..4-
moderate iempuEicuiMJonal --tains - west
portion; moderate -westerly winds. Max. 47;
Mltt. 37; Rlter 8.5 falling;. Rainfall .37; Atmas
phere cloudy; Wind south east.' , .
Twenty Paces
Part One, Paces'! to 0
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SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAE
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;gAtEM.' OREGON;SUNDAY MORNING,' JANUARY 11, 1925
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HELPLESS FOR
iRDSESSi
Seven Democrats in Both
- Houses Against. Total of
83 Republicans; Three are
in Senate Chamber v
HALF OF NEW HOUSE
"V LACKS" EXPERIENCE
Twenty-Nine Making First
Trip toSakm; SW; fierce :
I Is Veteran
V;State senators and representa
Uvea have been "visitors in Salem
during the last few weeks, getting
' places to stop while attending the
3 3rd session' of the 'stage legisla
ture wbTlctfconveneVat 'Jl o'clock
Monday ; morning" and Jfinal .pre-
e?sioh activities were transacted
by a great many of the solons who
gathered in . Portland f over; the
week-end, and timehonored cus
tom.. With the return of these to
Salem 'tomorrow " for the opening
; and the-message of Governor
Pierce - In. the ... afternoon, .. there
should be nothing blocking the
"way of a" speedy "organization of
the session. Tuesday and the law
makers get right down, to business
for the next 40 days, j
'-, " . Jew Are Bourbons
Everything needed f or;the 1925
scission was placed on tops of the
various desks yesterday, ready for
the ; Individuals to 'store "the ar
ticles away as may suit.' Meeting
places'fof all the commlttees'were
plainly marked." The clock In the
senate TjEamber.hlcSTias" been
standing still formany months,
was -primed and started so that the
necessary adjournment In order to
catch the 4 tlock train loTvPort
land almost daily will not be over
looked. ': , r -T'iV - : "T '
Democrats are in An .almost
hopeless minority this year, .there
being but a trio of Bourbons
against a" solid body" of 57 repnbr
licans n the liouse And four dem
ocrats againsi 26 -republicans in
the senate, a; total tj83 republi
cans' against Beven democrats.
Fint Trip for Two
In the'' senate, "onlytwo mem
befs have had no previous .legis
lative experience. These are Sen
ators Ceqrge J3. Davis, of Vale,
a? republican, Ei W. Miller,
of Grants Pass, also a republican.
Two senators. CuS Moser, who wilt
be president of thesenate of Port-
; (Contused on w ii c
COARDUHGES
: REFOnnaTQRY
Recommendation Included in
Biennial Report; txpenai
' turcs Three: Million
Maintenance of the 11 state In
stitutions cost33QlT,7303 J.QX
the biennlum just passed, accord
ln'g to a report compiled yesterday
bvnhe board of control. This la
anlincrease of I217.S11.82 over
4h nrovtnna biennlum. Of the
TnendItures for , the bfenninm
Just passed $ 2,2 1 3,0 40.22 ' was
trrpnt for eeneral maintenance
arid it 4,692.81 for specal"pur
poses. 1 -r-,
nniv one Important recom
znendation was made,-hat when
h trarnlne school boys Is movea
to Woodburn, the present siCe'be
remodeled and deyoted to a state
re f ormatoryto eare for boys too
old for the training school ana
not "hard" enough to send to the
rfiltentiary.
c.n a TCnzpr. secretary of
-state, recommended that the leg'
istatnre make provision for . the
fnmtmrtlAB of & new. state office
Jititldinar on the vacant grounds
north of the supreme- court build
ing, at a cost of r 3300,000 to
$400,000, the cost to be taken
rata o t by an annual. t$x levy to
Tia rtA-thlrd or one-fourth of
tha" amount each year, for several
vetrtt- rhnstruetion to waif until
the money Is raised and on band
?.Ir. Kozer. in making the recom-
mendatioh'acted WhycapacUy
as custodian cf capitol buildings
and grounds. '
Average dally populations and
tr 3 monthly per capita costs"cf
t! l-stitutlsra coved" la-the., re-
r-.rt were ci fellers:;
T"'c.i ' 'HI, : 183D,
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Jan. 10.
(By; the AP.)-Gienn AJ Davis,
tailor-instructor at the Hutchia
Ron; Kansas, reformatory, related
la an affidavit made public! by" the
Kansas City,' Journal-Post fcer to4
night, that Governor Jonathan Afj
Davia of Kansas refused I hi re4
quest for a pardon from the Kan
sas state penitentiary after! he" had
rejected a request of the governor
for' money. ,The affidavit states
also that Glenn A. Davis,; who is
at liberty on parole alter having
served parfnf H' sentence foruiuT
der, acted as. the governor's agent
in an attempt . to-collect a .312 50
bribe from 1 Fred (W.:pbllnian,- who
sought a pardon , from' the gover
nor. . Polima'n was jat , liberty on
parole.' . lie was convicted of forg
ery in connection wth the failure
of the lacyKne.Kan.,,.baBk-' uj s
On pecember ii 8;. 1924 ; the taf
fidavitstates,.01enn A. 'DaviBwent
to thex governor's office in'ropeka,
and asked' for.' a pardon,
) "W'hat are you going tio do for
me," the 'governor is quoted as
asking;. '; i ", ,
"X replied," Glenn Davis State
ment asserts thatr"I. could nof do
anything' at all; that' I didn't have
any. amount jpf raoney except' nry
monthly - check jot $100.'! : ,:f
; "The governor told' m'e he was
hard up; that 'he was In1 a "worse
fix: :than I "wns,- the affidavit con
tinues. "He said one ; favor .calls
for another, , as he told me he
thought maybe I would do a little
something",' or, him. . ' I-, J ";..' ' -A
"I told him I was sorry that
he should "have told "- me 'a year
ago when I was up for parole and
had "plenty bt money." ,v : 3 . 1' .
"He' aeked ; me , again if I .was
sure I .did . not have atjr money.
ilCIISllES
Resianations and Aonoint-
- - - m . . f -m .
msnts Set Recrd jford-i i
, 'ministration Changes
WASHINGTON. Jan.l 10. To
night "$nded a' week of dhattgesi in
high: places- in "tne government
which perhaps never has had its
equal except at a change -of ad
ministration. ' . . ,v i
-The upsets all came virtually
without, warning and An each ..case
or a "resignation a buccesfsor : was
named within a matter; of a few
hours.-;,. ' J
These are, the officers involved
and the men whose resignations
and appointments - have' been an
nounced .or indicated sinoe last
Monday morning? T ' i ! '
Joseph McKenna, resigned after
27 years on the supreme court. I "1
Harlan F. Stone was: named to
the supreme court,. fDrecastlng-.hls
retirement as attorney general.! -
Charles B. Warren was named
attorney " general." v ' f
Charles1 Hughes resigned as
secretary of state. ' I
Frank B. Kellogg was selected
for secretary of state,! making a
prospective vacancy In the ambas
sadorship toXhe court of -SC James,
aiscnausii
DHEfliy PIERCE
Information.ofsMore Definite
Waljjre ,Js Given Out
: During iWeek
Continued support of the iMns
cle Shoals power project for public
benefit was urged yesterday by
Governor, Walter il.-Pierce in tel
egrams sent to president Coolidge
and to United Stales "Senator! Geo,
W. Norrls, a t "Washiagtoh, AX .C
In his telegram to President iCopl
idgeVGovernor Plercelsaldr iTf"
- "The citizens' of .Oregon anxious
ly hope .that ; yon : will lend j'your
powerful influence to the end that
the Muscle Shoals power project
be completed at public expense 'so
that this immense power may be
preserved for the benefit '61 ,.11
the people." . , ;
To United States Senator Norrls
the following Was sent: i -
r "I congratulate you tpon the
splendid fight you are making for
ifieTIuscle Shoals cevelapment for
the people. " Tie nHHeis cr dol
lars the United Jatea govern
ment has invented la this prejjet
.u.:r. '.j that additions! tioney
be'. c;r'Trr!itel .'cad th'.i project
completed and ownri ty th r-o-
p!a cf-tha UnStr.l Ctat:3 f: ? II
jl- 4.
Afndav
ay jp Deal
We. walked on out to the gover
nor's mansion and I :bade' him
goodnight."
" "The.'tollowlng morning, accord
ing, to. Olennj, Davis, the governor
told hini, he thought he could "de
pend tipon a 20-year commuta
tion andt a :' : permanent parole
.When Glenn Davis insisted ' upon
a pardon, applicant was requested
to obtain a letter from the board
of administration, and : this ' he
says he did. The letter, be" stated,
recommended a pardon. When he
"presenred-the-letteiMo-the -gover
nor, Davis avers that the governor
tossed it 'aside" and said 'that he
had decided to adhere to his orig
inal .Intention..; Davis, declares, he
still insisted . upon a pardon and
that, irk. the course 6f ensuing con
versation the governor 'referred
him1 to Pollman. ' '
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i EITGENH, Ore.,' Jan. 10. Play
the first- Pacific Northwest confer
ence 'game of the year, ; the. Uni-
Versity of: Oregon' basketball Jeam
defeated WHUamette University,
Salerai? 63 to 3 1 ; Play was Jkst
and! loose, neither aggregation o"n
having the "polish they will dl
play later in the season. if - '
-? Oregon iiad :been 'doped to "lose
as-the squad has not had. the prac
tieebelievecr, necessary (.and ; their
overwhelming Wlef eat "of the Salem
quintet-' was" a- distinctr surprise
'even to.local fans. ,?: - -r '
AcriculturaJ Commission Ad-
' pofhted By Coolidge Com-,
x i, p5tes' Survey ;
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WASHINGTON; Jan. 10. The
president's agricultural L com'mls
slon, taycompleted its first week
of . study of the livestock industry
but tonight was not ready "to-present
to' "Mr. Coolidge' Its'' Yecom
ir.endatlp'ni Tor "relief "legislation.
Chairmaff ;Ca fey 'expected ;the "re
port would be dratted Monday,
Cattlemen and commission
-
bouee representatives who Jnclud
rKA iniii.
ed ' Everett Brown of Chicago,
president, of Uhe Natlbnal Lve:
stock Exchange; J. C. . Swift of
Kansas City, and others told the
commission today of conditions
facing rancners'lnlthe west and
suggested means of relieving the
situation. Joa, statement made
public hy members uf the de'ega-
tion . they " said , the whoe cattle
business, had laken a definite turn
fo jhebetterM'1..' s'."tr ! -
Wew Germah .Cabinet Will v
-De rurnieu, nueri oiaies
BERLIN, Janl0.(By the A.
P. ) Dr. Hans T Lather, finance
minister, has ' been ' selected-i by
Presideht Eber tt U f otni 4" new
cabinet .and .the prospects ot.his
doing so appeared brighter -tonight.
" His nltimate success de
pends on the action to" be'" taken
by the clerical party tomorrow.
which will determihe the measnre.
of support guaranteed nlm'on the
floor of the reichstag." ""
REPORT TOM
iDEaai
iStory of Famous GatTey Slave Repeated .
: : in Salcia VheriYQuth b Forced to Steal
Local Jean ValJeaa.Makes Jlistake and?Tkes 0 Poonda of Batter
From Truck Believtoiit.frto be Ca of Canned Goods j i J
'Jean"Taljean saffered miprlson
ment in the galleys, according to
the" "story by; Victor Hugo, because
he stole to' appease the hunger of
little children. ;Ia -Salem, .a.yonn
man stole that there might be food
torlhls parents at home. He too
was imprisoned, and languished
behindrlson bars. ?The wheels
of Justice turned faster In Salem,
and"tEe' young man did not rot
In jail or bfeccmtftha hardened
character; that wended his way
across the pages cf Hugo's story.
UnusSial circumstances surround
the ca3e that . was called to the
attention of police ' authorities,
when, an ,80-ponnd.case of Jbutter
was stolen from a truck Recently.
Developments disclose tLat a
young man was forced to make a
decision as to the manner Jn, which
l.e va3 .to secure food for'Lia
r:rc:,ts. -: . , ' .- r - '
Zj. Tarrcs, tha youth involved.
Is Liz rzli t-zrt cf en Ir.valil
fitter tr.Jr::l-r v"3 I -1 eu!-
I
mtm unfit
U'J 1 3 Li.Uli.iiJ I U I u f
DEOT fSEf.GHEn
Conference , oh Fjnancir.l
1 : Questions; Growing Out ;c f
German jReparatiprlS' : 1 2
Brought to Close U,
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DETAILS OF AGREEMENT
RjiOWTlSCOJSp0 f
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Work of Drafting Resolutions
.
PARIS, Jan. ib--(By The A?
socJat'ed'. Press. The' work" of Itl s
finance ministers; who have bee.t
In' conference.' here1. for" sever; 1
days on financi'ar problems lot -
aectedt with German1 refiaratloi t
ended ; tonight lhen a ; .gener;.!
agreement.-; was reached "betwee i
the ITnited , States,- Great Brttain.
Italr France,- Belgium, and Japal;
on broad lines on all the ouestjor
on tha i agenda." Thei British far t
American ' delegitions r Tjbth j at
nounced - an accord" also ; aub jec t
toS Washington's iapprovalohi tt 4
question ' of payment of ..war. dac
age 'claims to the'. United State .
tThe7work:wflljnoy, be:: confine :
to the deliberations of the expert
'anA' the 'drattlng?c6mmlttee's prer i
araUon p"esoitiofis f or tratir
cation by. a plenary session, of. tfc s
confereaceTuesjlayr":" :j I' lM"' I
lelther, the 'British ' nor Ameri
can delegations 'iw'buld dlvtilgef th
details of the lolutlbbvVeabed
but si" note Issued Ty the Semt-of
Tlcial news agencies V states ;tbaf
the Americans ,;have :agreed,td
wait for twoyeirs before sha,ring
the plan of anniUes'or" until Bel
gium has received the full amount
of 'her'Drlbrltyt This Usraridnsl?
a a Af . m!i ,v- i
ana i.vv.uvv,viu siu bumu i ititM.-
perts . are engaged in- llxlngf Fthe
exact flgu.res.-i f i..;; : ,.
On the other hand, it is known
that $15,000000 now ii the fed
eral reserve Jbank, .the , proceeds' o f
Belgium's payments under the
Wads worth agreement; will be re
leased, and become available, to ."the
linlted Statest t easnry.as"so,oa k
the present accord is ratified. .
Vf It is asaertedl in French, circles
that the French and British delegates-
have 4 agreed to admit, the
United -States- to -participator An
the Dawes annuities on me repar
. . ., i .i
ations account, t put exwnaing vu
nn-vmehta over in. oeriod Of 1 Z6
yed'rs beginning .September, 192 6,
; reimbursing jthe.sums due on the
costs of the American army ox oc
cupation tirst. -then the payment
of war damages.
Sale of Death Weapon
Results in $50
ine
BEND, Ore.,1 Jan.',10t.--Charged
with the sale of a : revolver the
one from 'which -thelbnUer which
ended the life o William H. Down
ing yesterday j was fired, R. c N.
Buchwalter was arrested this aft
ernoon., Pleading guilty, , he was
fined' $ 50. ' The revolver was sold
tt Downing a few days ago.) ;
f Mrs.i Bessie Norton, tne, last per
son who Saw ipo'wningT allv. and
In whose apattpieat .the .pioneer
restaurant ; owner came to his
death",',was arrested this afternoon
and a 'formal (complaint charging
perjury was being" prepared to
nleht. ;Mrs. Norton, testifying at
the coroner's Inquest was! con-
irauiciea.' u; uiuer w uucooij .
fered nrueh during Illness! Itt the
family.!: She too was poorly. Each
week the young man would take
his check home to his mother and
by THer "careful xaiakra;e5zji'li& the
necessities,: of: life were provided.
""There' came' time, however,
that the check could not ibe pre
sented to the mother. . The young
man 'was .'without work,: (Hanger
pressed at the door of the home.
The g9ceynlan, refused td;: give
them f urther supplies, because al
ready .thei, account had ; j reached
the sum of 14 0.. The priVation at
homciincxea4ed,! and the young
man redoubled his efforts j tb se
cure employment.-but -to io avail.
1 On his -way In search of " work
the young man observed a case of
gf sds in the? truck. ; He j thought
it contained canned food,' which
coul l be used at hone. He knew
tliere waa' suffering there;' and t'a
s apposed too lTin; V: 5 f .4' .would
kiiaiu, vjo .nay noil in
T USSIAN ARMY.
OFFICER SHOWS
V 1 ' IhOYAJs SPIRIT
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lilnod U Offewd toj Save JAtc of
, l'ormfr iinmandeT in Czar's s
.' ' -" ' . Battalion '- "
SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 10.
Captaln'Nelskl Orloff. former offi
cer In' the armyroCCzar Nicholas
of Russia demonstratedhis loy
alty to General "Alexander Ivanoff,
OrlofMs' commanding officer dur
ing s,the :worid war .in a drive
against the', Germans, when he
Uls blood in an operation here to
day. ;r '-'--X)- - '
' rnral Tvflnnff : whn Tina hun
working as'a carpenter's helper,'
injured his spine j Thanksgiving .
day 1 while playing! tennis. Since
then he has undergone two opera
tions 1 Ha condition becam "worse
aud word was' sent! to' the Russian I
colony.- Orloff,'- a j. recent arrival,
presented 'himself at the hospital.
At the bedside of the general ' Or
loff saluted. baredphis arm and ex
tended It to the generali.rayinff la
broken EngliBbi-j j:;--!f;I!.';i:
, "All my . blood 1 is thine.
com-
rade.
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Illness Causes Plaintiff to
H AbahdoriCharges' Against
HjWr-Hjjan
JCinCAGO, an. " 10. The 111'
ness of 'her mother - the 4eath- of
her fatberVanr .the- susequent im
pairment bl IheVj on. health led
Mrs.' "Helen Stokes? Denver,' to ask
th4t Vchkrles 'agilnst her husband.
W4:E.;d: Sto)ces,;mbnaire hotel
man; of New Xork, and pthers,, f qr
thif ' defaming ot her icharacter .be
abandoned -in a
today by. Slate's
.letter ,.revelved
Attorney; Robert
'in the' name" of
E. Cfowe. signed
Mr.1 Stokes;
'4 The case la set;
for trial Monday,
but a continuance is- expected , be-
c v - V- cf the attorneys repre-
ihe .defense iBgaged4
lwittoLnother; trial.
The state's attorney 'said, .how-.
ever, that an effort. wll. be .made
to t have "iMlrs. -Stokes 1 brought- here
to testify,- bat hat .'the prosecuj
tlok ;would ;r proceed regardless
Indictments were returned against
Stokes, Daniel Nuget; a NewYorkj
atr.aey r-wh0fi,-had ?at-J three times
ierredihim Jn k jegal capacity; and
several Chicago people on . the eve
of s Stokes' - second, attempt to dl
Tbreehjs wife; 4 f.
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Adherents o General Wu
V ,Pei-Fu MakeSurpnse
f ? AttacBn'SHangJiar
. SHANGHAI. Jan. 11. (By The
Associated Press-Twor thousand
iroops unaer commana oi ueueiai
Sun .Chuan-fang.Van adherent ' of
Wu Pef-f u : in "the siege of Shang
hai last '.fall, ,rnade!.a surprise t
tack this taorIhg jon the Slccawel
district' In'the' outskirts of "Shahgf
hai, attemptingfto capture the ar
rival at .lungwha land" drive . out
General, Chang ' Ung:-mln;. ..'whose
forces were subjected" to a heavy
Are, ux-'-.z.l
The volunteer corps of .foreign
ers from ; the foreign and 'Trench
settlements have been b'rderedland
have - erected . barbed, . wire", barri
cades in the approaches- to the for
eign -quarters .V ,;,
f -Fighting . was , continued this
noon but the 'foreign settlements
had (little ('apprehension of dan.-
xer.
I
Hs.i'iims.i
HESTMOflT
pioneer Woman,!eeps ,Be-
; " - lOOFrCem'etery,
y Her casket i tenderly carried jt
Its place by those whom she loved
In - life, thw body of Mrs. Leonidas
Willis "Was flowered to' -Its final
resting place in the family , lot; In
the IOOF "cemetery" yesterday af
ternoba at "VtZ having ".been
brousht? by auto from .Portland.
: Aa 'iipproprlate f -burial 'service
was given fcyReV. Martin: rPere
shetiaa' bf theUnitarian' Church
tt r-alesl. V ' ' ' ? : lf-, '
-Thd" pall bearers were Col.
Percy -Willis, 1 ElJgeae -V.i:ii3 "at!l
Horare Willis, sons; ' HZzs.r-12.
til I1.UJ ' J it , .' f 1. VJ .'....if
m&mm
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1010
HUGHES RESIGNS
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The resignation" of "Charles E.
of State came" totallyunannonnced
rumor, that -a, break with the administration had' occurred Is held un
founded, i The resignation wm Decome enective on aiarcn . nr.
Hughes is here shown with his
Former! Japan Ambassador
' .wamea.ip ycceea ;one. ,
to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, - j J an 10. -Charles
Beeher Warren, Michi
gan lawyer ahd 1 6 rmer-, ambassa
dor, to!. Jq pan and to Mexico. 'is to
fill the cabinet vacancy caused by
the elevation of "Attorney General
Sitorie tb'fthe supreme-court bench.
I His nomination Was sent today
to the senate' where prompt action
is- expected despite t,lie 'fact that
he ' was selected rover Governor
Groesbeck of Michigan who was
- (Cn tinned on pags S)
rasifiii
' ORDERED GLDSED
At
fehierS'aid,to'Have Taken
' Life? After" Defalcation 1
(Was Disclosed . . .
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OLTMPIA, .Wash., Jan. 10.
Announcement by the state bank
ing department today, of. an ap
parent defalcation of ; $ 4 5,000 , by
C."D. Van lyke of the Miners and
Merchants bank of Chelan, - Wash.,
was followed by aa order closing
the institution; Later ' Informa
tion was received ihere that -Van
SlykeT-had 'driven his automobile
off a bridge '"'hear "Chelan- and
plunged" '200 feet to hfs "death; "'
' Press dispatches from' Wenat
chee,' near Chelani' sald' the cash
ier Vadmitted to a ; bank' examiner
last'nlght that he had defaulted,
and explained how: his records had
been manipulated to cover-up his
defalcations.-; He also left V note
for his" wife. It was stated, ' an
nouncing his Intention to take Jh Is
life. fr! sheriff rrwas , enroute
from vWenatchee . to - arrest-' Yan
Slyke when word of his death was
received.- ivj:,;.. i ;..r'.iwt
' The i bank, organized in 1907,
had . been- Recognised t, as a; thor
oughly, conservative Institution;; J.
C.' Mlnshnll, state, supervisor ot
banking,-said. Deposits last Dec
embers 21 1 were $27 0,223,' with a
capitalization" of $25,000 atid a
Burplus of -$45,0 00.- Its cash re
serve was equal to 45 per'ce'nt'bf
the total deposita'arid a secondary
reserve eqiaTled an" additional' 10
per-'cenL5 . r?- i ' 1f , '-'
Unle.i3 defalcation "of a greater
sain tLan already; claclosadr 1 la
shown by a con;kte cLeck, depos
itors .wiir ru -Uin io : los3,' , Mr.
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SECRETARYSHIP
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Hughes from )the office of Secretary
at iWashrngtbn; reports say. The
daughter:;" . ' . s;jv-
ROSSOUSTEfi
KID
J. C. Yeatch, Portland Attor-
neyi Named on Fish Com- -;
mission by Governor
: Notice of the ouster of Dr.
Thomas W Ross from the fish
commission! and the appointment
of' John Cf Veatch : Portland at
torney, as bji8 successor, was given
out yesterdiy by Governor Waiter
M. Pierce, sin a letter to Dr. Ross
predated Jan tiary 1 2, the1 gover
nor said;
"On December 1 6 I notified you
to j appear
before ' me and "' show
cause. why you should hot bes re
moved: f ronTof f ice, ; A Rearing was
held December 2 2 and testimony
taken for. andfc against, re.moyal.
After CQnsiilering :.all of the, testl
mqny and. be exhibits filed, Jt Is
my.decisio4 that (here Is Just and
legal cause; for the removal. The
testimony taken, .clearly . shows
gross, extravagances ,1a the .affairs
of j. the. -commission, especially la
the, ipmplpyment. of : p.: D. .Shoe-:
maker as general manager of. the
fish commission at. a salary , of
$600; ; per month and expenses,
frbm Junef 24 1924, to December
1924, and jthea attempt, was made
to; renew tbe- contract until April,
Sf'lt was jshQwn la the testimoay
that by tthe employment of C D
Shoemaker, two .'men were in the
pay-: of the" commission," with . ex
penses to perf drm the duties prac
tically performed by oue previous
to' June, 1924, at. anV increase of
salary. of $500 per month and ex-,
peases.? 'if consider i this' gross
waste of the funds of the commii-
Biba; , :" -
! ''It is also clearly shown la the
; (Continued . ca 2)
iio o,iEO opo;i
m oociiso
Governor Sends (Telegrams
A to President and to U. S.
1 T. Senator Norris : ,
.iv;;:r--.:::::':;:
: George W. Hug, superintend
ent of schools,' in Salem," was "yes
terday appointed a member -of the
nexf istatsj textbooirtommtssion to
serve for; four years. . ...,:.:
f Other hPPoiQtnenta announced
by :G6ve?nof -Waiter !. .Pierca
were illA R. Turner, sacericten-
dent of schools, Dallas ; and i 'rs.
Marjorie I ITewherry, cf Mefor J.
:;i!ton AM::;:of, of.Portlan,! "ar1
A. C. Ilamrton, of .La ,G, -. ' .
were rt- .;, v'nled to the I - ..: .. :
SrHUbiiE
ISIS!
1 m
SIM ff!k
t - -v
Desire to Recoup Pcrscr.I
-Fortune Given :as.Cr.u::;
Rumorl'of BrcafcVilh
White H6li$e 7s'Untru j
--'..r;.: " ' ' L
FRANK L. KELLOGG IS
l SUCCESSOn TO CFFJCE
Rigpatlon' lo" .Take Jlace cn
March " f4; Coolidge -Ex
-presses -Regret r
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10.
Charles E. Hughes will retire fr m
the cablnet'on: March 4. and Fn.
B,( Kellogg,' now ' ambassadonr to
London,: will succeed ihlm as f-c-
: Mr., Hughes' has placed his reatg-.
nation,; in ,the. hands ,pt Jj'resL.! pst
Coolidge' with a, reaffirmatibifof
loyalty to; his chief .but wj'tb aa i
si8tent '"request .that after nearly
20 years of public service,' he be
permitted tor return to Drlvat( lire:
.. The president, accepting the de
cision expressed regret, warmly
praised the retiring secretary's
record of , accomplishment since
ho. took' charge of the country's .
foreign affairs four years aito. and
besopke for him a "weir merited
repose- alter the cares' 'of 'public
responsibility. . -
,J Familiar With Policy
Ambassador --Kellogg already
familiar With many; of the ; out
standing problems of -foreign pol
icy through hi .service.ai a, suc
cession pf, European conferences, .
probably - will come to Washing
ton, soon toeerve for.a feww?i3
In (he state department befcra v a -takes
his new post. in, .March, . 1 Is
successor, at London has not tefi
.eJected;,.,-v(.C'-. ...i- ,
, 5 Announcement of the impeci-
Ing change was made tt .t". ?
White House late today and Was
heard with .surprise .by most of
official Washington. Mr. Hughes
had Indicated tht he dasired sc. 5
time in- the , future , to leave p-j 1 1 :c
office and recoup his private fur
times by resuming4 the. practice cf
law, but' some ' of ' those nearest
him in official life believed fca
would remain for at leat anothi
year at the.head of the state d's
pariment. r
' Rumors Not Tru
The fsuddenneBS of the an
nouncement' accentuated tbe ru
mors of a break with the White .
House wh ich 1 follow 1 sir '
-I' V r :
(CattniMa n Tag 7) "
SATURDAY -IN
WAiSHIIGtO'
r: - The liousV completed j:: aeral
debate on the McPaddpn' t..TP.Vi"e-
Charles .Keecher Warren cf
Michigan was nominated to the r-
.fice ot 'attorney general." .
.! Hi '!
; The independent officer arpro
priatlon bill carrying,- $ 4 52,3 4 9,
617, was reported to the bouse.
' c .
The Wadsworth proposal for a
commission tot- dispose - cf- -t" 1
Muscle Shoals: question was re' .t-
ed by the senate."- - ; . -
Officials and citizens tendered a
farewell banquet to Jules J. J -serand,
. the., retirlflg .Frenxh t
bassador,-and Mme. Jusscrand.-
The agricultural commlsc? 1
practically concluded iU .s.aJ r
the.llvestock'Situatiop.-witU a r
port'-tOc the president oit'tbat In
dustry In Immediate pr6?rc t.
Appointment' of " Mrs. ?a 1
Wark'er'WIITebr a nd t "as" j u : s" -.
the federal court for northern C !
iforoia was itId;to te u '. r '
slderatfoh .byPrt'sident Cjc! . .: ; ..
Announcement was made cf V.
resignation of Secretary II u - .
effectlv'e'.March 4, and the tui tion
of Ambassador Kellc -. ;
London as his tntceocoor.
' ' ' ' ' 1
, .Secretary Hoover tell th
aircraft committee three ro
clal'groups - were t... :i .
with lighter than air craft r:
airship Los Angeles cilc l 1 . 1
ed .over ."to V.T , xl f r c
purposes., t, r t. - -
:', .
An arrs"' t v;t 1 r
for t r
vorc ". - j '
In 1:. : '
it-
t v.