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EIGHTIETH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, February; 5, 1221
11 1 1 1 -1 A Ki i I i i i I I J I
-I 3 V I I V f I J S .A
EINSTEIN TELLS
JEI'IER THEORY
OF RELATIVITY
Surprises Astronomers and
"Other Listeners, With
Announcement
" r "
Bases- Conclusion on Work
Of Pair of American
- Scientists
f PASADENA, Cal.. Fb. 4
(AP) Albert -Einiteia 1 has - a
' new concert of cosmology. Th
old Kins teinian universe Is a
thins of the past, r
A gasp of astonlsbmexit swept
through the library of the Mount
Wilson Carnegie - institution - of
Washington . laboratory here to
day when ; tbe Berlin professot
with a few simple words made
this revelation. World famous as
tronomers present, saw J Lin his
words a new field for research
opened to them.
"Regardless r of what field
equations are 'used, space- never
can be anything similar to the
eld symmetrical spherical - space
theory," the professor said .with
a smile In closing an hour and
a half talk on his new unified
field theory.- - -
With these -words ho swept
aside his original concept of the
universe, likewise that of De Sit
ter, Dutch astronomer and friend
Hubble nd Totman
' Do Experimenting i
The new concept of the nni
rerse hinges upon the" work of
two great California scientists.
Dr. Edwin p. Hubble, Mount Wil
son astronomer, and Dr. Richard
Chace Tolman, California Insti
tute of technology physicist. It
comes from the observations of
Hubble and the calculations of
Tolman.
. Hubble Is perhaps the world's
most advanced student of the Is
land universes . of distant Neb
ulae. Tolman, his friend, has
used Hobble's observations for
the basis of his theory of an
ever-expanding, non-static uni
verse. In which; matter la con
stantly heiqaiverted into en-
That concept Is . popularly
known, as the universe running
down. - - -.
Einstein, speaking in German,
to a select group of astronomers
and physicists, unfolded the de
velopment of his unified field
-theory. He told how the founda
tion of the general principle of
relativity was unsatisfactory and
required further; development.
The equations were generalised
to find a solution for the struc
ture of space.
This resulted In the unified
field theory whose equations ac
counted -for the phenomena of
electro-magnetism as well as
gravitation. An equation of dis
tant parallelism of two infinitely
small spaces worked out the so
lution insofar as weak "fields of
gravitation and electro-magnetism
were concerned, he said. .
EC S
PLYMOUTH, England.! Feb. 4.
(AP) A giant seaplane of the
royal air force carrying 112 men
on tiring practice, plunged into
the waves of Batten bay today
with a loss of nine lives and Injur
ies of. two. One man escaped un
hurt.;. . . ' - .-- - .-V
The surface of -the smooth bay,
which was as a mirror, apparently
caused the pilot to misjudge his
distance above the water! in land
ing, the craft dived full tilt into
the water and . before it could lev
el out disappeared below the sur
face. ' ' 'I !
' A loud explosion was heard a
the plane struck with; terrific
force.' It brought small j craft in
the nearby waters to the rescue,
but the plane was overtnrned-and
only the pontoons were visible. ,
All except four of those in the
plane were trapped in the sab
. merged body. Divers were sent
down to recover the bodies of the
missing, among whom was Wing
Commander C. . O. Tucker, who
had a splendid war record.
General Strike
In Havana Ends .
Short of Goal
HAVANA Feb. 4 (APT
Havana's so-called general strike
which began lait night termin
ated this evening without' having
made much headway toward Its
announced goal, .the restoration
of old scale prices in Cuban fish
markets. : . .
It did serve the purpose, how
ever, of a protest against the re
cent congressional action author
lxing President Machado to sus
pend constitutional guarantees
Indefinitely. ' . f
nrrws to death
LANDER. Wyo., Feb. 4. (API
Flam from a eampflre near
which he was sleeping spread to
the clothing of Buster : Skinner,
.24, Araphoe Indian, today, and
a was burned to deaths v
S
School Bus Repeal i
Bone of Contention I
As Hear ing is Held
Cost and Mounting Taxes Arrayed on one Side
: ; Against Convenience and Opportunity 3
1 : : tl 1 For Rural Child's Education i ;
i 1
i Conflictinir ODinions on
6f the 1929 legislature providing- free transportatiori forJ
nign scnooi siuaenta were expressed at the public hearing;
held Wednesday night before theloint education commit
tees of the house and senate. Taxpayers from up-state
were heard on the subject, many of them favoring the bill
while- others emphasized s theO
need for continuance of the act;
; While the discussion of, the
tuition measure was under ' way
la the house chamber, the ) pro
posed department of agriculture
was the subject of a session In
the senate chamber. The new
department as a whole received
favorable comment, with differ
ences expressed only en i the
operation features of : the i act.
The measure introduced in the
senate would create one jdepart
men to perform the duties of the
various branches now working
separately on different agricul
tural ! operations. . '
Proponents of the repeal of
the school transportation i law
stated that In the five hundred
bills 'Introduced in the Iegisla-.
ture so far this session, that by
Representative Arthur McPhil
lips was the only one which
would result In a saving to tax
payers. McPhillips, in opening
the argument said the- state, had
gone "hog wild" . regarding! the
public school system, and it was
time the taxpayers put a stop to
School "commercialism, duplica
tion. Immense building programs
and Increased bonded indebted
ness". " The wide- difference In
per capita . costs of x transporta
tion, ranging from $40 year to
300f in more sparsely settled
points, was pointed eut. ; j, C
Opponents to the repeal, led
by Representative -Morton Tomp
kins, i emphasised the. element of
safety for students under ! the
present system of transportation,
as well as the inability of many
students to attend , school If
transportation were not; provid
ed. He declared there was a
general sentiment for' continua
tion of the law. ; i
promise:upo;1:
relief is soh
WASHINGTON, Febj 5. -(AP)
Delicate , compromise : maneu
vers were moving forward on Cap
itol Hill tonight seeking to dis
solve the deadlock on relief leg
islation, fv ;:-. i .-f-. L-: j
j The possibility of an! extra ses
sion of the new congress in the
spring. 1 which both republican
and democratic leaders profess to
desire to avoid, is forcing the ne
gotiations. , . . i. i
t President ; Hoover and the re
sponsible leaders of all factions on
either side of the capitol spent
the day discuss Jng the problem.
Despite the gloom of the sen
ate republican leaders, Watson, of
Indiana, and McNary, of Oregon,
as they left a breakfast conference
this morning at the White House,
there were prophecies tonight of
an early solution. -i i S , I
i A 115,000,000 addition to the
445,000.000 drought relief ap
propriation already voted by con
gress is the basis of the. negotia
tions. . : !
Man Pronounced
Dead - Revived
With Adrenalin
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KANSAS CITY. Feb. 4. (AP)
old Kalamazoo, Mich.,' merchant.
was 4 revived by appiicauon or,
mndm nrfnf after - he an oar-
ently had died on the 'operating
table in a nospuai nere
night. ' i i:
Adrenalin was Injected Into
the heart muscles. After a few
minutes heart action j was re
stored, the physicians said, color
rinnnA to the' natlent's face
and the surgeon proceeded with
the operation. ) '
Mr. Hershfleld suffers from
chronic heart disease, his physi
cian said, "r .W '''"' '
! EARTHQUAKE FELT .
ALBUQUERQUE, N.i Feb.
4. (AP) A sharp earth tremor
was felt here tonight at 1 : 1 p.
m. No damage was reported.
.j .: : The Legislative Cdendcr
SENATE TESTERD A Y
Bill prohibiting 4 uie of
butter substitutes In state
Institutions carried,
: Extensive hearing- held la
morning on hydro-electrie.
power bill. Colonel A. E.
Clark representing, ; the ad
ministration. ;
' State highway commission
met at night to consider
pending : legislation, i -
' SENATE TODAY
' , - -. f i
Third reading seaate bills
I, SO, 102. 123. 124. 145,
119. 115, 111. 171. 173.
Third reading; house bills
T, 25. - . .
the house hfll rrPAli no nn -f
FEDERAL COK
OF POWER IS HIT
Clark Explains Bill f. Which
Creates Commission to t
. i Handle Permits
The entire question lot state
control of power development
hinges around the j question - of
state or national government sov
ereignty, Colonel Ar; E. Clark,
spokesman for the Meier hydro
electric bill in the sene, pointed
out in an extensive hearing; held
In that. body yesterday morning.
Clark-'pointed out clearly that
the state can do little until the
federal government-is forced to
or willing to relinquish Its pres
ent control of 90 per cent of the
undeveloped power In the state.'
A number of representatives of
the utilities attended the meeting-
- -'a! 1 '' -s -f , '
It the state goes on the as
sumption it cannot - use federal
power waters or is not willing to
assert its right In taking over
control, then there Is no use in
setting up elaborate machinery
for the operation of power con
trol In the remaining , ten ' per
cent, Clark, stated. ' I
k Clark, in explaining the meas
ure Introduced . in : the senate,
stated the proposal was . the pro
gram of ; Governor ; "Julius L.
Meier, and he was speaking for
hinx and not for the drafters. The
bill would create a power com
mission, composed of the f state
engineer and two appointed men.
He said the bill provides for ap
plicants to obtain temporary per
mits for appropriating water for
power use. and that such projects
will eventually be amortized into
ownership ; by the state, i Licenses
for use of water are limited' to 60
years, and that the net invest
ment of the projects will be the
basis for fair return. .
Tbe question is not new.
Clark
stated. In 1915 western states
protested control by the federal
government, under the then pro
posed ' power act, of waters in
government domain. Leaders in
Oregon at that 'time declared the
federal power act .an unfair
measure. The bill now before the
state legislature In some respects
conflicts with this . power act,
Clark stated, but he believes it
time for the state to assert itself
on a program and fight it out. '
IN I1A AFFAIR
BOMBAY, India, Feb.; 4.
(AP) Police " are prepared ... for
trouble tomorrow afternoon, . for
the congress party vorking com
mittee annojmCedtoday that its
president And members of the
war council intend to make salt
at that time In the great Maiden
Square. ; - :r-:;i.
It is the first act in the con
tinuance of the campaign of civil
disobedience announced by Ma
hatma Gandhi upon his 'release
from prison. Salt making! is di
rect defiance of the law.
Gandhi himself, ." addressing
10.000 of his followers at Alla
habad today, told them - It was
written in heaven ; that India's
campaign for complete indepen-
Aenrn la to succeed. i
WHITMAN WINS AGAIN
WALLA WALLA, Wash.. Feb.
4 (AP) Whitman made a clean
sweep of the two-game basketball
series with Pacific university. For
est Orove.' Ore..' by taking to
night's Northwest conference con
test, 51 to J 8.
4, .
HOUSE XESTERDATr i :
Memorial introduced ask
ing lease or sale of 1,000,160
acres of federal forest land
to provide, funds for new -state
bandings. u
- Pnblle hearing1 held I at
, night on proposed repeal ot '
' bus transportation for -the ;
, SChOOlS. - : ' - v :
State banking code pro
posed changes discussed In
hearing in afternoon.
HOrSE TODAY -Third
reading house bills
55, 54. IT, 59, 59. 99. 102,
111, 11 J, 134, 147. 154. 159,
: 110. . .r'"J ' '
Third reading senate bills
34. 35, 34, 42.
FEARED
R
SH1E0
HORROR
IS
Weakened Buildings Topple
At new Quake; Dead
May. Total 1000 H
Work of Rescue is Rushed
' By Red Cross, Other f
. j Relief Agencies .
NAPIER, New Zealand, Feb. 5
(Thursday) (AP) While
Red Cross officials tonight count
ed the dead In Tuesday's . earth
quakes at considerably more than
ljoOO, new shocks were felt 1 in
this region and' heightened the
alarm of those who survived the
earlier quakes.
1 The fresh tremors crumpled
many buildings which had been
weakened by the first shocks and
increased the likelihood of fresh
fires joining those now raging in
the streets of this once beautiful
seaport.'; " 7 " :- " :"
NAPIER. New Zealand, Feb. 5
(Thursday) . (AP) The
bodies of fifty-seven victims, kill
ed when .Tuesday's earthquake
virtually wiped this bustling sea
port from the map, had been
identified today, while more than
1,000 injured, several hundred of
them In a critical condition, had
been treated.
No official estimate of the num
ber o dead had yet been attempt
ed, but popular belief and the un
official estimates of relief work
ers placed it at more than 500
and possibly as many as 1,000 for
Napier, Hastings and other, towns
of Hawkes bay province.
All efforts -were spent today In
aiding the Injured, searching the
ruins for still living victims and
preparing for a general evacua
tion of the city before disease can
follow disaster. -
Hi TO BUTLER
: WASHINGTON,- Feb. 4 "(AP)
A series of charges described
ar "severe" rested tonight In the
hands of Major General Smedley
D. Butler, but the responsibility
for their publication immediate
ly was passed by him back to the
navy department whence they
came. - - - " ,
Despite this indication that of
ficials had not softened their atti
tude toward his now celebrated
reference to 'premier MussoVnl
the marine general was said by
Major Henry Leonard, his coun
sel, to have returned to his self
confinement at Quantico, Va.,
wirh his -morale still high."
Earlier, Butler and Leonard
proved they had lost none ot the
resourcefulness that character
ized their days as brother marine
officers by eluding Washington
correspondents for hours. They
spent virtually the entire day se
cretly preparing the' defense to
be presented at the court martial
In Philadelphia February 18.
Secretary Adams, who late to
day approved the ; chargest and
specifications ' against - General
Butler, said tonight they certain
ly would not be. made public im
mediately, adding I guess we'll
have to talk it ever tomorrow." -
PRISOfJ GOODS BATJ
-" WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. (AP)
The conclusion that additional
legislation was needed immediate
ly to prevent Importation of con
vict labor products from Russia
was -reached at a conference to
day ot treasury officials and a
house delegation. ?
; The present tariff law 1 was
deemed insufficient to prevent the
importation of enforced labor
products. Legislation similar to
the Kendall bill with reenf6rclng
amendments, was considered nec
essary to protect the; domestle
lumber, petroleum and wheat in
dustries. r.-..v:.-; ;
Ting Auto and
' Tricycle Crash
PALO ALTO. Cel.. Feb. i
(AP) Palo Alto recorded Its
first midget automobile accident
today. One of the dimonitlve ma
chines, driven by K. R. HensheL
collided with Andred Offenhlser,
3, whd was -operating a tricycle.
None was injured, the report to
police saidV but the machines
were .considerably damaged.
Gang Saw Goes
In Ford Museum
ASHLAND, WlsW Feb. 4.
(AP) Henry Ford has purchased
aa old gang saw from the Rust
Owens Lumber company at Drnm
mond, to be placed In his Dear
born museum. It .was announced
by the lumber .company here to
day, . - , -
AUGMENTED
H RE
WLEV WORKS
Her "Penny" to
-Aid Distressed
Little five-year-old Rosemary Kn
risse, of Webster, N. Y. be
. Ueves in doing; hcrpart to alle-
Tiate distress, fehe sent 1 her
. mite to President Hoover, with
; a request that the nation
chief would use ber whue
penny to bay ' Some bueed,
i -Hk and candy for the Uttle
. poj s and girls who are hungry.
HEBE IT FILLED
Local Director Renews her
Appeal; Attitude of
Leaders Outlined
More monies are needed from
Salem people to fill the quota of
this section for the relief funds
sought by the Red Cross to help
In the drought-stricken areas.;
Funds are coming in slowly here,
says Miss Thora Boesen, In charge
of the local Red Cross headquar
ters in the. First National bank
building. All funds should be tak
en or: sent to the headquarters
here. . ( ! i
A statement from John Barton
Payne, national executive chair
man of the Red Cross, ha made
the following statement on policy
of the Red Cross with reference
to proposed administering of con
gressional relief appropriation: . I i
'No - thoughtful member h; or
friend of the Red Cross will he
deceived by the charge made in
the senate that In refusing to ad
minister a 25-mlllion dollar gen
eral relief fund proposes to be
voted by congress the Red Cross
Is playing politics. . r 'f t
Seeking to Keep ';. ; 1 .A
Out of Politics i 1 :
"On the contrary, the Red Cross
has, after the most careful conr
sideration determined that L the
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tPA awrvaTOV - Feh. 4 -AP).
-r-Owen D. Young, chairman of
the board of the General Electric
eompany, urged tne nouse ways
and means committee today to
enact legislation for new loans to
need veterans at a cost or as
mueh as 1500.000,000.' U l :
mntghw immediate ! "redemp
tion , of 13.500,000,000 of world
war adjusted compensation cer
tificates payable in 1S4B. i 'L :
Tnunr drew frank sraiso from
a republican of the committee
Crowther of N York. !-i..H'.'i
-i You are the second witness
before - this committee to Show
a tin re of haman . sympathy.
Crowther told him. ! congratu
late yon." i - .!- ;l ' '
The other witness Crowther re
ferred to was Rome C. Stephen
son, nf Indiana, president of the
American Bankers' , association,'
ed plans , for Advancing cash on
certificates could be carried i out
who said that one ot two suagest-
"without serious injury to busi
ness."
Crazed Partner
Sniifis 4 Lives
. , .' . ... j . i .. h
SEATTLE.' 1 Feb. 4 (AP)
Momentarily icrased by separa
tion from hi famUy, .William
Averne Clarke; 24 year eld Kent
farmer, shot and killed his wife,
Ellen, 22. his daughter - Gloria.
three, his brother-in-law. Jack
Anthony,. 41, and then eaded his
own life here today. The. shoot
ings occurred! at Anthony's home.
where Mrs. Clark and her famuy
lived. '
Klamath Row to -Be
Arbitrated
J ' . . . ' : .. I i '
' - ' aMMMMaM ! '
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Feb.
4 (AP) Arbitration ef all dif
ferences between the Klamath Ir
rigation district and the California-Oregon
power- company .was
assured In an agreement reached
today between Irrigation district
directors, and officers of the pow
er company ; -ww.
BED CROSS QUOTA
YOUiJG flAS PLAN
to aid ins
OF
ILLEGAL TAXES
Matter Is' Brought . Before
Ways-Means Committee
At fiight Session
Citizens Counsel Refund as
Good Business; Eddy
.Suggests Method
.rA demand that the Intangibles
tax collected for 1929 be refunded
to the men who paid it was. made
tonight when a group of promin
ent Oregon men attended ' the,
ways and means committee meet
ing and held this was the only
fair thing to do after the state
supreme court ' had held the act
unconstitutional. .
Representative Allan Bynon, In
opening the presentation, declared
that a bill already had been in-.
troduced In the legislature auth
orising, and directing an appro
priation so that the refund might
be made. He said the bill carried
an appropriation of - 3894.000,
which was the amount of money
collected under the unconstitu
tional act. ' k
"There has been a general be
lief throughout the state," 'de
clared Bynon "that these -tax
payments would be refunded in
the same good faith that they
were collected. Justification of
the refund is two fold. " In the
first place the state has no moral
right to ; retain this money, and
secondly, it would be good busi
ness to return it. This is merely
a business proposition."
Claims Issue Is y '
One of Honesty
Chris Bell, speaking for the
Portland : chamber ot commerce,
stressed the point that the ques
tion was not a legal one, but of
every-day honesty. "When - this
tax was collected." said Mr. Bell,
"I advised my friendf that there
was no legal right of recovery.
Notwithstanding this, however, I
advised my clients to pay the tax
in the belief that the legislature
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or w EPITHET
' WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (AP)
A dispute between a senator
and two representatives : spilled
over the barriers of congression
al rules today and reached the
stage of a one-sided duel by tele
phone and the Issuance of a pub
lic challenge.
- Representative' Cram ton, ; re
publican, Michigan, hung up on
Senator Caraway, democrat, Ar
kansas when the latter called
him by telephone to Invite him
to repeat face to face his refer
ence to Caraway as a '-plain, un
adulterated liar' - which was
made on the house floor yester
day. 'T-r- . . :
Cramton's comment about . the
telephone exchange was a laugh
and a statement that Caraway
had called him several times and
that when he "shut him off he
heard something that sounded
like "fiery eussln words'.,,
Later, Caraway" on the senate
floor issued a standing challenge
to Cramton and to Representative
Treadway, republican, Mass., to
tell him face to face what they
had said v yesterday In the house
in answer j to Caraway's' attack
upon them for their opposition
to the 25,O00,000 Red Cross re
lief fund. . - .
Houses Carried
To Sea; $torm
Hits Sunny Cal
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 4 (AP)
High wares and ground swells,
accompanying a rainstorm which
Is sweeping southern California,
pounded the beaches today, car
rying two houses out to sea and
threatening more than a hundred
others. " ,'t -'
A Sea Scout ship at Long Beach
was damaged beyond further use.
Earth slides on the Roosevelt
highway, which follows the coast
line, made travel over it danger
ous.. The rainfall In the storm has
ranged from .32 at Bakersfleld to
4.8 f inches at Van Nays. .
Engineer : on
Postoffice;Job
" CORVALUS. Ore., Feb. 4.
(AP) P. A. Kelm, Chicago, su-
tterrlslnr enrineer In charre of
construction for the new Corval
11s post office, arrived here to
day and will remain until the
building Is completed.
Rneciclfations . call for ' lime
stone but Postmaster C. E. In-
galls Is trying to get permission
to hare Oregon granite used.
V TONY PORTILLO WINS
SEATTLE, Feb. 4 (AP)
Tony Portillo, Seattle welter
weight scored an easy victory over
Tommy Jeff ers, Pe Ell. Wash., ne
gro In a six round main event
boxing; bout here today. -
ETRO
mm
ROTH CABRIS0;i IS
Woman who , Slew Vjfe of
Her Lover Adiudged -
v Sane. Also Safe!
;
SEATTLE, Feb. ' 4 (AP)
Ruth Garrison, SO, poison mur
derer of Mrs. Douglas Storrs,
wife of Miss Garrison's lover, was
free here, tonight after 'a superior
court Jury had adjudged her
sane. She was granted her liberty
as Boon aa the verdict; was read.
Miss 'Garrison had been in the
insane ward, of the state prison.
,. The jury voted unanimously to
grant her freedom, only one bal
lot being taken on each of three
questions the jury had to an
swer. A 10 to 2 vote would have
freed her as it was a civil; action.
The jury was out one hour and
25 minutes to reach the three
fold verdict thatjshe is sane, that
she is not likely to suffer ; any re
turn of her insanity and that she
is aafe person to be at large. -,'
III ISII TRIAL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 (AP)
A cloud of witnesses descended
on the Mount Vernon Place Meth
odist church here today to testify
before an ecclesiastical Investigat
ing board regarding: charges
against Bishop James Cannon, Jr.,
ot the Methodist' ' Episcopal
church, south. . " i
. George P. Adams, secretary and
treasurer of the Blaekstone fe
male institute at Blaekstone, Va.;
of which Bishop Cannon was pre
sident tor many, years, wajs the
nrsi witness. --r
The church again was locked
and guarded. A uniformed po
liceman paraded around the edi
fice at regular Intervals and a ser
geant . of . police rode around the
block every 45: minutes. A
plain clothes man - guarded the
door through which the wit
nesses entered. . -, ,
Shortly after - Adams ! entered
the church Fred Morgan,; a-Rlch-mond.
detective, accompanied by
a Mr. Thomas, who claimed he
was a lawyer from Richmond,,
went In. They left before Adams.
TO
EMU'S THEORY
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 4.
(AP) New ammunition to fire
at Dr. Albert E. Einstein's spe
cial theory of relativity ; is being
prepared here by Dr. Dayton C.
Miller, head of the department
of physics at Case school of ap
plied science and a principal op
ponent of the special theory.
! Dr. Miller said today he hopes
to present his findings at the an
nual meeting of the national
academy , of science In Washing
ton next April. , . ' ' l
; His findings will be the result
of a -more .elaborate set of ob
servations of the drift of the
earth through the hypothetical
ether, toward the constellation
of the dragon in - the northern
heavens at a rate of j approxi
mately six miles a second.
Yet to - be reconciled .with his
findings, besides the special the
orists who says there is mo ether
drift, are the astronomers who
with the rainbows of the spectro
scope, with the star clusters and
far away nebulae calculate the
speed of the earth toward the
dragon to be approximately 120
miles a second. -. I -r..
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REPEAL GAG LAW
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ST. PAUL. Mlnn Feb. 4
(AP) The Minnesota house ot
representatives today voted to re
peal the Minnesota newspaper
suppression law. The vote was f 8
to 53.
RELEASED R JURY
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to the lied Gross drouth relief fend.
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Address.
CI!? and fin
State
Highway Commiscicn
Outlines Views ca
, ! Situation Hero
Mott Withdraw-i PLm
After Members arc
Conferred With .
No legislation to place ,the
North Santlam highway on the
state highway map will be Intro
duced In the present session of
the legislature, the Marion coun
ty delegation decided last nlxht
after discussing the situation
with the state highway commis
sion in executive session at the
capitoL ' -
Representative Mottj leading
the inquiry into the situation,
was told by the state f highway
commissioners that no! promise
had been made by them to con
tinue the diversion of; 3100,000
annually of forest funds to the
Santlam route which Marion
county favors. At the same time
the commissioners did declare
that they were favorable tv the
completion of the highway aml
indicated that, the 9100,000 ap
propriation made this year, while
not pledged for tbe futnre, might
be continued from year to year.
Placing on Map I
Held No Benefit i
The commissioners j strongly
urged against the move to put
the North Santlam route on tbe
state highway map as a move
which would actually retard the
construction of the highway.
They cited the South Santlam
route, on the map for 13 years
and as yet uncompleted, as an
example, ot the hazards of set
ting a road done even after it was
formally placed on the state high
way construction program. . The
commissioners Indicated that they
would feel duty bound, should the
delegation succeed in putting the
road on the map, to finish project
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WOilll TO ENTE;;
:IIER PLEA TODAY
. LA GRANDE, Ore., Feb. 4.
(AP): Mrs. Emma Fowler, 60,
former city treasurer who was ar
rested for larceny of public funds
after her accounts allegedly were
found short 9112,000, is to enter
her plea In circuit court here to
morrow, the district attorney an
nounced. -
Sheriff Jesse Breshears an
nounced today Mrs. Fowler was
ready to enter a plea of guilty to
the charges but just before she
was to have appeared in court she
changed her mind and said she
would not plead until she had con
sulted her attorney. '
Mrs. Fowler was arrested at
Pendleton yesterday. Sh bad
lost her position as city treasurer
February 1 through consolidation
of offices and was to have turn
ed over her accounts yesterday.
- When she was arrested she
said the missing money was in a
deposit box In her name at the
United States National . bank,
Portland, but bank officials there
today denied ' any box had been
rented to Mrs. Fowler, and said
she had no funds on deposit.
Meanwhile city officials said
they could not determine the ex
act status of the treasurer's ac
counts until an audit had been
completed. -
Bennett Drafts
Substitute for
Tithing Measure
Senator Bennett last nlshfe
withdrew his tithing bill intro
duced early in the day, and today
will offer a substitute measure
providing for a tax on all state
departments, boards and cons mis
sions equal to five per cent ct
their receipts.
This money would be credited
to a so-called "deficit fund" la
the state treasury department.
and would be used In paying of
the stata deficit now asrgrex&t
lng more than $4,000,000.
as ray contrifraticn
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