Rid Toy ftiioyy Tfrnt ScJora: SlipijJxJ,; and Surely yMi,;lBecor Right Will Prevail: the- Peoglg WW :! n : Up the : Fishing Industry In Oregon.; WKATH1CR FttHEt'AST: Unsettled with light rains in west and local snows or rains in," 'It is reported' that-the ex-Kalser ia get tine ready to gblMkckHd-GertnAny but there ouxi portion; somew hat colder in east portion; 4i moderate southerly winds on coast. Maximum yesterday, 47; minimum. 42; river,' 3.7; rain f ia Do evidence that .they" are .getting the f fatted calf ready itor his reception., fall, .41; atmosphere, cloudy; wind, southeast. r SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1927 PRICE FIVE- CENTS 3000 left Without Homes 5 by Greatest Tempest W : History of State NEW HURRICANE COMING Highways in "Worst General Di i motion of Five Year"; All ( "wKt Roads 'lowed ; . Flood Fought Al'IlERRY, Cal., Feb. 16 IAP) -A possible death toll of 18 in the snowslide at Camp 72 was expected by Dr. Hi M. McNeil, Southern California Edison com pany physician at Big creek, word sent here today to E. H. Forester, company nurse, stated. There are 22 in the hospital at Big. creek, of whom five are ex pected to die. Fire bodies hare been recovered. Three -Others, missing, are thought to be dead. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 16 AP With -24 .kn'owp dead; three missing and believed ,dqad,' and reports of .28 injured, some probably fatally, in what has been described ;as "the greatest, storm, thaf has visited, the Pacific coast in its know. history," California tonight, faced prospects of :auother atosm is the next 48 hoars. . ' Approximately 3000 California ans. were left temporarily homeless as a result of the storm. Tele graph companies tonight were gradually, restoring service, but tlie state automobile k association reported the; -main highways In the worst, general disruption to Eye years. . . - The association announced the Redwood highway was closed to through traffic tof Eureka, the west side "highway, closed beyond Maxwell, and the-coast and valley routes to Los Angeles likely to be closed at any time if the rains continue. Virtually every road south of Pasadena was found closed. A snowslide in the Sierras east of Fresno was reported to have killed 10 persons at Camp . 72 of the Southern California Edison, company, while five more were ex pected to die of injuries. Three missing persons were believed dead by rescue parties. Workmen were obliged to abandon search for the dead and injured when danger of new slides became im- (Continued on pass 6.) H AUGEN FORCES PREPARE DRIVE IWKM RELIEF- BUJi FACES ! FINAL FIOHT X HOCSI ' Advocates predict Victory For ( Measure In Spite Of A (jrcat Many Barriers ; ' WASHINGTON, Feb 6. .(AP) -Confident of victory, house farm leaders supporting the McNary-Haugen farm relief bill to day whipped into shape plans for the final drive toward a vote on the measure in. identical form to that already approved 4y,the sen ate. A vote is expected before.the end of the week. Although several barriers have heen set in their course, they were sq certain that the bill would be passed by the house, that virtu ally all speculation was directed to the size of the majority and to the attitude of President Coolidge. Representative Dickinson, re publican, Iowa, one of those lead ing the fight for the proposal, pre dieted that the house would give it a majority ofJ5, votes while, a poll conducted1- by other adva- cates of it fixed the margin at 70 Sidetracked today to give other legislation right of way, the Mc Nary-Haugen bill wilt be1 taken up tomorrow with a skirmish expec ted on a motion by Representative As well, democrat, Louisiana, to substitute the declaration of policy in his farm relief measure for that in the McNary-Haugen bill. He has announced that should this move succeed, he would Immediate offer his bill as a complete sub stitute. . - ; - - . The most serious attack upon the bill is expected to come, how ever, when Representative Crisp, democrat, Ga., offers as a substi tute the Curtis-Crisp bill, which at one time In this session , was credited with haTingjsubstantial fupport in the house; j misK B OLD AQE PENSION MEASURE KILLED rnFJHCTIOX MADE THAT SUCH .LAW WOULD KX COME Bill to Asses Property at fash 'Value "Defeated; .Forestry Bill JKmnnl Notwithstanding the fact thai most of the argument on the floor of the house was in favor of the old age pension bill, the measure failed to pass that body yesterday. rThe measure, which was intro duced by Representative Bronaugh and Senator Banks, provided for a pension Of pot to exceed $30 a month to any person over 65 years of age and who had resided con tinually in the. United States for at least 15 years and the state of Ore gon for at least 10 years. Representative Bronaugh, one o! the coauthors of the bill, led the debate in its defense. Pointing out the fact that. 2 2 counties and six states had already adopted an old age pension and were more than satisfied with the operation of the law. "The demand for an old age pension is steadily increas ing," said Mr. Bronough, "and if this bill is defeated it will un doubtedly come up again and again until it is finally passed." He explained that under the pres ent law where the aged poor are; sent to poor houses or farms the conditions were disgraceful. The representative gave figures to show that with the investment of over $1, 000. 000 in homes and poor. farms and the cost per capita of over 1261 a year for each inmate the cost would be less under his bill. And although some of the aged persons would be left in homes one central home .could take care -of all and would permit the others to1 pass the remainder of their lives in comfort. Mr. JLewis asked the unanimous. consent of the house to amend the .bill raising the age limit to;70 years but Mr. Mott objected .and explained his objections by saying,1 "that most -factories and corpora- tiens scrapped their men at the age of 55 and they were very often (Continued on pace 8.) WHITTIER WRECK PROBED Authorlties Seek to Fix Xte&pous ibility for Fatal Crash WHITTIER. Cal., Feb. 16. (AP) Investigations of the wreck of the Union Pacific flyer, the Los Angeles limited, which plunged into a flood-swollen creek near here last night, causing the death of the engineer and the in jury of several other persons. were launched by both state and county authorities today. An inquest in the death of En gineer Charles Ireland will be held tomorrow morning. Equipment loss in the wreck was. estimated by railway officials at J1&,000. Repairs that will permit use of the line will be com pleted Friday. MABEL SERIOUSLY ILL Mis Normand's Condition Report ed as "Highly Critical" SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb. 16. (AP) The management Of the Santa Monica hospital announced tonight that the condition of Mabel Norm and, screen actress, was "highly critical." She is suffering from an abcessed lung and bron chial pneumonia. 1 Her temperature was .given late today as 10S; pulse 100 as com pared to 74 normal and respira tion 38 as compared to 20 normal. Hospital attendants said her con dition had improved prior to noon but that -after that hour she had lost some ground. Late in the af ternoon she was breathing , with difficulty. YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON O 11 AtoeiU4 Pum O The senate took up the radio control bill. , More marines and aircraft were ordered to Nicaragua. ' House fight jokers drew a chal lenge from Blan ton, of Texas. Senator Glass, -of Virginia, pro posed a "banking lobby" Investi gation. I i The! McNary-Haugen farm bill was sidetracked in the house for other measures. r'-k : ; - . The branch basking and corn borer bills passed the senate and went to the president. i :'V , - . . e . .. Secretary Kellogg Informed the senate ' concerning the status ot American oil properties ia Mexico. SK REASONS FOB DISUSE OF INSPECT! Ballagh Refused to Cooper "ate, Commissioner fakin Tells Solons SAYS OFFICES VISITED State Autos .U-sed in Campaign Against Salmon Wheels, Ad mitted hy Witness at Hearing Aside from charging that Ed ward Ballagh, former master fish warden, -had refused to cooperate with members -of the state fish commission, no substantial reasons why Ballagh was removed were presented by W. T. Eakin of As toria at the special meeting of the legislative committee investigating the fish commission's affairs Wed nesday evening, Eakin is a member of the com mission, appointed by Walter M. Pierce when he was governor. 'When asked to recite instances, indicating that Ballagh had re fused to cooperate with the com .mission. Eakin said that he under stood the former master fish war den had stood in with the packers and fishermen. "On one occasion," said Eakin, "2 received information that some of the packers had received fish illegally. I sent Mr. Ballagh to in vestigate but no arrests resulted." Eakin later admitted, however, that Ballagh had reprimanded the officials of the concern under in spection. ; ' It was charged by Eakin that Ballagh had insisted upon visiting the officers of the packers before f inspecting their plants. He de clared that such visits to the -of-l ices of the packers were inconsis tent with his official duties. Mr. Sakin indicated that he had had a number of reasons for dis- (Ontinu4 on page 3.) COPPER MINES TO CLOSE Two of Oldest Butte Workings to Shut Down Due to Market BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 16. (AP) Two of the oldest mines in the Butte district will be closed tonight "due to the present con dition of the copper market," the Anaconda Copper Mining com pany announced today. They are the Mountain View and the Stew ard. From 1,000 to 1,100 men will be affected. SURE WAYS AND MEANS REPORT OF FUNDS RECEIPTS FOR YEAR TO AO ClREGATE 98,213,272 ' Apparent Deficit May Be Reduced By Defeat of Appropria tion Bills The clerk of the joint ways and means committee prepared a re port yesterday which showed that tire .committee had approved ap propriations, continuing appro priations and millage revenues within the six per cent limitation amounting to J12.097.478.41. This is S3,S82,206.4l greater than the visible funds for the bien nium. The receipts for' the years 197 and 1928 aggregate $8,215,212. This includes the 1927 state thx within the six per cent limitation amendment amounting to $2,1 738, the 1928 state tax wRhin the six per cent limitation amend ment. aggregating $2,290,382, mis cellaneous receipts for" 1927 and il92S totalling $3,439,152 and un expended balances of $325,000. ? Disbursements to be charged against the 1927 and 1928 re ceipts follow: Under existing laws millage in excess of six per cent limitation amendment $1,885,579. Under existing laws continuing appropriations $436,824. Estimated requirements appro priated during previous bienniums for which no revenue .is available $430,960. Authorized appropriations by joint ways and means committee for the years 1927 and 1928, $9, 344,115.41. State aid to the state industrial accident commission computed at $195,710 for the years 1927 and 1928, which was included In the budget, has been eliminated ' for the reason that the joint ways arid means committee has suspended the state's .contribution for thl3 period. .' It was said that the apparent ( Continued on 2.) - McFADDEN BILL BEADY Last of Steps Taken to Prepare Measure for President ! WASHINGTON, 'Feb. 16. 1 (AP) The lasi of the many leg islative steps that have beep neces sary for the highly controverted McFadden branch banking Mil to reach President Collidge was tak en today by -the senate." Scarcely-had the conference re port as amended by the house been approved, 71 to 17, before Senator Glass, democrat, Va., co author of the revised measure, proposed a senate investigation of reports that a group of -bankers favoring the discarded Hull amendments had spent more than $100,000 in maintaining a lobby in Washington. SIGNS OF SPRING'S ADVENT DIVORCE CHANGE MEETS DISFAVOR LEGISLATURE .EXPENSE BJJjJ OF 120,000 APPROVED Creal ion of Separate Motor .Ve hicle Deportment Postponed ! Indefinitely The senate yesterday defeated Senator Joseph's bill to make in sanity grounds for divorce In Ore gon when 16 senators voted to sustain an adverse report on the bill. Senator Butler said the bill would reverse the policy under which divorces have been obtained in the state for years. "This is a serious question," he declared. "The law recogniaes marriage as a civil contract and it should not be dissolved because of the misfortune of one of the parties to the contract. Under our present laws divorce can be ob tained only through fault of one of the parties. This policy should not be disturbed." It was the contention of Sena tor Bailey that the proposed amendment to the existing di vorce laws would open the door to fraud and intentional persecu tion. "It is my opinion that our pre sent divorce laws are too lax," Senator Bailey concluded. Senator Klepper also spoke against the .bill. The senate also postponed in definitely a bill introduced by the roads and highways committee providing for the creation of a separate motor vehicle depart ment. This bill was intended to consolidate the motor vehicle di visions now operated under the direction of the secretary of state, public service commission and the state highway department. The committee reported that while the bill contained some good points, the time bad not arrived when such a consolidation should be authorized. Fifteen senators voted to sustain the adverse report of the committee. A bill introduced by Represen tative . Fisher authorizing school districts to purchase textbooks also was indetintely postponed. This bill was said to have had (Continued on pace S.) MARY GARDEN BETTER Prima Donna Expected to Be Able to Carry Oat Engagement BALTIMORE, Mr., Feb. 16. (AP) 'Mary Garden, confined to bed-in her hotel here today with an attack of bronchitis, was ex pected tonight to be able to carry out an engagement in Washington tomorrow without change. Miss Garden is ' singing the leading feminine role in. "The Resurrec tion," with the Chicago ,Civic Op era company. Physicians ordered her to bed for .rest after last night's performance here. if 1 CilOTON FORCE ID AGAIN FOR SHIEHM jationalists Threaten City Following Defeat In flicted on Sun BATTLE LOOMS IN NORTH Foil of Jlangchow Believe1 Im minent; Defending Troops Near Collapse, With Morale Shaken By Eneinjy SHANGHAI, Feb. 17 (AP)- Nationalists here claim that Hang chow, important rail arid water center 113 miles southwest of Shanghai, was captured by their forces last night. Hangphow has been held by Marshal Sun Chuan Farig, a member of the alliance of northern war lords. WASHINGTON. Feb, 16. (AP) The cruisers Cincinnati, Marblehead and Richmoh d, which arrived at Honolulu Nicaragua, have -been remain there to await ders from Admiral today from red to further or- Williams, commanding the Asiartic fleet at Shanghai. The cruisers Were orlg- inally dispatched to Asiatic waters for disposal by -Williams SHANGHAI, Feb. 16. This city again became -(AP) menaced ot Can- today with an invasion tonese (nationalist) forces as a result of a severe defeat! suffered of Mar- by the defending troops shal Sun Chuan-Fang in Chekiang province. Sun's army was shoved back almost to Hangchow 113 miles from-r Shanghai, by : fein- forced "Cantonese troops Far to the northwestern inter-align- lor, in Honan prov rince. meats are taking place for a big battle between the forces of the Peking and nationalist govern or Mar General ments, with the armies shal Wu Pei-Fu and Feng Yu-Hsiang, independent? militarists, awaiting opportunities (Continued on jpage RADIO CONTROL GAINING Opposition to BiU in Senate Is Oasbed; Action Dm Today WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (AP) With opposition apparently well flattened out, the conference re port on radio control legislation was made the unfinished .business of the senate today without de bate on a record vote. Senator Pittman, democrat, Ne vada, who has led a fight to send the legislation back to. conference, declared he had no intention to obstruct this or other bills between now and the end of th session, but that he -desired again to speak briefly on the measure. DR. D0BBS PUT IN JAIL Dentist Paces New Murder Trial for.&layiag JCbitelutU -Girl - I SEATTLE, Feb. 16-4 (AP) Dr. C. C. Dobbs, Kirkiand dentist, ' m. i L " was in me county jail again xiere tonight, following filini ' of the second murder charge against hfhV Dobbs" had been at liberty on $25,000 bail on justice court charges of first degree murder in connection- with the slaying of Letitia Whitehall, a girl dental patient. Today's charges were filed in superior court, land, will forestall .prettminary I hearing for Dobbs in justice court set for tomorrow. - CENSORED PLAY CLOSES ; - -: All Hands .Producing "Tbo ;Cap Uve Decide to Give It Up a NEW YORK Feb, 16-i- ( AP) The manager and director, the stag . flfreetor, ther Jeadiag lady, another ' actress and one elderly actor walked out of the limelight .today ; among the; central figures in the police-raided pUblic-cen-sored play,?ThaptIe;. They said they no longer would appear in the play or V try to put it on again In New York.- I SLEEPS t.B QAYsi DIES - .!' TVomans Xang- XapiSaid Br Caml' ly Dae to XeadAche Cure , .,4 A- J. 16. : BALTIMORE. Teh. 16. (AP) --Mrs. Mary C JlammllL' who slept for eight 'day aterv her family said she had taken a head ache remedy, la dead. YWCA ASKS FULL' QUOTA WIS YEAR Txcai Organization hasailfih Jtec - ord to I'rotect In Work for DRIVE NETS -i0 IN TWO -HAYS OF BOLICTTINO The YWCA campaign held its Own today with an Increase pt tl, running the jtotal to $26. This is slightly more than 40 per cent of the quota for the drive and has been ..obtained in two days of the five day scheduled campaign. Notwithstanding the fact that the campaign'appears to be going over in good sha.pe, the first two days are always considered to" bo the strongest and the local organ ization will face a serious situation if their quota is not fulfilled. They faced a deficit in 1926 arid with the. abnormal Increase in popula tion this year, leaders in the work report that every available dollar is needed if the reputation of Sa lem's YWCA activities is kept up. Rev. E. H. Shanks of the First Baptist church was the principal speaker of the Wednesday lunch eon describing some of the .par ticular benefits, which the -city de rives from the work ef the organ ization. Rev. J. W. De Yoe ot the Leslie M. E. church closed the meeting with prayer. .-If, .under the handicap of the rainy weather, solicitors, fail, to canvass for funds from people wishing, to contribute or pledge funds, they are asked to mail their p heck or pledge to YWCA head quarters ,at the YMCA building. D'AUTREMONT SETS SAIL SLskyou Murder -Suspect Ijeavee : -anli on Army Transport MANILA, P. r.,lFeb. 16. (AP) Arrested in connection with the Siskyou tunnel murder In Oregon three years ago, J Hugh D'Autre mont left here today .aboard, .the army transport Thomas for San Francisco in thel custody .of -a fUnited States tostoff fee -inspector. f SAN TRANCISCO. J$b. 16. CAP) The $5306 reward offered by the government for the capture of Hugh D'AutrenVont will be giv en to a soldier stationed at the Presidio .here, .postal officials said. This soldier .had served in the army in the Philippines with D- Autremont, inspectors -eald, but at that time knew him as ''James Price- ! When -the soldiers returned he recognized "Price" as DAutre mont from poster offering a re ward for his arrest. The soldier' communicated with the govern ment men and DAutremont's . ar rest followed. ELKS WILL ENTERTAIN Special Vaudeville and Other Fea tures for War Veterans Real .big time Vaudeville, .both local talent aad-professional, will feature, the annual entertainment for world war veterans the Elks lodge of Salem will present this evening, it "was announced Wed nesday by Archie! Holt, chairman of the entertainment committee. Just what the. acts will be Holt did not divulge. Jest the show should be deprived of some of its novelty; , but since -he ie one -of Salem's highest authorities n var iety , entertainment,- the veterans are r looking torward to " a .' real treat. , ' . ' . : T The .program, . hich starts at S o'clock at -the Iks temple, will .be followed' by a "Johnny - Jones" feed downstairs. : - PLANES CRASH t3 DIE Collision in 3Ihl-alr at Caonp 19tan 1 f ley Fatal 4oj All tilers - SAN ANTONIO Texas, "Feb. 16 (AP) Lieutenant Benedict A. Coyle, Cadet John 'W." Green" arid Private ; Budoljh j C, " Cartel ' were killed in a midraiy. plane crash at altitude of About 150. feet At Camp Stanley late .today. , . . .' Lieutenant -Coyle- -and Private Bartel -were taking elf in a Doug las a-? for Kelly field when they crashed lnto "Cadet Green, -who was flying alone tn a ttlt training ship.; Cadet tGreejn was tiring on the target range when the accident occurred. Both ships came to the ground in a - heap and the fliers were killed Instantly.-, FU5ET DEPARTCRE DELAYED I 6ATT "PEDRO, Cal.; Teb. (AP) DeparCuro oT t least paft - of- the Pacific coast battle fleet from its basO kere, scheduled Cot tjxmwvwwj.iipi i foVrX&rfc coast, tor the Jolat Jleeti WAAeuT? ers may -be delayed. nntiL Frldax J dae - to etorm k conditions iKhlcb made - it Mmpewdile. -to .eonaplete loadhtgs of ships j'tonight. - r " TAX ISfiEASURE oFPrasai - -- ... . -. PUSSES SEiT Lively Verbal Tilt War(cs Ses. sion as Two Hour Attack V Waged on Bill OPPOSITION DISAPPEARS Rates; and Exempt Ions Remain Vn ehanged ; Honse ; n i ah v Oon f enrrs In -Some Minor Amendments The .Patterson income taxhilL faced the big test Jn the senate yesterday afternoon and was pass ed with only three senators voting in opposition. This bill passed the house some time ago and was placed ?in the hands, of the. senate committee on assessment an4 taxation, where it remained until late Tuesday after noon. A few minor amendments were made by the-committee and. it was made a special order of bus iness for the senate .at i o'clock. The two most Important changes called for the filing ot consolidat ed returns by affiliated corpora tions and for filing adjusted re turns by business houses -doing partial payment on vnriona con tract businesses. v An attack, which continued for nearly two hors, was waged against the bill by .-the .oppoQSSts. Verbal clashes kept the debate at the height of interest and 'the at tack was confined mostly to .the rates and exemptions. ' '-, At one stage in , the debate 4Jx? opponents sought to hare the sen ate resolve Itself into a committee of the whole and make some -revision of the rates. Thistnotion was lost by rote of 21 to 9. ' . Leading in the oppositionwere Senators Banks and Joseph. Sen ators Bailey, Hall and Klepper gave them some .assistance.. Sen ators Eddy and Moser were -the principal proponents .of .the .brn. At .one time Senator -Klepper pre dicted the bill's defeat at the polls and offered a criticism of Govern or Patterson motives. Senator Butler resented this critleism." The actual time .for the pasaaga (Contiimed n pars 2.) A. ' '- JOLTS CONTINUE IN JUGO-SLAVIA XARGE BUT SPARSKLX TOPU' IaITED SKCTIOX JAnRED 1 Terrific Movement Of Jarth's Surface Kfll Ol Jn .City -Of XjUbinJe : ' BELGRADE, Jugo-Slavia, Feb. 16. (AP) Earthquake has fol lowed earthquake since the iflrst shocks -early Sunday rocked a large, though sparsely populated, section .of Jugo-Slavia. ; latest dispatches from the devaated re gion report that a terrific move ment of the earth's surface shook down . many buildings and killed 91 persons at Ldubinie,. in .the province. of Herzegovina yesterday, v This town along with 'several others felt the full force of the earth tremors on Sunday, wores of residents being driven from their 'homes out into the Intense cold of the night . and streets fil led with snow. Rescuing parties have been .dis patched to the scene of toe de struction, which Js known to cover a .large area along Xhe .parent, river,. lut. eonunuaication nave been cut off ia almost every dlreo tion. . - -' ' . '? JACK DELANEY 4 T " VS. K: ' j JIMMY MALONEY j ' Thisight on Friday night 1 in the -heavyweight elimiaa t ion matches -will be one of the biggest ring events of the ! winter, -and -will -probably de- 1 4 termlne -Gene : Tunney's next ' i opponent for the heavyweight crown. : Over the Associated'! Press leased wire The Oregon Statesman will receive BLOW.! BY BXXJW xeporU of this bat- ue .ana . wiu post xouna sj I rousd bulletins-for the trht fans of EaJem. Fane -who are I unable to- came downtown to read these bulletins may -find- i out tow the tight is going by I telephoning;- tt;'-' ' '? " ' j "First returns about 7 pV rn. i - r:a . ' t