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SATISFACTION We guarantee satisfactory carrier delivery for. the Statesman. If you have any trouble about jour copy, phone 500. LEATHER Fair today; Gentle variable wind. Max. temperature1 Monday 42; .Min. 24; llain .02; Hirer Moderate went winds. "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Awe 99 From tt:e First States man, March 28. 1851. SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 268 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, February 5, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS t t 1 - 1 LIE ELECTED INSPECTOR FDR BUILDINGS Code Put In Final Shape by Amendments at Monday Night Meeting Bids On Year's Supplies in; Proposal Made on In cinerator Task William Laing was elected by the city council at Monday night s meeting, as buildint- inspector to n force the building code which has been enacted by the council in a series .of ordinances and which Was put in Its final form bv two aim ndments Monday r.ipht: Klection of Mr. Laing to this position was recommended by the building code committee, and von out in the council's vote over S. MeFadden, 1). W. Pugh and C. G. Miller, who received nominations. The amendments were a num ber of changes in the detailed re quirements listed In the building code proper, and a change in the eune arrangement designed to re duce the requirements in outlying parts of use zone 2. Has Wide Experience; Now on fttate Job Mr. Lalng was inspector on the Oregon Linen Mills construction and was at one time a government inspector supervising work at Camp Lewis and at Fori Sam Hou ston. Texas. At present he is in spector on the construction of the eastern Oregon tuberculosis hos pital at The Dalles. His salary as citv building Inspector will range from $2000 upward, depending up on the receipts of the building de (Turn to page 7. Column 1.) pun IS PROPOSED Measure in Lieu of Compul sory Liability Insurance Introduced Oregon will have no nee what ever of a compulsory auto person al liability insurance act If H. B. 368. introduced by Representative Scott, of Umatilla becomes law. . . , i,i 1.1 nmtant In AVPTV ACCUT DAMAGES 'J 1 niS Dili WUUIU wav. anyone Injured In an auto 1 mobile accident, and would award em damages much the same as ltiose Injured in industrial acci k Tjr ( nts. yfii state automobile fund would JK h established for the purpose of f t.v.v:..rJtng damages by taking over per cent of the funds derived from fines assessed for reckless driving and driving while intoxi t rated and bv levying a fee on all automobiles, m o t o r c y c les and tru. ks in the state. Rates on ve-l.i.-vs for this fund would be r.s f,,i;0-.: motorcycle $5. passn r tars and trucks one ton and under. $10 each; trucks over one Itcn and under and and one-nan tons. $12. with trailers. $1."; 1 !Mi,lts over one and one-half tons. . T ' " ptatres. $15. Til.- act provides for tne entail ment of a itate auto board, to . omposed of the secretary of tate insurance commission ' .1 chairman of the Industrial nt board. This board would urisdictlon over the funds r the awarding of dam- images to be awarded rv from a minimum of $7 r total disability, and $4 f-.r partial disability, on 'he industrial accident minimum of $1."" xin.um of $4,000 is pro ,f death In an acci ' U are to he awarded wiio is to blame, and n to blame can be not liable for the -y liability in- A ' 'able company ; im paying the ; i ' ' .. state, one pro--' '.: 'he case the car ' ' of the state :. recover from the ':' :wr. or may appeal -Tfl rm !. wishes. He ' r from both, how- V. Si I ma fee, Yl-:. Wilson River Road Again Supported in Resolution Proposed by Sen. Klepper Construction tl shortest route win. h will boat PC! V Tor: wt. v . .V.-.1 ! .c: m u avi-i net ween ; and and the Roovel? higV .:nd the Pacifl. oee:m ivui . nt ilea vv lM... ;.d in a resolution intro- "V yn " y s?na,r Kleppf-r Mon-I a . ' resolution directs . . . . ,1 ..vc ami ouir-s the state highway commlg-j rocAl..t. . i i - r it n arv i.o. . action was! Aty because of th ln,r.. nec lnu travel bet t-7,. "V . I "the velt the Pacific ocean . . via the Roosw, highway. " i ui unno unnun In Reverse w T ,, .-j" One of the most dramatic scenes in IiOs Angeles court history took place recently when Ash Keyes, former district attorney, veteran of 25 years in office, took the writers stand to save li in-self from ihe same prison to which he lias sent thousand of prisoners, lie has been on trial on bri!ery in dictments arising from the Julian Petroleum case. Above, as he ap peared on the stand. KINDERGARTEN SILL PAST FUST HUE Argument on Enabling Act Before Joint Committees Mostly Favorable School districts throughout the state, as well as Portland, will be able to offer kindergarten work if H. B. 201, proposed by Represen tatives Hazlet. Sievers. Fisher and Lee completes its course at this ession of the leeislature. It hur died the first obstacle Monday night, when the house education committee decided to turn in a fa vorable report on it. Advantages of the kindergarten in modern schools were pointed out by several representatives or organizations sponsoring the measure at a public hearing held Monday night before the educa- sion committees of the house and enate. Appearing for the bill was Mrs. George H. Root of Port land, who stated that the Oregon State Teachers association was (Turn to Page 7. Column 1.) E RULE BILL INTRODUCED Granting of the right and power to towns and cities in the Uate of Oregon having a popula tion of 100.000 or over meaning Portland to determine the qual ity and character of service, rates to be chaured and other terms and conditions upon which the telephone systems may be oper ated is provided in House Bill 378, introduced Monday morning by Representative Burdick of De schutes county. Introduction of the bill is re garded as just another Incident in the "Great Phone War," now ap parently on in both the house and senate. Resolutions calling for a r-nntrrossinnal investigation of phone utilities have already been introduced In both houses. ThP house bill does not com pletely rob the public service Com mission of its jurisdiction over phone rates and affairs, however. It provides that the commission may. upon application of any such town, take Jurisdiction of and ex amine into and prescribe the tele phone ratea and charges. The phrase "and not otherwise," mean ing that the commission is not to come in until called, is regard ed as particularly significant. The bill provides that any rate schedule granted by the city shall be subject to revision every five years, "anything In any contract, ordinance or other municipal act to the contrary notwithstanding;" A resolution introduced by Sen ota v.i,in a an a t'ntnn directing . i the s,ate nlhway commission to issue bonds in an amount not to exceed X10.000.000 for the con- struction and completion of all w - Ml IIIVIUUU 111 w--c7 m 1 (11 1 o r-inigiiny program OI UK, auu " Roosevelt highway, was referred id highway! com- Phone p Today """ V AVWBJ The senate postponed until ta- Aa . 7". '.uus,ucra"on z a meraonm vv uj ocuiiur uuuue u6 ingcongress to approve Senator rnniiH k.. o i- .. n PHONE 1 PLAN PROVIDES TO BUILD FORESTS AGAI House Approves RObison's Bill for Special System of Taxation Solons Argue Measure All Afternoon Before Final ly Passing It First definite step in a program of reforestation and forestation for the state of Cregon was taken Monday when the house passed H. B. 200. fathered by Represen tative Robison of (Mat: op county, which provides a definite system of work and a more or; less def inite system of taxing timber and timber lands. The bill set, a new record in de bate time for the house. It was made a epeial order of business for 2 o'clock, and Mr. Robison's wish, that everyone should hear ill about it, was gratified in every way. Members talked pro and con on the measure from shortly after 2 o'clock until about five. U obi son Makes Strong Plea Tn Behalf of Bill Representative Robison himself opened the afternoon with what Is said to be the most passionate plea heard in the house for many years. He plead for the forests, for the state, for the counties and for all variety of trees from spruce and hemlock to the imma ture Christmas variety. In 1919, Mr. Robison pointed out, there were about 120.000 acres which had then reverted to the counties as delinquent in taxes, due to being stripped of timber and held valueless. At this time reforestation was con sidered, but not seriously. Just how serious Is this situation was hown by the fact that today the delinquent ex-timber lands total over 1.000.000 acres. These lands .'ield nothing in taxation, he pointed out, and probably never (Turn to Page 8, Column 6.) BILLS STILL COME Waverly Baby Home- and State Chamber Requests Are Amcng Largest Still sans any measure for strik ing a death blow at "Old. Man Deficis," except perhaps the ex cise tax measure, the house con tinued to receive appropriation biffs Monday. Legislation calling for appropriations ranging from a few dollars to $80,000 was in troduced during the "long ses sion." Highest among the appropria tions bills bo far Is that proposed by Representative Angell of Mult nomah, calling for $80,000 for construction of a new building to house the Waverly Baby home. Considerable complaint on the present structure has been heard, and a special Investigation com mittee to be appointed next week is expected to fc-port on this be fore the ways and means com mittee. Another request, which bears the names of some 21 represen tatives and legislators Is the ap propriation wanted for the Ore gon state chamber of commerce. This would provide f 3 5.000 each year for three years, in order that the organiatlon may be enabled to carry on Its program of de velopment of the state. The Oregon Humane society has let it be known that it can u?e $12,000, and a bill bearing the name of Representative Hender son of Multnomah county Is in for. this amount. Oregon State college desires. $7,000 with which to pay ita share of paving Jefferson stret, adjoining the campus in Corvallls. An agricultural experiment sta tion, to cost $12,000, is urged in H. B. 409. This would be located in Deschutes county, and would , he established when 160 acre- of ground are donated. Kubli Proposal To Lower Bars Has Opponents When K. K. fKaD) Kubli aris es today to move that house rule 4 be thrown overboard ne win ftnA some staunch defenders of this rule ready to stand by It until the bitter end, it was learned last 'one reason that Kubli's idea ie not bo well liked is mat many wa fi that already It Is too easy to get a piece of impossible legislation at least as far as the printer and tne comram, auu w the bars for the whole session would cause mach more useless work and worry. House rule 44 provides that all bills must be introduced in the house during tne msi tu uja u. i- ha nnnroved by a spe- ..1 utu of five. Knbli con- tends that the house should haye the same rights as in- Ulch can bring them In any old I fob fflnnn moieIIPns Rigid Censorship Used to Prevent News of Revolt Travelers From Valencia De scribe Hostile Conditions in That City HEXEAYE. Franco - Spanish 'Frontier. Feb. 4 (AP) General Primo De Rivera appeared tonight to have crushed the armed revolt against his dictatorship which Inst showed its head In Valencia but travelers reaching here said that his troubles are not yet over. Discussions, protests and mani festos are said to have taken the place of fighting, while the gov ernment is damping down an ev en more rigid censorship to pre- j vent dissemination of all lnforma- ition unfavorable to It. The usual censor officials have been supple- imented by special police. The ucur-yapis tvif imumuni lu iuu- llsh even news already known to j lhaveCen0 fined ffvTlor ""lMn- f Mt.Ippi', nave been rined neavuy. a ff , tl amendment to pive : word appears in the Madrid dall- ' . , . . , . , iies about the happenings in Cui- the Prc8ldent a free.r?" :,fr h, !dad Real and Valencia, where the'naTal J,rgrama) a"d t?6 JevUl army garrisons took part In the cans vtt,ng aa,nst the ,,dSe uprisings. request. ! r.n(.rai Fvmtei.cn n Antlerr, That disposed of the dominant former minister of war. who on iti8U0 m le cruiser flSht and the two previous occasions, has been senate adjourned to meet tomor punlahed for plotting agairt tl,e;row when passage of the measvir? government, today was added to authorizing 15 cruisers and an the list of prominent person; nn- .airplane carrier at a cost of 2,4. der arrest. Others are Captain . 0,000 is regarded as assured. General Castro Girona. former Overture By Chief military governor of Valencia, and Executive Are Ignored Jose Sanchez Guerra. former pre- i President Coolidge lost on this I mfer. i On the other hand, the premier 1 assured King Alfonso and the 1 council of ministers today that all ! rebels had submitted to the au thorities and that order has been irctored throughout Spain. He ladd'd that the only questions to j he ''.etermined were who were re-Upon.-il de for the revolt and what jpenalties should be given them. Tori.orSK. France. Feb. 4. ( AP i --AbdT. ation of King Alfon so of Spain was one of the objects soupht by the political plotters In: 'n that country said a prominenti Spaniard who was interviewed by the Associated Press here today. He is a political opponent of Gen eral Primo de Rivera and he said the upheaval was intended to oust both the monarch and the dic tator. Proposed Measures Continue to Pour In; Dairies Will be Supervised Regulatory legislation, which started with measures introduced last week to supervise dairies and: dairying, and was even extended to the mezzanine floorr of restau-j rants, continued to pour Into the house Monday. The dairy and food commission will have more and more work to do during the next biennium If the measures are all successful, as some of the measures will come under their Jurisdiction. House bill 4 S3, which regulate dealers in meats, was introduced by Tompkins of Yamhill. It pro vides that dealers must keep a record of persons from whom they purchase meats, and must open PLANNED BY SOLONS iuis .o inspection or peace orn- rourage tourist travel .Just thirtv cers whenever requested. three and a thlrd per cent of Mr. Tompkins also introduced a aasoclation camps have been given bill regulating transportation of special rating by the state board poultry, cattle, sheep, swine or;of health, he stated, carcasses over state highways, j An Increasing and constant ef wlth special provisions when! fort on the part of owners to these are transported between the maintain camps of the standard hours of midnight and five a. m.;set by the association was empha- The silent drama, or since thejslzed by convention attendants talkies have come, the noisy again and again, and cooperation drama, will be reenlated hv niwith the state board of health in board of censorship, if the House Bill 408, by Robison of Clatsop is (Turn to Pag 7, Column J.) Monday In Washington By The Associated Preas The senate refused to elim inate the time clause in the cruiser bill. Captain Fried left for New York after being congratulated by President Coolidge for his rescue feat. The house ways and means committee started hearings on Jute, hemp and flax tariff du ties. .The senate Indian affairs committee Investigated the marriage of Jackson Barnett, wealthy Creek Indian. Senate and house committees considered similar bills to ex tend the life of the radio com mission for another year. The honse sent a resolution' to the president expressing the appreciation of congress to Captain Fried for the rescue of the Flodira. IE TODAY WILL PASS B I E CRUISERS BILL Road Cleared for Appropria tion Measure: Approval Held Assured Coolidge's Wishes Overrid den Monday as Time Clause is Retained WASHIXGTOX. Feb 4. IAP) Overriding the expressed wish of President Coolidge, the senate bv a vote of 5 4 to 2 8 refused late today eliminate from the cruiser construction bill the stipulation , that the 16 ships shall be laid .down before July 1. 1931. Port V lino, u-t tn smach on ; Itrto TiV-.Ta4t !nn ti- 1 1 li a Homnrat same issue In the house last year. Recently it was made known at the White House that if the tim" llmltatlon clause were eliminated and the chief executive wire given a free hand over the naval pro gram he would send up recom mendations for several of e the cruisers at once. But the senate stood by the pro (Turn to P6 S, Column 6 ) Auto Camp Men Hold Conven tion Here; Program is Constructive The Oregon Auto Camp associa tion may combine with Washing ton and California associations to place before the public a road map which would aid In a stabilization of the camp industry and eend the tourist to the representative or as sociation camps, if adoption of a plan submitted Monday afternoon at the opening-day session of the fourth annual convention of the association is approved in a vote Tuesday morning. The convention is being held at the chamber of commerce and will end Tuesday, Mayor T. A. Llvesley of Salem welcomed the auto camp owners to Salem, to which response was made by H. M. Selvert. president, Clinton A. Ambrose. secretary. presented his annual report at the morning session. "The camp industry in this state has grown by leaps and bounds, until. we have now more than 500 camps operating within our bor ders," Mr. Ambrose pointed out. The association, he said, is organ ized to encourage the building of better auto camps and the preser vation of the same as well as to safeguard the rights and Invest ments of the owners and to en- sanitary matters was stressed. I. L. Putman of Yuba City, Cal., gave an interesting talk on the benefits of the auto camp Industry (Turn to Page 7. Column 2.) Dogs Have Day In House; Two Bills On File Dogs had their day Monday in the house, with a measure for their welfare being introduced, and another one in readiness to go in. The practice of allowing the family canine to ride on the run ning board is fast falling into dis favor, due to the fact that the an imals often fall off and are ser iously injured, but Representative Swift of Baker county would abolish it altogether in H. B. 422. He would provide a severe penalty for anyone allowing a dog to ride on a running board, unless well protected by a crate or other ap paratus. The measure drawn by Repre sentative Russell of Yamhill Is seemingly not so friendly for the dogs, but If followed out might result for their good. The bill provides legislation for dog li censes, claims for damages inflict ed by dogs and payment thereof, killing of unlicensed dogs, prohi bition of any dog running at large between sunset and sunrise and making the owner of the dog re sponsible for any damage done by the dog. i COAST TOURIST NIT ASSOCIATION'S PLAN Fight Cruiser Bill ! --i iix rlmK M Ira "SJ ' i U -aY ' ( JS0 ! kS 'mm A steel fleet, a paper fleet or no additional fleet whatever? Here are the off it Ml sMk suian for the pro anil con sentiments of the public. Above, the "white h.e" of th" anti-big navy folk are, left. Senator William V.. It-. rah; light, George V. Xorrls. The cause of a lieggier, better navy is carried by Senator Frederick Hale and I preventative Fred A. Britten. Defeat of Self-Support Bill For Labor Bureau Indicated In Committee Unanimity in support of th'j proposal to put the state labor dr partment on a self supporting ba is, as provided in three bills nov before the legislature, was Mil lacking in the joint ways an! means committee at Monda night's session. One of the bills provides for in creasing the annual fees of plum bers from $5 to $25, while anotr. er increases the annual fees ot electrical dealers from $15 to $2" The third bill fixes a fee of $." for inspection of boilers and $- for inspection of unfired pressure vessels. Senator St raver naid he was op posed to the bills for the reason that the fees provided were noth ing short of double taxation. "When we get tlie taxes up so high that the people groan," said Senator Strayer, "we then resort to other means of raising money. I am opposed to the principle in volved and shall vote against re porting these bills out as commit tee measures." Senator Strayer also protested against the plan of placing all of the receipts of the department in one Jack pot, with out any limitation of the amoun of money that could be expended. Representatives Weatherspoon, Norvell and Smith also spoke in opposition to the bills. Represen tative Smith said he objected particularly to enlarging the state departments and increasing their activities. The bills were defended by Rep resentative Angell. who was a member of the committee appoint ed to confer with the labor com mission with relation to placing his department on a self support ing basis. Nine members of the commit tee voted against reporting the bills out as committee measures. Members of the commltO? said 'Fod9 Maison is 1st Lieutenant; Davis Promoted Promotion of two Salem men to higher positions in the Oregon National Guard was announced Monday from the office of Briga dier General George A. White, commander of the state troops. Second Lieutenant Harold G. Mai son was given the rank of first lieutenant and assigned to Com pany B of Salem. He succeeds Wil lis E. Vincent who recently re ceived the rank of captain, in the Guard. "Fod," as he is better known 1b a past commander of Capitol Post No. 9 of the Ameri can Legion and an ex-service man. Sergeant Joe B. Davis, a soph omore at Willamette University, was promoted to the rank of sec ond lieutenant,, taking the place lefV vacant by Malson's advance ment, (750 mile leg of the new air mall hey accepted this vote to indicate routp which is to link the T'nited hat the bills eventually would beistafes wJtn tI)e Canal Zone by wy i,,Ied- iof Cuba and Central America. A sub-committee reported fa-,' At almost the exact moment .orably on the budget as recom- that he was expected, he brought mended by the governor for the his. Sikorsky Amphibian plaa unduct of the state industrial ,! dbwn to a smooth landing in the chool for girls. The appropria- harbor waters at 2:55 p. m.. (3:55 .on aggregates $6. 775. and in- eastern standard time). He ha4 : Hides $3im for increasing the sal-, left Miami, Fla., at 6:0R tah ;.ry of Mrs. Clara Patterson, su-; morning and landed at Havana at j.erlntendent. '8:21. After a stop there of om The ways and means committee ! hour and four minutes for refuel look under consideration a re- ing. he was on his way again. ;uest of the board of regents of Managua, Nicaragua, ate normal schools that tiie reg- To lie Next Port of Call . t. ation fees of students be left He slept here tonight and to la their discretion. The ways and I morrow will wing his way south means committee,; previously hadiwar(1 to Managua. Nicaragua Tks prepared a bill providing thatthejlast stage ,9 through Costa Rle fees of resident students should he increased from 6 to $10 pe.-j quarter and non- resident students Portland To Get Plane Industry In Near Future PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 4. (AP) Immediate transfer of the nroco Aircraft mmnrpiinn frnm!' San Francisco to Beaverton, Ore., and Portland was announced to day in connection with the pur chase of the Watts airport at Beaverton for 170,000. George H. Wist ing, ma.iager of the industries department of the Portland aircraft concern, in day, said production foi 1929 railed for about 50 ships. Pro duction of . aircraft at the Beaver ton field will start aboui March 1, Wisting said. Ma Kennedy Tells About Delivering Money to Asa Keyes as Charges Quashed PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb 4. (AP) Mrs. Minnie (Ma) Kenne dy, mother of Almee Semple Mc Pherson. Los Angeles evangelist, tonight confirmed statements she made today labelling certain re marks in her daughter's Vancou ver, B. C, interview as a "cheap" effort to lay the blame for the Judge Hardy check expose on her mother." Plainly ruffled at the reported statements, Mrs. Kennedy, who arrived in Portland Sunday from 8eattle where she had been living In retlrment several weeks, told what she said was the truth of the check deal. "The facts are and no 6ne knows It better than Almee her self that she and Ralph Jordan, former Los Angeles newspaper re porter, demanded that I deliver the check to former District At LOCAL THEATRE SWEPT Br FIRE L Si HICR Blaze Makes Considerable Headway in Hollywood Before Discovery Flames Start in Rear of Building: Cause Not Definitely Fixed Damage which wt'.l run into sev eral thousand dollars was auved :st the Hollywood theatre building Monday niKli? by a fire whit'i broke out in the rear of the build ing from an undetermined cause and spread to each of the four floors. The alarm was turned in .-hortly after 11 o'clock. Residents of the apartments over the theatre were routed out. many of them in their nigtit clothing. ."cap.'.l before there was ativ danger, but if the fiie hail occurred an hour or two later, :tfter these residents were asleep, the results might have been more series. Much Damage Done l!efor Discovery The blaze had made consider-: able headway befv"e it was dis covered, and when the fire-department arrived it was centered principally tn the upper stories. The big extension ladder on th.t hook and ladder truck was to gain entrance to tht rooms on the fourth floor, where the worst of the fire was encountered. For nearly two hours water was poured on the blaze, and It seeped down through th walls and floors Turn t' I' m.- 7. iVhinm f. LINDY GREETED BY PEOPLE Lone Eagle Celebrates 27th Birthday by Mapping Out Air Mail Route BELIZE. British Honduras, Feb. 4 (AP) Colonel Chariea A. Lindbergh tonight was tha welcome guest of this colony, to which he was the first to intro duce airplane travel little more than a year ago. At the close of his 27th birthday anniversary he had flown successfully the firt to Panama, and the Canal Zone. The route whu.h he ,nau!Hrat. ed today is regarded as the direct outcome of the good will fligkt of the young aviator a year ago. He was nearing the end of that air cruise around the Caribbean when he celebrated his 26th birth day anniversary by flying from San Juan. JPorto Rico, to Sants Domingo. Since that day regular air routes have been established from Havana eastward through Islands and now the man whs nisi uemonsxratea tne reasiinirty has inaugurated the longer route to the west and south. Special Device Kullt For Plane To Ind On In preparation for his landing here today, more than 20 m m m to-!nad been working under a native contractor since Thursday build ing a wooden ramp into the watfcr. It was completed this morning. Twenty feet wide, it extends 175 (Turn to Vhk- Column l. torney Keyes at the time short ly after the district attorney dis missed charges against her. "I felt that her action was a definite betrayal of the confiden tial nature of the check and I pro tested against it being given, but was overruled by my daughter aad Mr. Jordan. "I think it was a despicable thing for Mrs. McPherson to be tray the confidence in giving the check to District Attorney Keyea after all the time and effort de voted by Judge Hardy to her wet fare." Mrs. Kennedy said all sbe knew about her daughter's stop . in 8 attle was what she read In th newspapers. Accompanying her was Mls Kharvlna Burbek, her constant companion and secretary. CTurn to Page 8, Column I.) i
