The MsaGurs : For tlio 060Q,Q0; C':ate Off ice , Building in Salem- Lackp Only I tllG" Gqvgi nop'o ; SionntuiO The Workers in the Y.W.C.A. ErvQ Are Taking a Ndetiod Rect, and Will Be. At Thbir Task Agin Tomorrow mm Ml WEATHER FORECAST: Rain, mild temperature, southerly gales on the coast. Maximum yesterday. 61; minimum, ? 41; river; 18.7 and rising; rainfall, .5; atmos phere, cloudy; wind, southeast. , . . The country can't be going tp the devil when books on history and philosophy lump to the best-selling columnl Milwaukee v Journal. PRICE FIVE CENTS 3L SEVENTY-SIXTH YEAB SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, '- FEBRUARY 22, 1927 r Jl SWEEPS AGRQSS STATE Sll Winters Most Ferocious T.empest Part of Storrp Over Whole -Nation -' HUGE DAMAGES CAUSED Willamette $.vfT Climbs Out of 5 Bank on Polk! County Sid Opposite Slm; Jtfrc " -Rise Possible The Willamette river late last night had, risen to a point 19 feet alove low water mark, with more high water, or at least no lower ing, expected before" morning. The rlr was roarine at a rapid clip through ther Clarion-Polk county! bridge. With a stut wum uiuw.U8 from the southwest. Although" the "Marion county bank of the river was well a bore water, the river had overflowed the Polk " county 'side, and was within five ieet of the highway the bridge. .The Mellow Moon dance hall stood like a house tn' Venice, with STORI water swirling .below Its floor. The surrounding J fields in Polk . county were inundated. All the neighboring streams ex cept the Willamette were report ed falling. The Santiam river 'at t Jefferson, which covered the high way yesterday morning, was back within Sits ".banks last night, . Stages Jast 'night were running to the north, ' but to the south could go only as far as Corvallis on the west side .and Harrlsborg on the! east side. .' ' " gL At both, these points the Wil 'mette was out . of its banks, -wfcile : -Mary rtver';"at -Corvallis bkd also flooded the. highway. T ;The telephone company report ed that all its lines to the north were in good order, but that it Was having much trouble to the south, with only one line remain ing open. Crews were working last night, and expected to have the lines back into service by morning. The lines were open as iar as Al bany, but beyond that there was trouble. . 'Rain ceased falling at about 10 (Continued o PS 5.) ITALY REJECTS COOUDGE PLAN VIEWPOINT SAME ONE THAT (JODEDFREXCH REPLY r. j ,;..; ,W ' . Possibility of Three-Power Disar inainrnt Mee J Depends On 'Britain I WASHINOTON, Fe. 21. (AP) Italy's rejection- ot "the American f ive-tower naval conference plan. based upon the same viewpoint that guided France in taking sim ilar I action, reached Washington tonight and apparently definitely euum an j uvyv . administration may have had for reaching an ultimate agreement a Tn-Ti v th flv nowers.- wkoths hara sttii 'remains the possibility of formulating a three- power unaerstanaxng w tliary craft between Great Britain, the; United States ana Japan ia what tn!rht ho called A regional agreement appeared to depend np- A tia TlrWIaYi attftiiriA. - The Tok- jo "government has accepted the i . ... ' . i 1 M original jive poww ,projioi London alona remains to be heard from. . . . , . ROME, Feb. ,21. (AE)-r-Italy f has rejected the proposal ot Presi dent Coolidge for a conference t negotiate an agreement further limiting naval armament and cov ering-the classes of vessels not covered by the Washington treaty. "The Italian government s bases rejection on the i ground, thai (rtval, air and military afmaments are interdependent and that there U need of universality in interna tional disarmament pacts, as well a, on Italy's' defensive "needs, due to her geographical position v . The reply was . delivered to the - American ambassador. ? Henry P. Tletcher, this morning. .The text of the note reflects, the :iaTge part that Mussolini nerspn ally played in its preparation. In this he was aided in assembling the supporting facts, by ' General Badoglio, chief of the army staff, LOUISE HOME AID REQUEST REFUSED ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION APPROVED FOK TAX BODY Additional Tluties m nosed Upon r State Engineer Call for More Funds ' The request for an appropria tion of $7500 fpr equipping the Louise Home in Portland was turned town the fifth time last night at a meeting of the joint ways and means committee. Roscoe Hurst appeared before the committee in the interests of the home and made a Btrong -plea for its partial support by the state. . J ' He said that the appropriation was badly needed in that the funds available at the present time were sufficient only for the completion of the hospital. It was represented that the institu tion was only one of its kind in the state. As a result of the additional duties imposed on the state tax commission : through legislation enacted at this session of the leg islature, the ways and means com mittee authorized an additional ap propriation of $15,000 for the tax department. Under the provi sions of the new ; laws the state tax commission" has supervision over all property assessments in the state. Earl Fisher. state tax commissioner, said it would be necessary to employ two addi tional clerks in his department. The committee also authorized an appropriation of $15,000 to take care 'of additional duties im posed on the state engineer and the state reclamation commission. It was said that the money would be used in . conducting surveys and other investigations of irri gation districts which have be come delinguent in taxes, interest payments and retirement of out- Continued on pace 6.) MAN PLUNGES TO DEATH ,J r. ;. " ' V- " - - laborer Falls SO Feet Into Rapid Waters , or toiumDia LONGVIEW. Wash., Feb. 21 (AP) John Lindberg, 48, a work man employed by Rosten & Co. of Portland in construction of the Ocean' Beach highway at Stella. 15 miles west of here, plunged oO feet over Bunker Hill cliff into Q feet of water in the Columbia river todav. His body had not been re covered late today. TJndbere was one of a crew of 70 men employed in blasting away the .face of a cliff. Ropes were strung for safety, and it was re sorted that Lindberg was net hold ing the rope when he fell. The water is deep and swift where ho struck. ' . TOAD ARMY MIGRATING Amphibians Leave Astoria High' lands for Flooded Region ASTORIA. Teb. 21. (AP) Big toads, little frogs and other sizes of the "amphibious family are reported to be nightly making migrations across the .lower Co lumbia river highway from the hills toward the river during the recent heavy rains. Stage drivers reported that in some places hun dreds could be seen at one time No reason for the migration has been advanced except that the frogs have observed the lowlands covered with water and thought that frog paradise was at hand. YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON Associated Prtsa The government rested in the Ford tax hearings. A four-state Columbia river compact resolution passed the sen ate. . The seed loan bill, -passed by the .house, was sent to the White House. ; : Senator Johnson of California continued his fight for Boulder dam legislation. i. The supreme court approved railroad valuation methods pf the interstate commerce commission ' Representative Fairchild of New York proposed that presidential tenures, be umuea to io. years. I Three witnesses in . the senate campaign funds investigation were threatened with contempt pro ceedings. v .Reports that President Diaz of Nicaragua want nev treaty rela tlons with the .United States reach ed Jhe f tat a gegartxaentt n.- iJOUEUT T1EIK1I SIS SPEIER $4,000,000 in Excess of Billet to Be Taken Care of by Legislators REF0RESTRY BILL KILLED Attempt May be BIale to Pass the Wilson River Toll Road Bill Over Veto of Governor Patterson Soon ; Speaker Carkin informed the house yesterday morning that the length of the extra session de pended on .what action .was taken by the senate on the tithing meas ure,, now before that body, i , Insofar that the senate failed to pass the tithing bill yesterday af ternoon, the exact date of ad- ournment is now problematical. The revenue from this, measure was intended to take cars of the state deficit until the income tax has .been passed by the 'people. The amount appropriated, by" the legislature is in excess , of the budget income by about $4,000, 00.' This deficit must be taken care of before the legislature can adjourn, and the salons must now seek some other form of income. Speaking of the work pi the house at the present session, Mr. Carkin said the legislation enacted had been of good character. The main measures passed are Tan in come tax, reassessment, budget bill, irrigation code, Hoover code, and the amendments tp the light aw. These measures he sajd were considered by the press' to be the most important that would come up. - : Another thing that may have a very decided hearing on the time (Continual ea pmgm &.1 RADIO ORDINANCE UP Request for Curb Retention Re ferred to City Knglnecr Steps toward minimizing inter ference in Salem were deemed ur gent that the ordinance bill in troduced Monday evening and de signed to brjng this about, includ ed an emergency clause. J,t was given both first and second reading at this meeting.'-- The request of John William son for retention of the curb along the block in front of the Holly wood theater," now - nearing com pletion on North Capitol, was ferred to the city engineer, " -&Z3L$5 A 'vJl&f l "-tits'.: &MZ i PRUNE EXPERTS TO PLAN SURVEY SPECIALIST MAKING STITJY OP ENTIRE 8ITUATOX All Growers Urged to Attend Meet- ing; Blanks, for .Census -' Prepareil T. D. Johnson, specialist from the United States department of agriculture, will" be in Salem aSt- urday in connection with a survey being made of the prune situation. He is connected With the same work that brought B. H. Critch field here recently. A meeting of prominent prune growers from Marion cpunty has beep called fpr Saturday afternoon at 2 oc4pck at the Saem Chamber pf Camrnerce to distmss the prune situation with Mr. jQhnson. The survey now in progress in cludes all the chief pruae-growing districts f the United states, and covers all phases pf the prune problem. A' study is made pf acreage, con sumer demand, the retailer, job ber, and broker, and of the situa tion in markets both American and European. The government has prepared blanks for each prune grower to fill out, to be used in the survey. The best method of distributing these blanks so that each grower will be able to fill out a copy will be discussed at the Saturday meet ,ing. The blanks call for a statement of the number of trees, acreage, yield, and other information for each prune ranch. CORVALLIS WINS DEBATE Snlcra Takes Contest Cut Benton Speakers Get Two Corvallis high school won the second round of debates in the mid-Willamette district from Sa lem and Albany high schools Mon day night, together with the right to compete in the district . finals which will take place within the next two weeks. Debaters from Corvallis defeat ed the Salem affirmative team. Donald Pou jade and Edith Star rest, at the Salem high auditorium by a two to one decision. The Salem negative team Robert Bish op and Isabelle Childs, defeated an Albany team by a two tp one decision, but Corvallis won the three cornered contest by defeat ing Albany's negative team at Qprvallis... , iThe finals will be. between the wuiners of the , Lebanon-Stayton datethe winners of the Mon niqu thralls contest, and Cor- v'i-:;.- .. . . . FILIBUSTER. BLOCKS ACTION WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Ac tion on the house bill to authorize the veterans' bureau to make was sSHP0113 Gn adJustod service certifi- fskaes was bldcked in the senate. STILL STANDING DIAZ AFTER NEW PACT WITH U. S. PROTECTION OF NICARAGUA FROM DISORDER OBJECT Vigorous Slops Taken By Ameri ca To Block Attacks By I4beral Men WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. (AP) Vigorous steps to blpck with' American bluejackets and marines any attack by Nicaraguan liberal forces on Managua synchronized today with the receipt In Washing ton of a preliminary of proposals of President Diaz for new treaty relations with the United States. Protection of Nicaragua from external attack or internal dis orders due to outside interference through a treaty guarantee by the, United States' of Nicaraguan sovereignty is understood to be the general purpose of the Diaz 'proposals. In the face of flat refusal at the state department tp reveal the Ma ture of its advices further than to say that Minister Eberhardt re ceived a letter yesterday prepared by direction! Diaz which ha was. transmitting by mail, details of the plan were unobtainable. ; The department refused also to give any hint as to the attitude of the Washington government to ward the treaty project or to indi cate whether it had been shaped by President Diaz agia result ot conferences with Minister Eber hardt. A force of 17 officers and 850 men is stationed at Chinandega, patrolling the railroad between Cprinto and Leon. A second de tachment of 20 officers and 450 men is based at Leon and patrol ling the line from there to Man agua, while the marine guard in Managua has been reduced vto 12 officers and 141 men. The only explanation of this emergency landing at the state department was that it was "to protect Ameri can lives and property along the railroad and to maintain communi cation between the legation guard to Managua and the ea." The statement added that'the detach ments took up their stations "with out incident" and "with the full consent and approval of President Diaz." TRANS0CEAN flight on Aviator Leaves Cape Verde Is lands, fpr Soptb. America PARIf Feb. 21. AP) The Petit ParisTen has received a de spatch from St. Vincent announc ing that Commander De Pinedo left Portq Praya, Capo Verde la lands, at 11:30 o'clock tonight on his flight to the South'1 American coast. The start was made under good auspices, with bright moon light, the despatch says. RELIEF SEEN FOR FLOODED SAIEMEAS Detection Waits On Coun cil and Promise of Co operation Forthcoming OTHER CITIES FLOODED Some Blame Attached to Trying Inadequate Tile Under New j Street Pavement on 1 East Skle of City Cooperation of all parties con cerned in the remedying of condi tions on Mill creek which result in acute flood conditions in southeast Salem, was indicated as forthcom ing in the near future, when at Monday night's council meeting, attended by a large delegation cif flood-stricken residents from all parts of the city, Frank Durbfiju representing the southeast Salem drainage district, said that state officials and private owners out side the city limits are apparently ready to dp their part in any feas ible plan for betterment. . Steps to secure cooperation from the Salem Water, Light & Power company were urged by Durbin, prior to his statement as to the attitude of the owners of acreage. Complaints from a delegation of North Salem residents headed by Rev. Thomas V. Keenan, with re spect to the inadequacy of sewers in that part of the city to handle the drainage, resulted in the refer ring of the matter to the sewer committee with power to act. City Engineer Hugh . Rogers, said that a storm sewer connecting with the Highland street trunk line would cost $700 And could be built. nowas; .-well ; as any timer t6 take care of the excess fwater In this vicinity. On this statement. Councilman Hal D. Patton moved that the engineer and sewer com mittee be instructed to build the line at once. j 'The wisdom of this was ques tioned by Councilman S. E. Pnr vine, who said -that other districts are in equally great need, and (Continued on page 8.) SOVIET ACTS DISLIKED Britain Way Issue Formal Protest Against; Propaganda LONDON, Feb. 21. (AP) Reports current in well informed circles in the lobby of the house pf commons tonight indicated that the British government is consid ering the despatch of a note; of protest to soviet Russia against communist propaganda and activi ties in. Great Britain. - - ; Ever since the Chinese situation became critical. Lord Birkenhead Chancellor of the Exchequer Churchill, and others of the ultra conservative '-ministers are under stood tp have been urging the gov ernment to break off relations wtth Russia. I . ; Premier Baldwin and Foreign Secretary Chamberlain, however, have been opposed to such a step tha foreign secretary being uncon vinced that the threat would be effective STORMS HALT SAIL NQ Tw Vessel Held in Harbor At Astoria by Bad Weather! ASTORIA, Feb. 21. (AP.)nh The stoam schooner Wellesley operated by J. R. Hanlfy company cf San Francisco in the Pacific coast" lumber trade, and the Edna McCormick, coastal freighter, were; belq at the port docks today by unfavorable weather conditions. Roth ships expect to put to sea before daylight tomorrow. (The steam schooner Cascade, forced to jettison part of her cargo of luax re of the coast Saturday enroute. from Grays' Harbor to San Fran cisco, is re-stowing the remainder of, her cargo here today and will probably be able t sail tomorrow. Other ships held in the river by the storm over the week-end h,ive sailed. r"'Ci.:r::..y-; -.-. -j, v ; MASKED MEN ROB STORE Eight Bapdlta Take S5,000 and Kidnap Woman. Caahie . L03 ANG?LE3, Feb. 21.(AI) Ight masked men held up ser- fraj 'employes ot the Los Angeles t ransfer company this afternoon, seised - about $5,000 from the, cashier's safe and escaped' forc ing th young woman cashier to accoBigaug them, - . OFFICE PUILDING MEETS APPROVAL OPERATION OF FISH WHEEL . MEASURE rpSTPOXEH Closing of Willamette River to Commercial Fishing Passes -' ' in Senate The bill, which was Introduced by ta. Marion county delegation providing for- the erection of a new ifOO.QOO state pXfice build ing, was approved by the senate yesterday with only o.n dissenting vote. . Senator Carsner yoted against the iil. . The bill proyides for the appro priation of $0,O0Q annually, which will take care of the inter est payments on the investment and return a part of tha principal. Money required for tha construc tion of the building will be box rowed from the funds of the state industrial accident ' commission. The state "will pay interest on these funds at the rate of 4 per cent. Departments occupying, quar ters in the new building: will; be charged rental . on the basis of space required, r ... 1. , The senate reyersed its action taken last ' Saturday and passed Senator Staples bill extending un til. December 3 of this year the time for" making operative an in itiative measure approved-at the general - election eliminating fish wheels; from the upper Columbia river. The. voters decreed that the initiative measure should be came effective in May " Senators Hare and Moser made a plea, for the passage ot the bill which they Indicated was in the Interest of fair play. Seventeen senators -.voted for the bill. It was defeated last Sat urday by one vote. Reconsider ation of the bill was sought by Senator Moser. - ; ' The senate approved Represen tative Lewis bill providing ad ditional punishment for. habitual criminals. This act is now In op eration In tb state pf Ie oj(k, ' Con tinned on pfO 4.) UEGlQfJ MEMBERSHIP 645 Over OO From Local Post To Attend District Meeting One hundred members of the Salem American Legion past and Ladies Auxiliary will make . the trip to Silverton Thursday .night to attend the" district conference, it was indicated at Monday night's meeting d! the local post. The legionnaires have called meetlu.r of members of both, or- gaaizations who are interested forming an archery and fly cast ing club, fpr next Jonday evening at 8 o'clock at tne legion nau. yaic up membership in thP ppt was reported as 4&. ;iae auxu Jlary has increased Us membership by 23 in the drive which, "began a week ago. OPEN BIOS ON f.iamM Mil Company and Portland. Firm Lively Contract Vlnners, Contracts ; fpr lurnishing sand and gryel fo..em'f' street vofk wlll probably , be awarded, to the Portland Gravel conipany, and tor cement to, the Cha. K. gpauldiug Logging company,' it was , ndlciteq atMpnday night's council meeting when bids were opeaed. - The bids were referred tot the street Im provement committee, but. these iids.were lar. : Bids were also opened, contain5 tog prices on sewer pipe, manhole covers and other articles needed tor ' the sewer construction pro-, gram. 7hese were referred to the sewer committee. ' ; C. l.'.WaBous of Amity appar ently was the low bidder on haul ing ; cement, with a bid of nine cents a sack. y L0H6VQRTH ACCLAIMED Present Speaker Gets. Party Nora f ; lnailon to Succeetl Self ; WASHINGTON. 'Feb. 21 ) AP ( Representative Nicholas Long worth ef Ohio-was selected; by ac clamatlon tonight by his republi can colleagues as their party can didate to succeed jaa speaker in the next congress. " As republicans will have a clean-cut majority in the i house, the nomination virtu ally Js equivalent to re-election. . EXPLOSION KILLS DRIVER Large Amount Of Nitroglycerine - - Blows Ujv Starta.-'Flre - ; ;, , . BORGER, Texas, ; Feb. . 21 -(AP) An explosion of 1,8 00 quarts of nitroglycerine at the plant of the Independent Torpedo company two miles east of here today , killed" Homer Russell, a truck driver. A prairie fire was caused by the blast and fears were leli .r oWier large giants nearby. :! IETS DEFEiTP BATTLE RAGES Rumor$ of Tax on Tobacco and Motion Pictures as Well as Other Things' REVENUE MUST BE FOUND Only 12 Senators Cru i yo'te In- Favor Of Measure As Prvi ed By 'Governor; Lou'gcr , Session Pretlh ted ,Tj The legislators returned to their desks yesterday moraiqg showing very little improvement in their vindictiveness from that evinced, last Friday- and Saturday! r . The war clouds, which have been hovering around the horizon for the past few weeks, immediately surrounded the Capitol dome and, when the gavel, descended in. the,, senate the signal . for the . battle, was, given. . ' . :-,' ; Angry at the governor's treat ment of some pet' measure ade-, termination was shown tp ge6 back -at him by defeating some of his bills. Tbe legislators are pre paring to entrench themselves and according to some reports .remainT here for another ten days in ordr; tp ta,ke care of all the'fraslnesar and the possible vetoes rof thei governor. : ,..'' -';"' The tithing bill wajs the special prder of business in the senate! yesterday aid; when -. It -t 'ira brought pu,t ott the floor. tneTerb al war started with sudden bursty and flares pf 'oratory. After a, prolonged heated engagement the smoke of battle cleared, and It "Wei found that the tithing bill had went down, t? defeat by a vpte of; IS to 12. . ' JV- :,.f In opposing the bftl 'some- ofi tXte tenators pointed out that they J were not 'fighting' th$ goyernor, but that they were JU8t differing from' him on thla question. Yet I it is, Common belief, that Gpyer npr Patterson's, willingness to. Vet measures, whlcht lie does not be f Ifeve essential and needed, ha brought considerable more opposi-i I tlon t this bOL. I The main arguments against the bJH were that it w.as unconstttu-1 tiPnaL that it took .much tnone.jr. (Ooatinvad a psg 8.) ' HEROISM OF SEA IN CVHT ENTRY. ONE MAN LOST AND 13 ITURr IN ATTEMPTED RESCUE j :,. . ,-V.;-'r . ':x..4n Second Officer of Steamer Suerie . ; . Loses Xlfe Trying; to SaTo M ' , ' Llfo' bf Seamaa '-i-!'"r'; NEW TPRK. eb. 2. (Al4 With a curt entry la her log be bind Whick lay a grim tale of the heroism o the men tkat go down, ta the, sea ; i -hipf . the Lloytjl Royal Belgique tan?r Sueviej put back into port today after a unsuccessful - attempt to Tescue theT tauu,d;erlng barge Talbpt 19- : heavy seas off Ambrose Light las,i nigbt. '. . . fc ; .V'.Thrteen'mempera. ot the Suev ier's crew were injured and Sec ond ; Officer Robert Rybuck was drowned in , last night's storriv when! they "attempted tp" put oit' a life boat to the distressed' coal barge, which had five men'aboard The lifeboat was smashed. , The' teamerj however, "wirelessed the coast fcttard. and today the Talbot was picked up by the cutter Qresh-; am and towed to Sandy Hok. The Talbot was en1 rpute frfom NoK folk, Va., to New Haven. Conn, f ' Late . today the : Snevler cains into port to get , medical attention tor its IS Injured Belgian seamen and also( to obtain another lif boat,,". ' : :- -: , ; ! ! His hands still red and swollen" and his face .showing the effecta of exposure, Capt, "Sadt'Oonthief, master of the Suevler. today told his story simply. On sighting the Talbot flying distress signals, he said, seven membeYs oC Ills crew' prepared to put off in a lifeboat.. Five other seamen manned the davits to lower, the boat. At thst moment a huge comber B.tr.u?,ti,ll steamer, causing two men on tha deck to be injured and carrying the five men at tie. davits and the. seven in the lifeboat Into tbe sea., Th'e lifeboat also hurled Into; tie water from the daviis, fell on' some of the seamen swimml r.g desperately in the racing pea 3. Life buoys and ropes were finer overboard by other members of the crew, but the men ia U. ContinUcJ on ;e C.) t TITUG BILL