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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS' v , V I? i. . 1 ' -' ' ' ' - . v 'T - CoRcentrated ; Fire on Prohi bition Act Is Opened on : Floor of Hcrse ' MODIFICATION IS SOUGHT Volstead Amendment Come In for Sharp Criticism; Pry Lead u ers Rally in tpport of . i Measure 't WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (By, Associated Press.) From the floor of the house today, wet mem bers' poured out a concentrated fire favoring modification of pro hibition laws. t he Runs of criticism were train ed npon theVolstiad act. Wayne BWheeler, the anti-Saloon league and other factors in the enforce ment sitnation. -Adry rally came late in the day however, when Representative Hudson, republican, Michigan, tooki the floor for a few minutes to explain the incident involving the trapping of employes of a leading Washington hotel by a prohibition agent." which has drawn several criticisms from the wets, . ' Consideration of the annual treasury" appropriation till, which earrfes funds for .prohibition en forcement for the next fiscal year, served as the 'vehicle of the dis cussion. '' ,; Opening debate, Representative Vare, republican,- Pennsylvania, declared expenditure of millions had shown the .Volstead act to be "unenforceable and demonstrated tbat the American people don't want tovbe bone-dry." ' 'Representative Gallivant demo crat. Massachusetts, described Mr. .Wheelep and the anti-Saloon league as the mainstay of a vici ous system that Is destroying the sdur and conscience of America," These are the type.",, he said, "that threaten and insult the pres ident. They misrepresent? j his moves and motives. They tell him that1 they, not he, represent Amer icans. -:; . ! They call even on the pope jfj Rome, when they arr not damnlngT,. Springei , 43 wa8 him; -I marvel at the patience and tolerance of the quiet man of tbe White House. - I wonder when his patience will run ouani hei will express emotions with his boot and niake it painful ; forWayne and his Willies to sit down ' and; stay tCaled." I rij ' -'" ' Amid . laughter . Representative Callivan described, to the house i the recent effort to trap employes of a fashionable Washington ; ho t4f. The case ended last week with the acquittal of the defend ants. : -:tmmit I hYet." said Mr; Cililvatt., they sent this agent toAlaska when they learned that , our Committee had the, matter under investiga tion." . r: ' 'Mr. Galliran said he was warn ed prior to making his speech that he would be defeated for re-election. - - " -i.-fc! :t-'i " . " " . ii N GIRL HIT, AUTO FLEES R,. irtHfiEss ,fixds 1 vicrm ; BESIDE BICYCLE A hit and runj driver crashed into a girl about fifteen years old Friday evening, knocked her from her bicycle and then sped on, ac cording to a report at the police, station.' The name of the girl is not known. ' ' The, accident was reported by It.' Burgess, a raotorman on the State street liny, who picked the girl up and saw . that she was taken home. He did not learn .her name. . The girL In company, with two others, " was crossing the street at the time of the accident. Witnesses endeavored to get' the number of the car but say the pia tea were covered with mud to such an extent that they were in decipherable. ;J The . girl' was not severely a injured but 1 suffered "NXro'm bad bruises and from shock. The bicycle1 was demolished. BUY STAMPS GHRISTAS SEAL STAMPS are sow offered for sale at booths in th post office, Mil ler's Mercantile Co., Kafoury Brothers, Stiff Furniture Co. and the Bank of Commerce. Total receipts to date from booth sale, S180.2ti received in mail, $678.00. MEMORIAL COMPLETED STATVKS ARK ERECTEO IX irrtN'ORWAlUM AND KVE BALTIMORE. Md.j Dec. 19.. (By Associated Press.) John P. Brady's sentiment in erect ing a monument. to the mem ory of Adam, tbe first man, was completed last night after seventeen years, when at Greenville, S. C, Robert M. Quillen dedicated a similar me morial to Ere, the first woman but Mr. Brady could not ap plaud. He was dead at his home .here today , before word, of the newspaper paragraphers remembrance of Adam's con sort could reach, him.' A-sundial, the first known monument to Adam stands on the : Brady estate at Rowley's Lane and Philadelphia road, placed there by Mr. 'Brady in 1909. Annually until ill health interferred two years ago. it had been Mr. Brady's custom to hold . memorial service at the .monument. Mr, Brady in erecting the monument declared that Adam's shortcomings had been overrated, and quoted Shake speare's contention that the evil men do lives after them, the 'good bemg 'Interred with their bones.- He explained that the world having honored naval and military heroes, authors, statesmen, scientists and rul ers, it was time the father of the race should be remembered. An inscription on the Adam monument reads: "So passes the glpry of the world?" Soon after placing the Adam memorial, Mr. Brady placed a second monument on his estate and inscribed it: "To, the memory of the con stitution of the United States gone but not forgotten." INDICTMENTS RETURNED IN DELINQUENCY CASES YOU?iG .tilRIS : IOTIlER AX1 , FOUR M EX ARE HELD Four Other Indictments and One Xot True; Bill Returned indicted by the grand jury yester day on a. charge, ot contribution to thei delinquency of : her own daughter, a girl 1 years of age, and unable to furnish a bond of $1,000, is held in the city jail where she was placed early in the week, following her arrest. Wes ley Smith, 36, married and the father of a child, was also indicted on charges involving the 14-year-old girl, and had his 'bail fixed at ?1,000. He, oo, was unable to furnish the money and is in the county jail. Two others. Charles Chittick and William Elliott. 19 and 17 years of age, were indicted in the same case and likewise had bail set at 51.000-, which they were unable to furnish. ! Witnesses examined by the grand jury while it was consider ing the case were Beulah Spring er, the girl; Carl Springer, her little brdther ; Mrs, Myra Shank, police matron; Claude Hickman, the police officer who made the arrests, and Albert Cox, mention ed in the complaint against Mrs. Springer as one of the men pres ent on a party at which time the acts are said to have been com mitted; , C- W. Hayes of Aumsville was indicted on a charge ot obtaining money under false pretenses, and a bench warrant ordered for hYs arrest. Bail was fixed at $1,000. Two .indictments were returned against Edith Flint, one ; for lar ceny, and the other for larceny in a dwelling house. She ia said to have stolen a number of articles while working at the house of Dr. iL"i2. ' p)rimfMl; '1 1 1 .A-, -M- ?''A Leroy r iliee, a farmer of the Scotts Mills district, was 'indicted on a altutory charge . involving his yi .tig daughter, and Lawrence Tudors was indicted for uttering a forged instrument. He is-said to have forged a check for $6 on the Valley Grill. , S . A not, true bill was returned for Edwin Tanner, charged with non-support. His wife, Grace Tanner, -appeared as a witness be fore the grand Jury. ; ; j 1 WILL DETERMINE Rutfes ILlSKKTRAUy OFFICIALS TO VtUiK VXIFORM OODK SPOKANE.. Dec. 19.(By the Associated Press.) Coaches and officials of . the northern division of the Pacific coast Intercollegi ate conference; after a short ses sion here today to consider plans for uniform basketball i playing rulesn postponed. action until to morrow, i 'fi AA: ':' A game between tha University of Idaho and Gonzaga teams to demonstrate operation of the rules will then be played. 1 "7 ITALIAN POLITICS Ui0 CBI V 77 - ro Sweeping Alterations Are by Parliament; 'Podesta System Rules POWERS ARE INCREASED Premier . Ia Granted More Author ity CjKlpr Change; Program Significant, Dispatches State nOME, Dec. 19, ((By Asso ciated Press.) Both houses" of parliament adjourned, tonight for the Christmas holidays after hav ing approved in the brief session since NovruiixT IS mori legisla tion designed to change radically the political complexion of Italy than in any session since the ad vent of fascism. Indeed, it is believed probable here that no parlintentary gather ing In modern times has. complet ed in one session such a program oft significant law making. Par liament has acted to protect the government against its Italian op ponents abroad, it has greatly in creased the power of .the premier and transferred a large part of lo cal, government to the central au thority through its "Podesta" sys tem. Among the laws to which, the two houses have given their as sent, and which were summed up in today's session of the chamber of deputies by its president, An tonio Casertand, the outstanding ones follow: Firgt: The law empowering the government to revoke the citizen ship and confiscate the property of any Italian abroad who .utters words or commits acts which, even though they do not consti tute crimes, the government con siders likely to cause disorders" within the realm or damage the prestige of the existing jreginie abroad. Second : The" law making the premier responsible only to the king instead of jointly to the king end parliament as heretofore, and also- providin forJaawfiH ft g "6r imprisonment of those speaking or acting in a manner derogatory to him. x , '"C, : Third: The law recognizing the fascist employer association and the fascist labor union as the only organizations through which work men may present demands cor terning working conditions and wages and employers may prosert their conditions of (employment. This bill also provides for the com pulsory adjudication of all .Hh putes between employers and em ployes by special labor court cre ated under the provisions of ths law, this being designed to abol- (Continued on pa 4.) i ! i-fi-fc&y X uW FAMOUS FOOTBALll 1 I) ! Iti TiasV : j I ONEOOUar ! , ' 3 "WWT . "fe,.--. ,-.V- v.-..-- ;' -..- - .wv v "7. . m . r $1,057,158 GAIN IS SEEN, IN COUNTY ASSESSMENT MARJQXRjDIX MAKES TOTAL OF 844,781,877 Polk Cpunty'j Assessed Valua tion. Is . Increased to 914,200352 The assessment roll for Marion county for the year 1925 shows an increase of $1,057,158 over the preceedkig year, a -report issued Saturday by. Oscar A. Steelham mer, Marion county assessor, in dicates. The 1925 roll totals $44".781,877 and on this sum the tax levies for the year lf26 will be based. The roll for 1924 total ed $43,724,719. The assessment includes utility valuations amounting to S5.S00.097. These j are fixed by the state tax commis sion. The assessed valuation of Poik county, according to the re port, is $14.20t;.:?52.5. with the utilities valued at Si. COO. 072.59. The items going into the Mar ion county total exclusive of utili ties are as follows: All tillable lands, 514.509 acres valued at S19.254.4S0; improvements on deeded or patented lands. S3, 286. G60; town and city lots. $4, 886,665; improvements on town and city lots. S6.686.2ti5; improve ments on lands not deeded or patented. $281,710; tractors, $69,840: boats and machinery, 666.290; merchandise and stock in trade. $1,653,770; implements and automobiles. $198,545; money, notes and accounts, $87, 590; shares of stock, $831,310; hotel and office furniture, $228, 800; horses and mules. $275,840; cattle, $446,990; sheep, S9S.505; S.wine7 $27,940; dogs, $580. Sol diers exemptions in Marion coun ty on acreage and town and city lots, $148,420. The items making up the Polk county total are: All lands, $8, 448.150; tillable lands, S5.028, 140; timber and non-tillable lands $3,420,010; improvements on deeded or patented lands, $843, 730; town and city lots, $608,840 improvements on town and city lots. $890,690; improvements on lands not deeded or patented, $120,560; logging roads and roll ing stock, $48,100; boasts and ma chinery, $407,230; merchandise and stock In trade, $3 6 44 0 ; Jui plements and automobiles $121, 210; money, note's and accounts $21,410; shares of stock, $99, 530; hotel and office furniture, $17,680; hoTses and mules, $159, 320; cattle, $262,320; sheep and goats, $72,200; swine, $13,590; dogs. $10,180; tractors, $57,100. OREGOX DOCTOR ELECTED WICHITA. Kas., Dec. 19. (By Associated Press). Duluth was selected as the 1926 convention city by the western surgical asso ciation at the final session of its 35th annual conclave here today. Dr. Robert C. Coffee of Portland, Ore., is the new president. NINE TIME qUT OF TEN. Assessment Roll Totals $1,: 084,537,618, Showim irr Marked Increase BASIS FOR 1926 TAXES Figures Grow in Each Classifica tion Throughout State; Exceptions An Stock, Xon-Tillall Land The assessment roll for the state of Oregon for the year 1925, on which the tax levies for 1926 will 1h based, is $1,084,537. 61S.91, or an increase of $2.5, 6Sti.SS2.30 when compared with the roll for last year.. Of the total of $1,084, 537i 618. 91 the amount of $929,483, 911.20 represents the summary of the various counties as equalized by the county hoards of equaliza tion, while $155,053,707.71 ih the total assessed property of public service corporations as equalized and apportioned by the state tax commission. T,he assessment roll for last year was $1,058,880,736.61. of which $910,425,790.32 was the summary of the various counties and $148,454,946.29 the utily figures. The various totals included in the county rolls for the year 19 25 follow: Tillable lands, $254,496,585; timber lands, $69,694,652; non tillable lands, $85,096,749; im provements on deeded, or patented lands, $39,563,997; town and city lots, $205,680,519; improve ments on town and city lots, $133, 990,102; improvements on lands not deededf or patented, $1,636, 520; railroads under construction, logging roads and rolling stock, $2,015,340; boats and machinery, $"19,099,792; merchandise and stock In trade, $47,712,516; farm implements, motor vehicles, etc., $5,762,554; money, notes and ac counts, $17,958,347: shares of stock; $14,492,849.20; hotel and office furniture, $4,573,740; ihferses and mules. $5,869,335; came, 91,9 aneep ana i goats, $8,336,720; tswine, $459, 454 ;; dogs, $146,003; bees, $79, 9 2S; miscellaneous. $374,819. The :otaIs making up the grand total utility assessment roll are, in terms of apportioned values; Railroad companies, union station and depots companies, $9,6,308, 973.89; car companies, $1,839, 970.80; electric and street rail way companies, water, gas and electric companies, $4 4,417,706. 83; express companies, $331,487. 76.; telegraph companies, $1,S82, 819.28; telephone companies, $11,607,480.12. In the. county figures decreases are shown in the assessed vahw- (C'ontinuj-d on page 7.) Most Popular . - yc?Zl - v T " s - " ' i -,:; - a 1 I Azzz - - ' i r V -A v V-' mlA: AS CcstrsTPras - -j - - - Jjl Everybody knows who is most popular man in the world with the children OVER $40,000 OBTAINED IN OARING BANK HOLDUP HIGHWAYMEN' SPREAD TER ROR IX VILLAGE Telephone Operator Heroine; Wires Worked While Hand its Crash Door DOWS, Iowa, Dec. 19. (By Associated Press.) Mrs. Joseph Hubbell, night telephone operator, succeeded indirectly in notifying the outside world yesterday that bank robbers were terrorizing the village despite the fact that some of them were battering in the door of the telephone exchange atl the time. This was revealed today by Mrs. Hubbell, who also said some of the robbers, who took $11,000 in cash and more than $30,000 in Liberty bonds from the State Bank of Dows, forced Aug'-.st Wes-1 lin. night marshal, to assist them in carrying out their plans to cut the telephone wires. While the intruders were battering away at the door of the exchange with a crowbar, Mrs. Hubbell, was plug ging in on the telephone of the ex change manager, A. W. Anderson, hut before she cquld get the call through the robbers were in the building. Anderson Was unable to get any response to the ring ing of his telephone bell as by that time one robber had placed his hand over Mrs. Hubbell's mouth and nose, advising her to keep still. Anderson, however, realized that the incompleted call meant that something was wrong, and being unable to call out on his line, went outside -and rounded up two linemen who accompanied (C'ontiiiui'ii an page 2) OREGON PIONEER PASSES SIRS, AMANDA "WOODCOCK DIES AT AGE OF 9 YEARS CORVALLIS. Ore.. Dec. 19- (Special to The Statesman.) An Oregon pioneer of 1853. Mrs. Amanda Woodcock, 94. passed suddenly this morning In her sleep, following a day of apparent good health and unusual interest in the events of tbe day. Mrs. Woodcock was a native daughter of New York, She was married in Wisconsin where she went in early years with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Woodardd White and with her husband,-Martin Woodcock came to Oregon by ox team and covered wagon in one of the trains of 1853. , The couple located In Lane county, later made thllr home in Benton county, near Monroe, then" went to Portland and finally to Salem where they homesteaded on the Salem prairie and made their home until Mr. Woodcock's death in 1S84.. In 1905 Mrs. Woodcock came to Corvallis and has resided with her daughter, Mrs. W. II. Savage, Mrs. Woodcock was the mother of the late M. S. Woodcock, presi dent of the First . National Bank, whose death occurred earlier In the year. .. :'i r The body will be taken to-Salem for. interment in the Lee Mission cemetery, following a service at the home here at 11 o'clock Mon day morning, i w: , Man in World COL HOUSE CALLED TO ' DISCUSS WORLD COURT CONFERENCE ON. LEAGUE OF NATIONS FLAX HELD House Believes World Court Pro posal Will be Adopted by Congress 'WASHINGTON; Dec. 19. (By Associated Press".) President Coolidge, considering today the league of nations proposal for further disarmament, called into conference Col. E. M. House, con fidante of Woodrow Wilson, and Senator Underwood of Alabama, tbeaemocTaifc member of the American commission to the Washington arms conference. Invited to. Washington by the president. Colonel House was an overnlghti guest at the Whte House. After conferring with Mr. Coolidge, the American commis sioner to the Versailles peace con ference called on Secretary Kel7 logg at. the state department. Colonel House said his visit was purely social. - Before his departure . late to day for New York, House reiter ated his interest in the proposal for the" senate , for American ad herence to the world court. "I am very much interested in the success of - the world court, and think it will carry," Mr. House aid. After his conference with the president. Senator Underwood declined to make any statement. It was understood, however, that because of hi servico as. one-of the commissioners to the Wash ington arms conference, the pres ident had sought his vjews on the league invitation. j . Before coming to any conclu sion, the president and Mr. Kel logg will confer with several lead ers in congress. Mr. Kellogg had a luncheon conference today with Chairman Borah of the senate for eign relations committee. . ' While neither would discuss the details of their conference, Pres, ident Coolidge has made it clear that in determining the govern ment's course with regardto.'the league's invitation, he would .be guided largely by "the wishes of congressional leaders, v " ) REDUCTfONMEASURES UP HOI'S B DEMOCRATS OPEN DRIVE TO RKVISR TARIFF WASHINGTON,' Dec' 19. (By Associated Press. )-The democra tic drive to revise, the1 tariff start ed In the house today with the in troduction of the first of a serjes of redaction bills. . i Representative Oldfield of Ar kansas,."" the: .democratic whip, launched .the. movement by intro ducing a "bill to-v repeal the 53 cents a ton duty on coal imported from Canada because of the pres ent anthracite suspension. ' 'A bill proposing an investiga tion of the textile Industry and re duction of textile duties has been prepared by M r. Oldfield and he and Representative Hull of Ten nessee, former chairman of th democratic national committee, are planning. to offer several other measures to cut or wipe out im posts. -i. SNOW HITS FOUR STATES ". X DENVER", Dec. 19. A general snowfall in four states Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mex ico, was reported htr xouight. JUIfEESDISF.;. sTiiiaiE Total Paid Oregon for Gar Operation Nearly Double 1 . Tax Assessment ... PROSPERITY IS SHOWN Approximately . $0,000,060 "Due " From Jlot prists. While I'rop? 031,755, Xext Year i During the year 192 there will.', be paid into the state treasury jf -Oregon in motor .vehicle fees, and- -gasoline. ,taxeat the amount of ap- proximately $9,000,000 orjnearly. twice , much money as will 'be derived from .the state, ta?, levied recently, by the sate tax,CQmmla sion.' This was the estimate madia -yesterday by Sam A. Ko'ier.aec- retary of stte. -, 4 1' ; ..-.a. "While motor vehicle;, owners are more active at this time than during the past month in -submit- ' ling; applications for. 1986 motor" vehicle. licenses'' said. Mr.Koxer, "the number of applications, for next year now in file in the Btate '" department are three ' thousand . less than had, been.receive4xn..tb.e -same date last year. Less, than ' 20.000 applicationa for mo tor vehicle licenses had been re ceived by the secretary of state ' tonight, while ' tivo 'years' ago, when there were 24,000 less cars substantially .23,000 applications for 1925 licenses had been filed. "The fees for 1926 licenses ujt ; to December 18 aggregated $475,- " 000," while the fees received up to I December 18, 1924,: for '125 censes totalled; ISTSjOOOrTlnrinK the entire year, "1924, a total of 192,629 motor veiifjQi licenses were issued, of w'hJch $ X 77,5 67. were passenger cars and commer cial vehicles of Jess. than one . ton' capacity, and 15, 062 -trucks, .and. : trailers.: Thna far dnrlne tha vear . . izi mere nas Deen,isaneaa tout ;. nf 21 ft. (177 Tnntnr vobtclA lfoona- Of this number 199Plf9:,were for vehicles of less , ttaa.cor. toa ' c4-'-: pacity. Approximately 1 6 .9 5 of; . these licenses were for trucks and r trailers! . 'i "The aggregate fee for these, ll. " censes Is $5,362,653. The total . fees received for all the motor ve hicle licenses issued in the year 1924 were $4,766,453. This ' means that the license fees for tht year 1925 wlll bef qjfcqqo'-iflort V than the fees received during the- entire year 1924., I Ont this samq i basis of increase during, theyear 1926, it is reasonable to assume that more than 235,000 motor Ve.' hicle licenses will.be Issued in ' Oregon and.that the. fees there- -from will be $C, 000, 000.. "Comna'rine this with the num. - ber of licenses issued daring the past few years and, the, license ' f ees resulting therefrom j nnde j , ' the same schedule. of fees whiUt has applied sincertheear.lSii, " the. rf cords show., that duVing the year ,1922 there were a total , of 1 34,566" motor '. "vehlcle'Icense's from whlck the fees aggregated . $3,340,519. DnringAheen'tlre year 1923 a , total of .166,412 eara were licensed, with fees 'amount ing .to ?4,069,609. In 1924 a .. total ot 1 92.629, cars ! were' hi- 1 censed, the: fees" aggregating $4,-" 766,453. , . , ; " " 5 "Xhese .comparisons i ar.- inI- growth of the state as well as Ihe acnuirinz of a motor vehicle bv a greater , number of its citizens, from year to-year. : ; "i ' ; ' "Motor vehicle owners also ara Contiied.)itt(ii4r.:.i!;i':i-.'- ORDR EXTRA COPIES J.-rVM---' - : ' "" A '' 'f; Vr::-s AXL'AL EDITION Willi BE ; i ISSCETj JANUARY: t , On, i January i 1 the i apnnal editloA otVTheprgnllsCaies man .will j issued. ; -jl 'f J j Y$i '. j Ri wlU'carry a iultan4 c6ni-T ' plete analvsts'ot the growth of jtke. 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