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,bly occasional rainiest portion; snow east
portion; moderate westerly "winds." 'TO&dhe'saaT
Max. 49; Mia. 37; River R.5 falling; Rainfall
none; Atmosphere part ckrttfly; Wind west -
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You can do It with the right kind of adrertis
Ing. - : Convincing- copy and compelling illustra
tions will sell sound taerchandlse and promote
your business effectlrely. - :
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BILL PASSED
irJFIILllOTE
Underwood Private Leasing
Measure for Nitrate Plant
Approved By Senate VCte
of 50-30
MEASURE IS NOW READY
FOR ACTION BY HOUSE
Parliamentary jangle Is Fin
ally Unmeshed; Argiied
for Six Weeks
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. -With
final approval of the Underwood
private leasJog bill, 50 to 30, the J
, senate today got itself o.ut,pt.the
parliamentary ,. tangle 4nto which
it became enmeshed yesterday and
so washed its hands of the whole
Muscle Shoals problem, temporar
ily at least, : . h'-.-'s, V..
The measure, after a tempestu
oms six weeks voyage in the sen
ate now goes to the house, which
at the last session passed a "bill
accepting the offer of Henry Ford,
since withdrawn- :
The procedure there remains to
be determined. The Mil either
can be sent direct to conference
or can be' referred to the military
committee. . "-'
Friends of the measure are
bending their efforts now, to hae
It sent to conference between the
two houses with a 'view to obtain
ing final congressional action be
fore this session expires on March
4,' while opponents are ' laying
their lines to have it referred to a
committee In Ike hope that there
will be no final " actioa by this
congress. . :
i Coalition Formed "
: - Senate approval of .the -Under
. wood measure was brought about
by a coalition of administration
republicans and a group, of demo
erats and came after Senator Cur
tis of Kansas, the majority leader,
had coalerred with President
Coolidge at the White House.
Immediately after the .'senate
met, the Underwood bill was ac
cepted for a second time,' 46 to 33
as a anhstitnte for the Norrts ov-
emment operation plan' which had
been approved yesterday 49 to 39
. over the Jones proposal , to refer
the problem to a commission with
instructions to report next Decem
ber. ' "r' :- -
Wttn this measure out of the
way, the -question, came upon the
final passage of the tlnderwood
bill and this prevailed after Sen
ator Norris had made' a: last plea
to the senate to withhold its ap
proval. Opposing the Underwood
bill 6n the final Vote were 13 re
publicans front western states; 16
democrats, mostly from1 southern
and western states and one farnv
er-labor, Zi : repllcan, 14 of
them from western states . and If
democrats, three Ot them -from
western states, voted, for the. bilk
The Underwood bin as ; finally
approved would ' provide " for the
(Continned oa 8)
WEDNESDAY"
IN WASklNGTON
The house passed the He Fad
den banking hill.
.-
The Underwood Muscle Shoals
bill finally passed the senate.
President Coolidge's agricultur
al commission submitted Its re
oommendations for the relief of
the livestock industry.
" . : , ' :
Secretary Mellon endorsed a bin
proposing expenditure of - $25,-
00,009 annually f or six years for
public buildings and grounds.
, - . :-'; ; r. ,; ..:'i'a
Reduction In Interest charged
railroa4s for government loans
was recommended to . the inter
tj'tate commerce committee by
Secretary Mellon. " I
'. m m m m : L,J: - i
A traded balance of $977,285
I90 favarable to the United. States
was shown In IlgTrres of the com
rncrce depattment covering the
calendar year of 1924,
Secretary Hoover told a meet
ing of business men that the
spread of commodity-prices from
producer .to consumer could bq re
duced by cooperation in industry
aad commerce. ' : .' :
' ;!.-'
The state department requested
e rcliasa from Jail at Progresso,
: -xico, of Dr. W. F. JLorenx of
Child Labor Amendment :
Urialterablv GDcbsed b v-
.-- . 35 . k -. mt t
Senators Sam- H.;
Broisrn,
and
A. M. LaFollette,' the to a men
representing Marion county In the
33rd' session of the seijktei are
both . unalterably opposed' to the
ratification of the federal child
labor : amendment. Sentiment a
mong the other senatorsfihas not
been voiced , to any grea i extent,
but It Is I practically a Certainty
that thb measure will lse by a
large vote. , : I :
. Senator: Brown ;believef the. rat
ification of the amendment would
worfc a great bardshippon the
children themselves, on he 'fami
lies and on the farming land lin
ing industries in r the stRte. 'Ore
gon now fcasv adequate ciild labor
laws' Senator f;Brpwtj Stated.
"Light labor on a farm astnever
hurt any- boy. Of -eoae, ' I am
very much- opposed to anything
aproxlmating 'sweat shp' condi
tions, but we have littl or nea
of that In Oregon, i A boy is much
better ' off working at practically
anything than he is . hinging: a
round a pool-room, Oregon : is
qafte capable ot earing for her
own child J problems, ad 1 1 am
strongly opposed to pficing Uo
matter In federal eontr&l'-t
Senator LaFollette Is equally
opposed to the ratif icattoa, ad
vancing the argument that his
FIRSTHSURE
Appropriation for $25,000
Approved; Monels For
Legislative C0sts
ss
; A bill appropriating $25,000 was
the first to be passed ill the bouse
of representatives 'of the ' 33r3
session. ' The ineasafe ; ,ifas, not
fafti$!&tiUn& r. alilird tfiJift iayor,
The bill provided Tor the payment
of salaries," mileage aiid other ex
penses connected with tthe session
Is on record as H. B. :fo.r 32, and
was Introduced by the' Joint ;Ways
and means ommitteej f r. '
To correct certain points in the
present law, H. B, Nd 34 was in
troduced by Wr. C Nojrthof Pprt
land, asking for the creation of a
World war . veterans state , aid
commission, consisting of the gov
ernor, secretary of stsite and state
treasurer, and including the adju
tant general and two.) other, mem
bers appointed oy tie governor,
one of whom .shall .be a veteran
f the World war and qualified to
receive a ioan. H '"t 1
- Seeking a $60,000 j armory "for
Forest, Grove, the: - Washington
bounty delegation of the house and
senate launched a drive for funds
in H. B. 31.. which provides that
$30,090 shall be contributed by
the state, the other, half , to be
matched by Forest Grove or Wash
ington county. $
' Authorizing organization of mu
tual savings banks jpf Which - all
profits shall j go tdij stockholders
and permitting long-term real es
tate loans; was' the gist of H. B.
35. by Herbert Gordon, Portland.
Two short sessions were held
again yesterday while the number
of new Mils : was f comparatively
few, in comparison i Jwith the sec
ond day's grist. Rev. R. L. Put
man, pastor of the j Court Street
Christian church, offered Ihe lnvo-
-. m ' r
(Continued on. past 6)
uuPRoe
Dr. W. H. Brown Now in
Portland and il Due to Ar
; rive in Salem Today
Despite his scheduled i appear
ance here. Dr. Walter IL Brown
failed to arrive on time yesterday
and up to a late; hour last night
had not appeared ! in.; Salem, al
though it Is known that he is in
Portland. ; j ; f;! j I :.f l- ,-
A telegram announced that he
would be here on: the. noon stage
and a delegation lof Salem people
was on hand to taeet him. It is
expected, noweve thit he will ar
rive here today. Ip . j..' .'.:,';:
. With the arrival ot Dr. Brwn,
active steps will be taken In the
Marion county health program. A
corps of .experts 'are to make a
survey of the county and a report
made upon the general health con
dition of the children. Upon the
completion.' 'of ' the f survey,:. Dr.
Brown will fcxiaj?.ia another corps
of workers, and tbe Marion county
health demonstrs Von will be r;ot-
Manoii
HOUSE PASSES
lUiSTIT
kiun
, A JL f '
Es County- Senators
generation,' and the generation
folowing his, were. not harmed by
conditions which today have been
greatly modified: Many boys and
girls, he stated, would be ; unable
to obtain any schooling , If, they
were not permitted to Work. He
agreed with Senator Brown, that
passage ot the measure would do
a great deal more harm than good,
as - it would deprive the , young
people of a legitimate means of
obtaining ; spending money, and
would possibly lead many of them
to law-breaking. .;'?)
lASt SURVIVOR, IS DEAD
KELSO. Wash v Jan. 14. Ed
ward R. Huntlngtoa, 85, who was
said to be the last survivor of Cap
tain Delaney'a wagon, train whlcJi
crossed the plains, in 1848, died
last sight at .the home ;f his
daughter.,
MATOt CAUSES DEATH
hoquiam; Wash.; Jaa. 14.
Mrs. W. J. Buckley, 38, died heye
todays from burns sustained this
morning when she struck a match
while lying in bed to see the time.
Part of the match head Hew off,
settings fire to the bed. clothes. .
nin
LOU IS HUGE
Total of $773,200 Paid to
3.18 Ex-$o!diers in Coun
ty Simpson Reports
Bonus loans of $773.200-have
been made to. 318 ex-service men
in Mariovi - county tkroagh the
state bonus commission, according
to the Alennial report ef ITaJojt W.
P.JS1mpsonrecretary "oftne com
mission. The loans were divided
177 for; city property, amounting
to $411,400, and 141 for farm
property, totaling $361,800. There
have been 21,815 cash - bonus
claims paid amounting, o $4,711,
$21.12. The last cash bonus was
made at tbe end of 1923 and the
last loan will be made at the end
of June, ,1927. App.Ucatlon for
cash bonus or lean was made by
$3,986 ex-service men, while of
those applying, 22,781 asked foir
the cash and 11,208 ; requested
loans on property. - : The commis
sion rejected 12 5 74 applications. 1
, The total number bf loans made
throughout the slate is 5912, in
volving $14,565,700, according to
Mr. Simpson." j , : " . L '
Foreclosure proceedings ! have
been authdrized on 98 pieces ht
property on which the commission
has advanced loans. Including j
farm Joans, and 24 city property
loans. In this groap, 15 cases
were settled before Completion bf
foreclosure1 proceedings. t Forty
four foreclosures nave been com
pleted, and the state has owned 24
farms and Id pieces of city prop
erty to the amount 6t ,fll;993
thereby. In addition, 13 pieces of
property, 12 or them farms, have
been deeded to the state, wortn
$2,$00, i ';--fV I ' , - -; f
There Is now undergoing lore
closure proceedings on 30 farms
find nine -city properties, worth.
In all, $.34,100. k :.i, .v ::;,, .!..!,;
The commission is leasing six
pieces of proper tyj: on which rent
is being received,' and three farms
are beihg occupied ' on which I no
rent is being paid. " " " j J "
I ; Thirty four "pieces of land re
verted to the state are lying IK
Including 3 1 , farms,' and three
pieces' of city property.'
iIEOESTiOi'8
6ES
140 Peo'pTe KHIed, 2000
.Homekss as Result -of
f j "Asiatic tearthquake"
, LONDON', Jan. .14. Four vil
lages have been destroyed and 110
persons killed in an earthquake at
Ardahan in Transcaucasia, aaya a
dispatch to the Dally Mail from
Constantinople.
The dispatch adds : that 2,000
persons are homeless with the tem
perature 22 degrees i Fahrenheit
below zero. Earth shocks are con
tinuing Intermittently. " n : :
CAPTAIN IIDWARDS DfES
PORTLAND . Or Jan. H.
Captain Edward S. Edward3, Unit
ed States' Inspector of hulls for the
Oirsen district .since Hay. i IS,
18S9f gisj, ?51t"ly-h.ere jofa.."
01S
D
VIIM
OniBEGW&EI
-1
TOIEPOESSE
llill
Sweeping Investigation Vnt
Be Made j or (Alleged
Wholesale pisfributron of
Illicit Pardon's '
We$ HAVE
FORMAL CHA
NOT YET
OHections of
At fidavits are
Turned Orec
to County
-Attrtrcy
forfPrcet
TOPEKA. Karr.. Jan. 14. By
- -... . . k . -j ,,.. - ..
Associated Press). Investigations
by state and county officers seek-
ipg to throw, lig Von the alleged
Illicit bartering Cor pardons under
the' administration of forinef, gov-
Jonathan Mp Davs vfere. continued
today on, a sweeping scale. But
as yet, ' ho formal charges have
been filed other than the bribery
proceedings sta
Monday ; a-
gainst the 'fotTner
goveraor- and
his" son. - ; - --
The attorney general's staff has
turned over to jthel county attor
ney -a, collection! of S affidavits, as
sembled in its jinvesttgStion and
the two officer are cooperating
in gathering evidence, i i . "
One of the angles of the search
light Is the avetine! by which Vol
ley O. Johnson convicted banker
or Aume, Kansas, obtained . his
parole from the'f ormer Gov. Davis
Shortly before Christmas. A mem
ber of the attoitheyj generara staff
left today to look into tenorts
tjhat Johrison' thought his way"
out of the penitentiary. . r
Affidavits charging that Ernest
Bartholomew off Wichita was . of
fered his release from prison for
a tronsideratloxi -of ?tl256 -were
turned over to! Ed; Ronney, assis
tant county attorney today. Bar
tholomew, whti was the son of a
wealthy furniture; merchant of
Wichita, was paroled January. 9,
tjhe day after his lather, accord
ing to the ' chafges, paid - the
ioney.f f , f '1 r 'f ; - . J .-
reports, tnat ttie affidavit In
volved '.'democratic State officials"
are declared (false by. Attorney
General Griff rfb. He said ho state
Officer was hanedl It was asserted
at the county attorney's office
ihat D.. C. Johnson, of Kansas
9ity, former penitentiary guard
Who was linked With the expose
Of the alleged! hribery of Governor
Davis' son bFred Hollman had
received the money from Barthol
omew. .--,- ,:. ::a,. : ,:-r-'i
a pm ;
SEEKiSH
Snpw.b.rif
s $ reacted In Ef-
- forts to
Recover Mem-, i
ber of Expedition
ESTES PARK; Cold.. Jan. 14.
Late? tbdayj'se'arches still , werp
plowing through the great snow
drifts in the fastness of Lone's
Peak region! for'Herbert Sortland,
missing ineiiiber 01 a rescue party
that, went t the aid of the ill-fat
ed mountain climbing expedition
whkh resuUedf In the death' of
Miss Agnes
Tattle, secretary of
the Denver
cnamoer
of Corn-
merce. .
Members! or tne second rescue
party today declared it was im
probable that Sortland, who his
been exposed to the elements since
early, 'Monday could 'have survived
the Arctic temperature and rag
ing bliztard thai ' envelopes the1
lofty peak.: At the time he dis
appeared it! was saidj his hands and
ears were .frozen and ' tonight ha
hope' was held! bat that he would
Jo found alive.; j 1
Walter jKleher, J the surviving
Jnember ol the disastrous expedi
tion, was taken to Denver today
where heJs being cared for at the
home of alfriehd. : j ' ' 1;f;.:! H
fBig" t.liinri Gets Contract !
For $2150) Week Schedule
CHICAGO, Jan.f 14. (By The
Associated' Press.!. -All -possibility
of a match in the immediate
futuro .between j Wayne ; Munn,
world's :. heavyweight- wrestling
champion j and -I Ed "Strangier"
Lewi3 f rjomf whom he recently
yvon the iitle, was' eliminated1 to-,
nisht .when; Munn' announced tit s.t
he has' signed a $2500 ; a - week
vaudeville contract,
T)UZLES App NO
rjSEDTN; TEACHING
vii FXmEiqj LANGtJAGE
ireacl of FWncb -and-1 tSermaka
CJas;'r Uief - Cross Wod jf.--
'".Puzzles inf Classes ? fr
-:.&.: .-, 1 m t.vy. 'ffif':
,;-SP0KANE,.Jan.l4-?fO8a word
puzzles found fe new use here to
day . when . Mlsa Wargaret Fehr,
head of the. foreign language I de
partment at North Central high
school announced she had adopt
ed them in her French and German
classes.' -. T; f' ll.l'f j -': !
"The students are all addicted
to the cross! word craze,' so 1
thought it would be an ideal way
of developing their French and
German -vocabularies, Miss Fehr
said today;.; ;;. f ' i f:;;!: j
; "The students imake their own
puzzles jind the only help they re
ceive Is when they are corrected In
class.": M :;..'Ji vj: ;ii:'i::!i;i
'. . ,. ' ' ry ;:;'l;'i!" Miff! i:;
PUT M
DIM lilLLIIIt;
ffl BE CALLED
Portland Women Want Joint
Session of! Legislature j
for Amendment 1
.5 !
Plans , fori the , firBt night ses
sion of Ihe 1 3 3rd legislature are
being ; made ; far;' next , Tuesday
night by representatives ot a num
ber of ' Portland, women's ! organi
zations who are seeking j a joint
session bf the two houses In order
to win sufficient votes to pass the
joint resolution; calling : for adop
tion ot the child labor amendment
to the constitution. f Representa
tive W. F. Woodward, of Portland
Is taking an active part In lining
up members to support the amend
ment,1'.;.' !h :; ;' Mpnil
Fred Melndl, of Portland, chair
man of the house resolutions com
mittee win not take 'action until
the aaembershlp. Jhas been can
vassed' for such "a session would
set a precedent. ) This . Informa
tion was. given? to Mrs. .tj W; Fow
ler; president of the , consumers
league of OregoW who telephoned
to Mr. Blelndl yesterday.
ran us
RETAIFJ OFFICERS
Personnel Unchanged By
.mm i..f ir!...i ' - J . i-
i; Meetings iot snrsx anu
i !U. Sj National
: No change in the officials of the
national banks: of Salem was made
at their annuiL' meeting and the
re-election was the main feature
9f the meeting. !' I
!. Officers re-elected are as fol
lows: r;1;;r;4:;: I ! f - -.:
First i National ( bank Dan J.
Fry;! president; E. F. Sladevice
president; Joseph H. Albert,' cash
ier; 1. Needham. tmst officer;
H. E. Eakin, assistant cashier; di
rectors, Johnf H.i McNary, T. A.
Llvesley, : R. ; 2d. Hofer, Paul B.
Wallace. Dan1 J. I Fry. Joseph H.
Albert and E, F. JSIade."
I United States National bank
D. W. Eyrff, president; vice presi
denU, o: w. Eyre and F. s. Lam
port; cashier E.j W. Hazard; s
Slstant cashier, L. C Smith; direc
tors, U. S. Page. Mrs. Eleanor
Lamport. D. W. Eyre, F. S. Lam
port J G. W. Eyre and E. W. Haz
ard.
OFFIBHED
i Fonisuii
Miss Florence Pope 4s Elect
; ed Nevr Secretary of Na
tional Farm Loan Bjoard -
! ' Officers for the National Farm
txan assodatiom of Marion county
were elected at a meeting held in
i
lie Chamher ot Commerce. Tues-
ay. I , Arthur F. Beardsley, presi
dent; Gordon E. Tower, vice presi
dent, and Miss Florence Pope,
secretary, -f: 'H J .1 1 1
! A loan committee was- appointed
Which Is composed of J, C.; Schnei
der, A. F. Beardsley and O. E.
r Directors for the organization
elected at the meeting were A.- F.
Beardsley, 'J." C Schneider. E.
Tower. R. J. Bernlngr of Mt. Angel,
kn& A. CL Parsons of Salem. j
; C. A. Myers of Jeffersoh ahd 1.
E. llennies of turner were elected
delegates to the district meeting
in PortlaFd .wfcich Is to b.aj held
January 23 and 34,
miiin
18 YEAR
IIcCdimitlc anr3 Bori, Singing Orer the Radio for
Fmt Time, Entertain
till
;i
This pnotegraph takeo -at a New
York broadcasting station, shows
Cleft to right Lwcrezla Bori, Miss
SlcCormick, and her father, John
voices of McCormiek and Bori had
lust been! broadcast to 8,000,000
11
PROTOCOL IS
I J COMPLETE
Eleven Powers Sign for Dis
tribution jof Dawes Peace
Plan Annuities f
i r . ? ;
PARIS, Jan. 14.By the Asso
ciated Pr)ess)'--EleTen powers par
ticipating inf the Paris conference
of allied; finance ministers ' today
signed the protocol for distribu-
tlonof- tho-Dawes- alxa.Annuitifisi
in which the United States shared
The final plenary session o( ' tne
conference at tho Qual d'Orsay oc
cupied two hours. ; :
It was a week to a day since the
meetings of; the finance ministers
began and it was the first confer-
ence of
(twenty-nine since the af-
mistice
to end before the : date
scheduled and the only one in
which every delegation returned
home apparently, satisfied, j The
most notable accomplishments of
the conference were:
. First the determining , of the
distribution bt the 'Dawes annui
ties between the allies and their
associates; second, the obtaining
of the iJnited States as a partner
with the allies in the collection ot
payments from Germany under
the Dawes Bcheme, and. third, the
liquidating i of the Ruhr occupa
tional account. 1
The question of the American
claims jwas hardest for the confer
ence settle.! . These claims were
tke subject, of long and tense, but
altrayB friendly, bargaining and a
compromise was reached that sat
isfied all concerned. The fact that
America la joining the allies in
the reparation syndicate for the
entire jperipd of the Dawes plan Is
regarded here as an 'event of the
first political importance.
No
important reservations were
made
fixing
by any of the powers in af-
thefr signatures to the pro-
The final session Which
tocol
was expected to be a mere formal
ity of signatures a complete
agreeinentj oh all questions having
been
mark
reached last night was
d by one of the most im
portant developments of the entire
confej-ence when James A. ILogan,
Jr., ojf the American' delegation,
sprang a surprise by Obtaining a
f urthfer cdncession to America dur
ing the -closing minutes of the
meetmg. j The agreement -: before
tie conference' provided that the
amount of j war damage which
should go to America should not
exceed 3350,000,000. .JMr. Logan
succeeded in having this clause
stricken from, the protocol.
rani BILL
PASSED Br HOUSE
Banking Measure Goes Thru
.House By Vote of 172 to
60; Laws Changed '
WASHINGTON,: Jan. 14. The
house late today passed the ,Mc
Faddcn bill which would revise
lite! Rational' banking laws. As
Hcii to! -"the senate the measure
carried the Hull amendments deal
ing; with branch hanking,; all of
which were, accepted by Chairman
HcFadden of the banking commit-
' s'
: . i -i- ' 2 ,x
-A iJ
A- i. -
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, ( I ! a f
n - J."'' J
f - j t
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Audience of Eight Millions
f
y
-
;v
m
if
k-odio listeners, thus iisherhx in "a
new era in radfo broadcasting that
raised - the question whether there
will have to be -a realignment of
the economic forces which competo
in entertaining the public.
Doctrines of Bishop William
Brown - Held No Better
i Than Jungle Fetish
CLEVELAND, Jan. 14. (By
Associated Press ) .-The doctrine
of the Protestant Episcopal church
was " contrasted with the" alleged
heretic teachings of Bishop WW11-
afix "''M6ti tguinerry "TBrb irfoday
the concladingargutnent by Char
les Li Dibble, charch ;advocate he
fore the church's board of review.
This completed the case for the
prosecution, tomorrow Joseph
W. Sharts, ch
ef counsel ;for the
nish his argument,
the way for the
defense, will 1
thus elearlng
finding. of the
apeal body and the
possible ' sentencing of Bishop
Brown. f
Bishop Brown's ideas - are no
better, fin the! last analysis, than
the fetish worship or the jungles,
Mri::-BHbte'-iH----i-iSvemMn....4s
related to the) material world and
nothing to the spiritual, he aver
red and illustrated j by saying:
"when V we spoke in : our brief of
the lite of the spirit after death,
his counsel rejoined that we must
have ben referring to ectoplasm,
or something of that sort. They
could not comprehend the spirit
ual, as an objective reality, for the
spiritual is unknown to them.'. "
Mr.l Dibble declared that a fet
ish worshipper who bowed to one
stone would
be
no better off if
he had bowed to a million or to
a universe fill "of stones. If re
course is had to Bishop's idea of
a trinity of -matter: force and mo-
tion for the
cdnception of diety.
he argued, it could be found when
a I stone Is hurled, with force,
through the air.
H quoted, from the book "Com
munism and Christlanism" to
show. that the defendant hsd him
self called his -belief in matter
atheistic rationalism."
T HOE
COilSiTTEEKlEO
Pubjicatiojn to Advertise Wil
j lamette; Organization
Slated for Today :
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; A big nfed for; advertising at
Willamette University will be fUled
soon, when publication of a college
magazine, for alumni and ; high
school students, will be under
taken aa an activity -of the student
body.' , The committee appointed
to work otlt plans for the editing
of the magazine will meet today to
arrange final details.
The plati of the committee is to
publish' a magazine containing live
campus news, literary and feature
stories wh!ich will be! of. interest
not only to graduate, members of
the j university, tut high " school
students planning to attend col
lege as -welL; '-.. -. t v,'
Members ot the. Committee arc
Juahita Henry, editor of the Col
iestan. chairman; MaVy Gilbert,
Clarence Phillips; Victor Carlson,
Cornelias Bateson, Sadie Jo Read e.
George . Atkinson, Wayne : Crow,
John Heltzel and William McAl
lister, l . '
CHURCH BOARD
REHIRES!
BEARC
SEiTE PROBE
ABOUT LIQUOR
'HUlOillE!
Office of I State Prohibition
- Commissioner Placed Un
der FirelvTwo'Committe
WW
of Five flamed
UNIFORM ROAD LAWS
START FIRST DEBATE
Senator josepn UDjects Uixsn
Economic grounds; l.lc3
are tleCorathitted
With little or no opposition, the
senate late, Wednesday afternoon
jadopted ar resolution introduced
y fenators. jM. Garland of Leb
anon, providing for an investiia
tion of the' office of tha state pro
hibition commissioner, George L.
Cleaver, and the prohibition law
in generalj J
There wjill be no haU-way meas
ures taken in ! the matter, at least
if Senator Garland has anything
to do with the matter, for he has
been preparing for such an Investi
gation forj weeks prior to the leg- .
islative session.
Committee Is Named -
A Joint j committee composed of
five members of the house and
five from the senate will take care
of the Investigation, and will be
authorized to make a thorough in
vestigation, to subpoena' witnesses
and to administer Oaths faan ef
fort to sift the situation to the
bottom and arrive at conclusions.
Recommendations as to the office
and commissioner, as well as fu
ture procedure in Tegards to the ,
?tate prohibition laws, will nn- '
donbtedly result from the . probe
of the loint; committee from the ;
two houses..'":
I The tnyestigation win be carried
on by tne tWD gtanamg eommittees
on alcoholic traffic. .. Members of
these committees are, in the senate
Senator Garland, chairman; B. I
Eddy, Roseburg; E. R. Butler, Th
Dalles; W. ! G. Hare, HlllshoroJ
and A. J Johnson, Corvallls. Mem
bers of the 'house alcoholic traffi
committee , are T. H. Huriburt,
Portland; W. C. North, Portland
G. G. Randall, Oregon City; M.
Fitzmaurlce Condon, and F. W.
German Portland. - ' .
Debate Jars Session
The first! debate in the 'senate
chambers ef " the 33rd legislature
took . place J during the afternoon
session ) yesterday when the sen
ate Joint resolution No. 2 was tak
en front the table. -;
The resolution was Introduced
by Senator! Charles Hall of Coos '
and Carry counties, and provides
for the appointment of a commit
tee frojot the house and senate to
confer with committees to be ap
pointed by! Washington and Cali
fornia, . with the object in view of
drawing up uniform road laws for
the three states. According to
those favoring the adoption ot the
measure, a great deal of incon
venience and embarrassment
would be saved -motorists by a
uniform code of regulations end
laws for the three coast states. A
committee ot two from the senate
and three from the house Is pro
posed j - !v -'
Joseph Opposes Measure
- The- measure was strenuously
opposed by Senator George 1 W
Joseph of Multnomah county, on
the ground that there was absc
lutelyi no Justification for the bill,
and that ho food could come from
it. The expenses of the commit
tee. Senator Joseph stated, would
amount to over $2,000, and this
would be taken from the road
fund,! which, he said, should be
conserved to the greatest possible
extent Senators S. M. Garland
of Linn county and A. M. LaFol
lette it Marlon also -opposed ' the
measure en economic grounds.
Alter ' considerable discussion,
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Week and also to acquaint intre
people? with the value of tie
classified columns of The Stat s
nan, a special offer 3 being
made for Thrift V.'cc'x. Cla ji
tied nds wrl be inserted for
seven tissues for the . price ct
three, j ds must be In .Satur
day sq as to appear in Sunday's
issue, January l"S, and will raa
sit week , including SunC r.
January 25, for the regular
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the display ad on rage ten cf
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