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t Qaiem Bq the enter of a fery Beekeeping Industry's FIRST SECTION j Pages 1 to mm TWO SECTIONS 10 Pages SEVENTIETH YEAR SAI.EM; OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1921 PRICE: FIVE CENTS Two li HOOVER IS EXPECTED TO ACCEPT POST Final Makeup of Official Family is Definitely Deci ded and Portfolios Are Accepted. HARDING TURNS TO . INAUGURAL ADDRESS Dr. C. E. Sawyer of Marion 1 Will Serve as White House Doctor ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla., Feb. 23. . Although formal acceptances still were, to be received tontgm from threa of the men selected for President-elect Harding's cab inet, the feeling of those close to Mr. Harding was that the whole question waa aa good as nettled. Despite some published reports about the attitude of Herbert Hoofer, chosen for secretary of commerce; there was no evidence of .apprehension here regarding bit decision. It la understood he was felt oat indirectly on'the sub Jeet tome time ago and that noth ing has reached Mr. Harding to Indicate that bis position has changed. The general belief is that a communication formally accepting the appointment will be received within 2 4 hours. V A formal acceptance from James J. Davis, selected for the labor portfolio also la expected shortly, and Edwin Denby, Mr. Harding's choice for secretary of the navy, is on his way here for a eonferencef that is believed cer tainly to Seal Iris appointment. - Regarding none of these selec tions would the president-elect comment today. Except for the two appointments already an nounced. It Is regarded as unlike ly Mr. Harding will make known any of his cabinet selections of ficially until inauguration day. It Is also believed Improbable that a definite announcement win be mad regarding the choice of 0. B. Christian, Jr.. to be secre tary to the president. It is-un-deritood, however, that a positive , decision has been reached and that Mr. Christian, who has been Mr. Harding's private secretary for six years, will go ; Into 4 he White House wit his chief. Another who probably will be come a part of the White House official circle, as physician to the president, .at leait for a time. Is Dr. C. E. Sawyer, of Marion, who hat accompanied Mr. Harding on Tactically U rlP Bince bls nomination. Today Mr. Harding spent sever al Hours working on his Inaugural address. ' -i Execution of Death J 1 Sentence Postponed Warden ! Compton of the state penitentiary announced yesterday that Inmates of the prison have subscribed1 $250 and the Prison ers' Aid Society 1100 to appeal from the lower court for Malheur f eounty to ithe supreme court the case of Ceorge Howard, who is nnder sentence to hang Friday of thla xk' for the murder of Ceorge R.i Sweeney. This will . stay the execution of the sentence of death, j THE WEATHER. 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T on one "!de your r?Per..?alT' nd miU to the o?med Contest Manager, Oregon Statesman, Salem. BRIEF SUMMARY GIVEN OF AMERICAN LETTER l'. K. NOT IMH'.Vll BV MANDATE OF JAPAN OVER YAP Council Will Acknowledge Receipt Of Xole Giving Assurance . Of Proper Art ion PARIS. Feb. 23. The Amerf can note on mandates occupied the league of uations council to day. It was discussed in the strictest privacy, and the council decided to make public only a brief summary. The note deals with the man date attributed to the emperor f Japan over all former German islands In the Pacific north of the equator, and calls 'attention to the fact that I ho United State has never given it consent that the island of Yap be included in the territory under Japanese mandate. The reservation ia tak en on the ground that Yap has an important bearing in ruble communications and that no pow er can limit, or control its use. The United States declares it self not bound by the mandate pnd asks that the question be sub mitted to a new investigation. Membvrs of the council con sider it necessary to confer with their governments regarding the note, and. with this in view, they forwarded the text today. It is therefore considered unlikely any decision will be reached at this session. It was suggested that the matter be referred to the su preme council as it la declared that it was in reality that body which attributed Yap. along with other northern Pacific islands, to Japan. Further than this. It is ex pected that the council will mere ly acknowledge receipt of the note and give assurances that it will be dealt with through proper channels. Sir Eric Drummond, general secretary -of the league of nations. was the only person present not a member of the council. SEO Marion County Official Gets Increase From $2100 To $2400 Several district attorneys of the state received increases in salary as a result of amendments Insert ed: in house bill No. 125 by the senate in its last' hour yesterday and which were concurred in by the lower house. As a preliminary to this there was a lot of horse play during which the senate went Into committee of the whole and Increased practically every salary on the entire list of district attor neys in Oregon. The committer of the whole then reported with a recommendatian that the bill not pass. This did not prevail and It was referred to the judiciary com mittee. The bill was Originally drawn to increase the salary of the Clatsop county district attor ney from $1800 to $2400 a year. As finally amended in senate and bouse and passed, the following additional Increases are made: For Clackamas county, increas ed from $2100 to $2400; Curry count, $00 to $1000; Deschutes county, $1000 to $1200; Jeffer son county, $800 to $1000: Klam ath county, $1800 to $2000; Lane county, $2100 to $2400; Marion county. $2100 to $2400; Multno mah county. 14000 to 94500; l'oin county, $900 to S1Z00; union county, sison to szuuw; wasmng ton county, $2100 to $2200: Yam hill county. $1200 to $1800. Among the last bills passed was house bill 397. by the committee on Irrigation, relating to the sale of irrigation bonds. A joint ways and means committee dui provia- ing per diem and mileage for the members was introduced and put through to passage. The senate tabled senate dui 126. nrovldine that all members of the emergency board be mem bers of the ways and means com mittees, a measure which waa ve toed by the governor Because ot objection to the proposed method of electing the members by the ways and means committee. Dublin School ' Children Exist on Scanty Rations NEW YORK, Feb. 23.- Thou sands of school children in Dub lin are reported to be subsisting "on scanty rations of bread and cocoa only," in a cable received today from the relief unit sent to Ireland; byi -the American com mittee for relief in Ireland. Many undernourished children were found In all schools visited, the message added, citing as an example one schooV where 600 of the 650 children were found to be in need of a mid-day meal. The rerftrt add that nearly one-third of the families in Dub lin are living in one room tene ments, and in numerous cases an furniture, except beds and tables has been sold to buy food. Sim ilar conditions prevail in other Irish cities, the unit reported, adding that It Is estimated there are 150,000 unemployed in Ireland. DISTRICT fllUB SALAR ES I LABOR INSISTS Oil CORRECTING OF CONDITIONS Organized Labor Demand Bill Declaring Organiza tions Not Co-Partners Be fore the Law. FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT SERVICE IS WANTED Labor to Rally People To The Defense of American Institutions WASHINGTON. Feb; 23 En actment by congress of a Jaw de claring labor organizations . are not co-partnerships and "shall not be so treated In law or In equity," Is demanded by orgainzed labor In a declaration of principles adopted here tonight by represen tatives of national and interna tional unions affiliated In the Am erican Federation of Labor. Injunction Is Condemned The declaration approved after an all-day conference, at' which Samuel Goropers presided,, also called for the immediate restora tion of exemption, from, or the repeal-of all anti-combination and so-called conspiracy laws." Condemning the nse of the in junction under present laws, the declaration asserted "that the on ly immediate course" through which labor could find relief "lies in a refusal on the artp of labor to recogniza or abide by the terms of injunctions which seek to pro hibit the doings oT acts which the workers have a lawful and a guar anteed right to do." "Labor realizes fully the con sequences of such a course." it was added, "but in defense of Am erican freedom and of American institutions, it is compelled . to adopt this course, be the conse quences what they may." Organized labor set forth the principles for which it stands and calls on the people to rally with labor "to the defense of our Im perilled American Institutions." Employers are warned in the declaration that labor "not only insists on maintaining the pres ent standards of wages and work ins: conditions, but declares its solemn purpose to continue its struggle to further improve those standards." The declaration charged "som employers" with supporting "at times in secret" some dt the "in- Eidious propaganda of radical Eu ropean fanatism' because of their "common antagonism to the trade union movement." There is an unscrupulous and a natural aptitude for intrigue in this fanatical propaganda," the statement said, "which makes it a most subtle menace to every Democratic Ideal and Institution in our country." Repeal by the states of all In dustrial court laws and all re strictive and coercive laws, in cluding the commonly known open port law of Texas, was de manded, together with "freedom from decisions of courts holding trade unions and individual mem bers thereof liable In damages for the unlawful acts of others." Other recommendations made in the declaration included: Prohibition of immigration for not less than two years. More generol acmfwyp shrdlul More general application of the initatlve and referendum in the political affairs. Removal of the power of courts to declare unconstitutional laws enacted by congress. Election of judges. Restoration of an adequate fed eral employment service. Administration of credit as a public trust in the interest of all. Investigation by congress of the activities of. private detective agencies in the field of industrial relations. The declaration also called on workers to resist all efforts to destroy the trade unions, whether by the false pretense of the "open shop," the usurped authority of courts through writs of injunction or otherwise. "We call for united support in the protection of standards of wages and conditions already gained," the declaration added, "and we summon the workers to continued efforts to increase the consuming power, raise the stan dards and improve the conditions of life and work." The "open shop" movement was declared to be a campaign for' a "shop that shall be closed to union workmen and primarily a -campaign designed to destroy trade unions and to breat down and eliminate the whole principle of collective bargaining." Al leged unscrupulous financial spec ulation and profiteering was vig orously denounced in the declar ation, which said that the "un scrupulous plrateers of finance, having squeezed the consumer throughout the war, are now broadening their field and en riching themselves by squeezing both tha producer and consumer." TRUMBLE THREATENED "FIGHTING PARSON MRS. HELL TESTIFIES FOlt PREACHER imoTHKi: Spracklin, Liquor license Inspect, or. I Held For Killing or Trumhle In Raid SANDWICH. Ont., Feb. 23. Testimony that the life of her nrother. the Rev. J. O. L. Sprack 1 i J liquor license inspector, on I rial Co. manlaughter in con nection with the killing of Bev erly Trumble, hotel keeper, had l-en threatened by Trumble. waa given today by Mrs. Evelyn Bell. Trumble was shot and killed In a liquor raid. Mrs. Hell testified she met Trnmbl- at Bois- Blanc and he advised her to tell ber brother to pet out or trie license inspection business. "lie mill be shot if he doesn't; ret off the job,' Mrs. Hell testU fid Trumble told her. "They will .'hoot a man Uiokr fort whiskey than they will for mon-l oy " Mrs. Hell testified she warned Rtvcrend Spracklin and that she considered Trtimble's language a j threat against her brother's life. Similar testimony was given by .Seaman Reid of Walkerville. a twl maker. He said once when Smacklin went to Kearch the Do minion house, he was stopped by Trumble. who said: "I don't ran whether you are an officer, or preacher, or what yon are. I'll walloh yon; come outside and. I'll lick you in a short time.'' Rev. J. O. L. Spracklin. liquor license inspector on" trial for man slaughter In connection with the death of Veverly Trumble, hotel keeper, took the witness stand to night in his own defense and for two hours withstood a searching cross examination. He recited a vivid narrative o( the incidents which preceded the killing, burst ing into tears when he described how he fired the fatal shot. Spracklin recounted his origi nal charges against conditions in Sandwich in which be declared In decency, nltoxication and other vi olations of the law were tolerated by police officials. He told of watching fhe road house from a vantage point and seeing intoxicated men and women leaving He described his attempt on a previous occasion to search Trum ble's car after having seen a truck load of beer delivered at the road house. He said he was subjected to abuse by the man and his wife, both of whom threatened him. IS Agricultural Appropriation Bill Carried By Senate WASHINGTON", Feb. 2 ver a running fire from senators who presented detailed objections to its proposals for increased expen-ditures,-the senate tonight passed the agricultural approDriat'on bill, carrying approximately $41, 000,000 for the year beginning next June. This is nearly $9,000. 000 in excess of apporprlations for the current year, and almost $6,000,000 in excess of amounts allowed by the house, to which It was sent for" conference. "I am going to ask the next secretary of agriculture to go through this bill and take out of it all pproprlations that allow work to be duplicated by the two and sometimes more depart ments." declared Senator Smoot. republican. Utah, who attacked unsuccessfully numerous sums al lowed. "They ought to be cut out before another estimate comes to congress. This must stop: con gress has got to show the depart ments of this government that two and three of them cannot ask pub lie money to be spent for doing the same kind of work, over and over again: one trouble Is that differ ent bureaus are enabled to go be fore different congressional com mittees and duplicate theappro- priations In different bills." "I hope the senator won't stop at the agricultural department." Chairman Wadsworth of the mili tary affairs committee, interrupt ed. "We find the war department geting money into two or three different bills." Larger items added by the sen ate included $100,000 tor weather bureau forecasts for aviation; $114,000 for road materials in vestigations. and $100,000 for in vestlgations of foreign markets for farm products. Senator Thom as, democrat. Colorado, checked several other minor additions on points of order but the senate ad ded heavily to amounts recom mended by its own agricultural committee. One item allowed by the committee was $20,000 to as cist in utilization of food fishes was stricken idatio Beats m. a. a. o. PORTLAND, Dr.. Feb. 23. The I'nlverslty of Idaho basket ball team here tonight defeated the Multnomah amateur athletic club quintet by a score of 30 to 19. MONEl PASSED FO ABH CULTURE MAJOR SHIP BUILDING SUSPENSION FAVORED NAVAL PROGRAM HUHKI(i WAV TO DISARMAMENT Tlieory That Capital Ship Are Only Source Of Strength Ii Relic- of PaH Mean WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. Pur suance by the United Stales of its naval building program will oHer "great, if not innumerable ob stacles." to the consummation of an international agreem4nt tor disarmament. Senator King, dem ocrat, Utah, declared in a minori ty report filed today on the Bor- th resolution directing the en te naval committee to report on 'the advisability of suspending na val construction for six mcnths. Taking Issue with the majority report opposing suspension of bnilding. Senator King declared the majority apparently held the opinion that the "war taught no lesson except that savagery and sanguinary struggles are eternal and the moral are too feeble to establish justice and usher In righteousne and peace." The majority opinion that the battleships still remain the back bone of naval power and that any suspension of major ship construe Hon would place Ibis nation at a disadvantage. Senator King said, was based solely on views of the navy general board which, he said, "showed a slavish adherence to the past," and a total disregard of the war's lessons as to the probable future development of aircraft and submarines. "The re port advocated completion of five battleships and one battle cruiser of the 1916 program and sus pension of building on eleven oth er major ships. Sherman Anti-Trust Law Is Held to be Violated by Corporation ST. LOUIS. Mo., Feb. 23. Charging violation of the Sher man antf-trnst law. the govern ment today filed In federal court injunction proceedings against the Southern Pine assciation, 61 corporations and 69 individuals. Granting of a permanent in junction would bring dissolution of the association, it was ex plained. The suit alleges the associa tion has operated 'to curtail pro duction to enhance, prices and that as a result profits on sales j of yellow pine advanced from $6.41 a thousand feet jn 1918 to 30.35 In 1920. The suit was filed in compli ance with instructions from At- orney General Palmer and Is based n a report of the federal trad'? commission. Judge Farls set March 15 for hearing and directed the dis trict attorney to prepare an order for the defendant to how cause why the injunction should not be granted. The petition assorts that "be cause of the rapidly Increasing prices for yellow pine lumber, the price fixing committee of the war Industries board established max imum prices for such ' lumber which wre In legal effect on and after June 15. 1918." "The defendants." the petition continues, "concertedly adopted the position that these maximum t prices should be regarded as in fact minimum prices and fre quently exceeded these prices." The government, explaining the reported process of operation of the association, declares the "de fendants' conspiracy consists of artificially restricting production to less than the volume of orders and shipments" for the purpose of "creating a shortage of and an acute demand for the product' which "enables the prices to be further enhanced." Tumulty is Proferred International Post WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 Pres ident Wilson today proferred Jo seph p. Tumulty, his private sec retary for ten years, an appoint ment on the international joint commission, entrusted with ar bitration of disputes between the United States and Canada. "I very much appreciate the generous offer of the president." Mr. Tumulty said, "but I have not had time to decide. I have been busy in finally disposing of the affairs of my office in prep aration for engaging in the prac tice of law. $5000 Extra Needed For Session Expenses One new bill, that providing additional funds made necessary for payment of expenses in the house, was introduced in the house yesterday and by suspen sion of rules rushed throueh third reading and passed. The bill, house bill No. 402. called for an appropriation of $5000. PINE ASSOCIATION GUI 1JUNCTI0N CONTINENTAL MAIL RECORD ESTABLISHED Eight Mail-bags Are Trans ferred From Plane to Plane in Trans-continental Relay Flight. ALL-NIGHT MADE FROM CHEYENNE TO CHICAGO Flight Described as the Most Momentous Step In Civil Aviation HA7.ELHURST. N. Y.. Feb. 23. Eight bags of mail, dispatched from San Francisco by uirplane at 4:30 yesterday morning, ar rived at llazelhurst Held today at 4.50 p. m.. establishing a cross country mail record of 23 hours and 20 minutes with allowance for time zone changes In the coast to coast flight. It lot Killed at Klko The mail was transferred from plane to plane in a relay flight ordered by the postoffice depart ment to establish a new cross continental mail record. The I plane which arrived at llazelhurst as piloted by K. M. Allison, member of one of the fonr teams which took part in the race, two planes leaving llazelhurst field and two starting from San Fran cisco at the same time yesterday, one of the westward planes came to grief when Pilot E. M. Leonard was forced to descend yesterday at Dubois. Pa., on account of bad weather. The second westbound plane reached Chicago yesterday, and was unable to get away to day. The other eastward bound plane crashed to earth at Elko. Nev.. yesterday killing the pilot. Cap tain F. Lewis. Captain Allison piloted one western bound plane as far as Cleveland where it was taken over by another pilot on the sec ond lan of the relay which ended at Chicago. He then took tne winning plane In charge at Cleve land and returned to llazelhurst field today, bettering the time set for the flight by the postoffice de partment by two hours and 40 minutes. ! WASHINGTON. Dee. 23 Post ofrice department officials, while gratified at the achievement of the air mail service In delivering at New York tonight mail which left San Francisco . yesterday morning, said the most remarka ble part of the performance was the all night flight from Chey enne. Wyo.. to Ch.cago. hZ9 miles The all-night flight, made by Pilots Frank Yager and Jack Knight, demonstrated the feasi bilitv of night flying, officials say With this statement they coupled the announcement that orders had been issued to prepare for regular night flying on the New York and San Francisco route. urobablv about May 1. It is expected that on May 1. if plans are carried out. said a statemVnt. 'night flying will be regularly established along the New York-San Francisco route and mall between San Francisco and New York will be delivered in approximately 36 hours, cover ing the whole distance across the continent. Otto Praeger, assistant pdBt- master central, described last night's flight between Cheyenne; and Chicago as 1'the most momen tous step in clvl aviation." He added that It would mean "the speedy revolutionizing of the let ter transportation methods and practices throughout the world." Pilot Yager made the flight be tween Cheyenne and North Platte. Neb., leaving Cheyenne at 4:59 p. m. and reaching North Platte at 7: 4S p. in. A delay of nearly three hodse ensued because of repairs to the plane and then at 10:44 o'clock. Pilot KnUht hopped off and arrived In Chica go at 8:40 o'clock. Pilot Kni'.ht, in a report, said: "I,eft North Platte at 10:4 4. cloudy, moon shining Intermit tently, but had no particular trouble in following course through use of compass and oc casional glimpses of ground and river. Arrived Omaha 1:10 a. m.. left 1:59 a. m. Delay at Omaha Hit to studvlng route Omaha to Chicaeo. which I had never flown Visibility fair, until about Ies Mdines. where I encountered fog and snow flurries lasting to Iowa ICtv. Loct 10 minutes at Iowa City locating town and field and remained there until I got weatn er report from Chicago as weath er wa bad. Between Iowa City and Chicago the weather wae bad until about t:2rt a m. when it be -n improving and was compara tively clear at 5 in the morning. nOIILF.lt TO COACH BASEBALL EUGENE. Ore.. Feb. 23. Georce M. Bohler. who has been coach of basketball at the univer sity this winter, tonight was se lected by the athletic council as coach of baseball at the institn I lion. Bohler announces that spring training will begin at once. BREWER TESTIMONY OF FIGHT IS SENSATIONAL CIIIKF MAKKS 1'LANH TO. KILL IkTKTIVKS Man Implicated in Killing of A lUldMln Dftrrtive Twrn Ntatr'M KtldVnc-e WILLIAMSON. N. Y.. Feb. 23. Sensational testimony by Isaac Hrewer, former defendant in the Matewan battle case, came in to day's esioii of the trial of the 19 men charged with being Impli cated in the-killing of a Halwin Kelts detective in the fight. Charges againitt Hrewer were dis missed recently and reports had been current that he would turn state's evidence. Hrown testified that shortly be fore the battle be met Sid Hat field, chief uf police of Matewan. and a defendant. The Baldwin had been evicting miner's families Jrom coal company houses, he said and wha be met Hatfield, the latter remarked that Mayor Tester man who was killed In the fight, refnsed to issue warrants for the arrest of the detectives. Thepolic e chief suggested to him. Hrewer testified, that they get a "bunch of men and go into the hills and kill tboe Baldwin men ax they came out of the hollow". Ilairieid also told him if the may or "mesated around" In his busi ness be would "cut him in two with a bullet." Brewer testified. When the fight started. Brewer said be was in a hardware store in front of which Mayor Tester nran and A. C. Kelts, a Baldwin man. were killed. Felts, Tester man and C. V. Cunningham, a de tective, were in the doorway, the witness said, adding that Sid Hat field, who was in the store said to him: "Let's kill every d one of them. Brewer said he stepped back and Hatfl-ld shot Felts. "I was poshed forward, after the first shot I heard."he contin ued, "and then I was shot by Cun ningham. I attempted to draw my pistol. I . was shot again in the hand as I got my pistol out." The witness said he did not know who' shot Testerman. Brewer said that after being shot in the hand he fell, but later he saw Hatfield and William Bow man, a defendant, standing over Felts. Bowman shot the prostrate detective and said "Now I guess you'll die." testllled Hrewer. On cross examination, urewer said he turned state's evidence be cause he had been told that he would be blamed for killing Felts. He said he waq related to two of the prosecuting attorneys. Brewer testified that Hatfield Informed him that if anyone turned state's evidence, "a short horse is soon enrried and that he would kill him." EXECUTION DEATH SENTENCE STAYED Inmates of State Prison Subscribe for New Trial For Howard VALE. Ore.. Feb. 23. Judge Dalton Biggs, in the circuit court here today, granted a stay of exe cution in the case ot George How ard of Malheur eounty. under sen tence to be hanged next Friday on conviction of. the murder of George K. Sweeney. The stay was granted upon showing by How ard's attorney that an appeal from the verdict of the lower court had been taken to the supreme court of Oregon. Howard was alleged by Malheur county officers to have confessed when arrested to having slain Sweeney in order to gt hi sau to- mobile and to have buried the body after bavins; cast It into a river and later taken it out again. The body was recivered from a grave at a spot designated by Howard. At his trial Howard re peated that be had slain Sweeney, but claimed self defense. INSANE RUSSIAN KNOCKS OUT . ATTENDANTS, SMASHES DOORS AND ESCAPES FROM HOSPITAL Mike Kozik', powerful Russian youth, 25 j-ears o and weighing over 200 pounds, escaped from the state hospital fcr the insane a few minutes before 9 o'clock last night af ter knocking down several attendants and breaking through two doors. He had been received at the hospital from Port land during the afternoon. j Kozik showed no violence while being brought to Salem. Last night several attendants took him to a bathroom Jfor a bath. He was secured with a restraining strap, and the mo ment it was taken from his arms he grabbed it and with the buckle end struck E. A. Batson, an attendant a wicked! blow in the face, badly lacerating his cheek. He knocked 'down several other attendants, but did not injure them severely. A heavy door he shattered, carrying the door-jam way as he crashed the door before him. This let him intb the corridor, and seizing a chair he smashed his way thropgh a glass coor to irecdom. He CLOG HOURS COMBINE WORK' WITH PLEASURE Thirty-First Session of Ore gon Legislature Ends At 4 o'clock Yesterday; Pre sident Given Unique Ring. SERVICES OF SPEAKER SHOWN APPRECIATION Clocks Are Stopped Before Noon But Houses Con- tinue to Act The closing hours of the; legis lature yesterday afternoon were a combination of horse-play, hi larity and serious business. Ac cording to a time-honored custom of the senate the president waa remembered with a - costly gift trom his fellow members, and this time the three senate pages were added to the gift list. They were Rodney Banks ot Portland. Chaa. Prael of Astoria and Betty Fri zeen of Marshfield. each of whom was presented with $4 in cur rency, and each made a pretty little speech of acceptance.; President Rimer's gift was a gold ring embedded with diam onds and into which waa worked a design of the stats capitol. The design was made by Murray .Wade, cartoonist of Salem, j Senator Bruce Dennis Ot La Grande made the speech of pre sentation and after a clever and eloquent eulogy gave expression to -the hope that Senator Rltner may before loag sit in congress as the representative ot Oregon's second district. . t "When the incumbent of that seat sets tit to retire.'" said Sen ator Dennis, "1 hope that his suc cessor may be the honored presi dent of this senate." i Briefly, and with some emotion President Rttner replied. "In . the years to come.T ht said, "it will not be the bono! or the power attached to this po sition that I shall remember, but ' rather that I have attained tht good will of all the members. 1 am frank to say that I have made mistakes, bat they hare been mis takes of the head and not ot the heart." I Final action necessary 'on a few straggling bills and resola tions was made a com bl nation of work and play. Senator Joseph wax mnzzled by being called to the chair and Senator Banks, tak ing advantage of the enforced sil ence of his colleague, subjected' him to a burlesque by excoriating Senator Mover for bis delay Jn re porting out certain measnrrs as chairman of the judiciary j com mittee. Moser turned the point by demanding a report from the committee on counties on the bill' proposing to annex certain: por tions of Clackamas county to Multnomah. He said he was re liably' Informed that Senator Hume, chairman of the commit tee, bad left for Portland and bad taken the bill with hint. No other members of the committee were able to give him Informa tion or to make a report. Moser said Hume's action was in Vlola tiorfof the roles of the senate, and he asked to have his protest recorded In hte journal. j In the house practically all of the business was completed be fore a late adjournment for lunch and the afternoon sent In last minute jollities between j short , snatches of time devoted to busi ness, j A resolution In appreciation ot Speaker Louis E. Bean and the (Continued on page 5.) is still at large.