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L. - " ' - ' , ' ' t " 1 t 1 - , ;v - .. 4 : . .-""V A - - . OREGON - Unsettled ', m mm?. TWELVE PAGES TODAY Service W6 guarantee ou ffeHverjr servicer., ' It the carrier fail to' bring your. Statesman phone ii-rn il: probably rain in , the. north portion : moderate temperatoret strong south to west winds. Wed nesday Max. 60; M in. 37; River 4.4 falling; Rainfall none ;V Atmosphere clear j Wind SW. 583 and oar messenger wan maxe aeuTery, VElfrY-FOUBTH YEAK ; SALEM, JOBEGQNTJIURSDAY MORNING; MARCH 5, ,1925 price; five cents; m. i I FORESTRY IETS Eii B! PIERCE'S VETO if 4 ' J " ? " " . '- Plahsr for R6forestration of Iri lloged Off Lands. Do. Not ftT Receive Approval of Gov- 7) ernor POWER OF BOARD SAID1 TO BE TOO ARBITRARY 60 Year State Contracts Fail to Receive Sanction of Executive . , Immediate visions of a refores tratfon plan by providing a meth od of, taxation on deforested lands and timber not yet of merchant able size were sent glimmering Wednesday when Governor Pierce vetoed h6us Diir 'No. ' 416,' by Repfesentatlye iiqtt; of Astoria-. ( "Assesstngf property for the pur pose 6f .taxation , is; one of Uhe most, important, functions for gov ernment." the veto message said 1 t 11 is laiuwiBuia pun J Of the majority of the members of H 4iich were appointed neitner . oy tne electorate nor . -py any swtciu mecrc agency wbatever. The ap pointment of members of the state board of forestry' in' this fashion is reouEhant to thev whole spirit of renresentatlve KOVemmentr .This bill is bulltlup around this state board, vesting in the board great er power than should be exercised by any commission. Contracts Not Favored Another object of the bill which did not meet with executive ap proval permits owners of land to enter into contracts wltn tne state extending over a period of 60 ! years.! Paying one-half the taxes on the assessment by the board -would be deferred until the end of the term. This last provision may be designed to prevent the impos ition of any severance tax upon the removal of timber or any tax upon the income derived from tne - business of main marketing such timber the governor, pointed out. "In my long experience in leg islative work, in the state of Orer gon I never have examined a bill that might be as far reaching and '?Hnis one," Governor Pierce said. Sl VOur reforestation policy should inrlnrt the acauisition by the j state not only of all the cut-over and otherwise deforested lands but particularly should include the acquisition of all lands which at present have a forest growth of insufficient size to be of com mercial value for lumber manu facturlng purposes." .New Tax Suggested Governor Pierce suggested a severance tax of 1 per thousand feet which would yield 15,000,000 annually, he said. He expressed great regret that the legislature did not pass a bill without the features to which he objected and ends his message with the state ment there is nothing of more im portance to the state than an un selfish policy of reforestation. "It may, well be believed that once this bill becomes a law all owners of land within its survey will hasten to contract with the state in accordance with its pro- ( Con tinned en pas 7) rkBLOSSH DAY IS TO BE DISHED Early Spring and Blooming Fruit Trees Call for Ac tion by Cherrians Promises of an early spring and the resulting early blooming of fruit trees in Salem district is cal ling for consideration of the an nual Blossom day celebration, ac cording to King Bing J. C Perry of the Cherrians, who sponsors the event. ! Consideration of Blossom day Is slated for one of the chief busi ness matters to come before the Cherrians at their regular meet ing at the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night. i .i-; I- Last year Blossom day was ob- ;7V rved early in April. Because or blooms appearing tnrougnout the district with comparatively little warning, it is Impossible to set the date very far in advance, and all arrangements must be completed alter a short advance warning. - Salem Miercnants Forced . to Contribute $2000 to State! Thimgk iew' Law Salem' merchants will contrib ute' close to . $ 2 000 in added taxes to the state of Oregon under the provisions of HB No. ' 21'. which demands a 50 per. cent increase In fees on motor vehicles that are op erated beyond a five mile limit of any incorporated town or city. ' Some of the merchants are hit very, heavily and the added tax amounts to more than $250 for each - year. Some of ? them, how ever, pay a $25 increase, and oth ers a $1 raise. This tax is paid in addition to the state, gasoline tax and , the regular motor vehicle tax that is now imposed by the state. 'Some resentment is shown by the local merchants, who class the new legislation " as a su"bter fuge oh the taxpayer, t Practically every j business in Salem Is affected by; the . new rul ing. Packers, merchants, furni ture stores .creameries, ice-ream GdttHtiS WORK H BILLS $507,000 Lopped From Ap propriations Before All Measures Signed ' Governor Pierce S finished his work On , bills passed by the 1925 session of the legislature shortly after 5" o'clock Wednesday after noon and when all had been , ap proved or vetoed it was found that a total of $507.000 had been cut from appropriations passed during the session. This amount is well under the amount of revenue that will be derived from various sources during the next two years. - Two more revenue bills were signed yesterday, j These were house bills' 485 and 502.' The first of these places a set scale of taxation upon the gross earnings of all utilities in the state and the second a tax of 10 per cent of the receipts of the self-supporting or state departments which are oper ated under a fee system. The utilities' bill is expected to bring in approximately $80,000 and the other around $200,000 during the biennium. ' ' Another bill signed by the gov ernor yesterday provides for an appropriation of $10,000 during the next two years for the Investi gation and control of poultry di seases and the establishment of the office of state poultry vettfir inarian. 11 . : ' ' . f Several other minor bills were approved before the time limit ex pired and for the first time in many weeks the executive desk is practically cleared 1 of legislative affairs. j i BILL IS SUED Coolidge Favors Measure Authorizing Agreement -Between Four States . WASHINGTON, March 4. The bill authorizing an agreement be tween the states of Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana, af fecting the disposition and ap portionment of the waters of the Columbia river and its'tributarles was signed today i by President Coolidge. . v. ; i, ,.;-.' - SPOKANE, March 4. Alterna tive plans for a, water supply for the Columbia basin irrigation pro ject, under which It is proposed to irrigate some 1,750.000 acres of land in. central Washington call for obtaining water from lakes in Washington. Idaho or Montana. Two conferences ot representa tives of these throe stales, with" a representative of Oregon have been held but - no basis for an agreement of allocation of ..head waters of the Columbia river has as yet been reached. ;. Interest of Oregon is not di rectly concerned with the Colum bia be?in project, it is explained, but it enters into a division of the waters of the Columbia rivet among the four states. LAIIGE -TIMBER DEAli MADE V SEATTLE, .March: 4. Twenty seven thousand acres of timber land in Kittitas county northeast of Ellensburg, has . been sold by the Hoosler Land company to the Cascade Lumber company of Yak ima. The consideration was $136 000. . . ! factories and bakers have to pay a very heavy increase. The Valley t Packing? company must add . approximately $250 to the state each" year . on: the six trucks which they are '. operating out of the city. The Hamilton Furniture company is using . two trucks which means an increase of 57. for the year's license tax. H. 'Li... Stiffs Furniture company operates five trucks and are plan ning to add to. their fleet as the spring and summer advances. They will pay an1 approximate sum of $200. . ; ; .The Buttercup Ice Cream com pany of Salem will add over $50 to the sum, which; has already been paid into the state's coffers. The Cherry City Bakery operates five trucks outside the Incorpor ate limits of the city and their license Increase -will amount to a 'considerable sum." DiKEPUl Marion County Court !s Ex pected to Make Decision Within Few Days v Within a day or two the decis ion of the Marion county court oh the proposed drainage, system of southeastern Salem will be pre sented, following the last on slaught by promoters yesterday. Judge Brazier Small, counsel for F. W. Durbln. one of the remon strators, stated that the case would be carried to the circuit court in event the county court finds a case in establishing the drainage system. ; , 1 , Investigations are under way to see what -will ve- donewi th-the extra water that will foe brought into the city by the establishment of the new system. T B. : Kay, Mayor J. B. Giesy and others are to be interviewed. ; Among the -active speakers for the proposed system were Victor Schneider, P. F. Killan, while J. G. Merchen is the prime mover for the ditch. Engineers (Simp son and Cupper are also active in the new work. It is claimed that the drainage . - (Continued on page 8) EBERT WILL BE Former President of German Republic Lies, in State? Nation in Sorrow ' BERLIN, March 4. (By the Associated. c Press). Sorrowing Germany turned Its eyes toward Heidelberg, when the funeral train bearing the body of the late presi dent. Friedrich Ebert, left Berlin at 6:40 o'clock this evening. On the train also were members of the family, the 'German cabinet and representatives of all the vari ous states, making up the new re public. The train should reach Heidel berg at 8 o'clock tomorrow morn ing and the burial will be in Berg cemetery two hours later. The funeral here, was largely a national affair., but at Heidelberg the interment will be in charge of officials of the city where Ebert was born and the fire, and police department," many members of which are the sons of men who knew Lbert when he was a humble tailor's son, will take part in the ceremonies. '". . . V ':. Because Of the French occupa tion the escort must' be civil,, rathf er than, military, in the Badenese city... , ... . - " rv :. 1 The late president's grave will be on a hillside of the cemetery which : commands a view t down Neckar, valley: to the majestic Rhine. : ? : Hope Lost for Recovery;, - Of Bishop Wrm F. Murray MEMPHIS, Tenn March 4'. Bishop William F.4MUrray of the Methodist EpTscopai cnurch, south, one of the- south's distinguished educators and one of Methodism's outstanding churchmen, late to night took an unexpected turn for the worse at the hospital where he has been ill fo rseveral days and physicians attending say there is np hope for bis recovery. ; INTERRED TODAY SUPPLY BILLS ie rail BY PRESIDENT All Measures of General Pub lic Importance Secure Ex ecutive Approval; Some Bills; Blocked FARM LEGISLATION IS LEFT IN MANY STAGES Capper-Haogen and' McNary j Bins Left on Senate' I Calendar WASHINGTON March 14. The sixty eighth congress expired to day with less than half the offi cially approved . legislative pro gram written' into law. f . ; ' ;; With the executive' approval to day, jast within the legal dead line, of the legislative and defi ciency appropriation bills, all the vital supply measures were suc cessfully enacted but there" re mained on the calendar several bills of nation? 1 interest whjch had been given so-called priority by the administration leaders. A vote upon these had been blocked by a combination delaying tactics on the part of opponents and lack of time for consideration. No measure of general public importance which did get through the jam," however, failed of -executive approval, it was declared at the White House tonight, though two or three bills were understood to have been , left on President Coolidge's desk when he departed for his inauguration at the capitol. They, were said - to be measures dealing with private claims but whether they were given "pocket vetoes" or were signed before ho leftwas not- definitely .known. The Muscle Shoals leasing bill died in conference despite the ex pression of hope at the White House that ..ome legislative au thority would be given for dispos ing of that problem. , Farm relief measures were left In i various stages, the Capper Haugen bill on the senate calen dar, the McNary-Haugen farmers' export corporation bill In the sen ate agricultural committee files and several less widely discussed proposals in varying degrees of consideration. Enactment of a public building.; program, approved by administra tion spokesmen to make up for thn lackfof construction during the last decade, failed when the house and senate came to a deadlock upon the matter of jurisdiction over approval of projects. Settle ment of French spoliation claims also went over another year after waiting more than a century, be cause vigorous opposition by sev eral senators threatened to pre vent more pressing legislation. The McFaddcn bill to authorize national banks to maintain branch es under certain conditions and otherwise to compete with, state institutions on a more equal basis had been put aside in' the senate after a three day discussion and remained truly as: well as techni cally the "unfinished business," whne the final gavel fell. lin TESTIFIES Stand Taken in Defense Testimony; Disciplinary ;.i System Said in Vogue : COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., March 4. (By The AP.) De fense testimony for Thomas J. Ty nan warden of the Colorado pen itentiary, charged with prison mis management by former Governor Sweet, and an attack on the ward enship of Thomas Mott Osborne at the Portsmouth, N. H. naval pris on, featured today's session of Ty nan's trial before the state civil service commission. The number of, prisoners "spanked" under Ty ana's regime was 'decidedly less" during - the administrations of three previous f wardens under whom he served. .Frank A Watt, captain of the guard at the prison, testified. George. L. Peterson of Colorado Springs, a former marine guard at the Portsmouth prison; teatl fled aar defense witness- to the disciplinary system-in vogue there under Osborne IN REVOLT PLOTS : DISCOVERED II ; US PROVINCES Attempt to Overthrow Pro i vinciat Government in Islands Is Uncovered; Of- ficials Endangered SECRET SOCIETY PLAN : SEIZURE OF BUILDINGS Constabulary Stage Battle : With Colorums in Hills , of San Jose , MANILA, March 5. (By The Associated Press. ) A plot to overthrow the 'provincial govern ment of the1' province of Neuva Ecija. seize the treasury, burn the government buildings and kill government officials was discover ed after a fight between consta bulary and fanatics, known as col orums, near San Jose, that prov ide; in which seven of the fanat ics were killed. An affidavit made by one of the captured bandits disclosed' that a secret society known as "Kapitunan Macabula Macasilage" with an alleged mem bership of 12,000 planned to seize the government on Friday , night. Considerable. unrest has existed in Neuva Ecija recently, owing to trouble between tenants and land owners, causing the constabulary to : keep a close watch to prevent outbreaks. ; v - When a constabulary patrol en countered a band of colorums in tho hills near San Jose a fight en sued. About 25 colorums armed with shotguns, ' revolvers, spears and bolos advanced to meet the constabulary. ' The latter opened fire, . killing three colorums in stantly and -four- others later in ci tiding Pro ilacubla,. leader ol the colorums..-;;, .-' ; "After, being, wounded, Macabula continued fighting, and succeeded In wounding a constabulary offi cer who afterwards killed Maca bula. -. . " ';. i '. ' ' yr. Hand to hand fighting with bo los occurred before the colorums became demoralized and fled after the death of their leader. .Constabulary, officers arrested a number of the fanatics and it is believed- that the remainder scat tered in small bands. Another company of constabu lary, has been dispatched to the zone. This is the first time the col orums have been troublesome on the Island of Luzon. Previous opera uons of the fanatics have been confined chiefly to Surigao where, a year ago, more than 200 were . killed - by tthe constabulary and the gunboat Sacramento. mm Doctor to Stage Defense Against Charge' of Mur dering Crippled Child DENVER, Colo.; March 4. In dications that insanity would be the defense plea of Dr. Harold E. Blazer, 61 year old physician and inventor, against . the" charge of killing his crippled "'child-woman" daughter," Hazel,. 32,, were reveal ed today in a statement by H..W. Spafcgier, ; Denver attorney, who Is. to act as counsel for the ac cused man. i Dr. Blazer has been mentally deranged for fully 30 days, prior to and on February 24. when It is alleged he smothered to death his deformed daughter with a chloroform saturated towel, ac cording to'." the statement by Spangler; . . ' : ' ' " "" " - " " Tomorrow the alleged "weapons of science." with which' the invalid daughter was killed, will be dis closed by the announcements of the results of the autopsy exam ination by Dri W. S. Dennis; Den ver pathologist, at the inquest and it is expected that with the con clusion of the autopsy, the- cor oner's jury will bring in1 a verdict as to the manner bywhich the "child-woman' met her death. : EXPLOSION KILLS TKX .BERLIN,, March 4. (By The Associated Press.) -The latest re ports received here concerning the dynamite explosion it Itefnsdorf say that 10 persons were killed and 30 injured " US T D BE OFFERED rassmg pi ung Is Not Attendied by Usual WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5. (By The AP.) With a com plete . absenee of the tensity of spectacular incidents thai usually attend a sine die : adjournment, the sixty-eighth, congress passed today into history. Its calm ending .was in, marked contrast with the hectic days that had gone before,, with blocs fight ing blocs; a majority without pow er, to carry out a . program and with attention. frequently, diverted from legislative channels by spec tacular disclosures, in numerous committee investigations., . Adjournment brought to a close three months . session : which ac complished only the enactment of routine appropriation bills and a few general - proposals, chief among them the postal pay and rate increase act. . Measures fail ing; Included all of the major re commendations of the president's State Hospital antt Feeble Minded School Must Wait for Two More Years Appropriations for" buildings at the state hospital and the feeble minded school were cut squarely in two Wednesday by Governor Pierce In an effort to keep the total expenditures within the rev enue of the state when' he returned house bill No. 608. By use of the veto Governor Pierce reduced . the appropriation of $162,408 for new buildings and equipment at the' state hospital to 89,425; and buildings at tfce feeble-minded school from f 141, 450 to 176,450.. An appropriation of 7700 for improving the ceme tery in connection with the Sol diers' home at Rosebnrg also felt tho axe. . - .. "A part, of the penalty we' are obliged to pay for the repeal of the income tax la W, which would hay!e produced $2,500,000 each year, is enforced retrenchment at the state hospital and the' institu tion for the feeble-minded," the veto message said. ' " . Construction of an . industrial building, costing $64,559 . and $4040 for machinery or the build ing were, disapproved, was an item for $'f384 ,for a new, greenhouse. The , feeble-minded school , will have to go without, a new $40, 000 auditorium and a new $ 2 5, 000 dining rpom. The other Item was for $7700 necessary to main tain and improTe the cemetery, in connection with the Soldiers' home.. . . . . , .r- ...,'. "We do need a new Industrial building and greenhouse at the state hospital,", read the veto mes sage "We also need, at the in stitution for the feeble-minded a new. auditorium and, a dining room. It is right and proper that the cemetery at Roseburg for the soldiers' home be beautified. How ever, these institutions can prop erly function withoutA these Im provements.. In returning house bill . No. 508 It is with many re grets that-1 find it necessary to veto these items' - -' j ..... Irrrrr IS State Prohibition Corrimis soner to Assume Duties . About March 15 W: k. Levens of ' Baker, state prohibition commissioner, filed his oath or office and bond vveanes day. He will take office about March 15. Since receiving the ap pointment he has received in the neighborhood of 100 applications front those seeking to 'become his deputies:- Some of these; he said, were, from excellent" men hut a number -were evidently, from young men who sought excite ment;; No applications have been accepted so far and bo deputies named; he said. Mr. Levens will make his headquarters : in Port land.. . - . , WIllslUiY CAR TAKEN . KANSAS CIT IUk, March 4. A freight car containing 600 cases of whiskey of an Irish brand val ued at $50,000. was seized in the Missouri Pacific railroad yards feere (onight by the police." IET0 RETARDS BUILDING PLI OW OFFICE FILED BfLFJFJ ;ress;. Hectic E agriculture conference, the Muscle Shoals leasing bill, all important matters affecting . railroads,, and thousands of others of varying de grees of interest. During the two years it was in existence congress did enact a tax reduction measure; revised the Immigration law;! provided for the reorganization . of the diplomatic and consular service and gave vet erans of the world war an ad justed insurance compensation. , It:.' - - . The final sessions today of the house and senate consumed less than two. hours and sawhe trans action of very ; little ; public busi ness. Convening at 10 o'clock, the house concurred in senate amendments to the naval omnibus bill, while the senate took the last step necessary to send the final deficiency bill to the president. ; .( Continued oa pg. 4' , HB No. 413 Win Automatic airy Become Law . 90 Days After Filed Busses and trucks using the public highways of the state for commercial purposes will be forced to pay a heavy increase in licnese fees amounting tor approx imately $20 O.u 00 a year, as HB No. 413 was filed with the secre tary of state Wednesday unsigned by the governor. The act of the legislature automatically becomes a law in 90 days. ; .' Under the provisions of, this hill busses will be required to. pay ta pen passenger seat ? tax : of. three fourths of a mill for each' mile traveled; and trucks 4 fee ofone mill per ton per mile. All such busses and trucks win be subject to the regulations of the public service commission. ' Bus operators declare that such a law will be prohibitory and they will be'' forced out of business. On the other hand the railroad companies whicli are subject to heavy taxes, main tain that with the' truck and bus competition they are unable to survive', and point out that it' Is not" right to permit the millions of dollars of highway In the state to be used tax-free when the raflroads are, subject to taxes amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, and In addition must maintain - their right of way. Both' utilities had brought much pressure to hear during the legislature and: since in an effort to, have the bill signed or vetoed. . . s' ; '' . . . Governor Pierce, In his veto message yesterday said that,, HB Nol 413 wa8 beihi: returned uji slgned and had, been filed with the secretary of state on the fifth day after its receipt at the xecu tive1 office, as required by law; 'This is the first time, I have returned a bill without either my approval or. disapproval,". Gover nor Pierce said in' the accompany ing message.. "The attorney gen eral of. the state of Oregon, I. H. Van . Winkle," has' ".rendered an opinion, which I attach, wherein he states that, the proposed act is clearly unconstitutional. Other eminent attorneys have also stated that In' their opinion the bill would be found unconsti tutional. Whether or-not a meas- t (Con tinned oa Pg, 2) HID OFFFIEO ;. FOR STORE GL'S Simon Director Has $250 . Ready for' Information Leading to Conviction In hopes of obtaining informa tion that will lead to the; arrest and. cbnrictlon of the' person' or persons who rohbod the Director department store pt approximately $1000 in merchandise Monday night. Simon Director Is offering a reward of $250. . ' C , This money will be paid to the person , who gives the- necessary information ' that will ultimately convfcC the guilt jr. person r per sons," Mr. Director said yesterday. Though working on the robbery, no definite clues have. been found by the officers in charge of the wprk., lghts BUSfilEASURE S UNSIGNED COOLIDGE fill DIESiii iT OiTS HEisD Brief Inaugural tCeremchy Carried Out Along Estab lished iLines; : Coolidge Calm and Quiet DAWES READS RIOT ACT. T TO SENATE; STIRS IRE, Setiatorkl Body Whipped Into Shape By Dynamic Vice . President WASHINGTON, March, 4. (By the AP.) alvin Coolidge calmly and! quietly assumed the duties of the presidency today for four more years and Charles G". Dawes swept Into the vice presidency with a velocity i that . shaitered many precedents. In-a brief inaugural ceremony, which never deviated from the decorus program laid down by him' long in advance'; Mr. Coolidg re newed his oath of office on his grandmother's Bible and in a short inaugural address re-stated. hi policies of governmental frugal ity. But General Dawes furnished a succession or surprises and thrills that stirred . senatorial ire. Senate' Stirred ' ' First he read the riot ac to the; senate .on the necessity of re vising its rul6s to outlaw the one-" man filibuster, : Then, instead of swearing in the" new senators In fours, he ordered them brought up in bunch.. Then he cut short the ceremony of senators signing the' hook, and finally; without any senator having made a "motion; to the fact, he announced that the. deliberatfve.hody would proceed to attend the inauguratfon, . , The senate and its distinguish ed j guests thereupon trooped out to a vastly different scene on the east, plaza where thousands el ready were waiting to see the lnr ductlon into office of Mr. CooHdga while millions more all over th. nation waited at tuned-in radlct to "hear what he said.. Millions Hoar Bagles , The calm measured tones of his Inaugural address were carried to the greatest audience . ever ad dressed my any man. And as his last words ended the 'brief, simple inauguration, millions must have heard also the calling of. the .fcu gles ,tp set . In motion the short inaugural parade which wound up , the day. Back to the White House, un der the escort of trottlnr cavalry troopers, the president , and ' ; hts guests took their, plates in a glass enclosed reviewing stand to see the passage of the score' Of gov ernors who had . places in the pageant,-the marching troops, sail ors and marines, the rumbling columns of artillery, and a whole herd of squat toottle tanks which had grumbled, and rumbled their way up Pennsylvania avenue in a steady thunder. ; The service bands in their gay uniforms gave color to the pro cession as they marched with, trumpets blaring flourishes for the commander In chief, but the old familiar trappings of past in augurations, were almost all ab sent, and the whole ' parade had gone, by n little more than an hour; , ' ' -: Scene Is Contrasted But despite simplicity 6t the ceremonies Implored, by the wish of the president himself,' Mft Coolidge took office, thi time in his own right, by the overwhelm- (Centlnned on paga 6) WEDNESDAY., . Calvin Cpolldgeand Cts rles G. Dawes. were Inaugurated pre :-.zl and vice president, respectively. The 68 th congress came to a peaceim enaing, wun tne passage' of the-deficiency bfit and a irum- ber of minor. m,easutes.. . - . Speaker GHlett -delivered hi3 valedictory address in the house and took the oalth as" senator from Massachusetts. . ... - : JresIdentCoHdga signed t! blll Increasing tho, salaries ot members of congress, the catiact" and tte vice president, ''. , ,;. Everett 6ander3, ? : i v3 repr'esentatlre from India- ex pired today, took . the oath c of fice fs secretary to t! nre-' i
