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Do not Blomc AfJaya oriel ;SV3pano6mmittee for 0500000. Cuts, Until You KnoW all the Reasons for them TfrVoTTSawriheiAacnera J "WEATHER FORECAST: Unsettled, pro bably local snows turning to ram u north west portion; slowly ridng temperature; qo- First Section-xrages I to o aerate east to souia vma$ on ine coast. Maximum yesterday, 2i; minimum, 11; rlv ,er, r 7.9;- rainfall, 0; atmosphere, cloudy; wind, northeast. I Three Sections-r-24 Pageo- v. l'SEVENTT-SIXTg YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS V ' SALARY O00ST BILLS occupy U SDElS'tlE Legislators Wise Owrr Pay $5 Per Diem in AdcTition Constitutional $3 VETOED MEASURE DUE v, y ' Maey "fxaAiltt lrfI Would lroflt by; Proposed Salary 'TarrrMM;. State Officials May Get Increase Indications yesterday were that salary increase bills during the present session of the legislature would be more numerous than at previous session in spite of widespread appeals for more econ omy. One bill already introduced would increase the salary of county accessor a from 25 to 100 or more percent. This bill is said. .to have, approval of the state ta. investigating committee ap pointed in 192S. It is now in committee. -Another bill Introduced in the house - would Increase the salar ies of circuit Judges from $4000 to $6000 -a year. It has been argued that this increase in com pensation for" the circuit judges was justified In view of the ac tion taken by the 1925 legislature in advancing the salaries of the members of the supreme court to $7200. Other salary bills looming in the house will provide Increased com pensation for a number of county sheriffs, judges and treasurers. Although these bills hare not yet been prepared it was reported that they are in the making and robaJtUx. would be intrdouced be- TiH Ptore the end tfT next we: There is now before the senate a bill passed at the 1425 session of the legislature authorizing an increase in the salaries, of the sec retary of state, state treasurer and attorney general. This bill was vetoed by ex-Governor Pierce. Under the provisions fo this bill the salares of the secretary of state and .state treasurer would be Increased from $4500 to $5400 a year, while the compensation of the attorney general, wpuld be ad vanced from $4000 to $SOO0 a year ...... . The vetoed bill was returned to the legislature early in this ses sion and later was referred to the committee , on, .. s)ate, an4.t .county offices. Tbla committee, reported that the bill, should pass despite the veto of thee-governor The bill subsequently, wan approved by the house, but upon reaching the (Coatiaaea vf T.) CRIMSONmGER ROW EXPLAINED HARVARD SIAX GIVER GRIEV AXC'ES AOA1XST PRINCETON Long I,b,t 'ot Allejced Examples, of "DiHy liolall;' Cfeed 1 .v y;y r- NEW YORK; 'j AN. 22." (AP) Assertion that "dirty football" played by Princeton, not the jibes of the Harvard Lampoonf was re sponsible for the break in athletic relations between, the Tiger and Crimson is made In an article writ ten by Wynant D. Hubbard, vaiv sity guard on the 1919-20 Crim son teams, and published, by Lib erty, weekly magaiine. The Lam poon, he says, merely has been made the "goat." '2? Charging that the . only two "dirjty" games &t his own career were "the ones with Princeton." Hubbard lodges a number of spe cific accusations - against, Ahe Ti mers. These cover' mainly the Period of 1922 to 1926, inclusive, and Involve .instances ,o gouged yes, broken limbs and: .other in juries which Hubbard says were suffered "by itarvard playefsi in ft-eshman as well as varsity grld- ron contests. rhich he declares are the "root pf the trouble,", are the following: "(1) That. when playin with Princeton the playerj pti the Har vard team .almost invariably came out of the game torn and scratch ed badly about the eyes, That the Harvard team. ? although It played seven other colleges every year, never , had this v happen ex-, cept when playing against Prlnce tcn. That, In one game "with . .(CPftthms aa tit ')r DAVIS ASKS AID FOR FLOOD AREA DISASTER CAME FOLLOWING WASHING OCT OP DAM Affidavit Indicate Irrigation Dam 'Abandoned and Hazard Oeated -. Members of the eastern Oregon delegation in the senate have joined forces in an effort to ob tain the passage of a bill intro duced by Senator Davis which car ries an appropriation of $50,000 for the relief' of persons who suf fered losses in the Bully CreeH flood near Vale, Malheur county, early in the year 1925. An investigation by the state highway department following the flood showed that the losses re sulted from the washing out of an abandoned irrigation dam across Bully Creek. Many bands, of sheep and herds of cattle pastured in the valley were drowned while other property suffered from the flood. At the 1925 legislature session a delegation of Vale citl sens conferred with the ways and mean committee with the result that an appropriation of $25,000 was authorized as a temporary relief measure. Approximately $995 of this money was used by the state board. of health, while more than $20,000 of the total appropriation was returned to the state. During tJje past two yeaars claims for losses resulting from the flood have been prepared and htese ' are ..now in the hands of Senator Davis. These claims range from as low as $300 to more than $17,000. The request for tlie appropria tion is based on a retport filed by William Duby. W. A. Steward and other members of a commit tee appointed by ex-governor Pierce to Investigate all the cir cSrfaTances connected with the flood. This committee, in its report, held that there was a lack of at tention on somebody's part, and that there was a moral responsi bility resting upon the state of Oregon which .required.; considera tion of the proper officials.. Senator Day is sqid that from an investigation he had made the suf ferers from the J!lood4, were en titled to relief, and that an effort would be made at this session of the legislature to, partly reim burse them for their losses.. - Affidavits in possession of. Sen ator Davis indicated that the dam had been abandoned bjr thirriga tlon district, and apparently : n effort, had been made to keep, it in proper repair. . A bill introduced by Senator Davis seeking financial relief for the flood sufferers has been re ferred to committee fo the sen ate .for c.oni4eration and probably will be reported, xut next week. DRILL PERMITS TREMBLE Oil Firm's Injunction Not Made , - . PermAaet. at Tampidoy TAMPJCCv, Mexico,,.. Jiu 22. (AP) Federal district court here refused today to make permanent the injunction obtained -recently by the Sinclair Oil company re straining the secretary of Indus try . who is the government au thority on oil matters, from re-" vekipg drilling; permit obtained by. the oil company.; sr.-, r- YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON O AociaUd Pt - r Apprehension over "the plight of Americans in China increased. - The senate agreed to vote Mon day on Cyrus E. Woods nomina tion. - - . Lincoln Dixon of Indiana was nominated to the tariff commis sion. . The McNary-Haugen farm bill was approved by the senate agri culture committee. Hearings on Great Lakes water iistrlbution were adjourned to February 23. House and senate conferees ten tatively ' agreed upon radio con trol legislation. Boulder dam hearing: before -the honse rules committee were coo-: eluded. .The resolution deAliag. wjb the administration's Nicaragua policy were introduced. . In. the boose. y, y The senate ; ;eltion commit tee decided to begin. hearings. next Saturday on ,the question of seat la Frank L. Smith otJLUiaoii SHANGHAI RIOT SCARE CAUSES FRESH FRIGHT Trouble Breaks Out in Inter national Settlement of Large Seaport STRIKES GROW FREQUENT Washington Government Sot Tak ing Steps to Enforce Present Naval Detachment; Brit ish Forces Sent WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. (AP) Apprehension over the plight of Americans in China in creased percipitably here today due to an outbreak of rioting in the international settlement at Shanghai. The situation was not clear enough in the absence of com plete official reports to permit comment at the state department, yet it was obvious that the out break was regarded in official quarters as having ominous prin ciples. Reports previously received from Admiral Williams at Shang hai, in command of all American naval forces in Chinese waters, told of an increasing number of local strikes among Chinese work ers of the international settle ment. Such disorder as this may have caused has not been suffi cient to warrant official reports. The demonstration of Chinese street railway employes on Nank ing road, in the heart of the im portant shopping district of the (Continued on pJ 7.) L0NGVIEW PLANT SOLD - - J New Xork Corporation Buys Out Public Service Company LONGVIEW, Wash., Jan. 2 2. ( AP) -Sale of the -light and pow er properties and the water plant operated by the Longview Public Service company to the Washing ton Gas and Electric, company, a $150,000,000 NewvYorta; corpora tion, became known today. . Negotiat4ona dOvaot include the city bus. line, which also, is operated- by the local, company. The consideration was not made Known. The purchasing: company operates In 16 states and 400 cities. Recent systems acquired, in -the Pacific northwest are lo cated. In Aberdeen. Hoquiam, Che halis, Centralia. THE ----- vvc- 33 x yv -'i y. - miZ jZ ' COLD HAS SIGNS OF MODERATING RISING TEMPERATURES WITH SNOW OR RAIN FORECAST Salem Still Remains In Icy Grip, Although Cold 1m Less Intense Prospects early this morning were for a possible breaking up of the cold- wave that has chilled Salem for several days past. Al though the maximum temperature esterday was 27 degrees, the thermometer last night had not fallen, much, qnd indications of clouds in the sky showed a pos sibility of rain. Snow and ice still cover the streets, although some melting vas in evidence yesterday. Re ports from otber points in the jtate .also indicate an imminent lessening of the icy cold. PORTLAND, Jan. 22. (AP) With temperatures ranging from SO below to 19 degrees above zero. Oregon took no great stock to night in current miscellaneous' rumors that relief was in immedi ate sight. Edward l. Wells, gov ernment meteorologist, predicted tonight, however, that rising tem peratures were to be looked for Monday but that they would carry with them either snow or rain. (Continued on page 3.) HIGHWAY BILLS FACED Eddy's Rill For Protection Counties Coining Up Of The senate next Monday will consider two bills introduced by Senator Eddy providing that coun ties shall be relieved of the cost of maintaining state highways and the expense of constructing both overhead and underground cross ings. Under the present law the expense of constructing overhead and underground crossings is as sessed against the highway depart ment, railroad corporations and the counties. Members of the highway com mission said that counties had not been compelled to'pay the main- tenence cost of state highways for .several years past. ' AnotheV bill to be considered In the senate Monday relates to the taking- and perfecting of ap peals. CARKIN TO TELL VIEWS Speaker Of House Listed For Chamber Of Commerce Talk John H. Carkfn, speaker of the state house of representatives, will be speaker at the Monday noon luncheon of the chamber of com merce. He will tell "What the Legislature can do for Oregon." ..Mr, Carkin. who is from Med ford, has taken a prominent part instate affairs since 1913. accord ing" to the chamber, bulletin, and is an Interesting speaker. WALLS OF MODERN JERICHO CATTLE RECEIVE PASTEUR REMEDY NO LOSSES REPORTED SINCE TREATMENT GIVEN 'Dog Vaccination and Coyote Hunting Will Keep Rabies Cnder Control' For the first time in Oregon a herd of beef cattle has been sub jected to the pasteur treatment for rabbles, according to an nouncement made here yesterday by Dr. W. H. Lytle, state veteri narian at Medford, In a report sent to Dr. Lytle the Medford veterinarian said that no losses had been experienced since the animals were vaccinated with anti-rabies vaccine. Previous to giving the treatments a nnmber of the animals died. The infection was said to have been carried into the Butte Falls district of Jackson county by a rabid coyote. The last serious outbreak of rabies in Oregon, according to , the report was 15 years ago, when it was considered unsafe for school chil dren to walk to school In the in fected districts. At that time the infection was said to have origin ated from an immigrant shipment, including several dogs, that locat ed in Wallowa county. The infec tion covered a large part of East ern Oregon and finally spread to Nevada where it caused extensive losses of livestock. This was the beginning of the hunter system of cayote control, which now has been adopted by virtually all west ern states. The state of Califor nia spent $127,000 in this work during the last biennlum. The Oregon legislature in 1925 appro prited $40,000 for hunter control operations. Twenty-four counties matcnea of tnis appro priation dollar for dollar. This money.-together with $10,208.36 which was derived froin the sale (Continued on pca S.) LEE SUCCEEDS W. MOORE Eugene Man Named by Governor As Insurance Commissioner Clare A. Lee of Eugene, yes terday was appointed state insur ance commissioner to succeed Will Moore, who has resigned. The appointment was announced by Governor Patterson and be comes effective February 1. Mr. Lee has been engaged in the Insurance and real estate bus iness in Eugene for a number of years. Governor Patterson has not given any intimation as to when he would appoint a state corpor ation commissioner to succeed W. E. Crews for state market agent to succeed C. H. Spence. James Goodman of Roseburg probably will be appointed chief deputy in the state insurance de partment. STAR ATHLETES DIE IN WRECK OF AUTO STAGE Cream of Baylor University Talent Killed When Train Strikes Bus ONE MAN NEAR TO DEATH Players on Way to Basketball Game With University fo Texas; Driver Thought Not to Have Seen Train ROUND ROCK. Texas, Jan no (AP) The cream of Baylor uni versity's athletic talent was killed here today when a fast Interna tional Great Northern railroad train crashed into the university's privately owned parlor bus and took the lives of 10 and injured five, one of whom is not expected to live. One of the party, 22, Dave Cheavens. sports editor of the Baylor Lariat, who was miss ing, was found to be uninjured. He checked the party and left himself out. Coach Ralph R. Wolf and his basketball players were scheduled to meet the University of Texan Longhorns tonight at Austin. They had completed all but 22 miles of their trip from Waco to the state capital. The driver appar ently did not see the train until it was practically upon the bus f Continued on DC" 6.) GIRL KILLS EMPLOYER Killer Identified as Having Crim inal Record in Seattle PORTLAND. Jan. 22v (AP)- A. C. J oslin, 46 a furniture deal er, was. shot and killed in a rear room Of his store here tonight by May Golden, a discharged em- ploye. who police declared, has a record of burglary, shoplifting and holdup work both here and in Se attle. The girl was Identified by Syd ney Payne, police finger print ex- pert, when he attempted to takeimlt any search for the victims, her finger prints, at the police em ergency hospital. An investiga tion of her record showed that she had served three years in an in dustrial home at Medical Lake for shoplifting and burglary in Se attle. She was first arrested Sept. 23, 1920. BIG SPENDING PLANNED President of Portland Utilities An nounces Improvements PORTLAND, Jan. 22. (AP)- Guy W. Talbot, president of the Portland Gas and Coke company, Northwestern Electric company and Pacific Power and Light com pany, announced today that these and teir affiliated utility com panies will spend more than $7, 500,000 in improvements and ad ditions to their properties in 1927. Of this amount the Inland Pow er and Light company, subsidiary of the Pacific Power and Light company, will expend $2,800,000 on its hydro electric development at Lewlston, Idaho, and has a total budget calling for expendi ture of more than $3,000,000. A new building under construction here will cost $1,500,000. - "BABE" RUTH 'ARRESTED Child Labor Law Held Violated by Appearance of Infants . LONG BEACH, Cal., Jan. 22. (AP) George! Herman Babe" Ruth, baseball's home run cham pion, speeded to Long Beach from the buck hunting grounds near Redlands by an airplane today and found awaiting him an officer with a San Diego warrant charg ing violation of the child labor law in connection with the appear ance on the stage of children from the audience during' the swat king's vaudeville act. ELEVATOR KILLS WORKER "A ;v Portland Man Fatally. Injured 't When Caught in Machine PORTLAND, Jan. 2z-(AP) Rolf Braane. ,23, was Injured la tally , today .when he was caught in an automatic " freight elevator In' th! Lang" building:--here. , He died , soon : after reaching a hos pltaL He had been In the' em ploy pf the company since Mon dajr, .-. . , GAS EXPLOSION FATAL TO SEVEN FOUR INJURED IX CRASH OF TWO- STORY BUILDING Leaking Gaa Main Held Respon sIMe for Terrific Burst in" Toledo TOLEDO. Ohio, Jan. 22. (AP) Seven known dead was the toll of a gas explosion which today de molished a two story building at Pint Place, a, suburb. Pour, per sons were injured. The dead: Mrs. Fred A. Kleis, Mrs. Anna Conrad. Donald Becker, five years old; Thomas Hunter, Fred Kleis, 37; Irene Ruth Ebert, 7; Mrs. Thorpe,' 60. The injured: Blanche Jennings, 4 6, both legs broken; Phyllis and Buddy Roach, both cut and bruised; John But ler, truck driver, minor cuts and bruises Firemen said the explosion re sulted from a leaking gas main. The gas 'in the building had been turned off during the morning, while repairs were, made, and was turned on again shortly before noon. The two blasts were beard about 30 seconds apare. The building, which contained gro eery store, pressing shop and bar ber shop, was completely demol ished and the occupants buried in the burning wreckage, The shock was felt In Bayvlew park, two miles distant. Mrs Blanche Jennings, who lived in an apartment on, the second floor, and Fred Kleis, proprietor of tho grocery store, were among the first taken from the wreckage. John (Butler, repairing an auto mobile tire In front of the, store, was also buried beneath the wreckage. , The first floor of the building was used for a pressing shop,- a grocery store and a barber shop. It is believed that several chil dren may. have been in the store and barber shop and firemen were fearful that more bodies may be ound at the bottom of the debris. -.-A seen of confusion' confronted those who raced to the spot. The smoking mass of brick,, steel and wood, . burst ' into flames before ... oilft rould fintpr it. Butler, i hla automobile afire, lav in the ; treet Firemen and ambulances were called, but it was more than an hour before sufficient headway was made against the fire to per- "It seemed like there was a big sheet of flame and then the build ing went up .In the air and turned over," said Howard Kleis. who was in a truck in the street before the building. "The whole thing seemed to fall on the truck.' My uncle, pulled me out. I don't know how he escaped." Fred Hunter, who operated the (Pnr.tinnMf n Dfw 4.) , TITHING BILL OPPOSED Parole Board Abolishment Bill Coming Up Early In Week Administration: bills providing for the abolishment of the state parole board and that all self sup ported slate departments, boards and commissions shall place in the general fund; of the state a small percentage, of their receipts, will be- dumped Into the legislative hopper early next .week. This was announced by attaches of the ex ecutive department yesterday. . Under the first of these bills all applications for paroles would be considered by the state board of control.. The office of state parole officer also would be abol ished. ' ." ; '' . f y It was said that considerable opposition has developed, in con nection with the proposed tithing bill, and that, an effort may be made to defeat this measure when it ' comes up i for final considera tion, l McNARY BILL APPROVED Senate Agriculture Committee Paaes Farm Relief Measure i . WASHINGTON,-' JAN. 22 (AP) The :new McNary-Haugen bill was approved ; today by the senate agriculture committee, the action clearing the way for a renewal in both: houses ef ; congress .of. the perennial -battle over farm : relief legislation. - -: ' u . . The measure, which would ;levy an equalization fee on basic crops with a ;Tiew jto . controlling ' sur pluses, "was reported recently ; by the house agriculture committee, three Of whose members, opposed to it, filed a minority report today setting forth their views,' ' . --; The, proposal, sponsored jointly I by Chairmen McNary and Haug'ea of the -two committees, is now on 1oth the senate and house calen dars, : with proponent's determined tc. force, a role on It before March debtedness. the state's nct'jat li.a 4 adjairnment. . - - ",' - Ibiiitisj telJ! itz.zct.zzi.cz. DRASTIC CUTS IDE Oil PART S1TEBIIDGEI State Library Request Re duced to $75,000 by Joint Ways and Means Group MAY LOP OFF $500,000 Contemplate Further Redaction by Mailng Public Service Commis sion Self Supporting; Sato That Amount During the first two weeks of tho 34th session of th( legislature the joint ways and means com mittee certainly enjoyed them selves by doing some drastic cut ting ifrora the budget approved by the state budget. commission. The state institutions and departments are being hit the hardest and be fore a halt. is called it is thought that lover $500,000 would bo lop ped Qtt. The state library origin ally Requested an appropriation of $1151045 and the amount met tht approval of the commission; but the ways an meajis committee could not see. this, and ao reduced it to $75,000 and there are rumors that it may be reduced still fur ther. ' ' Two state act Ivi tics which, pre viously received biennial appro priations aggregating approximate ly $20,000 were eliminated, by, th committee. Theso included " th state bureau of nursing and t!i department , of Americanization. The bureau of nursing bad re quested an appropriation of $13,- 520 for the current biennlum, while the department of Ameri canization had asked tor an allow ance jof $8000. . y " Another drastic cut was -maao by the committee in the. appro priation of $75,445 requested by the state hoard of health. This appropriation whi&h was approved; by th,e state budget commission waa reduced to $40,000. A. com mittee was appointed to investi gate tho " affairs of this depart- . ment.and it was Indicated that fur- her cuts might be made In the ap propriation. Special objection was made to the large salary paid to Dr. Frederick Strieker, secretary of the board of health. Other V state functions which are in dan ger of going by the boards include the . state child welfare commis sion and the board of inspectors for child labor. The child -wel fare commission has requested an appropriation for the current bi ennlum of $20,000, while tho board of Inspectors of child labor has asked for $7500. Both of these departments are to be Inves tigated by the ways and means (Cod tinned on par 7.) OREGON'S BONDED DEBT 63 MILLION STATE HIGHWAY REPRESENTS 38, 066,750 OF AMOUNT $23,000,000 ; Belongs- to Veterans Aid With 2,000,000 to He Added A report prepared here yester day for the legislature 1 by Tom Kay, state treasurer, says the total bonded! indebtedness of the state is $63,613,610, and the aggregate credits are $26,949,389.94. State highway bonds represent $36,066, 750 otj the bonded indebtedness. They were issued 'and. sold under direction of the state highway de partment.' . A. total of $25,000)00 of the bonded!; Indebtedness is, Oregon veterans state aid bonds, and this amount will soon be Increased $2, 000,000 by 'additional securities. Assets or credits listed by the state treasurer follow: v Ozkob ' liTlrtioti - erti caiea cf indebted as 2.095,860.00 OiFoa iaru crdit firt ' uortr? : ' 450.000.00i Stmt feigaw7 fond, C&h ; 4o,547.6-i World was veteran atat - . aid tmiinr fund 3,234,655.35 Orego t-rteraaa slate aid teeirabia L . . 18,745,056.78 Oregon Vetern slate aUi tcaltyl ccntrct r-eir- abto 4 ..,.1-: Or con vrteraaa' atate aid - i-al estate (city proj- " erty) 4 Oregon' jveterana rtate aid, - rnal . eMat , (farm prop mrtyf 4 Qrefoa Tetraoa atate, ul fund (eah) ' , 119,149.80 1 S9,190J!4 234,318.47 1,122.711.( T al j '-B.9t9,::w.l v The! report of the stete tr?a-.- urer shows that after Buhstractin.; the -credit from" the beaded in--