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CIRCULATION j THE yEATHEU I Unwilled with ralm to day and Maturday, moder ate r temperature; - Max. Temp. Thursday .; 4, Mhi. 89, rain JJ1, river 2.4. j Average . Distribution December, S0 7034 r ft! U K.t pld. dally. Sundiy S76S XKKBXft or A. I. o. FOUNDED 1651 EIGHTIETH YEAH Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, January 23, 1931 nNo. 2Z0 . A ttmZZTK i ,11 I II M l II r ; Vy I I 1 f I i I I I IMS BADLY B EATEN Group of Seven Alleged In Attacking Party Held In Seattle Jail Forays Against Others of . Foreign Workers are Being Traced SEATTLE, Jan. 22 (AP) Seven white youths were In the eounty Jail her today and three Filipino ranch handa were suffer ing from scTere beatings after what authorities said was an at tack on them by dlgruntled white workers in the Kent district, near here. . ' County official said & croup of : eight boys, living In or near Kent, ' broke down the door of the Filipi no bunkhouie and beat Dloniclo i Diet, E. Diet and N. Cms while ; several of their companions hid in the upper part of the building:. The raiders then took the cloth ing and other possessions of their Tlctims and withdrew, they told authorities. Seven of the suspects later were arretted in Kent pool halla on tips given them by Dlonlcio Dies. De puty sheriffs said they found the Filipinos possessions in an aban doned ahack. 1 N. Cms was in a hospital with serious head Injuries and body bruises. Charles Warner. Elmer Birkled. James Merryman, Ord Basel, Seely Basel, -Lefty" Hop kins and Cordon Taylor are those held. , All admitted participation in the attack, authorities said, but refused details. Deputiea said they were inves tigating the youths possible con nection with the burning last night of Jspanese farmers home In the tame vicinity. After firing the house, the attackers were said to have beaten members of the family as they fled. Their names were not learned, j ttOBDERY PEillY FAVORED PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 22. : (AP) The minimum penalty for robbery while armed wjth a dangorous weapon would be in creased In Oregon from 10, years -to SO years under a recommen dation th Oregon Bankers' as sociation will submit to the state legislature. f The bankers, says the associa tion , legislative j program Which has Just been completed, want a law which would hold an employ er 1 responsible for, an employe's padding of payrolls and which would relieve the bank, on which such padded payrolls checks were drawn, of responsibility. The association also recom mends adoption of a uniform "bank collection code prepared by the American Bankers' associa tion. ! BOYD DIYOItCED , ; ; L03 ANGELES, Jan. 22. (AP) -William H. Boyd, stage and screen player, obtained a, di vorce In superior court today. from Clara Joel Boyd, New YorkH actress. .,' GATHER AT EUGENE EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 22 (AP) Fifty Oregon editors were gathered here tonight, for a ire Uminary session to the annual Oregon presa conference. The conference proper will begin to morrow and continue through Saturday. i W. G. Hooker,' Spokane, execu tive secretsry of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper associa tion, at dinner tonight said printers' wages have been main tained at a consistently hixh lev el. He said, however, If Individ ual printers expected to maintain their present high wage scale, they should Increase their Indi vidual production. PORTLAND STILL AHEAD PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 22. (AP) The Portland Buckaroos maintained, but failed to increase their lead In the Pacific coast hockey league by playing the Vancouver Lions to a scoreless tie ln an overtime period game here tonight. i ROWBOAT CAPSIZES ' MARSIIFIELD, Ore., Jan. 22. (AP) John Ross, 45, Marsh field crab dealer, drowned ln the Pacific ocean off Empire today when his open rowboat eapstsed while be was enroute to his crab nets.'' ' . i;; i Ross' boat overturned near the Compass station and the lookout there saw him. ; He put out at nee an! recovered Ross' body (HUE SALIENT FEATURES IN HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER, UTILITY REGULATION AND, GRANGE POWER BILLS f INTRODUCED PUBLIC UTILITY REGU LATION MEASURE Abolishes public service commission. Creates office of public utility commissioner. Charges him with specif ic function of safeguarding patrons and users of utility services. Gives optional power to cities and towna to contract -own service contracts with utilities. Requires contracts be tween inter-owned compan ies for mutual services to be submitted- to commis sioner for approval before contract can be validated. Gives ready access to commissioner to all records of interlocking utilities. Provides for repeal of certificate of convenience and necessity act. Pupil Transportation Under IS Greatest Ballerina Passes On at fege of 46; was To Visit America THE HAGUE, Jan. 23. (Fri day) (AP) Mme. Anna Pav lova, considered the world's great est ballerina, died early this morning after a three-day Illness with lnfluensa and pleurisy. She lacked only eight days of being it years old, as her birth day was January 31. The dsncer fell ill January 20 after she had come here on a tour from Paris and at first it was believed she merely was suffering from the grippe aa the result of a slight cold contracted in Paris. Later the combination of pleur isy and lnfluensa developed, 'and was complicated by a weakness of the heart. This brought a high temperature and it was announced last night her condition had be come extremely grave. With the dancer at the end was her husband and accompanist, Vic tor d'Aadre, whom she married in 1924. Mme. i PavloTa had tlslted the United States several times and made what she called her farewell tour In 1924. Last December, however, she announced she was going bsck this year to dance In New York and 75 other American cities. She said she Intended to take with her Escudero. the Span ish dancer, who formerly was Ln Argentina's partner. Bridge Named to Honor Patterson t The new spsn over Rogue riv er at Gold Beach will be named the Isaac Lee Patterson bridge, if the senate takes the same ac tion as the house Thursday in unamimously passing the resolu tion naming the bridge. Former Governor Patterson was one of the leaders In the Roosevelt high way construction of which this span is a part. PAVLOVA Editors Hold Session Backs and Lions tie Gale- Delays Shipping Crab Dealer Drowned within a few minutes but efforts to revive Ross were futile. " Ross was unmarried and has no known relatives. on the bay. GET VALUED HAUL MKDFORD, Ore.. Jan. 22. (AP) Officer here today seized an automobile contain Ing a liquor cargo valued svt about $3000. The driver of the automo bile, who said he was John Graves, of Kan Francisco, was 'arrested. . f OO MILE VELOCITY ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 22. (AP) Shipping was delayed here today by a southwest gale which sometimes reached a vel ocity of CO miles an hour. Ships were waiting for favorable weath er before crossing in or out of the river. ' - Ferry j service to the north shore was suspended at 2 o'clock this afternoon because of heavy swells in the river. . ' OREGON riOXEEIt DIES EUGENE. Ore., Jan. - 22. (AP) Mrs, Minnie L. Larwood, 45, granddaughter of the Rev. H. II. Spauldlng, missionary who came to Oregon with Whitman in 1834, died at her home. here to day. . ' Mrs. Larwood, who was born near Brownsville in 1S45, Is sur vived by her widower, T..H. Lar wood, five sons and one daugh ter. . r i ; ; . T! ' - ' IN THE 36TH LEGLISLATIVE SESSIOJ HYDRO-ELECTRIC POW ER " COMMISSION MEA- l SURE sp- l-i. Provides for commission of three members, one state engineer, two appointed ny . governor , to serve ;. without py : - . I ;i. Give preference, to muni cipalities in water power applications. , Retains title to all water power in the name of the state. - Provides safeguards re garding construction, finan cing and operation of water power projects under pri vate ownership. ; Requires adequate re serve for depreciation and for authorization. . Provides that all water power projects, In not more than SO years, : revert to state. Excludes water power Attack in Legislature Too Expensive to Counties, is Declaration of Yamhill JSoIon; Will be Confiscatory of Property in Time, he Fears A MOVE to relievo county XX an expense affffregatinp- stigated in the legislature through House Bill No. 61 intro duced by Representative Arthur McPhilhps of Yamhill county. McPhillips would abolish the present sections of the Oregon code relating to the' county high school fund, in which transportation of pupuss? from non-high school to high- school districts Is paid for out of the. county high school fund. McPhillips in a statement yes terday, ; characterized the exist log law and Us mounting costs as an unwarranted Imposition on the taxpayer, already unable to meet his tax obligations. "Iff Yamhill county for exam pie. our bill for high school transportation, paid for by non hiah school districts, ran to 431,030 last year," McPhillips declared. "I believe . In public education and equality of oppor tunity but the expense of this transportation Is beyond reason; If we keep on levying such taxes we shall confiscate property." McPhillips, chairman of the (Turn to page 2, col. 2) FIFTY LIVES LOST AS STEAMER SINKS LONDON, Jan. 22. (AP) Fifty persons apparently were drowned through the wreck of a Russian steamer ln a storm to day, although reports differed both as to the name of the boat and place of the disaster. ' One advice said the steamer was named the Javarla and sank ln the 'Aegean- Sea, while an other gave the name as Avaslia and said the disaster ; happened in the Black Sea. Neither name appears In Lloyd's register of shipping. Reports from Vienna, relayed from Constansa, said a . ship named the Javarla buckled amidships and sanity with 21 of the crew and 14 passengers dur ing a gale which swept the Black Sea last night and today. Irish Wit is Winner Over Poor Sammy EUGENE. Ore., Jan. 22. (AP) Art O'Reilly. University of Ore gon wrestler, used strategy here tonight to win Sammy Vangler'a Junior welterweight wrestling belt. O'Reilly won two fails out or three. ., The two had split the first two falls, O'Reilly taking the first in 30 minutes with a reverse neck stretch and Vangler, Portland, get- tlnr the second ln If minutes with a series of flying tackles. Vangler had thrown O'Reilly oat of the ring while they were grappling for the third j fall. O'Reilly climbed under , the plat form and re-entered the ring be hind Vangler. grappled him and slammed him to the mat for the final f alL The time was 9 min utes. ; j . , 77 Charges of Violating Dry Law Are Faced TACOMA, Jan. 22. (AP) Seventy seven Indictments charg ing violation of the national pro hibition act were returned by the grand Jury ln district fed eral court .Which reported here today. The -Indictments Included those ln the alleged Gray's Har bor liquor conspiracy ln which officers conducted a sweeping rait more than month ago with the subsequent arrest of 89 persons. ,.. . m ; , . commission from control of water for Irrigation, domes- tie and municipal purposes. Allows private investors fair return on legitimate In vestment. , GRANGE POWER BILL Sets up machinery "for op erating district power util ities. In minute detail, goes Into business details of or ganising such districts. Makes provision to tie program Into hydro-electrie power commission measure of the governor. I Gives districts power to borrow money and assume indebtedness for utilities. lies. j Eliminates from the scope projects for Irrigation or reclamation, . except when they are secondary to wat er power development and distribution. Law is i courts and county budgets of 5400,000 In 1930. has been in TIMBER ON SILETZ Price $1,525,000, Claimed; Confirmation Awaits i yan Duzer Return PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 32.- (AP) Purchase of 550,000,000 feet of standing timber on the 81 lets river near Valsets, Oregon by the Inman-Poulsen Lumber company was reported here to day. The purchase price was said to be about $1,425,000. I George W. Thatcher, president and 1 treasurer of the company. would neither deny nor confirm the report, saying any announce ment must come from II. B. Van: Dusar, vice-president, who Is out of the state. The tracts covered. It was said, are the Bernardian tract, owned by Kansas City interest,; and : the Herman Winter tract. They Include, roughly, 300,000, 000 i feet and 250,000,000 feet, respectively. I The Bernardian tract la said to have brought IS a thousand and the winter tract $2.50 a thousand. lit was further reported that a mill would be built at Valsets to handle therough product which, would then be shipped to the Portland Inman-Poulsen plant for finishing. ! : ' Armory Wanted In Union County Thai third appropriation for an armory was requested yesterday In a bill introduced by the Union countyjdelegation. The request is made for $40,000 contingent oik on a similar sum provided by; city and county funds, for the construction of the state building at La Grande. 1 Two other bills, previously introduced, asked for armories", at Klamath Falls and Astoria. The measures are virtu ally identical. Day in Washington (Dy the Associated Press) iPrealdent Hoover's disap proval of Wlckersham com mission's proposed revision of eighteenth amendment In terpreted by Senator Fens of Ohio aa not closing White 11 loose door to saggestlons 'for modification. I j Drys turned back anti- prohibition assaults in both house and senate against en forcement appropriations. " Senate passed first defi ciency bill carrying " $125, 000,000 to become available Immediately. . House postponed action indefinitely on senate bill to ; appropriate 935,000,000 for i Red Cross relief, j Senate urged by Senator iWalah, democrat, Montana, to take Its tight against three members of power commission to court. -i Nomination of Eugene iMeyer as governor of- fed eral reserve board sent bark to senate banking commit tee. ',. -;T-' House Immigration com mittee approved restriction : of all immigration for two year aa unemployment mea sure. ' :- ; ; , Fi S SEMITE URGED BEFORE COURT Walsh Suggests Action to Compel Nominations Return by Hoover : Borah Suggests Refecting Appointments Before Legal Test Made WASHINGTON. Jan, 22 (AP) The senate was called upon today by Senator Walsh, democrat, Montana, to go to court in its dis pute with President Hoover over return of the nominations Of three members of the power commission. Assailing the position taken by Mr. Hoover that he was without authority to return the nomina tions after they had been confirm ed and the members had assumed office. Senator Walsh told the senate he was prepared to ask the district attorney to institute pro ceedings. Walsh first moved to refer the nominations, which the senate has placed back on Its calendar, to the interstate commerce commit tee for Investigation. If the senate approves that ac tion, Walsh said he would offer a resolution to have the senate direct the district attorney here to institute quo warranto action In the courts to test the right of the three commissioners Chair man Smith, Marlel Garsaud and Claude L. Draper to hold office. Move to Reconsider Carried by Few Votes The senate's previous vote to reconsider 4be nominations and request President Hoover to re turn them carried by a majority of seven. Action was deferred today on the Walsh motion so that work might go ahead on the appropria tion bills, but administration leaders believed the coalition of democrats and republican Inde pendents which voted for recon sideration would vote for further action. Walsh cited court decisions to support his contention that the senate was within Its right in de manding reconsideration. Chairman Cousens of the inter state commerce committee sug gested the senate go ahead and formally reject the nominations before seeking court action. PHOT CASE STILL AT PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 22.-- (AP) Darkness tonight brought a halt to the search for Walter F, Case, Varney Air Lines pilot, who has been missing since ear ly this morning. 1 - i Four planes had sought Case in the vicinity of Prosser, Wash., but Varney line officials said here tonight the planes were grounded at Pasco, Wash., for the night. Case left Portland at 1:30 o'clock this morning In a Boeing mail ship bound for Pasco. He carried no passengers. When he possed over Stevenson, Wash., he radioed the weather was too thick for further flying and he was turning back to Portland. . It was said at the airfield here that he flew over Portland about 7 o'clock but that with the com ing of day he resolved to make another attempt. A farmer at Prosser, Wash.;, told officials of the air Una he heard -d plane pass over his house at 8:05 a. ' m. : . L TO The Oregon Wool i and Mohair company officers : yesterday an nounced plans for construction, be ginning at once, of a 160 by 115 feet, tour-story reinforced con crete warehouse building on Front and Center streets. The structure will cost abont $200,000, and will be one of toe best of Its kind on the coast. , r An automatic sprinkling system is included ln the specifications. Local labor will be used as far as possible. The location gives the company access to both railroads. Officers and director of the company are: Frank Needham, president; Roy Stewart, general manager and secretary-treasurer; H. A. Miller, T. B. ; Jones and James Q. HeltxeL j Vallee Target : For Grapefruit BOSTON; Jan. 2 2 ( AP ) Rudy Vallee, popular radio croon er and entertainer, was the tar get for two large grapefruit dur ing his appearance at the Metro politan theatre tonight. Neither struck the maestro of crooners, but splattered over the stage ap paratus. ' : . MISSING DUSK m 10 in COMPANY Stirs up Fuss 1 In Meyer Case SENATOR BROOKHART ijj Brookhart Claims Federal Reserve Appointee js 1 Instigator of Plot WASHINGTON. Jan. 22. (AP) The, senate sent the nom ination of Eugene Meyer, Jr., aa governor of the federal reserve board back to committee today for i investigation of Charles! against him. - U Senator Broekhart, republi can, iowa, urging aucn action, said 'Meyer had been accused of a plot to destroy the Joint stock land; hanks and several of these bad closed. li Chairman Norbeck of the banking committee, to which' the (Turn to page 2, .col, 1) Noted Savant From Chica go University-is Speaker At Meeting Here "Teachinr is going through the same progress that medicine and! other professions went through some generations back," Dr. William II. Burton, former Oregon man and now professor of education at the University of Chicago, told 130 Salem, teachers and special guests gathered in banquet at the Marion hotel last night. Dr. Burton's visit here was occasion for the affair. His sub ject was "Science of Education and the Classroom Teacher." The United States Is develop ing a science of education, and aa our contribution we are applying to teaching the same experiments and statistical exactitude that Turn to page 2, coL 8 ) One Divorce i .'I Pleais Futile, - i Other Works SPOKANE, Jan. 22 (AP) Francis M. Walker, 23 years mar ried, ! picked out the wrong di vorce Judge to complain to. be cause his wife made him get his own breakfast. &ne not oniy reiusea to cook this meal, Walker testified today, but his wife threw a cup at him because he remonstrated with his daughter for leaving home with out her breakfast. , IN "You have no complaint com ing because you had to get your own breakfast," commented Su perior Judge Charles Witt, "Lots of men do it." Later he comment ed: "You know, I always get up and get my own breakfast and I'm happily married." M Walker, a brick layer, got his divorce on his second charge. however. "She made me sleep alone In a cold bed," he said. CROSS-STATE LINE CASE BO AGAIN : - r - PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 22, (AP) Three federal Judges , to night had the Oregon cross-state railroad Injunction suit under advisement -and indicated they would attempt to reach an early decision. '(-j Today's hearing was the thlrdj for the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation com pany's suit for an injunction re straining the Interstate com merce ' commission from enforc ing an order requiring the rail road I to build 200-mile rail road j from Crane . to Crescent. Ore., in each of the two previous hearings one of the two Judges died before a decision could be reached, .': !"--, ' f'.:.-.- "'-M Circuits Judges Frank 'II. Rud- kln and Curtis D. Wilbur, San: Francisco, and District Judge John ! II. McNary, Portland, heard today's arguments. v w ?eheSb TI TLB EDUCAT1 1 pirTask Legislators Wl Scle or Possession 01 Banana Hay be Crime in California SACRAMENTO, Jan. 22. (AP) Bananae and li quor were placed la the same category by a bill In troduced in tho legislature today, by Senator jGeorge Cleveland ol j Watson ville, making sale or poseassion of the elongated fruit in this state Illegal, punishable by 300 fine or alx months' Im prisonment. J "naaanas are not a Cali fornia product,' Senator kCleveland said. "We should protect our home products first." - f Siegmund Thinks Transport Law Unfair; Hug Holds It's Step Forward I Commenting upon bill introduc ed - in the house yesterday to re peal the high school transporta tion law enacted two years ago. County Judge J. C. Siegmund said: : ; . "I have! never -considered the transportation law . a .fair one. The non-high school district, or in other words the small district, is paying -the burden while the big district: gains. "But that is not the! worst point.! The law provides for baullnr the big boy and i girl to school, while it lets the little ones walk or find other means of trav el. It seems unjust that we con sider the big child and hot the little ohe. I think the repeal bill a good move." ,- y- - Foresees Objection ? 1 From Rural IVoplo The other side of the argument la presented by George Hug, 8a- (Turn to page 2,, col. 2) DANCE HALL SAID DOWNFALL FACTOR PORTLAND, Ore, Jan.! 22. (AP) Public dance halls were branded as the "chief problem in Juvenile delinquency" at the open ing of . the annual meeting of the Oregon State Sheriff 'a association here today. i While the association took no action. It was expected resolutions urging more stringent regulation of dance halls would be adopted later. The convention will con tinue Friday and Saturday. ' The sheriffs took action oppos ing quarterly payment of taxes in stead of the aeml-annnal payment plan now la effect. j A committee appointed to study the use of temporary stickers In lieu of license plates and; to con sider Issuance of license plates by the sheriff's office of each coun ty, reported any change would re quire reorganization of the motor vehicle department and was not now advisable. . ? Two Burned to Death as Auto Crashes Truck MOUNTAIN HOME, Idaho, Jan. 22. (AP) Ray Magee of Boise, state highway employe, and N. K. Bott of prosser. Wash., burned to death In their automobile tonight following a head-on collision with a truck on the edge of town. The car in which the two were trapped 1 was crushed against a tree and; flames spread over it so quickly firemen were unable to remove the victims before both were dead. L. S. Webb, driver of the truck, leaped to the ground and escaped, but the truck was considerably damaged by. fire. OPINIONS1 DIVIDED UPON REPEAL HERE DROUTH RELIEF-FUND SUBSCRIPTION American Red -Cross, 508. First National Bank r Salem, Oregon. Enclosed please find $- to the Red Cross drouth Signed. Address. Clip and. fill fees' in m Bills Fiiy Three Measures Drop Into Hopper; Late ";. On Thursday House Adjourns Ovei Week "end, Senate Will Today The 26th legislative! sexton re ceived its main legislative tank late yesterday afternoon when the administration's two bills rotating to- water power and to utilities were Introduced and St the same time the long-expected grange power bill was placed I In the sen ate hopper. - ; The introduction of the three measures ended a 10-day period of watchful waiting which followed the governor's inaugural address and paved the way for a busy 22 days which remain In the present session of the legislature. The house adjourned until next Monday at 11 a. m., shorUy after Representative Arthur Lawrence had placed the utility regulation bill before the house! while the senate adjourned until this morn ing, when a short session is ex pected to wind up the affairs of tnat body until next Monday. Messages by Meier Accompany Hills ! Accompanying both the hydro- electric power commission bill and the public utility regulation bill were extensive message by Gov ernor Julius Meier, outlining hii purpose ln proposing such legisla tion and discussing injsome detail the content of the bills introduced. Senator Sam Brown. Chairman of the railroad and utilities commit tee In the senate. Introduced the Meier hydro-electric commission proposal In that body, Representa tive Lawrence sponsored the util ity regulation measure 10 the low er house and Senators. Bailey, Burke, Brown and others are nam ed as sponsors of the grange pow er bill which made Its way into the senate, i a, i I ....... -e e " J Utility 1UU I The- long awaited (administra tion utility measure, providing for the abolishment of the public serv ice commission, creation of a one man commission, and granting home rule to cities, Is exactly as outlined by Governor Julius L. Meter in his inaugural address, but the retails' have been altered to provide stricter regulations for utilities and to Increase the pow er of the utility commissioner, to be created by the act. I Home rule for cities with the final decision in! case of contro versy 'placed in the hands of the people rather than city council men, is provided In the measure. The measure provides that while city governments are given the right to negotiate! with utilities, the public utilities commission, to be appointed by the governor, may (Turn to paqe 2.! col. 1) EF fi LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Jan. 22. (AP) Will j Rogers! tonlnht stsrted his csmpaign to "wie crack" the American people out of money for the drought suf ferers. . ..'!' I I He was master of ceremonies, from here on a i national broad casting company; radio ! program which Included ' appeals from President Hoover, ! former Presi dent Coolidge and other distin guished ; persons in the Interest of the American Red Cross drive for $10,000,000 relief fnnd. - "1 don't know why they put me on here after I bearing all these serious talks,! he started out In his usual drawl. "Pinch bUtlng as usual, I guess. I must be pinch hitting this time for Peggy ! Joyce. She can go out and .dig up more money than anybody! I know. "I've decided toi read the Wlckersham report! first - oft. Thought we needed something light and frothy. We ought to be worrying more though about where our poor folks are going to get something to; eat instead of our rich folks getting a drink," Bid?. as my contribution relief fnnd. out and mall will OS 5 BEL CAMPAC '- V