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-i.-- T"- ".-"- A MERCHANT! ; WEATHER - Normal ' Lemprratar' today. -Moderate north went f wiad. : Mai.- temperatare Tuesday SO; Min S3 j river lr trace,' f rata. South winds. . ' Tour Sta4esmaa carrier 1 av little merchant. He on -his route ud Is charged for . II lepers delivered by bin. Wo Foor Swaw Ut ; llo Fe ar SheU Aoe" S? StS?..' State. 1SSL SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 282 IfliU ijSws Representative AngellCharg es Continual-Duplication in Courses , Heavy Expense to Taxpayer Seen in Educating Many ? Non-Residents Charges that courses at the TJatvereity of Oregon and Oregon agricultural college were dupli cated, and that the expense of edu cating non-resident students had resulted in a. heavy ezDense to' the state, were made by Rrepresenta. tire Angell at a meeting of "the joint ways and means committee here Tuesday night. section wun tne discussion of a majority and .minority report hav ing to do with the operation . of the two Institutions. The invest! ration was ordered by the ways and means committee. The majority report recommend- ..An that ail prnitlnninr annrnnrla Hons be discontinued. Ah annual audit of . the receipts and disburse ments of the Institutions also was recommended in the majority re port. Weatherspoon Charges , Fitrure are Withheld Representative Weatherspoon pointed out an Hem of $70,656.91 in the biennial report of the col lege which he said did not appear In the budget before the -commit; tee. The fund waa classified under sales at the central experimental station at the college. 'Th' Is not good business," said Weather spoon, "and It will not be possible for this committee td act intelli gently unless we have an Intelli gent report of the, college activi ties .before us." . . . ,.. : Senator Elliott.' who eignedthe minority reports declared .that members of the investigation com mittee were invited to go Into the office at i the college and secure any data they desired, but that they did not take advantage of the opportunity. J. J. Jardine. director of the experimental station, ex plained the item mentioned by Renresentative Weatherspoon. He said the money in the fund was received from tests and Included funds which could not be deposit ed with the state' treasurer. He said the money was expended on requisition, and that a complete record of the receipts and dis bursements was on file at the col leee. Elliott Denies Overlapping 'Courses Senator klliott declared that Continued o Pift 2, CoL. 4 . IS SKI HEW IF WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. (AP) Companion bills to extend the life of the federal radio commis sion as an administrative body for another year bobbed up at both ends or the capital today as the house passed without a record . vote the White measure and the senate planned to take up the Watson bill at a night session. Although there was no out spoken opposition to the White bill during debate in the house kit wilted when the measure came to a vote and there was no de :i mand for a record of strength. Representative Free, republi can. California, in opposing the legislation, renewed charges he had made, before the committee that the committee had acted In discreetly In turning over to the Universal Wireless Communlea tlon company of Buffalo, N. Y., 40 short wave channels. The charge were answered by Representative -Davis of Tennes see, the ranking democrat on the 'merchant marine committee, with a declaration that the committee had spent several days In study ing the assignment of the chan nels and that with the exception of Free, every member was satis fled that the commission had act ed properly in giving the channels to the company. Strike Ties Up General Motors : Assembly Plant BUENOS AIRES. Feb. !. fAP) Work is at a standstill 11 tne assemniy plant oi tne General Motors corporation here , because of a strike. The city faces a more general strike beginning tomorrow, ' mem bers ot the chauffeurs anion" by the Argentine patriotic ; league. They wHI be Joined by dock work ers and truck drivers., DID COMMISSI Excise Tax Passes ouse by Entire Tax Program Intangibles Tax; Income Tax Measure And Excise Bill are Big Three By GEORGE' GODFREY , , - TAXATION, arid its greatest now ready for the hands nurtured by the property tax relief commission, handed aboul here and there, heard in public and thrashed over in private the tangible measures that will bring the state put of its fi nancial mess are now completed and ready for action. The first indication of how the legislature will take to the triune proposal, the excise tax, tax on intangibles and in come tax, was shown Tuesday afternoon, when with but two dissenting votes, those of Kubli and Henderson-of Multno mah, house bill 607 sailed safely through the house. This is the excise tax, pure and simple, which alone can erase the state deficit within the next two years if estimates placed on i 1!.I!A! . - ' us poienuaimes prove correct; Fund Definitely Assigned' To Cut Iroperty Tax The funds to be raised by this measure, however, are not d-t signed to cut down any deficits. but are definitely assigned-to -reducing the present property tax. The very minimum that will : be raised under this legislation is set at 1750.000 and some estimates go as high as 12,000,000 per year. Representative Carkln, pilot of this good ship Property Relief, steered his measure on to the floor Tuesday, explained the dan gers through which the bill had passed, how it had been, buffeted about, and how now it had been declared leakproof by lust about all the Inspectors in the state un til It was ready to be received He 'told of similar attempts now going on in California and Wash ington, contending that this mea sure is necessary lor J, unified program on the Pacific Coast. Takes Place of 3Ioney' Lost Under Bank Act Carkln, In reviewing the work of the commission, said with the federal court decision last year in. Cenlinuod on Par 3. Col.; S AT LOCAL HOSPITAL Lyman Damon, father of Mrs. O. C. Locke and MrsA. S; Hussey, well-known Salem women, died about 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon :t a local hospital. He had been 11 for the past two years, suffer Ine from partial paralysis, but bad been in the hospital here only since February 8. ' Mr. Damon was a retired far mer and hop grower of Independ ence, near which. town he had lived for the, last 46 years. He was born in Illinois February 22. 1849, being nearly 80 years old at the time of his death. He came to Oregon in 1871. . - Mr. and Mrs. Damon celebrated their golden wedding October 7, 1926. Mr.' Damon had been a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge for more, than 50 years and was also a Re .kah. Large Family Survives . Besides his widow. Mrs. Nellie Damon, and Mrs. Locke and Mrs. Hussey, he is survived by another daughter. Mrs. Donald B. Stuart of Bend, and one son, Captain S. , Damon an overseas veteran who has been in the Hawaiian Islands the last three years. Three grandchildren survive and three brothers and a sister. The broth ers and sister are: Milton Damon of Portland, Eugene ' Damon ' of La Grande, Newton Damon of Gresco, Iowa, and Mrs. Q. Coy of Spokane, Wash. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday : afternoon at the Clough-Huston parlors.' Val ley lodge No. -42.-1. O. O. F. of Independence will have charge of the interment . In .the vCityview cemetery. LYMAN DAIvlOn DIES Investigating Gommittee Votes to Impeach Judge For Accepting Love Gift SACRAMENTO. 'Feb, 19. - (AP) Impeachment . ot Judge Carlos 8. Hardy for acceptance ot a 2S00 check from Almee Sera pie McPherson ot Los Angeles was agreed upon by the Investigating committee here tonight. Chair man Walter J. Little announced.' Little declared that the com mittee decided to take this action earlier than it had previously an ticipated ; so as - to i relieve c the minds of people ' as to what ' the committee Intended doing." He declared that so far as he knew there would be no minority report' from committee members. It had been understood as to how he would vote and that he was Inclined ; In favor ot taking :. no action against the Jurist until cer. tain points In " the testimony had been clarified, v Big, Vote Now Up in Legislature; element, property tax relief, is of the legislature.. Carefully Klepper-Danne Go Adds to Prestige " r Of Joint Committee Senators Joe Donne and Klepper unknowingly enact ed a choice bit of publicity Monday when they staged the two-minute boxing boat jnst outside the senate cham ber door. It developed that Dunne and Klepper are co authors of senate bill 104 providing for the creation of a state boxing; commission. It was introduced several days ago. APPROPRIATIONS UP Balanced Budget as Planned by Governor Patterson Going by Boards Governor Patterson's "balanced budget'' of expenditures for the current biennium probably will not be balanced later in the week. There are Indications that the ap propriations will exceed the bud get estimates by at.least $200,000. The budget for the current bl- snnlum, as approved by Governor Patterson, included items aggre gating-$6,854,660. The records of the ways and means committee show that appropriations ot $6, 814,238 already have been author ised. These appropriations do not Include approximately $150,000 asked for the extension depart ment of Oregon Agricultural col lege; . $5,000 to be added to the allowance for the eastern Oregon state normal : school, and : appro priations amounting to many thousands of dollars contained In various legislative bills. Hoover's Cousin - Is Knocked Down And Badly Hurt WASHINGTON. F e b. 19. (AP) George C. Hoover, f 1- year-old attorney , for- the Inter state Commerce commission and cousin of President-elect Hoover, was knocked -down and seriously Injured here today by an automo bile driven by Miss Fannie ' P. Dial, daughtr of former Senator Nathaniel B. Dial ot South Caro- Mr. Hoover suffered a frac tured leg, bruises to the body and possibly other Injuries. President elect -Hoover 'was notified, and Is expected to visit his cousin at the hospital. Mrs. Almee Semple McPherson, Los r Angeles - - evangelist from whom - Judge Hardy is charged with accepting a $2500 check In violation of the constitution,'; is expected to arrive In Sacramento. She was ordered here by thevln vesflgatlng committee and It .was intended to Question ' her - further regarding her connection with the case. ' v -: -, . Little said tonight that If the committee 1 la able to prepare Its Impeachment recommendations In time to In trod uce a . report to the assembly tomorrow . morning : it will do ao. . - ? .i'sr-''.'- If the report Is adopted -by the assembly' before Mrs. McPherson arrives at the capitol the commit tee .will lose Its jurisdiction over her, Little said... If not. she may be called for interrogation r m omi Action Follows Spirifed De- bate on Floor Between Reed and Borah . $10,000 Fine and Five Years in Prison Is Made Max imum Penalty WASHINGTON, Feb. IS (AP) First offenders along with hard ened violators of the prohibition law would be liable to a maximum penalty ot a line of lio.ooo or five years In prison or both under a bill passed by the senate today: and sent to the house. By a vote of 6$ to 18 the sen ate approved the measure Intro. duced by Senator1 Jones; republi clash of .views between Borah, of Idaho and Reed of Missouri on the dry question. The proposal to Increase the maximum penalty in such a way to make them applicable i first offenders was attacked many senators as too drastic but the majority of the senate decided such a step necessary to help en - CoBtinaad on Pr 9. CoL 7 Mrs. Virginia Bacon is Elect - ed to Succeed Cornelia Marvin Pierce Mrs. Virginia Bacon of Port and, was elected state librarian at a meeting of the state library board held in the executive de - partment here' Tuesday. She will assume her new duties March 15. Mrs-Bacon succeeds Mrs. Walter 1 Plerce,'ne Miss Cornelia Marvin, who resigned January 1. Mrs. Bacon was born In Port land where she has acted as ad viser in adult education for the library association of that city. She served as librarian at Hum boldt, Cal., state teachers college fol afv VGA va anil BDTToH fin ot director of the Junior division of the United States employment service. Mrs. Bacon has contrib uted educational articles - to a number of national magazines. She received her A. B. degree at the' University of Oregon and her M. A. degree at the American University at wasnmgron. Mrs. Bacon was bom in Fort- iana ana is a memoer oi.a pi- oneer family. . A large number of letters In- dorsing Mrs. Bacon for the posi- tion of state librarian were be- fore the board when It met here Tuesday. I n on By The Associated Press m The senate passed the Jones bill to increase f penalties tor prohibition -violations. President Coolldge has ' not decided on his future plans but may write for newspapers. The house -passed the , White bill to continue the radio com mission as an ;. administrative body for another year, - .The Baltimore. & Ohio rail road asked the Interstate Com merce commission to approve a plan to control a number of carriers. Argument was concluded be-, fore the supreme court in the appeal ' of Harry . F. Sinclair from his conviction for refusal . to answer senate questions. i The house approved a pro- posal to establish a special com- mission to Investigate the char-; ges " against f federal v district Judge Winslow ot New -York. : r:d A report by " Its : lnvestlgatorf to the senate lands . committee v expressed the opinion there was Insufficient " evidence of fraud' for charges asked the original: lessees! of. the Salt creek.; oil field. ;-- ..:.v v :-- Former Senator . Lenroot ile- , nled lobbying activlttes ' to a senate subcommittee Inquiring Into his nomination for a Judge ship, on. the. customs court of appeals. . .,i I PORTLAND WOMAN H LIBRARY HEAD Tuesday in i wasnmgi T T HELPERS Cabinet Selections Expected to be Comnleted With- ; In Short Time Conferences on Future Prob lems Are Arranged by President-elect By JAMES L. WEST Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. - (AP) President-elect Hoover re- turned to Washington today from cs Florida vacation with the In tentlon of holding an earlv con. ference with President Coolldge from whom he will take over the Thus will be furnished addition al evidence of the continuity of the two .republican adminlstra Hnn. wit nt AreiA n carrv on the iriainr . - - - w a m- policies of his predecessor to which he gave praise in his ac ceptance speech last August. 1 f the maJjr reafjong for the This conference constitutes one turn of Mr. Hoover to the capital 13 days In advance of his inaug uration. There are others, of course. Including conversations with a number of party leaders on a variety of subjects and the completion of the inaugural ad dress. Cabinet Material Is Discussed Again Llect revived cabinet discussion in The return of the president Washington and brought forth some new speculation. There was suggestion that instead ot be coming secretary of state, Henry L Stlmson would be named attorney-general and that William I - - Donovan, now assistant to the t attorney-general, would be made seeiry oi war. It was argued that Mr. Stlmson Continad oa Fax 1, eoL- 1 BETTER REPORTS ON WEATHER AVAILABLE More accurate and detailed weather reports for the Salem dis trict will be made possible by the eaninment to he added to the nf. f total woatnar at o t -n a f tna Prnv. hy Aeronautical school here, James MacManiman, government observ- er reported after - a conference wm, D. m. Little, weather bureau official. The additional equipment which will cost approximately $1000 will include -a thermometer, a baro- meter and "ceiling light." The latter is used to - determine the height of the cloud ceiMng at night. Installation Is expected within six weeks. An anememeter for telling the wind velocity was installed .at the airport recently. Routing oi air mail over saiem is believed responsible for the ad ditions to the weather station here. The station will be moved to the municipal field as will the Eyerly school when the landing area is completed it Is planned. GDVERNDR HARTLEY CAPITOL, Olympla, FeW It - (AP) Supporters of Governor Roland H. Hartley won a complete victory today In the house of rep resentatives on the first major test vote of the season. The issue, placing centralisation of authority and responsibility in the governor, was presented in an executive bill to abolish the state nignwav wminiuw uu v.w.w: - VK TEST VOTE state department of highways un-i'. a ti-m of tb coventor. The plan was approved .by a vote of 37 to 2t with only one aosent. 19-Year Old&oys Caught With Car By Lo cal Police Two 1 year--old boys from Portland. charged ' with- theft of an - automobile, were ; arrested - In Salem ; shortly after 2 o'clock Tuesday morning when officers In the north prowler car Intercepted them as - they 'were entering the city at" the -north on"- the Pacific highway.- The youths s re George Baora and Hubert- Martin. They were turned over later in the day to Portland officers, to be taken to that city to face the charge of stealing a Pord coupe. !.- ; Ready foriLong Pull! I , . v , ...v :;-..y I f: bit " V A' - He- -, - - y WC twnowww -. ..v .v ......... ... g - - F3isW.-iiflnA i I Herbert Hoover, president-elect, retained te "Washington Tues day, ready for the strennons Job above Is believed to be the only profile picture made of tne president elect. H BARBER BILL DEFEATED BY HAIR Opponents of Measure Have Close Shave. Lonerjan States in House Barbers out In the hinterland of Oregon are whistling merrily today, slapping away with their brushes with a bit more vigor than usual, for they are not going to have to bother about complying with, new regulations which Rep- fresentative Lonergan of Multno mah would have wished on t& them with his H. B. 290. Even though the measure had been amended until it hardly knew it self, it still was not whittled euf flciently to get by the great farm bloc, and so failed to pass. . The measure provided for making' the barbers' code more effective, providing for more rigid Inspection, and providing additional revenue. As amended the measure would have made the code a bit more effective, would have provided for some more rig id Inspection, and would have raised but little additional rev enue. But even then the tonsor- ial artists, tempermental just now for some reason, would have none of it, and so their representa tives In the legislative halls turned thumbs down on It. "Anyway," said Mr. Lonergan after theYroJl had been taken and duly recorded, "Its opponents had a close shave, and We lost out by only a hair." ASK NATIONAL PARK The senate' today adopted Sen ator Kiddle's joint memorial urging congress to set aside and reserve as a national park approx imately 100,000 acres of land In Wallowa county. Senator Kiddle explained that the purpose of the memorial was to preserve the wild life of the mountainous districts ot Wallowa county. . . . College Presidents Make i Tentative Agreement on Merger Basis for Schools If it Is necessary to have one board of regents and merge the miuage, the heads of the Univers- iit - An-. v - " "J ".,7 I . T oou it. President W. J. Kerr of Orearon t State eollece. Dr. ': Arnold Benett Hall, of Unl' versity of Oregon, J. S. Landers of .Monmouth ; Normal,' Senator Bell and Schulmerich and Repre sentatle MacPherson held an exec utive meetingv in the office of Governor Patterson Tuesday night and decided on what they, would agree to if it is necessary for pne board of regents to .handle both Institutions. - ':' . f v; . ;; ; There Is a strong sentiment tor consolidation of the . two institu tions of higher learning and there Is a bill In the senate for the con solidation' of the two boards of regents, and the regents of, the normal schools. . f ' . Prograni Agreed Upon ' ' .The heads of the schools and the legsflators agreed to this pro gram: . , Appointment ot a board of re gents to handle the affairs ot the university, college - and normals. which lies just ahead. The portrait UPTON'S PUOIIE CUT 24 Votes Given Majority Re port Against Statewide Rate Reduction Senator Jay Upton of Bend proposed an iagenious system for establishing fair telephone rates in Oregon, but his colleagues in the upper house didn't appreciate it, and Tuesday afternoon they postponed indefinitely Senate Bill 138. which embodied this plan. The bill provided that all tele phone rates in the state be re duced 25 per cent. But Senator Upton didn't expect that it would do lust that not right away, at least, even if it were enacted into law. . flatter to jro to Court What it would do, he predicted. would be to throw the entire mat ter into the federal courts and pui the telephone company on the de fensive so that it would be forced to produce the evidence as to Its costs and earnings which the state nubile service commission has never been able to get. After that, no matter what the court decision, the state would be able to fix a fair rate. Senator Up ton said. ' The bill was sidetracked with 24 votes favoring the majority report against ft. " -7 . Solons Turn Down Increase In Speed Forty-miles an hour is too fast to drive automobiles on the high ways, the house committee on roads and highways and automo biles and roads conelnded after a proposal had been made to raise the speed limit from 35 miles an hour. The increase was suggested as an amendment to Senate bill 162 now in the hands of the two committees. ; , The board Is to consist of nine member, the term of one to ex pire each year. ., .;-.; The governor Is to make the appointments, but they must be confirmed1 by the senate. Under the agreement none of the regents are tobe appointed from . the towns In which the- schools are located and not- more than one members of th edirectors or re gents shall be an alumnis of one of the other schools. This means that three of the board ot regents will be alumnus, one from the nor mal, one from the college and one from the nnlverslty. ? : ; P : ii Funds to be Comblaed ' ' i It Is also agreed that the fUnds shall . be combined- ; This means that the sum ; derived . from the mlllage will be pooled and that the board of regents will make the necessary division - v . : ; ? . , ; ' None of the heads of the schools like the - arrangement,- bat they have compromised otf the points herein set forth, "if and when and unless and nntil" it is necessary tor these things to be brought about. -" v. ' DOWNED N SENATE in 1- Scene Occurs Tuesday Night In Local Dentaroff ice; : Fight Over Gun . Walter Fisher. 1 5-Year Termer, Thwarted in At- ' tempt foe Freedom K Miss Claire Cornell, 20-ar old 'office girl with plenty of " nerve and a cool head, Tnes- day helped to frustrate the. attempted break for freedom of a convict and probably saved the lives of at least three other persons-the pri soner's guard, Dr. C. B.v O'Neill and a man onlooker who "froze to his seat." The girl is one of the office assistants at the Q'Neill and -Burdette offices on the fourth floor of the United States Na tional bank building, wrrere the convict. Walter Fisher. 26, was taken about 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon for treat ment for a cataract. Fisher was brought to the of fice by W. E. Lamb, a- trusted prison employe In charge of the hospital, and upon the request of the doctor, the handcuffs were removed for the examination, fol- . lowing which the guard led his . prisoner into th anteroom. As Lamb reached for the handcuffs to replace them. Fisher r fired the guard, attempting to grab his tun. At the same time, the convict sank ' nls teeth into Lamb's arm It was at this stage that tfce young office assistant Jumped in- " to me irav and "foueht tik maniac." The , girl clutched oe hand over the revolver, steadying Lamb's own grasp, and with the other got a tiger hold on Fisher's hair. , Meanwhile, the frenzied prison er was biting viciously at Lsmb's wrist and arm below the elbew. The girl's calls brought rr O'Neill from his office and with his assistance the prisoner wss subdued and the handcuffs re stored. Immediately Lamh . rushed to a physician's of fir ttr attention to his "chewed- arm ' The girl's nerve and daring wis soundly praised last night by her employer and in a statement to a Statesman reporter Henry Meyers, superintendent of the prison, gave ducredit to the presence of -mind ; Continued on Par s, CoL S TO BE INSPECTED SEATTLE. Feb. 19 .fAPlT avoid a possibility of a crash en a soggy field while taking the new Boeing -Mystery- plane", to Ran Antonio for the start of hla Haw. to dusk flight to the canal zone next month. Captain Ira Ealrer will leave Seattle tomorrow to n- pect Oregon airports. : The chief pilot of the Quest) Mark's record break Inc flizht. win take a Pacific Air Transport ma ft plane to Oakland where he will 1 pick up an army machine for his return. On the way back he will stop at Medford, Eugene and Port. land. to check reports that recent heavy snows have made Oregon ' landing fields soggy. : - , He will try out the fast little plsne here Sunday or Mondav. If - they are successful he will hop off in it tor Ban Diego enronte te Sn Antonio. ' mm seeks LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 (Ar Applications for a new trial and ball for former district attorney. Asa Reyes, Ben Getxoff and K. JL Rosenberg, convicted of bribery, will be ruled upon here tomorrow By Superior Judge Edward I. Hut-" ler. If a new trial Is denied the prisoners will be sentenced. Judge Butler today heart argu ments of attorneys forthe defend, ants and denied their motion far an arrest of Judgment of the ver dict of tbe Jury which eonvktee? them. This was asked on the con tention that the gift of an autoatet. bile to Keyes did not belong In the trial and that the state-was pre paring to use the evidence In saw other trial of Keyes for allege bribery.- : v: U District Attornye. Buron FTtta . mid he will oppose release ef Ike prisoners on ball. BI AIRPORTS -1 1