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9 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, rORTLAyD, FEBRUARY 14. 1915 ' 1 SENATE IN FAVOR OF ADDITIONAL JUDGE Bill to Create Department 7 In Multnomah County Passes, 19 to 10. ACT IS MADE EMERGENCY Senator Moser Points to Congested Dockets as Showing Need Mr. Kellaher Would Refer Measure to People. STATE) CAPITOI Salem, Or- Fob. 13- (Special.) Although it had strong ppositlon because of a sentiment that the people should be allowed to pass upon the question. Senator Moser's bill containing an. emergency clause pro viding: another Circuit Judgeship for Multnomah County was passed by the Senate today. If it becomes law the Governor will appoint a new Judge, who will preside, over what will be known as department 7 immediately after the Governor signs the measure. Senator Moser said" that certain mem bers of the Judiciary committee, which prepared the bill, thought the county should have two or three additional Judges. Ho declared that Seattle, which is no larger than Portland, had IS Circuit Judges and that Tacoma, which Is much smaller, had as many as Portland on the average. The Multno mah Senator said a Judge from an. out side district was serving in Portland under a law passed at the 1913 session of the Legislature, and Btill the docket was far behind. He asserted that the records show tha Multnomah Judges handle as much business, more than two to one, as Judges in other districts of the state. 'I ask unanimous consent to amend this bill so it shall be voted upon at the next election." eaW Senator Kella her. "it is a question that should be determined by the people. It Is true that Judges from out In the stt.te have rat in Multnomah County, and It is true also that Multnomah County Judges have gone out in the state to work." Senator Kellaher said it was espe cially advantageous to Multnomah County Judges to have assignments out in the state when they were candi dates for higher offices. There is no necessity for an addi tional Judge in Multnomah County." said Mr. Kellaher. "The taxpayers are overtaxed and we should stop some place." Senator Ilmick opposed the bill on the ground that there was no need for the emergency clause being attached to It. He did not think the bill would be referred to the people If passed, he said, but thought they should have a chance to vote upon something that would increase taxes. Senator Moser declared that all bills creating Judgeships had contained emergency clauses and that another Judge in Multrfomah County was sore ly needed. He said the poor litigants needed quick action, and because of the congested conditions of the dock ets In Multnomah County they often had to wait a long time. Senators voting for the bill were: Barrett. Bingham, Bishop. Burgess, Butler, Cuslck, Pay, Garland. Hawley. lfollis. Kiddle. T-einenweber. McBride. Moser, Perkins. Vinton, Von der Hellen. Wood and Thompson. Senators voting against the bill were: Clarke. Dimick. Farrell. Kellaher, la Follette. Ragsdale. I. S. Smith. J. C. Smith. Stewart and Strayer. Senator Langguth was absent. HOUSE TtEADV FOR. FINALE Few More Than 100 Bills Xow Len for Last Wee. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 13. (Special.) When the House ad journed at 6:30 o'clock tonight until 10:30 o'clock Monday morning it had only a few more than 100 bills on its calendar undisposed of besides the Senate bills. It made a big cleaning today, passing 35 bills, defeating a few others and withdrawing some. The House now is in good condition for the final week's grind. The following bills were defeated: H. B. 113. by Olson To require employers to pay wases of employes who leave service or whom they discharge. BUI does not affect emploves working on contract. H. B. 4 by committee on roads and highways To abolish road supervisors. H B. 4-0. by Barrows To provide for support of Illegitimate children. This bill was paased yesterday and recalled today for reconsideration. The following bills were withdrawn: H. B. 393. by Home Providing for regis tration of music teachers. H. B. . by Allen To require Insurance ratine bureau to give their rates to others upon application and for compensation. H. B. 300. by Lewift To require accurate listing of property for assessment purposes. I.AXE TIIAXKS MISS TOIWE Secrctarjr of Interior Grateful for Crater Lake Measure. STATU CAPITOL, Salem. Or., Feb. 13. -(Special.) Miss Towne today re ceived a letter from Secretary Frank lin K. Lane, of the Federal Department of the Interior, thanking her for her efforts In obtaining the passage of the bill ceding police Jurisdiction over Cra ter Lake National Park to the United States Government. Secretary Lane says he has been In formed that Miss Towne was largely responsible for the measure, which was much desired by the Federal authori ties, inasmuch as the Government had title to the park property but no au thority to enforce the law there. The bill has been signed by the Governor and now is a law, as It carried an emergency clause. CHKAPKR VOTING TLAXXED House Bill Paed Drops One of Three Election Judges. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.) A substantial saving in the expenses of state and local elections will be possible through the operation of Representative Chllds' bill which the House passed this afternoon. It provides for only two election Judges Instead of three, as under the present law. Another of Representative Chllds' bills passed by the House will require the County Clerk to furnish to every election precinct a typewritten list of all registered voters in that precinct. The customary pollbook will be elim inated "and a lot of labor by the offi cials and some expense will be saved, say advocates of the measure. SPEAKER AXD MEMBER CXASH Mr. Lewi, of St. Johns, Answers Back Over Fish Act- STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or- Feb. 13. (Special.) Speaker Selling and Rep resentative Lewis, of St. Johns, en gaged in a little controversy at this afternoon' session that served to en liven the otherwise dull proceedings somewhat. - The Senate bill providing new fish ing regulations on the Columbia River in accordance with the recent confer ence of Oregon and Washington Legis latures came over and upon motion of Representative Handley the rules were suspended and the measure was placed on third reading, so that it could be disposed of and sent to Olympia for ratification. Mr. Lewis protested against this procedure, saying he had not had time to study the bill, and served notice that he would vote "No." 'ilf you haven't sufficient confidence in the report of a committee consisting of seven members of this House and seven members of the Senate, together with a like number from the State of Washington, you have a perfect right to vote against the bill," said the Speaker. "It isn't a question of confidence, ..enrarH . V. A D, JnhlDI TT1 !i tl. "I think we are going too fast here. According to the Speaker's Ideas we migni ua well vote "Yes" on every bill that la indorsed by the committee." The Speaker pounded with the gavel and ordered the Clerk to call the roll. On every bill that came up during the rest of the afternoon Lewis voted "Aye." explaining that he did so be cause he had confidence In the com mittee. NORMAL FUND IS VOTED SENATE PASSES S5O.0OO ITESI FOB MONMOUTH SCHOOL. Money Is for Construction - of Ne BnlldlaaT for Training; Work. Hawler Champloa of Itesa. STATE CAPITOL. Salem, Or, Feb. IS. (Speoial.) By a vote of 21 to the Senate today voted an appropriation of 50,000 for erecting a building for training work at the Oregon State Nor mal School In Monmouth. It was the opinion of the larger numoer or ators that inasmuch as the state had only one normal school It should be lib erally supported. cnnnr Hawlev. author of the bill, said the stato was not supporting its normal school as it should. The pub lic school of Monmouth was now used as a training school, he said, and the facilities were not adequate. The Sen ator asserted that California, Washing ton and other states had provided more liberally than Oregon for their normal schools, and that this state should not lag in that respect. Senator Bingham recited the history of the normal schools of the state, and said that three had been starved to death. "The normal school is not popular in my section." declared Senator Garland. "However. Senator Hawley has per suaded me the bill should be passed. We are gojng to give the school what it needs, but the teachers should be Instructed that their business is to teach and not to try to dictate to the taxpayers. There is an organization of teachers that is trying to do this." Senator La Follett said the state coulj not afford to make the appropria tion at this time. When the continuing appropriation of one-twenty-fifth of a mill was provided for the school, he declared, it was the understanding im provements were to be made from that. He charged Senator Hawley, a a mem ber of the ways and means committee, of aiding in cutting down other ap propriations, but was fighting for the one for his own district. "Any money spent for the betterment of the schools is economy," said Sen ator Butler. "This is a matter of state wide importance and the bill should be passed." "I think this bill should be passed without one dissenting vote," said Sen ator Clarke. Senator Kellaher said the bill should be referred to the people, because a promise had Deen maae wnen iiie iiim age tax was allowed that the Improve ments should be made from mat. Senator Smith, representing Coos and Curry counties, said it was Just as es sential for a teacher to have training as a physician or a lawyer, and there fore the school should be liberally sup ported. Senator Wood agreed with Senator La Follett in the declaration that the millage tax was sufficient. PRO-FARMER ACT IS PASSED House for Bill Aimed to Ephold Co-operative Concerns. STATE CAPITOI Salem, Or., Feb. 13. (Speical.) A measure intended to prevent big dairy and creamery corporations from freezing out the small co-operative concerns of the farmers went through the House this afternoon with a whoop and a hurrah. All the representatives from the rural districts voted for it and most of the urban legislators also were for it. The bill was introduced by Represen tative Hunt, of Clackamas County. It requires creamery companies and others, who purchase dairy products from farmers, to file a schedule of their rates with the state authorities and prohibits them from paying more for the same commodity in one community than they pay In others, freight rates and other costs being considered. Representative Hunt explained that frequently, in various parts of the state, farmers have attempted to promote the dairy industry by organiz ing small co-operative concerns to manufacture butter, cheese and other dairy products. "Everything goes well," he said, "and along comes the agent for a big city corporation, who starts to boost tne prices, paying the farmers about twice what they are getting at the co-opera tive plant. The natural result is uu the farmers sell their milk to the city chap and the co-operative establishment is forced to close up. Then as soon as It is closed, down go the prices. It has been ruination to the small creamery and has brought despair to the heart of many a farmer." Representative Forbes, of Bend, said they have-had the same experience In that part of the country and other members gave similar testimony. AUTO AFFIDAVITS DOWXED "Written Statement Suffices Under Act Passed by House. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or.. Feb. 12. (Special.) Automobile owners no longer will be maae to mane amoaviis of the ownership and description of their machines when they send their annual license remittance money to the Secretary of State If a bill passed by the House this aiternoon Decomes a law. It is Representative Sam Brown's bill and has the indorsement of many automobile owners. The present law, say advocates or tne new hill, has been a source of much annoyance to owners of machines and has caused much embarrassment to Secretary Olcott and the employes of his office. Frequently persons would send in their remittances without the sworn statement and under tne law tne Secretary of State could not accept th monev. In such cases the money is sent back and frequently, it is reported, the auto owners write saucy letters in reply. This bill proposes to end all that. A written statement only will be required. A section In the bill providing for in creased taxes for motor vehicles was stricken out before it passed the House. America neaas mo ,.u w.w. offices. Germany is second, with 49.SKS: then follow. England with SS.73S. Russia, with IS 000; France, withl3.000, and Italy and. Austria, each with 8&00. iitinrnniii n u ni . : 13 i n rr 11. ut n 1 . 11.J Uliui I luinu Ui iii uu 11 $5,500,000 SO FAR House Sanctions Expenditure of $1 ,388,41 6 and Senate Allows $98,000. ALL BILLS WOT YET FILED Joint Ways and Means Committee Cuts $1,500,000 From Appro priations Asked Approved Funds Are Listed. STATE CAPITOL. Salem. Or., Feb. 13. .(Special.) Appropriations totaling $2,853. 466.66. billj for about half of which have been Introduced, have been approved by the Joint ways and means committee of the Legislature. From appropriations asked the committee has cut about 11,500,000, and other appro priations dependent upon pending leg islation are to be considered. The appropriations of all bills intro duced and recommended by the Joint ways and means committee total about 15.600,000. Measures appropriating 11, 388.416 have ' been passed by the House and bills appropriating S98.000 have been passed by the Senate. Bills introduced the ways and means commi. ee provide the following expenditures: Oreg-on State Hospital IS76.166 Eastern Oregon Hospital 306.S60 State Penitentiary 202,700 Institute for Feeble-Mlndad 141,961 Capitol and Supreme Court buildings &S,6oO Institute for Blind 28.213 8chool for Deaf 64.987 Printing session laws and Journals... 8.000 State Training School 65,275 Legislative expenses 25.000 Special agents 7.000 Training school for Girls 49.200 Slate Engineer's salary 6,000 Appropriations approved by the ways and means committee but for which bills have not been introduced are: Executive department I 23,700 Secretary of State 61.000 Stato Treasurer 36,375 Stato Fair 35.19& Board of Control .16,000 Vnnti and nalrv Commissioner 36,000 Superintendent Public Instruction... 39. OSS Tuberculosa Hospital 53.135 Historical Society J"? Stato Board Horticulture 12,01!X State Library 2;.00 State Livestock and Sanitary Board 49.940 Oregon Bureau Mines and Geology.. ?.ooo Oregon National Guard lao.000 Supreme Court Library ii-XlX Social Hygiene Society iS ?5!! State Board of Health Si-."S. rinwiiM Crlttenton Home .'H Old Soldiers' Home 2V'5?S ai.l. U'at., Rnini SO.OOO Rountv wild animals UO.OOtN Industrial Welfare Commission 7,0(10 Humane Society ,5'XSX Fugitives from Juatice 14,2n Grand Army of the Kepublic '2 Forestry Board i nXX Patton Home ,n5 XITn Orphans and foundlings 100,000 FOUL PLAY CLOUD LIFTED Analysis on Exhumed Body of James Vhited Shows No Poison. BA-KJ3R, Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.) Suspicion that James K. . Whited, pioneer rancher of Upper Burnt River, had met his death by poison at Mus otrin was rilnsinated bv a re port to Dr. Carl G. Patterson from Dr. Otto Binswanger, or fortianu, to me effect Vhat a chemical analysis of the viscera of the man. whose body was exhumed early in January, had revealed no traces or poison. The body was exhumed at the in stance of Thomas J. Whited. brother . TmAa t." whited. who had accu mulated evidence in Oklahoma tending to a theory of foul play. JMr. wnneu died suddenly, and because of the ab ..... rf a rw marten on the body, the poison theory was resorted to. On an order of Judge Anderson the body was exhumed by Coroner West and Dr. Pat Aimtv health officer. The viscera was sent to Portland for exam ination. Pig Exhibit Planned lor Fair. COTTONWOOD, Idaho, Feb. 13. (Special.) A four-pig team elaborate ly harnessed and hitched to a specially designed wagon and driven at the San Francisco fair, will advertise Cotton wood as the hog center of the North west, if the plans of Arthur Brisaett .arrfoH in comnletion. Mr. Bris- sett two years ago visited the fairs of Eastern wasmngton, uregwu n Northern Idaho with a two-pig team that he had trained. Airlle Residents Discuss Roads. 4TT3T.TF Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.) The citizens of Alrlle and the farmers in the surrounding country held a gooa -. ri a miiAtitiir here tonicht. The con struction and maintenance of dirt. gravel and broken-stone roads were under discussion. Professor Skelton, head of the department of highway en nAcrinv t thn Oregon Agricultural College, discussed the cheapest and beM way to construct roads in tnis neign-borhood. Wahkiakum Pioneer Passes. GRAYS RIVER, Wash.. Feb. 13. (Special.) Alex Durrah, pioneer resi dent of Wahkiakum County, died on February 10 and was buried at his home at Eden yesterday. He was born In New Brunswick in 1847 and came to Wahkiakum County in 1874. He is survived by his widow and two children, Elmer of Eden, Wash., and Mrs. Hazel Ingalls of Knappton, Wash. Xew Zealand Deeds Filed. -.. i . -' T 17" T" l?ah 12 f..n0. ciaL) Deeds transferring two parcels of land in the Stiles addition to this city executed in New Zealand, have . I 3 In fho Pftlintv A 11- oeeu iiuivca v ... ..... ditor's office. The consideration was $4000 and a smiling revenue buuuii m .. -n : Vav 7aalanJ WQ d At. Hie XIUV UL ' J " . .... - tached to the instruments, which were execute! in juae, uu- All Choirs In Chorus. TTrark-r. nrmr.B fir. Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) The Hood River Chorus, com posed of 85 -members from an local churches, is rehearsing for a concert to w i.- hd.A tn thn evenincr of Wash ington's birthday, when they will sing patriotic songs. The cnorua wm ized by Rev. S. A. Donat, pastor of the Riverside Congregational Church. Ashland Girl Married at Yreka. . i-tiT Vrr. TTa.lv 13 fSDecial.) Bert Mat'ern and Miss Laura Garrett, both of this city, were marriea i Yreka, Cal., February 1L Mr. Mattern has mining interests In Siskiyou Coun ty The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garrett, pioneers of this section. She is a native daughter of Jackson County. Christian Science Books Awarded. ,tmw ri- TTh 13 (Snecial.) 4J,XA--. . , v. .. ' ' Ten books on Christian Science have been presented to the Albany Public Library by the trustees of the will of Mary Baker Eddy. 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MISS TOWNE BACKS BILL House Quickly Passes Measure and Visiting Schoolma'ams Applaud. Delegation Sees Governor Affix His Signature. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 13. (Special.) With the gallery packed with "schoolma'ams" from all parts of the state, the House this morning passed Senator Moser's bill granting women teachers equal pay with men for their services. The bill already had passed the Senate with only two votes against it and went to the Gov ernor this afternoon and was signed by him. Only five or six votes were recorded against tha measure in the House. Led by Miss Marian Towne, Senator Moser and O. M. Plummer, of the Fort land School Board, more than two-score visiting schoolteachers went into Gov ernor Withycombe's office to see him sign the bill. The Governor read it over carefully and expressed his hearty approval. He used two .pens in attaching his signa ture. One pen was taken py Miss Grace De Graff, as a souvenir for the Portland Grade Teachers' Association, and the other by Miss Zilpha Galloway, as a souvenir for the teachers of the Albany schools. Ortaon First State to Act. The teachers told Governor Withy combe that his act gives Oregon the first- state-wide law placing women teachers on an equality - salary basis with men. A similar law is in effect in the New York City schools. Miss Towne led the discussion for the bill. Her argument in its favor was a simple presentation of the facts. The measure bad been made a special order at 11 o'clock, but the House was not through talking about the Juven ile Court bill until nearly noon, so MIs Townes served notice that she would filibuster for the schoolteachers. "I'm going to talk," she warned the men, "until every one of you seta bo hungry that .you'll vote for this bill merely to get relief." But she dldnH carry out her threat. She spoke only for five minutes, at the end of which time everyone appeared e&erer to vots "aye. She called attention to the fact that the average pay of the woman teacher Is J22 50 a month lower than that of the man teacher and that almost Inva riably the nature of the work and the service Is the same. Teasiera' Influence Lauded. "The two greatest Influences on character, as we all know, she ass": ed "are the mother and the teacher, and if you men think back of your school days I am sure most of you win recollect that it was a woman teacher who contributed the good Influences from the schoolroom." The teachera In the gallery enthusi astically applauded Mis. Towne at the conclusion of her address and again applauded the entire House when the Speaker announced the result of the rAsCthe measure now stands, the dis trict school boards "shall not discrim inate between men and women teach ers, and for the same and 11 e ices shall pav women teachers the same or like compensation as shall be paid to j men teachers, taking into consideration the years of successful teaching expe rience in the districts where the teach ers are employed." While it Is pointed out that this leaves It largely discretionary with the school boards to determine what, In their estimation, constitu.es "success ful teaching experience," the teachers believe that the bill will go far to remove discrimination. -Fish Bill to Be Reconsidered. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.) The Senate today decided to reconsider House bill 213, providing an open season for fishing for "Yanks In the Wallowa Riyer. It was post poned indefinitely Friday. Senator Bishop asked for the reconsideration, declaring that the bill had been misun derstood when first considered, rel ator Wood announced that State Game Warden Finley opposed the bill on the ground that it opens the lake to net fishing. The bill was referred to the Game Commission Tax Penalty Refund Is Granted. STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 13. (Special.) The House this morning passed the tax committee's bill to re mit all penalties on delinquent taxes under the 1913 tax law. There was some question about the l"ty ot certain points of this law and it Is believed that many innocent persons were penalized. To remove all doubt, the committee proposed the remittance act. It also will apply on delinquency o the first half of the taxes paid In 1915. Senate Postpones Bills. RTATB CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 13. -Belial )-The following bill, were indefinitely postponed by the Senate t0s 144 by Cuslck To repeal law pro vI?jnSBfor county rcaa(iv. tlon"T?24. Sord'i Oregon Law., amendmg lin laH u 415 by Wagner To differentiate be H. B. 410. ot v " d aeVeiopmeiU tween promotion aioca stock. BAKER MERCHANTS COMING Big Delegation to Attend State Con vention Here Next Week. BAKER. Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.) A spellaf car with merchants of Baker will leave here tomorrow night, to ar rive In Portland Monday morning, for the Oregon State Merchants' Protective Association convention February la. are" etplcted to" leav ZSTSZ ?rom Xorth Powder. Haines and d6 Ssemen? of'proposeS legislation to eliminate trading stamps by plac ng a prohibitive i ". "." Th Baker Protective Association. The Baiter '" . -thiishments majority or moi in Baker are represented In the Baker merchants' organization. Xew Elma Postmaster Begins. ELMA. Wash., Feb. 13. (Special.) The postmastershlp changed hands here this week for the first time since 1898, W. F. Roberts succeeding Alex ander .Tolley. 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