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Newspaper Page Text. t - -r .. 5 PrunPoriHctor Buster Keaton's The General' Pade iii Oregon, at Cottage Grove, at Elsinore Saturday; Sunday, Monday 1 V WEATHER FORECAST: Fair; fresh northerly winds. Maximum yesterday. 32; minimum, 23; river, 10; rainfall, .08; at mosphere, clear; wind, northwest. President Calles of Mexico is the rentle- 4 man who has been raising the old nick in ' "V" 1 mrit n Ir n a .11 . I- . i . some one Individual was responsible for all" thl trouble. SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1927 PRICE' FIVE CENTS mmrnmrnm i ft U 6 .V C SEMITE DEES SEAT TO S BY48-33V0TE Majority Against lllinoisian Proves Greater Than Opponents Hoped HEARING SET SATURDAY Election Committee Will Give McKinleys Successor Ample Opportunity To Explain Contributions WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. (AP) Frank L. Smith of Illinois was denied admission today to the senate by a vote of 48 to 33 pend ing further Investigation of the financing of his primary campaign in large part by operators of pub lic utilities. Arrangements for a public hearing'for the senator-des ignate will be made Saturday by tne privileges and elections com mittee and senators said he would be given every opportunity to amplify testimony already taken by a senate committee concerning contributions by Samuel Insult and other officials of rail and light corporations in his home state. After the elections committee reports and It will act as speed ily as possible the senate will vote again to determine whether it will admit Smith under the credentials issued by Governor Small naming him to fill out the unexpired term ending next March 4. of the late William B. McKin ley, whom he defeated in the pri mary contest. Immediately after the senate vote. Smith who had listened to two days of oratory on his case, returned to his headquarters at the Willard hotel to begin the preparation of a public statement. He will remain in Washington during the hearings by the elec tions committee. The size of the majority against administering the oath to the for mer chairman of the Illinois com merce commission In advance of his bearing famished the only surprise in the senate proceedings in the case. Opponents of admit ting him even temporarily had counted on a majority of only seven instead of 15. During the closing . hours of what today proved a debate that held the attention and frequently incited laughter of crowded gal- rOnntioo a 9M S.) . AUTO HITS POLE; INJURIES RESULT CONCUSSION OF BRAIN FERED BY GIRL SUF- AcckicntM Multiply as Cold Weath er Keeps Pavements Ice Coated Automobile smashups 6f vary ing seriousness, caused by icy pavements, continued to multiply Thursday as cold weather pro longed the dangerous condition of streets and highways. The most serious of the acci dents occurred before daylight Thursday morning on the north highway approach, near the city limits, when a coupe driven by John Vance skidded off the high way into the ditch, and rammed a telephone pole. Vance escaped with painful cuts on his head and elbow, but his companion. Miss Coffey, was knocked unconscious, suffering concussion of the brain, injuries and cuts on one knee, and injuries to her back, the extent of which had not been fully determined up to late last night. Dr. George R. Vehrs attended both of the vic tims of the accident. Vance was driving at a moderate speed, and the ice on the pavement was the cause of his machine skidding. Another accident which barely missed serious consequences, in volved A. J. Roseeau and Frisco Edwards of the Capitol Motors, who were returning early Thurs day morning from Klamath Falls when their machine skidded off the highway within a block of the south city limits and turned over Edwards was at first believed to be badly injured, and was rushed to a hospital, where it was -found that his wind had been knocked out and "that otherwise he was only bruised Rosseau also ssstained bruises. H. S. Walker. Z21 South Twcn-ty-forth street, reported hitting an unknown man on State street bo-t tween High and Liberty about 1 o'clock Thursday, The man was not badly hurt. According to Walker, the man was Crossing the street in the middle of the block; hesitated when he saw Walker coming; started back to the curb and then darted in ahead of .the car. - Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Andrews and Charles Wilson of Newport all sustained bruises when their II APPROVE CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT SENATE VOTES TO TRANSFER CONTROL TO BOARD Staples Opposes Malheur Salary Bill; School Clerk Sal ary Favored A series of five bills recom mended by Governor Patterson transferring the management of the Oregon state penitentiary from the executive department to the state board of control, were approved by the senate yesterday. One of the bills provides that the title of the warden shall be changed to superintendent, and that he shall be known as the ex ecutive head of the institution. Other .bills vest in the state board of control the same authority in managing the prison as is now imposed in the governor. Chief opposition to the bills was voiced by Senator Klepper who questioned- the sincerety of Governor Pat terson in connection with his pre election recommendation that the penitentiary should be placed un der the state board of control. "Instead of removing the prison from politics you will invite more politics," Senator Klepper said. "I do not believe that Governor Patterson desires that the prison shall be placed under the board of control, and we would extend to him a great favor by defeating these bills." Senator Klepper predicted that in event the prison was transfer red to the board of control there would be confusion, and less effic iency in its opperation. Senator Moser replied that the voters of fhe state, by a majority of approximately 30,000 votes, had approved the doctrines advo cated by the governor with rela tion to his prison policies and other Issues. Senator Dunne of Clackamas, declared that while he regarded the five prison bills as pure "bunk" he would vote for them out of respect tor Governor Pat terson. Twenty-one senators voted for the first of the five prison bills. Senators who opposed the bills were Brown, carsner, 't Hunter, Klepper and Strayer. No opposition was voiced in con nection with Senator Hall's .bill giving school districts of the third class authority to fix the amxi mum annual salary of school cleTks at $50. Senator Staples voted against a bill introduced by Senator Davis authorizing an increase in the salary of the treasurer of Mal heur county from $1200 to $1500 a year. WEDDING RITE REVISED Episcopal Church, in England . Re models Religious Forms LONDON. Jan. 20 (AP) The marriage service in the Episcopal book of common prayer has been completely remodeled, the Church of England says today in giving an authoritative, although unoffi cial resume of changes made as a result of the deliberations of the house of bishops on prayer botok revision. The newspaper says that the bishops were' unanimous in. their decisions. "We believe that the revision will generally be approved by churchmen of all schools of thought except those lrreconciably opposed to any change," the paper says, "for these, the present book of common prayer will still be available." MERGER PLANS GROWING "Encouraging Progress" In Rail Union Reported By Leaders NEW YORK, Jan. 20. (AP) "Encouraging progress" in the plans for the huge northwest rail road merger was reported tonight in a joint statement by President Charles Donnelly of the "Northern Pacific and Ralph Budd of the Great Northern. While few de tails were revealed it was stated that directors of-both roads were agreed that on exchange of stock of either company for that of the new operating company must be on an equal share for share basis. YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON Anoc la ted Press Frank L. Smith of Illinois was denied a seat in the senate. The army appropriations bill, providing for 118.750 men. was passed by the house. Privileged status for Boulder dam legislation was sought and opposed .before .the house rules committee. . The McNary-Haugen farm bill was endorsed by cotton growers exchange officials before a senate committee. President Coolldge told Alejan dro Cesar, new Nicaraguan min ister, that the United States had no imperialistic designs. 'An administration bill to au thorize direct government loans on soldier bonus certificates: was El III. PDPULAfilTY Company Plans Expansion and Eventual Move to Salem in July REMARKABLE PROGRESS Many Franchises Granted Compan. ies for Handling' Product in Various Sections of United States "Prun-Port," the one of the few distinctly Oregon beverages, was dlBcussed by officers of the Major Fruit Products company of Port land, in an open meeting of Salem business men and prune grogers at the Chamber of. Commerce rooms last night. The purpose of the meeting was to get men from Salem together to tell of plans for the company's expansion and eventual moving to Salem, which is planned to take place in July if local developments come up to expectationos. Those present found themselves well pleased with the report. R. L. Holsclaw, president of the company, took the floor and in an effective manner told of the com pany's beginning, emphasizing their desire for the most conserv ative forms of expansion, with the expressed faith that proper adver tisinb was needed above all other things. Illustrating the hold which Prun-Port had gained on bever age drinkers of the Willamette valley, the Star Bottling Works of Salem bottled and sold over 16,000 bottles of the new beverage since October 7. Companies in Oregon City and Portland have been granted bottling franchises be sides that of the Star works of Salem. These, three -companies will handle the Oregon business, tem- (Continued on page 8.) N0RRIS PUT ON STAND Fort Worth Pastor to Tell Own Story About Chipps Killing COURTROOM, Austin, Texas, Jan. 20 (AP) Dr. J. Frank Norris. fundamentalist pastor of Fort Worth, took the witness stand in his own defense here late today in his trial for the killing of D. E. Chipps. Dr. Norris has sat in the court room for 10 days listening to others tell their version of the killing. He appeared slightly pale and worn as he mounted the stand. An argument on a point of law delayed Norris' testimony. FREE IS CONTESTANTS VIE FOR FILM HONORS SEMI-FINALS AT OREGON ARE EXCEEDINGLY CLOSE 'Old Ironsides" Characters Used By Youthful Players Last Night Interest is at high pitch in the Paramount Junior Star contest which is being held at the Oregon theatre. Enthusiasm ran high last night and the contest was ex tremely close as many aching hands will testify. So close was the contest that after 20 minutes of almost constant clapping, Di rector Bunce decided to give three of the young ladies a chance to compete in the finals tonight. The lucky young ladies were Hulda Hammond. Elizabeth Blackwell and Versa Purdy. The scenes enacted last night were taken from Paramount's pro duction "Old Ironsides" and each contestant was placed in roles im personating such characters "as Ester Rolston and others. Direct or Bunce says you can n olonger say that Salem is without talent. Each contestant did their best and the ready wit helped to carry the scenes into actual realism, which was greatly appreciated by the audience. Tonight tells the tale as to who will represent Salem and win the trip to Hollywood, which is of fered free by the Paramount Studios, Bell Line Stages. Oregon theatre and Oregon Statesman. M. T. Shire, president" of the Bell Line, and Harry Eagles, western exploitation manager of Famous Players, will personally conduct the winner of tonight's contest on her trip. This afternoon semi-finals will be held with the following con testants: Pearl Tuggle, Buleah Roberts and Maude Gwynn. Then this evening the grand finals will take place with the applause of the audience deciding the winner of the contest. INDIANS VISIT ASSEMBLY Fifty Chomawa Students Male Inspection at State House More than 50 students from t federal Indian school at-Chema visited the legislature here yester day. The students later inspected the various state departments, and posed for a photograph., The stud ents were in charge of Captain J. K. Stacy, senior instructor. It was said that the boys represent ed practically every section of the United States. TAX RETURNS INCREASED Fiscal Inheritance Returns Far Exceed Previous Years There was collected by the state treasurer during the past two years inheritance tax aggregating $1,117,000, or approximately $350,000 in excess of that collect ed during the preceding biennium. The cost of making these collect ions was less than -2 per cent of the total. The inheritance tax department is under the direction of the state treasurer. LAW ENFORCE MENT FROM NEW ROAD BILLS TO CAUSE CHANGE "RULES OF THE ROAD" GET ADDED EMBELLISHMENTS New Law to Tone Up Old Provis ions Concerning All Anto Lights If house bill 126 is passed the law known as "Rules of the Road" is in for a thorough going over. Changes in the law will be many. but are not considered drastic, and are nearly all made to promote safety on the highways. Automobiles will be required to stay at a safe distance, behind the car preceding it and trucks must stay at least 100 feet behind, ex cept in overtaking and passing. Motorists will be required to drive to the right of the street or road and stop if police or fire depart ment vehicles are approaching. It will be unlawful to coast down hills with the gear in neutral. No one will be allowed to advertise or cause to be advertised an event where automobiles are to be driv en at speed in excess of the' lawful speed limit. This covers demon stratioons. Persons will be re quired to drive at careful speeds at all times, and certain speeds are designated for certain condi tions. The new law will require the use of mufflers at all times and prohibit the use of cut outs. Accidents that occur outside of corporate limits of cities must be reported to the secretary of state if the damage done is in excess of $50. Garage and repair men will be required to report damaged cars that come into their shops. A great many changes are to be made that will take care of pro visions made in other bills that have already been introduced and bills that are contemplated for in troduction. Brighter lights than ever will be seen on the highways at night in the provisions of a bill intro duced in the house yesterday morning. But the bill provides that the lights shall be dimmed and adjusted. But the bill pro vides that the lights shall be dim med and adjusted. The present (Continued on page 8.) SALARY BOOSTS AIRED House Bill Provides For Some In creases By Commissioners The question of salary increase is still simmering in the house. At the present time the salaries of county officials are fixed by the state legislature, which is con sidered by many to be unsatisfac tory. Any increases in these sal aries are a local matter and could be handled to give greater satisfaction by a local body. House bill No. 137, introduced yesterday morning calls for an act to fix salaries of county officials by county courts or boards of com missioners. The act further provides that county courts and boards of com missioners may refer these in creases to the people, but it is not compulsory to refer them, except in the case of the county judge and commissioners. POLITICS BUREAUS FULL COMMITTEE AX Two State Departments Dis continued at Meeting of Body Last Night OTHERS TO BE SCANNED State Health Department and Bureau of Child Hygiene Slated for Investigation To Determine Value The joint ways and means com mittee last night discontinued the nursing bureau and the American ization department of the state government, whose appropriations in the past biennium aggregated more than $22,000. The committee further author ized a new committee for investi gation of the state board of health's operations, in hopes of reducing materially the appropri ation of $75,000 the board has re quested. The operation of the state bu reau of child ""hygiene will be in vestigated by a committee con sisting of Representatives Pierce and Bronaugh and Senator Butt, appointed last night. The ap pointment was made after a mo tion to discontinue the bureau bad been blocked by a decision to in vestigate. A similar investigation is to be made of the state child welfare commission and board of inspec tors of child labor before appro priations for these departments are authorized for the current bien nium. The child welfare com mission had asked for an, appro priation of $20,000 while .the board of inspectors of child labor had requested $7500. Several members of the committee Indi cated that they would vote to dis continue the activities of both of these departments. An appropriation of $40,000 for the board of vocational education was deferred pending an investi gation of the department by Sen ator Strayer. The committee went on record favoring a discontinuance of the appropriation of $2400 for the board of pilot commissioners, with a view of making the department self sustaining. The appropriation of $419,000 recommended by the state budget commission for the operation Of the state penitentiary was allowed in full. Thi3 appropriation in cludes $50,000 with which to in stall a fireproof cell block. It was reported to the committee that the flax plant at the prison now has stock on band valued at $250,000, while state funds tied up in the institution total $225,000. The committee deferred action on a re quest for legislation authorizing the board of control to borrow funds on stock on hand in the state flax plant- Following a lengthy debate the committee decided to hold another conference with the public service commission in hope that legisla tion may be enacted whereby the -department would operate without cost to the state. It was proposed that a tax be levied against public utilities under the jurisdiction of the commission sufficient to pay the costs of operation. The com mission had requested an appro priation of $118,000, of which amount more than $70,000 would be .returned in fees to the state. The budget of the sealer of weights and measures was reduced from $11,820 to. $7020.. An appropriation of $2,000 authorized by the budget commis sion for the support of the state board of conciliation was cut to $1500. The appropriation of the state dairy and food commissioner in the amount of $58,340 was allow ed in full. An appropriation of $45,000, known as the predatory animal hunters' fund, was eliminated by the committee. For the state horticultural soci ety; the committee authorized an appropriation of $1,000. Appropriations for the state bu reau of labor were authorized These departments are self-sus taining. PRICES SET WITH CARE Governor Urges Wise Appraisals On All Bonus Lands Careful appraisal of all lands offered for, security for loans au thorized under the world war vet erans - state aid act, will be de manded by Governor Patterson, according to a statement made by him at a meeting of the bonus commission held here yesterday. As a result of . the governor's suggestion it is likely that tne bonus commission later will ap point ; two additional appraisers. A large number of loans were au thorized by the commission at to- dajr's meeting. WINTER'S GRIP REMAINSTIGHT PRESENT FREEZE G WEATH ER WILL CONTINUE Salem Temperature , Ag" Drops to Below Freezing Point 1 in Night; Winter's icy grasp again held Salem and the rest of the valley in its clutches last night, as the temperature dropjed far below freezing point.' Continued clear, cold weather is forecast for today. The. city streets froze again last night shortly after 6 o'clock, and motorists all over, the city stored their cars with diained radiators, as the icy hazard on the streets grew again. - Much of Wednesday night's snow melted und er the rays of the sun yesterday, .but enough ice remained on the stxeets last. night to make them dangerous. Reports from Sil!yerton and Mill City indicated thai from an Inch to v three inches of snow covered most of the hill .'district in the eastern part of the county.) All other nearhfy valley ; points reported similar c"old weather to Salem, with clear skies. 1 PORTLAND, Jan. 2Q. (AP) Any scant hope Cor Oregon's im mediate'relief from freezing tem perature was shattered tonight with the prediction by Edward L. Wells, government meterologist, that chill winds and low temper atures will hold Cast the snow and ice that ha)s come to the state dur ing the pas; two dajys. Additional snow is unlikely although an in crease in tOmperatiire is not look ed for withjin the "veek. A tempetrature f 16 degrees above zero ' at Portland was pre dicted for 7 o'clpck tomorrow morning. The thermometer reg istered v 23 degrees above at 7 o'cleek tonight. Crisp clear weather with zero temperatures obtained at; Hood River and throughout the mid Columbia area today. The snow fall at Palkdalo measured 22 in ches on the level. Central Oregon faced zero .weather with skies clear and ground, white'; under heavy snow from four inches to a foot in depth. ' Pendleton has a four inch blan ket while at Meaoham the snow was lev fel with ' fence tops along the Old Oregon Trail. At La Grande a blizzard ceased and cold er weather "ensued with a mini mum temperature of 7 above zero. The mercury dropped to two above at Baker with a biting wind. . Warm weather succeeded a damp snowfall at Klamath Falls. The snow melted as fast as it fell. ASTORIA. Jan. 20. (AP) Cold temperatures continued here today despite some hours of sun shine. The thermometer reached a minimum of 27 degrees above zero this morning and hovered around 3 5 degrees up until 7:30 tonight. EUGENE, Jan. 20. XAP) The' minimum temperature . last night was 25 degrees and the max imum today was 38. It was pre dicted that the mercury will go down to 20 tonfght. The light coating of snow that covered roots this - morning disappeared during the day. NEW MINISTER ACCEPTED Coolldge Kca$sarcs Nicaraguan About Itemoval of Troops WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.--(By AP;) President .Coolidge, In ac cepting the credentials today of the new Nicaraguan minister. Alejandro Caesar, gave assurance tliat American forces would be withdrawn from Nicaragua as soon as the necessity for their presence ceases. -. The minister told Mr. Coolidge that Nicaragua "looks confidently to the United States for guidance, cooperation and aid." He came to Washington recently as the rep resentative of the Dias govern ment, which the United States has recognized. The presentation of his letters of credence occurred during the afternoon in the sast room of the White House. - . OREGON FACES TEST , :y EUGENE, Jan. " 20. (AP) The University of Oregon basket ball team is marking time in prep aration tor its big test against the University of Idaho here Saturday night.; The customary season of preliminary contests has been sur vived and the team has gradually reached a fair playing form. ! Just how good a form will be deter mined Saturday night. VISIT ' 'AT SILVERTOX SILVERTON. Ore., Jan. ,20 (Special.)- -Mr. and Mrs. "Ai.- Fer guson of Pendleton are here on a visit with Mrs. Ferguson's Ulster , Mrs. William .Graham Mrs. Fer guson, at one time made her home here.-LvShe :is a graduate of the Silvertoa schools and while a stu dent .played on the basketj "v ball team.;1 Before her mari-ia- she SOtONSFAIR SfttARY BOOST THIS SESSI! House Approved -Increase Previously; Upper Body Favors by Vote 16-12 ADD $5 MORE EACH DAY Opposition Develops as Some Point of Constitutionality; Few Declare Constituents Object The pay of the legislators will be increased by $5 a day 'accord ing to the adoption of a house con current -resolution in the senate yesterday afternoon by the close vote of 16 to-12" with two senators absent. This resolution was pre viously approved in the house by a vote of 48 to 12 and provides each member of the 19 2T legisla ture with $5 a day in addition to the traditional $3. The extra pay is supposed to apply on their ex pense accounts. For nearly 10 days the oratori cal floor gates have been tightly closed in the senate; but today they were opened and several waves of oratory swept o'er -the senate chamber.- This is an Indi cation of the fact that during the remaining days of the sessions there will be some great oratorical battles in the staid senate- -cham ber. Senator Butts, who opened the debate in opposition to the resolu tion, declared that,, in his opinion. favorable action. by. the legislature would.be held unconstitutional b- the courts. "The members . of this legisla ture' should be law makers -antf not law breakers," declared Sen ator Butts. "There is no reason or. excuse for this resolution. Senator' Staples said that." when he was .elected (l member of the. legislature he had full knowledge that he was to receive $3 per day and no more Tor his, services. "When I accepted my certificate of election,'.' averred Senator Stap les. "I entered into an implied con- tract to serve the voters of my district in the legislature at a sal ary, of $3 per , day. We are em ployes of the people and -we have no right, either morally or legally (Ooii tinned ea pf S.) , ';' " . ' JUNIOR COLLEGES FAVORED IN BILL OREGON DIVIDED- INTO 13 DISTRICTS FOR XEW PLAN Salem to Be Home of One Insti tution if Measure Meets " With Approval Salem would be the seat of one of the 13 junior colleges : institut ed in Oregon under the terms of a bill introduced in the house yes terday by Representative .-Roberts of--Waco county, chairman of the educational committee. . This .plan is in line with the progressive tendency-In education in. other states,' but its adoption would depend on the decision of the voters in each of the 13 dis tricts, who would -have to decide whether or not such a college should be established and author ize funds to operate It. The purpose, it is declared, ia to relieve .the congestion in the present institutions, of higher learning, and to bring the state's educational- opportunities closer to the homes of the students. ; 'Following are the proposed dis tricts and the- locations provided for the various colleges:. District No. 1. Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington coun ties, with the college located in or near Portland. j - . District No. 2 Columbia. Clat sop and Tillamook, with, college at Astoria. - District No. 3 Marion. .Polk, Yamhill, Lincoln, with college at Salem. - ' , t-::i: District No. 4 Linn. Lane and Benton, .with college at Albany? District No. 5 JJouglas. Coos and Curry, with college at Med- ford. ' District No. . 6 Jackson and Josephine, with college atMed ford...' -' : District No. 7 ---Hood River, Wasco, Sherman and Gilliam; with college -at The Dalles. - District No. 8-r-JefferBop. Wbeel er. CTOok and Deschutes, with col-' lege at Redmond. . District No. 9 Lake and Klam ath, with college afKlamath Fall : District No.- 10 Umatilla and Morrow, : with : college a.t IPendl . ; ton. : ; -- ' ;':;,". - V V. - District No. .11 Union and Wal lowa, .with college at La Grande. District ' No. 12 Baker. ' ar.l Grant, with college at -Baker. District No. in. Mail:rir i iju.-C'.y, "itli tcUcc at Vui.