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FIRST SECTION til Pages 1 to 6 g2fNTIETII YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 8, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS mm WI01 TWO SECTIONS 10 Pqzcm i flODSEUELT WILSON PUNS REST FROM PUBLIC DUTIES Senate Votes to Reconsider The Norblad-Hall Military , Road Measure; Will Be Drought Back. SAYS MOTIVES HAVE . BEEN IMPUGNED ftember of Commission Is Charged With Working : Against Action VIRTUAL NEri.VNIOY TO TSE enjoyed after siarcii 4 Writing of Hook Will IV pod. lMnnl Several Month to Jlve Way to Ilert-eation By Tote of 1 to 12 the sen ate yesterday voted to recall from the boiiae the Norblad-Hall Roose- military highway bill for the jiurpose of reconsideration. The action was over the bitter protest of both Norblad and Hall. " Declaring" that his motives as a honest legislator had been im pawned by metropolitan dailies and by Certain members of the legislature. Senator Hall of Coos and Curry counties, arose on per sonal privilege when Senator Vin ton moved to take from the table the motion of Friday to recall the bill from the house. - Hall de- Hired be has not traded bis rote on any measure in order to get votes for the highway bill ..' "Ton men. and not I, should be defeadlng this bill." said Hall. "If tola bill is not passed. 1 will vie all the means in my power to prevent $2,500,000 beings placed teto the general fund. Because I have been very busy during, this lsfon, I have been unable to make a proper presentation of this question to the highway com missioners, and they fcre tIqued in the belief, that some of their functions are to be taken away from them, i A . "it We turn this $2,500,000 in to the general fund we are no longer in a position to receive this government fund when it is avail able. Let us stay In position to receive this government money iy. applying this money to the coast highway. . "The members of the highway commission! are my personal friends, but when they descend upon the floor of this senate and act v as lobbyists, then I believe in treating them as lobbyists." Hall and Norblad charged Mr. fcooth with offering to donate $1,810,000 to highways In Lin coln county if that county would ndeator to defeat the Norblad Hall MIL Mr. Hall read an ar ticle published In Lincoln county relative to a meeting there In sup port of his point. Norblad also arose on personal privilege. ;! . "Talk about lobbying." shouted Korbiad. arter making these fharges against Booth. "Who Is lobbying? Senator Hall and I or Mr. Booth? In all fairness A thlsk you will say that it has been neither Senator Hall nor I. but that the log-rolling has all ton on the other side." , Senators Lachmnnd and Thom as recalled what Thomas .termed tbe "grand old bltullthle hymn" of two years ago. "Don't tie the hand of the highway rom mis sion." . . Both Lachmnnd and Thomas saia they had supported the bill last week under the misapprehen ilon that the highway commis sion was for It. Thomas said he ' bad discovered that Hall, who has had no previous legislative experi ence, was placed as chairman of the, roads and highway commis sion because he wanted to secure the passage of the Roosevelt high 's? measure. m The vote on the recall' was as fonowt: ii Pot recall Dennis, Eberhard, Eddy, Ellis. Farrell, Gill, Hume, Jonau Lachmund, La Follett. V-ckelaen, Patterson, Porter, Rob ""on. Slrayer. Thomas. Vinton. . Against Banks, Bell. Edwards. 11, Hare. Moser, Norblad, Ryan, BibUa, SUples. Upton, Ritner. Absent Joseph. WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 Pres ident Wilson plans to go into vir tual seclnsion for a time after March 4: Free from the responsibilities Of Office Which liavo weighed heavily upon him during his con valescence, Mr. Wilson, his friends fray, wilt shut himself in for in tensive rest and nulei in his new home. He will deny himself to all call ers except Immediate inembet of his family, it U said, and a few intimate friends. No formal engagements are ex peeted to be made by the presi dent until he shall hate adjusted himself to private life after some ten yea.rs in public service. Kven the writing he has planned will he. postponed several months, bis friends say. Mr. Wilson Is understood to have received invitations to spend part of the summer out of Wash ington, but because of his de light with the weather here SOU HOLDS i CHERRIANS CELEBRATE PRUNE WEEK TONIGHT IlLOOFFfiOl MEMBERSHIP RESTRICTION M.IY UK RETI"T1HI Proposed Fiaiixnent of Bo Seowm its Drum Corp Will He !rl-cnM4l Jewell- Declares Telegram prom President s Com plete Vindication of The Employes Stand. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION TO DECIDE Atterbury Made A Serious Blunder In Money Applications v Although prune week, as desig nated by : tiovernor Olcott. does not he in until February 14. the Cherrians. In accordance with their booster program. Iiave ar ranged a .prune dfiiner for their regular monthly, dinner at o'clock. tonight at the Commercial hil. Following i he dinner tlu busi ness men lug is 'o lie the lime for the discussion' of a treat manv important questions and a Urge atleiitliiii-e i earnestly uesired by King liing Know land. t)ne or two of the most eloquent Cher riaris will be allowed to sing the praises of prn.ie and tell what this great industry means to Ore gon. At a meetlns of the Cherrians in Dec-ember an amendment to the STATUS. OF WAR LOANS IS CAUSE OF WRANGLE I'MTED STATES 1H ASKED TO CANCEL lyOANS iator Heed Make - - That Additional Foreign Loans be Prohibited. NEW YORK. Feb. T. Refusal of President Wilson to intervene idrr lin ,u ra,,way wage controversy iiKeiy mat ne win accept. For possibly six months, his friends believe, t. his life will be taken up with recreation. His chief diversion since bis illness has been reading. H Is said tf have practically exhausted the Held of detective Rtories, and more "recently has taken up novel? and light stories." Hi also has given some time to reading po litical and historical works and pec try. He is expected to continue his daily automobile rides. 01 DEALERS BILL PASSED BY SETiATE Joseph Opposes Placing Un der State Corporation j; Department by-lawR doing- aw by with the re striction which limits the number of members to ion was passed. Since tnen considerable adverse opinion has been manifested by j foreign governments. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Decla ration by Secretary Houston that n auieo government . had pro- poseu to ine united States cancel lation of its war obligations to this country, a wrangle over sta tu.H of war loans to Russia and Itusian embassy financing, and a decision to divide the investiea tion as to foreign loans with the foreign relations com ni.it tee. mark louay s session of the senate Ju dietary committee. The proposal of Senator Keed, democrat, of Mrs- souri, to prohibit additional for eign loans was under considera tion. secretary Houston said that one government" had Dronosed cancellations by the United States of loans. He preferred "not to say" what government. Jiost of the session was taken np with discussion of Mr. Hous ton's assertion that he did not propose to make further loans to MEASURES OF I1PDRTA1E PUSS SENAT EIGHT PERSONS DEAD IN SCHOOL EXPLOSION CAN OK XITKO - GLTCERIX r PROLS FATAL E Emmett Rnnyan, Teacher, And Five Hojh are InMaatly Killed And Two (Hlier Die loiter AIHGRAFTS TD Hume Bill Providing for Ap peal From Court of Dom estic Relations Approved On Final Passage. NO DEBATE AROUSED OVER FISHING CODE Free Text - Book Measure And Election Counting Boards Upheld Senator y Eddy's bill to place bond dealers under the jurisdic tion of the state corporation de partment, cafne up for; final pas sage at 2: IS o'clock yesterday and was passed. Senator Joseph sought by mo tion to have the bill re-referred to the revision of laws commit tee. This was opposed by Eddy, who said at no time had Joseph seriously considered the measure. Hume and Ellis supported Mr. Joseph's, motion. Hanks sided with Eddy against re-referring the bill, and the senate easily voted down Joseph's motion. One projrislon of the measure la that when a bond dealer Issues Interim certificates in excess of $100,000. he must notify the cor poration commissioner. ' The vote on the bill was: For Ranks, Bell, Dennis, Eb erhard, Eddy, Edwards, Farrell, Gill,' Hare. Jones, Lachmund, La Follett, Nickelsen, Norblad. Pat terson, Porter, Ryari, Smith,' Sta ples, Strayer, Vintori, Ritner. Against Ellis, Hall, Hume, Jo seph. Moser, Robertson, Thomas. Absent upion. e railroad employes, p. M.Jew H, president of the railroad em ployes department of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, declar ed today. lilmr's Position Vindicated In the statement Mr. Jewell said: "The telegram of th? resident Is ft complete vindication nf nnr position. He has made it clear that the labor board should con fine its jurisdiction to controver sion as to wages and working con ditions, leaving financial' matters to the interstate commerce com mission. "Mr. Atterbury. therefore made a serious mistake in applying to the labor board for financial as sistance. We did not consider the facts warranted his prediction that the transportation Industry was threatened with immediate bankruptcy. Evidently the pres ident did not think so either. We did not feel that a financial dis aster was impending, as predicted by .Mr. Atterbury. but considered it our duty to call his statements to the attention of the president. The president has stated unequiv ocally that financial appeals should be restricted to the inter state commerce commission. Atterbury Makes Mistake. "Mr. Atterbury made a serious mistake by his Ill-considered ac tion and has placed the railroad executives In an embarrassing po sition. It is to be deplored that the public was temporarily de ceived. "Now that the financial aspect of the matter, however, are set t led ."we shall have to take up and answer before Mie board other features of Mr. Atterbnry's state ment. He has cast aspersions upon railroad employes which we cannot permit to pass ancontrb vertsd. We feel that it is our duty also to show that Mr. At terbury is In reality the railroad representative of the sinister anti union movement being heavily financed and supported under the guisv of a so-called "open shop campaign." the matter will again be brought Hp for final disposition. As changod by the amendment there is no limit to the ru ruber of mem bership which " the organization may acquire but there is consid erable opinion that some limit should be made. Another matter of busines to be taken up is the proposed equip ment of about 40 Hoy Scouts, of near the age of 12. with suit iden tical with those worn by the mem bers of the members themselves and the maintaining- of these boys as a drum corps to accompany the Cherrians on their trips and to as s'st them ii public demonstra tions. . Dan La n gen berg, newly elected musical director of the Cherrians. will be on hand with some new booster songs to practice. As a part of. the menu for to night prune cookies will be served. These cookies were a present to the Cherrians and now with the Mason Ehrmann Co. in Portland, who, when he read that the Salem organization would ac tively help along the movement, sent them two boxes of the de licious prune contentions, v The menu for the dinner is as follows: Baked ham. mashed potatoes and French peas with prnne dressing-- Prune salad with walnuts and pine apple. Prune bread. Prune cookies." Prune' desert with mar&hmatlows and whipped cream. Coffee. Applju. t Senator Reed said Secretary Houston's assurances as to his plans would not bind his successor which he said his measure sought. The Russian loan came up In testimony of N. Kelly, assistant treasury secretary In charge of foreign loans, who testified that before the fall of the Kerensky government. Russia had received $187,000,000 in war credits. No additional payments, he said, were mad$ until 1920. when Russian embassy officials were allowed to draw $200,000 with the under standing that it would be re placed. Objection of senators caused an executive session at which it was decided to leave international as pects oC loan maters to the foreign relations committee. Much importance Is attached to many of the bills which were con soldered by the senate yesterday afternoon. Beginning with the Eddy' bill to place bond dealers under the jurisdiction of the state corporation department, there followed in rather rapid tucces- l LAWRENCEVILLE. 111.. Feb. ?. Eight persons are dead and another probably fatally Injured as the result of the explosion of a ran of nitro-glycerine at toe Crozs Road school, two mile west of here shortly arter noon today. Emmett Bunyan, 30 years old. the teacher, and the following pu pils: Raymond Groves. 9; Howard Itt. 7; Thomas I,ett. 12; Charles Wellon. Robert McCausland, 12; Elmer Mellet. 10. and Rich ard Peters. 7. Lester proves, 11, is expected to die. Several other children received minor injuries in the explosion. which occurred when one of the boys . attempted to cut the top from the can with an axe, Bunyan and five of the boys were, killed instantly and the other two died later. - i nose whom injuries were slight were the victims of firing glass, every window in the school- house, a 1-story frame structure. neing demolished. - The explosion was heard in Lawrenceville and persons hurry- Hon.' the commercial fishing code I0 t1PJ,rd th? CP'bon bill, creating a fish commission. which was passed unanimously, a re-rference of the Norblad-Hall Roosevelt highway bill, an up holding of the Banks free text book bill by voting down a minor HUE TRUMBULL BETA POSITION Kay's Bill to Change Child t Welfare Commissions fails in House court of domestic relations and a dozen other important meas ures. . No Debate on Code. The commercial fishing code BE TESTED IN SHUTTLE Theory That Airplanes Have , Made Capital Navar Ships Useless to be Given Trial On High Sea. REP. MONDELL WARNS AGAINST ARMAMENTS Captured German Battleship win Be Prey of Sky , Attacks KcMinville Taxoavers Against Salary Raises L nuns meeting Sunday af ternoon MfMinnrlU. liMTr '!? by ,are maJofty against "y increase in salaries of state iv .viktvcrs ai iuis iiuic. m meeting was presided over by Ws of the Yamhill county inii, tT Agates, Who held tbs lvT i10 terAlne Just exact k, ,9 VIr constituents stood on '" miner. j r. e "umber of taxpayers f.IVwnt nd the talks both i ia talntt increase In salar- frit i.i e een- The Principal fait. Km. to ,ncrea lay 10 the tka V. prkM ,n general are on in- ,M: and tnftt since sal t j" ,n Aothr Hns are dropping. 'Vot. right that they should ZJB otbers. ESL f 5enat0" Vinton and Ed raa and Representatives Beals, ry and La Follett. FEW MEASURES ELI ML SHIPPING COMPANIES 'CLASH Allocation of Government Tonnage Brings Trouble Before The Board ABE WA8HINTON, Feb. 7. Presl dent Wilson's refusal to intervene in the question of -railroad wages sustains the position of the em ployes that the matter is one for the Interstate commerce commis sion and congress, W. H. John-j service in competition with ston. president of the Internatlon-1 vately ow-ned veSjteia WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. Rival shipping companies operating ves sels between the Atlantic and Pa cific coasts clashed today before the shipping board over allocation of government owned tonnage for pri- al association of Machinists, de clared here today in a statement; 'The transportation act," he said, "clearly defines the jurisdic tion of th railroad labor board and the interstate commerce." Many Bills Still in Hands Of Committees; But Two Weeks Left Yet " For the reason that the legis lature has only just anrived at what is ordinarily the most severe fighting period, namely, the two final weeks of the session-, and Tor the reason that hundreds of bills are still In the hands of com mittees, the number of measures killed by failure to pass or by in definite postponement is not gTeat. Here is a list of them: 41, Upton To abolish state emergency board. Indefinitely Tinctnonpd hv senate. ks Kills Relating to the h,irinr in of new Darties In suits. Indefinitely postponed by 78, Upton Relating" to fore closure of certificates oi aeim Failed to tass senate. . Jones To provide for the examination of an adverse party A oivil sction or suit. in- Hofinitelv nostDoned In senate. Q Q l nnpfl To nrovide for re lease' from lien of a judgment the t real property or appeuani. in definitely postponed by senate. 119. Hume Relating to standardization-of normal schools. In definitely postponed by senate. 124. Eberhard Relating to ar rest of judgment. , Failed to pass senate. . : ... A, 175, Eberhard constituting every county a judicial district. Indefinitely postponed by senate. 17G, Eberhard Transferring probate Jurisdiction from county Idaho Makes Move To Abolish All Lobbying ROISE. Idaho, Feb. 7. A move aimed at the abolishment of lob bying and lobbies in Boise was made In the senate of the state legislature this morning when Senator Seaver of Twin Falls county presented a resolution au thorizing the president of the sen ate to appoint a committee to probe this matter. It also provid ed the committee should invest! gate the creation of deficiencies in the various departments in the last biennium. Sentiment in the senate was in favor of the resolution and the vote to adopt It was unanimous. Thomas of Bingham charged that the deliberations of the members were interrupted many times by persons coming on the floor. He said also that certain persons were wont to come Ik and sit on the floor during the sessions. Representative Kay's bill to give the secretaryship of the child wel fare and industrial welfare com mission, to the labor commission er, and thus eliminate Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull, the oresent secre tary, went down to defeat by in definite postponement in the house yesterday morning without a roll call vote, but with an overwhelm ing volume of affirmation. Kay said that the governor had recommended the bill In his message, and that it had been said by him that the ena'ctment of its pnArisions would mean a saving of $10,000 a year to the state. He contended' that the opposition to the bill came- from i those who would lose their positions in case it became a law. Stone opposed the bill, contend ing that the care of the women of the state who were forced to en gage In the walks of labor should be left to women who knew how to sympathize with them and their ! needs. 'Kiibli spoke against the bill, say- EU IKE T 1 t t f A . a k . . nam iivermore. presiuem oi ung mat me animus bacK or It was the United American Lines oper-'the personal desire of some who allng company for both the Anieii- ha1 been offended by the neces can Ship and Commerce company, ff,1, administrative work or Mrs andMhe American Hawaiian iie, Millie Trumbull and who wanted EMPIXTVKS BURNED (Continued on paso 4) SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb. 7. Three men employed at the aero nautical repair and supply depot at Rockwell field, army flying headquarters here, were seriously burned and one probably blinded late today when a 20-gallon car boy of sulphuric acjd exploded. STANFORD TAKES GAME controlled by the Harrimrn Inter ests, protested against the opera tion of government tonnage in the inter-coastal trade by the North Atlantic and Western Steamship oinpany, declaring such a polity placed a hardship an private own ers by putting them in competi tion with their sovernment. C E. Ware. Jr.. of Boston, pres ident of the latter company, con tended that it vould be agcins'. the, policy of the board to with draw shins from a company in bus iness before the entrance of a pri vate line into the trade. The Amer ican Hawaiian line, he said, had withdrawn Its vessels from inter costal service early in the war and had not resumed those sail ings until his company had been lit operation some months. Because of the slump in ocean traffic, Mr. Livermore said, the HarHman interests had sought la make up some of their losses by developing coastwise traffic. He said he did not think cutting ra'cx would help any. Commissioner Thompson in quired if that was not contrary to a statement of W. A. Harriman tn New York last week that. If the board did not withdraw its ton to get her out of the way. Lynn supported Kay and argued that the passage of the bill would eliminate the hard feeling that now existed among those who were interested in the women's and children's welfare work. He wanted the bill to be pkssed and urged that personalities be elimi nated from its consideration. Gordon of Multnomah said that he could not see where any saving could, be made and that, unless that should be done there was no reason for consolidation. Lee and Gordon of Lane op posed the bill and Johnston sup ported it. Gallagher said he want ed to know what the bill had been introduced for and he had con cluded that the real purpose of it was to effect the chance of the personnel. He also saw In it a fine oppor tunity for the labor commissioner to build up a fine and well oiled political machine to function at the next primary election. He thought it would be impossible for a boiler Inspector or a horseshoe inspector to go out and solve the welfare problems of women and children. Kay. in closing, said that the met by screaming children. - .Neighbors were the first to reach the school. The explosion occurred abont i a reet from the schoolhouse. All oi inose Killed were rronnMl Hi"ftl t iha Ma a . m . . itjr report against It.'deteat of tl o v " , sicians on the CHI measure, pas- L hJbovs iad n, X? ld that M nf iinm.'. hiii i,Hnr t th. !? 7 n4 fIbed the can from It is believed that the container nan iioated down from a nitro glycerin magazine about three quarters of a mile away ' it was said that the ohmIm t. bill caused no debate, but passed I to empty the cans at the magazine unanimously after Senator Gill. I afterwards destroying them and it chairman of the game committee, I Is believed that the contain- ... naa expiainea ine long list oi i one mat held only a small amount aiufiiuuit-Dis wuicu uusru mc vt vapiosire ana bad hMn fc bill to be deferred from last Fri-iin the creek. day when it was slated-for final I Authorities, however, are plan passag?.. - ning to inquire further Into on.. . . . ... . . . ... . &- ,. . - ine piaj mat loiiowea me re-i' iu acciaent. It was said can ui ine .oroii-riaii niguwaj bill from the house was a matter of conjecture. All motions made were hippodromL presumably by agreement for some laudable purpose. Senator Vinton moved that the bill be reconsidered and Norblad followed with a motion that it be re-referred to the com ruittee on roads and highways. This was done without opposition. Senator Norblad later said the bill probably would be amended so it would be satisfactory. It may provide for i referendum to the people. The Hanks free text book again brought on a debate, which, how ever, was brief. A minority of V a AAMml,.M. .1.. .1 I . i5 .-uiiiiiiiiirfj u ii cuuciuuu I WASHINGTON Fh " ported in favor or its passage and rVo h!, rtu,, ' ' ' a minority against it. Hume ' wo . reIW m"ores were put moved adontlon of the maforitv I inro,,gh the house In a hnrrr report and Staples moved substi- J today and a third was beat by tuiion oi me minority reporc. "rgain. htaDies areueti at some ipnctn l no unnpr hiiuk.!.. against the measure, declaring of rules, a proceeding which re- th-s bonded indebtedness of thejlUIrd two thirds vote on pas district In which he lives is $31.-Bae. the 113,000,000 soldier hos- 000.000. on which the interest 1 1""" oui was passed by a risin amounts to 900 an hour. II and ,he 1100.000,000 road UalN It -Mad Itulldoc lluuu PPropmuon won easilr. "Senator Hanks says this is his I The big upset, was the defeat net bill" said Stanles. "If von I or he W inslow bill to nrm t have a mad bulldoc for a TMt. rmll,al Payments to railroad nm better kill It. Today we are pay-lthe Ruaranty section of the trans ine five times as murh In tupa BBPortation act. Backed itmiu five years ago. Do we want to.,id,r by republicans, it was kill- add more." I? oecause two members did not Senator Ellis sided with Sta-l,lloat nswers when their names pies. Senator Hanks spoke brief-I V caned. Democrats lined up ly. assorting that Staples' figures ",U1081 uni against the mea were extravagant. I sure, and criticised republicans Ttv votinr down tn mlnnHlv I lor aiiempting tO TUSh It thronrh - - 0 mt uuwa a a mv. rrnrt anrl artAnrlnir tha tti 1r.itv I DB Qeieat OI the Wlnslow hill rtarwart th inoto satit t Ka Kill I howeVer. was only temnorare. for it way to third reading. The votelafter f1,,nK to receive the neces- on whether the minority report I sary lwo thirds vote the house bculd be substituted was as fol-1 "'f. committee reported a rule EF PASSED III m Upset Comes When Winslow Bin js Defeated In House nage from' competitive routes his j motives of the governor could not STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Feb. 7. The Stanford uni virsity "baskerball team defeated the University of Washington here by the score of 25 to l tonight. The score at the half period was Stanford, 18; Washington, 9. ships would cut rates. - Mr. Livermore replied that there was no difference of opinion be tween him and his chief, for when business picks up "it may become necessary for ns to go our own road." The American Hawaiian line and the Luckenbach line were charged by Mr. Ware with an ef fort to make Boston and Philadel phia "way station" for New York. Chairman Benson announced the board would take the ques tion of allocation under consid eration. be impugned in recommending the bill, that he was not trying to build up a machine. The bill would not hamper the power of the .child welfare or women's wel fare commission at all. The labor commissioner now enforced the law outside the city of Portland and there was an overlap-of authority. THE WEATHER ' Tuesday, fair except probably rain northwest portion; -moderate westerly winds. lows: Yes: Eddy. Ellis. Farrell. OI11, Hall. LaFollett. Nickelsen. Porter, Staples. St ray ers. Vinton. No: Banks. Bell. Dennis, Eber hard. Edwards. Hare. Hume, Jones. Joseph. Lachmund, Moser. Norblad. Patterson. Ryan, Smith Thomas, Upton, Ritner. . DrugleMM Hill Beaten Senator Hume, in an argument in behalf of his minority report on his bill providing that vaccin ation or inoculation shall not be made a condition tor entrance In to schools or for other privileges, persuaded only eight senators to vote with him, and the majority report of the committee on medi cine, dentistry and pharmacy was adopted and the bill Indefinitely postponed. By a margin or one vote tne majority report or the committee on medicine, dentistry and phar macy was upheld recommending passage of senate bill No. 113. regulating the chiropractic prof ession. The main issue was over the provision requiring that cer tificates, reports and papers sign ed by chiropractic physicians "shall be accepted by all public officials as meeting all the re quirements of the laws dealing with such certificates, reports and papers." Recognition by the in dustrial accident commission Is the main Issue In this section. The vote by which the adverse ! minority report was defated and the bill allowed to go to tniru reading was: Yes: Banks, Eberhard. Eddy. (Continued on pas ) which provides for its considera tion tomorrow.-. The vote today was 220 to 111, which lineup If maintained tomor row, easily will give the measure the majority needed. Passage of the bill appropriat ing funds for hospitals for dis abled service men was followed by the adoption of similar legis lation by the senate. The latter went the house one better, how- fever, making a total appropriation ot iis.60V.ooo available through amendments on the sundry civil bill. The house hospital bill provides for erection of five regllnal hos pitals for sick and disabled sol diers, at I2.SOO.000 each, and ISOO.OOO-for conversion Into hos pital buildings at Forts Walla Walla. Wash., and McKenzie. Wyo. . One senate amendment to the sundry civil bill would approprl ate $12,500,000 for five new hos pitals, and the other would pro vide $6,100,000 for the care of disabled veterans through im provements or new construction of public health service hospitals. The latter are located at Boston. New York. Perryvllle. Md., Nor folk. Whipple Barracks. Arts.. Chicago. Lake City. Fla; Atlanta. Louisville, Fort Bayard. N. M.. evansville. Ind., Pittsburgh and Forts McKensie. Wyo., and Walla Walla. Wash. The good roads bill wonld per mit expenditure of $100,000,000 and was offered as a substitute for the McArthur bill, which sought to appropriate that sum each year for five years. WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Par ticipation, by the war department Ur experiments to determine the value of aircraft against major naval vessels was invited by Secre tary Daniels today In letter to Secretary Baker. Orsnaa Battleship to be Vaed , The first teat will be conducted within 90 days. Mr. Daniels said with conditions similar to thoae of battle. The captured German battleship Oafriesland. of 2C.500 tons, probapty will be used. Admiral R. E. Coontx. chief of naval operations previously bad told the house naval committee X that within three months the na vy department would bring a large warship In the open sea la order to test the theory advanced by Brigadier -General Mitchell of. the army air service, that air planes had made capital naval vessels useless. Representative Mondell of Wyo ming. Republican floor leader, who preceded Admiral Coontx. warned the committee that unless expenditures for military estab lishments were cut some larger nations would be driven Into bankruptcy. He characterized the nary department's estimates un der Secretary Daaiebt "as a notice from peace loving America of the official announcement of the Am--erleaa administration, accepted abroad aa a man data to. if not an expression of. the will of th American people." U. K. Shook Lead Dlaannaneat The United States should taka the lead in disarmament, he de clared, adding: "If "an agreement Is not reached for the limitation of arm aments and warlike expenditures In the near future the faalt will be that of America, as In the for mer days the fault was that of. . Germany." Representative Towner, Iowa, also urged a disarmament agree ment but advised continuation of the present building program, un til it was reached with no action by America except by Internation al agreement. The drastic cut ia military expenditures, was not equalled anywhere abroad, he said, and was evidence to the world of America's desire to re duce its military establishment to the minimum. Discussing armament. Admiral Coontx declared that disarmament talk had appeared "after we have waited all our lives for a navy of Importance and equality, and was against stopping any of the 19ZC building program so far as ships were concerned. Allied Agreement Pointed Oat Secretary Daniels, in making public his letter, pointed out that by allied agreement the United States was obliged to destroy the Osfriesland and other former Ger man naval vessels given this country as soon as experiments under way were conduced. He could think of no more fitting or userul method of destroying them, he said, than by using them in aviation bombing experiments. He Intimated that the old battle ship Iowa, already fitted with ra dio control apparatus.-would be used for a similar purpose. The Osfrieslani was one of the more modern battleships ot the former kaiser's navy, mounting 12-Inch guns. It is fitted with a very thorough system of bulk heads and watertight compart ments, a Before he received Mr. Daniels letter. Secretary Baker, replying to questions as to his views on Brigadier General Mitchell's statements said any discussions between the army and the navy regarding the Importance of air craft would be marked by "har monious co-operation" as long as he remained secretary. Bill Regulating Junk Dealers Aimed at Stealing HereaHer dealers in junk, whether Individuals, firms or cor porations, buying or selling sec ond hand artilces and metals, commonly known as junk, will be required to keep a record of the articles purchased and sold, if a bill passed In the house yester day passes the senate. House brn No. 227 Is by Mr. Hlndman and Is aimed to keep down the stealing and Illegal transaction of stolen articles.