m T ON BILLS RUSHED; EXCISE Governor Expected to Put Name on Intangibles Tax Measure . . Two , Special Elections Are - Made Possible iff-Refer- - endum Comes Taxation rode "high, vide nod handsome," through the Oregon legislature Thursday" when" the senate! -passed the tax on intane biles with only one dissenting Tote ard the; bouee rushed through two bills for special elections on June 28 and in November, if the refer, endum is invoked on any tax mea sure. ' . ' ' "v " iV A 4 Now that the senate has- fol lowed the action - of the bone lo passing the tax on Intangibles. It is "going to the governor, who will not veto the measure..Tbe Ex cise "tax bill, already through the house. Is In the senate, and should be acted on today. Plan to Take State On of Ited' I The excise .and the intangibles taxes are to' wipe, out the 'deficit and take the state out of the "red." The .income tax, passed Wednesday by the house. Is now in the senate. Over a 'vigorous protest from Metsker, Goldstein and Henderson the house pasred the bills for the two special elections. . As the guide of the property tax relief commission's chain of legis lation. Carkin carefully explained the reason why two special elec tions should be provided for." He said the electorate Is not intelli gent enough to tell apart the ex cise and intangibles, and the in come tax. - i Carkin Doesnt Expert Special June Election Carkin expressed the belief that the special election will not be held in June, as he does not Imagine that the referendum will be ap plied to the excise .and Intangibles, In the senate there is consider able opposition against the income tax. The fact that the people bare repeatedly rejected the income tax idea when they ,.cauld express themselves, is' not overlooked by some of the senators". .- 7 '. When the legislatorsjcome back two years hence they may not have to waste time dashing about with resolutions to' pay themselves 5 a day i for expense' money for any moderate-living; mender should be able to get along on "he stipend provided in ' House Joint resolution Z5, introduced In the house Thursday. This measure provides that at the next general or special elec tion the people shall be-asked to vote on whether or not they think legislators should receive $506 as pay for the session. The usual 13 per 20 miles is also provided, and speaker of the house and president of the senate shall re ceive half again the regular salary as pay. " The resolution is amply, backed by legislators. A do&en represen tatives, and a trio of senators for good measure, signed the reso lution. . , Marshal Foch -Now Living on Mere Liquids ' :: . PARIS, Feb28. (AP)--Mr-shal Ferdinand Foch this evening was restricted to liquid food for the first time since his collapse on January It. His stomach, which had been his staunch ally' In his fight against a complication of diseases;; shows signs of - weakin ing and has caused great pertur. ' bation among his physicians. Dr. Davenlere said tonight that the. marshal had taken only a quart of milk and . vichy "water since early afternoon. The tem perature of the old soldier had Its cuatomaryevenlng rise after hav ing been somewhat lower .this morning. It was about 101 degrees at.10 p.m. - - . Shaw is Cau&tic . About News Yarn LONDON, Feb. zS. (AP) -Ceorge Bernard Shaw in a news paper interview tonight comment, d with Shavian briskness on what he described' as fictions about his illness and "attempts to aasassi nate" him brealling him up la the dead of a froien night to make in quiries, j LAWYER - IfUBDEICED . CENTERVILLS, Iowa, Feb. 28. (AP) -George Damyancich. a miner, today shoe and killed U. Fulton Rice, hsi attorney, because ha said, "He didn't handle my ?as jrlght.", - ? . ; S500 PAY FOR TERW1 PROPOSED 00 e -Section of Bixi Rivers Six Lives Known to have Been Lost; Villages And Cities Isolated When Streams, Rise Out of Their Banks A TLANTA, Feb. 28.--(AP) jla. 48-iKrar downpour of vjwrjpia, AiaDama ana the Uarounas swirled out of their banks today; marooned cities and villages impaired rail and VlinrViwotr tMAn .-.A .l.,'tnJ I 11 1 11 SI . " vxxv, aiiu buumcu The Ocmulgee and Oconee xomoigDee, .Black Warrior and ana : u uatawDa, v?encn JBroaa and: Swannanoa in the Carolinas were the principal streams af fected.. Wide areas of inundation washed out bridges and flooded roads and rail lines were reported in the lowlands of these streams. Georgia was perhaps the hard est hit. Here the torrent of the Ocmulgee spread out a mile wide surged within four blo-kj of the main business section of Macon and - threatened to overflow Cen irai city park. Ctty em cloves vrornea to strengthen levees with sandbags Near, Lincolton, Ga., the flood waters gave up the holies of six persons who were drowned in their automobiles that . Une4 Into the waters. Cherokeer&feek flowing through a washout in the highway fill. The bodies of Fred A. McWcorten, prominent attor ney and a state representative- elect and his three small children were taken from the stream along witn tne oodles of Ben P. Fore. man of Allendale. S. C. and Ed ward Barrett, 37, of Grovetown, The six victims were occupants of two cars that plunged off op posite siaes or tne washout ATTEMPT TO SffEAK JAIL IS IB Hadley Files Way From Cell; Irlves Up After Dig - gifig in Bricks V Another attempted break from tne Manon county jail came to naught when Burdette Hadley, forger, filed his war through the bars of his cell, dug a row of bricks from the north wall of the court house, and then abandoned tne project; The incident is be lieved to have occurred shortly after midnight Thursday morning but did not become known until later in the day. - r The reason tor Hadiey's aban donment of the attempt remained as much a mystery as did the source of the tools with which he almost made his way to liberty. Up For Parole . More nnexplainable still was the fact, that Thursday was Hadiey's day to come on tor sentence before Circuit Judge Kelly, and Hadley wanted a parole. It was considered probable - that he would get one. In view of the fact that the charge against him Involved forgery of a check for only $19 and restitution of the money was being made. The upshot of it was that the parole was denied and Hadley will spend the next 12 months in prison, v ' "No charge was placed against him for his start for freedom." it was started Thursday by Oscar Bower, sheriff, "There would have been one, of course, 4f he had con tinued on his way and left the Jail. , , , - ' teemed to Ctuuuce Mind . '"We can think of no1 reason why Hadley .abandoned his pro ject, except that he Just changed his mind. He may have seen some of us walk past outside the build. Ing. or he may have had a chasge of heart for some other reason; - To. make his getaway Hadley would .have found it necessary to climb through a hole in the. brick wall after he completed it, 'scale a fence of high Iron pickets and make his: way across the court house lawn;. This would have been In plain, sight of any passerby, for a bright light illuminates that section of the court house prem ises all night .V: i The Marion county jail has be come notoriously easy to escape from due to "the fact that bricks can be dug from the wall with slm. (Turn to Page J. Column 1.) M Exact Thermoniieter Tells Temperature of Woman's : Blushes Two Feet Distant By HOWARD W. BLAXESLEE ' Associated Press Science Editor WW TORK. -reb. 11 (API -v-The temperature of blushes on a 1rl's cheek were measured tonight In the presence of the guests at the science dinner of the AmerL. canlnstltttte.;-: . - : Only mild blushes were avalL able on the cheeks of the young woman who sat before the diners with a thermopole two .feet; from her face registering her passing emotions."; Her blushes recorded about five one-hundredths of one le. Flooded as Ov ertlow Swelled to flood stage by a ram, rivers and tributaries in su. uves in one smau oeorjria rivers in Georgia, the Coosa, TailaDOosa rivers in Alabama U DDIS PLANE WITH BUT ONE HID Famous Flyer and Fiancee Take Short Flight Day .1 Fallowing Mishap MEXICO CITY, Feb. 28 (AP) Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh demonstrated with one hang his confidence in flying even while his right arm remained in a sling1 as the result of his "mishap" of yesterday. Miss Anne S. Morrow, his promised wife,' bravely follow ed his lead with undiminished faith in the abilltv of the colonel and the safely of the work which has been his life. Miss Morrow apparently found tonic in the medicine prescribed in the training corps of the United States' army by Which, a .flier is sent back Into the air to renew, his confidence as soon as possible after a crackup. She seemed, a trifle nervous as she entered the airplane but. after ' three short flights over Valbuena field she was as gaily confident as her com panion. ' The aviator himself showed no uneasiness at managing the-plane with his left hand nor did. he dis play any awkwardness in handling the commercial plane to which ne was a stranger. Lindbergh made three takeoffs and landings within half an hour. The flights were limited to circl ing over, the field. - f Details' of the crackup yester day when the aviator brought his plane down, knowing that he baa dropped a wheel on the take oil from- thehrpicnlc ground m tne country, showed that he had con sidered the protection of his fian cee In every way. Not only did he exhaust the gasoline supply to re move the danger of explosion or fire but he lowered the cabin win dow so that Anne would not be cut by flying glass. He warned her that the- machine .was likely to turn over; but assured her that the crash would not be serious. HE RULE BILL IS IIP 1H SETUTE TODAY The famous telephone Vhome rule" bill sponsored by Represen tative Burdick will have its Inn ing In the senate at 1 1 o'clock this forenoon, having been desig nated as j a special, order, of bus- ness for ,that time. In view of the narrow margin by which the measure passed the hcuse. its fate In the senate is somewhat in doubt, although the senate has in - general exhibited more Interest In telephone rate legislation than has the house. ' Both branches have passed two memorials calling for federal in vestigation. The senate Toted dowa Senator Upton's bill for a general 1 per cent reduction throughout the - state. Some sen ators said at that time, that they opposed this bill because the home rule bill' would .accomplish the same purpose, namely that of throwing the entire matter- Into the courts. . PROBE CONTINUES MEDFORD. Feb. 28 (AP) The grand jury resumed Its ses sions today and is said to be In vestigating the affairs of former District Attorney Newton C. Cha ney. ., ' ' " degree, fahrenheit, an order of blush scarcely sufficient to Induce much color. The heat measured Is radiation caused - by- the- - blood rushing Into,. the cheeks daring amotion. Dr. E. B. Free, who conducted the demonstration, explained that numerous experiments . have put the temperatures of blushing , In well defined elasses. The range seems to be almost as wide as the play of human emotion, soma read ings showing 100 times as much (Turn ts Pag 1, Column 1.) Galnm - Wx... V2Jm I. -,! "1 I! .... . . - Big Air Compressor at Stone Quarry Blows Up With Fata! Results Blast Scatters Wreckage far and Wide; Firm's Of f ice Demolished !, STONEtBIOUNTAIN Ga., Feb. 28. (AP) Seven men lost their lives and, -ten others were Injured, several seriously, late today In an explosion of an air compressor at the Quarries of the Stone Moun tain Granite corporation, about a miles north of here. The explosion occurred as the men were crowded about a time clock near the compressor, check ing out after the day's work. The dead, all of whom lived here, are three whites and four negroes. Officials of the company tonight could not ascribe a definite cause for the explosion of the tank of compressed air which was three feet 'wide and 15 feet long but said they believed it was due ei ther to a defect or over-compres sion. - Forty Workman Are Passing Ner The explosion occurred at 3:30 o'clock while forty of the 180 workmen employed in Qarry were passing through the timekeeper's office, three feet from the tank of the compressor, checking out after the day's work. Suddenly and with a loud de tonation the tank - exploded, de molishing the time keeper's office and scattering bits of eteel among the workmen. The four negroes were dead when other workmen on a work train nearby reached the scene and Sowan died before an ambu lance arrived. Davis and Glaze died in an ambulance en route to a hospital in Atlanta. i The accurate list of the injured was not available tonight. The streets of this little town were crowded with townspeople tonight, the majority of whom de rive their income from the quarry. 7. I ' f HER LEFT ARM LOST Amputation Follows Mishap to Helen Gwynn on way Home From School Halen Gwytfn, seven-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Gwynh of route one, had to have her left arm amputated above the elbow Thursday morning as the result of injuries sustained Tuesday afternoon when a truck struck her, knocking her down and passing over the arm, mang ling It below the elbow. The accident occurred at the Junction of the Wallace and Shind ler roads. The girl was on her way home from school and had Just stepped from a car at the turn in the road to walk the short dis tance to her home when the truck struck her. She attended the I Mountain View school. Relatives reported , Thursday night that tne girl's condition was regarded as grave. She is at the Salem General hospital. Her fa ther has a barber shop on Court street here. Thursday In Washington By The Associated Press President-elect Hoover com pleted his cabinet selections. .House republican leaders proposed to start the special session on April 10. Congressional action was completed on the naval supply bill carrying $14,000,000 for, the cruiser program. " The house passed the Jones bill to impose more severe pen alties upon prohibition violat ors. , - . - ' f . " The senate passed the second' deficiency bill but sent It back to ; the house . with several changes.' - The federal reserve loans, to brokers for the week endin February IT, showed an ln- lrmmmm of tSA AAA AAA ' President Coolldge continued to receive a long list of callers and to elea up last minute ad ministration matters. - The final report of the . sen. ate , campaign funds committee showed a total expenditure of ItC.SSO.OOO by two major par-, ties In the last campaign. TRUCK HITS EI STOi CENTER Soft Spoken Marion County . Solon Tells Associates Plain Truths Repeal of Salmon Wheel Bill Still Up In Air; Debate Grows Warm Representative Settlemier. of Marlon . county, ordinarily soft spoken when he speaks at all on the floor of the house, rared right backra his haunches and told Ms associates on the fisheries commit tee some plain truths Thursday sight when discussing the bill to repeal time law putting fish wheels out of business. Representative Anderson de clared that the people voted elim inating the wheels and the voice of the people should be obeyed. Settlemier countered this by reminding Anderson that the lat ter had- voted an Income tax when the people have rejected, one nine times, the last time only four months ago; that Anderson had voted down an increase in com pensation for legislators, and that Anderson had voted for a Ueuten ant governor when the people have repeatedly voted that down. Injustice Admitted By lower River Man Metsker said elimination Of the wheels bad been an Injustice and he i disliked working an injustice on. anyone, but his people in Co lumbia county use nets and not wheels, so they would not like to see the wheel law repealed. 'How ever, he would favor reporting the bill out without reccomenda tlon it the emergency clause was deleted. Settlemier, Childs and Knapp agreed to this proposal if Metsker would make the motion. Then Metsker asked permission to sleep on it over night.' . Robison began a personal tirade against F. fJ. Seufert, whose wheels were topped, when he was Interrupted by Settlemier, who told how Seufert had made the rocks and sand of The Dalles into the orchards and gave 20,000 cherry trees to the farmers to be paid for when they had their first erop, and started the cherry in dustry of Wasco county. SUSPECTS PLOT AGAINST CHIEF HAVANA, Feb. 28. (AP) - Charges by Cuban secret service police that a nationwide plot had been discovered to kill President Machado and bring about armed intervention of the United States through a coup d'etat here, were denied today by Dr. Alejandro Vergara Leonard, one of ten men arrested last night as principals in the alleged plot. "There Is no truth to the charg. es that a plot existed against the life of President Machado," he said. "Nor is there any more truth to the charge that a revolt j was planned (or the purpose of bringing American intervention in Cuba. "I knew I was to be arrested on serious ; charges and so," two days ago, I Informed the. United States embassy here of the' move ment of - the " government. My sworn statement is at the embassy at this time." vergara's statement was con firmed at the embassy later. Policeman Kills t3-Year-Old Lad Upon suspicion DETROIT, Feb. 28. (AP)--A thirteen year old boy, riding in a motor car with two young com. panions, was killed tonight by a shot of a patrolman who believed them bandits for whom a pickup order had been issued. The boy,- v Morris MenkowlU, and his companions were going to an Ice cream: parlor near their home when the patrolman, Robert Williams.' hailed . them., Morris wore .a leather, cap and Williams said he Just had been ordered to watch for three men in a car, one of whom wore such a garment When the boys, failed to -heed his hail, Williams fired -the bullet piercing Morris' heart. .. .. Livestock Theft Lfer protracted debate In which1 personalities figured large ly, even to the extent of veiled In sinuations that some members "of the senate profited from theft of livestock, that body passed Sen ate Bill 193 Thursday - Designed to prevent theft of livestock, It provides a higher license fee for meat dealers and a complete rec IN FISH FIGHT ord of all purchases and sales. I : : ' i I New Portrait of Curtis j sV s T . . . 1 1 - ' :,:;.v.v.v.:.:.v: . - I -, " A ' v - ' . SI:'.::::'.'.' t i rv . o v x ' .v.v.v.v.. f- i p. v.v.-jf - v - ji .'.'.v.-.y -. v.-. a-.vj.v.v.'.v.v.-j.-.-.v, ..av.w.v.'.v.t. a I A y- .aix::!::! ' X A''A'y':: "V ?.:::::::::'' ' . .X. f77.::::t::'.:::: . :ii2Sw f.:::::::::: v..'...; ;:v;Kvssi:vX ..'.::'.'. '.:'.:'.::::: . . UtHt camera rtrait of Vice picture; taken in Washington, Is of the United States senator from EIGHT M LISTED Hoover Selects Seven Men Older Than Himself and One of Same Age sQf the eight men selected for the Hoover cabinet whose names now are known, five are lawyers, one Is a banker, one Is an edu cator, and one Is a. former steel worker. Seven are his seniors. while the eighth, Dr-. Ray Lyman Wilbur, is of the same age, g4. . The eight are: ' ', Secretary of state Henry L. Stimson, of New York, lawyer, aged 62. Secretary of the treasury An drew W. Mellon ef Pennsylvania. Secretary of war James w Good, of Iowa, lawyer, 63. Attorney-general William D. Mitchell, of Minnesota, lawyer, 55 Postmaster-general i-Walter F, Brown, of Ohio, lawyer, 60. Secretary ! of navy -C h a r 1 e s Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, lawyer, 63. ; i Secretary of interior! Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, of California, edu cator, 64. j Secretary! of labor James Davis, steel worker. 111 Salary Measures Are Passed Over Governor's Veto A mere disapproval by the gov ernor does not prevent the Mult nomah delegation from ; going merrily ahead with its legislative program. .This power was again demonstrated in the house Thurs day when the group was success ful in getting, the members to override, the vetos on senate bills 38 and house bill 365. 8. B. 210, which gives the coun ty judge of Union county a little more per annum, also was ap proved over the official protest. . Senate bill 38 increased the pay of- the 'constable of Multnomah! county from 32400 to. 33300. while H. B. 365 granted similar Increases : to district court clerks in thi&. region. Opposition against either was slight, and there was no debate on the floor, v i iminary I I - . 4 NEW CABINET wemear Prel Water! System for Salem Replacement with a new weld ed pipe of the main ' which has carried ; Salem's water supply across the Willamette slough for number of years, with a new welded pipe, is proceeding rapid ly and the work will be completed in little more than a week. The new. pipe has been welded for Its entire length across- the sloughs and is In place,; but the process pf anchoring It securely Is only two-thirds nnisned. . until this Is dons the, old main will con tinue to serve, the connections at each end not yet being changed. Anchoring Process Slow The anchoring process Is a slow one, involving not oniy me anv ingof numerous ' piles,' but ' some 'Mtoep sea diving" on the part of men who fasten the cross supports between: the' piles, r -V- With a welded " pipe replacing the riveted 'main , which has been in use, of flclals of the Oregon- Washington Water ' Bervice com- pany planned to obviate anyus- picion that slough water might be getting Into the mains and caus All Presideai - eloct Ouu-les c4rfls..Thlel0.150 withcontlnujiig millage believed io be one of the best made Kansas. Rocco Fanelli and Jack Mc Gurn, Both Machine Gun ners, Being Held CHICAGO. Feb. 28. (AP) Two members of "Scarface-Al" Ca- pone's gang were in custody to night facing formal charges of murder in connection with the ex ecution of seven members of the rival gang headed by George "Bugs'CMoran, two weeks ago to day. , ; '. Two other men were held as ac cessories after the fact of murder and Capone himself . was served with a federal subjoena at Miami Beach, Fla., ordering his appear. ance before, a federal grand jury here March 12. With these developments. . po lice, who have chased theories and slim clues, building up and knock ing down one solution after anoth er, said they now knew who In vaded the north side garage on St. Valentine's jday, lined up seven members of Moran's rang and shot them to deaths While police were sanguine and enthusiastic, the suspects ' they held characterized the arrests as "bum raps" and offered alibis declaring the police possessed no actual evidence. The members of ' the Capone ran held are Jack McGurn known as an expert with a ma chine gun, and Rocco , Fanelli, al so "known as a good marksman with this weapon. Freighter Sunk To Avoijl Hitting Maumee Bridge TOLEDO. O.. Feb. 28. (AP) The huge. freighter W. C. Rich ardson was sunk here tonight to avert threatened destriction of a bridge. Sweet from her moorings up river, the freighter threatened the Cherry street bridge here as it was borne down the Maumee river by the force of . a huge ice pack. . , When the vessel .grounded sev eral hundred T "yards above ,the bridge. Harbor Master Clarence La Beau opened the sealocks on the Richardson and she was sunk lpeLiineis in Changes in ing the bad .taste and odor re cently prevalent here. .. At the same time, they ex pressed confidence -that slough water could not be causing the trouble, since at the time It start ed and all the time that the water has beeft bad, the supply was be ing pumped from the Island, thus maintaining i: a T pressure which Would prevent any seepage even though the main might have been faulty, though this- was denied after investigation.- New Sovrce Wanted "Work of replacing the main Is going ahead despite the fact that Its nee will be brief If the water company carries out -the recom mendations ; of ; Dr.CiVernon ' A. Douglas,' city health officer; made to me city council and approved by that body. : These recommend ations call for abandonment of tne. present supply soureeJ aelecJ tioa of an other source farther up the : river and construction of an adequate filtration plant, with the aaaeo - precaution of continued mm MURDERER cholrlnatlon. - ! -: PRICE FIVE CENTS Budget Compilation Indicates flet Deficit of $756,123 for Next Biennlum Governor Expected to Sharp en Axe; Income Bill Re ported Favorably i ' Appropriations authorized the Joint ways and means mtttee, together with one or two belated requests for funds now pending in the legislature aggre gate approximately 3899.980 In excess of the so-called balanced budget recommended by Gov-Pat-, terson. This, was announced' Thursday night after figures, had been compiled by the Orrn Voter legislative service. The compilation showed that the appropriations of $6,854.IO recommended by the .. governor were increased as a result of ap propriations already authorised and pending to $6,856,985. The continuing appropriations total aggregating $1,952,856. Togeth er with the 1753.797) not recom mended by the governor, the tetal. . i . f n n j . A A . i - : x Is 310,083,783. Revenues estimated by the gov- - ernor aggregates $9,327,665 lev- . 1930 of $756.13. Added to this amount are the deficiency appro priations fof 1927 and 1928 amounting to $143,061. Excise andf Intangibles Taxes Woft Help .. It was explained that the excise tax law apd . intangibles tax law which already have passed both houses of the legislature and the mcome. tax bill which is yet to be considered in the senate, will at provide any- additional .revenue with which to reduce or wipe out theu deficit. The' receipts from the: income taxes are to be applfcd. to reduce taxes already - exlstiag, while the intangibles tax. being a direct tax within the six per cent limitation, also must be applied , In view of this situation, the in tike same way. governor Is expected to swing tb veto axe on many of" the appro priation measures, as he did two years ago. ., ' ' r ' ?v Income Tax BUI ' . To Be Reported Out . The senate committee on assess ment and taxation today will re port out favorablyHojise Bill 580 providing for a personal Income tax. This was decided at'a meeu Ing -of the committee Thnrndav night.' Only -a few minor amend ments were made toUhe bill. ine committee also rnoriMl out favorably a house bill by An derson requiring cities and tnwa to provide sinking funds for the payment of Interest and nrinrfai.i on bond issues. An unfavorable renort viii u filed In. connection with Hmu Bill 681 by Anderson, providtag for limitation of bond issues of any city or town to not more taau xv per cent of its assessed vitn.. tlon. The bill excepts utility n4 improvement bonds. BE SUITED AP1 10 WASHINGTON. Feb. 28 ( API The special session of tongrna for consideration of farm .relief and tariff revision probably will -be called on April 10 as a remit t of suggestions placed before nrs- ' ident-elect Hoover 'by house repub.'' ucan jeaaers. Representative TIIson..of Cea. nectieut, majority floor leader. announced today, that this date. subject i to change, had been pro--posed to Mr. Hoover after consul tation with the chairman of the house agricultural and ways, and means' committees as to when thev - would be ready to report the farm , ane tariff bills. The president. elect, , he added, had previously informed the leaders that he would be willing to abide by their judgment. The date of April IS previously nad been mentioned. Theatre Coupon for Kiddies Under This I rxmpm - and five cents will admit any child under -19 years to The Stateanast ad Capitol Btatfaaec. . . ' .Fridajr ;r Saturday -DLf-hs Capitoi Theatre Tow see the gripping story of -TARZAN TOE : MIGHTY" ' Rin-Tln-Tln la his talking. -The Million Dollar . Collar"; V : SPU SESSION II