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.
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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
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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--