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- CIRCULATION THE WEATHER ! Fair today . becoming' un settled ; fridajr cloud?, prob ably rain ; ma imam teinper atore Wedaenday . M. mini mum 40 i rirer 4.8; west wind. Avenge " -Distribution December, S0 7034 jXU paid, dlly. Saaaty 8751 , znzn or ., c : CIGHTIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Mominjr, January 29, 1931 No; 264 " I i . - v.- . aaJm. lJrron. TnnrsdaT Morninc Jantiarv 29. 1931 . I ! ." .i ' -; h '.'-- -j.. BILL' B! CO-OP LIE 0 Farmers not Sufficiently 1 Informed on Details, ' - Opinion Voiced Fear too Much Power to be Concentrated; no Vote On Cream Grading .. After ipendinK mot of ,T7ed Bidtr ittmoon In executive setslon devoted Urtely to dUcae sIoa of lejUUtivo matters, tbe Orecoa Cooperative council , rep reaentlns a 1 - farmers' assocla tlons sad eome IS thousand mem bers, votsd to oppose passace at thla tlmo of iente Bill No. 17 providing for creation of r state department of agriculture.: . Toe action was taken, accord ing to officers, not as tho recom xaendatloa of a resolutions com mittee bat from a motion from the floor. Earlier in the day the council bad listened to Represen tative Hector MeFherson explain the provisions of the hill and had questioned him as to Us possible effect. i i ; AM of Delegation Outline ' Opinions ; The final vote was taken only after acting President li Glenn Marsh had Insisted that every member express an opinion. These opinions were nearly un animous against i such a i bill at this time. The vote against the measure was followed by another vote to ask the state grange and the state farmers union jto join in opposition to the bill. . Glenn B. Marsh, president of the. Hood River I Fruit Growers association was elected president of the council for the ! coming year, and C. W. Laughlin, man ager of the lowerj Columbia Co operative Dairy association, first vice president. Row W. Glatt, manager of the Woodburn Fruit Growers association was the only new man added to the officer's list, being named second, vice president. George O. Catlln, Cor Tallls, was , renamed , teqretary treasurer. - . " , ';..! ...-..i Minor ehang proposed for the present cooperative marketing law of the state were discussed by .the-council and a resolution was . passed asking that these amendments, designed to make the law conform to late ehangea In cooperative organisation prac tices and needs, be passed by tke legislature.' N Deeiaioa Upo Cream Grading BUI .The- council declined to take definite action on the proposed compulsory cream, grading law. on the grounds that ao few-rep-resenUtlvee of dairy cooperatives were present, so authorised C. W. Laughlla of Astoria to carry the matter to the state convention of the Oregon Buttermakera asso ciation In Corvallls and there represent . - the council as ho thought best, leaving that body to take final action on measure. Most of the discussion on the proposed department of agricul ture bill centered around the al leged danger of Its becoming a glgantle political .machine and around the fact that -the change proposed are too drastle to make under present unsettled condi tions in agriculture., Other members feared that the proposal had not arisen from farming Interests in the state and that farmers could not be expect ed to I become familiar with Its provisions on such short notice. s (Turn to page . col.; 8) ' Lee Centennial j i Resolution Gets House Approval r Preliminary work for a Jason Lee centennial celebration In Sa lem In 1934, wan done by the house vesterday when It passed house Joint resolution No. 4 au thorising the use of the state fairgrounds for the celebration. Salem is expected to raise a fund of $75,000 with the unde-st d ing that any buildings erected on the grounds. be of a substan tial nature, hrarmonlxing with other buildings on the grounds and suitable, if built, to become the nermanent nroperty " of the fair board. The bill was spon sored by the Marion county del egation. :v . -V'j License Fee for , Chain Stores is Idea of Watkins :At license measure - .r all chain stores operating In Oregon will probably be introduced In the house within the next fry days. Elton Watkins of Portland, a former congressman,, said yes terday while at ! the capitoL Ills bill provides that chain 'stores shall pay the secretary of state a fee of $100 : per atore each year. ' Any organization owning two or i more stores in the state would be considered a chain-' Penalties of from $50 to $1, 000 are provided for violation of the act. Retail gasoline station ers, taxed under other statutes, would be exempted. OPPOSED Wreckage i rm aneai anted: ..I ! Pilot Not in View Ship Seen in Wooded Aviator Evidently Parties are "PORTLAND, Ore Jan. 28. JL r were bem organized at Portland, . Vancouver, i Washn and Washoufiral. Wash., tonight to co Into the forest cov ered hills north of Washougal waiter to, oase, missina: air mail pnot, was sisrntea today. ' i A! Davis, pilot on the Portland-Paseo air maiT flight, aigmea tae piano wnne en route to Pasco today. He returned to Portland,; turned his ship over to another pilot, and with two observers ; flew back to the place ho had sighted the plane. Re turning , here he reported the plane had been Identified defi nitely as that In which Case dis appeared last Thursday! v Davis freported that i ho and his companions flew over the plane several times at an alti tude of $00 feet but that they eould see no signs of life. Var ney officials said they believed Case had died in the crash. One party of searchers from Vancouver' planned to ' go into the hills tonight, believing they could approach within Iz miles of the place the plane Is lying. Other parties will not leavt , un til tomorrow. Case left Portland early last Thursday morning, bound for Pasco wt'.h 250 pounds! of -mail. Heavy weather turned him back at Camas, Wash., but when he returned to Portland he appar ently decided to attempt it once more and flew away to the east without landing. Attempts to trace his! course proved; futile and - nothing was known ' of -his fate until Davie sighted - his plane today. ; FLIER DBS IH PORTLAND. Ore., Jn. $t. (AP) The Portland harbor pa trol was dragging the Columbia river here tonight . la an effort to recover the body of Fred W. Sauer, 25, who was believed to hare drowned today when . his airplane plunged Into the river. Marlon i Rasey, $1, of.Wapato, Wash., who was piloting the plane with Souer, escaped with minor injuries. He climbed from the plane after It struck the wa ter and was rescued by canoeists. Fred Devlne. a. diver was called, but he reported that the plane was upside down and . he could do i nothing more ' than at tach ropes by means of which the ship could be raised. .This was done and when the plane was drawn up it was found that Sauer had succeeded la disengag ing his safety belt and had climbed frm the; plane. Friends said he was unable to swim and It was believed his body was car ried away by the- current. ; Tex Rankin, president of the Rankin school of flying where Sauer was an Instructor, said the plane was not damaged. Indi cating that it bad been landed flat on the water and turned over' after jit struck. Howard Woman Fail? to Pick OutAssailant - i . PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 2S (AP) 4 Charges of vagrancy were filed today against Edward F. Htnchi arrested and Question ed Tuesday in connection with asserted attacks upon Mrs. H. W. Howard, i state's witness in the Bowles niurder case. Hlnch ) denied any knowledge of two attacks upon Mrs. How ard and,) Mrs. Howard, brought to the bounty Jail today, was unable to pick her assailant oat of the line-up in which Hlnch was placed. Lumber and Box Mill Starts Up I -r ;' ASTORIA, Ore., Jan. 28 (AP) The Prouty Lumber and Box company! mill at Warrenton re sumed operations today after hav ing been ahut dowi for seven weeks. New equipment was In stalled recently. The mill will em ploy 15t men when in full op eration. j '-;v',,: ;. H D The Legislative Calendar 1 HOUSE TODAr Third reading, house, bills N'os. 5. 20. 42. 49, 52. 9. Third reading house joint memorial No. 5 and senate bills Nos. 23, 24. 41. Third reading senate Joint memorial No. 3. Most of bills of smaller Import and no strong oppo sition expected to pass. ; A i H SEXATS TODAY 1 Third reading senate bills Nos. 20, 22, 26, 8. All save one of bills make minor amendments ta exist ing Oregoa eode. SENATE YESTERDAY ' Passed senate bill No. 1 of Case Area Near Wa&Kou oral: Dead; Land Search' 1 Organized ; ! - 4 (AP) Searching parties where the airplane flown by v BATTLESHIP OHM CAUSE FOR RUMPUS Portland Hasn't Kept Faith Galloway Asserts at Ways-Means ' Meet j Officials of tho city of Port land received a scoring at the Joint ways and means committee meeting here Wednesday night, when it was announced by Sen ator Woodward that neither the municipality nor the Port of Portland had kept faith with the state in connection with the maintenance of the battleship Oregon.' : : i Senator Woodward alleged that the city officials had prom ised repeatedly to provide a new anchorage for the battleship to gether with water and light without cost to the state. None of these promises has been kept. Senator Woodward said. The charges by Senator Woodward were made during consideration of a request for an appropria tion of $15,000 for tho current blennlum. - - . .( Representatives of various vet erans organisations ' in attend ance at the meeting said they were assured by Mayor Baker Wednesday that the battleship would be ahifted without delay from Its present moorage at the foot of Broadway street to a spot near the Morrison bridge; at tho foot of . Belmont street. "What wo want is action on the part of Mayor Baker, declared Woodward, "and not Idle prom ises.- . Appropriation la Laid on Table . 'The appropriation was laid Ion the table pending receipt of In formation from the city of Port land as to whether, previous con tracts on the part of tho muni cipality will bo carried out . j ' T. B. Kay. sUto treasurer, in connection with being quisled regarding his budget, was asked whether the abolishment of tho state emergency board would have any detrimental effect In the conduct of the state., busi ness. Kay replied that in case tho emergency board was abol ished tho state should provide an! emergency fund of not less than $150,000. i 1 Tho attorney general ; was questioned at some length with relation to fees paid for legal services outside of his office. Unemployment Will End Soori Says Spillman CORVALLIS. Ore.. Jan. 28 (AP) A decided decrease la Un employment and perhaps oven a shortage of labor by the ond of 1J32 was forecast Ibere today by Dr. W. J. Spillman, agricultural economist of the United States de partment of agriculture. . ! ' pr. Spillman is here delivering a series of lectures before Ore con farmers attending ;a farm science short course. - i . Elevator Kills j Three in Mine CALUMET, Mich., Jan. 2$. (AP) Three shaft employee of tho Calumet and Hecla Mining company were killed instantly today when struck by a descend ing elevator at the szqo root !? el of the copper mine, i RAN DIEGO HOT SAN DIEGO. Jan. 28 (AP) With the thermometer registering 81 degrees early this afternoon, the temperature today was the fifth highest ever recorded here in January since the local weather bureau was established in 1872. closing Rogue rirer to com mercial net fishermen. ; I Approved joint meeting and payment of state's share in expense for Washington and Oregon fish committees over strenuous objection of senator staples. ' HOUSE YESTERDAY Voted for house bill 73. so-called Angell measure, providing for election Port land port commissioners af ter appointment this year of four pending . vacancies by legislature. . Resolutions : committee had- lively hearing on Man ning resolution calling for prohibition referendum. - THIRTY IDS BELIEVED DEAD DUE TO BLASTS '.'!. - ,. j. Five Bodies Found, 25 'In Shaft; Hope Given up Because of Poison Would Have Killed 115 had - i Explosion Occurred few ' Minutes Earlier LINTON. Ind.. Jan. 28. (AP) Thirty miners were believed killed late today when an explo sion wrecked the west entry of the Little Betty shaft mine near hero. More than six hours I after the blast, tire bodies had been car ried to tho surface, two miners were in a Linton hospital, one critically burned, and 25 others lay Jn the depths of the mine, hope for -their survival abandoned by rescue workers. Mine officials said poisonous black damp. follow ed tho blast and that the men would be found dead. M The explosion was generally at tributed to Ignition of 100 pounds of blasting powder which was car ried Into the mine for the shot firers. Later, however,, reports were current that the blast was caused by gas. Debris filled tho entries, hampering rescue work as well as investigation -of the cause. Had the explosion occurred 10 minutes earlier, most of the 115 men on the day force at tho mine might have been trapped. BUTLER'S SPEECH YET UHPIiiD WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (AP). S medley D. Butlers speech which aroused Premier Mussolini's wrath was still unexplained offi cially tonight. I Secretary Adams was awaiting an answer to his request that the marine officer give his version of an address in Philadelphia on Jan uary 18. which resulted In a for mal protest to tho stato depart ment from (ho Italian embassy. Reports about the incident per sisted during the day but none of them was confirmed. Another well known name was connected with It when a speech that Cornelius Vaaderbllt. Jr.. made In Reno, not long ago, was recalled. Members of tho Reno Rotary dub and Journalism' students at the University of Nevada said Van- derbilt related a story in wnicn no said the Italian premier's automo bile ran over a child. i Malor General Butlers speech also was reported as containing a reference to that story. Butler be ing quoted as giving as authority for his statement an i American friend who was said to have been riding with the premier. .- ., . ;-. 1 r. Judge Evans is ' Said Slated for Customs Office PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 28 api Word aa received from Washington today Walter Howard Evans, presiding judge of the Multnomah circuit court, naa oeen tiAminatt hv President Hoover as judge of the United Btates cus toms court at New York City. j If the appointment is confirm ed It will be the first tlmo an ap pointment has been made to that conrt from th Pacific coast. The position carries an annual salary: of $10,000 and is ror me. "I would be proud and happy If the confirmation comes, said Judge Evans, "but I j would be sorry to leave Oregon ana z years of friendship," ; r ' Mellon Opposes Cash Bonus for War's Veterans i '" I ! WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. (AP) Secretary Mellon told tho senate finance committee ; today thaj. proposals for cashing the bonus certificates of World war veterans are without "economic merit" and instead of Improving conditions would "deepen the world depression. Mellon was closely j questioned as ho predicted a treasury de ficit of $375,000,000 and warned the cash conversion plan - would not only have 'serious conse quences" on public j credit but would "greatly disturb world equllibrum." j - Municipal Band Tax Bill Filed Senator Fisher introduced a bill yesterday which would gire in corporated towns and cities au thority to levy a tax for the main tenance of a band. ' VAN LOAN WANTED , ; LOS, ANGELES. iJan. 2S (AP)-4The arrest of H. II. Van Loan,- short story and : scenario writer. J was ordered today on a charge of falling to provide for his 13-year-old daughter. Union Men to Resume Jobs At Theatres ' Operators at the Capitol and Elsinoro theatres announced last night they would bo back at their Job today concluding a tempor ary settlement of their labor" diffi culties with the theatre manage ment. The operators ceased work Sunday. Arbitration has been agreed to by the operators and tho theatres. tho decision on the arbitration to be handed down by February 10 when tho agreement starting to day ends. - . If The announcement that tho theatre matter had been batched up tor the next two weeks, came last night from the executive board of tho operators'! union hero, : '. v, LUPER MATTER S E "John Doe" Question , From Grand Jury Refers; to Handling of Funds . The Marlon county grand Jury, in a "John toe" presentment submitted Wednesday, asked Judge McMahan to advise the Jury whether John Doe, state en gineer from January 1, 1927, to December 1, 1929, violated the state laws in connection with handling tho funds of his de partment. The presentment followed In structions given the grand jury by Judge McMahan In which ho asked that the jury conduct an investigation of the affairs of the state engineering department under the administration of Rhea Luper. Lupcr was alleged to have retained possession of approximately $4000 of interest earned on Irrigation funds under his jurisdiction. Luper admitted tho Irregularities to tho state reclamation commission and later submitted his resignation which was- accepted. O'Leary Charged In 3 -Indictments 1 The grand jury also returned Indictments . charging . Richard O'Leary, former Salem , restau rant owner, -'with larceny by bailee and obtaining money by means of worthless check. O'Leary left Salem auddenly less than a year ago, and later was arrested In Los Angeles. An other true bill charge i J. ' W. Stanford with foregry. He was alleged to have sent a threaten ing letter to the Bank of Stay- ton. Not true hills were returned in indictment against . Dennis Seely, charged with assault ' and battery: Herbert S. Stafford, ac cused of forgery, and Alvin Krueger, charged with non-sup port. . : Persons gathered In the cir cuit curt room to hear the grand Jury mako this partial re port, one of a number expected before It ends Its present labors, witnessed an oral tile between Judge McMahan and District At torney John Carson. This came when McMahan, upon question from the jury, told the Jury that payment of $78 j a -month to Dep uty District Attorney Pago from the prohibition fund in addition to the, $100 a month fromi the county's general fund, waa il legal and void. Upon . this statement from Mc Mahan; the district atorney rose to his feet and said ho thought the move- was Instigated by the Judge, but done to, reflect on Carson and not Bin deputy. After a briet Exchange of Ideas, the judge told the district attorney to sit down. Where noon Mr. Carson declared no would not sit down and that he had not been guilty of breach of etiauette in the court and that u long as he is an officer of the court and a citizen he would stand in court. Tho district attorney asked the jury to take notice" that the court had directed payment v of the additional salary to the (dep uty district attorney. He I said an order of the court to this ef fect was put on! the file j five years ago. I : Judge McMahan maintained that the county court has no Jurisdiction over the prohibition fund and that it is placed in charge of the district attorney and sheriff. . . . i Albania Quake Fatal to Four KORITZ, Albania, Jan. 28. f API -Four nersons were known ta fcava hean killed and others were Injured in the area surround ing this city by a series or eartn shocka which bean at 7 a. m to day- and continued for several minutes. v- L "V" - Twn hnnArod hiifldlnrs. includ ing churches'; wen destroyed, and communications were disrupted. Memorial Asks Veteran's Bonus 1 ' !v r Senator Hall yesterday Intro duced a memorial urging the pas sage of a bill now pending before congress providing for the Imme diate payment at full face value of ao-ealled adjusted compensa tion certificates issued to veterans of the late war PUTUPTO K E CLOSING BILL APPROVED It THE SENATE Ballot Stands 17 to 13 as T Lengthy Argument is - i Terminated I I Habitual "no" Vote Held Big Factor In Defeat i r At November Polls t ' : i'K- ! Closing of the Rogue river to all commercial fishing when nets are used, was approved! la the state senate hero yesterday after noon by a vote of 17 to 13 after a warm debate lasting morejthaa two hours. The senators approv ed by their vote, Senate-Bill No. 1 Introduced by Senator Miller and by Representative Chinnock, Day and Douel. the measure now go ing toj the house for its considera tion. - r f. I , . Tho rote fololws: I Forj . Bennett. Blllingsley, Booths Carsner. Crawford, Dunn, Eberhard, Eddy, Kiddle.! Kuck, Miller, Moser, Schulmerlch. Sta ples. Upton, Wheeler and Wood ward, f I Agalnst-Bailey, Brown, 'Burke, Dunne,; Fisher, Franclscovlcb, Hall, I Johnson, Jones, Mann, Spanldlng, Strayer and Marks. The vote of the senate marks the latest phase in a controversy which! has extended for two "de cades.! At the last election in No vember, a constitutional measure closing the Rogue, was defeated by a 3000 majority. Regular No' Vot ; Said Great Factor Senator Miller, in a lengthy ar gument in favor of the measure, declared that the introduction of tho bill at this session of tho leg islature was Justified even though the : jeonstitulonal amendment which 1 would have accomplished the same end, was defeated at the recent; November election.' "I want jto Impress upon this senate said Senator: Miller. "Uiat the o vote at the general election played an Important part In the defeat of the constitutional amendment; closing the Rogue river jto commercial fishing. Fig ures .compiled by authentic sources indicate that the no vote in November exceeded j 20,000 ballots, while the amendment waa defeated by only 2300 votes. The federal bureau of fisher ies Is Interested in preserving tho Rogue river both for the, sports men and the commercial fishing industry, i Had the vote' at the November election been favorable to closing the stream to commer cial fishing $35,000 would have been expended by the government In tho establishment of t hatcher ies i and " other Improvements. There no question but that the longer the nets remain In the Rogue, the sooner the fish life will' be extinct. We are hasten ing the day when the Rogue will become aa desolate as the Sacra mento; and other atreams to the south. i Administration Of Relief Fund Causes Dispute WASHINGTON. Jan. 28 (AP) A threat that congress would find Its own relief agencies came today in answer to a flat refusal by tho Red Cross to administer the $25,000,000 jellef fund pro posed in tho senate. . Democratic Leader Robinson told the senate, congress would find Its own agencies for distribu tion! of such funds as it fe-fi should be used in the emergency if the Red Cross refuses to meas ure ap to the proper standard. I Seeks to Limit College Terms Uader the provisions Jot a bill Introduced by Senator Bailey yes terday, . the terms of state-aided blind students attending the uni versity of Oregon would be lim ited to four years. j Bil I to r ! Consolidating Health Work is Favored The bill before the legislature proposing optional . consolidation under one official board of health work In the counties of the state was discussed by Dr. Frederick D. Strieker, state health officer, be fore the Marlon county puhiie healthj association meeting at the Spa yesterday afternoon. . Dr. Strieker, who has fathered the bill, pointed out that Marion county, under the bill, would need littlo change In Its health set-up but that the bill would simply give a legal status to health! work hero with the work under one head, with authority, rather; under several heads as as present. The bill, which provides for the official health board only En counties where it Is wanted, seeks to give tho health officer complete Jurisdiction la all parts of the county, to unite eity and county work under a single head and to give a legal status. 1st ii I lettrle ROUSE MEASURE Oil POUT Vote 40 "td 19 on Bill to Elect Commissioners For District The house by. a rote of 4 Q to lLyesterday morning voted in fa vor of H. B. 73, which provides for the appointment this year by the legislature of four Port of Portland commissioners and the election In subsequent years of all commissioners by the citizens of the port district. The measure now goes to tho senate where the strength .or weakness of Governor Meier will again be tested. He suffered de feat in the house Tuesday morn ing when the Keasey bill, provid ing for appointment of the com missioners by the governor; a Meier-favored bill, was Indefinite ly postponed. j Governor Unwilling . To Accept Defeat j ' . ' Indicative that the governor was unwilling to call the fight a defeat was the fact that no jless than eight members of the senate were called Into conference yes terday, presumably to give the ad ministration a favorable oppor tunity to present its side In j the controversy. '( .'.) It house bill No. 73 Is passed In the senate, Governor Meier .will face the question of whether the appointment of the four. commis sioners this year by the legisla ture and their subsequent election Is euperior to vetoing the measure, leaving the appointive power con tinuously In the legislature and taking chances that two years from now tho administration: can capture this appolntl power for I its 'own. It Is doubtful. In view or rormer statements, iPbovernor Meier will turn down house! bill 78 even though he favored the Keasey bill, because he had stated that if he were granted, tho ap pointment this year, he would ac cept the election of the commie stoners hereafter. t ' An informal poll of the Multno mah delegation In the senate, to which the bill passed yesterday by the house will be considered. In dicates four members favor; the passage of the bill and three op pose It. ; . I !: LABOR 60MIEHT LONDON. Jan. 28 (AP) Prime Minister Ramsay . Macpon- ald's labor government fought off two conservative attacks j late tonight with; the aid of the! lib eral party and thus remains in office, whereas defeat probably would havo meant its Immediate resignation. . I - . Both victories were on motions offered by Stanley Baldwin, lead er of the conservatives and for mer premier, against the hotly contested tradee disoute bill. I I The first was to reject the bill on second reading and this, with most of the liberals abstaining. brought .a vote of 277 against 250. or a margin of 27 for the labor government. f . No sooner had this result been announced than Baldwin again Jumped up. Offering a motion that the bill should be considered In committee of the whole In stead of a small standing com mittee, as proposed by tho gov ernment. v- . This time the liberals lined op with the government instead of abstaining and the result was 306 against 244 or a margin of 82 for the prime minister's forces. The public health association went on record as favoring the bill and authorizing the acting president, Mrs. 'John Ballahtyne of Sllrerton, to ' appoint a 'com mittee to confer with the Marlon county legislators to ask that the solons back tho bllL j - About 40 persons were present at the meeting yesterday, includ ing folks from Mill City, Silver ton, Aumsvllle, Woodburn,-Aums-ville. Mt. Angel and Salem. U ' Mrs. Ballantyno named Mrs. V. A. Douglas of Salem, Mrs. .W. W. Allen of Mill City and Mrs. I John Curie of Sllrerton on the commit tee to nominate association! offi cers for the next year. The! com- ml t tee will report at the May meet! nr. .! ' Routine . reports and account ing on the tuberculosis seal, sale, occupied the rest of the meeting yesterday. REMUS POWER Dry Issue" Meately Resolution for Vote on Oregon law Belnsr Attacked Majority of Speakers 'Oppose Referendum At Uncalled for Drought relief for Oreron lana was made the renter f tho most Seated committee hearing of the legislative session yester day when both before and; after noon, the house resolutions com mittee heard "drys" and "wets' dlfcuss Ithe Manning resolution -which . provides for a statewid : referendum on the Oregon cor-, stltutionil - prohibition of the sale of Manufacture of liquor. No veto followed the hearings which: may be continued! reit week but an Informal canvass of the conimittee showed four of its members agaluTt approval of Represei tatlve Manning's resolu tion and three of the niotnWrt favoring It. . On the eommlttfo are: John Manning, author of the. bill and chairman of He committee and Representative' DeLap, Taylor, Srhaupp; Chic nock, Andrews and Snell. Entire Prohibition Isnne Delved Into While the debate was suit posed to hlngo on the merits of th proposed referendum, the entire matter of prohibition. :jt i merits and Its faults, was 1 glren ; extensive alrtngr, the "'dry"' j leading In the number of, wit nesses presented and the ardor of their ease. I The hearing, started Wedne day morning, but lack of time prevented organization for iui orderly hearing i After a half hour of mass argument, "boo" , and heckling the morning I itt- ing was adjourned until after noon. ! Opponents of the meas ure, led by L. P. Pulman, Port land, of the First PresbyterU;i church, were given close atten tion, but cries of "time up" and other Jibes interrupted severe speakers for the resolution. The"" proponents were not organized, but individuals spke la favor of passage of the resolution.' Delegations opposing the rev olution were present from Port land, Corvallls, Albany and Sa lem. The W. C. T. U., Pa real -Teachers association, Federa-! tlon of Women's clubs, . minis ters, business women and Uy men were present to combat Uo legislative move. ! Oppose Submitting Question to Voters Putman, in introduction - of the opposition, ststed It was their purpose to indicate a defi nite feeling against submitting the matter to voters. He said the issue should originate wizh the people and not from the leg islature. C. C. Hul tt, stato master of the Grango, voiced the stand of that organisation far prohibition 'and against putting i the matter up to the people at this time. Rex Dallas, pastor of the First Christian church of Albany, spoke for the Albany delegation. He declared Albany was the flrtt town In the state to adopt local option and that the city was oi , 1 (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Police and Fire Pension Matter Is Before Group i w . I The Multnomrh delegation is to decide today whether it wiil join with Portland firemen and policemen in backing their re quest for allotment of $200. 0)) annually for pension funds, tmm , insurance fund tax receipts. The delegation is to meet in execu tive session and It is expected that all other bulnes pundtu? before the Multnomah group wiil be prepared for legislative oe Uon. ! ' In the meeting yenterday, Cap tain Frank Ervlne of the poMre department, and Horace Mack- lem. , Portland Insurance : man. both talked, the latter advocat ing that the fire and police pro posals bo refused and a, syntesa similar to that operating teachers bo substituted, i ;j Solons Working i For State Good Marks Asserts Praise for the character of members of the legislature waa given Wednesday before Itotar! ans when President Wlllarl Marks of the state senate, ! gar an Informal address pointing est some of his reactions as a legisla tor. : ; j : . Senator Marks expressed tho view that most of tho men were working towards the welfare of their community and of - their state; The senator urged tt listeners to forget the inferiority complex' with which Oregon Is bothered and to appreciate ard to work for their state.