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OREGON To buy the news Is'to progrees--to learn of ii first is to read the advertisements-rRead tL: 3 Generally fail r; slight temperature changes; : light east ids. Wednesday Max; 41; - MinSC; 1 River whids They are news froa 5.6 tallln;' Rainfall none; Atmosphere 'cloudy advertisements regularly, your business friends; w ina ortneast. ThsWeatlier I ii )J SEytOTY-FQUgmYgAR'' . ..I. .. . I ' - ; SALEM', OREGONTHURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 19, 1925 i j - : " h ' ; !' 'c PRICE FIVE CENTS r t ? Tf SER'JIGE GNEII B Airplanes AVill Meyer, Assume v Paramount ' ImRortancd, - Coolidge Declares in Mes sage to B ar d - j i r BATTLESHIPS ARE HELD FlfAL'ARS ITERS. AT- SEA .Explanation of . Supplernental Naval Estimates Made in ' Statement WASIJIXGTO?!.: Feb. 18 Presi dent Coolidge. added a new' chap ter today to, the air service coni , trorersy by making' public the re port -of- a r special. naTal.t board vhich found, that' battleships re main "the final arbiter In-' sea warfaB,"." and"" airplanes Would never 'assume -paramount Importance.;'- . . : . ' ; -:. ' The president also issued a for mal statemen In explanation oi the $30,000,000 : . supplemental nayarestlmates recently -BnUmitted to congress by the budget bureau which were founded on recommen dations of the. naval board ' but sharply modified. ,The complete building program subialtted. by the board involved expenditures of $80,000,000 a year for three . years.-' ' Adopts rtoard' Views The president makes np refer ence to the board's findings as to relatire military value of 'aircraft, battleships and submarines, the problem he assigned -it" to study when he directed it be convene 1 last September. lie adopts the ; board's view, however, . that mod ernization of oldbattleships (not including, the, elevation of guns) 'is the first requirement, comple tion of aircraft carriers and their planes 'second; and construction f . two ; tea thousand ton cruisers third. The board's TjuildJng pro gram was scaled . down by the president 'all along the line, how ever, to reduce the Immediate cost from so;oor.ooF to f30,000,000. The memorandum described the president a "finding that an ex penditure of that magnitude ($80, 000,000) -was not warranted at (Cootia-id a p( 2) With Calendar Jammed, US 'Senate, Devotes Time, to Nfegro Swimming Hole WASHINGTON. Feb. 18. With Us legislative calendar jammed and "cries df "filibustering" re sounding, through the cloak rooms, the senate today devoted almost an entire session to discussion of the advisability of a negrf swim ming bole in Washington. ; Objection' was made to estab lishing a negro bathing beach In the tidal, basin between the Wash ington monument and the Lincoln memorial and opposite a beach , for white - persons. After - four hours of debate and an Involved series of votes, it was decided to withhold fund for both tn negr? and white beaches. 1 . The i senators paused in their heated debate only long enough tj reaffirm the previous ' action In authorizing Increases" In their own salaries and to give a few minutes attention to the pending confer ence on the ? "Underwood Muscle Shoals leasing blir. i H Senator ICorrli, republican, Ne braska, sought to have the bill carrying- the salary increases re called from the louse and recon sidered, but his effort was defeat--ed on an oral vote and he was un able to" obtain sufficient' seconds for a roll call. . Convention Measure Loses 1 In House By V;6te;of 37-18 , The - house yesterday " rejected HB No. 10?, providing for. a pre primary Convention by " a vote of 37 to 18. The proposed law,,, it was held, did not conflict with the present primary law. Passage was urged , uponr .the; grorind:"th.at the bill would not pass the senate, but that, an xpressloirof sentl meat la both houses was sought In order to .'formulate a . similar law in the future that would re- xnove objections .mads to the bill REPOR riLlBUSTERIiJG QCGUPIES DM Cfrerea at this time. New. Naval Conference ISj Ejected; Steps to i Extend Treaty Taken WASHINGTONV , Feb.' 1 8.'(By the. AP.)-Definite, , if informal, steps by the Wash Ington govern ment are in) progress ; for . a '- new naval conference to extend treaty limitations to auxiliary craft. Preliminary canvass in London, Tokio andtRome are indicated' to Jave met with-favorable reactions. Success of the project appears to rest ' upotf! the. attitude of Parts. A conference on Invitation of Pres ident Coolidge is a possibflity only ir It can be found . that obstacles of 1921.' which blocked the road to complete naval limitation In the original i Washington "conference, have been removed. The fact that informal negotia tions were In progress B was dis closed here 1 today after Foreign Secretary r" Chamberlaln'Tn" London had" dropped a hint " of them -. in parllameriC TOfTicIils would not go' beyond ' confirming that con-versations-'were going on in capl tola of all jowers signatory to 'the Washington naval treaty. BETIiTTEtilTIOfl Measure- Creating Supervis ing and,Conservation Com mission Demands Place - Re-enactment ofthe tax super vising, and conservation commis sion law of. 1923 Is being sought by Representative Howard in the 33rd legislature, j The old bill was held unconstitutional because of a flaw in the title. . Efforts were made by Represen tative .Swan to have the minority report,'" whic a was unfavorable to the measure, tmbstltuted for - the majority .report;" which, carried a recommendation thai the bill pass j Heated debates with repeated raps for order; were ' held" ttefore the minority report was rejected. The bill- will take its place on the cal endar. . ; . . . Though,' unpopular in several counties, the measure was declared to have wrought a big savings in others. Chiefly Multnomah. Clat sop and Lane. Linn and, Tilla mook, counties are against, the measure, according to Represen tatives Swan and Winslow. ' Representative Howard, sponsor of the bill, said that when the bill was first passed he was very much against it, and, refused to accept an appointment on the commission in Lane county; After being prac tically forced to take thei place hie became interested and came to this session of the legislature with the bin: I The measure Is said to have a splendid influence in tak ing politicV out of tar levies, and It was pointed out that those most opposed to the bill, were member of tax levying bodies. In 1923 when the measure went Into effect the commission of Clat sop county cut the county budget squarely in f two and all ' depart ments continued to "function "as well as ever, Representative Mott said. The second year the county budget was back at the old level and no money was saved for the taxpayers. ; MOB MEASURES EXPECTED TODAY Appropriation Bills and Rev " eriue Producers' May Be : ". Dumped on Solons All bills calling for an appro priation are expected to be damp ed npon the legislature' today. With few exceptions there have been no- measures of this nature offered during the session. i Noi only have theappropria- tlon measures been f kept in - the committees; but air measures de signed for revenue have - yet to make their appearance. ; Two measures'ot interest slated for Wednesday did not materialize. One of these, the senate bill, tak ing the appointments of the fish commissions from the - governor and nutting it In the hands of the board of control, was on the cal endar' but was not reached. - The other. Reoresentative Tucker's proposed movie censorship-, bill. lost, its place , upon ' the calendar upon "requ'est of ' the sponsoir ThU is expected to bring forth consid erable oratory when it comes up TIBIttlttL for final passass. It was learned authoritatively the question" "of land armaments is not Involved. ' r - . : The' Washington government is more anxious than- ever to . curb competitive naval V building In cruisers, ; submarines - and other auxiliary craft Its effort to sound foreign sentiment on a supple mentary conference has not reach ed the stage of formal communi cations of any kind, although the announcement 5 Ambassador j Kel logg at London- would succeed feecretary Hughes at the state de partment gave opportunity to re vive with, new force the diplomat ic conversations that had preced ed. As secretary of state-designate IIr. Kellogg'a remarks In talking matters over with London government officials would x have far greater "weight than his state ments as ambassador, r : r It is- certain no formal step will be taken prior, to Mr, Kellog's re turn. Measure to Prohibit Cigar ; ette Billboard. Advertis- . ' !' ing Loses in Senate '.' ' A bill to prohibit advertising ot - ; cigarettes. On., billboards in the state, met defeat In the senate yesterday, by a. vote of )17 to 12, with one absent. The I measure, known as Senate Bill 119, was In troduced by Senators - Kinney and Garland, and came "up under spec ial order of - business during the afternoon session, t .' kL, Senator Garland made a strong plea- for the adoption of-the bill, stating that., a.4tcrtlsenl used tthe billboards as a direct attempt to induce, the 'youth 'of the country to , smoke cigarettes.' '"The . won derful Ingenuity of the advertisers is insidious," Senator; Garland stated. "The pictures are execut ed, by. an artist of, genius, and by a man of skill. They are. vicious by their very nature. In that they attempt to show boys and girls that smoking of cigarettes has no evil! results on." physical; health.. "I am not intimating that smok ing is wrong or injurious, and I am not saying that a man, or a woman for that matter, should not smoke a cigarette ' if he br she wishes to. What I olect to is the placing of ; billboards depicting athletes in the prime of physical condition puffing cigarettes,- and pictures of old men, apparently in the full vigor ,of . youth, stead fastly proelaming to the wfde world that, as far as they ar con cerned, they would hare absolute ly no objection to walking a mile rbr a smoke. ! i' ::v4 -"Such things can not do other wise than implant the desire in the . minds, of boys , and girls " to Smoke. The whole thing is done by suggestion. And I want 'to to tell yon that when otft young people start using tobacco, it Is only one step towards becoming (ContlnnM on ysg 2) People to Decide Whether Seaside is to. Have Insti - tution for Teachers The normal - school question came up tor consideration In the senate again yesterday, afternoon tBenllB No; 215 wa introduced for third reading. ' I. . i The bill provides .for the people of Oregon to vote on whether or not a normal school will be es tablished in Seaside. It is stated that that city ha made arrange-' ments to donate a tract of land comprising about four blocks for the site of the; school. The bill was passed with only six dissent ing votes.'' T Those . voting ' "no" were Senators Beals, Eddy, Hare, Johnson, La Follett and Zimmer man. , Senator Johnson . opposed the measure on the grounds that' there would not be enough pupils In the city to insure proper training for the teachers, and stated that the same condition now existed in the Monmouth school. Senator Clars spoke In favor, of the bilL ' No appropriations were carried la the measure. GARLlrJD BILL GREETS DEFEAT 0 KAVUHED IiJ VOTE MITCHELL TO Brigadier. General of Air Di f vision - to Be Summoned Before' Executive" Today, . Report States ARMY AIR CHIEF NOT TO RECEIVE APPOINTMENT Will Be Given Choice of. Re signing: and Accepting ."' Other Position I WASHINGTON, Feb. 1$.-The aircratt controversy . took 'an uh expecfed twist, today when a report was received by some members 6f the house aircraft, committee, that Brigadier General Mitchell, assist ant army afr chief and central fig ure In the '.row, would . be callsd to the White House tomorrow and Informed by President Coolidge thathe would not be reappointed. White House officials refused o either deny or confirm the report. War department Officials 'said they had no , knowledge "of; the: matter and an Inquiry at General 'Mitch ell's office, brought the statement that the; assistant air. chief, knew nothing of.it. 'V ' 'The' report as it reached coin-? mittee members was that General Mitchell would be given the choice of either voluntarily resigning his position or of accepting other ser vices to which the war department might assign him upon the expir ation of his - term; ot office next month. ' ' - 'f ' ' '! - . These . committee members also said they had been informed the contemplated presidential action was impelled by declarations by Secretaries Weeks and Wilbur that they would resign unless sum mary action was taken- in General Mitchell's case. -; ' . v.-u V-;- . Both secretaries, when notified of this aspect of the report, denied that any such thoughts ? were in their minds and Mr. Weeks went further to call attention' at his' re cent statement that--the war de partment would take no action in reference to General Mitchell: un til, the house committee concludes its investigation. The report that General Mitch ell, was to be reprimanded arrived at the capitol while the committee was considering in executive ses sion the advisability of open hear ings on th recent findings of cer tain airplane tests. It had ordered conducted , at McCook field, near Dayton, Ohio. ; ' The startling nature, of the Mitchell report caused an Imme diate adjournment of the session without' decision : of the "question before the committee. ," - The tenor of , the report was conveyed . to the White House where officials in addition to re fusing, to deny or to confirm its accuracy, made the informal state ment that it had not emanated from that sources f .-' NOMINATION CONFIRMED WASHINGTON. Feb, 18. The senate confirmed today the nomi nation of George Alexander Parks to be governor of Alaska. He will succeed ' Governor Scott C' Bone, whose term expires-in 'June, f - ASTORIA GRANTED . LAND WASHINGTON. Feb.' 18. The senate tonight, passed the house bill authorizing the conveyance to Astoria, Ore., of a strip of gov--ernment land in that city. - BEGALLEDTO Portia Mansfield Dancers perform for Packed House at Grand Here Last Nignt Civic Music Clnb Attraction WIH Not Soon be Forgotten by Those . . . - Enjoyed Unusual' Offering at Theatre" - , - " -Ry ATJDRED BUNCH 1 The entire house was sold out for the Portia Mansfield dancers last evening at the Grand theater, a Civic' Music club attraction that Salem, will not1 forget. From the moment' the curtain went up- till tbu time . it.finallj;.rang ; down; nearly two hours later, the audi ence.. sat in willing entraneement marveling that while not a singlo word was spoken from- the stage that " so v much " was ; said, epics told," symphonies composed, love stories lived, and moments of joy breathed and whispered. Such ,1a the language-of color and rhythm i "pAs PreladesT, of Liszt offered the -firstf of-the chosen compost ttonsrfor , rnyt3micvlSTialization, the : silent actors .taking their places . against? an - intense blue background stained with fleur de fys which i for a moment burst like some 'chrysalis to reveal theoe exotic flower of the' stage. . ; A storm of applause greeted the TZRA SLEEKER TO " r -Pf JOIN WILD WEST ! ' TROUPE, r REPORT Oiegon Trail" RIaaer Signs Con-.-' tract to Tr! Ox-Team in Traveling Shovr ' - SEATTLE, Feb.: .18. Ezra Meeker - 94, Oregon" trail blazer and' pioneer of . Washington, an nounced "here tonight he had signed a contract! with J: C. Mil ler,; former proprietor of a. wild west show, to join' a new traveling wild west company scheduled to leave Oklahoma City April 22 for a tour of the United States and Canada. -1 The contract provides that. Mr. Meeker drive an ox team similar to the tone in which he and his bride crossed - the plains to the Qregon country maajr years ago. ' Mr. Meeker said he intended be fore leaving Seattle in ' April to campaign for the photographing of the route of the old ' Oregon Trail" front the air by aviation service. thy army i Last' year Mr. Meeker flew from Vancouver, Wash.; to Washington, p. C, ? in an airplane piloted ' by Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelly, army t viator who figpred In the 1923 non-stop transcontinental flight. FORESTRY BILL : LOSES 1 SE Proposal for growing of I rees on Logged-ott Lands ; Loses in Hard. Fight Reforestratlon bobbed up again Wednesday and after a hard fight; lead by Representative Mott, the proposed legislation was defeated and HB No. A 16 discarded. ) .The bill provided "that owners of logged-of f lands that are .better adapted to tree-growing than ag ricultural purposes, could be class ified by the state forester as re forestratlon' lands and a contract made for 60 years, during which time 'the owners would be requir-. ed to keep 'up fire patrol and in surance eosts and should obtain a Zi- - V F 7 - nrneep tonight in peac:- period,; Estimates . upon the tim ber produced would be made, the timber to ' be re-valued every 10 years in order to provide a" just valuation upon the tax rolls. One half of the taxes would be paid from year toj year and the remain ing half of the taxas being defer red to the end of the contract per iod, i - In support of the bill Represen tative Mott said the 65 per cent of the total payroll of the sute was dependent upon the timber industry and that Clatsop county. Lthegreatest timber county of the state, received 75 per cent of its taxes : from lumber. Estimates have been made that the standing timber supply will be exhausted in 15 years. , Owners of denuded for est lands are unable to reforest because of the system of taxation. Timber, is assessed from 80 to 125 per cent of its valuation while other property Is assessed between 15 and' 20 per cent. By the time the crop matures, taxes have ex ceeded Us value. . - ? Owners: remove the timber by the Quickest; and. cheapest meth ods, which are the'most, destruc tive, he declared. ; 'X.K?t ' ' " , Another measure, providing for the assessment of lumber? or timber-, products was challenged upon the grounds of being constitution al" though a favorable opinion-had been rendered by r the attorney general. The measure, - HB 'No; 441, would enable?" counties "to . . . '. . .,.. t check lumber-removed ffom gov ernment lands and assess this assess , monthly.' r second'" triumphant scene, i - de piction of - the celebration ' after the Saturnalia, chariot ' racing discus', throwing. hurdling and wrestling, all 4 with - astonishing grace -and breath-taking agility; which ' gave unforgettable r inter pretation to Rachmaninoff music, r Country 3 Gardens : by u Percy Grainger was a v(vacious and Joy ous f Itrtatlon with the maiden" in a costume like' Golden' Glow. Chanson Arabe gave eerie scenes, incomparable actings, 'and left an audience as enamored as the c$ ors.' Pi ! J-tft;? r. ': i 1: 1 A weird tree with weird, fruits against mterlously; veiled, dis tances lent the charm of atmos phere to Schubert's- "Unfinished Symphony" the fruition ot eter nal jor. " ' " v -" ' 'i ' - Walts -Fantasy," Furlana, anl The' Silver Hoop 411 followed, and the audience would willingly hav seen it all over 'again 'from the be- (CostisaeS (a psgt 6) 1-one Doctor and Nurse Who Fought Diphtheria at Nome While Dog Teams Brought Life-Saving Serum 4 i r i S : 6 - : y ft K 5 ' w'- V .. . ..... ...A Above are shown ur. Curtis Welch, U. S. Public Health Officer and the' only- physician' in Nome, and Miss Emily Morgan pt Wichi ta, Kan., the 'Only Red Cross nurse in the stricken Alaska settlement. She is In"ch4rg'e'.:'af"tne' hospital whe.re the victims of the t'Black Death" epidemic , are being , treat- TOMB SEALED QVERGOLLIKS Explorer Sleeps in. Peace in Same Cave - Where He ' Was' Buried" Alive CAVE CITY, Ky.. Feb. 18.- (By Associated Press.) Sealed in his perpetual tomb, Floyd COHine Buried alive, he endured for days the terrifying solitude prob ably, praying, he would somehow escape the impending doom. , Un able longer to withstand the tor tures, of body and. spirit he died alone trapped in the laws of cav ernous earth. ! V He met.death camely, his teeth set..' A few, hours, or maybe a day or, two after death had ended his sufferings, rescuers broke open his. sarcophagus. ' ...Plans were made to bring out his body, bat mother earth, ho had blocked " every effort' to get Collins out alive, club to him. The caverns he knew and. loved so well became his crypt. With simple funeral services yesterd.y. his body was resigned to the cave. The 1 climax was reached Mon day with the finding of the body. Th'e epilogue was written today. The booming of detonating dyna mite; the' dull thud of huge bould ers; loosened from the century old bed on the desolte hillside as they tumbled in and "elbsed the new pit, was the drawing1 of the colo phon of the heroic work of the rescuer. -:'T'",f ;ry ' A few flowers strewn about the mouth of Sand Cave, a few spec tators wandering aimlessly' about, today had replaced the mechani cal equipment and the jaded work- ers of yesterday 9 f ' 10WS OUB RICH WW, HE SAYS Dr. Morris Says Correspon 'dents''r Agree" With Him and tne Slogan Man ' 'Slogan Editor the Oregon Statesman' Salem. Oregon Dear Sir: Thank, you' for the copies of the Oregon . Statesman one - Of which contains excerpts from one of my articles in the American Nut Journal. ; "A number of ' correspondents, SOME OF THEM NEWSPAPER MEN, agree with you and with me in ' regard to ; what would' happen If the newspapers' would give one half the space to matters of agri cultural importance that they give to crime. '- . V---'-' ' ! -"Incidentally I know your Wil lamette valley and consider It to be wbnderfully rich agriculturally; Tours 'truly; ;:- ? t:;''- 'H-r" "ROBERT T. MORRIS: No. 114 East 54th St.; New'Tork. Feb. 1 1; 1925." ' 1 (The reader will remember that in the article' of Dr. Morris Yefer- red to he' spoke of the new fron- V t X" : v.. ..... . r" ' . " ' ' v ed. Together they aave been fighting to keep' clown the" death list until Ih'ey.' received the ' liew antitoxin which was' lushed, T00 miles by heroic muehers and their dog teams. in. stormy weather . that brought, temperatures, of j 50 and 60 degrees-below zero. msm Oil MArJY BILLS ,-rca ii fourteen House and Thirteen . Seriate Measures Report- ' ' ed Favorably ; . Fourteen, house and, 13 senate bills passed i through the house yesterday with favorable action being taken.-j One -measure failed to obtain the constitutional, ma Jorify and four; were re-referred and no action taken during the day." - -.- ' ' , : Three measures pertaining to paroles and : pardons were with drawn. Representative Bennett re calling HB Nos. 29 and 270, cre ating a parole board and amend ing the parole law relating tothe power of the governor to grant reprieves and pardons. Repre sentative Hurlburt withdrew HB No. 372, pertaining to ; pardons; paroles and commutation of sen tences. ' Measures passed -bjr the house yesterday included the following house bills: Assessment and taxation of transient livestock in eastern Ore gon; allowing . an appeal to the board, of control from tax levied made by counties and municipal corporations,' - limiting the " levies county assessors to complete and deliver tax rolls to the tax col- (Cnntloaed en pag 2) MArjV "PROTESTS ON FARM BILLS Extended Hearing May Be Necessary Before Meas- ; ure Is Cleared Up WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. Fur ther extended hearings by the sen ate agriculture committee on the proposal for creation of a federal cooperative marketing board may be necessary, because of J the "av alanche of protests'" which : has greeted " the pr6posal - Chairman Norris today told . the senate. In announcing the continuation of nleht sessions of the committee. Similar legislation which em bodies the major recommendation of the president's agricultural con ference already has been approved by the house agriculture commit tee and leaders in that chamber hope to bring it up for consider ation th is week. . ; ," Z ; Chairman Norris would not pre dict today how long the senate hearings would' continue. V, ' 1 Opposition to federal supervis ion of cooperatives has come from' all sections of the country Senator Norris said. ' The treasury took the first, step today In development of the March financing program. Secretary Mel lon announcing that ' redemption of securities maturing March 15, Including certificates' of. indebted ness designated as series TM 1925 and the three year, 4 ir per ceit notes of 1925 would be started to morrow by; the ' federal , reserve basks, ' AGIO BHdOEGOBE PASSES KDUBE IIS BUTTLE Senate Measure, Brings Changes in Present Law and Is Approved By Bank ers' Association 1 THREE YEARS' WORK PRECEDE ITS DRAFTlfiG State Committees Spend Bluch . Time in Study of Needs "and Remedies Changes in the state ( -banking code,' as approved " bf' bankers, tfust c'ompa'nles'ahd the American Banking association,, wer adopt ed Wednesday by the house of representatives. The measure is known as SB No. 54. ' Segregation of capital between the i commercial - and1 savings de partments "is ; provided for the greater protection of depositors and to avoid complications which have "arisen s In connection with the liquidation of insolvent' banks under the present law. Under the new law no- bank will be chartered with "a capital stock: of less than $25,000 in towns having 3.000 inhabitants or less." The old law placed the capitalization at $15, 000. ' -' - . - - t, ' Property Clanse Inclnded The new act provides that any bank may' invest up to but not exceeding f75 "per cent of its capi taT"ahd Surplus in, banking, prem ises .and fixtures when1 the build ing Is not owned by the Institu tion, or 25 per cent of this sur rlus when the building is owned. Under the? old law a" bank could icrest,50 per cent in-bank prem ises, but there was no- provision as to fixture.- After five yeara -no bank; can ;"hold real estate In "Its assets except that which it occu pies for the 'purpose of transact ing Its business. J0 person will be eligible as a bank director un less he is a citizen of the United States and at least a majority c the directors must be resident! of Oregon. ' Directors must mee once a month instead of quarter- iy.; - r Loans. Remain Rome ' Loan limits "remain fixed at 20 per cent of the bank's capital and surplus.' The new .law- restricts any bank or trust company froti engaging directly or indirectly In trade or commerce. No loans will be made payable to officers, di rectors or agents of the Institu tion. ' ..' ' ' J The new law gives the state superintendent of banks the authority to remove any officer or director who may be found "to be dishonest, feckless or in competent, or who refuses to cord ply with the law or the rules and regulations of 'the state 'bahking department." ; ' ' - ' ' powers and functions of trust companies are made more respod sible in the investment of trust funds, all trust ' companies quali fying under the act are required to deposit cash or approved bonds in the sum of $50,000 to guaran tee faithful performance. In the event of any violation the deposit is available under the law, to be (Contintuid on vss C) WEDNESDAY INVHINGTON .The house refused to accept the senate postal pay bill In place of Its own measure. ' .4 A $10,000,000. Veterans' hospit al bill was reported by the houau Veterans committee. , ' i : The senate confirmed the son- mation of William M, Jardine cf Kansas to be secretary-of agricul ture.; V' ; i "..;" . . . The senate voted against recon sidering the legislative appropria tion bill carrying salary .Increas e for members of congress. Reports at the capitol that Er"- adier General Mitchell would 1j Summoned to the White House to morrow could not be confirmed. : Chairman Norris of the szz: n agriculture-' committee exprc. fioubt his committee woull ! time to consider fully a coc; .- ative marketing' till. A special raVif beard rc;-r: ' that the' b3tt!:sbfp rem!.: final trT.'ter i i t v :rf-ra t " that tie fcU.:-3 v.-cull i . : 83tte raraircr-t ii.-j;rt: