DIET AND HEALTH
Ijpr. IaIu Hsrat s Ptten,
whose articles mppear dally
In the Statesman, is a'reeo
nixed authority cm diet and
health. .-.
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i -L Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, January 26,1929 , PRIC FIVE CENTS
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Defendant In Murder Trial
Faces Task of Building
Own Defense
Prosecution Completes Case
Without Calling Its Star
Witnesses
RIVERSIDE, Calif.. Jan. 25.
(AP) Gordon Stewart Northcott
tonight was faced with the task of
producing testimony to disprove
a towering mass of evidence upon
which the state will base its de
mand that he be hanged for the
slaying of Lewis and Nelson
Winslow and an unidentified Mex
ican lad. The prosecution, its
evidence pronounced "air tight"
by technical investigation experts
brought its case to a close late
today after a confession of North
cott to the murder of the Mexican
boy had been entered in the rec
ords, over repeated objections of
the young Canadian, acting as his
oWn counsel.
Neither Jessie Clark, sister of
Sanford Clark, the 15 year old
boy whose story of alleged atroc
ities at Northcott's Wlneville
thicken ranch Bet the police on
his young uncle's trail, nor Cyrus
Northcott, Gordon Stewart's 2-vear-old
father, were placed on
the stand.
Youth Makes First
MoveAs State Rests
The young defendant-counsel
was busy scribbling at his tabic
when Chief Deputy District At
torney Earl C; Redwine, dismissed
Harry Brewster, Los Angeles dep
uty sheriff from the stand, and
said quietly, The state rests.
Northcott stared at the prose
cutor as If he was not sure he
had heard aright. Then he rose
slowly and in a low voice made
the first move in his defense with
a request that the jury be taken
to the alleged "murder farm."
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OLD KING WINTER
T:
CHICAGO,"Jan. 25. (AP)
"Winter was monarch Of the coun
try today from the Rocky moun
tains to the Atlantic seaboard.
His domain was swept by swirl
ing ' snowstorms, gnawing gales,
eleet and rain as sub-zero temper
atures settled over a large part of
rne' territory wiw me usui sup
plement of accidents, injuries and
deaths.
fV. lfUiil aelnnl Hvap an1 triVlll-
taries rose toward the flood stags
with the continued precipitation
and warnings were sent out to in
habitants of the lowlands, al
though it was hoped a severs
freeze would prevent further rise.
A passenger airplane was for
ced down in the drifting snow be
tween Salt Lake City and Elko,
New, and six airplanes were sent
out under the leadership of Lieut.
Russell Maughan, dawn-to-dusk
flier, in search. It was feared the
passengers would not be able to
survive many hours in the frigid
weather if they were any distance
from habitation.
, A rural-mail carrier, his horse
and wagon, were swept by high
winds from the highway near
Morris, 111., and at Gary, Ind., an
other was killed when his truck
was hit by a train, while out in
Utah an engine and two cars of
an Oregon short line passenger
train were buried under a 15-foot
snowslide. No one was injured on
the train.
A treacherous sheet of ice cov
ered the midwest j states in the
wake of a precipitous drop of the
mercury from non-freezing to a
probable low of five degree below
zero. Chicago had two deaths. A
man was found frozen in an alley
snow bank and a woman died of
Injuries received in a fall on the
iv v un. Riiie i. s. a. uao or u &. i ass a
stalled motor bus on a
snow
banked highway near Evanston
Wyo., was reported , to have died
of cold.
GRIPS
Mil
WES
Concerted Effort Made
By Farm Group to Get
Full Tariff Protection
WASHINGTON Jan. 15. -(
AP ) President-elect Hoover's
campaign promise 'to aid agricul
ture through the tariff apparently
has given impetus to an organized
effort on the part of farm groups
to see higher protection of nearly
everj commodity in this section of
the tariff act.
The parade of witnesses before
the house ways and means com-'
xnittee yesterday . in the - interest
of higher duties was continued to
day and their requests covered a
wide variety of agricultural prod
ucts, fruits, fish and grains. .
So many witnesses ' were on
hand that the' committee was
forced into a night session.
J. W. Shorthlll. of Omaha, Neb
Secretary of the National. Grain
Dealers association, . urged the
raising of the present rate of IS
cents a bushel on corn to 10 cents
Corvallis Man
Gets Interest
In Statesman
C. A. Sprague Joins Present
Publishers as Manager
On February 1
C. A. Sprague, co-publisher of
the Corvallis Gazette-Times, who
on January. 1 acquired a substan
tial Interest in the Statesman
Publishing Co., completed plans
Friday for removing to Salem
with his family on February 1
At that time Mr. Sprague will be
come general manager of the
Statesman and its allied enter
prises, being associated In the
corporation with Sheldon F. Sack
ett and Earl C. Brownlee.
The new member of the States
man company Is a man of long
experience in -newspaper work and
the publication field. For the last
three years he has been co-pub
Usher and manager of the Gaz
ette-Times at Corvallis, one of the
state's leading dally newspapers
Prior to that time he was pub
lisher of a newspaper in Wash
lnton.
Mr. Sprague's presence in the
Statesman organization, which is
one of the largest nublishina
firms in the state, will permit of
a more marked division in the
duties which have been carried
since August 1 by the present pub
lishers. His wide experience in
newspaper work will also permit
of advancement in Statesman en
terprises. These include not only
the daily Statesman, but the
Northwest Poultry Journal, the
Pacific Homestead and a large
commercial printing business.
Alma Rubens Runs Amuck
With Paper Knife; is Tak
en to Sanitarium
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25.
(AP) Alma Rubens motion pic
ture actress, was reported "rest
ing nicely," at Rosemead sanltar
ium here tonight after she had
been subdued and taken there by
her husband, Rlcardo Cortez,
screen actor, and police.
Miss Rubens broke away from
Dr. E. F. Myers and an assistant,
who were taking her to the sani
tarium, after, the doctor reported.
she had struck him in the face
several times with a paper knife.
Cortez and police overtook her at
a street corner and put her in an
ambulance, taking her to the rest
institution where, police said, it
was necessary to place her in a
straight jacket before they could
calm her. She was registered
there as "Genevieve Driscoll."
Mrs. A. Driscoll. an aunt of Miss
Rubens, living at the Rubens-Cor-tez
bungalow apartment, said that
the screen actress had suffered a
complete breakdown due to the
overtaxing of her strength in com
pleting a picture. Arrangements
had been made before the picture
was completed Mrs. Driscoll said,
to send Miss Rubens to the san
itarium for a rest and she had
been melancholy over having to
go.
Senator Assured
Of Cooperation
On River Project
Assurance was received Friday
by J. F. Ulrich, president of the
Salem Realty board, from Senator
Charles L. McNary that the sen
ator will cooperate fully in the
effort to obtain an adequate chan
nel in the Willamette river be
tween Salem and Portland.
"Have had several conferences
with board of engineers, and now
awaiting advice from District En
gineer Col. Lukesh," the telegram
stated in part.
The realty board recently
passed a resolution favoring the
program for deepening the chan
nel in the Willamette, a program
which will cost more than the ap
propriation now proposed.
a bushel. He contended It cost
the American farmer IE cents for
Argentine corn so the differential
of the duty was completely wiped
out. : '
' Cross examination of Shorthlll
developed " the increase In tariff
on farm products to the level of
protection afforded manufactured
products would be of little assist
ance if the duties on -the latter
were increased.- He said the corn
farmers adjacent to . Omaha" de
sired a higher tariff to keep out
maintenance of 'the present 42
cents a bushel duty on wheat, but
with an added three cents a
bushel for each one-half per cent
of protein above the standard 11
per cent protein content - wheat
was-urged by M. W. Thatcher. St
Paul, on behalf of the northwes'
agriculture foundation.
HUBBY POLICE
ACTRESS
CQOtlDGE ASKS
EUMjNATIQNQF
President Supports Senator
Borah; Senate Fight
Looms Probable
White House Occupant De
nies Motive is to Open
- Peace Negotiations
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. (AP)
A heated controversy in the
senate over striking from the
pending cruiser construction bill
of a clause to require a start on
the program within two years was
indicated today when It became
known that President Coolldge
still is insistent upon its elimin
ation.
It became known late today
that the president holds to the
opinion that the time clause
should be eliminated because of
budget considerations and not be
cause he objects to immediate
building of the cruisers. He be
lieves it impossible for budget ex
perts to see in advance what the
conditions of the treasury will be
in any given year.
President Denies
Sympathy With Borah
Further it was ascertained that
Mr. Coolidge sees little practi
cable good in the amendment of
Senator Borah, of Idaho, accepted
to the bill yesterday, proposing an
international conference for the
codification of maritime law. The
oretically, the president thinks the
proposal splendid and he has given
the subject considerable thought,
he believes the plan not feasible
and doubts the probability of ob
taining ratification by the senate
of any treaties resulting from such
a conference.
Former Views Cut
Out By House
The president's views on the
time clause were turned down by
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R. B. McCrary Wanted in
Many Northwest Sections
for Numerous Jobs
YAKIMA. Wash., Jan. 25.
AP) A flaming volume In what
W. A. Groce, assistant state fire
marshal, termed "the biggest ar
son case in the world," was closed
tonight when the sheriff of San
Bernardino, Calif., telegraphed to
night that R. B. McCrary was ar
rested and held for a half dozen
Pacific northwest cities.
McCrary is accused of leaving
trail of hotel fires, robberies.
forged cheeks and unpaid. bills be
hind him as he traveled through
Washington and Oregon!
His burning path, Groce said,
started with an early morning flr
n the Portland hotel, Portland,
April 11, 1927. An unpaid six
day hotel bill was credited to Mc
Crary in addition to the $1500
blaze. At midnight the same day.
the Tacoma hotel in Portland ex
perienced a $3800 fire. Several
rooms were burglarized, while Mc
Crary left an unpaid bill and a
bad check.
Five days later he left a three
day bill at the St. Regisjiotel, Se
attle, which suffered-" a small
blaze.
Nothing more is' chalked up
against him in the northwest until
December 6, 1928, when he is ac
cused of having fired the Ashland
hotel, in Ashland, Ore., causing
600 damage. December 19 the
Commercial hotel in Yakima was
burned, resulting in $3500 dam
age. McCrary left three days bills
unpaid and numerous bad checks.
authorities said.
Two days later the Mitchell ho
tel burned after many bad checks,
credited to McCrary, had been
passed on merchants nthe city.
The day after Christmas $300
damage was caused by a fire at
the Osborn hotel, Eugene, Ore.,
where more bad checks were left.
Hotel clerks there said McCrary
owed them money.
All of the fires were Started In
linen closets or toilets.
Release Sought
For Youth of 17
In State Prison
Petition for a writ of habeas
corpus was filed In circuit court
here Friday in an effort to obtain
the release of A. P. Loundagin,
17, from state prison. Loundagin
was committed from Umatilla
county November IS of last year
for obtaining money under raise
pretenses. His 17th birthday was
the day after he entered prison
here, according to the petition.
The petition recites that he was
not allowed to consult an attor
ney, bat was persuaded : by the
sheriff to waive hearing and al
ALLEGED ARSONIST
HAS LONG HECDRD
low himself . to be bound over to
the grand Jury- I A. Loundagin,
the boy's father, is the petitioner.
He declares that under the clr
amstances - the court that : sen
enced his son had no Jurisdiction
nd that the youth is being held
ji prison Illegally.
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Oscar Uiidenvood
Famous Political
Light, Passes On
Lingering illness Proves
v Fatal to Noted Leader
Among Democrats
By JAMES L. WILLIAMS
Associated Frees Staff Writer
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25 (API
Oscar W. Underwood, of Alaba
ma, one of the notable political
leaders of his time, died today at
Woodlawn, his
country home in
nearby Virginia
where he had
retired at the
end of a public
career which
had seen his
name repeated
ly -brough for
ward for the
preside ntlal
nomination of
the democratic
party. j
Death came at '
Jfe?y n. 11:15 o'clock
brick structure overlooking the
Potomac river and the George
Washington shrine at Mount Ver
non. The former senator had been
unconscious for two dsys and his
death had been expected since yes
terday. His family however, had
withheld notice of his condition
until the last, hopeful that he
would rally.
News -Takes His Old
Friends By Surprise
Even his former colleagues in
the senate and the house, in both
of which he had served as lead
er of his party, were unaware of
the gravity of his illness. An
nouncement of his death was fol
lowed by Immediate adjournment
of the senate out of respect to his
memory and expressions of regret
over his death flowed from con.
gress and government officials
throughout the day.
Mr. Underwood died as a result
of a cerebral hemorrhage suffered
earlv In December. Two weeks
later he had a stroke of paralysis
from which he rallied for a time,
giving rise to a belief that he
might recover. Several days ago.
however, his condition became
worse and he lapsed into a state
of unconsciousness from which he
was unable to rouse himself.
The death of the Alabama
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RESCUE PARTY ON
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 25.
fAP) D. V3. Cblyer, vice-pres
ident in charge of operations of
Boeing Air Transport, Inc., re
ceived a telephone message from
Pilot Harry Huking at Elko. Na
vada. tonight saying that, togeth
er with Superintendent Frank E.
Caldwell, he had circled over the
missing Boeing air mall plane
stranded in Secret pass in tne
Ruby mountains30 miles south
east of Elko.
Huking said a man standing be
side the plane had signalled to
him an he circled low, but he
could not catch the meaning of
the signals. Huking felt sure, he
said, that the man was one of the
two passengers flying with Pilot
Frank Barber. He could not ascer
tain whether or not the cockpit of
the plane was empty.
Boeing officials here expressed
the belief that the other two men
in the party were either in the
cabin of the plane or had gone to a
rancher's house about eight miles
from the scene of the forced land
ing.
Boeing headquarters here said
thatHukin's plane is leading b,
rescue expedition, traveling by
sleigh to Secret pass, and belief
was expressed that the relief par
ties will reach the plane, early to
morrow. Friday
In
Washington
(By the Associated Press)
, "Former Senator Underwood
of Alabama died at his home
near Washington.
The federal trade commission
resumed its inquiry into pub
lic power utilities.
The senate adjourned out of
respect for the memory of for
mer Senator Underwood.
The house passed 743 bills on
private calendar including a
number of pension measures.
"Reported purchases; of arms
by Bolivia in Europe aroused
the anxiety of the state depart
ment and Latin-American dip
lomats. . ' ; ...:r"-'- -
: Agrclulture tariff ; Increases
advocated by a large number of
witnesses before the house ways
and means committee. - , : '
i President Coolldge's insist
ence on the elimination of the
time clans in the naval con
struction bill Indicated a heat
ed controversy in the senate.
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WAY TO BIE WRECK
E
y
Official Statement Issued by
Former Ruler on Eve
of Birthday
Preliminary Treaty at Close
of Conflict Violated,
He Asserts
By LOUIS P. LOCHNER
Chief of the Berlin Bureau of
The Associated Press
DOORN, Holland, Jan. 25.
(AP) On the eve of his 70th
birthday, former Emperor Wll-
helm II, speaking through a friend
and co-worker. Baron Ulrich von
Sell, gave the chief of the Berlin
bureau of the Associated Press,
who visited Doom, an interview.
The former emperor himself,
however, dictated a foreword
which he signed. In placing this
foreword in the hands of the cor
respondent, Baron von Sell de
scribed it thus:
"Foreword of His Majesty, the
Kaiser and King, for an interview
to be published January 26, 1929,
which X have given the chief rep
resentative of the Berlin bureau
of the Associated Press with the
approval of His Majesty."
Hopes For Day When
World Thinks Differently
The text of this foreword fol
lows: "To promote the welfare of the
German people and to preserve
(he peace in the world this has
ever been the supreme law gov
erning my actions. In the firm
faith in God the all Just, I there
fore hope to live to see the day
that shall free us Germans from
the burden of the false accusation
of having unleashed the greatest
of all wars.
- "Wilhelm."
In the Interview the fdrmer em
peror speaking through Baron von'
Sell, declared that "the prelim
inary treaty of November 5, 1928"
bearing directly on the reparations
problem, had been broken and
that he had observed with satis
faction that the thesis of Ger
many's sole guilt for the war was
becoming more and more unten
able.
He denied; German cruelty in
the oormuct T the World war.
The Tdrmer ruler of Germany
has grown very shy of publicity.
He does not now even receive
German correspondents of ap
proved monarchist views. The
most than can be obtained from
him is a prepared statement hand
ed out through a third person.
or an authorized interview had
with someone In his confidence.
Asked how Wilhelm II rearded
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2 DIE. ONE BLINDED
ALBANY, Ore., Jan. 25. (A
P) Blame for the death of two
youths and the blinding of a girl,
20. in an automobile arrfdent hprp
!ite ast night was officially placed
on Delbert Ackerman, 22, dead
driver of the car today following
a coroner's investigation.
Charles Maring, 19. of Albany,
an occupant of the Ackerman ma
chine, tonight was reported near
death. -
The Ackerman car collided head
on with another driven by Cather
ine Irvin, of Corvallis. Miss Evelyn
Fiske was permanently blinded by
flying glass. Bob Burman, 19, of
Albany was killed; Charles Yoak
um and Miss Irvine were seriously
injured.
The Benton county coroner an
nounced tonight that no inquest
would be conducted unless de
manded. But One Doctor
Left With King
George, Report
LONDON, Jan. 25.-i-(AP)
For the first time throughout the
illness of King George only one
doctor, Lord Dawson of Penn, to
night was in attendance upon his
majesty.. Although no medical
bulletin was Issued. It was stated
that the king's progress was being
maintained. -
The great help that Queen Mary
was In nursing King George back
toward health was revealed today.
OFFICERS OF WESTERN
DIVISION PLAN MEET
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. J5.
(AP) Officers of tbe division
staff of the forty-first division.
composed of National guard troops
from Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Montana-and Wyoming, will as
semble here tomorrow afternoon
for the semi-annual conference;.
CZECHOSLOVAKIA HEAD .
: SIGNS PEACE TREATY
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Jan.
25. (AP) Thomas G. Masaryk.
president of Czechoslovakia, today
signed this country's ratification
of tbe Kellogg pact. -
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Ceremonies reminiscent of
have characterized festivities attendant to the seventieth birthday,
January 27, of former Kaiser Wilhelm, at Doom, Holland, where he
lives in exile with his second wife, the Princess Herminie. Gorman
generals, representatives, war veterans and Field Marshal von Mack
enson have made the trip to Doom to pay him homage, bat the birth
day itself has been reserved for a reunion with his sons, daughters
and grandchildren. Upper left, a recent photo; right, his wife. Be
low, Wilhelm and the princess walking at Doorn, and, right, the
kaiser at tbe height of his power, in 11M5.
FaCtS and
GOSSIO
Health and accident insurance
salesmen flocked to the chamber
of the house of representatives
Friday morning, upon hearing
that Representative Robison of
Clatsop county, in an attempt to
open his desk, more or less, seri
ously Injured his forehead. The
wound necessitated surgical at
tention and left the Clatsop orator
somewhat dizzy, so dizzy in fact
that when the session opened he
declined a medal offered him by
the "Mexican Generals." Offer of
the medal for injury sustained in
action was made to Mr. Robison
by Goldstein of Multnomah coun
ty, who was hailed Thursday as
the champion medal grabber of
the state. A movement was re
ported on foot in the house just
after adjournment to give the
proposed Robison medal to Mr.
Goldstein as a reward for daring
to rise to his feet so often during
the week of the session just
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 25.
(AP) Dr. Thomas Jenkins of
McMinnville, Ore.,, general mis
sionary of the Episcopal diocese
of Oregon, today became bishop of
Nevada at the age old services
originating In the first century of
the Episcopacy.
Church dignitaries from the en
tire Pacific coast attended the
ceremonies, the first of its kind
ever conducted here.
Hundreds watched the colorful
procession file to and from Trinity
church where the services were
carried on before an audience of
many hundreds. Clad in flowing
gowns, co-consecrators read the
services. Bishops from Idaho,
Nevada and Utah were in attend
ance. With the services the forty-
first annual meeting of the Ore
gon diocese ended.
Italian Vessel
Sends Distress
Calls For Help
NEW YORK Jan. 25. (AP)
The Radio Marine corporation to
night Intercepted an SOS from the
Italian steamship Capo Vado
which gave her position as longi
tude 31.23 west latitude .40. 4C
north.
The Capo Vado, of 2,713 net
tons, was en route from Catanls,
Sicily, to Baltimore. She is
owned by the Genoese Steamship
Navigation company of Genoa..
The position given by the Capo
Vado is about COO miles southwest
of the Azores, and 760 due east
of Bersavda.
-'- PASSENGER DIES
PORTLAND, Ore., -Jan. 25.
(AP) -An j unidentified passen
ger on trolley car dropped dead
here today. . No marks of identi
fication were found on the body.
I. JENKINS MADE
bishop of mm
the old days In the palace at Berlin
Brief Bits 0f News and Be-
lief Gathered Here and
There in gtslative Halls.
passed. No witnesses were pres
ent when Mr. Robison was in
jured, since the accident took
place at the early hour of 8:30
a. m. "
Prayer was offered at the open
ing of the house of representa
tives this morning by Dr. Ernest
S. Hammond of the Kimball
School of Theology.
One solution for the financial
situation of Oregon Is seen in a
bill before the house as a result
of the work of the Property Tax
relief commission. It proposes to
put property of municipally owned
public utilities on the assessment
rolls, and would yield $125,000
each year according to some fig
ures, and as much as 600,000
according to others.
"Stop!" jn large letters, and
then in smaller, "let's eat here,"
may not be seen on the hgihway
in the future if H. B. 227 is en
acted into law. This would legis
late on such signs. It was as
signed a place on the calendar
Friday, to come up for vote next
week.
Hearing on Bill
For State Office
Building is Set
Public hearing on the. bill seek.
ing repeal of the law authorizing
the state of Oregon to erect a
$600,000 office building in Salem,
has been set for Monday night.
The money necessary for the
erection of the building was to be
borrowed from the state indus
trial actident commission and be
repaid out of rentals received
from state departments occupying
space in the structure. The con
stitutionality of the law was up
held by the Marion county circuit
court, state supreme court and the
United States supreme court.
City Officials Prime Big
Guns for Attack on Plans
For Property Tax Relief
Officials of cities and counties
in Oregon were reported Friday to
be priming their heaviest guns for
an attack next week on the pro
gram, characterized by' many, of
them as paternalistic, revealed by
the property tax relief commission
Friday morning when it Introduc
ed a long series of bills in the
house of representatives designed
to limit and provide state supervi
sion over the financial activities
of the smaller governmental units.
The first of these bins. H. B.
231, propdses to limit tb bonded
Indebtedness of alL municipal cor
porations to 10 per cent of the as
sessed value of property, and to
limit all bond debt on any tract
of land at one time, to 33 per eent
of the assessed valuation. -PHI
Wowld Prevent o- " '
Bond Measures : ' -' ''
The 'next measure Is character
ized as one which would prevent
the passage bt practically all bond
SENATE SPEED
ES TO
GAIN HDLIDAV
Important Measure Provides
For Appointment of Al
ternate Jurors
Norblad Measure Would
Abolish Park Board for
Astoria's Good
Speeding un toward anann-hmir
adjournament. the state senate
Friday morning approved three
state bills on third reading, gave
me same treatment to 12 house
bills and passed a half dozen me
morials and resolutions. In addi
tion to receiving 10 new bills.
One of the most Imnortant of
the bills passed provides for alter- .
nate jurors in criminal cases. An-
pointment of a maximum of two
alternate Jurors 1 within the dis
cretion of the presiding Judge.
Senator Marks pointed out a num
ber of criminal casea in which the
state would have saved money had
such a law been operative.
The senate also approved a bill
introduced by President Norblad
authorizing abolishment of nark
boards and transferring the duties
of these boards to municipalities.
This bill is of particular Interest
to the city of Astoria, which has
operated under a managerial form
of government for several years.
Would Cancel Interest
On Delinquent Tax
Cancellation of Interest and pen
alties on delinquent taxes on pro
perty acquired by the state, was
authorized In a bill introduced by
Senator E. F. Bailey and approved
by the senate. Senator Bailey said
that this law would prove of more
than ordinary importance to the
state bonus commission and the
state land board.
The senate adopted a - house
joint memorial introduced by the
Marion county delegation author
izing appointment of a committee
of three senators to confer with
Salem officials with relation to the
sale of certain state lands for alr
iort purposes. The committee Is
composed of Senators Kiddle, Bai
ley and Reynolds.
Approval was given a senate
joint memorial introduced by the
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KEY LARGO, Fla., Jan. 25.
(AP) President-elect Hoover had
another day of deep" sea fishing
somewhere south of here today,
but no word has come ashore as
to what luck he has had since he
'lost" himself off the Florida
coast yesterday.
Present expectations are that
he will fish all day tomorrow and
return to Belle Isle in Biscayae.
Bay during the forenoon Sunday,
landing his "catch" from the
yacht Amitie upon arrival at the
J. C. Penney estate, his vacation
home in Florida.
Secret service men are still be-
ing kept at a distance and even
they had no information about
Hoover except that he was some
where off the coast, either fishwg
in the remote Keys to the sovth
or on the edge of the Gulf Stress,
the two favorite grounds for aag-
lers who know these waters.
Upon his return to shore tbe
president-elect will learn that Al
fred E. Smith, his opponent in the
presidential race, is expected to
visit Miami early next week, mak
ing his headquarters at a hotel
at Coral Gables, a few miles south
of the city.
Since the next chief executive
intends to remain almost in se
clusion, it is not likely that there
will be the occasion for any pub-'
lie meeting between the two men.
Sometime next week, Mr. Hoo
ver will start actual writing of his
inaugural address which be hopes '
to have completed well in advance j
if bis return to Washington late I
next month. '
measures proposed at special elec
tions. It provides that more than
50 per cent of the rote caet at tke
last previous general election, a
required to validate any boad
issue at a subsequent election. s -exception
being made in the easw
of elections at which only taxpay
ers may vote. The ordinary expas. (
ience is that few voters turn
for special elections, so that tke
only. hope of passing bond mama
urea will be to put them on the
ballott at a primary or genetal -election.
This la H B. 232. -
The so called "Oregon plan" as
outlined In H. B.-333Tfti Mil
creates a board of review consist
ing of the governor, the secretary
of state and the stats treasuser
to hear appeals of all taxation er
bond matters Involving expend I-'
tnres beyond, the six per cent Hab
itation. Appeals pf this kind samlt
be heard before the election. Un
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HOOVER SPENDS DAY
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