILABLE Situation May Be Met by $100,000 Fund Already Voted. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 13 i (Special.) When advised tonight o r the condition of Oregon men arriving in New lork as told in a dispatch to The Oregonian member of the com mittee in that city. Representative Gordon, chairman of the ways and means committee, stated that the $100,000 relief fund already voted and made available for returning soldiers and sailors is broad enough in its ap plication, he believes, to meet the sit uation pointed out. Mr. Gordon will wait on the govcr nor tomorrow to ask him to take it up with the soldiers' and sailors' re lief commission in regard to making provisions out of that fund, for the use of the Oregon men. (Continued "From "Firt Pago.) n the belief that all clty,councils and county courts are crooked. Handley Tlelda to Moser. Mr. Thomas discussed the effect of the bill on the political situation and was loud in proclaiming that the re publican party is controlled by big business, yet when senate bill 4 was up lor consideration, a bill which would curb the corporations, where was Thomas then? Was he fighting th corporation control? No; he voted with the corporations. In yielding to Mr. Moser for a mo ment. Senator Handley lost the chance to block the former's game. Mr. Handley, having opened the debate for the minopity report, had the right to close. When Mr. Moser was on the floor. Senator Handley moved the pre vious question, which was seconded by Messrs. Hurley and Banks, but the pre siding officer, instead of ruling on it. asked Handley to yield to Moser. Mr. Handley did this out'of courtesy and while on the floor Mr. Moser I moved the senate go into a committee of the whole and thus jockeyed the op position while benator Handley pro tested in vain. Republican Party Accused. For 55 minutes Senator Thomas held the floor and fought the minority re- .port, asserting that the fate of the bond bill depended on the action taken on senate bill 67. He asserted that the use of the four words would de stroy the loundatlon on which this piece of legislation is based. He said he disagreed with Senators Norblad and Banks that , this matter should be left to the honesty and integrity of of ficials. He devoted a large part of his time to asserting that the republican party is controlled by the insidious influences of corporations and that some Port land banks are as iniquitous as the paving trust, and that Oregon banks tried to influence the organization of the legislature. Patented Paving Target. Followed by Senator Strayer, a demo crat, Mr. Thomas was lauded f or his criticism of the republican party and later Mr. Pierce, democrat, also con gratulated Mr. Thomas on showing up the evils of the republican party. Mr. Strayer questioned the validity of the patent of the paving company and said anyone was a crook or a fish to . pay royalty if they will go to the bottom of the matter. Although signing the majority report, Mr. Ritner announced that he would not vote either way, as investigation aurins the debate convinced him that As to being a lobbyist for the pav ing interests. "Horrors! , Read The Oregonian classified ad. CITIZENS OXLY MAY FISII Stringent Regulations Proposed In - Bill to Be Introduced at Salem STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 13 (Special.) More stringent regula tions covering fishing license for com mercial fishing for salmon were con tained In a bill which will be intro -duced tomorrow by the joint committee Conserving and V Jiving. YH are both made ppssible and easyby the use of Grapes iNuts food as a daily ration. This is a wonder-pu! combination of our finest: grains, rich irr phosphates and calorie values, and most delicious. It is abundantly sweet with its own gram suciar. Ready to eat. Mo waste . 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