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The "Sew OREGON Statesman. Salem; - Oregon, Wednesday. Morning, February 20, 1929 r-1 . 1 TTfi S SS Progress in Development of Stock' in Salem Vicin--.Kyis Noted. iy.z - .-. : ' , . ; An Interesting" and well At tended rabbit table show, was con ducted by The Salem Rabbit and , Small Stock- fcft'-tlon In ' tbo chamber of commerce auditorium, Salem. Tuesday night,-The jneet tn$ was oelUd to order by the n resident of the association; F. H. Whrr Indee H. E. Osborn of Portland was introduced and de Hvered a abort and tntereattngad dross, to tbe rabbit breeders and "their 4 friends preceding the Judg ing of the many entries, which were as follows: Panl Ellis, cblnchiila .doe and bads: 4 J. W. Yates. Flemish white bock and doe; X-f C-; Borkraan. chinchilla doe; Robert , Calvin, ,'New- Zealand white doe and bock and heary - chinchilla doe; Max - McCnlly, chinchilla doe and bnck; I Blaln Brown, heary chinchilla doe and back: O. A.-Tavlar. heavy 1 chinchilla doe; Joseph Singer, two " chinchilla does and two backs: Mrs. Robert Scheaff er ehlnehlUa : bock; TV. W. Fuller. New Zea i land 'white buck and doe; W. R. Stanton, steel. Flemish buck ; 1. i R. Grant, heary chinchilla .. buck ! and doe; R. D. Gibson, two New Zealand does.- . - Awards Made The awards were: best .buck In show. J. W. Tates, Flemish white back No. S. ' . ' ; Best doe In show: W. W. Ful ' ers Jew. Zealand white doe No, 20. v ! A.-'-ir-.V-': i - Judge Osborn . made the Judg tor of tbe many entries- especially Interesting by calling attention to both -the good and bad points of each animal as the examination was being made. -He paid the SalenT breeders Tiigh complement when he eaid that he noted great improvement in their rabbits since he Judged at the first table show here tw6 years ago and that much progress In this direction had been maae afa sinee a similar show held hfr a rear I ao. in which he nlje-ed the awards. ; The judge was assisted in hi? work of iudeinsr the show last nieht br F. H. Zinser and Panl Ellis, Ted Bookman, secretary of the association, kept the records. Increased interest in rabbit breeding was reported in the Sa lem "distrcit. HOB AGAIN IN FUTURE RESi (Continued from Pag 1.) j known as a driving prosecu tor and consequently would fit well Jn to the picture as the heatf of the prosecutiikg arnv ot the fed eral government. He already ha served as secretary of war and i was not believed that he would be returned to that post. Morn Interest In Domovan Is Shown Even before election there war conjecture regarding the .selection of Mr. Donovan aa attorney-gen eral. -but In recent weeks his nsm had rather dropped out ot the general cabinet discussions. How ever, he and Mr. Hoover are close personal friends and R Is believed that while he might pre fer the post ot attorney-general, the former, commanding officer tt New York's "fighting sixty-ninth." would accept whatever assignment the next president might ask him to take. ,- Tbe name of Senator -Borah of Idaho, also got back into the cab inet discussion in connecting with the attorney-generalship, bat hi' timate friends of the Idaho sen ator declared he would not be come a member ot Mr. Hoover's official family, preferring to re tain . his position as chairman ot the senate foreign relations com mittee. - -:' , - Proposed legislation on fish Is - attracting more outside, people to Salem than any other subject be fore the legislature. Public hear ings already held on a half dosea measures" by ' senste and house R BLE SHOW UGCk BE FisiiLEeisLATiarj committees on .: fisheries in every . instance have seen the-sportsmen arrayed - against - the . commercial interests, or the . other way around. , . - Tuesoay night the same . con. flicttngi Interests appeared before a Joint meeting of tbe house and senate " committees. Senate Bill 102, by Senator Jones for regula tion of the taking of salmon and other fish In the Willamette river below Oregon "City, drew objec tions from will R. Lewis and R. J. Kirkwood on the ground that the proposed amendment r would let the bars down too much. Zrhey urged greater protection for fish In the Willamette. ' it Bad Boy" Must . Behave, Dictum Of Senate Head "Bad Boy Bennett, Multnomah senator; must behave; w v j. v- In rather terse terms he ..was told that today by Senator Nor ; blad. who as president of the sen ate, was clothed with authority to talk "cold turkey J ' 4 -' Canvassing the senate, Norblaa Interviewed 24 senators today, ac cording to reports, each of whom agreed to sustain the president If he took the drastic action of ex pelling Senator Bennett. "Fa pfc or. n Gossip e - To the representative from Multnomah', known as z Lee goe '.he honor, if any, of being the first u coin a pun. on. the famous Po tato bin, known officially as IL B. 138 This measure regulates the potato. Industry of the state, and tinea it was , passed I Tuesday, Is generally regarded as a good act. Mrs. Lee rose to Inquire, long be fore i the ; roll was called, 'How many ayes" has the. Potato bill? To this .Representative Bronaugh. also of Multnomah answered wifh a proposed amendment providing for the "planting' of an onion with each potato,, so that the tubers wonld be self -irrigating. . MraC- Elbert - Bede, wife nObej thundering reading clerk of the house.' dropped In Tuesday to watch ' her husband, in actio. "He's not a! bit -noisier here than he is at home" she declared, al ter listening in during the ar- Mr. Peed .Wllllaxn Paekwood. at torney from Portland, wishes to inform the public at large Chat his business name la simply Fred "W. facawooo. ana inat ns nrst aaae is not 8tere, s seme wweld be- licre, and that his last nam: Is not Packard, or anything elvthat sounds - like that. llenceforth. scribes and others, refer to the gentleman as Fred W. Packwood. Attorney Pack-Wood la clerk of the legislation and rales committee. and has the important dnty f looking orer measares that are to be Introduced la the house. M-! 'Edwin C. Ford, professor ? of journalism at the University f Oregos), Ronald 1Dee) Rebaette. assistant graduate manager at the EXCISE TAX PASSES SEWBI8V0TE (Conttaoed from Pe 1.) : ralidallng the fax on capital stock if national banks, it was neces sary to work out some equitable WHAT THE EXCISE TAXIS H. B. 507, (substitute bill for IL U. 2?). which passed the house Twesday, was in troduced by Representatives Anderson, Carkin and Ham ilton. - It is known . as the 'Excise Tax bflL It applies to all national banking asso ciations. A tux on national and state banks Is measnred bj1 and le eqnal to S per rent of its net Income. It provides for a similar tax on finan cial, manufacturing mer cantile and business corpor ations with the added pro. viso that thee latter may offset np to 90 per. rent ef any tax due under this act with personal v property tax paid. It further provides for the administration of the act under the Jurisdiction of the state tax ' commission. The proceeds of. the tax are to be applied on the redaction of the state property tax. ian of taxing these banks. : The iroposal to tax the Income, of the harea In the hands of ahafehold- rs and the , Income - also of the lank Itself, he said, would pre face such a small amount of rev enue that It was discarded and :he excise tax recommendation finally adopted. By the Invalidation of the capi tal stock tax, a revenue of 1153. 900 n year was loat to the Hate, that approximately 21.800.- 309 would be the total amount irrected under the decision and hat only . a small nart of that would. be collectible. - In replying to Kubli's objection hat a minimum tax of 22 ( on mall industries would be a hard hip. . Carkin replied that the aehedule of: tees. for corporations -o do httsinesa In the state waa ower - than la 'most ether" states ind that the additional tax would ie a reasonable charge. Now that thlr measure naa safe ty cleared the house the war Is pen for passage or rejection of tbe tax on latandbles. This t not expected to raise as much as the excise tax. but it will do its hare to the extent of a half mil- uon or more : each year, and will be quite a few drops In the pro perty taxpayer's bucket. It Is as near painless tax as has been Imagined, and so far has met with practically no opposition. . Grange Insists Op - - -tr,i Property Offset Following this will come the in come tax. which the commission :nsisU will hare a property offset The latest turn In this chase ii :upplled by the sUte grange.; which has come forward with the assurance that If the legislature will simply neglect passage of anv xlnd of- Income tax. It will of its own accord put over one at the next general election that will do the trick. The Grangers are not 'aylng exactly what they will pro duce, but It la understood that they do not like the Idea, of a pro perty offset., even If It la designed to help them and them only. What they do want, and exactly what, may' be revealed soon, however. for they are understood to be hard at work hereabouts. . - ; If the property tax. relief com mission has Its . way the triune program ot an excise tax. Intangi bles tax and Income tax will go through as scheduled But If nec essary to drop- off the Income tax for the time being, there are still two measures that ' are regarded as good, and It but one of them passes the. state will be helped a bit, ' - f COSTES CRASHES' PARTS," Feb. 19 (API - Du- donne Cos tes.' starting out today in pursuit .of his former comrade, but present-r'ral, oJseph Le Brix, on an Intended - flight to Indo china, crashed' in-a forest, a few miles outside or Paris. - ' . nrf Lite cf Utzsi cd Be- There in Legislative Helix. Wllderman. director of sports pub !I !?? .AS"t,li:Scnatof -Elliott Rushes to De- WCIO mit Kill; AUUUi , house Tuesday,, Ford la picking up Journalistic - pointer . or two, Wllderman stopped to rlait one of his law colleagues. Representattre Barnr Goldstein, and Mr. Rob- re tte was "Just looking. ' The senate per diem "committee was announced by President Nor blad Tuesday. The committee Is composed of Senators Moser, Cor bett and Upton, all former presi dents of the state senate. .-JThis committee will recommend te the senate tbe, mileage and. per diem to be paid to the legislators and tbe legislative employfes. i A bill by- the senate "committee on elections and privileges relat ing: to the registration of rotors was laid on the table. It was said that the contents of the bill, were covered la nether measure which already b as received farorabl? consideration ia the house. . Several foreign students, who are- ttenain g "Willamette Univer sity were interested -visitors at the state eapf tol Tuesday morning. The - students were ' recelred and greeted by Governor Patterson and attended both chambers of the legislature. Courtesy of the senate was extended - to gronp, which included: Chai Whan Lee ot near Seoul Korea, Miss tllang TsaL Frank Chen and Roderick Chang of China, Miss Tarry Ot snkf of Brooks, and the Rev. T. Norlsus. who recently came from Japan ; to : direct ,- religious and school work among the Japanese at TK11 center. ; Mrs. Gordon Black and Miss Helen Johnson ac- ;:c GIRL KEEPS pa III OFFICE (Continued from Pas; 1.) and nerve she displayed and add. sistance the attempted escape might hare been accomplished. It has been the custom of the prison to allow convicts who hare money of their own to hare cer tain special work done in town. lb such cases, the prisoner is always; accompanied by a guard. With Tuesday's experience, henceforth specialists will come to the pris oner instead of the' prisoner -com-ing to them. ;. ; ; ... The presence of mind of Lamb in not using his gun v. hen he had every lawful right to protect him self drew commendation from the, prison superintendent, however orders were given that uner no circumstances-are handcuffs to be removed again. ; Fisher' was serving 15 years for assault with a dangerous weapon. He was received from Multnomah county In 1925. , EX-BAD H OR AUVE. WHICH? NEW YORK, Feb. 19. (AP) V Quarter of a century ago when Pat Crowe was a train robber, and when he kidnaped Edward A Cudahy Jr.. there may very well bare been rewards offered for his capture "dead or alive.. And though there Is no reward out for him now that's Juat what Pat Crowe was today dead or alive bat there was a difference of official opinion aa to which. Police In Buffalo. N. T- Insist ed that a man who committed sui cide there was Pat Crowe, but New Tork city police were equally convinced that a man they talked to today was Pat Crowe. . Buffalo police who arrested the former bad man several years ago for drunkenness . Identified the lulclde. They; recalled that Pat Crowe wore . felt Insoles In his shoes, such : soles were found In the footwear of the dead man. After publication of-the story of Pat Crowe's demise, . police headquarters here recelred a call from a man known along the Bow. ery as Pat Crowe who challenged the Buffalo suicide's right tJ the name. The program.' for the annual meeting of . the . Marion county Public Health association to oe neia as umncr t. . . f -.... . .-th V M. C. A. at o'clock Tuesday. February 2. was announced Tues- da by Dr. Estella Ford Wkrner, director of the Marlon county child health demonstration. - T. M. Hicks is president of the county v public health association and will preside at the meeting. The program includes: y 1 Minutes : of last meeting: re ports. Including the seal sale and those from the local councils at Aurora, Hubbard, Woodburn, 811 rerton. Mill City, SUyton. Jeffer son. Northeast and Red Hills. Also report of the president. , - Resume of health work ot Mar lon county,, Dr. Estella FordWar- : Adoption of revised constitu tion and bylaws. 'Nominating 'committee report and election of officers. . .. . Talks on "Marlon County Pub-" lie Health -Association It's Op portunity," by Mrs, John A. Car son of Salem; ; Mrs. Glen dor a M. Blakely ; of - Portland! U County Judge J. C Stegmund; and Mrs. Saidle Orr Dunbar.-. secretary of the state tuberculosis association. of Portland. - Ml HEALTH BRDUP TO MEET RDCT WEEK uETHODS OF 2 tense of Botiv State Institutions (Continued from Page 1.) there was no tan overlapping; in courses; and'tkat the education lot non-resident students does'; not cost the state any large amount of money. It was suggested at the meeting that hereafter a detailed report should be made of ail re ceipts and disbursements in con. nection with research work. - ; ' Senator Kiddle went before the committee tonight and was- suc cessful in having the appropriation for the eastern normal school in- creased from $ Tf.SOt to S4.7S. He urged the increase so that the school might hare sufficient fnnde to care for Its expenses during the last 18 months of this bfennrum. An appropriation of. (0e was authorised with, which to complete the attic at the state Udnstrlal rhool for girls. " tA-r-'i " The committee reported out far. orably Represents tire .Ford's bill authorising annual appropriations for the arious county faire . , Elks Temple Room - Filled When Bunting and Jenkins Address Gathering : More than 89 business and pro fessional men of Salem crowded the dining room of the Elks' tem ple Tuesday night to attend an advertising and ' merchandising forum conducted by - the Salem Ad club In conjunction with the extension department of the Unl- I versify of Oregon. with William Paulua, president of the club presiding, two hours of an intensive program were giv 1 en over to discussions of market ing and advertising. Earl Bunting of Portland discussing "market ing" and Frank Jenkins of Eu gene speaking on "Making Ad vertising Pay." 3Iarketa Held Individual Bunting pointed out that mar kets were confined to Individuals rather than to territories. He cit ed statistics gathered from ths Los Angeles district by the fed eral bureau of commerce showing uiat sugutly more than one-half of the population had SO per cent of the spending power of that lo cality. Using such studies as a basis. Bunting urged merchants to stuay tne facts or their own business, determining who are the customers and what type ot people they, sought to reach. Con sumers are to be classified Into fire groups, according to Bunting. including those who can .barely sustain - themselves, consumers who make a living wage, the mid dle group of "average people." those who earn above the scale of ordinary living and the rich group which does not have to consider cost in making purchases. Frank eJnklns. speaking on the subject of advertising answered four questions about, advertising, pointing out what advertising is. how it originated, how merchant; could ase it and the appropriate amount of expenditure for adver tising. . - .. Advertlains: Held galea Talk He termed Advertising as a means of "multiplied selling" and said that advertising in some farm dated back to the origin of retail merchandising. He urged mer chants to use advertising intelli gently, preparing their ads with the same selling appeal that they made In meeting a customer In the store. -Jenkins cited fignrej from the Harvard School of Bus iness research showing what suc cessful mere has ta the nation ever were expending for adrertisisg. Exoresslons of aDPreciatlon for the meeting were made Sy numer- ont business man and en informal rote- taken . at ' the conclusion' of the dinner called for a repetition of a similar meeting next year by the local ad club. Overly Zealous Team Supporter Is Reinstated Charles ' Rogers; Salem - high school Junior, who-was dismissed from school Monday for going to Astoria Friday to attend a foot ball game against school rules. was back In school Tuesday, fol-j lowing a conference with the stu dent's father. - Principal J. C. Nel son was convinced that the boy did not know of the school ruling .... i-,, v w..,i nA r-. " "I rTT ITTT hare attended the game. With out knowledge of the ruling. Rog ers' father had encouraged him to attend the game. :S:. k: Whether or not George Harris, who was dismissed with Rogers. will be nermltted to - return to school will probably be known to day. Butter Egg And 1 Cheese Men Meet r SAN - FRANCISCO, Feb. 19. (AP) With 400 delegates from seven western states present, the Pacific states butter, egg, cheese and ' poultry association : conven tlon here today decided to fight for -lower - freight rales -on eggs sent to eastern markets. TOTJTHS EXECUTED CHICAGO. Feb. . 20. (AP) Anthony Grecco and Charles Walt, youths in their teens; were execut ed in the county Jails shortly aft er midnight tonight for the mur der of a policeman. . Facta VNot WortK Legislature 1. Number of school chlldrvuKWho have visited legislative . balls,' T.159 Number of school children who hare learned something - about how legislature la conducted and laws are made 11 - Number who hare kept awake during procedure. ..... 1.128 2. Number of legislators who pay little attention to . what'Is golnren: - - - 69 In house; SO In senate 1 - Number of legialators who do pay some atUn- . tlon to what Is going on: - - lln house; HO In senate V (Name ot 1 in house can be obtained from Joe Singer, - V -"i . ; . sergeant at arms.) '.-lr; V-y?;? :, . ' . 3. The splthall championship of: the legislature was" won" this . - week by Miss Gladys Richmond, assistant clerk to the tax- ation and the revenue committee, after an exciting; contest in : which members of the press, house employes and eren legis--lators took part, Miss Richmond scored nearly perfect In ac curacy,6 speed and effectiveness In waking op sleeping mem :bers with the spitballs. .- ' . X " 4. The contest-tordetermlne what person carries the meet weight - around the- state house was won by .the genial gentleman who ' manicure ahoea In the lower lobby. ' Joe Dunne, senator, was L a close second, and many, believe he would have won . had h not gone Into training some Ime ago for the ring. The win ner, Charlie MaxwelL believes that It is worry that keeps men skinny, and since he quit worrying jyearswago, he expects In a tew yearsi to wear the heavyweight crown of the world. a ; iC Gerernor Patterson announces that he has withdrawn his of fer to donate a sHrer cup to,the member that could tell the k best f toh story Associstlea of seme members with tho fish and game lobby has given them nndue advantage, the gov- : ernor declares.: ; - -iL'j., ': -l BfigsIrari,Lead Murdered Gangsters, Said To CHICAGO. Feb. 19(AP) the Herald and Examiner said to night that George "Bugs" Moran. seven of whose followers were slain by a firing squad of gang sters last xnursaay quieiiy slip ped out of Chicago shortly after midnight Sunday. . CHICAGO, Feb. 1 1. (AP) William F. Russell, commissioner ?9t police H announced today he be lieved tfflel St. ITalenUne's day .ill M4- United States Supreme Court Considers Sinclair Re fusal to Talk WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. (AP) -Another phase of the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve contro-j versy Is before the supreme court for its consideration. ' Counsel for the government and Harry F. Sinclair today con cluded before the highest tribunal arguments on whether the oil man was within his rights In refusing to answer questions put to him by a senate committee In 1924 re lating to the lease of the Wyoming reserve issued him by Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the In terior, which since has been de clared invalid. ' Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. rVoberts. for the government and George P. Hoorer, Sinclair coun sel, dwelt at length on tne peri Inencr ef the anestlons. The gov ernment counsel asserted the questions were within the scope of the senate's legislative power while Hoorer contended that the burden of proof to establish their relevancy was on the government and that this had not been done. " Members of the court ques tioned' the counsel closely on thb Lpolnt and Justice McReynoldsJn dlcated doubt that the four ques tions set out tn the Indictments ar touching on matters Involved lr he lease making, might be-of aid tn forming new laws. Pomerene declared that In ad dition to legislating, congress had power to Investigate the admin istratlon ot public lands. RoberCi said that the questions besides be ing relevant la themselves wer proper aa preliminary to other In formation the committee was seek lag In aid ot legislation. ' " " ". "As far aa this inquiry Is con corned," Justice McReynolds said "the senate has no power except to make laws and therefore nc power to elicit Information not relative to the subject." Finnish Editor is Guilty of Libel SURBTJRT, On.; Feb. 19. (AP) Aarro Yaara, editor of tlu Finnish newspaper Yapaus, wa found guilty by a Jury tonight ol publishing seditious libel. Justice Wright sentenced : him to six months Imprisonment and a fine ot $1,000 or two additional year. in prison. The Jury deliberated three hours. - -:r- The Bouse WsSSflD Mil. or. i'i i"nrrrrnnTi?r7,i'. ' rrrurt rxtxt a Vitapfaone Acts and Movietone Talking News ' - ' Thorscb'y Brlajs . ; -. - 41 A New Yitaphone -Talkiisj Success 1 , ''THE LITTLE WILD CAT' V - -i-y:'-.l:startlns; '.-wr-!-3.s--,j.'t'5 - ; - GEORGE FAtJCETT and AUDREY FERRIS ICncnvihs" About tho Seen Sunday gang massacre wonld be cleared up soon and Coroner Herman N. Bundesen revealed he had receiv ed death, threats which he attrib uted to his activity . In trying to solve the mystery. v Commissioner Russell ssld ths police had Information which led him to beliere the names of the slayers of seven members of the George "Bugs' Moran gang would soon be known. He added, "the ltd Is on Chicago to stay." tn re ferring to orders to stop tho sell ing and traffic In liquor. The commissioner hotly denied the police drive against liquor was to be discontinued as soon as ex citement over the killings died, down, declaring that "the police are tired of taking the blame for everything" and - intended t o keep the town closed up." Dr. Bundesen said he had re ceived - an anonymous telephone message Sunday in which- he was threatened and had recelred a crudely sprawled letter yesterday in which he ' was asked "How would yon like to kick the buck et" and adding, "it wont be long now. -TODAY and hu womter horso I rrniss72. i i COJIEDY NEWS and PATHE REVIEW Starts Friday 6 BIG ACTS iFU'vCTu'uTlKlc. II of Hits! . a i v II Ill II 1 6 1 S II SB Pi - II till flu. n YJ Jin i I hi sua LAST TIMES TODAY ' - . mm SEL'fiTE BilCllS DRY STATUTES Spirited Debate Between Bo- . rah and Reed Ends With . . . '' Bill's Passage ' , 7 (Continued from PigV t.) force the prohibition, laws more effectively. j ' Judges Asked To ' re DiscretloBi ;- In raising the penalty so as to include first offenders the senate softened th - blow. by approving a provision in the bill which de. j dares it to be the. sense of the senate that Judges, when Imposing sentences ''should discriminate be tween casual or slight violations and habitual sales of Intoxicating liquor or attempt to commercial, tzo violations of the prohibition law.?, A ' -i v V..'---l. V Before4 the bill passed. Senator Bingham; republican. Connecticut, proposed to exempt first offenders from the Imposition pf the maxi mum penalties but the senate vot ed htm down, 51 to 81. . On the final ballot. 89 repub licans Joined with 29 democrats in support of tho measure while fire republicans and IS demo crats were registered against democrats were registered against It. Among those voting for the bill were Senator .Borah who In a speech yesterday demanded strict, er law enforcement. Senator Reed of Missouri who had directed a scathing attack upon prohibition, voted against the measure. Minimum Penalties Are Not Affected The bill did not affect minimum penalties already Incorporated In the Volstead act. Under the pres ent law the maximum penalty Is a fine of 11.000 or six months Im prisonment or both for first of fenders and $2,000 fine with fire years Imprisonment for t subse quent offenders. The minimum sentence a Judge may at present impose Is none at all for first of fenders and a fine of $200 with imprisonment of one month for second or subsequent offenders. ' Practically all of the debate was concerned with the discrimination between minor offenses, such as carrying a pint of liquor to a friend and the activities of the big bootleggers. Supporters of the measure contended that Judges j EI TODAY II lsr I V ry VMTMirnr c -ON THE Leatrice Joy in 'TROPIC MADNESS" PARAMOUNT NEWS EVENTS . COMEDY - MAT. 25c - EVE, 60c CLINCH your sales merits ' A FTER the sale has 'nbeen f. dosed and the order; deliyered - you still haTe '.to keep your customer satis - .'-v fled with your prod - ' net.'' One way of doin; - this , is by personal v calls . the ? other oa is wun gooa print- j fii s . arm We are fully prepared by knowledge and equipped with modern facilities to relieve -j; you of part of this burden. ...... tf - . . . .. l v - Come In and let ua sHow tod some iexamoles ; .V ,; of printing that clinches the sales artrument- ? ' - effectively.: : - ?v,; Statesman Publishing Go, ' . Telepnohe 500 would use their discretion ia met ing but sentences.; T -;' : r;u Power, Feared Ia; Hands of Judge V : Opponenta claimed tho 'bill would giro partial and prejudiced Judges too - much latitude and might result. In sending compara tively innocent young men to pri son for long terms. Just before the final vote had been taken and immediately after Senator Bingham's proposal to exempt first offenders from tho maximum penalties had been re. Jected Senator Bruce, democrat, Maryland, who retires March 4. declared: I wish- to pronounce a curse on tnu oiu with my last dying breath.. , , ' : - :. : "It is another step in the march of i tyranny." ,.he .; . declared. by marking out all distinction be tween first and subsequent of fenders." . Senator. Jones described his bill ss ' one directed primarily . at . the big bootlegger. The measure was supported -by the prohibition bu reau, and by " Mrs. Mabel Walker Wlllebrandt. assistant attorney general la . charge ot prohibition cases In the department ot Justice. Three Escaped Convicts Taken After Big Break COLUMBUS. Ohio. Feb.; 20. (AP) Three of the five, convicts who escaped from Ohio state pen itentiary yesterday had been re captured early today. Pat McDer mott, serving lite for the murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton editor. was captuTed with Make Jacko. Cleveland, murderer also serving life tire miles from hero at mid night. IS hours after the escape. A few hours later prison officials took Joe Rosso. Cleveland robber at a farm south of .here ssd brought him back to the prison. . Fortune Teller Gets 5-14 Years Word has been received x here that A. B. Meyer, alias "Prof." Stevens, who was arrested in Sa lem several .weeks ago on an Idaho charge ot obtaining, money by false pretenses, was convicted at Pocatello and was sentenced Monday to serve from five to 14 years in the state penitentiary. Meyer was operating as a clair voyant In Salem. OX TUB STAGE 4-8-10 P. M. SCRKRX- wm ejjemve : . 1 " ! . N 'l-.V -.2. .. jj - ' :