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CIRCULATION
i J THD WEATIIEH
Cloudy today and - Wed
; nemlMy, moderate tempera."
tare; : " JIax. I temporatarO
Monday 04, Mia. 82, tiTei ;
foot, north ; wind, part
cloudy. ,,. ; . "V
Average
Distribution
January, 31
71 72
Xt paid, daily, 8undy 8863
HXKB2S Of A. B. C.
EIGHTIETH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning February 10, 1931
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WATER BONDS
inFALlD
Mot RIed in Time, Ruling
On Water Question; City
Officials Undecided
Appeal may be Taken; Head
. Of Utility Firm Says
Offer Still Good
" The decision ot " Judga I Oale
Hill la th Salem -water casa la-
. Talldataa the charter amendment
or which Salem hai been seeking
to acquire the local water tystem,
-. and enjoins the city from Issuing
any of the . 1 1.20 0.0 0 bonds
which the amendment was to
authorize. ' j -
The decision was based on fal
nre to file the petiUon within, the
required period of 30 days prior
to the election. The petitions! were
"lodged" withthe- city recorder SI
-days prior to the election, j Tire
days were consumed in checking
the .names, and the court holds
that the filing occurred thereaf
ter, on April tl, or 21 days be
forft tha election date. Since this
was lnsuf Ilcient time under, the
ettv charter the council was
without authority to put the pro
position on tne Dauot ana any
subsequent proceedings are
Council Soon to .
1WM. nn riaunio
told.
The suit was brought bjr w. ti.
Henderson against the city, as a
friendly suit to 'test the charter
amendment, Clifford Moynihan
appearing for Henderson, j Then
on behalf of the company, F. G.
Deckebach intervened and jKeyes
and Page together with Jas. D.
Adams, council for the (water
company from Saa Francisco, con
tested the amendment. W. ' H.
Trindle, city attorney, defended
the city's cause. -The question of
an appeal will be taken op at the
. meeting of the city council next
Monday. night unless a special
meeting Is called earlier, j
Acting on the assumption that
the amendment was ralid, the' city
council hired Baar and Cunning
ham, engineers, who brought Jn a
report showing the Talue Of the
company's fixed property ;? as
S 875.000. The water company re
jected formal offer from the
council for this amount. Baar and
Cunningham were to be paid from
the first issue of '110,000 In wa
ter bonds, and now will be foreed
to wait longer for their money.
' The water commission of fire had
also been named to manage the
property when it should be ac
quired. Had the amendment been
upheld in lower and supreme
eourtar condemnation sult; would
hare followed unless the city and
company could bare gotten to
gether on a sale price.
Elliott Repeat .
. Previous Offer . 1
The next step in the easo must
be taken by the city. City At
torney Trindle is fayorable to ap
pealing the case. Mayor Gregory
Is in doubt which is the best
course to follow. When the copy
ot the decision was received by
Walter Keyes, he telephoned to
President Elliott of the water
company. Mr. Elliott authorized
him to say that the former offer
of the company to the cHy still
stood, that the company would go
ahead and complete its! filter
plant giving the city privilege to
buy it when It was ready jat cost,
and grant the city permission to
check the costs to insure : their
; being at minimum prices, j '
Elliott, will arrive- In Salem to-
- night and will get the reacCftn of
the city officials to the proposal
tomorrow. A check with the
mayor and the council Indicates
that the city is no more favorable
to this proposition now than when
it was first made some j months
-ago.- ; . - - ' ' ;'
Mrs. Fowler is
Not Yet Ready
To Enter Plea
: : I J
LA GRANDE, Ore.. Feb. S. -APX
Mrs. Emma Fowler, for
mer La Grande city treasurer, re
mained In Jail here today in lieu
of $50,000 bond after a direct In
formation charging grand lar
ceny of public money j in : the
. amount of $112,250.02 bad been
, read In circuit court. i
Mrs. Fowler's attorneys asked
and were granted one week 'in
which to investigate the tease be
fore, their client ,' will be required
to enter her plea. They said It
was impossible to raise the bond
asked. : ! '
The city audit continued today
and will not be completed
, several days. ; -- '
for
Bomb'Damages i
- Press Building
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CHICAGO. Feb. 9. ' (AP)
The Lakeside Press building of
, the R. R- Donnelley Publishing
Co. . was - damaged tonight by a
bomb - explosion. .
The bdmb was placed against
the base ot the building, near
where 600 men were at work.
One workman was slfgblly in
Jured. Windows were shattered
but other damage was. slight.
Officials of the company said
there had been no labor trouble
H1LLDEG1S1
SI1
at the plant.
mtmto Gmwotmm
CouriiSoys Gregory
Uncertain as to Course but a Resubmittal to
j Voters Possible; Trindle Confident of
Reversal in Higher Tribunal .
INTERVIEWED last night on the effect of the decision
of J udtre r Hill on the water . amendment. Mayor P. M.
Gregory said he was not sure whether to appeal the case
or not . h ; ; - .. ' -
"I am not sure just what we should do" said the may
or. !At first I favored : an immediate appeal, ; but after
BUTLER-IL OFF
Charges Made Public After
- Announcement Officer
Only Reprimanded -
WASHINGTON, Feb. j if
CAP) - Major General Smedley
D. , Butler . would have faced a
trial court, had it not been called
off upon the specific charge ot
"conduct unbecoming an officer,
and a gentleman". , -
Publication of the 1,000-word
list of charges and. specifications
against 1 Butler came-; simultan
eously today with an j authorita
tive disclosure that the ! decision
not to f court martial him was
reached Saturday night after a
series of secret conferences with
high Washington , officials. -
; What' part, if any. President
Hoover ! had In this decision was
not made known. It was said
indefinitely, however, that the
'Butler! Incident" wasf settled
hours before the carefully con
cealed conference between Sec
retary Adams and General But
ler at the deserted navy depart
ment Sunday morning. r
The : navy ; department , an
nounced late yesterday the court
martial ; had been called ' off, the
charges withdrawn, and the out
spoken marine reprimanded. Ac
companying was a severe letter
from Secretary Adams, sad " one
of explanation and apology from
Butler, both datei Sunday.
- General , Butler would have
been tried next Monday In Phil
adelphia. ' He was charged , with
public statements picturing Pre
mier Mussolini of Italy' as a hit
and runt driver who had not i
stopped ; after killing a child.
POLICE PROBLEMS
TOPIC AT MEETING
The entire police department
met with the police committee of
the council in a round : table dis
cussion Hf police problems Mon
day night. Various problems that
had come up were discussed and
Chairman Kuhn of . the police
committee gave his ideas on how
to make the work of the depart
ment as efficient as possible. -j
Mr. Kuhn denounced the use of
stool-pigeons In making j arrests:
and said It reflected on the ability
and efficiency of a force to have
to resort to stool-pigeons.
Chief , Mlnto said that future
meetings would be held monthly
to check un on the department
work, j .
Physicians From -
Spirit World to
Aid G. Vale Owen
FARNBOROUGH. Kent, Eng
land, Feb. 9 r(AP) Physicians
from the spirit world have been
called to the aid of the Rev. G.
Vale Owen, Internationally known
spiritualist, who Is critically ill at
his home here. ; t ' f j
Friends said Mr. Owen was re
ceiving skillful medical attention
from Ittlng doctors but that sev
eral mediums had been In his sick
room in efforts to obtain help al
so from physicians who havo pass
ed to "the other side." 1
Kingsley Seeks
Chance To File
For New Trial
MEDFORD. Ore., Feb. (AP)
Attorneys for James E. Kings-
ley, convicted oi tne murder ot
Sam rescott, Ashland policeman,
today obtained a five-day stay -of
sentence that they might file a
motion for a new trial. I i
Kingsley was convicted of first
degree murder last Saturday. The
verdict made the death : sentence
mandatory. ; ; . !
Dog
s Attacked
By Wolf Pack
MARSHFIELD, Ore., Feb. 9
(AP) Everett Hayes and Harry
Wagner; reported today that
while they were crossing the trail
from Powers to Mule Creek last
week' their three dogs were at
tacked by a paek of wolves.: Ono
stuaymg tne matter further and
getting opinions of ethers Includ
ing some lawyers X am not sure
about - the point on which Judge
Hill ruled against ns. You may
say this, however, that Salem Is
going to have its own water ays j
lem. i don't know Just how, but
we are going to get it. ...
"It wo do not appeal or If we
lose lnthe higher court then we
will submit the , question to the
people and. I would recommend
going to - the - mountains for wa
ter, up the North Santiam some
place. . We could bring it in by
gravity and develop power to
supply the city's own lighting
and possibly, the state. , I would
favor three '.or f our ' conduits
rather than one large one as an
alternate, for fire protection. .1
would recommend that we go
-wuero we can get plenty of wa
ter for. years to come. ' j
"The company here has sought
to retard us every way they
could, and if they are going to
fight on every technical ground
then we may leave them alone
and put In our independent sys
tem." .
City Attorney Trindle was de
cisive in recommending an ap
peal of the case. : . - ,
f'l think Judge HU1 is wrong.
In an Astoria case the court held
that lodging petitions with the
recorder was filing the peti
tions. It will take from 60 days
to six months or longer to get a
decision from the court. If we
lose there, then we will have to
resubmit an amendment to the
people." t . ;
OF ZOUG BOARD
The city zoning commission held
lt organization meeting for the
year last night at the city halL
C. E. Albin was elected president,
H. S. Swart vice-president and
Edith Burch secretary.
The matter of promiscuous dls-
play of : billboards over the city
was brought up. At first the com
mission seemed disposed to recom
mend that they all be barred save
those on buildings. Finally a mo
tion prevailed to name a commit
tee to confer with a council com
mittee to study the matter.
The commission endorsed to
the council a petition to name the
alley between Capitol and 12th
streets and parallel to Chemeketa
and Court, "Motors Row." The
body also recommended that the
request of C. S. Wayne for a curb
pump at Front and Hickory streets
be not allowed. s
CLEVELAND SHAKEN
Bi POTTED
CLEVELAND, Feb 9 (AP)
Shaken by the mysterious killing
of former councilman, William E.
Potter, Cleveland citizens clamor
ed tonight for absolution and ar
rest of the killers. ; : -
Two suspects were arrested and
numerous persons were question
ed, but no proven explanation of
the murder had been found since
Potter's body was found in-, an
avartment here last night, with a
bullet hole through his bead. '
The . outstanding theory ' was
that Potter was slain to seal his
lips against further testimony In
Cleveland's notorious playground
scandal which has sent two prom
inent men to the penitentiary and
which might have sent others.
;: Another theory was that Potter
knew too much about some other:
moneymaking racket I and -was
killed by gangsters who f were
afraid of him. :
Potter himself had been tried
and acquitted three times in the
Dlarrround case. 1 He had i been
scheduled for trial again today on
a charge of perjury in previous
testimony. ! ; . -
Bessborough to
Be Canada Chief
LONDON, Feb. 9. (AP)
King George today appointed the
Earl of Bessborongh, a distin
guished Irish peer, to be governor-general
of Canada, succeeding
Lord Willlngdon, who has been
named viceroy of India.
The announcement of the ap
pointment caused some surprise
for Lord Bessborough' name
had not hitherto been, mentioned.
; : . OKLAHOMA TOO?. J
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb.! I
(AP) Repeal of all the state's
prohibition laws was asked in a
bill Introduced- In the Oklahoma
house today by Roy Cheek, dem-
Ul 1UED HEAD
Kill
TRySjS RESCUE
VALUED HORSES
Love for Show Animals Is
Shown In Crisis When
r' Stables Burned
Bodies of two Hostlers are
' Found Beside Charges;
. Other men Kurt ; r .
i OAKLAND, Feb.- -AP)-
Stories of How the love of horses
cost the liven of four men who
died in the flaming Oakland horse
show stables today, were: mutely
told as their bodies were recover
ed from the ruins. Fifty, horses
were burned to death. -: -
Trna to his promise he would
die for Carnation Lavendula, Mi
chael McCarthy, 55, was crushed
and burned to death while trying
to lead the $35,000 horse from
the stables. : 1 . . ,
For three years, other, stable
men said he lived, ate and slept
beside the prize horse ot the tar
nation stables of Pcmona, Calif.
A week ago. Paul Tarter, another
hostler revealed McCarthy said he
would Sire Ms life to save that of
Carnation Lavendula.
Tarter said he last saw McCar
thy alive as he was trying to lead
his loved horse through the smoke
and flames. Their charred bodies
were found side by side. j
Another hostler, identified as
"big Harvey," negro, was crush
ed by a heavy timber near la
string of horses. He was killed
while trying to unleash - the
string, said Harold P. Ryan, sta-
Lbleman for Aaron M. Frank, Port
land. ; -
None reported seeing John J.
Thomas and George TJhllng, the
other victims, go to their deaths,
but friends declared they un
doubtedly gave their lives In a fu
tire attempt to save their horses.
The grooms showed their devo
tion to their charges in a virtual
madhouse of screaming and panic
stricken horses. Other stablemen
tried to save the animals In their
care. : . . . -
But freed, horses, crazed by the
flames, once outside, raced back
Into the in f expo when their blan
kets were removed from their
heads. Others were so , badly
burned they were shot.
HEW Ml MICE
TO TELL OF LEASE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9J
(AP) Harry S. New, postmast
er general under President Coo
lidge, today asked and Jwas
promised an opportunity to tell
the senate postofflce lease com
mittee of his part in the! lease
of the St. Paul commercial sta
tion postofflce. I
A federal grand Jury has
called the lease fraudulent. -
New will answer testimony
now before the committee that
he ordered execution of Ithe
lease at the request of James
W.- Good, later secretary of war
under President Hoover. The
testimony added that after it had
been declared fraudulent 'New
sought dismissal of the. assistant
district ; attorney who presented
the case to he Jury. I !
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Medal Proposed
For Will Rogers
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Feb. 9.
(AP) The Arkansas house ot
representatives today adopted a
resolution asking congress to be
stow the distinguished service
medal upon Will Rogers for his
patriotism and service In behalf
of ' drought sufferers of the
southwest.
The Legislative Calendar
SEXATE TODAY
Third reading on senate
bills 8. 87, 99, 112. 148.'
165. 198. ' . ;. .:- ... -t -.-jr -
Third reading on house
bills 69, 78.
Consideration of bill to -create
, department of agrl-s ,
culture expected to occasion
considerable debate.
Senate bill 198 authorizes
cities and towns to acquire
water , rights and regulate
electric plants.
HOUSE TODAY
'- Third reading . on senate
bills IS, 96, 99, 102, 123.
1S9, 148, 161. 158, 176,,
177, " 179, 185, 189. 200.'
Third reading house Joint a
memorial 1. In this Joint :
memorial congress is asked i
to request . TJmpqua river ;
urrey. '
- Two measures by Mott up
reducing rates on delinquent
taxes. ' ' " i .
Three bills regarding irrl- r
gation district tax payments v
up.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
. ' . TODAY
Hydro-electric power blVL .
hearing at 8:80 a. m.
' Tonight hearings on the
grange power bill, Tualatin i
Test of Cinder j j:
Eliminator bo
:Be MadeTtiday
Actual tests of the eliminator
being Installed at - the Oregon
Pulp and Paper plant will be
made today, and In all probability
the - apparatus to rid the city ot
cinders will be Operating - this
week, according to Karl Helnleln,
manager, -, i ; '
The paper company j Is under
bond to the city to have the elim
inator, the latest devise of its
kind. In operation fey the end of
February. la order that jtho pa
per: company may be sure the
eliminator Is working properly by
that time construction has been
poshed to give- a margin, of time
in which to make tests and final
adjustments. '-: t-j-r x-; l-U
eon BUDGET
ALLOWED IN FULL
But not Without Protest;
..Staples : Says Meier no
t Superior Snooper .
I wouldn't give jthe governor
$20,000 to go around snooping
any quicker than I would Tom
Kay, state treasurer, or Hal
Hoss, secretary of state," j Senator
Staples told members of the Joint
ways and means committee here
Monday night while considering
the request of Governojr Meier
for n appropriation of j$60,796
for the current hienniomt l
Senator Staples pointed out
that the budget request of Gov
ernor Meier was almostj double
that appropriated for the opera
tion of the executive department
during the past two years. Gov
ernor Meier requested if 20,000
for investigations of the various
state departments, boards and
commissions.
"1 don't believe we will get
value received for this 1 20.000"
said Staples: "Our state
lnstitu-
(Tarn to page 2, coli 1)
ERIE ALL RESCUED
BUFFALO. N. T.j Feb. 9 -(AP)
The blue clad men of the
coast guard scored another vic
tory over the treacherous Inland
sea. Lake Erie.' : I - I'!"
-After a 50-hour battle with bit
ter winds, blinding snow jand fog.
they brought ashore ten men who
had faced death on ice floes.
They were the last of 67 saved
since Saturday. r 1 it"
Among them were seven coast
guards who were trapped jby shift
ing ice as they .went out from
shore for the, last boat load iOf
marooned fishermen. .. . - - .
The official report oY the coast
guard showed that 50 men went
adrift Saturday morning jwhen a
blizzard swept down ' upon the
lake, snapping off the sections; of
Ice on which the men were flail
ing. Forty-one were rescued j by
the coast guard, eight j. walked
ashore as the floes touched shore
for a moment. while still another
landed on the Canadian shore
when veering wind swung the Ice
cake against the northern shore
of the lake. 1
Bread War Seen
In Offing Here;
Loaf Five Cents
A bread war threatened to de
velop In Salem on Monday when
one Independent . grocer 1 cut the
price of one-pound loaves to five
cents, following- the lead of cer
tain chain stores which offered
Portland bread at five cents a
pound loaf on Saturday. -'-!
: A careful check of bakers failed
to reveal any other contemplated
cuts In price. i'i
tunnel bill and Intangibles!
.tax bilL' ..v-:.--
. SENATE YESTERDAY f
- Angell t bill, as amended
by senate, passes the upper
house by 17 to 12 votes.
Numerous minor change
In Oregon code effected by
group of bills passed.
Provision for constitution
al .. amendment permitting '
taxpayers alone to vote on
special bond issues ' carries '
21 to 9 after sharp debate; .
i-
HOUSE YESTERDAY
L . Reapportionment commit
tee for representation re
ports It favors at least one
representative from each
county. ' . '
Authority refused M!ultnor
man county commissioners
to collect a tarn for milnte-
, nance of an association of
;art,r.-:, ,,v,.,-
v ' AT THE CAPrrOIL f
YESTERDAY. 4
Special legislative com
mittee meets with telephone
company officials to discuss
rates.-',- T-.
. Upton bill for proh
bitlon
at a
referendum discussed
crowded hearing in house of
representatives.
ECE PRISONERS OF
REPEAL llGfilf!
SOLOf ISSUE
Five Hundred Persons out
At Hearing on Upton
Senate Measure
Both Sides are Heard
'mid
: JJuch Applause; t Vote
r, . ,
" Doesn't Follow
.The prohibition question - again
held sway in official Oregon last
night.; Five hundred people crowd
ed into the- hall ot representatives
to j listen and applaud fori more
than three hours to a debate en
gaged In by lawyers and laborers,
preachers and laymen, on the li
quor question. Opinions, pertinent
to both wet and dry causes and
many times involving personali
ties were expressed,- but no vote
was taken. r- i -
The alcoholic traffic committee
of; the Oregon state senate holds
in its hands the fate of the second
attempt. during the present! state
legislature to refer the Oregon dry
law to a vote of the people. The
first attempt failed in the house
on! a referendum to repeal - the
state dry law. This time the mat
ter was taken into the senate on
a referendum for substitution of
the Volstead act for the , Oregon
law. The debate on the part of the
public was held before the group
which has the measure for con
sideration. . :
At the close of the hearing, af
ter vainly attempting to curb ap
plause during addresses for and
against the bill. Senator J. E. Ben
nett, chairman of the committee,
announced "the evidence is all In
and we will do our dilty." The ver
dict waa nt announced, but will
come in the form of areport of
the committee.. Whatever the re
port, a demand on the senate floor
for a roll call will be made and
the members placed on record on
the measure.
Would Give Voters
Chance to Speak
Senator. Jay Upton, author of
the bill, opened the discussion
with the statement there was, no
organization back of his bill, and
that It was Introduced for the pur
pose of giving the. people of the
state a chance to express their pre
rogative on. a question which! leads
all others In the nation!. The sub
stitution of the Volstead! law
would give recognition to the man
who considers; his home Ifls castle.
The right to make wine and beer
in the home and to drink It "with
out pulling the, blinds Is a man's
Inherent light, which the supreme
court has upheld, he stated. I
(Turn to page 2, col. 1)
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ALUS POLICE
CHIEF IS INDICTED
nnov AT T.TC! nA. ' VaW
r API a sneclal rrand lury in
vestigating conditions In Benton
county . today indicated . Henry N.
Rhhinson " Corvallls chief of no-
lice, for malfeasance and negli
gence In office. . " !
i The grand Jury probe was or
dered bv Circuit Judge Skip-
worth following the William Hen
derson murder trial nere ! xasi
month. Robinson's indictment
waa the onlv ono returned direct
ly connected with the investiga
tion. ' , I
1 The Jury's report said election j
or in thief of Dollce nrobably
was the cause - of objectionable
conditions in Corvanis.. ine re
port recommended the chief be
annointed bv the mayor, approved
by the council and held respon
sible to the mayor and council,
i The inrr found a "deplorable"
lack ot co-operation In the police
department and between the po
lice department and tne: county
sheriff's office. Efficiency was
decreased and crime waa encour
aged nv the nractlce of electing
the police chief, the report said.
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Axel Angry and
Judge Agrees he
! Merits Divorce
I rmCAfiO Feb. 9 (API
"And" quaiied Judge Rudolph
Desort, . "Just ' what - are your
grounds?" ' -. -
"My wife " replied Axel Nel
son, "went to the dog pound and
brought home the dirtiest, non
descript mongrel she could find
and named him Axel j
"My I My!", said the Judge.,:
i "And not only that," continued
Axel, "when ?she would call 'Axel
-Axel and I would answer,
she'd say: TNot you I want: that
other animal . .- .
Divorce granted," said i , the
court. . ;-v
Per Capita lise
Of Money
Low
WASHINGTON. Feb. 9 (AP)
The per capita circulation of
mdney in the. United States reach
ed the lowest point since 1114
during January when It dropped
to 637.11 figures on a baa!: ot a
population of 124, 220,000.
Passed fey
ASSETS OF
STATE BAIil LISTED
Prospects for Recovery, not
; Yet Known; Business
Badly Crippled " r;
Assets of the Aurora. State
Bank, at the time It closed"! ts
doors February 5, aggregated
9350,579.03, according to a state
ment issued here Monday by A. A.
Schramm," state superintendent of
banks. ; .r'i
The assets included loans and
discounts 8246,783.86, bonds and
warrants 174,960.29, federal re
serve bank stock 81250, over
draft 2466.43. other real estate
210,500, and cash and due from
banks 912,778.25.
Liabilities included deposits
subject to ; check $144,79L15,
cashiers' checks $9686.51, time
certificates of deposit 974.242.95,
savings accounts $91,227.54, and
capital, surplus, and undivided
profits. 130.630.88.
,Tbe extent of the losses to be
sustained from the recent Aurora
bank closing are as yet unknown
but local residents have not given
up hope that the bank's affairs
may be straightened out So that
the loss will not be heavy. -
. In the meantime business Is
badly crippled. One Aurora mer
chant stated that practically every
check he has cashed In recent
months has been on the local
bank and he Is confident that al
most everyone in the vicinity who
carried a bank account at all car
ried it in the local bank, .
Social affairs In the town Lave
for the most part been called off
and the Attitude of the populace
seems to be one of hopeful wait
ing... . t - . "
EGG EGGSCIIIGE
EGGSAGGEHATED
LITTLE ROCK, Ark . Feb. 9.
(AP) Eggstra! I Eggstrat I
The eggstra-ordlnary speggtacle
Of an eggsuberant eggscbange of
eggscess eggs between delegates
of the eggschange and Rotary
clubs of Turlock. Cal., In an egg
throwing royal has been eggsag
geratedl I Eggsactly, eggsplalns
the mayor ot that city. ..
State., drought relief officials
here had become eggsereised
about the eggsample such an egg
shibltion might set and 1 asked
that any eggscess eggs . be eggs
ported to eggless parts ot Arkan
sas as an eggscelent substitute.
A telegram was sent to Tur
lock authorities eggspressing
surprise at such a battle, the
whlls eggsplalnlng Arkansas
would be a willing target for the
eggs If their food value was still
eggstant.
Mayor J. W. Guy. eggeseuses
himself as the eggspounder of
the egg tale, saying he suggested
the . throwing of several . baskets
of eggs In a battle between mem
bers of the clubs and the . dona
tion to relief organisations ; of
100 cases ot eggs. , '
Eggesceptlonal eggsaggeratlon.
drought relief officials here eggs
claimed. Eggscuse it please, says
Turlock. . - , ' "
Whitman Beats ;
Idaho Quintet
By 60-40 Score
WALLA WALLA, Wash., . Feb.
9. (AP) Whitman college con
tinued its march toward the
Northwest Basketball conference
title here tonight by defeating the
College of Idaho, 60 to 40, in a
fast free-scoring game. It was the
first conference game for the Ida
ho Coyotes. '
The Missionaries opened up In
the first mlnntes of play and led
24 to 17 at the half. Ot 12 men
used by Whitman, 10 scored. Mil
liner, ' Idaho forward, was high
point man with 18 'and Jones, Ida
ho center, was second with' 13.
The teams meet here again tomor
row night.
Oleo Forbidden
In Institutions
TOPEKA. Feb. 9 (AP) The
Kansas house of representatives
approved late today the Gehrlng !
bill to prohibit, use of olemargar-
lne or other butter substitutes In
state, county municipal or other
institutions supported - In whole
or in part by publie funds. 3
EINSTEIN GOrXCJ HOME
new vonK. rh. f APi-
Officers of the namburfig-Atnerl-
can lino ttetei tonight Professor
Albert EinsUln .lud booked' Pas
sage tor home frm New York
March 6 on the liner Deutscruana.
Debate is Warmest cf
j The Session to Date;
1 ; Fight not Over
. .
Reconsideration Seen
;A: Likely, Then a
House Struggle
The senate yesterday approved
by a vote of 17 to 13 House Bill
73, known as the Angell bill for
the election of port commission
erg, and sent the measure, witia
the amendment of the upper
house, back for debate fa the
originating body of ther legisla
ture. i -
Immediately ! following the
vote, Gus Moser who led the de
feated group in the vote,
changed his vote to "aye" and
gave notice that he would move
today for reconsideration of the
measure In the senate. ,
The senate amendment which
brought on a forensic contest,
the , warmest yet waged! in the
present session ? of the senate,!'
provides that the governor shall
name Rufus Holm an, Kenneth D.
Dawson, Henry L. CorbeU and
Hillman Lueddemann as the men
to succeed the retiring port com
missioners. ; j
The vtte on. the amended bill
was: For Bailey, Bennett,
Booth Brown, Burke, Carsner,
Crawford, Dunne, Eberhard, Ed
dy. Hall, Jones, Spauldlng, Sta
ples, Wheeler, ; Woodward and
Marks.
Against Billlngsley,' Dunn.
Fisher, , Franciscovich, Johnson,
Kiddle,' Kuck, Mann, Miller, Mo
ser, Schulmerich, Strayer and
Upton. i
Moser Deulett I
Trading; on Bill j
Senator Moser; In opposing the
port bill, declared that, he had '
-been accused of bargaining and
trading In connection with the
Rogue river fish measure which
has. passed both houses of the
legislature and is nowl on tbe
desk of tbe governor. : , j
I have not done any trading
or bargaining In connection with
the Rogue river fish pleasure,"
said Senator Moser, "bAt on the
contrary I told the members of
this senate to keep an open mind
on the port measure In hope that
a satisfactory law nllgbt be
passed. I
"There Is nothing unethical or
Improper In my being attorney
for the port of Portland and
also serving as a member of the
legislature. I desire to call the
attention1 of this sen- j to the
fact that since. I : have been nerv
ing, as attorney for the port dis
trict I have been elected to this
t (Turn to page 2, col. 5)
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LABOR OPPOSED TO
STATE POLICE IDEA
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 9.
(AP) The Portland central la
bor council at a meeting here to
night adopted a resolution pretest
ing against -the I proposed lestab- ,
Ilshment ot a state police force as
recommended by Governor Julius
L. Meier and provided In a bill
Introduced last week by Senator
B. L. Eddy of Douglas county.
Officers of the council were au
thorized to carry' word of the ac
tion to. the governor and the leg
islature, i
Michael Provo. president of the
council, said that members of the
council believed "It absolutely op
posed to the welfare of organized
labor." i : '
"The state police." he contin
ued, "in states where such plans
have ' been adopted, have been
Used against the-workers and this
is the principal reason ! for the
council's protest. Also j such a
force has a tendency to build up a
strong political organization."
I The council also adopted a reso
lution opposing the proposed sales
tax on tobacco. :
1
Retired Lumber
ueaier- uies at
Portland Home
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 9.
(AP) George Broughton,-72.
prominent Pacific northwest lum
ber dealer until his retirement in
1925, died at his home here today.
He had been in ill health for sev
eral years.
Broughton and his former part
ner, W. B. Wigjins, operated two
sawmills on the lower Columbia
river and established a larg
coastwise trade . in lumber and
piling. ... v. - I'1 . M '
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! COLD AT CHICAGO
CHICAGO, Feb. 9 (AP)
inter reasserted its dominance
Over the upper great lakes area
tonight by .. sledge hammering
temperatures down to something
approaching the normal for Feb
ruary, i '
of the dogs was killed.
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