' ' - i-.-," -l- r ".- - r.:' ' r -f:-y- ' ' w : . v :V. 1 K 1 h - - ,' ""! '-. "' !--.".""" j 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 f . t . T, s A 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 v.-..--- --i 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 ! , . 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) , ' I"'- ' 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. j . 1 1 .m . . . .... :! ::. v 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) 1,1 . 4 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 ' ,. -1, j ii .,, ! 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. t '-. . ';- !.,: