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SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR, NO. 309
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, March 12, 1929
1LKT0
OISIIPETE WITH
FASTERTRAINS
Pacific Northwest is flow
Assured Speedier Service
From Chicago
Great Northern's Decision
Has Immediate Effect
on Opposition
ot tATTT, Minn.. Mar. 11.-
OA m ,
train running time to the TcXw
northwest to meet a coniempi""
. vMira h the Great
Northern, was announced here to
day by Chanea ra. uoouenj,
ident or the worcnera rcv.
i
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 11.-
. n qili. nnmiBMmCnt b
Charles M. Donnelly, president of
the Northern Pacific railroad that
the transportation concern would
. mt u)ilnl from
Chicago to Pacific, northwest
points to be maugwaiifu j
Great Northern railway was met
with Tast pproTU bj rui""u
civic officials toaay. ,
railroad
J, 11 V X
howeter. led the way In the re
duced time by announcing Satur
day that beginning sometime next
summer me icneuure -go
to Portland would be 3 hours
coming and 61 hours in return.
Carl R. Gray, president of the
union racmc, in a. iwu'"
..,A )r tnriav through J. P
O'Brien, general manager of the
O. W. R. & N. lines, said the sys-
tem would proviae a scneauie i
least as low as any of our compet
itors.' CItIc workers here were
of the belief that with that rail
road's easy water grade to the east
could eren reduce the 63-hour
schedule.
EXlWslE OF
I
BAKER, Ore., Mar. 11. (AP)
The sale of the Baker White
Pine Lumber company to the Stod
dard Lumber compandor cash
consideration of f 12S.00 Was con
firmed and approved, by Circuit
Judge C. H. McColloch today after
a receiver's hearing. Attorneys
for certain bond-holders made a
plea for delay In approval of the
sale but Judge McColloch held he
had no assurance that a better
price would be received were an
extension of time granted.
The Stoddard Lumber company
plans to operate the Baker White
Pine properties as soon as the nee
ir work can be com.
pleted and logging roads ream-
. ' V M tl V Viafc
structed. Josepn sioara wi
In complete charge. About 350
men will be employed.
-Diana isn pine completeo
hrfih tha Stoddard Lumber
n will TinrrhnsR all the SB'
sets and properUes of the Grande
Ronde Lumoer coiuyfj
operate the new saw mill at Pon-
Hirtvtinn of Elmer
I. Stoddard. The enlarged Stod
dard company wlu operate on a
new worth of approximately two
million dollarsr
Women Scream
And Save Life
Oi Lidn 'Tamer
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 11. AP)
The screams of women specta
tors probably saved the life -of
Clarence Koonls,.-24. trainer at
Luna Park soo here, when he at
tempted to stop a fight between
two male lions which he was put
ting through the paces In a cage
this afternoon.
The beasts sprang upon him,
knocking him to. the floor as he
tried to. beat them off with a light
whip. The screams of the women
brought attendants who forced the
lions back with a stream of water
from a fire hose.
Fourteen deep bites and scratch
esowere found on Koonts's body
whin he was removed to a hos
pital. He was said to have. an
even chance of recovery. Koonts
had been tamlnf lions here for six
years.
Bulgarian
Suspected
VIENNA, Mar. I1.-(AP
King Boris of Bulgaria, traveling
in such profound secrecy that even
the Austrian police and .his own
minister to Vienna were unaware
of his coming until an hour before
he arrived here tonight in an or
dinary second class train with his
sister. Princess Eudoxie..
Knowing that . he would be
sought by reporters looking for
information regarding his possible
marriage, the king slipped off the
train before it entered the station
and. was spirited away to the Bul
garian legation. His sister got oft
at the station and drove away in
taxlcab. ,
Guarded by a flock of Austrian
COMPLETED
King
Wedding
State Tou
Here is
Starts : Wednesday
Threatened Transfer to
Place, Willamette Athletic Head Assured;
Bad Feeling Ironed Out
THE Oregon state high school basketball tournament will
be held in Salem, at the Willamette university gymna
sium, Wednesday to Saturday of this week. That was the
definite announcement made Monday night by R. S. Keene,
director of athletics at the university, after telephone con
versations with officials of the state high school athletic as
sociation, relative to rumors
last minute action might be
ment to Portland.
How much basis there, really
was for these rumors could not
be learned here Monday. . At lea jt
one member of the state assocta
tion board of directors had not
even heard of euch a proposa
and that was taken As evidence
that the matter had not been tak
en up before the board as su'ch,
Statements credited to Roy
Cannon of Gresham, secretary of
the board, were to the effect that
the tournament might be trans
ferred because Salem was plan
ning to "boycott" it.
Effective contradiction of this
rumor is contained in the report
of Leatle Sparks, graduate -man
ager of athletics at the univer
sity, that the advance sale of tick
ets has been as heavy as usual,
and that desirable reserved sets
are already becoming scarce al
though t'aere are a few left.
Students Endorse
Chemawa Support
The Bale of student tickets has
been slow, bnt this was borapsA
the Salem Thigh students did not
decide until Monday forenoon
what they were going to do. Then,
at an assembly at which . Coach
Downie and Captain George of the
Chemawa Indian school were
among the speakers, the students
endorsed enthusiastically the sug
gesQon made Saturday'by some of
tneir number xhat they accord
their support to the Chemawa
team. Coach Keene of Willam
ette asked how many of the stu
dents would buy tickets to the
tournament, and about 400 re
sponded, almost as many as have
attended previous tournaments
when the Salem high team wae
entered.
Kirk Proposes
Snecial ConatderatJna
According to resorts IhTfha
uregoman Sunday, w. E. Kirk,
superintendent of schools at Ore
gon City, has suggested to the
state board that In view of the
fact that the tournament is hela
in Salem, this city be designated
as a separate district, which
would, mean that Salem high
would automatically qualify for
tne tournament each rear. Thi
is done in other states, it was
pointed out, in order to make cer-
(Turn to Pagre 2,r Column 1.)
II. S. IS EXPECTED TO
T
GENEVA, Mar. 11. (AP)
The root fprmula was tacitly ac
cepted by all Jurists today as the
basis for a new protocol for adher
ence by the United States to the
world court- of justice. During the
general discussion of the first
days session there was evident a
feeling of necessity for reaching
a permanent solution of the prob
lem, which has engaged Interna
tional 'attention for more than
three years.
The United States wants to join
the eonrt. Other nations want her
there. It now is only a question
of ways and means. Hardly had
the discussion c been launched.
however, when there rose to -the
surface the bid difficulty of suc
cessfully arranging for American
membership in a court which has
certain affiliations with the league
of nations, of which the United
States is not a member. '
The United States Itself raised
this matter In the . recent Kellogg
note and virtually asked that her
lights be safeguarded : in event
that the league assembly or coun
cil decided to modify the powers
of the court or to ask new things
of it. This was deemed a difficult
situation to meet in principle, but
In practice most jurists seemed
convinced that the difficulty was
covered by the Root formula. -
on Secret
Plans '.:
by Reporters
and Bulgarian secret service men.
the ; princess declined to say how
long she would stay here . or to
disclose the future movements of
her brother. While she took a
smalt two-dollar room at an ob
scure hotel, Boris spent the night
at the legation. , Both buildings
were guarded by detectives.
To assure their incognito, both
the king and princess traveled in
most ordinary street attire, and
carried shabby suitcases.
Although the king insists that
the object of his visit is to consult
specialists concerning an ear trou
ble, he is popularly believed to in
tend a visit, to Rome to court
Princess" Giovanaa. -. ,' -
1
rnament
Assu red;
Portland will not Take
emanating - from Portland that
taken to transfer the tourna
Reformatory Inmate Tells
How He Killed Young
Irish Girl
GREEN BAT, Wis.. Mar. 11.-
(AP) Robert Cone, 29 years old
reformatory inmate today stood
stamped by his own confession to
authorities as the slayer of the
Elkhom culvert murder victim
a pretty Irish girl who he said he
killed with a hammer last June
when she told him of their unborn
cnua.
Earl H. Eklund, superintendent
of the reformatory announced to
day Cone had confessed Sunday to
the crime which has remained a
mystery since the decomposed bo
dy of a girl was found in a culvert
near Elkhorn, in southern Wis
consin August 24, 1928.
Eklund (aid Cone had named
his victim, who lies in a potter's
field tt Elkhorn, as Miss Mary
Laverty, a pretty black haired do
mestic of Janes vine who had
come from Ireland about five
years ago.
Cone, in his confession, said he
called for the girl one night last
June and took her for a ride. In
the shadows of a big .house at
Afton, a small community ten
miles from Janesville, he said he
beat her to death with a hammer,
drove to the culvert three miles
from Elkhorn and stuffed the bo
dy Into it w (
The body of the girl lay undis
turbed until August ,24 when the
sniffing of a dog attracted the at
tention of a passing highway pa
trolman. The girl was burled un
identified. For eight months the crime re
mained unsolved. Then Cone, es
caping from the Green Bay re
formatory where he was serving
a sentence for a statutory offense
was recaptured in Santa Rosa,
CaL, February 25. He voluntarily
named his brother-in-law, Thomas
Stern, as the slayer of the girl.
Authorities were skeptical ana
disproved Cone's story. With his
return to the reformatory to com
plete aw sentence he was ques
tioned by Eklund and Sheriff
Charles Gray and District Attorney
George Garrlgan, with the result
ing announcement that Cone had
confessed. -
While inclined to accept Cone'a
confession. District Attorney Gar
rlgan continued his investigation.
He had not decided whether he
would press a charge of murder
against Cone, who has several
yearn to serve before he completes
his sentence, under Wisconsin sta
tutes. It would be necessary to ob
tain a court order to free Cone in
order to have him tried on the
murder charge.
Los Angeles to
Face Scandal on
Jail Conditions
LOS ANGELES. Mar. 11.
(AP)- With eight prisoners and
one taller dead of pneuomnia or
influenza in the Lincoln Heights
city Jail here since March 1. In
vestigators nrged the city council
this afternoon to take prompt and
stringent steps to remedy health
conditions there. " ;
Dr. -G. S. Porter, assistant
health -commissioner, and Dr.
George M. Stevens, epidemiologist,
both made written ' recommenda
tions to the city council. - v ' -
"We are doing the best we can
with -ntlquated equipment, and
lack of funds," police Lieutenant
George Fisher, in Charge of the
J ail declared.
Chaplain Busy
LI akin g Income
Report For Tax
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 11.
(AP) More hard luck came to
day to the hard luck comedian,
whose film.. troubles have i made
millions : smile .Charlie Chaplin,
just recovered from a serious ill
ness, had -planned t to ; return to
work : at his screen studio today.
Instead, an urgent matter which
lace many. Americans about this
time every March making ' out
one's -income tax returns kept
Charlie at home. -
The film comedian indicated he
would return to ,his .studio some
time this week.
COIESSIOfl BABES
DETAILS OFMURDEB
I I 1 : I .
PETITIONS ASK
PUBLIC BALLOT
ilCOITflX
Greater Oregon Group Along
With Industrial Body .
Behind Two Moves
9722 Qualified Voters Mus
Sign on Petitions Not
, Later Than June
Skirmishing in the battle to be
waged in 1930 over the state in
come tax law enacted by the last
legislature began Monday with the
filing of two preliminary petitions
for referendum of the personal
income tax.
' One petition was filed by L. B
Smith of . Portland, attorney and
secretary of the Greater Oregon
association and member of the
Carkin commission which drafted
the tax plan at the recent legisla
tare, while the other was filed by
A. V. Hemming of Portland, gen.
era! manager of the Oregon In.
dustrial council.
Go To Attorney General
For Ballot Titles
State department officials said
that, both petitions would be re
ferred to the attorney general for
ballot titles. The law provides that
complete petitions must contain
the signatures of 9722 qualified
voters, and must be filed in the
office of the secretary of state not
later than June S of this year
The referendum would not be. re
ferred to the voters until the gen
eral election in November, 1930.
It was explained in the secre
tary of state's office that In cas
es where two ref erendums are
filed dealing with the same sub
ject, and both petitions are com
pleted. only one referendum mea
sure would appear on the ballot.
The referendum measure would
appear under the title prepared by
the attorney general, and the
names of the sponsors would be
eliminated. ,
Income Tax One of
Trio of BUls '
The personal income tax law
was one of three major tax meas
ures passed at the 1929 legislative
session,, and signed by Governor
Patterson. The others were the ex
cise, tax law and the intangibles
tax law. The excise tax law and
intangibles tax law were sponsor
ed by the state tax relief commis
sion, while the personal Income
tax was introduced by the farm
bloc in the house. ,
Considerable opposition devel
oped against the personal income
tax bill for the reason that its
sponsors would not allow it to be
referred to the voters.
MfEVSlHE
OVER POCKET VETO
WASHINGTON. Mar. 11. (AP)
Scenes reminiscent of historic
arguments before, by the supreme
court in years gone by were en
acted In that dim capltol chamber
today by Attorney-General Mitch
ell and Representative Sumner
of Texas, with the validity of the
pocket veto involved in a prece
dent making case. One Important
measure which might be affected
by the court's decision is the Nor-
ris Muscle Shoals resolution.
Mr. Mitchell, who prepared the
government's case as - solicitor-
general, defended the traditional
view that a bill not acted on by
the president within ten days of a
congressional session is dead. He
asserted 120 pieces of legislation
had been killed in this manner in
the naUon's history and would be
resurrected If the pocket veto
practice were declared Invalid.
The present case involves the
right of the Okenogan and other
Indian tribes of the state of Wash
ington to sue the government in
the courts of claims over land al
leged to have been taken from
then without compensation.
Negro Waitress
Killed by Being
Filing from Car
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 11 (AP)
Police reports on the death of
Irma Reese,, colored waitress, who
was . killed - here early today by
being thrown from an automobile,
confirmed the confession of
George Dewey Washington, color
ed entertainer; with - whom she
was riding in the car, he stated
that the machine skidded against
the curb and hurled the woman
into the street. Washington was
held in jail tonight on a suspi
cion of manslaughter charge.
Whoopee" Topic
At Post Meeting
"Whoopee'"' will be the topic at
the meeting of Capital Post No. 9,
American Legion; tonight; There'll
be some "whoopee" right there, as
4 S. minutes of lively entertainment
is planned followed by a feed, but
the initial reference is -to the
whoopee" on day convention at
Portland March 18, to which the
local post hopes to send a deten
tion of 200 or more to advertise
the state legion convention.
Crisis at
Calles'
To Disperse Rebel Forces
Rebels Hurled Back
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VO OAXACA
Reports late Monday indicated that loyal federal forces en
trenched in Sinaloa, Pacific coast state, have halted rebel advance
there, thus protecting the left flank of General Calles main army as
It sweeps north through Durango and Oohulla Into Chihuahua. The
most decisive battle of the present revolt Is momentarily expected at
Torreon, a railroad center situated almost exactly in the center of
Chihuahua. Jaurez, captured by the rebels last week after the hardest
battle since the war started, is situated at the intersection of the east-
west line that bounds Chihuahua on the north, and the Rio Grande
river as it flows southeast Shaded sections shown on the map above
show states claimed by the rebels at the outbreak of the revolt.
LEGISUTDRS
WORK
TO COMPLETE TASK
Washington Solons Have but
Two Days Remaining in
Present Session
OLTMPIA. Mar. 11. (AP)
With but two days left in the 1929
session of the state legislature the
senate today began its work of
considering house bills while the
house started to consider that or
igiuated in the senate.
The house nassed 39 bills, in
cluding 12 offered by the admin
istration today. Eight were aeieat-
ed. indefinitely postponed on tao
iui Thirtr-ona house- bills were
passed by the senate durng the
afternoon. .
Rnmrnnr tlartlev's aoDointees
to the board of regents at the
state university ana staie couege
and in the hoard of trustees at the
state normal schools were confirm
ed unanimously. An attempt to
force a vote on each appointee was
lost.
Three routing road bills were
nuuid nrnTidlnr for matching
federal aid money, reapportion
ing $1,2(5,954 for state roads and
$2,699,933 to be disburses bacx
to the counties for permanent
highways.
Shying of every mention oi re
apportionment, the senate defeat
ed a resolution calling for re dis
tricting after every federal cen
sus. . . A -
. Under an agreement between
senators and representatives, bills
that faU of consideration by Wed
nesday will be dead for the ses
sion. Conference reports will oc
cupy the remainder of the session
until i its close Thursday midnight.
Printers Plan to
Conduct Program
Printers bt Salem are "to be in
full charge of the' chamber of
commerce meeting next Monday,
March 18. Statistics shewing the
size of the printing Industry . in
this city will be submitted to
prove that this field of work con
stitutes one of the large indus
tries of the city. :
The printers will also set forth
facta showing that the Industry
would develop more rapidly If
home owned plants were always
given opportunities to make prices
instead of sending work direct
to out-of-town - operators. , ,
736 Prisoners in
State Prison Set
Highest Nark Yet
' There are now ?3s pris
oners in the Oregon , state
penitentiary, - which estah
Usbes m new high, record.
The latest arrival at the in
stttatlon Is Mrs. Byhrice
Madison of Pendleton, who
is wider one year sentence
for lareency. ' '
As a result of the crowded
conditions in the institutions
it was necessary to - place
beds in , the barber shop
commissary and corridors.
: Approximately 10 per cent
of the prisoners are serving
terms for bootlegging and
similar offenses. - -
Hand in Revolt;
Army is Expected
SUICIDE. MDER
HOAXjHSSED
Father of 19 Year Old Girl
Being Held in Jail at
Klamath Falls .
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Mar.
11. (AP) Thelma Eaon, 19-year-old
Woodland, Washington,
girl, was being held under police
protection here today, and her fa
ther, Courtney Eaton, was being
held in jail awaiting arrival of
Kelso, Wash., authorities. The girl
charges her father with threaten
ing to drown her.
The girl and her father were
taken into custody in a local ho
tel Saturday. Suspicious actions
of the father had drawn attention
of officers.
The girl said she was working
eighteen miles from her home in
Woodland, last Tuesday, when her
father arrived in his automobile
and informed her that her mother
had fallen and broken her shoul
der. The girl Joined her father,
expecting to be taken home, she
said. Instead Eaton stopped the
machine near the bank of a river,
wrote a note to Mrs. Eaton and
forced the girl to write a note.
' The notes said that father and
daughter, bound together, had de
cided to drown themselves.
Eaton then told the girl, she
says, that he Intended to drown
her. After the notes were mailed
Eaton abandoned the automobile
and. forcing his daughter to ac
company him, walked eight miles
to the river. ,
Questioned today, Eaton said,
"I dropped a piece of rope and
her handkerchief near the water
so they would think we had Jump
ed in. My wife and I had had some
trouble about Thelma, but. don't
want to talk about it."
Thelma said she and her father
boarded a small boat which Eaton
had tied to the shore earlier in
the day, and rowed to Bt Helens.
From that point the father and
daughter came to Klamath Falls
by stage. The girl told police she
had been held captive in the hotel
room under fear of death.
Her father had not mistreated
her, she declared, adding "except
once.
The girl talked willingly to au
thorities and signed two lengthy
affidavits. Eaton seemed cheerful
and waived extradition. - '
Scientists Aver
Imprisonment Is
Not Always Best
EUGENE. Mar. 11. (AP)
"It is essential to catch - mors
criminals, bnt It Is certainly not
wise to confine nine-tenths of
them in Institutions which merely
made Imperfect men still mere im
perfect." ; t ; . . - ...
This Is the emphatic conclusion
of the report made by a sub-committee
of the national crime com
mission following an" intensive
study of-" propagation , of. crime
through the JaU and other insti
tutions for short-term offenders.,
The sub-committee of which Drf
Arnold Bennett Hall, president of
the University : of i Oregon ; is a
member, Is headed by Frank O.
Lowden of Illinois and - includes
nationally , known ; scientists , and
educator .
Crushing Federal Victory
Said Imminent; Insur
rectionists Worry
MEXICO CITY. Mar. 11. (AP)
The government tonight an
nounced that its troops had
caught up with the rebel General
Urbalejo, fleeing from Canltas,
Zacatecas, and had taken away
135 of his men.. The general es
caped, however, with the few sol
diers remaining loyal to him.
The same communique an
nounced the capture of rebel Gen
eral Simon Aguirre in the south
ern part of the state of Vera
Cruz. "Several of his officers
were also taken but his brother
Jesus M. Aguirre who led the re
volt In that state was not cap
tured. Simon will be court mar
tialed and probably will face a
firing squad as have the other
rebel leaders captured.
NOGALES, Ariz., Mar. 11.
(AT) A tenseness tonight pre
vaded the northern headquarters
of the Mexican revolutionary
army in Nogales, Sonora, just
across the border as officials
poured over the telegrams re-,
eeived over seized telegraph lines
from rebel generals in the field.
General' F. R. Manzo, second in
command of rebel armies under
General Gonzalo Escobar, estab
lished his headquarters today in
a railway passenger coach. He
had brought 2000 troops from the
Sinaloa battle front, reinforce
ments to bolster the rebel line
which had tottered before the ad
vance of General piutarco Elias
Calles' 18,000 federal soldiers
into the state of Durango.
Reinforcements Rushed
Into Chihuahua State
Reaching the railroad terminal
at Naco, Sonora, after leaving
here, the rebel band was loaded
into motor trucks and the long,
rough journey over mountain
passes to another railroad in tho
state of Chihuahua was begun.
They were going to the aid of
(Turn to Pas s. Column .)
OIDS CULLED AGAIN
Bids will be opened April -10
for construction of an annex which
will give 1,300 additional square
feet of floor space to the Salem
posteffice, Postmaster John H.
Farrar was Informed Monday from
the federal office. The annex spe
cifications, which may be seen at
the local office, follow the plans
drawn last year. At that time bids
were returned unopened because
funds had been exhausted.
Postmaster Farrar believes an
annex is the best that can be done
for Salem at this time and says
that the additional room will care'
for needs of the office for eight or
10 years, should construction be
realized.
Assistant Postmaster Arthur E.
Gibbard is not so optimistic, and
recalls that when the present tem
porary annex was built five years
ago it was believed to be suffi
cient for needs for an eight or ten
year period. In just four years the
annex bad been outgrown.
Plans for the new annex, cost of
which may approximate $20,000
call for a much more substantial
building than the old one, which
will be- torn down. The proposed
addition will be built right -into
the main building and wiU be lar
ger in every way.
Bridegroom Killed
In Auto Smashup
. -.
SANTA MARIA, CaL, Mar. 11.
(AP) Colonel John R. Mc
Lean, mining engineer and world
war veteran who was married at
Montecito, CaL, last week to Kath
leen Blrke Peabody, wealthy wi
dow of Fredreick F. Peabody,
collar manufacturer, died in Santa
Maria hospital this evening. Death
was from a fractured skull suf
fered Sunday afternoon In an au
tomobile collision.
POSTOFFCEIK
Woman's Advance in World -Of
Business Outlinfed Here
By Club's State President
What a thrill Susan B. An
thony would have gotten from this
meeting tonight, ' Miss Moselle
Hair, state, president of tho Busi
ness - and .professional women's
club, told the Salem group -of this
organization at its public relations
banquet at "the Marion hotel Mon
day nights fAnd," she added, -it
has not been so very .long since
she was a figure In. these United
States." - , .
-Susan B.' Anthony. Miss, Hair
assured her audience, waited 20
minutes once upon a time, not too
long . ago,' while the men in the
meeting in which she wished to
speak argued whether or not It
was possible to-allow a woman to
be heard in that meeting. Today,
REPORT URGES
ACROSS STATE
r
Railroad Over Center of Ore
gon Recommenjded ?n
Official Report
Union Pacific Road May be
Required to Bui
d$9,-
000,000 Addition
WASHINGTON. Mr. II.
(AP) In tentativd
report to
the interstate commerce commis
sion today that body fas adtised
to require railroads to build an
east and west extension through
central Oregon at a eost of 29.-
000.000.
Commissioner McManamy, as
signed by his associates toJnTest.
lgate the Oregon situation which
was brought to the commission's)
attention by a complaint of tho
public service commission of that
state, filed a formal conclusion
holding that the commission had
authority to compel railroads to
extend their lines, and that tho
Oregon situation required the ex
tension proposed.
O. W. R. & X. Lines Would
ue sauted Builders
The new line would run frosa
Crane to Crescent Lake, bora
points in Oregon, and would con
nect the railroads in the eastern
part of the state with the lines hi
the western part, traversing terri
ory now thinly settled, but mak
ing more accessible important
grazing areas. While the Oreroa
complaint was directed against the
soutnern pacific. Union Paelfle
and Great Northern systems, all
of which operate in the state, the
McManamy. report recommended
that the construction should bo
undertaken by the Oregon-Washington
Railroad and Navigation
company, a subsidiary of the Un
ion Pacific and the Oregon Short
Line.
The report Is to be considered
by the full commission and oppor
tunity will be given the railroad
concerned and the state to pre-'
sent further argument on the pre
posal. PCBLIC SERVICE GROUP . . ' .
ELATED BY WIRE NEWS
Proposed Central Oregon Lino
Project Launched By Com
mission In 1928
Members of the public service
commission were elated Manila.
when a telegram was received
from Washington that Commis
sioner McManamy and Examiner
Rogers of the Interstate commerce
commission, had recommended
construction of the so-called east
(Turn to Bag 2, Column 4.)
EXPEfJDllES Wl
BEING BATED
OLTMPIA, Wash., Mar. 11.
(AP) Christmas cards, campaign
expenses and stencil coupons were
featured in the formidable array
of bookkeeping Items introduced
In the final sessions today of the
investigation ' of voucher issued
by the state treasurer's office dur.
ing the last year, itemizing of tied
supplies for which equipment was
substituted. The vouchers aggre
gated S479S.C9.
In the course of the testimony
It was revealed at the Bookstore,
Inc., an Olympia firm, had charg
ed items for chair rental, amount
ing to 20, supplies amounting to.
$17.10 used last tall in the cam
paign of Charles W. Hlnton for
the treasurershlp and Christmas
cards amounting to 184.25 to the
state treasurer's office instead of
to Hln ton's private account.
FIRS LOSS $173,000 . "
BUENOS AIRES. Argentina.
March 11. (AP) Fire today de
stroyed the : plant of the news
paper Argentinlaches f Tageblatt
and several adjoining? buildings.
The losswas estimated at $17S
000. -
Miss Hair pointed' out, there are
nearly nine million women in the
business world ; of all the occu
pations and professions, only some
28 are not represented by women;
there are 41 women engineers,
and iJusfri recently a : 27-year-old
woman was chosen from 74 appli
cants as architect to draw; plane
for a million dollar Shakespearean
theatre to be erected on Stratford-:
on-Avon-- ,
Progress Noted
w Other interesting figures gives
by Miss Hair were that women
own one half of all the stocks in
the United States, not to mention
bonds: that there are 126 women
state representatives, 12 senators
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