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SEVENTY-SECOJJD YEAR
SALEM," OREGON SUNDAY MORNING,! FEBRUARY 18, 1923
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HERS IN
HOUSE STAGE
U FIGHT
Two Representatives Have
Personal Encounter Over
Division of Time for De-
, bate.
FARM BLOC LEADERS '
SHOW DISSATISFACTION
Banking Committee Is Ac
cused of Delay in Report
" ihg Out Measures.
' WASIUNOTO.V.s Feb. 17.
Hottse consideration of th farms
credit program - bepan today . with
- nar Tlatflgbt and wound up to
night -with open expression of dis
satisfaction by farm bloc leader
horer what they characterized as
the delay of the bankinc commit
tee In reporting out tjeasares be
fore it.---..r ' "
. Bepresentatle . , Anderson, ' Re
publican, Minnesota," joint author
of the l4enfoot-Anderson t, farm
credit bill, said that with the end
of congress two 'weeks away ' that
measures passed by the senate
and. approved " by the secretaries
of commerce and agriculture, had
disappeared in fog and was like
ly, to fail: because the committee
"seemed unwilling to . report It
out."; v-" ; ;; , ,
- Defending, the committee, Rep
resentative Iondell, - "Wyoming,
the-Repnbllcan " leader, - assailed
the ,senate, . which he said had
sent- to the house two measures,
the ; ln root-Anderson rand the
Capper - bills, vboth seeking the
same ends by "diametrically op
posite methods." : ' ;v
ItepisaitatltV Disagree
-TTa Ac flare A fiA Ti.fi vrrinn
-'V - fidence. that a, JbUl jcprerlnK'rirnral
r credits would be reported "In dueJ
time" adding that meantime1, it
I , : , was the duty of the, house to pass
the bill I bef 6re ', it,' the Strong
. - Nmeasure . amendlnr the i federal
farm loan, act, and facilitating the
activities of the whole land bank
system. . - -. --,. ;- -- . vif i
Immediately after the V Strong
mn was taKen up there was a
personal encounter by Represen
tire wlngo, Arkansas, v ranking
Democrat on the banking commit
tee . and Representative-; Jones,
Democrat vTexas.' overt the; Ti
sion . ot time, lor debate. r?. -ey
were quickly separated, and h9
Incident was closed later with ex
pression of regret by 'both mem
bers. ,: j- - .
i; Eleven House" Slls" ' '
i Arerassea uy senate
" A a k.'1 " 4 a
The "senate yesterday . passed
" the f olfowlns house bills.
ir.'B."291, Reynolds " (by re
' Quest) To regulate manufacture
and sale of plant insectides.
H. B. 321, Lee (by request)-
Relating to procedure for appro
priation -of water.' :-;,.L
H. B. 7, Graham To provide
(or disposition of fines and to
prohibit splitting of fines or pay
ment of fees out of flnm .
IV B. 217, Reynolds Provid
ing tor appointment of deputy
county horticultural insnectonL
i 1 1. B. 246 ,; Mrs. .Simmons To
pproyrla.te $55,000;for construc
tion and equipment of Oregon
state training school. -
H. B. 74, Woodward To pro
vide for the relief of Mrs. Ger
trude J. Denny. j .
If- B. 1B8. Tlmtehnr- TTnnl
f Pierce and Brownell Approprta-
uaj wu annually to GAR.
H. B. 353 (substitute fbr H. B
. 228), Schulmerich Relatlnr to
moTing Duiraings near electric
' wires. ;;..: :": . -"v..- -, :
H. B. 308, Mrs; Simmons Re-
, latmg to duties of child welfare
commission. :
H. B. 262, committee on expos!
tion and fairs Relatlnr to Mm.
pensation and traveling expenses
of members of sUte fair board.
H. B. 352, committee on ways
end means Authorljing , sUte
treasurer to purchase hnndn nr
city of Astoria In the sum of
THE WEATHER
OREGON: Sunday, rain west,
probably fair east portion.
LOCA1 WEATHER
. (Saturday) .
Maximum " temperature, 44. '
Minimum temperature. 2J. v
River. 2.7 feet; falling. "
Rainfall, none.
Atmosphere, part cloudy.
.Wind, west. .
INJUNCTION
PLANS ARE
CALLED OFF
Rulirtj in United States Dis
trict Court is Unfavorable
To Mine Workers
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Jeb.
17. Efforts of the United Mine
Workers to get in injunction from
the federal : courts to prevent
Sheriff Don Chafln or anyone else
interfering with them while they
organized the non-union Logan
county miners, were blocked to
day by a ruling of Judge George
W. McClintic, in United States
district court.
The .court . ruled that he . was
without jurisdiction in the case,
holding that no action of the state
of . West Virginia ., Invaded the
rights of .the plaintiffs and .that
the activities of the Logan sheriff,
of - wbictt they i complained, were
subjects for the state, courts.-
UOD ARREST
Camp Kearney Hospital; Of
ficial Accused of Death.
of Fritzi Mann.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Feb.. 17.
Apparently in good spirits, .al
though, under a charge of mnrdert
Dr. Louis L. Jacobs ' of the; hos
pital staff at Camp Kearney, to
night was in. the county jail, ac
cused in a; grand Jury, indictment
of having' caused -the -death or
Fritzi Mann, beautiful young
dancer. Her body, clad in only
a few light 'garments, was found
on kthe Torrey Pines beach, near
this city, January 15, and the
case since that time has occupied
much'Of the; attention of the po
lice and county authorities. J . -
This l the second time that Dr.
Jacobs has been under arrest In
connection with the death of the
young daaacer.,-He jwas .taken
first by the police early in their
investigation ; and ; then turned
loose, ;CMer of Police "Patrick as
serting that there was no evidence
that-he had caused Miss Mann's
death; i- t.-.j--'
Meanwhile Dr. Jacobs' attorney.
former Mayor James E. Wadham,
expressed confidence that the ac
cused would come through his ap
proaching trial ; alt right. He
added that : he expected that ; the
trial might 'start within a month.
"fir. Jacobs," ; said 'Attorney
Wadham, "would rather go before
a Jury and obtain complete vindi
cation - than to go through' life
with the least suspicion attached
to him. There is as much chance
of convicting him as there would
be of convicting me In the case."
I nrrioiinr
Mi IIILIluUIlL
IS AUVE
What Will " Be Done With
Consolidation Bill Subject
r of I Conjecture.
The only consolidation . bill re
maining of the ,; group of bills
along this line which have been
Introduced, V- is "the Carkin? bill
which reposes on the table in the
hOUSe. L ; . ; ' '
On Monday, it is possible that
Representative Carkin may per
mit it to stayT there "until
the 32nd legislative assembly
nassea into history. Again, he
may pick it up, ask the house to
amend it 'and slam it across the
alley at the senate, with the labor
connmissioner, ' food and dairy
comm'asioner and industrial acci
dent commission stricken from
It required Just the length of
time necessary to call the roll In
the house indefinitely to postpone
the Garland-Eddy, consolidation
bill, which passed the senate with
25 favorable votes. " ' -V
When the number of the bill
was fread for puroseA f 'aesign
ment to committee. Representa
tive -Brownell moved Indefinitely
to postpone it. A - second was
heard: and Speaker Kubll put the
question several times in order to
permit ; discussion. ; Significant
glances were " exchanged between
members and the roll-call began.
Representative ; Kay, who re
turned from a committee .meeting
In the midst; of the! roll f call at
tempted. to open r the ! dlsimssion
but. was ruled out of order.. Only
a handful of votes waa cast
DOCTOR AGAIN
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Anti-chaplain and Anti-Col
umbus Day Bills IntrqU
duced by Lewis Are Easily
Put to Death. ; n
RELIGIOUS ISSUE
DECRIED BY EDDY
FarrelPs Motion ; to Have
Measure Tabled Does Not
Meet With Second.
. The Ku Klux Klan and its
sympathizers were able to make
only a weak resistance in the sen
ate Saturday when Representative
Lewis' two anti-Catholic bills, one
to do away with chaplains at the
State penitentiary, and the other
to eliminate Columbus day, Oc
tober 12, as a legal holiday, were
easily, killed by indefinite post
ponement. 5 Both came in-an di
vided' reports of the committee
on revision Of laws.. : 1
.The anti-chaplain bill came out
with Moser, Strayer and Zimmer
man recommending that It 1 pass
and with Eddy and Joseph ; re
commending that it not pass. "
Religions Issue Decried l,
.' i : tea :w --i-uj
. In recommending that the mi n
orlty, report be. substituted for the
majority report, which- meant the
indefinite-; postponement- i of the
bill. Senator Eddy explained that
the bill; attempted to '.raise .the
religious issue in the senate which
he deemed - inadvisable, at - this
time. .; ; j ':i - . ; - 1 '
Moser read tbe ! statute which
provides for Catholic and a
Protestant chaplain at lh state
prison. He said be could see no
reason for such a provision with
an apropriation of $1200 a iyear,
to pay them. ' He said he thought
the clergy of Salem would be glad
to take turns in officiating at the
prison.
Pay Negligible ,
Joseph said - he could see , no
reason why anyone should object
at this small ' amount paid the
chaplains. On the vote to . post
pone the bill Indefinitely, the vote
was: .'.., , ; ; . . , , 1
f Ayesj Corbett, Dunn. Eddy,
Edwards, Garland, Hare, Johnson.
Joseph La . Follett. ; Nickolsen.
Ritner,. Robertson . Staples,! Tay
lor, Tooze, Upton. ?
eNoes Clark, Dennis , Farrell,
Fisk. Hall. Kinnisy, Klepper, Ma
gladry, Moser, Strayer,, Zimmer
man, , 1 1 ''
. Absent Brown, Ellis, Smith.
Bill Quickly Dispatcbed .
On the bill proposing to elim
inate Columbus 'day as a legal
holiday, a majority of the com
mittee, Strayer, Eddy and. Joseph,
recommended that the bill not
pass, while , Moser ; and , Zimmer
man moved that it pass with am
endments. : j i:- t.'J.'t;-.
Moser bad moved that the min
ority report . be substituted ,for
the majority report, and had read
two statutes corering legal holi
days; when Garland cut him off
by moving outright thai the "bill
be. indefinitely postponed,, a mo
tion which was in order under the
rules. Moser asked for a roll
call. , Eddy demanded a call of
the -senate. - Parrel 1 moved that
the : bill be laid on the table.
There were shouts of "no!) nof
and there was no second to the
motion; ' ' V I . -
The vote to postpone the bill
indefinitely was , as follows:
Local Jewelers Secure .
New Thermometer Machine
A new thermometer, or weath
er, recorder has been' secured (by
Hartmah Bros jewelry store
which by means of a small dial
and ; red , ink, accurately records
the temperature each hour dur
ing the day for the entire week. -
The instrument f is unusual .la
that-a record upon -the sheet is
left f or the. entire week, .showing
the temperature at each hour
throughout the various days of,
the week., The .sheets will ; J be
saved, according to f Hartman
Bros., and may be used for refer
ence purposes. '.fCA i t.'j.j: '
; The , instrument- was made by
the "Taylor'instrnment ' company,
Rochester, N. T. . ;
It was placed on the Liberty
side of the store yesterday where
it wlll be kept - permanently. '- A
barometer,: or weather predicting
machine, is stationed on the State
MEAT. MAY
BE LUXURY,
SOON, BELIEF
Population Increasing at
Greater Rate Than Live-
stock, Department Says '
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. The
human population of the United
Slates has Increased at a much
greater rate than that of livestock,
and the department of agriculture
Is concerned over the increasing
difficulty of supplying the popula
tion wijh sufficient meat while
maintaining a surplus of. meat
products for export. v
The're were almost five times as
many people in the country at the
beginning of this year as there
were in 1850, but the number of
bead of livestock ' had not ' even
doubled, agricultural experts - re
port after a study of statistics.
Back in 18 SO, the human popula
tion . was 23,'19 1,876,. while on
January 1 this year .the census
bureau estimates the 'population
as 109,955.9.4 7. All cattle, ' sheep
and swine in 1850 totaled 84,800,-
000 and on Janiiary -l,this year
their number was 156,985,000. -
. In 1850 there were 134- hogs.
for every 100 of population; this
year there are 58.
Unidentified Woman Is Run
' Down by Coupe Skull
Fractured.
Her body dragged for a distance
of approximately thirty feet by a
speeding. Ford, out . of the control
of Us driver, an elderly lady who
up to an early hour this .morning
had still not been ; identified,' lay
close to death at a local hospital,
her skull fractured and her body
in a generally matllated condition.
The driver of the car was Ella
Wolfe of 926 . Union street: She
was accompanied by Theresa
(Continued on page 7)
TAX ON FILMS
IS PROPOSED
Measure Expected to Pro
vide More Fireworks Thanf
. Consolidation. !
Before the bouse Judiciary, com
mittee there is to be presented a
bill to place, a state, tax on the
incomes , from the leases on mo
tiodn picture films which threat
ens to provider more pyrotechnics
and excitement than e en the con
solidation and income- tax bills.
Back of the bill is the desire to
place . upon the large - amounts of
money taken out of the state ev
ery week by the owners of mo
tion picture films, a tax that will
bring in revenue from a source
that- at- present escapes almost
Entirely any payment of govern
mental tax. - i -
: . Assistant . Attorney General
Liljeqvist, in drafting the bill, has
Pioneered for there is absolutely
no precedent for the tax.'
- This bill will be substituted for
hoose bill 357, by - McFhillips,
which it is understood was intro
duced simply to keep a place on
tbe calendar for the substitute
bill which was' not yet ready.
; Practically the tax will work
out in this way: A tax of proba-'
bly 5 per cent on the gross in
come accruing to the owner of
patent rights or leasing privileges
of x motion "picture pilms, will 'be
imposed by the i state. This is
made a debt, under the bill, and
the films owned by the debtor are
therefore subject to attachment.
Most Df the companies 'affected
have no offices in the state bnt
the films owned .by the company
are subject to attachment as soon
as they enter the state under the
bill. " ' ' ' : V ' ' "
'.Efforts are. made in the bill to
block the natural attempt' to- pass
the burden of the tax -on to the
exhibitor -and from him to the
people who patronise the theaters,
but 'because' of the fact that the
bill Is a venture into a virgin field
the success of this move is still
questioned.: . .-. f . t I
A bitter fight before the com
mittee Is promised and it. Is pre
dicted 'that if ;,the committee
agrees to accept the substttnte
bill, both it! and the original bill
will be taken on tbe floor of the
house -and the motives of the in
trodtrcers : asualled by those tip
JEJ1R Dili
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SCOTCHMAN
AVENGED AT .
LAST, CLAIM
Harry ; Lauder Defeats David
Duncan at GolfWants J
World to Know About It J
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17.
Sit Harry Lauder has been aveng
ed. After many years of trying
and failing the Scotch comedian
today defeated his old friend Da
vid Duncan at golf, flvp and three.
In nine previous matches here
Duncan beat Sir Harry easily.. To
a large gallery after todays game
the comedian Bald: -
"I want the wide world to
know it. I beat him and beat him
fairly."'
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Broken Engagements Worth
$500,000, Thinks Well
Known Woman.
; ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 17.
Suit for 3500,000 alleging breach
of nromlse to marry' and claiming
aggravated damages, was filed in
the federal court bere,tOday by at
torneys representing Mrs. de
Bouchel -tf New Orleans, well
. . . , . . .....
Known ; in social circles lurnugu
out the south; against Asa O.
Candler, of Atlanta, millionaire
founder, of the Coca Cola com
pany. ,; ,j , - " i-
Mrs. de Bouchel's suit declared
that Mr. Candler broke their en
gagement on the eve of what was
to have been their wedding date,
felling her in a letter that be had
reports from "sources . h"e was
bound to believe" that she bad
received Improper visits from two
men while attending, the Confed
erate reunion .In Atlanta in Octo
ber! 1 919- These ehargea, the pe
tition said, "are false'
' "Defendant has persisted, the
oetition said, "in his Tefusal to
even divulge Co ; plaintiff ; In re-1
sponse to her urgent request and
demands; the names of v the au
thors of said charges or of . those
by; whom said charges were, con
veyed v to him. Your petitioner
thererore orings ,tnis action ior
JamagesJ in -order, that the- mat
ters herein set out may be freely
inquired into and determined .by
a Jury of said district.
Accompanying the petition was
a supporting affidavit by Mrs. de
Bouchel,! signed in Cook county,
Ilis.' before GladyB L. Harvey,, a
notary public, and dated February
13. In her petition the plaintiff
says' she.: Is a citizen, and. resident
of Nevada. ; ' ' ' .
Mr. Candler's answer Is return-
a.hln tn thn March term and the
case ia expected to come to trial
TO TALK PEACE
Head of Turk Army Virtual
Agreement Now Reached
'With Britain.
LONDON, Feb. 17. lsmet
Pasha is conversing with Lieuten
ant General Harrington, the allied
commander, in the Near East, ac
cording to Reuter's ConsUnti
nople r correspondent, his sincere
desire for . peace. He emphasized
the necessity of reaching a settle
ment before spring and expressed
satisfaction "at having virtually
J reached an agreement with Great
Britain; , t
Ismet a'dded that the obstacles
were . economic questions which
were of primary importance j to
Turkey, a poor country economic
ally, but far, less essential to. the
allies., : -.-'j "?
Conversing with General Pelle,
the- r French . high commissioner,
Ismet, Pasha said he expected to
remain in .Angora . only a short
time. : He, hoped soon to be able
to inform the secretariat at Lau
sanne of the resumption of peace
negotiations. : .r . f- ;'.- - fj
- General Pelle later said his lh
terview with' Ismet had made him'
'optimistic regarding the possibili
ties of.pesce. . ..'"..;
: . UNABLE TO AGREE 1
-. WICHITA t FALLS, Tex., Feb.
17. The jury in the case of Major
W. Llj Culberson, charged ,wlth
murder! in. connection with'; the
killing; of M X Lamar, January
8, was discharged late this after
noon , by Judge Wilson arter? the
members reported they could not
agree. ' The- jury-was1 - out1 lifty
COCA COLA
HEAD IS SUED
PB
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SHIPS CREWS
A
AFTER
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Guard Cutter Brings 55 Meo
From Tuscan Prince and
Santa Rita Into Port An
geles. RELIEF MEASURES
1 TAKEN BY OFFICIALS
Crews Without Necessities
of Life Since Early
' - " Thursday.
PORT ANGELES, Wash., Feb
17- (By The -Associated Press.)
- The coast guard cutter ; Sno-"
ho mas h arrived here tonight
with the crews " of the ' steam
ships. Tuscon ' Prince ; and Santa
Rita, wrecked on the rocks oft
the west coast, of Vancouver Is
land during a ; violent Btorm In
the '. early hours of Thursday.
'Before the Snohomish came in
sight of Port Angeles complete
arrangements had been made by
Mayor II. M. Fisher. Mo care or
the 43 men of the Tuscon Prince
and 32 of the Santa Rita.
Out Two Days
. Tbe men who, had. lived -short
of the - necessities, of life, for
from 36 to , 64 . hours on 2 inhos
pitable : clinging1 pUces to which
they had made their ..way
through the . surf , were hurried
to warm - rooms 1 and privided
with nourishing . food.
' Captain J. L. Milders of the
Tuscon - Prince and. Captain O.
E. Roelstad off' the Santa Rita
were enthusiastic in praise of
the work of the Snohomish,
which was commanded by Lien
tenant 11. G; Hemlnway. Lteu
tenaht Henimingway and the cut-
I'ter bad barely landed Thursday
night 34 men. whom , they, had
taken early; that day from the
steamship Nika . when they set
out to bring the Tuscon Prince's
men from a small island' near
Village Island and the Santa
Rita's from the Indian village of
Clo-Oose. - The Snohomish saved
109 men from the three vessels.
Ship in . Peril Before ' .
. Captain O. IS.. Roelstad of the
Santa Rita recalled .tonight that
November ; 26, 1920, this vessel
was compelled to cut loose from
the Peruvian barge PiTrie within
cannon sho of the' spot where
the Santa Rita went ashore
Thursday, because tbe two craft
were .driving toward the: rocks,
though! the engines of the
Santa Rita , were turning, full
speed ahead. The barge drifted
south along, the Washington
coast and , went ashore nar La
Push, 18 men, the captain, his
wife and : their infant son per
ishing, and two men, who . were
picked up exhausted, being sav
ed by Indians. i
- On his last trip Captain Roel
stad left Redondo, Cal.; i Sunday
and coming up the coast ran In
to a heavy gale and rain. He
said that he passed Cape Blanco
in good shape and about 3 p. m.
Thursday was oft. Umatilla Reer.
He was taking soundings and
trying to keep, on the 50 fath
om bank. He sought In vain, to
get his position by wireless com
munication with the shore.
At 3:55 a. m the Umatilla
light . passed front view and at
about 3:50 when- Captain Roek
Rtad and his officers believed
that their craft was In the
mouth of the Strait of Juan de
Fuca, she struck. "
Caitafa Injured
Captain Roelstad was : thrown
across the pilot . house . and
knocked senseless; as the boat
struck the third time. Before
he recovered consciousness, First
Assistant Engineer ,-Nyberg . had
come in and odered full speed
astern. The Santa Rita how
ever, was fast on the rocks.' - -
Captain Roelstad ifirst thought
that he . was on Duntze rock,
near Tatoosh. Island, on the Am
erican side, within the , mouth of
the Strait. But the presence of
three soon shown him bis error.
A searchlight disclosed large
rocks under the port lifeboat
and the boat was lowered on the
starboard side. First to clam
bor into the boat was,, Victor
Hautop of Seattle. 20 years, old-.
He was followed by a man. who
managed to get ; back aboard the
Santa Rita when the lifeboat
smashed. Haatop swam ashore
with a' line that had .been taken
into the boat. With this line , a
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PROVOCATEUR
ARRESTED ON
LIBEL CHARGE
Albert Bailin Made Target of
Charge Preferred by -Burns
Agency Man
CHICAGO, Feb, 17.i (By the
Associated Press.l Albert Ball
in,, alias BalanoWj confessed spy
and . agent , provocateuT j of various
detective agencies, today was ar
rested on a charge of criminal li
bel preferred by Allen O. Myers,
assistant general manager of the
W. J. Boras international detec
tive - ageny. .:- -, r;!,: I
- The charge grew out of Bala
trow's sworn statements during a
deposition - taken by Frank P.
Walsh for the defense of 22 al
leged communists facing trial in
St. Joseph, Mich. - Myers charges
that Balanow; libeled j him when
when, he swore that he had writ
ten a letter threatening to blow
up the Woolworth, building and
kill the postmaster of New York
by order of Meyers, who. at that
time, was his employer.1
: -E4 , Nockei;, ' secretary of . the
Chicago Federation . of Labor,1
posted $5000 . in cash for Bala
now's bail and he was released, u
Versatile Prohibition Agent
Paves Way for Fifty-five
Successful Raids
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17.
Through the , magic ; strains of
"When. Johnny Comes Marching
Home Again,'! from the strings ot
a- violin ia the hands of J. LL
Asher, y- Washington's " versatile
revenke agent; who for a week has
been essaying the role f a mod
ern Pled Piper of Hamlin, more
than .80 alleged bootleggers have
been, uncovered recently and were
arrest ed today . after ' raids con-,
ducted simultaneously, ijn, 'Jevfery
section of the capital. More. than
5 6 individual raids were conduct;
ed -netting in , ' addition to, . the
prisoners. - 3000 ; gallons of lienor.
. Switching bis disguise from ash
cart 'driver 'and coal deliverer,- by
meant of which he' recently cob
leeted evidence for more than 0
raids, netting : as - many ' arrests,
Asher - - last - week donned - the
(Continued on page 2)
FAILS TO
Bill Proposing New Secur
' ities ; Commission : Gets
Death Blow in Senate.
Senator Strayer's.bill proposing
to supplant the present state irri
gation -and drainage securities
commission, composed of the at
torney general, the state engineer
and the state superintendent of
banks with a new commission to
be composed of the governor and
four non-salaried commissioners
to be appointed by him was killed
by indefinite postponement Satur
day through- the adoption of an
adverse committee j report, j '
Another important measure' in
troduced by Strayer and Brown,
proposing a change In the method
of handling bills in the legislature
was killed In the same way. This
proposed that all bills be consid
ered from a. printed copy In the
same -way that congress handles
bills.. Strayer fought hard for the
bill and emphasized the point that
if the method were adopted that
ail bills passed would be in type
a4 . the conclusion of - the legisla
ture and save much expense in
typesetting. ;. I : f t;
M-oser contended that' it would
result in a Jumbled mass and de
lay the legislature; as adjourning
time .approached. - : Congress. ,.he
said, could A use the t method be
cause it is in session nearly all the
time.. Eddy took the same' stand
as Moser.." . ' t
House bill 67, introduced by
Lewis byt request, rela ting to the
filing of transcripts - on appeal,
and house bill 8S, by . Bennett,
providing for a refnnd of the
gasoline tax under the 1919 act
when used for commercial or In
dustrial purposes other than on
a public highway, were also killed
by Indefinite postponement.
; House joint resolution 4fo. ' 4,
by Bennett, providing that special
sessions of -the legislature be con
fined to the purpose for' which
Sailed, wa? Inefinliel 2?tr""4.
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10RE. LIQUOR
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STRAY
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RESISTAfJGE .
OF BERKS
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Obstruction Entering Activa
. Phase Bombing ' -anJ
. Sinking of Barges f.'ara
New Developments.
FRENCH READY FOR
t ALL EMERGENCIES
Populists Hold Large Secret
- Meetings Situation Scl: J
to Be Tense. .
ESSEN, Feb. 17. (By the As
sociated -Press.) - The Frenca
military in the Ruhr believe that
the passive resistance ot German
is at an end and that the work cf
obstruction la entering aV-actlva
phase. , '
.They reached, this conviction 1 1
a result , of the bombing ef tL3
Kalserhof hotel here, the slnkir
of barges, in the ' Rhlne-Hoij
canal and, the activity of .tb r
tionallsta, communists a'nd otLu
political parties the last f:--'
dwyv;;'!-;-'-::;,.
The French intelligence servir
has information to the effect tl r
the Populist party held a 1 : r t
secret meeting In Essen "VVf
day, the: gathering "beins ad.Irt -sed
by numerous' speakers wJj
urged actlver opposition to: t: 3
French ; and Belgian, . incasurc..:.
The speakers are said to have s i
mitted that the policy of p a s ; I v a
resistance inaugurated at the I .
Stigation Aot the ' Berlin govt r ; -meat-
has failed.' 1
l Derfaxtidi Time at Hand v
The center' party held a-.ncit-Ing
; at Meanster ' last r nigtt r
Which. according to the French
intelligence agents, it was a J :..'.
ted" that 'passive resietanca 1..
been unsuccessful and that til
time ; for active resistance ' ta j
come. . c : ': . ' , s
'The secret visit to the Ruhr c',
HerriStlngl, German minister ct
posts and telegraphs, in defUrc?
of the French orders asaic:.t t
entry , of cabinet members, has
a bracing effect on the strf: t :
throughout the district. pirt:.
larly those under his ministry.
, The French say. they are ren "
for any emergency that mayarLj
from the changed attitude, of t' ,'i
Germans.';.-Aa a further mcaBuiii
against outbreaks' in Gelsenkirci
en, where there 'has been epas.
modic'trouble, the city' was acc-;:-pfed-.
today "by ' "French infantry,
carairy and' armored cars. I
"Meanwhlle.1 thework of elin
inating the troublp-makers con
tinues and 52 officials were ex
pelled Jfrom the Ruhr: The ' t
and yesterday tor : disregarding
French instructions ; -The : C r
burgomaster of Dortmund aui Llj
assistant, the chief of the.raUTEr'
station there: and the distr!:' -pervisor
:were arrested fcr d
obedience. : I : - -
The ober-burgomaster of D.:!.-berg,1-arrested
by the Belgians oa
a similar charge, was tried. It a
Belgian court martial at Air Li
Chappelle and sentenced to. or j
month in prison and to pay tt?
trial costs. ! .
I -: The situation here is tense.
The elty now is policed by French,
troops, as the German sectrrity po
lice all went on strike when their
barracks was, occupied, v ''.
fJEWS OF DEATH OF
iRRIS J. ei.
Former Weil Known Sa' cm
Man Passes at His River-1
- dale Cal., Home, , ...
Friends in 'Salem have received
news of the death at his hon:j,l,i
RIverdale, CaW of Norria J.
Brown, -on February li, 1922.
- Mr.x Brown-was born. $a thli
city and In i his early mantcol
was associated with his father, ,T.
C. Brown, in, the J. C. Brown 'd
Co. hardware firm, j
In 1895 he moved to OakUa5
Cal.,"and became associated 'wit!;
the Pacific Hardware and r:? I
company, Later, on accoai::. c;
faUIng health, he was force! t-
relinquish this position an4 :
for a few years in San Jose, Cal..
afterwards moving to KiverJ '. ..
lie la survived by his wife tr
one jBon . Earl of Rlvenlale. .
IfU surviving relatives iu i
cflyf artr.Mrs.. .Catherins Er
Kenneth, ; Gretchea a:l
Drown. " : "r