Part One
1 SEVEKW-roUKTU YEAR'
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, , FEBRUARY 15, 1925
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OREGOIJ SDARD
Camp- Lewis Discarded -and
; Maneuver Grounds in
; Jackson County Selected
-By War .Department.
WHITE y.lAKiriQ FiGHY
FOR COAST ARTILLERY
Columbia River Forts Are
Wanted Instead of Prac
tice in California
: Camp Lewis went Into the dis
card as a training pi a e for Ore
gon national guard troops Satur
day when Brigadier ..General
George A; White, commanding, se
cured from tbe war department
approval of his plans for maneu
ver grounds In Oregon. The site
of a big Oregon training camp,
comprising -nearly -8000 acres lias
been selected, mapped and approv
ed, general White said, -in Jaek-
son county. The camp sites and
maneuver grounds begin a mile
and a half north and east of Med
tord and extend north for' more
than six miles across the Rogue
river, - ' .
. Mobilise in -Jane
, " All troops of the national guard
excepting the Oregon coast artil
lery 111 mobilize in the'Jaukson
camp the latter half of June, more
than 2700 men being affected. At
tbe same' time GeneraJ White Is
making a fight to hare the coast
artillery 'troops sent to Fort Stev
ens Instead of "Fort Barry, Cal.,
which they are listed for at pres
ent, and let it be known that he
will visit the war department and
fetor ps area headquarters at San
Francisco personally on this mis
sion at an early date. - The draw
back to the Columbia river 'forts
at present is that they are not gar
risoned even the target tdwlhg
l5oat haying been taken- to-Alaska
feince the World war. Unless this
condition can be overcome the
coast artillery will go io "San, Fran
cisco harbor. ; "j, -: : .;--"
Work Igins Soon .
; Final approval ty ther war de
partment and -corps area . head
quarters of the Jackson county
Maneuver site, will make Oregon
the jBcene"'br large maneuvers' Tor
the first time. An Oregon camp,
5r-' flt"aspol'nted"out,"nbt only "will
,11- fmake it possible for thousands of
1 rOregonlang to witness the maneu
vers but will also 'cause the feder
al camp funds to be spent in the
-state. - -; :"
. Preliminary plans for the Jack
son county camp have been prac
tically completed' and work will
begin very soon on btr extension of
4;the Medf ord city water mains to
ithe site of the main camp. More
.'land better maneuvering grounds
(CoatlnMc nm pa S)
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( Quarantine on Diptheria Will
Be Lifted Soon, Say
Authorities
NOME, . Feb. 14. ( By I Asso
ciated Press.) Another white pa
tient. Miss Hazel White,' has- eon-
DOTROL
l i iractea aipnmeria, me nm case
I reported here since Thursday, the
health board announced last night.
'A diphtheria epidemic, which Mart-
ed the middle ot January and took
" six lives, was pronounced nnder
control Wednesday. , The author !-
- ' ties expected to lift a general quar-
kntine of the town next Friday, but
; It has been postponed to February
; 23, the board said today,
The second consignment of dip-
; ' therta antt toxin, being relayed by
' dog teams from Nena and which
was reported past Unalaklik on the
. ? bouthern shores of Morton sound,
, 207 miles southeast' of Nome,
; ) failedto arrive yesterday- "Dr:
TCurtis Welch, sole physician of
Nome said he had left less than
J 100,000 out of 300,000 units of
"serum received from NenanvFeb-
- ruary 2. v .
Professor Rynning to the public
; 'school here, " and Miss. Billy Cam-
eron were -the first j patients re
leased from quarantine. : .With the
arrival bf a "tOnsrnment of 420,-
000 units of anti toxin late today
or tomorrow,-the health board 'ex
pected to Control the pidemla, re
open the' pUblic school "aaTperhiIt
iirc.3 to transact business."
Brideiivtfeibiiiet
Senate
WASHINGTON, Pebi 14
President Coolidge completed - to
day the cabinet he will take into
office with him on March 4, when
he begins the term to which he
was elected tin November in his
own right. - j ? ; -,' 'v' '.':
He chose W. M. Jafdine of Kan
sas as secretary of agriculture and
sent his nomination to the senate
along "with that ot Frank B. Kel
logg of Minnesota whose selection
as secretary of state to succeed
Charles E. Hughes was announced
a 'month ago.' The nomination to
fill the third vacancy in the cab-
ihet--that of Charles "B. Warren
of "MKhIgan.no be alt&rney "gen
eral was made early in January
and has met with so much oppo
sition, that administration leaders
In the senate have -hesitated to
seek ' confirmation at this session
because It might operate to pre
vent action on legislation.
Immediately after completing
his cabinet the president issued a
proclamation .calling the new sen
ate in extra; Beasion "to receive
such communication as may be
madeTiy the executive" sbould'the
cabinet nominations now pending
lUiBOIIBODif i
M -
AGAirJST BILL
ConsUtutiohal Amendment
Measure is Not Approved -By
Federation
WASHINGTON. Feb. 14. The
American Federation of Labor,
through its legislative committee
appealed today to house members
to reject the Wadsworth-Garrett
resolution for a constitutional am
endment designed to give citizens
a vtrte'On proposed constitutional
amendments before legislatures
pass bn ratification.
Tlia-reaolution-v la .expected - to
reach a vote In the house next
week. It " provides among other
things that at least one house of
a legislature must have been
elected alter submission of a pro
posed amendment to 'the federal
constitution before the states can
ratify. - . i .(
"In these days, when great in
terests command powerful engines
of uropaganda," said a letter rent
to house members, "it . is not ne
cessary for its To Tell "you how
easy it would be under the Garret
proposal to -defeat an amendment
drawn In the Interest of the peo
ple. Thlrty-f ire states might have
ratffTed such "an amendment with
substantial unanimity. Those 35
states might represent four-fifths
of the population of the nation,
but nevertheless, ail 'hope of se
curing the desired reform would
be destroyed the Instant the 13th
state interposed its veto. There
would be no chance for any of the
13 states to reconsider, or for the
36 th state to express its approval."
Hearing on Amendment is
Arranged Under Special
Order In Senate
r Three matters of outstanding
importance happened in the morn
ing sesslonj'of the senate yester
day. One Was setting by special
order the child labor amendment
for 2 o'clock Monday. . At this
time it is believed there -will be
enough rotes to either s kill it or
pass it on-to the people. ;
v "Anotlrer1 matter of Importance
that came hp; was the Kindergart
en bill which was earnestly cham
pioned y Senators Clark,- Klep
per "and Tooze, . and Opposed by
Senators' Eddy and Strayer. --After
a long debate the vote was 15 to
1 3 whereupon President , Moser
changed the vote to ask for a re
consideration Monday. A number
of trther-WIls-were passed,-mostly
local." A j . , ;- r':e
A third bifl of Imp6rtairce wis
a bill authorizing the orthodox
Jews to use not over , two gallons
of wine In their-homes a year for
sacramental purposes. .This Is in
accord with the national law.
Y1L! SyiI2t-ILI "tPATIMON
KANSAS CITY. Feb. 14 Anew
American Royal building will -soon
arise from the ruins of -that which!
was destroyed . by fire -here 'early
today.' .
CHILD LABOR Bill.
:: SET FOR uOS
Selected; Extra
Session Asked
be disposed of before - March . 4
there would reman little for the
senate to dispose of except the re
appointments of . present cabinet
members to whom Mr. Coolidge
desires to give commissions in his
Own name. ,
- Both republican and democratic
leaders said that so far as they
knew there would be no serious
Opposition to the nomination ' of
either Mr. Kellogg who is a for
mer senator or Mr. Jardine who Is
president of the Kansas Agricul
tural college and has the endorse
ment of the entire Kansas delega
tion In Congress.
- The 'way to the confirmation of
Mr. Warren, however, is not so
clear. After conferences with
President Coolidge early in the
week some of the majority leaders
said they would make no effort to'
force action at this session, but ap
parently a change in this program
nbw is being considered, f
Some administration leaders re
presented Mr. Coolidge as being
ready to join tie Issue with the
senate ' bn Mr. Warren's nomiaa
tlen and Indicate - that 'the chief
Bankers Support f!ove Un
der Federal Funds Ex- !
hausted by County Work
After federal government: funds
were exhausted 'in the 1 Marion
county bbya and girls" club wor.k,
different members of the Marion
county bankers association s up
ported, the Trove nntil , the flaish
of ktheyer,v wts th 3. statement '-of
a prominent ranker last night. Toe
a.cwociation fiaa not tScn action s
a group in anpport he work,, hut
there is "tome indis-xttOn that the
club program will Le lcoked 1 litfo.
Bankers annot be charged wliU
failure of co-operating with: the
county school superintendent's of
fice. The statement Is made that
the animal club work would have
to be discontinued - unless some
new source of funds is discovered.
Marion vounty has made an en
viable Tecord In the Various dis
plays during the fair weeks.- and
much of the credit is due to -the
Club work Carried bn among the
boys and girls'. f
Tbe statement that the bankers
have not supported, the move as a
whole, does not mean that the
work will be discontinued alto
gether. . The club work in sewing
and cooking will be carried on be
cause of the organization, of the
county school off ice at the present
time. : j - i - -'. -" ,
Federal funds have become 'ex
hausted and the"workwas discon
tinued under the direction of W.
H. Baillie, former rural supervisor
here. Following this the county
banks took up the campaign and
supported the work in part.
tniier
American Legion St. Valen
tine Dance Last Night
A Wonderful Success!
The American Legion St. Val
entine dance at the new Crystal
Palace last night was a wonderful
success. There - were over 1100
people on the floor at one time.
vf. The dance was given for the
purpose of helping pay the $1320
debt on "the soldier monument on
the Marion county court 1 house
grounds the American Legion
having, voluntarily assured the
American War Mothers 'that they
would assume. the raising of the
necessary funds to clear the mon
ument. - ' : f j I ' ;
At an early hour last evening,,
over $1000 clear was in sight to
go towards the payment of the
debt. ' And the returns were not
all in. . It may be that, when the
returns are all in,' it will be found
that the whole amount, has been
realized.'' :J ; l:f
Great credit in this effort is due
to 'Biddy Bishop, 'Clifford Brown,
and all the other leading Ameri
can Legion members who have
worked hard to realize the goal" -;
I Later It was announced late
tarst nlxht that Hhe whole $1820
would-be 'TealHed, and the dbt
Wiped out.
BuicebtS
DOCTORS GET
CALL TO BUSH
Emergency Call is Given;
tight "Physicians Cafled;
Rescue Believed to Be Im
minent.
fcllWERS DECLARE THAT
COLLINS STILL LIVES
Bed Cross Workers Make Pre
parations for Relief of
Entombed 'Man
CAVE CITY, Ky., Feb. 15.
Dr. "William Hazlett of Chicago
was summoned to Sand Cave from
CaTe City by telephone at 2:30
a. m. .
1 Limestone rock in large chunks
whs being taken from the shaft at
2 a: m.. Indicating that the excava
tion probably had proceeded - to
what those In charge of the work
believed is the roof of the nine foot
void. .
The small crevice was said to
have been located on the side of
the shaft from whence the voices
of those within the cave were
heard. . i
Another voice , test between
miners who crawled as far into
Sand Cave as the passage would
permit . and -miners - working the
shaft was understood this morning
to have .'been successfully com
pleted last night. Soon afterward
those in the bottom of the shaft
discovered 'a small 'crevice about
the size of a man's leg it was re
ported. SAND CAVE. Ky., Feb. 15,
(By Associated Press.) Att 2
o'clock this morning, two physi
cians, both unknown to officials at
the care here where Floyd Collins
is imprisoned; arrived, at the cave
on a mission which they said was
an '"emergency call." . .
Dr.'TvV D.-Funkhonser, official
hewa announcer, when aroused by
the physicians' arrival asked the
doctors their mission. They said
they had an ' emergency call' to
come to the cave at onCe. Dr.
Funkhouser said he knew nothing
aboht; the matter, but the physi
cians told him their call early this
morning had come from "General
H. 11. Denhardt; in charge of the
military here. I
The -physicians indicated that
they were only two of eight doc
tors who had 'been ; given the
emergency! call. Three of these
doctors, "it was unofficially under
stood were summoned from" BOwT
Ihg -Green.' '. , j
It would take the Bowling Green
physicians ' hboUt an hour before
they could possibly arrive at the
cave from their residences.
CAVE CTfY Ky Ineb. 14.
By The Associated Press.) Na
ture "clung to "Floyd Collins to
night, forcing back as "she had 'for
more than two weeks, 'every at
tempt of man to 'rescue the 4ve
explorer from a trap sprung on
hfm while he was 'exploring Sand
Cave. Miners testified yesterday
before the military court of in
quiry Collins -'had been heard 1o
cough that morning, i . i
The elements too,' turned loose
upon the! straining workmen as
they moved each new tall of dirt
that was dumped into the rescue
shaft tonight, by care-ins on three
( Continued 'fran pig )
T010K1IS
Eldest ' Daughter - of' Late
President Roosevelt Re-,
ceives Felicitations
CHICAGO." Feb." 14 The- story
arrivedln Chlcago'at 10:30 ai tn..
today, Valentine day, and present
ed Mrs. I Alice Roosevelt Long
worth, eldest daughter -of the late
President Roosevelt, With a six and
a . half . pound daughter. ! The
mother and child were 'Boing well
it was reported at the hospital to
night. ' j : '
: The baby is the only child of
Congressman and ' Mrs. - Nicholas
Longworth and arrived three days
before the celebration of their 18th
wedding anniversary. More t han
the usual care was "given IIrs.
Longworth, for' her- mother, the
first wife, of, tbelate President,
died at her birth r f . .
Congressman ' Lang Worth Is ex
pected td . arrive here tomorrow
morning. The baby-sms not teeu
named, i
TO CIE GITY
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lEiiill
Ranking . Official -at Virginia
Cape Combing iTests - De j
nies 'Charge .of pAltbring
Magazine -Story.
COTiFLICTir.'G ANGLES
ARE PR03EO & HOUSE
Aircraft -Committee
Hears
Controversy ;Crea
ed 4by
General -Mikhtll
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 4 i The
house -aircraft committee today
rounded out its record 4n another
of the conflicting angles that have
been Injected ! into la -r hekrings
since Brigadier Genera 'Mitchell,
assistant army air chief, sUrred up
the aircraft controversy by If is tes
timony on the subject. j j,
Hear Admiral Sho imager, a
ranking naval officer'a; th' 192,3
bombing tests -off the Virginia
capes, flatly denied before the
committee he had so "blue -penciled"
a magazine article describing
the tests as to inaterfallvi alte"
the contents and also
denied he
had said at the time
was presented to him.
the! article
Iti ti
n't t
true
It's all true, but we can
get out or It will ruin he 4ayyt
The admiral testified 1$ Teply
to - a' statement made before te
committee yesterday that j W.f O.
Schauffler, an officer Jfn tbje atmy
reserve who asserted the admiral
had : changed the " purport of the
article after It had' been approved
by Major General Patrick, chief of
the army ; air arm. ! 1
"Previous to 'the . testimony of
Admiral Shoemaker the commit
tee, in executive session by a vote
of 4 to 3, rejected a mition o
wind up its open hBariag next
Wednesday " and Representative
Perkins, fepuWfcan; .New Jersey,
the onmIttee ;examirjer, yaid the
committee expects to ask he pub
lic next -Ireek for authority to de
fer its report until' the next con
gress. : 1 ' : j . . ' I '
Chairman Lamport announced
that the -committee J would con
Unite its inquiry Monday. He was
of the opinion 'that "iaany importr
ant angles remained to pe gone.
Into before the findings fould te
taken up for consideration in ex
ecutive session. ; I I t
At the executive session today a
resolution also was iktrouced to
refuse witnesses the fright to j re
vise their testimony pefore it was
placed in i the record Mr Perk
ins said practically all testimony
had been received under ath ;and
vet In some instandes Witnesses
had "so changed thfeir festlmony
that the committee hads to take
action j J
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SCHOOL WM IS
Jack Sorahan, !
, m j ail do
Furnished :
Rftsu t ot L ues
, By Farmer
One of the" vandals wblo entered
the McKftiley school "rectttly 'attd
played havoc with the iterior of
the building was arjpreended by
Salem police officers , Sresterday,
Following" clues tunlahjed by a
farmer Uvirig 'six telle south of
Salem, officers werje aole to ar
rest Jack Sorahatt, 17 year old
youth who has 1eeSi Involved in
robbery i escapades tef ore. ;,
At the McKinley MchooUhe van
dals removed the tpp and motor
hn In rir nhoaoferaDh which
the students had puk-thased.hrew
Ink upon the Nrallsi played havoc
witti the domestic fsdence rooms,
wrote ttpon the desks'. ad littered
the hallways and f loor. j m
Sorahan was involved In the
mhhprv nf thkt Sublimity stores
several weeks ago aid wjas brought
before Judge McMnatg roriinai.
The yodth was parbled ahd given
lz Wltn wmca a.u
anew .... - !
Th lad has beenMIviiir with his
r stents on Front tjreetduring the
last, two years, jt j cf a w
limA tti familv resided An Sacra
IIS
"7
mento, Calif, i Sotakajft is a f9r
mer student at the Grjant 1 school.
Chief of police Minto, and Of
ficers Olsen ind Chitlef wefe in
strumental In tracing tfche lalleged
vandaL Within aj fe hours af
ter tbe -report had been made'tO
the police the arrfst was made.
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Crowded Calendar Calls
; l Iesrislature TKik Week
! First of the night sessions of
the 33rd legislature will be held
Monday night. a (motion for the
5-minute ; rule for kponsors 4of
measures will be received -Monday
aBd the ! rule against ; e peaking
ntorei than once will be enforced.
Both houses held Saturday ses
sions, the senate adjourning about
noon and the -house at 3:30
O'ClOCk. .:''':':"-:! .. i . .
1 1 Committees are overloaded with
work and there , are , between 6 5
and -70 bills on the calendar,
Speaker of the House-Burdick In
formed the representatives yester
day, j There were 29 I house and
eight senate bills slated for action
yesterday, but time did not per
mit. : Some of these I were ; held
oVer from Friday, but -due to the
great amount of time consumed by
the fish row,' they could not tbe
reached. All of the miscellaneous
work was completed before ad
journing over the week-end. The
house 'will come to order at 11
o'clock: Monday morning.
j Tempers were short yesterday
and several lively tilts occurred.
With Representatives Mott, -Gor
don, Bates and Bennett being
featured.! Representative Bennett
GROUPS ;
HAVE HEARING
Senate and House Agricul
tural Committees Re
j ceive Report on Bill
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. --Sen
ate and house agriculture commit
tees heard further testimony to
day from - representatives from
farm groupsconcerning the presi
dent's agricultural conferences ret
port and planned to conclude the
hearings next week. " I v
-s' CL F. Holmaiv representing . the
national board of farm organiza
tions told the senate committee, he
did not like the methods suggest
ed' in the report declaring that the
suggested federal cooperative
marketing board, which forms the
basis of the Capper-Hadgen bill
would have a tendency to control
cooperatives rather than aid them.
1A. Sykes of Iowa, vice president
of the national livestock 'prodUcr
era' association concluded his tes
timony before the house commit
tee by urging that the. cooperative
measure and the revised "McNary;
Haugen farmers' export corporr
atlon bill be reported out together
but not welded into one..
He proposed what he called "in-
dustralizing this country."
There is asmuch need now for
the McNaryHaugen-bill as there
was a year ago when it went down
to defeat In the house, the witness
said, adding that the 'cooperative
bill did not go far enough in af
fording Immediate relief to an ag
ricultural emergency "which ex
ists today.?
! ! John G.' Brown," former "presi
dent of the national livestock pro
ducers' association "-representing
the i Indiana farm . bureau ' feder
ation, expressed amazement that
the president's conference, com
prizing men from many sections of
the country with definite problems
could arrive at an accord. J
JOB SITUATION IS
1TCQED HERE
Demand fori Workers" Re-
i mains Steady With Many '
' l Asking for Positions
The labor situation in Salem
shows a decided improvement dur
ing the past week, as indicated by
the report of t the United States
employment service operated here
in connection with the YMCA.
Of the S7 appHcatibna that -were
filed at the office, just an even 50
perdiis"were'placed xm "jobs. There
Were, however, a total of 58 in
dividuals referred to the 66 jobs
that were filed.
Common labor took the lead
again "with a total of 56 applica
tions for labor, with 32 help want
ed! calls- and 31 of. them being
filled." There tone- f arm hand
reported placed,- while four agri
cultural laborers were put on lobs.
Of the five carpenters who regis-:
tered for employment, two- of them
went out' on Jobs. Of ' the 18
woods laborers- asking for "work.
12, went out on Jobs.
wr
was called do'wn by the, speaker
Several i times - during the after
noon session.' Even the 'gallery
was out of sorts and restless, and
in order to Testore quiet Speaker
Burdick threatened . ttff clear : the
house' .once, o - .; " . ; : .- - -
:. Adoption of resolutions was the
main feature of the' afternoon ses
ficn. These embraced a variety
bf subjects, including the referr
ing of ' pardons and reprieves to
the people - at "the next - general
election; authorizing, the, secretary
of sthte to pay; Capt. E. W. MOore
of Portland $600 for the portrait
of e-Goveritor QBen. W, Olcott;
expressing appreciation for the
gift df the statue, 'The Circuit
Rider,"; by Hon. A. Booth, and
Instructing tbe sergeant, at arms
to hang the memorial 'painting of
"An Inception of the Blrth of Orer
gon" in the house for three days
The painting has been in the gov
ernor's of f ice for several "weeks.
In - addition - to ? defeatiag. jthe"
Pierce fish- bill' the house passed
Cwo minpr bills by Representative
Mott, raising the salaries of the
constable and justice of the peace
at Astoria; '
Committee to Be Appointed
To Investigate Rise in
' . Oil "Quotations
WASHINGTON,' Feb. 14. A se
lect company of "sever committees
will be appointed to investigate re
cent increases in gasoline prices,
under , a joint -resolution introduc
ed in the house today by repres
entative Zlhlmkn, - Maryland, ' re
publican. '
Inder the resolution, the-pro
posed selection would be com
posed of those ' members .elected
to the; next -congress, and : would
have:: power: to tesne - subpoenas.
send for peraons and papers, take
sworn testimony and ' be empow
ered to sit where ft desired. :
' The Yesolu tion would direct that
the committee investigating stocks
of crude oil. and gasoline in the
United States Us 'pf January jI
1925, and their owners and hold
ers, nsrwell"ais the prieebf -crude
oil and gasoline at the refineries
and in the open -market - on that
date.- ; It also -would authorize the
emmittee to inquire into thepos
sible relation of the recent crude
oil "price "Increases to the gasoline
price . Jump, and if the Increases
were general among: all compa
nies throughout the United States.
The resolution "was "referred to
the-rules committee.
Sim HIGH DEBATE
Falls City 'Defeated at- Both
Ends, by Two to One V6te;
Much Interest Shown ,
The debate team of the. Salem
high school scored a double tri
umph .over the Falls -3ity team
last night, when they won- at both
ends of adual contest, "by a vote
of -2 to 1.
The upholders bf ; the 'negative
side of the question on each team
travelled. The Salem xepresta-
ttvma In f Falls City were- Avery
Thompson and Margaret Tro; 'With
Homer Htchards and Thomas'
Childs .upholding the affirmative
side for "Salem,- t -the- local - audi
torium. .S'l''- :v-. '
-The truestlon i Was: ' "Resolved :
that a strong third iarty could be
conducive -to good government.
"Walter Kaufman - . and f Bertha
Brown were the Falls. City speak-
r for the Salem contest.
A large -audience attended the
debate' here; showing that-forensic
activities are more of a drawing
card ' now" .than In previous years.
Mr. T. E. McrCoskey presided at
the contest, with Professors Bowl
ing, Franseen. an,d Chambers, of
the 'Oregon-State Normal, acting
as judges. .... f '.
An interesting fact ns brought
out, in 'that the local team is now
ahead xf the Salem, Mass. team
who offered a - challenge ""for a
championship contest. The. Salem,
Ore, high school has won 17 de
bates, and lost one, while Massa
chusetts has won 15, and lost one.
GAS PRICES TO
GET ATTEifflul
ISHW1ERS
DEFEAT 10TT
FTEH BUTTLE
Long - Struggle to Prohibit
Issuing of Licenses to
Aliens -Terminates Satur
day Afternoon.
OFFER IS MADE TO.
- KEEP PRESENT LAV
Astorian Concedes to Request
But Coffey Refuses to
Withdraw Amendment
Aliens will be permitted to re
ceive licenses for commercial -fishing
under HB No. 405, which, af
ter a bitter right lasting all after
noon Friday .and until 1 o'clock
Saturday, was passed by the house
yesterday, 31 to 27. A motion
to substitute the minority report
Tor the majority report of the
committee 'Ictst by-he same,tvtote.
Representative Mott hi 'Astoria
waged a single-handed fight
against the fishing interests In
backing the minority report.
The fish bill, in the guise of a
sardine, rapidly assumed the pro
portions of a;'wbaIe and before
finally -disposed of, -opened the
gates of oratory and the house.
was deluged with a torrent of ob
jections and a hiatory of the fish
Ihg industry bf the state.
. Present Ldtw Held Good
Representative Graham asked
the leaders of both sides Repre
sentatives Mott and Coffey :it
there were any objections to with
drawing amendments . offered fcy
them, in an effort to obtain speedy
action. Representative Coffey
would not answer, while Repre
sentative Mott declared that that
was just what-he wanted, to leave
the 'present bill talone,-and thai
his amendment was a concession
to the "majority report bf Jhe f lsh
efies -' committee. . ZJ 1
Refuting arguments "made !bt
Representative Mottf Friday, Rep-.
resentative" Coffey opened the sea
sion. The committee sought the
advice of the fish commission a(
the highway-committee seeks th
highway commlsiloner, he said.
The bill baa received the endorse
ment of the 'American Legion and
newspapers at Astoria. Repre
sentatives Lonergan and Safes,
the . latter from Clatsop county,
argued in favor of its passage.
AVinslow Helps Both
The bill was opposed by Repre
sentative Winslow, who declared
that the 'American Legion of Till
amook was solid against the bill
because of its -favoring aliens, lie
urged the legislature' to go slow
in acting upon t-he' ad vice of ,a
1500 a month lobbyist, paid out
of state funds arid that Repre
sentative Mott had good grounds
for his" attack against Carl Shoe
maker, former master fish warden.
who was -scored -by Circuit Judge
Eiken "for conspiring -with the
packers to issue fishing licenses
through evading the law. Repre
sentative "tVoodward, in a short
talk, characterized the aliens
ar6UhdAstbTlaas1he",worst butich
of slackers in the country during
the War. - v
- Differences between the minor
ity and majority reports upon
amendments to the bill, as explain
ed r by Representative Mott, were
that his report leaves the law as it
stands with the concession that
aliens who have lived in ttU
country for less than five yars
and have declared their intention
to become citizens, may fish dur
ing the probationary 'period. Tlie
jokers lie,; he said,' In the worla
(Continued , on pars 7)
SATURDAY
IN WASHINGTOI J
CSenrtra "Almadgr Parks .was
nominated 'governor of Alaska.
www m ,
William t Jfarina via tin-n
Inated secretary of agriculture.
The nomination of Frank -J?,
Kellogg tis secretary .of state iT, as
sent to the" senate.
Farm legislation hearings cn
tlhued " before house and ser.-1 a
agricultural -committees.
The senate refused to elimirr. te
provision in ' the 'independent of
fices IIiJ for the railroad Ulor
hoat-d. i1. .
:'
. "-Rear Admiral ' fehoemakr
nied . before the house - alrcr rt
committee that he lad tl
penciled a iraaElne report
scrtblhg" the ferfect3 of battl
1xmbing.