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pmingiot Capitol Tiicntcr 1 1 from Salem to Poptland WEATHER-FORECAST: Unsettled .with. ! Section One Pages J to 8 ... . , a ; ........ - . - .Foiir Sections-; 28 Pages I fresb south and-. outhire8 winds1 6n the J niuw - - 52: miaunum, u; i nier, a, mmui atmospnere, ciouay; wmu,- uuiuwtai. Under Aimp iWmamett " " , ... ' " 'jfl n ir - ": v mm 1 " W "- ; '"'-, Ii i i SEVENTY-SIXTH . YEAp Special' Meeting to Be Held Monday With Architect j r for Structure j k 'Hi! ' . ! - $600,000 TO BE COST Money to BjBorrojred From Stato : indnstrUt .Lccldent Fund; One Ycar.Bef ore. Ready for If Occupancy , The, election pf the 8lte Sot, tne fiew office building to be con- I ftmcted in Saletn this year prob- f bly will be made at a meeting or I the state board ot control on Mon day. W. C. Knighton. Portland architect, who was recently select ed to draw, the building pian,,wui attend this meeting. itfcis under stood . The cost of the new office structure is to be in the neighbor hood of $600,000. Tentative plans call for a build ing 200 by 96 ,feet in dimensions and six stories high. The founda tion will be sufficient to carry a building 10 stories In height. It was said J that the floor Arrange ment would be carried out by the architect in compliance with, the demands of the various state de partments which' are to occupy space In the structure. -Concrete or Steel Whether; the building will be of concrete or steel construction will depend largely upon, the cost of the materials.' At least two ntaoibers of the board of control hare expressed a preferenfee for Hoencrete eonstruction In event the ajproprfti of the .building, is safflvirat to cover the cost, Th twetare-probably:wn0:iocated oa a site adjoining the supreme court building, and would face on Lturt i atreeU Approximately a t yjar will be repaired In Its con- Btractlon, the architect said. v Borrow Sloqey. Money necessary for the con struction operations will be bor rowed Trom UaJkstate industrial accident fund, for which ;:ihe state will pay Iterest at the rate of 434 per cent. This money will be re turned to the industrial' accident fund at the rate of approximately $50,000 a year. Under a plan worked out by T. B. Kay, state treasurer, rentals assessed against . (Continued mm par ' T. B. KAY DENIES HE WILL RESIGN POHTLAXD REIURT " EKROU, S.1YS STATE TREASURER Kozcr May Quit rresent Job, Be come Budget Officer, -Says Oregoniau - Complete denial that he is con- i eidering resigning as state treasur er, was made here . tonight by Thomas B. Kay. Headded that while in Port land he had not made any state ments that should lead anyone to 1 ltat belief, except that he had; mentioned "going away," refer ring to the trip which he will make soon to California for bis. health. U ., - : PORTLAND. Anrll 2. (AP . ne Morning Oreggnian will! say vvinurrow inai uovernor jraneraon 'within a few months wrill have, tie privilege, of jappointjng a'new mate treasurer and " a new secre-y try of sUte' according to "the report current in Portland during t5e week." : " The paper urther. says: T in Portland; Mr; kiy' was said lo have admitted that he has been thinking of resigning and tbatrhe even had ln;mind,the hian whom le wanted to succeed him. but he added that friends would pro ten so against his resignation that he had not arrived at a decision. This thought of surrendering tho duties of state treasurer la not of recent growth with Mr. Kay. He discussed it for several months . t - j ' 'r" ' . " ' ' " J " 4 f'W 111 M " m ' '"P" nia ii ii i i. - ' -.1.1. i ii - i. 1 - i v j . y . .. .ly i . . . .i ! I " K - S ' : T TT . ! - .... , .,.i -,,T , rn., r. s-r wt rr i y ar r . .w t rTTy p p- t . , yr-i -. at-k-! 3 u- i ' j '. - ' - , - , , t ; i . "i t v-SELECTION HEW PLAfJ OF BOARD j P and when the legislature was ) Ul 'sesstoa. he talked It over with. I'leverai of the law makers.. r . ' .VThe leidslature. at the renuest The governor, enacted a law jtingUhe office ot budget of "r and voted an "appropriation of iabout, I2O.Q0O a year. The ernor appoints the budget of Jpi". There waa a belier during sessionCthkt.the .governor had r- Kowr in mind for budget of ficer, but there . Is also; a r umor TAXING POWERS TOjENTERtCQlMr SUIT jPQIJLOWS .KOZER'S RE FUSAL OX REFEREXDU3I - Ij. . B. Smith , Cliarges That , Legis lature Exceeded Ita Rights With Measure The legality of the emergency clause enacted , by :the . legislature in Its, last session, giving addition al powers io'the state tax commis sion and countv assessors In levy ing taxes, will probabl be determ-, ined through legal proceedings to be filed, in the courts within. the next few days. L. B. Smith pf Portland, secretary of the Greater Oregon1 association, will sponsor the Buit. Announcement that the suit would be filed followed the action of Sam A.; Kozer, secretary of state, who Friday refused ttf ac cept a request , for a ballot title tc a referendum measure submit ted by Mr. Smith. The purpose of the referendum was to attack the law making more elastic the duties of. the state tax commission and assessors. The secretary pf state, in a letter addressed to Mr. Smith,; said he was an adminis trative official, and it was not within his province to pass on the merits or demerits of the applica tion for a ballot title. It will be alleged by Mr. Smith that under the constitution of the state all legislative measures hav ing to do with taxaion are subject to the referendum. As a result of this section of . the constitution Mr. Smith charges that the legis lature exceeded Its authority when it attached ,the ; emergency clause to the law. ' The law becomes ef fective upon being signed by the governor and is now In operation. Particular opposition was leveled at the law because of a resultant questionnaire adopted by the state tax commissioner and the county assessors. Business concerns charged that the questionnaire was unfair and t unreasonable for .the reason that it demanded informa tion ."not necessary for assessment purposes. : Ifc also Was alleged that, In' filling out the - questionnaire business concerns would ' be com pelled to divulge much informa tion of a confidential nature. Following receipt ot, many pro- ... (Continued n pc 3.)- v ' -" i , ,1 r i. , WILKIN S CASE PROBLEM Murder Adds Xew Complications To Mexican Difficulties WASHINGTON, April 2. (AP) Murder of Edgar M. Wilkins, American mining engineer by Mexican bandits, at a time when the killing last September of an other American, Jacob Rosenthal, still is an unsettled diplomatic case, has given a new twist to the already disturbed relations be tween the United States and Mexi co. Official report ; to t the state de partment today from Consul Dwyre at Guadalajara that Wil kins body had . been found was followed immediately by instruc tions to Ambassador Sheffield at Mexico; City, to .make . urgent rep resentations concerning the mur der to the foreign office. COOLIDGE'S HAND WELL Larneneas Due to Rheumatism, President Pliysictan Told . WASHINGTON, April 2 AP) The lame right hand of Presi dent Coolldge is about healed. Dr. W.-S. Baer, of Baltimore, a spe cialist.: reported today after visit ing .hiau-u r-U --'-I'' '.'. ' I-' V. Dr. Baer,. who was called in by the president's-, physician. Dr. James F. Coupal, inconsultatlon. aescnoea tne lameness wnicn was largely in the first and hand, as local rheumatism. . FREIGHTER FIRE STIFLED Heavy Damage Reported By , Radio j From JBlaae On Veesel ' BAJTIJ Api Af )"' Radio advices received here todag said 1 fire aboard the Whitney Ol soh. which started yesterday when the craft was 20 miles out of San Francisco enrouta to Seattle, was controlled after the cargo had been considerably damaged. The Nelson SUeamship company freighter is due at this port Tues day with 1.000 tons of California cargo for discharge. ; BREAKS DISTANCE RECORD NEW YOrtK, April 2. AP- Edvin ' Wide, Swedish fdiaUnce Ktar; raced to a new world's rec ord of six minutes and 2? 4-5 sec onds tonight In winning the mile and a half run at the annual In door Elks' meet ing the 12tn regi ment armory tonight. The form er record, 6:30 2-S. was. made by Paavo-Nurml, Finnish ace, daring his American Javaslo Is 1???.' iS!l MEET APPROVAL Sixteen Lavys Repealed as Unnecessary According to .Report of Secretary STATUTES WEEDED OUT Mnc Laws Held inoperative; Two MeaHlnglessand One Not Codi fied; Sonic Previosuly I Declared Void Sixty-three bills i having for the purpose of weeding but of ex isting laws which were held to be unnecessary, were approved at. the last legislature, according, to a summary prepared by Sam A. Koz er, secretary of state. Two such acts were killed by the legislature for the reason that they previously had been declared, void by the courts. "tfot less than 20 existing laws and parts of laws were expunged because they had been supplanted by other acts, had become obsolete or were dead letters," read the statement issued by the secretary of state. Sixteen were repealed as unnecessary, while 15 were an nulled for general reasons. ' Nine laws were repealed because .they were Inoperative, two because they they were meaningless. and. one be cause it had not been codified. Repeal Rabbit Bounty "One law repealed placed a bounty on jack rabbits. This leg islation previously was held to be void by the state supreme court. Another act repealed by' the legis- J,. . . .(Continued on page 7.) f-i ft ft. , MANY SEEK POSITIONS ! Ninety 'More Apply Than Can Be ' Taken Care of By Office Ninety more men applied for positions at the United States em ployment office than could be cared for last month, according to a report given out today. Two hun dred and forty-three applications were made, while only 153 de mands were ' received. One hun dred and thirty-four were report ed placed. ' Common. .labor headed the list with 92 applicants. 48 being in demand, and 46 placed. -Sixjty-five agricultural wiprkers registered, with 44 in demand, and 39 placed. Twenty of 30 woods laborers found work while 19 out of 25 r farm hands were given employ ment. 1 , ' ,v ART. YOU ST0PP' V PzU " ) Lots ottimte WMATiH- TT' POSTAL RECEIPTS SHOW LARGE GAIN QUARTER SECOND LARGEST IX HISTORY OF OFFICE Receipts Show . Gain of , S200.000 for 1920 Over Similar Period in 1900 Postal receipts' for the quarter ending March 31; were 57 ,201.21 an increase. of 13,617.80 over the same quarter for last year, accord ing to a -comparison made by Postmaster John Farrar yester day! .' , , This is a tremendous increase, said the postmaster, but it is part ly accounted for by the fact that the legislature was In session this year. .... The quarter just. closed was the second largestin point of receipts in history of the postoffice. The greatest total of receipts came in the quarter just preceding this one when there was an unprece dented amount of Christmas mail, the total f or, that quarter was J 66,308.49. Showing the unusual growth of Salem during the past 26 years, the total receipts for the year 1900 were $17,397.83, while the total for 1926 was $217,915.56. FINANCE PLAN SUCCESS 02 Members Signed Up for Sa lem Industries Corporation Sufficient subscriptions, tov as sure organization of the Salem In dustries corporation have been re ceived and' articles of incorpora tion will probably, be filed this week, It was announced yesterday by chamber of commerce officials who have been promoting the ven ture. .Sixty-two shares have been sub scribed without any thorough so licitation, it was explained. There are many others willing to sign up who have not been approached, and the final goal of 100 members is expected to be reached without any difficulty. ,The corporation was planned wtthtb"purpose of assisting new industries which have recently been established, or will be started in. the future. . I i , Shortly after incorporation a meeting of stockholders will be held to elect officers and directors. Four of the directors will be rep resentatives of the local banks, to be selected by the banks. , The others will be elected by the share holders. REVOKES FAMOUS ORDER WASHINGTON. April 2. (AP) President Coolidge has re voked the executive 'order issued by President Harding on May 31. 1921, under which Albert B. Fall as interior secretary negotiated the naval oil reserve leases with Edward L. Doheny and Harry F, Sinclair, which led to both civil and criminal actions in the feder al courts.' WELL KNOWN AMERICAN FABLES FUND- ALLOCATED FOR WILLAMETTE LETTER FROM HAWLEY TELLS OF MONEY FOR RIVER WORK New Survey Provided for in Gen eral Plan 4 8,228 in Allotment "The chief of engineers, United States army, advises me that the sum of $48,228 has been allocated for the development of the "Wil lamette river above Portland, this allotment to' be expended for main tenance by the construction and repair of dikes and revetments, operation of plan and in dredg ing. "I shall continue to give the matter attention for the purpose of having developed an adequate all the year round channel 'in the river. "The recent river and harbor act contains a provision for a new survey of the river, which will be made this summer." The above very important piece of news is contained in a letter to the editor of The Statesman, dated at Washington, D. C, March 29, by Congressman W. C Haw ley. There are three Important fea tures of the quoted part of the letter above. First, there Is. a liberal alloca tion of money fork emergency work in keeping the Willamette river open during the summer sea son. Second, a new survey is provid ed, which means the first gesture towards permanent work on a ma jor scale, to provide still water in the Willamette from Salem T to Portland. , Third, - Congresman Hawley puts .himself squarely behind the undertaking of the United States government in developing an "adequate all the year round chan nel in the river." EXPLOSION TAKES LIVES Four Hundred .Miners Escape Un injured When Dust Ignites COKEBURG, Pa., April 2. (AP.) A, coal dust explosion in Ellsworth colliery mjne No. 3 here today claimed the lives of sin min today claimed the lives of sfx min underground tunnels escaped un injured to the surface by way of the main shaft. Five other work ers were burned, hut will recover. The mine, one of the largest shaft operations In Washington county, was known until recently as No. 53 of the Bethlehem Mines cor poration, subsidiary of the Bethle hem Steel company. In a room off the main heading soiiae miners tapped in a shot of dynamite to loosen the coal. Just as they had finished preparing the shot, a rock tumbled down from the roof, setting the explosives off. The minerq were unprepared and the explosion shot out into the entry, setting off coal dust. DENIES CHARGE S Youthful Defendant's Voice Clear and Emotionless When Arraigned TRIAL :SET FOR MAY 2 District Attorney Mast Select One of Four Indictments on Which to Try Hugh; So Venue C-luuic A1EDFORD, April 2. (AP.) Hugh DeAutrcmont, 23, jointly charged with his fugitive twin brothers Ray and Roy DeAutre mont -with participation iu the Siskiyou tunnel train robbery and resultant death of four trainmen, October ll, 1923, stood in the cir cuitcourt at. Jacksonville this af ternoon and in a firm, clear voice, without the slightest show of emo tion, answered not guilty to four indictments charging murder in the first degree. The date of the trial, set for Tuesday, April 12, was postponed until Monday, May 2, by agree ment between the counsel for the defense, Fred E. Smith and David B. Evans of Eugene, and-District Attorney Newton C. Chancy, the court stated. Must Select Charge The district attorney was given one week in which to designate on which indictment , DeAutremont would be brought to trial. The grand jury of Jackson county al leges in four indictments that with his twin , brothers, he was impli cated in the murders of Sidney Bates of. Dunsmuir, Cal., engineer; Marvin -Seng of Ashland, fireman; Coyle Johnson of Ashland, brake juan, and E. E. Dougherty of Ash land, mail clerk. Throughout the reading of. the lengthy indictments, that recited in. detail the alleged crime, De Autremont, freshly shaved and dr eased in his beat clothing, stood manacled to Sheriff" Ralph Jen nings,, and showed a respectful in terest and answered all questions with soldierly precision. At no time did his vvo ice or manner fal ter.' Indictments Read The indictments were read by the clerk, who passed them to De Autremont, who in turn passed them on to his counsel. When asked by the court, he said his true name was Hugh De Autremont, and that be was reaay to plead. "The ruling postponing the trial until May 2nd, came after two hours of conference between coun sel for both sides and the defense. The defense was given the right to withdraw . their plea in the event a defect was found in any of the indictments. . DeAutremont spent the morning in conference with his lawyers, af ter he had visited with bis mother, Mrs. Belle DeAutremont of Lake wood, N. W. The mother shower ed .her son wHh kisses as they met in the jail office but refused to comment on the visit except to reiterate her "faith in Hughie." Change of Venue Not Asked Fred E. Smith, chief counsel for the accused, said: "As far as I know, no motion for a change of venue will be filed by the defense, as we believe we could secure as fair a trial in Jackson county as anywhere. Af ter a conference with Hugh, I am more convinced than ever of his innocence. I am not prepared at this time to make a statement as to the1 plans of the defense." , Attorney Smith, before tho post ponement was granted, declared that April 12 was too soon for him to adequately prepare his case. . . (Continued oa page 3.) REED DECLARED GUILTY Man Held on Fictitious Check Charge Gets Heavy, Sentence. ! Ralph T. Reed. 22. niano sales man -who Was (arrested in galem last month on a charge of passing fictitious checks in Eureka, Calif., has, been I ottnd guilty and sen tenced to serve six months in the H uin bolt cOu n ty 7 jail ' I n ' Eureka, .where ho wfti held for. trial. - '' ; County officials there have die covered .that Reed 'served 20 months at-San.Quentin on an em bezfclement sentence.and had. since broken his parole twice. :. . a; A I fWlillIln: SemReejthaoi room at the YMCA where he lived for several jmonths. , He was con sidered a successful salesman by 4 liEti W local empjojrejj. COOKING SCHOOL OPENS TUjESDAY GIESE-POWERS ;AXD STATES MAN COOPERATING IX VOIK - L t ' Home Economics Department of OAC Sending Expert Dem- -onstrater I The Giese - Powers - Statesman free cooking scnool will open at the Grand theater at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Beth Bailey McLean of the Home Eco nomics department of the Oregon Agricultural College in charge. The Statesman is Very fortun ate in securing the cooperation of OAC and the services fo an In structor such as Mrs. ! McLean. Mrs. McLean was formerly with the Home Economics department of the Iowa State university and has text books in use at .the pres ent time. Mr. Giese, of thevGIese Powers furniture store, is cooper ating with Tho Statesman in this school and will furnish all of the equipment with the exception of the table linen-which wille fur nished by Kafoury B., the sil verware furnished by Burnett Bros., and cooking utensils fur nished by Geo. Allen Hardware company. n " There will be no baking con tests during the school and no foodstuffs will be sold. The dem onstration will be held only for two bpus each day after which all present will be privileged to, inspect the equipment , on the stage. j Mrs. McLean will use Fiber's Blend flour. Calumet baking pow der. Fair mount Dairy milk. Snow drift. Wesson Oil and other well known products. Foodstuffs and special prizes will be given out each day.and on the last day of the school about $25 worth of cooking utensils will be given away. The Fisher Flour ing Mills company will have rep- , (Continued on page 3.) BOMBARD EMPTY SHACK Office Fir1 Vollej, FimllXc body Inside; Three Held BORGER, Texas, April 2. (AP.) Police here today shot several volleys into, an empty shack which they believed shelter ed Ray-Terrell and Mathew Kimes, sought for the killing yesterday of Deputy Sheriffs Pat Kenyon and Elmer .ferry,. . The .officers rushed the shack and broke down the door but found it empty. They had been told that the two Okla homa bandits were there. It is thought the men are in hiding in the wild country near Bprger and the police have orders to shoot to kill. AH available of ficers are combing the - breaks around here and were searching the underworld section. Hugh Walker Ed Bailey ani Whitey Walker, all under charges in connection with the shooting were held incommunicado in the county jail at Stinnett WAGE WAR ON BEETLE Cherry Growers Plan Experiments With Arsenic Sprays The effectiveness of arsenical dust sprays for exterminating the syneta beetle on cherry trees has become so apparent that members of the Salem Cherry Growers', as sociation have decided to carry on a series of commercial experi ments At a meeting of growers held at the chamber of commerce audi torium last night, Prof. Don C, Mote, head of the department of entomology at OAC, and Director Wilcox of the .Salem experiment station district, demonstrated the usej of sprays in treating cherry trees. ' V";;.:; - ;'vv- It was at the suggestion of the two speakers that the move to con duct the experiments was taken up by local growers. : SOBER PERIOD FORESEEN " f. . H - ;;: . United States Headed Toward De ?4cecy. Says JIajor Cooper - ; PORTLAND. April 2. (AP1 America is. headed for a "sobering up", period and is turning to the things that "make for; decency ' in the belief of Major 'John B. Cooper, federal prohibition super visor for v the Pacific, coast and mountain districts,, who was in Portland today enroute to San Francisco from AVashiagton, D C. While here he made! his regular inspection visit to the offiiDtifouting of tjie .tatenBTrMst'bus W. K. Newell, deputy, federal pro hibition director., ::fc . . JTho change In public sentiment and. the passing, of more drastic laws are.' the two chief factors in what he sees as the slow but con stant 4mprovement of prohibition enforcement. Major Cooper said. . ' A number of state laws, he con tinued, are. placing heavy penalties upon , the manufacturers end JraJ- PRICE IIVE CENTS SHIEI: OVER OUTOAGE More Oregon People Report ed Leaving Canton; Chapin at Hong Kong .. . NATIONALISTS ADVANCE -- . ' 1- -' Pengpu Captured, "Report .Early .Today; U. S. Armada at Shanghai Augmented; - May Call Reserves j SILNGH.I, April JJ. (AP) Tho Chinese nationalfe: have ca turodt Pcngpu, Anliwcl 1 province. SHANGHAI, April 3.(AP) The American naval armada .in Chinese waters Was reinforced with the arrival hero this morning of the United States cruisers Rich mond and Marblehead. Chapin Reaches Hong Kong PORTLAND. April 2.(AP) Several names were added today to the list of Oregonians .believed to be leaving Canton, as a result of warning that the district may become the scene ofnew Chinese anil-foreign riots, - Among thoso known to be stationed there were: Miss Elsie Howell,. Presbyter-; ian missionary,' of Roseburg, last, heard from inl,Canton. Miss Dorothea Abraham, teach er in the Presbyterian missldn in Canton, of Roseburg. Mrs. Albert A. Van Etten, mem ber of the staff of the Union Mid lie school; Canton, of Coryallia. Leland ,T. Chapin, Willamette iunlversity graduate, has arrived at Hong Kongwith other mem bers af h& f acuity- of Canton Christian college, as reported pre viously, i " j Claim Attacks Planned . WASHINGTON April 2,(AP) An impending clash w'ith na tionalist authorltles fn China ove responsibility for 'the Nankin j anti-foreign outrages was Ihdicat- ed tonight when the state depart ment made public "conclusions" of Consul JohnX. Davis, at Nan k. ing, holding nationalist military - -. . (Continued on page 3.) OPPOSITION. DUE v ON BUS ROUTING -' -.1- r. NORTHWEST PART OF CITY WANTS TRANSPORTATION Parallel Held Lines Two Blocks Ap"t Unnecessary By Some ' Citizens i DissatisfactionJa being expres sed by ' a nuiffBer of citizens iu the section between Center street and the Englewood district ' in North Salem at the proposed new transportation routing which Js provided for in" the city. ordinance concerning the operation of motoJ buses by the ' Southern Pacific company which are to replace the street railway cars.' The. bill will come up for final passage at the -council meeting Monday night, and a delegation of people .will be . 'on hand it Is said, - to voice op position to this part of the bill. , Instead of proceeding from State and Commercial to the Statu hospital by .way of Chemeketa and fcenterjtreets, and "back over, the same route,' it is proposed to route the buses from Center street over 24th street to ; Chemeketa and back to town on this street all thf fay..'..: " i Dissension is arising at the fact hat citizens living northwest of the State hospital will have no di rect transportation routo to town.; but must make the circuit around 4Jth street, taking them in some cases 10 to 20 blocks farther than they would have to travel ir the bus. went-directly back over Center street.''' furthermore, there is no necessity, it Is said, for .buses to operate In a.parellel lino'separat edit by a; distance of only two blocks which would be the case under the new plan. which pro vides for th6 State street 'bus. One great convenience it "is pointf d o3t; will TPsnlt with. t.h over Mill street. for - a distance of two blocks, the bus, leaving State stroct on-21st audi return!:-. 5 to Stat 'on':, 2 3rd, Too. Instead of stopping at the penitentiary, ihn State street bus will contlntio out to ihe 25th and Oik. :,'" .The bill may arouse controversy In the council as" certain roi'inc;!. Jnen areai2 to be oppowej t cer tain features fit it, liizci; !' 1". 1 f . t ' t