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PACKINGHOUSE AIR (j:tc Testimony Before Sen . r.te. and House Com mittees at Meeting NEYIS ALSO WITNESS rt-. tin '- r tt tir .i vndrgw M Dig rive w nn Throttlin g Industry Throughout Country .WASIIIXGTOX, Jan. 20. Offic ii ; oi independent packing and r ' .k yard firms appeared before t'.ththe. senate and agriculture and Louse Interstate commerce coromit tffw today in opposition to legisla- ,'a for government -. supervision of 'J he. meat packing Industry. Francis J. Heney of San Francisco, .who was hief counsel for the federal trade m mission in Its investigation of the five big packing concerns, also wai a witness before the senate com mittee, i William. Magiviny. presi dent of the , St, Paul Vnion Stock Tarda. fnM 1he hntiHf . rnntmilt-w t!.at government intervention would cause more harm than good... and suggested that in the light of its ex perience in fixing the price of wheat the government should go slow in ;, attempting -to fix meat prices, D. V. Taliaferro, vice president ani general manager of the Detroit pacing' firm of Hammond, Standish & t'ompnny, testifying Before the senate committee said that while he ship he believed that would be bet ter than an attempt by the govern- mem xo reguiaie pacsing nouses and stock yards. Denying that' profits of packing concerns had increased under the . mum . . . licensing Bj-Biein, air. laiian-iiu eaiu 'bis company's profits in 1918 were ftnlv hntit 22 rr rnni nit th MBitaiJ ' stock, -whereas. In" 1917 it was around 88 per cent. Mr. Heney In his testimony chars- ea msi me die uainers nav throttled the packing- industries throughout the country, to build an inn fui . iminnnn r a t i nips?n. where prices' are fixed for the entire 'country." . M The witness also : said the pack ers 'were interested in securing rep- resentauon on me .council oi na tional ' defense" because it was ex- ' pected committees wiould be formed for purchasing food jsupiMies." Cor respondence from the packers files. he added, shows there were many ways In which they expected to bene- '.it. itoui i. ue BciiTiiies oi me council. Joseph .Taggart; former- representa tive from Kansas, denied before the senate committee that while a mem- ber of congress he as favorable to the packers in legislative action, as - was indicated by the testimony of- rerAd recpBtl Mr. lTpner Be OFFICIALS THHIR OPINIONS :'' ;Tri llw il Pif . ' ' f il Hi I - :;- . UV: J. Ogden Armour', of Armour & Company Will appear tomorrow be fore the house committee, ana Louis P. 'Swift of Swift & Company Is ex pected to testify before both com mittees later in" the week. , ROAD BILLS ARE PILINGUPHIGH In House Yesterday Whole Batch! of Them 'Assail the Desk Clerks Representative Sheldon started the road bill a rolling with consider able speed in the house yesterday when he introduced a number o bills on roads and highway matters One would 'make a speed limit of 30 miles an hour on state highways: an other would provide an emergency fund for the highway commission of $30,000 and with a companion bill allow for speedy payment or claims foflab or and material where sucb are deemed necessary by the commis sion: a third would empower th commission to sell obsolete equip ment, and still dnother would pro vide for the highway commission es tablishing a system of road Bigns on state highways. .Still another wouLi have the present .vehicle road law extend to the counties east of the Cascade mountains. ( LONG DISTANCE PHONE (Continued from Page 1.) UK :stis.imxj obpkb issiku KLE3TOX, W. Va., Jan. 20. CHARLESTON An orier restraining the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone company from putting into effect at midnight th new schedule of rates as provided by Postmaster General Burleson's re cent rule, was issued tonight by the West Virginia's public service com mission jn determining the author ity of the postmaster general. CASK "LEFT TO COrirTS CHICAGO. Jan. 20 Officials fron the Chicago Telephone company said tonight that, as a result of the injunction the new schedule for toll and long distance, telephone rates authorized by Postmaster General Burleson will not be effective on lo- cal or Inter-state calls until the courts have decided the case. , i SUIT IS EXPECTED COLUMBUS, O., Jan- 20. The Ohio public utilities commission and State Attorney General John . G Price - will take action tomorrow to prevent colection in Ohio of the new toll and long distance telephone rates approved by Postmaster Gen eral" Burleson effective at midnight tonight. It was indicated -that the action probably will be an injunction sujt. . :.. . . , v Marines Servingi in War r ; May Gain Tax Exemption All marines who h.ive served in the war,' arid their widows will be ex empt frjjm taxation nn to $20.00 un der the provisions of a measure of fered in the house yesterday bjr Weterlund. " -Sure to Get 7?' HE wax -wrapped sealed package with WR.CLEY'S upon It Is a guar antee of quality. Tne tersest 'chewing gum fatfories in the world the largest selling gum In the world: that is what WR1GLEVS means. SEALED TIGHT KEPT RIGHT v . vuwo - 17 i I . I ! 'i Li 3 The Flavor Lasts! I REPRESENTATIVE ATTACKS LEAGUE Barnhart Cites Own Experi ence Says Organiza tion Is Injustice' WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Activi ties cf the security league were crit icised today by Representative Harn hart of, Indiana before the special house committee Investigating the league. Citing hi own case. Mr. Barnhart said the league had attack ed him as having ""voted wrong" on six of the eight measures includ ed on the congressional chart and "not voting" on another. He de clared he had voted for every pre paredness and wax measure passed by the house and signed by the pres ident and the measures on which he was reported as voting "wrong" were inconsequential partisan, issues. - "Time and again I called the at tention of the league to the great in justice it was "doing me. but I re ceived oily evasive replies." the con gressman said. "No attempt was made to rectify the wrong. The league would not even, say that the reason I had not voted on one of the measures was because I was at the bedside of my "dying wife." Mr. Barnhart said the league was an organization fathered" by the cap italists of the country to defeat eon gressmen who refused to bow to their wishes and to give clean rec oras to those wno had put money into their pockets by voting for the declaration of war and who sought to protect them by voting against the income tax. "These war profiteers conceived the idea of the league, contributed money to pay its expenses, and hired tools to do their rotten work," Mr. Barnhart said. In replying to BIr. Barnhart, Mr. Orth said the congressman had made many assertions which could not be borne out by facts. CARDINAL ASKS WINE FOR MASS High Churchman Says Total Prohibition Will Injure Daily Sacrament BALTIMORE, Jan. 20. Cardinal Gibbons, in a statement issued to day, makes a plea that wine may be obtained for sacramental purposes. "We have 20,000 Catholic clergy men in the United States who every day pffer the secrament of the mass How can they perform this duty if they cannot obtain wine? "I know I. will be replied to that wine is permitted for sacramental purposes.. I cannot see -how this will be, if the manufacture, sale and Importation of wine is prohibited The law of prohibition strikes the individual liberty of worshipment. I have always been in fav6r of strict regulation of the manufacture and sale -of liquor instead of absolute prohibition . because by a restriction regulating liberty of the individual is "preserved, whereas by prohibition we face legislation which in the long run cannot be carried out and an early resnlt of prohibition will be the secret and illicit manufacture and sale of bad liquors whereby the government will ; be deprived of Jarge revenue, besides being put to enorin,ous expense in the employment of agents to enforce the law. More over, in the .carrying out of the law I also see an invasion of the home which up to how all men have agreed is a sacred and holy place.- These agents may enter our homes with the violence of burglars and the immunl ty of officeis of the law." NOTES FOUND ON SPORES' BODY Murderer Lays Blame fo Shooting on Dallas Boy in Communication DALLAS, Ore., Jan. 20. (Special to The Statesman) The bodies of M. B. Spores and Miss Lena Brown, who were found In the farm home of Miss Brown near Monmouth, Satur day morning have been ! brought to this city by Coroner R. L. Chapman who was- called . to the seehe of the shooting. 'At an inquest held Satur day the Coroner's jury decided that the deceased. Miss Brown, came to her death by being shot with a re volver in the hands of Spores, who Uthen ended his own life. The murderer left two notes, one of which ' he evidently intended to send to Miss Brown "but didn't in which he said that as ''she had caus ed him to -get a divorce and break up his home he was going to make her sorry for it and that she would never see him again." The "other note was evidently wiltten after the shooting-and it stated that "he had killed Miss Lena Brown, and that Roy Pitzer, a Dallas boy was th , quested in the last note that his body be buried beside that of his victim. . Miss Brown, who managed her farm by herself, had Spores hired to do her chores for her and wheth er she encouraged his Jovemaking is unknown to her relatives. She leaves a mother and two si3ters, living near Monmouth. Funeral Kervlces, over her remains will be held Tuesday. Little Is known of Spores in the neighborhood as he had residod there but a short time. A wife from whom -he was attempting to secure a divorce lives fn Portland, i- No ar rangements have been made for his funeral. j PHYSICAL PROBE OF PEN STARTED i Members of House Committee to Serre Named Yester day by Speaker Jones Representative Hughes, Hosford Horne, Gordon. Thomplon, Child j and Haines were selected by Speaker Jones yesterday as a committee of the house to investigate the physical condition of the buildings at the state penitentiary and to file a report upop the same with the house-.' ' The committee was' selected upon a motion of Mr; Hughes made week,; and in his motion it was plainly stated that the examination was to extend no further than, an ex amlnation as to the physical condi tion of the structures. Marion County Man Sends " in BUUor Publicity Representative Weeks of Marlon county yesterday sent into the house desk his bill to provide that assesors shall list grain, fruit and berry land and products.. This measure would have the assessors file their state ments on their findings in this regard with .the secretary of state, and would give wide publicity to the de velopment of Oregon along ffiese lines. The bill has met with faVorr able comment from a number of the members. Vould Guarantee Bond Payments by the StateWX Gallagher introduced in the house yesterday a bill which would pro vide for the state garanteeting the payment of Interest and principal on irrigatjon and land. Improvement district bonds. This measure If passed by the legislature, will be re ferred to a vote of the people. State's Scenic Resources May Gain Appropriation Scenic resources of he pacific Northwest would continue to Ve ad vertised by the Pacific Northwest tourist association for the next two years under a measure proposed bv the delegations of Josephine and Jackson counties. They are askinr for $25,000 annual appropriation for the biennium and would contin ue this form of advertising in the manner that it has been done in the past. ' (i. A. It, POST ELECTS. Dallas. Ore.; Jan. 20. (Special to The Statesman) At a - meeting of S. Grant Post G. A. It. held in the armory this week the following old soldiers. pCCivll-.war days were elected to office for the ensuing year: Commander. David Smutz; senior vice commander, John Stein- feldt; junior vice commander, Isaac Phillips; . adjutant. B. Lovelace; surgeon. II. P: Shriver; chaplain, J. R.. Marsh; officer 'of the day, C. O. Fixjua; officer of the guard, David Darling; patriotic Instructor, Tl. II. McDougal; - sergeant major. E. L. Johnson. The officers were Installed by Past Commander John It. Marsh. BILL CARES FOR ALLOWANCES WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. The house" today passed a bill providing that no reimbursement shall be re- Quired, except in cases of fraud, for government allowances paid, but lat er cancelled, to dependents named dependents by enlisted men. CITY TO AID SUIT (Continued from Page 1) es. . Of this amount several hundred dollars will come back from patients able to pay for the care given them and from sale of the furnishing of the hospital. By passage of a resolution It was left up to Mayor Albin and City Phy sician J. Ray Pemberton to say when the existing ban shall be removed. Present closing orders were amended so as to include bowling alleys. . A measure Introduced by Dr. F. L. Utter also met a favorable recen- . I rvvi- I j i l : ; iiuu. iuii pruviutrs a ipniai cm- sens committee composed of the mayor, a doctor, a minister, the sec retary of the Commercial club, a banker and the editors of . the local papers, who are expected to carry on an educational campaign empha sizing the necessity of taking influ enza precautions and respecting the quarantine. By a motion of Mr. I Johnson the mayor is also to appoint I four physicians to aid the special health committee. Good in on Park Ilnarxl. Election of the city park board re sulted in the designation of R. B. Goodin to serve the three year term. J. WVMaruny, the two year period and John J. Roberts for the one year term. The personnel of the play ground board has not yet been an nounced.' ' . Both ordinances, Tosterd by Chief of Police Varney, changing the pres ent city regulations regarding Im portation of alcoholic liquors and purchase ;of cigarettes by minors so as to correspond with the state laws passed the second reading and were held over until the next council meeting, 4 . . Petition to gravel an alley caused the council to do away with the old established precedent of graveling unimproved streets and alleys upon request without compelling the resi dents to provide their own gravel and pay for the hauling. Street Commissioner W. S. Low requested permission to purchase new pouts in order that several hun dred street signs, now missing, may tx replaced. This was referred to the street committee. Discussion over employment (of a janitor for the city comfort station resulted in delaying action until the building committee can present a report. - f W' m A NUMBER OF ENAMELED BEDROOM D R E S S E BS, CHIFFONIERS, BEDSTEADS, - DRESSING TABLES .ROCKERS AND , CHAIRS AT SACRI FICE PRICES TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW SUITS ARRIVING. $:i0.00 Ivory Chiffonier $:U.OO Ivory Chiffonier $22.00 Ivory Chiffonier $27.00 Ivory Bedstead $2G.OO Ivory Uedstead $5.50 Ivor' Rocker $5.50 Ivory Rocker $4.25 Ivorj- Rocker MANY OTHER PIECES AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES HAMILTON'S FURNITURE STORE : 340 COURT STREET m aLaAtiA4iiikii..trti.a....;w'K.-:l.;.'.: ivl,t-v.--..v:.. WOMEN VOTED (Continued from Page 1) votes. BADEN' SOCIALISTS LEAD PARIS, aJn. 20. Retains of the elections for the German national assembly for the third electoral dis trict of Baden showed the. majority Socialists to have won five seats, the Centrist party five seats, the Ger man Nationalist party one seat and the German Democratic party 3 seats- - 0 PAP.IS. Jan. 20. The first result are too incomplete to permit of any opinion asto the significance of the elected. The results In 'urttem burg were majority .Socialists 450 616 votes and seven seats; German Democrats 332.010 vote and four and four seats; Centrists ,303.020 votes and four seats. DEMOCRATS LEAVE RRUNWICK rARIS..Jan. 20. At Brunswick city the cltiiens league without Democrats.- polled 16.477. Democrats 16.200; Majority Socialists. 6.363i Independent Socialists 26.335. It is noteworthy that the united bourgolse parties polled more than the minority party although Bruns wick is one of the latter' stron? holds. ' - r Barmen City Nationalists 22.96R& Ceittrists 8.310; Democrats, 112.68D-. majority parties 29.302; minority parties lft.949 Thompson Will Be Named , on Highway Board Again Governor Withycombe announced yesterday that he will appoint W. L Thompson of Pendleton as a mem ber of the state highway commission upon the expiration of his present term. March 31. There had been rumor afloat that Mr. Thompson might possibly be replaced when hl term was completed. . .-I am entirely satisfied with the commission and do not know how i could be Improved upon," was the governor's answer to this rumor. Sumpter Valley Strike Is on Way to a Settlement Telegraphic advices received late yesterday afternoon from Washing ton Nindicate that the strike trouble on the. Sumpter Valley railroad ma be near to an end. as the public ser vice commission was" informed tha Edward Chambers of the railroad ad- nmistration has ruled that wage ad vances in an aggregate of from $2j.-( 000 to $30, 000 annually should b j given to the men.- The telegram; stated that the method of raisin this amount was to be determined la ter. . ' Salaries Rise for Justice of Supreme Court Sought Justices of the supreme court now receive a salary of l)ft a year This Is not enough, in the opinion of Representative Burdick, who has In troduced a bill to raise their salaries. to $6000 a year. It is understood that the lawyer members of the bouse are .generally in favor of this pro posal. It is also understood that bills for raising the salaries of the governor, state treasurer and secre tary of state on a somewhat similar basis will appear before the session is over. ' Great Grist of New Bills Comes Up in the House II. B. 51. hv Callagher rrovl lin for state guaranteeing payment interest and principal, on land im proving bonds. II. B. 32 by WesterliJTvd Vrovid ing for fxemption of tax for marines and their widows. : II. B. 53. by Burdick FUlnc sal- CLEARANCE PRICES - on White and Ivory Enameled . . ; BEDROOM PIECES See West Window '...$23.50. ...$25.00 $18.25 j. .... ..$22.50 $21.00 ; $45. l .$4J5 $18.50 White, $20.00 White. $20.00 White $18.50 White $18.00. WhitO i I O- WkU. tnomJ miairo TK $7.50 White Enamel Chairs $4.85 $3.50 White Enamel Chairs " - $255 $2JiO White Enamel Stool $1.75 4. . . .j. .S3.75 4 arlea justices of supreme court at $6,000 annually.; II. B. 54. by Weeks Reqniiinr assessors to compile agricultural and horticultural data, H. B. S3,, by Jones (Lincoln and Polk) Appropriating $2,500,000 for Roosevelt Coast Highway Military highway. IL B. 56, "by Sheldon DireeUn highway commission to maintain sign boards. II. B. 57, by Sheldon Requiring highway commission to accept monev from counties and Individuals. H. B. 58, by Sheldon Empower ing highway commission to make prompt payment of claims for labor and materials. - H. B. 53. by Sheldon Authorizing highway commission to establish em ergency f irnd. , II. B. 60. by Sheldon Empower ing highway commission to sell ob solete materials and equipment. H. B. 61, by Sheldon Fixln speed limits on state highways at 30 miles per hour. : II. B. 62, by Richards Providing for election of school clerk of Mult nomah county. II. B. 63, by Richards Extending tax levies for Portland school dis trict to raise teacher's salaries. U. B. 64. by Sheldon Authorizing sale of wornoat equipment of higher educational institutions. II.. B. 63..1)y Dodd Relatlnr to mechanics liens. II. B. 66, by Dodd Relating to organization of irrigation districts- R. II. 67,. by Thrif Relating to compensation of attorneys. II. B. 68. by Sheldon Extending weight of load law to Eastern Ore gon counties. II.. B. 69, by Dood Relating to organization of drainage districts. II. B. 70. by Roman. Prohibiting the giving of tips. , II. B. 71, by Roman Providing Ch!!drcn: Cry fr-u The Zlad Yen Bare Always Bought, and which, fcas beea -la use for" over oyer 30 years has borne the signature cf and Bas tcea made under his per -' sonal supervision since its infancy. 4UCMltZ Allow no one to deceire to a In this- All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good " are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health ef Infants and Children -Experience agakut Experiment What is'CASTORIA Castpria is a harmless substitute lor Castor Oil, Pafegorfe, ' Drops and Soothing Syrups. It Is pleasatL Jt contains -neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its ge Is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it hs . been In constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, T7iad , Colic and Diarrhoea ; allaying FeTerishnesa arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation cf Food;" giving healthy and natural deep. The Children's panacea Tbe Mothei'yFxiend. GENUINE CASTOR1A ALWAYS 7 f Bears the In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought o'i Ml - I . Ti , 1 i 1 1 U n Enamel Chiffonier..... $16.25 Enamel Chiffonier $1755 Enamel Dresser $1755 Enamel Dress. Table. . .$14,75 Enamel Dress. Table... $14.50 1 f -! 1 y i that the county treasurer shall be tax collector. II. B. 72,' by Bnrnaugn Relatia to adjournment of court when judge Is" absent. II. B. 73. by Gallagher RclieTto express companies from depositing securities with the secretary of th state. . . - II. B. .74, by -Wasco county dele gation Fixing salary of .school su perintendent for. Wasco county: II. B. 73. : by Galagher Relatin ta attorneys' fees in actions on pol icies for insurance. II. B. 76. by Jackson and Joseph ine delegations Appropriating '$Z5 000 a year 'for Pacific : Northwest Tourist association. - H.B. 77. by Smith (Baker) Re moving state aid from Industrial ac cident commission and amending workmen's compensation law. II. B. 78. by Smith (Baker) Re lating to publication ot school dis trict budgets. II. B. 79. by Gordon Ameding sol diers' and sailors' reflef act to maka It valid. II. B. 80. by Gallagher Making evidences "of Indebtedness on insur ance policies non-negotiable, - II. B. 81. by Richardson Appro priating money for the attorney gen eral to Investigate and prosecute al leged land frauds. II. B. 82, by Thrift Providing re lief forIrs. J. R- Stannard- II. B. 83. by Thrift Relating to court practices. II. B. 8 4. by Jones (Lincoln and Polk) Fixing terms or circuit court in Lincoln county. The following house bills were passed by the house today: H.Sl. 4, by Lewis Providing for annexation of territory to Portland school district. H. II. 79. by Gordon Amending act providing for relief to soldier and sailors, making it valid. 3, for Fletcher's Signature of a i
