CIRCULATION Average Distribution December, , 30 7034 THE WEATHER Rain today and Friday, strong " southerly - Triads; Max. temperature Wednes . Kt pld. iHy. Sanity 075 Muais or a. b. o. day 80, Min. 34, rain river calm. joe. FOUMDCD 1851 EIGHTIETH YEAH i ROGUE RIVER'S Film Star Dies , Of Pneumonia .19 Mergeicy Board CASE UTILITY BILLS ADD TO DELAYS Acts Face Grilling mmmm 1 Police Guard Jobs Parade at S. F. FLKSEEiJ I OUT OED Residents of Valley Lined Up Against Fishermen Of Curry In Fight Bill Closing Stream for Commercial Fishing is Argued at Hearing Proponents and opponents of the Rogue river fishing bill now before the Oregon legislature, which would close the stream to commercial fishing clashed last night in the first public hearing of the present session. For three hours, membera of the Joint fish, and game committees : : and a crowded senate chamber heard arguments fori and against legls latire passage of the measure. T. E. Daniels of Medford led the delegations from Jackson and Jo sephine counties favoring the bill,', while Roderick Macleay of Portland, led the opposition. Charges that the fish la the Rogue river were being depleted and unlets action I taken, the stream as a sport fishing one would not be worthy of the name, and that 60,000 people in the upper valley cut down the high cost of living by angling In that stream, were made by the Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass party. Coos and Curry county speak ers presented figures and state ments to show that commercial fishing did not deprive the upper regions of fish, but to the con trary, stream! pollution, irriga tion ditches, land rimes which the fish ' cannot swim were the causes, It any; of depletion. "You eannot legislate fish up the river." George D. Chenoweth of Gold Beach declared in his ar guments. lint Few Families Supported by FWi Daniels opened the arguments In support of the bill by stating that stream pollution did not kill the fish, and that commercial fishing must cease If the tourists will continue to come to Oregon for sport fishing. J. E. Cullison, chairman of the game commis sion, former Senator 3, V." Smith of Grants pass and O. O. Alan dorf of Medford argued tor tbe bill pointing lout that only S3 families were supported by com mercial fishing. Ralph Cowgill of Medford pre sented figures of a survey made of 'the Rogue to show that Irri gation ditches were screened, and that the ran of fish was decreas ing. Joseph Wharton, president of the Grants Pass chamber - of commerce declared that the fu ture welfare of the Grants Pass district depended upon closing the stream to net fishing. Other speakers for tbe proponents were William Briggs. president, of the Ashland chamber of commerce, Martin Hughes of Grants Pass, representing the Josephine Po mona grange and Irving T. Vin (Turn to page 2, col. S) i 4-11 11 FAIR IS SET APRIL 23-25 Tbe second "annual Marlon county 4-11 club fair will be held April 23, 24 and 25 at the cham ber of commerce rooms In Salem, It was announced Wednesday by W. W. Fox, county club leader. To date; five scholarships for the 4-H hoys land girls summer school held each year at Corval Us have been offered as prizes for the fair. Fox is now working on the regular list of awards. The five scholarships offered for the fair bring the-total num ber of scholarships which have already been virtually promised to the 4-H workers to 15, Fox re ports, . I The Legislative Calendar 8EXATB TODAY Grange leaders declared long-expected power bill will be introduced today. Ways and means commit tee to continue joint evening meetings with house ways and means committee. SENATE YESTERDAY Joint resolution Introduc ed asking Oregon to "send delegation to Washington re questing federal cooperation In forming a cooperative agreement for development of power among five north western states. Extended hearing on the Rogue river fishing bill held at night with commercial . and game fishing Interests well represented. Multnomah ' delega 1 1 o n meets after senate adjourn ment to bear proposal that part of Insurance taxes be diverted for pension fund tor aged firemen and policemen. - - . l '7- 1Z n ' imtThit mJZ Special police guards were ordered out to prevent possible riot in connection with av scheduled parade of several thousand unemployed men to the city hall, 8an Francisco. The parade was held under po lice permit, at the request of the trade union unity league, j Nearly 8,000 men, It was reported, inarched to the cityi hall andj demanded assistance from Mayor Angelo jr. Rossi of Ban Francisco. We want work for the unemployed," declared M. M. Rapport, organizer of the pArade. Top photo shows Mayor Angelo J. Roaal, right, addressing the crowd of unemploment paraders. On the left is shown one Of th unemployed speakers. Bottom photo shows general view of the crowd. ESPEE WINS POINT ':.(" I I i I' ON VALLEY-SILETZ I : ,f ' ; - . i I . Examiner Opposes Purchase Of Road by 0. E.y Also Extension Plans WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. t- (AP , -i : Extension of Great Northern j and Northern Paclie railroad operations In Oregon In competition with the Southern Pacifle system through acquisi tion of the Valley and Elicits railroad, Is looked upon with disfavor by Thomas P. Sullivan, examiner for the interstate com merce commission. , i 1 In a recommendation to tbe commission ' today Sullivan dis approved purchase of the Valley and Silet railroad ! by the Ore gon Eleetrie railroad, a subsi diary of the northern companies for 2.080,000. He also urged the commission to refuse tbe Oregon. Electric line permission it sought to construct a connec tion withi the Valley line at la cost of $485,000. ! 1 ( On the other t hand Sullivan suggested it would be to tbe ad vantage of the region served if the Southern Pacifle bought the Valley line at at reasonable price. The Southern Pacifle op posed tbe project off tbe North ern lines fat every ! point. . The controversy will go before the commission for final adjudica tion. ' ,. ;-!,. .' i ' HOl'SI? TODAY , Engrossing committee has announced that administra tion's power bills will be ready today but no assur ance they will be introduced. Several minor bills up tor third reading. J t Probable adjournment to night oi early Friday over week end. . -y .ip" 1 . HOUSE YESTERDAY Deficiency appropriation bill for more than $470,000 Introduced. Ways and means' commit tee, ; in : Joint session with senate ways and means com mittee; ! outlines i tentative cuta In appropriations. Meier; utility commission er bill sent back from legis lation and rules committee to administration: for re drafting. County court meetings In Lincoln county would be changed: under bills which gained house approval. League t of Oregon cities introduces 13 amendatory laws; chief one provides uni form state - wide building code, i .ru; it) h I 4, t ;. '-r'- " v , - ? 'TV. W fill "i i i in irn - t -i n " t - -. i. , Wrong Figures For Salem Not Bureaifs Fault , r i '' ' J The federal bureau of the census absolved Itself yesterday of blame In connection with re cent publishing Of the census of Salem for 1930 at a figure slight ly more than 18,000, In a tele gram to the local chamber of commerce the census bureau "aid the: error first occurred in a mim eographed release from Washing ton; last Tear. Recent publication of the figures i erroneously j In a Portland newspaper are the fault of the paper, the writer states, adding that no additional incor rect release has been made by the federal census bureau. The local chamber of commerce office received numerous tele phoned protests from local citl sens when the figure of 11,000 was printed again as Salem's 1930 population instead of 26,264. the correct figure. ! ML OF Bran is su LONDON. Jan. 21. (AP) Prime Minister Ramsay MacDon ald's labor government was de feated by S3 votes In a division on tbei controversial education bill In tbe: bouse of commons tonight, but some hours later carried the bill victoriously through third reading by 256 votes against 238 a gov ernment majority of 18. Now the measure goes to tbe house Of lords. The defeat bad no immediate consequence, for immediately af ter the division (Mr; Mac Donald announced to a wildly excited house that no big question of gen eral principle was involved and that the government would carry The defeat came mainly as the result of the intrusion ojt a relig ious controversy into politics, for the! division in which tbe govern ment 'found itself outvoted, 282 to 249, was taken on an amend ment to the education bill, moved by John Scurr, a Roman Catholic labbiite. : This amendment called for tbe passage of an act giving financial assistance to religious schools be fore the main education bill Is put into operation. J , . " ; , Store Rioters Facing Charges OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 21. (AP) Nine alleged leaders of the throng of unemployed that yesterday raided a grocery store here will be - arraigned on riot charges tomorrow morning, Lew Is R.- Morris, , county attornev, announced. ' A T-"tf ...... " -4 -'-T S - GABBLE CONTINUES OVER PROHIBITIOiJ Wtckersham Group Declares Rumor of White House ! Pressure F'alse WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP) The Wickersbam report with its varying conclusions for revi sion, repeal and retention of the 18th amendment churned up ad ditional controversy today and brought forth a resolution to In quire It the commission bad been unduly Influenced into changing its opinion at the last minute. Senator Tydlngs ' of Maryland, a democratic anti-prohibitionist, introduced a measure calling for a senate Inquiry to determine bow the commission arrived at Us "conflicting conclusions" and whether advice was received from outside. ;:,.- .Reports that the president had - (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Court Has Keen Eye Out I For Sign of Tax Repeal Members of tbe ; Marion coun ty court will make no objection to the proposed attempt to repeal the one mill market road tax law should the market road program in tbe county be unaffected by the change In law, Jim Smith, county commissioner' said yester day In indicating the course the court would take. : If, however, the repeal propos al, which has not yet been made Day in Washington (By the Associated Press) ..." Wlekersham crime com mission, denied its findings had been Influenced by President Hoover or that' "changes had been made af ter members signed report. ; Senate passed $94,000,000 Interior department bill. In cluding , 925,000,000 for drought relief. , Elihn Root told senate foreign relations committee revised world court protocol did not affect previous sen ate, reservations. House appropriations com mlttee reported fl,032S68, OOO Independent offices ap propriation bill. ' . House buildings commit niittee approved administra tion proposal to Increase public building program by sioo.ooo.ooo. . i ; , Supreme court heard ar guments on Clark ruling that eighteenth amendment is Invalid. Appearance Still is-Slated : "Tomorrow" While law Makers Mark Time Grange Power Measure Is ; Heariy Ready, Word;! ;" Others Coming up ' By SHELDOn"f. SACKETT : Like expectant fathers, senators and legislators paced the .;. lobby floors of the state capitol yester day, momentarily expecting tbe long awaited announcement that th utilltv and water-power bills had been born In. administrative Chambers and were ready for christening in the two houses, i j But 'nary, a bill , was 1 born. Whispered conferences ; and In complete statements from a re tinue of legislative physicians close to the administration con veyed the news that the giaa event was nearly at hand, j Night fell, however, without the arrival of the measure to be known ss' the publio service Commissioner plan and the other to be known as tbe Hydro-electric commission proposal.- 'r'-l i Seemingly in sympathy with the retarded labors of the admlng titration's chieftains, tbe grange power bill sponsors worked away all day putting the finishing touches en the outfit which its own power bill will wear when t makes Its appearance m the ie Islatlve hoppers. ! , i Legislators rf : Markfns Time I I For days now the senate and the house has moved slowly, each day understanding that the mot Important measures v concerning utilities would soon be forthcom ing,! and I each day told that tbe Introduction would not come un til "tomorrow." i j . Two definite causes for i, delay appeared yesterday. : First, the technical drafting of the bills has been faulty and re vision has been imperative, i j Second, conflicts In the desires and aspirations of tbe sponsoring groups 1 are being smootned out and made harmonious before tbe important -bills come into tbe hands of senate and house com mittees. ;- ! 'The first cause for delay was evident yesterday when! tbe bill providing for a publio: service commissioner got into the rules and legislation committee of the bouse. There it was speedily dis covered that the bill was improp erly prepared since numerous sec tions of the old code were repeal ed without being placed In brack ets as Is required by house pro cedure. The bill was hurriedly (Turn to page 2, col.. 1) Oregon Solons j Not in Move to Amend Dry Law The Wisconsin legislative mem orial requesting the calling of a national convention to amend the constitution. Interpreted here to mean tbe attempt to repeal tbe 18th amendment, was placed on file with the house clerk after it was reported out by tbe resolu fions committee Wednesday. . ! - . The aeUon meant the .Oregon legislature Is not Interested in the demand for a national constitu tional convention. ' i ' ! public," fails to contain substi tute method of providing approx imately the same amount of funds for market roads, the Mar4 Son court will take a decided Stand against tbe bill and will help to get In counter legisla tion. Commissioner Smith infer4 red. - r.. i.v ; j i I "Too many people are depend-; tng upon the market road pro gram in, Marlon county for the court to let any repeal, without equally good substitute made, get i by," Commissioner, Smith said, taking the stand the market road program is vital and should not be halted. i ; f j ; "In addition to demands of the people that the market road pro gram be maintained as outlined at present, the funds for this pur pose should keep .coming In be cause many men are employed a food share of the year en this roject. and anything which cuts down labor as curtailment of tbe market road work would' do Is anything, but beneficial to the county," the commissioner continued. ' . Tbe Marion county court' will not be alone in its stand against a repeal of the tax levy? It has been Indicated the past two days, what with members of the court front outside counties; and espe cially Lane and Benton her to discuss, and deplore the suppos ed attempt to wipe tbe tax out .: Mr. Smith said he had not seen the bill which Is proposed on the repeal matter, and has ' not, con tequenUy, definite knowledge just how far it goes and whether ! . (Turn to page 2, col. i) ALMA RUBENS TRAGIC LIFE IDS FOR FILM BEAUTY Alma; Rubens' Long" Battle Against Narcotics Is Closed by Death ' LOS! ANOIILES, Jan. 11. (AP) j Alma Rubens, former brunette beauty of the silver screen.! who On many occasions reached the plnacle of success in her; life's work, only to be top pled , Into the abyss of despair becausS of narcotic addiction;, died tonight j at the home1 of friends. i j ! :f Death came peacefully to tbre whose work was young woman known and admired by thout- ands throughout the world.- : For j three days she had been unconscious. She contracted a cold which i rapidly developed ins to pneumonia, and with it came a coma from which she never re covered, l ! ,? i;l Three doctors were in con stant attendance, and but two hours .before the death had is sued a statement saying she was slightly Improved. : Unable! to win Over Drua Habit . 1 Death of the actress culminat ed a J three-year uphill fight against a habit which she ap parently was I unable to over come. ! - - i Miss; Rubens' last publio ap pearance was made just a year ago In a play at the Writer's dub in : Hollywood. ; It was : a small, j one act affair, but when the curtain fell, the one-time film actress was accorded an ovation seldom! given at the club. Gone from her features were all trices of ! the i mental and physical suffering she had en dured for many months. Gone, too, were the effects of the nar cotics jby which she had been enslaved. "1 I. ' - Lastj August, after her con finement In the state institu tions, she had; so far recovered she was offered a starring role in a New York play. But in De cember; she returned to Los An geles, her return msrked by her i. A j. ... I.t.a San Diego ! by federal officers on j a narcotfc charge. 8he was bound over to the federal district court and wis free en bail. j SEEK U.:S. TO SURVEY RIVERS A series of Joint memorials, asking congress to appropriate funds land authorise surveys of the Rogue and Umpo.ua rivers in Oregon, were Introduced in the house Wednesday. The , Rogue survey1 ; is asked to determine feasibility for power ! sites and construction while the Umpqua river survey Is in view- of addi tional harbor Improvements. . I .Foreseeing a! five state pact for the development of the! Columbia river,' similar In theory, under under which the Boulder dam projects are under way.! a Joint resolution was introduced as the initial move tor organisations of the five northwestern states. ; The 1 resolution points out the potential ' power available in the Columbia, and! asks for a com mittee ffrom Oregon to appear at the national capital requesting federal! cooperation in the forma tion of; pacts or treaties between these states. ' Tbe states Involved are Oregon, .Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Ear? Minerals Said Discovered In dales Creek FOREST GROVE, Ore., Jan. 21. (AP) Reports that platinum, gold abd sliver are being taken from Gales creek, near here, have created considerable excitement In Forest Grove, j - ' i The I metals are said to have been found ini the creek 1 on the Mrs 1. -C. Phillips, place. ' All rights are held by the Rare Met als Mining company. The com pany has hired a special deputy I sheriff to guard the property. is llwSSfo Bill for Repeal Rumored; ". Wickersharh Report is j , Discussed Locally J On the heels of the report of the famed and defamed Wicker shan) commission came a grape vine report yesterday that in the pocket of a prominent Marlon county non-legislator there repos es a bill to repeal prohibition as far as tbe state of Oregon goes. The bill is but awaiting the prop er moment for presentation to the law making body, the report, con sidered authentic, says, f . il But while the rumored bill Is still a pocket paper, a number of well-known f residents of Salem have ventured their opinions on the findings of the Wlekersham commission. Here's what they say: Governor Julius L. Meier, in a comment to the Associated Press on the commission report, sstd: "The state of i Oregon has always cooperated to the fullest extent In the enforcement of the eighteenth amendment and has gained na tional recognition for I enforce ment of, the prohibition law. - So long as the law constitutes a parti of our federal; statutes I believe Oregon should, and will, continue to cooperate as In the past." Rev. P, W. Erlksen, president of the Salem Ministerial associa tion, said: "Personally, I think it a good report, but I do not think it has gotten down to the basis where the prohibition S problem 5 may be solved. I think the com mission Is on the right track. The report may bring out new angles on which congress may base pos itive action." ; . J( N.. Chambers, business man and: ex-president of the chamber of commerce, said: "The report seems very indefinite. ,Jl C. Nelson, head of the senior high school history department, declared: I don't think the Wlek ersham report means anything, for the final results contradict the Individual ones. Only ? two or three members say definitely tbe act should be retained, and with others condemning It; yet the en tire thing upholds the 18th amende ment I cant feel the report adds (Turn to page S, col. 7)' NDUSTRIALS LAG NEW YORK. Jan. 21. (AP) Inability of the industrials to follow a rise In the rails made the results of today's stock trad ing a standoff, but the strength of the bond market ottered en couragement to those who are more 1 Interested in f broader trends than the dally fluctua tions, of share prices. An unfavorable fourth quarter earnings estimate for the United States Steel corporation, placing net between SO and 40 cents a share consider bly below earli er forecasts--found the ! socalled pivotal Industrials wavering and quite willing to go down. Sell ing in this group was accompan ied by declines elsewhere and a number' of Important 1 utilities lost early advances, f Carrier shares reacted from their highs. So delicately was the buying and selling adjusted among the three major divisions, however, that the closing composite price of 90 Issues was, unchanged. Sales continued I small, aggregating 1. 407, SS8 shares. U. 8. Steel's loss was 1H, half a point above the day's low. American j Can,' International Harvester . and Bethlehem Steel were off about a point, while National Biscuit, despite record earnings, for 1930, was down IVi, although it had been 2 points lower. American Tele phone, General Electric, Union Carbide, North American and General Motors closed either at or slightly above Tuesday's final levels. A short squeeze In Au burn Auto : brought a d point rally. Westing ouse and Allied Chemical dropped about 2. is MOVES AHEAD DROUTH RELIEF FUND SUBSCRIPTION American Red Cross, . 50S First National Bank Eldg. Salem, Oregon. : .Enclosed please find $ to the Red Cross drouth V Signed.-- Address. Clip and fill Amount Allowed for Deficiency use are - Under Criticism Abolishment lor Strict Limiting of Power -Now Proposed Criticism, piling up' against the state -emergdncjr board in recent years bids fair to come to a head this session if members appointed toj tha sub-committee of the ways and means committee which will investigate the emeri gency board's actions put in to action their outspoken criticism of the board. On the special committer to investigate the activities of the board- ari included Senator William T, IVoodward of ' Multnonah county and Senator W. H. Strayer of Biker county, both of whom have made .sev eral attacks on the : arge appro priations made by the board. -With the senators will serve Representative Home r D. AngHl of Multnomah county,: who h chairman of the hoise cojuuflt- tee on ways and ineabsj Question Amounts ; ! Allowed by Hoard The two senators made) their attack on the boarkl the pre vious night "when 'it was discot- ered thatjdurinK tl e lat two years the emergency) board bun allowed deficiency appropriation of over $500,000 iln addition to appropriations made by the leg islature of 1929. Never before bar a special committee been : rained to In quire . Into the actlvlitles of the I board. Senator I Stfayer spoke strongly in favor of abolishing the board. Senator Jay II, Up tonof Bend, who is not a mem ber of the ways and means com mittee, has Introduced a Tslil that would limit the 'board's emergency allowances to J 1 00. 000. . . Chairman Angell informed tbe Joint committee lait night that, as suggested the previous night, he bad invited Governor Meier to advise the committee relative to possible reductions la re quested appropriations appear ing In tbe budget. He said the governor had promised to go through the budget later in tbe session. Hub-Cc;mmittees Are Announced Ail of the snb-comimitteos that are to visit state and state-aid 1 private institutions and make other special investigations were appointed last night. Tbe list follows, the first named ; being chs-'rman: tern Oregon state hospital, Pevdleton; Eastern Oregon N6r (Turn to page 2J col. C) CLAIM JURY1 DIDN'T DO AS COITi SAID Motion for a new trial in -the case of Sylvester A. Hoyt vs. Jo seph Lokinger, which waS finish ed in circuit court Tluesday after noon, was filed Wednesday after noon. - The Jury Tuesday reported a verdict for the defendant. : Hoyt claimed 17100 damages for gun shot wound alleged to have been inflicted by Lokingar. Loklnger asserted the wound was not inten tional, and was the result of an : attempt to scare Hovt away from Loklngers chicken coops, which Hoyt entered with intent ta com mit theft. 1 In the motion for! a new trlaJ, Irregularities in the trial Just fin ished are charged as follows The Jury refused to follow the court's instructions jto return a verdict for the plaintiff; it was misconduct on part of the jury to refuse to follow court's instruc tions; insufficient evidence to . Justify the verdict. Jin that evl- . dence showed conclusively that defendant fired the shot and cano ed Injury to plaintiff and did sot prove legal Justification. M na my contribution relief fund. . : i out and mall j , X