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.k - - v -- .. v.- The ProgrGSG Towards the Full Operation of the Two Salem Linen SVJilEbi Wcvv Gogg Forward in FjW Order The" Legislature Has Left the Duty eft the Governor EJain to ;&QcSeeo; Iti Mi the Veto Power Judiciouolv V J WEATHER FORECAST; Generally cloudy 1 and unsettled, 'with' local rains,' moderate leni- ri ft mmm There Is a lot of talk about radio legis lation nowadays and &fi can' understand why sone forward-IookinjC statesman does perature; moderate shifting winds becomiag Boutherly and increasing: on: cdaat. . Maximum yesterday. 55; minimum, ,42; Vlver, 15.5 and falling; rainfall, .1; atmosphere, jploudy; wind, southwest. ' ' not Introduce a bill either in congress or I his sta,e legislature, to eliminate static . SEVENTYIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 26, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 1D0LIDGEITQ DESTROYSHDPE Measure Consianed to Waste I Basket by Presidential I h '.." k. disapproval ADVOCATES ;00 fiOT QJJIT -w Measure In Altered Form rruiiiitx-d When jCongrcss Meets In lieceinber; fttj-juggle E?:iected WASHINGTON. Feb. 25, AP) Th.e M.cjfaxy Hansen Xarjpa x,ellef bill, the proud handiwork of the western bloc and the southern democrats, was consigned to the waste basket todaf by presidential veto. With it died all hope of general ' legislation at this session of cong ress. The senate will vote tomor row on the question of overriding the veto, but the process will be merely a, gesture. No one expects the bill will muster the two thirds vote necessary for passage. '' What its supporters do expect -Js that the roll call will give notice to the White House that they have not surrendered, 'but are prepared to accept the issue. A new battle over the McNary-Haugen bill is promised when congress meets apain next December and political leaders on both sides are prepared to see the contest carried over in to the 128 campaign. . ' President Coolidge took his stand against the bill in unequivo cal fashion. In a long veto mes sage dissecting, the measure he declared it "an economical folly' to attempt to regulate farm sur pluses by levying an equalization fee on basic farm commodities, pronounced the -.proposal dis criminatory because it did not ap r!y to all farm prodttcts; and said iJb plain terms that it was a scheme nor price-fixing that would raise the cost of living and would not benefit the farmer. For good measure, he sent along to the capitol an opinion by Attorney General Sargent, declaring the bill unconstitutional and its vital pro visions. As an alternative, to meet an agricultural condition which he rnndonieif'to be unsatisfactory, the president renewed his recom- memiauon ior pdsoase ui umci plans proposed in congress for the recovery ot aRriculture. He declared these programs 'Continued on page 7.) FOREST PATROL BILL APPROVED LO.IX SHORTAGE OF 4,000 GKTS AN APPROPRIATION Motor Vehicle Owners May Be Allowed to Spend More Than DO Days In State The bill relating to forest fire patrol and the forest protection met with the approval of the sen-; ate yesterday. During the dis cussion Senator Bailey took a hit at the forestry department. ;i am opposed to the passage of this bill." said Senator Bailey. "It has been the practice of this ( department for a nupber of year j to reach out In an leffort to en large its powers. Widow women have been arrested in Lane county for the unintentional setting of fires, while other persons have been embarrassed because of the activities of -agents of the depart ment. "As I view the bill it is a at tempt to increase the salaries of the state forester and his deputy. I think the bill is a pernicious piece of legislation and 'It should be defeated. As far as' I have been able to determine there, is no def inand for the passage of the bill. "It should be relegated to -the legislative scrap heap," The bill was Introduced by the forestry and conservation commit tee and was defended by Senators Banks and Miller. -tJ Senator Banks saidthe commit N4&o had studied the bill' carefully Had that it had been amended to comply with the desires of all per sons interested. He declared that it was the purpose of the bill to strengthen the forestrycode and preserve tha'tatetlmher. Sen ator Miller said , ttyit, erjrors of judgment on' the - part, of one or two irresponsible agents of the forestry department tshould not flefeat the bill. "This bill . ja ' along modem ALASKAN STORM BUFFETS FLEET UAJjIIIUT FISHING VESSELS ' TOSSED BY IiIG W&VES Skips IjimpinK Into Seward Re port ISO of 270 Boats Kept Outside SEWARD, Alaska. Feb. 25. (AP) Caught In the full fury of a terrific sub-Arctic storm, the Alaskan halibut fishing fleet of 270 vessels tonight was being helplessly buffeted by mountain bus waves which are believed to have destroyed many of the smal ler craft. Ships which limped Into Se ward late today reported that 150 o-the 270 vessels may be unable to reach ports of refuge. Snow, hail and lightning to nightadded to the perils of the fishing craft, already tossed about by a gale sweeping out of the north across the Gulf of Alaska. Their anchors dragging before the wind, the mail steamer Starr and the halibut boats Cape Beal and Attu narrowly escaped de struction lonight when they were swept perilously near to the shore here. The Starr was within 50 feet of shore when additional an chors checked its race tpward the rocks. Numerous small gasoline boats were swept from their moorings (Continued on page 4.) UTILITY PROBE ASKED Senator Walsh Wishes Investiga tion of Firms' Financing WASHINGTON. Feb. 25 (AP) Methods of financing public utility electric, and gas corpora tions would be subjected to a thorough senate Investigation un der a resolution Introduced today by Senator Walsh, democrat, Mon tana. The measure provides that a special senate committee of five inquire "into the growth of the capitalization of such companies, the corporations . holding their stocks,' ways and means In which these stocks ; are Issued and the price received for them. LARK; CLOSES Ity DEATH Man and Wife Burned When Plane Crashes in Florida Fog TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 25. (AP) A lark in Florida for Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Glos, of Chicago, turned to a tragedy today when they were 1 burned to death in an airplane crash in the fog shortly after they took off for Miami. The pilot, H. J. (Mike) Brady, who was burned on the face and body in the fire that destroyed the plane, was unable to give an ac count of the accident. 'The fog, the fog," and' "the engine" were all he could say in reply to ques tions. TWO DOGS ATTACK GIRL Ague Sunsten Seriou.sly Injured by Russian Wolfhounds PORTLAND, Feb. 25. (AP) With her arms and legs torn and lacerated when she was attacked by two large Russian wolfhounds. Agnes Sunsten, 23, was brought to a hospital here today where it was said her condition is serious. ' The girl, a maid at a RIverwood home, was attacked by the hounds as -she walked past a neighbor's house. The dogs had escaped from a wire pen in which they had been confined. Both were captur ed and will be watched for rabies. YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON Associated Prs The McNary-Haugen farm bill was vetoed. -' , , ; President Coolidge signed the branch banking and seed loan bills. '" Muscle Shoals legislation was returned to the senate agriculture committee.. Steps were initiated to limit senate debate on the $125,000,000 public buildings bill. Lines were laid in the senate for a vote on the Boulder canyon cloiture petition.' A senate Investigation oF"TTftj ties electric and gas industries was proposed by Walsh of Montana. ; A $4,409,000 appropriation ,to provide a 5'p-ceht" army ratjon was asked -of 'congress by President Coolidge. J ? t . . . .. . -' W i " ' T. . The senate accepted, the house amendment 'to appropriate $450,- 000 toward construction of three I'fihfc gru,lagra.r-. --: Portland Chamber Industries Committee Visits Mills, State Plant i ACTUAL OPERATION SEEN Weaving for Markets to Begin on March IS; Filling of Orders on Considerable Scale Expected May 1 About 30 members of the in dustries committee' of the Port land Chamber of Commerce came to Salem in automobiles yesterday and were entertained by the Sa lem Chamber of Commerce at Ho tel Marion for the noon luncheon, in the large banquet room. Hon. T. B. Kay acted as toast master and called upon the fol lowing members of the Portland delegation for remarks: L. T. Merwin, chairman of the industries committee of the Portland cham ber, who headed the party; Henry Ottenheimer and Roy Bishop, for merly of Salem; R. S. Howard, of the United States National bank, Portland; Judge Jacob Kanzler of the United States National bank, Portland, and Dr. E. A. Pierce of Portland. The talks were full of optimism for the future of the flax and linen Industries in the Willamette val ley,' and they were especially com plimentary to the judgment of the managers of the new mills here in putting them under the general direction of Mr. Kay, who is a man of large experience in textile man tfacturing and who is conserva tive and at the same time has the true vision of the possibilities of flax and linen development here. Mr. Kay had opened the meet- (Coo tinned oa page 5.) PETITION INITIATED Applies For Title; Would Repeal Six Per Cent Limitation C. C. Chapman, editor of the Oregon Voter, yesterday initiated a petition for the repeal of the six per cent limitation amendment to the constitution. Application for ballot title was filed in the offices of the secretary of state. The initiative measure proposes to amend the constitution by striking out section II of article II, includ ing such amendments as may have been adopted by the general elec tion of 1928, at which time the initiative measure will be voted upon. ' S COMMUNISTS N Tt4E S Tpl 0 i'i ' SfP W , UNITEO STATES- 7 - VlVfiMMtffl 0rr WmL fit Wimi 1 11 1 ' ' 1 ' - ' ' I i " I ' ' ' i' .,'.:-. ;,." ;?-; ;v:-.r --(."- -; - -- . . ... .: .... mmnmmi . , GANGS HOLD WAR IN QUAKER CITY KATTJLK OF MACHINE GUNS USHERS IX ERA OF RIOTS Underworld Leaders Killed by Bul lets Fired From Machine Gun in Motor Car PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 25. (AP) The rattle of machine gun fire ushered in a new era in Phila delphia gang warfare today. A leader of the underworld fell, perhaps mortally wounded, beside his dead lieutenant, and a third man collapsed with three bullets in his thigh as an automobile sped past the Club Cadix, a machine gun spouting lead at them as they emerged from the night club and strolled toward their own motor car. Different theories are held by the police as to the cause of the shooting. Some said itwas the climax of a bootlegging war be tween Philadelphia and Chicago gangs, and others attributed it to a fist fight last fall in a New York tight club between one of the wounded men and a Chicago gang leader. The murderers, believed to have been four In number, dis appeared before police arrived, and no trace of them has been found. The victims of the shooting were John. Bricker, 28, who was in stantly killed; William "Mickey" Duffy, 38, who is not expected to live, and Earl Brown, negro door tender of the Club Cadix, serious ly wounded. Bricker, Philadelphia gunman with a long police record, was shot eight times. Duffy, gang leader, gambler, and former con vict, has two bullet woundi in. the forehead, one in the cheek, two in the neck, one in the abdomen and one in the thigh. Six bullets have been extracted,' and on the course of the seventh depends his chance for recovery, physicians said. - Recovery of the negro door tender is expected. FOUND IN COMA; DIESJ Mrs. Getchel Fails To Regain Consciousness Before Death Mrs. C. H. Getchel, the woman who was picked up unconscious by a motoring party on the Liberty highway' Wednesday evening and brought to a Salem hospital, died at 6:40 o'clock Friday morning without having regained con sciousness. Mrs. Getchel had disappeared from her home in Portland Mon day, and is known to have walked part of the way to Salem. The reason for her condition when found was not definitely deter mined. She was suffering from a mental ailment prior to leaving Portland. Funeral services for Mrs1. Get chel, who was formerly Miss Mar garet lienoit of Salem, will be held this morning at 9 o'clock at the St. "Vincent de Paul church. MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING HOUSE ADJOURNS AFTER SQUABBLE TUNNEL QUESTION, CREATES CONSIDERABLE ARGUMENT Last Minute Attempt to Override Governor's Veto Proves Futile At 1 o'clock this morning the house adjourned sine die. This action followed several hours spent in wrangling over bills, the flight of a member with a bill in his pocket and his return, the uphold ing of the governor's veto on a salary increase bill, several minor squabbles over pet bills, and the attempt of some to carry the ses sion on today. After wrangling for nearly the entire evening and until the early morning hour, the adjournment came and the mem bers spent another hour telling each other "Good bye and good luck." Hunting for a nigger in the woodpile is no harder a job than hunting fcyr a representative in a tunnel, which the sergeant at arms, Joe Singer, from the house discovered last night when he was detailed to find one A. G. Rush light, Wjho flew with senate bill 281 tucked under his wing. The bill pertained to the build ing of the proposed Tualatin tun nel through Council Crest from Multnomah county into Washing ton county. In 1921 legislation was passed allowing this tunnel to be built, but was declared unconstitutional two years ago and Senators Hare and Joseph introduced senate bill 281 which amended the old law in order to validate the act of 1921. It would call for an election to make the act constitutional, and the number of votes cast by the respective counties .would be used to determine the proportions of bonded indebtedness that should be assumed by each of the two counties for the building of the tunnel. Evidently the Multnomah coun ty people think that the election would automatically place more of" the burden of the bonded in debtedness upon their own shoul- ( Continued on page: 8.) KAY. TO GIVE ADDRESS What the Legislators Did and Did Not Do Wrill be Told Thomas B. Kay, state treasurer, will" be speaker at the Monday noon luncheon of the chamber of commerce. He will give a sum mary of, the session of the legis lature just coming to a close, tell ing what the legislators did and what they did not do. Mr. Kay is considered one of the best men in the state at dis cussing the Oregon political situ ation, and is expected to give out some red-hot first band lnforma tion. CRISIS US fffllli British Regulars Move Into Position Surrounding For eign Grounds SAND BAGS THROWN UP Demoralized Soldiet-y Of Marshal ' Sun Feared Cantonese Lose Race For City' To Men From Shantung (By The Associated Press) The military situation at Shang hai seems to be rapidly approach ing a crisis. Three thousand British regulars this evening moved 'into position surrounding the Shanghai inter national settlements. This action followed an appeal by the munici pal council to foreign consuls for aid in defending the city. Additional sand bags and barb ed wire entanglements are being placed around the international settlement to prevent any invasion of the foreign section by the de moralized soldiery of Marshal Sun Chuan Fans,! whose defeated "de fense forces are falling back into the native; section of Shanghai. Sun Chuan-Fang's retreating defense forces have 'reached Sun kiang, only 28 miles south of Shanghai,;; and are not thought likely to ! hold that city unless quickly reinforced. The Snantungese have won their race to reach Shanghai ahead of the Rationalists. About 8,000 Shangtung troops already have, arrived and their battle squadron of 16 ships is ' reported to have left Tsingtao for Shanghai to help defend the city, against the advancing nationalists, Thretf American destroyers, the Preble, Noa and Hurlbert, reached Shanghai : today from Manila. But the 1,200 United States , marines who arrived yesterday on board the transport CJx.a,nmbn.t 'ill not be landed unless required for the defense of American interests. A thousand British marines sailed for Shanghai from Hong Kong today. The diplomatic body at Peking has issued a warning cautioning the embattled Chinese armies against jeopardizing foreign lives and property in the fighting (Continued on page CHILE OUSTS RADICALS Special Train Carrying Deportees Goes to Parts Unknown SANTIAGO, Chile, Feb. 25. (AP) A special train earring a number of pergons who have, been deported in connection with Pre mier Ibanez's campaign to stamp out the opposition -to the govern ment, left this afternoon for an unknown destination. Orders are ito be transmitted to its crew as the train proceeds. Among the passengers making the compulsory jourpey were Man uel Rivas Vicuna, fornier premier, nfapl Gnmcio. director of the conservative newspaper, Diario Hustratdo. and former president of the chamber of deputies; the radical deputy Sandago La Barca, and a number or ptner mewpers of parliament and men in public We.' f " "I j : . " ' THREE FATAL! ACCIDENTS Of Accidents Reported, 52tt Sub ; ject to Compensation . r' : f There! were, thiree fatalities f In the state of Oregpn. duetto, Indus-; trial accidents during the, week ending February ,24, according: to a report "prepare by the state in dustrial accident commission here yesterday.. - " i ,'! The victims included R, T. Mil ler, Grants Pass, jlabprerf William BilkpwskJ, Springfield, logger, andi William prfadbaclc, Rjipp, rigger. Of the accidents jeported to the commission during the week 526 were.aubjectfto the provisions of the workmen's compensation law. - j"';. .- - ; SILVRTON FOLK JUtf , ' SILVERTON, for., Feb.5 25. (Special.) Among' the Silverton people who nave been, or stilt are, on the sick list during the past tew days are Seward Hobblit, Mrs. Axel Larson, Dr. A. W. Simmons, Reuben 'Jensen Mrs. R. Wi' Far-, gey, C. Ennevoldson, George Mais, John Goplerud, Frank Rahn, H. A. Brandt, ; . - fti SHANGHAI ' -i i PEOPLE TO VOTE ON TEN MEASURES INCOME TAX MEASURE HEADS LIST; REVENUE BULL CarJdn Bill Providing for New Base for Six Per Cent. ' Limitation Listed. Ten proposed constitutional amendments' and measures will be referred to the voters of the state at the special election to be hejd June 28. Among the most important .of these is house ' bill 491, by the committee on assessment and tax ation, providing for a stat;e In come tax. This bill was intro duced and passed at the request of Governor Patterson. A bouse joint resolution, by the Multnomah county delegation, w-ould authorize the voters of school district No. 1, Portland, to levy a tax" for school purposes In excess of the six per cent limita tion amendment to the constitu tion. Another Important -resolution of interest to Multnomah county permits consolidation of various .branches of government of city and county. This resolution also was introduced by the Multno mah county delegation. Other; proposed, constitutional amendments and measures that will be, referred to the voters at the special election follow: HJR 4, by Giesy -Suffrage of negroes and Chinese. Repeals ob- selete provision of constitution. JR 7, by Collier Making reg istration a necessary requisite to voting. IlJR 14, by Lpnerggn To pro vide' authority for district attor neys to prepare information on criminal cases, where defendant (Continued on p 5.) REDUCE PUCK KILLINGS Averill Replies to Headquarters lie Favors Bag Limit - Edward F. Averill, state game warden, yesterday ' received a tele gram from E. W.' Nelson, of .the biological survey with headquar ters In Washington,, suggesting tno necessity of reducing the number of ducks killed annually. "The department finds ft neces sary to reduce the number of ducks killed annually, read the telegram. "If the department de cides to accomplish this by short ening the season as the most defi nite method, what .end of open season would yon suggest." Mr. -Averill x telegraphed the biological survey, yesterday that he would nojt agree to shortening the open season for killingjducks. oui wpuia suggest mat too bag limit be reduced. zw STPJM LEAVING OREGON State Recovers From Effects of Rain, and Wind, Tempest ; PORTLAND, Feb. 25(AP Recovery roni results of cthe , rain and wind storm which swept west ern Oregon in the early part of the week progressed rapidly, today. Most trains and stages ran nor? mally. fTh,e Willamette river fell and slackened, its speed. House boats remained rather perilously in place., - ' - . - r ' Air mail planes found difficulty only between ; Med ford and the Sacramento valley where 'stormy weather continued in the moun tains. .. " J ' - Highways were reported, open j and safe," including the Mount; Hood loop, .open for two-way traf-j fic to Government. Camp, where! there was 5 feet of snow. STORM WARNINGS DOWN TWO DIFFERENT rET8 FLOWN DURING DAY AT ASTORIA ASTORIA; Feb. 25(AP) -All storm - warnings were ordered down here, tonjgbt after two dlf ferent sets had been, flown .hroughoutclhe day. This morn ing southeast warnings were raised along the Oregon and .Washington jcoasts, 1' but Sby -noon they were changed to southwest storm: warn ings and tonight the weather man admitted his error and all .signals were taken down. - The barometer is high hd steady here tonight. ' TjEMPESTr HIT&" ALASKA Steadier Porced'lJack Into' Port By Bad ' Storm oj OyaT V Ui 8EWARDVe;.J5CAP)r A- terrific storm forced the lAd rniral Watson- of -the Paeif ie Steamship company., to ' return , t$ port Xhis .noon,: and some "concern for the safety of the halibut fleet' on the Alaskan banks'. is expressed ' WppUig ajfufrr :j -' - - - TITHIOG BILL LOSES I WE F G Eleventh Hour Attempt of Some to .Revive Measure JPrpyes Unsyccessful ADJOURNMENT SJNE DJE Indications Point to tL- Vetoing of Largo Number of liiUa 'nr- -rying AppropriMit:n:j by Patterson . . The senate - completed . Us work last night and then mark-r ed tixae tor a period and waited for. the house to get through, puring.this time members made speeches, clerks made speeches and everyone else made speech es, Then came the singing of "America" and the adjourn ment at 1 2 ; 5 4 this morn Ing. The senate thus .completed jits work and adjourned '.'sine die" six minutes before the house. Practically the entire evening was spept in the debate of the tithing bill, which w;as, lefj; on the table, and the attending to a few minor details. The staid senate chamber echoed and re-echoed last night and during the early: hours jthln morning while the battle, was ing wagea over vuu nth ing. hUl, which resulted In its ultimate do teat. ... r 'J - - ' All during the day yesterday the proponents of the original bill and the , amended ' bill made strenuous efforts to muster their forces into a solid phalanx. , v ; Tbe ' deadlock, which was first established ; Thursday night at a conXeren.ce, continued during. th day and efforts to break 'U seem futjle. , Rumors were afloat that some senators were wavering dur ing the. late afternoon, yesterdaf . and it the dinner hour, effort! were made to line tbem np by th factions.' . . :' The battle of the session opyenef soon aider the senate conyen.el last night. Bursts of ToratorJ marked th.9 debate and" a numboJ of thus senators proved toJta well it ((Continued on page 4.) : DIVIPJED SPSSJON :. DESIRE PFHQUSE ' . t. DATE OV SPECIAL EJEjDTIO.V - SET FOB JUNE BO,-1927 Resolution Provides for Recess Iii ''tSWfp Bills "May 't&: 1 ' ; A1 resolution calling for' a diVid4 ed session of the Orefe-ttn'stata leg ............. . islature" passedUhe house yestcri ' day after, considerable debate. . ; D. (d. Lewis believes that tho divided session, wf 11 "lead to legist tall buildings in Portland takine! place during' the three weeks re-? cess provided for in the resolution, Speaker Cark'in, supporting the measure, contended that during. tnat recess, the, members would) have a chance to retire to their! Own offices, to consider the billsj before them , to pass on after re-; assembly. ; He suggested that onoj would'1, hare a ; better chance ' to, escape. Intermntiona from- lobby-. lata under this system, j , . ? . . The resolution provides that regular sessions of, the legislature, shall continue, for .a period not exceeding 14 days, after whjch a, recess shall be taken by; botbi houses for three weeks, then shal j( rsassemble to complete .all iegtslar tion. Upon the reassembling of both houses, no bill can be intror ' duced In either house without tho , consent of two-thirds of the bera' thereof, nor ahall mnm than oner bill be introduced by any one member after the reassembly. The members , will not be paid for the days of the recess but will, be allowed thelrt mileage for botL sessions. . r . ' , ,' V tlr Lewis called the members attention to' the fact that undeit the wording of the bill, any Jwcf members together, or - any com' mlttee v could ' Introduce as - manvi rbllls'as they wanted "to after -jr uwmoiy,. even .aougn u re so iution suuea. tnat ,. oniy one oil could . be Introduced by any on member., Jle"' further' contended that) it, voixli, tend; to iw;reas o van anf alan trk l.-l., f SB I