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- SERVICE ; j - All Statesman carriers are little merchant; you are patronising one f in 7ou neighborhood when jou take The statesman. ( j ' ii vm& Hi- a ji Ii m d rMji ii iTryn II i! i ' THE WEATHER Cloudy today and Thurs day, probably rain Thurs day; - Max. temperature Tuesday G2, Mia.. SO, river 1.8, wind north, no rain. FOUNDED i65i : -kJ.f. r- .,-;.--! - , - s EIGHTIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, February 4, 1931 - i , . - . . :. ; i1 ;. No. 26J ' : I Ls rt .,- -.- , i - ' . I 71 T" : : r ' '. 11 1 : T" - r- . v SCHOOL BOOKS BUTTLE HO Facts pro and con Brought Before Solons Here at Night Hearing . - Discrimination Against all Private Institutions. Chief Objection T r ; " -Free textbooks for pupils at tending the public ichoolr or Ore gon -were urged and opposed 'at the public hearing held last night on the house bill-making this pro vision. . The . house , chamber., was crowded by delegations represent ing counties, teachers, labor, war veterans, private and parochial schools and taxpayers who were beard on the proposed measure before the-joint senate and house committee. , Representative Doro thy Lee was chairman of the hear- lne. i - "V-- ' Proponents of the, measure pointed, oat the advantages to children In being able to secure books on the fir3t day of school, increase efficiency In the class rooms, less cost ot books 'and the saving ot humiliation of the many families unable to supply books for their children. Opponents pro tested the measure as a class dis Unction. Ignoring students attend ing private schools, and as too heavy a tax burden for property owners of the state, i ? Mrs. William Kletxer of the Portland Parent-Teacher ; organ' Izatlon acted as chairman of the proponents of the measure and in troduced the speakers.. R. ' W. Glass, Oregon City, and G. H. Good, Eugene, presented the views 'of school principals, stating school children could . not get the same benefit out of institutions by lack of sufficient books. Ben T. Os borne, executive secretary : of. the state federation of 'labor.' declared his organization had long sup ported the free textbook plan. Other sneakers, including world war . veterans, teachers and' par ents, urged the adoption of the house bill. . "T V: ,.':''' .-I? '"' Rev. Father Thomas "V, Keen an. Catholic pastor of Salem was leader of the opposition. He de clared there were nearly 10.400 pupils In private and parochial schools who would not be affected by this measure, yet their parents wonld bo forced to contribute to ward Its maintenance. He urged that If such a measure do pass It should not draw the line.' - Other speakers opposed to the measure Included Frank M. Da vey, Portland, former speaker fit the house, who declared the bur den too great for taxpayers, and that the bill If passed would be declared unconstitutional as draw ing a distinction as to the benefits derived. The bill if passed should be extended to all students, and the word "public stricken from the MIL Other speakers, i repre senting taxpayers and the Hill Mil itary academy opposed the pas sage of the measure,-. M Will Rogers is Tired but Still j Money Rolls in 'ARDMORE. Okla.. Feb. 3.- -(AP) Will Rogers, full of pep, despite J three appearances j at as many relief performances today, raised $5,000 for' drought suffer ers at his show here tonight. The total raised in his four shows In Oklahoma thus "far Is about $20,000. , I - Despite his apparent energy, Rogers said Jie was tired, j "It nearly wore me out; keep ing Lew Wants and Governor Murray apart up there In Okla homa City last night, he : said. Went and Murray are polit ical opponents, j j Veteran Editor Ot Kansas Dies HOLTON, Kas., Feb. J -(AP) M. M. Beck, t, publisher of the Holton Recorder, dean, of Kansas i newspaper editors and father of -Edward C Beck, managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, died un expectedly at. his home here to night. - . AS BILL PEiS The Legislative Calendar - HOUSE YESTERDAY v Rogue . river closing bill passed, it to 1. . Bill to abolish office of county judge and substitute added commissioner Intro duced by - Representative Taylor. . ; ... Crowded hearing held at night on state textbook yiL' I SENATE YESTERDAY 1 SUte police bUl IntroduO . ed by Senator Eddy. r Senator Upton Introduced bill to repeal bone-dry lair and substitute state act cor . responding to the Volstead act. i Senator Woodward with draws hla Tualatin tunnel bill. " ' - .Extended hearing at night on Crawford S. B. 32 to put all special funds Into gener al coffers ot state. Tangle M e as .-.;. - UMHob ver I; - - Pledges Support to Federal aid but Only When .Private Agencies and Local Governments : j ; Fail ; Compromise noW Hoped for ! , TJH'ASinNGTONrPeb. 3. (AP) President Hoover in & if f ! clear delineation of hfe views on relief today opened tHe way to talk of a 'compromise on the thorniest .question mat nas troubled tnis session of congress. i , r , ; The president srave an analysis of his reasons7 for" op posing the use of federal money to feed citizens in a state ment which charactertzed - theO ,, , proposal as one which struck "at the very roots , of self govern nenf. I; - . , zi sr. , Hia - statement, - h ow ever; couched In moderate language was followed by a perceptible easing of tension on Capitol Hill And for the first time since the outcome of relief proposals be came obscured, b ' the I haze of acrid debate there came talk of compromise. ! I In ? the : statement, the presi dent .said: i i "1 am willing; to pledge that if the time : should ever : come that the voluntary agencies of the country : together with the focal and state government are unable, to find .resources ..with which to prevent hunger and suffering In my country, I will ask the aid of every r 'resource of the federal government be cause;! would no more see star vation amongst our countrymen than would any senator) or con gressman. I have the .faith- tn the American people tht sucha day will not come." j. Shortly afterward one definite (Turn to page 2, col. 1) DEBENTURE PUN IS FAVORED E Despite the opposition I of Sen sentative Swift's joint memorial sentative Swift's joint mmeorial toj congress asking that the de benture plan of farm relief be enacted into law, passed' In the upper house yesterday by s vote of 22 to . Eddy declared that he waa In terested In doing anything pos sible to help the farmers but he said the senate was voting: on an Intricate financial question about which tit knew nothing. The de benture may - prove disastrous rather than beneficial to the country, said the senator; Senator . Mann of Umatilla county as well as 8entor Dunne and Wheeler spoke, in favor of the Joint memorial. ' , STATE DMRJ CO-OP PORTEAND, Ore., Pebl f. - (AP) Although the dairy co operative association Is but one year old" It has as members eleven hundred producers - of milk in the Portland and Salem areas, i J. W. Carter, Richfield, Wash., secretary, said Hat the first annual meeting of the or gnlzatlon here today. II .1 ' Four hundred milk producers attended the meeting. M i . The ; principal Item of 'business transacted today was the elec tion of a board Of directors. Those- elected wereVyArthur Ire- iaaa, or Bancs: oscar1 iiirsco man, of New berg; E. J. Bel!., of Aurora; : R. W. Clarke,' iof Sa lem: Louis Mlnoggi, of Linn ton; J. i W. Carter, Richfield tWash.: and E. A. Newby, Waafcougal. Wash. The board will meet here Saturday to elect new ; officers for the year. : I ' I Move 23 Times . To Avoid Rent RENO, Nov.. Feb. (AP) Mrs. Ida Shoenthal was granted a Irorce In district court here today from Mllten M. Shoenthal because, she charred, ther had been forced to move. 23 time be cause her husband failed; to pay the rest. ' ; j -. . ; 1 . 1 New, duced. traffic! code Intro- ' I SENATE TODAY Hearing at 2:30 ml on hydro-electric bilL V 1 V Third reading senate bills 82, II. 22. 78. 10, 2,j77 50. 7, f. 8, 44. - 4 - v- - Third reading house, bill to. : . H": - r Third reading senate Joint resolution 4 : . , j i;V :j I HOUSE" TODAY:ff'4l I Hearing tonight on Me-1 Phillips' bill to repeal school : bus transportation act. 1 1 - ;Cowboy gas tax- hearipg t on. - ';: v.--; ;-. .. i I Third reading house bills 80, 112. 118, 72, 122. 148.; i Third reading house Joint resolution 8, t. V - i ! --' J Third reading senate bUl II... HER DAS 1100 MEMBERS ver Relief ime 'Smoothed - i aim Ul GMOEHIIK THEASURER HELD Shortage of $145,000 In Her Accounts is Report . ed at Pendleton i PENDLETON, Ore., Feb. I 3.- (AP) Mrs.-Ward FowlerJ La Grande city treasurer, was ar Tc-ed here today by Umatilla county officers who said they had received word Mrs. Fowler'a accounts were short 3115,000. Mrs. Fowler was in an auto mobile with her husband ; when arrested. She will be held for Union county officials. She said the alleged missing money! was on deposit In a Portland bank and she was on her way to get It when she was arrested. I While Mrs. Fowier waa In the sheriffs office today she sudden ly removed a number of checks and ' adding machine records from her purse andMore them to bits, officers said. Deputies seized - the torn papers and suc ceeded In reconstructing part of one check. ; They said It was for 87346, drawn on a La Grande bank and signed by . Mrs. Emma Fowler. They were unable to decipher the name of the payee. The deputies said. about 31503 worth of bonds and bond cou pons were found In Mrs. Fow ler's possession when she was brought to the Jail. Mrs. Fowler - waa questioned fe (Turn to page 2, coL 2) 'J, I 1 "' '" 1 "A'': THREE GROUPS 10 t . 4 :- r---- STRIKE AT llllflll HAVANA, Feb. 3 (AP) Ha- vana linotype operators, -: steve dores and fishermen began a! 24- hour strike at o'clock tonight In protest at renewed authorization by the Cuban congress for suspen sion of constitutional guarantees. The movement originally was planned to result In : a -general strike but not all laboring units had decided tonight whether they would Join. v - - Street railway employee are protesting a reduction of their wages by five cents an hour and were expected to participate in the strike but It was uncertain when the others walked out whe ther they would fall in line, f With the strike of their print ers, the newspapers - El Mundo, Heraido and Diario de la Marina will not be able to publish tomor row. , The employes of Heraido and Diario de la Marina are! not union men but decided to walk out In sympathy with their breth ren. The Havana Post, an Ens lish-language publication, la not affected. ' Japanese Porter i Is Given Life Term by Jury SPOKANE. Feb. (AP)- Jimmle Takehara. 32 year I old Japanese - porter, - who admitted shooting George Okada, a fellow coutryman. to death, was 4or- Ldered to spend the rest of his life in the penitentiary by' a su perior court Jury today. e i Takehara said he shot osaaa and wounded Mrs. Okada and Khy HIrata, a customer is the Okada store after an argument with ' Mrs. Okada. He pleaded for mercy, saying I got mad, lose my head and shoot", i A Under . Washington law the jury must determine the sen tence after a plea of guilty to a murder charge. - - - Yankee Athletes j In New Zealand Escape Unhurt WELLINGTON. V. v. (Wednesday 1 UPt Simpson, noted Ohio State sprint er, and his. team of American track stars now tourlnc New Zea land were not injured in the earth quake wnicn devastated the east coast of North Island yesterday.? The athletes left Rotarara for Auckland this morning. . - j - Otheraon the team are Harlow Rothert. Stanford weight man. and Rafas W. Riser, former na tional eelleglate mu champion from th University of Washing ton" '.. " '. ' i E By E Administration Measure is Designed ' to Combine Law Enforcers Governor VouId Appoint a Superintendent, Also . Decide, on Policy - Senator B. L. Eddy of Douglas county yesterday Introduced In the senate a bill providing for a department of state police, to function under the direct control of ' the ! governor. The measure provides for the abolition of the state traffic and prohibition de partments and transfers to the new agency all the police duties now exercised by the game and fish commissions and the office of the state fire marshal. - ' The measure earries out the proposal of Governor Meier In. his inaugural message wherein he recommended such revamping of state law enforcement, Appro priations for the estimated ex pense of the department for 'the next biennium would- total $1,- 083,0004 Governor Would Appoint1 Leader i The salient provisions of the proposed law are: 1. Superintendent of state po lice Is created at a salary of 5,- 000 with appointment by the gov- 1 - (Turn to page 2, col. 1) EXALTED RULERS' NIGHT THURSDAY Tomorrow night former exalted rulers ot the Salem Elks lodge will be honored at a special meeting held In their honor. The various chairs in the lodge will be assign ed to the former leaders. An In teresting and varied program has been prepared. . . ! . j Former exalted rulers of the lodge and the period of time In which they served are: i John Knight, 18II-IT: W. 3. rArcy. 1887-88: F. T. Wright- man, 1888-38; P. H. D'Arey, 1881- loe; w. D. McNary, xioo-ox; F. W Durbln, 1101-02; iW.'H. Byrd, 1802-03: H. H.. OUnger, 1803-04; George L. Rose, 1304 05: AJ H. Stelner, 1105-00: Charles L. McNary, 1304-07; W. Carlton Smith, 197-08; H. E. Al bert, 1808-02; B. O. Schuching, 1808-10; A. S. Benson, lsio-ii; Charles V. Galloway, 1911-12; Rot Buckingham, 1912-13; Aug ust Huckesteln, 1913-14; U. L. Meyers. 1914-15: A. J. Anderson, 1915-14; Louis Lachmund. 1918- 1917: Walter E. Reyes, 1917-18; H. J.Wenderoth, 1918-18; Char les R. Archerd, 1919-zo; J. a. Kurtz, 1820-21; Roy D. Byrd, 1821-22; D. G. Drager. 1922-23: E. 1 Max I Page, 1923-24 : C. B. O'Neill, 1924-25; W. I. Needham, 1925-26;: O. L. McDonald, 19ZK 27: JhfilO Rasmussen, 1927-28; FraUk Durbln, Jr., 1928-29; W. H. Paulus. 1929-30. : Deceased. TRUCK; THREE DEAD SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 3 tAV ThreA men were killed and,, more than a dozen Injured, one seriously, late today when a Denver and Rio uranae passenger train struck powder truck at a erosslnr here, exploding a load of dynamite caps. ?. r I B. F. Rugg. 49, ugaen, veteran D. & R. G. engineer. JTamea Prinsen. Salt Lake City. secietary of the Western Powder Co.'f !- ' . - ' 1 i. vl Tteraman. 50. bookkeeper of the Tintic Lumber Co.. Eureka, Utah, and driver ot the truck. E. Wi James, Salt Lake City, fireman on the locomotive, was badly scalded. ; None of the passengers on eith er ot the two day coaches a the train was Inlured.althoarh sever al were shaken and suffered from shock. ' N . , . A dozen emolovea working In the Cudahy Packing Co. plant nearby received minor cuts from Glass. j..-,,. - ; Expect Decision Of Senate Group On Foreign Oil i WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. (AP) -The way was cleared today by the senate eommerce committee for a decision Thursday on meas ures-seeking to eurb the flow of cheaper foreign oil - Into - this country, j - i Hearings were closed today and Chairman Johnson called a meet- tlon. Meantime the senate finance tng for Thursday to consider ac- eommiuee was Instructing- Its chairman; Senator Smoot of Utah, to move in the senate to get Juris diction of the oil legislation. - A dispute between the commit STATE T tees la Impending. Rancher Enjoys His i Oisn Fcnercl; Likes ri Etddgy 'Compliment HOLLKY. Ore Feb. (AP) Peter Rapp, 7-yeAr old Holley rancher, attend' ed his owxt funeral here last Sunday, his friends revealed today. . ' i ;. ,' ! ,: ',' Rapp. who recently had. his coffin built and had : planned the service ' hlm self, apparently enjoyed the: minister's complixnen t a r y I words nbont him, the, "neonMn said. Tb Rev. i George Simona, - Lebanon, : preached the sermon. ! . . ; Rapp haa Instructed that his body be sent to hie for mer home m Nebraska when he dies.-. ' -v . j "; "-'''- : WELFARE DU Mrs. Thompson, Sponsor of Commission Plan Says It's Gone too far Mrs. ; Alexander Thompson, of Portland, who, as a member ot the state. legislature . In 119, Intro duced the bill creating the 'state- welfare commission, last night ap peared before the Joint ways and means committee and protested. against granting an appropriation ot 836.000 for the conduct of the commission during the current two years. - .." "The appropriation requested by the child welfare commission should be cut in half, declared MrsThompson. I mothered the bill 'creating this commission, but I had no Idea at. that time that it would go beyond the scope out lined for It. The duties of the commission, as originally : outlln ed, were to assist the state In checking the operations of state- aided Institutions. ' , - ; "rne first appropriation - was for 84000. The appropriation la ter was Increased to 220,000, then to 827,000, and the commission is now asking for 335,000. The pur pose of this increase in appropri ation la to pay more high salaried officers. . ; j". Mrs. Thompson ' charged that the - . commission had adopted some high-flung theories, and had exceeded the laws and the opinion of the attorney general in taking children from state-aided institu tlona and placing them in private homes at a cost of 314 per month. . , "The purpose of these Increased appropriations is to bund up :a political machine out ot the child welfare commission," said . Mrs. Thompson. -t i SAYS IDS RACE ISN'T READY POCATELLO. Idaho, Feb. jj CAP) Habits, and customs of Indians cannot be changed over night declared Paul G. Wapate. president of the Northwest - In dian congress, here tonight In taking issue with the view of Sec retary Wilbur of the Interior de partment that the Indiana have reached a point where they can compete with other races.-! r Wapato addressed ' an audi ence which contained many In dians from the Fort Hill reserva tion. ; . -f-" . r. M 1 i k-. "If our race is to be able to vie with other races we should have a part In the government, he said. "The spirit of America must manifest charity for our neighbor and tear race prejudice from . our hearts. Three Charged With 'Sedition MANILA, Feb. .-(Wednes day) (AP) Three prominent Filipinos were charged with se dition today in complaints filed by City Fiscal Alfonso ' Felix. They we're accused of having In cited ' Flltplno laborers to revolt against 'American and Philippine governments during communist meetings last "November.; : :; K j Day in Washington " President Hoover ontlined .bis. opposition to govern ment food fund but said be : would accept if other means i failed. -,.,--! ' Senator Harrison propos ed a compromise on f23 : 000,000 relief appropriation. Bishop James Cannon, Jr. faced accusers at church hearing. :. .; Arguments completed on Albert B, Fall bribery con- vlctlon and begun on Harry M. Blackmer contempt case. 1 United States accepted an Invitation to participate In : International conference on : Lfberfa.. - , ' I'V '; VeteiranJ Admlntstr a t or Hlnea renewed opposition to cashing- veterans compensa , tlon certificates. . , . Senate voted to consider nominations of three ower commlsatoaers today. . ; Henry Bf. Robinson,. Los Angeles - banker, proposed establishment of treasury , fund to pay depositors in de funct banks. . Representative Cramton rcpUed to Senator Caraway. : OPPOSES RAISE IH WATO QUAKE TOLL IS 1 00 DEAD O ED i v. Relief Work Under way at Hapifir, hit by Heavy : v ::. Tremor Tuesday Eye Witness Says'Buildings L Fell Like Cards; Much : Damage Reported ;r ; By ALPORT BARKER t (Copyright 1331, by the Asso . elated Press) . -t- i AUCKLAND, N. Z.. Feb. 4 (Wednesday) AP) With 100 known dead and 1,000 injured, the earthquake toll grew hourly today as rescuers tore Into crumbled ruins of Napier, Has tings and ! other towns of North Island, New Zealand, razed- In yesterday's disaster. - .Large - numbers of - persons were still Imprisoned In many toppled buildings. Many were be lieved dead; It was hoped a few would be found alive. In one store of Hastings 18 persons were covered by ruins. Business sections of Napier and Hastings were leveled to the ground by the heaving earth "and the flames which followed swift ly through piles of wood and ma sonry that had been buildings of -sunny tfapier and its neigh boring towns of the beautiful Hawke bay district. The material loss will run into Ii ' (Turn to page 2, coL 5) ELECTION 'REFORM E 3j LONDON, Feb. 8. (AP) By a comfortable majority of 45 votes Prime Minister Ramsay Mao Donald's labor government tonight carried the electoral reform bill on second reading, y i If this measure finally passes both houses of parliament It will revolutionize England's electoral system by .the introduction of an alternative vote principle, ; -Jn the division 295 members, in eluding the bulk of the liberal party voted for the bill and 230 were recorded against. Now the measure goes into committee stage prior to third ami final read ing. - The government's victory was fully anticipated, since electoral reform' long has been one of the favorite projects of the liberal party and hence Its support fn the division thus was assured. . The conservative party was bit zerly against It. . , BE ENACTED, WORD WASHINGTON. Feb. 3 (AP) i One of : the senate's staunchest advocates of cashing the Soldiers bonus predicted i today the ses sion would end without the en actment of such legislation. , He was Senator Harrison of Mississippi, ranking m 1 n o r I ty member of the finance committee which is Investigating - redemp tion proposals, and spokesman for hla party colleagues on ques tions of government finance, -r Tho Mississlpplan aald ne naa not changed his position he urges cash payment of the pres ent value ot the adjusted service compensation eertlfrcates-D u t that he believed legislation, be fore March 4 Impossible. - The finance committee and the house ways and meant committee continued their separate Investi gations of redemption proposals today. The former received testi mony from undersecretary Mills of the treasury, and veterans ad ministrator Hinee opposing re demption. ; .. .. .; . , , f. Shepard Appeals Case As Retrial H Motion Denied TOPEKA. Kaa.. Feb. 3 (AP) An appeal taken Immediately af ter denial of a motion Tor a new trial, was all that stood tonight between Major Charles A. Shep ard and the beginning ot a life prison term tor the poison mur der ofhis second wife. Judge Richard J. Hopkins In federal district court late today overruled citations by defense counsel of alleged error in the conduct of the trial ot the army medical officer, and imposed the sentence specified by a Jnry last Dec. 22 when Shepard was con victed. .!.'".-..;-...-.: Judge Hopkins set appeal bond at 320.000 which Shepard provid ed and was released. . VARNER GETS DRAW -L03 ANGELES, Feb. 2 (AP) A terrific tenth round finish gave Claude Varner. Bakersfield featherweight,' a draw hero to night with Fidel La Barba. los IIJJUR MEASUR CARRES Angeles. ., - -:- , ; Caruso, Jr. f Vcict : Student; . Tctor is Former' President LOS ANGELES, Feb, aw' (AP) Enrico Caruso, Jr at 26 la studying voice and planning n career like; that which brought world 'fame to his father. j His tutor Is Adolf o de la noerta, once provisional -president of Mexico and life long friend of the late Cam so senior. The son resem bles the golden voiced tenor physically, having a sturdy ' frame and a barrel chest. For an unexplained . reas on,, his father did not give him vocal training. Caruso . .said. f.. ' - --if BISHOP CJCII Oil ; TRIAL BY CHURCH . 'I Nature of Charge, Likewise Membership of Court Kept Total Secret WASIHNGTbN, Febl I S. (AP) Bishop James" Cannon, Jr., of the Methodist i Episcopal church south, faced four fellow clergymen who have brought charges against him, behind the locked and guarded doors of the Mount Vernon Place. Methoiist church today. i The twelve men who are hear ing and who will decide whether the charges have weight, con cealed their Identity completely, even going to such lengths as addressing each other as ."Broth er Smith- and -Brother Jones" while. In the presence Iof re porters. Bishop Cannon came and went from the hearings on crutches, his -normally erect frame bent from arthritis. Two of his sons assisted . him up and ' down the steps ot the church id guarded him as much as possible from the photographers. 1 . ; ' Just before the hearing opened Bishop W. N. Ainsworth of Birmingham, Ala., ; who Is presiding, sent word to reporters by a policeman on guard at the church, that he would see them. He then said. the hearing 'was an ecclesiastical procedure and that it would be conducted according to church law; ; . rHe said the church law forced him to secrecy but when;' a conclusion- was . reached he would announce -the result and the names of : the 12 men on the board. - - " i .1 TAX Oil SALES 0.1 WAY OUT, L0HJ A sales, tax, which "would be as easy to raise as a tax on. gas oline" was advocated Tuesday noon at the . Kiwanis club f by Speaker Frank - Lonergan of the house of representatives. Loner gan pointed to the $4,000,000 deficit of the state and said he thought a tax on sales the moat feasible way out of the dilemma. Lonergan' declared that the tax on land was becoming Increasing ly burdensome. Five hundred farms In Oregon have been taken over by the state land board within recent years, he said. - Lonergan paid tribute to the courts during the course of his address saying,' "when you', once lose confidence In the Integrity of -the courts you have started a shift which may result In com munism or .socialism." f Banks Not Giving Full Service to Country , Meyer WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.--(AP) -Dissatisfaction with the service rendered by the banking system to the country as a whole and espe cially to agriculture was! voiced to day by Eugene Meyer berore-tbe senate banking sub - committee considering his nomination to be governor of the federal ' reserve board. ' h i r Further than this the New York Lfinancier would not commit him self during another three-hour questioning by Senators Brook- hart republican, of Iowa, and Fletcher, democrat, ot Florida. - The hearings will bo concluded Thursday. .; ; More Arguments Heard On Albert Fall Appeal WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (AP) Two angles ot the naval ell scandals which startled the na tion nine years ago today held the attention of the District of Columbia court, of appeals as one man convicted of bribery and an other ' found guilty of j contempt ot court sought reversal of their sentences. , v - - ' -. - Arguments In the appeal of Al bert B. Fall for his conviction tor accepting a bribe from Ed ward L. Doheny were (concluded and those In the case of Harry M. Blackmer, Denver oil man,' fined 240.000 for contempt of court, were begun. The Blackmer argu ments will be concluded tomor row. Fall's charges grew out oi a lease of oil lands to Doheny's eompany. and Blackmer's , from KdSSES ROGUE RIUEH Final Count Goes 44 to 16 To Shut Stream to Com mercial Fishermen Governor's j Approval Will Probably! Mean Referen dum, is indicated " !' The Rogue river, for two de cades the battleground for legis lative combats galore, was closed to commercial fishing yesterday as far as the house of the 34th. session Is concerned when by a vote of 44 to 14, Senate Bill No. 1, already aproved In senate, vti carried in the bouse. . The measure now'goes to Gov ernor Meier for approval or re jection but because of pre-cam-palgn statements, the executive is almost certain to sign the meas ure, which will oust all commer cial fishermen now operating at the mduth of the Rogue. nere'a How Votes i Wer Counted ' On final rote the- house ballot ed as follows: Ayes: Allen; Bro naugh, Bynon, Chinnock, Day, De Lap, Deuel, Eckley, Fisher, Gill, Glass, Gouley, Hamilton. Howard, Jannsen, Lawrence. Lee, i Lewis, MacPherson, Manning, McAllister, McCornack, McGraw, McPhiUips, Mott, Nichols, Oxman, j Peters, Schaupp, Scott of Umatilla, Scott of Morrow and Umatilla, Smith of Hood River, Smith of MarloD, Snell, Stockdale, Swift, Temple, Thornburgh, Tompkins, Weather ford.'Wells, Yates, Lonergan. Nays: Anderson, Andrews, An- . gell, Chindgren, Gordon,; Hell berg, Hill, Johnson, Keenly, Knapp, Nash, Norton, Proctor Stewart, Taylor, Winslow. If Meier Signs I Expect Referendum If Governor Meier approves (he bill, the next step In the long existing controversy between tho commercial -and sport fishing in terests is expected to be a mora to reterend the measure to a vote of the people. The Macleay Inter ests, who control the commercial fishing at the mouth of the Rogue, .have Indicated, they would attempt to get the legisla ture's action before the i people, before they count their fight lost. To put the measure on the ballot next year will take the signatures of 10,480 registered voters of Oregon. ' Representative Chinnock ef Josephine- county lead the house de bate in favor of the bill as Sena tor Miller, father of the bill, lead (Turn to page 2, col. 7 ( VATICAN CITY. Feb. (AP) The. pope's voice for the first time In history- appeared to be certain to be heard around the world when the new Vatlca i City radio broadcasting station HVJ, is opened February; 12. Pope Pius, according to pres ent plans for i opening the new station on the'j ninth anntverssry ot his coronation, i will i speak during the two hours cenetery. His speech,' availablej to hun dreds of millions of persons in many lands, probably iwlM be In . Latin. ; .-, - ' . J : I J - Final plans i for the event, however, have! not been an nounced. While -the radio lis teners of Jthe world undoubtedly will hear the pope's voice, ; It was uncertain tonight vrhether they would listen to his actual: Inaug ural address in the academy building or whether this would be beard' only by his visible aud ience and be later would make a direct radio speech for the radio audience. The ceremony at which Gug- llelmo Marconi; also will speak. will be transferred abroad by the Vatican station without in termediary British or other re lays, however. It was decided to day , both the Columbia and Na tional broadcasting systems will be authorized to distribute the address la the United States. falling to appear as a witness at the consipraey trial of j Fall and Harry F. Sinclair. ,j Atlee Pomerene, special gov ernment prosecutor, contended that Fall had legal responsibility, for handling the oil leases and even if he did not he awarded them to Doheny's company. He said the defense contention that the former secretary of the In terior could not be charged with bribery because the leasing wa not a statutory act, ws imma terial. ' Franklin Harrison, Pomerene's associate, told the-court the su preme court had held that Fall tad acted officially In awar i:...; the leases. Pomerene assailed tLe contention that Fall did not have a fair and Impartial trial. POPE TO BE HERD OVER RADIO S00 J V i i s.