- v it T T J i r SERVICE ; X Ve ; pojinuite Vmr car rier service. If your paper does not arrive by :SO, cU BOO and a copy will be : delivered at once. : t ' THE WEATHER Generally fair bnt partly cloudy today and Wednes day; Max. Temp.. Monday 01, MIn. 82, river 2.8 feet, rain .32 Inch, wind north. 3 FOUNDED .1831 EIGHTIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning:, February, 24, 1931 No. 22 Z 4 w ? I .. -. ..... POWER SCRAP now OVER IF HOOVER SIGHS Muscle Shoals Bill ;is Past Both Houses and Goes - To. Vyhite 'House;::" Pocket VetoFeared Though President - is Silent; . Lease Provided : V w i swmflTON. - Feb." 23 (AP) For the second .time dur ing the long years ox .nnr( tnAit-r sent to "the White House a bill providing for opera- tlon 01 the government, a ww, 000.000 power and nitrate plants ' at Muscle Shoals. - The conference report on the bill which would authorize gov . ernment manufacture and distri bution of hydro-electric power -was adopted by the senate today after an hour's debate. 55 to 28, " completing congressional action. The measure was approved by the house last week. The Only other time congress has passed a bill for operation of the huge wartime plants on the Tennessee river. It was pocket ve toed by former President Cool- Idge. - '-. r " - . -Fear Measure Will . Meet Same Fate Friends of the measure approv ed today said they feared It would meet a similar fate, though Presi dent Hoover- has not . expressed himself on it. The bill la similar In its power provisions to the one which Pre sident coolidge refused to sign. It is a compromise measure based upon the same bill that was pre sented to the former president. Under the compromise the . ni trate plants would be leased to private interests for quantity pro duction of fertiliser if a lessee could be found within one year ' from the date of enactment. , - If no one would lease the ni trate plants under the terms of the bill, the government would operate them for experimental production of fertilizer.": The bill also provide for con struction of the Cote Creek dam j on the Clinch river in Tennessee at an estimated'' cost of $35,000, 000 and completion of the steam power plants at Muscle Shoals. The rCHnch river project, pro-: ponents of. the bill said, will bring the power capacity at Muscle Shoals to between 400,000 and 500.000 horsepower. In addition;, tne Cove Creek dam is designed to make the Ten-. nesftAa river n&vlrahlA and aid In controlling flood waters that go into the Mississippi. FIGHT RUM NEW -LONDON, Conn., Feb. C 23. (AP) -Coast guard boats scurried through the waters of Narragansett bay and the Atlan tic ocean today in running fights with at least two rum boats and on two salvage missions. J '" Reports which had been 4 rer ceived -here tonight ..at' -the .de stroyer force - headquarters, still incomplete; pending arrival et the service boats involved In the wide flung activities, told stories of the sinking of one nr t boat and the escape of two other rum runners under heavy coast guard fire. - '.- : ' : - . - A '.speed boat, identified by Commander M. J.- Ryan, chief of M. staff of the coast guard - de- " stroyer force, as the Monolola r was one of the two rum -runners which escaped after, being ham mered by one pound shells "in .Narraganaett ; bay. One of the service boats which, engaged the M onolola, ' reports .. received here Indicated, also 'encountered the British lienor supply vessel ac curacy In j Narragansett' bay, but. the ram -khlp escaped -alter be ing fired on. - , vu i ' The CG-289, which Is said to have had the encounter with the : Accuracy,, failed to" return Co- her base -here and ifwasl presumed -she was- attempting to locate- tire Atonoioia. : -qr. t-- ; n r Coan'gnard activities Tilso ; re sulted in the destruction: or the Alibi II, ' ' : speed v boat, : seven - miles ' . west - of the ' Vineyard . Sound light vessel. The Alibi, whoch had be-m forfeited to the .government' but later released en. bond -pending an - appeal, - burst into flames whUe-being punned by . the CG-235. , Her - crew. . of - four were rescued. , . . Mrs. Billings To be Charged I With Robbery OREGON CITY. Ore .Feb. 23. (AP) A charge of highway robbery will be lodged against Mrs. Pearl Billings. 18, as the re sult ; of "her participation In a service station robbery near here last week. District Attorney Mil ler said today. . William R. Wheeler, 22, who was shot and killed by R. D. La Due, proprietor of the service station after the robbery, waa on parole from Monroe reformatory, officer said, today, . - HE rs "Box Car V . V 1 f Led by iUtbrrt fl. Tajlor, tbeee twentjHteren Worid War veterans, all that Is left of Seattle's "Box Car Battalion of 12S which set out for Washington, January 20; a they presented their, petition for the passage of the Soldiers Bonos bill. Taylor (left) la presenting a letter of introduction from the Veterans. association of Seattle to Senator Clarence Dill of Washington. The veta made their : way to the capital by means of the freight-car route, f - v - , E HODVER SWING VETEB1S'; PLIGHT Data Gathered; Expects to Veto i Bill and Return Middle Next Week WASHINGTON, Feb.- 23-(AP) Preparatory to vetoing the vet erans loan bill. President Hoover la conducting an Inquiry into the number of veterans in distress as well as to how effective the meas ure would be as a relief to. dis tress. ' - ' "' " r - '" It was said at the White House today that the president expects to have sufficient response to the inquiry being .conducted byvari- ous governmental agencies to permit him to take action by the middle of the week; Senator; Reed," republican, Penn sylvania. " announced in the. sen ate last week that the preeideni had Informed him he expected to return the bill -with his, objec tions to It . about the middle of this . week. ".. Average Amount : Collectible SJ50O . It was said at the White House that the average - compensation certificate was approximately II.- 000. On a certificate of this size a maximum a veteran could, bor row under the loan measure would be 3500 If he had not pre viously taken advantage of " its valuers collateral. There were said to be 210.000 veterans whose-certificates were for 3250 and less who would have a bor rowing capacity of 316.000,000 or an average of 380 each. In the group holding certifi cates valued from 8250 to 3500 were ' 500.D00 veterans - w h Jo would hare a borrowing power of 377,500.000 or an . average of 3137 each. 1 Already President Hoover "has received figures from two widely separated cities.-One of them re ported 20,000 veterans ' out of whom 151 were known to be in distress. '.r ..Another large city , having 14 0r 000reterans In its population re ported there were 1.700 'veterans receiving aid from relief organ isations. ! ' .- ' Vancouver and - Seattle in Tie " - - " - ji - ; . VANCOUVER, BC Feb. 23. AP) -The - Vancouver Lions retained hold of first place in the Pacific coast hockey," league - by playing a scoreless : overtime draw with their closest' rivals, the Seattle Eskimos, .here, to night. - The Eaks are one point behind the Lions. - ' ' - The Legislative Calendar - - norsT3 today: - Thtxd reading, house billa - 1 378 352, 14s0.- 63. 1H, ? 238, 37, 381, 382, 383, 384 - 385r32f.-38S.-387. 383,2J4, -; -12M.. 45.,. .: :. i r. Third reading, senate bills : Vt; 108, 127, 133. IS J. 148, s .188, 110. 202; 210, 228. . 1 1 ; 211. 171, 78: - '"-:'U v HOUSB' YESTERDAT- ," Passed nine bills, defeat-,; 2 ed 'one. - ' Its portant bills passed; . ' Hydro - electric commission : - act; utilities , district . act; - establishing county ' boards - of health 325,600 for Am .1 erican . Legion national con- -vcatlon In. Portland. m . : : tub oorERxoR - Signed by governor: Senate bill 1. by Burke. : To repeal eertlfieatea of pub- . -lie convenience and necessity ;! act.":: r ; --y, . : ,; Senate biU 128. by Cars ner. Relating to election to ' ; determine upon tax levy for : - purpose of raising funds for ' i advertising resourses; time for filing petitions. - Vetoed by the governor: ; "'Honse bill 147. by com- 1 mittee on Judiciary. Allow ing laborers subject to the ' workmen's compensation act BattaHon" of ! ...:..:-::.:;.;....,.,..:...-.. V, .,.,.-"1. .; .,.:. j..i.:. ...' .." Wood Cutting Jobs I - To be Provided for -Needy Wor VeU .;. . i '' " ' ' ;. ' Work for ex-service men at wood catting is being: pro vided through as committee of Capitol post No. 9, of the American Legion. .The com mittee has lined ap Jobs at cutting wood, which will be held for needy ex-eervtoe men, those with families be ing given first chance at the employment. - The men will go on the Job Thursday morning," and those eligible and Interested should apply to . William BUven, 215 Masonic build ing, Salem. l . , WASHINGTON Feb. 23-(AP) Re-submission - of national, pro hibition to the people for a test was advanced today ; by Senator Dill. of Washington, a democra tic prohibitionist, as a comprom ise in the perplexing wet and dry dispute facing the party, - i t : However, Dill Joined with the almost solid front of ! democrats in congress against the reported intention of. Chairman Raskob to seek a commitment of the party on prohibition at the March- 5 meeting of the democratic , na tional committee, -v ;is Dill first spoke of the national referendum in a New York speech Saturday night. . Demo crats of the anti-prohibition , fac tion asked, him about it today, looking upon it as a compromise solution. : ; "I stated." said Dill.'that it will be entirely consistent with the principles . of democracy, to resubmit the question of prohi bition to the people in accordance with the terms of the constitu tion." ; -; . i ; - Charlie Listens ; f ; To Commons and i Declines ; Liquor -LONDON. - Feb. 23(AP) Charlie Chaplin visited the house of commons today and remarked he liked the talkies less than ever, r x The comedian sat in the .dis tinguished' atrangers gallery and then Inspected the press gallery, where he declined a drink in the bar. 'V ri- ; - . ..f" "..,. : : . Chaplin spent . Saturday , after noon at checkers as the gneet of Premier" Ramauy MacDonald. - . . : to recover an. attorney's fee " upon an appeal If decided la - favor of-workmen. . t -- House bill 181; by Ham- - llton, Scbaupp and DeLap. - Regarding salaries of county :" officers of Deschutes county. ,, .t SENATE TODAY - -" ; , Third reading, senate bills 3 J3. 320, 313, 222, 29J, 223, ' - 73, 303. 104, 315, 17. i ' Senate Joiat memorial 13. ' ; Third reading, house bills ; 55, 57. 5; 81. 185178, . ' 179,308, 304,303,302, 223, : . 264, 258. 153. 143. 144, 185. . 138, 262. 135, S3, 281, 316. ! . 120, 77, 125; 816i. ' 1 I Committee report on state ' police bill up.. ; ; 5 v; SENATE YESTERDAY r: Passed 25 blUs. Moved to reconsider game rode and referred It back to ' committee for amendments; ' - killed measure for new pris on industries. " - ' ; Important bills passed: Establishing bird refuge at Malheur-lake, game refuge at Ochoco; requiring label en food products containing ' Imported eggs; giving tax commission power - to audiC budgets of municipal corpor- . atlons in counties of under 100,006. " " ' DRYJISKS IfflOit PROHI REFERETIDUIUi War Vets MELBA RELAHVES Famous Singer to be Buried In Victoria; Body is Sent to Melbourne SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 23 (AP)- Mme. Nellie Melba, who died last night in a hospital here is to be burled on "Thursday at Llllydale, Victoria. .The funeral services will - take place at the Scottish ehurch where her father used to sing In the choir. Tomorrow the body will be taken: to Melbourne.- the city from which Nellie Porter Mitch ell fashioned. the name by which the world knew one of the great est sopranoe-of all time and the people of her homeland will have their . opportunity - to do her honor." ' . . "';. ' . ' .' ' KLAMATH FALL'S, Ore.; Feb. 23.-(AP) Captain Charles N. F. Armstrong, former husband of Dame Melba, -famous " singer who died last night In Sydney, Aus tralia, and their son, George Nes blt Armstrong, lived in Klamath county, near Olene, for several years. " - " , Captain Armstrong was said to have been a partner of RexBord, prominent sheep -man, and lived with his son on the Bord ranch. Once while Melba was on a con cert tour to San' Francisco she learned ' her son was In Klamath county and she sent for him. The boy went to 'his mother, and a reconciliation was effected. SEALS I6U6 TO ALASKA WATERS j SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23; (AP) Uncle Sam's wards of the Pacific, a million fur seals valued at more' than 885.000,000, are leaving the warm waters of - the south on their annual migration to their Alaskan breeding grounds. The leaders of the valuable herd have been sighted off the Califor nia coast - and - the United States coast guard Is planning to escort the seals from the mouth of the Columbia river to the tiny Prlbl- lofs, the "treasure Islands" of the, north, 300 miles west of the Alas kan mainland in the Bering sea. , when the seals reach the Prib- Hofs they, will be guarded by the bureau of . fisheries under - whose watchful eye the- herd haa Increas ed from 250,000 to 1,600.000 since the killing of -seals on the high seas was prohibited by , treaty, in 1311. . ' " ;: ' ' ' . Under that Ltreaty , Great Btir tain, Japan and Russia granted the . Ualted . States - control of the herd until 2 6 . Tbe agreement Is . still recognised. . i.'i.. . -' j ,- ; ; I Radi0 (Declared H -:ISch66liodm DETROIT, Feb. 23 (AP) School buildings which : do not provide radio facilities will soon be out of date, John L. Bracken, superintendent of schools of Clay ton, Mo., predicted in an address before a section of national educa tion ,:- association . here . . today. . Bracken declared ."education Is usable experience", and suggested in addition to Increasing the read ing provided in- curricula of schools, radio and. motion pictures should be used In giving the pu pils contact with life. - ... Barbers Appear . And Tell Views Barbers, masters and Journey men last . night appeared before the house committee on ' labor and industries to express their approval of tie bill regulating the Inspection of barber shops, which haa - already passed the id - o n senate. . : MEIER PRO BRII jTrio of Bills ;Through one t 5 House and two' Passed ; : 'Ithe-tKher:- :; tfamilton QuotesBible-When Chiding Members for " Heeding Mandate? , ' Two or the three 'major power bills of the. Meier program now await only the signature of the executive to go Into effect.- The third,' H. B. 77, the one commis sioner, bill, has passed the house and Is now in the senate. Yester- Iday afternoon the lower house passed the two senate bills. 62. the hydro-electric commlssfon bill, and 168, the utilities district pow- . A a . " er meaisurei. ids tow in opposi tion was slight. Those roting "no" on S. B. 62 were: - - - t DeLap, HOI, Hamilton, Lewis Taylor. ; vr '-". Those roting no on S. B. 168 were: - 5 ? - . r DeLap, Hamilton, Hill, Bash. While each bill was the Inspira tion for considerable argument. the speeches for the most-part were "for i the record as It was apparent no rotes were . to' be changed by the debate. Represen tative Ray Gill spoke for the hy dro-electrle commission bill, claim ing it will "protect for all time these waters which belong not to private companies or monopolies but to all the people of the state." Ralph Hamilton Invoked "Fa ther, forgive them, for they know not what they do" In condemning the legislation, and pointed to an ancient mandate of the people when the mob cried before Pilate "Cruelty him". The responsibility is on the legislature, he" declared. (Turn to page 2, col. 3) IS . HI I.TW AK6 The woes of Klamath' settlers and .Copco. got a fresh airing be fore the house, committee on util ities last " night when, house bill 380 was up for hearing. This was special legislation asked by Evan Reames of i Medford. attorney for the California Oregon Power com-' pany to enable it to present Its application! for the development of power projects' below Keno on the. Klamath river; before, the new hydro-electric commission. - Reames explained that. he had accepted . all the . amendments asked by. L. A. ' Llljeqvlst repre senting . the Irrigation - district. The latter explained the force of the amendments .and thought the bill was satisfactory' under the safeguards : of senate, bill " 62, and should he passed to permit. the company, to construct the plant. . Bert B. j Haney appearing on behalf of i thet Klamath - water users association, fought the bill. claimed , it . attempted .to grant certain .priorities that were not Justified, and that- .his clients claimed all the rights to the wat ers of Upper Klamath' lake. . - Mr. -Bradbury, land-owner oh the district, appeared in favor of the amended bill. . , .. , . The -- hearing - concluded , wltb Lil jeqylst . instructed to draft .fur ther amendments to - protect the rights of the land holders of the irrigation district. . - - - :-;--. MURRAY; OUTLINES - TOPEKA. Kas ' Feb. 23 (AP) -Warning , the democratic party to shun "selfish Interests'' seeking to control it "with. their, money and. hirelings." ..Governor. W. H. 'Alfalfa Bill" ( Murray . of Okla home tonight -advanced a party platfonajto ."restore the little man .and give him renewed hope in the struggle of life.?..- -.--.-.The .Oklahoma executive -told Kansas democrats It" was 4 the 'duty of-their' party, to ;"polnt the way that will reinstate the farmer, give trade' to the business 'world' and give back to the mouths of labor Us bread It earns.V " . ; , U " ; He predicted a democratic Tief tory In the next presidential, el e tory in the next presidential, el ecw tien, provided the party convinced the people it was sincerely behind a. constructive policy opposed - to "mergers and monopoly," and did net yield to "the cry of represen tatives of v combined wealth .and capital' and the Intrigues of cor rupt politicians. iOI 0 HIGH BOURBON PROGRAM Asks Police to -5 Lock Him up to : Prevent Suicide SEATTLE.- Feb. 23 (AP) Clarence Berg, 22, walked- lato the police station today and laid a loaded .25 calibre automatic pis tol on the county.- .? I'm afraid I'm going to commit suicide, lock me up," he told an officer, v . "Anything to oblige," replied the policeman. - ; He was locked up. . Whol e sal Of Coriv icts Td Iked Jrroposed Appropriation for Remodeling Pres-; (entPri8bn Voted Do; Portland Building -?UMise Proposal , i -Wholesale pajfoling of convicts in Ith'e Oregon state peni tentiary aa a means of eUminating: the requirement for ad ditional facilities, Was suggested at a meeting; of the ways and means' committee-here Monday night. ' : VI .was advised by officials," said Senator Spaulding-, "that there are .250 pnsonera in the penitentiary 'who ought PSMSfMSWMMMBSBWMSWaaa TA Tk A o1a4 d Al THREE PRISONERS' KILLED. IS ESCAPE Outbreaks Occur at Joliet and Florence; Guards At Columbus Uneasy . -(By the Associated Press) . Three prisoners were shot to death; 15 escaped and prison guards were apprehensive last night as a result of outbreaks In two penitentiaries during the last 48 hours. , '" . .- . At tne Illinois prison In Joliet, guards with machine guns mowed down three convicts who made their way over the wall Sunday on a crude ladder made of sticks taken from the prison bakery. , -v Searchlights were turned on the trio by the guards and they were dropped In - their tracks before they could reach two automobiles waiting nearby. . At Florence, Ariz., .15 convicts escaped from the state prison by clambering over the wall. They were being tracked . through the sagebrush by bloodhounds. , Rumblings Heard At Ohio Prison At the Ohio state prison at Col umbus, where a riot occurred last spring - Iter 320 prisoners burned to death,' the Columbus dispatch said yesterday; there were rum blings of trouble. The story said that It was reported 'to officials that improvised weapons were In the' hands- of prisoners, ' and the guards were prepared for any plan that might be brewing. - v - i The -three prisoners shot at Jo liet were members of a kitchen detail. They were Joseph Morkie wlcs, 32; Julio Chlleno, 29, and Alvln J. Kilman, all of Chicago. Warden J. M. Daly of the Arix ona prison - relieved the guard through whose post the 15 pris oners made their escape. He was "Inattentive,, the warden said. HELPLESS VESSEL SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23.: i (AP) Helpless and listing badly, the lumber steam, schooner Mun- leon of the McCormlck Steamship line waited tonight of f Table Bluff shoals for the arrival of the Ham lin F. McCormlck to tow her to San Francisco. r ' With the stormy seas becoming calmer, the disabled craft declined offers of tows from her sister ship, the Nabesna.-aod the Standard Oil tankers .El . Segundo I and Larry Doheny, which were standing by. .The . Hamlin F. Mccormick, southbound .from Portland, was expected to reach, the - scene to-. night, 215. miles north of San Francisco, - . :- . Radio advices, indicated that the 30 men aboard the Munleon were not considered In danger. " ; The coast guard cutter Cahokla, which radio advices last night said had taken the Munleon lh tow, was bar bound In Humboldt harbor. ' . , ARMY, NAVY - LOYAL ' ; MADRID. Feb. 13. (AP) Premier Axnar, after . a . fall: day of 'conferences with his ..new- cab inet,' announced tOQlght the army and navy -haoS pledged -their.- full support to . the' government ' asew CHJCAGO; Feb. 23(AF)A V - : W4? hurst of raueoui campalgnr lag tonight ended Chicago's moat bizarre mayoralty primary eoutest, with .'William ..Hale 'Thompson's political future as. the Issue." Mayor Thompson and ' bia two principal rivals for .the republican nomination, Alderman Arthur F. Albert and Judge- John H. Lyle, carried r their final pleas to . the voters : up. to the small hours of election morning, while an army of 70.606 was mobilized to see that the enthusiasm they aroused did not become violence at - the polls tomorrow. - .- . e ; ' The three-cornered - republican race haa been one of the hottest In Chicago's history and the police and sute's attorney feared that its bitterness might kindle a ser ious Dame of disorder. American Legion members, po licemen, state's attorney's officers and volunteers from civic organ MITS ASSISTANCE ISotsy Vctmpatgn L,nicago izations were banded as poll e Par 6 ling Also. Disapproved .v.: a w a iMu, j . ' J ."That is absolutely true,' co incided Senator Strayer, Senator Staples " Joined" "with Strayer and Spaulding, but add ed that a wholesale pardoning of prisoners had been attempted by one governor but that It was not successful as far as the public was concerned. t ; - "It doesn't make any differ ence what we think about the. prison. said Representative An gell, "we all know that Governor Meier is not going to turn these men out." The . discussion of wholesale paroles was in connection win consideration of a bill to appro priate 675,006 to remodel the old prison building and remove the fire hazard. Woodward Avers It's' total Waste , Senator' Woodward', said- this expenditure would be a waste of funds. He suggested that a sprinkling system be Installed at a coBt of $10,060. This suggestion was accepted by the committee. Senator Spaulding then re quested an - appropriation of 6136,000 for the addition of a dining room, warehouse, cell block and Installation of pumps at the prison. This proposed ap propriation was voted down. Senator Staples suggested the erection of a new prison at the penitentiary annex tor the incar ceration of confirmed criminals, and conversion of thepresent in stitution Into a reformatory. No actjon was taken on this suggestion.- , . :- . Senator Scbulmerich. again -ap- - (Turn to page 2, col. 2). morals II WASHINGTON, Feb. "231-- (AP) Congress laid aside its factional bickering today for a brief period devoted to an observ ance of Washington's birthday. , Before crowded galleries, Sen ator Bratton of New Mexico, read the first president's famous "fare well address" and senators Borah of Idaho and Barkley . of Ken tucky, delivered brief eulogies. Meanwhile, Representative Beck of Pennsylvania spoke in the house. He lauded Washing ton as a soldier, statesman j and man, and assailed Inequalities of state representatation in the fed eral government which he said the first president would have found objectionable. ' Borah praised ' Washington's "marvelous exhlbiUonf skourage and "vision" .In recognizing the government.: created by the French .- revolution. His com mandlng personality- and reputa tion as a soldier, tne idanoan said, has "overshadowed his great ability as a statesman." J, . l Barkley said historians , had done Washington an injustice by "dehumanizing him." . . - "It does not detract from his greatness," the senator said, "to recognize that he possessed hu man frailties." . 24 Aliens Will u Receive Papers ; ASTORIA, i Ore., Feb. 23 (AP)- Twenty-four" aliens were to receive? naturalization certifi cates here tonight from the hands of-Judge W.'A. Ekwall, Portland. United states Commissioner J. A. Buchanan said the class" Included 14 Finns,- two -t Britishers,-; four Norwegians," and: one each from Lativa. Llthunla and Sweden. -. watchers to be stationed in every precinct- to' guard' against' ballot stuffing, stealing and violence. .' Judge' Frank M. Padden order ed an intensive search for Al Ca pons, gang Jeader, who Is reported to have returned from his Miami, Fla., home, to . prevent', any pos sible interference . on" the gang ster's part in the election. Squads headed by Patrick Roche, chief In vestigator for the state's attorney, toured. the county under orders to bring Capone In on. a vagrancy warrant sworn out months ago by Judge Lyle.' r-.-.-".'. . Illinois' ' democratic ' senator elect, James Hamilton Lewis, ar rived today to leud his oratorical powers to the cause 9f Anton J. Cermak. unoppol democn-tlc mayoral candidate. Colone Lew Is said Chicago was tt worst gov erned co'mmunliy u tiie country, and - blamed republican city ad ministrations. He urged demo crats to stay out of the republican contest tomorrow. - LAUD VAS GTO Today SEEK' iilfl -OF f.i E I E 00 Tl RELIER Revival of Mott Plan Asked In Interview; Lengthy;, . Audience Is Given Executive ; Suggests Senate Action; Declares he is : K; In Full Sympathy -'J Farmer, taxpayers, -some 66 strong, from Yamhill and Marlon v counties,, stormed the .state cap ltol yesterday in an effort to get Governor Meier to revive the de feated Mott resolution which would submit a constltutloaal amendment to prohibit any lery, of a state tax on property. Gov ernor Meier gave them a lengthy audience, and, while expressing sympathy with their desire for lower taxes, recommended that they take the matter up with the senate where the measure might, be given a fresh start. Fred Tooxe. member of the grange committee, explained to the farmers the taxation bills ndw pending,' which if adopted as expected, will result in removal of property tax levies for state purposes. This was not altogether satisfactory to the farmers who wanted - a constitutional bar against ever" levying a property tax. Claims One-Fourth Of Taxes Delinquent James Burdette of McMlnnvlHe was the spokesman for. the dele gation many of whom were mem bers ' of the new tax leagues formed In the two counties. He declared that one-fourth of the taxes were paid with borrowed money. The burden was toe heavy and farms were bearing more than their share. Governor Meier in reply i re lated his efforts to save money. He said: "I have refrained from inject ing myself into matters that be long to the legislature. We am spending from 40 to 9 millions a blennlum without audit control where responsibility can be fixed, as it should be, in one individual. I am confident that with the opportunity and the tools to rrorfc with I can save several million ' dollars. I have already made sav- 1 lngs of $100,000. There is dup lication, and the conduct of de partments needs correction. Guarantees Saving By Uniting Police "I am not finding fauit,tut.a lot Of things seem to have be come a habit. I am not a poli tician but I am learning fast. "In the matter Of a state po lice system, consolidating five agencies, I can guarantee a sav-4 ing. of from a quarter to. half a million dollars. "By paroling "200 prisoners we could - save 6150.000 in their keep;. I am not opposing you, but doing all I can to reduce taxe immediately." . Others who spoke were J. H Bernard of McMinnville and J, Vanderzanden of Roy. They fa vored enacting the Mott reaolu tlon. .'. ' ' The company, before dispersing called on tax commission, adopt- ed a resolution endorsing the' commission's program and named a committee -of six to Tepresent . mem in appearing before the leg islature, r , ILL FATED COOPLE PAY LAST PEOSLTf BELLEFONTE, Pa , Feb. 23.1-. (AP) A trlnitr of Illicit lWe. spectacular . crime : and Ignoble death . was completed ." today for Irene Schroeder and Glenn Dague. . The former waitress and her sweetheart died In the electric chafr at Rockview " penitentiary shortly after 7 a. m.', for the mur der of Corooral Hrrt p,ni r t . ' state highway patrol. . r,' ' - They faced death catmiyv Neith er spoke a word. A sHght tremlle - or tne zz-year-oia girl's fingers aa she. was stranoed- into th haie was' the only sign that her nerve ' were at an unsteady.. v r ' Mrs. Schoeder. mother of a five. year-did sou, died first, tour min utes after the death-dealing elec tricity was applied. . Dague also died within four' minutes after the current began tour sing through his body.- ;,.- ..- - . Mrs. 8chroeder spent her last minutes with a hymn oh her lips. : "He walks with me and He talks with me " she began softly, but her song ended abruotlr. Tha sla- nal for the death march had come. . Tub and Other ) Accessories oi -Home Pilfered - i : " - PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. S3 (AP) Perhaps like Diogenes, he of the famous lantern, they want ed a tub In which to- sleep. , They got the tub. They also took the lavatory and three inside doors. - Miss Lena Moll reported to po lice today thieves had entered her residence during her absence Sun day night and had made away with the articles. , . "