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NEWS WHEN NEW! Every day the news staff of The Statesman Is oat to obtain every bit of mwi In the city. If you have a "tip telephone 600. WEATHER Cloudy today; unsettled and mild; probable light rains. Max. temperature Friday ol, min. 40; river 2.. Xo rain. f, "N6 Facet Sway Us; Ho Fear Shell Awe" SS? SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 301. Salem, Oregon,1 Saturday Morning? March X, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS V SEI MATE BACKS 01 CENT GAS f TAX MEASURE Automobile License Fee Scale Be Revised Under Approved Bill Signature of Governor Now Only Thing Needed to Enact Statute The senate Friday passed house Mil 280. hv Pastor 'KM-"-others, authorizing an increase of one cent' tn the gasoline tax and revising automobile license fees. Similar action was taken by the senate In connection with house bill 520. by the roads and high. ways committee, revising the fees! on trucks ana buses. Tnese duis previously had4 passed the house. ' Only six senators Toted in favor of Senator Bailey's bill providing for the creation of a department of public works to take over the functions of the existing public service commission. The director of the board would have beent appointed by the gov ernor subject to confirmation. Senator Joe Bailey explained that the bill was in line with the proposed cabinet form of govern ment and if passed would give the people a new deal. Senator Eddy Asks To Wait Development Senator Eddy suggested that establishment of the proposed now department be delayed until the reorganization program has re ceived the approval of the voters. Senators who voted for the. bill were Joe Bailey, Bennett, Jones, Markes, Miller and Strayer. By a vote of 15 to 14 the senate refused to accept the majority re port of the educational committee which recommended indefinite postponment of a bill introduced by Representative Anderson, au thorizing school districts to pur chase textbooks for the pupils of the public schools. Regulation Optional With Districts, Word Senator Joe Bailey explained that the bill was not mandatory and that the purchase of textbooks was optional with the voters of the school districts. Senator Klepper also favored the bill which he said (Turn to Page 2, Column 4.) ISPlWFl Hundreds of Salem -womer are asked today to attend a large card party and tea to be held at the Elk's club rooms in the interest of the Salem General hospital, revenues derived from the affair going to aid that organization se cure much needed equipment or to furnish rooms in the building. Sponsors for today's affair are members of the Woman's Alliance of the Unitarian church. One hundred tables of cards will be played between 2 and 4 o'clock while from 5 to 5:30 o'clock the tea will be served. Expenses Contributed Virtually every expense con nected with the afternoon's enter tainment has been assumed by some friend of the lodge so that the gross receipts from the after noon will go to the hospital. The general hospital is entirely a non-profit, community organ ization. To date, ita revenues have not equalled its necessary expen ' ciitures. Fifteen trustees are on the hos pital board, several organizations in the community being responsi ble for the selection of these mem bers. On the board are H. S. Gile, president, C. A. Park, secretary, K. T. Barnes, chairman of the ex f -futiye committee, William Gahls lorf. William Hamilton, Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner, Mrs. Grover Bellin ger, Mrs. Connell Dyer, Mrs. Lena Sohnecdor, Milton Meyers, Dr. H. If. Ollinger, August Huckestein, W. L. Phillips, F. G. Deekebach. j 2 , . r. jy . ;.-.vc ' .v ..... .- 4:M 5 it"? If THIS FTEH v ..v.v:-:-x-:-r-.-.,--.v--.-. - isr ic r MLJD IT" mJ Capitol, with inauguration stand. STEADILY, moving vmn transport the belongings of President and Mrs. Coolidge from the glory and 2--Month house at Northampton, Mass. As the national capital, clothed la wintry beauty, 'prepares Hoover as chief executive of the nation, the 'CooUdges bid farewell Sale of $7500 Tract Means Light Beacon, New Hotel Sale of a two and one-half acre tract of land between Waldo and Oh mart streets on South Commercial street to the Highway Communities Co. of Los Angeles was made Friday afternoon by Mrs. V. W. Ohmart, owner of the property. The consideration, which was cash, was said to be $7500. Plans made public by M. L. Gordon, representing the Los Angeles firm, call for the erection on the property of a 125-foot tower for the Richfield Oil interests with an 800,000 candle beacon light on top of the structure. New Hotel Contemplated The beacon light will serve as the nucleus for an exten sive property development, according to Gordon,.who told the sellers of the property that the Highway Communi ties Co. planned to erect in addition to the beacon, a high class tourist hotel flanked by a number of small store build ings. Included in the project will be a super-service station. KeynoMs Ohmart, com menting on the deal Friday night, said the development of the proposed buildings was made a condition of the sale The hotel planned by the com-j pany is to be a high-class structure aimed toaccommo- date the best of touri3t trade. It is to be finished in Spanish style with a court and lawn in front. The Highway Communities Co. was organized in Los Angeles and is said to include five large corpo rations in that city, which are planning to develop hotel proper ties with Richfield beacon lights at regular intervals up and down the coast. The purchase of the Salem property is but one step In the development of the chain, sev eral other sites in Oregon being under construction. A site is already available in Roseburg where engineers of the company are said to be laying out a tract purchased there and when this operation is completed, the work on the local property will be started. Regardless of the veto of Got. Patterson, the senate Friday pass. ed two measures, one providing for the increase of the salary of the clerk of the district court of Multnomah county and the .other eliminating the practice of assign, ing circuit judges to outside coun ties by the chief Justice of the su preme court. The . senate indefintely post poned a bill introduced by the house committee on taxes and rev. enue authorizing the levy of a tax not to exceed one mill on assess able property In the state for the purpose of wiping out the deficit. Senator Miller said that this bill was the first and only step taken by the present legislature' to wipe out the deficit and place state on a sound financial basis. ' Senator Staples predicted that the passage of the bill would In sure the success of other measures included in the general tax pro. gram. The senate adopted a house joint memorial by the committee on resolutions urging the Califor nia . legislature to construct cer tain highways connecting with the Oregon. Highway system In north, era California.- A house joint resolution by Rep resentative Weatherspoon creat ing a commission to conduct a study of the text book situation also was approved. The resolution carried an appropriation of a p. proximately $ 3 00. A senate resolution by Senator Upton providing for the appoint ment of a committee to investigate the methods now in force in the collection of fees, operation 'and Inspection of motor vehicles and policing of the highways, was withdrawn at the request of its author. - COOLIDGES ' : i - Yr: 4 -7 .4V' SENATE OVERRIDES GOVERNOR'S VETO is Report DECISION OF WATER SUPPLY UP TODAY High Officials fn Company Pay Visit Friday, Con fer About Plant Final decision on the program for Improving Salem's water sup ply is to be made today at i meeting of officials of the Oregon Washington Water 8ervlce com pany In Portland, it was learned Friday when several of these offi cials visited .the local plant. The group included C. B. Jackson, gen eral manager of this fir mas well as of the affiliated California com pany, and J. T. Delaney, director of public relations for the coast area. No Details Given No indication as to the details of this program was given out Friday, although W. J. Helwick, local manager and an official of the Oregon-Washington company admitted that it was this question which brought the officials to.Sa tern. Although the verdict may de pend, somewhat upon the, results of tests started several weeks ago to determine the feasibility of ob taining the supply from wells, re cent Intimations have been that the company is inclined toward the solution recommended by the city health officer. Dr. Vernon A Douglas. He proposes installing -a filtration plant and the selection of a source which will -not neces sitate a pipe line under the Wil lamette slough. After Inspecting the plant and system here, the officials went to Portland Friday afternoon. VESSEL IS AGROUND 1 - " OFF OREGON COAST MARSHFIELD, Ore., March 1. (AP) Grounded on the beach inside the breakers line, the trans marine steamer Sujameco tonight was waiting high tide at 5 p. m. Saturday while coast guardsmen were preparing to attempt to pull the vessel off the sands at that hour. Lying between 150 and 200 feet Inside the line of breakers at high tide, the steamer was setting high tonight, on the beach into which it plowed last night during a heavy fog. The dredge -Col. P. S. Michie. sent to the distressed craft late this afternoon, had only a small amount of line and could not reach the Sujameco. About 1200 feet of hawser will be needed by rescue vessels to reach the ship at high tide, dredgemen said. The coast cutter Redwing, from Astoria, Ore., probably will pat a hawser aboard the Btranded craft at daylight tomorrow. Captain 31ark of the Umpqua coast guard station set up a breeches buoy on the beach to guard against the necessity dt tak ing off the crew of 32. Capt. M. P. Jensen ordered the beach pa trolled throughout the night, bat a subsiding sea eliminated any danger. Captain Carlson of the Supam eco, wirelessed late tonight that the vessel had not developed a list, although the ship's stern had swung around the Sujameco, neither the pilot boat nor the coast guard boat approached with in shouting distance of the vessel. MOVE FROM GLORIES g White House, through the snow.' the mulUtade of White House MISSOURI!! AWARDED JOB UPON CABINET Arthur M. Hyde to Get Place as Secretary of Agri culture, Report Occupant of Hoover's Old Position Only One Re maining Unknown , KANSAS CITY. Mar. J. (AP) The Kansas City Star will say in a copyrighted story! in Its morninsr edition tomorrow that Arthur M. Hyde, former governor of Missouri, will be secretary of agriculture In the Hoover cab! net. Mr. Hyde has accepted the ap- nointment tendered him by the president-elect and is en route to Washington to attend the Inaug ural ceremonies, the newspaper will say. He is due to reach the capital tomorrow morning. Announcement of the Missour- ian's appointment settled the guessing contest as to the iden tity of one of two "mystery men chosen by Mr. Hoover to complete his cabinet. Announcement Comes As Complete Surprise A "surprise" was promised the country in the filling of the posts of secretary of 'agriculture and secretary of commerce when it be came known that the next presi dent had rounded out his official family. No Inkling had been given prior to tonight that Mr. Hyde was un der consideration. The disposition of one other cabinet post remains to be an nounced that of secretary of commerce. Washington Men All Completely Mystified WASHINGTON, Mar. 1 (AP) President-elect Hoover tonight still held the key to the identities of the two "mystery men" of his official family In spite of what per naps was one of the greatest guessing contests in all the his tory of American cabinet making Name after name of the great and the near great, the prominent and the obscure were thought up only to be thrown into . discard (Turn to Page J. Column a,) Frid ay In Washington By Tbe Associated Frees Herbert Hoover remained Cn seclusion at his home. . President Coolidge last cabinet meeting. held his The senate and the house held night sessions. -The advance guard of Inaugu ration spectators arrived in Washington. The house passed a bill to au thorize $150,000 for Nicara guan and Panama canal sur veys. The senate considered the measure to extend the radio commission for another year. Representative Garner of Texas was named by the house democrats as their candidate for speaker at the next session. Senate and house conferences ' on the second deficiency bill agreed on a $2,977,000 prohibi tion enforcement Increase. Secretary Wilbur of the navy was nominated by I President Coolidge for a circuit, judgeship, but confirmation by the senate of his and other last ' minute judicial nominations appeared doubtful. majesty of 'Washington ".'to their, for the Inauguration of Herbert employes the hoaseteeper, two! Income Tax Passes And Waits Governor's Pen; Phone Corbett Protests Say ing People Should Vote on Proposal . Demonstration to the vot ers of Oregon of" faith in the principle of an income tax was the purpose of members of the senate in failing to pro vide for referring to the elec torate the income tax bill, H. B. 580, when they passed it Friday afternoon, according to declarations from the floor The bill was passed with but five dissenting votes. Not a word of debate preceded actual passage of the bill, but the senate wrangled for an hour or more over Senator Corbett's mi nority: report which urged that provision be included for refer ring the measure to the voter. The motion to adopt this report lost by a large margin. This does not preclude the possibility of the referendum -being invoked by the voters if the bill is signed by the governor and becomes law. It had perviously passed the house. The attitude of the senate gen erally was expressed by Senator Staples in his declaration that two-thirds of the em embers of this senate believe in an income tax, but we believe in it because we have been educated to it; we ought to show our good faith by passing it without referring It to adopted , with 14 members dls the voters." ' sentlnr. I Says System Failure Senator Bell asserted that Ore gon s taxation system had broken down, relating that when the state iad an Income tax previous ly. 68 per cent of the persons who filed returns claimed no property tax exemption. Debate was stopped by Senator Kiddle, who remarked that ' know a lot of you senators want to get on record about this bill for the benefit of your constituents. but I don't believe you are chang ing' any votes, i move the pre vious question. The bill provides for exemptions for single persons up to '11500 In come, married persons up to szttuu, ana iuu saditional ex emption for other dependents. The tax rate Is one per cent for tbe first 11000 of taxable income, two per cent for the second 11000, three per cent for the third $1000, four per cent for the fourth $1000 and five per cent for all taxable income above $4000. E ED MEXICO CITY, March 1 (AP) An attempt to make the first non-stop flight from Mexico City to Washington, was planned to night by Joaquin Gonzales Pacheco and C. E. McMillin to begin at dawn tomorrow. Their Stlnson-De- trolter monoplane was loaded with 500 gallons of gasoline at Val buena field tonight. The plane is owned by Gonxales Pacheco, " rich young Mexican. It will be piloted by McMillin whose home is in New York City, -and who has been in Mexico for five months. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh Is the only man who has flown without a stop between the two capitals. He made the southward flight in 27 hours and 10 minutes. The late Emllio Carranza at tempted the Washington flight bat was forced down by bad wea ther in North Carolina. He died when his plane crashed In New Jersey on an attempt to fly with out stop from New York to Mex ico City. M 0 Lfl BETWEEN CAPITALS OF WASHINGTON TO LITTLE HOME mo ' : : 5 i.4lj V. Coolidge moving truck cooks, three kitchen lya,two butlers, three footmen, two housenie n les, two laundresses, five chauffeurs and one fireman. The Coolidges local high school. Bill Loser, 17- County Population Is 67,008 on Face Of Prof's. Figures Figures compiled by Pro fessor F. C. Kent, O. S. C. Portland chamber of com merce statistician gives the following population foe the following counties: Clatsop 25,500; Marlon, 67,008; Lane 39,056. Total population of Ore gon give as 1,005,174. Growth of 118,974 daring FISHING INTERESTS' Wheels in Columbia Not Al lowed to Resume Opera tions, House Rules All of Representative- Settle mier's heaving failed to start the famous Seufert fish wheels in the Columbia, and as a consequence H. B. 333, which would open the Columbia river to wheels again, died Friday night via the Indefi nite postponement route. Mr. Settlemier presented a ma jority report of the committee which brought the bill In without recommendation, while Represen tatives Anderson and Robison pre sented a minority report that the bill do not pass. "This latter re- nnrt. after a heated debate, was The debate on this measure fur nished the only excitement of the evening, unless a little flurry cre ated by Senate Joint Memorial 9 can be counted in. This memor ial asked ' congress to set aside 100,000 acres In the Wellowa re gion as a national park, and it had passed In the house almost unanimously before opponents could get into action. Scott and Johnson Swing Many Votes Scott of Morrow and Johnson of Wallowa finally got in a word or two, however, and in a twinkling a great many members reversed their votes from aye to no. In order to get the matter straight ened out Mr. Lonergan moved that the measure be put on the calendar for Saturday, which was done. Taking the Wallowa bill epi sode as an example, Speaker Ham llton delivered a stern lecture to the members on rushing legisla tion through. Every bill should be given full consideration, re gatdless of the time of final ad journment, he eaid. Errors that all would regret might occur if too much speed Is put on, it was stated. i Friday is Longest Day Yet of Session The recess taken at 10 o'clock Friday night marked the end of the longest day yet seen this ses sion. It was also a very busy day, with approximately 60 bills brought up for final action. Most of these passed with but little de bate, and some of the most hotly contested senate kneasures caused (Turn to Pag jt. Column 4- Girl Who tost Arm Re$ts Well After Operation Seven-year old Helen Gwynn, was amputated whose left arm Thursday morning as the result of Injuries sustained when she was hit by a truck earlier in the eek. reateri anile well Fridav. according to attendants at the Salem General -hospital. Helen Is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gwynn, who reside a short distance west of town on .the Wal lace road. 4 1 J ax: 'A oeli i : - f. Tv .: 1 at Northampton, Li-' CI GN Senate Long Debate Prelude For Downfall 'Home Rule' Measure Regulation of t e 1 e p h o ne rates in Oregon must proceed along constructive lines, the state senate said in effect Fri day when it defeated by a Vote of 17 to 12 the Burdick "home rule for Portland" house bill which sought to permit that city to take the matter of rate fixing out of the hands of.thfi public service commission and place it in those of the city council. One of the most effective points scored against the bill was the recital by Senator Moser of his tory in relation to the last at tempt to reduce" rates. After 4wo members of the public service commission had been recalled, those elected in their places or dered a reduction which amount ed to only $200,000 a year, yet the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company went into federal court and obtained an injunction preventing the reduction from go ing into effect. Federal Probe Wanted The same result would follow any attempt by the city of Port land to reduce rates arbitrarily, Moser said. He pointed to a fed eral Investigation, asked in the two memorials which the legisla ture has already passed, as the only effective method of bringing, about a reform. The bilT was defended by Sen. a tor Upton as spokesman of the committee which had it under con sideration. If it authorized rate fixing alone, he said, it might not be justified, but as an act to en able Portland to solve the situa tion, whereby the ' telephone com pany is 'able to carry on without a franchise, he declared it a meri torious bill. . Debate on the measure lasted from 11 o'clock in the forenoon until after 3 in the afternoon, ex cept for the noon recess which was purposely shortened.4 Sen ators voting for the bill were Ben nett, Brown, Joe Dunne,' Eddy, Fisher, Hall, Jones, Kuck, Miller, Staples, Strayer and Upton. Sen ator Carsner was absent. FATAL I THIS SPOKANE, March 1. (AP) The wheel of life tha tk'ept Louis Schoienstelne going was a dough nut: Fhom motives of economy, the 5 year old man who formerly was a logger lived mostly on coffee and doughnuts. Doughnuts are cheap. Coffee and doughnuts for breakfast, crullers and. coffee for lunch, and coffee and sinkers for supper, just to save his money. Several times he was treated at the county hospital for illness. Last week he became very sick. but refused to go to another hos. pltal because of the cost. And he didn't want to treat himself for his real .ailment malnutrition. Today he died of a cold, aggra vated, the coroner said, by starva tion. In his pockets police found $325 in cash. They are looking for a possible concealed hoard. On a chair near his bed was part of a stale doughnut, wasted. EAKER AT SAN DIEGO, SAN DIEGO, Mar. l.-(AP) On his way from Seattle to San Antonio Captain Ira C. Eaker, chief pilot of the famous Ques- tionmark' during the plane's re cent endurance flight, landed at Rockwell field at 2:55 p. ra. to day. i 'X"- yic 4t Snow-clad Coolidge house 0 ONOIN Ml four housecleaners, eighteen gardners, four maids, four mecha share their double hduTieaNortluuuptom with the headmaster a - BUILDING GAIN STRING IN LUST 12 MONTH. REPORT $50,000 in Permits Given Out, Double Mark of Month Previous Three Permits Issued Here Friday by New Inspec- , tor Laing Building activity commenced in Salem In February was more than twice as great as that started in January, based on values rep resented in permits issued. Tbe February total of $56,092 as compared to January's mark ef $22,975. Twenty-two permits were issued In the month just ended. The increase is expected to gain additional momentum this month, as weather conditions throughout a large part of Febru ary were distinctly unfavorable for building. That this will be the case wa3 indicated Friday when three permits were issued to give the month a running start. Larger Plans Must Be Inspected Issuance of permits Is now in the hands of the building inspec tor, William Laing, who has of fices on the 11th floor of the Firt National bank building. Mr. Laing said that the number of permits Issued in February would have been greater except for the' new system -which requires him to in spect plans of larger buildings be fore the permit is issued. At tbe end of the month he had' several ets of plans in his possession. The three permits issued March included: j. Wenger Bros., dwelling at 1740 South Capitol street, $2500. J. R. Smith, addition to dwell ing at 658 Center street, $500. Erixson & Engstrom, repairs on Hollywood theatre building. 6500. This building belongs to John Williamson. SSOOO Warehouse Planned On Front Street , Permits Issued this week prior to Friday were: Nelson Bros., service station at Capital street and Fairgrounds road, $3000. Emma Murphy Brown, ware house and store building on Front street between Court and State, $8000. E. C. Stewart, dwelling on Ber. ry street between Cross and Wil bur, $2500. 107 Stations To Give Ceremonies NEW YORK. Mar. 1. (API- All broadcasts of the Hoover-Cur- tlc inauguration ceremonies next Monday will begin at 10:00 a. m eastern standard time over two chains. Tto date. 107 stations have made arrangements to par ticipate. : Theatre Coupon for Kiddies Under 12 " . This coupon and five cents will admit any child under 12 years to The. Statesniaa and Capitol Matinee Friday or Saturday Matinees Only Hugh's Capitol Theatre Sou see the gripping story of "TARZAN THE MIGHTY" Also Rln-Tin-Tln tn his talking picture . . "The Million Dollar Collar" V '" at Northampton. . . -! I .1' I -