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I : i 1 : I . ;. 3k TheWeathe-0RS,74 with occasional rains; no changa In tempera ture: fresh southerly winds, Tuesday Max. 54; Min. 46; River 10.2 rising; Rainfall .81: Atmosphere cloudy; Wind south. I PROTECTlNa TOtJR MONEY ." - ' . It pays you to read the advertisements and to know advertised products. Buying them pro- teets your money. m ' '-mm ' i - - t .'-.. . PMiMlllM"IMM,'M'1,S"BSMhBhrfBMSMp v. . , , jy. j't ": ' - J "' - ' ' - ' f 1 - - ' mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmJmmmWmmmmmmMmmmmmmmmWmmmmm "SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR ; ' i , SALEM. OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 28. 1925 ! ? ! - ! PRICE FIVE CENTS WRIST COMPULSORY , IN HOUSE BILL Transportation Co. Em ployes Would Work Only Six Days Each Week if Measure Passes INCREASE JAIL TERM ACT IS ALSO OFFEfiED Fine Limit in Justice-Court Raised; Twenty-One Bills Introduced f Believing that the safety of the public, depends upon employees of transportation companies, Repre- EentativofHurlburt; of Multnomah county. ' yesterday introduced HB No. 177 making one day of rest a week compulsory upon employers and employees engaged in the op eration of - railways, streetcars, motor vehicles and auto bus lines engaged in urban and Interurban traffic for hire within the state and not engaged in interstate traffic. Overtime and the require ment or payment at the rate of time and one-half and penalties for1 violation of the act are also Included. The bill was introduced Dy request or. tne Portland street carmen. ; unaer tno provisions oi tne dim, employers and employes' cannot make agreements to work seven days unless an emergency arises. Would Increase Fines The first of the so-called anti saloon measures made its appear ance yesterday, with the name of Representative Hurlburt appear ing a ssponsor. Tne measure would provide for a minimum fine of $500 and a maximum of $3000 in the Justice court. It also- makes both fine and Imprisonment com pulsory and, fixes the- Jail sen tences a minimum" of ' six months instead of 30 days as at present. Tax exemptions on church prop erty would be cut to $5000 prop erty value and to one-halt acre of land under the terms of a bill sponsored by Representative D. C, Lewis, who is connnea to his nome by illness. The measure was in troduced by Representative Hurl burt. i, Few Bills Passed " -Only a few minor debates fea tured the 33 rd session of the leg islature yesterday and but few bills were passed. v Legislation meeting the approv al of the house of representatives Included HB No. 58, by Oakes, creating a third livestock district in, that section of the state east of the Snane river toward the Ida ho line, enmnrisinsr about 8000 acres; HB No. 79, by the Multno mah county delegation, relative to CenUnd on pg 7 TO INCOME TAX r - 1 Resolution Requests That Such Legislation pe Not Considered Income tax legislation will' not be considered In leither the house or senate this session under the provisions of. house Concurrent resolution No. 4, introduced in the lower house yesterday by Repre sentative Carkin, of Jackson coun ty. I . : "Oregon is now entering on an era of advancement and prosperity and that advancement and prosper ity would be retarded by the fear of probable injurious effect upon the people of Oregon ot the pass age by this legislature of another income tax measure,' the resolu tion sets forth. The resolution points out that it has been the policy of the house not to concern itself with legisla tlon which the people have reject ed at the polls. Ncqro Discriminatory n I I Pnnnlil iaw nepscii is ouuyni Two bills out of the ordinary Were introduced Tuesday afternoon by Representative Woodward The first ot these seeks the re peal of section 35 of the Oregon constitution, denying suffragb to and harboring r of negroes? China men and mulattos and the rights f and privileges enjoyed by. other citizens. , The other bill seeks to appro priate not in excess of $400 for Oregon deaf rstudents in the Jat SOllegB. m wasblngtoxi! D.5 BARRIER SOUBHT Dry Law Enforcement Law by Eddy Provides i or Drastic Penalty "I A bill which would provldf one of the sharpest teeth in thef pro hibition enforcement law was in troduced in the senate yesterday by Senator B. L. Eddy, of Douelas county It prohibits the opera tion of driving of a; motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition. The penalty attached to th vio lation of the measure is. a fine of riot less than $t00, norfmore than $500, and a jail sentence of not less than 60 days, nor m ore than six months. J ' Such, a fine and' imprisonment would be assessed without regard as to whether or not the drif er of the vehicle caused any property damage or not. In the event that a death results from an accident in which an intoxicated driver Is envolved, he will be guilty -of the charge of manslaughter. , The driver's license would be Brief Session of Directors Is Presided Over By Curtis Cross I Following a report of ttle con ditions existing In the Parrish Jun or high school manual training de partment the Salem schbol board voted to appropriate .J25tf which will be used to build an extension to the department in order to ac commodate additional students. At the present time there are boys at the sehool wanting, man ual training and mechanicldraw ing who cannot get both atd some that cannot get I either. Aetual construction upon the extension is to start soon. ' h 1 The resignation of Miss Theresa Fowle from the faculty oC the Salem-sehool was ! accepted! at the meeting last night Miss . Clara Thompson was" elected to" fill her place. Miss Gladys Tipton was elected a member ot the Richmond school faculty, where she' will be part-time instructor. ftj The school board went: on rec ord to notify the principal of the Salem high school that the build ing should be kept clean? spotless and free from marks. ;i -.. Curtic Cross presided jas chair man of the school board because of the absence ot Dr. OHfiger, wno was unable to ; be present last night. -' : j ! 3 Member of Klamath Tribe Killed in Knife Fray hol lowing Drinking KLAMATH i FALLS, ;Or.. Jan. 27. One Klamath Indian is dead from knife wounds and; two more of his .fallow" tribesmen are held at Yreka. Cal., on murder charges as a result ot a quarreff following the drinking of moonshine whis key, according to a telf phone re port received here late tnis atier- noon, ine siam ibuwh w tj Harry, : aged 25, jniarriea and tne father lot two children. -Those held for his slaying ai-e Chester Pepper; 31, and Harry:. Jerry, 18. The tragedy occurrea, m wnr ly cabin on the banks of the Klamath river, over the Califor nia border, in the littleisettlement of Tea Bar, last Wednesday night. Word of the affray was received by officials, but no fuftner rnior mation could be obtained, until the authorities retufned . . from their long htkTe overf mountain trails which consumed three days. Tho arrest of the two Indians was made -by Constable Gtfge Tripp of Yreka. , a -a ARBUCKLB DIVORCED ,; j ; PARIS. Jan. 274Hnta Dur--.i-;- .inra actress' was fee. moyuu v"-r..v j divorce from Rosco Arbuckle today, according to the Herald. Th& newspaper allsr- buckle did not defend tne suik : rmTrnn ralJS Jan. 27.- Rumors of ariotner KLcoe.;Arbutkle.metUm comedian, were confrmed by Ar buckle himself M-IJw-S" he admitted' that he J,: an announcement to f kf.A. In a few days VL dine Plane ,f himself and Miss Porls Peane,- actres?. automatically cancelled when the operator of the car is arrested on an intoxication charge1, and it would be held null and void for a period of one year. If the per son were to drive a car; within that peridcT of time, he would be subject to a fine of not less' than $200 or more than $500. and a jail sentence of not less than one year. ' ; On the first offense, the sherifr will be ordered to hold the car for a period of not less than 30 days, nor more than six months, and during that time, neither the person arrested, : or any member of his family, not any person would be allowed to operate the vehicle. For the second offense, the car will be held not less than six months, nor more than one year. :. I j: j- -j I BUS CONCERNS nracK BILL Swan-Oakes Measure De clared Railroad Legisla- j tion at Public Hearing Charges, that the Swan-Oakes measure, known as H. B, No. 69, pertaining to the regulation, tax ation and licensing ot automobile busses is a strictly railroad meas ure, designed to aid this' branch of transportation and that the rail roads are favored by its terms, were made last night at an open meeting before the roads and highway , committee by John Ldgan, of Portland, attorney for the bus interests. The charge wae denied by" representative , L. L, Swan, of Albany, who Maintained that the railroads had nothing to do with the measure. ; , The busses have become of such daily use that the people could not exist If these were removed from the highways. Attorney Logan de clared. , The people, demand that bus service be offered.! H. B. No. 59 provides a taxa tion upon a per seat per mile basis, with consideration given as to whether the vehicle travels over paved or unpaved highways. : The rate is lower for the unpaved routes. According to Representa tive Swan's measure, the operation of a 20-passengcr bus is 3 cent3 per mile and would j amount; to about $1650 per year. This the bus men maintain is i prohibitive. Arxnur spencer, attorney tor tne Union Pacific,' appeared before the committee in behalf of the rail roads. The measure, he eaid, pro vided a just and equitable basis of operation in comparison with the operating expenses of the rail roads. I 1 BEOTffTOil L L Officers Installed and Elect ed Last Night; Back Child Labor Bill i George Beatty was re-elected president of the Salem Trades and Labor council last night, with Paul' Baker as vice president. Other officers elected were J. E. Mock, secretary-treasurer; f Wl J McKenxle, sergeant at arms; L- A. Elwell, reading clerk and the following trustees: j Harry West, W. J. McKeniie and O. L. Stone. Following the election the new of ficers were installed. A detailed report j of the activi ties of the Office of the business afeent was" given by j W. H. Chase, who resigned as business agent two weeks ago. ' : ' The Salem Trades and Labor council is back of I the proposed child welfare amendment and as many of the union men as possible were urged to attend the public hearing at the Btate house to night. Instructions were given to Mr. Chase to have letters written to all members ot the. senate and the house stating the position of organised labor in saiem upon the question. . i . " 11 HORSED STAR! 13 EUGENE, Or., aJn.; 28. J. R Cheaem, farmer, living south of here, wa"s" atrestdd"" today on charge of letting 11 head of horses die of starvation on his place. He told officers he had not money enough tp bujr feed fof teOii 1 mi RELIEF MEASURES ARE Establishment of Board For Federal Cooperative Mar keting. Is: Favored in Re port to Coolidge PRESIDEUTLIRES I , HIS VIEWS ON SUBJECT Farmer's Ability j to Market Goods at Profit jls Secret . ' of Success WASHINGTON. Jab. 27. Crea tion of a federal '-cooperative mar keting board to foste development of the cooperatives, heads a list of new recommendations given to President Coolidgeby his agricul tural commission. ! With the report in his hands only a few hours i the president outlined to congressional leaders at breakfast today this views on the ; subject and later in the day the senate swung into action'' on one of the pending! measures en dorsed by the commission, adopt ing a conference report on the Smith-Hoch resolution looking to readjustment ; ' of freight rates. thus making it ready for the presi dent's signature. I Other . recommendations in the commission's report, which the president is expected , to. transm.lt to congress tomorrow with a brief message urging expeditious action, dealt with the tariff, increased financial aid for state agricultural experiment stations! and truth in! fabrics legislation. J Cattle Men Considered ; The' commission! reiterated its earlier suggestions for assisting the cattle men through existing financial agencies and a new pub lic land grazing policy. - j; The federal cooperative market- ing board, as proposed In the re-; port,..would enablefjcooperatives to develop "without governmental in-1 terference -or domination," but would adopt a "fostering attitude'! toward them. The commission said it had considered various pro posed measures in congress deal Ing with cooperative 'marketing but found that no pending bill pre sents a . completely satisfactory program. Marketing jls Secret Stressing that the "present prob lems of agriculture rest upon the ability of the farmer to market his goods at aj profit,'?! the commission recommended . that legislation should follow six 'general princt pies, to be applied upon voluntary action by commodity marketing organizations, producers and dis tributors." The government should not interfere with; development of the cooperatives, f the report said, except for the very proper police powers lodged with the secretary of agriculture under the Capper Volstead act', If i added, however that "leadership:! and assistance through the authority of the gov ernment is essential." Continued .pa pg 7) SLATED TONIGHT Both Sides of Child Labor Amendments Be Heard at 7:301 0'Clock Several hundred persons are ex-. pected to gather in the house : of representatives at the state house tonight to attend an open hearing on the proposed fchild labor amend ment to the constitution of the United States Which is being of fered the 33rd session of the legis lature for rejection or ratification. The meeting is called for 7Sf30 o'clock. A special train has been arranged to bring people down from Portland, j Both, sides ot the question will bd given ample opportunity to ex press their views, according: to plans. No action will be taken at this ; time and the meeting is scheduled onlyji that all might be thoroughly Informed . upon the matter. - ; Early in the' session a poll was taken or members of the house which : showed!) a 2-to-l majority against ratification. Since this time much missionary workj hai been done and pressure brought to bear upon the solons and the ses sion may, in its official expression, reverse the attitude shown at the unofficial noli. "- - . . . . v - - PUBLIC HI CHILD LABOR lEFMEif i III DEFEATED Thirteen States Give Adverse ) Vote; Three-Fourths of 48 ! States ' Necessary for : Ratification RECONSIDERATION OF, MEASURE NOT EXPECTED Washington Would Submit Endorsement of House Bill 1 . to the People' ; CHICAGO, Jan. 27, (By The Associatea , rress. ) Barring pos sible reconsideration;, the child la bor amendment to the constitu tion' tonight had ! beenl !, defeated, the proposal haying been defeated in either one or; both houses of the legislature or by I referendum in 13 states. Under the constitu- ton the amendment would have to be ratified by three-fourths of the 48 states, so that an adverse vote in 13 states would make this impossible.-' ; -: " J ' I" : J J :'!!': i.r! -:i i Oklahoma, Kansas and Ohio to day were added : to the ! list of states finally rejecting the amend ment wnue similar action was taken in the senate of North Da kota and Washington. ! In Wash ington, however, the senate sent to the xouse a bill when would submit endorsement to the people in a referendum in 1926. 1 Fourteen state legislatures have acted upon the congressional pro posal to amend the constitution so that congress might legislate in regard to employment of children under 18 years of age. while in Massachusetts! i the proposed amendment was rejected by refer endum last November. .California' and Kansas were the only, states favoring the proposal, while the amendment wae rejected by one or both houses of the legis lature ' In the jj following states South and North; Carolina, Geor gia, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, South and : North Dakota, Kansas, Ohio, Washington and Delaware In Wyoming, I the senate voted to postpone Indefinitely a resolu tion of ratification. , While it is possible in- some states for the. legislatures to re consider, no move in that direc tion has been made'and in several instances the tote; has been so large against the amendment that reconsideration i apparently would be futile. ' ! WfrMtt hp MK IS Senate Debates5 Question' for Jwo Hours, and Then ne considers Matter ; WASHINGTON,! Jan. 27.- Qualifications of Attorney General Stotte for appointtaent to the su preme court ! occupied the atten tion of the senate in open session for more than two hours today be fore it reaffirmed! its opinion that the siihiect ! was one which the rules required should bo consider ed in executive session. Taklne advantage of President Cummins' reversal of a former ruling to permit; him to answer published statements about ms po sition on the . nomination of Sen ator Heflin, democrat, Alabama, went at length" Into Jlr. Stone'i activities as counsel for the esf tate ot J. Pierpont Morgan In k suit against James A Ownbey Of Colorado, the optcome of which he characterized -as "an act of ju dicial tyranny." , , ... , While the I debate was in pro- cress, the senate Judiciary com mittee completed arrangements for a snecial session tomorrow at which if wil( rentw consideration of the nomination, recommitted to it yesterday y tho senate. It was the expectation ot most members that the attorney J general would be invited to aDPear tomorrow and give his version ot Ihe Ownbey eaaA and of the Btens being taken by the department to seek;. a -sec ond Indictment of Senator Wheel- t fnntana. In the District of Columbia. j , . - t i DOJfATIOJTTO BE MADE ! WASHINGTON. Jan. 27. Gifts totaling approximately $850,000 Will have been given by April 30 next to the North Baptist church by Johg'D, Rockefeller, Jrf app raw OF STONE ARGUED Grand Duke Boris of Russia, and Grand Duchess Arrive for Vbit to Amerrcay k a- -.:-ip;" -; :. ' The Grand Duke Boris Vladlm Irovltch and tbe Grand Duchesa. who before their marriage ' six years ago was! Mile. Zenalde Rach- evsky, are shown above on tneir arrival in New York. He is a brother of Grahd Duke Cyril, ver ..' i. iSSTO GU rJPLAY HELD Testimony .Taken on Killings in Herriri; Say Thomas Fired First HERKIN, llj., Jan. 27. (By A. P.)- Funeral aservlces for Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas, two-gun lead er of the anji-klan forces in tfc county, were held today while the coroner's Jury took up the task of unraveling Saturday night's shooting which cost the lives of Thomas, S. Glenn Young, and two others. , All of the, 11 witnesses today gave testimony which tended to support the version of the shooting related by Young's friends. , Those witnesses who saw the shooting asserted that Thomas fired first and that it was his bul let that " killed young. - Another testified that Thomas earlier in the day "appeared- to have been drinking" and that he was seen with a number of strangers In sev eral places, jri; The witnesses who were outside of the hotel at the time testified that at.least three shots were fired by persons , outside of the hotel and that shots came from the up per windows of the hotel and from the direction of the office of E. N. Bowen, city judge, across the street. fi: The mysterious shot heard on the main street of the town and supposed to have been fired at Ross Lisenby, a policeman, was in reality fired by Lisenby, some of the, witnesses Indicated, although none could testify that they actu ally saw him shoot. The eye witnesses ill agreed that Thomas killed Young, while several added that Young killed Thomas after receiving a: fatal wound. Opin ions differed as to who killed Ed Forbes, and all denied any knowl edge Of j who killed' Homer War ren, but all agreed he must have been killd from bullets fired from the futside. Sheriff f George Galligan, with an escort of two automobile loads of deputies, arrived early and went Into Thomas house. Some of his deputies accompanied him while others scattered through the crowd.:' One deputy, stationed on top of a truck in front of the house, remained on guard during the funeral services. Galligan and his men were heavily armed. CHILDREN IE VACCINATED Order Issued at Silverton In cludes All; Smallpox Case Is Cause SILVERTON, Ore.. Jan. 27. (Special,' An order has been is sued atKSilverton that all school children" in. the Silverton school shall b vaccinated or remain at home trofn school during the pres ent small-pox eiege. The whole sale vaccination of j the children began l&onday. The direct cause of the order which was1 Issued by the citjp health officer. Dr. C. W. Keene.ifWas that a case of small pox broke out among the school children.- ' f WHEAT HITS 1. 99 j CHICAGO. Jan. 27. Crowds of excited eueculative buj-ers gun ning fer$8 bushel wheat graz ed the t mark today ; and hit Lit H lnsto4t ; -: . y V ;...--V : :; j v . V::::Ss;Vi? S? --fx : ;: : Cousin of Late Czkiv 1 .:?.'':?' bal claimant of the Russian throne. Grand Duk Boris said their vlatt bad no political significance - and that they Intended to remain only three or four weeks. They will go to Palm Beach. 1 PIERCE i 1 ' Five Appointments to Port of Portland Made Tuesday Effective June 1 i Five new. commissioners for the Port of Portland, whose terms of office expire June'll were named yesterday by Governor Walter M Pierce, to hold office for the next four years. j Those - "appointed f and present commissioners who will find them selves replaced 'are Clyde E Lewis, to succeed George H. Kelly; Jefferson Myers,- former state treasurer, to-' succeed Frank M. Warren; J. W. Ganong, to succeed Phil Metschan; Drake O'Reilly to succeed H. S. Sargent and George M. McDowell, to succeed W. L Thomnson. i i The entire Port of Portland commission constitutes nine mem bers, four, of whomi hold over un til after June 1.-. The other mem bers of the commission are An drew R: PorterJ Robert H Strong, - Robert E. Smith and Henry , L.. . Corbett, who was elected by the coniniission to fill the unexpired termii of Claude Mc- Colloch. who resigned: With this exception, when the new. commis- sion sits after Juno 1, all mem bers will have been placed by Gov ernor Pierce. -5 An invitation to" the legislature to visit the Port of; Portland Sat urday and be guests at luncheon was received yesterday and accept. ed by both-the house and the sen ate. The. invitation "was extended by Frank M. Warren, chairman of iue commission, drydocks, dredges and other equipment are to be in spected. The trip will be made on the steamer "Portland," which leaves the Stark street dock at 10 o'clock. ! j- - - HAVE UEW DATES McAllister--Introduces Meas ure Affectmgilvlanonand . Linn Counties . Change in the terms 6 1 court la the third judicial district are sought in H.- No. 174. Intro- diiced yesterday by Representative Mark D." McAllister, of Salem, af fecting Marion and Linn counties Under the' proposed change the term of court in Department No. 2, Marion county, would.be the first Monday in -January; second Mon day in February j first Monday in April; secona Monaay in May first Monday in July and October and the second Monday In Octo ber. Department tio. 3. would be changed to the fourth Monday In January and April; third Monday in June add fOUrth Monday 1U September. '- . ; In Linn county the dates would be. Department No. 1, first Mon day in March, May, September and December; Department No. 2, first Monday in April, June, October arid January. ' f ' i GUILTY PLEA ENTERED KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Jin 2i.- John Taylor, confessed lead er of the five' alleged bandit who killed Oscar Erickedn durihg the robbery 'of a basement gambling house here on the morning of Jan uary 4, today entered a plea of guilty to' a charge of manslaugh ter before CrCIJ Judge Leayljt". PflRTM EMBERS CLEAVER SI TD BE USELESS AS DRY CHIEF Startling Admissions Uada in Senate Probe of Heaa of Prohibition Enforce ment League SPECIAL AGENT SPENDS $6500 WITH NO RESULT Importation ot Wineberg Re lat'ed; High Cost of En forcement Detailed High costs o the enforcement of the prohibition- laws were de tailed before the joint alcoholic . traffic committee last night by W. J. Herwig, superintendent 'of the . anti-saloon league, who admitted that a special agent. Abe Wine. berg, was Imported from the east! to investigate rum running be tween Canada, j Seattle and Port land, and received $6500 for his services withobj. his employers ob taining a single conviction. This . money,- it was jsaid, was received in two funds, one of S5QD0 from private Portland Interests,' whose names were held in confidence by Mr. Herwig, and 1 1500 received through. George L. Cleaver, state prohibition commissioner, from the governor, -i Usefulness Outlived "Do you believe that Mr. Cleav er has outlived his usefulness as head ot the prohibition depart ment of the state?" Senator Hare asked Mr. Herwig. "I do," was the reply. Abe Wineberg received the full approval of Mr. Herwig, who said he had known; the man tor several years and also through reports Ot his league in the east. Wineberg and his wife received $15 a day and expenses for their' servicer during the summer, chiefly Junl and July. Wineberg left suddenly when" a warrant appeared asking for his arrest on a fraud" charge In connection with state funds Id the east. 7 TJquOr Purchase Detailed ' : Of interest to the committee was Herwig's" statement that Wineberg has purchased liquor in houses ot prostitution in Astoria. Mr. Her-; wig denied that this Was pur chased w.ith money provided by the state. j "Mr. Herwig, you have three sources of income to carry on the activities of I your league, I be lieve," was the statement by Rep resentative Lonergan. This was affirmed. I f ; "The sources referred to were the state, the special fund raised by Interested parties In Portland, and donations received through -the churches. i ! : " Was the money used In Astoria , (OestUUlM tt pas 6) u IN VASHINGTON Recommendations of President Coolidge's agrlbulturai commis sion were' made public. - j The'Underwood bill for prtvat leasing of Muscle Shoals was sent to conference by the bouse. ' House republicans called a cau cus for February 17 to select can didates for speaker and floor lead er, ... j u: - f - , , Attorney ; General Stone's nom ination to be an associate justice of the supreme court was debated in the senate. . The House passed the apprdprla ton bill carrying funds for the de partments of state, justice, com merce and labor. " . ; Representatives of a number of churches' ; appeired before the house foreign affairs committee to urge American participation in the world court. - i r ; . Indications pointed to several changes' in key positions at the department of justice In addition to the retirement of Attorney Gen eral Stone. j Seeretary Wilbur' told the house military committee that President Coblidge was opposed to the till for unification of the army Esd navy air aervicds; v Final congressional action was taken:byv the senate on passage of the Smith-Hoch resolution loc; !? ultimately to a readjustmett c;