GOOD MORNING!
The Oregon Statesman wants
to start the day off right for
-yon with good service. If the
paper 1 miming telephone
000 and yanH be promptly
applied with a copy. i
jtAVjj si?
WE ATI! Ell ,
Fair today; Continued
oW; ' Geitl -:. northeast'
winds, r Max. temperature
Monday 87; Mia. 15; River.
2; Clear; No rain; Wind
north. ... .
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. SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR. NO. 275
Salem, OregoiC Wednesday Morning, February 13? 1929
PRICE FIVE CENTS
0 1 STrm ;rrMv.frri
V VI M m Crl y : U U it ti i- II L U U L
r
MEXICAN CHIEF'
AND HIS FRIEND
UNDER ATTACK
Portes Gil and Calles Receive
; Bombs and Threats
Through Mail i
'Anonymous Plotters Promise
to "Get Your Daugh
ter Erne.stina" !
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12. (AP)
Threatening Utters hare been
received by President Emlllo Porr
tes Oil and his predecessor la of
fice. Plantario Ellas Calles. Tnree
more unexnloded bombs - .hare
been found In residences of prom
Inent members of the "nationalist
revolutionary party which Is ded
icated to preserve the policies of
Calles and the late General Obre
son.
The letters received by fermer
President Calles also threatened
kidnaping of his daughter, Ernes
tina. wife of .Thomas Arnold Rob-
tnson of New York, now in. busi
ness in Mexico City. . The threat
enlng letters were said to resem
ble similar ones' received by Pres
ident-elect Alvaro Obregon before
his assassination. -1 ? :
Threats Made Against
Ernestine- Calles Daughter -
; Some of the anonymous letters
received at the Calles residence
read: "We will get you. We win
get your daughter Ernestlna. You
will be punished through her. You
said that you would leave Mexico
When you left office. You have
SOI uwue su. ;iu wm yj J
your daughter being taken away
Persons close to the family
know that nothing could hurt the
former president as much as ' in
jury to his daughter, (Ernestlna.
JJer husband was an American
(Turn to Psf 2. Column' 4.)
FIRST OF SPECIAL
. TAX BILLS PASSED
Indications Point to Easy Time
; ': for Measures Drawn by
! Commission
, -
i Oregon may yet- belled -out of
the financial wilderness Into which
it has f allenrandTcdrTy the prop
erty tax relief commission. If th
easy passage of House bills 198,
119 and 289 on Tuesday Is an In
dication of the way in which their
program Is to-be received.
These bills were the first of the
new series which not only are ex
pected to provide additional -rev-'
enue to get the state out of the
red" but to provide more efficient
machinery all along In the tax de
partments. Briefly the measures
are: ' i
Bill 19 8 , "gives the state j tax
commission general supervision
for the entire administration of
the assessment : and tax laws of
the state, with full power to
equalise assessments to the end
that assessments may be uniform
and equal both as between the
counties ; and within any given
county. V !
; Bill 199 amends sections of the
state law, and provides for i the
creation of a three-man paid tax
commission to take the 'place of
the ex-offlclo member and the ap
pointed member of the present tax
commission. ' -' i - i .
Bill 289 provides that addition
al compensation shall be-; given
and clerical assistants acquired
and special assessors appointed
upon order of the tax commission.
Hardly . a dissenting voice was
raised against any of the meas
ures, after they had been explain
ed en bloc by Representative Car
kin, when made a special order of
business In the afternoon. The
new measures will sweep aside
much contusion, modernize meth
ods, and make for more efficiency
all around, he declared.- J
FORM TELLER IS
T
LU
H
POCATELLO. Ida.. Feb. 12.
(AP) One of, the west's most
sensational stage coach . robberies
figured In the trial here today of
A. B. Mevr. alleged pseudo clair
voyant and former resident of
: Milwaukee. Wis charged .with
znulctlnr k Pocatello woman out
- mt $409 by premises to uncover a
140.000 treasure burled la 1IC0. ;
' Mrs. Ai?es Sehwabe of MeCam
on, Idaho, testified that Meyer
t poised is a fortune teller and dnr
Ing :a teance tod her of a stage
. I eeach robbery at Robbers' Roost
: creek near here In the early.-days
. and claimed to know , where the
, bandltt buried the loot. Ho offered
: to go to the hiding place and re
a cover the plunder. If she would
advance the money to carry on ex-
eavattont. -She. said she provided
the money for the treasure hunU
; - Georaa Walekey, . reputed oldest
C resident .of this - region, ; tesUfied
, that he searched for the burled
loot In ISIS. ;
Meyer was - arrested In Salem,
go enargea wun obtaining
money, under false pretenses. ; '
LindyEngas to
!i Uk S. Ambassador
Romance of America's Most Famous Aviator
Culminates in Formal Announcement of 9
Intended Marriage to Anne Morrow
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12. (AP)
v. s. Ambassador Dwixht W.
Morrow, today.-announced the en
gagement of
h is daughter,
Anne, to Col
onel Charles A.
Lindbergh. :"
Miss Anna
Spencer M o r
row Is at the
American em
bassy here with
her parents.
The couple met
first when Col
onel Lindbergh
made his fa
mous on-ston
flight from o vnoemmtH
Washington to Mexico City, a Ut
ile more tnan a year ago.
bince that time. Colonel Lind
bergh has been the guest of the
Morrow family in Mexico City and
at their cdtntry home at Cherna-
vaca. i r-rui-i
Miss .Morrow is 22. a brunette.
and a favorite in the dfolomatic
social circles here. ' She won two
prizes for proficiency in scholar
ship at Smith college, from which
she graduated last year.,
Mexicans Hup it-loos
Of Romanre Pending .
The Mexican capital suspected
that a romance -was In the offing
between the colonel, who has
been the Idol of feminine hearts
since - he flew to Paris, and Miss
Morrow. Rumors to that effect
had been printed In local) papers
last -November but at that time
were denied.
Anne and Jier mother arrived in
Mexico City shortly before noon
today from Laredo, Texas. They
were 17 hours late because of the
train of president Portes Oil. The
bridge destroyed by the dynamlt
ers has not been replaced and all
passengers have to change trains
at mat point.
Late this afterron. Ambassa
dor Morrow summoned the news
paper correspondents and handed
them a formal typewritten state
ment; - .- K--r r-
It read. "Ambassador and Mrs.
Morrow bare announced ; the en-
REACHES
FETY
HAVANA. Feb. 12. (AP)
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh
landed at Camp Columbia field
here at 7:48 p. m.
The colonel brought his Sikor
sky amphibian plane down on the
field where officials of the Pan-
American v Airways - had been
anxiously waiting since early af
ternoon. A survey which he made
of the British Honduras and
Yucatan coasts had delayed him
nearly six hours after the time
when he had been expected to
reach Havana.
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 12 (AP)
The government this evenlns
was Informed by radio from Cozu-
mel that Colonel Charles- A. Lind
bergh landed there at 9 a. and
hopped off again ' for ' Cuba i at
11:46 a. m. -This unannounced
stop over was thought here to
laecount for, the fact that he did
not reach' Havana as soon a he
had been expected,
Health Leaders '
To Be Nominated
The nominating committee of
the Marlon county publlo health
sssoclatlon will meet at the Gray
Belle at noon today to nominate
officers for the ensuing year. Mrs.
F. A. Elliott is chairman of the
committee. Officers for next year
will be elected at the annual meet
lag to be held Tuesday, February
28. T. M. Hicks Is president of the
association and Mrs. Roy Burton,
secretary.
FaCtS cllicl
:
;
Bruce Dennle. publisher of the!
Klamath Falls .Herald and News,
arrived in the city Tuesday eve
ning, and Is at this very minute
busy making arrangements for the
big banquet and get-together of
the "Oregon Dads" which will be
held at the Marlon hotel tonight
at five o'clock; Following his ban
quet ths pepped up fathers of Un
iversity of Oregon . students will
go np to the state house where
tby will attend In a body the pub-
us Hearing on university appro
priation k measures.- ' -vv
President of the Senate Norblad
erred Tuesday at the Lincoln ser
vices when he recognized "Repre
sentative Roblson' npon 'hearing
the voice. of Joe 8 Inge r,: sergeant
at-arms of the house.- But the
president was later consoled when
; 1
ft j
III St
Gossip
gagement of their daughter, Anne
Spencer , -Morrow, to Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh."
Ambassador Refuse
To Outline Details
" Ambassador Morrow - refused
absolutely to say anything more,
He declined to give any Indica
tion of the time or place of the
wedding but the capital Immedi
ately' assumed that It would 'he
held. In Mexico City and perhaps
before long.
The ambassador was smiling
and seemed highly pleased as he
made the announcement.
He declared that no definite
plans have yet been determined
upon. There was Immediate spec
ulation as to whether the colonel
might fly to Mexico City as soon
as he completed his air mall flight
Mrs. Evangellna Lindbergh
mother of the aviator, is now en
route to the United States from
Constantinople where . she has
taught for six months In an Amer
lean school where a sister of Am
bassador Morrow also teaches. It
was, of course, certain that there
will be no wedding until she ar
rives, but that would not mean -a
long delay.
When Lindbergh took off, from
Yalbuena field here last Novem-
(Turn to Pe J. Column 7.)
OVAiOUnCElIIT
Persistent Rumors Indicated
-. That Lindy Was to Wed
Anne's Sister
NEW YORK. Feb. 12.-(AP)
The engagement of Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh to one of
the daughters of Pwlght W. Mor
row. . United States ambassador to
Mexico, former Morgan partner,
has been rumored for some time
but the reports were Indefinite as
to Just which one it would be-
Anne or Elisabeth, her . oldest
sister.
When ElisabethTetnxnMJrom
Europe last November, after -bar
ing visited Mrs. Evangeline Lana-
bergh, the flying colonel's mother.
in Turkey, the rumors were more
or less definite that It was Ellsa
both. She smilingly declined . to
answer all questions pertaining to
the sfttter at that time and being
under tbecscort of J. P. Morgan,
succeeded In keeping a secret the
fact It was her younger sister who
was favored in Colonel Lind
bergh's eyes.
Anne Morrow, the colonel's fi
ancee, is 22 years old, live -less
than the colonel himself, and has
been a favorite In Mexico City dip
lomatic circles, participating more
often than her sister, . who al
though heiress to millions pre
ferred to teach -school.
State Birthday
Celebration To
Draw Big Crowd
Much Interest, is being. shown In
theplans for Oregon's 70 th .birth
day anniversary party which is tc
be staged at the capltol .building
Thursday night, and Indications
Tuesday were that the building
will be thronged with people not
only from Salem, but from distant
parts of the state, drawn here by
this unique observance. , .
,,The events .will open .with the
governor's reception from 8 to
ft: SO o'clock, which will be fol
lowed; by program In the first
floor rotunda at which Senator
B. L? Eddy of Roseburg will de
liver an address on "Pioneer Ore
gon." r The governor ' will then
light the 70 candles on the state's
birthday cake. The monster cake
will. later be cut and 'served to
the crowd. ,.-
nef inUpflletss erJIU-
lid Gathered litre, end
There in Legidd&ve HcUs.
he was told that there was some
ground for. his mistake, since ths
k wo were actually related. G rand-
fathers of the two men' were first
cousins which makes them well,
figure this out for yourself, too.
When -asked- about this " relation
ship Representative Robinson de
clared he was proud of the rela
tionship, not only because he
thought Singer & tine fellow. but
because the seargant-at-arms has
a son now In college.
; -::-.
' Coming quietly, In the dead of
night, wlthowleels . and . engine
muffled, a huge track slipped into
the capital grounds Tuesday night,
and a half dozen husky truckmen
ta sort soled snoes set about iu,ir
task of getting the governor's new
MfSTERT
CLEARED
(Turn to. Face 2, Oliwin. 3.)
ninnnnT (nun
Hinruni-ijur
TOElillTTEE 1;
Marion County. Delegation
Gets Matter Before Joint
Group for Conference
Price of Tract Thought to be
Only Question as Sale is
Nearlv Certain
Decision on a recommendation
to the legislature asking sale of
state property for Salem's munic
ipal airport, may be reached to
day by the joint committee of the
house and senate appointed in ac
cordance with a resolution adopt
ed at the Instance of the Marion
county delegation.
A meeting of this committee
with the city's airport committee
will probably be held before the
recommendation is finally adopt
ed. Indications were Tuesday
that there would be little doubt
that ' the legislative committee
would report favorably on the
sale, the only question being the
amount which the state would ask
Council and Legion
Compromise City Group
Members of the committee are
Senators Reynolds, Ed Bailey and
Kiddle, and' Representatives
Smith, McCready and . Henderson.
xne city -airport committee in
cludes George J. Wenderoth, Paul
Johnson and Watson Townsend of
the city council. Brazier C. Small,
Jack Elliott and C. E. Nelson of
the American Legion, and Fred
Erixon. Henry R. Crawford and
George F. Vick of the chamber of
commerce.
A favorable report on the pro
posed sale was made to the legis
lature early In the session, by the
state board of control. This re
port made' no recommendation as
to price. It covered the site oris
lnally considered . by the city air
port committee. Recently, after
tnis report had been prepared, the
(Turn to Pa 2, .Column 1.)
CHICAGO GRAFT IS
City Mulcted of Millions Dur-
Report Indicates
CHICAGO. Feb. 12. (AP)rr-
Chicago was Jarred into an acute
realization today cot "the sorry
plight of Its streets.
The city has been mulcted of
millions of dollars in paving work
In the last 12- years. Alderman
John A. Massen informed a com
mittee of the council.
His findings, he said, were the
result of a five months Investiga
tion during which 72 cores, or
samples were taken from . the
streets and subjected to compres
sion and thickness tests.
Carelessness In laying pave
ments, .skimping on materials, and
negligence in . city - inspection
caused the wholesale loss to the
city and property owners, the al
derman declared.
Examinations of the samples of
pavements showed:
Fifty-eight pec-cent of the cores
wore not as thick as specified in
contracts, tht average shortage
being .84 of an inch.
Forty-one per cent were under
the strength expected from the
mixtures specified in contracts.
The average lack of strength was
63 per cent. '
Loan Bodies are
Still Shooting
At Excise Bill
Mutual building and loan asso
ciations are still keeping ever
lastingly at - their attempt to get
their part of the excise tax meas
ure straightened out to their saU
Isf action. The bill at present pro
rides that after a certain exemp
tion - percentage, their returns . to
Investors shall be taxed as - are
other returns from corporations..
Opponents of this clause claim
that in mutual concerns, only, the
profits" , represented by . the
amount put into their "surplus"
should come under this proposed
tax. They are now attempting a
compromise by agreeing to a high
er' franchise .charge,' - but so " far
have tailed : to convince . ths com
mittee on taxation " and revenue
which - now , has the excise tax
measure under' consideration, t
Arguments Ubon
BBills Slated at
MiCapiMTMhi
V The bill to create a state board
of motion picture cenrors, the bill
tor ji , phytl:al examination . tor
nerBCn about to be married and
the. bill - to regulate dance halls.4
will be glvrn a public hearing, by
the ' housed committee on ; health
-.r.& public' morals tonight at '7; 30
Vclocki- .Ea-h of. the bills Is
highly controversal. : . ; -i.,'? ; -
SHH INQUIRY
Giant Airship Prepares for
. Final preparations are being
world, from England to the United
crossed the Atlantic and moored
loo miles an Hour and Is manned
Aoovr, uw niw ua nwi ci
1 DEBATE LEAGUE
Corvallis-Dallas-Salem Meet
on Thursday Should De
cide Winner
Standings of the 12 schools in
the district of the state debating
league In which Salem comes have
been i received by Principal J. C
Nelson from the district director,
Robert Goets . of Silverton, and
give Salem 13 points, the highest
in group one. Newport, leader in
the smaller schools' group, also
has 13 points. Other standings In
group one are: Lebanon, 10; Dal
las, 10; Albany, 3, Wood burn, and
Corvallis, seven each: Silverton 5;
and Independence, 4. Other rat
ings in group two are: Stayton,
eight; Brownsville, six; and Mill
City, five.
The third of the series of four
district debates will occur Thurs
day night, February 14. The Salem
affirmative team, Marvin Bycr&
and Edith May Jenks. will travel
to Dallas and the Corvallis affirm
ative will meet Fred Blatchford
and Norman Winslow of the Salem
negative here.
Should Salem high school win
the two debates Thursday night.
the teams wiU expect little diffi
culty In taking the district title.
Boy's Problems
'Today Great as
JJugoIis, Held
The boy of today has as much
to overcome as did ' the boy who
was Lincoln, Senator B. L. Eddy
of Roseburg told the Salem high
school students. In addressing
them Tuesday morning on phases
of Lincoln's boyhood. The .boy
of today, the senator explained,
has to overcome ease, rather than
poverty and hardships as did Lin
coln; and it is the present-day ex
istence which is of ten harder to
overcome.
The senator also stressed the
fact that Lincoln the man could
not be entirely explained by his
boyhood environment. Lena Belle
Tartar, head of the high school
music department, sang a solo ap
propriate, to the occasion.
Presbytery Will
Meet at Albany
Church workers of the Willam
ette Presbytery will meet, at the
First Presbyterian church la Al
bany Thursday morning for a gen
eral discussion of church work. A
large rroun will so from Safem
for the session which will .run
from 10:30 a. m.to 4:30 n. m.
Several speakers are on the pro
gram.- - - - ...
Tuesday
:on
By The Associated Press
. The senate . considered ths
Caraway bill to prevent cotton
and grain futures trading.
Ths 111.000.000 supply bill
for the legislative branch was
taken up by the house.
The house ways and means
committee decided to eoaelnde
Its tariff hearings on March 1.
- The senate and the house ob
served Lincoln's birthday annl
Tsrsary - with tributes and ths
reading of : the Gettysburg
speech.
The departure of President'
and Mrs.r Coolldge ' for North. ;
ampton. Mass. . soon . eftsr the ,
iloover lnahgural ceremony was
disclosed.;
President ' Coolldge recom
mended .to congress the sxpen-
dlture of $1,210,100 - for new ,
publle buildings. : s
. The decision of the shipping;
hoard to accept the flt.0S3.e00 '
Chapmsn bid lor Its Atlantle
( a senate committee.
SflLEM HIGH AT TDP
vvasningi
- - if ' J
made for the flight of the R-100,
States. It Is almost half again
at Lakehurst, . T. J., last October.
by a crew of 40 men. One hundred
its commander, i;. u. mirney.
Moonshiner Shot
By Prohi Officer
Who is Set Free
TOLEDO. Or? Feb. 12
(AP) J. J. Zlmmertnaa,
state prohibition officer, was
exonerated tonight by a cor
oner's Jury, for killing Clin,
ton P. Kelley. alleged moon
shiner, early today. The jury
found that tbe "killing was
Justifiable and In defense of
lives of officers of the law
while In the pursuance of
doty."
Kelley was shot by .Zim
merman after the former
had fired three shots at L.
L. McBrlde while resisting
arrest. Kelley was operating
in a vacant house.
E SHERIFF
Representative Carkln Is not
the only member of the house who
Is slowly but surely unwinding a
tax program, to judge by the ac-J
tivlty of Representative Norton,
of "income tax without property
tax offset" fame. Tuesday, at the
last minutes, Mr. Norton slipped
in a bill which Is titled as follows:
H. B. 481. This bill creates the
office county tax collector, provid
ing the method of appointment
and compensation, defining his
duties, relieving the office Of sher
iff from partlctpatioBiBtbe col
lection of taxes, and embracing all
counties in the state having a pop
ulation of less than 100,000.
Just how this measure can be
harmonized with the careful!
outlined program Introduced by
Mr. Carkln Tuesday remains to be
seen. Whether or not it Is just a
smoke screen erected to confuse
the Issue, or whether It is another
companion bill to the Norton In
come tax is. something that many
members are trying to figure out
Undoubtedly the features ot these
bills will get a great deal of at
tention when the tax program
comes up, however, it is agreed.
Night Sessions
Threatened, May
Get Start Soon
The much talked of night ses
sion, threatened last 1 week by
Speaker. Hamilton, may actually
arrive tonight In the ouse, tor
In addition to the usual routine of
bills introduced, second readings
and - committee reports,, some 3 0
bills await final action on the cal
endar. x
One of these 30, the famous
"kindergarten bilk" bouse bill
201. win probably take up the
most time.' On this measure the
committee Itself is split, and
these members are - leading the
fight on the floor of the houBe.
Each claims enough votes to win,
and ths outcome will be watched
with interest.
Several salary bills also are on
the list, after being considered by
the special committee appointed
for this purpose early In the week.
Some of these may have to come
back again for a trip .over the
governor's veto. It Is Intimated,
but the backers are going to do
all In their power to put them
across this session.
1
FROM TAXES
LI
Ben Getzoff Given Chance
Today To Tell Full Story
r Of Alleged Keyes Bribes
LOS ANGELES, Feb. .11.
AP Members of District At
torney Baron FlttsV office today
prepared the stage for question
ing of Ben Getxoff. conYtcted bri
ber, ta detail offals sensational
eoafeasloa here tomorrow. '
The statements glrea yesterday
by ; Getsotf, which named seven
men not heretofore charged with
bribery and Increased the bribes
alleged to 'hare been paid former
District Attorney Asa Keyes by
3150.000., had only covered ths
"high spots Fitta said. Six of
the district attorney's investigat
ors today were checking GetxofTs
Atlantic Trip
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largest lighter-than-air craft in the
the size of the Graf Zeppelin, which
It has an average cruising speed of
passengers can be accommodated.
II.
BOTTLERS OFSTATE
45 Members Attend Associa
tion Meeting Here Tues
day; Banquet at Night
!
W. J. Nelson, assistant manag
er of the Gideon Stelts Cider com
pany, was elected president of .the
Oregon State Bottlers' association
at the annual business meeting of
the group held at the chamber of
commerce rooms Tuesday after
noon. C. O. Glldea, of the Pacific
Soda works of. Oregon City, was
elected secretary-treasurer and R.
A. Ramage of the Star Bottle
Works, Salem, was re-elected vice
president. W. A. Wagner of the Welnhard
plant of Portland Is retiring presi
dent and Mr. Nelson had held the.
secretaryship for the past five
years.
The next meeting was set lor
March 12, in Portland. The asso
ciation meets bi-monthly.
Jones of Virginia Speaks
About 45 bottlers were present
for the evening banquet meeting
held at the Marlon hotel and pre
sided over by the newly elected
president. Carl Jones of Bristol,
a., president of the American
Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages,
was the principal speaker, talking
at length on the food value of
beverages, the Importance of be
coming thoroughly sold on one's
own product; , methods ot Increas
ing outlay, and developing sanita
tion in ths plants. 5 "j-
. Professor E H. Wlegand of the
horticultural department at O. S.
C. gave an Interesting talk on
"Taste Appeal of Bottle Carbonat
ed Beverages."
Stolz Makes Talk
Other speakers at the banquet
Included: Gideon Stols of Salem,
who Is the oldest bottler In Ore
gon, having been in the business
35 years: Mrs. W. J. Nelson who
spoke on convenience and use -of
carbonated beverages for refresh
ments and In -the home; Mr. Fos
ter of the Coco Cola Bottling com
pany of Portland, who spoke on
"Cooperation." Brief remarks
were made by the visiting bottlers.
Mr. Jones came here from at
tendance at the California Bot
tlers' convention in Loe Angeles
and will leave today for Seattle to
attend the convention of Wash
ington bottlers la Bession this
week-end.
Fisheries To Be
Withdrawn From
Northwest, Word
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 12.
(AP) Salmon fisheries on the
Columbia river are headed- for th
same fate as those of the Sacra
mento, Henry O'Malley, United
States commissioner, stated today
in a telegram to Hugh C. Mitchell,
of the Oregon State fish commis
sion. - . ;
The United States bureau of
fisheries is "practically done."
the telegram stated together with
the request that present fishing
seasons at least be maintained.!.
Representatives of Oregon and
Washington legislatures met last
week at Olympla and agreed on a
change In the open season for sal
mon on the Columbia river,
O'Malley, on learning -of the
change, wired Edward Sims, chair
man of the Washington fisheries
committee. '' . v- j'.
story while Fitta, was jn Brawley,
Calif.; where he mads an address
at Lincoln day-wteretsesl'-'-Mvl--. ':
': A.L .Leaker, indicted ;wtth
Keyes on another bribery eharge,
also was to be questioned 'again
tomorrow toy Fltta. The district
attorney ; has - not said whether
Lacker has made a confession but
GetsofTa attorney, Al McDonald,
tod4J quoted 'his client as saying
that his own confession was made
in - corroboration of one given
Fltta by Lasker last week, the
day Keyes. Getsoff and E. H. Ros-
NELSON HEADS
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TJ PROPOSED
FOR HIGHWAYS
State Solons Decide to Sub
mit Idea of 5 Year Pro
gram to Voters
Klepper Resolution on Wil
son River Road to Get
Hearing-Tonight
Out of the batch of bills and
many conferences on Oregon high-
ways, has come the decision to :
submit to the voters a DroDosal ' :
for a one cent gasoline tax to b
used exclusively for new high
way construction.
This decision came today whn
virtually all other legislation om.
hlghwayr was scrapped. It is
timated that $20,000,000 Is need
ed to complete the highway sys
tem and with the revenue from .
the gas tax and other sources, the t
system could be completed with
in five years. r
This proposal has been agreed
to by several members of the leg- "
laiaiure ana as It Is a revenue
measure, Speaker Hamilton will
offer it In the house.
Senators AW Behind
Road Building Idea
Associated with him are Pres
ident Norblad and Senators Bell -
and Hall. The three member nt
the senate each has a resolution
'directing" the hlchwar commis
sion to build certain roads snd to
es ue bonds ranging from 35.500.-
000 tb 110,000.000. Ths three .
senators have agreed to withdraw
tneir resolutions. Senator Unton.
who was joined with President
Norblad la a resolution directing
me saie OI f 10,000,000 bfcnds.
refuses to withdraw his resolu
tion, although Norblad's name
win be erased from the document.
In proposing a one cent ta
this" program has no codbmiihi
with the proposed one cent ru
tax to enable a revision of ths au-
tomoblls license fees. The lsttsr
will be a legislative matter, while
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FFIEJ6HTER POUNDS
TO BITS ON ROdiS
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One fifeboat Containing Tw
Men la Packed Up byJ ear
by Steamship
DUTCH HARBOR. Alaska. Feb.
U (AP) One lifeboat contali
ing two seamen of the freighter.
Alloway. slowly DOundlnr tnvrri
shore In Unlmak.Pass near Dutcs
Harbor, was picked up by the
steamer Montauk late today. They
were Oliver King and a man nam
ed Owen. This information was
wirelessed to Dutch Harbor by
the Montauk.
The rescue ship reported' that
other lifeboats were bein inl
gale which tore away the tow lino -pared
for launching In the violent '
between the two ships Just as they
nearea saiety in the harbor at"
Dutch Harbor.
The Montauk wirelessed, that
Just after the tow line parted ths
two ships were smashed together
In the pass. but that ft was able
to back away leaving the Alloway
to its fate. ,: : -
The. rescue ship did not 'say
wnewer eitner vessel - was
aged in the collision.
Although the violent sale
tossing the two ships at , will in
the pass the Montauk wirelesses
that no men had been jost la tna
launching of the first lifeboat.. -
in an effort to stave oft ptlns
up on the nearby rocks ths Alls-
wsy cast off Its anchor which was
helping to keep it from shore.
The Salem Cherrlans will asako
caravan - trip to southern . and
eastern Oregon points early In the
summer. It was unanimously de
cided at the regular monthly na-"
mess meeting held In the chamber
of commerce rooms Tuesday night
and presided over by King Blag
LGIese. "V' .r-':.' "y.. - V -
The trip, on which the wemasi
folk of the Cherrlanr will also bs
vlted to go, will take the group to
Bend and Klamath Falls by way
of Eugene and the McKensle riser
highway, the return troutq te ba
through) Ashland and MediorA aad
on north over the Pacific highway.
the members decided last nigaJL.
mmm I - . m m . m a wr
naa vnsiaerea ior jmu
The .Cherrlans have conaU
m skins sneh an sxenrslos for-i
eral years, and find this year pre.' .
mises to be . auspicious for th
undertaking. Further details will-.
be worked out at future meettags
and In committee.. -
Two new members were. take
Into the order last night: Geergo
D. KorrSsand Ralph D. HamCtoa.
-Plans wars discussed to Increase
the membership of the organisa
tion br about 21 aad to Increase
the else of the drill squad. Approx
imately 60 members were proseal
at the meeting, at which Interest
ran high.
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