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vac: ........ ... ,. ".. ,. ;. , j, 7- -r;-; .... J ... , .. , . , , . b. mre EMwokl License The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, fridar Morning, JamxarySOj 1931 n 7T rr - 77 77 M Test for Drjyina Ability and Other Safeguards to Public Proposed Four measures. " designed to tighten the motor vehicle license laws, were introduced Into the house Thursday as the 18th day of the Oregon legislative session op ened. The bills -were those urg ed by Secretary of Stat Hal E. Hoss to clamp down on careless driving on state - highways, and provide for drivers examinations, restricted licenses ' and suspen-, sions. -:" 1 ' -' .r -. X Included also In the ten bills Introduced was the one requiring a $200 annual license tor chain and branch stores. -Members of the lower house passed fire house measures, -one- senate - bill and two memorials. The senate passed one measure ' amending the code relating to appointment of direc tors of the state board of-higher education. .Two new bills appear ed in the senate hopper. ' Bill Are Drafted ' -t By'Dave O'Har - The traffic license bill-was drafted by Dare Cllara upon lines suggested by the secretary of state and which was recommend ed to the legislature by both : Governor A. W. Norblad in ' his ' final message and Governor Julius L. Meier In his Inaugural address. ; Information was compiled by Wil liam Hammond, statistician for the secretary of state department, :4t follows closely the program . outlined by the national confer ence on street and highway safe ty of which Secretary of Com- ' merce Lamont Is chairman and looks toward placing Oregon on the uniform law map. : L ; All licenses may be ' ordered, cancelled at any time by order of the secretary of state but not oftener than once every three years and designated dates set for examination of the holders. In line with the national conference policy, only those who apparently are In need of such anexamina tion will be ordered to appear, and ; the order is regarded in the main ! as a formality. New licenses will be . Issued upon the payment of 60 cent renewal fees.' . Limited License f Issuance Allowed - - Restricted licenses will be is sued to persons who, have demon strated tneir ability to operate a motor vehicle regardless of appar ' ent physical defects and upon the secretary of state being satisfied of their ability. These licenses set forth conditions under which ' the driver may continue to oper ate the rvehlcle if - it is provided with necessary mechanical " aids. It is the intent of the law not to deprive any person of the right to drive his vehicle if be is compe tent. ' i - : - ' . Instructional - permits, similar to " the " present learners permits; will be issued to new driven, the permit good for a 60-day period and the applicant required ' to appear for examination before be ing issued a permanent permit. Minors under 18 years must have the endorsement Of parent or guardian and 1 the application 1 sworn to before a notary. -Negll-igehee upon the part of the driver is charged to the parent or guar dian or In the event that the ve ; hide Involved is owned by aome i one else, the owner of ; the m&- chine Is held responsible. Every I chauffeur must; be a registered ! driver under the new law. Urease Suspension ; - To be Mandatory v. . Mandatory suspension of IK cense is made upon conviction; of a variety, of offenses while the secretary of state is given the power to order a temporary sus pension upon Information pro vided , his office. There Is , no I right of appeal under the manda tory suspension clause and all II ! censes lost . through suspension are for a-period of one year. Conviction of the following of fenses shall result in mandatory suspensions manslaughter, driv ing; while under the Influence of liquor or drugs,, perjury" In pro curing an operators' license, con victlon of any crime punishable as a felony, conviction or forfeiture of ball on three charges of reck less driving during the preceding 12 months, -hit and run- driving. License suspensions may be or dered "for any offense listed -under the mandatory clause and also reckless driving resulting, in -the death of any person or serious ' property damage, incompetency, habitual reckless driving and ser ious violations of the motor ve hicle laws. .. i - . lILEflMS GETS FELLOWSHIP OFFER The second announcement tele - rram In less than a week came to Willamette university. Thursday brlnglng-vthe news of another ac cepted student for a teaching fel lowship at New Tork university. Thoe most recent announcement c o n c e r ns Arthur Hollenberg-. Both Hollenberg 'and Raymond ; Waddell have received teaching ; fellowships for the physics . de . partment of the eastern Inatltu i tion. ; - These young men are both pro ducts of Dr. XL T. Brown who" is head of - the 4 local nnlrersity's physics department. "In JLIJ, Dr. VOrown sent Curtis Held, a gradu ate of that year," to New York university" under the same clr- ; eumstances. . ' 1 " The information was .received here that Hollenberg's standing was4 highest of a.Hst of 40 landl- . nates ira mute : kwiiuk mucw " ttonal institutions throughout the Legislative Oregon's 36th Legislative Session Brings j Interesting Personages to Salem j i AX Indignant citizen called The Statesman - office yesterday "protest! g that school r children all too f re ' qnently occupied gallery seats in both bowses and kept more - serious ., minded people from ; hearing the debates. It la true that the-, number of youthful onlookers t at the fireworks : have increased aa'tbe aesaiots' progressed ; whether the hoas e have thetghu or the, de sire to keep the seats free for ! people, a 1 years-and older, is : a nnch more mooted question. i J. C. Compton, '.contractor, (accent, on the - second syllable despite common placing of it on the first) hails from M :Minn vllle but Is president of. the Port land association of-contractora His - operations carry .him into five states in the west. . He was here yesterday - relative to a bill his group - wishes passed making bidders on state. Jobs meet cer tain pre-quaii tlcatlons. The bill was passed through . both houses in 1929 but was vetoed by the late Governor . Patterson. Comp ton says the. majority of states have such, a law.. whoch prohib its contractors who are not qual ified, by experience or finance. from bidding on jobs.. The pro posed law. says Compton, would not prohibit a single bid from any contractor who was quali fied to undertake a project. a ! .- t I Former Senator Harry Corbett has been ; seen about the lobby for the last several days. Cor bett looks as handsome as ever, and apparently has gained a lit tle weight since the May pri mary campaign when he failed to. win . the republican nomina tion. Corbett is always, well groomed ! and carries fhimself well. Despite the tradition of wealth he is . easy to meet and was busy yesterday ABhaklng hands with legislative friends, i . Cella Gavin, attorney! front The Dalles and 'once candidate for congress, was a visitor at 4 the eapitol yesterday. i ' , .;'. The evidence ;of the accept ance of these three young men in such" close order, according to the registrar's office of Willam ette university, is. proof of the consistent '" turning ont by Dr. Brown of young men who make good. ' . - H . ! The "success "of these young men, add the administrators, Is proof of the facilities for teach ing in both faculty and equip ment for the' physics department. STEALS FIVE CHIT t SALT LAKE CITY. UUh (AP) The theft of a five-cent cake, may mean' a jail sentence for 19 -year-old Clarence WestfalL : ; Clarence stood watching a bak ery wagon driver unloading his wares here. The smell of the fresh cakea. was tantalizing to his hunger-wracked stomach. , The driver went inside a store and temptation won. v Clarence grabbed a-cake' and ran. i f I was hUBgry." he told police after the driver caught -him and called the officers. "My father has tuberculosis and Is a county ward. My mother can't work and no one will , give me a Job . where I can make enough to support her. My brothers and I are always hun gry." : -.' HI 1 Police who investigated corro borated his story and would have liked to set him free.' But the driver was obdurate, and so for a while Clarence's hunger at least will be appeased by jail fare. V.i GEORGE LOai DIES AT AGE OF BB ' GeorgeitCIllIam LongmLre. died .yesterday afternoon la a lo cal hospital where he had been un der special eare since last August, : He came to fikalem from Illinois some 20 years ago and engaged in farming. -About six years ago he retired from active farm work. He was a member of the local chap ter of Woodmen of the World. ' One daughter and one son, W. W. Longmire of Walla Walla, Wash... aad Mrs, E. Christoffer son of Salem, and five grand children survive.- IT - Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p. .from the Ter wllliger funeral home, with Rev. H. C. Stover officiating. " Inter ment will be In City Ylew ceme tery. - 1 Urg e Increased " t Tariff on Eggs Approval was . given in the senate' yesterday to a memorial offered by Representative Chind gren nrglng congress to Increase the tariff on dried eggs Imported Into the United - States from China. " The argument advanced was that a 110.000.000 industry in the state of Oregon was men aced by these - importations which ineressed steadily. It was declared, 'in recent years. ;-" i -t ':ri. ., --- pf: QU1SEXBERY KELULED : ;THE DALLES. Ore.. Jan. z9--(AP) J. B. Qulsenberry waa kill ed near here tonight wbv his ear left the Old Oregon Trail highway during a fog-and 'plunged over a 50-foot - embankment, i -He -was i i CIKE LOOMS Sidelights Senators wasted no time yes terday in voting on the resolu tion asking congress for a cash payment of soldiers' - adjusted compensation.' They hurried through to roll call and no' sen ator voted against it. Obvious ly,! the senator wanted to be right .politically and inasmuch as congress, not the Oregon leg islature, faced the 'problem of digging np ther billions of. dollars needed, the senators -appeared unconcerned with an economic consequence of their vote. Undoubtedly the prohlblUos debate in the honse yesterday i was the highlight of the pres ent session. Observers crowd- ; ed all vacant spaces in the gallery to hear the debate and i .majority of senators. fll , ' tered into vacant ; chairs ' next . to their, heme friends, as the , form si cs continued. I r . ! ; ', , . . ' -. . I Bruce Dennis, Klamath Falls publisher, was a legislative vis itor yesterday. ; For a number of years he was a senator from eastern Oregon. Jennis com mented, on the i fact that one speedily loses his contacts and noted" that many new faces were Mie,oand in both houses. He ai-Lsiueur. some siaiewiae-. atten tion a few years ago by a ballot measure providing that Oregon should' provide in her cdnstita tion that no Income tax could be enacted. The measure failed be fore 'the people. Just now Mr. Dennis is asking the federal ra dio ioard-to permit him a wave length tot use in a broadcasting stationaJL Klamath. i AT CLUB LUNCHEON Travel Expense of State Officials , Criticized ; By Senator- I ' - i- In a speech full of humor but charged with some pertinent re marks, on the legislature and leg islators,' Senator ; William : . F. Woodward of Portland drew fromhe Lions club yesterday noon, a round of spontaneous ap plause. - ' ' i. Senator Woodward pointed to the stupendous sum, something above $1,300,000, which the state institutions - expended the past year on travel and travel expenses. But every item Is staunchly defended' by someone when it is brought Into question before the committee, he said. Woodward Is particularly in terested in educational ! legisla tion. A number of his educa tional bills. t submitted as a pri vate citizen in 1923, are now In effect despite the fact that some were first placed In the waste basket.- : ' i Free Textbook' Bill Championed " - ' At this session he is especially Interested in "two 1 more ' educa tional measures, which 'he says he believes will ; come ' through. They are the ' free textbook bill and the - bill to remove . the ' tat paying clause from' privilege of voting on school . matters of Im portance. ' ' - - - - I ' ; "It is the public schools alone that now make the 'dollar-serve as the test of citizenship.' the 7-year-old - senator declared with some heat. c ; f r i Woodward took m poke at the manner in which Portland Is liv ing up- to its pre-receptlon prom ises of caring for the battleship Oregon.? He declared 'neither the city of Portland .nor the. port of i Portland, had kept faith on promises to give the battleship a decent place on the . river. 89 0 different arrangement will have to be made before he Is willing to vote for anything like the $16,000 appropriation which Is being . asked for maintenance of the ahip. -. Of the appropria tion sought.' 110,000 will be tak en up .with salaries for four of ficials -.on the - boat - and three persons .who- do the , work, . the senator ' said. - ' ; - -; Judge George Rossman of the supreme' court and member of the Lions club introduced the senator, ' .. . ;" :.- Holmes Monarch GROCERY extends you a cordial invitation to -be present at our . Cake Baking" Contest" and "Demonstration, of Monarch .foods Saturday, January 31st. " , :. ' Judffing of Cake Will ' " Start at 2 P. ML We also offer a .liberal discount on all Monarch; products tn Sat urday OnlyPurchases this day may go on your February account if you wish. Holmes Monarch Grocery 477 Court St. : " " Telephone 713 Resolutrons Committee of House Brings Report Against Measure?- Mutually "agreeing that further resolution committee hearings on the Manning, resolution to refer Oregon's prohibition - constitution provisions, to popular vote, were useless, members of the commit tee voted S to 2 here Thursday morning to report that the resolu tion did not pass. Representa tive Manning and Representative DeLap, agreed on a minority re port that the bUt pass. Committee members voting to kill the resolu tion, 'were . Representatives - An drews Chinnock, Schaupp, Snell and Taylor.. . . . ' The vote following two hear ings held here yesterday when a large committee room was packed with, opponents' and advocates of the prohibition vote by the peo ple -of Oregon . Under the M su ing resolution, prohibition would be up for popular vote in Oregon for the first time In 14 years. Said Measnre Was . Solely Propaganda V- - In the discussions in commit tee,' representatives opposed to passage of the resolution declared the measure was to be used solely as propoganda by the wets"; that Oregon was weakening in her stand on prohibition and enforce ment. They declared that any more to change should come by the people through the Initiative. Several representatives declared that intheir districts prohibition was being enforced and - that their . constitutents - were very much opposed to any change in the existing law. Chairman Manning repeatedly stated that the prohibition cause had been & blow to industry, that enforcement was at the lowest possible ebb and that the , people of Oregon and of the United States would vote down prohibi tion if they could be protected by the walls of a ballot booth. Q - Representative Manning urged, as the committee session opened, that the public hearings cease and the resolution be immediately acted upon by the committee. "The Washington legislature Is having a similar resolution pre sented,? he said. "We could ar gue here forever. - The Y?J C. T. U. hasf a big organization Just to watch the legislature and we can't get as many business men here to present the side of the property holders. . -, , Representative Chinnock ; got the debate formally -started by moving that the committee report the resolution, do not pass. , Hia motion was' seconded ' by Repre sentative Andrews. - Manning started the discussion on. the committee motion . by de claring that "everyone knowns prohibition hasn't done any good. Anyone with a speck of sense will admit it." ... ; . . , - Representative Andrews declar ed he was not opposed to a vote on prohibition if the people ini tiated the move. He said he-was unequivocally opposed to .having the legislature submit the matter, knowing that the ,rwets" would use that fact to declare the Ore gon legislature is opposed to pro-' hlbitlon. ?You know, Mr. Manning, that our "position would not ; be de scribed as one In which our sole Interest was to let the people have the vote,", , said , Andrews. "I don't want any false propaganda lit this matter." - . "- Prohibition Would ; StUl be in. Effect j 1 . " , Representative . Taylor, raised the question if the repeal of state prohibition in Oregon would not still . leave prohibition existing through federal statute. He said he though the state .. should strengthen, rather than ' -weaken federal enforcement, v -We'd leave it, up to tbe feder al government - for a . while,"-, re plied Manning..' Til vote wltk yon fellows if you can strengthen prohibition,' said Manning. "But you can't do it. The people of Oregon are tired of this' noble ex periment .and will vote it down. I. Representative -" Chinnock - de clared 1 the people tof his district were opposed to.', any change. "There's nothing' - deplorable -in the situations in Jfosephine coun ty,": he jaid.'. n-slneerely believe condlUons -are better than ever Probe of State TravelExp - Every effort will be made by the 1931 legislature to adopt some plan whereby the expense accounts , of state officials and employes can be standardized with a substantial saving . to . the taxpayers. " ;. . - : - , 1...... : This was indicated here. Thurs day when 'the senate approved a resolution offered- by Senator Johnson directing the-secretary of state to prepare a report showing -the expense accounts, 'of the various state institutions and departments .Involving- transpor tation, meals' and lodgings, ; The statement would cover a six months period. Senator -.Burke explained . that ' the resolution was of more than ordinary 1 im portance for the reason that: total of ll.lia, 000- had to be expended - ' for ' transportation, meals' and lodgings : during ; the past blennium. . ' . Of the total amount expended through, these -three sources $657,379 was for . traveling, $182,501 for automobile, expens es and $274,310 for meals and lodging. . Traveling expenses in curred by the ; several Institu tions of higher learning totalled $350,491 during the past' two years. Similar expenses of the state game commission aggregat ed $115,000. The state board of forestry contracted traveling expenses of $15,500, while a. to tal of $9000 was spent by the state 'fire marshal's department. Another Important ' resolution adopted . by the senate makes it possible for the legislature to summon officials of the ' Pacific Telephone and ; Telegraph com pany for a conference in connec tion with telephone rates. . Pro vision also is made In the reso- 1 1 1 u ' before, infinitely better. -Moreover,. I'm - not Interested tn poli tics, am not seeking reelection to this house and don't care how my vote affects me." Manning said the people of his district were opposed to prohibi tion as indicated by . their elec tion of General Martin,' a "wet" and a democrat.' to congress; An drews immediately replied that Martin's "wetness" was not the cause of hia election. : I "., Representative Schaupp said to repeal prohibition or to put it to a vote would be stirring up en forcement difficulties and adding to the task of the federal govern ment. . ' ffi Just Received e f&a ' j 350 New Design Pijint Dresses j j0O rf 1 At Give-A way Prices Look! ' ;v:' .X)ffer.-'j y :. .' .v Vw: ' ' ' ' . 60 Dozen Pairs of- x - ; I I X I UnQC I Only Twoto a rVUDH. ; Customer --at ' , . ' I'-"- : . t " II Your Last Chance to Buy Gj C ' I I atSuchPriccs- f ' - A . ) I 7 . All Sales on These Dresses Cash ' 1 ' . -The Hose that is J ' ' j . " - ."r- : . ' ' " 1 1 . making : Johnson I ' . -T 'L" -" f L fPV Famous- j Johnson s tor IMoves Colors ' ' ! I i , H ' i 1 ' I :- Grinmetal , j I . "V ' .' - . i- v- , ." ( ' '-' ... ,"ete etc j I . Jr ' A "x ': r ) ," 1 ' - - 1 I 464 State The Store or Ladies j ' Officials ehse Iutlon for the creation of a com mittee to be composed of three members f the f senate, three members of the , bouse and three citizens to be appointed by the governor. - - .; 1 : : . .- . iThe. resolution, as orlrinallv introduced - by Senator Bennett, carried an appropriation of $1000 and opened the way for investigation of the entire tele phone rate structure. This ap propriation was -eliminated from the resolution by a senate com mittee. ' , Senator -Upton objected to the original resolution on the ground that it would ; be neces sary for the committee to go be fore the teleshone eomnanv offi- i cials Instead - of the -telephone company officials .going before the legislature. Senator Bennett said . the purpose of his ; resolu tion. was .to obtain a voluntary reductipn ;: in, - telephone; rates without costly' Investigations and litigation. The . appropriation of $1000 was inserted in the reso lution as an emergency, Bennett explained: - :The , senate also; approved a resolution introduced by Repre sentaave Mot-a4 others au thorizing the I directors of the Willamette university to use the sUte fairgrounds Mneennectioa with -the centennial 'celebration of tbe. arrival of missionaries in the Oregon reountry. " 4The efte- brauon - win - be held in - 1934. Any buildings erected in connec tion with the celebration would revert to the state. SENATE BILLS J 1 1 to TEKDAY Th foHowinir bllli vtrt lntrodnctd la ca tnat Thursday: ml B. B. 104, by Upton Ezcmptlor Pi ar bviaea operated ieloiey withis eitiat. from ipeeial tax Imposed on com mon earriar. . . . - ; 8. B. 105, by Upton Ezamptlag ear taia elaases sf motor Tehicleg from spe cial taxos. . 8. B. 10ft, by Jon at al Rla!nr t tho lieenaiBC of mortieiaoa. and poaea ioa. traniportmtlon, treatment aad depo sition af th daad. 8. B. 107, by Moaer and Spanldinf authorising tba itata af Oreroa to ce perata wtth , tba federal 'roTtroment in eoSitraetloa of permanent Memorial building at Caampoer. 8. B. 108. by Earke Kelstinf to la eorporatloa of hlgharay improvement dis trict a, I . 8. B. 10S, by Dunne- Reqniriae; per sons, societies and organisations soliciting funds to report. - . U. B.I 110. by Burt Rels tin U adul terated foods. g Ordered TELEPII0IW3 PROBE APPROVED Senate Passes , ResoTution Allowing Fairgrounas v Use for Centennial Senator. J. E. Bennett's resolution, providing that-a Joint move for telephone rate reduction be made by ai special eoqrmittee of nine, calling officials of tbe Pa cific Telephone ana Telegraph company Into conference ; . Was adopted .Thursday by the senate without, opposition. It provides for a committee, of three ': ap pointed -by the president of the 1 senate, three appointed by thei-Clfic legislative . appropriation, speaker- of the house and three Ppaused Senator Moser. chairman bv the governor. If the house adopts Jhe resolution without, de lay th' conference will take place at once and the committee will report 'back to this session of the legislature. '. j . The senate approved the Mar lon ' county - delegation's - house joint resolution authorising the use of the state fair grounds for a centennial celebration In 11534 commemorating the arrival of the missionaries in the . Oregon country. The centennial organ isatlon proposes to build at least one building on the. fair grounds, without- cost . to! the state; to . become the property -of the state after the centennial. Soldiers Bonuses Memorial . Passed J ' A senate Joint memorial intro duced by Senators Hall, Upton and Bailey, calling upon con gress to provide legislation for payment of adjusted compensa tion certificates held by ex-service men was adopted. 1 Sggs Imported from China are the target of a house Joint me morial, adopted by the senate, calling upon the United States tariff commission to increase the tariff on dried egg productsj By adopting an adverse 'com mittee report the senate killed by " indefinite postponement a bill introduced by Senator Dunne and Representative Bronaugh's bill to regulate the sale of veron al and other, similar drugs. -. Meetings of the senate Inter im -committee on executive ap pointments are provided for in a bill by Senatorjberhard which passed the senate. The kberhard bill is a curative measure; au thorizing the committee on ex ecutive appointments to meet for. confirmation of appointments made by the governor to fill va cancies la offices where senate confirmation is required. The law at present does, not provide for - meetings when " the legisla ture Is not in session, I iieib v,m Oil CMl'JFODD DILL State-wide interest that has been aroused in the bill Introduc ed by Senators Crawford and Bail ey, providing that all moneys colw lected by state departments and. agencies be placed In the general state fund and ..dispersed by spe- of the Judiciary committee, to set a public hearing en-the bill for Tuesday night. February . Tbe hearing- will, be In the senate chamber. " j . The bill affects all the self sustaining departments. Inclidlng some of the largest. In the 'state government, uch as the .fish and game, corporation, insurance, in dustrial accident departments, and possibly the state highway depart ment. There Is some doubt as to whither it includes the ! highway department. Senator:. Upton., a . member of the Judiciary commit tee, insists that it be included without doubt. . Seek to Unite. Labor Activity C. It. Gram, state labOrdm- mlssloner, yesterday was in structed by the ways and means committee .to prepare for the legislature some plan whereby a number of state labor activities, can be Joined with his depart ment. The ways and means commit tee had in mind the state bureau of inspection of child labor and the industrial welfare commis sion. TOUGHS & - Rub oa throat: place some est " . tongue sawailowaa it inclta. OVEff-WMltUOW JAPS USf-D YrHY fm1A CMt. : i aJuuit m x&rs old ' SB