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tmrnmrn OREGON . ... , mis ... -. 0 AXIW T T MtlLJL Fair; slight temperature changes; light east winds. Satur day Max. 63; Min. 33; ; River 5.S falling; Rainfall none; Atmosphere clear; Wind west. MM (i n in- SEVEJTTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1925 PRICE FIVE C": mm r f 1 i - s . U I '.I .Of r u : i' KETBILLS MGULFED hi LEGAL Ji AH Proposals for Agricultural Legislation Are Threat ened; Three SidecJ Debate Complicated DETERMINED OPPOSITION MEETS DICKINSON BILL Committee Postpones Action . on Measures, Following Long Debate WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -Farm marketing legislation was farther engulfed today in the jam threat ening all conflicting proposals for agriculture when a three-sided argument over the form of the legislation developed 'before the senate agriculture committee. Determined . opposition to jthe Dickinson bill, passed by the house as a substitute for the Capper Haugen measure, 'and proriding federal aid without the Haugen regulatory provision, was voiced to the committee by Chairman Carey "of the president's agricul tural conference and after a three hour, session the committee post poned a decision until Monday. Meanwhile Senator- Capper, re publican, Kansas co-author of the, measure, based on the conference recommendations, held the prom ise of the republican steering com mittee that bis bill would be giv en a chance on the floor, but with administration leaders as well as farm bloc members divided on Ihe form It should take, enact ment of any measure was believed ioubtfuL. Chairman Carey de scribed the Dickinson measure as elever ." camouflage and "much,, and declared it3 enactment would provoke ne brhS1Mpwtr?B'efnter- department tights ever known. He said the bill was drawn by Henry C Taylor, chief of " the bureau of agricultural economics, whom he described as oa "antag onist," pf the conference, and con tended it would ' make him "dic tator of cooperative marketing." Representative Dickinson, repub lican, Iowa, author of the house bill, i defended his measure, and argued the Capper-Haugen bill would set cooperative marketing back "about 25 years." SHORT Till IS LEFTFOMK Congress to Convene Soon; Appropriation pills Still on Calendar WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 8 With the closing of the present session only a matter of hours., congress found .tself tonight , in ; such a legislative Impasse that ' leaders were dubious" that any additional important bills would be enacted into law- . j ' ,-. ,V " - Both houses worked over time in an effort to dispose of the last .of the annual appropriation; bills, the rivers and harbors and other proposals , of less Importance. The final dificiency bill was passed by the senate and sent to conference and then, driving forward late in to the night, the body sought to dispose, of the rivers and harbors measures. - The final dificiency bill cleared . the calendar of the eupply meas ures but four are in disagreement between the ; two houses and the fata ot the j interior department bill is particularly in doubt be cause of senate opposition to house ammendments affecting the Spanish Springs, Nev., reclamation project; ' ' - '- It was a row over the appropri ation ; for jthis project which brought on ' spectacular filibus ter In the closing days of the last session, resulting in the failure of a mammoth deficiency bill. Should all I the appropriation bills get through by next Wednesday, in dications are that the total appro priations for the, conduct of the government made at "this session will total slightly more than two and a half billion dollars. president Coolidge has already signed seven of the bills carrying a total of nearly ' two billion dollars. - . Earthquake Recorded : Throughout Country; Shock Held Severe TORONTO, Feb. 2i. The Do minion observatory reported late tonight that jthe earthquake's cen ter. was at the. mouth of the Sagi naw river in Michigan!. . NEW YORK. Feb. 2S.-Mother Earth shook herself Just a trifle tonight, sending a vigorous little earthquake pell mell throughout the northeastern part of the Pa ited States and panada, - - Tha tremors were noticeable for about two minutes at 3:14 o'clock thjs evening and although not strong enough to . cause damage, they shook the country from north eastern New. England to the Mis sissippi, and from the province of Ontarin smith si fflv ou TtnAAiiM W. Ya.; Richmond and Louisville. in me country's great centers Of OOOUlation V Vn-V V.I-. go. Philadelphia. Washington, PIERCE VETOES EISURES Election Ticket Bill and Mat tress Inspector Not Held . of Importance Election tickets will be distrib uted as usual,' although a measure designed to prohibit this practice was passed by both houses. It failed to "take' Saturday when Governor Pierce vetoed the bill. Another measure, providing for the creation of an additional in spector for mattresses and pillows was also J disapproved - on the grounds that there appeared to be no adequate reason for incur ring the ' additional , expense; at present; nd f proper inspection made under the present law. The measure was TIB No? 418: In explaining his; veto of the election ticket measure, Governor Pierce said: ?;:'. ' r "I am herewith returning house bill 38 with my veto. This toll is intended to prevent the publi cation, circulation and distribu tion of election tickets on or prior to election day. I fail to see the necessity for such . a law.V The friends of good government, lactam ing the cohesive power of the sel fish forces, often have no other method of conveying their ' infor mation - to - their friends except through a ticket published and dis tributed prior to or on election day. I fail to see any wrong or crime that might be committed by the'innocent circulation of tick ets endorsing certain candidates by certain groups of people." CALLOUSED RUSSIA . SUED CRIME Member of Fanatic Sect Kiils Four Children at Sacri .. fice to Heaven ... ' -. 1--- . -.-r. ,: MOSCOWi Feb. 28. (By the Associated Press.) Russia, which through seven years of civil war fare, famine and evolution has become somewhat calloused to suf f ering and, distress, was I. shaken out of Its lethargy today by the revolting murder in the Volhynia district of four children by their father who Imagined that by sac rificing them he would gain heaven. ;!..' ' ,y I".-1 : ' The father who Is a peasant of the name of Zlmbaluk. recently Joined a fanatical sect known as "students," j 1 which forbids the wedding ceremony 6n the grounds that Adam and Eve were not mar ried. After he had been instruc ted in the rites of the society by its president who set himself up among the peasantry as divine personage, .ZumbaluK donned : a white' robe and, entering the. room where his children were sleeping, tied their feet to the bed and then killed them! with a iron bar. Thelr agonized cries for mercy failed to deter the slayer and in his mad passion. h.e crushed each of th,eir skulls and . then set fire to the house. When Zlmbaluk was cap tured a short time later, . he re lated Impassionately all the grew some details of his crime and tried to exculpate' ther president of the ss'jprejae coyrt. , ..... Til Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Boston, De troit and others the quake was severe enough to alarm . millions of people.. In some cities, notably Detroit, hotel guests hurried into the streets In others, theaters and movie halls .- were r -vacated, their patrons mistaking the quake for a -j various explosion.: ? New York's many storied canyons of steel and concrete felt the shock too. In fact, reports from observ ers at Fordham. university, said that tb tremors, lasting- for more than two minutes, were the strong est ever felt In the metropolis. The needles of the Fordham seismograph jiggled over an am plitude of seven inches. Complete reports as ; to the boundaries of the tone were lacking at 10:45 o'clock, but a telephone , message from Montreal said the quake was (Con tinned on pg 7) Changes Become Effective August 31 ; Educational Campaign Is Planned An educational campaign to prepare motorists for the, changes in the lighting laws may be con ducted by the secretary of state prior to-the, new law. going into effect on August 31. The new system brings Oregon on an. uni form basis with . California and Idaho while Washington Is adopt ing; the same system. . The ' act applies to the. "eight-point test' approved by the Illuminating En gineers association of the United States. , ; , u -I. ,'r The -act? requires that; all mo tdr irehicles be equlppd with, cer tain lenses and reflectory devices, of which there are 27 makes in the state "that come within I the provisions of the law. Nearly all of the automobile sold in the last two -years are - so - equipped. -The new lenses cost ' from 30 cents to S4 a pair. . i Only one spotlight will be allowed on the vehicle, this tOj be attached to the' left hand ' inside with the rays directed to the right side of the highway. It must be stationary . and changed only by the use of tools. A fog light may be u3ed and must be on the left of the axis and not less than 24 nor more than 36 inches from the surface of the highway. Signal lights may be used on busses but must be. uniform in color.' 4 . ) Dimming of headlights on dry weather nights will not be neces sary under the change, but dimming- will be compelled on rainy nights or , when the pavement is wet. The act makes it unlawful to possess or sell cars not equip ped .with the lawful devices. .,1 A Adjusting stations are provided for by the act. ' Any garage or shop which will provide the nec essary equipment may, upon ap plication to the secretary of state, obtain the necessary certificates. Mi TO SUCCEED , EOERTIStlJTED Constitution Does Not Pro vide Vice President; Po sition Requires Tact BERLIN, Feb.28. (By the A. P.) Who wUl succeed Cbert as the executive of Germany is a question which i forging itself more urgently npon the jGerman people because of the fact that the constitution does not' provide for a vice' president Many Germans were, made suddenly aware that the president's office, of which they were hardly cognizant, since Ebert's rare tact prevented him from forcing himself, to the fore, is a pivotal point in the whole republican structure, and that the future of the young democratic state will be suitably affected by the choice of the man; placed at the helm. - , ? Two names thus far stand out pre-eminently as presidential possibilities:- ' - r " : : l-V Chancellor Luther and Former Chancellor Marx. Dr. Luther will get the support of the nationalists, conservatives and a large part of the business (C9J;.:sue4 ca r; t) WEEKS DEHIES-." CHARGES IDE 1BST- War Secretary Hurls Whole sale Denials Against Tes timony of Brigadier Gen eral Mitchell ARMY AIR CHIEF RAPPED : SEVERELY FOR ACTIONS 'Muzzling" Vigorously De nied; Says Coolidge Edict Not Obeyed WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, Sec retary , Weeks y reappeared today before the house aircraft commit tee and fired a contradictory shot at practically 'all of the charges that Brigadier General -Mitchell, assistant army air chief has hurled against both the war and navy departments. - " The war secretary also turned the flow of charges on the gene ral himself and declared ho had deliberately disobeyed instructions from President Coolidge in pub lishing certain magazine articles without war department approval, . General Mitchell published the articles, the secretary said, with out the required approval, despite a letter from the president, caut ioning him against it Muzzling Denied '' ' Mr. .Weeks also said he wished to state "emphatically," the war department had not : "muzzled" either- General Mitchell : or any other officer to keep from 'telling the truth" to congressional com mittees. ! Asked during his testi mony If 'he cared to express an opinion "as to whether yow, will reannoint Mitchell." wh.ose ap pointment expires next month, theJ secretary replied : -That is a matter which' is entirely in tbe hands of the president. It would be distinctly inappropriate for m6 to discuss this matter before tak ing it up" with ; the president, which I have not done." Mr. Weeks had hardly begun his testimony today, when seve ral members, by questioning led the discussion directly to the Mitchell controversy with the war department.' Under a running fire of questions on this subject, the secretary denied his request that Mitchell submit articles tor ap proval before publication could be looked upon as "muzzling." ari declared he had taken this action because he became "tired" of re peated protests from the secretary of the navy on the general's state ment. - w' Several times throughout the two hours Mr. Weeks was on the witness, stand, the discussion veered to various phases of the army air service only to return abruptly to some new angle of the Mitchell case. - I never deleted any of General MltcheU's articles," - Mr. r Weeks said at one. time, "but I did, get tired of the continual protests of the navy department," and added later to a question: "But to give up entire control over matters pro duced by officers of the army, I won't do as long as I am secretary t war." J bekt iw is OFFERED FOR EJBVIE In Case of Tie, Third Game to Be Played at Local -Gymnasium ., With Oregon 5 and the Aggies tied for first" place on the cham pionship list keen competition is to be the forte from now on. At the same time Stanford and Cali fornia are tied for place in the south and thejr are to play off the tie and then meet the northern team. This situation Is unique in the recent history of basketball on the Pacific coast and it Is afford ing fans plenty of speculation a' to the winner. The Willamette gymnasium has been offered for use to the offi cials of the Eugene and CorvaUis schools to play off a tie that may result; Probably one game will be played at Eugene and another at Corvallis,. and in the xesnlt if a tie, one game at Salem. These gtmes are scheduled tor Tuesday, Vednesday and Thursday of the nfxt week, with the main cham pionship games to be staged Mon & and Tuesday of the following Ei ilS IS GUT1UE OFEOfiFEIEflCE Linfield College Gets Other Offices; Gilbert Wren, of Willamette, Named Sec retary --Treasurer DEAN MILAM OF OAC GIVES MAIN ADDRESS Work Arnong Chinese I Tpjd to Volunteers; Session Will End Today - The feature of the student vol unteer conference now la session at Willamette university was the election of officers for the. ensu ing year at a banquet held last night. . The - f oUowing s i officera were elected:, - President, : Eva Manas, of Linfield cpUege ; vice president. Harvey Shipp of the Eu gene Bible school;- corresponding secretary," Bernice Cofer, of Lin field college; secretary treasurer, Gilbert Wren, of Willamette uni versity ; ' editor ot ; the v 'Oregon Volunteer,"; Russet Hendricks, of the University of Oregon; member at large, Percy Bell; of the Oregon Agricultural college. "There nave been some 125 registered-delegates at the conference is the report of Miss ! MUlicent King; of Willa mette university, registration sec retary,", l--:,i,'A'::,.r;:. t , Itrs. Session Early :i The conference opened at 8 o'jclock; Saturday morning with a short "devotional services The serv ice was followed by the reports of the national convention held re cently given by Harvey Shipp and Miss Eva i N, Manus. - Mr.- Shipp took, ap the; history of the Studen t olunteerjuoveaient, featuring the work of . Pr.; Wilder and ' Dr. Tor man 4bne among " the . colleges a few years ago.' Then an interest ing 'account of the trip was given. Mri Shipp was followed by Miss Manus who ' gave a detailed ac count of what transpired at the conference.' The conference was attended .by two' representatives from every state in the Union and three representatives from Can ada. Miss Manus also gave an in teresting account of whai the con ference had meant to her. The feature of the morning's program .was the address given by Dean Ava B. Milam, head of the home economics department of the Oregon Agricultural college. Miss Milam spoke on the conditions in China as she had observed them during her two year stay in that country while investigating the practicability of establishing a course In home economics at Pe kln university. f ; ? Languages Are Problem Miss Milam stated that the lan guages in China present one of the most outstanding problems that confront the missionary, but the problem Is much easier to meet for those Just out of college than (Contiaot ea ag 8) mm O CLOSE CALL Charles Parrent' Takes Bad Spill While Testing Ma chine Saturday Charles Parrent, local motor cycle ' man,- is going around his business with a "bandaged head as a result of a motorcycle accident Saturday" morning in whlcV he narrowly escaped serioua injuries Parrent was engaged in tuning up a state machine and was traveling at a high rate of speed when the front end "flew up and hit me In the face." as he put it. The spot light; struck Paxreat with suffic ient force to render him uncon scious. ' : What i happened next he .does not know, but when - he regained consciousness he found , himself and his : machine lying near the highway with several deep marks cut in the hard surface. No one had passed ' following - his accident and he did not know how long ha had been "knocked cold.'.' i.Parrectca,RJe i9'..townr A4 a bad scalp wound in his head dressed. A swollen nose and lips puffed were other outward signs of hia mishap. ; j He was able to be around town later n the day. Parrent is a former state traf fic officer, ' " ' Germany Mourns Over Death of President; New Kepublic" Silent BERLIN, Feb. 28. (By Asso ciated Press.) Theaters ; and operas were dark throughout Ger many tonight, concert halls were closed and cafe orchestras silenced In ' mourning for Germany's first president, Priederlch Ebert, the former saddler of Heidelberg who succeeded ' Katoer Wilhelm as the chief 'executive of Germany and steadied the new republic through six stormy years. President Ebert died-at 10:15 a. m., from peritonitis following en operation for appendicitis five days ago. His system bad been undermined by an attack of in fluenza preceding the operation and his heart was not equal to too burden imposed by . the poteon which had spread throughout hla system. '.' .. ' .'..'- ' The president's -death came -as a shock to the city as earlier bulle tins published by the newspapers Plans Completed for Cere monies;. Escort Provided : for Procession WASHINGTON. Feb. 28; Mrs. Coolidge - will- ridec with ' her hus band to - ther capital Wednesday when he goes there to be inaug urated president of the' United States. , The program for-the pro cession to and from -the capital as made - pubUo - tonight at the White - House, -providea for a cor tege of less than a dozen cars and escorted by cavalry. Inasmuch as there is neither.' a . retiring presi dent or vice president, precedents of the second - Wilson ' inaugural and" Of the ' Roosevelt ' inaugural had to; be consulted before mak? Ihgttit the:-rpamr v ' The official procession which Is distinct f ronxthe inaugural parade, will form at, tbe White House be tween 10:30 and 1 1 o'clock Wed nesday morning, and ' leave the White- - House - promptly - at -j. 1 1 o'clock over Pennsylvania avenue for the capital. A squadron of mounted police will precede the procession and a troop of cavalry will ride "imme diately ahead of the president's car which will carry Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge and Senator Curtis of Kansas, chairman of the senate inaugural committee. Vice President-elect Dawes and Mrs. Dawes with another member of the inaugural committee will ride in the second car. OILGESTIGSTfl. REPORT IS HEARD Operation of Combination Is Detailed; Message Sent to Congress WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 28. Investigation by the depart ment of justice ot the results of the Standard OH dissolution de cree was read by the federal trade commission, in a report sent today to the senate by President Cool idge.' .'-"' i; While: companies which -were members of the former combina tion now operate less consistently as a group, the commission's r: port said, some of the more im portant members "are fortifying themselves by acquiring control of independents -and entering' new. branches of the industry as inte grated as dominant companies in the iterests in which they oper ate.. ; . . : Former Standard units found to threaten dominion of their : sales territories include the Standard Oil companies of New Jersey, Cal ifornia, Kentcky and Indiana. The last named with the Prairie Oil company, another former subsid iary of the Standard Oil group, was asserted to dominate "in a substantial degree the price of crude oil and of gasoline in the Mid-Continent area, which is the barometer of the petroleum mar ket. Independents were declared bythe commission to "keep in touch", with these two companies and to oppose through 'their vari ous associations any effort at price catting.. . ":;.:...V'. r a ' :;...--V The commission's report was submitted in response to a reso lution by Senator Trammell, dem ocrat, " Florida, r requesting . the president to transmit It "if 'not lncomrxtitla with,, puhlic iater- IL'lSllTli . TO BE SImPLE had indicated a marked improve ment in-his condition.' He died at the West Sanitarium where he was operated upon - early1 Tuesday morning, after being hurriedly taken there from his official resi dence. "- This afternoon Germany's war flags on land and sea were aU at half mast by order of General Von Seeckt, commander of the German army- and - no- military band will play throughout the re public, except at Ebert's funeral until after the country's, socialist president has been laid to rest. Republican flags of black, red and golf, looped with crepe line the Streets of Berlin and Potsdam and the saddened public quietly awaits the morrow which' will be a' gen eral day of mourning throughout the republic for those who fell ia the war. The day. will have a (Continue n par 8) HOTEL fill Iff,; ESI1 A. N. Pierce, Manager of Marion, to Take Charge of New Corvallis Hotel A.1 N. Pierce, manager of the Marion hotel, 'will be transferred to Corvallis to take charge of the new seven-story community hotel under construction . there, while James R. Linn, principal owner of the Marlon, will take charge Jiere." Th. change 1 .effective May 1. 7 The personnel of the hotel will not change much, it was declared byMr. I4nn. ' Harold MacGregor, one of the clerks, will go with Mr. Pierce to Corvallis, while Dean ?9rte ,yht hit Jtieen, night clerk, will become- auditor, and William Cain, day clerk, will have general charge or the offices and room management. ' m - ' . v..- . . lThe new Jbtotel fit Corrallis Is under a 20-year lease and will be named The Benton. It-is a fire proof structure with 125 . rooms, 70 of them with baths or connect ing baths. A beautiful dining room is a feature of the new building, as is the ball room, mezzanine floor, and two private dining rooms. It will contain a coffee shop and two store spaces. The building is located at Fourth and Monroe, on the Pacific high way, and is on a street leading to the downtown business district, from the college campus. 4 Mr. Pierce has' had ' an active career in iSalem and served as King Bing of the Cherrlans. He also organized - the ; Oregon Hos pitality club,.-' composed of the booster organizations of the state, and became Its first president. SPEEDER PINCHED - B.i W Seller, Portland, was ar rested for going 32- miles an fcour on South Conimercial street, yes terday by Officer Edwards. ? AIRDEFffilS HELD INADEQUATE r Failure of, Dawn to Dusk Flight Proves Contention, ! Major Declares MACON. jGa., i Feb. 2 . iTJUe failure of the dawn-to-dusk flight. Major Lanphier, said tonight, "proves the contention of iGeneral Mitchell .before jthe - aeronautical committee of congress, that Amer ica's ' air-' defense is . inadequate. There are only 15 planes In the nation today equipped for active war service, and only.12 of these planes have available pilots. In fact, the air force of "America Is in Macon tonight. Atmospheric changes in the dash ' from Michigan to Georgia played only a email part in the failure of the flight, JMajor Lanph ier declared. ; This was because of the comparatively high temper ature here, 56 degrees on the ground and much' lower n the clouds. When taeplanes arrived here all were promptly refuelled,' but the rest of the Journey to Mi an! will be et Jheir leisure, . Longer dawn to dusk flights have been made, it was agreed by the "fliers, but o such flight & was contemplated by the aviators. These men carried in their planes full flshtlag equlrraent and flew a fvll rMIitary r-Jf, t - POSTAL BOTE DILL m DVGflflLiCSL President Approves Raici cf - Salary of Postal Em ployees; Increasa Amcu-1 to About $200 SIXTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS TO BE RAISED Afuipuncernept .(nei c Ci " prise: ,tP W4atC3; . Delay Indicated WASHINGTON. O. C, Feb. 28. The postal pay and rate increase bill was signed tonight by Presi dent Coolidge. . Announcement at the, Wtlte House that the president . fcsi -signed the measure came as sur prise, as earlier indications were that he would send it to txe pc:t offce department and the bxiiztl bureau for study before taking ac tion on it. J he bill, which was received to day at the White House, provided for an average increase .of about $300 annually, in postal employeea salaries effective as of January 1, this yeay, and .increases .postal rates, effective Aprir 15, next, to raise about 160,000,000 of the $68,000,000 required for the pay advance. '..;.'. . . -The bill also carries a 'flder recommended by the senate cam paign funds committee strictly limiting campaign expenditures of congressional candidates. The sal ary increases are similar to those carried, in the measure passed at the last session which was vetoed jby President Coolidge on. the ground that no provision was made to meet the" expenses i-ci dent to suclj v t'?-&. -. - - ' CORGLt"5I ARRESTm j GREENSBORO," N.C," Feb. 2S. Gutzon Borgium, the eculrtcr wanted in Georgia on chare? 3 -cf -malicious-mischief in connectica: with the alleged destruction cf models and plans for the Etcr 7 . mountain confederate memorjsl, was arrested here tonight. RADIO BILL 8IGXED WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. ?S.f -President Coolidge today sigsc the resolution adopted by congress extending for two years from next' June 30 the arangements where 1 7 press dispatches may be transmit ted by naval radio. SATURDAY JNWASHINGTO The second and last deficiency appropriation bill was reported to the senate. The senate agricultural com-" mission reopened hearings on farm relief measures. : ' ; 3 ... Democratic senators agreed to throw their support behind ftLs rivers and harbors bill. . . 4 -. Senator Borah of Idaho gave r.-s-tic he would press bis fight t repeal congressional salary In creases. ' -, Chairman Madden of the be : y appropriations committee propo? 1 plan to rebate taxes when t: t treasury balance exceeds 150,0 ? 000 at the end of a fiscal year. . The federal trade commisslo"" gasollne report said independ t gasoline interests generally 1: to the Standard Oil company: c! Indiana for establishment of pri: levels. . . ' ., 'Officials of the National I " -abled Soldiers league declined t testify further before a house I -vestlgatlon committee on 1 ground it would tend to lacri nate them. .;-'... SecreUry Weets told the hr aircraft commltte Brigadier C eral Mitchell of tie air service ! directly disobeyed President C idge's orders in writing majr articles without citalsias war partmest approval. W, B. -Dutense'-oen, an irr. cf tie fccs-lul let the lsas?, caped somettni8 yesterday a'l noon and up to a lato hour not been arrreiesded. Tl : Is 'six', feet .and one height, weight 15 S hair ss3 f - i- 3 a tj"vu ;v .; . 1