VOL. XIII. NO. 280.
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WHIG LUUI.UIIII
BIG OBJECTIVE
Central ; Appropriation Com-
mittee to Handle All Sup-
ply Bills in House Urged
;:- for Next Congress.
APPROPRIATION BILLS .
TO BE PARED TO LIMIT
Rivers and Harbors Bill May
" Be -Eliminated Altogether,
Present Outlook.
(OiIM fres Lcbb1 Wire.)
vWaablnston, Jan. 29. The creation
of a central appropriation committee,
empowered to handle all the supply
bill In- the .IfSuse, is In prospect today
as the result of the economy dictum
of the administration because of the
falllng-of f fn revenues resulting from
the European war.
. Representative Fitzgerald of New
York, chairman of the appropriations
committee, and the "watchdog of the
treasury, Is favorable to such a plan.
It is probable that at the next session
of congress the proposal will be
strongly urged and a body will be
created to frame aH general appro
priation measures.
As the result of the serious deficit
In . the treasury, congress faces the
necessity of pruning all appropriation
measures or providing for a bond
. Issue. ' The material reduction, if not
the entire elimination of the $34,030,-
000 rivers and harbors bill is declared
to be certain. Administration leaders
are. also considering a reduction of the
appropriations in the postofflce bill,
such as was proposed by Postmaster
General' Burleson and rejected by the
house.
, Democratic leaders predict that tho
president will send a special economy
message to congress urging that all
appropriation bills be pared to an ir
reducible minimum.
. The situation was the subject of a
lengthy discussion-at the White House
, yesterday between President Wilson,
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo,
Representative Underwood, the major
ity leader In the house, and Represen
tative Fitzgerald. The conferees de
cided that it was not necessary at thla
tune to provide adriltlnnaJL revenue for
' the government but that provisions
must be made immediately to cut
dowft. appropriations for the coming
year. The administration loaders will
wait until the end of the present fis
cal year, when they can more readily
estimate the permanent effects of the
European war and determine what is
necessary to be done.
. President Wilson summoned Secre
ts ry of the Treasury McAdoo to. the
white House today, presumably to
discuss the administration's course
In regard to the appropriation bills
pending in the senate and house.
MEXICO CITY TAKEN
BY GENERAL OBREGON;
Capture of Capital by Car
; ranzista Forces Marked by
Heavy Loss of Life.
'United' Pre Leased Wire.)
. Washington, Jan. 29. Vigorous
fighting, in which large numbers of
men were filled or wounded, attended
the capture of Mexico City by General
Alvaro Obregon. at the head of Car
ranzista troops, according to a dis
patch received this afternoon by the
state department from John Sllli
man. United States consular agent.
Sllllman's dispatch seemed to re
move all doubt that the Mexican capi
tal had fallen.
According to this account. Obregon
marched into the city at 2 o'clock
Thursday afternoon at the head of
lu.ouo carranzista troops.
It is admitted that a manifesto pro
claiming the form of government to
prevail in the capital during the Car.
, ranta occupation of the city will be
issued louay.
Samor Villa Xs Wounded.
'gllliman cabled that unconfirmed
reports .received in Mexico City said
General Villa had been seriously
wounded. The dispatch gave no de
tails.
Slllltnan could give no details ex
cept to say that the rumor was current
in Mexico City.
So far as was known, state depart
ment , officials bad received no word
irom American Agent George Caroth
era, who is with General Villa.
Carranza agents here were Jubilant
over the recapture offthe city. They
expressed the opinion, however, that
.General Carranza would not move his
capital to Mexico City from Vera Cruz,
as . ne oeneves mat tne principal fight
jng 01 xne coming campaign will cen
ter about Mexico City- He undoubted.
ly will wish to keep his government
. subordinates as far from the scene of
battle as possible, it Is stated.
.Would. Fush Villa into United states.
V There will be considerable ' fighting,
also It is believed here, at Saltillo,
i Torreon, Aguas Callen teSv and Cludad
Chihuahua. The present strategic
plan of General Obregon Is believed to
contemplate . pushing General Villa
, nortnwara until n is forced, to cross
me corner into American territory.-
It , is not known whether General
Carranza himself will return to Me'x-
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RUMOR VILLA HURT
German Children
Receive Gifts of
a Belated Santa
Toys Sent by American Children,
Many From . Portland, Are Dis
tributed to Berlin Orphans.
By Carl X. Ton Wiegana, United Tress
Staff Correspondent.
Berlin, via The Hague, Jan. 29.
Americans and Germans exchanged
the "Hoch Deutschland." and "Long
Live America," at a belated Christ
mas celebration yesterday.
Five hundred poor children gathered
at the Ice palace where the gifts re
ceived from the United Stated on the
Christmas ship Jason were distrib
uted. Many were accompanied by
their mothers, who were garbed in
deep mourning, showing that the fath
ers of the little ones had fallen in
battle.
Jack Meyer of New York distributed
the gifts and, in addition, gave each
child a dollar. Ambassador James
Gerard and Mrs. Gerard. Consul Gen
eral and Mrs. Lay, the entire stall
of the American embassy and many
prominent persons were present.
The kaiserin was represented at the
celebration by. Countess von Keller. ,
GERMAN ATTACKS IN.
FRANCE AWAIT FRESH
TROOPS, SAYS PARIS
Slight Gains by Allies Are
Claimed, While Germans
Said to Have Lost 10,000,
By William Philip Sims, United
Press Staff Correspondent.
Paris, Jan. 29.-Slight gains by the
allies near Nieuport' where infantry
fighting has been In progress for the
past 24 hours, were announced in the
official war office statement issued
this afternoon.
German positions between Lom-
baertzyde and Saint Georges have also
been captured. There have been sev
eral Infantry clashes elsewhere along
the Belgian coast and south of Ypres
but the Germans are evidently await
ing the arrival of reinforcements be
fore resuming operations on an ex
tensive scale.
The communique declares a German
aviator was brought down in Beligum
and captured when he was maneuver
ing to drop bombs on allied positions.
At Cronne, Lens and Arras cannon
ading and infantry fighting were al
most constant yesterday. German guns
In the forest of La Pretre, northwest
or .ront-a-Mousson, are aeci&rea to
have been silenced.
The slaughter of German sol
dlers ort the plateau of Craonne
man soldiers on the plateau of Craonne
continues, officials of the war office
declared today. The heaps of dead, al
ready piled high, are mounting higher.
Military men declare that at the vil
lage of Hurlebise the most sanguinary
fighting of Ve entire war has taken
place. There the French light artil
lery is mowing down the Saxon troops,
who, undaunted by each repulse, re
turn determinedly to the assault. It is
estimated here that the German killed
and wounded on the fifth day of the
battle in this region numbered 10,000,
and that the French loss was small.
Anstrians March on Lemberg.
Vienna, via Amsterdam, Jan.n29.
The recapture of the city of Lemberg
and the raising of the siege of
Przemysl are the objects of a strong
Austrian column which Is advancing
rapidly northward through Gallcla.
The Austrian war office announced
today that this army had been heavily
reinforced for the campaign and that
one division already was less than 80
miles from Lemberg. The movement
was made possible, it was declared, by
a serious reverse administered to the
Russians at Vyskof, in the Carpathian
mountains. This pass was strongly
defended by the Slavs, but the official
war office statement declares they
were thrown back with great loss and
completely defeated. The Austrian
troops immediately poured through.
Russians Drive alT Prussia.
Petrograd, Jan. 29. Koenigsberg,
capital of East Prussia, is menaced by
two Russian armies, ltwas announced
today in an official statement issued
here.
. The - first Is advancing from the
north through the extreme northeast
era section of the province against
Tilsit, 60 miles from Koenigsberg. The
Germans - are declared to have been
driven back to within three miles of
Tilsft.
The second, army is advancing west
ward irom a point north or insterburg.
along the Inster and Preger rivers. It
is the Russian plan to catch the Ger
mans between these two armies and
crush them.
The war office asserts that the Rus
slan advance through northern Poland
against the fortress of Thorn continues
unchecked. The kaiser's attempts to
stop tnis movement nave been repulsed.
Successes are also claimed along the
Vistula, where an artillery duel is in
prograss, and In the Carpathians. In
the latter region the Austrians are de
clared to have been repulsed in an at
tempt to recapture Verezke Pass, an
important pout in tne mountains.
Los Angeles Cars Collide.
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 29. Attend
ing physicians expressed the opinion
today, that Albert Welin, Mrs. Annie
Fransen and three others persons in
jured in a street car accident last night
would recover. Welin and Mrs. Fran
sen were thought aj. first to be fatally
hurt. Two street ears, one outbound
and crowded, the other Inbound, col
lided at Height and Fillmore streets
auxins tne rusn hour.
Tat t " Opposes . Patronage. ,
Charlottesville, Va.. Jan. 29. For
mer jrresiaeni xaii. in an address, ad
vocated extension of the I civil service
to curtail the president's bower of an.
pointment, and thus remofve one cause
ror waste i tne president's time and
consumption oi bis nervous vitality,
13,000,000 TO
BE ON FIGHTING
LINE BY SPRING
First Units of New Armies
Having Been Trained Six
Months Will Be Moved to
Front Next Week.
BRITISH ARMY NOW ON
CONTINENT IS 280,000
Allies Still OutnumbeVed in
the West, Lack of Mu
nitions Hamper Them.
The War Unenp.
France Fighting on Craonne
plateau continues. Germans
attacking repeatedly. French
assert 10,000 German - casual
ties yesterday near Hurlebise.
Cannonading constant at Lens,
Arras, near Pont-a-Mousson
and in La Pretre forest. Ger
man aeroplanes again bom
barded Dunkirk.
Germany Petrograd declares
two Russian armies approach
ing Konigsberg, East Prussia,
one from north, one from east. ,
Northern army reached Tilsit.
Christmas gifts received oh
"Christmas ship" Jason, dis
tributed in Berlin.
Poland Russians claim ad
vance In north toward Thorn
and In south along Vistula
river.
Austria - Hungary Severe
fighting in Carpathians. Rus
sians claim re-captured Verezke
Pass.
Belgium S light French
gains at Nieuport. German
aviator drowned near there.
German positions near Lom
baertzyde taken;
Roumania B etlln asserts
authoritative Bucharest dis
patches denr Roumania will
enter war.
By J. W. T. Mason,
(Former European Manager of the
United Press.)
New York, Jan. 29. Next week will
see the first units of the new armies
that have completed their six months'
training move to the front for "the sec
ond offensive phase of the European
war. How the proportion of fighting
strength will be affected when both
sides have completed their reinforce
ments can only be roughly approx
imated. The basic difficulty does not relate
to men, but to munitions. All the na
tions are feeling the strain of supply.
lng the enormous quantities of war
stores tne armies demand, and all have
more men than equipment The prob
lem of estimating what the new fight
ing strength of the rival forces will be
is complicated by the inability of the
world's war factories to keep up with
xne Killing pace set on the battle
fields.
The only official figures presented
by the combatants are those issued by
tne Tencn in .December which gave
2,236,000 as the German strength in
the west and 924,000 as the German
strength in the .east. Both English
and French reports confessed that the
German western armies were numer
ically stronger than the allies, but
not how much stronger.
London, however, has announced
that there are now four British armies
in France. The strength of a British
army probably is two army corps of
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( GO BACK 1
Robert A. Miller,
Busy Politician,
Mag Be Benedict
Marriage U cense Record and Other
, Circumstances Set Friends to
Planning Congratulations.
Friends of Colonel Robert A. Miller,
president of the Jackson club, promi
nent attorney and a Democratic leader,
have strong reason to believe that he
is a married man today. Not that
anyone has seen either him or his
brl$e. In fact no one could be found
today wJbo had seen them' since yes
terday, when a license was Issued at
the ounty courthouse for "Robert A.
Miller and Daisy E. Allen, legal age."
Nevertheless there is iittie doubt
but that the license was used some
time within the last 24 hours. At
the colonel's office in the "Worcester
building, the sign "Out" is conspicu
ously in evidence on the door. His
residence at 670 Johnson street appa
rently was unoccupied, which lends
substance to the rumor that there is
a honeymoon trip being taken.
It has long been suspected that the
colonel contemplated his second matri
monial voyage. Friends here and at
Albany, Mrs. Allen's home, have spec
ulated on it for some time over after
noon tea cups.
Mrs. Allen Is prominent socially at
Albany, where she has lived for a num
ber of years. Her former husband nas
been dead some years, and was well
known in Linn county business circles.
Mr. Miller has been a widower for
about 12 years. He is a native of Ore
gon, and comes from a pioneer family
that settled in Jackson county in early
days. For several years he was in the
land office at Oregon City, during the
Cleveland administration, and came to
Portland more than a decade ago.
"We Are on Eve
Of New Prosperity"
President Wilson Makes Opthnlstlo
Speech Before American Electrical
Hallways Association. '
Washington, Jan. 29, A message of
hope to the big corporations of th-i
nation was voiced here today by Pres
ident Wilson in an optimistic address
to the members of the American Elec
trical Railways association.
T think I can state," said the pres
ident, "that we are on the eve of a
new era of prosperity. Business has
been checked In the last 20 years be
cause of a moving maze of interro
gation points. The main thing was to
find out what ought not to be done.
"I believe suspicion 1 has given way
to confidence. Henceforth nobody is
going to be suspicious of any busi
ness merely because It la big." '
"Progress and prosperity are in, the
air and it's up to America to grasp
Its opportunities,' said Vice President
Kingsbury of . the American Telephone
& Telegraph company, in his address.
Kingsbury declared there was not
much the matter with the country. He
said President-Wilson had advised the
business men of the country "to be
confident of the - future and Kings
bury asserted they should be. Kings
bury said the attitude of his company
TJas not to violently oppose govern
ment ownership of telephone lines, but
to advise the public as to what it in
volved. Committee Ready
to Override Veto
House Immigration Members Tlx
Thursday As Say For Tote After
Agreeing to Beject Wilson's Veto.
Washington, Jan. 29. The house
immigration committee voted today to
reject President Wilson's veto of the
Dillingham immigration bill, and Bet
next Thursday as the day to attempt
to override the veto in the house.
The debate will be limited to six
hours.
Committeeman Sabatt Goldfogle
and Moore voted to sustain the veto.
RETURNED AS UNFIT!
METHODISM IN
OREGON TO GET
FINE BEQUESTS
Friend of Church Makes a
Handsome Provision for
Gifts Aggregating Nearly
$500,000 in Will.
BISHOP INSTRUMENTAL
IN SECURING THE GIFT
Construction of Girls' Dormi
tory at Salem One of the
Provisions Named.
Through the Instrumentality of Bish
ap R. J. Cooke, resident bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal church In this
state, Oregon Methodism Is to be the?
ucuciiciiiry ot an estate mat will toiai
somewhere in the neighborhood of $500,-
ooo.
Although for obvious reasons the
name of the legatee is withheld, it is
understood that he Is an Oregonlan of
means who is anxious that his personal
rortune shall go toward the upbuilding
of the Methodist church and its Insti
tutions in Oregon.
The will as recently drawn up pro
vides for a bequest Of $10,000 for the
Methodist Episcopal Old People's home
at Salem; $20,000 for the retired minis
ters' fund of the Oregon Conference:
J25.000 for the construction of a girls'
dormitory at Willamette university,
Salem, and the balance for the con
struction, endowment and maintenance
of a boys' industrial home to be located
between Salem and Portland.
It Is planned to make the proposed
home one of the leading Methodist in
stitutions of the state.
Methodists who have heard of the
terms of the bequest are highly elated,
and are unanimous in their praise of
the bishop's efforts for the church.
Moros Can Retain
Their Plural Wives
Senate Committee Decides. Hot to In
terfere with Those Who Bare Them
But to Prevent More Polygamy.
Washington. Jan. 29. Moros in the
Philippines who are now living in
polygamy may continue to do so.
But if any other Moros- not already
polygamists, attempt to take plural
wives, they will be stopped by Uncle
Sam.
This Is what the senate commiittee
on-Philippine islands decided today
during consideration . of the pending
Philippine bill. It was agreed that
existing polygamy among these savage
people would not be interfered with.
but that any further polygamy would
be strictly prohibited.
Canal Opening Is
Postponed to July
Secretary of the Vary Daniels An
nounces Formal Opening- of the Canal
Tlll Not Come Until Best Summer.
Washington, Jan. 29. Following a
cabinet meeting here today. Secretary
of the Navy Daniels officially an
nounced that the formal opening of
the Panama canal would be postponed
until early in July.
I
Wilson Wears McKinley Flower.
Washington, Jan. 29. President Wil
son appeared at the executive offices
today wearing a pink carnation in his
buttonhole, in memory of the birthday
of the late President McKinley.
Use of Militia Is Expensive
Removal Power More Effective
Governor Must Be Trusted
Discussions of legislative matters by Ex-Governor West will be a
daily feature of The Journal during the session of the legislature.
vv,,,,,, Salem. Or..
Oswald West.
tne state, ret,
the only means at the disposal of the goveVftor through
which he can insure to the people a faithful execution of the laws.
Futile Measure Pawed by Legislature.
Those who framed our constitution undoubtedly intended that section 10,
article S, should be supplemented by legislation which would-give the gov
ernor ample power to carry out the mandate therein imposed. A bill with
this purpose in view was introduced at the last session of the legislature. It
proposed giving tne governor authority to remove delinquent officials and
fill the vacancies by appointment. The bill was opposed on constitutional
and other grounds, but after being amended beyond usefulness was allowed
to pass.
This law Is practically a dead letter, for It forces the governor, who is
without funds for such purposes, to gather evidence and prosecute the case
in the local courts. It does not give the governor, who is the one charged
with the enforcement of the law, power to control the situation, but puts it
in the hands of a judge, who, by the way, may be in a manner responsible for
the unlawful conditions complained of by reason of his failure to call the
delinquent official to account.
Under the present law, even if the governor succeeded in making a show
ing sufficient to support a finding by the court that the laws were not being
enforced, the delinquent official could only be removed for a period of 90
days. This period is not of sufficient length to enable any extensive inves
tigation and prosecution of law violators by the one who may receive the
temporary appointment. A delinquency, which would demand the removal of
an official for 90 days would undoubtedly be sufficient to justify his removal
for all time to come.
No Danger of Abusing This Power.
Governor Withycombe in his' message to the legislature points out that
delinquent officials can only be reached through tedious criminal procedure
and asks that the constitution be amended so as to give the governor power
to remove any sheriff or district attorney within the term for which he w
elected. This power should be given
ernor abusing this power, for the people would not stand for such abuse.
Those interested in law enforcement and who wish to strengthen the
hands of the governor in this direction, particularly in view of the passage
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AND MORE CAPITAL
'OREGON'S BIG NEEDS
' - : - !
Encourage Settling of Land
and Lend Money to Depel
op, Says A. L, Mills.
Scoring th practice of various
Portland clubs and organizations In
taking junketing trips, and urging
that tho money spent thus and on
advertising might better be placed In
a fund for the bringing of actual
settlers to Oregon and putting them
on the land, A. L. Mills, president of
the First National bank, addressed
tho realty board at Its regular weekly
luncheon at the Commercial club this
afternoon.
O. F. Peek was chairman of the
day. The attendance was unusually
large, every seat being taken.
Mr. Mips address, which was on
the subject, "What Oregon Needs,"
was the principal talk, and in It em
phasis was given to the thought that
the cities of the state are overpopu
lated as compared with the country,
and that one of Oregon's greatest
needs is more citizens who till the
soil, and more capital to develop lat
ent resources.
In substance Mr. Mills said:
Steps Only Preliminary.
More than anything else Oregon
needs more population and more capi
tal, more people to cultivate the soil
and more capital for manufacturing
enterprises.
The whole Pacific coast is over ur
banized, too many people in the cities
and too few in the country. The
cities are too large for the country.
The head Is too large for the body.
The only way this tendency can be
overcome Is by bringing the country
people closer together by means of
good hard surface roads, tip-to-date
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.Killed Singer Who
Loved Her Uhildren
Boa o Xlch Pittsburg Banker, Before
Dying, Admits Xflling Wife Because
Be Was Jealous.
Houston, Texas, Jan. 29. Ward S.
Snyder, son of a wealthy banker and
oil man of Pittsburg. Pa died today
from the effects of poison taken here
yesterday, after . he had killed his
wife, formerly a grand opera singer.
Mrs. Snyder's body was held today
for word either from her former hus
band, Arthur Beresford of Chicago, or
from Snyder's father. It was under
stood that Beresford - will take his
former wife's ody to Chicago for in
terment. Snyder'---recovered consciousness
shortly before - he died. He made a
statement in which he said he was
temporarily insane when he cut his
wife's throat and slashed her. arms
with a large pocketknife. He also
told how he won Mrs. Beresford, "sav
ing she obtained a divorce and that
they were married in Oklahoma.
But," added Snyder, who was 42
years of age, "my wife was unable
to forget her three children br Beres
ford. .She begged continually to be
allowed to return to them. I was in
sanely jealous. This, coupled wltn
dissipation, crazed -.me, and. I - killed
her and .swallowed' poison myself." -
RURA
POPULATION
Jan. 29. Section to of article 5 of our
constitution provides that "the governor shall take
care that the laws be faithfully executed."
We find here a duty specifically and emphatically
Imposed upon the governor, but nowhere in the con
stitution do we find him provided with the power and
machinery necessary fully to carry out the said man
date, except that he may call the militia to his aid.
1 am sure that it was never intended that the gov
ernor should be driven to use the militia for law en
forcement purposes, except in emergency cases. Such
a use of the militia is fraught with danger and may
easily lead to disorders far greater than those which it
is hoped to suppress. The practice is not only dis
tasteful to the officers and men but it is expensive to
under existing conditions, it is about
him. There is no dancrer of anv gov
Three, Column Seven)
HAAS WRITES LETTER
"Cannot Imagine How It Got
Into Papers, Unless Law
son 'Gave it Away.' "
t
(8Im Barenn of The Journal.)
Salem, Or.. Jan. 29. The loud denial
of C. T. Haas, of Portland, of his at
tempt to "put over" a political deal
with Warden B. K. Lawson. whereby
Haas was to be permitted to name a
deputy warden. Protestant chaplain and
two other subordinate officers at the
state penitentiary, and In return assure
Lawson of retaining his position, falls
flat in the face of a letter written by
Haas to Walter H. Denton, of Salem
who was present when Haas made his
proposition to Lawson.
"I cannot imagine how this got into
the papers, unless Lawson himself was
the man who gave it away," confesses
iiaas, over his own signature.
It is apparent Haas . endeavored to
word his letter so cleverly as to avoid
an open admission of the truth of the
facts published in regard to the pro
posal he made to Lawson. but the
above statement by him shows that he
was unable to write regarding the mat
ter without admitting its truth.
Keeps Up ClMSm of Influence.
In his letter he also ciVtinues to as
sume the attitude that 5Js in a posi
tion of Influence whereSr he can pass
judgment on whether Lawson- shall re
main at the head of the state peniten
tiary or not.
"To say that this certainly will not
help Lawson's chance at this time
would be putting it mildly, if be is
the man to blame," he writes to Den
ton. "However, as I do not knew, I
am withholding judgment until I hear
further in the matter."
In between these two inadvertent
admissions of the truth of The Jour-
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WAS IT BILL NYE or
SHAKESPEARE?
Possibly it was Shakespeare or
maybe Bill Nye who In purest
English gave voice to this pene
trating observation, "The world
do move."
But even the Bard of Avon or
inimitable Bill cannot claim the
honor of being first to wish such
a comprehensive truism ; on an
unsuspecting civilization. Buried
deep in the sands along the an
cient Tigris: smothered in the
aged dust of Egypt, and concealed
In the ruins of Azttc life of old
Mexico, have been found this self
same thought, written on mud
baked tablets or chiseled in stone
when the world was some thou
sands of years younger. .
And the world has certainly
humped itself since those olden
times. Speed Is the rule and to
day is the auto age. Even our
hearses are driven by gasoline.
But a man does not have to be a
dead one when he rides a motor
car. There's a heap more fun
motoring while alive and a live
man who wiwhes to conserve his
funds naturally buys a used car.
Of course he finds out where to .
purchase and how by reading
"used car" advertisements In the
want ad section of Sunday's Jour
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PRACTICALLY PROVING
THE JOURNAL'S Sly
PROBABLE THAT
THE FREE TEXT.
BOOK WILL GO
State Senate Today Votes
Adoption of -Majority Re
port in Favor of Repealing
the Present Law.
GHOST OF OLD FIGHT '
REFUSES TO STAY LOW
Lo, Even Humble Crab De
mands Recognition ; of
the Upper House., .
(Ralem Biircxn of Tbe Jnornil.1 v
Salem. Or., Jan. 29 As the senate
today voted down a mtndrlty-report
and adopted the majority 'report ot
the Judiciary commUtee In favor of. a
bill to repeal the present law. giving
school districts the right to vote on '
the question of furnishing fret-text
books, it Is probable that the free text
book law will be wiped from the
statutes as soon as the bill comes up
for final pasnage. . - -
Back of the debate in the ' senate
talked the ghost of the old fight
agalnsfeany law that will permit pupUs
attending parochial schools to be bene
ficiaries of a free text book, law. -
Senator Bingham referred to this
when he said: ,-In the background is
something that shows this contention
over free text books will be up before
every legislature. But let us pray that
never again will any achooW publto
or private, come before the legislature
and ask for a free text book law."
- Hours in Committee.
Several hours were spent by the Ju
diciary committee lat night in
threshing out the question. The bill -under
consideration has been passod
by the house. It is a substitute bill
for one introduced by. SchUebel.' who
has also introduced a bill to give free ,
text books to all public school, thus
excluding private and parochial
schools. It Is understood, however,
that If the bill to repeal the present
free text book law Is passed, that the
Schuebet bill will be withdrawn, or
killed. . . .
The members who slrned the ma
jority report In favor of passing the
bill were Moser. Ulmjck, Holllm, Vin
ton and Langguth.. The minority re
port was signed by Butler and Oar
land. A . , .. .
In behaTfof the minority report.
Garland declared that the people should .
have the right to vote on the question
of free text books. If they fo desire.
senator Moser pointed out that only
four or five districts In the slate ha v
taken advantage of the law, and that
there was no popular demand for It.
(Concluded on I'asa Fifteen, Column One)
LAW FOR GROOMS IS;
UPHELD BY HOUSE
Two Doctors Vote Against It
but Majority Decide in Fa
vor of Retaining Measure,
(ftalein Bura ef The Journal.)
Salem, Or., Jan. 29.- Renewed ef
forts to wipe from the statute books
the requirement that a certificate ot
health be presented before a marriage
license may be Issued were defeated .to
day in the house, when Representative
Allen of Marion county moved the re
considers tlbn of H. B. HI, Introduced
by Dr. K. .J. Anderson of Wasco, and
defeated at Wednesday's session, i
Mr. -Allen made two points .against
the present law. His first was that it
takes away from the county clerks f
Oregon great sums In marriage license
fees whicli go to adjacent states which -do
not require the medical certificate.
The. second was that the. medical ex
amination fee is so email that no
physician can make any rear test and
make out a certificate that has any
value. , ' - "
Mr. Schuebel declared the proposed
repeal of the law an outrage and a
slap In-the face of decency.;' Mr. '
Mlchelbook asked him If he knew of a
single case where a roan could ,nof
have passed a strict medical-tst be- ,
lng unable to get a certificate. Mr.
Schuebel replied that be as It may, tbe
law is there to protect those ' youn?
jwomen who Insist that the man they
marry must be straight and pure..
Those who voted for the repeal, of
the law were: Allen, Dr,s Anderson,
Bowman, Thomas Brown,- CardwelU
Davey. Forbes, Handler. Hare, 1 inkle.
Home, Hurlburt. Jeffries Kuehn.
Lewis. Littlefield. Olds, Olson. Pats
ley. Porter, Ritner; Selling, Dr. Smith,
Stewart.
Barters Oregoa Wins,
Eastern Oregon triumphed. In the
house this morning when the majority
report of the ( railway transportation,
committee was adopted on house bill'
168. This bill changed the manner of
electing railroad . commissioners ' front
the present system-to a district sys
tem, one commissioner being chosen
from eastern Oregon, one from, the
Willamette valley and one fronr" Mult
nomah county. . -. ' ''I .
Chairman Wentworth submitted the
minority report, presenting substitute
H. B. 16s, providing that the commis
sioners be ejected at large. i ? He de
clared . that therehas been no clamor
for a change to tbe district system, and
that no good reason appears ' for -any
innovation. i -
. ; Mr. Davey, of Harney, declared east
ern ' Oregon Is virtually" - a sr.arat
state, with problems totally . different
HEALTH
CERTIFICATE
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