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SEVENTIETH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING,' FEBRUARY 12 1921
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GREAT BRITAIN
IS MED FOR
PROPAGANDA
NATIONS OF WORLD ARE
INVITED TO EXPOSITION
RESOLUTION MEMORLIALIZ
IXG CONGRESS ADOPTED
Session 1 Real KirkoU For Fair
In 11)35; Movies
Art Taken
STE15HIP
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Borah Hears Suggestions of
1 England's Circulating Of
Disarmament Doctrines in
United States.
DISAGREEMENT AMONG
: NATIONS BREEDS WAR
Poindexter Defends Capital
I Shin Rtitlriinn
1 1 . i Program
WASHINGTON. Feb. 11. The
statement that he had received
suggestions, that Great Britain
'was "circulating propaganda" in
this country to deter American
naval building was made In the
senate today by Senator Borah,
republican, Idaho, during a get
eral debate on disarmament. We
Understood, he said, that the f acta
were in possession of . the navy
department.
Propaganda ; la Asked For
Senator Poindexter, republican.
Washington, author of the senate
Bars! committee's recent adverse
report on Senator Borah's sugges
tion for a six months' naval holi
day, in answer to a question as
to whether .the committee's in
relitigation had disclosed any such
Situation, replied 'that there had
been "some testimony", on the
subject, but the committee did not
believe it should be made public,
,,"If ;thls information is intbe
hands lot the nary department,"
Senator. Borah said, "Congress
should have It. We are informed
that in 'the archives of the navy
department there is proof of the
propaganda conducted by Great
Britain. - At the same time we are
tcld that the British ambassador
Is on his way here to suggest a
disarmament conference."
- Senator Borah : against p; urged
that an agreement be reached be
tween the naval powers for reduc
tion of building programs and also
advocated a careful Investigation
to determine whether capital
ships are tactically obsolete.
V? DigrerTnent Leads to War!
"Unless there is an agreement
reached between the United States
and the powers competing in nav
al building.? he said, "it will lead
to war inevitably."
; Opinions of American, British,
German and other naval experts
that capital ships . have become
obsolete, were presented by Sen
ator Borah.. He read from a let
ter by an American rear-admiral,
retired, who said:
"I would stake my life that In
a few years a surface navy alone
can go nowhere but to the bot
torn." ,.
The name -of' the officer - who
wrote the letter. Senator , Borah
said, would be given to the nava
eommlttce. if it desired. This of
ficer, he added, also wrote that
the United States could never be
siiacsea successfully by a power
or combination ' of powers from
' overseas. "
, ;4 j Capital Khlps Are Defended
r Senator Poindexter ' In defend
; big the naval committee's report
supporting the capital ship build
I WK program, declared that if the
I United States accepted the build-
!ng postponement plan, it would
' "become at once a defeated na
I tlon. would lose its insular pos
sessions." and Its citliens would
09 able to . travel the seas only
bn terms laid down. ; by rival
lations. ,. ,.
"Before sitting down with these
nations at the conference table,"
he said, "the committee feels we
hosld take precautions not to sit
Jn disarmed. If the six
months; suspension were adopted
should lose. In addition, be
tween 115,000,000 and $25,000,-
fhe senator'sald he would like
to know whether Great Britain
uld reduce its fleet to the pres-
et strength of the American
t savy and if Japan would actually
top naval construction. He as
serted that the British main fleet
twice as strong as the Amer
ican, and that la nan wnnM nsinal
the American strength within the
mree or four years.
' ( Senator Smith iiiMA..t nn'.
"Kgested that Great Britain.
: SI'S the United States In Tisv.
r taent for its war debt, half of Its
al forces so that the two
puld be equal in strength.
TOLSOx VISITS SEW HOME .
Senator Joseph early yesterday
introduced a senate concurrent
resolution Vailing a 'special Joint
session of the legislature for 2
o'clock that afternoon at which
time, the congress of the United
States was memoriaUzed to invite
the nations or the world fo par
ticipate In the Atlantic-Pacific
highways and Electrical "Exposi
tion to be held In Portland in
1925., ,-. .
The session was accomuanied
by ceremonfes designed to be tfie
real klckoff in the exposition pub
licity ana to herald the next
worlds fair throughout the na
tion. F. E. Beach, president of
the Hydro-Electric league of Qre
gon. was. present and formally
rued with T. B. Handley, state cor
poration commissioner, the art!
cles "of Incorporation of the ex
position association and 'paid him
the necessary $5 in the presence
of both houses of the legislature
as witnesses.
;Moving picture cameramen of
the Pathe company were present
to film the event and have prom
ised to' screen ( the picture where
ever'that concern operates.
Several memorials to congress
were . of fered, including one by
Senator Joseph, who spoke brief-?
ly. A large delegation from Port
land attended the ceremony and
were accorded seats within the!
bars of the house. The house of
representatives where the meet
ing was held was crowded for the
occasion.
"We considered that there
would be no more fitting time to
invite the whole world to come
to Oregon than 1925." said Sen
ator Joseph. "By that time' we
will have returned to a fratern
ization of the whole world and
the ravages of war will have dis
appeared. J
In Oregon we have the most
potential natural resources of the
world. Let us now invite 'the
people of the whole world to come
and see and know what we have
in Oregon.": ,
The resolution vhich was ad
opted, follows: , j
"Whereas, it is proposed to
hold an exposition In the City of
Portland in. the year, 1025. to be
known as the Atlantic-Pacific
Highways and Electrical Exposi
tion, and 4
"Whereas, the holding thereof
Is of national importance, and
"Whereas, it is desired that
congress be memorialised to In
vite the nations of the world to
participate in the holding of. the
exposition.
"Now, therefore, be it resolved
by the sent'.c. the house of rep
resentatives concurring, 'that a
Joint session of the senate and
house be held at 2 p.m. on the
11th day of February, 1921, for
the purpose of witnessing the fil
ing of the articles of Incorporation
above mentioned and memorial
iztng congress to invite the na
tions of the world to participate
in said exposition." , 'v--
IS LIBELED
HARDING DISPOSES OF
MINOR APPOINTMENTS
CONFERENCES EXPECTED TO
DECIDE CABINET
Hughe, Dawe and Davl Men
tioned Am Certain of
Portfolio
Discovery of Eleven Stow
aways nn Board Fukuyo
Maru Causes Vessel To
Be Held For Bond.
CAPTAIN SIGNED ALIENS
AS MEMBERS OF CREW
Suspicion is Aroused When
Men Demand Pay At
End of Voyage
ST. AUGUSTINE. FJa.. Feb. 11.
President-elect Harding today
disposed of another long list of
miacellnneotu appointments. Con
ferences scheduled for the next
few days are expected to clear up
the whole question -of cabinet se
lections. The names or three of
thoj"? expected here soon attract
ed particular attention, because
clt or them are known to have
been under serious consideration
tor cabinet places.
They are Charles Evans Hughes
or New York. Charles G. Dawes
of Illinois and J. D. Davis ot
Pennsylvania, i onsidered for tbo
portfolios ot. state, treasury and
labor, respectively.
Mr.. Hughes Is genvrally con
ceded to be the president-elect's
choice for secretary of state, and
the fact that he is coming to
Florida was accepted is one more
I indication that he will tret the an
il is expected mat at
CALVEVSTON Tex Feb. 11.
The Jaminesn steanishiii Fukuvo I POlntmcnt
Maru was libeled here for $50.0ttl i "-bo conference the two will dis-
today following the discovery of 'the whole question of prc-
eleven stowaways aboard the ves- liminary diDlomatic steps toward
bayi
sel. It will not be permitted to
leave port until the guests or
owners Jurnish bond ot $100,000,
according to the authorities.
Captain Mora Bum Maruda. ar
rested in connection with the al
leged attempt to smuggle aliens
into the country, was .released on
11000 bail.
Immigration . officials here say
information in their possession
shows that the eleven men, seven
Greeks, three Chinese and one
French Senegalese, paid members
of the crew of the Fukuyo Maru
600 francs each to insure their
passage 'to this country. When
their presence became known to
the captain, according to these
officials, that officer signed ten
ten of the stowaways as members
ot the ctjew. The eleventh was
said to Hive been concealed in a
life boat.
Discovery came ; when the men
demanded their pay at the con
clusion of the voyage, the commo
tion arousing suspicions of the
Immigration authorities. Accord
ing to the officials the Fukuyo
Maru is subject to a $5000 fine
for each of the men said to have
been unlawfully placed on her
Crew list. The eleven alleged
stowaways are being held in the
county jail here.
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OREGON' SWAMPS O. A. C.
SINN FEIN PROPAGANDA
MINISTER IS ARRESTED
NIXETY-SEVEX AH RESTS ARE
MADE FOR OUTRAGES
Eight j -Four Court mart ial Were
Held During Week With
Two Death Kentrncea
dig r.ppnnpriiATiciiJ
CUTS ARE EXPECTED
Original Budget Exceeds
Visible Revenues By
Thousands
EUGENE. Or.. Feb. 11. Uni
versity of Oregon swamped Ore
gon Agricultural college at Bas
ketball in the first of a two-game
series here tonight. The - score
at the end of the tray was z to
12. Oregon clearly outplayed the
visitors. The first half ended
with a score of 20 to 9 and O. A.
C. failed to make a single basket
in the last half.
formation of an association of na
tions.
The proppeotive visit of Mr.
Dawes, who recently got into th9
limelight by a spectacular denun
ciation of the Republican con
gressional committee's Investi
gation of the war,, is more of an
enigma. It was understood In
December that he was foremost
in Mr. Harding's mind for the
treasury position, bnt in recent
weeks the friends of other aspN
rants have become acHve.
No announcement has bem
made of a formal appointment for
Mr. Davis, but he is expected in
St. Augustine. It la understood
that Mr..; Harding; has. heard flat
l erinc reports of bis capability;
but desired a closer personal ac
quaintance before reaching a de
cision.
Today the president-elect again
conferred with Senator Wads-
w-orth and Charles' D. Hilles of
New York and John narrett. for
mer head of the Pan-American
Union.
After his talk with the president-elect.
Mr. Barrett tesued a
statement predicting that the at
titude of the coming administra
tion would be one of friendliness
for pan-America, and that men of
highest qualifications would be
chosen to the. pan-American am
bassadorships. He invited Mr
Harding to attend the unveiling
of a statue of Deliver, in New
York next .April.
Mrs. Harding, who . has spent
the lant three weeks shopping and
attending to other personal er
rands in 'Washington and New
York, joined the president-elect
here tonight to remain until he
leaves for Marlon February 2S". -
DUBLIN. Feb. 11. Desmond
Fitzgerald. Sinn Keinn minister of
propaganda was arrested here to
night. His arrest is considered
a probably the most important
since Arthur Griffith, founder of
the Sinn Feiu, was taken, into
custoiy.
FiUnerald was mainly respon
sble lor the Irish Bulletin"
which made statements almost
daily of the Sina Fein case
against the government and was
widely criticized among the news
papermen. The Bulletin constant
ly has been obliged to change of-
fice in ransMIHni rtf niilitarv
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raids hut rnntitilieri in ho urrit. !
ly produced.
Fitzgerald, who has been the
main point of contact between
the newspapers and republican
chiefs. Is declared to have been on
the run for weeks. He is under
30 and married and well known
as a writer.
Ninety-seven arrests were made
for outrages and political offens
es. Eighty-four eourtmartials
were held far the trial of civil
ians, resulting in 66 convictions
and two death sentences, one of
which was commuted. The other
sentences ranged from 10 months
to 15 years Imprisonment.
In the seven days 187 persons
were interned, making the total
of nersons under internment 1855.
The statistics on outrages, as
riven in the survey, up to Febru
ary 5, include a total or 70 court
houses destroyed. 535 police bar
racks destroyed and 20- barracks
damaged. The raids for arms
have numbered 3.032. Pdlicemen
to the number ot 224 have been
killed and 226 wonnded. while 57
soldiers have been killed and
1453 wonnded. .
IRRIGATION
MEASURE IS
REPUDIATED
Speaker in Defense of Bill
Attacks Portland Tele
gram ps Yellow Press and
Hits at Staff Member.
BURDICK RAMBLES ON
FLOOR FOR OVER HOUR
Companion Bill to be Dealt
With Similarly in
; Today's Session
VICTIMS OF TORNADO
ARE HOUSED IN TENTS
RED CROSS ARRIVE WITH RE
LIEF SUPPLIES
I'hyhieiani ami Civilian From
Nearby Town Render
Avslstanco
IS
Gillette and Wapato Lead
Bearcat Scoring
Machine
MKLBA IS TAKEN ILL.
LONDON. Feb.1 11. Nellie
Melba the arand opera prima
donna is.serionsly 111 with influ
enxa at Monte Carlo, according to
a special dispatch received here.
Madame Melba. who -was oorn
in Melbourne, Australia, has a
world-wide reputation as a grand
opera singer. She made her de
but In 1887 In Brussels as Gilda
In "Rigoletto."
pI!SHln'gtON. Feb. 11. -president.
Wilson with Mrs. -Wit
I? Pcnt several hours today . at
IT nise where he will make his
arter his retirement from.oft
ilLl Pabular ; attention to the
of his library and . to' their
rrangement Jn rack
w the President's furniture
fc.i v wa" ,n storage in Princeton
" W received and there only
remained the removing of. a few
n!i80w'1 effcct of tl3 president
tlou ' woa from the White
When the joint ways and means
committee met Thursday night
for the first of Its series of ex
ecutive sessions out of which will
come ' the biennial - appropriation
bills for5 legislative comsidc ration
it was confronted with the fol
lowing facts: .
That the orlgnal budget pre
pared before the legislature met
showed , $9,810,350.63 estimated
as necessary to cover by approprl
ations from the public treasury.
That this amount exceeds by
$819,376.22 the visible revenues,
which total $8,990,974.41.
That since the legislature met
some state Institutions or depart
ments have revised their budgets
thereby increasing the amount in
excess of 'visible revenues to more
than $2,500,000.
That the committee is m a
quandry a3 to what it Is going to
do to please the Institution and
department beads and at the same
time keep within tne t per ceni
tax limitation amendment of the
constitution. . -
One thing is certain. Cruel
cuts are going to be made. .The
question is, where is the pruning
knife coin to cut deepest? The
governor's recommendation, made
in his snecial message 10 in? ieg
Islature the second week of the
cession that the one-lourth mill
tax levy heretofore used as a road
fund and ' made unnecessary by
the ra ot highway bonds, be de-
u,iH in the estanitsnmeni oi a
modern boys trainintf-school and
somo: other Institutions, Is not
.tjted for the knife, since it
merely transfers the fund to an-
nthpr tiurnose.
Uelow is a list , of the -senate
ani house bills that haveeen in
troduced calling tor- appropria-
(Continued on, Tage 2.)
TAX U
BILL DEFEATED
Penalty For Failure to Pay
Personal Tax is Vinton
Ryan Bill
The house last night repudiated
by a vofe of 4 to 1 the attempt on
the part of Representatives Gal
lagher and Burdlck. members of
the irrigation committee of the
house, to effect legislation relat
ing to expenses incurred on be
half oflrrlgation districts and
making 'a division of the state
desert land board, aimed at eject
ing Percy Cupper,, state engineer,
from or rice an d replacing him by
a representative of the Construc
tion company.
Arguments both for and against
the bill were completed shortly be
fore lo:o'clock. the hearing hav
ing taken np a larger part of the
afternoon session, when they were
brought up as a special order of
business, and a holdover session
In the evening. Action on house
bill No. 180, companion bill to No.1
178. providing for division or the
slate land board and the appoint
ment of .a new secretary f was post
poned until today when It is pre
sumed it will be disposed of in a
manner similar to the way Its com
panion was treated merely as a
matter of routine.
The vote on the final passage ot
the bill; stood 43 to 11, the men
being lined up on the measure as
follows:.1 v
For: Bennett. Burdlck. Gal
lagher, It Hammond. Hindman,
Hurd, Leonard. Lynn. McDonald.
North. Pelrce.
Against: Acheson, Allen,
Deals; pean Belknap. Carsner,
Carter, Cary, Childs. Davey. Eg
bert., Fisftef. Fletcher, f lerbei
Gordon.: W. T. Gordon. Hopkins.
Hubbard. Hunter, Hyatt, John
ston, Kay, Korell, Kubli, LaFoI
lett, Looney. Marsh. Martin. Mc-
FarlandJ Overturf. Perry. Powell.
Richards. Roberts. Shank. She!
don, Shfria. Sloan. Stone. Temple
ton. Wells. 'TWestcott, Woodson.
AtAnl Flint Hrtrr1 IT!
PWrisbU !
Denial , of j any authenticity to
tbe general opinion that the bill
was aimed at outsine Percy Cup
per froni office and that the War
ren opsi ruction company was
behind the bill, was made by Rep
resentative . Gallagher and Bur
dick, in their lengthy defense of
the measure. Representative Gal
lather prefaced his remarks by a
historical sketch of Irrigation pro
gress tn.Or?gon. disclaiming that
the hill aimed to cripple the state
engineer but that It aimed to di
vide thin work of the state en
gineerV office and pnt into th-
.ni.rf .n.tl I . tit.
iuiiiiu(iivu iu i ui ii a man wun
GASH BONUS . i
IIMOU
Oregon Veterans of World
War to Receive $15 For
Each Month in Service;
$250 Maximum Amount
OCONEE. C.a.. Feb. 11. Tents
wre pitebed tonirht by the Red
Cross tor thoe rendered home
less hy yesterday's tornado. A
drop in temperature caused con
siderable suffering. Red Cross
workers arrived here early from
Atlanta with relief supplies while
physician and civilians from
nearby towns rendered assistance
An offer or assistance Ironi Gov
ernor Iorey. however, was d
clin?d by Washington county peo
ple, who said they would sub
scribe to a fund to meet the em
erseacy.
Identification of the-dead had
been practically completed to
night when 29 bodies had b?en
accounted tor. Several Injured
negroes In a hospital at Sanders-
ville. however, were not expected
to live through the night.
It was - reported that articles
blown by the storm were found
tn(!a inBrF vArwAAa I .
V v 7 V ,., , bouse or representative yesterday
REHABILITATION PLAN
ALSO MEETS SUCCESS
Former Residents Now Liv
ing Elsewhere to-Get
Benefits ' i;
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Without a dissenyng vote the
relatives whom they learned lar?r
had been swept away and killed.
A negro -child was found on a
torn mat reus at the site of his
former home, his -grandfather,
mother and brother all having
ben lost. r - ' . .
CHANGE lri BRIDGE
CDMLl'fflD
JF7rTVSRUR 'ADDRESS
Four score and seven
yeans ago our laiuers,
brought Torth upon this con-"
tlnent a new nation, con
ceived In liberty, and dedi
cated to the proposition that
all men are createa equal.
Now we are engaged in a .
great civil war, testing
whether that nation so con
ceived and so dedicated can
lone endure. We are met on
a great battlefield of that
war. We have come to aea-
icate a portion of that field
as a final resting place for
those wnonere gave iuut
lives that that nation might
live. It is altogether fit
ting and proper that we
should do tbk'.
But in a larger sense we
cannot dedicate, we cannot
consecrate, i we . cannot hal
low this ground. The brave
men living1 and and dead,
who struggled here, have
consecrated it far above our
poor power to add or de
tract. The world will little
note nor long remember
what we say here; but - it
can never forget what theyt
did here, fit is for. us. the
living, rather, lo be dedicat
ed here to the unfinished
work which they who fought
here have thus far nobly ad
vanced. It Is rather for us
to be here dedicated to tne
great task remaining before
u: that from these honored
dead we take increased de
vntion to that cause for
which they save the last full
measure of devotion; that
we here highly resolve that
these dead shall not have
died in vain; that this, nation
under God. ha!l have a new
birth of freedom; and that
government of tbe i people,
by the people, and for the
people, shall not.pcrish from
the earth. ' - -
In - a spectacular hoop contest
staged on the Multnomah club
floor at Portland., the Willam
ette basketball cohorts defeated
the -Winged-M qalntt by a score
of 26 to 20. Willamette, by its
superior passing and ability to
register counters, maintained the
lead throughout the entire game.
Although the first half was feat
ured by sloV playing and poor
Shooting, the Bearcats left tbe
floor with a 9 to 7 score In their
avor.
In the second half the Mult
i.omah aggregation made a des
perate attempt to stop the Cardi
nal .and Gold scoring . machine,
lint a rally upon the part ot the
Wtnaed-M players" only gave. x?st
to the efforts of the Bearcats
and they began their steady march
for victory.
Gillette ami Wapato starred
for the visitors, while Morton and
JCIerin were the shining lights for j broader' foundation of actual ex
The bill Introduced by Senators
Vinton and Ryan fixing a penalty
for failure to pay a tax on per
sonal property, so the law may not
be evaded, was defeated by the
senate yesterday." It Included for
eign ;banks and bonds ot the state,
exempting ' only federal bonds.
Senator Vinton - declared that a
certain Portland bank that has
been advising Its patrons to buy
foreign bonds returning as high
as 15 per cent interest has been
lobbying against the bill. He said
the bill would double the state's
assessed property valuation and
cut half the tax levy, benator
Farrell fought the bill.
"Who is it that is opposing the
bill?" demanded Senator Vinton
in" closing. "It is .those who are
sitting in easy chairs, smoking
their 25 cent ciitarswearing their
diamonds or. riding in their $5000
automobiles, those who are influ
ential In society, while the widow
and the small home owner pay the
burden of tax.
The vote was:
For Bell, . Dennis, Eberhard,
Eddy, Edwards. Ellis, Gill. Hume,
La Fol let t. Torter, Smith, Strayer,
Vinton.
Against Banks. Farrell. Hall.
Hare. Jones. Joseph. Moser. Mick
elsen. Norblad. Patterson. Robert
son, Staples, Thomas. Upton, Rit-
ner.
Absent Laehmund and Ryan
th Portlanders. Wapato tossed
In 10 counters for-the Bearcats
and Gillette tallied 13 points.
McKittrick registered three nume
rals for the Bearcats. For Mult
nomah. Morton led the scoring
aggregation by making 7 points;
Fowler came second with 6. and
the Clerin brothers were respon
sible ror 6 tallies.
The lineup and score follows:
WilUnvtte U 20 M. A. A. C.
McKittrick F Clerin. G.
Wanato V Morton
Jack'on C Clerin. X.
Dimick G Fowler
Rarey G Toomey
Substitutions: Willamette, Gil
lette for McKittrick.
Multnomah: Twining for Clerin
Referee. Ralph Coleman of O.
A. C.
Bill Would Give Management
Into Hands of
Governor'.
Tax Commission Bill
Is Passed by Senate
By a unanimous vote the bill
introduced by Gordon of Multno
mah county, creating a tax super
vising, and conservation commia-
tnn f or Multnomah rnnnlv nassed
the senate yesterday. As" amend-1 charged by B-n Schuil. the mine
Innocent Man Lynched
- or Another's Crime
.MARION. 111.. Feb. 11. The
storv of how an Innocent man
went to his death at th hands of
a mob. for another man's crime.
came to light after Settlno de
Santis. an Italian miner, was
hanged today for the murder ot
Amel Calcaterra and Tony Hemp
hill, two boys.
Before he was led to the gal
lows. De Santis confessed to the
mnrder of Edward Chapman In
Johnson City. 111., six years ago.
for which crime another Italian.
Joe Bingo, was lynched on the
public square at Johnson City by
a mob at the time.
Bingo. Do Santt and another
Italian. Frank Hianco. ad been
working toceiher in .a eoal mine
at Johnson City and were" dis-
perienc along construction lines
Burdlck s argument contained
an attaak.on the "yellow press of
Portlaifl.' with reference to thi
Portlnfiid Telegram, and "a man
on the Telegram staff here at the
state JiMise." who. he said, had
used hisj: position to Influence peo
ple against ; the legislation pro
posed by the biils.
"I regret that Mr. Cupper has
fallen ipto this trap ret bv this
paper In Portland." said Mr.
Btirdictc, "and I sav to you it will
not be,ror Mr. Cupper's good."
For an hour and a hair he argued
for the bill, returning at the eve
ning session to offer the closing
remarks for his side.
Mr. Burdick admitted that the
bills in; their present form were
not satisfactory and he suggested
that after the hearing they be
changed to workable shape in the
senate.
Housj? bills No. 178 and ISO
orieinatjed within the committee
on Irrigation, being Introduced by
a majority from that group. Re
ported back for third reading rv-
the committee re
ded. Burdlck and
eral dajs ago
port wa.H rilvld
ed." the names of the three ni
niiMsicners are written into the
bMl and are R. L. Sabin. L. J.
Goldsmith and Frederick W. Mul
key. The measure provides that
tbee three shall serve four years
and that after that they shall be
appointed by the. governor.
toreman.
Several nights later a bullet
crashed through window at the
Schuil home. It missed Schuil
but killed Chapman. De kantls
and Biatreo disappeared the night
Bingo was caught by a mob and
lncbed. J .".
;allaghr being for the hilts,
Carsnerj and Sheldon opposed to
It. and -Overturf withholding rc
om men 4a lon.
There has been little belief
among Sjncmbers r the house at
any time since the bills were in
troduced that they would be suc
cessful .bnt their proponents have
mnde a desperate etfort to save
them.
SEARCH TO BE RESUMED
Transfer of the control of the
Interstate . bridge between Van
couver, Wash., and Portland, now
vested in the Multnomah county
commissioners as members of the
interstate bridge commission, to
the hands ot Governor Olcott un
til such time as Multnomah coun
ty pays "her debts to the state of
Oregon, is contemplated in a bill
Introduced in the house yesterday
by Representative Gordon of
Multnomah.
In introducing the bill. Repre
sentative Gordon virtually sacri
fices his position as a member of
the Multnomah . delegation be
cause of his duty as chairman of
the bouse ways and means com
mittee. "Multnomah county now owes
the state of Oregon $152,091.13."
said Gordon yesterday, "and as
chairman ot the house ways and
means committee I - cannot help
but take the position I have. This
money is due the state. Multno
mah county has admitted that It
Is due. but still neglects to pay It.
while money Is being taken from
the Interstate bridge fund, the
commissioners admit, to be ap
plied to other expenses.
Under the provisions f a bill
passad at the 1915 session of the
legislature, the county commis
sioners, as the county court'of
Multnomah county, are required
to inbuilt to the secretary of
state a detailed report of the am
ount of grot earnings, expenses
and net profits earned by the
county as Its share of the tolls
from the bridge.
The act further provides that
Multnomah county shall retain 25
per cent of the net profits from
these tolls that the remaining 75
per cent shall be turned over" to
the state to apply on the amounts
credited to the county on the
state tax 'levies for the payment
by the state ot Interest on Inter
state bridge bonds.
A table compiled by the secre
tary of state shown that since
1916 tbe state has credited the
county with $304,792.75 and that
the county has remitted only
$152,701.62. leaving a balance
due of $152,091.13.
Within Multnomah county con
siderable discussion has centered
about the disposition of this fund,
and the commissioners 'have
agreed . several times that the
money should be paid, it Is' un
derstood here." However, the de
pleted condition of the county
treasury bas Interfered with this
plan or else the commissioners
have felt that the money could be
used more advantageously on
construction projects to which
they are committed.
It Is understood that the gov
ernor is agreeahle to the plan, al
though Gordon would not discuss
this feature of the bill yesterday.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. Feb. 11.
Orders were Issued late today
from headquarters or the eighth
corps area to all bordej air patrol
station' to resume tomorrow their
search for Lieutenant Alexander
Pearson long distance flier, sched
uled to attempt a 24-hour flight
across the continent February 22.
He has been been missing since
he started the flight from EI Fa so
yesterday morning for San An
tonlo. f . . '
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Davis' Marriage Bill
Recalled in Senate
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 11.
Senator Davis bill regulating
marriage in Washington and re
nuiring publication at least K.
days in advance in making appli
cation for licenses, which was
passed by the state senate yester
day.' wax recalled today and will
come up as speeial business, for
amendment, next Tuesday.
The amendment substitutes for
th advertising of applications,
formal notification to parents,
guardians and probation-officers
at least ten days In advance, to
allow- for protett. It no protest
h filed the license eball Issue.
cash
bonus and loan bill and the com
panion resolution to refer to the
people the constitutional amend
ment necessary to permit the
state to undertake the rehabilita
tion plan embodied In tbe bill.
Under the provisions of the bill
as amended since Its Introduction,
Oregon veterans of the World war
will be paid a cash bonus of $15
a month for each month of ser
vice, with a maximum or $250, or
may borrow from the state, a sum
not to exceed $3000, secured by
real property and payable in in
stallments over a considerable
period of years. '
Another amendment to the bill
permit veterans who were citi
zens of the state at the time of
enlistment, but who have since
moved out of tbe state, to partici
pate in the benefits at the bill un
der certain restrictions.
Lrgiom U Landed
In supporting the bill on the
floor of the house, several mem
bers paid glowing tribute to the
type of service rendered by tbe
citizens of Oregon who participat
ed in the world war and to the'
beneficial Influence f tbe-organ-Ization
perfected by the veterans
which s sponsoring the bill
passed yesterday. - ' "
. --"The a martra a-Legion. said
Representative Hubbard, ef 'Gak
er, "la one of the best defenses
that the American government
now has against .'anything that
tends to tear -down the govern
ment. This la not. a proposition
of charity upon which we are vot
ing today, but one of extendlaic
that spirit or fraternity that each
and every eitlsen 'owe to every
other citizen. It la the spirit ot
the young man asking the Iath?r
for some little help over the
rough spots.
'Representative Bennett ot Cosr
county, urged that the bills. be
given unanimous support, la order
that the people of the." state may
be guided in tbe vote when tbe
matter Is referred to them for fi
nal settlement.
Sapport Is Urged
"If I conceived it possible that
one man would, vote against IhU
bill. said Bennett, "then I would
raise my voice in urging that ev
ery member both 6f the house
and the senate. should look at
this question In spirit of justice
and honor to the men and vote
to support this bill. However. I
can conceive of no possible p po
sition to tbe bill, and I am posi
tive that there will be none."
His prophecy was borne 'out
when tbe roll was called, for ev
ery member of the house present'
votep: m favor of the bill. Rep
resentatives Merarland and Hos-
ford.' both of whom were absent .
were excused.
Others who spoke In support cf
the bill included Representative
lilndman and Representative Da
vey. veteran legislator ot Marion
county.
"When the war or the rebellion
was rought." said Davey. "I was
too young to take up arms, and
when In 1895 our country was
arain plunged' Into war the gov
ernor of this state told me that I
was too Id for service.
Rood Are pTOTldnl
"Again the nation entered the
world war and at that time I was
decidedly too old to enter, ibe
military service, but I shall never
be too old to vote to give the vet
erans of the world war the honor
and benefit to which they are- en
titled. .
In a discussion of features of
the resolution which provides that
bonds equal to 3 per cent of the
assessed valuation of the state
may be voted to carry out th
features or the bill. It was brought
out that although provision la
made for an amonnt equal to ap
proximately $30,000,000. It mUht
ot be necessary to use such a
large amount at any one time.
It was argued by several mem
bers that the size of the bond la
rue, might militate against tbe
successful passage of the referen
dum measure, since enemies ot
the proposed bonus and loan bill
would use that as an argument In
support of their contentions. As
surance was given by Represen
tative Korell. one of tbe Joint
authors of the bill, that the au
thority to Issue that amount
would be granted, regardless ot
whether It might ever be used la
full.
It is probable that the bill and
the resolution will both pass tbe
senate with the unanimous sup
port and that It will be voted on
with other referred measures
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