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i WEATHER FORECAST: Generally fair In veBt and unsettled with light local rains and snows la east portion; normal tempera ture; moderate northerly winds. Maximum yesterday, SO; minimum, 29; : river, 5;, rainfall, 0; atmosphere, clear; wind, west. Speaking of international agreements, it Is still our idea that the best way for Uncle . Sam to keep out -of war Is to keep his' army and navy in good order. SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAH SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 12, 1927 i PRICE FIVE CENTS IB HI: WITH MS NIGH . . - - . . . H. OH Year fllH ftiri l nrf Rat. j talion of Conservatfve ! Troops -In Attack 16 WOUNDED IN? BATTLE 1 City Presents Horrible , Picture When Viewed by Correspond ent tor Associated Press j After Hard Fight' MANAGUA. Nicaragua, Feb. 11. -JAp A battalion of women, formed and led by a 20 year old girl, assisted the ;: conservative forces whleh -recently recaptured the town of Chinandega from the manicaiions -between" Corlnto ' and Managua. 7 ''"v. : 1 ' . Sixteen of. the women were wounded, some seriously while passing: out ammunition to t cou- , Iservative soldiers in trenches, 'cleaning guns, and passing food. .Natalie Garcia, of Managua, lead Jervof the battalion was shot .through the left breast and is in' fa serious condition. . Chinandega presented a horrible picture when visited yesterday by a correspondent for the Associat ed Press, who traveled on one of the three troop trains which were sent to the : town by . the conserv ative government in order to con solidate its position' there Twelve squares, chiefly in the : business section, : were flattened and smoke j was. still rising from "the ruins. " I p Bullet holes were In almost f every -house and shell fragments irs scattered, throughout, the . Mr Dozens of dead wef 6 piled here and there. Buzzards hovered over head. The water supply was still cut eff and that available was un healthf aL Virtually- no food and no medicine remained in the town except what was hurried from Managua and Cirinto. ' ' -. A few liberals, barricaded In their homes kept upa desultory fire : and shooting from the out skirts, of the town continued at night. Ninety families were with out homes, yz.JA i '.-- : The j conservative commander 5 (Continued oi pi( 6.) "RULES OF ROAD MAY BE CHANGED EIGHTEEN ; ArrnOPIUAT ION BILLS DCJIPED IN HOPPER ' . . House f Approves Traffic Rule' Bill Now Vp Ta . Senate f For Action Eighteen appropriation bflls came Into the honoer of th hnhnn yesterday, sponsored by the ydint ways and means committees. VThis is only a start on what the bm mittee will have to introduce be fore the session Is over. The 'bills called for an aggregate of $2200, 000.0. when all these " bl)f are in, the total sum appropriated will amouat to upwards ot$.000. OOO.Of, it is estimate.erthere are probably thirty or Ba,br 4lls yet forthcoming from tnese commlt- tees- I . . V t7r '--' V' -r-. With the exception ot two mem- ) Mr. Sbell's "Hules of the Rod" 1 hill Mt ! ... uuniMcr i6D anu'passea n yesterday. : .. . This biU provides for a number 4or changes In the rules as tollows:, ;Cars afe required to reman at a safe distance. - , , . j- Vehicle, and trucks shall 'stay at least tree hundred feet behind another truck, but does not'mean that irehicles shall not 'pass an- ll ishairbo unlawful to follow any fre apparatus closer than five hundred ifeet, 'or 1o atop, within the block! where it Is in" operation, or within thrA; htrwr-w nt.ra b Vfjr hi In process. ! .f 3r.vfcC ... . r . . .1.1 "v ; " "J; car signals p slng other car the car5 being overtaken ehall not inereso It's spped.-: ,-: ri v Drivers nhall yield the righti of ay ff o pedestrians in business distrl4ti,if the pedestrian" is j In any regular pedestrian crossing In clude ia: the prolongation, of the bOUndiftnr 'linos nf ho uAlarknt sldewalk,' j If the pedestrian i out of thl boundary bo shall yield! to er; . , - ' 1 ' . lriror of a vehicle intend ."T tlm rlsht at an in !ou shall approach fcuch la- the di i"2 M tcrset AID FOR FLOOD AREA APPROVED APPROPRIATION OP $2000 DIS ALLOWED) FOB BITER "WORK Committee Adverse to Referring Request for Women's Build-, i lag to- People - The farmers In Malheur county who lost property when the Bully creek flood occurred in 19 26 will receive aid to' the extent of 4 SO, -0 0 0 If . the two! houses .approve the recommendation which the Joint ways and means committee decid ed upon last night at their final meeting. ' ;". Several farmers from the dis trict appeared before the commit tee and urged that the appropria tion be made for 1 P0,0 0 0 ; but the committeemen" could not see this in view of the depleted status of the finances. ' The claims of the farmers were investigated by a committee ap pointed by ex-Governor Pierce during the- 1925 session "of the legislature, and were presented to the- ways and means committee. Judge Duby, now a member of the state highway ' commission, was chairman of the committee that made the appraisals: It was said that the original claims aggregat ed $140,000, but these were later reduced., In event the bill carrying the appropriation is approved 'by the legislature the money will be ap portioned among the various claimants' based on ther actual losses. The flood was said to have resulted . from a ' defective dam owned by a defunct Irrigation res trict. ' Some, evidence, was present ed to the ways and means commit tee to indicate that the state was In a small degree morally respon ible f or the defectivp condition of the dam. There also was evidence produced Indicating contributory negligence on the part of some of the claimants. , None of the mem bers : of the committee would ' ad mit that the state was legally re sponsible for the flood. The claims approved by the in vestigating committee -headed by Judge Duby ranged from 100 to several thousand dollars.' ""- The committee voted adversely" to referring a bill to the voters of Oregon at the next election appro priating 5 0,0 00 for the erection of a woman's building at the old soldiers' home at Roseburg. This bill was sponsored by the Wom an's Relief Corps, and was said to have the' endorsement of a large number, of military and patriotic organizations. Representative Fisher of Doug las county said the building was badly needed in that the present1 cottages for women at the hp me1 were; inadequate. Commandant Riddle of the home appeared be fore the committee in behalf ' pf (Con tinned ga yifi t.) V EUGENE TROUBLE' FLARES City St'liooj),' Board Member Asks . Superintendent to Resign , EL'GENE, jFeb. 11. ( AP David John Jones, city superin tendent of school here, was asked today i by ' one of the members of the city school board to resign, to save the board father embarrass ment I in a difficulty said to be ccralng to a breaking point. The board at a secret meeting' two days ago is said to have declared the office of 'superintendent open for applications. Mr. Jones nad a " contract for only one year and members ot the board have stated that they will not renew it. No' reason-is given for this actionbut friends of Mr. Jones say it is on account oJ the factional strife that : has existed in school affairs herd for a long time. "V-i 'i. :v,V ";.... YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON O iiweUUd Prau , - .- ' ; - The McNary-Haugen bill was passed In the senate. r t1 . The milk importation bill was sent tp the White House. Muscle Shoals bids were ad versely reported by the house mili tary sub-committee, " ; ! t Authority Uo control" the Eric "and Pcre Marquette was sought by the Chesapeake & Ohio. - . , : ' -. ' - ' ' ' v ;Pesident ICoolidge's - disarma ment' proposal, appeared to have been favorably received abroad. A ""i Speaker Longworth promised to aid in bringing the Boulder can yon dam-bill to a vote in the house. ! " - . , - 1 '-'";: T The house Judiciary.' committee .was ..directed " to ronticne it In restigatiou of charges ayuiust Judge" Cooler Xvt '-" U NO BILL llv S. SEiTE Reversal of Attitude in Less Than, Eight Months Shown By Body' ' House will vote soon Ballet HIT to- 29 on Measure LoaidV ef Down MVith Additional Anteadnients Coolldge Po ' . sition . Uncertain WASHINGTON, Feb. li: (AP) Reverainr itself in less than eight months, the senate passed the Mc-Nary-Haugeh' farm"1 relief bill late today, 47 to 39. ; This measure will be transmit ted" to;' the house" tomorrow and efforts' will be made there to sub stitute it for the companion-measure pending since last Wednesday. A final house vote is expected on Tuesday-or Wednesday, i : 1 ' t Unless the senate bill, which was loaded down with" last minute amendments,1 is approved by the house without change, the - legis lation must go to1 conference' and then run the' gauntlet of the "leg islative Jam in the last few days of the session. Favorable action in the house is anticipated by both proponents and opponents, but there Js un certainty as- to ' fhe attitude of President CbolIdge.:. Should ; he exercise his veto power, the legis lation would be dead for this sesn sion, , since ' admittedly neither house could muster the two-thirds majority necessary to pass if over ft TetO. -'-' ; t :p . ''1;; I The final day of senate consid eration was marked, by much- un certainty and nuraereue. private conferences both inside ; and out side of the chamber; with support ers and opponents" centefinr their ( Continiied on pS.T.) I! , THREE DIE IN ACCIDENTS Industrial FtUitfes Come Under Compensation Law TbeV were three . fatilities due to industrial accidents -in Oregon during the week ending February 10, according to a report prepared by the . state industrial accident commission yesterday. The vic tims were Elmer Ellison, Noti; Nelson C. Herbert Portland, and Henry J, Heine, Oregon City.- . Approximately '605 of the ac cidents reported to the commis sion during the week .were sub ject .to'th provisions of the work mens compensation law. , t TTO ONE can explain r lliiicoln;i i He 1 Aj came out of the invisible,. walklecl up to his task; perf ormeel ' it; and went back into? the invisible" again. America will always have sucH a- man in" suh a crisis. We cahnot analyze; such men but we tnowtheibO in which they nourish theit' roots. I tis'the Com mon soil of the earth ' and : the common thought of the race. Theyf ,wiir gfre rootage" to another- such as Lincoln when the time of need,' the time" for his ' appearing, corned again. Born Febraary l2, 1809 Died April 15, 1863 1(ING PLANTS START BUILDING HU'T. BROTHERS TO HAVE NEW 915,000 WAREHOUSE Producers Operative Company Start Work' to Gain Enlarged Output Further increase in Salem's output ot canned fruit will be pro vided for in construction programs announced Friday afternoon by two of the city's leading' fruit packing companies.' Work on the foundation for a 115,000 warehouse at the Hunt Brothers Packing company, on the east side of the present plant at 145 Division street, was - started. This building will be of concrete and 1 frame construction," and will be 56x220 feet in dimensions. The work is being supervised by the company officials. ' , .This ywr$bQUBHiwzetW-Q' Allen, explained Friday, is needed In order to store the Increased out put of the -plant during the' sum mer and autumn canning season. .Producers Operative Canning company is starting construction of a new. unit, which will include both an addition to the present building at 1695 North Coinmer j:lal,: and new' machinery. This Will materikny increase the out put capacity of the plant, but ex actly how" much,' Manager Frank Gibson was unable to announce'1 at this time. The cost of the addi tion to the building will be $3,006. CHANNEL BILL INTRODUCED h WASHJNQTON, Feb. 11 (AP.) A bill for a survey ot Grays harbor. Wash., with- a view to maintaining a permanent channel was introduced today by Represen tative Johnson, republican,' Wash ington. v PLENTY OF VALENTiNES ! BUT Nb VALBNTINOSl i-'v "s SAL AfeY RAISES PUT ON BALLOT PEOPLE TO DECIDE SALARIES AT ELECTION Senate Passes Resolution Provid ing Vote on . Increase 1x4 Of floe A constitutional amendment prohibiting salary ' increases for both state and county officers dur iig their .terms of office will be submitted to the voters of Oregon at the next general '.election, ac cording to a resolution yesterday, approved by 22 of the 30 senators. Senator" Strayer, who introduced the resolution, pointed out that Governor Patterson" had ' favored It in his original message. Senator Banks said that the res olution would not only relieve the pressure being brought by office holders, . but that its adoption WVuld have a wholesome effect- In the1 transaction of state business, i T had not felt that there would be any opposition' to this reso luffon,1" said Senator Banks. "I have " been' liberal with officers seeking higher salaries, but I feel that this resolution would relieve (Continued on page 5.) . - INMATE SLASHES THROAT Insane Man Suicides Yesterday At' Oregon fetate Hospital Fred Bannister, an inmate of the Oregon state hospital, commit ted suicide yesterday by slashing his throat with a razor. Mr. Ban nister 'was 29 years of age and was committed to the' hospital from Oregon 5 City. He' had heen in! the institution for, several mbnths. The body will be sent to Oregon City where funeral services will be held later in the week. U; S; EXPECTS 1 Coolidge Has Every Antici f'-paWori ol Favorable Re I ply to Message- NO ANSWERS HERE YET Hopes Based on Reasonableness of . American Proposal and Fact; That Formula Only Applied 1 " Further WASHINGTON.HFeb. 11. (APJ President Coolidge has every ex pectation of favorable considera Oon by ; the Washington natal treaty powers of his suggestion for a further extension of that treaty through a conference to be held at Geneva.- - j The expectation is based, it was said today at the White House, upon the reasonableness of the American proposal ' and - the . fact that It proposes only to apply fur ther 'a formula for naval limita tion already 'worked, out and' ac cepted by the Washington treaty powers. It was emphasized that Presi dent Coolidge does not knehv spe cifically what reply will be made by5 Great Britain, France,; Italy and Japan. 1 He feels, however, that inas much as difficulty , has been un covered during the Geneva pre paratory disarmament conference as to which branch of armament should first be a ken up in an ef fort to formulate a comprehensive plan, for reduction ot air, land, or sea forces, the American sugges tion to proceed with- naval limita tion under the Washington treaty jCoutiflnejn pas 9-) FEDERATED CLUfr ELECT Noted EcooniLt Speaks to Com munity Clnb 'Listeners' . The Federated ' Marion County Community 'Clubs met"' for tlhe Fehriiary meeting at the chamber of commerce auditorium list night; The size of the meeting was, handicapped by the large number of conflicting meetings'; but" an enthusiastic group was present to hear J. F. Page';1 pro fessor of economics and sociology at ; Oregon Agricultural college, in his address,-"'Means' and 'Ends- In Life." Dr. Page emphasized the neces sity of many sided life if one ex pects to be happy. He- told how most farmers neglect the real im portant 'things of life and urged that the beauties of life be Ob served rather than. Ignored and neglected."' j v Officers' for 1927 were elected at' the meeting; F. J. Lasky, president; William' H. ' Fox, vice president, and' Dr. P.' O. Riley, secretary treasurer, will serve the organization this year. ENGINE HITS- FREIGHT Cab" of Switch Engine Torn Front Front .Tracts' by Impact " Southern Pacific' switch 'engine 101, , east bound on Chemeketa street,' crashed Into the Oregon Electric local "freight' 331 at the Front street crossing last night. ' ';C. - B. - Baker, "yardmaster , for the) Southern Pacific, believes that the wreck was due to mistaken signals. as both - engines i were travelings less than ten miles an hourv i The aband motor- room of the east bound engine was torn from the front trucks, while ihe Oregon- electric. suffered f only; a smashed : box ear'.- v .; .... -j . : Neither Schalfer or Chadwick, handling tlie- Southern Pacific en gine, were injared, although both were .In' the front - end ;when' the collision occurred. V-Damage to jthe yard engine was estimated at ' J 00 by Mr. Baker. CLOClC SYSTEM' uftDEftED vLxusr Preparation or AdVer Uslcj'for Bids on Bondj ' - v . - i New program" cj'ck " systdms for the Salem senior; high school and for the" Leslie junior high school bulldisg4now under, con struct ion, were ordered purchaf ed, wis almost the, ;oaly 'important piece of;' business -transacted ; at Friday night's meeting pf t-5 fi leia. district hoard of editcatlaaJ; , Preparations toward advertising for bids on the last of the Leelie building bondis, were dcu?spdj REPEAL OF MOTOR TITLE L'Aw LOSES 4 SALARY JO tCKEASE BILLS ' PASS lit SENATE) L-i . - - Upton Bill' CnceTning:v Handling .' Of ' '; AntoxnobCe Licensee Meets iDeath; The-; senate yesterday defeated by -15' toi 12 votte a 1I1I calling 10 r repeat or tne mwtor vehicle certificate tof tiae lawV uf ter long, negated aeftate. The (hill was itf troduced . bV Senator i Uptea.- who said. the; eertlficato l f title' law wh whuuki' sxtu : iuhi ;ii inter fered; with the antoi)iobila . tuat nees. : - - ; f ' j- . . ."The s law ktos' ope'od the1 way for all kinds of manipulation and has- created' ay worldl of trouble," Senator; Uptonf- said. T "No protec tion has -been afforded the motor vehicle' owneral through' the opera tion of the: law ,- and it should be repealed. ' . , Senator Dunne declared that practically evqry . motor? vehicle deaJer in the state was Jin favor of retaining A the Jaw, "jrhis is good law," txaiil . Senator Dunne "and. it should inot be repealed at this time." . It was explained btr Senator Dunn that a nuimber of amend ment would be made tjo the certi ficate or tltla law, duri ng the pres ent legislative sesson. These amendments,, he said, would, cor rect many of the d'efects ia the law which had been 1 complained of hy Senator Upton. Sera tor Eddy saiid that as far as he knew the cerf Jflcate of title law had operated j satisfactorily; and should.not.berepealed. Tho title law vras branded by Senator Joseph as "another nuis ance."- He urged its repeal. Seiiator Strayer" jsaid he : voted against the creation of the certifi cate; en titio qeparim em two years ago ;under the apprehension that it Would not prove off any material benefit to the publi)c. He rald his. suspicions bad been affirmed, and Instead of j-esulting in '-any; goOd to padtch .vehicle own ers, it merely had 'created a bi ennial appropriation in 1 excess" of $50,000. . .. . . ,Th'e 'senate voted (down Another one of Senator Ifptons" bilfs pro viding; thaf sbrifCs of 'the' various' counties shall collect motor" ve hicle license fees' and distribute the" motor vehicle plates, j "Under my plan," said Senator Upton, ' "we wibuld eliminate" a hdfde of; "useless; clerks aind'steh ,ographers and reduce' the expense of issuing motor vehicle licenses - 1 . . . J a n A A 'aA. - ' . . irt approximately iuw,uvu ibnnuaiiy I 'am convinced, however, that the rrfa'ds. add highways committee 'of this senateVhas'notf lost any of its influence, and that this bill wtll be' defeated when the final, vote is recorded." - Senator Eddy said that the law proposed by Senator Upton would create confusion without reducing to any appreciable degree the cost of isulng the' motor vehicle plates. Senator Dunne also opposed the Upton bill ' which he said would not result In any good. Another' bill introduced by Sen ator Upton repealing the law au thorizing a biennial appropriation ; (Con'tinaed on pfe 2.) D'AU'TREMONT NOT TAKEN - . - -; t i. . . -' - - MaailA Pollee Deny Report Origi- , bating la Vnltod States) --' MANILA,-; Feb. v Il.r(AP)- Army and polke of ftciala here' to day 1 denied they' had ' arrested Hugn D'Autrembat, wanted for the Southern?T?acifio ihiU' tTaInvrdb bery in, Oregon la 1923V ATLANTA. a., Feb. 11. (AP) Hugh D'Autremont,'ono of the 'rhrothers -sought by federal authorities; fo'r the past four' years for connection la the dynamiting ot a mail car near Siskiyou, Ore gon, and the' 'murder" of a mail clerk and.lhrco trainmen has been captured ;in 'Manila .P." I., Grant. B Miller chl6f 'Pfetofrices Inspector, anBounc'Aeretloda'yy- Inspector Miller has" been bera' several' days In ..con fefence wl th ' Joo "P. John ston; inspector of Ihls division, ' f A telegram' ret:elted todayad- vised thea; cWef Inspector that D'AutremOnt had; admiUed " his Idenllty.!:;: -'U '; . jGOVERNORAfHUBDARb raitcrKon Speaka a Commercial HUE HARD, Fen. 11. (AP) The presenco and-addregoF Governor- Patterson1- was the"' 'feature of t ho $peclal ladles- bamluet' Car rie d o u t by the Ilubti atd' Co m tiier clal lub tonight," . . !.- Hubbard save Governor Patter son aw kdodyota in the general election- last fall and ha waa greeteJ by .anunHSMally largef" crowd at the' IOOF Jiali where tbcrlrlu?) nd outned "oJlowln; the' baugutt. HOUSE PISSES TliflSURE OF PATTERS Tithing Bii arid fricome ta Bill Due fof jSenateft 'Consideration fEW SHOW OPPOSITION Governor Says R"5., Interest of j State Wm Itc Jcrrrd by I Prompt Aetfh' nnd Fewest Chang i Speaker Carkin ruled yesterday afterpon that all bills that have been" in committees ' over seven days will automatically' bo re turned to tho desk today. i .- - . ' Mr. Carkin deemed this rule ne cessary as . time Is . getting short and - the committees for different reasons are failing to get the bills assigned to them on the desk. All ways and means bills' and number 4 5 2 by Mr. Briggs will be exempt from' the rule. The ex emption of the latter bill being asked Jy Representative Graham. The-speaker is doing his utmost td get the business of the house cleared up in tho alioted 40 days. but it is probable that he wiirndt succeed.. There is some talk of three or four days overtime. . The Income tax hill occupied tho' attention of ; the - representative yesterday to a great extent, A lively discussion was held on this question and it was finally passed by a large majority. Beeause they wanted to comply with1 the gov ernor's wishes : although entirely uiiiwBw m lufj meory . mvoivea, and because it appeared the only. expedient way out ot the financial tangle t -state tundsv eome-ra em bers voted , for Governor Patter son's .Income tax bill Yeaterdayl: Others expressed every; respect' and confidence in the - governor's judgment, but-voted against, his bin they . explained, because re presenting', people who did - not want an income tax. and belie v- lngvthat-tf would not accomplish : the end desired, they felt he woul4 hot ask them to vote against then ' own convictions.' - The measure provides the foK (Continued h'.piV5.V ; Bloody skulls FOUNDlNTRUNIC CHILDREN PLAYING IN ATTIC DISCOVER RE5LUXS Heads Thought 'to Be of Women; Police Hunt Earlier Owner of House KUYAL OAK, Mich.. Feb. 11 . (AP)- Four skulls, believed to be those of women, togethet with a" braid If; blond hair, clotted, with bIcKd, were found in a trunk by chQdren of Mr. and Mrs. George Wilson at their home here tonight.: The Wilsons moved into the house only;; recently and ' the children : were exploring an attic when the ffhd was made. ; .' i A number of clippings -from Pittsburgh newspapers referring to women promfnent: in" society" there, all of .which had telephone numbers penciled on them,' and a notebook containing addresses of Cleveland and f Detroit women ' we're also found in the trunk. The word "White" had been written in pehcU after several of them. To iifce refused to make the names public pending investigation. : Police began a search for James M.! Cpynert negro wprld ; war 'vet-' eran, who was said "to have occu pied the house Up until two years g.; : An, army unifbrm, bearing an 'engineer's Insignia and service stripes, was found In the attic and was partially identified as Coy ner's.v Other papers found" includ- ed J several - letters addressed to Cbyner." 'Coyner, who was a mechanic, , was employed at a local aulomo-. oue xactory during his occupancy of the house, - police ' were told. -They were unable to learn where ; he 'went after leaving Royal Oak; Or his reasons for leaving-. v; 4 Mrsw Sally Smith, owner ot the ' housep told police h'e -had' heard ' that Coyner is serVin? a sentence "" In!an Illinois penitentiary..''- " . Pol fee -" are ? wor'kir ? on" t'o tLcori.-s'. t!.3 ffrst 'that woniu cre'fc'dSa' and their s',u.:;i secret 1 d:-lalhd" trunks:'and.the: second that.V'tha.- skulls - were, removed ' from graves. They n&Ll. however.' ' no reports of ghouls cr rat; ? .i th Ik vicinity had. bscii r. ci.i v 1 rcczi years. : ; i 3