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SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23,U925 !
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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REPUDIATIOIM
OF DEBTS
REALPROBLEIU
Chairman Borah; of Foreign
Relations Committee Dis
cusses French Attitude on
Debt Claims
PAYMENT OF DEBT HELD
INIQUITOUS BY FRANCE
No Offer of Settlement Has
Been Made in Five Years,
Borah States
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. The
real problem with respect to the
French debt Is that of repudia-
tlon. Chairman "Borah of the for
eign relations committee declared
today-in theJ senate.-... ,
Replying to the . speech in . the
French chamber of deputies yes
terday by Deputy Marin, j Chair
man Rorah said that no one could
read the debate or the French
press without concluding . that
"acquittal" of the debt is now the
issue "that no part of it is to be
fettled; that no part of it is to be
paid." . . , I; - '
'.Ot course that gTeat people
can take the position and repudi
ate their obligation in that way."
be added, "but if they choose to
do io, the truth of history ought
to carry the actual facts In regard
to the debt and the conditions and
circumstances surrounding the
settlement.
No' Offer, J lade
"I do hot know whether it is
exactly just to say that we are
now discussing the question of ab
solute repudiation, hut in riew of
the fact hat for five years there
has been no offer of settlement;
no payment of principal,; and no
. payment of Interest, in view ot the I
further fact that no-specific prop-!
osltion for settlement has evr
been made, that it is not appar
ently now intended, as the press
of France and as the speakers
upon behalf of those people now
indicate, I assume that' this is the
real problem between ns." ;
Quoting at length from M. Mar
in's address in the course of which
the French de juty said it would
be iniquitous for the United States
to collect its $4,000,000,000 debt
from France, Senator: Borah as
serted that there was no justifi
cation for the efforts made to
place the United States in the po
sition eof an exacting creditor. -British
Debt Reduced
Declaring that in ..the - settle
ment of the British debt the Unit
ed States had written off from the
terms of the original contraot the
sum of $3,800,935,000, the Idaho
senator said the facts were that
the American , government had
been more generous with its asso
ciates la the war than it had been
with its own taxpayers. -"If
we should settle with France
pon the basis upon which we
settled with England." he went
on, "we'would cancel by that set
tlement nearly 50 cents on .the
dollar of all France, owes us. I
cannot understand, unless it is a
question of absolute rejection of
the debt entirely unless It is pro
posed to create such a condition
of public mind and such an opin
ion in regard to the matter that it
can be I hesitate to use the very
harsh word 'repudiation' unless
it can bo acquitted. I will say
UPOn th nart nf th United States.
cannot understand how any other
.terms than those which have been
offered could be expected.
SE
I
Moro Than 600 Ex-Service
Men and Members Enjoy
L Entertainment
Veterans of three wars were
present -at the annual Elks' Open
House last night, to which fully
C(K)0
persons were in attendance.
FolloH-intf h aririroaa nf wplromn
B excellent program was presented."-
. v
Space was at a premium In the
-B,5 anditorium -of the elub
TOms; and TPlprnni wera hardlv
to secure standing room.
Ha:
IUT oi them were forced to
and
at the door and catch a
; KUmpse of the fine entertainment
u presented.
Me8t8 ot honor, and a special es
rt was provided them to the
nmet room where refreshments
ELKS
DPFTJ
DRAWS BIG C
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Prison Held Obsolete
After Examination by
Noted ! Eastern Expert
Condemnation of thei peniten
tiary, holding the boys' . training
school building a firetrap, : and
praise for the building of the girls
training school was given yester
day by B. Ogden Chisholm, of the
international prison commission
by Virtue of special appointment
by President Coolidge, upon com
pleting a survey of the penal in
stitutions, of the istate. t Political
strife In the conduct of the prison
was lamented while the . visitor
praised . the ability of those in
charge of the , institutions. ;Mr.
Ogden is touring the entire coun
try, collecting data of all kinds,
and is making his first visit to the
coast.' ; : j v? t-;
"The Oregon state penitentiary
is 50 years behind the times, 'and
no progress can be made until a
new plant is secured," Mr. Chis
holm said . yesterday. ! "Modern
ideas are in use there, j but it is
useless to work I with a wornout
equipment. . ! " i
"I am glad to see that Warden
A. M. Dalryraple secures discipline
by reducing the privileges, that are
given . the prisoners for j good be
havior. That part. Is all right j but
the building in which the men are
kept Is ridiculous. .
The cells used by the prisoners
are out of date, even the flat bars
Legislation of Unusual Fea
tures or Radical Changes
Lacking at Session
j
Four bills were passed by: the
house during the morning session.
These were. H.,B. No. 9, by, Swan,
pertaining, to wills and clarifying
statements in existing laws; H. B.
No. 16,., by Winslow, prohibiting
bringing of untested bovines into
Tillamook county and putting
teeth in herd inspection bill; H.B.
No.53, by Fisher, relating to
livestock ' running at large in
Douglas county, H. B. No. 65, by
Shrock, relating to selection ot
use oc textbooks ana. eiiecting
Portland, -was laid on the i table
until conslderated by. the Multno
mah county delegation, j
Recommendations that various
house bills be passed were return
ed by committees having the; fol
lowing bills: H;. B. 'No. 4 (with
amendment), permanent improve
ment and maintenance of market
roads; H. B. No. 26,1 defining? mo
tor trucks; H. B. No. 48, limiting
refund of tax on motor vehicles;
H. B. No. 72, regulating pliimb
ing; H. B. No. ;73, perUining to
persons engaged in plumbing; H.
B. No. 77, providing for invest
ment of funds of interstate bridge
fund; H. B. No. 13, sale pfl real
estate of a minor ward; H. B, No.
16. terms of court of second Judi
cial district; H. B. No. 30, vUidat-
(OoBttnned. oa pac S) ;1
WALTER JOISOi
START DAMAGE SUIT
Stories of Life Declared tD Be
Fake; $50,000 Dam
ages to Be Sought j
NEW YORK,' Jan, 22. Walter
Johnson, veteran pitching hero of
the last world's series, today asit
ed the supreme court to issue a
voeti-nlnlnir order enjoining tne
Thompson Feature Senric Inc.
th Brooklyn Daily Eagle.) and
other newspapers throughout the
country from further se off a set-to.
nf svndlcated articles purport
ing to be a history of his baseball
career. ..--" ! " !- ; '
Thn tar of the Washington
twirling sUff also senred notice
that he would sue for f 50,000
rtTaee and for an accounting of
receipts fronf publication of eight
of a projected series or iz anicie
dealing' with his life. : The veter
an pitcher alleges the serieB is a
.h.m i (raid and a fake," His
Injunction plea will be argued be
ih. ennrema r court? next
ThnrlgT. .. s ' I !T 1-. I
Johnson's complaint recites that
Kovember 1924; the ; tfroo
lyn Daily Kagle and many; other
papers In the United States have
been publishing articles in the se
ries. The articles, written; by
Lillian Barker, represent Johnson
, r.i.ted his experiences
to the writer forTurpoes.crpub-
HOUSE PASSES FULKERSOll IS
4 MEASU RES i NAMED LEADER
m
which are used cause the light to
be kept out of the cells. The keep
ing of two men in a cell is all
wrong, and should be changed so
that three men are together, .The
bucket system of toilet is used in
part and is a detriment to the
health of the prisoners. , ,The
Whole ward is befouled by this
manner of caring for waste." .
In discussing the boys' school
Mr. Chisholm stated that the pres
ent system amounted "to nothing.
The building, he said, is a ridicu
lous affair, worn out and is not
fit for use as an institution. It is
a , firetrap, and God help those
boys if a fire ever broke out. The
fire-escapes would not help much.
The cottage system, which is to be
adopted, met the approval of the
investigator, i f
Superintendent 14 M, Gilbert
is up to. date with his methods -in
handling the-boys, although he is
handicapped by the, out-of-date
and worthless building. ; He is
likable and the boys seemed ; to
like him very. much,"; s !
The most modern plant of the
penal institutions of the state; is
the girls' training school and it is
not as complete as it should be,
Mr. Chisholm said. A combination
(Contlaad oa pas 7
Four New Communities are
I Admitted to Federation .
! at Annual Meeting
l At the 'annual meeting of the
Marion County Community feder-.
ation, held last evening at the
Chamber of Commerce, At.N. Ful-
kerson ot Salem Heights was
elected president: Fred L. Scott of
Liberty vice president and W. W.
Fox of HayesTille, secretary and
treasurer. . ' r .
The four new communities ad
mitted the federation last evening
are Hayesville. Fruitland, Middle
Grove and' Turner. The next
meeting of the federation wilt be
held In February at Liberty, Pres
ident Fulkerson announced. M
1 In reports from ; the : various
community clubs ot the county,
there was a general feeling of op
timism for community work.
Many clubs reported j practical
work done in getting people bet
ter acquainted with each other
and the fostering of a wider com
munity spirit.
L. L. Swan, representative from
iltnn conntv. sneaking on the
dance hall bill, now before tne
house of representatives, said that
a dance hall proprietor should be
licensed under bond and that If
he did not comply with the law.
he should not only lost his license,
but should also forfeit' his bond.
Lloyd T. Reynolds, representa
tive from Marion county, explain
ed the proposed child labor
amendment to the : constitution,
going Into details as to age limit
laws for children la several states
U. S. CrowderV speaking in fa
vor 'of the proposed amendment
told of his early days in the soutn
where he saw hundreds of cnli
dren working in cotton mills and
also in the mills of New Engiana
He declared a law should be pass
ed compelling men to stay at home
(Continued oa ptff :
SUGAR BEET PLAIIT
m wa built
Work Started on $1,500,
000 Factory at Bel- :
lingham
: SEATTLE, Jan. 22. Construc
mmi f s. new" Plant of tne Utah-
Idaho Sugar company at a cost ot
approximately $1,560,000 was pe
gun today at Bellingham, Wash.,
J. W . Timpson , of Toppenish,
Wash., Washington state manager
of the company, announced here. :
The company is dismantling a
factory at Toppenish and will re
move the machinery to ueiuns-
ham, he said. -
Farmers of Whatcom and Skagit
counties have contracted to grow
45 to acres of sugar beets this year
and the Bellingham factory will
be ready toihandle tbem.tn Octo
ber, Mr. Tinipson asserted.
"The Utah-Idaho company has 18
sugar factories In the Pacific
1 northwest, r - -
CflDPC DV fillet I
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ITIlBLISi
Lawyer, and, Former, Pu&llc
Service Commissioner of
New Yorlc Summoned By
District Attorney
EXPLANATION DESIRED
ON SWINDLING SCHEME
Stream of Victims Besiege
Authorities; Many Penni-1
less Through Fraud
V,
NEW YORK, Jan. 22. William
L. Ransom, former public service
commissioner and city court jus
tice and now law partner of ex-
Governor j Charles Si Whitman,
was summoned to the district at
torney's office today ! to explain
how he came to receive checks ag
gregating $248,500 from;. Moses
Turman, who yesterday confessed
to $1,300,000 of forgeries in con
nection with a get-rlch-quick
scheme.' '..-- '" t ; i
Ransom was closeted! today with
Assistant j District" Attorney Pe-
cora. :: i r : u ;, , ; i i
Mr. Pecora expected also to
question M..N. Koveu and Archi
bald Palmer, attorneys who were
shown by cancelled checks turned
over to authorities today to have
received, respectively i from ' Tur
man, $313,379 and $11,205. h
Counsel for relatives of Turman
who were his partners; as well as
his victims, handed authorities
123 canceled-checks. J-;';. ! -::.ri
The day brought a ; stream of
persons to the . district attorney's
office, all. complaining ;that they
had lost from $4,000 to $100,0oa
through Turman." Some , of "the
vlcUma of the 27-year-old flnan
cler.'Whose $ 2,00 0,00 0 borrowingy
and lendings started With $100 he
borrowed for his destitute mother,
said they never had seen Turman.
They had entrusted their savinajs
to him through third rparties; they
said, after having heard of the
65 per cent per week profits-he
paid. , " i j-.-ov-.s i.
Rumors of the Impehding prose
cution of Turman's clients on the
ground that they became suilty of
usury in loaning him money , at
high rates of interest, hcaused Tur
man to ; remove the ;word "Inter
est' from his confession and sub
stitute the word "prpfit." i
i Although at liberty under $5,-
000 bail on an Indictment for sec
ond degree forgery, Tfcrman epent
most of the day at ithe district
attorney's headquarters. ; helping
decipher the story fold by bundles
of cancelled checks which were all
that remained of the;' business of
the Equity Finance company. ;
DRY lEFiTTUSE ;
BREATH TABLETS
Judge Dickson l;Says He
! Never Smelled Liquor
Upon Cleavqr Men ;
Men employed by G"eorge L.
Cleaver, state prohibition commis
sioner, whose office ; and activi
ties are being investigated by the
legislature, undertook to enforce
the law diligently and vigorously,
and he never smelled liquor on
their breaths, Judge Ashby G.
Dickson of Portland j told the in
vestigating committee yesterday.
Mr. Cleaver never employed men
of disrepute while he was positive
that Cleaver and the Multnomah
county-officers always worked in
harmony. .Names of Robert VIn
yard, "Rattlesnake! Pete" Inman,
and McMIlIs' were mentioned as
former operatives. j ' r
Mr. Cleaver volunteered the in
formation that he had registered
for years as an independent, but
that he did not vote at the prim
aries." r. ;T r ' .": ''tr p i T'' ". v"
"I have no politics' be said.
"Governor Pierce supported me in
my race for congress on the pro
hibition ticket 12 years ago."
j Judge Dickson is i a Pierce ap
pointee, having C served , fori one
year upon the resignation of
Judge . Bell in . district court No.
1, beginning Dec 1, 1923. '
STEADIER FOUNDERS
VICTORIA, B. C, Jan.' J2.
The steamer Torpan Van, which
keeled over today with a high: deck
load of lamber nntij her starboard
railing almost touched water off
Ogden point, north of here, vns
THREE-EARED BOY
SURGEON'S KNIFE
Other Alterations and. Repairs are
j f Made During; Overhaul
L at Hospital
l James Gentry, of, Otis, walked
into the Deaconess hospital with
three eats" upon his' head, and
thereby j sprung something"- new
upon' the hospital authorities. He
wanted the extra auditory appen-1
aage taken from his body and
cast ft way. ;
Therefore, this extra organ.
which, snuggled on thi? left side of
his: head, just in front of the regu
lar ! left ear, was deftly removed
by ap ear specialist,-who, durfng
the same operation' removed ton
sils and adenoids.'
Since; the operation was ' per
formed : Jimmie feels' fine.7 and
when! the boys at' school see" him;
they j will not say", "Oh! lookie at
the third ear." because the extra
organ is now; resting in a bottle of
preservative fluid.
Powder-Puff Possessor Sent
To jail; Passed Bad Checks
lis
Arnold Severson, 18 year old
youth charged with forgery, waiv
ed a; hearing, before Justice of
Peace' Brazier; Small Wednesday
and was bound over to the grand
juryi In lieu of $250 ball he was
committed to the county jail. , .
When: ,the youth was searched
at the police station recently, had
a powder puff and lip-stick in his
possession,, which set him in the
sheik class. The young man lost
his boldness and burst into tears
when he appeared before the
judge yesterday, iff",
Although ' the youth passed
more ' than : one worthless check
he was only i prosecuted on one
count." jThe check which he pres
en ted to the Miller Mercantile
compay! was responsible for his
downfall. 1 t , '
Admui
stration Postal ' Pay
increase , Measure As
Debated in Senate
WASHINGTON. Jan. 22.-
-The
administration postal pay
and
rate increase bill was subjected at
the outset pf debate today in the
senate to an attack from the dem
ocratic side which aimed at elim
ination of all j the proposed rate
aovances. r is? i" i-
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A Vote on the elimination pro-
posal4 which Is in tne form of a
s i j i-
point of order went over until to
morrow. If adopted it would leave
the bill In substantially the same
form as tae pay increase measure
passed at the last session and ve
toed by President Coolldge. ,
Senator '.I Swanson, i democrat;
Virginia,! raised the point of order
against the sections of the bill
proposing rate increases on the
ground ; that all ! revenue leglsla
tlon should originate 1 the house
under! terms of the constitution
Senator Jones,j republican, Wash
ington, who - was! presiding, ruled
that the senate would! have to de
cide the point. ; ! ; i
Debate on fhe issue; today laps
ed Into a legal argument with
speakers reciting court rulings as
well as senate precedents to sup
port their views. ' ; :h ! ! ;jj; ; ; ' j,
Pledges to YVVCA Campaign
Now Keach $3obJ con
tributions Doubled
A total of. $3576.75 has been
raised by the YWCA campaign to
secure funds for the year, accord
ing to the report filed at the close
of the business day. The workers
are Just a Mttle more than half
way towards the goal of $6,000
which is the budget for! 1935.
' Sixty women workers have been
in the field and they have prom
ised to stay at the job until the
fight is finished. Although the
last day of the campaign is Fri
day, the workers are to remain in
the field until thlast dollar has
PAY BILL HIT
RfflEB IN DRIVE
been secured for the organization.
Pledges of last year have been
doubled by the contributors-, who
have ! realized the merit .ot the
work conducted here. Pledges xf
$250 have been raised to $375,
and the small contributors of $3
hve also fceen doubled -la. many
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President Coolidge Places Wreath on Statue of'
f Jackson on Anniversay of Battle of New; Orleans
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This photograpb was taken in
Washington daring services In com
memoration Of the anniversary of
thet Battle of New Orleans. Mr.
Cooiidg e is shown placing a wreath
SE1TE SETS
i CODE
Protection to Depositors and
Greater Power to Super
intendent Embodied
Greater, power to the state su
perintendent of banks, certain re
strictions oa banks and trust com
panies by removing certain assets
heli not legal for .investment. and
a revision of the banking code is
sought in- a bill 'introduced In the
senate yesterday by Senator. But
ler, chairman of the committee on
banking. The j measure is also
designed to give greater protec
tion! to depositors. .
The. senate adopted the resolu
tion; .of Representative Fred W.
Graham,, of Washington county,
providing for the appointment of
a committee of five to confer
witfaj committees of other, neigh
boring states, with the object in
view of amending some of ,the mo
tor Vehicle laws in force, and to
worlt out a more uniform system
of road laws, f
The . committee will consist of
two members of the house and one
front the senate, who will meet
with; the secretary of state, and
the hief of the state traffic de
partment. Representative Gra
ham's measure was introduced up
on the withdrawal of a similar bill
by Senator , Charles Hall, which
caused' a heated debate in the
senate when it 'was first present
ed.
Senate Bills i Numbers 37, 38,
and
39, Introduced by Senator
H. Brown, jof Marion county.
Sam
were reported back to the senate
(OoatiBsod a paf 7)
SHHIKEH PRESIBEfff
Other Officers Elected at An-
n
bal Meeting; Seek Club
t Quarters
Fired A. Williams was elected
president of the Salem Shrine
club at the annual meeting held
in the Masonic temple last night.
Other officers are P. A. Eiker, vice
president and Son Young, secre-
taryftreasurer, . . -
Appointment of a ' committee
was made to call upon all Masonic
bodies of the community for the
purpose of . leasing or purchasing
suitable ' Quarters for a Masonic
club! in Salemi Another commit
tee kas appointed to arrange for
a banquet In the near future for
all $hrlners and their wives.; A
series of entertainments will also
& arrangea. f
The year past was highly sue
cessful and ie sentiment of the
meetiag, was that the club should
take! an active and progressive
plac in the affairs of the com
munity and it is anticipated that
a large caravan will go from Sa
leta to the tt.!onal convention in
bos iAneeles la iupej .
BIKI
on the statue of Andrew. Jackson J
The United Daug-hters of 1812 of
the District' of Columbia partici-j
pated in the ceremony, '
PREVENTION OF
FIRE OUTLINED
Reforestation Discussed By
Oregon Man; Statistics
are Submitted
CHICAGO, Jan. 2. (By the
Associated Press); Coordination
and eeoperatiear-of -H- forces
working toward ;. fire 1 prevention
and reforestation is the way to
solTe the forest problems . of the
United States, according: to the
speakers addressing the American
Forestry association at its fiftieth
anniversary convention, here today.
William B. Greely, chief forest
er of the United States govern
ment, explained the: many bene
fits of the Clark-UcKary bill, that
gives government assistance to
those states who will outline and
put into effect permanent forest
preservation and forest fire fight
ing equipment. . "1 i V
E. E. Allen, Portland, Ore., pre
sented figures showing that half a
billion dollars was the yearly esti
mated loss from forest fires and
that If all the forest fires In a
single year could be set off simul
taneously, they would: make a'
blase 35,000 mHes in length and
two thirds of a- mile wide.
The convention .adopted resolu
tions urging states that hare no
forestry departments to enact laws
creating them, thereby taking ad
vantage of the government's fi
nancial assistance. ' 1
"There are now 1,500,000 acres
over which fires can roam now al
most as freely as they ever did,'
said Mr.' Greely. "But we want the
states to stop this and the Clark
McNary bill provides government
funds to assist in stopping it." .
I
TO BEGIN
Tentative Plans1 for Linen
Manufacturing ; Machin
ery are Received
Tentative plans for the B. C.
Miles' linen mills ere ; received
yesterday from Belfast, Ireland,
where Robert H. Bann, eon-in-law
to Miles, Is cooperating with Fair-
bairn, Lawsoq, Combe, Barbour,
Ltd., who are manufacturing the
machinery fori the" Salem linen
mill. ; . . j. ' .
Due. to the inability of Ameri
can factories to, care" for. the ma
chinery order, Mr. .Miles was com
pelled to-buy In Ireland. From
there the machinery will be ship
ped to Portland, directly by water
from Liverpool via the Panama
canal. i.
Trained linen mill engineers are
Lto be brought, here to install the
machinery and get it In working
order. Bann went to Ireland last
July and will probably make the
return trip when the; machinery is
completed in Belfast.
With the completion of the san
itary sewer now being placed near
the fairgrounds in order to drain
the property, actual construction
will start on the mill site, accord
ing to Mr. Ijl?v i - . . . : . . .
MILL CD
STRUCTEO
GOJSIDERAT
0
BRIiS GUIS
Rep; Kirkwood Marshcb
Forces in Favor of Resolu
tion; Finley on : Opposi
tion .
BIRD REFUGE MEASURE
IS ENDORSED BY CLUBS
Hunting License Fee on III
' gratory Birds Not Sane- 5
tkmed By Corn mission -
If Representative Kirjtwobi fcad
been a field general with tfca Ger
man forces a&d had mars' allel
his troops as he did the support
ers to his resolution, the 'Arrais-;
tice might, not have been signed.
In sponsoring- House Joint Me
morial No. 1. covering the "Migra
tory Bird Refuge Act" now before
congress, Representative Kirk
wood drew down the wrath of W
L. Finley, of the biological sur
vey and representatives of var
ious national societies including
the Audubon that are backing the
measure, and of Vt. S. Baker,
head of the Isaac Walton league.
On the other hand he received
the unanimous endorsement of
nearly every other sportsman club
in the state, including the game
commission: The act includes an
assessment ot an annual hunting
licese fee from all persons hunting
migratory birds.
"Oregon would make a mistake
to take a stand against this act,'
Mr. Finley said, quoting at length
from various articles to prove the
basis of his contention. Br. Bak
er, who was the sole supporter of
Mr, Findleysr pointed -oat his ob
jections to fhe measure, holding
that the seal of Uncle Sam was
sufficient and that human nature
was full of "petty , larceny" and
that this often resulted in friction.
It was wrong for the state to hold
out against ' the government, he
said. ' . ' .
Oregon has 114 game refuges
at present, representing 14,206,
000 acres exclusive of refuges in
Multnomah and Clackamas coun
ties, with approximately 2,000,000
more acres, Capt. Burgduft, stats
game commissioner, said. A con
structive program has been work
ed out in the state and such a
measure as is 'proposed would
hamper this. There is nothing in
the federal bill that is not already
covered by the state.
Representatives of various game
and sportsmen associations In the
state contributed to the barrage
that is supposed to block the ad
vance : of "bureaucratic govern- '
ment,n a phrase that was a favor
ite expression at the meetfng1 of
the game committee of the house.
Nearly ; all of these admitted'
that upon receiving a copy of the
proposed act they were in favor of
its adoption, but npon careful con
sideration from all angles, saw the
error of their ways and reversed
their earlier decisions.
Earl Simmons, of Eugene, rep
resenting the Oregon State Sports
man association, which has one
delegate from each county, made
it snappy and told of his conver
sion to the memorial and flatly
expressed his wish to see the act
rejected by Oregon..
Dr. John Gill, representing the
Linn county sportsmen, spoke
(CotxttntMd oa par 4)
WEDNESDAY
IN WASHINGTOIJ
The French debt was debated
in the senate.
-
The senate began consideration
of the postal increase bilL 7
The senate, commerce commit
tee endorsed the till for govern
ment purchase of Cape Cod.
'
Secretary Hughes announced
that formal relations would be re
sumed with Honduras Feb. 1.
Song writers and playwTi bt3
appeared before a sub-committea
In . favor el a, bill to revise the
copyright laws.
The war department appro-ria-tion
fcill, carrying- ?332,oeo,f 3 0.
was reported by the senate a; ro
prlatlons committee.
; Justice department ofrkla!
cided Cersld Chapman, rc'
should be esnt to Hartford, C
t.prwrj n -'- .
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