-v.. . ! 'Jj SERVICE ( We guarantee our car . rier service. If your paper ; does hot . arrive by 6:80, : " call 500 and a copy will be . delivered at once. THE WEATHER Generally cloudy today. , and Monday, no change la temperature; Max. Temp. Saturday 44, Mln. 82, rain .08 inch, river 4.2 feet. i H H i5v POUMDCD 1831 EIGHTIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, February 22, 1931 - No. 285 Solonso TITHING PLAN CITYLEUY FOR Bsarafe Wilt Ssctod :; BY 2.8 MILLS a The Man We Honor Today TURNED DOWii IHCOQTTEE SALEM LOWER 1 8k Week Bills Numbering 428 ; Still Await Vote; Or Disposition , -tfV- : iTualatxn Tunnel Gets Approve! Code on 'Game Defeated LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS Bills introduced la both house, 715. Signed by governor, 55. Others passed both houses, 50. !J Killed, postponed or iwith- drawu, 182. ! Will., -..a a na antaff nTWlTl TkV one or both houses, 428. ) --..- Of these, 21 have passed one house. Still in committees, 212. i J. Vetoed by governor, none. Defeat of the new state game code and approval of the Tuala tin tunnel commission measure In the senate, and defeat of circuit Judges' salary reduction and a favorable vote, on the- pawnbrok ers code In the house, marked the 41st day of the Oregon legislature Saturday. This was also the first day over the 40-day limited ses sion, and beginning of the time when legislators were functioning 'without cost to the taxpayers." The pay of legislators terminated Friday. Attempts the past few day , to set a definite time for adjourn ment and to request Governor Ju lius L. Meier to call a special session to complete the business, failed when both houses defeated motions and resolutions to this effect. The legislature held full sessions Saturday with the sen ate convening late Into the after noon, in addition to scheduled committee . meetings, at night. Adjournment sine die of the as sembly is placed by soma, leaders into the first wees;? o,,jasrca while many believe it will be Im possible to complete the required work before another week. t Important Bills Come up Monday Several Important controversial measures were placed on the cal endars for Monday in both, houses. These Include consideration la the house of the hydro-electric com mission bill and the Grange dls " trict power bill, and in the sen ate of the utilities - commissioner measure. These are the three major administration power pro posals and have already been ap proved by the opposite houses. The racing commission bill, to permit horse racing at fairs, sev eral tax measures, and other bills upon which a debate is expected, were put over until Monday. An other public hearing on the bar bers' code, passed by the senate; was set for Monday night. But few important bills have been passed by both houses of the legislature, a review . of the ses sion to date reveals. Of those approved and signed by . the gov ernor, are tbe Rogue river closing bill, the Port of Portland com mission bill and the repeal of the - (Turn to page 2, col. 3) nniiin nrnTinii small tub huh TO BE CONTESTED i ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 21. (AP) Senator Thomas D. Sen all. republican, already at war with his . own party, found him self with a new fight on his hands with the announced in tention today of Minnesota dem ocrats to contest his election of last November. J.- J. FerrelL St. Paul, chair man of the democratic state ex ecutive committee, revealed the move with a statement that eN forts to deprive the senator, of his seat will be made some time before March 4, the date newly elected congressmen wlU be sworn in. The contest will be made before the senate elections 1 committee, he said. two rnmrrei win ne orouant against Senator Schall. the dem ocratic state chairman said, one accusing him. of violating the state corrupt practices act and me otner or violating leaera rcgiiwuoag aieiuiug iuw use ui postal franking . privileges. He declined, however, to reveal the exact nature of the evidence to be presented, to the senate com- mittee. . Slayers Moved To DeQth Cells B ELLE FONTE. Pa., Feb. 21. (AP) Their last journey at an end, Mrs. Irene Schroeder, 22, and W. Glenn Dague, J 4, convicted slayers -who are to die Monday morning, arrived late today at Roekview prison, scene of Penn sylvania electrocutions. The trip, made by motor, was started from Newcastle earlier in the day with jh couple under heavy guard. - Ways and Means Group Is Told Departments Will Suffer Severely Champoeg Memorial Again - Frowned Upon ; Other j v Appropriations cut ; . Operation of - the proposed tithing law advocated by Senator Bennett, would result disastrous ly to. the financial structure of a number of state departments. boards and commission, accord ing to a statement made by Fred Paulus, deputy state treasurer, at a meeting of the joint ways and means committee of the leg islature last night. The bill was reported out adversely.v Under theproilsions .jof the Bennett bill all state depart ments, boards and commissions would be 1 required to pay into the general fund .of. the state five per cent of their receipts. Fr-nrs Highway Bonds Jeopardized Mr. Paulus told the committee that under this bill the highway department would pay into 1 the general fund of the state $500, 000, . while other departments would be affected In proportion to their receipts. Paulus also said that , tbe passage of the bill might Jeopardize the state high way bonds, and result in other legal complications. -The committee authorized an appropriation of $25,000 for the maintenance of the battleship Oregon, contingent upon the city of Portland providing adequate moorage facilities for the craft. Tbe appropriation of f 336 recommended for the Dr. Mc- Lougblin home was cut to 265. An appropriation of $759 was granted for- the maintenance of t" e publie soda springs, near Lebanon, provided Linn county matches the state allowance. Numerous Bills Are Disapproved . The committee voted to report out unfavorably the following hills: i -- ,u.;v:.'--. S. B. 12, by , Crawford and Bailey. Providing that receipts of all self sustaining state de partments, boards and commis sions shall go into the general fund and be budgeted oat. Bailey. Providing for .code re viser at cost of $500 a year. 8. B. 58, by Crawford and (Turn to page 2, col. 7) PEBUTHTlV LIMA. Pern--Ieh. 2t API. Tbe government revealed tonight that a revolutionary movement which was suppressed yesterday at caiiao had ramifications through other Darts of the re public, with part of the military garrison revolting at Arequipa and now facing an attack by loy al forces. An official statement declared the movement was headed bv of ficers seeking a return to power of Agusto B. Leguia, the de posed president now in national penitentiary, and some civilians so affected with the Legulaists. Troops from Taeno. Cuzco and Puna were stated to be marching against Arequipa while -Moilen-do, the fort controlling Are- quipa's trade tnd the Arequipa airport had been closed. In the meantime 39 prisoners are held for their part - in the short lived revolt that broke out in Lima and Callao yesterday and me government declared tonight the authors of all uprisings would be punished severely. Former Eugene Girl is Suicide SAN FRAXCISCO Feb. 21. (AP) -Self administered poison today ended the life of Mrs. La. velle Margaret Vanderhoeff. 24, rormeriy of Klamath Falls and Eugene, Ore., who was reported to have senarated ' from Hmnr Vanderhoeff, ridegroom of two monins, the county coroner said. WIDESPHEAD The Legislative Calendar SEXATRJtfOXDAlT - Third reading, senate hills 304, 298, ZS9, 254, 215, 29j 291, 179, 301, 305, 307,301 309, 310, 264, 321, 312, 8$, 290, 205, fj-; Third reading, house bills 299. 104, 78, 171, 151, 195, 252. 287, 292, 317, 281, 30, 178, 179. 306, 304, 303. 302, 93. 92. 55, 57, 5. CI. 185, 223, 254, 258. 193, 163, 146. 189, 196. SENATE YESTERDAY Defeated proposal to adf- Jonrn; defeated game code. " Passed building and loan association code; tunnel bill, butter, grading bill. ' GOVERNOR Signed senate bill 111 aa thoiixlng cities and towns to acquire water rights " and regulate electric plants. Forge CLOVER HITS BUCK jt mm critic Says Congressman From Salem has Done Much For River Program Sharnlv challenging the critics of Congressman Hawler for not getting tbe Willamette river dug out so boats and barges could ply an ta Knrinrfield. Ronald C. mover, former secretary . of Mr. Hawler, juskes a catting rejoinder to those at the open river con ference at Independence - many night who 'charged the failare to ret federal aonroorlations above Oregon City to Hawley's inertia. In a letter to The Statesman Mr. Glover writes: ' "The person or persons who at tempted to criticise Congressman W. C. Hawley last night at the meeting at Independence, Oregon, are "all wet." It Is very evident that they have some axe to grind of their own and are attempting to play politics, rather than to bring -about the improvement of the Willamette river. Secured Early Improvement "Posibly before some of these critics- ever saw the river, Mr. Hawley was securing appropria tions for its Improvement, for one of the policies he advocated when he was elected to congress 1st 1906 was federal acquisition and opera (Turn to page 2, col. 3) HUM PLAN TO BE WORKED OUT There were no new develop ments Saturday In the negotia tions for the city to acquire the Salem water system. City Attor ney Trindle, who has been ab sent from the city, will confer with Walter Keyea representing the water .company and go over the form of an arbitration agree ment to be submitted to the wat er company officials and the city officials. This will take several days.vlf accepted by both sides arbiters will determine the value, which later would be passed on by the city. Meantime, the water company would proceed with the completion of the filter plant..' K. C. Elliott, president of the company, who has been here two days, went up "to Mount Vernon. Washington to spend a little time viewing 'the company properties there. He will return here as soon as the agreement is in shane. to hold further conferen ces with the city. I HOUSE MONDAY Third reading, house bills 184, 144,282, 331; 343, 346. 370. 871, 374, 371, 3.78, 352. Third reading, senate hills 77. 108. 137, 138, 102, 148. 189. 190, 202, 209, 210, 228. Special order, 2 p. m., sen ate bills 62 (hydro-electric commission bill) and 168 (grange utility districts bill). ; i . HOUSE YESTERDAY Passed uniform motor traffic code; bill licensing pawn brokers; restricting "yp" auto .service clubs; providing for pre-o.ualifica-tion of bidders on public works contracts. ' Defeated Scott bill redae-. lng salaries of circuit Judges. , ,.f Crossing the Delatl'are Plans Go Ahead For Statesmen's Birthday Party Preparations are going forward for the celebration of The Statesman's 8Mh an niversary of beginning pub lication, which occurs March 28, 1931. ; ' Plans Include news and illustrative features; adver tising which will be histori cal and biographical, and special articles dealing with the development of Salem and Oregon m SO years. R. J. Hendricks, editor emeritas of The Statesman, noted Oregon historian, w ill cooperate on the history features. . . Jim., Kelly, Jr., Oregon newspaper man, has Joined The Statesman staff with special assignment to handle the advertising; end of the 80th Anniversary edition. IIIB-SICKEfl PEASANTS IN RIOT MEXICALI. Lower Cat, Mex., Feb. 21 (AP) Hunger-stricken men, women, and children peasants of the cotton fields, driven from their work by a week of rain, milled through this city of the border today with a menacing cry for food. A carload of white corn, ship ped in by the government,- was distributed from a railway plat form. The supply was gone be fore many of the clamoring hun dreds received a ration and com-A bined squads of soldiers and po lice moTed' on the crowd and drove them away. Got. De Tejada issued an ul timatum requiring all ranchers, bars, gambling halls, mills and other businesses to - discharge American employes and replace them with Mexican help. Numer ous Americans were thrown out of work by the order and Amer ican owners of businesses in the city were stopped at the border and refused entry from Calexlco, sister city in the United States. ' At Hechicera, 35 miles east of Mexlcala, and acute aituatlon de veloped. Two hundred and fifty men In a camp, reports said, lived tor a week on milo maize. Obscenity Not Proven in Earl CarrolVs Show CHICAGO, Feb. 21 (AP) Charges of obscenity brought by the police ' against members ' of Earl Carroll's "Sketch Book' cast were dismissed today by Munici pal Judge Justin F. McCarthy. . . The court granted a defense mo tion to quash complaints against James Carroll, Earl's brother, .who manages the show; William De marest and Don Howard, two male principals, and 28 chorus girls. The company moves to Milwaukee tonight, but will return after one week for a second run here. ' Simpson Plans Insanity Plea SAN FRANCISCO,. Feb. 21. (AP) A few hours after he de clared he was "as sane as any man in the building. Charles A. Simpson, 18, confessed slayer of Mrs. Alblna Voorhies, 65, neigh borhood grocer, changed his mind and announced tonight he had . retained an attorney and would fight the murder charge against him on a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. - Aj V W I t A ii A? First George a Washington ,:f - IN 1S9TH BIRTHDAY "Father of his Country" is Yet Living in Memory; Holiday Monday Strange how after many more than a hundred years, he is still called "the father of his country"- that man who is equally noted for cutting the cherry tree and tor leading his soldiers brave across the Delaware in the dead of winter, j . ; Not so funny,' either, that after all these years a nation' still pays homage, - not unmixed with ad miration, to that first president of these United States. George Washington, for Wee Willie could teU you it is of him whom these words are written, will be 199 years old today. And even though he died 132 years ago to many, many he is inten sively alive even yet. Cherry Tree Story Still Has Appeal Let's leave it to mother to tell her youngest boy and girl about George find the cherry tree. Myth or not. childhood loves the story, and ehildood has followed with blind devotion that story of the great man, who as & little boy, "could not teU a lie, but did it with his little hatchet." History has no place here eith er. Mary and Jack as school chil dren know a good bit about that; sometimes they labored over the (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Oregon Defeats cantor ma in Swimming Meet OAKLAND, Feb. 21. (AP) The University of Oregon won the , swimming meet' with the University of California 62 to 24 tonight at the Athens club here, but California took the water polo contest,: 5 to 0. Fletcher, Oregon, who yester day set a new breast -stroke mark of two minutes 40 4-5 sec onds at 200 yards, did the same distance tonight in 2:42 1-5. Of ficials said even this, beat the Pacific coast intercollegiate rec ord tf 2:43. Family Destitute After Fire; Aid' Essential at Once . ' Fire which destroyed the home they occupied has left the family of O. J. Smith quite destitute. The States man appeals to the people of Salem for their immediate relief. The family, which consists of ' father, mother and seven children, resides east of the Four Corners garage on the penitentiary road, i They lost " clothing, bedding, and groceries, and as Mr. Smith and the older boys have not had steady : employment they are out of . money, "'! . Otto H. Hunt of route 8, who discovered the fire, has undertaken to gather provi sions, juid supplies so the family may start again. The children are aged 4, 8, 18, 15, 17, 18, 23; all boys ex cept a girl of 17. Contribu tlone of -food, clothing and : bedding are solicited . and may be left at the Four Cor ners garage or at the Salra tion Army here in town. Salem people will give an immediate response to this call for help, to m stricken family. , . . , f 1 -S Assessment Figures Reveal Millage in County is Generally Reduced Some of Towns Higher for : Total tex; Rolls are . : Nearly.. Completed .--I- - The total assessed valuation of Marion county is 848.993,728, as will be. shown on tbe 1930 rolls when-they are turned over to the sheriff within a short time by County. Assessor Oscar Steelham xner. s The assessed value of the city of Salem will show at $18,083,300 and the Salem; school district's valuation bn which taxes will be collected totals $19,147,564. The school district takes some terri tory outside the city limits. Val uation of Salem a year ago was $17,691,573. showing a half mil lion Increase this year. Of the county's total on which assessment will be made for 1930, $7,350,788 la public utilities as sessed by- the tax commission. About one third, or $2;472,230f of the county's public utilities to tal is in the Salem properties. The Salem city tax levy dropped a bit from last year, with the fig ure this year 62.8 mills as against 66-8 mills last year. The tax rolls are not Quite com plete; however, the levies upon which assessments for all towns and districts are being computed are as follows, showing compari son of 1930 with 1929 in some instances: . State and County District 1930 1929 In Salem 017 .0194 Other high school ...0214 .0239 Non-high school ....0275 .0298 The state and county levy for 1930 Is segregated as follows: state. .00(5: county, .007: county school a&d library, .0035; high (Turn to page 2, col. 1) ir nr nu iviunc ur WlCUf! DATA WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (AP) A demand upon the Wicker sham commission for more of its prohibition data came today from a senate already loaded with a conflicting mass of testimony as to prohibition conditions in 32 states. The senate adopted without de bate a resolution by Senator: Tyd ings, democrat, Maryland, an op ponent of prohibition, demanding the commission's reasons forjwltb holding any information as to pro hibition enforcement, in the is other states, and the District of Columbia. - " Word came from commission headquarters that "less than hair the data upon which Its conflict ing prohibition report was based had been submitted to the senate, and that the portion transmitted was the "less sensational" part. One commissioner explained this as arising from "a natural in clination" on the part of some witnesses to ."paint a rosier pic ture" in publie statements than in private affidavits. The commis sion was requested in the previous senate resolution only for its "non-secret" data. Portland Lads Drown in River PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 21. (AP) Two boys were , drowned in the . Willamette river here to night when an improvised raft on which they were playing broke apart and plunged them into the water. .Two other boys on the raft were rescued. The dead are Harold Rygg. 14. and Harry Tweeth, 14, both of Portland. The bodies were re covered. r nrniiiMn winn ULiyiHI Claim Mott Resolution " Great Boon to Farmer Holding the Mott , Joint houseO- resolution No. to be the biggest piece of legislation ever attempt ed for 'the Oregon real property owner. ' members of ., the county Tax Equalisation league, in ses sion at the chamber of commerce rooms Saturday afternoon, ex pressed desire that similar legis lation might yet be put before the present legislative assembly. - Several proposals were submit ted before the group yesterday, chief of which was suggestion of Frank Bower of WiUard that the league go before the legislature requesting that all or any one of Intangibles, income or excise tax be adopted with all money raised by any of these forms to 'be de ducted from the property tax. v "This - d education would stop an ' Increase in the amount of money ' the politician has to spend, Bower declared, adding that "taxes . will still be heavy enough if equalized. Several speakers declared that Kueniz Revising Report on River To Favor Canals "y y PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2i-r-(AP) Major, Oscar . O.: Kuentz, United States rmy districts en gineer, said tonight he, was pre paring a review of a report made several years- ago concerning Im provements on the upper Colum bia Vnd Snake rivers. - Tie review, made at the re quest of his superiors in Wash ington, D. C, will be ready in about two months. Major Kuents said the review would contain hla recommendation on the- advis ability of canalizing the Colum bia river to a depth of seven feet from Celilo to the mouth of. the Snake river and deepening the Snake to five feet from its mouth to Pittsburgh landing. LEGION POW-V WILL BE T Two Drum Corps, 2 Bands To add Festivity to ' p District Meeting Legionnaires from a .dozen or more Willamette valley towns will gather in Salem Tuesday eve ning for the monster pow-wow for which Capital Post No. 9 will be host. . Entertainment wllPbe provid ed by tbe Salem Legion drum corps, the Albany and Sheridan bands, and the Corvallls drum corps. The meeting which con venes in the armory at 8 o'clock, will be preceeded by a parade on downtown streets. All of the of ficers of the department of Ore gon have been invited and many legislators who . are legion mem bers are expected to attend. . A program featuring a variety of numbers will be presented af ter the regular meeting of Cap itol post. Speakers, whose time will be limited to a few minutes eaeh, will be selected from visit ing officials and prominent le gion members. The following numbers have been announced for the evening program with a few yet to be added; Ruth Gillette and Rosalie Nusbaum in songs and . tsp dances; .Marcia Ross Stimpson, songs; Legion auxiliary quar tette; the Cherry Pickers, music and comedy; Delta Phi vocal trio; "Tiny McNamara, -piano-, logue; the program will be fol lowed by a luncheon. ; . OVER PROHIBIT!! WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (APT Persistent reports that Chairman Raskob intended to bring up the prohibition issue at the March 5 meeting of the democratic national committee atirrAii naxtv leaders In congress today .to send out notice that any such move would be opposed as out of order. Members - high in the demo cratic councils have said since Raskob called the party meeting that its sole purpose was to pre sent to the committee' a plan for erasing the half million dollar party debt before the 1932 cam paign gets under way. " J However, reports have poured in at the capltol that the demo cratic chairman was preparing to ask for a commitment of the party against prohibition. Lead ers in congress took steps today to protest ! privately , against any move in this direction. f the: wealth- of the land pays prohibition of tax on real prop erty as sought in the Mott meas ure, which was defeated by tour votes, - would automatically cut out1 numerous other measures. This bill sought to do away -with taxes levied on real property for state purposes, and iris this state tax ; which . the League members are striking most squarely at first. : No definite action waa taken yesterday, the propositions to be studied sometime next week by the! executive committee. Al though yesterday's session had been planned as an executive meeting, about 10 farmers . were present. ' --v""'1' " Henry Zorn of Aurora, presi dent of the league, declared that the members are not objecting to paying taxes, but that they are seeking equalization, with feas ible reduction wnere possioie. "(Turn to page 2, col. T) VOW UESDAY BOURBONS QUARREL Willamette Comes up From Behind With ; Tainlfog' lally Missionaries Powerless : f Second Half; Adams' " i Winds up Career By JAMES NUTTER Willamette university's basket ball team, defending last sea son's championship title,- fought to a second successive northwest conference championship in bas ketball Saturday night at the Willamette gym- defeating Whit man 38 to 21. Willamette has' won eight games In the conference and lost one. Whitman has lost one, bnt won only seven which gives Wil lamette higher percentage in the conference standing. While the title is a bit blemished by the de feat at the hands of the Mission aries Friday night, the fact, that Willamette won the second game, with a margin of 17 points, makes up for this. After the; game Coach Nfg Borleske of Whitman said: "Yon got the break this sea son. It's a shame that we are not a bit closer in the conference so each team could play an eqnal number of games. We got tbe championship two years ago by having played more games, and how you've got it and we're not kicking." It seems that Linfield could not i give Whitman's guar antee sufficient to warrant play ing at McMInnvIlle. Whitman Gets Big Lead Early The fans were nolsy when Scales1 opened the scoring with a field goal and followed with a 1 foul shot. Gloom soon settled on the crowd however when ManteTI dropped . in four field goals in rapid order. Whitman's seorw continue to mount and at one time the Missionaries led 14 to 7-'-' ' :- Then tbe ! Bearcat defense tightened and Whitman got bst one more point in tbe first half. Meanwhile Gibson, Adams and Scales got busy at tbe basket' and brought the game and the crowd both from the depths by (Turn to page 2, col. I) FUK SOUGHT FG1 LOI TO IIETEG WASHINGTON. Feb. 21AP) Confident of enacting the -veterans loan bill over the f orth-. comingTeto of President Hoover, senate advocates today mad available additional funds to safeguard against complaint that the cost of the legislation could not be" met. Senator Yandenberg, republi can, Michigan, told the senate a reservoir of $785,000,000 al ready was available In the treas ury for meeting the obligations of the loans. Hpwever, he ob tained sm amendment to the na val supply bill making an addi tional $112,000,000 already voted to the,; government lnsuraae fund available by July 1. - Rumors that the president tit his veto message on the bill might declare an extra session of' congress necessary to raise funds for meeting the obligation stir red the advocates to action. In the debate. Chairman Shi of of the senate finance committee who opposed the veterans loan measure told the senate -he did not think the legislation would Involve an Increase In taxes or make necessary an extra session of congress. " . . 1 j-cin CHICAGO, Feb. 21. (AP) Tbe mud - slinging campaigsw known officially as the Chieare mayoralty primary contest, reach ed its climax today In a burst cf XJery oratory and another libel suit.- : Additional bands, dozens of screeching ballyhood w a g o n s, scores of speakers and columns of newspaper space warned the vot ers that Tuesday is-near at. feQBd and with it the power to name nominees for the highest office la the nation's-second city. Some of the "whispering cam paigns" that the candidates in turn hotly-contested republican race hare objected to came out in the open today. Municipal Judge John H. Lyle filed a $100,000 slander and libel . suit against George O. Falrweatber, asistant bustaee manager of the University of Chi cago, a supporter of Alderman Ar thur P. Albert, saying Fair weal !- er had indicated, in a letter re leased to the press, that Judge Lyle was connected with a bar- Jque theatre. 1 REACHES