- SERVICE ; j
- All Statesman carriers are
little merchant; you are
patronising one f in 7ou
neighborhood when jou
take The statesman. (
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' 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- .,-;.--! - , -
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EIGHTIETH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, February 4, 1931
- i , . - . . :. ; i1 ;. No. 26J
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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
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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
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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 -. . ;
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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
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THREE GROUPS 10
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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
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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-
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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 ";
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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. ; .. .. .; .
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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
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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.