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The Salem Preyterigns Have a Big Taslc; to Build a $125,000 urch; But Will Be SuccGSGf u I (Vlake a Good Investment By Filling the inore Evening for Reinald ; Werpenroth WEATHKR FORECAST: ,.. Fair w i X h slowly rising temperature: moderate vari able winds on coast. Maximum yesterday, 27; minimum, 11; river, 9.7; rainfall, none; atmosphere, clear; wind, northwest. BWMW A new movement .has been started. "It calls tor full dinner pails for all working girls. Now Just which working girl wants a full dinner pail? No doubt tlwrniajority prefer their salad and sandwiches. - '. EVENTY-3IXTH YKftB SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1927 PRICE FIVE CEOTS Mite mm ft I I 1 rv 'i 1 GiliGdER; INES SENT American Minister McMur ray Ordered to Peking While on Way Home WHITES LEAVING FAST Coolidge Feels Doubts of Central Government's Ability to Exer cise Law for Protection of Foreigners WASHINGTON. Jan. 21 (AP) The increasing gravity of the spreading anti-foreign movement in China was reflected today in disclosure that American Minister MacMurray had been stopped by cablegram in Korea on bis way to Washington, and ordered back to Peking, and by the announcement that the detachment of American marines at Guam had been or dered to the Philippines to be nearer the zone of disorder. Word also was received through Admiral Williams, commander of the Asiatic fleet, that the evacua tion of Americans and other for eigners from Chinese interior cities was proceeding rapidly. The immediate reason given at the White House for Secretary Kellogg's action in ordering Mac Murray back to Peking was the necessity for taking every possible provision to protect Americans in China should the disorders flame into attacks by mobs that threat ened their lives. President Coolidge feels that the developments in China in the 4fet few weeks make it doubtful ijpat the central government at Peking is able to exercise any au thority whatever toward protec tion of foreigners. With many Chinese political factions' contend ing for power, the Washington government has difficulty in dis cerning the place of the central government in the present con- (Continued on pag 7.) HOPPER RECEIVES 59 BILLS IN DAY TWEXTY-EIGHT CAM FROM REPEAL OF LAWS BODY Paulson Introduces Measure Hit ting Use of Pictures in Tobacco Advertising The much talked of and fairly well filled hopper in the house got a deluge ot 59 bills' yesterday morning, 28 ot which came from the repeal 'of laws committee, and if passed will do away with a Jot of dead timber and take 'a decided step toward cleaning tip the code. The remaining 31 new bills deal with a variety of subjects. Rep resentative McGowan, with his bill No. 144 would repeal a section of the automobile laws in order to make the amended title law a part of the motor vehicle .registration act. Bill No. 14 1 by Howard would make it lawful for the highway commission to aciulre. by pur chase, donation or agreement land on which to construct sheds, etc. and to be paid for out of the high way fund. It also gives them auth ority to dispose of ground now held by i hem and to turn the mon ey for same over to the Btate treas urer who shall credit it to the highway commission fund. Cram er's bill No. 151 amends the work mens' compensation act so that the state or its sub-divisions shall not have the right to reject the provisions of this act when engag ed in harzardous occupations. Repr resentative Mott would close for est areas during times of fire haz ards. Hill No. 145 is Introduced by the committee on forestry and calls for an appropriation of $500 to combat the white pine blister rust. Three companion bills by Snell define the boundaries of Gil liam, Sherman and Wheeler coun- Si 1 J i Actuniing iu iuo provisions i?o. 183 bv North and Bailey board of control -will lrave still more power, making It the purch asing agency for state depart ments instead of tho secretary of btate. ' Bills numbered 187 and 188 give the board of control the right to lease office buildings in Salem and Portland. --- - Representative Hamilton sf Clatsop has a bill providing that the salaries of the secretary to", chief deputy to secretaory of state, chief deputy to state treasurer and to commissioner; shall be fixed by he governor sccretarj-' cf stats HI APPROVE CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT EMERGENCY CLAUSE CARRIED MAKING TRANSFER AT ONCE Board of Control to Have Charge as Soon as Governor Signs Bill The five senate bills drawn up by the attorney general at the request of Governor Patterson, numbered 63 to 67, introduced by the committee on judiciary passed in the house yesterday morning, with the only votes against each bill being Hazlett's and LaFollet's. The first bill changed the execu tive head of the penitentiary from warden to superintendent. Bill No. 64 changes section 1 of chap ter 56 Oregon laws to read: "The executive head of the state peni tentiary, under the direction of the Oregon state board of control and under such rules and regula tions as may be prescribed by the Oregon state board of control is hereby authorized to employ pa roled convicts, etc., wages for such convicts to be reasonable, and so forth." The law before this amendment read: "The warden of the state penitentiary under the direction of the governor and un der such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the gover nor, etc." giving the authority to the state board of control instead of the governor to regulate the ac tivities of the superintendent of the, penitentiary regarding em ployment of convicts. Bill No. 65 empowers the Ore gon state board of control to pro vide for the disposition of moneys earned by convicts instead of the governor, who has heretofore had this authority. It also provides that the Oregon state board of control instead of the warden shall sayto what dependents of the convict the earnings of said convict shall go. The laBt of the bills drawn at the governor's request relieves the governor of the power to install and equip plants in connection with the penitentiary and places the authority with the Oregon state board of control. The au thority" the governor previously had to purchase, acquire,' and otherwise maintain materials necessary for the operation of plants is given to the Oregon state ooard of control.1 The board' bf control now has the power to make rules and regulations necessary covering the sale of any product of any industry maintained and operated at the penltertla'ry. and to have exclusive control over the sale of the products, w-utch power was formerly vested in the gov ernor. '-' ' ' MAY CHANGE PROCEDURE I'lan For Accrediting bf Music Teachers Advanced Charles A. Howard, state super intendent of public instruction, yesterday announced a tenative plan for reorganizlne the work of accrediting music : teachers out side of the public schools. Under the plan proposed by Mr. Howard applicants would' submit their applications for considera tion of the accrediting committee which would meet in August and January. The present system makes it possible for applicants to submit their applications at any time during the year. No names would be signed to the aplications. The committee would be a small one and would be appointed tor one session only. T YESTERDAY I IN WASHINGTON O Associated Fres The senate decided to consider the Woods nomination behind closed doors. Frank L. Smith of Illinois, was invited to appear tomorrow before the senate elections committee. A bill providing $175,000,000 to refund illegally collected taxes was passed by the house. Arizona and Utah representa tives joined in opposing the move to give Boulder dam legislation a privileged status. - '' The --senate foreign relations committee approved the Robinson resolution suggesting arbitration of the Mexican oil laud laws con troversy. ' ' . The While House restated that protection of American life and property was the one question at issue between the"-Up'i ted"" States and Mexico. . Vr . The Guam marine detachment .was, ordered t6'ib Philippines to be nearer to China and -Minister MacMurray, ' en'" Toutc . here, was fatdcrcd to fcturu' to kjnjJi V' '$ LIBOR: Carkin Compliments Mem bers Upon Work Done By Committees So Far FEW NEW MEASURES DUE Bill Concerning Appointment of Railroad Police Officers Was Passed Allowing Governor to Name More The second week's labors of the house body ended yesterday at noon, to reconvene at 11 o'clock Monday. One hundred and ninety eight bills had been introduced providing for things from repeal ing jackrabbit laws to moving county seats. Speaker Carkin an nounced before adjournment that he was well pleased with the way all the committees had cooperated and succeeded in getting most of the important bills introduced so early in the session. It is not ex pected that any more very import ant bills will be introduced. House biM No. 8 and senate bill No. 15 promise to be the subject of considerable argument this year, as the same matter was at the last session. House bill No. 8 was introduced by Mr. Bailey and would amend section 25, chapter 363 general Oregon laws of 1925 regarding the peddlers' license law. Senate bill No. 15 was in troduced by Messrs. Hall, Banks and Dunn of Clackamas and would amend the statutes with relation to. the registration of license fees for motor vehicles and declaring an emergency. Yesterday morning (ContinuedTon gage 8.) ERECT STORE BUILDING Becke & Hendricks Announce 9J4.000 Srtucturo Construction of a $14,000 two- story store building and apartment house at 20 75 Fairgrounds Road, was' announced Friday by Becke & Hendricks, local real estate firm. This building will include two store rooms on the first floor and five apartments on the second. Work has already been started; under the direction of R. L. Hein. It is understood that tenants for the store building have already been definitely signed up, but Becke &N Hendricks were not at liberty to announce their names as yet. WEEK . r$9' ' I v. f ., . . C. , ... , ... , ' , , . " : v '.. i' ' ' " 5 - J t m hi? ... I H i iiiim i I ,1 li in i MOORE RESIGNS; LEE MENTIONED INSURANCE COMMISSIONER IN OFFICE FOR 4 YEARS Eugene Man To Succeed Moore, Humor Goodman May Be Placed As Deputy Will Moore, who has served as stat insurance commissioner dur ing the past four years, yesterday submitted his resignation to Gov ernor Patterson to become effec tive February 1. It was said that Mr. Moore would locate in'Eastern Oregon where he has property interests. It was Indicated that Clare Lee,, of Eugene would be appointed to succeed Mr. Moore. Mr. Lee has been engaged in the insurance business in Eugene tor a number of years, and is the brother of ex mayor E. U. Lee of that city. Mr. Lee was called here Thursday for a conference with the governor. James Goodman of Roseburg, who mentioned as a formidable can3idate for state insurance com missioner probably will be ap pointed as -chief deputy in the department. Mr. Goodman has been engaged in the insurance business in Roseburg for a num ber of years. Governor Patterson gave no intimation as to when he would apooint a state corporation com missioner to succeed W. K. Crews. It was said that there are several candidates for this office. Among these candidates is Frank Siever, formerly deputy state treasurer, who is uow engaged in the prac tice ot law in Portland. Seymour Jones will bo appoint ed state market agent, but the announcement probably will be deferred for several days. C. H. Spence. incumbent of the state market agent's department, is seriously ill in a Portland hospital. UPTON BILL FIRST OUT Measure Passed by Botu Houses Goes to Governor A bill introduced by Senator Upton was the first of the senate offerings to bo approved by both branches of the legislature at this session. The bill was approved in the house yesterday and was sent to the governor for his signature. It provided for changing the dates for opening terms of circuit court in the 18th judicial district. EVANS TO BE SPEAKER SILVERTOX, Ore.. Jan. 21 (Special) Harry C. Evans of Des Moines, Iowa, who has been ap pointed by James J. Davis, secre tary of labor, to make a study of all poor farms in America, will speak on child welfare and hu manitarian advancement at the Gem theatre Saturday evening. Evans is coming through the ef forts of the local Yeoman lodge. THE KII MAZE OF RUMOR CIRCLES SMITH FCTS ARE FEW AS SECOND PIUSE OF FIGHT STARTS Attorney General Carlstrom of H linois Expected to Give Evidence WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP) A maze or rumor and a paucity of fact surrounded preparations today for the second phase to morrow of the fight of Frank L. Smith of Illinois for a seat in the senate. One report which gained rather wide circulation was that Attorney General Carlstrom of Illinois would appear before the elections committee in an effort to show that Smith met the qualifications laid down in the constitution and would demand on behalf of his state that the governor's appointee be seated. Another rumor was that the at torney general would ask the su preme court for a mandamus com pelling the senate to accept Smith's credentials as the suc cessor to the late William B. Mc- Kinley and give him his seat pend ing a hearing before the com mittee. Carlstrom was enroute to Wash ington tonight from Chicago, but before boarding the train he de clined to make any statement with respect to the Smith case. From his office at Springfield a com-, munication was issued saying that the state would not undertake to force Smith upon the senate, recognizing that that body, had a right to determine whom it would seat. While the rumors were running the rounds of the senate, Smith maintained silence and spent the afternoon in conference with his attorneys, including James M. Beck, former solicitor general of the United States, and with Allen Moore, his campaign manager, and with other of his friends and ad visees. COLLIER BELIEVED LOST Boat Bearing Name Of Missing Vessel Picked Up At Sea BOSTON. Jan. 21. (AP) An empty lifeboat bearing the name of the Collier John Tracy, 10 days overdue from Norfolk for Bostn, was picked up tday by a Boston fishing schooner, 70 miles south east of Highland light. Cape Cod Shipping men here expressed be lief that the Tracy had been lost with all on board. VISITS FROM MIDDLE WEST SILVERTON, Ore.. Jan. 21 (Special) A. Anderson arrived at Silverton Tuesday from the mid dle west for a visit with Mrs. Louis Anderson. Mr. Anderson is a cousin of the late Louis Ander son. ' SENATE QUITS LAW GRINDING IINTILIIM Four Bills Passed, Memorial Adopted, and One New Measure Received ADJOURN AT 11 O'CLOCK Bill Increasing Pay of Deputy County Fruit Inspectors and Board Commissioners Ap proved by Solons The senate yesterday passed four bills, adopted a house me morial, received one new bill, and adjourned soon after 11 o'clock until Monday morning. A bill providing for an increase in pay from $3 to $5 of deputy county horticultural inspectors and deputy commissioners of the state board of horticulture was probably the most important one approved by the senate. The bill, however, would pro vide that the salary of the deputy horticultural commiittees shall not aggregate more than $500 in any one year. One other bill approved author izes half the residents of any dis trict to organize for exterminating ground squirrels, rodents, and other predatory animals. The present law requires that 75 per cent of the residents must or ganize. Senator Carsner opposed the bill on the ground that it opened the way for additional tax levies and did not contain the necessary safeguards to protect the taxpay ers. Senator Strayer declared that the attack on the bill was unwar ranted in that the law under amendment had been used success fully by the farmers and hortlcul turallsts in many sections of the state. A bill Introdduced by Senator Marks clarifying the present law with relation to service of notices' in legal proceedings also received favorable consideration. The roads and highways com mittee reported unfavorably on a bill introduced by Senator Davis providing that incorporated towns and cities should retain i0 per cent of all road taxes. The re maining 30 per cent of these taxes would have been expended in road construction and maintenance in the counties outside of the incor porated towns and cities. Under the provisions of the present laws the cities and towns retain 50 per cent of these road taxes, while the remaining 50 per cent is expended in the road dis tricts of the counties outside of the towns and cities. The bill was postponed indefinitely Senators Bell and Hunter were appointed members of a special committee authorized in a house resolution providing for an inves tigation of the governmental machinery of the state. The re port of the committee will be filed with the legislature prior to the 20th day of the session under the provisions of the resolution. The senate adopted a house me morial introdudced by Represen tative Lewis urging congress to (Continued on paee 4 ) SEEK NEW SAFEGUARDS More Appraisers for Veteall!, Loan Pleas Suggested W. C. Culberton of Portland, Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state and George A. White, adjutant general, have been appointed members of a committee to work out additional safeguards in con nection with the handling of ap plications for., loans, 'under the world war veterans state aid act. It was said thai two additional appraisers would be employed, -end that all land offered for security for loans would be inspected. SALE NOT CONSIDERED Option Of City To Purchase Water System Kecalled No negotiations for the pur chase of the Salem Water, Light & Power Co. water system have been entered into - betweenc that com pany and any outside corporation, officials ! of the company stated Friday evening. Aj. The local utility company con- siders that the city has an option on this water system, and will not consider any other .proposals so long as that option exists, it was explained, ; MEXICO'S OIL TANGLE WORSE NEW LAW JJg EFFECT TODAY ADDS FlEL TO FIRE All Alien Prone rty Owners Become Mexican Citifeems, Theoreti cally, at Least MEXICO CITY", Jan. 21. (AP) With public In barest centered on possible arbitration of the differ ences between Mexico and the United States, over the new oil and land laws, a new. angle was i dded to the situ ation today wheQ all foreign land towners in Mexico became theoretically Mexican clti zens as far as questions concern ing their property is concerned. Today the time expired for for eigne rs to register a declaration of their la.nd ownership t the municipal authorities in pjecord ance with article xyil of th e Mexi can constitution, and the alien lend law enacted under it. The law has been in effect one year, but a period of gracj expir iug today was granted, to tforeignf ers to file theiiileclaitioki. The law enacts a constitutiomaA article which permits only native born Mexicans to own land In? Mexico, but gives the Mexican government power to gran property; rights to foreigners who renouncp the right of appeal to their horae govern ment in case of disputes. it is understood th;tt regitra Hon under the law wjill be con f,trueo by the Mexican govern ment as acceptance otj its provis ions, including the renunciation of the riglit ot appeal, and that fail lire to register also automatically pending future court decisions or removes the right of appeal. Thus, government decrees, the right of appeal seems .to be lost in either case, : The extent to which, foreigners filed declarations throughout the country is not known, and it may be some time before the reports 1 (Oontlnnod rrt oav 4L) SIGN DOWN; HE'S GLAD Business man Chortles News Over Ptione to Recorder This overtime parking law Irks some ,of the business men at times even though they admit it's a good idea, On Friday, for instance, a busi ness man whose office Is located 'somewhere near the corner ot State and Commercial, called Re- ro'rder Mark Poulsen on the tele- phone. "Your parking sign down herq in. front of my office was knocked! down a few hiinutes ago," he said, "I'm glad of it. Goodbye." MAN, BLASTING, KILLED Joseph Elliott Dies on Farm One Mile Northeast of Canby CANBY, Ore.. Jan. 21 (AP)- Joseph E. Ellfott, 4 5, was killed today while blasting stumps at Bis place one inilo northeast of this city. , , Elliott; had just purchased a 10 acre traolt adjoining his property and was clearing the land when killed. He was working alone at the time. - , When he did not appear for dinner at noon Mrs. Elliott went to the lot and discovered the body. Mr. Elliott is, survived by his widow and stepson. He had been a resident of this vicinity for many years. ; - - SCHONCHIN IS CONVICTED Modoc Indian Found Guilty . Slaying Fellow Tribesman of PORTLAND, Jan. 21 (AP) Guy Schonchin, Modoc Indian, was convicted of second degree murder in the federal court here tonight. The jury had been out -eight hours. Schonchin was charged' with having murdered McClelland Wil liams,, a fellow resident of the Klamath reservation', on October 3,1. His trial took three days. Sentence will be pronounced to morrow morning, at 10 o'clock. Under the federal law, conviction of second degree murder carries a penalty ranging from a minimum of 10 years in tho penitentiary to life. . '.' ONE FATALITY; IN WEEK 301 f Accidents Under Workinens '. - Law Prwvislona ;There"? was one fatality due to industrial accidents in Oregon dur ing the week' ending January 2, according to a report prepared ly thtf state industrial accident com mission yesterday. iThe Victim .was J.C Longquist, timber f allerrwith headquarters in Portland. -' " ( the total number of accidents reported 501; were subject to the nmvc(AM is f h a work mens' com- Pcusatiuu lawf" " JITEfi TIGHTENS GB P DHL SITE Forecaster Predicts Con tinued Icy Temperatures ' for Rest of Week ; ' SALEM STILL SHIVERS Present Wavo of Sub-FTeezlns Weather Most Frigid Since ' December, li ; All Val ley Towns Stricken With the thermometer standing at 14 degrees above zero at 11: SO o'clock last night, Salem shivered in the coldest wave that has struck this part of the country in two yearsTThe last cold wave was In December, 1924. Yesterday'B maximum tempera ture Was 29 degrees, with a ch'ere less sun Bhining out or a cleuf, but icy sky . During' tho preceding night the temperature fell to 11 degrees, but a lower minimum is expected before v warm weather comes again. ' The thin mantle of snow that has Iain on the ground lor sey eraLdayg was Intact yesterday, uh the temperature did not riso above freezing all day. : PORTLAND, Jan. 21. (AP) The coldest weather since Decem ber 1924 prevailed horo through i out Oregon during the past 21 hours.- The minimum ' at Port land was 15 abo7e early today the day was .24 degrees. The thermometer was expected to drop down to 12 above before morning. Medford and Klamath Falls' iu southern Oregon, La Grande and Pendleton in eastern Oregon, and Eugene and Salem in the: W'lU lamette valley each reported low est thermometer readings since, the cold spell in December, 1924. Eastern Oregon vied wlth'east- f tfoBtioafid aa pmgn B.) WEATHER HINTS BY ELLA M'MUNN OTHER THINGS TOLD BKCVG SMILES AND START TEARS Sly Digs at Solons Who Sit Under Bronze Dome; Why Put Up Fruit in Jars , Dear Editor: Here is an item , from a Scotch paper about sugar Leet raising. The part about. its ' manufacture being bo clean is es pecially appealing, although the Scotch are always clean. I trusts that we get such a supply of sugar ' on hand that the inmates of tho . state institutions will be allowed to have some. I never take spoonful of sugar without thinking" of the. prisoners . and of those;' OTHER prisoners at thestate hos pital, who must take their coffee -and ea "straight," neither cream nor sugar. - And they have no but ter, while the legislature is plan- ' ning to place 130,000 bflsts of dead and jone persons in. Wash- ' ingtonj giving 110,000 to1 find out if the egg laid hy ' ahen, ating wheat will make you as fat as one ' laid by a hen eating corn, ett. ' Think the Scotch paper might have come from our friend Wm. Flemings I find if very amusing, for while full of book talk and art and evidently intended for the ul tured class of Edinburgh, so pre- -. else Is the language used. . I find - on the front page an advertisement for a remedy for the eradication of "nits and insects on tho head..' I am hoping you will Bits for Breakfastiy talk about food and water lot the birds and hens. A whole flock! of towhees and Alaska ., robins are struggling1 with some apples we have cast outside. . I think the "Old Indian" who recently predicted early spring, was a manufactured Indian. I al ways know that whenever. I have , a fine collection of chrysantho muips that it is going to be a hard winter for ' no other purpose than ' to freeze them.. Our thermometer said! 19 above when I went out at 8 o'clock, but I think It must be a brother to tho "Old Indian." as ' mi : h i . my toes are raunns aruuuu iu iny hoo?IJikfS marbled; at , thirf -tnin- d Mama is carrying the bot tled' fruit around -hunting a warm place f or it-V I don t know why weliottle' It; anyway.' We NEVER eat itt -: Although after It freezes and hursts theftottle and we di- a noie ana oary ii. i uie a icr- rible hanfccriug for it. COLD I