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' - !!...-.' - ,:- i ' . . '.):' : SESSION SERVICE A full news service on the coming session of the ' iwimii lrialatnre trill bo TIIE WEATHER. Rain ' today ami probably Friday, moderate totnprra tare; Max. temp. Wednes day! 46, Mliw, 8T, cloudy, south, wind, rain .03, river dallf feature 1a jour Orcsen t statesman. FOUMDCD 1631 - :ri-"i . ; mix ; mm mm EIGHTIETH YEAR . . , . T : . . '. , . ,; ' .... . SCOUT Ml UlM I HOLDS AD1L IETII1E HERE Enthusiasm for Work With Boys is Keynote; Vide Area Represented Officials: Laud Interes of Communities H e re; 'Heeds Pointed out Conidered a aa Investment, no tjme a man spend yields bet ter return than time lent In the latereata of boys; and one of the finest mediums lor that work la the Boy Scoots of America Omar Spencer of Portland. Tlce-president of the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company and Tice-president of the' Portland Scout council, told the 80 men "who gathered at the Elks temple last night for the annual banquet and meeting of Cascade Area Council. Boy Scoats. Seven outside communities, vrlth 32 attendants, were repre sented at the meeting, over which presided Judge Harry Belt, retir ing president of the executive council. .Towns represented were: Dallas, Monmouth, Independence, Salem, Aumsvllle, Stayton and Chemawa. Millions ln'Xeed . Of Leadership Spencer pointed out that In ad dition to the one million Boy Scouts In America, 10 million boys also need the program of leadership provided by the or ganization. John H. Piner of Spokane, re gional scout executive, spoke briefly, asserting that the major responsibility to . the . Cascade council is to find leadership. He . commended the council for its record of three lives save in 1930. Judge Walter Evans of the Vr. rtlan A mmnt eourt Of honor Was Introduced and expressed pleasure at tne interest snown nere. Judge Belt, retiring executive, declared he was "a" firm believer j (Turn to page 2. eoL ) ' WASHINGTON, Jan. i 14. (AP) The controversial world court Issue emerged today from a brief 'period of slumber to thrust Itself again Into the sen ate picture. - It was revived by a request from Senator ' Walsh, democrat, Montana, that the decision to de. fer action until next December be reconsidered. : , A '-''" Later, the senate foreign rela tions committee which bad Voted postponement, agreed to (meet next Wednesday to hear EUhu Root, who helped to ' draft the modified proposal forj American adherence. It previously! had been decided to hear the noted jurist at some future time. 1- i Senator Walsh was absent when the committee voted ten to nine to defer consideration. He agreed, however, there! waa no opportunity tor action at this esssion although he is opposed to the postponement motion. --s iQQQTt )Hefs THREE WET RAIDS ' OREGON CITY, Jan. 14 CAP)-County, state and federal prohibition officers made three liquor raids in the northern part of the county today. Officers found Ed Martty at East Mount Bcott with a 30 gallon still; John Loeffelman,' on the Oatfield road with 70 gallons of wine; a small quantity of whiskey in a pool hall at Mllwaukle. . BYRD WONT FLY -! GRANTS PASS, Jan. 14- AP) Injunctions were serv ed on officers of - the Oregon Cavemen. Inc., av local civic organization, to prevent : the Day in Washington (By the Associated Press) Senate passed f 43,00,000 drought relief appropriation bill, which completed con gressional act ion. - j Senators Robinson and Black proposed- a r3.0OO OOO appropriation for - the Red Cross to use In drought relief. Senator Thomas of Okla homa charged the Red Cross already s 23,000,000 available for relief work. This .was denied by Jonn Barton Payne, Red Cress chairman. - - j . .). Senator Wakh asked re consideraUon of decision rto postpone world court actios, until next session. Senator Wheeler denounc ed President Hoover, for his statement criticising the sen ate action la requesting jre call of three power corneals loa nominations. WORLD COURT HAS . : Aia nil : v i f . -i - ; v h. - - - . i '-' - f , RI! Whorl es SMtiltiiiia. Mrs. W. Named to Serve Marion County ): V - .7 , PUtoa fcy KeantU-Ellis ' Above, Mrs. tott C. Smith,. Wi dow of the late Dr. W. Carlton . Smith, appointed by Governor Meier j to. aacceed her late hus band as state representative; ; below I Charles K. Spauldlng, ' president Spa aiding Loggias; company, appointed by the gov- " emor j as state seaator to uc- -ceedLloydi Reynolds. '-'m ' i : -T f J , ...! : , : Flighty Bishop i Lad Still Flees ASTORIA, ! Ore., Jan. 14. (AP) Adolph Bishop, 16. As toria, waa still : being sought to day by deputy sheriffs, members of the Astoria Angora club, and others.";,: - l : The boy is reported to have been seen several times but has evaded capture. ... ChosmlJeg r ' ' a ' -.. s; Say Cavemen After Byrd . District lias Four Fires! ;' 4 ; Merchant is Seriously ' ill Raids! Bring Lai Liquors Cavemen from . attempting to l remove , Admiral Richard E. Byrd from train when he ' passes through here next Sun day. : : ': J. ."s v . '. f Petitioners in the Injunctions were officers of the Medford . American Legion post, on re port that Cavemen planned to . remove, Byrd from the train. ' PORTLANDER. WINS . . PORTLAND, Jan. 14 (AP) Cecil Olaguer, - Portland's lone representative In the northwest amateur- 18.2 Balkline billiard tournament under way here, de feated Sam Cooper, Seattle, 250 to 140, today, y; l ' BEN SELLING ILL . PORTLAND, Jan. 14 (AP) k -Ben Selling, T8, well known ; Portland merchant, was re ported : critically ill at a bos . pital here tonight. Selling has been 111 for nearly week fol lowing an operation. j : - only rorn fires .COVE; Jan. 14 (AP) Only four small fires with a combined area of ilea than 'one-half acrs were , reported : in this district durtng 1930, says the yearly, re port ofK. H. MeCool. district worest ranger. v l The Grande Ronde ranger dis trict last year furnished grazing tor 29.261 head of cattle, sheep and horses. Total loss of lire stock was 429. " V' ' ...f y BEAN SCOCESSORt f ' LA GRANDE, Jan. 14 (AP) Friends of J. W. Knowles, elr cuit Judge of the tenth Oregon district, are making efforts to havei him selected- as successor to the late Federal Judge Bean, it Was reported here today. G. Smith islators election for Senate in Doubt Until Name Is Announced : Charles K. Spaulding and Mrs. W. Carlton Smith, both of Salem. were nominated, approved and stated as senator and representa tive, , respectively. : In the legisla ture -yesterday and' the period of surmises and rumor existing since the death of the late : Senator Lloyd Reynolds , and Representa tive W. Carlton Smith was at an epd. - - j. . - . ; , . j Governor Meier sent the nom inations, made -possible under the Bennett bill' approved ' Tuesday by both houses, in to the legisla tors shortly after noon yesterday. Without debate and without only brief remarks from Senator Sam Brown and Representative Romeo Gbuley, the senate and house in dividually , approved the gover nor's nominee. Oaths of off lee were adminis tered by the! secretary of state, Mrs. Smith receiving hers In the offices , of Mr. Hoss while Mr. Spaulding was sworn in In front of the desk he will occupy in Jie senate chambers. " , . f Whether Mr. Hoss's presence as officer to administer the oath in dicated the Meier administration's attitude discrediting the supreme court or whether the failure to invite a supreme court Justice to T (Turn to page 2, col. 2) . HIS OF GALACTIC DAYS PASADENA, CaL. Jan. 14 (AP) Albert Einstein went to school today, it was his second astronomy seminar at Mount Wil son laboratory here, with world famous astronomers as class mates. ' ' i The lesson revealed that in six days the heavens' and earth were made and that only six more days have passed since then, galactical li speaking. -,. i ... ,i ' u. . i I Dr.. Gustaf Stromberg of the Carnegie Institution of Washing ton '.staff, was Instructor and bis text. The Rotation of the Galaxy. j Just 12 galactic days have pass ed since the beginning of the structure of the heavens : and earth as we see them, known com monly as the milky way galaxy. However, these twelve galactie days embrace some 3,000,000.000 years, 1,500,000,000' of which were of nebulae formation of our own little universe and the second 11600,000,000 of what Is known as geologic time. Dr. stromberg explained that the whole galaxy Is rotating just like the earth rotates. In the past 1,500.000,000 years the sun had made but six revolutions, which would be equivalent to six galac tic days. The Immensity of size might be perceived with 4 the knowledge that the sun has been moving at' a velocity of more than 300 miles a second. FLOODS ADDING TO JBGFJITIIU PERILS SAM AVTONTn TIB ISIS r-niU RES, Argentina. Jan. 14. (AP) Floods today added to the dis tress in the La Poma district of western : Argentina, where newly opened volcanoes hare caused some loss of life and heavy prop erty damage. : ? ! j A relief expedition from San Antonio de Los Cobres, headed fof El Potrerillo. where the most ser ious damage was reported, was forced to turn back . by raging streams, flooded by f torrential rkins. ' ' I Communimatlon with the dis trict was disrupted, but fragmen tary messages Indicated a number of lives had been lost. ' j Three volcanoes, two near Cob res and El Porrerlllo and the third at Abra de Chorilos, spouted hot water, mud and rocks, sburylng houses and destroying: crops and livestock. Violent earth shocks ac-' cpmpanled the volcanic manifes tation. ' -; j The village of La Poma. In the same district, was' destroyed by an earthquake and landslides ; on Christmas ere with the , loss of nearly two score lives. Since then the survivors have been terrified by a series of severe earth shocks. Funds Probers 1 Out of Funds; So Reports Nye WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (AP) -f- The senate campaign funds committee is broke. ; Chairman Nye said tonight that unless additional money is voted Ay the senate the committee . will have to suspend operations. A meeting of the ardlt commit tee has been called for tomorrow, however, to consider a resolution by Nye asking 150,000 to con tinue the investigation of senator ial campaigns, - " . Salem, Oregon, Thursday TROPIG REilU AND SEE SNOW Giddy Weather: Reported in , Mexico; Morocco and , Southern Spain Dixie Also has Cold Wave ; Extending Even Down .. to Rorida Coast Prias) (By;the Associated The world was a bit giddy with its Wednesday weather. In Mexico City, where it should n't. It snowed. j. A postage-stamp blizzard laid a deep snow along a narrow section of territory, near Buffalo, N. Y., and blew Itself out without being felt elsewhere in the vicinity. In Morocco, where the sands of the desert seldom grow cold,- palm trees snapped before one of the most! severe and chilling storms of years. . Warm blooded ' Spaniards, un used to severe cold, saw mercur ies fall below zero and in south ern spain, where furnaces and red underwear are unheard of, there was considerable suffering. . Dixie shivered under snow. It was freezing at Chatanooga. Tenn., and In Johnson City there was seven inches of snow. The Pied mont and mountain sections of the Carolines also had snowfalls and ! temperatures below 32. It w as ; cold In Virginia and Alabama lastnnighM with readings low in the twenties predicted before dawn; ' - - . - Arkansas went to bed with the warning of a freeze and the prom ise of warmer weather today. At lanta looked forward to a season's low of 14 during the night, and even .Florida, her feet splashing In the warm gulf, saw the thin red line of her thermometers dip into the thirties. . The west coast had seasonable temperatures which went Into the sixties, tapering down to lower figures In. the north. Canada's northwest was brewing snow and cold for the north and middle west, but nothing of unusual se verity. SALEM r,DT ASKING II. S. AID. IS WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 14. (AP) Oregon cities re. spondlng to Senator LaFollette's questionnaire to ; determine the Unemployment situation in Ore gon revealed that Bend has the greatest number of unemployed. In that city, R. B. Parsons, city attorney, said there were 1500 unemployed. The . city, he said, would appreciate any .fed eral aid In caring for the unem ployed. -' . Two hundred are unemployed at Baker, in the estimate of W. A. Clark, city auditor. La Grande has 8Q0 unem ployed, 51 of whom have de pendents, f Oregon City has only 100 un employed, the report said. Former Mayor T. A. Livesley, of Salem, reported Marion coun ty did not need federal aid. Owners of Land At Klamath Sue Power Company PORTLAND, Ore., Jan.. 14 (AP) Owners of 100 acres of land adjacent to Klamath Falls. Ore., ask $482,250 , damages from the California-Oregon Pow er company In a suit transferred to the United States circuit court here today. " The complaint originally filed In the Klamath eounty ' circuit court alleges the land, which fronts on upper Klamath lake, was damaged by - the company's dredging operations. In a second cause for action the plaintiffs ask $27,000 additional from the power company for allegedly un lawfully raising and lowering the lake's water level. The Legislative Calendar, SENATE TODAY . - Introduction of numerous bills, i ' , Possible submission of Governor Meier's program en hydro-electric develop ment and utility regulation. Adjournment until next Mondaye-. SENATE YESTERDAY . Confirmed i Charles K. Spaulding, Salem, as succes sor to late Senator Rey nolds. , . Entirely revised the state game code introduced by Senator Miller and Repre sentative Deuel. Bill-to authorise' tunnel construction introduced. " Development of Columbia river and tributaries urged by interim committee. ' Withdrawal of -waters of Columbia river urged by city council ef Portland. - .- Morning, January 15, 1931 Judge Sentences His Sunday School Ptrpfl - To the Penitentiary ASTORIA, OreVTan. 'le. i') Circuit Judge Howard K. Zimmerman sen tenced William 'E. Erickson, 21, and Walter Newman, 21, alleged 'cigarette burg Jars, to two years each in the state penitentiary; i Judge Zimmerman rebnk d Erlckson sayiagt "Yost 'have spoiled aa 11-year r:c ord for me. In that time yea are the only tnesuber of my Sunday school clast. s who has been brought Into court. ; : HER IS William W. Emmons Active In Mercantile Field Here 18 Years W. W.. Emmons, president of Emmons, Inc., local men's wear firm, passed away at his home here last night as the result of a stroke suffered last Thursday. His death at the age of . 08 brought to a close 18 years of activity as a Salem merchant. In 1913, Mr. Emmons opened a made-to-measure tailoring bus iness In a small lt-foot store In the old building that has since been replaced by the brick struc ture occupied by the Midget Mar ket. He was successful from the first and the firm twice moved into larger quarters and expand ed the stock until at the time of his death he conducted, a com plete mens wear store carrying all lines of mens clothing. Five years ago he took In his son, Ralph, as a partner in the bus iness. - - s i" .. ' . . Death culminated two years of 111 health brought on by a mild stroke - In 1929. Despite this handicap he was active in the af fairs of his firm and home until his critical attack i last : week. Was Active In Community Work f He was a member of the Pres byterian church and of the Elk's lodge. He was also a member of the chamber of commerce and a supporter of ' many ' community activities. i William W. Emmons was born December 18, 1863 in 'Belleville, Ontario,, Canada. . He became a citizen of the United . States In Illinois where , for years; he was active In several lines of bus iness. He married Sarah Ed a Heist, who survives him The family moved west 2 81 years ago and for the past 18 years have been residents of Salem. ; . - Besides his -widow be leaves two - daughters. Lueile Emmons of Lockport, Illinois, and Mrs. L. C. - Mitchell of Vermillion, South Dakota; two sons, Dr, Carl W. and Ralph W., both ' of Salem; his. mother, Mrs. Margaret Em mons, and a sister. Mrs;. Emily Wight, both of Kingston, Ontar io; and one granddaughter, Mar garet Jane Emmons of Salem. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. j Secretary Wilson of the cham ber of commerce yesterday aft ernoon received word that the plans respecting the visit of Ad miral Byrd to Oregon had been changed. 1 In consequence he will not be able to visit Salem ptt Fri day as was hoped I or. I Admiral Byrd will speak at Eugene Thursday night, then he will leave Immediately by train for Portland, passing through Sa lem in the night time. i Governor Meier . and . the Sa lem chamber of commerce invit ed him to stop In Salem Friday when it was understood he would be taken by plane from Eugene to Portland. V , i VETO BEER SALE VICTORIA. B. C Jan. 14 (AP) Victoria residents by a majority of 1713 todiy voted against the sale of beer by the glass. j-; - , i ..' c ' HOUSE TODAY' f Probable appointment of ! new committees, nine mem-, bars each, on publlo utilities, state reapportionment. Probable, adjournment un- ! tU Monday. t . Posslblei Introduction of Meier public utility regula-, tlon program and hydro electric development pro gram. 1 HOUSE YESTERDAY Umatilla resolution pass ed with only one dissenting vote. ' I - - -1 Modernization-, of proce dure on floor of house nrg- . ed by Interim committee In. ' report. - ''-i -. . Retirement bill for su--preme- court justices and circuit Judges introduced; 1 Mrs. W, Carlton Smith confirmed as successor ' to . late Representative W. Carl ton Smith.; . . CLOTHIER STROKE VICTIM ADMIRAL BYRD HOT TO STOP IN SALEM . ..- -.t .i . . I - MEXICO cin IS ROCKED BY Queer Yellow Light Adds! to Horror of Inhabitants; . r Buildings Cracked At Least one Dead; Fires Started; Inhabitants See First Snow ' MEXICO ' CITY. Jan. (AP) The sharpest earthquake felt In Mexico City for 19 years caused at least one death and four injuries tonight, at the same time starting: fires In two parts of the eity, cracking buildings and throwing the Inhabitants In to "panic. . I '-': A woman was killed by a fall ing wall, while four persons, one of them a small child, were In jured by falling objects in houses.- ' ; ' The shock began at 8:48 p. m. (8:48 p. m. EL S. T.) and for two minutes shook buildings with : a rolling ' motion. Minor quakes continued for some five minutes after the principal shock. C Eleetrie -lights went out, pow er lines were broken end tele phone service was interrupted for some time. I The fright of the Inhabitants, who j ran out ; of their homes in terror, as they began to heave, was pathetic, i Despite a down pour! of rain with vivid flashes of lightning adding to their con sternation, they ran to the streets and : prayed for divine protection. Increasing their alarm , was a peculiar yellow light which, pierced by streaks of lightning, was visible in the sky at the time of the main shock and continued for an hour. . Many were looking for the worst, for the shocks followed upon a three-day period of cold weather that was unusual tor this! usually pleasant city. Much, suffering was in evi dence, since heating apparatus in general is poor and, many- per sons had no heavy clothing. Hun dreds who had never been out. of the capital saw their first snow. WILL MEET KELLEY .1! WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. (AP) Secretary Wilbur and Ralph S. Keiley, who have aimed shafts of criticism at each other for several months, are to meet tomorrow for the first .time. : ' They are scheduled to appear before the house public lands committee to testify on propos als by Wilbur to clarify the laws governing! administration of ell shale ;lands.r:; ': '"H.k Meanwhile, the senate public lands committee " planned i 1 a meeting for tomorrow to consid er the charge by Keiley, former field agent for the' Interior de partment's general land office, that ! the department had favored large oil companies in disposing of Colorado oil shale lands, i BAN UPOH AUTOS HAMILTON. Bermuda, Jan. 14 (AP) Advocates ef automo biles In this paradise of the horse and buggy received a body blow today. ; Wlllougbby Wright, l a railway employe, was convicted of driving a caterpillar tractor In Southampton Parish and was sentenced to pay a fine of $$0 or spend two weeks In jlal. - The magistrate also ordered the tractor confiscated.' The motor car act of 1908 pro hibits the general use of automo biles on the island. - A bill was recently Introduced in i the house of assembly seek ing to permit physicians . to use cars. A similar measure met de feat last year. LI '7 Dempsey Turns : ! Scornfully on j Sharkey Offer ; BALTIMORE. Jan. 14 (AP) Jack Dempsey, former heavy weight champion of the world, denounced Jack' Sharkey in a statement Issued here la connec tion with the letter's offer to fight : t h e former champion "within six weeks for charity.? "In his. usual cautious way, Dempsey said, "when discussing fights for charity, Sharkey specifies- wlthln six .weeks, realizing that it would be Impossible to get into condition, within that period of time. This reminds me of an other 'charity bout, which Shar key proposed. That was when he challenged Bill Stribling to 'right tor charity, In New York on the exact date when Etribllng was contracted to fight in Chicago," SECRETARY BERMUDA III "n tTT 41 T T K T fm W "'1 ' ' r . a ?-.... j PROGRESS SLIGHT III CluDER CASES Winslow's Absence Causes Delay; Criminal ! Case ; Now Upon Motion The wheels ef legal machinery were gummed again yesterday on Salem's well j known fc "cinder case," as a result of i which It will be several weeks before the suit of State ex rel W, C. Win slow vs. the Oregon Pulp and Paper company has a chance to get an airing in Judge Gale S. Hill's department of i r c u 1 1 court. .-j Judge Hill was all set yester day! morning to hear the case, but Attorney W. C. Winslow fail ed to be on hand; opening was postponed until 1:30: 1 o'clock, when a huddle of attorneys and absence: of Winslow resulted in fuctber : postponement.; Judge Hill, will be here February 20 to reset date for J hearing.? I The other lease - against the company, in the, criminal depart ment of circuit court, -came be fore Judge McMahan for a brief while yesterday. This lease was started as result of McMahan's Instructions to the grand jury to delve into the cinder matter. Res ident Manager 'Karl W4 Heinleln of the company "was arraigned on the indictment' yesterday, upon which motion to quash in dictment was filed: Plea will be entered after the motion is heard. Claim Jury Got '.. - r Full Instruction - i In the motion to quash the indictment, the paper; company sets out thaTT Judge McMahan, going Into the! history of the le gal ' filings stretching from May 22 to December 6 In the Winslow civil case,! instructed the grand jury to j disregard the civil - suit and to give the jury definite In struction' to Indict the paper company for the cinder nuis ance. " :;. " :! . ,r t , This instruction, so I definitely put, naturally ! caused the grand Jury to return an Indictment, the motion to quash argues. Because the paper case Is not on today as was supposed would be. Judge HIU will not be here to hand down decisions in a num ber; of Important cases,: including the ''water case. H. r Three Thousand jotilesv Fed at Birthday Event NEW YORK, Jan. 14 (AP) TheLrMayor of DeLancey street Kardonick Philips, had a birth day today he was 65 -and 3.000 Jobless men and women had a square meal, j ' E The banquet was "Mayor" Phil lips' present to himself. ; i The jobless sat down In groups of "800. from 11 a.m. until 8:30 p.ra. a- ten piece orchestra played while they ate.! There were white cloths on the tables and a ' nap- Jdn at each plate. 1 :. Philips' "mayorality" Is an hon orary one bestowed for. his good works, j -r-- , ; MEASLES EPIDKMIO YAKIMA, Wash.. Jan. 14. (AP) Yakima health officials quarantined If cases of measles here today bringing the total so far this month to 88. ( No Present Curtailment In Health Service Here The Marlon county department of health will operate f upon a strict $17,260 budget for 1931, the executive committee, of which County Judge J.' C. Slegmund is chairman, agreed last night The budget la several thousand under that for 1930, but for the time being will cause no curtail ment In1 the work, except for fact that seven nurses Instead of eight are on the staff. The nursing; supervisor resigned late In December to take a Job In the SOttth. ( . -: ! i It Is probable some small cuts In service will have to. be made later on in the year, however these' matters will be adjusted to fit the budget as Is necessary. The members of the, present staff were rehired for another year last night. , f i Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, county physician, presented the monthly report on "communicable disease and births and deaths.. ; jj Births outnumbered deaths, Jith 71 babies reported and S3 eaths recorded. Of the births. 8 were male and "of the deaths 9 were! male. . The Marlon coun- birtbs for the year reached 933 nd deaths totaled 194. The irtfas were 128 higher than the b unipny rt . .1 oew"fJ Col A, E Clark Aids In the Draf ting cf Power Bills ' Protection of Public ' And Investor are Chief Goals : t By SHELDON F.jSACKETT ; Some tough legislative meat' for adjourning senators and leg islators to take home to chew over the weekend vacation, may be forthcoming at today's ses sions of the senate ; and house If the utility regulation and power conservation program approved by Governor Meier can be intro duced before adjournment. j The governor and Colonel Al fred E. Clark of Portland were in conference until late fast night going over every detail of the extended - legislative utility program outlined by the govern or In his message I Monday and the. outgrowth of his campaign pledges of last fall, j ! i From sources close to the gov ernor It was learned that the measures would either be is the bands of the legislators today or early next week, depending on whether or not any revision is heeded in the bills already pre pared. : ; . . ; Mngle Official p - ' To be Employed ! ' ; The proposed measures will follow very closely the recom mendations of Governor Meier' In his inaugural address. Chief among them will be a bill pro viding for the abolition of the existing public service commix sion and, the substitution of a department of public utilities consisting of a single commis sioner, appointed by and l remov able at the discretion of the gov- : ernor. i. ' ' . ' ! ' ( - The bill Is expected to provide that wide powers of supervision will be vested in this commis sioner who will be assisted by a group of technical workers.' It will specifically set forth that he Shall protect the public, on all occasions and shall have super vision not only over rates, valua tion and service but shall also determine the propriety of all bond and stock issues of the utilities in the state as well ai mergers, purchases and sales of existing properties. ' 1 Other provisions of the legis lation which Governor I Meier considered last ' night beore turning it into the legislative hopper, Included abandonment Of the certificate of necessity and convenience act and prohibi tion of purchase of supplies and Services from Inter-locking cor porations where control is held by a single group. Hydro-Electric Commission Plan I The second major legislative bill expected to issue; from the governor's office today or "early next week calls for the enact ment of a law creating a hydro electric commission., tot three members, one the state engineer by virtue of his office, aad two Others to serve, by appointment, without pay. I i Advisors of the governor ex- -plained last night that they would draft to .this commission the most able men the state af forded, creating herein a body Comparable In personnel and ex perience to the state highway commission as now constituted. 1 Provisions of the hydfo-slec-lie commission act include the licensing of all projects! la a manner similar to the provisions ! . . (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Oregon standard of 807. Of ibm December deaths, 13 were due te heart disease, eight to cancer, three to apoplexy, six to kidney disease, four to accidents and 13 to other causes. Of the deaths for the I year,, heart diseases were accountable . for 187: spoplexy for 44: cane, 1 60; diabetes, 10; communicable disease, 8; kidney disease, 81; au to accidents; 16; other accidents, 28 and Other causes, 15 7. There were two maternal deaths In the year and 33 deaths of Inrants un- ' der a year; also 81 deaths due to communicable dlsesses. The 'communicable disease re ported snowed 89 cases la Decem ber, with measles leading at 25 cases; mumps, 20; chickenpos 10; venereal diseases, seven;, scarlet fever and whooping cough, five each; pneumonia, six; tuber bnlosls, three; diphtheria,' two; undulant fever, one; German measles, one; Vincent's angina one; bronchial pneumonia, three. , Diseases reported In the year reached 1,308 cases, whooping cough topping the list with 219, " mumps next with 260 and chick enpox third with 257J There were 172 cases measles, 87 or veacreal diseases' and lesser numbers of other diseases V I ... t