ign sDJcccIa anci Dacc
Loyal MeJri
Beau QSte,:
on,
LEATHER FORECAST: Rains, in west. !
X "t Miss. Americas "may come7andIise
r rain:
rains and snows la east portion; mild tern-'
Derature: fresh southerly winds on' coasL
J Americas may go, but Miss Columbia goes f
iiil
iwf winter a0 Lue fcifl, yitf uuwai.
'. Detroit Free Pess; y ; , r , ' r, . ;
- TheTmoraJ of, the foreign debt situatipny
Is, the same old, maxim r Never lend, money
except to your enemies, Boston. TranscripC
Maximum yesterday, 52: minimum. ,37; X
river. 3.7; rainfall, .12 ; atmosphere, cloudy;
wind, southeast. " "
3
The Faithful V. .:G-:r::c:a-Ara-- Doing -.WelpBuMHe
1 'V x
QUAKE, STORM
IIIGII
tf liOltfi
Snowslide Killa 11 at Big
Creek; Communications. 61
Town Cut Oft
SAFi FRANCISCO SHAKEN
Screaming Wind With ury, of
TotimuIo Hitai T.own, aj -jkersfield;
Boas Xati
j Kate Ixw Angelp
FRESNO. Cal., Feb, 15.
(AP Eleren persons are believ
ed dead and 2 are Injured, as
the result of a snowslide which
struck Camp 72 of the . Southern
California Edison company,, at
Big Creek, 75. miles east of here,
earjy this morning, according to
dispatches received tonight by
t he j Fresno Morning Republican.
All communication to Big Creek
mountain i town of the . Southern
California Edison company, were
cut off by the slide, telephone and
telegraph lines both being out of
commission today. :
From meager information avail
able here, the slide occurred
across the canyon from Big Creek
and In the neighborhood of Camp
72 of. the Southern California
Edison company. Whether or not
it struck any buildings' of men 'at
work could not, be learned.
RAKERSFIELD; Cal., Feb. 15.
(At WUK the fury of a tor
nado, a screamlnjj; wind "struck
Tatt today, stripping. 'roofs, from
buildings in the business district,
'smashing light billbards, and
leaving, it ! believed, a number
of minor injuries A. A; Cros
bie. manager, of,' the. Taft -boxing
ttaa, received, ' serious' cuts "when
xVVa .struck by a fragment of
the arena's sheet; iron root which
was torn completely off. ' t
A portion ot-the rooP'of the
New. Hippodrome ''theatre was'
ripped, off.
Wnen the wind was at Its great
est fury, pieces of the roof of the
Tatt branch of Security Trust com
pany were torn loose and sent
flying through the . business dis
trict. '. " ' '
Practically every tree in Tatt
not protected by buildings has
been uprooted as well as practical
ly all radio aerials, and, flagstaffs
on buildings." ".
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15.
(AP) An earthquake of varying
(ContlaoaA ca. pg 2.) V
Z DEAD, 6 HURT
INTRCRAH
M)H ANGELES LIMITED, BUNS
INTO CALIFORNIA CREEJfc. '
" ; i
Locoiuoilve, Tender and Two Cars
Li-a ve ' ' Track ; BrI icf
Train Sent .
WKITTIER, Cal., Feb. 15
(AP) Two persons are known to
have been killed and six others
injured tonight wheiv.the locomo
tive, tender, baggage car, and one
coach of the Los Angeles limited,
crack passenger train of the Union
Pacific, plunged into Puente creek
five miles north of here. "' 'f
The injured were brought to
Whittier for medical treatment.
Two relief trains were despatched
to. the scene with firstaid ? sup
plies. Rescue crews tonight were
Hearching the wreckage for. pos
sible further victims. 4
When the bridge gate way the
locomotive plunged Into the creek,
.swollen with flood waters, and
landed upside down. " The baggage
car fell crosswise against the on
rushing waters. The first coach,
a dining car, overturned when it
toppled into the water. Rescuers
recovered only parts of Engineer
Ireland's body, which, have been
removed to a mortuary here. V
Rarkdoll, one of the cooks, who
was (rapped in the diner, escaped
fromj the car by breaking" a win
dow glass with his flat. Th other
ntrapped employes climbed out to
safety after him. , i
Reports received here state that
a titee! bridge spanning the creek
nucUed .under the weight of the
in. The bridge Is believed to
ive been - weakened by ,heary
rains. : t
The dead: , ,
Charles Ireland, ji)Kinff, Lou
Aagelen. ' ' - . I .' . ,
An unidentified man. '. ;
The injured:
, F.i L. Frazier. fireman. Xos An
geles, badly sealdBd aaid Internally
injured.
Paul W. Boe. cook. Los Angelas,
burned about face.! a ndbody , 'y
Claude I lartiheim, cook, Los
Angeles, scalded, f rV - I 'X-
W. H. Bolden, negro waiter,
feet crushed. ' . t T - J '
James BarkdolK caok, Clendale,
Scalded and cut about hands.
C H. Waters, passenger. Salt
; MOTHER AND SON
WOMAN REPULSES ADVANCES,
.: ' " icouxk siAi:k her
Child, 5, Murdered With BasebaO
' Bat In feffort to Hide "
Crim
CONNEAUT, Ouio, Feb. 15..
((AP) A jazz tune from a radio
today led to the confession of "a
lyar old, bo that he. killed Mra.
Celia Brown, 27, and her. five year
old son, Frederick Jr.. last night
when the woman repulsed his ad
vances. Floyd Hewitt, a farmer boy, liv
ing across the road from the
Brown' home, ! three' miles from
here,' admitted to .connty author
ities after three hours of question
ing that he had crushed her head
with a stove poker which she had
snatched up to protect herself and
then killed the boy to conceal the
crime.
Hls arrest followed information
given to the authorities by, Fred
erick Brown, Sr.,! the husband,
who feund the bodies when he re
turned early today from his. work
at a railroad engine house.
The radio was still on when... he
entered the house, and as the boy
was fond o( music and tiad been
in the habit of coming frequently
to the Brown home in the evening
to listen, Brown suggested that he
be questioned.
Hewitt was found motoring
about town with a friend. At first
he maintained Ignorance of the
killing, but after long questioning
asked to be. left alone with, Deputy
Sheriff H. D. Hanum. A feK min
utes later Sheriff Frank Shelton
was called in.'
Shelton obtained the confession.
Thn Knv said he had been seated
on the davenport with Mrs. Brown.
He made advances which were repulsed.-
He sajd, he renewed. them
nnH -, Mrs Ttrrtwii erahhed . the
poker, struck him across the shoul
der and ordered . him from the
house. Angered. he tore,' the
vinon from her hands, and
chased her' about the house, fin
ally cornerlag-: her on a stairway
where he "kiUed her with blow's. 'on
the head. 1 ' ' ' '
The child, who had, been, play
ing with a deck of cards at hs
mother's feet, ran screaming alter
hr. m HftWitt Burs'ued her about
the house, the boy said. After the
mother was slain. Hewitt said. he
turned on the boy, who fled tooths
haspmcnt. There for severaL sec
onds they dodged about in tho dim
light until, trapped Denina a xur
n ace. the. lad was killed with bis
own baseball bat.
A -warrant chareine first degree
murder was issued and Hewitt was
taken to Jefferson, the county seat
where he was placed in jau to
await the action of the county
grand jury. '
Shelton said that a button torn
from the boy's coat in the strug
gle "with Mrs. Brown broke his
nerve and. brought the C9n.?sstan.
MABEL NORM AND UNWELL
Screen Actress Has Pneumonia
Case; Removed. tto Hospital
SANTA MONICA, CaL, Feb. 15
(AP) Mabel Normand, screen
actress, was removed to a hospital
here today from' her home In Bev
erly Hills, where she has been
suffering from an attack of bron
chial pneumonia.
"Miss Normand is very ill, but
doing nicely." Dr. H. Clifford
Loos, the star's physician, - an
nounced tonight.
A second physician. Dr. George
K. Dazey, was called into consul
tation today. .
STORM DELAYS VESSELS
Ik'avy Sas in Sail PUro. Road-
SAN PEDRO. Calt Feb. 15.
(A.P).-i-Heavy seas-in the road-
stead today stopped fcmall craft
traffic and kept many off shore
vessels at anchor, while a steady
downpour of rain cut ; discharge
and load ing of j freight cargoes to
25 per cent. ' II f'
YESTERDAY
IN, WASHINGTON I
O"-:1 ... ' vAwtiM "f 1 . . . , C.
The 'Lenroot-Taber milk bill
was signed by President Coolidge.
The house substituted the sen
ate McNary-Ilaugen bill for its
own. ;
The senate voted to limit debate
on the MeFaddeo 'hranch banking
bill. 1 : . " '
:
Tbe government continued pre
sentation of ) its caao ' In ' the ; Ford
tax suit ".:!::
i The navy department considered
augunientlnK Its forces In the, Ni
'caraguan zone. . ..t;
Bloom of New York and- lllan
ton' or Texas; fought al no-KieclsIon
round in a house committee room.
,rU , -
, Leland Harrison was nominated
to bo. minister to Sweden rJ. But
ler Wright to be minister to Hun
gary and Hugh Wilson to be mla-
ijisz si gp'j. , , , ;
HOUSETQUSE
. Ill w
Measure Passed in Upper
Body Substitiiteibi Vote '
ot2QltQ,fi .
QlNEgL DEBATE t ENDS
ReprescntatlTe AswelL Announces
Intention to Move for Replac-
ing Portion of McNary
.'' ? Hugen BRJ '
WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.
(AP) The McNary-Haugen farm
bill as passed by the senate was
substituted by the house today for
a similar measure It had been con
sidering. The vote to substitute
was 20 1 to' 62. ' :
Shortly thereafter, general de
bate on farm relief was- concluded
and the enacting clause of the sen
ate, measure read. This brought the
bill to a point where amendments
are in order,". ''' '
The house then adjourned, lead
ers agreeing to postpone taking
up the measure "until Thursday) to
make way tomorrow for a, batch
of other bills on. the calendar.
Just as discussion came to a
close, Representative Aswell, dem
ocrat, Louisiana, announced that
as soon as the McNary-Haugen
bill was brought up again, he
would seek to 'strike out its de
claration of pplicy and substitute
that in his own. bill. Should this
motion' carry, he said, he would
movelhat substitution of his mea
sure for the McNary-Haugen bill.
? This motion is expected to be
a full" test of strength on the As
well plan. Should it fail, the As
well bill woud be practicaly out
of the running, and the fight
narrowed between the McNary
Haugen.' measure and the Curtis
Crisp bill.
; The. vote today to substitute the
senate bill was not. construed by
either supporters or opponents as
constituting a test' of strength,' as
a number of members supporting
the motion have announced - they
(Continued on p?e 8.). -
AIMEE TALK CANCELLED
Directors of New. York -Radio
Station Cut. u. Evangelist
NEW YORK, Feb. 15. (AP)
Because the directors of radio
WRNlf at Hotel Roosevelt'declded
lt; would be "bad policy" to allow
Mrs, Aimee Seraple McPherson,
Los Angeles evangelist to speak
over their station, her scheduled
addresses Friday, Saturday and
Sunday of this week have been
-cancelled,'' It was announced today.
The directors of the station said,
Mrs. Mcpherson had been asked
to rseek' elsewhere for a place to
deliver her radio talks. :
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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY
rr-rsrrt
WAYS AND MEANS
BILLS IN HOUSE
COUNTY PAIR APPROPRI
'" TlONSMEET.OPPOSlTJLpN
Building Program Bills May Cat
' Considerable Debate
on Floor.
The house of representatives
continues'' to' hold night sessions
their efforts to complete the worS
before time, for 'adjournment this
week. A great amount of wbrk li
being done each day by the mem
bers and only, a very few bills re
main in the hands of committees.
As a special 'order of business
yesterday the house considered the
ways and means, committee bills,
which would, appropriate over 2,
000,000, iSeveral of them called
for s,ome healed discussion. ;
The bills, appropriating money
for the bjiildlEg '-program' will
come up later and, no" doubt will,
create considerable debate.' ' '
Representative Gordon, chair
man of the house ways and means
committee, said that 'the work of
bis committee this session had
been very harmonious with the ex
ception xl the appropriations ; for
the building program. - ' ' '
Among the ways and means bills
which were passed by the house
yesterday were:
For payment of expenses in
curred in connection with trans
portation of insane persons, con
victs and apprehension of fugitives
and salaries' of officials- engaged
therein, $64,000,
For expenses of Oregon state
library, $105,000.
For salaries and. general, expens
es of judges and district attorneys
$380,500. - - . j
For investigations and experi
mentations at OAC.'f 130,000.
For salaries and 'expenses of
ONG, $210,956. -
For expenses, of biennial and
general elections, $.65,000. '
For supreme court and attorney
general of , state, $211,200.- .
For support of Oregon state
board of health, bureau of nurs
ing and child hygiene, $80480.
For salaries and other, expenses
in office of superintendent of pub
(Cqntinned, on page 5.)
SATTER:. HOUSE BURNS
tlcally Ev'erj'tblng Ixst
' SILVERTON, Feb. . 15 (Spe
cial) -The Lew Matter house, lo
cated about four miles south of
here in the Waldo hills, was com
pletely destroyed by fire this
morning about eleven o'clock.
. Mr.-' and Mrs. Satter had been
away from home for several days'
and,, just returned this morning."
They started a fire In the stove
and some time later they noticed
the attic was practically a mass of
owing to a high wind and all that
could, be saved, of the. contents
were a trunk, rug' and some fruit
jars. There was no insurance on
the house or contents, it is under
stood. The house was a, frame building
constructed a few years' ago and
was , in ! excellent condition. The
exact, feahse of the fire is not
known. '
XERY SOURJV
koWNG, FBWARX 16,
DISTRICT COURT
BILL GETS BLOW
17. SEN A.TORS, Op . QN RECORD
'FA VORING. i DISAPPROVAL r
Measure Would Provide New Trl
- bqnals. for Some ' Oonntiea
of State
, The bill providing for creation
of district courts in counties with
more than 15,00.0. and. less than
lQO.OOq population,, introduced by
Senators "MoSer, Norblad and "TJpf
ton, received a hard, wallop yester
day when 17 " senators : went on
record, favoring its disapprovaL
The bill provided that 'judges
in counties with more than 15,0 Q0
and less than 5 5,0 0ft population
would be paid,-$1800 a year, while
judges in counties, with -between
25,000 and $35,000 population
would, receive - $2400 a year.
'Judges in counties with between
35,000 and 100,000 population
would be- paid an annual salary
of $3Q00. : ,
I Senator Strayer said that this
bill was the entering - wedge to
place another court record s upon
the: state. ' ' " - '
-Senator Eddy said as far as he
had been able to determine there
was no demand for the district
courts. " 1 i " '-: -i
Senator Brown charged that the
only demand, for- tiro' creation of
district courts had originated with
the lawyers. He branded the bill
as unwise and urged its defeat- '
"I have not received" any re
quests to support this bill." said
Senator Butt. . "You should not
ask us to accept something that
jwe do not want." ;
Senator Elliott referred to the
bill as premature legislation. Sen
ator Hall said the proposed legis
lation was bad, and If approved,
he would not dare to return to
Coos county and face his constitu-
( Con tinned, on page 3.)
HENRY WALDO. CQE DEAD
Prominent Portland Physician
1 1 m m-r ' a. m i a . ,
GLENDALE, Cal., Feb. 15.
(AP) Dr. Henry Waldo Coe. 70,
publisher of the. Medical Sentinel
and owner of the Mornlngslde
hospital at Portland, Ore., died at
a sanitarium here tonight after
brief Illness. 4 ' ''
Dr. Coe had been spending the
winter in' California and- had
heart attack three weeks'ago. He
was taken to the Glendale sani
tarium and until today had seemed
to be improving. -.-
In addition to his medical prac
tice and interests In. Portland. Dn
Coe had banking and real, estate
holdings in eastern 'Oregon. He
was. the donor of several statues
to parks of the city of Portland
PORTLAND, Feb. 15. (AP)
Dr. Henry Waldo Coe, whose death
occurred in Glendale, CaL, today,
was noted throught the west.
aside from his medical work," for
his interest in statuary and for his
man gifts to Portland, of works
or art. Among the' statues present
ed to the city by, Dr. " Coe, ' the
Roosevelt Rough Rider bronze by
A. Phimister Proctor is perhaps
the most noted.
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H
1&2T
FRIGE SittS
GOiillUtl
Elilll
Reply, Made Public Yester-
day, oays uonutuons i QQay
" ' Are Changed
BR1AND,;WBITES MESSAGE
Armament Limitation Can
Only
Be TJntertaken' as Whole,
With All Nations Taking
Part, " Says : Premier j
PARIS. Feb. 15. (AP)-l-The
French- government has - politely
declined President Coolidge'4 pro
posal for a, new naval limitation
conference. I
The. French reply, made public
this, evening, says, that the govern
ment is convinced that following
the American proposal would risk
compromising the. success of the
work which the League of Nations
already has-undertaken. j
The reply, which was written
by Foreign .minister Briand and
approved by the entire cabinet,
takes the position that the circum
stances of today are. different! from
those, in 1921, when the Washing
ton conference, was restrictjed to
the limitation efforts of a few
powers.
Today, the note says, tho arma
ment limitation can be considered
only, as a whole. j
The note says that In the eyes
of the League of Nations, there
is the principle that all states,
ismall and large, alike, are on an
equality. For.?France to enter a
limitation agreement of a Select
ed few. powers would not be true
to this principle, the note con
tends.-" " : '
To limit efforts to holding
down
armaments to a - few powers
and
a few types of fighting machines
would,, it 4s argued. enfeeble: the
authority (5 1' the league and at the
same time violate 'the' principle of
equality of all nations.
"it ils to be the interest
f "
of all
the navies-of the worId,"th note
asserts., "to be associated ih the
deliberations on such an. import
ant problem.' r
M. Briand takes . several occa
sions to hammer home the ! point
(Continued on page 2.)
McNARY CERTAIN OF
JOB
Joint Recommendation of Senators
Make Nomination. Snrej - -
. PORTLAND, Feb. 15 (AP)
A Washington dispatch to the
Morning Qregonian states that the
nomination of John McNary, Sa
lem attorney and brother of iSena
tor i McNary, as TJnited States
judge for. the district, of Oregon,
became a certainty today when
Senators McNary and' Stahfield
signed a Joint recommendation inf ',
his behalf and forwarded It to the
department of justice for the j guid
ance of "Attorney" General Sargent.
- "Since, .President Coolidge? al-f
ready has. signified that the selec
tion of Mr; McNary meets with his
aDDrbval, :.'ih& -nomination Is ex
pected to go forward tn the sea ate
tomorrow or Thursaay," tne ais-
natch states; . .
"Prompt contirmaiion is as
sured as senatorial courtesy will
.give the nomination, a preferential
status.". - . - -
pyL; DEBATE SlQH.EDU LED
i i
alcm and Albany High hool
Teams to Meet Monday
. i
Judces for the Salem - Albany
high school debate in the local
high school auditorium next Mon
day evening will be three members
of the Monmouth normal school
faculty,' Principal J.-'C. Nelson of
Salem high announces. -
The judges at Albany the same
evening- wiH be Dr. - R. M Locke-
nour, head -of the political science
department R.H Ewing, political
science Instructor, 'and F. H. Butt,
English instructor, ait or uau.
4 This will,. ber the second debate
for each of the schools participat
ing. .'Salem high tied with Staytonr
m to? irBtfauaA, contest.
POftZI. BEADX EPR PRISON
former Wizard" ' Ready to Take
Ccdlcine After Dodgfnd
BOSTON. Feb. 15 (AF)
Charles. Ponzi, the postal coupon
wizard of 1920, today, declared
he would J "take my medicine,"
which was in tho form of a seven
to nino year fmnrlsonment! aa a
common and -notorfo8thieCJ . --"
The Ben tence had' been waiting
fpr bim "for- 8oTe4 months" whllo
he engaged in real estate business
in) Florida, worked as wjalter on an
Italian steamship -4n7 an, ffort to
reach his jiattve land.' was arrest
ed In New! Orleami tby. a Texas
sheriff, and while he fought - by
every- conceivable.appeal to .Texas
purjsan governors to 'TJreTentl
Ci3 ISlEJJl tH .T"-hV?etty.M 1
YWCA FINANCIAC
CAMPAIGN OPENS
RAISE 20 PERCENT, QF TOTAJ
IN FIRST HAUP DAY OF DRIVE
Various Church Ladles Serrlne
. Meals to. Workers, Lunch-.
. - - - eon Programs
An amount of $1568 w.as real
ized .'as a result of the first day
of the YWC A finance drive which
opened yesterdayr and "will continue
through Friday jot. this week. A
goal -of, $7000 has been. set for the
campaign in which a large num
ber of .committees are intensively
engaged, v
Mrs. Walter L. Spaulding Is
general chairman of the teams.
The . following .prominent women
are, .captains, and are 'making
every- effort ' to i raise the ' entire
amount: ' Mrs. Harley O. White,
MrsJ F. A. Elliott, Mrs. Harry VL
Hawkins, Mrs. - G. C. Bellinger
Mrs." W. D. Clarke, Mrs. Lewis
Griffith and Miss Carlotta Crowley.
Yesterday tne. team captains.
team members, and ; members of
tho board met at theYMCA for
tne noon luncheon which' will be
a feature of each day of the cam
paign. '."The Speakers for the Tues
day luncheon were Mayor T. A.
Livesley" and Rev.: Charles E,
Ward. Special music, was fur
nished by a group of Girl Re
serves. '
Lnncheon was served Tuesday
by the ladies of : the Knight Me
morial Congregational church and
will, be 'served this noon ' by the
First JBaptlst church workers.
According to leaders In the cam
paign, their work is greatly handi
capped by the scarcity of solicitors
caused by -1 he influenza, epidemic.
As the work of the TWCA was
held down to a minimum this year
because of the shortage in the
budget raised" last year, everyt ef
fort is being made to reach, the
full quota, which will put tho local
organization' on a' firm 'financial
basis, with full, ability to meet the
increasing 1 responsibilities, la -the
city. ; ; ' 7 '. ' :
HONOR HOUSE Or- CARrlN
Beautiful Gifts Presented Speaker
and "Real S
;er"
.l As atoken of their appreciation
of .his work as speaker, the mem
bers- i-of-. the-ri house r presented
Speaker Carkin 'wlth a gold watch
yesterday, and as a symbol oC fur
ther esteem gave. Mrs. Catkin,
beautiful silver tea set .
; -The presentation was cleverly
carried out by Representatives
Lonerganand Hamilton. 'In - the
midst of the afternoon work
Speaker Carkin was informed by
Mr, Hamilton that the 'House -was
very dissatisfied with his actions
as speakers and -demanded that he
retire in favor of, the "real", speak
er, Representative - - Gordon and
Graham, were appointed, as. a com
mittee to. condncV the ."real?
speaker to the chair- '
. i "They retired into the speaker's
room and shortly, returned with
Mrs. 'Carkin, who twaa introduced
aa the "real speaker, pf tiie house
of'Carkih."-- :
: Mr. and Mrs. Carkin expressed
their sincere appreciation' for; the
PORIANDiHAS, MUCH FLU
100, Cases Reported, to Officers
PORTLAND, Fel). 15. (AP)
.Although, thero are approximately
100. cases of- influenza, inv the city,
according to the records of the city
health of flee, with additional cases
oemg reported.. in! numbers each
day, city officials; declared- today
that they believedr'only about, bhe
tbirdof the cases, are being report
ed, many of them, being classified
as colds or gripped ..-.-
;. Erevett new cases were reported
today. .With the increase in the
number, of cases Dr. J Hujiter
Wells, assistant health; officer? said
that, people snould-l be more care
ful with severe colds, stay in. bed
keep' warm and take a teaspoon
ful of soda in a glass of water
every two or three! hours for the
first two days of the attack. He
pointed out that the danger from
the disease. lies, in: the fact that
ib -tuajr ubibiui) xuio yueumouia or
at. . , . I . ' f -
some other illness.
V . ' i ' .
BRITAIN AWAITS WORD
Nation Still in Doubt About Break-
- -vaaV-. ' C W j JLnMm -tT J
Great Britain tonight- was still
without confirmationordenial of
newspaper dispatches of yesterday
iwhich "'said- the negotiations . at
Hankow between . the Cantonese
Foreign Minister Eugene Chen and
ariush Charge D Affaires Owen
O'Malley had broken down.
As if perhaps preparing for un
favorable : news,' official circles
maintain that whatever the imme
diate fate fo tho Hankow, parley.
thef British government has,; for-.
nut a fori - iavtri - hrArfaimflrl '-ia (ha
world, a conciliatory ; policy toward .
China; whicH will tand tho test
COW BREAKS RECORD1
OTTAWA. On t. Feb. 1 5( API
X The senior two year, oldi Jersey
heifer.' : Farlelgh, St. Mawesretta,
his .broken a second world's record
further aRe'frnd"breedl lB'rthet "pro-
dctioa of milte pud tj nUer fa t, j;
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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BILL SPECii
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Opposition PeyelopA to, Titti
Ing Bill; Joseph Bill Passes,
the Senate ; C
FISH FUND BILL KILLED,
: Measure Granting Po.vc To, Board
Of Control To Transrcc Fubds 1
From' One "Classlii':ul6il
" To -Another' ':" : ,)
The income tax bill has 'been,
made the special order of huslnoss
in the senate for this afternoon at
2 o'clock. It Is to be reported to
the senate without changes ' in,
rates and exemptions although
some amendments have been made
in regard to -corporations. . A .few
other minor amendments were,
considered; but the , bilL remains
practically the same as when i
first made Its appearance in. tha
legislature ; " :- 'A
Thl is one of the administra
tion ' bills, which wilt probably
pass, although there has developed,,
considerable ropposition to" it, 'in
some instances. It has been esti
mated that the bill, when if be
comes a law. will raise about $2,-
000.000 in taxes during the year,'
It cannot become operative unfit
19 2& as it must first he referred
to' the people for their, approval-'
In the meantime something hS3.
to be done to meet .the exist! uC'
deficit. The ' Patterson ;Uthim4
bill' reposes "In tha bands 6f the
senate committee.-' It' passed the
house Mvith a substantial majority;
but a bloc of opposition has been '
encountered In the senate. '
This bloc became; more; pro-:
nounced. yesterday when. tHa Jo-t
seph bill number S07 was. passed
without opposition. This bill pro--
vldes the board of control with the,
power in time of emergency. tI.
borrow money from the industrial:
accident . fund or. the state, high,-'
way fund to" carry on the affairs
ot. the, 'state.' . It Is reported: 'that,
a.ma)ority of tle members of thi
senate are unfavorable to the tlth.
Inr hiU' and "so "Its sponsors are
holding it back. until a more' an-1
splcious occasion; In the mean .
(Continued oa pAfa 5.) . j
SERBIAN QUAIClv
JUGO.SL AVTA ROCKED ALONU
I COAST AND INTERIOR1
Accurate f DeUils' of Shock;- Vv
" ' itrallable Dde to Poor - r
Communications ; '
I BELGRADE, Feb, 15, (AP).-i-Jugo..
Slavia, along - the, Adriatip -
.coasts and far. inter the. interior,
was aeait aeaaiy damage' Dy a,
great earthquake. Sunday,; which.
hundred, lives,- ,-'-t V ".
Communications, are such .In the
striekeusi territory - that it' is :1raW.'
possible to obtain an accQrate,
'idea-; " off' how widespread - the "
'shocks were, or, how extensive, the;-. -
ipsa or, itres, and property. isx :
peditiona haye started out from
the capital, and. other centers of
population- to the afflicted yeg-v"
lona,' which' include parts of Dal-':
matia, Bosnia and- Hercgovina. .
The earth: shocks were felt sev .
erallyas; far, inland as. Sarajevo,
but the most, widespread' damage
occurredr apparently along tho
hiUy.r territory i. paralleling: 1 the "
coast- for; several, score, miles. r
The shocks, which numbered 19, -i
or 20, 'occmrred; within; less,; than
an boar during: the 'period- or
darkness ! preceding r Sunday's ':
dawn.- They rocked the land on
Doth sides ot the " river, warenta, ,
which cleaves Jugo-Slavla -on tho
wayrtol therasea: and boOi' north
and south' of the mouth" bf the, j
Narenta ,'" i ; nn'! - : . ;-t
, s From each village thus far has
come, a different story either as.
to the nature Of the. Shocks and.
the damage done of regarding the.v".
loss of, llfei. "Some tidl ot the" eartlj
openlng'and. Swaflpwlng up, bu itrl-' '
ings; others"; of, houses toppling
buried liv.by the suddeq open-,
ing and' closing' ot ""the earth's,
surface, : : : , ,.-
Manr persons are reported, to.
have perished, at JUgusa," LJubfn- t
ie and Petkovitchl ' 'Those "wh
escaped Were 'forced; from- their '
hqmes in the darkness into thc
snow filled streets, without si c-
q.uatj covering br. hope of shHr.,.
HaDDlly ' most of." the "etrirkrn.
regions' are ..." sparsely, inhabit ed..
Nevertheless, 1t is'feared that t'",.
death list raay prove even If rrrr
thah flrs recorted'renorti indi
cated. - ' , ' ' '''.''-. '
. Tner seismoiogicai station. at..
Belgrade tonight "attributed ' thrv "
shocks to a; rupture in'th bedoT
the Adriatic-whtch'ca'ased-'in'ov"-
irieit ot the thrtu treat strata uu
der (b F rf Herzov ir
into the rivers, carrying, with thpi tu
the'', sleeping occupants. " . Stilt"
others relate that Individuals were