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. r , r - - i i THe Weather-r and snow east;,. .Cascades; no change in tem perature; .strong southeast winds. Tuesday Max 46; Min. 40; River 8. 6 falling; Rainfatf J5; Atmosphere coudy; Wind south. ----- - -.. - . -- ... . ' ; MAKE 1825 YOUR BIG YEAK ilng.M Conyinciiig copyand compelling illustra tions will, veil jsound merchandise and promote your business effectirely. . . - . - L . . i 1. -. t t b . 4 , v - . ' - !--. .; ill. v r . s I I I .1 I I I I I . I : k y . t I t I I I I I II I . - I 1 I Ij j. si - - -y t '' - - . SEVENTY-JFOURTH YEAR AUTO LICE05E. CHftOGEIKED : if TEO BILLS Legislation Includes Barring of Speed Traps- RerJUctfon of Fees on Old Cars and Defines Trucks TAX Ori GROSS REVENUE , OF BUSSES ALSO URGED Repeal f $4 Per Seat ,Tx In. cladearFanncrd'Obtaiii : j Sosie Helief : Proposed legislation regulating rarlous phases of motor vehicle laws w introduced in a series of 1$ tills Tuesday by the Joint road and highway ; committee of the house and senate, by; request ot Gorernor Pierce's special commit tee, which -held a series of con ferences -with motor vehicle debat ers, owners "and' operators, li Th measures are known as house .bills 18 to. 27,- inclusive. : 4. Legislation proposed would keep the license fee at the. present rate for the first four years that a ve hicle is, operated, with - a 10 - per cent discount upon the fee for tbe next three years, and & 25. per cent reduction upon the .original fee for the succeeding three years. After the tenth- year a 50 per cent discount is allowed. '--N Cbange Bus Tax, " Abolishment of the $4 per pas senger seat tax and a 2 per cent - cent tax on the gross revenue of busses la advocated, -with a 1 per cent tax on the gros revenue of truck lines on regular routes. This would repeal the 50 cents per inch tire tax. For lire vehicles would be taxed 100 per cent of the lic ense fee instead of the 0 cents per inch tire tax. Peddlar and livery licenses are also provided. Under the tills introduced yes terday farmers "who use their trucks for only a jortiott of the year from April to October 31 would pay but two-third of the present fee. Speed Traps lilt -A new classification for truck tire widths. Including the, 17-inch ' tires. Is created and the load limited to 400 pounds per Inch of tire. 1 j . .- . Spee'd traps of , all forms are prohibited under another bill. .. . Passenger trucks carrying more than seven passengers would "be Con&amad nji S First Deficiency Appropria tion Bill for Year Carries ' ' $150T000 WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 The senate today passed the first defic iency appropriation : bill for this year, fcarrvine 8159.000.000 of which 1150.000,000 is to be used for tax refunds. . , - A sum of$2,S00,0C0 was addfd by the senate to, the measure as passed by the house. , ; v. . , The provisions -for ,tax- refunds utirxed Considerable debate and. on the motion- of eoatoKIaff,: demo crat, Utah, it was amended to pro vide the report pt-tax refundsto congress should nclude the names or all persons, and . corporations involved. Thisj Wa i opposed by. Chairman Warren of the appro priation committee and Chairman Smoot of the finance commrttee. republicans. ! Such a report, how- : ever, is now sent annually toth -house ways and means committee Senator King and McKellar, democrat, ! Tennessee, protested aginst the large amounts of the tax refunds paid by the govern ment. Chairman Warren said re funds had amounted to about $400,000,000 since the income tax law became effective as against about $26,000,000,000 In taxes collected. Senator Kin r 1 said ho realized ; certain -refunds ! were necessary because pi raisin I terpretation of. the, Iaw.ibutlJ dO- dared investiKation by the special : commfttee into administration ; of I the internal -revenue bureau had disclosed many .and huge Illegal repayments. ' ' . : .. , An item fpr jlSO.OC 0 , "fr ilre ! arm" commission appointed by President Coolidge rejected as an : amendment by the house was ap proved by. ta-scnaia 4:nd.$50,C0 ' also was addfd to the bill for t , president's o'l c? rT?t?i boTd. BILLOT :-., . . ; State Fair Board; May ; Bar; , Hriiess . Race k$ I j Expositidn Next Pall A straight program of running races and no harness races Is be ing given serious consideration by the state fair board! ia.i making preparations for , the. 1 9 2 5 Orecbn State Fair it .became , known this week. ..It Is hiehlv, crobabU. that thera will be five stake" races .for J1Q0Q,; purses andi added. " t rises offered, .w .a- :.-v- iiU; . . By means., of jthe nrises" .-, the state f air board has assurance of one of .the. finest gatherings . of horsemen and horseflesh that the coast has, ever seen will be attract- ed, to Salem .and it. is estimated that tat least 200 of the finest horses In the country will be hre lortne. racing program,' 4 . nunnlng races are gaining pres tige over harness races through out: the country, and the' board be- etws mufc.uy Keeping aoreast. 01 the, times,, the. prestige Of the, fair s J Second Dafi Session Doves Without Hitch;, Several Bills are Introduced J The, second, day's session of th senate started off without a hitch On roll' call every member respdnd- fa. i ne jjranizaiioni WM com pleted with the appointments of three pages, two girls and one boy. . i ; .,. -'I - Senator Hall- offered a. joint resolutions for tle uniformity in motor rules between . California, Oregon and Washington. If the nouse concurs a committe Hill be appointed to confer with commit tees from the other -twq f states. The following bills were introduc ed: .. . .. -Ji.-I Ai'M; S.l B. 4, Davi Repealing prq vision for affidavit' of ; prejudice against circuit courts.i l .1 fr C S. B. 5, Hall Proving 1 for meetings of the county court of Curry county on the first: judicial day of January and the first Wed nesday of each ' of ; the: Other months.1 .. . v i :) i-1 ;k- -A ' S. B. .6, Hail Defining -speed traps on highways and excluding evidence in criminal cases of , per sons operating speed traps unless they are officers in uniform. B. 7, JosephAmending blue sky lawv t. . Four" vetoes- by the governor were read, and .referred, to : the various committees. BUI No. 60 referred to the Bernard Daly es tate in Iane county The gdver noT objected, to relieving it from an inheritance tax. ; No. . 154 was a banking bill. The governor ask ed that more study be given to it as it t contained. 125 pages. J 181 was vetoed because he did not be lieve it complied., with good gov ernment in Industrial Insurance. No, , was vetoed because; the governor believed that.v some - of the judges in the smaller counties could help Multnomah out in case of "emergency. " ; - s ' ! ', In. these columns yesterday Senator Hall was quoted as. join ing In Senate bill No. 3 providing for the abolishment of the market ing inspector. ; He had nothing to do with it. , . - This, completed the business be fore the senate and it adjourned at Jl I o'clock to meet at 2 o clock In the afternoon session of the (Costtsmtd- otf pa '8) COP.iE TAX BILL . . FOH COLLECTIONS Measure Introdubedf Tues day .. Provides for r Kay-' . mentor rornons In order to provide a boundary line and to collect unpaid portions of the income tax due and col lectible for 1923, a bill, known.as House Bill vNo. 14 was fntroaac ed. by reauest, Tuesday by the committee on assessment and tax. ation. ; : - - i - ; -A ., UDcn repeal of the state .In come tax law there ! was; no date definitely set prior 'to which the inrnmpa.hecama payable. Because of thi3 the stateincome tax com mission, was helpless InUbe mat tcr of collections.; j- ' . -.While the bill specifies the col lotions for 1923 it does nbt pro vide for any payments of the 1924 tax and if such. have .Dera maus. there is an opportunity gitea for 'r?fQoi. - EiTBBSiRE, fL Dil Til - n 11.. 1 1 A. will gain In racing circles. . Boys and girls maxing livestock club exhibits can exhibit in open classess this yearuby paying the entrance .fees as apply to adult exhibitors, according- to a ruling made by the fair board. By means of this the younger exhibitors will receive encouragement, It was held. ' ; -. ,? : . : ;J t Permission to use .the main poultry 'building" at ' the fair grounds . for a , mid-winter fair this next winter; was given the Marion-Clackamas Poultry associ ation. -The .association has been holding its fair at Hubbard,' hut because of jthe great success . with which it has j been, t met, 5 larger Quarters and. more adequate facili ties ,w'ere. needed, Only aaTmuch of the main, buUding as is actual ly needed ,wili -be; used and the dls-. plays will, be kept together and iiFEIf... STRfiiJDED SOB US lind'ersea ' CrVft Grounds in Maroorj urevy or 40 are Comfortable I " CHATHAM, Mass., Jan. 13. The stranded. UnitedStates sub marine S-19 was boarded shortly before 9 o'clock "- by Captain Ab bott H. Walker and his crew, from the Nanseth coast guard station.' They reported that the 40 men on the. submarine were comfortable and could pass the night there in safety;.: 'X ' 4' .v .The vessel had. settled 'seven feet into the sand off the outer, bar to Orleans harbor which had strnelc-eartythis.orntog:JkHetr boiler plates have held f irm, how. ever, and with tile slowiy djmin- Ishing eurf.'it is believed her con dition will not change before morn log. y ' .' The men of the ranuseth sta tion early; In the day, launched a boat and fought their way oat through, the surf toiwithin 100 feet of the distressed craft before the waves capsized them. They re gained the shore and tried again. This time their boat was smash ed. -All of the guardsmen made their way ' to shore. - Those lead ing the rescuework see no possi bility of. drawing oft the subma rine-before tomorrow. The surf , was still running .high although the wind was favorable, pf "about 25 miles (velocity from the southwest. The S-19 Is the first line submarine built In 1921 at a cost of $4,000,000 and carry ing 35 men and five officers un der the command! ot Lieutenant C F. Martin. The submarine left the Portsmouth navy, yard yester day after an overhauling, bound for the New London base, - . Storm Moving. Southeast r- I ill-' I .- i. J i . ' rrom wasmngion uoasij Rain and Snow Likely SAN FRANCISCO, s Jan... 13.- The weather bureau said, thewas a disturbance of 'considerable in tensity of f the , Washington coast whence It will move east-south eastward. Rain and snow are in the forecast for northern Califor nia. Washington and Oregon. The weather will remain fair in south era California through Wednesday and the temperature will rise. A light rain began to fall here tonight. ,. : . 2 PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 13.- Snow fell today in many parts of eastern Oregon.' Baker reported that two feet had fallen at Whit ney and Medical Springs and. that over that section it was .still , fal ling. 'At Klamath Falls the snow was driven by a strong west wind 1 SEATTLE. i -Jan? t. A heavy rajn.-whlch fell In Seattle this af ternoon was reduced to a drizzle tonicht. Surrounding cities re ported light rainfall. . . " " - U SPOKANEr' Jan 13. Nearly two inches of snow fell in Spokane in three hours tonight and short ly before midnight the fall was etill - continuing. -Oilier a.&tern Vashlneton cities also reported neuB FORECASTS SB rqrr vith rM?'?,,2fi tcTrtrc5. 1 , iAtjeMTORfeGpN, WE)ESDAY M6ftNINCr JANUAY 14 jjJ925 y t ' - - t- v iSriiiss DISREGARDED Commission Holds Meeting With Dr. Ross in Seat; Governor's Appointee Hot Recognized VEACH FAILS TO OBTAIN RECOGNITION OF CHAIR 1 1 Arrival of Opinion By Ator ney General Will Settle!, Difficulties PORTLAND, 'Jan:,13--rpo-rer- n9r Pierce's, edict removing ; Dr. Thomas W.J Ross aa a membeit of the state rich commission was ais regarded today by the commission, which, held Jts January meeting with Dr. Ross Ja his seat With DrK -Ross and John C. Veatch,. the governor's appoin tee, contending for recognition J. KendalL chair. man of the commission, recognized ' In : his - contention that he had not been officially j removed, pt. Ross:, opened .his 1 legal. baitle against; the i. governor .with ibe charge .that Veatch's appointment was Illegal..- Through his attorney he declared . that Veatch.. had ben commissioned by the governor ion January; 10.. He j presented he letter .in which . he - was formally removed, dated January 12, and held (hat Veatch jould not have been seated before Ihe was remov ed. v- '; !- - A ' x-. 1 - The action was taken in spite of the efforts 0 W. T. Eakiniof Astoria, member of the commis sion; who said Attorney Gene al Van Winkle had, told him Monc ay thatrDr. Ros removal was legal. Mfi. Veatch also protested - the I ation , a d- bt b men- rasAe' meeting would be illegal when the opinion of the attorney general arrived. r ;ji;.-J ' "' ' :-' v?,r. .The meetine '-was attended bv 30, fishermen from coast districts armed., jrith a resolution asking the removal of A. C. Ross, master! fish warden, an the reinstatement of Carl D. Shoemaker to that po sition. ' ;JL-- j." .-. ;'".,' - Dr. Ross brought the climax to the meeting when; he introduced a resolution to dismiss A C Ross, his cousin, on thel grounds of In efficiency and disloyalty. Mr. Eak- ln dissented. Mr. K,enda ex pressed the belief jjthat A. C. Ross had . been Inefficient and recom mended that the resolution be held for consideration at a later meet ing, and this was agreed to. IS Ambassador to Court of St. James Appointed to Suc ceed Kellogg WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. Pres ident Coolidge made another re arrangement today in the cabinet- diplomatic organization he will take with him March 4 into his . . . . . . . . a & eieccea Term : ox oiiice ,wy atjiwi ing Alanson B. Houghton of New York, now ambassador to Ger- many, to succeed Ambassador Kel logg.at London, i The transfer of Mr. Houghton to the London post, the ranking assignment In the diplomatic ser vice, was formally announced at the White House after the am bassador had advised the presi dent he would accept the new ap pointment, and after the British government hadj Informed ,. the state department that Mr. Hough ton would be persona . grata in London. - : . -X The serection Of Mr. Houghton was a further development in the rapid succession of official chang (CoatUraed a pas ) Hiah Power Radio Station At Seattle Is Now on Air f SEATTLE, JaW 13l KJR. a high powered broadcasting station of the Northwest Radio serviee. reopened here tonight with a musi cal program of a 273 meter wave length. The station j moved Its headquarters and increased Its power. The Wave length is to be changed later this week. -Radio f ass on aha Atlantic-coast should be able to hear the recon- HOUGHTON GRANTED PAST OCHOOL BOARD HAS, t4X CHANGE TP pajBARK . ON FARM INDUSTRY Of f rr Is Received From R. A. Ryan to TrdevBgral, Property for 1 .Washington, School ... A perfectly good offer to trade a farm near the state penitentiary for the old .Washington school was made to the Salem school board at their regular meeting last night. A farm, which is encumoered with a small mortgage, and equipped with a. house. Ins good shape, and other Improvements can be se cured by the school district, ; ac cording to this fcommunication. ' ' R. A. - Ryan offers - to. trade for the - old school building :and after It has come, into his. possession, plans on converting it into a build? Ing-for' publie use. : The Xlrsti floor, .eo ;. states-the communication,! can be remodeled and made into fan assembly., hall, which -.can. hold all. the public meetings, that are , brought to the city. : In addition, the upper floors can be made, over to apartments and put to good use. . . - ;r What Jp.do with the old Wash ington school building t is. proving a- bugbear to the officials of the school board. . Several suggestions have been -made, which range all the way from tearing the building down and putting .the.propertyi up for. sale, to turning the building ovep to the state ,f or office pur poses, i One of . the board members, commenting ' Upon the situation, last night, said; that .the state was' having: a hard time getting offlcespace, and the old building could be put to- some use, any- PAHDOHSMftY BE HELD VOID - 1 "t..'ir ' ; Paroles Granted By Gover nor;,; Davis., .Contested; ,: Fraud Charge Probed ;-'TX)gEK 4; If waT;;:Jan.,n By the Associated1 Press ).-i-PardOnB and paroles issued by former Gov ernor Jonathan M.' Davis in the closing days of his administration may be. declared void if it is found ther were obtained by fraud, it was announced tonight by Attor ney General C.? B. Griffith. The attorney : general said his assistants tomorrow will begin an examination of the laws of the state to" determinOi If pardons and paroles Illegally, obtained may be cancelled. . William R. Smith, assistant .at torney general.! spent the day pre; paring the petition to be filed in the state supreme court asking the; ouster of Peterson, who ; is charged in an I affidavit made., by A.-L. Oswald, j young Hutchinson attorney, with having offered to accept money for obtaining a, par don for Walter Grundy, Hutchin-, son bank wrecker. Peterson de nies his allegations and has re fused to resign., n, . . .u,- j-,,. The ouster petition. It was said, - (Continned 90 nS 2) HOUSE SESSIONS Early Presentation "of Bills Urged; Photographs to ; Be Taken Soon Two short ' sessions ; jwere held by the house . pt representatives Tuesday and the matters at hand, including the f introduction ot 22 bills, was quickly dispatched. Rev. Martin; Fereshetlan,. pastor of the Unitarian church, offered the opening prayer with the house being called to order a-little past 10 o'clock. I .- - - Several resolutions were adopt ed, including one of sympathy for D. C. Lewis of Multnomah county, who has beenjkept away from the opening session , by. Illness.1 ...At tention to the, rule calling.,! ot pre sentation of all bills during - the first 20 days? of the session, by Denton G. Burdick speaker of the house.' !.-'.;' A":- ' Instead of 'having photographs ofj the members., of ,tha ..session taken down town, as has been customary, arrangements have been completed for the work to be; done-In the room used by the board o-f controL ' ' ' - - Upon motion of Representative J. B. Coffey jof Portland,: ar, com mittee of three was named to eonr elder vetoed bills. The committee will consist of Mr. Coffey, Phillip Hammond of Oregon City, and- B. S. Hamilton of Bend. It is antlclpated.tbat the house will adjourn following the Thurs day afternoons session and convene US POLICY TO iDfflllED! 'GQOLIDGESAYS Foreign Relations, Not to Be 'Affected By, Retirement of Secretary H"9hes, Pres ident Declares : : 1 .... w. , ...... i RUMOR OF IMPENDING u CHANGES IS DISPELLED n,.ii: i'-' '" " I " " ' ' - - i - Attitude on Specific Questions of World 1 Affairs to Re main ! the Same T . WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 White House pronouncement was made today to dispel, any Impression that he retirement et Secretary Hughes from the cabinet involved impend ing changes in the administration's foreign policy, -President Coolidge sees no rea son to! alter the general course he has been pursuing with regard to foreign relations. While he ( ex pects that American foreign policy win develop and enlarge to keep pace with the" march of world events, there is no prospect that the principles governing the atti tude or the j Washington govern ment on specific questions will be subject to change during the ad ministration beginning March 4. " ' i Details Followed j The president - has been more familiar with the details of the nation's foreign, relations from day to day 8lncehe took, office than he has, been With the specific prob lems of governmental departments having . to do with domestic mat ters.. Secretary Hughes,- it was pointed out jat the White House, has consulted - his ..chief with re gard to every decision of import ancd it was necessary for the state department to make, the. president being ; charged directly under the constitution i with ..the conduct of the foreign relations and this prac tice will continue after Ambassa dor Kellogg succeeds Mr. Hughes. -... - Rumors Untrue - v 1 f White House comment on the subject was; prompted In part by published suggestions that some change in policy- toward Russia was to be; expected after j Mr. Hughes' retirement from the cab inet. I On the contrary, it was said, the president s attitude' with re spect) to .Russia remained precisely what it was when he addressed his first message to congress in 1923 and when Mr. Hughes 'explained that policy at considerable length to a delegation which visited, him to" urfe&. recognition of the Russian soviet i government,, Mr. Hughes outlined at that time a number of copdltiohs .that must be met be fore r the , Washington government could give serious consideration to granting diplomatic recognition to Russia, .These had to do not1 with (he - form of,. the-, Russian govern ment, .bat .with., its external reia tions, such 4s repudiation of debts, confiscation of the property of . for eign nationals Jn$ Russia and simi lar actions, j- President Coolidge in his -13 3 Message expressed hope thaV-developments would permit recognition and, the return of Rus sia to -the'famiFy of nations.' It was explained today; however, that the hope, for, .progress ,in Russia was slow to' materialize and .that the time when -diplomatic recogni tion could be. granted was not In OPPOU TO BE ESTABLISHED ,ff, , Schbpl Board Makes Provi sion' for Second Class; Miss Brurriete Teacher. The-secdndopportunity'n elass In Salem is to-be' established at the Lincoln, 'school, : accordlni: to the announcement made last night byj, the, I school .board. Prepara Uonsi havei, been i,made to secure pupils from Richmond, Park and Lincoln .schools to make up . the class; .which Is to be established shortly. ! Budget appropriations were made foi" the, twk classes in Salem and the) f establishment of them has beenf provided for. and 11 Is t pectod that ibe room will be ready within two ..weeks.-y 5 ! ( K liss.C.eta Brumete, who has rpceived r.peclal traxnrng for, op portunity ,Wori, has been secured for the Lincoln schooL She re ceived heri training at,the,Oregon normal .school and has experience as a teacher to add to the special i mm STREET BEGGARS. ! IN LOS i ANGELES . . BUY ! RADIO SETS Expensive ' Automobiles, Diamond Rings,. Player Pianos, and . ," 1 .'. -i !j Booj PBrchased LOS ANGELE3. ant. 13. That some proiessibnl ! beggars make as high as MS a d,ay on the streets of4 Losi Angeles; (khst, they rtiein automobiles3, not j of the. ; cheapest make, buy expensive jewelry and musical Instruments, and even hire assistants rto watch s for,. the police while they work," .are some of the things! disclosed In; recent trials of mendicants in police court. v ' v One: blind woman testified , that she and her husband,-. also Wind. drove to aLos1 Angeles, from Cleve land with a hired driver,, and that in this city- she, had made as. high as $15 and $16 in a day, of three hours.; ii She said her ' best . week had netted S5; but denied that she collected! $30.0 and '1400 a week as. reported to the court. Her husband then admitted that they had Dougnt a new automobile for $1,700; a watch and a diamond ring; roll ton desk .for $105; a fan for ;tt24;. at player piano for $485, and a steel banjo and saxo phone for $180, He also admitted that occasionairy he became Intoxi cated- t'i;HdU;'- ir. .' ' Another, woman, informed . the court that she conducted this blind woman to-and from, her hotel daily and stood, watch for her to give warning of the approach of police men. . She said that for such serv lce,s she was paW $3 a day. Signatures8 to Be Affixed to Paper Today; Dawes Plan Retroactive rHJtM!-; fi.l a - -I .... ,- v.. PARIS, iJanj 13. (By The As sociated Press.). ' The protocol embodying the; accord reached by the United States and Great Brit ain tpgether with., the other pow ers on the payment of the costs of the American.army of. occupation and war damage claims to the United States will be signed at a plenary : session of . the allied fin ance ministers' coherence, tomor row morning. -, The document con sists of two pages are taken -up with that section; referring to -the settlement with the United States which occupied five out of the sev en days "of the conference.-. Ex perts 'still ! are engaged In making eleventh hour changes for the fin al . draft 'which - win be submitted for signatures,1 f" - j .The . definite and . final provis ions include payments to the Unit ed States of . 65000,0001 gold marks yearly, beginning , septemoer ; 1, i.9 i, O- VU9 . Uiuuui, M - nyyij uu the, occupation costs; the United States to share in the Dawes an- nuities at the rate of 2 .1-4 per cent tbeglnning - retroactively Sep tember 1, .I.924, these payments to amortize the war damage claims, Which will tnot exceed ; $350,000,- OOQiillmmedfate, release to tne United States of $14,725454 now in, the federal I reserve bank where Lt was .deposited by tha allies un der the WadswOrth .agreement, f Y The United States j agrees to waive any claim under , the Wads worth agreement of May 1923 and also agrees that the. 2. 1-4- per cent shall not apply on payments made on account, of reparations by. any former enemy power other than Germanyi r--'-)--? : X , The payments made againBt the American occupation costs have priority in the cash payments of ;; j.i',-- i 'I , I. " 1 1 . - it (Centlnacd os pas S) ' v :-!.' : X ;,; I i, - " S B'JEIt 510,000 'i i .... it -3"' - Raitway Maii Clerk: Held Up; negisxereaJYiaii. roucn - is ruiereu : '--fXA"L';v. - --(- t r NEW'yORK. Jan. 13.-i-A rail way mall clerk on a Long Island train; was held, up tonight .by. pne man during! the,, four-minute run between Beljmoor an,d Merrick, a few miles east, of Jtho city line. and escaped with a pouch of reg istered mail Containing: $10,000 in currency. j n The tmoney wa mailed by the First National, bank- of. Bellrnqor whch was the scene of a sensa tional holdup last April. 1 - A Postal ijauthdrltles sent, out re minders that there was a standing governments reward of $2,000, for the arrest and conviction of any person lirlkatcd la a fciaii rob- tHrr, An U x ;XX ' PLAN READY LOilE TBI! ROBBER m il Nil. I .PRICE FIVE CEKXS CHILD LID IIODSDTIS NOT PDPUL.H Opposition Shown in Tv;o-to-One Straw Vote Taken . ia. House. ot Representa tives Tuesday Morning ii ARID f i T) ELEGATI ON ' , i IS AGAINST MEASURE Three Vote in Negative and One Lines Up .With Eli nority Af f irmatiTe Unless a number of members of the. house of " representatives change their minds, the 38rd ses sion of the -legislature 4 will not ratify the federal child labor am endment, it is evident from a poll of members taken Tuesday morn ing in which 29 of the 60 members of the lower body are opposed, 13 in favor of the amendment , and four undecided. The poll was, not quite complete, but more than 50 per cent of the solons were can vassed. Opponents of the amend ment claim to have 35 negative votes. . : r Exact . wording of. the amend ment, which is - expected to develop into one of the hot ses sions of . the assembly before Ore gon either ratifies or rejects the amendment, is as follows: "Sec.: 1. 1 The congress shall have" power to limit, regulate and prohibit the labor of persons un der 18 years of age. ' - - "Sec 2. The power of the seve ral states is unimpaired by this article except that the operation of state laws shall be suspended io - the extent necessary to give effect to legislation enacted by the congress." X "; - ' The amendment was adopted "by congress" April 26, 1924, and by the senate June 2. ' Feeling the need of a national child labor law. On September 1C, 1916, congresi passed & child labor act which th United States supreme court, it June. 1918, said -was unconstitu tional. In February, a9 19, con gress faassed a second child label act .which was. declared unconstl? tutional la May, 1922.' , Following the will of the people, congress then adopted, the amendment that it might have the power necessary to pass a national child labor act -which would be constitutional. " Each of the 48 states has re ceived the proposal adopted by congress and, If 36 of the 'states ratjfyit it will . become the 20th amendment to the constitution. Marion, couujty'areprese.ntatives ro miner stronar arainst the am endment, three of them voting negative and one in support. Hark D. .McAllister ast aa affirmatira ballot while Lloyd T. Reynold?. F.tW, Settlemier and Otto J. Wil son were in the majority whici voted in opposition to the amend ment. .... The unofficial poll taken yes- (Contlnned on p 8) 1 TUESDAY: Si WASHiNGTOII 'AnihanRkdor Houghton at EprKa was appointed ambassador to Lon don. '-- President ; Coollde, was repre sented, as foreseeing no changa !i the American .foreign. Jolicy ca Secretary Hughes retirement., t It was declared at ' the Wti - House, that except "for retirerae t of Secretary Gore no. further cab inet changes are expected March 1. . - , . ; . The senate voted ' several tin: i on Muscle Shoals but was usat j to dispose of the question, -.-"-- ,, Enactment ot farm legislati i before March 4, .11 was sail, at t j White, House, can and should Ij accomplished. New Jersey was the first stale ' - deliver Its electoral .vote to t: 1 president of,the senate. - - - Hearings were hell before . senate committee In the iproro 1 nine foot channel -from thi : Lawrence to the gulf. ."-" - - The short lias railroad assoc' -tion gave notice it- oppose i 1 eastern. i. trunk ISae consols 'at; . proposed by. the Va Swerir brothers, '" The "senate proI.il 1 Lion l- gating cor-r::t"a riada t I timony rtl.;ll5 ta .t'-i t. : rift in th-; Y'i! . p ' i