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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1925
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Political Meetings Strictly
f Under Bart; AH flewspa
! pers Carefully Censured
s Eg Courts ,
( MUCH DAMAGE DONE BY
EXPLOSION IfJ THEATER
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municipal Officers Destroyed
By Blast; Communists
Responsible
LONDON, April 25. The build
ing destroyed at; Plevna last night
contained the municipal offices, a
theater and a library, reports from
Vienna and other sources state.
No lives were lost but much dam"
age was done. The fire : which
broke oat in the theater after: the
explosion was extinguished.
Meetings ForLldderi
SOFIA, April 5. All political
party .meetings throughout Bul
garia have been forbidden until
further notice by" an order issued
by General j Lataretf, . commander
of the Sofia garrison. ,
I All newspapers and periodicals
are to be censored1 during the per
iod 'of martial la win Bulgaria.
', The Sofia director of the French
banque. General Cprdiff, has been
Treated and charged with trans
ferring, tnoney to communist con
epirators. The police state they
seized 1 IS packages containing
about 3,000 dinars each because
the money was intended for flm-
munlst agents. (A dinar U about
0 cents). " -.' -.
I ' Further arrests haTe been' made
fis a fseult of information obtained
w government agents who declare
f hat leader of the left wing peas
ants cirty were to form a new
Luigariaa blnlstry after a-revolution.'
It' la- stated that CapUin
Attanasoff was to be minister- of
war and Pertrinl the new premier.
ilTTELiPT IDE
TO EOD CHARGE
Demurrer Against Indict
ment in Wheeler Case
: , is to be Filed 4
' GREAT FALLS, Mon W.April
25 Senator Thomas J Walsh
will carry on in the fight to clear
his' colleagues. Senator Burton K.
Wheeier of all charges growing
out of the latter'a association with
Gordon Campbell, - Montana oil
operator, he announced ; here to
joight. Senator Walsh said his
Jjejt -Eei would be to file a de
murrer against the indictment- re
turned against Senator Wheeler
In Washington recently, f ?
i The Washington , . Indictment
charges that Senator Wheeler con
spired with Campbell to defraud
the government in oit land per
mits. Senator Walsh said he
would ask that the indictment be
thrown-out of court..
Senator Wheeler left' here to
night for Hunters Springs, Mont.,
where he will take' a' rest before
returning to Washington. He had
originally planned to leave Mbn
day, but changed his plans today.
i Senator Wheeler was ' acquitted
fcyj a jury In federal court, here
last night on a charge of unlaw
fully using" hl3 influence as a sen
ator before the department et In
terior in connection with"; legal
I services he rendered for Compbell.
f.'any Perccns Find Vcrk
' Thrcugh Local YMCA
: Exactly 125, persons ' were put
,to work during the past week by
the United States employment ser
vice, 0which is operated here in cooperation-
with the YMCA, ac
'cording to the report filed by Sim
Phillips, for the period ending
'April 25 Over 200' applications
for work were filed.-"' . ''-'."x
' Of the persons granted employ
ment 87 wer nlaced on farms as
'agricultural workers, 33 at com
mon labor in the city end els3-
;wher, one worker ia tie woo a 3,
.one person in lau- iry work and
i three In hotel work.
' " In the application for Trork 8
Jcarpesters, 2 painters, 4 o'flca
clerks, 4 cannery workers, 3 kit
iciea workers, 4 pulp and paper
'v tiers,. 6 cbauffera tzXl tean-
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Older Boys' Meeting
To Be Closed Today;
This atternOoa wilt mark th
tlose of ! the Older Boys confer
ence, attended by. delegates from
Marion, Polk and Benton counties,
with Albany well represented An
alj-dajy meeting was heir Saturday
Features of the meeting yester
day Included a fellowship hour.
lead j by Benjamin J. Kimber,
Marion county YMCA secretary,
with Frank Uoran, boys worker.
gitlng the principal address, hay
ing a hi topic i r "Locating the
Problems. Subjects, suggested
by the boys themselves; included
social habits, smokinz. swearing.
Crlnkng, sex, , dancing, cards,
gambling; stealing.
Fundamental 'principles-underlying
jsucceas in any vocation were
discussed, with 100 of the boys
beingi guests of ' Salem business
APPEAL IDE
FDR U. S. SHIPS
Maintenance of American
Coastwise Laws Asked
I By Board Chairman '
WASHINGTON, April 25 An
appeal for " maintenance- of the
American coastwise laws which
pfovi'de that only United Stites
vessels may engage in 1 commerce
between United .States ports was
made in a radio address tonight
by Vica Chairman Plummer ot the
shipping board, i - 1
i The cruestlon wafe Important, Mr.
Plummer asserted, because one' of
tbe avowed purposes, of the thiird
biennial conference of j the inter
- national chamber of commerce at
Bruesels in June la to "induce" the
United States to abandoh Its cen
tury-old policy' j and throw bpen
AmeHcan coastwise trade to -for
I The International chamber -ac
cording to" its program will . con-
slder a resolution dealing with
flag Idiscrimination. ; As nnder
etood in shipping board circles the
resolution will urge 'extension of
the rnolifiy of "true eauality of
treatment of vessels.' under what
ever! flag to domestic commerce
Whatever action the chamber
may ( take, , it is understood it will
carry no mandatory authority but
will constitute onl an expression
of international nolicy. The meet
ihe will be attended by irepreaenta-
tlvea of various American organ!
rations and BDOkeemen tor tne
American steamship owners' asso
ciation are understood to be pre
pared among others to oppose the
resolution. ; . -
OFFICERS ELECTED
j BY IVOO D?.1ETI LOD G E
Pacific Organization Has In-
istituted First Oregon
Camp in Salem
Capital camp No.! 1, Pacific
Woodmen Life association, waror
anized In Salem last night and
will serve as a base for further ex
pansion throughout j the ; whole
state. Officers were installed and
inducted into office. F."A. Beard
stat manager,' with -headquarters
in the United States Bank build
ng.land Deputy C. W. Wetmore Of
Portland were in charge of the
tereMoales j 1 .
I Those ; elected to office were:
Past consul, CW. Wetmore; con
Bui commander,; O. L. I Donaldson;
adviser. J. W. Woodhouse: clerk"
Howard Leach ; banker, George L.
Leva; escort, Rollo (Kent; watch
man, C. A. Bryngelson; sentry,
itic&ard Strausbaugh : managers
r. A. Beard, E. J. Smith 'and E. W.
swallow;
j There are about 50 members of
the sWoodmen in &leml althAnctt
previous to this time no organi
sation was prdvlded. The meet
ing last night was held at the For-
esters' hall. .v. ' f ! :".
The Woodmeh fraternity eon
:8lst of over, SOO. 000 members
;wlth headauarters In Omaha, Neb
jThe lo-3ge maintains ' the well
knownn broadcasting 'station.WO-
AW, which is heard consistently
on totn coasts.
A vlre to the af; Jtant general's
c'flca.Lcre stitid ttat tLa Ar
ViCty at Ellvertcri had been enter
ed' feonie- tiiu during t t-3 rsst
week and military stores stol-a
Eix! Colt g .45 -aiitoinatics were
men, each boy going with the man
representing the vocation he ex
pected to adopt later in life.
Social problems of ; the school
and the choice of values were
taken up daring the afternoon af
ter which a group picture wac
taken . on the steps of the city
hall, v The boys were guests of
Salem high school at the baseball
game through invitation of J. C.
Nelson principal and HolIIs Hunt
ington, coach; After a swim In
the YMCA pool the boys were fed
in a "bread line". k P
Social problems were discussed
at the night session.
The meetings Saturday were
held at the First f Presbyterian
church while) the meeting today
will be held at the YMCA.
GEBOSffllLL
ELECT LEADEn
President of Republic to be
ChoscnToday; Three
1 liames on Ballot
BERLIN, April 2 f. ( By As
sociated Press? The rottn
throughout OeTaany will decide
tomorrow whe ahall be- the next
president of tne- republic, i; Dr.
Wilhelm Marx, ' representing the
republican- bloc. Field 4 Marshal
Von Hlfidenberg, candidate ' tor
the naUonaliats and" Ernst Thael-
mana; . commvnlit' party,, are the
nominees. .Thaelmann is consid
ered a negligible quantity so that
the real contest is between Vbn-
Hindenberg and Marx, . . ' ;
Unlesg Dr. Marx scores a lead
of ftt least'tlrree-lpllllon rotes the
cause of democracy in ; Germahjfc,
In -the prJaJon of the leader of
the liberal party, will: have suf
fered;, severe setback. They ad
mit that, they will be satisfied
with a safe margin In the former
chancellor's favor but neverthe
less realize" that a heavy, poll' for
Ton HIndenberg means definite
coordination .of -pronounced - anti
republican sentiment and that' it
will inevitably- leave German in
ternai politics" in a state of tur
moil and ferment for an indefinite
period. l' - - ' . ' i.. .
There of the election finds the
situation wrip pied In doubt with
optimism -more strongly' en
trenched in the camp of the : na
tionallsts burghers bloc than' in
the ranks of the Weimar coalition.
Von Hindenberg's campaign man
agers expect about 80 pef bent
of the voters to east their ballots
as compared with - 7 pertcent1 in
the first -indecisive elections f6ur
weeks ago. This would bring the
total poll to about 31.000.000 and
their estimates give the j field
marshal a lead of 800,000 over
Dr. Marx. They reckon with' de-
lections ot the right wing 6f the
center party and democrats and
also assert that Marx win fail
to command the . unbrok'ert sup
port of ' the socialist' party.
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CALLIkG tourists
Nearly 200" Parties Register
For Season; Ten Cars
Here Last Night'
Ten auto parties were enter
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talned at the Salem auto park
last sight, making close io the
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200 mark' for the season. The
cold weather that har- been ' pre
valent during the past few days
has kept road travel down to
a-minimum, but with the coming
of the pleasant weather the au
tomobiles win be taken to 'the
rcadr. :r ; '
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At the opening of the season,
the camp j entertained - parties
bound: from California to ndrth'ern
points, but now the traffic to and
from Cailfornia is about baianced,
Eastern cars are alio registered
there with a sprinkling of! Vis
itors frori -Washington. '
The connunlty touse will be
ready for use withia two weeks.
it Is stated. -TLe contractor h
l ::n busy, and tha bsilling 'has
I : a given a good start. When
iinished the ccmraunity house
trill .9 csel tot"M aiiierc i for
KELLOGG SI
FAVORABLE TO
ITIDI! COURT
Secretary Declares i United
' States Should! Become
McfTfcerl of International
Dispute Court, t I ; ;
JUDICIAL TRIBUNAL IS
REGARDED NECESSARY
Opposition to World Court
Pl&iis Said Due t6
i Misunderstanding
WASHINGTON, April 25. Sec
retary-Kellogg declared himself to--
night to be "heartily is favor" of
America's' participation in an in
ternational tribunal for the Settle
ment ot international' disputes? v
American Society of International
Law, Mr. Kellogg asserted It was
strange that although j we are
approaching : 1926, jthe United
States, one of the leading.- coun
tries in arbitration, is not a mem
ber of any international court.. .
:'- i Position Is BtAted r :f ' v
l airr heartily ih ifatoror the
esUbllshment of a-judicial tribu
nal ' to ' which' nations may present
their problems and their interna
tional disputes," he declared;
He said that- although interna
tional law is yet In a state of evo
lution, there are still enough-international-
regulations to make
such a court workable. For this
purpose, he ; added, .; he j believed
thoroughly In the efforts to codify
and extend the principles of inter
national law. ' j i .
Plan Held Pramisins .
Opposition to Americitn partlci-
patidn ", in a world court, he
thought;; was due to 'misunder
standing of the powers of ench a
tribwaalj -The -question to he sub
mitted,, he : said, vouid ; be juJ I
cial": points sueU uf '."violations t
well known' international princi
plei. ; r .'-.. - ;':; - j '-- . -:;
Pointing out that the United
States and England have -for the
last 1 110- years settled all differ
ences by diplomacy, - secretary
Kellogg. said that he, believed that
within ; a short time problems
which In the past have been eon
sldered ample excuse for war will
be settled peaceably.- i .
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Initiate Classl Last1 Night
Tien neophytes were inducted
Into the ranks of Marion Post,
Veterans of Foreign! Wars,. at the
large initiation held last night at
the Armory. Delegates from Port
land and southern' Oregon posts
were present - - ; J i
Those entering as new members
are Rx A. Erixson, Kirby S. Ross,
frank Malley, Joseph P. Stlrni
inan, P. W. PooTman, Charles A.
Port, W. R. Davenport, , E. H.
Patchin and Jl U. Panek.
r The Visitors from! Lebanon, the
Whis Bang post, were A E. Daily
and C. E. Darley: Sam Ja. Plunk-
ett, commander of the World Warj
post of Portland, was also present.
- Col. Carle Abrams 4f command
er of the local organization,
f Entertainment wai furnished by
Miss Elizabeth Vinson, Miss Irene
ballaher, Jwho appeared Jin solo
numbers and readlngs7" :! ,
VOLCANO ACTIVB
NAPLES, "Aprir 25.(By the
Associated Press ).--The activity
bf , Vesuvius, which after eight
nonths of comparative rest, Is in
eruption again, continued to in
crease slightly today.
BEST OF ALL
The best of all industries that can be developed in the
Salem district is the flax and linen industry '
. Because this can be done here, to the limit of. supplying
the needs" of the United Statesr in thirlineythoufr interfer
ing with any other crop or industry; from our idle and slack
er acres '"H ? vV" . . , ;
rv;r Because: the ultimate values of the products; when taken
throushj all tHe processes-. of manufacturing:, are so high;
liigher than for any other crop. ; r; ;-' j
; This ii why I the securing of the second linen mill here
wiabfc the most important advance ever made in the history
of Silera. :- If will oen the way for the final employment
here, directly and indirectly, bf ; it" million people, Ind the
b'rih-ini here cf $10,6o0,t)00 annual! of outside money ;.mak
in Cdcm the Eclfast of NcrtH America. . ' ' ; ."
!.i It will be a irreat.thinsr if every' man, wemarr &ri&-child
ia-alcm will tr.lk and think flax, till this' thin 13 put over -
Tcf it v. ill inean making Cllani permanently thebest
city of her in the whole world; and'it will make her size
ijicrc":3 fzzt and constantly, too. ; -
: Put it over thb week, if possible. ' .' ' ' ;
A TTACKINK FORCE
LAUNCH DRIVE ON
BLUE AIR SERVICE
3faJor Engagement" ; Reported
Xear- 1 lands; Enemy Under
sea Craft Strive For Coup
HONOLTJLUU. April 25. (By
Associated Press) The belief was
expressed unofficially, i at , Pearl
Harbor naval headquarters thi3
afternoon that e,-"major engage
ment" between attacking j naval
forces arid defending land forces
was In progress in the channel
between the islands of Molokal.
Lanai as one of the mock battles
incident to" maneuvers and Lanal
while the ."black" high command
is attempting to locate the air
plane carrier Langley and put her
out of action before the fleet can
launch, the proposed gigantic air
attack on Oahu. centering -; on
Pearl Harbor. This would leave
the fleet without an air offensive
except- such as provided by ' the
33 scouting planes carried by the
eleven battleships.
UUnconfirmedt reports say the
are reconnolterlrig off the south
east coast of ' Oahtt, I the "blues"
attempting- to establish- bases on
Molokal and Manai and also at
tempting to land from small boats
from the Vicinity of Honopau, Mo
lokal. ' Reports from Molokal re
ported that small boats i while ap
proaching that Island' with' 1 the
intention of landing "men "were
attacked by a, fleet of "black"
airplanes. The landing force was
driven of f, most of - the personnel
theoretically being either killed
by fire from the- airplanes or tak
ing to the water to escape the
destructive effect of machine gun
bullets --
Another rumor located a-!con-sideable
concentration of the 'en
emy', or "blue" forces about five
miles south of Kaunakakai, Mo
lokaL , These Included cruisers
and at least one dreadnaughtJ
; A considerable amonnti ot
aerial activity is apparent, bearing
out rumors that the "enemy"; aerial-reconnaissance
of Oahn has
been in progress for several days.
There seems to be no evidence
of the "defenders", having, been
damaged to any extent , bj. the
"blue" forces."
WOOL SHIPMENTS HEAVT
PENDLETON, Ore., April 25.
MOre wool will be shipped out of
Umatilla county this year to out
side markets on consignment than
ever 'before' fit -the history of the
industry, according to" Mac Hoke,
secretary of the Oregon Wool
Growers' association. S ! 1
LIVESTOCK Ml
TO BE MODIFIED
New Ruling to be Effective
May 6,r Approved by
Governor Pierce j
Modification of the existing
livestock ban against : California
lirestock was . approred Saturday
by- Governor Pierce following a
meeting: of the state . sanitary
board. The Quarantine was
placed several months ago dur-
ing the outbreak; of the hoof and
fouth disease In the south
new ruling, effective May t, cat
tle, swine and sheep as far south
as Willows; Calif., will be admit
ted to Oregon under federal cer
tificate and for immediate slaugh
ter.' 'j.:, 1 ' 'J . Z . , j - .
After May 6 cattle may be ship-,
ped into the state for grazing
purposes" under r special : permit
granted by; Dr. Wr iL Lytle; state
veternarian. These cattle must
be shijTved In fumigated cars and
ber quarantined' for a period of
SO days. :
INDUSTRIES
Painlave, New French Premier and McaHers
ot Cabinet He Formed After Brian d's Failure' 1
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He is shown above at the bottom
(rightj. At the bottom (left) is
JURY I0DICTS
CHILD BEATER
Grandmother, Accused of
Flogging Child to Death,
ITo Answer Charge
TILLAMOOK, ;Ore.; April 25.-
An i indictment charging mUrder
In the second. degree, was returned
by Uhe grand f Jury ,here? today
against Mrs. M. C Patton accused
of brutally killing her tour ' year
old granddaughter, Sylvia Louise
daughter-of Mrs. Cora Descamps
of Portland .and C. B. Descamps ol
Washougal,. on- her - homestead
near jMeda last Tuesday. The in
dictment followed a long hearing
In which many witnesses were
called. 1 -' '"',r '
More than fifty people, mostly
yesldents of the Meda district,
waited in the ( court room during
the - day for ' the-r optortunity : to
testifyv . .;"- i
The alleged failure to act on a
pfetitlbn drawn up by neighbors to
have the children taken out of her
custody before the death of" Sylvia
occurred- has caused severe cen
sure of the county officials; some
of the petitioners said: ''
BUSLII'OnS
SUV FREEZE OUT'
Suit!For $3640 Filed Against
Central State Terminal
and'Hotel
Suit was instituted In the eir-
euit eourt Saturday by'Ben Henry
and J. H. Brown against the Cen
tral.' Stage Terminal r and - Hotel
Company and the "Oregon Stages"
and others. .'
- TLe complaint' alleges that the
plaintiffs are members of the Cen
tral motor bus line, an associa
tion bf stages doing local business
over the Pacific highway between
Balem and Eugene by: way of Al
bany and -Corvallls, and that ; In
August, 19S2. the Terminal cov
pany entered Into r five-year-contract
with the individuals of the
Central motor bus line for the use
of the station facilities to the ex
clusion of all competing lines.
The plaintiffs claim that
through . collusion between the
Terminal .'company and the ''Ore
gon Stages," the latter shows an
operating revenue of 33c per auto
mobile mile as against the Cen
tral motor, bus- line of. .18c .per
mile and'it is the plan of the de-.
fendehta ? to ; eventually freeze
out ifhe plaintiffs, h V f
The plalntlf i demand a produc
tion of the books' and records and
failure of the company to 'produce
the books , that a receiver be ap
roinied to take charge Of the
property of the Terminal company
end for a Judcruent of 33640 for
their one-seventh of proceeds al
Uzdl to have been diverted to the
."Ores-n- .from; the Cen
tral motor tua -
Anatole de Monzie, ; Minister bf
Public Instruction; t At the top
(left) is Louis Loucheur. Minister
of ' CoCmmerce; and at the- top
(right) is Jules Steeg, Vice-President
of the Cabinet.'
NTEHEST KEEiJ
I LIB
President' of Chamber of
Commerce Confident
$200,000 Monday
"Interest In the linen mill for
Salem continues to grow- as peo
ple : become familiar with the ; Investment,-
said t; M. Hifcks,' pres-
ident of the Chamber of Com
raerce, in discussing: - work now
being done by a- dosen or more
committees in taking stoek stfb
scrrptlons for the mill; -tion"
of the Dominion Linens Com
pany of Toronto, Canada, and the
four mills operated by the coM
panr. ' we feel satisfied that the
proposition of D. M. Sanson, pres
ident or the company, to buy ma
chinery, erect and operate a plant
employing 250; offers ar tine In
vestment for the-' people of Salem
and vicinity." .
i Work ing for a total of 3300,
000 stock- sabscrtptlons ' frohi
Salem; Mr: Hickr stated that" he
felt confident subscriptions would
total $200,000 by Monday, noon.
f Effords are being' made to in
crease the number of committees
in order that within a week or
two, the entire amount will be
subscriped - : ,1?
j Work outside of Salem will be
gin; Monday afternoon : when a
committee will go . to Silver ton,
and again Tuesday evening, when
a nTeeting- has been called by the
Dallas Chamber bf Commerce. The
Dallas . meeting Tuesday evening
will be held in the circuit court
room ot the 'Polk county court
house. J. y 8 " :
. Later in fhe week working
committees will go tb Albany and
Corvallir as assurances have been
received', that both of 'these cities
are deeply Interested In this first
Unen mill for Salem.;
f- One .interesting feature in the
stock- subscriptions j is the fact
that many who cannot invest
heavily; In the; linen mill, are
sending In . their- stbek Bubscrip
tlons for amounts ranging from
$200 to $600. Many ot these
were mailed direct ' t6 the Cham
ber of Commerce. ' V ,
"All workers report that, every
one feels that right now Is the
tiin for Salem to go. on record
as either; for -or. against the linen
industry and that how isthe time
for Salenx' to- establish- itself as
the center ot linen manufactur
ing. . - '
, SUSPECTS REJtEASEp 1 ;
5 SEATTLE. April 25.- Ed; Ra-
bior,- former Portland policeman,
andh his wife who were arrested
here with Ed Gorman ' and two
other men as suspects in a $42,000
bank robbery, at Nanaimo,- B. C.
December 12," were released to
night. ' Police' discovered 500
rounds of 'ammunition, shotguns
and pistols in Habior's re silence:
EDUCATOR ELIXTHD
.. BOISE, Idaho, April 25 E
Turner, ; former superintendent of
public 'schools at Payette was
elected president of Lewiston nor
mal 'school.'
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Tax Upon Gross: Einlhgs of
Public utilities by Lcgis
lature! Objected to iby
Western Union !
EMERGENCY CLAUSE ;
HELD OUT OF FLACE
Fees Prohibited Also Ccr4erj-
tion;-Referendum Eallot
" Title ia Completed
Objectings to another, act of the
1925 legislature Were raised: Sat
urday by the Western: Union Tele
graph company, of New York City,
through Francis H. Stark, general
attorney, who wrote the public
service commission that the 10
per cent tax upon the gross earn
ings of public utilities was la di
rect' violation to the Oregon; con
stitution and cited several clauses
to bear out the contention. I
: "Fees set forth Jn bouse bill No.
485 seem to be a tax within the
meaning of the Oregon constitu
tions which specifically prohibits
the declaring of' an emergency ia
any act regulating taxation." the
letter read. j -.- :': - !
; Pwe Is Questlonexl ;
'"- "It is seen that the legislature
had no power to pass a law with
the emergency clause attached and
Bnch an set would therefore seen
to be in contravention ot the
Btate's constitution. The- act does
not pro tide that the-fee be csad
by the public- service commissloa
but into the' general fund and f 4
used for general purposes." '
According to H. II. Corey, pl.
lie service ' commissioner; who
drew . the original bill, . the Be
sure-Xrovided - that; fees collects J
should be .utilized by the rublU
service' commission and 'did nct
carry 'ah etaergen-cy clansa; thrr
coTttlffg' trader- the provisions cf
the constitution.
4 Before the measure was passed
by both houses; its purport had
been: altered to-provide-an added
means of revenue to the state, by
turning the fees Into tbe general
fund - and the emergency clause
added; i This, Mr. Corey admits,
does : not comply with the provi
sions of the Oregon constitution.
'M j ; j Check Being Held
The : public ; service commission
is in receipt. Of a check for $400
from ' the Western Union! Tele
graph company, representing its
tax upon rross earnings, but pay
ment has-been stopped upon the
check which is still being held.
With" the attack upon this mea
sure from this angle, several of
the measures designed as revenue
producers are- under flrft ; The
referendum has been revoked epen
the tithing bill IH general; cover
ing the 10 per cent tax; upon the
bus measure and upon the 10 per
cent tax upon cigarettes, known
as the tobacc6 bill. ; ; I " j
Ballot title, requested by representatives-
of the Oregon Retail
Dealers' association' of Portland,
was completed Saturday by I. in .
Van Winkle, attorney general.
!
Former Ftrir of Salim .
"Church Called by Death
MEDFOUD, Or., April 25-Dr.'
E.'E. Gilbert, pastor of the First
Methodist church of this city anl
formeriy Aaperlntendent ot the a
lem district of the Oregon conler-
ence, died at his home in this city
tonight. ; Death was due to heart
trouble, from which he had been
suffering for three months. ! Dr.
Gilbert had filled pulpits at Salci
and prevI6t3g pastorate here.
SATURDAY
INTTASKIKGTO:;
The DAU convention endorssa
a national campalgn araisst coj
munisn. .
Formal denial of rercrtel at
rocities In Bulgaria was tzzls i;
the Bulgarian legation. ;
President; and Mrs. Coc"
were hosts on a week-end c:
down the rototsic. r
: -
Proposals for a zz'.::zl
ference ! on " ii; . rr. -rcr:-
asced- by tha Vz ;t:I
chamber cf Cotir.'.; ' :
i
. The lzirr-tat? c
mission denied t
Milwankee and .....
ppaled- I?r V ' 1 -to
t"e i . . .