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Newspaper Page TextHi V7 , , . r" r " , r - gqqvci?- 020 'C?ocr4 pG'zavo--i'zzczzzG'jz:c ?rt , rl .- . j . l W Jit- i. I 1 TMVeaiher OREGON Rain' with Advertising brings to your home news of con torts and conveniences of proven "worth Pia your faith ea advertised goods. 'moderate temperature and strong northeast to least igales along tha coast. Wednesday Max. 48; Mln. 4 0; River 12.9 falling; Rainfall .36; 'Atmosphere cloudy; "Wind west, .;' , i ".. " III I. ill ! ! SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR w sale;.i, Oregon, Thursday morning, February 12, 1925 ! 'If 1'4 11 PRICE FIVE 'CENTS iiwrao MN "- l "ri!( V.l:w'' iMf - Jt. St PIERCE LOSES COilOl OVER FISH ilERS Senate , Removes Appoint- iiiciil 1 uuc 1IUI EV Vote of 16; to 14 After Heated Debate FOURTEETi SENATORS BACK OF EXECUTIVE Necessary Two-Third Major ity to Orer-Ride Veto Is Not Vet in Sight Fourteen senators yesterday af ternoon refused to obey the edict that Governor; Pierce s must be A . n k l . M n . m . . the last two. years of his adminis - tration a lonely, forlorn man, po litically, v ; , , Fourteen , senators said -.they would not be parties to this act, so unwise politically', souicidal to the political fortunes of those who pursuea governor so re lentlessly. ' " The 'house vote was expected 5- but the real fight was Vtaged In Duie auu lucre me i.iuai chapter will be written. The 14 senators are the kind who stick. They are not the ones to be cajoled or driven into posi tions they do not deem tenable. Position Prepared . This howdown came : ' after weeks of sparring for position, after long counsels on plans and after every possible effort had been made to line up the republi . cans as a party on the proposition of depriving Governor Pierce of his only opportunity of trying out even in part the mandate given him by the people, t - The last chapter will probably be written quickly as the governor is not expected to lose too much time In sending in his veto of SB No. 34. -Unless every sign "in political life fans the bill will tail and. the long, fruitless fight wilf be over. The senators " who rose, above party and .voted . untrammeled were; Senators Beals, Brown, Eddy, Fisk. Garland, Hare, John son. Joseph, Kinney, LaFolIette, Strayer, Taylor, Tooze, Zlmmer- t mann. t - - Fight Unrelenting . i fcjf .Seemingly unrelenting Jn Its " " warfare on Governor Pierce, the senate passed bill No. 94, remov ing the power of the governor to make appointments on the state fish commission, and placing the matter In the hands of the state board of, control. The measure was passed by a vote of 16 to 14, after A debate in which only three senators took part. The bill was introduced for W G, Thompson, president of the Columbia River Packers associa tion. , Senator Ritner opened the argument. (Continued ea pax 2) WEDNESDAY IN WASHINGTON Congress In Joint : convention certified , the election of Coolidge and. Dawes. ' -f'r The senate refused to cut the $1,000,000 appropriation for pros ecuting War fraud cases. (Th9 house commerce committee declined , to report the Gooding long and short haul bill. - . . .. .:, The senate s passed the appro priation bill for the state, justice, commerce and labor departments. .The naval, appropriation bill with t request ' lor another arms conference ' was signed by the preBlaenCrf ; ' - V ..; ' - ' ' .I , . Production tof petroleum in the United States1 decreased two per cent last year, the geological sur vey reported, s : s, l , :" f f . t; )lIonset and ( senate agricultural committees, hear testimony from members of President C6olidgo s agricultural conference". J" i ; '"" " a- s- r - The senate post office commit tee vptej. tosubsUjute, thesenate bill : for the postal pay and rate Increase measure passed by the ; - House, - - Republican fnsurgents Jfeegan a move to prevent any steps by ad njinistration senators to defer ac- tl n at this session on the nomi riptfon of Charles HZ Warren to bo ABRAHAM te hv ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the 16th president of the United States, was born in 1809 and died in 1865, the victim of an assassin. - This i afternoon at 2 o'clock. Col. V. G. Mercer, of Eugene, chaplain and sergeant of arms of the senate, will speak upon personal Teminiscenses of the martyred president at a joint meeting of the house and senate in the house-of representatives. Col. Mercer was at one time a member of Lincoln's personal body " guard -and was with the executive the night of the battle of Bull Run. ? " I Salem Is making no official observance of the day. -The banks will remain open while appropriate exercises will be held In the schools. t ; ' -, ' ; . - ; ; ; FJ1! OUTLOOK BRIGHTER Report of i Federal Reserve Board Puts Agriculture on Better Basis ; -. i WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. With the senate and house agriculural committees! once more' ;: occupied with the problem of drafting farm relief legislation for enactment by the present congress, the federal reserve) board reported today that agriculture ! had climbed to a bet ter balance with other industries than any time since 1920, The agricultural inquiry gives no indication, the board's monthly report said, ofs receding from it3 present economic position which has been reached by a gradual ad vance beginning in the late sum mer of last; year. A similar outlook was presented to the senate, committee by Wil liam M. Jardine. a member of the president's agricultural conference , ' (Contlnnad m put 3) GJEOMDFlFEITS nicofflissi cv? Board Holds Him Unfit for Officer; Court . Martial Asked . Major Charles E. Gjedsted was relieved of hfs commission as an officer Wednesday upon approved findings of an efficiency board which found him unfit to hold a commission. Gjedsted was dis charged by; the military depart ment of the state after he had at tempted to bring charges of petty irregularity; against the adjutant general, lie commanded a coast artillery batallkm. Pr i $ Although the general staff re commended his' trial by a general court martial.i Adjutant General George A. -White held out for milder form of trial by the effi-ciency-boardTwhich takes away his status as an officer bat leaves him his citizenship. The board found that Li9 conduct was due to a de sire for revenger" j Members of the efficiency board were CoL 11, U. i Welch, com manding the 18 6th Infantry; Col. Eugene Moshberger, commanding j the 162nd Infantry and ILeuten- HELD I 186th JUiXantry, .; . . , LINCOLN SPEED TRAPS Practise Barred By Legisla tion Passed; Traffic Of ficers to Get Raise Two 'senate and one house bill pertaining to regulation of traffic laws were passed by the house Wednesday. Another measure, putting teeth in the present 'law for conviction of drivine while in toxicated, was referred back to the committee, objection being raised to the section relating to the hold- ing of the vehicles after conviction. ? Speed traps on public highways as set forth in SB. No. 6, are pro hibited, but only after consider able debate, with Representative Bennett leading the field of ob jectors. The measure hits at small communities such as Gold Hill and Drain, who received much unfav orable publicity as a result of ac tivities along the liner of speed traps during last summer. Under SB. No. 34, the salary of the chief stato traffic officer Is raised from $200 to not to exceed ; (Continued on pa ) SUED BY PK Emergency Appropriation Passed; Winslqw Casts ; Only Negative Vote , An appropriation measure of $25,000 for the relief of Vale and the Immediate vicinity' was intro duced and passed in; the house Wednesday s afternoon : with ; Rep resentative Winslow raising the only ; protest. He voted against the measure. - ; s ' The bill was Introduced in the senate by Senator Davis, and was passed unanimously during the morning session. It becomes a law upon being signed by the gov ernor, as an emergency, rising out of the flood of February 5, exists at present, and Immediate action is necessary. 7 The bill was ; opposed at first upon the ground that It was Il legal because it: had hot origin ated in the house. This 'fllfflculty was swept aside when.lt was ex plained that only bills covering revenue were o lcluiai. ! IE RELIEF BILL iduiiuj,, Bill Dumped Into llcuss Ycsi terday Vcu!d Place Child Labcr Amendment Up fto Oregon Voters j RESOLUfiOf KILLED IF BILL IS PASSED Woodward Charges Members of Hotrse With Effort to Evade Responsibility 4 Citizens of Oregon will be cab led upon to reject or; ratify it federal child labor ' amendment under provisions of HB No. 42 dumped in the house of represent atives yesterday as a substitute for House Joint Resolution No. by Representative Woodward. The bill dropped -out of a clea; sky as far as backers -of the 2st amendment to the constitution were concerned. '! It was - tmfler? etood that the resolutions commits tee would report the matter during the afternoon session but no in timation was given regarding the substitution until the bill was of fered up for first reading. Representative j Woodward at tempted to speak during roll call for a suspension of rules as a pre lude to placing the bill upon Its second reading but was ignored by Denton O. Bur dick, speaker of the w house. - The : rules ' were not suspended and the measure will come up again this morning, c ' Charges that individual mem bers of the house are seeking to evade responsibility for voting up on the proposed amendment were made by Representative Wood ward, who was very bitter in his remarks on - the stand taken by the resolutions -committee.: t "We want those opposing the measure, to come out In-the- open and make themselves known, he declared. VAt the? very least.lt appears that members ' of this house are seeking to cover their actions under the , subterfuge of placing the measure before the people of the state." ? Representative Woodward de clared that the bill be reconsider ed at the opening, of the session this morning. The results of this motion, he said, would be suffici ent to get the names of those op posing reconsideration upon rec ord so that those in favor of rati fication may know just who it is that is opposing the ratification. Decided In 1926 The measure substitued for the resolution, if passed, will bring before the voters of the state at the next bienniel election which will be held early in November, 1926. The resoultion placed the responsibility for final action and expression of the sentiment of the state upon members of the legis lature. eV TRIAL G WED COIICTED SLAYER Archie Cody Reprieved From Death On Gallows Here February 20th Archie Cody, once convicted of the murder of Sheriff -Goodwin of Malheur county . will not pay for his crime on the gallows at the state prison a week from Fri day morning. ; Notice of a reprieve was re ceived in Salem yesterday in the nature of an order from the su preme court for a new trial. The date for taking back to Vale has not yet been . set. Salem Man Has Memorable . Badge in His Posstssion Coincident with Lincoln's, birth day, attention is drawn to an In teresting badge in the possession of H. M. Peebles, 2085 North Fifth street. . This badge bears the rep lica "of the features of Owen" Love joy who was the chief speaker at a Lincoln rally-. "held nearly 5 years ago " of Republicans! from Macoupin, ! Greene, and Jersey counties In Illinois, who met forty miles south of . Springfield. Mr. Peebles, wbo has tew; passed his 85th birthday,. is one of the very few living who had the ; privilege of being in this campaign gather ing.' The badge, given i only t6 those present on this, dayi July 20, IS C0 commemorates the ab olition tpeaker of the day, '! ' CiCLLiiiEE LEGISLATIVE SIJ HELD ' 11 BURLESQUE Royal Rosarians of Portland Present Take Off on Law makers at State House Last Night, HONORARY DEGREES CONFERRED ON FOUR Each Individual Is Subjected to Mental and Physical n ( Diagnosis , With gun-fire, accompanied by the Bhrieks of alarmed women, the grand reception of the Royal Rosarians of Portland given to the Cherrians of Salem opened at the house of representatives last eve ning when the "Rough House session was - called to f order . i by Speaker of the House Jaeger, Royal Rosarlan of Portland.. H The fua was ast and .furious and the more one knew of : politi cal life as it is In Oregon, j the more were the many witty ) re marks of the presiding Rosarians appreciated. . - - - - j .- !!; !' Conservation of the! tax-payera' money was the slogan; of the eve- uiUB. L u ume wag wusiea. ; i wo portly Rosarians, serving as pages, were ordered to travel- fast,1 j and even, on the motion of ; Representa tive Woodward of Portland, bills containing words i of j more than iu Bynames were not permitted. White-Face Cow W. WJ Youngso'n. alias Billy Sunday, made complaint ji to I ;thd Washington authorities that Port-f land had been overlooked jin i the, recenfl famous eclipse. And W. F, Woodward, alias Bob La' Follettej Introduced a WU j providing that anyone cpming to the! atate with $5 should be free frqmi taxes for 80 years iH , ;; ljU f-'- And the , white-sfaceid . jbow was there in reality, although said ani mal, was Pierce as presented ) to ! Governor emblematic of his ability to "shoot the bull.? i Even so. greater than the famous mayor of Portland who,! in pi letierv acknow ledged that the governor of Ore gon waa one man (greater tha the mayor of; Pprtlanil inj this one ef fort for popularity, ; 1 - (Beveral Initiated ' Candidates for f initiation by the uoyai Kosarians for tjhe degree of Knight lot Rosaria. were Governor PierCe1, jPresidntfQusj C. Moser of i r i -i i i : Wash? inetori Leeislaturfi Re- yCjltsTAinst Governor - ;lfuiiioj Oil ly&lUIII II f OLYMPIAN Wash-jiFeb.. 1L- The! liouse of state legislature passed a I joint! resolution adjourn i oclock tomorrow ing i Until 1ft morninej It wilt be 'submitted to the Benfcte ;atJ8 oelock tonight. mis ; pay prove an opening wedee In a i breakdown of Gover nor Roland til Hartley's program, in th ! opinion of : observers here tonight; h m ;f ir-.r v , $ : Ft-orti US iflArilA hand a crppahln legislative body, j ready to do the goverporfa blading, he condition was chaijged today to almost open revolt amdnit Isolators and renre- sentaites iwho opposed the gover- The 'isenate. however, sustained Governlri llai-tlv' rpitr of the seed Vhfat bill br a 3 7 tolB vete. ri As ins the .House, itne majority of the speakers who jdisenssed the wheat seed bill. favored its pass age dvet the jgofernor's veto. In the j contusion which arose imme-' diatelyj ifter ;thes vote was taken, likelihoqd of .thej defeat of the ad- miniirajuon jiax commiasioD vui seetn4c jcertain as the temper of bpth jhpses seemed aroused. Ko mlna objections ' to the principle of the bill and the assertion that It wenia benefit certain Bankers were! arguments 'presented jby two King cottnty senators, Houser and Grass, j who sustained the j gover nor's! position. ! ;sM!-;: : jT .-::: f i eriatbr William "Bishon. ta farm er, 'led the discussion for; passage of ithej plIL i He .cajied Governor Hartley's reasons for his veto ri dicalou" and said he thought the legislative branch of government could tike -care sot its duties and accent. Its responsibilities without eceastty tf -the -governor -calling ss WHEAT SEED BILL DISRUPTS HOUSES I . I I'll 4 I l '" ' - 1 i : I 1 T ' ' i ' V ! Flying SquydpWii plait , Suggested itjjfe: State Prohibiiion! iieaa Findings of Senators Hare; and Eddy who were named ' ' by jthe Cleaver, investigating committee to prepare a special reportj vill be submitted to the joint alcqhHc traffic committee at '9 o'cloci this morning for final approval. j Certain members of . the j com mittee advpeate j that the prohibi tion commissioner be replaced with a;"flying squadron" to work tfnder the direction of the Attor ney general and : In : cooperation with sheriffs and district attorneys of the ! Various coahtles Id the state. ,1 II The! report to be made to the committee today Is strictly one of findings and will bear no recom mendations,! this matter being left to the committee which conducted this investigation. ? TMBS LOSES FIGHT Senator Dennis .Changes Vote to Overcome Dead lock? Contest Hot With the vote standing; 15 to 15,!i Senator Dennli killed the measure to abolish Income and in heritance taxes in the state of Oregon, by changing his vote, and lining up on the negative side of the : issue, j i Senator i Dennis took that action when it; became evi dent that the senate; had reached a deadlock. It was the most hotly contested bill to come up before this session of the legislature. . jjjjXn his Introduction of the meas ure, Senator Dennis stated that the bin, which is closely patterned alter the Florida plaji, ,was an Ihf vltatfon and direct1 bid for cap ital to come to Oregon.: y "We have often heard the ques tion 'What la the matter wltJb Oregon?" Senator Dennis aaid. "The only thing that is the matter with the state Is that we legislate ourselves out of favorable opinion with those who would come here. It takes wealth, to develop Oregon as it should be developed. Since Florida has passed the amendment to her constitution, abolishing In come and inheritance ! taxes, the influx of wealth has been tremen dous. Florida is now classed as having the best 'business condi tions In the United States." , j Senator Dennis read dozens of telegrams and letters from heads of the many , large lumber indus tries, stating that if the resolu tion went. into effect, they would take immediate steps towards -establishing mills and j factories in this state. "Oregon has every ad vantage that any other state has, but we are standing still." la sum ming up his argument. Senator Dennis said that the resolution merely asked both houses to give permission to the people 'of Ore gon to vote en the adoption or re jection of the bill. ; 1 -, ' The first member ' to speak kgaiost the measure was .Senator Garland, who characterized 1t as "cowardly and vicious." "In turn ing through the pages of the his tory of our state, -Senator Gar land declared, "you will find no more cowardly, vile, of vicious bill Was i ever : introduced, i Whoever framed the measure was a wizard at figures, and a genius at prOpo ganda. It was drawn up, uncon sciously oh t the part of Senator Dennis. I believe. In the interest of wealth, and for the mfllionaries of wealth, and Tor the millionaires to their heirs, without paying an : Inheritance tax, and who want to keep their money, without -paying an income tax. I am pleading tor the farmer who has to -go to the bank to borrow money to pay his taxes, and tot the small merchant and property owner, -The burden of taxation will bo on them. The big lumber interests most come to Oregon to establish : mills the timber, elsewhere Is gone. Believe me. Senators, if this bill passes, we will have on one hand a peas antry and on the other an aris tocracy of wealth." -. t:x ; , Those voting for the passage of the bill as Xhe rollcall, was read were Senators "Banks, . Carsner, Clark, Corbett, . Davis, Dennis, Hall, Hare, Joseph, Klepper. Mil ler,' Ritner Staples, Upton ana Moeetv V"J; t f. r': 4.-- t't ' The senators easting the nega tive votes were Beals, Brown, But ler,' DuruuKEddy, Fisk; Garland, Johnson. Kinney, LaFollett, ITag ladry, Strayer, Tayor, Tooze and - ii ': . ! .. ... : IIRF Under present viewpoints. It ap pears doubtful whether the com mittee will demand the removal of Mr. Cleaver as. prohibition .com missioner, bat win saddle the mat ter of retaining or ousting him up on Governor Pierce- and W. J. Herwlg, superintendent of the anti-saloon league,- where it is held the responsibility should be placed, r Ten members of the joint com mittee submitted five different re ports. It , was to work out a re port in harmony, with these that the committee of two was appoint ed. .Some of - the ; reports were drastic in their demands and oth ers were far too lenient. The findings reported today will con stitute a compromise between the two different factions of the com mittee. K ; ' 'KsSED Only First Class Districts Affected; Several Meas ures Are Approved Amended to leave' attendance optional with the boaTds, HB No. 204, providing for the establish ment of kindergartens in school districts of .the first class, was L passed by the house yesterday after much discussion. , - The orig ional measure sought to makeaU tendance mandatory, but rather than have the : bill defeated, the amendment 'was permitted. The measure was held a step in the right direction and is said to save one year in elementary, schooling. Children of four years are includ ed in the school census and should be 1 ilyen v iiopslderatlon, " it Was maintained. - "' ' " . Several salary- measures were approved. Including HB No. 31. raising the salary of ' the state printer from 42400 to not to ex ceed 13300 a year; HB No. 4Q4, raising the salaries of the county treasurer and county school super intendent of. Linn county from $1200 to $1500 and HB No. 318, raising the salary of the coanty treasurer! of Tillamook -county coanty from $1200 to $1500 and allowing traveling expenses for the coanty judge and coanty school superintendent. .- , . other i bills passed . Wednesday were HB No. 285, a substitute for HB No. 47. giving Portland and Multnomah county the same rights enjoyed; by other counties and cities in relation to agreements be tween county and city for road work; flB No. 70, relating to ad ditional Inheritance tax upon tax exempt securities. This bill is sim ilar to one before congress last year that came within one vote of being passed and HB No. 229, which was reconsidered, relating to the dog license law. The collar is held a needless expense and "be tween 20 and 50 per cent of the fees collected are -uselessly ex- (Continued from pag S) SCHOOL ID DOG ISP1H0FPIM House Rejects Seaside and - Humane Society; Pleas for Legislation , ; The Oregon Humane Society's measure prohibiting dogs from be ing carried on the running board, fenders r hoods of automobiles unless "proper protection ' was giv en by means of a frame, was de feated in the house yesterday.. An effort to place the decision of a normal , school at Seaside- be fore the voters at the next general or special election, was ; defeated by the house yesterday. The meas ure sought to establish the west ern Oregon, Normal School or lr lege and did hot carry an appro priation. ;;" -' : - ' In behalf of the measure it was pointed out that the site offered to the state free of charge; that housing . facilities for 10 months of the year were such as to not need the construction of dorma tories and that Seaside was an ex tremely healthy community. Opposing forces held that while the ".need!- of additional normal school facilities was Important, the first duty was to Monmouth and Ashland, where buildings were air? ady constructed T llESCUEflSiE ten GOLLins; SiJ Rescue .Workers Still Rctda Hope of Reaching Floyd Collins Alive Workers Say Entombed r.!nn May. Be Reached in "Cr.3 Hour of One Day"; Draft . Is Evident UNCERTAIfiTY OF DEPTH OF TUNNEL PROVES BAR CAVE CrTT. Ky Feb. 12. (By The Associated Press.) "We are nearlng the end now," aaid the workers in the Floyd Collins rescue shaft early today. "We may find him in an hour or a day." .They said they believed a aOticeable down draft had started in the shaft, indicating an apper ture was near at hand into some tunnel. The depth at 2 a. m. was 42 feet. 5 CAVE CITY, Ky Feb. 11 By Associated Press.) Hopes that the rescue shaft at Sand Care was within 10 or 15 feet of Floyd Col lins' under ground prison were ex pressed, tonight by state officials in charge of the digging. ,. After two hours of timbering, the dig" glng was resumed at 8 o'clock. No additional evidence of . an immi nent break through the roof of Collins' cavern had developed, ' Anything Slay Happen When the diggers gave way to the timber workers at 6 o'clock the ; depth of the shaft was estil mated at 45 feet.,, H. T. Carmichael, in charge ot the shaft, said tonight that they , had reached a depth where any thing jnight happen." Doubt Cat Collins would-be reached tonlLf was expressed by M. E. S. Pose, Governor Fields' engineering rep resentative at the rescue camp. He said that unless a tunnel ii discovered unexpectedly there wa ten feet or more ot dirt and rock yet to be penetrated before the level of Collins Is reached. Man's last means of communi cation with the place in Sand Cava where Floyd Collins has lain for almost 13 days an electric light line -failed . today . while miners continued to dig a new shaft to Sand Cave. Light Fails The electric light, placed, in Collins' prison before the natural passage to the cave was closed by the earth's forces, went out this morning and noises heard in a sound amplifier; and interpreted' by experimenters to have been caused by the breathing of the trapped man. failed today for the -first time to come through. , H. G. Lane, in charge of the plant, said that in his opinion either removal ot the light from the socket or burning out of its filament had caused the failure of fCro tinned ea pir JKICES ERGOODIIU friendship Is Exprcc::d m Telegrams Sent By Jap i anese Embassy GENEVA, Feb. 11. (By AP.) Whatever the International opi um conference may have failed to achieve, a new manifestation of friendship between the United States and Japan was given to night by the exchange of tele grams between the Japanese an'i American . delegates to Ate re ference." ' Sagataro Kaku, former civil roW ernor of Formosa, and II. L . z I mura, head ot the Japanese dele gation, telegraphed to Representa tive Stephen J.. Porter at Parij, expressing profonnd appreciation for his courtesy and friendly col laboration at. Geneva.and adi ' - z that the Japanese were deligLtii to associate with the Acier!in delegation In a trnitsa e ::: or tor the common good of huiaaL. ,:y. "It waa your lofty ideal! i which inspired us." says the Jap anese message. "We assure j c a that the government and pe-r-Ti of Japan entertain the tame e- 1 ment, 'Conldi&t.''-t tie tlV. ' ; success of your r- ! ivcr v ! ' 'i ha3 not enly the t , . rt t ' ; opinion in the Uj.1 ' ; al33 ia Ja(-as. FT IE I'll i r ;