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THE WEATHER The Statesman receives the leaaed wire report ot tfc. Associated Press, thi greatest and most re liable press association In. the world. : Rain west, rain or enow east portion; fresh southerly winds. SEVENTIETH TEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS - i a r? J 4 SENATE GIVE ilN RIGHTS ON JURY LIST I JAPANESE REGRET OF SHOOTING REITERATED MAJOR GENERAL IS REMOVED FROM ACTIVE LIST Court Martial Conducts Tltorough And Exhaustive Examination Is Japanese Statement WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. Re gret on the part of the Japanese government over the fatal shoot- line of Lieutenant W TT T anrAnn State BOard'S Race Trank reiterated in the reply of that ... i . n-ii ,:, . ... 1 government to the American note. Wagering Dill Mliea Alter The note informed the Ameri C!m, nAhMA tiui ?an government of Major General nci j utuaic un miuie Nlshlhara's removal from the ac Question. SALARY INCREASE FOR KOZER NOT ALLOWED tire list of the Japanese army and the. punishment of other officers under his command. The state department made pub- lie a pharaphrase of the Japanese government's reply. It read: "A most thorough and exhaus five examination was conducted by the court martial resulting in the removal from the active list of the Japanese army of Major General PORTFOLIOS IN CABINET ARE AWARDED WILSON CLEARS DESK OF TREATY MATTERS CONGRESS AHKED TO ACCEPT GERMAN ROXBS Agreements Were MjhIc Ry The President With British and French Iremiers Denby of Michigan Named To Navy Post While Davis Of Illinois is Given Labor Chair. REDISTRICTING BILL , PASSED OVER PROTEST MARION IXSES ONE HALF A REPRESENTATIVE Reapportionment Measure Settled In Early Morning Hours CmAt DMM.M. -:... r- Japanese rctnaic ncpi eaemaiive ITOm Nishthara. commanding the Japa- House Accorded Privi lege of Floor Tha state legislature will probably adjourn about noon tody. lA concurrent resolution was introduced in the senate last night to this effect and it is believed the business now pending before the two bouses can be disposed of in time I for a noon adjourn ment nese garrison at Vladivostok. The I court martial held that General Nishihara bad been guilty of mis interpretation of the barracks reg ulations and had incurred primary responsibility for the unfortunate incident. He has been deprived of the command of the garrison and of the rank of brigade commander which he previously held. The barracks officer of the rank of major has been adjudged guilty of responsibility in the matter and sentenced to confinement for 30 I days. The assistant barracks offi cer and a lieutenant have been sentenced to a similar punismment Passage of Mrs Klnn. for 20 days: the company corn- bill. Qualifying women to sit as nnder has been sentenced to a jurors in Oreron. defeat or th less penoa. state fair board's measure design- ne commander in chief of the 4 to legalize bet tint r th .t.t. Japanese forces In Vladivostok fair races and defeat of a measure has paid a visit to the U. S. S. Al to increase th ulm nt th bany and expressed to the eom tary of state from S4500 to SfiOOft manding officer his regret for the a year, were the outstanding fea tures oij tne senate after-dinner session last night. The women jurors' bill was in troduced by Mrs. Kinney, repre- incldent. The sentry who fired the shot has been held to be ex cused by the orders and actions of his superiors, upon whom respon sibility has been squarely placed HOOVER IS SILENT ON COMMERCE SECRETARY Subordinate Appointments To be Left to Each Department WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. President Wilson cleared his desk today of another matter growing out of the Paris peace conference by sending to congress a copy ot an agreement, which he and the British aud r rench premiers en tered into Jnne 16. 1919, and un der which the signatories bound themselves to recommend accep tance of German bonds in full payment of loans made to Belgium prior to the armistice. The presi dent presented recommendations The reapportionment bill passed by the senate late Monday after noon with scarcely a word or dis sension found its way into the h-.use that night and threatened for a whole to tl-j that body lrto a couole parliamentary bow-knot. When the smok3 of the battle lift ed at 12:15 o'clock Saturday morning, an amended bill had been passed by the house over the strenuous protest of several Mult nomah county representatives led by K. K. Kubll. who voted that if the legislature saw fit to adopt LEAGUE ASKED FOR HEARINGS ON MANDATES Ambassador Wallace Car ries Note to Council At Paris Which Presents the Views of United States. LOWER HOUSE ENJOYS RECESS FROM LABORS SENATE GIVEN CHANCE TO CATCH I P WITH WORK Mrs. (Ryan Entertain Solon and 1 Wives With Even ing Tea that congress enact legislation t tne 1,111 ln the form In which it has tentative from nnnn mmv . and who are to be punisnea as the reagent of th Pnrtia tu- stated. The sentry, however, was man's club. It provides that wo- found guilty ot deception in his men are; qualified to sit as Jurors. imony as 10 me circumstance but the! service is optional with of the fat1"? nd tor this has them under the proposed act, and been anteced to confinement for when placed on purr lists they 30 days. . would be nrovlded with hianir. nn "In addition to the expressions irhlch ther mlirhr claim .n.n. of regret on the part of the com lipn. The measure is referred to mnder in chlf of the Japanese lue people. lexpeuuwaarf lufucs, me uiiuiski ' Mrs. Kinnry Heard. of foreign affairs in communlcat- ! Mrs. Kinner made her annr- ing the action of the court martial ane- in thm aonata . rh.mw conveys to the American govern TihMrrtAnthMti hv, ia ,- ment.'the expression of deep re- tenators jthat 35.000 women of the Kret on the part of the Japanese state bare endorsed the bill and government at the occurrence of cautioner the members not to ote thU sad event and expressed the afaintt i lest they not be returned K? 'HfA Ah.?,m"l to the legislature at the next ses- yniw tjon the sincere spirit in which the There !waa an extended debate Japanese government has acted in a. ti mii , dealinr with this most unfortu- vu ao uiii. arcuai.ua una in ww i v , Its tnost yirile opponent, declaring nate incident, ma i passage or the hill would dis rupt the, justice code of the state In the manner of drawing jurors. After Mrs.. Kinney had spoken he referred to It as an "asslnlne bill." 8enator Lachmund also wielded the cudgel upon the measure. while Senator Moser and Senator Norblad defended it. Moser ex plained that the measure left ser 1 iee on the Jury optional with the women and Norblad said the ob jection made by Strayer could be r.natp PnmmlttPP Divided met ln the Justice courts by listing oenaie lOmmiuee UIVIUCU. man entirely for Jury service. fjn LakC Bed SanQS mo tuib un mo measure 101- i tows: i Measure For Banks, Eberhard, Eddy, ' Y.AwrA Pill. r..,.ll f 111 In. --w ct uiiin. aaiidii mil. av j awiaMaasMMMM fcpi, Moser. Nlckelsen. Norblad. Patterson, Porter. Smith. Staples,! Representative Bennett's bill to t pton. Rltner. . I give the state title to lake , bed Against Bell, Dennis. Hall, lands will go to third reading in Rare, Jones, Lachmund, Lai'ollett, the senate, though it came out of : Robertson. Straver. Vinton. the Judiciary committee with a di- J Absent Hume, Ryan, Thomas, j vided report and was subjected to Race Wacrlnir Bill Debated a debate that took up an hour and Staples and Eddy were th main thirty minutes of the senate's time j factors In the debate against the yesterday morning. rare track wagerins bill, which The Bill would vest in the state ! aoaght to legalize the part-mutual title to lands with the meander 7"iem iior racing associations i lines of lakes, as itxea oy tne iea formed, under the measure, while eral government, and the center GEMOT BILL GOES TOT 10 no 7 Moser and Dennis irere its "main aeienuert. While ithe bill was introduced or McFarland of the house as a Ute fair, board measure. Senator Staple, asserted that three of the riTe members of the board were ".against it. "I want to go on record against the state going Into the gambling business said Staples. "This bill would be a step backward jl I do not want the boys and Inn of the state to go beckward. Tne measure was -introduced late hi the seslon for the purpose of 'PPlng it through unnoticed- The atatefalr is an educational insti 'tion aad the sort of thing this Dili provides has no place .there." ' - AndartoHa, Hays Eddy ; ( Senator Eddy termed the Mil of the most audactouW things 'TI?.r,lnlrodaced "to the Oregon JnWature." H0 declared It ald nuke a gambling den of ill .uti fair and moved its In- iiw. 116 Postponement and from then arourd ft n defending the Mil said -i..T0r become some of the mem- fi to take the same nosition in uns tDat thejr tOQk n the com. e room. He declared th-3 .iiW?T,d frnish an honest sport Ruminate, crooked gambling. me tendency; in ,ni.iki aa viiiui a 1 r-H tten down vnt there U no - ajT l?ded "port Ml for them," . ."r.14! of the good old dya h.V.r-J..We Prohibit so much T ",d- that we are makine mol "ofuuesiot the young men of to- '."iff ntalea Statement. st- i are raising mollycod of the lakes. Its application would be state-wide, but it has narticular reference to Malheur lake where a body of 47,000 acres is involved, and the controversy is whether the stale, though title to the lands should be enabled to dis pose of them and replenish the ir reducible school tuna, or wnemer riparian settlers on the iaxes should be entitled to tne increas ing acreage as the waters recede toward the center of the lake. Should the bill be enacted into law It would mean about sz.owo, 000 for the schoot fund. In the sale of the lands by the state set tlers would have options on lands np to 160 acres. The minority report of the ju diciary committee, signed by Vin ton, Hare and Jones, recommend ed passage of the bill, while the majority report was aaverse. i u minority report was bhdsiuuwu for the majority report by a vote of 23 to 7. . . . Senator Vinton deciarea me .dim a imDortant as any measure that has been before the present legislature. He said me main the bill Is to establish . tiniir-v for the future, and tnat iPthe state aoes noi gei. v the lands the resuu win ue uu litlmtion. Tlavlnc an important bearing on the debate was a concurrent reso iinn introduced early yesterday .v .natnrs Dennis and Ellis pro viding that a committee of five, to be composed of two senators, two 0ntia and the governor. be appointed to investigate the question tor the next two years -nH roort at the session of 1923. There was confusion, however, as ST. ALTJUSTINE. Fla.. Feb President-elect Harding reached a tentative decision on every place In his cabinet, and unless there are last minute changes, it will be composed of these men: Secretary of state, Charles E. Hughes of New York, former gov ernor, justice of the supreme court and Republican nominee for the presidency. Secretary of the treasury, An drew W. Mellon of Pennsylvania, banker and financier, member ot a family reputed to be among the wealthiest in this country. Secretary of war, John W. Weeks of Massachusetts, former senator and in 1916 a candidate for the presidential nomination. Attorney general. Harry M. Daueherty of Ohio, who managed Mr. Harding's pre-conventlon cam paign. Postmaster general. Will H. Hays of Indiana, chairman of the Republican national committee. , Secretary of the navy, Edwin Denby of Michigan, former mem ber of congress, who has served as an elisted man both in the na vy and marine corps. Secretary of the interior, Albert A. Fall of New Mexico, now a senator. - Secretary of agriculture. Henry Wallace of Iowa, editor of farm publications. Secretary of commerce, Herbert Hoover of California, former food administrator and leader in var ious movements for European relief. Secretary of labor, James J. Da vis, of Pennsylvania and Illinois, a former union steel worker who has become the.hUhest official in the Moose fraternity. If changes are made they are likely to affect the appointments for navy, commerce and labor, all of which are understood to have come to a decision within 24 hours. In regard to none of these has there been an exchange of formal invitation and acceptance, but in every case the selections are ex pected by Mr. Harding's associates to stand. Assignment of the navy portfol io to Mr. Denby, who is a Detroit lawyer, furnished the first real surprise for his name had not been mentioned publicly in connection with the place until today. It is understood that from the first he has been under consideration, however, and was held in reserve for just such a contingency as Mr. Harding faced last week when former Governor F. O. Lowden of Illinois declined to be considered It is expected that before the president-elect makes a formal tender to Mr. Denby he will rail him into consultation and go over the naval problems with him. Mr. Hoover's name had been one of the storm centers of the cabinet list, many Republicans urging his appointment as secre tary of state, interior, commerce or labor, and many opposing it because his stand in favor of the league of nations. He was the first national figure with whom Mr. Hardlne conferred after his return to Washington from th Chicago convention last year and later Mr. Hoover went to Marion among the first ot the "best minds" to be called into consul tation. Should he refuse a place. he may be asked to head a com mission of reorganization or tne executive departments of the government. Regarding the labor portfolio also there have been many recom mendations and counter recom mendations, with four avauabie? under serious consideration, it is understood that in tne unai line-up James Duncan of Massa chusetts ranks close to Mr. Davis and should there be any cnan?n, Mr. Duncan may go In. One consideration that has been urged against Mr. Davis is that althongh he lived at Mooseheart. which would enable the American treasury to accept German bonds to the amount of $171,780,000, the amount of this country's loans to Belgium up to the armistice, plus interest. The agreement and recommen dations were read in congress without comment. Neither house took any action. The executive made no explan ation as to why the agreement had not been submitted earlier, except to say that the reparations com mission "has not as yet finally de termined the details of the . issu ance of the necessary bonds by tie German government." He added that the agreement was not era bodied in the treaty of Versailles "for various reasons." Submission of the agreement so far as could be learned, clears the president's desk of all matters growing out of the Pans confer ence, except the treaty of Ver sailles and the Austrian and Po lish treaties. The Franco-American agreement is in the files of the senate foreign relations committee. LIE IS PASSED BY 10 SENATORS Moser and Joseph Tangle in Debate and Accusations Grow Torrid (Continued on page 3 House Favors Heating Plant For Chemawa WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. (Special to The States man) The house today agreed to $40,000 for a new heating plant at Chemawa, following an explanation by Congressman Hawley of the First Oregon district. Senator Gus C. Moser and Sena tor George.W. Joseph of the Mult nomah delegation reached a mu tual agreement that each other was a liar and each told the other so in loud impassioned tones in the process of an argument dur ing the afternoon senate session. It "was in the course of the de bate on senate bill 53 of the 1920 special session, the straight party ballot bill which was vetoed by Governor Olcott and which was up yesterday In an attempt to pass it over the veto of the governor. Two-third Lacking. A majority of the judiciary com-' rait tee reported the bill out with out recommendation and the. sen ate sustained the veto of the gov ernor by a vote of 17 for the bill and 13 against it, a majority of two-thirds being required to pass a vetoed measure. Moser had just taken his :eat after a speech in behair of the bill in which he denied that he had used it to trade on as charged by Joseph a few days ago, Joseph a rope and declared that Moser had "traded and traded and traded on this bill" and that a number of other measures had been Involved. "You're a liar," shouted Moner. Joseph continued the accusa tion. "It's a lie," shouted Mon.er again. "Yon lied whr-n you said the other day the bill would be re ported out at noon," retorted Joseph. Called Down by Ritnrr. "The cha!r will not stand for that kind of language In the de bates." declared President Uitner, beating a clattering tattoo with the gavel. Senator Moser in his argument declared that the straight party ballot bill would save thousands of dollars In election expenses. "I know why this bill was ve toed," he said, "and fo does every other senator here kno. It was because Influence was brought to bear In behair of a certain stal wart citizen of the state." Senator Moser doubtless refer red to United States Senator Chamberlain. Senator Eberhard spoke ln sup port of the bill and Jones opposed It. "I don't think there has been any trsdinj: on this bill," Jones said, "for It Is darn poor trading stock." He declared that It catered to the ignorant voter. Gill and Xorblad Oppose. Joseph, in the speech in which he tangled with Mosor. rebuked the judiciary committee chairman for not having reported oht the bill by the 20th day of th session as required for vetoed bills under I tho rules of the senate. Gill and NorbiafI spoke agamsi the bill, the latter explaining that he had experience with straight party ballots in Michigan. He drew cheers from the gallery in a defense of Moser. declaring he had never seen any evidence of Mower's trading on the bill and that there was no man whose word was passed by the house, he would institute legal proceedings at his own expense, to determine wheth er "Multnomah county is to be cheated out of her Just reprsn tation in this legislative assem bly." Ag amended and passed by tho house In the early morning hours the reapportionment bill provides that only one change will be made In the senatorial districts of the rtate and by that Curry county would be taken from the Joint Coos and Ctirry district and linked with Josephine county. The changes in the representa tive districts. would be effected by taking one-half a representative from Marlon, one-half from Linn, one from oDuglas and Jackson and one from on.; from Washing ton, making a total of three rep resentatives to be distributed. These would be divided to give Multnomah one additional repre sentative and the other two would be assigned to the southeastern districts of the state, one to be given to the Crook. Deschutes. Jefferson, Lake. Klamath and Grant district and one to the Har ney and Malheur district and one which would be split into two Separate districts with one repre sentative to each county. Th e reapportionment bill came up for consideration in the middle of the evening session and was as signed to a special committee con sisting of Representatives Kay. Burdick and xHiudman, for con sideration. After several hours work, the committee returned and announced that while it had not been able to reach a perfect agreement within itself, it was ready to report several amend ments to the bill as passed by the An attack upon Marion county and the size of its representation in the house, which Kubll charac terized as one "not supported by any conceivable basis of appor tionment." brought heated an swers from Representatives Kay and Davey. of Marion, who flayed Knbll for attempting to revive an old sectional controversy in the last hours of the session. Upon the question of the pas sage of the bill as amended, which was urged largely to advance the bill to a point where a joint con ference committee could be ap pointed to discuss it with the sen ate. forty-one favorable votes were cast., SURPRISE IS CREATED IN LEAGUE CIRCLES Consideration of Mandates Postponed Until Note Is Received judge urns IT PARTY TO BRIBE Baseball Defends Honesty And Fearlessness of Dictator NEW YORK. Feb. pressing the uencr inai :. Kx In due time Judge Landis will devote all ot hlsitabuit and energy exclu-j sivftiy to baseball," J. A. ueyaier. president of the National league, in a statement toninht criticised the men who seek his impeach ment. Judge Landiw decision to re main on the bwnch. he said, was thai of the judge himself and "not bv reuuest of the baseball jeople.'' ! When a public man makes a statement that baseball is paying a big salary to Judge Landis in the nature of a bribe." the state ment said, "that man is either wiirully misrepresenting the sit uation or he Is ignorant of the facts Today there are only two caes before the courts in which baseball as a whole is concerned. Judce Landia has had nothing to do with the inception or conduct of either, nor will h have any thing to do with their future con duct or determination from a ju dicial standpoint." After asserting Representative Welty, . author of the impeach ment resolution nal failed to make plain that th" decision of the federal district rourt In Wash ington. In declaring baseball a combination In violation or the Sherman act. had len reversed by the court of appeals. Mr. lleyd Itr added that 'baseball had been fighting for years to have its status definitely established by the United States siipn me court. Baseball men contended, he ex plained, that baseball do.'ri not constitute, trade or commerce, that the game is not a trade but a sport and that the reserve clause in the players' contract is legal. PARIS, Feb. 22. Ambassador Wallace's notification of the league of nations council today that the American state depart ment at Washington desired to present the views or the United States be Tore action was taken on mandates created surprise in league circles. ; The gradual with drawal 'Of American representa tives from the council's commis sions had tended to confirm the opinion that the outgoing admin istration would leave all such in itiative to the new government. . The teit of the note will not be generally known until tomorrow, but Secretary Colby's unexpected Intervention is received in French circles and amonz others also with evident satisfaction., as showing that the new world villi maintains contact with the old world's problems. Notification of the Imminent ar rival of the note came when "mandates" was the first question on the agenda of the council, which spent nearly all day discus slug' the reply to the American ambassador's letter. The council's reply to Ambassa dor Wallace expresses the lively Interest with which the council learned of the communication and says that In deference to his re quest the council will postpone fi nal decision relative to the form of mandates being discussed until receipt of the communication. The note points out that the mandates on the agenda are all of a type "A' Asia Minor, and "B". Central Africa. It recalls that mandates of type "XT', the Pacific islands and German West Africa were decided uron two. months ago and published. Tho mandates are as follows: Type "A" Great Britain man datory over Mesopotamia and Pal estine: France over Syria and Lebanon. Type "B" Belgium mandatory over German East Africa: France and Great Britain over Toroland and Kamerun; Great Britain over German Southeast Africa. Type "C" iJapan mandatory over North Pacific Islands, includ . r . . . ' wg lap; Australia over ew Guinea: New Zealand over Sa moa; Great Britain over Nauru; Union of South Africa over Ger man Southwest Africa. The council decided Hint the mandate commission shall be composed of the four mandatory powers Great Britain, France, Belginm. Japan with other mem bers chosen from among repre sentative;; of Italy. Portugal. Hol land. Sweden and perhaps the i United States. Thf question of an American representative Is still under discussion. Sweden's representative will be a woman. NT 1 To allow the senate a chance to catch up with them and as a rest from long and trying ses sions of the past few days, the nouff last nii:&t took a recess from 9 o'clock nntil 11 o'clock in ordr to attend the tea given by Speaker and Mrs. L. E. Bean and to enjoy a program prepared tor the closing of the session Representative Ivan Martin of Marion took the chair during the program. For the tea Mrs. Bean used the new silver coffee and tea service X resented to her and the speaker by the house of representatives a few days ago. Following the program of mu sical numbers the reapportion nrrt question was fought all over again for the pleasure and amuse ment of the throng which packed the lobby. Points of order were freely Indulged In, Representative Pat Gallagher, in the chair. Tin ally declaring that there were no points of order. "Cap" K. K. Kubll of Multnomah and Tom Kay of Marion led the right. One of the nunbers ot the. pro gram which ellcitated an unusual amount or applause was the vocal duet by Senator Gill and Repre sentative Belknap. These two men sang the same song. "The Larboard Watch." at a similar gathering 28 years ago when both were members of the Oregon leg islature. Speaker Bean made comments of the unusual inci dent. Following is tb program ren dered: Vocal solo. Mr. Wolfe; piano solo. Miss Ruth Bedford; vocal flu?t. "The Larbord Watch." by Senator Gill and Representative Belknap; piano solo. "How Drr I Am." Representative Kubll; vocal solo. "Out Where the West Be gins." Mrs. W. Carlton Smith: horn solo. "Cavallerla Rustlcana," Ilepresentative Ivan Martin: vocal solo. Gertrude Aldrich. F NOT GUILTY! B COURT. MHltlAL Judgment Holds Soldier As Blameless Because of the Lack of Proper Training As to Duties. ACTION IS ACCIDENT YET DISOBEYS LAWS Sentry Did Not Intend To Violate Army Regu lations vl PROHIBITION IS OUT OF POLITICS Friends of Enforcement House Win Hard Battle In WASHINGTON. Fefc 22. - Friends of prohibition enforce ment in the house today won an other battle to keep liquor out of politics. After a flare-up that threw the bouse Into bitter debate, prohibi tion forces rallied" followers and put through a motion directing conferees on the deficiency bill to give the government $1,400,000 to break up the liquor traffic from now until July 1. It mas the top figure discussed. Before the vote, however, (bar ges flew thick. Chairman Good of Wilson Will Not Give Up Efforts For World Peace (Continued on page 2.) TOKIO. Feb. 22. A finding of not guilty has been rendered Jjy the court martial which tried Tosihigora Ogasawara. the sentry who shot Lieutenant Langdon of the U. S. S. Albany at Vladivos tok last month, it was officially announced by the war department today. The trial was on tht charge of accidental murder. The fol lowing. Judgments are given: "The man drew the lamp back and approached the sentry, with bis right hand In his pocket. The sentry hastily concluded 1 be In tended to assault him with a re volver. r ! j "Oht of fear the sentry with drew a few steps and made hi ni ce 1! ready for self defense. The nan turned and walked away a few steps. The sentry was not completely trained, and, because sentries have been warned against neglect ot duty on account of fre quent assaults on Japanese sen tries, the sentry believed he could resort to arms against whomso ever disobeyed his orders, and fired at the man from behind, with the words: "If you run away you will be shot.' j "As he tottered, the man fired two shots at the sentry, ? where upon the sentry fired again. Sub sequently the man was identified as an American officer, j . "The judgment declares that, according to Japanese military law. sentries are justified ln re sorting to arms under these con ditions: When necessary to self defense; when there is so other means of suppressing outrages: when ther is no other means of protection of life and property. "In shooting an American of ficer." the judgment continues. "the sentry came under none of the above conditions, and. there for, cannot be regarded as hav ing discharged his duty properly. To all intents and purposes he would appear to be guilty,, but an Important fact is that the sentry had never undergone perfect training, and therefore be was under the impression that lie was perfectly fulfilling his duties. "What he did. therefore, was without intent to violate the army regulations; at the same time It could not be regarded aa an action arising solely by aecJdent OVER 6,000,000 EIRAGED! IN BILLS GRANTED APPROVAL OE SENATE IN HALF AN HOUR WASHINGTON. Feb. 22. Pres'tlent Wilson today expressed the determination to devote him self on retirement to privat" life to a continuation of hig efforts toward world peace. He made his first public utterance since the election in receiving a delegation from the Woodrow Wilson club of Harvard university. After their visit, the delegation stated that they "were deeply Im pressed with the great heart of the president and deeply touched by the president's faith in the ul timate accomplishment of his ef forts toward peace and by the al most brilliant good humor with which he Is leaving the White House." It took just 31 minutes last night for the senate to pas approximately $G,G50,000 in appropriations for the bienniura of 1921-1922, and since all were house bills according to the law which requires appropriation bills to originate in the house, they are now ready to be signed by the governor. All carry the emergency clause. Troll Fishing to be Considered by Committee At the beginning of the vote on the 28 appropriation measures Senator Patterson, chairman of the senate ways and means com mittee, told of the many nights of labor spent by the house and the senate committeeh on the bills and informed the members that all T ury departments and declaring an emergency. i H. B. 371. Joint ways and means committee Appropriating money for the care of state wards at "The Cedars' and declaring an emergency. H. R. 272. joint ways and means committee - Appropriating 'money represented the unanimous ap-jfor sUte library and declaring an Speaker Bean last night ai- ..iul nnrppnlIIVM Hurd. Miles and Carter as a conference i the senate, and committee to consider and report en senal bill No. 222. the bill regulating troll fishing in this state. PARTY ARRIVES SAFELY Continucd on page 2.) ANCHORAGE, Alaska. Feb. 22. Ir. J. B. Beeson and Colonel John C. Gntwals of the Alaska road commission, for whom a searching party was organized yesterday in tne fear they had be come lost on the Rainy pass trail over the Alaska range. arrived here safely tonight. - - proral of the joint committee on ways and mean.. Senator Vinton added a word of commendation of the committee's work based on his experience at the session of 1919 when he was presiding officer ot Senator Moser. who was president of the senate in 1917 did likewise. The result was that almost all of the bills went by with unanimous approval. Dis senting votes were few and scat-! tering. II. B. 3K9. joint ways and means committeeTo authorize payment of expenses under funds received from state land board, other than thos! belonging to I he Irrednclble school, university and agricultural college funds. II. B. 370, Jon it ways and means .committee Appropriating money for the payment of the expenses of the executive, itate and treas- emergency. II. B. 373, joint ways and; means committee Appropriating money for the payment of expenses in curred by the fish commission and declaring an emergency. ( H. B. 374. Joint ways and. mean committee Appropriating money for payment of expenses of siate board of health and declaring an emergency. H. B. 375, Joint ways and means committee Appropriating , money for the Oregon national guard aad declaring an emergency. II. D. 376. joint ways and meant committee Repealing law relat ing (o non-resident paupers. II. D. 377. Joint ways and means committee Appropriating money for the payment ot the expenses ot maintaining the supreme ; court (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 3) (Coatinucd on pace 2.) (Continued on page 8)