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The Oregon Statesman
TBS BOMB KEWSPAPEB
( SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1923
PRICE: FIVE CHNT3
HOUSE GETS
BUSY. PASSES
II BILLS
F if t e en Representative
Measures, Six r. Senate,
Voted Favorably Six
Measures Get Axe. "
FOUR KILLED HAVE
i TO DO WITH ELECTION
Provision Tthat Non-registered
Voters Secure Six
Freeholders, Lost j
y
In, one or tne ousiest uays o
the session," the house of repres
ents tlves yesterday threw Its coat
In the! corner ott the room and
passed ,15 house bills, six senate
bills, re-referred three ; bills to
committees 5 and .applied the axe
to six -house bills. "'
Four of the bills . which failed
to., meet with; the "approval of
the house were Introduced by
Representative Kuehn of Multno
mah countyiand had to do with
election procedure In some ' form
or other. The most r Important
of which probably was the bill
which would hare provided that
r.on-registered voters . might ; be
sworn in on election day only by
securing "six -registered voters ol
his precinct to swear to his reg
istration application. Other bills
killed were: K ,
: j 'BJIlsv; Killed! . . ;
183, Kuehn, providing, for the
personnel of - election .boards. In
-Multnomah county. ',
, 184, Kuehn, to permit persons
from any part of the county to
serve in Any precinct as members
oxf election boards. .
228, Kuehn, relating to check
ing of names of roters by clerks
and Judges of elections
2 2 , Kuehn,- relating to entry
of voter's name and delivery, of
'ballet.- : ;-
11. B. 26, Lewis, pforldlng" for
taxation of church property. -:
, . The following house bills were
passed:
6 0 .- Mrs. Simmons, relating to
.the manner; In which ; women
shall serve on juries. ;
3. Lewis, ; relating, to 1 public
; holidays i and repealing1 the stat
jute making Columbus day a
state holiday.
'. 76. Keepey, relating f to ; ex
emption v of property J from tax
ation. . , . .
: 156.- Hammond, relating ; to
election and term of office of
; district attorneys. ; ,
1 6 1. Miles, ; providing : for
eradication and control of bovine
tuberculosis In Columbia county.
17 Hammond, providing for
disposition i of fees, received by
embalming boards." ",.v (
181, Kaehn, to have county
courts 1 fix election precincts at
July term, "
1 9 8. Kuehn, ' to require that
Initiative petitions musf be sign
ed by five per cent off the legal
.voters and shall be signed only
'at the office of cpunty, clerk. ;
201 . Hurdi creating office of
county herd inspector for Clat
. sop county. . ' -
203. Mclfahan qf Linn, re
lating to liens on personal prop
'.' erty. ; ;
. Many School Bills ' v
r ' 218 Hammond, requiring
1 school districts to sell school
, bonds, notes or ; warrants at not
t les than par and accrued lnter
1 est and to advertise for bids
on such sales. - - ',t ...
222. -Hurlburt, relating to
civil Appeals in justice courts. ' -
236 Carey j and McPhllllps,
creating office ot herd Inspector
In TTamhlll county. . ' -
255 -Lane county : delegation.
, relating , o the purchase of cer
tain property by the .University
-,. of- Oregon. - .
300 Lane "county 'delegation,
rertainlng to legal title of prop
erty ' of the University of Ore
gon. , , ...
' Senate Measures Pawed
The following were also passed:
s 31 Brown, defining the term
' "peddler - and making exceptions
(Continued on page 3)
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Fair east, "partly
cloudy west portion. V
- LOCAL. WEATHER
(Monday), . v
Temperature, Maximum
Temperature, Minimum
River 3.4 falling. -Rainfall,
none, ;
Atmosphere, cloudy' -Wind,
north. , i.iZ"r '-
35.:
31.'
GREAT GERMAN
' PROTESTS
View of the awd in rront of
the Reichstag tn Berlin, estimat
ed at 200.000, gathered to Pro
test against the occupation of the
EAST BETTER
Pasha Becomes Conciliatory
and Peace With Moslems
May Yet Be Possible.
PARIS. Feb. 5. (By the As
sociated Press.) M Bompard,
head of the French delegation at
Lausanne, had a Jong talk with
Ismet Pasha .before . leaving for
Paris, details! of which, he tele
graphed to Premier Poincare who
received his message late this af
ternoon. smet. was more com
pletely informed of the intentions
of. the allies: in the event a settle
ment 'was not : reached. . He did
not persist in his uncompromising
attitude of last . night and accept
ed the .text; of the capitulations
previously submitted to him, thus
removing the only obstacle to the
signature of the treaty.
. The reservations of the Turks
on other points, such as Mosul,
have already been accepted by tfce
allies.' . ",i ' ' - . "
Ismet Pasha told M. Bompard
that if he should make a hurried
trip to Angora it was fully, under
stood that the Mudania armistice
would continue, in ; force during
his absence. 4 ! ' ; .
The premier hastened the tid
ings to London.- '
Ismet, according to - an earlier
dispatch to ( Havas. informed M. I
Bompard, head of the French del-
egatlon, after today's conferences
that the Turks were disposed to
consider the 'allied ftreoty as fin
ally presented, and with Sunday
night's last, minute concession in
cluded might not refuse to sign!
The - negotiations - were then re
newed, and! at present believed,
with' successful results.
oece mm
Notes Given in Land Deal
Ordered Turned in for
; ; Cancellation. x -
The old 'land case hinging
about the purchase of five tracts
ot land on Palmito del Verde
Island, Slnaloa, Mexico, by W.
L. Mercer and Lottie Mercer was
again aired; In the circuity court
yesterday when a ; decision was
handed down - granting a perman
ent injunction to the. plaintiffs
against Enq M. Harper, seller of
the land, t - and Ladd & Bush
Bank, restraining them from de
livering or 'attempting to collect
on promissory notes made: by the
Mercers.. I
The plaintiffs "alleged that the
land was represented to them-as
fertile," irrigated, 'and capable,- of
great' development when! in real
ity, it wasj' impossible to grow
crops K e X-C e p t i by irrigation
through the use" of buckets.
total of $2,206.24 was paid In
cash and the balance made In
promissory ! notes, held by Ladd
ft Bush ;r Bank. The plaintiffs
asked that the defendant r be re
strained' from endorsing and de
livering the .notes to innocent
purchasers and that. they be re
turned , (for i cancellation
v The coirrt allowed the motion
of the plaintiffs for , default and
decree andi ruled that the notes
be returned td the' clerk jf court
tifor , cancellatfon. In addition " if
was:;, ruled that the plalntlfrs
'were -entitled to 1 a decree te
S1TUAT0H 111!
iNisnsuii
' i -
.sdnding the contract,
THRONG I
RUHR SEIZURE
Ruhr by the French. The crowd
stood bareheaded ' while a. band
played patriotic airs.
Roads and Highways Ojj
ppsed to Increasing Powers
of Public Service, r
The house roads and highways
committee last night, after hav
ing' been entertained by the ; ap
pearance of forsner public service
commissioners Fred Buehtel and
Fred- Williams, f representing 'op
posite sides of a. bill to place ad
ditional regulatory powers In l the
hands of the public serrice com
mission to control auto bus lines
and public motor truck lines, ap
plied the committee's sharpest
axejto; the bill and reported un
favorably on tb measured '
Williams argued that house bill
279 was a good bill and should
pass. Buehtel . argued that the
committee should kill it because
it was "a vicious measure," , ;he
said. , ' . ...
f V VWttl T?(o-l. Tnn.. 1Vli.V !
The committee also decided f to
report favorably on H..B. 313 and
314, introduced by Representative
Carkin at' the request of Governor
Pierce, placing an additional tax
of 1 cent on gasoline, making at
total of 3 cents tax; H. B. 132,
Graham, providing that the state
highway commission r shall - issue
new bonds, as frequently as the
present .issues are, taken up, the
funds to apply on the construc
tion of. market roads;, and H. B.
106, Cowgill. permitting the sec
retary of state to appoint as many
traffic officers as he deems ne
cessary, and fixing their salaries
at from $125 to $175 per month.
The snecter of "vested rixhts"
and unlimited franchises paraded
by Buehtel, probably; was respon
sible for the action of the com
mittee in turning , down the bill,
and the fact that Representative
Adams felt that the bill would be
special legislation. ( , ; i .
Columbus r Day Is No ! 1
r Longer State Holiday
' t -: ' ti
Without ; any of the expected
oratory, Representative . Lewis
bill to strike Columbus day from
the ist of . state holidays, passed
the house yesterday with 18 dis
senting votes. , ,-. . . I .
In support of his measure Lew
is explained that the only reason
for passing this bill was the fact
that the statute creating the holi
day should never have iwen pass
ed in the first place. : :. -
Those .voting- against the bill
were Representative Carkin, Cary,
Carsner. Cramer, Exell Hesse,
Hunter of Union, Jackson, Kav,
Mott, McMahan of Linn, McMa-
han of Marion, McPhllllps, Over
turf, Reynolds, - Schulrnerich,
Shelton. Simmons', Miller end
Gordon were absent;
An effort of Carkin to avoid
voting on themeasure was object
ed to and Carkin voted "no."
Must Label ; Filberts
Grown and Sold Here
. Governor Pierce ; . yesterday
signed the bill requiring that wal
nuts and filberts sold in Oregon
be labeled to show whether they
are grown In "Oregon or in some
other part of the world." The bill
was introduced in the house 'by
Representative Reynolds .'of Mar
ion county, and it was ' claimed
that' inferior nuts 1 grown else
where are' ' frequently ' labeled
"Oregon, much to tbe Injury of
Oregon's repntatlon as a nut-pro
SHARPEST AXE
f
ducinsftaXe, : ' : r 1' .
"DIVORCE DAY"
IS LATEST IN
CIRCUIT COURT
February Fifteenth is Set
Aside as Date For Hear
ing: All Default Cases
So numerous have divorce
complaints become in the : Mar
ion . county circuit court that
Thursday, February 15 has been
set aside as "Divorce Day." At
this time all default divorce
cases, of which there are eight
at the present time, will be
heard by Circuit Judge George
Bingham.
Cases filed on the court
clerk's, docket at this- time are
Douglas vs. Douglas. Withrow
vs. Withrow, Wheeler vs. Wheel
er, Oaks vs. Stapleton and Mar
tin vs. Martin. . .
It is expected that several
other cases will be added to this
list before February 15.
CI
EfOS-OPl
Salem People to Be Solicited
Today for Money to Car-:
ry on WCTU Home. ,
Today begins the intensive cam
paign for funds ror the WCTU
childrens home at Corvallis. The
solicitation of funds has been car
ried on ,privatelyr for -the .past
week but now the work Is Jo be
finished In whol tale. Perhaps
100 canvassers will be in the
field today, hoping to complete
the alcm ' . apportionment of
$ 2 3 00 ; and the Ma rlon ! county
quota of $7500. .
( Home Is Needed
The need Tf such a dome Is be
ing shown in the records of sev4
eral state institutions.. Only last
Saturday two little boys were snf
down to the boys', school .from
Portland, Who had committed no
crime save that of .being' orphans.
They didn't belong in the reform
atory, but there, is no otljer place
to send fatherless boys, however
game they may be. A similar case
came up from Eastern Oregon two
weeks ago, where two little lads,
orphaned )j the death of their
parents, had to go to the' reforma
tory, or to the poor house with
the toothless, the doddering, the
guerulous. - .
Many Children Homeless
It haB' been estimated that
there are 2400 children in Oregon
that' should have such a home as
the jCoryallis farm home. The
2 4 0-acre farni is now fn the
possession of the home with the
WCTU as trustees, and is partly
paid for. Eventually and as rap
idly as possible, . the farm will
care for several hundred children,
on a strictly non-sectarian basis.
Contributions Urged
It Is being urged that everybody
interested In child welfare come
fn with their money at once, and
put the campaign over with a
bang. Salem is asked for only
12'l'-2 cents per capita. The home
is expected to go well toward sus
taining itself, once it is paid for
and' fully equipped.
CUT BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
Reduction of Approximately
Ten Per Cent in Remuner
ations Adopted. - ;
The senate late yesterday adop
ted the Johnson concurrent reso
lution calling for. a reduction ot
approximately 10 per cent in the
salaries of state officials, clerks
and employes whose pay is not
fixed by law, and advising the
ways and means committee to
take this, into consideration in
approving appropriation bills.
Johnson explained that the meas
ure does not propose a hard and
fast rule on the state . depart
ments. He said that two state
departments, since the resolution
was introduced, had voluntarily
cut salaries 20 per ''cent.' Zim
merman wanted to know if the
resolution would confine the
ways and means committee to
cuts of 10 per cent, and Johnson
said that would be in the dis
cretion of tbe committee. Nick
elsen' asked If it would apply to
laborers employed ' on the roads
by the . highway' commission;
Johnson said not. Senator Smith,
chairman of the senate ways and
means . committee, voted against
PIN FOR
r the resolution,' ', r . ' ;
CITY COUNCIL
SuSINESS
i 1 -,
v ' : ' '
Foodsellers Health ExaminaT
tion Bill Goes to Ordinance
Committee Report Due
Later.
GRAVEL RESOLUTION
BRINGS ON DEBATE
Much of Business Is Routine;
Motormen May Retain
Use of Tongues. ;
if the looa-seiiers' nealth ex
animation bill hadn't been itself
a particularly healthy and rugged
measure it would 'have died the
death of a yellow dog in Salem,
at the city council last night. It
provides, for the physical: exam
ination of all persons selling or
handling food for sale, in( the city;
the city physician making the ex
aminations twice a year and can
celling the working certificates of
anyone having any communicable
or contagious disease.
Doctors Want Bill
Alderman ( Patton referred to it
as "the fool bill," and he all but
tore It limb from ' carcass in a
vitriolic speech. Alderman Dan
cy thought that it wouldn't work
a-tall. ' In that it left the examln
a lions six months apart, and food
sellers could contaminate a whole
stated between these : two times.
Eventually the. ordinance was
given over to the ordinance com
mittee; they will report on it
later! The measure was prepared
at the Instance of a number of
Salem physicians, and is a copy of
a Portland measure.
An ordinance to regulate and
license establishments 1 that .sell
foods was read for the first time
and handed over to the ordinance
committee for a report.
The park board was ordered to
look ; after the overhanging trees
along the city street parkings,
where the limbs have become a
nuisance or even a ' menace to
pedestrian travel on the walks
and to ' vehicular traffic in the
street-side. The park, board will
act on the tree-trimming, accord
ins to the present unenforced or
dinance. ', .
gravel Bids Cause Fight !
A spirited fight came tip over a
resolution to ask.' for bids for
gravel, sand, cement and other
paving materials.. Alderman Van
Patten declared himself on the
matter of getting better material:
The measure finally passed to call
for bids for the cement and the
Elastlte expansion joints, but the
other materials -will be held up
for specifications. The resolution
asked for bids on 6.000 yards of
gravel. 600 yards of concrete
gravel, 9600 barrels of Portland
cement; 3000 yards sand, and
12,000 lineal feet of expanlson
Jointing. . ;
v Contracts were approved for
the sale of a number of ' lots in
the Oaks addition.
Motormen May Talk
An ordinance was presented to
repeal the prohibition of talking
wMh motormen on the street cars.
This was referred to the ordi
nance committee. Alderman Pat
ton referred to the old ordinance
In talking about the foodsellers'
health certificate ordinance; lie
said that God used to make laws
on Mount Sinai, and they i were
good laws; but men had been try
ing their hands in law-making in
these j later days, and loow what
they've got! The motormen are
likely' to have the privilege of free
speech when the council gets this
ordinance up for a vote.
Several , applications to bond
property for street assessments,
were received, and passed. A num
ber of petitions for street-lights
were passed over to the commit
tee on lighting.
It is ; understood that .the total
of street paving asked for ia all
the petitions, was cldse to ,7
blocks. None of this was author
ized; the Winter street matter
was definitely tabled, and the
others went over to the streets
and alleys committee.
GOXZAGA DEFEATS PACIFIC
SPOKANE, Feb. 5. Gonzaga
university defeated Pacific , uni
versity (here tonight in a hard
fought game ot basketball, score
26 to 23. The teams were within
four points ot each other through
out ; the game..! Personal - I puis
were especially xew. ; y- v;
Jiuetter for .Gonzaga and Flake
for 'Pacific were individual stars
wti seven -fie Wfoala each,
SCHOOL HEAD
LEAVES WHILE
PUPILS ROMP
Principal Who Fails To Pay
Board Bill Expelled No
School at Walla Walla
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Feb.
5. School directors ' of Lowden
this ! morning J, Informed W. o.
Smith,' principal of that institu
tion, that he had broken his con
tract and was not expected to re
sume duties there. Smith was
summoned to the county superin
tendent's office Saturday to an
swer a charge of unbecoming
conduct, arising from a court
order against him to pay-W. T.
Young $83 for a board bill, i -
In the meantime there ! Is no
high school being held at Low
den and' according to- the county
superintendent ' there . has not
been for the past week, although
Smith has been In Lowden dur
ing practically all qf that time.
YMCA Auxiliary Concert
Presents "All Star" Pro
. gram at Church.
The benefit concert given last J
night for the auxiliary of the
YMCA was one of the most suc
cessful; of the kind given this
year in Salem, according to those
in charge. It was given at the
First Methodist church, and more
than $200 was taken in by theH
women in charge. The funds go
towards making . - up - the sum
pledged by tiie women toward
paying the expense 'of , a.. boys
work secretary a( the local YM
OA. The numbers were features
presented by an all-star cast. -
The Whitney Boys chorus, un
der the direction! of Dr. H." C.
Epley, made a decided, hit with
the audience. The chorus is com
posed of more than 40 boys, and
while they , have been organized
for practice less than a month the
numbers given were specially ap
plauded by the large audience
present. )
Prof. E. W. Hobson sang the
"Spirit Flower." Professor pob
son consented to sing on short
notice in place of Everett Craven;
who was unable to attend because
of illness. He graciously respond
ed with an encore.
Mrs. Ward Willis Long sang
"Spring's Awakening'' in splendid
voice 'and responded with an en
core. "Miss Lucille Ross played
her accompaniment. Mrs. Don
aid Riddle sang an aria, from
"Louise" which was particularly
well suited Co her voice. Mr.
Riddle played, her accompani
ments. ; I ;
Miss Bruce Putnam delighted
the audience ;when she played her
own composition, "Romance."
Prof T. S. Roberts opened the
program wjth the organ nurn
her, the grand march from Aldai
This j was particularly well -given
and emphasized the greatly in
creased volume and range of the
organ which is now considered
one of the best oh the coast. ; ; !
Lloyd Waltz delighted his hear
ers with the human appeal of his
reading, "Brothers." ; The con
cert; was closed by numbers by
the male quartet, composed' of
Fred Brassfield, S. E. Wolfe, H.
C. Epley and C. Ev Knowland.
FATHER 10 SON
TONIGHT
B a p t i s t Church Expects
5 Many Guests Grand
fathers Invited.
-A father-and-soh banquet Is to
be held1 tonight at the First Bap
tist church that is expected to
bring out between 100 and 200
guests. The banquet is to be
served at 6:30, and the Invita
tion is general to fathers and
sons of Salem.
After a number of brief toasts.
In .which fathers nd v sons and
grandfathers are to be called
upon. Prof. Roy Hewitt of OAC
is to deliver the; principal address
of the evening. ..The monthly
meetings of the brotherhood have
been largely : attended and . the
dinner spreads; have . become lo-
caUy tamous.
Bra s
FRENCH WHl-flO.
(By the Associated Press)
The French General Weigand and Minister; of Public
Workers Letroqquer accompanied by the railroad exrerts
are on their way from Paris
for handling the railroads in
aid of the engineers.
A semi-official French statement says that while no fur
ther extension of the occupation by the French in; Baden ha3
been planned, hold of the terrain already taken over will ba
maintained even if the Germans agree to cooperate in ex-
no1lvinv 4wVM nnmrmwZ. S i j '
UltXllki OCX VlUC
Educational Bill Goes to Final
Passage After Amend
ments Are Made
Senator -Eddy yesterday made
a successful fight, ; 'or his bill
which j - 'would require - a more
thorough teaching', of fundamen
tals . in th high . schools,1 ; the
fight taking up more than an
hour In tha forenoon and about
an hour and half in the after
noon. ; v . ; . v: ; -; ;;.',,:: :
It ; came up on a divided edu
cational committee report, a . mi
nority, composed of Clark, Klep
per and-. Edwards, against it, and
a . majority composed , ox uunn.
Garland, Tooze : and Brown re
commending passage. After a
long debate that was divided by
the -noon recess, Senator r. Tooze
proposed , amendments ; to f the
measure. Thesa were ; offered by
his moving that the minority, re
port, be made a recommendation
thatj the bill j: pass as amended,
and i n asm u ch as the amendments
were satisfactory to Eddy and
his supporters the minority ,re
pprt in thai shape, was adopted,
so that the bill goes to third
J reading. , j f .
Effective Date Fixed.
Tooze's amendments, made . the
t tudy of . piiysiology and hygiene
an 'alternative with bookkeeping,
and made the bill include the
facts of music and , art v along
with the natural . and ; physical
sciences. Another amendment by
Tooze . made . the,: effective , date
September. 1, 1924. In its orig
inal form an effective date was
left out of the measure.
Prior: to this, termination - of
the battle the debate was long
and hot. Senator Eddy making
a fiery speech 0t an hour Just be
fore the ; noon adjournment. ; '
Clark in speaking for the
minority report as first : made,
declared the "measure would; be
expensive because new text-books
wquld be required. He said it
would; be disastrous' to force the
provisions ;pr the measure into
the, high schools, , j
F.ddy in reply declared that
the purpose of the bill is more
groundwork in . fundamental education-and
in the principles of
patriotism.
"Every" word of this, bill was
written by myself," said Eddy,
"and there is no hidden organ
ization in the background. . The
professional educators have tak
en the position that they are the
fountain of wisdom in things ot
this kind. Practical persons all
over the state have commended
this bill.. I have prepared it on
the , basis - ot years ot experience
as an observer of school ; work,
as a school director, parent and
employer- of high school : grad
uates. "- ":.' ', i-
Practical Preparation Lacking:
"One objection to our present
high school course ; Is . that it is
a supposed preparation for the
higher educational institutions.
But not a great many high school
graduates I go on to college and
those wbo do not should be pre
pared for ' practical life when
they are graduated: from high
school. - ;;:.'.
"It is no surprise to me that
tho educators ' of . the state are
massing against this measure,
for they seem always to say to
the legislature, 'keep your . pro
fane hands off this sacred ark
of , education . which . Almighty
God has committed to us..
r Educator's who always have
been - friends of mine and who
greeted mei with clasp of -the
hand, now seek to pass me by
with disdain." - v. .
. Senator Eddy charged that the
educators of ; the state had stood
(Continued on page 2).
EDDY FIGHT
: is success
mJL, 0
TT)
i: tr
to the Ruhr to formulate plans
occupied territory without the
, " j : ,
. Owing to the absence of Chan
cellor Cuno in occupied territory
the Berlin government has ma ! j
no- representations to France as
yet concerning the events in Ba
den. In addition to ithe chancel
lor, Hugo Stlnnes, tone of Ger
many's great Industrial leaders,
has paid 1 a visi t to the occo 1 1 : 1
area. ... ''....
A. letter has been sent to tha
league of nations by the congress
of the French Socialist party ia
session at Lille in which are par
ticipating delegates from Great
Britain,- Germany,. Belgium and
France, declaring It is the duty
of the league to attempt to settla
the reparations question. Tho
latter calls for the "disarmament
pf hates.!' - . j
Workers'. WaAt Increase
.The workmen In the coal mines
In the Sarre valley, taken over by
the French in compensation for
the ruining, by the Germans of
mines in 1 northern- Fra nee d u ri n g
the. war,! have struck because of
a refusal by the governing com
mission to double their - wages.
The mines produce 9,000,000 tons
yearly. . ' ... ; u - . , .
The Frencn ; continue to " take
into custody or deport Germans
guilty of subversite r: measures
against
ties.
the
occupation
.. I '
authorl-
"f. BEftLIN,;Feb. 5.-By the As
sociated ! Press.)' The 100.000
marks offered by the' French com.
mander at Puesseldorf to tbe
parents of the -little German girl
accidentally killed by a bullet
from the rifle of a I French - cor
poral yesterday has been refused
by Dr. GtuetzheV,; provincial prc
ident. ;;' ; ; j",
Advices received here' say tha;
speaking in the name of the Ger.
man government, Dr. Gruetznef
informed tbe French authorities
that the offer was regarded as an
"unheard of. affront." -
The sum mentioned at the
present rate of . exchange .is the
equivalent of $2.19.
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Judge Colahan to ' Be Asked
to Make Decision on
Matter Today,
NEW TORK, Feb. 6. Supreme
Court Justice Cohalan will be
asked tomorrow to "decide wheth
er, the shattered romance of Ger
aldlne Farrar and Lon Tellengen
shall be 'Unrolled before the pub
lic or the petition for divorce be
threshed out of a referee's office
behind closed doors. -
Today's hearing was interrupt
ed when, newspapermen requested
Referee Thomas H. Mahoney to
permit them to attend the session.
, The referee said he saw no rea
son why the hearing should not
be public unless 'Justice Colahan
wno referred the case to him de
sired otherwise, but he announced
he would entertain a motion for
privacy- Miss Farrar's lawyer
promptly petitioned for secrecy
and adjournment was taken until
the matter could be placed before
Justice Colahan tomorrow.
Irrigation Commission
Certifies More
Bonds
The state irrigation and drain
age securities commission has
certified; ,f 75,000 more in bonds
and guaranteed the interest there
on for the Grants Pass irrigation
district In Josephine county. Tho
district already has issued II.S90,
000 "in bonds which have been
certified and the interest guaran
teed by j the state. The pro Je t
comprises 13,000 acres.
The commission also has certi
fied $5 C.C 00 more bonds 'for th
Medford irrigation , district cZ
Jackson county. The amount
heretofore certified is-11.0 60,0 0 2.
The project covers 10,001 r- -
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