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A y TKeWeiather OREGON Eight Pages Today Fair except cloudy near the coast: continued cold: moder - ate to strong easterly winds. Friday Max. 23; Min. 11; -River 2.9 falling; Rainfall none; Atmosphere clear; Wind north. : i ' Just 4 more shopping dayg until Christmas. You'll hare to hurry now or be caught la the last minute Jam. ; ; : j : ; , .. , SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1924 ' r ; SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR PRICE FIVE CENTS mm J ) I I a - 4. A - v h ' it , i- f a ir . ' V V 4 ir V, I Jk A V X f i J I : UYERS UHGES ; i LEGAL AGTIOK !' UPON DUTIES Holds Many Changes, and Adjustments "For Good of - Office? Should Be Made By Legislature RELIEF SAID NEEDED TO GAIN EFFICENCY ! , , ; "Would Increase Treasurer's ; Bond and Give Relief From Outside Work 1 Recommendations necessitating legislative action, changes and ad justments necessary "for the good of the state,'? are made by Jeffer son Myers, state treasurer, in his biennial report for 1923-24. 21 r. Myers was appointed state treas urer to fill the unexpired term of O. ; P. Ilof f , state treasurer, who died March 18, -192 4V i ; "The volume of financial busi ness is gradually Increasing and in order to build up a sound state financial institution it would seem necessary,', that the state treasurer tte relieved of many of the outside 'duties . foreign to his office," Treasurer Myers -said in prefacing his report. The legal bond of the state treasurer in Oregon is $50, .000. . Treasurer t Myers recom mends that this is disproportionate to the amount of money handled by" the " department and as the average bond of the state treasu rers throughout the nation is $350,000, suggests that the legal bond for Oregon be raised to not less than $300,000. , Bonds Discussed Among ! the recommendations made, for handling various bond accounts, j Treasurer Myers sug gests that as the law requires the state treasurer. to Invest th-mon.-t eys on hand in certain funds, in State of Oregon, county or muni cipal bonds, in order to purchase 1 these intelligently the cooperation : of all municipal officers necessary be made compulsory In order to determine the -ratio that the bond ed debt of any municipal subdivis ion whose bonds 1 may be avail able, for purchase and that non compliance be made a misdemean or; .that sales of bonds of the state' of Oregon or any ot its sub--divisions In excess of $500,000 be sold on bids at par, to the bidder bidding the lowest rate of inter estthat a standard' form and size for all bonds issued by the state be adopted; that only the type of bond commonly known ar a "serial bond' be permitted tc be Issued by the state. All state funds, except what i' actually necessary from day to daj should be earning money, and thi Nothing arid Supplies Arrive for: Cheer Fund Zonimlttee Stfr Distribution of i Statesman . Christmas Fund Meet The Statesman Christmas fund is gradually climbing up and is very satisfactory. There have been many contributions of clothing-and supplies, too many for specific mention. The fund will be administer ed by Mrs.; F. A. Elliott. Mrs. EL E. Fisher 'and Mrs. George H, Alden. ; This committee met yesterday and decided to start administering the fund on Mon- I day. , In the meantime those who know families in distress who are not being looked after can either report them to The Statesman office or -to Mrs. Elliott, whose telephone num ber is 1503. Following Is "the list of cash contributors: D. A. White . . .-, ......$ 6.00 Henry Jaquet ... ...... 5.00 I. L- McAdams ........ 1.00 Edis Belle Matheson ... 2.00 Ida Mary Matheson ... . . 2.00 Daniel J. Fry ......... . ; 5.00 Francis Rollow ....... S.00 Royal Neighbors of Am. 5.00 J. I. Ingrey .......... 2.00 A Friend 2.00 Mrs. J. R. Chapman . . . . 5.00 A Friend ............. 5.00 Tom Kay. ........... . 10.00 A Friend i.... ....... 1.00 Elmo S. White ... . . . . ..- 25.00 E. A. Rhoten. . . ..... . 5.00 A Friend .... ........ 5.00 W.H.Henderson....... 5.00 C. Conner t ....... . 5.00 Edw. T. Barber 5.00 Mrs. P. H. Strand . . . . . 2.00 Salem Women of KKK. . 5.00 A Friend. . ."i.L ...... 1.00 Theo. Sampson .-.. ..... 3.00 F. A. Doerfler ........ 3.00 Misc. ...... .... .... 5.00 Mothef Hubbard ...... 5.00 Misc, .... .... ....... 1.00 Total . ... ,..$130.00 Chamber of Ajnriual Election Set I for Next Monday Noon KJamna lt 9 7 nrnmlnent Salem .U.0 Lf. . . hnsliuad an1 Tirnfeantonal men various offices of the Chamber of Commerce by j the nominating committee There are three can didates for each of the nine offi ces, with T. M.: Hicks, George F. Vlck and Paul V. Johnson nom inated for president - TaHnttr will hf J fpfttUTe of &ASr mmjL, . a HTsinlaw nnnn Innrhenn ff the L U V AUVUUM " Chamber of Commerce the board of directors having decided not to hold the annual meeting at night as has been the practice. A larg er vote is; antlcipatea as a result of the noon election. 1 At each, place Monday noon !)! will : no a Knllot Ttrinted with the names of the three candidates for each office. Memoers 01 me n-ominatlng committee recently appointed) by Harley O. White, president,! are W. I. Staley. U. G. Boyer and W. B. Minier. The committee has nominated the com plete ticket as follows: For president: T. m. tiicM, snow OR Rfl IS EXPECTED ' ' n f .!'.-:'. ' Shift in Vind Accompanied By Slight Rise in Tem perature in Oregon PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 19- The cold, wave which has existed throughout Oregon since the first ot the week continued today al though tonight's reports from Wil lamette valley points were that the wind had shifted from the northeast to southeast and with a Blight rise in temperature snow fall "was expected. In eastern Oregon below j zero temperatures were reported today. After a day Clear and cold; Portland-'skiesr io-; night were cloudy and the weath er, forecast was for rising tem perature with probably snow fol lowed by rain. , SPOKANE. Wash., Dec. 19. Slightly I warmer temperatures throughout eastern Washington (Continued on pas 7) T RAPPED Br SENATE Mtack ! on Senator Under wood Held Unjustified; Vindication Complete WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. An dltorial attacking Senator Under (ood, democratic," Alabama, and ds Muscle Shoals leasing bill, vas published in the Hearst morn ng newspapers on December 13, jras niether . ;"fair nor honest," ays a reporti of an investigating ommittee adopted unanimously joday by the; senate. ' 'No evidence was submitted," he report said, "nor was it claim id that any evidence existed that n any way reflected upon the in- egrlty, honor or character of Sen ior Underwood. The personal indication of Senator Underwood vas full and f complete. It was 'epeatedly denied that in the ed torial there -was any intent to nake any personal reflection upon Senator Underwood." 7 J OSS EDITORIAL Prison "Bullpen" Is Emptied When '! Warden Releases Its Four Inmates Cold Weather Tunis Punishment Into Torture; Men to Keep Warm , ! By Working in Shifts Sawing Pile of Oak Wood Is there a Santa Claus? Just ask anyone of the four con victs who have been released from, iolitary confineme:itin the prison "bull pen" by Warden A. M, Dal dymple, Who told them he "was turning: them back into the yard as a Christmas present, whether there is a Santa Claus or cot. The I'bull pen" is not noted for its warmth, and when the cold snap suddenly dropped upen the city Warden Dalrymple did not believe that 1 punishment should take tne form of torture. The "bull pen" has no heat, is located outside the main building and the inmates provided with two blank ets. Near-zero weather is too cold for even a convict, the warden be lieved, j He restored to them the privilege of working with other convicts, telling them that if they wanted to keep ouj of the "pen" Commerce George1 F. Vick, Paul V. Johnson. For vice president: U. G. Holt, Max O. Buren, W. H. Dancy. For secretary: U. S. Page, R. S. Melson, )r. Bi Blatchford. For treasurer: C . B. i Webb, Ross C Miles, E. Cooke Patton. Director social department: Dr Henry E. Morris A. N. Moores, John Bayne. v i Director civic department : Ot to. A. Hartman, Dr. O. L. Scott, w! T. Jenks. j r Director agricultural depart ment: George H. Grabenhorst ,T. A.: Roberts, Louis Bechtel. Director legislative and taxation department: Dr. E. E. Fisher W. C. Dyer, Deah George H. Alden. , Director Industrial department: Fred A. Erixon, C. Van Patton, Fred Kirkwood. The instructions on the ballot will be to irote for one for each office. According to the constitu tion of the club, the one receiving the highest number of votes wni be declared elected. GREEN ILL L Successor to Samuel Gom pers Is Named; Noonan ; to Fill Vacancy ' NEW i YORK, Dec. 19. Wil liam Green was elected president of the American Federation ot la bor by the executiTe council here today. ' . 1 . .' ' James P. Noonan, president of the international brotherhood , of electrical workers, was . named eiehth vice president to fill the vacancy on the council caused by Green's promotion. , TTnnn Green's election. James Duncanrihe first vice -president, at once resigned. A close' associ ate of the late. Samuel Gompers for 40 years. Duncan told his col leagues he felt entitled! to the of fice himself because of seniority and long service. His resignation, will not be acted upon until the executive committee meets again at Miami, Fla., about February 3. Duncan, formerly head of the Granite Cutters, says his decision is "irrevocable.' In the actual voting Green was opposed by no other candidate. Both Green and Noonan take up their new duties at once. I STATE DIPHTHERIA EPIDEMIC BETTEB Forty-Seven Cases Reported in Oregon; Three of Them in Salem ' During the past week 47 cases of diphtheria were reported to the health authorities ot Oregon, acJ cording to reports filed with the city health officer here. Of this number three were reported from Salem. A total of 51 cases were reported for the previous, week. Scarlet fever ranked second In having the -largest number of cases. " From over the entire state 44 cases were reported; smallpox 12. and typhoid 5. , In the last three diseases no cases were discovered in Salem. in the future,; it was up to their Individual actions. . : M :; "As far as I am concerned, the 'bull pen will be empty the test of the winter," one of tho Quartet remarked. All were in for various infractions of prison1 rules, the maximum time served by any of the four being a little over three months. Warden Dalrymple recently had 100 cords of oak wood placed in side the prison walls. Though it Is customary to saw all wood by means of a small gasoline saw, several of the old-time j "saw bucks" have been made and the men, many of whom otherwise would be Idle,: are placed W work sawing oak wood, working in shifts. It gives the men some much needed exercise as well as saves the state a gasoline bill, the warden explained yesterday. HEAD RBOH HEARS US REPORT 01 PROHIBIT Federal Commander of Anti Rum Fleet Submits Testi mony; Little Reduction in ; Smuggling Made : COMPLETE "NAVY" WILL BE READY BY JULY 1 Practically All Liquor Comes in Ships; Moonshiners i . Very Few WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. Pro hibition conditions present 'and prospective, were pictured to the house today in the report of the appropriations sub committee which drafted the annual supply bill for the treasury and post of fice departments. The records of hearings, which was conducted "In executive ses sion, disclosed that Rear Admiral F. C. Billard, commandant of the coast guard, told the sub commit tee his anti-rum running fleet would be in full operation by July 1, next, and that "there has been little, if any, reduction in the amount ot liquor smuggled ty sea." since he appeared before a house committee " early in the year. Prohibition Commissioner Haynes, however, testified "that there is, unquestionably, a distinct improvement as regards the quan tities of liquors being smuggled Into the Atlantic ports at this time." Navy Large " The new coast guard anti-rum fleet will comprise 20 destroyers and two ships of the mine sweep er class transferred from the navy and now being reconditioned and 223 cabin cruiser, type .motor boats ahd 1 00 - picket boataJMw being, constructed at ; -various points. ! Admiral Billard said he could not estimate the exact quantity of liquor ; landed on American slrores. Seizure of vessels, he dls with 31, and September with 33. 1 The old type moonshiner, he asserted, Is "practically a thing of the past," particularly in Ken tucky and Tennessee. There has been a decided de cline in the use of pure alcohol, he said, adding that prohibition was more effective now than last year because of "curtalllment of source of supply" through the re duction of releases of bonded whiskey "from 12 and a half mil lion to one and three quarters million" gallons and because ille gitimate permit holders are being thinned out. 1 , To Control Source "I think that our cases are be ing better prepared and I think we are receiving a more sympa thetic hearing on the part of the courts and juries," Mr., Hayes de clared."! think the next step and the step to which we will have to apply ourselves this year. Is a better control over the supply at the source, leaving more re sponsibility to the local agencies for the strong arm enforcement." Assistant Commissioner Jones disclosed that more physicians are taking out permits to prescribe in toxicating liquor for medicinal purposes than formerly, when about 3300 such permits were re voked last year for lack1 of good faith on the part of the holder. COIHATIUESTO GET HIGH TARIFFS Baldwin's Economic Pro gram Is Held Protection on Large Scale LONDON. Dec. 19. (Canadian Press Cable). Premier Baldwin's economic proposals are nothing less than protection of the wid est scale, according to W. L. Hich ens, chairman of Cammel, Laid & Co. Ldt., shipbuilders, who say it is pure subterfuge to claim that their introduction would not be a highly protective tariff 'in all of I ho most important industries of this country. ' 4 The distinction between the safeguarding of industries and protection , are merely verbal Mr. Hichens claims and despite the premier's pre-election pledges. It is obvious, he says, that the con servatives are heading straight for high tariffs. 101 pOURT SESSION ENDS IN MIXUP; PROBE CHARGES AUecd Free For - All Held in Hall of Federal Building; Twelve Involved j t . t " " SEATTLE. Dec. 19. Federal Judge Jeremiah Neterer' late to day ordered an Investigation of an alleged free for all fistic fracas in the corridors of the j federal building following the noon ad journment of a sessions of court. District Attorney Thomas P. Rev elle was instructed to lie informa tion against persons concerned in the disturbance. . -.' Nearly a dozen men. Including an assistant 'district attorney, were involved in . the fighting, which followed a court session : in the trial of Robert Farley on a liquor law violation charge, according to police reports. Judge Neterer expressed the in tention of punishing the disturb ers for contempt of court. WARDEN INDICTED ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 19. A. E. Sartain, - former warden of the United States penitentiary here, and L. J. Fletcher, former deputy warden, tonight stood indicted on charges o,f soliciting and receiving bribes from inmates of the peni tentiary. - , NEW BILL IS Measure Introduced Asking Large Sum for New Na- val Construction WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. Co incident with the passage by the house late today of the naval sup ply bill, carrying nearly 3300, 000, 000 for activities already re quested, Representative Britten of Illinois, ranking republican on the house naval committee, Introduc ed a measure to appropriate 3101, 400,000 for new naval construe tlon. ' '" ' : . - ' : ' 1 His measure would authorize Mhe-building ofjtour scout cruisers costing 111,100,000 each and one floating dry dock to cost $7,000,- 000 raising the elevation of the turret guns of thirteen battleships at an aggregate cost of 36,500,000 and would Increase the limit of cost on the two airplane Carriers, Lexington and Saratoga, now building, from 323,009,000 to $33,000,000. Mr. Britten's bill was automa tically referred to the naval com mittee' and he said hearings which would be held on the proposal would serve the purpose of draw ing from the navy department pt ficials the information as to the exact condition of the American navy" he has been seeking to bring out through a congressional in vestigation. 1 On the. senate side of the Capi tol, the naval committee shelved the resolution of Senator King, democrat. Utah, proposing a searching inquiry into the status of the navy but agreed to seek from the navy department data which will show whether the Unit ed States is keeping up Its end of the arms conference 5-53 ratio. ? ' r CASE Attorneys for Hight Intro- ' duce Testimony ot ban , ity Witnesses I MOUNT VERNON', 111., Dec. 19. Testimony designed to ! show that Lawrence M. Hight, snow being tried with Mrs. Elsie Sweetin for murder by poison of her husband, Wilford Sweetin, is of unsound mind, was given today. At the close of the session, adjournment was made until Monday, because of the Illness of Attorney Nelson Layman, representing Hight. Evi dence of alleged insanity in the Hight family was first introduced witnesses , tell of relatives of the former preacher who,' they said, were of unsound mind some be ing placed in asylums.1! Then followed testimony that Hight was greatly abused by his father when a boy. Several wit nesses told of severe beatings Hight received. : - , t ' Mrs. Marie Katon, 22, told ot alleged 'strange conduct on the part of her father, Hight, who act ed peculiar at times, she. said. ; "Father never had any patience with the stock," Mrs. Eaton testi fied. 8"Once when I was about 10 year old a mule, wouldn't step around the' way he .wanted it to and he got so mad. he stuck the mule with a knife, and when he still wouldn't do what he wanted, he bit the male on the nose' IN FOB y r POISON MYSTERY CASE PROGRESSES CLEAVER WILL APOLOGIZE TO SHIP CAPTAIN State Prohibition Commis sioner Appears Before US Attorney to Answer Fed eral Charge ALL LQU0R SEIZED TO PE RETURNED TO SHIP Admission That He Exceeded His Authority ' Made By George Cleaver PORTLAND, Or., Dec. ! 19. George Cleaver, state prohibition commissioner, who Wednesday night led 22 officers on a raid here of the British vessel London Merchant, seizing a quantity of the ship's liquor, and who' on Thursday was charged by the fed eral government with illegal search and seizure, today appear ed before United States Attorney Coke and agreed to do the lowing: j Return all liquor seized, j fol- Write! a letter of apology to Captain Anderson of tho British vessel, to Furness, Withy & rCo., Ltd.. and Furness (Pacific) Ltd., owners, and operators of the Lon don Merchant." -1 ; Admit he exceeded his authority. Admit ' a mistaken view of ; his powers as state prohibition com missioner. Admit that his raid was based on any evidence of law not' vio- latlon by either officers or crew of the vessel. A letter of apology was drafted which the commissioner agreed to sign and which attorneys for the shipping interests would be signed when the liquor received aboard the ship. They preferred, they said, to have the letter signed af ter the liquors were restored.! -.. The government is not expected to press! the .charges filed against Mr. Cleaver Thursday. . SHIPPING PLAN Recommendation of Cooljdge : Declared Disregarded By Board Meeting WASHINGTON, Dec. l&.r In formation that the shipping board had rejected a resolution designed to carry out President Cooljdge's recommendation that the Emer gency fleet corporation be given absolute control of the govern ment's merchant fleet was re ceived today from unofficial sourc es by the house -committee Inves tigating the board. . , .! Representative Lehlbach of New Jersey, a republican, member-of the committee, announced that, he had heard unofficially that such a resolution was defeated at a board meeting last Wednesday by a three to three vote, with Commis sioner Thompson absent. ! , j . rif Leigh C. Palmer, president Ilof the corporation, who was testify ing before the committee, said, he knew such a resolution was pend ing but had not heard what ac tion, if any, had been taken.! Tho committee voted to obtain fall in formation from the board. ! 1 1 HELD REJECTED i i n i mi. . f Woman Has Little Money but Offers f Fur Piece to Associated Charities More Than $300 In Cash and Quantities of Clothing and Groceries are Received Through Contributions More than, 1300 in cash and a quantity of donations of clothing and foodstuffs have been received by thei Associated Charities Idirect and will be used independent of other Christmas and relief 'funds that are accumulating In the city. Though unable to make 4 cash donation, a woman whoprefers to remain unknown, has presented a 75 black wolf fur to the 'office of the Associated Charltiesj with the understanding that it is to be sold for whatever- amount It brings and -the money be used by the association. The fur is jln ex cellent condition and is on display at the association headquarters. Cash contributions havej been received from many, that o Miss Sallie Rnsh for $100 topping the list. The Salem Ministerial as sociation contributed an addition al $64.15, while Mrs. Estelle Thayer presented the association with S50. Other contributors and TVyfOTOR HEARSE 1VA WILL BE USED T AS PRIVATE CAR Stanford Students Install Bunks In i Old Machine; Will -! Attend Game - PALO ALTO, Cal., Dec. 19. A motor hearse will be offered for sale in! Los Angeles as soon as it arrives j there with seven Stanford university students, who started in.it tonight to attend the Stan-ford-Notre Dame game January 1. Michael Lavelle. Stanford law student, bought the hearse at a bargain price and collected $3 from each of his six student pas sengers who installed bunks in the body of the hearse for their trip. r , ; . . ; . OIL BOARD CREATED WASHINGTON. Dec. 19 Presi dent Coolidge today created an oil conservation board to study the government's responsibility in oil conservation. The board, consist ing of the secretaries of war. navy. Interior and commerce, will seek the full cooperation of the oil in dustry! to determine its ends. 1ER F Mercury - Highest of 5 Week With Minimum Tempera ture 11 Above Zero Alleged humorists who have been filling the frosty air with that now ancient melody, "Oh, It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'" have so escaped violent Injury but as the week' draws to a; close there Is apparently a little let up of the cold spell in sight. Friday saw the highest temper ature of the week, when the ther mometer reached a maximum of 23. degrees. Earljr Friday morn ing the mercury recorded 11 de grees above aero. At 10 o'clock last night a temperature of 19 degrees above zero. i Small ponds In the district are covered with Ice 4 ot a sufficient depth "to1 warrant the use of skates while if there Is no break in the weather, the slough should be safe for skating by this aftter noon. ' 1 A frozen hydrant allowed the blaze in the apartment of George Cherrtngton at 642 North Liberty to get a good start Friday morn ing;. The firemen were unable to get water on the blaze and a con nection had to be made at North Commercial and Division. Mill creek j and the mill race were also frozen over and this added to the the -hlaze. . , The fire started from a stove in the upstairs of the house and considerable damage was done be fore the blaze was controled. OREGON DEATH BATE IS LOWER Official Report of Depart L ment of.Commerce Shows j General Decrease WASHINGTON, Dec. .19. The department of commerce made public today figures showing that the 1923 death rate for" Oregon was 1094 per hundred thousand population as compared with 1153 in 1922. The decrease was largely accounted for by decreases in the rates; from pneumonia in all forms from 91 to 73 per hundred thous and; r influenza. 51 to 34; diabetes mellitus. 24 to 17, and suicide, 22 to 16. 3 the amount given by each are Mrs. J. A. Rullfson, $7.54; John Sun din, the tailor. Mabel Allen, Ber tha Allen and A. R. Rankin. 45 each; E. Fawk, $250, and Prof. Davenport and Mrs. May P. Wig gins, $1 each. Two good mattiesses have been given by W. J. Roberts, while the YMCA and YWCA of Willamette university has contributed a quan tity of clothing. A large bundle of clothing was brought to head quarters by members of the First Evangelfcal church, while Mrs. Morley. C L. Prescott and Rev. Miller have materially added to the clothing collection. An "un known friend" contributed a case of canned milk, while a collection of clothing, canned good and groceries sufficient to fill an aute mobile were brought to classes by pupils of the Lincoln school, and turned over to the Associated Charities, , T IR over mm DOLUS MB! OFF BUDGE Commission .Will Recom mend an Appropriation cf $5,981,943 From 1C23 . Legislature TOTAL DECREASE IS CLOSE TO $500,000 Few Institutions and Depart ments Get More Mcr.cy than Last Allowed Legislators will be asked foraa appropriation of $3,981,943 io conduct the affairs of all state de partments and Institutions for 1925-26 based on the recommen dations of the state budget com mission according to Col. Carl 3 Abrams - secretary who yesterday completed his final reports a eery of which will be sent to all mem bers of the legislature. Only the departments conducted under tt appropriation system are include 1 in the report. The amount ap propriated two years ago was $8 211,062, nearly $500,000 mors than the amount sought tot the coming biennium. Nearly $1, 500,000 was lopped off the origin al estimates submitted to the com mission by the yarious institu tions. ' Prison Shows Gain Amounts recommended for tfca. 10 state eleemosenary, penal acl educational Institutions are $47, 200 for blind school, against $8C, 2C7; $119,959 for deaf school against $123,000; $73,480 tor soldiers' home against $100,871; $67,840 for girls' school, ari'" -$5,358; $161,675 for boya e-L I against $140,000; 4393,500 t r penitentiary against $330, Of 3; $86S,62& fer state hospital ain i $855,485; $392,800 for eastern Oregon state hospital- asaLict $401,200; feeble minded school. $361,700 against $490,000; tuber culosis hospital, $185,301 against $188,150. No recommendations were made for flax, which re ceived $100,000 from the 1921 legislature, or the employment in stitution for blind, which obtain ed $23,000. ! ... Many Changes Noted Departments which show : a change In the recommendation and the previous appropriation and the' amounts of each are board of higher curricula, $450 against ' $469; National guard, $190,000. Which is $20,000 more than appropriated two years aj;o; $20,000 for the historical society, which is $231 lower than that two years ago; Champoeg will receive (OBtt&ntd g T) FRIDAY IN WASHINGTON The house passed the naval ap propriation bill. ' i President Coolidge appointed an oil conservation board. Relations with Japan were dis cussed again in the house, ; .. The senate voted to appropriate $100,000 to fight the poultry di sease. , A full force against the ram fleet by next July was pro nised by Rear Admiral Bullard of the coast guard. : : A house committee upheld tho right of Representative Laguardla, republican, New York, to retain his seat, . j A vote on the Muscle Shoals bill was deferred in Senate until after Christmas. . : President Palmer completed h,s testimony before the bocse ship ping board investigating com raittee. The treasury and post office ap propriations bill Carrying $76"?,- 180,522 was reported to the house. President Coolidge asked con gress for $275,000 for survey woik on the great. lakes-St. Lawrence waterway; project. .. j .,. Action on the King resolution for a navy investigation was post poned indefinitely by the senate naval committee. The senate condemned the c torlal of the Hearst new?;--; i attacking Senator Underwoo I -bit Muscle Ehoati bin,