-V?
-.
Tll2 6litll6iV Generally
cloudy J moderate easterly winds. Thursday-''
Mai: 5; MIn.- 28; River- 8.1- falling; .Rainfall
none; Atmosphere foggy;: Wind west. '
yENTY-YOpRTH YEAR - -'g? -m,?-?-;- -y-.. f f .; r. J PRICE FIVE CEIHS
MM,
RniSDK CELL
r- 1 , 1 ' "
Sixteen. Year Old Girl. Evinces
UUie'Bemors After :Kiil-J
t U : r- . .' " -1 k T
ing i.ioiur, ; irj r rsejjzy oi
Temper". f-' - '
CRAZE FOR HIGHTrLlFEi
Mother ObjectslpWiW.QrIga
at 4nl2hi, -Ilfmj&M.:'
Chinese District :
SANr FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.
The cold. Inevitable forces of the
law started today, t - frame their
aftermath to the1 act oL Dorothy
Ellingson, 1 6. yeara old, la shoot-'
Ing her mother In a. hoif fit of
temper because the maternal pro
. hibitions aguJast the : girl's f re-
. q uent incursions ; Into the '' city's
night life had become too galling
for her to bear, , I . (
. The arrest in the early morning
hours in an obscure lodging housed
the confession told "with a fine
. command of her nerves, the book
ing at the city prison under a
murder charge, the appearance in
1 no doi ice courc. were acis in me
day's drama that , quickly suc-
ceeded each other.- i K J rf
The police , were busy tonight;
trying "to reconstruct the frayed
edges' of.the tragedy, now that
they-have bared the central plot.
The girl' companions of -the night
life, musicians at the New Shang
hai cafe on the frfjnge; of Chins?
town, where American: Jazsr With:
all of Its suggestionsjof barbaric
n Vkii ti A fn Vawmw&i maw m1 Y
even more feverish, -life frohl, the
Orient, youths who revel in the
dance were being rounded up for
scrutiny and examination. r.Tbeyl
wcreiu, ue iniryuucea 10 toe com
austerity of the detective bureau
in the hall of justice.
Joseph Elllngson, father, and
Earl Ellingsqn" brother of,, the
Kin,, visuea ner, anjtr, iJe cpnr
preliminaries had been done with,
She sought to embrace the broth
er but he thrust her of f,- admon
ishing her tp try and grasp the
enormity o Ver actT 'The fathei
sought to speak to her bufshe
turned from himr ner hands cup
ped against 3er earsl 'JJj I
Dave Stein, host to the girl at
a party at his home Tuesday night,
while the murdered woman layaf
the" morgue; 'iKeltjijLbrd' banjo
player in a'Xosllgele-s'cafeund
former musician at tbeKew Shang
hal; Harry 4Xesser dAncinff.Jcoin.
panion, and a, hajf score others
are being called ' on1 to 'make the
story of the tragedy complete. ,K?
A crowd ot the morbid went to
the fnneraj; ' 'establishment wrliere j
ine ooay 01 ine roomer is resang
today. Father"andson;'r busd
themselves k,with. rfunefl, plans,;
while the law slowly, started to;
work out tbeultiAatedtspwn.Ipn''
Police saV the act of the girl
was the result of sinister influ
ences arising from jazs, liquor and
night life habitues' ofi both' sexef.
Jn statements.; ia.t.'??X'?wrJ.0f
day the girl said her sudden rage
rose when the mother threatened
to lock and bolt the door against
her and call the police If she con
tinued to keep late hours.
TIEEffllTOOlE
FOB 10'
-Governor Refuses to Inter
fere With Cases; to Go.to ;.
Galfows Today '
SAN, FRANCISCO, Jan. 15.
Three Tnen will go to their death
on the gallows tomorrow, at tbg
two California state 'xjrisons for
the murder of one man. All were
convicted in Los Angeles year
ago of the murder of Charles A.
Chapman, an Insurance broker
who was slain during an attempt
ed robbery, . ; '
Governor Richardson has de
clined to interfere in their cases.
The condemned men are J ohn
Geregac, 25, who will be hanged
. at Folsom prison; John Ferdinand
30, and John Sears, 21. who will
die at the same time on the San
pueatia prison ca!law3. .- .
S MURDER
' ill- .'.
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(Cm . WSrS.
Record iPpe
qr; Meal WWeh o3tsj
; Saleiti Cooik Over : 60
fcven. In these davs i of hirh
prices $60 ia a big price to pay fof
a single meal, hut this' is What
Prank TJutterfield did early Thurs
day morning, and to make: matters
worse, "Butterfjeld, la $6o hjirf
self and the money from which' he
was relieved ( rtpresentd r wages
received for his culinary ability
; If"ButterfleId had eaten a little
more efore going hgtn "after
completing his shift "he would have
saved the v price of this meal and
"feutterfield is emrilrtvprf no
ciooic in the lunch tount0r'depart-
mcui. ouioe unuea vJigapf, storey
.At 10 o'clock Wednesday night
he called it a dav and wnt tn h
l9ln P Front,- JnstSjoff -from
r0. 1 " : " ll'
oui us was. una Die: to sleep.
And he became hungryi? : tButters
f ield knew what would relieve the
situatidn'-i-i big" hot-, bowi of
nobdlesJ - j i fjlfl' ,V" l
Getting up from bed and putting
on -rrts clothes, he neglected to. re
place the watch, a valuable time
piece; wnlchrwas left 06 the dress-
Genius and Appropriations
on Hand, But 0
her NaL-
tions are Superior
NEW YORK, Jan.
lo.- Money
and - genius for. an; a
program
that would put the United States
in the lead of any oth: nation are
available in . this country, yet In
performance, the nation is far be
hind France, .England-and Japan.
This" waf 'the Tur4en of testi
mony today before the f congres
sional subcommittee; ( Of inquiry
ft-
Into thUaitad StaUjM -air -service-
' -Witnesses - declared; ' American
designers had developed types of
airplanes military and commer-
ciai: wnicn lor "Wir; .respecuve
purposes ' could Wot' be equalled, by
other nations. Theytold of the
majority of world's I;; records for
aircraft which the ' United States
hblds;"fvthe operall$p.'Of the air
malC "the greatest! commercial
service in the world,of the priv
ate .'fiying in weslerR, states 'which
outdid similar ' activities in any
other country; of the readiness of
bankers - and business institutions
to utilize ' aerial transportation.
Nevertheless" commercial? aviation
in the United States 'threatened
With death in its infancy, witnesses
. testified. ?iT,he bigest; aircraft
manufacturers are ' fbeing driven
f rbni" the" 'field. ' accoirding.. to. wit
neeses Who, held thf j government
chiefly, . responsible1 because "it. not
onlyfalled torjedopeHjte wltn'priv
ate airplahe manufacturers but 'ac
tually competed with them to
disastrous degree. ? " .; ,
M OF BIG
, - - - . . 0 : -- . :
Major Genefai Buliard An
- nourices Resignation Aft-.
5 er44 YearsiServica
:: : ' ! -.'-if- x :
NEW s YORK, Ji-. 1 5Ji-MaJor
GeneraLJiobeft'Lee; Buliard relin
quished. command of thei Second,
army corps: area at noon today and
went into - retirement after 44
year;s3ten.o1 Hls; passing, re
moved from activ service the last
of America's war tixne military big
four. The 64 year age limit which
forced him to step down today had
previously ; eliminated ' ! eGneral
Pershing and Majo General Hunt
er Liggett. MajorCeneral! James
Q.-Harbord, who '.completed the
quartet vobintaril Sretired to be
come president of tie Radio Cor
poration ofXmerJca , V,
Major General Eallard wJII re
maln'aa a ctizefrotNewj York al
though the nature of the business
he will enter"Bas ot been -an-nounced.
. ,
ROBBERY ATTEMPTED
' RDSEBURG, Or,.? Jan. 15-An
attempt was made late this after
noon to hold, up the) Southern Pa
cific ticket office af Oakland, but
the robber was frightened away.
. SAN SALVADOTI.v Jan. 15.
Earth tremors which" lasted three
minutes and we're f considerable
Intensity for tairtj seebnds - were
felt here today: TSe center of the
disturbance was atout 100 'miles
USi FLEET ;
HELWERIOR
' Mil , - -
-"(s J Iidll :n Hj
er. The money remained on his
person. v ; t :r---t ' ij .-: i . ..
After "leaving the Shanghai res
taurant Butterfield started, home
but - jUst - before he reached the
dwelling the was accosted by a
stranger7 with the request that he
."elevate.! - Butterfield getting a
good 'look" at the artillery and
lacking any resertes, "elevated."
A partner of the stick-up artist
came up from behind and made
the search '' -? . J '". -i' :j-
'Butterfield ' believes Vthe first
man to be about middle age and
the second a younger man, for the
first, who was' experienced, direct
ed the second : in " making the
search. No. 1 had a cap pulled
well down over his face" while No.
2 was not; seenj " 1 i Vs
Recently hoboes have been - us
ing the Oregon , Electric freight
trains for transportation, as many
as 40 arriving In a single night,
according 1 o the police.- .Tb.et
theory, is 'advanced, .owihg to the'
location of the hold - np, , that it
might.be the work of two of the
itinerant strangers. s 'i Z 'K , '
Hendershott Ousted crnd Rid
dle Reinstated Over Pro
test of Governor i
William II. Hendershott Port
land, commandant of the old sol
diers'., home at Roseburg, was
ousted at -a meeting of the state
board of control Thursday and
George W." Riddle Of Roseburg,
former commandant, was rein
stated!. The change in institution
heads Iwas effected over the pro
test of Governor Pierce, who ..with
Jefferson Myers, then state treas
urer, elected Hendershott to the
position last August- The ouster
proceedings were introduced by T.
B. Kay, state treasurer, whose
stand was backed by Sam AKo
zer, secretary of state, leaving the
governor helpless to block the
change.-.--' - .'- ,- ;-.'
In' a - letter djstated shortly af
ter the meeting. Governor Pierce
charges the majority 'members of
the board "with' politics.'' The let
ter given to" the press," Said: ; .
- "Jii "governor, ot the state of
Oregon, and a jmember of the
board of control, I .wish to pro
test1 against the removal1 of W. M.
Hendershott as commandant of
OieT Oregon.. state soldiers' home,
for the reason! tnat he has been
found, to be by far the most eco
nomical, commandant that has had
cbar'gejof 'the b6me. and fully in
sympathy with the' purposes of
the"lnUItutl6n v fiw ,
Mrt Rjddle' aa discharged as
commandant owing to charges
riled 'against him" by, the Spanish
war veterans.: A hearing was held
at Roseburg and the majority of
the' boardC of. control Ht that time
found ""that the charges were su
tained j by. the, testimony,., this evi
dence showing that. Commandant
Riddle was 'hot . "conducting ' his
v. .. - '"
(Contlaaaa on pas 2)
OiWIII
GIVEN BY PIERCE
Jy ' ,' i " I ' ' 1 '
Clemency Extended . to Five
Murderers During First
Halt of Term i;
Three full pardons, eight re
prieves, -17 commutations and 86
conditional pardons were granted
by Governor Pierce , In t his first
two years of office,- according to a'
prin ted "renort furnished members
of the legislature. Clemency was
extended' to five 'murders;' George
Parker, who wis hanged' after re
ceiving ' two , reprieves'; Russell
Hecker, who is serving life instead
of being hung; Joe Hiel, George
Honoff and James yHammond;
lifers, the first two pardoned; f 6r
deportation and: the latter;- to, be
sent to a home for the aged. All
were conditions) "pardons.
Among other conditionally par
cloned j were three', convicted of
manslaughter and 11 convicted of
Sex crimes. ; Among ; the man
slaughter cases was that of Charl
es Purdin, who' was sent up from
Multnomah, county, and who was
pardoned on : recommendation of
Judge Stapleton, who presided at
his trial, and of the Spanish-war
veterans. ; He was sent tod sold-isrs'-
bome ; ia.- CzlZztslH' .,"'
HBED
1 ra-r:R?!r
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Expulsion- Helrl Eitting. Pun
1 isMment foriUtteringPoip
t trines'Contrari to Church
i cctuiiiuys
BOARD OF REVIEW HOLD
'RETIRED BJSH0FGUILTY
Ppwey.. t-o , Ppi, Sentence Into
, Effect Rests With House
of . Bishops
CLEVELAND; Ohio, Jan. 15.-
(By The Associated? Press.) Ex
pulsion from th ministry" was an-
- - ,. ; . ...- , .
nounced - here today as; a fitting
punishment for' the Right , Rev.
William Montgomery . Brown, re
tired " bishop d it the protestant
Episcopal diocese of Arkansas.
The finding came from the church
board , of revie after three days
of argument ott: the action of the
trial court ( which last May found
Bishop Brown kuilty of uttering
doctrines contWT7. to , those; held
by the chnrcn. The reviewing
body diicovered . no error in !the
trial affirming! (those proceedings
without exception. Bishop Wil
liam A. Leonard i)f Cleveland, pre
siding officer ipf the review eourt
explained tha( the power to :Pt
the sentence ioto effect rests with
the house of bishops. That body,
which meets at the' general con
vention of the church In New Or
leans next' September, ; will . hear
the reports of ;jthe trial and review
and approve pr disapprove them.
Approval can jbe given only by a
two-thirds vot of . all ; the 130
bishops entitled to vote. .. . i :A-
BisBoBrowiisaId-bMvl-4
In God "not a ; being with mascu
linity.'? or one; with arms and legs,
but "af precious symbol, of the In
finite reality j which has brought
jail things into being as parts of
itself maker; of heaven and
earth.7 ' : ' : j,.
He expressed his belief in Jesus
Christ, "His inly. son, our Lord,"
not' literally but as "the symbol of
the son of God the human man
ifestation of all . that It true and
beautiful ' and: good.",
1 ' 'Who was conceived by the
Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin
Mary, "; he jauoted. 'Not liter
ally, of course. Mode-rn biology
has made thej literal acceptance of
this belief impossible lor any of
us, but in stripping us of this lit
eral interpretation it has released
the symbol lor "greater useful
ness.". I 1
attorney: ox trial.
'L
GENEVA, j; 111., Jan. 15. War
ren J. Lincoln, the r Aurora lawyer-florist.
wo two years ago, kil
led hls.wlfe nd Byron Sq.oup,"'her
brother 'and sealed tieir , despl
tated heads jin ; a cement block
which he used tor a porch support
went on, trial for the murders to
day and? at jpnee asked a change
of venue. - j " "" :
iliiSH
1 ' 1 i j 1 1 l v .' ! . 4' -i.
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First College? , Degree West o Rockies
: lisiied by Willamette to JfCiass'"of '59
Emflr YorltlVas Iteclpient, Declares Prof. Clark; Peaceful Indian
. V Tribe Camped Along WhVat. 'Is Now State Street " ' i
That Willamette university had
the honor -ipf? giving-4 degree to
the first college studeat ever grad
natei' west floffthe" Rocky moun
tains ' was one of the Interesting
facts broug&t out by Prof. Herman
Clark, instructor in- the science
department Sat the naiversity; la
a' talk before the students yester
day,". " j,:-':ui','i-';"i
- The recipient of the degree was
Emily .York'j the only member of
the class of 1859, who died a few
years ' ago. It is said that MIUs
college of California .Speeded up
its graduation process daring the
same ; year n order to' gain the
credit . of handing' out' the first
degree, . but the gene'ral . feeling
is that Willamette's claim was the
more legiUinate. ; .
- Ptofessoj" j Clark, In his talk,
painted. a. graphic picture, basing
his facts up?n a talk he had with
A. F. . Waller's son years ago. of
the early jlife in the vicinity of
Salem. 14 j 18 47, he said just
three yearji after the Oregon In
stitute -was f founded here for the
instruction.1 of white children, only
four buildings were standing. One
of these wa the Oregon Institute
building Which stood on the spot
now marked by an inscribed boul
der monument on the present cam-
:4-!Mi. hi !H '! f -! ' ! : -" ! -. - -r : ' I Mf '
DELIVERS ADDRESS
Hat j and Cloves f Worn When
Th Woman Executive Road.i Mes- :
sage
to Legislature
HI',
CHEYENNE. Wyo.. Jan. 15.
Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross de
fied, precedent, today, by wearing
hat and gloves whileshe read her
message to the Wyoming legisla
ture. ; No other governor ever
stood . before the legislative body
with covered head, and hands. ,'.
Although the governor's office
Is under the same roof as the hall
of representatives ! and . is ; only a
few feet distant, Governor Ross
entered in street apparel of deep
mourning. Including 'fa widow's
veil . . - i il:,k;;:::;.j.:. ,;-v.
Governor Ross was escorted to
the hall by' a procession which in
cluded supreme and; district Judi
ciaries state of ficers and a com
mittee! senators and representa
tives. She received, long applause
when she entered and at the con
clusion of her address. j f 4- 1
' Perfectly composed she read for
44 minutes in a ' clear jvoice but
pitched so low it was Inaudible to
the majority of those' who packed
the hall. After the address 'mem
bers off "the legislature and ' many
others filed past the rostrum and
congratulated Governor Ross.!
SPECIALIST IS
REj
Dr. Brown. Here to Stage
4 Survey of Marion ; Coun
, ty for Health Program '
Dr. and Mrs. Walter H. Brown,
accompanied by their, two chil
dren, Phillip and Lucy, arrived in
Salem late Wednesday night from
Richland, Ohio.; Dr, Brown is to
have charge of the Commonwealth
child health program, which fs to
be held in Marion county during
the next five '; yeans under the
sponsorship of the commonwealth
fund oTyewTTOTkT: I"
I The chief concern of ;Dr. Brown
yesterday was i to find a place to
live until he could have his 'house
hold goods shipped from Ohio,
where they are in storage.
The first official act of the di
rector when he arrived here was
to bold a conference with George
W. Hug, superintendent of city
schools, yesterday relative to se
curing headquarters and facilities
to carry on the; program here.
; The commonwealth fund, which
la to be used to hold the program
in Marion county la the gift of the
Harkness familyj.; ; j ; : i';
The welfare of children has
been the point! of interest of Mrs.!
Harkness, and consequently1 she
has set aside i several millions 1 of
dollars as a trust fund for the
purpose of furthering health pro
gram and other demonstrating
fora five year period over various
parts of the country. ' , 5!" k
The first move to be made! by
the experts here will be to make
a study of the needs of the county
as- they relate to the. particular
work at hand, xy::
; 1 Dr. Brown stated that it must
be "perfectly understood that : the
work in this section was such that
would not create disorder. ' ' :
"In the' first place the work is
simply t6.be added to what has
already, beeix done to make a bet-
(Coatlnnd pact 7)
pus jof the :nnTvefsity7 Another
was ; the( old Methodist parsonage
which stood on the present ste
of the Tom! Kay wooien) mill's of
fice; The third was Jason Lee's
old habitation situated where the
Boise house; on Broadway now
stands. The other; one i was; the
shanty of J. L. Parrish, who, had
claimed the land- which now: sur
rounds Parrish grove4, and, the J,
L: Parrish junior, high school.; : , :
t The rest, of the ; country for
miles around" was bare of white
man's habitation, although a
peaceful Indian tribe was' camped
on i what is now the down town
part of;state street. In-the sum
mer time the Indians would "mi
grate to the! hills to hunt game,
and as Waller told Professor
Clark, it i took a half a day for
the! tribe to file out of the settle
ment.1: f :) -: n-;,':- ' ": :-:
No communication with the out
side world was had except ; once
each year when a ship, would, leave
New- York,1 j pass around f Cape
Horn, go across to "Hong Kong,;
thence to the Columbia riyer, ana
finally dock i at what '"was then
known : as Vlllamette 'Flls; the
r resent' site of 'Oregon' City.'f Sup-
(Coutlnne on pe O
I I ft 1 1 n n n n n r " '
'RilTH HlllliS
UU MI IIUUULU
Representatives, With One
? Exception, Lend Endorse
ment to. Investigation and
Name! Committee; ' :
SALEM JUSTICE COURT
: MAY, BECOME FEE-LESS
Senator ! Laf olfett Wants Of
i flees Conducted on Flat
j Salary Basis '
i! f
Oregon 'taxpayers do not want
the legislature f to ; uselessly, ex
pend mdnev in Investiatfons, de
clared. Representative L. M." Gra
ham of Forest Grove, in making
the; one dissenting vote in the
house yesterday when .the senate
resolution asking for a probe of
the prohibition situation was read
and later adopted., t The motion
for; adoption was put by. F. W,
Meindl of Portland, who remark
ed that as long as Governor Pierce
and George L. Cleaver, state pro
hibition commissioner, had Invited
the investigation; the quicker it
was made the' better. . -
. Support to the resolution was
.given ' by Representative W. F.
Woodward and T. H. Hurlburt,
both of Portland. It was pointed
out that the resolution does' not
seek! to bamper' the effectiveness'
of the "prohibition law. but the
word had gone forth" that there
was either much neglect '.in the
enforcement "of the law'but merely
the results of -the .law, after It had
been tried out for two years. " It
was' held that; if the prohibition
department was In! the right,1 the
investigation would ! be welcome,'
but if the contrary was true, the
probe would" be feared. Repre-
Benttttv;1Iiham; rdemanded:a
roll call and voted against the res
olution,!-Rey4 H.. F, ( Pemberton,
pastor , of the-:. Leslie Methodist
church, i offered . the, invocation.
Before the ' adjournment com
mittees- were appointed in both
houses with Representatives Rush
light, Hurlburt," Lonergan, Swan
and j Fjjtzmaurice serving in the
house and Senators Garland,, Ed
dy, Butler, Johnsonand Hare, the
standing alcoHOlip traffic "commit
tee.1 acting in the upper house.
Two! bills of Interest to Salem
were Introduced by Senator Alex
Ml LaFollett.I who is" seeking to
abolish! the fee system in justice
courts j of this district, and, su De
stituting flat salary, compensation
of $2400 a year for the justice of
the eace and 11800 for constable.
Thej bills require the officials to
furnish; their own office and court,
become effective July W: AH, the
fees; , collected byj the justice of
the peace would be turned bvter to
the countys court. Though no
mention was maae in ue Dins, cne
(Oontlnad on pas 2)
Bank Commissioner Resigns;
Ask Thorough Probe of r
Graft Charges
t TOPEKA. Kana., Jan. 15 (By
The Associated "Press.) Carl J.
Peterson state bank"? commission
er,! involved' with former Govern
or Jonathan M, Davis, in an alleg-
pardon trafficking ring, pre
sented; his' resignation to Governor
Ben S Paulsen today and demand
ed! that bis accusers meet him in
-acea wun tne aemana oy ai
torney General C. B. Griffith that
he quit his office or answer to ous
ter proceedings in the sunreme
court, IMn ! ! Peterson elected to
withdraw, but denied the buster
threat; influenced his decision.
Governor Paulen had, not acted
on the resignation today. He said
a successor probably would not be
named for several days.
The ibank commissioner who has
been ! formerly Governor 'Davls
chief political adviser, declared he
would! Vtake up the fight and de
fend Governor Davis against the
mallcfoas and vicious attacks of
hiaj political enemies."'
Meanwhile Volney O. Johnson,
convicted,, Aulne bank embezzler.
was; being sought by the state" in
an effort to link np Da-vis and
Peterson In the alleged sale of
executive clemency.
TriejiBflfiorj
: j.1 J;;ji .:; ';. !!.!,, ,;;
your business
r...
"Cpipfti NtTE ARE
, ' DESTROYED
BY
Ifiiffe Sea Animal Rains Seines
llillf Purisuin School of
COR pOVA, 1 Alaska, j Jan. 15.
A whalev chasing a school 6fher-
i ring Into -. a- lagoon during; high
tide at Kachemak bay,; Seldovia,
found himself trappnad and, be
fore he followed a gasoline boat
three weeks ater out" of, the la
goon towardj the' mortht PacifkJ
ocean, damaged more than $5,000
worth of fishing nets j after being
wounded by hundreds of bullets;
Fish Commissioner; William' Pi
Studdert recounted on hia return
here..? Vr :' r ' f ' V ".I : 'V"- -.
The lagoon, "noted as one of the
finest herring banks on Cook in
let, " being crowded;" with fisher
men during j the' season, is four
miles long and two miles wide.
It ia connected.'; to Kachemak bay
byVa narrow'- shallow channel. '
Twelve nets .were destroyed the
first day the; whale, made his appearance.-
Fishermen, aided by
Commissioner Studdert,." trained
every shotgun In camp on, ;the
whale as! he sped from, one end
of, the lagoqn. to the other with
out finding Jtn exit.' Hundreds of
nets were , ruined before he fol
lowed a., small- boat through the
channel.. ' - L . I ; :
Appointment By j President
j Ebert Established. Con-
: servative Cabinet
BERLIN! Jan. 15. (By the A.
P.) Dr. Hans Luther, former
lord mayorof Essen and recent
minister of finance in the Marx
Stresemann cabinet, is " the new
German' chancellor..' He- received
his appointment this afternoon
from President EberfaflerTie bad
assured the president that he had
evolved a! workable; solution for
the long drawn-out Cabinet crisis.
The new government,' ,the first
straightaway! conservative bour
geois cabinet "since the republic
was founded, will officially appear
before the reichstag tomorrow af
ternoon. ,.- .; -r'-r' T-; ' . ;-.
Six days were devoted to ironing
out' the. parliamentary situation
which has caused trouble in, the
ministry sjnc4 last May, and which
ultimately developed into, a hope
less parliamentary 'impasse" be
cause of the ! indecisive 'results of
the recent general elections for
the reichstagi ' " ;
i Chancellbrj Luther's cabinet
amply reflects the variety of con
flicting and Intensely hostile cur
rents which baffled him " during
the-eours of his week of barter
ing with pary leaders, 'i It repre
sents the cumulative results of de
termined (efforts to; eliminate the
powerful socialist party na otner
liberal' bodies' from' the conduct
of public affairs. ; This campaign
began shortly after the elections
of last May when the national
ists made' a "heavy increase- In their
reichstagj mandates," and it v was
givept renewed impetus through
Gustav Stresemann's espousal of
a nationalist and bourgeois coali
tion. ;I. - '. .; r-.,.. .,:
Washington Body to Dismiss
I rrr ! n a! Ii J .Li' . . !C .
unending memoirs it ,
! Lobbying Continues
OLYMPIA, Wash. Jan. 1 5.
A warning that lobbyists might
conduct their activities elsewhere
than'on 'the floor of the house of
representatives, was , issued, here
this afternoon py Speaker Floyd
B. Danskin of Spokane. Speaker
Danskinj said he had been told
that lobbyists" had . Invaded the
houses and - worked for various
kinds off legislation by direct' ap-'
peal to jthe representatives. He
served Inotice that . "offenders
would be warned once, and if they
were reported ..again, their privil
eges of entrance upon' the floor
would be summarily withdrawn."
Members - of the, house - were
asked to cooperate in the preven
tion of lobbying.
Committee 'assignments were
named la - the afternoon, session
and will be acted upon by the
membership of the house tomor
row. - j ' t '
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LUTHER IID
AS GH WELLOR
1 . "j--f :;;. ; , . -. ;-...; '
; , :; - j- -. t " 4 .-:"..';: ' :
' make. 105s yorit ma year.
You can do it with the right kind or "advertis
ing; Convincing copy and compelling illustra
tions wilt sell 'Bound-merchandise and promote
effectively.
FflBiiEIC Ei!0
Qeneral Exodus Takes Place
j Following. Adjournment.
Thursday Noon; Session
Convenes Monday
IMPORTANT MEASURES
I - ARE OFFERED EARLY
Machinery Gets Under Way
( and Work Will Be Re
sumed After Recess
Like the proverbial Arabs, mem
bers of the. 33rd session of the leg
islature adjourned shortly before
noon Thursday abd will not take
up their duties again until called
tof order i at 11 o'clock Monday
morning.; pin' the four-day open
ing session, 46 bills were Intro
duced in the house and 24 In the
senate. "j ; ' ' ' '
Opening of the 1925 legislature
established a "precedent, in that
organization and committee 1 ap
pointments were made at the first
meeting and with the continued
Pla for;ipeed, a great number of
Important bills were Introduced
eaf- ! j : ,: ' -"',
GettinR Lined Vp
v.The adjournment over the week
end will give an opportunity to
the soions to get the various com
mittees lined up and when the
recess is' ended, the session -promises
to get back to business im
mediately. So far no actjon has
been taken regarding the annual
Junket (trip to the university o(
Oregon or the Oregon Agricultur
al college. Some are in favor ol
the trip while, others are set
agraiast It, -A'tbtrd-group believes
that a committee can represent the
legislature and make a satisfac
tory report while the rest stay and
keep hammering away. .
Legislation" Appears
Among important legislation
that made its appearance during
the'.week and around which there
are expected to be several heated
discussions and much argument,
aro the j repeal of the act creating
the" state piarket agent, which U
in direct opposition to the wishes
expressed in his biennial message
by "Governor Pierce; launching of
the probe into the office of the
state prohibition commissioner.
George L. Cleaver,-and the entire
prohibition situation and ratifica
tion of the proposed amendment
to the federal constitution on chil l
labor. ; ! t
J! Bills Are Varidd
Bills; introduced tbJs week have
been, varied and range from an
inspection of. bedding to regulat
ing salaries. , Ten bills were in
troduced by request of W. B. Den
nis, of -Carl ton, chairman of the
governor's special committee "ap
pointed some time ago to investi
gate and report upon various di
visions of the traffic laws. Tfci
bills were Introduced by the hous
committee on highways and road ;
and provide for certain changes i.t
the registration fees, buss license 1
and kindred, affairs.
THURSDAY
Vashingtoii
IN
"The house "passed "the $23,000.
000 rivelrs ami , harbors author I
sationi ' - - ,
C. Bascom Slemp announcei 1
would -resign as secretary-to H
president. ! '
j i . "
Representative Everett Sander
of Indiana wilf succee'd Mr. Slerr;
The Isle of Pines treaty, recc
nizing sovereignty over the terr
t6r;! "Was taken up by the sen a
after' mora than 20 years.
Railroad executives contina
their; testimony before a sen:,
committee on a bill to reduce t'
Interest, charges, on governmf
loans.!
i i ;-
A plan to transfer to Wasl.I
ton the legal proceedings ins; I:
ed in Montana against Eer:
Burton. K. Wheeler, was pi .
before officials.
. .. '
;
A; bill to make mandatory t
Imposition of prison sentencn :
violations of the prohibition 1
was reported, by th fconc? j
lary; committer '.
BSDESISI
Fil LKBJG
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